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The New York herald., 1876-02-25
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, D. c. Feb. a. 1876.
RuMoRs AND STATEMENTS REGARDING pIsA-
GREEMENrs IN THE CABINET AUTHoRITA-
TIvELY DENIED.
A prominent member of the Cabinet authorizes the
assertion that all published reports OF serious disagree
ments between the President and any member of tho
Cabinet are absolutely devoid Of foundation In facts
and IL is stated on the samo authority that there has
never BEEN either Of date at any time within
many months the occurrence Of any event In Cabinet
session which could by any possible means DO construct
into an indication OF bad feeling or premonuon OF
rupture Most positively is this true Of late These
statements have been supernduced by many deciara-
tons TO the effect that the Secretary OF the Treasury
Will shortly retire from his present Office and further
more that the acquittal OF General Babcock would oo
a sure promoter OF such action on the part OF Mr'
Btstow There is direct authority for contradiction
of this impression and Cabinet officers say that the
result Of the trial can effect whatever in dis
turbng the harmony Of the Cabinet
PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS AND Ell PAso RAIL-
ROAD BILL.
Tho railroad bill introduced by Senator Hamilton to-
day provides that whenever Moses Taylor, William Il.
Dodge John j. Cisco, Samuel Sloan, John l. Barnes,
d. W. Mcwilhams, James P. Lloyd and Henry G. Mar
qnand OF New York; Thomas Allen and 8 Il. Latin on
Missouri, and W. J. Hutchins A. Groesbeck, J. D. Gid
dngs and Others Of Texas their successors shall bo
created a body pohtic under the style OF the Central
Texas aud FL Paso Railroad Company, or become
owners Of existing charter, they shat
be authorized to build and MAINTAIN ral-
road from the western terminus Of any
railroad now completed in Texas San Antonio Austin
or Waco to FL Paso and bridge the Rio GrandO at any
point within twenty nve miles OF that place The bill
also provides that II by that time no California COM
pany has built road point within $50 miles OF tho
Rio Grande the above named parties be empowered to
bud westward TO meet the California road, and enjoy
the Texas Pacific companys land grant for that por-
t,op OF the line But tho California company rcaches
the Rio rande before these parties have construeted
their road 10 point $50 miles east OF the river the
California company is 10 and build eastward ON
the Texas Pacific land grant TO junction.
A BILL TO BRING ABOUT REFORM IN THE NAVAL
SERVICE
Tho House Committee on Naval Affairs to-day agreed
10 report the bill heretofore introduced by Representa-
tive whitthorne, the chairman, requiring the Navy
Department to make detailed instead Of several gem
era estimates heretofore for pay Of tho navy nclut
ing the contingent fund the for the support
Of the civil Establishments navy yards and stations
The same principle applied TO all the bureaus and e
tho Marine Corps IL Is provided that appropriation p
made for class item Of expenditure shall not DO
used or expended for any other class Tho bill is'
framed on the model OF the British Budget, and ls
expected passed. produce required reform IN thf
naval service.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
REVULSION OF FEELING IN HIS FAVOH
General Schenck and His Relations to
the Emma Mine.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE CURRENCY QUESTION
Rumored Cabinet Disagreements
Authoritatively Denied.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON Feb. "a, 1876.
COURT OF INQUIRY ANTICIPATED IN GENERAL
BABcocK's CASE.
Now that General Babcock has been acquitted by the
cviljury, said army officer tonight, he will
demand military court of inquiry. To such court
sitting and Judging on honor he fully explain tho
nature and relations of the kilograms which his counsel
objected to in ST. Louis and which the Court refused to
admit as legal testimony Army officers hold that such
court martial will, matter Of course, be at
demanded by General Babcock and granted him, as a
matter Of justice and matter OF course he
demands it.
THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE wHIsKEY
TRIALS.
The whiskey prosecutions at ST. Louis close, far
as can be ascertaned hero with the trial. that Of
one Mum. In Chicago and Milwaukee the trials begin
on the 7th of March, to which time they ad-
journed.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25

GATHERING EVIDENCE IN MILWAUKEE AGAINST
LEADING NEW YORK LIQUOR FIRMs-MR. R.
NJ. SHERMAN BUsILY ENGAGED.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. "a, 1916.
AL the principal disters of this district were sub
penaed to-day to appear at the Collectors office to be
examined by Roger n. Sherman, OF New York, re-
specting shipments OF hghwines to Boyd Co. and
other leading Now York firms The witnesses who
testified William Bergenthal Charles Gran, Lewis
Rindskopf Aaron Schoenlelt, Thomas ONeil, Henry
Shufedt ana Robert Kiewert They said enough to
enable the New York officials to trace the principal
shipments from this point The distilers all testified
that the shipments made TO Boyd Co. for sale
in open MARKET but it. believed that evidence was
also obtained aGording cews by which large quantities
OF "crooked' whiskey can be traced 10 leading New
York houses.
Mr. Sherman does not give the names ofsuch houses,
apparently fearing general skedaddle of prominent
New Workers were the facts to leak out before his
turn Being interviewed by your correspondent, he
admitted that he had succeeded in obtaining sufficient
evidence TO implicate some leading houses not gen.
orally suspected.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
CANADIAN SHIPOwNERS.
THE VAST INTERESTS OF THE coLoSIsTs IN
THE NEW SHIPPING BILLS OF ENGLAND
LIKELY TO TAKE THE LAW IN THEIR OWN
HANDS
rom the London Standard. |

THE NEW SHIPPING BILLS OF ENGLAND =
LIKELY TO TAKE THE LAW IN THEIR OWN
HANDS.
From the London Standard
general meeting OF shlpowners held yesterday,
the London Tavern, to take INTO consideration the
position OF shipowners, in view Of existing and per-
spective legislation relative to merchant shipping.
Lord Eslington, ~ P presided over a very numerous
audience.
Mr. Duncan moved the FIRST resolution
That this meeting is of opinion that the recent and
continual changes In the laws relating to merchant
shipping have been most inconvenent and harassing
TO shpowners, that such legislation has necessarily
been fragmentary and ll-consdered, and that 1t Is
highly desirable that the existing laws should be sim,
pied and codned; and this meeting Is further OF
opinion that the support of shpowners will be accorded
to any well considered measure necessary for the
saving OF life at that may be submitted TO Parlia-
ment during the ensuing session.
The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr.. Potts
OF Canada while supporting the resolution said Cana
dian shipowners would fully indorse everything said
by the preceding speakers Canadian shpowners had
the opinion that government had conceded 10 the
Canadian Parliament the right to deal with the question
OF Canadian shipping and while they were awarded q
fair share or right there disposition TO interfere
with the existing state OF affairs But when rom out
side pressure, from groundess sicky sentimcntalty
the Board OF Trade contrary 10 their better Judgment
had imposed continued round of perpetual annoy
ances they had felt II their duty TO ask the Canadian
government to exercise the rights the British govern
ment had granted them. (''Hear heari''l Canadian
tonnage capable foreign service $50 900
tons which was worth upward of GIG, 900 600 They
felt particularly aggrieved that neourth OF crew
should while In state OF intoxcation be able TO stop
a going ship. Perhaps he might tell them that he
believed the Canadian shpowners had every confidence
In the desire Of the British government to do what was
right If II we're left alone, but they had their con-
hdence shaken when they found that the British Par
lament much Influenced by gentleman who
whatever he knew about the theory, ignorant OF
practical seamanshp. He feared they also losing
their confidence In tho daily press, which had lashed
the public feeling into fury by branding with nfamy
who had made this country the Queen OF the Sea-
Ha ad M n far AZ rnQarlad Canada
Canadian government would take the control into their
ntrp han
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
ACCIDENT TO A WALKER.

lad named Francis Labelle who had wandered
TO Newark from New Orleans, discharged from
the Newark police station yesterday morning. where he
had been detained as a tramp. During the afternoon
he started for New Orleans foot aS1 gor as Tar as
Elizabeth walking along the railroad track, when no
was struck by the locomotive OF a train which ap-
proached him from the His left leg was broken
his arm badly acerated and he also received several
scalp wounds He was taken TO ST. Michaels Hospital
IL
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
DOOR KNOB THIEVES.

novelty in sneak thievlng is the stealing Of door
knobs both the basement and upper street DOORS
Numerous complaints OF such theirs have been received
at the Eighteenth precinct station house within the
few days from residents East Seventeenth and
E4ohteenth streets
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
THE wEsT-cAsEY CHARGEs-THE ALLEGED
COMPLETELY WITH THE wHIsKEY FRAUDS
rENrEn

DENIED.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb "a, 1876.
special from Washington to the Times says the lead
ing papers in. Baltimore Chicago and Cincinnati will
publish statement to-day to the effect that evidence
has been forwarded here sufficient 10 indct Senator
West and Collector Casey for completely the Whis
key Ring.
COLONEL
the truth of this statement and he has had moth
ing to do with the whskey Cotton rings, and that
his name has not been before the Grand Jury
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEcKwlTH
says he knows nothing of Casey's connection In any
way with whiskey matters. 1t is understood that In
cotton case before the Grand Jury many fifteen
persons who engaged in prosecuting the claim
will be Indicted for alleged Gaudulent practices.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25


APOLOGIES.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The time seems to have now come when can with
proprety say something in behalf Of deserving sub
ordinate.
Mr. r. NJ. Sherman has been charged by the press
with being spy Of Babcock's. " and having betrayed
tho interests Of the government. No proof was
presented to sustain the charges; but in these davs
proof is not needed whore the charge against public
officer The procedure is make the charge and then
call upon the officer 10 prove his Innocence II he does
not speedily he is condemned for his silence
II he does answer he must use due meekness or his
guilt is established; II he has the requisite meekness
and proves himself guilty the press condescendngy
admits that It "may have been msiniormed, though
the circumstancesare suspicious"
Let me state the facts in Mr.. Sherman's case. AS
result OF the wniskey prosecutions In the West large
quantity OF distilled spirits was, by order from the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, seized this city
It had come from the west and, juogng from the
stamps either II was crooked other spirits used at
the West with the same stamps made frequent
applications for information TO the district attorneys
81. Louis and elsewhere and the Commissioner Of In
terna revenue directed the revenue officers 10 aid
stII every one out there seemed so absorbed in his
own matters that could get iniormatian. When 4
saw that the guilty beginning to tell all they
knew or more. believed that " ! had competent
man on the spot he could get much valuable norma-
ton for the government TO be used here therefore
applied 10 the Attorney General Tor leave 10 send Mr.
sherman who had charge OF internal revenue matters
in nv Office 10 various places IN the West The per.
mission granted. and In due time the records OF
toe civil and criminal courts here will believe show
how faithfully and successfully be has thus Tar per-
formed his mission.
Among other papers obtained by him from disters,
and not from Mr. DYER any officer OF the govern
ment were some letters Of one Hoge, abscondmg
revenue agent They showed that he gave Information
nom Washington 10 the Whiskey Ring az lhe West
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
LIQUOR MERCHANTS IN TROUBLE IN

NEW ORLEANS, Feb "a, 1876.
The following named merchants arraigned in
the United States Circuit Court to-day indictments
for unlawfully negecng to make entries required by
law made in books by Wholesale liquor dealers
W. Flash, John A. Lewis. James A. Girdncr, L. A
Saxon, of tho firm of Flash, Lewis Co., and E. IL
Fairchild OF the Arm of Fairchd n Bingham
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
REVENUE DErRAuDERs INDICTED IN SPRING

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb "a 1876.
The Grand Jury this morning returned indictments
against Henry p. westerman, John L. Smith David |.
Thompson, George A. NJ. Campbell and Albert Smith for
conspiracy to defraud the government OF internal
revenue.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
Public Schools at the Centennial.

Mr.. Wickersham, state superintendent
of the Pennsylvania public schools, has
adopted a handsome plan for the building
for making an educational display at the
Centennial. The building will be of glass
with frontage of one hundred feet and a
depth of one hundred and forty-eight feet.
The contract for its erection was awarded
on Saturday and it is proposed to have the
work finished by the 18th of April. 1t will
be amply large and will have lecture room
with raised platform where the various
modes of instruction can be illustrated, be-
side considerable space for the display of
maps, models of school buildings and furni-
ture. a large number of colleges, uni
verities, seminaries, normal schools and pub
lie schools have given notice of their inten-
tion of being represented by contributions
and classes. A regular programme of lee
lures, class exhibitions, &c, will be made
out. Pennsylvania school system will be
fully demonstrated.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
What Regulates Easter DaY.

Easter will fall this year on the 10th
rather than on the 9th of April, because
Easter Day is regulated not by a solar, but
by lunar cycle-the cycle that regulates
the Golden Number. Now, by a solar cal
culation day always begins at midnight but
by lunar calculation it begins at noon. If,
therefore, the Paschal moon falls on a Sa-
turday after II NJ, it is counted as falling
on Sunday, and then Easter Day is, under
the rule in the Prayer Brook, the Sunday
following. This is what happens in the
present year. The Paschal falls on Satur-
day, April 6th, at 2.43 P. NJ 1t is there
fore counted as falling on Sunday, April
9th, and Easter Day is the Sunday follow
ing, that is, April 16. 1t may be added
that should the full moon fall on March q
before Il NJ, that full moon, Counted, as
falling on March POI would not regulate
Easter day, but the one following. This
happened in 1919.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
MARRIED..

On February oath, 1876, by Rev. G.. D. Car
row, DID, Mr.. Calvin Martin and Miss Emma
Lousia Flory, daughter of Captain William S.
Flory, all of Stroudsburg, Pa.
On February oath, 1876, at the Cherry
Valley NJ. E. Parsonage by Rev. G. L. Scatter,
Mr.. Alonzo Humer, Esq, and Miss Bella
Marsh, all ofStroud township.
On February 18th, 1876, by Rev. Samuel
Huff at his residence, Mr.. J. w. Hall of
Stroudsburg, Pa, and Mrs. Harriet p. Steele,
of Belvidere, n. J.
February 9th, by Rev. Robt Pitts. Mr.. Geo.
II. Butler, Of Brooklyn. y. Y. and Miss Lucy
Anna, daughter of William S. Rees, of Stroud
township, Monroe county, Pa.
February 10th, by Rev Robt. Pitts, Mr.. Eu-
gene Van Vliet, of East Stroudsburg Pa and
Miss Theresa Kellet, of Stroud township, Mon
roe county, Pa.
February 10Th, by Rev Robt Pitts, Mr..
William III. Scott, and Miss Mary Cecilia Cor
den, both of Stroudsburg, Pa.
On Feb, Goth, 1876, at the Cherry Valley
NJ. +. Parsonage by Rev. G. L. Schaffer Mr.
John F. Bartholomew of Stroudsburg Pa, and
Miss Lizzie Fable, of Stroud township.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
TIE CEDAR MINES OF NEW JERSEY.

Among the strange productions of Cape
May, says the Monmouth (N. j. Demo-
crat, are the "cedar mines''-swamps of
dark miry stuff in which are buried i'm
mense trees of the white cedar, Cypressus
ttyoioes Of the botanists These mines con-
tain enormous trees, buried to depth
varying from three to ten feet The logs
lie one across another, and there is abund-
ant evidences that they are the growing of
different successive forests. Indeed, in
these very swamps forests of the same trees
are now growing The miners have be-
come very skillful at their work An iron
rod is thrust into the soft mud, over which
often the water lies. In striking buried
tree the workman will, by several sound
ings, at last tell how it lies, which is It's
root end, and how thick it is. He then
manages to get a chip, of the tree. aud ~
its smell determines at once whether it is
worth the labor of mining, that is, the
workmeu will tell unerringly whether the
tree be windfall or break down If a
breakdown, it was so because it was de-
cayed when standing; if windfall, the
trees fell when found, and has been pre-
served ever since by the antiseptic nature
of the peat marsh in which it was buried |
The soft earth is then removed. This makes |
a pit in the swamp Into this the water
soon flows and fills it up. This is rather
an advantage. The saw is now introduced, !
and at regular intervals a cut is made
through the trees, when the log floats to
the surface. 1t is curious that the log of |
sound tree will be sure to turn over when
1t floats up, the lower side thus becoming
Trees in this way are some /
times obtained which will yield 10000
shingles, worth $50 per thousand thus
one tree will yield 5000 The age Of such
tree, as the season rings have been counted, |
has been made out from l 900 to 200
years, and even more A layer Of such |
trees Is found covered by another layer,
and these again by another, and even ID
third, while living trees may still be grow
ing over all. 1t is evident, indeed that |
New Jersey has experienced what the geo
logists call Oscillation" Cape May CON
tains abundant evidence of having been lift
ed out of modern sea. The recent oyster
and clam are found in natural beds, Just as
they died in the ocean, but now in posi-
tiOns many feet higher than the contiguous
oyster beds while buried trees exist at
depths lower than the beds of living mol |
lusks
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02

The DEMOCRATIC LEADER Hill, of
Georgia who has come forward as the
Democratic Confederate leader in Congress,
is the same man who offered the following
resolution in The Confederate Senate at
Richmond
ResoIred, that every person pretending
to be soldier or officer of the United
States, who shall be captured on the soil of
the Confederate States after the 1st of
january, 1863, shall be presumed to have
entered the territory Of the Confederate
States with intent to incite insurrection and
to abet murder, and that unless satisfactory
proof be adduced to the contrary, before Il
military court before which his trial shall
be had, he shall suffer death
In effect this was resolution that every
prisoner Of war should be put to death
the most barbarous proposition that could
be conceived, and borrowed from the most
savage tribes in Africa. And its author is
the man who now takes the lead of the
Democratic Confederates in Congress, and
has the efrontery to arraign the Govern
ment Of Abraham Lincoln for its conduct
Of the war
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
The STAY Law.

The bill providing for stay of execu-
tion which has passed second reading in
the House, grants stay of execution for
two years on judgments now remaining
unsatifed, or which may be obtained with
in six months from the passage of the act
provided, that the defendant can show that
he is the owner of property to double the
amount Of the claims held against him or,
the defendant may give security to the
Court or Justice of the Peace before whom
the judgment was obtained, which security
shall consist of one or more persons, who
shall satify the Court or Justice that their
property at fair valuation is worth double
the claim.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
Strange Petrefaction.

Twenty-Five years ago an old lady in
Providence township, we'll known for her
many excellentqualities, died and was buried
in a psivate burying ground back of Hyde
Park near the Continental mines. The
body was removed a short time since, and
it was found to present some very singular
features. From the skull to the pelvis, or
hip bones, nothing remained but the bones,
which were well preserved from the pelvis
to the feet the limbs were found to be per
fectly petrefed, having all the appearance
of stone, both in weight and color. We
offer no explanation of this singular pheno-
menon, but leave it to the physicians to de-
termine why half of the body should be pc
trefed and the other not-Scranton Re
r11bhcnn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
BRIDAL OF DEATH"
Polvgamy TO be SuDnressed

SALT LAKE City, Feb Chief JUS
tice White in charging the grand jury to
day concerning polygamy said ave had
better look it squarely in the face, distaste-
ful as it may be to some, and govern our
selves by right, reason and manly discre-
tion in dealing with it Polygamy must
be suppressed in this Territory. Nor
monism many survive it, and relieved from
1t would stand unshackled and free, as
every other creed or mode of religious
worship, shielded and protected by the
Constitution of our common country but
II Mormonism cannot sever itself from
polygamy it will be to it the bridal Of
death
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-02
An Aged Horse.

There is now in Erie county, Pa.-or
was at last accounts-an equine curiosity
in the shape of forty-fve year old horse.
The venerable animal is in the possession
of Hon. Morrow B. bowerY, of that coun-
ty. The horse was taken to Erie in 1888
being then frisky four-year-old-by
Geo. Lauman, Esq. The animal came into
Mr. Lowry's possession in 1S49, and he
has owned him ever since. He was then
a raven black, but the frosts of the forty
five winters which have passed over him
have turned his head as white as chalk,
Some years ago the old veterans teeth gave
way, and after various experiments with
soft food his kind hearted owner secured
the services of Dentist who fixed up full
set of first-class "uppers and lowers,
since which time the old horse can take his
rations with the most vigorous of his equine
brethren. Two or three times week he
is driven to Erie from the farm where Mr..
Lowery keeps him, and is a wonderfully
stylish hack yet Whenever the horse ap-
pears on the streets he is the object of much
attention, and when his affectionate driver
tightens the reins and brings him to halt
he is speedily surrounded by crowd OF adj
mirers, who tenderly smooth his frosty coat
and talk "hoss" with his owner as long as
the patience of the latter will permit. Of
course the horse is treated with great ten
derness, the best morsels being reserved for
his delectation and the warmest and eoslest
hooks in the stable and barn yard reserved
for his reception, and with anything like
ordinary luck he will remain to cheer his
old owner heart for many years to come.
The horse is a curiosity, and We doubt whe-
ther one of equal age can be found any
where in the country.