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The New York herald., 1876-10-31
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

James 7. Fields does not like Bulwer.
There arc few apples in England this year.
The sultan clad In black, called Dom Pedro.
Newton Booth is fond OF saying "AhI my frisuds.s
The climate Of England 10 detrimentalto 70 the Colorado
bug
Sir George Prescott, Of England, IL a the Gilssy
House.
Freedmen.
freshman fourht and killed two bulls in the arsns
at Barcelona
In K'ootar. New Guinea s is against the Law v bs
In a hurry
Senator Alcorn, OF Mississippi has been too sick 70
take any part In the Canvass
The Yale College faculty will permit lts football
team to play any out NJ town matches
Bret Hartcs vein like that OF tho hills abous which
hc writes, Is we'll worked, but still Il IL gold.
Dr. Maudsley and others who tnnk with him aryss
tha, mad people arc responsible for murder.
Right Rev. John Freeman Young Protestant Episoo-
pal Bishop OF Florida, ut the Union Square Hosol
Generals Forsyth and Upton and Major Sanger. Of
the United states Army, arrived in Berlin yesterday
Senator william A. Wallace and Representative
Hester Cymer Of Pennsylvania, yesterday arrived -
the Everett House.
Warm milk. not boiled, is used In India for Of
illness accompanied by collie, and II 10 specially vau-
able for cases OF scarlet fever.
Miss Lydia Stokes OF Georgia has had 100 pins
and needles taken from ncr body, and II 10 believed
that tho crop is well nigh exhausted
'Ignoramus," finding iauIt with the saying that
Tupper does write poetry with h,s ega says thss
IL depends somewhat the measure OF his feet
A sand hl cranc in North Carolina nsw at and
smashed the headlight OF n locomotive, and the
gincer would not proceed unit, daybrcak
II Is claimed that Georgia negress nreen yean
old is tho mother Of hve children. having first had
triplcts and eleven mon this afscrward twins.
man was playing dice In saloon IN Knoxville,
CAL when funeral procession OF his wfc went by.
Ho went the door, waved his nat hurrahed and re
turned to tho game.
An English writer says:-"Tho general principle Of
free demands that every be produced
by those who produce 1t with most advantage 70
themselves and others"
The Italians have as much any one else
can have to droad the day when the eastern gates a
the Mediterranean may fall tho hands OF jealsua
ovcrbcaring and protcctionst Power
Don Carlos and Donna Margarits, his wife, may b
frequently driving tho thoroughfares Of Paris
In plain but elegant Victoria with horse sinpe
royA crown marking the panel sad sAs hAxAs@
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
Ola Clothes and Politics.

The influence Of homely garments il
forming political sentiment is welR worthy
OF the philosophers study. While SO many
German savans are wasting their eAergiea
in literary hair-splitting we are sure that the
opening of new field for philosophic in
quiry will recall the great Herr Teufels-
dr0ckh to his well beloved study of human
garments. We can rig out full suit of po-
litical old clothes for him. Firstly, we can
give him that delightful abstraction, the
"bloody Shirt" fresh from the back of o. p.
Morton, which has been made the republican
banner in numberless campaigns. just as the
dirty leather apron Of Gao, the victorious
blacksmith, was studded with jewels
and made the royal standard of Per-
sia. "Plenty of money and the bloody
shirt" was the battle cry in Indiana and
along the whole line. Blaine emblazoned
new rubies of eloquence on it, and fiery Bob
Ingersoll waved it over his neathen head
and shook the empyrean with the wild hut-
tering of its CORY rags But in Indiana il
was not q conquering nag. Vdrsm!
Herr Teufelsdr0ckh will ask Because, We
answer, at the head Of the opposing demo-
cratic columns futtered pair of old panta-
looms that whilom adorned the extremities
of Williams, hight Blue Jeans. The
''bloody shirt" went down before the stride
of the Blue Jean pantaloons. "A President
does not want legs" said an enthusiastic
Hoosier who was pressing the nomi-
nation of Indiana's ''favorite SON" at
Cincinnati, intending to convey the
sentiment uttered by Disraeli in his early
days, when he crushed an opponent who
was standing for Parliament on his title and
his wealth by saying, Gentlemen, stand
on my head" How different the result
might have been if the Hoosier could have
said, my candidate wears pair Of cowhide
boots y So far the savant has q shirt and
trousers. If he inquiries of his countryman.
Carl Schurz, he will be allowed furtive
peep at Horace Greeley's old white coat and
hat. which four years ago were the gonfalon
of the united legions that ''entered the home
stretch" with such remarkable but delusive
hopes of victory. The old coat and hat
of the Chappaqua sage are hidden in
cellar now, and none SO poor as do them
reverence; but shall they be forgotten when
history does justice to the bloody shirt Of
Morton, the pantaloons of Blue Jeans and
the shocking bad hat" Of the Iron Dukei
We scout the proposition. The influence Of
the old garment is spreading. We learn
from Fiji that the natives who varied theil
repasts of broiled missionary with roast
sailor cold, are suddenly exhibiting fond
ness for civilized bills of fare under the
benign influence Of an English Governor
who dresses as shabbily as possible and enw
his dinner in his shirt-sleeves. Let tho
German savans then tackle the great ques-
tion of the subtle influence of old clothes
upon masses Of men. To it, Herr Tourels.
dr0ckh.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

THE WEATHER the West the area Of
low barometer which appeared several days
ago has been divided in two by an advanc-
ing area of high pressure. The two depres-
sions now formed are remarkable for the
high temperature that accompanies them.
Rain continues to prevail in advance OF
those areas as far eastward as Pittsburg, but
the high pressure still central over New
York and New England delays its progress
toward us. Clear weather generally pre-
walls in the South and high temperature
In the Southwest The weather in New
York to-day promises to be warm and partly
Al0u0ye
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
Tho Registration and what It show.


The registration in this city falls SO far
short of the vote to which our popula-
ton seems to entitle us that we shall
probably hear no more about the wholesale
frauds which the politicians have taught US
to expect on the day of election. Out of the
$4,000 registered names some may have
been illegally placed on the lists. and it is
to be hoped that all such, whether on the
democratic or republican side, may be de-
tected and the persons attempting the fraud
properly punished. But the total registra-
ton falls nearly 10000 below the figure we
have o right to expect, and it is to be feared
that the majority of those who neglect the
duty of an American citizen may be found
among what are called the upper
classes of society. In Philadelphia a
republican city, there were on the assessors
lists this year as voters over $4,000
names There are in that city 6S7
districts of .bout $50 voters each,
with an assessor for each, who makes
up the list of voters on the 1st day of
June by visiting every house in his district.
Sixty days before the election the assessors
sit for two days to revise their lists, and
after that they remain unchanged except as
altered by the Court of Common Pleas on
petition in cases of removal to other districts
or frauds. Last year between twelve and
thirteen thousand names were stricken off
by the Court; but this year up to last week
less than 1000 names had been erased, leav-
,,,< fho sfc prsh la
system of collecting the names OF voters by
visiting officials is more effective in procur-
ing full list than the system of personal
enrolment as in force in New York In
New York, taking the present popu-
lation at 100000 we register this year
one in six as voters. Allowing Philadelphia
to have increased since 1870 in the
same proportion as New York, that city
would now have 75O, 900 population, and the
registration is therefore, within fraction
OF one in four. In Louisiana the colored
vote is singularly large in comparison with
the population. In Plaquemine parish
one negro's name is registered as voter for
every three and one-eighth Of the total
colored population in ST. Charles the pro-
portion is one voter in two and a half of pop
ulation in st. james the same in St.
Landry one in four and half; in Carroll
one in three and seven-tenths in Terre
Bonnc one in three and two-thirds, and a
similar proportion extends throughout the
State. The statement tells its own story.
Estimating the difference between the
vote and the registration this year TO be
about eleven per cent, as in 1872 and last
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
Tho Public Credit In Politics.

We do not like to see political parties
making the credit and honor Of the nation o
subject of partisan discussion and using the
honorable fears of the people to intimidate
them into voting for this or the other cand i
date. There is something unpatriotic in
such course; and we regret to see that
prominent persons in both parties are un-
scrupulous enough to thus attempt to work
upon the popular apprehension in order to
gain votes. From one side we hear delib-
crate assertions that the election of Mr.
Tilden would cause shock to the public
credit and bring disgrace on the nation !;
from the other side we hear assurances that
the election of Mr.. Hayes would have simi
lar result.
This is all wrong and not only wrong,
bat false. The public credit is safe, the
national honor is secure, no matter who is
elected. That is question which does not
pass out ofthe peoples hands long enough
to enable any political party to cause serious
injury. Nor is tthis all. The American
people have shown, during and since the
war, that they have keen sense Of national
honor, and that they will not allow any one,
no matter how skilful demagogue he may
be, to persuade them to tolerate trifing with
this question.
No party could retain pow er in this coun-
try for even a year if it SO much as showed
serious disposition to disturb the public
credit, either by tampering with the pay
ment of the bonds or by increasing
the national debt The country was
never so wide awake and solicitous
upon this subject as now. 1t will
demand of the next administration,
whether it be republican or democratic, the
utmost and most rigid good faith to the
public creditor, and not only this, but close
economy in the expenditures, aud such SEN
sible and conservative legislation as shall
remove obstacles to return to general pros
perity, which cannot but improve our credit.
If the party in power, whether democrats or
republicans, should neglect these things it
will hear from the people in 1878. and they
will compel their will to be done, by retir-
ing promptly and forever whoever shall be
found to have by rash propositions or meas
ures injured the nations credit or retarded
that prosperity now coming. which will, as
everybody knows, constantly improve our
credit and financial standing.
This is not Mexico. The strife of parties
here does not involve the national existence
or the national honor; and when politicians
of either or both sides endeavor to introduce
such vital questions into the party strife
49, - ~ -
they are going beyond the legitimate bounds
Of politics and attacking the life of the
nation.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

1t will be seen that in two of these years,
1868 and 1872, the probable democratic city
majority Of this year would have been over
come by the rest of the State, and these were
both Presidential contests. In 1871 the re-
suit would have been exceedingly close, and
in the five remaining years the city majority
would have elected the democratic candi-
dates. These figures are interesting at this
time, and will afford basis for the work Of
political calculators.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
M. au sommer.rd and tho Figaro.


M. du Sommerards denial of the letter at
tributed to him is explicit and clear, and
leaves no room to doubt that the calumnious
epistle is fabrication. This sets that gen.
tleman right with his government, and so
far as the American people had any concern
in the case it is naturally pleasant to know
that we were not vilifed by distinguished
official of a friendly nation. But this
issue leaves the Paris Figaro in an
unenviable plight. That journal does
not commonly give much attention to
news, and when it does touch this com
modify it commonly burns its fingers. In
deed, it is the speciality of the Figaro not to
publish those chronicles of facts that with us
ore the staple of news, but to fill its col
umns instead with the small talk of the
mots such as the lively barber, from
whom it takes its name-like bar
bers from time ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
have retailed to his customers. News
is given in French newspapers with
the less freedom because the press laws make
journalists responsible for what they pub
lish, and we shall be astonished If the Figaro
does not experience the pressure of the laws
in this respect. AS the French government
would never permit its official to publish
with impunity letter in vilifcation of
friendly people, SO it will not permit jour
nal subject to its laws to calumniate its
official by the charge that he had written the
vile epistle it printed.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

The SALurAnY EFFECT of the disarming of
the Sioux Indians at the Red Cloud Agency
may be judged by the state of things which
preceded it along the border. Our corre-
ypondent's letter, written from Fort Laramie,
describes the raiding of the Indians upon
the settlers, and points out that the disarm-
ing and dismounting, which was then in
contemplation, would be the best possible
cure for it
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
NOTICE TO NEWSMEN.

All those who will prominently display on their
asnds notice tho public to the effect that they
re selling the HERALD at three cents per copy will
meet with opposition by boys or others sent from
his ONCE. Stands wagon route Of Kominsky
Irotners, also st,vons' route, supplied with
IERALps free OF commission.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

HIsroRY REPEATS ITSELF With the revival
of silk pocket handkerchiefs we note the
resurrection of the industry of which Fagin
was professor and the Artful Dodger n
promising pupil. Nine silk bandannas
were found upon two young pickpockets ar
rested in Central Park on SUNDAY.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

"CExTExxIAL" DIX is the republican nom.
inee for Mayor. The Ex-Governor has held
o great many Offices and will doubtless live
long enough to hold a great many moro.
The Mayoralty of New York is an important
position; even worth the while of man who
was once seriously thought of for the Presi-
dency He will bring out full republican
vote.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. was
heady during the day at 109 ga Stocks
rere irregular, the advance and decline be-
ng about equally marked. Money on call
vas supplied at and 2 per cent. Govern
nent and railway bonds were generally
strong, and the market showed disposition
to invest in first class securities.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

THE Gu.BERT ELEVATED RAILROAD is still
fighting its way under enormous difficulties
through the courts Slovenly law-making
appears to be the instrument which the
friends of rapid transit have placed in the
hands of the astute counsel who strike
blows in court in behalf of its unscrupulous
enemies
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

The ANTI-TAMMANY conferees are still ~
sea. Jimmy" O'Brien has been thrown
overheard as a tub to the whale of respecta-
bllity; but there is no prospect of smooth
sailino vet
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
I RIPL e S I'll E e T /.
NEW YORK. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1876.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the action OF portion Of the and
lcwsmen, who are determined that tie public shall
prevent It, have made arrangements place tho
IERALp in the hands Of all readers at the reduced
Price. Newsboys purchase any quantity they may
lesirs at No. 1895 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

The CANDIDATES. will be found
o useful list of the gubernatorial, Congress
sional and judicial nominees of all the par
ties who will be offered to the sufirages of
citizens throughout the Union this day week.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

From our reports this morning the probabilities
ire that the ,cedther to-day ,cil be ,oarm and
,drtiy cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

If the States marked doubtful" should
also give their votes for Governor Hayes, he
would have 24S to Tilden's 121. This is,
however. only one view of the field. Against
this outlook from the official republican
windows comes the following from the dem
ocratic side of the house-equally well in
formed, and from the highest sources:-
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
Conditions OF Peace In Europe.

There is scarcely room for further doubt
in regard to the armistice. With or without
the proviso for possible extension it will be
accepted by Turkey, and thus the sudden
failure of Servian resistance in the Morava
Valley will be of little consequence with re-
gard to the future, for the six weeks thus
accorded will be utilized by the peace
makers, and the war will not be recon-
menced unless it is with Russian army
behind the Servians. The proposition asso-
ciated with the call for an armistice is for
o conference of the Powers to determine the
law of Europe with relation to Turkey.
With regard to this proposition two demands
are made-one by England and one by Rus
sias-and these demands will probably be
conceded. England demands that the basis
of the conference shall be the recognition
of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire.
That must be sort of diplomatic hardpan
below which no one shall delye in search
of solutions of the difficulty. Russia might
very reasonably object to this; but as there
is evidently wish to have peace she will
yield this point at England's demand, and
as an equivalent to the concession thus made
to England the conference will probably
concede to Russia privilege without which
she would be weak to assent to Englands
position. II Russia assents to the integrity
of the Ottoman Empire she must have
recognized right to protect in that
Empire the Christian Slavs; to guar
antee with her troops that the laws
shall be enforced which the conference
shall make with regard to the Christian SUBJ
jects of the Sultan. Without this guarantee
the conference will end in smoke and the
war will 60 on; and the perception Of this
fact will induce England to concede the
Russian demand. 1t will not do for British
diplomacy to repeat at this point its blunder
Of last summer by opposing an impractical
opposition to the only possible condition of
peace
The New York herald., 1876-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
LIFE, at sP. NJ. Charles y. Coshian.
yoRamprs yEi,II MAILASss'Sp {, < ; THEATRE
WOODS MUSEUM
BARNES BENEFIT. at s r. NJ Matinee ss2P.A
NIBLO's GARDEN.
GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION
BowERY THEATRE
OUTLAwED. at s p. NJ. Mr. Robert Johnstone.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
TWO ORPHANS at 8 r. y.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
UNCLE TOMS CABIN, at Pm.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
BOOTHS THEATRE
sARDANAPALUs, ut 8 7. NJ Mr. bangs and Mrs. Agne
Booth.
rom COBB. a.spA n
,. nn BRooKLYN THEATRE.
JANE EYRE. q: 7. NJ. Miss Thompson.
GERMANIA THEATRE.
oTHELLO At 8 I. NJ.
GILMoKE's GARDEN
BARNUMs CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE, at and s P. NJ.
r.,,vrv rAEEIsIAS VARIETIES
VARIETY TIvoLI THEATRE
VARIETY .spa EAGLE THEATRE
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs.
usP.M.
KELLY 4 Icons MINSTRELS,
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY, ats p. NJ.
THEATRE COMIQUK
VARIETY, at Z. NJ
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY AND DRAMA. at As P. NJ.
,. TONY. PASTORS THEATRE
JARIETY Mt 8 +. NJ.
PHIlADEl PHlA THEATRES
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE
HE BLACK CROOK.
KREUTZBERG's ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
THE GREAT SIEGE OF PARIS.
paily from A. NJ to 10 NJ. east of tho Philadelphia
Main Exposition Building.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM,
Ninth and Arch ts-TWO ORPHANS
BIOLOGICAL GARDEN.
KIRALFY'S AIHAMBRA PALACE
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY dave
Foxs AMERICAN THEATRE.
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

Ihe question of interest among the poll
ticians now is, will this majority be large
enough to overcome any majority the rest of
the State may give for Hayes 2 The vote of
the State. exclusive of New York city, has
varied considerably. The following table
shows the majorities in the whole State, in
cluding Brooklyn, but without this city for
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

Last year the democratic candidate for
Comptroller received in the city 79,767
votes and the republican candidate 400
votes, being democratic majority Of 80, 677.
Giving the republicans the same ratio of in
crease as the democrats on the additional
registration and vote, and We have as the
probable result in the city, in round num-
The New York herald., 1876-10-31

KAISER WILLIAM TO THE GERMAN PAR11A-
printed somewhat vociferous article on the
Eastern question, which appealed directly
to Germany and to Prince Bismarck. This
article called upon Germany to come forth
in the present crisis and pull Englands
chestnuts out of the fire. II was France
occasion when England's chestnuts were
roasted, and France is no longer in a posi-
tion to render this important service. There
fore England calls upon the country which
has taken the place of France as the domi.
nant military Power of the Continent. But
the response is not satisfactory. The ad-
dress of Kaiser William to the Parliament
assembled yesterday is plain intiniation
that if Germany puts her hand in the fire to
pull out any chestnuts the one essential
condition must be that the chestnuts are
Germany's and no one else's This is good
craftsmanship If France had made the
same reply before the Crimean war there
would have been no war; and the war of
1870, if it had ever come, would not have
seen France shorn Of all friendly support
CAMPAIGN RooRBAcKs From the number
of exposures" ".charges, "damning proofs
of corruption" and wholesale declarations
of perjury and 'fraud" against the Presi-
Dental and other candidates now in the
field it would seem that the only safety lies
in nominating men who have passed their
lives among cows and pigs upon farm.
The candidate must never have entered o
s'city' of more than five hundred inhabi-
tants, and, above ALL he must have never as
much as looked at railroad. If he fills this
bill and is homely as fence rail and SLOW
enly as an organ grinder he has chance
1t is curious development of our civjliza-
-tion that experience is beginning to show
that an irreproachable candidate for Presi-
dent must possess all the negative qualities
Of that square-toed idiot, the acceptable
.iuryman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-31
state Political Notes.

Next week will be good time to commence ac-
tive political operations in this State llayirg
will be over, the weather more comfortable, and
people will be in the mood for campaigning. 1t is
expected that Gen. Ingersol of Illinois, Senator
Conkling, Senator Logan, Ex-Governor Noyes O.
Ohio and other able speakers will visit Maine
A dispatch to the Boston Globe says that cali
will at once be issued for a republican boiling
convention in the first district, and that Nathan
Dane or S. l.. Goodale will be nominated. "li
the bolt should prove extensive" says the LeWls-
ton Journal, lit will simply elect the democratic
candidate for Congress. The men who are en-
ginee1ing the bolt of course understand this.
The editor of the PASSPORT Sentinel says of the
democratic candidate for governor: "Said demo
crat to US since Mr.. Talbot's nomination: "Talbo.
has always been holding out his pint dipper.
This campaign will rid US Of his opportunities"
Hayes and Wheeler clubs were organized Ia
every ward In Portland last week
The republicans Of Brdgton opened the Plesi-
dental campaign of 1876 on Tuesday evening in a
very creditable manner, in the presence OF very
large number of people of both sexes. Three
Hayes and Wheeler flags were flung to the breeze
There is promise of lively contest in the Fifth
District Democratic Congressional Convention to
| be holden at Ellsworth on the 10th Of Aug. The
prominent candidates for the nomination will be
| Hons Charles a. Spofford Of Deer ISLE and VIM.
H. Mcclellan of Belfast. 1t is represented that
the delegates from Waldo and Knox will generally
support Mcclellan, whilst those from Hancock
and Washington will 60 for the re denomination of
Snnfford