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The New York herald., 1876-12-21
Grave Charge Against tho Post
Once.


Once.
A statement made in the House yesterday
in the course of the debate on the inviola-
bility Of telegraph messages SO seriously
inculpates the integrity of the national Post
Office that Mr.. Hewitts charges should be
private correspondence is no longer safe in
the mails. This is an alarming state of
things if the facts be as they are represented.
1t is hardly to be supposed that Mr.. Hewitt
would have hazarded such a statement in
the face of Congress and the country un-
less he had reason to think it true.
He says that for the last month
his correspondence has been tam
pered with, the letters bearing evident
marks of having been opened by the appli-
cation of steam and resealed with fresh mu-
cilage. He states that he has submitted
them to the examination of experts, who
confirm his own opinion, and that he is ready
to submit them to other experts if Congress
sees fit to order an investigation. He
does not direct suspicion to any particu-
lar post Office, and probably has no means
of knowing whether they were opened at
the place where they were mailed or at the
place of delivery. He has been in Washing
ton during the greater part Of the month, and
his correspondence has probably been chiefly
between that city and New York. 1t is
difficult to believe that anything of the kind
has been done in the New York Post Office,
and it is certain that it has not been done with
the knowledge or completely Of Postmaster
James. Wherever the crime was committed
it was probably done by bribing clerk, but
that clerk must have been tool of poll
tcians. The motive for this violation of
private letters is obvious enough in the
present case. 1t could not have been done
by pilferer in search for money, for Mr..
Hewitt is not man who either sends or re-
ceives money by mail. He is regarded
as the most trusted political confidant
of Governor Tilden, and if his CORE
spondence has been tampered with it
was doubtless for the purpose of learning
the democratic hopes and plans in this
emergency. 1t is base and rascally busi-
ness, and Congress should spare no pains
to ferret out the authors. No man of char
acterin either party will hesitate to denounce
it or refuse his aid in bringing the sneaking
villains TO exposure and punishment. Let
us hope, however, that Mr.. Hewitt is mis-
taken but even if he is, the necessity for
an investigation is imperative to vindicate
the character of our postal service when it
is aspersed from SO responsible quarter.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

A CoNTEMpTIBLE DoDGE.-We are loath to
believe that the arbitrary and absurd order
of the Pennsylvania Railroad officials limit
ing the delivery of the early mails to boat
nearly nm hour and half in advance of the
train is sanctioned by the responsible heads
of the company. The motive of this order
seems to warrant the belief that it may be
the work of injudicious subordinates anx.
ious to commend themselves to the favor OF
their superiors. The mails carry the news
papers at much lower rate than that
charged by the express companies, but the
railroad company gets larger profit
from the carriage of express mat
ter. For the sake of making this
profit the railroad officials arbitrarily
assume the right to delay the whole mail by
an order merely intended to exclude the
newspapers and force them to be transported
at express rates. This contemplate trick
can hardly have the countenance of Colonel
Scott. AS the deliberate policy of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company it would be an
incredibly mean and paltry piece of busi-
ness But if, as we chnritably incline to
suppose, it is the work Of officious and ire
sponsible subordinates, we trust that they
will speedily be brought to their senses by
hint from headquarters.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21
4 RIPPLE SH e e Il .
NEW YORK. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1875.
NOTICE TO NEWSDEALERS AND THE PUBLIC.

Owing to tho action OF portion OF tho carriers,
that the public shall have tho HERALD at three
cents per copy they prevent it, we have made
arrangements to place the HERALD in the hands OF
oil readers at tho reduced price. Ncwsboys and
dealers purchase any quantity they may desire
at No 1865 Broadway and No. Ann street. and
also from our wagons on the principal avenues. All
dealers who have been tErentened by the news COM
panies requested to send in their orders direct
us, at No. Ann street,
The New York herald., 1876-12-21
Relief for tho Poor and tho People.

Relief for tho Poor and the People.
Two pressing subjects came up for con-
sideration before the Board Of Apportion-
ment yesterday at special meeting of that
body-the relief of the outdoor poor of the
city and the cleaning of the streets for the
next few weeks during the probable prev
alence of snow or slush. The Aldermen,
at their last meeting, adopted resolution
requesting the Board Of Apportionment to
appropriate one hundred thousand dollars
for the former purpose. The Board, how
ever, find that the money collected for ex-
else licenses now amounts to nearly three
hundred thousand dollars, and instead of
making any additional appropriation, de-
termine to apply this fund to the relief of the
poor, Through the several benevolent and
charitable associations by which the work
can be done most effectually." There has
hitherto been o disinclination to devote the
excise money wholly to charitable purposes,
but certainly it cannot be put to better or
more appropriate use. If we license the sale
of liquor it seems only proper that the fund
realized thereby should be applied to the
relief of the want and suffering that liquor
does so much to promote. But care should
be taken that the money is placed where it
will be used for immediate relief during the
severe winter months without the benevo-
lent association formalities and red tapism
which too often make charity nockery.
When family is freezing and starving in
garret or cellar or a poor wretch is perishing
on the sidewalk of cold and hunger it will
not do to delay the aid that is required until
the sufferers are relieved by death. The
Board should provide some method by
which the money can be made available on
the instant in cases of emergency, and
should take care that it goes to tho relief of
such cases, and is not locked up in societies
which, however excellent in their way,
have different charitable objects in view
The application of the Police Commits
sioners for the transfer of ten thousand
dollars from an unexpended appropriation
of former year to the street cleaning fund
for this year should encounter no opposi-
ton. The reasons given for the transfer are
amount locked up when it is needed for the
public health and convenience. 1t is to be
hoped that this og-in-the-manger policy is
now ut an end. The street cleaning is now
we'll conducted and with this transfer the
authorities will be bound to protect MS
against snow encumbrances during the
winter.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

Sailing THE TRACKs.-To throw salt in
the streets is contrary to law; yet two men
were busily employed in South street last
night in throwing shovelfuls of rock salt on
the Belt Railroad tracks The fact that the
work was being done at night proves that
the company knew that il was violating the
statute. Ice and snow impregnated with
salt causes the hoofs of horses to rot, hence
the law prohibiting its use.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

RESTORING THE CABLE MONOPOLY -Ru-
mors have been flying to and fro of pro-
posal to amalgamate the Direct United States
and the Anglo-American Cable companies.
Whether or not they have any foundation in
fact it is manifest that the consummation of
such scheme would be detrimental to the
public. The old monopoly would be re-
established and rates would advance to the
former high standard. But this might, after
all, prove to be a blessing in disguise.
1t would be a real benefit if it
should cause the combination Of the
newspapers, the merchants and others
to whom cheap system of ocean
telegraphy is a necessity for the laying of n
new cable We would be glad to subscribe
toward this object, and have no doubt that
the necessary sum of about four millions
could be raised in event of return to the
old monopoly rates. Four millions is not
too large a sum to be readily subscribed in
view of the advantages to be derived from
on independent cable. We are not sure but
the proposed amalgamation is the best thing
that could happen; for new cable would
most assuredly be laid within two years
The watering system has never been sue
cess.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

ALL THEATRK-GoERs will read with interest
of the experiments made yesterday at Wal
lacks in non-infammablo scenery and stage
fixtures. Several managers are SO we'll salts
fed with the method applied that they in
tend to avail themselves of it at once, and
own box offices good cause for regret
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

COMMISSIONER WOODS recommendations
the Board of Education indicate some desir-
able reforms which should not have been
deferred as long as they have been. The
money expended for the education of the
children of New York city should produce
better results than it does.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY. opened
and closed at 107l, selling meanwhile at
1919. The stock market was irregular and
unsettled. Money on call loaned at s and 2
per cent. Government and railway bonds
were generally steady.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

The WRIT OF ERROR in the Brock murder
case gives the convicted men q new hope of
life, and they have conducted themselves in
such a manly way while under sentence that
every one will hope that in their case JUS
tice will lead to liberty.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

THE RECENT DECISION in the Court Of APP
peals having made trial necessary in the
suit of Patten VS.. The New York Elevated
Railway, the case has been noticed and it is
expected will be tried to-day. There are in
functions and injunctions But enterprise
is not easily discouraged.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

The ADVANCE in the price of coal, indi-
Gated by the Pennsylvania Company's sales
yesterday, will increase the popular appre-
citation Of good fire.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General Sickles calls on tho President
Lean men for skates and fat men for . laugh AZ
cuchro
A savory beef stew has often made now widow
smile
Sir Charles L. Young OF England, is at tho St. Jamel
Hotel
Wa Ying Ding, Chinese mandarin, is at the Abo
marie Hotel
James Il. Kccne, a millionaire broker, left San
francisco yesterday for New York, on his way TO
Europe in quest of health.
Hon. George G Gorham, Secretary of the United
States Senate was married last ming Miss Enic
T.. Baseett, o! Washington.
Mr. Ebenezcr Bassett, who has been for the past
seven years United States Minister to Hayt, will savv
this city in few days 10 resume his functions tbS
.sBlack Republic"
A young lady in Morrisania wants TO know what is
tasteful cheap present, something that viii not put
young gentleman under obligatons-in TACT, sort OF
scm-prcsent Try u demi-john.
Cor,hW:-"By exclusive attention TO the education
OF the emotional s.do OF n mans you will no
doubt succeed In creating such milksop as shall
hardly supply Bbrc enough for the hero Of penny
novel; but, tho other hand, BY an equally exclusive
cultivation of the ratouaistic side you will develop
something quite as weak and dangerous and good
deal more ntolsrablcn
sam Bowcs-'To eat orange, thrust a fork In nt
the stem. and the peel down over the hand from
the opposite point With fruit knife or spoon ex-
tract the pulp in turn transferring
IL with dcItness the mouth Al the close the wals
between the sections will bc lett the fork like the
leaves OF book with the bent back This is the
way folks do in Dom Pcdros diocese"
Montgomery fAla) Adcerfiscr:-'Gencral Joseph f.
Johnston was in tho city yesterday. He looked al.
most as and vigorous he did tecn years ago
II dinu IN nnd he on
member OF the nrrn Of Joseph +. Johnston l. Co.
The General is now business in the interests
or tho Home Insurance Company, OF New York. OF
which hts tho general agents for the Southern
States
Erening Telegram bill OF faro for authors OF "Bcauti
fui Snow:'
Whipper snapper soup-lashings OF IT,
FISH.
Frost fish. Salmon cutterlcts.
Tr0tters. Ragout OF "a nipping and an eagcr'
hare, garnisbed with parsleIgh.
Best appreciated by ordering private supper for
two at lane tavern.
VEGETABLES.
Winter greens, reaped with an ce-sicklc
Cold slaw.
Frcczeickccd chicken HS
Snow birds.
Pie, with hard crust.
Anything liquid iron a low bar-roomccr.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the toeather to-day ,ciH be ,cdrmer and
cloudy probably ,cih rain or snow.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

BOwERY THEATRE.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT. at . +. ". Oliver Doud
Rxrn
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

GILMORE'S GARDEN.
GRAND EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL, atSP.M.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
BLACK CROOK at y. VI
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
MISS MUTTON. at 3 Il. NJ.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

MISS MUTTON, at 81. NJ.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
BowERY THEATRE.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT. at . p. NJ. Oliver Dcu'
GILMoRE's GARDEN
GRAND EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL, ats r. NJ
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
BLACK CROOK, ats y. VI
LYCEUM THEATRE.
RICHELIEU. at s J.. NJ. Edwin Booth.
GERMANIA THEATRE.
DER HERR PRAEFECT. Mt 4. NJ
PARK THEATRE
LITTLE NELL, at sP. NJ. Lo,,a
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
THE AMERICAN. At y +. NJ
THE ShAUGHRAUN. Mt g ?. NJ
TIvoLl THEATRE.
Ern EAGLE THEATRE.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs
KELLY Icons MlNsrREIs
HFLLER's THEATRE.
PRESTIDIGITATEUR atsP. NJ.
VARIETY, at 5 T. NJ. Matinee at : NJ.
THEATRE coMIQUE
CRITERION THEATRE
VARIETY, at 8 p. NJ. Matinee at = 7. NJ.
VARIETY AND DRAMA. at Z: :45 r. NJ
r.,,,rv TONY PASTORS THEATRE.
yARIkTY, at +. NJ.
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
KIRALFY's ALHAMBRA PALACE.
AzURINE; OR. VOYAGE TO THE EARTH.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
L'ESPIONNE FRANCAISE
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

LYCEuM THEATRE.
RICHELIEU. at i. ". Edwin Boorh.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
KIRALFY'S ALHAMBRA PALACE.
AZURINE; OR. A VOYAGE TO THE EARTH.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
LESPIONNE FRANCAISE.
The New York herald., 1876-12-21

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
fARIETY AND DRAMA. at Z As r. NJ.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE.
yARIkTY. at +. NJ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

to fill the bag once q day Or once in
two DAYS. He SAYS: "The little milk
which is secreted must be taken away,
or it will work mischief, in the organs
of the udder too serious to be over
looked by a CAREFUL dalryman. 1t is
one of the processes of nature that
when matter of this kind is deposited
unless it be in large quantity, 1t must
e soon removed or it Is re-absorbed
into the system; and when matter is
once perfected, as in the case of milk,
it is no longer congenial to the system,
and if not taken away it becomes a de-
leterions element for re-absorption pois-
oning instead of feeding the animal.
Thus, you will find in the udder of COWS
thus affected, hard Jumps near the base
Of the teats,. which are caused by the
qualification of putrid milk, left there
In drying up the COW the season before,
and the COW will never get over it; but
when these organs encounter any dlftl-
Guilty in the season of flush milk, this
lump will be the nucleus Of infamma-
ton, just like a thief who is already Sc
GREETED in q house, ready to help anoth-
er who is to break in from the outside.
To be free from all such troubles, the
COW should be carefully watched for
weeks and months after the regular
milking is stopped, and the teats tried
to see if there is milk to be taken away.
This operation is to be performed at If
regular intervals, so as not to invite a
regular secretion of milk, until the
milk vessels cease to lead anything in
that direction"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Field Mice.

These pests of the fruit garden and
orchard commit their depredations of
+" girdling" the trees during the winter,
where snow is banked up around the
bodies. The damage is always done On
fruit trees standing in grass. [ have
never known of an instance of "gird-
ling" when the tree was in plowed
ground. To guard against the danger
of losing bearing fruit trees from such
q cause, the best and cheapest thing to
do is to turn over the ground for a dis
lance of about six or eight feet in diam
eter, and st the same time clear away
and burn any weeds and rubbish that
may be in the vicinity of such trees.
To do this in fruit garden calls for
only a small outlay, and it will be found
sure preventive of the ravages of
these little destructive pests.-Scribner' s
Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29
New Varieties of Potatoes.

It requires, time, patience, and perse-
verance to raise potatoes from eseed
but if you succeed in producing a good
variety it will pay you we'll for your
trouble. Raise your own seed. Choose
fully matured, medium sized potatoes,
of the earliest and best varieties; cut
them transversely in the middle; plant
only the seed end, with the eyes up
ward; plant in drills about thirty inches
apart, placing the pieces about ten
inches apart in the drills; putting the
varieties lone Of the varieties must be
seed bearing) alternately. Planted in
this way I have had non seed bearing
varieties, such as peach blow, early rose,
etc., bear seed balls. Cultivate in the
usual way. When the seed balls are
formed, pinch off from each vine all
but two Or three balls. In the fall,
when the vines are mostly dead, gather
the balls, press out the seeds and dry
them in the sun; when they are thor
oughly dry, put them where they will
keep dry. In the spring SOW the seeds
either in glass covered boxes Or in the
open air. When the plants are about
two inches high, plant them in drills
about two feet apart, and about two
feet apart in the drills. Cultivate them
well. When the vines are mostly dead
dig the potatoes, each hill by itself.
Reject all very small, i'll shaped Or I'M
healthy tubers. Do likewise the second
and third years; the fourth year they
will be eatable and their quality sdeter-
mined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

MERCHANTS GARGLING OIL.-This
standard liniment has been before the
people for over forty years, it having
been first manufactured IN 1888, and it
is safe to assert that no preparation IN
the market has SO fully stood the test
of time, and been received with such
universal favor as the Gargling Oil. 1t
is found in nearly every household in
this country, and is also sold extern
sively in Europe. From very small
beginning the Gargling Oil Company
has been obliged to steadily increase its
facilities for manufacturing, and now
employs an army of men, and occupies
u agnifcent buildings of its own.
Much of the success Of the company is
due to the careful and efficient man.
agement of Mr.. John Hodge, who for
some time has held the responsible
position of Secretary, and who Is also
the proprietor of the Hodge Opera
House, one of the finest buildings ir
Lockport, N. Y. The, Gargling Oil is
for sale at all the drug stores.-Qusncy,
! (W.) Wing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29
Household Recipes,

To DANISH REACHES. -Bureau-draw.
ers and trunks may be cleared Of these
pests by sprinkling powdered borax in
them.
To PAN OYSTERS. good-sized
piece Of butter, and salt and pepper in
pan, let all melt together, then put
your oysters in and let them get thor.
oughly done.
Soup MAIGER.-Soak white dried
beans over night; the next morning
put them on to cook in boiling water;
add salt and Glove of garlic: when the
beans are cooked strain them through G
colender into a saucepan to heat again,
adding a quarter of p pound of butter.
WEDDING CAKE.-One pound -four,
one pound sugar, one pound butter,
twelve eggs, eight pounds Of raisins
stoned, two pounds Of currants.
one and three-fourth pounds Of citron,
two tablespoonfuls (mixed) mace and
cinnamon, one nutmeg one and g half
wine-glasses Of brandy.
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-One pound
of currants, one pound Of raisins, half
pound of suet, teaspoon of salt, one
pound of bread-crumbs, half pound OF
citrons, eight eggs, half pint of milk
one quart of wine or brandy, one coffee
cup Of sugar; mace or nutmeg to taste;
boil or steam seven hours. Half OF
the quantity makes good-sized pud-
ding.
CARE OF PLANTs.-The best way to
apply ammonia to plants is to take a
teaspoonful of Peruvian gu&no and
put in gallon Of water. Water the
Giant with this once day. When you
have used the guano and water give the
plants rest for a month, and if by
that time they have not improved in
growth and given to the plants deep
green color, give them a second gallon
Generally amateurs are too apt to over.
do the matter in applying concentrated
fertilizers. Plants, like people, are bet.
ter when fed moderately; Overlooking
will make both sick and weak. It will
greatly improve your earth to mingle
some muck with it. A better way
would be to get some well rotted soil,
old horse manure and builders sand
mix we'll, and with this mixture all soft
wooded plants will thrive well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29
MAIDENHOOD.
BY ANNIE R. AMMAN,

What happy star shon on her birth
What grassy corner of the earth
Grew daisies for her baby feet
To dance between, since they repeat
On all the fioweriess ways they pass,
That breezy motion of the grass
What brook bewitched her to its brink,
And drew her fresh lips down to drink
Its music, while it slipped unseen
Its happy cadences between p
So sweet and glad the voice that slips
From ambush of her maiden lips.
What winds upon the hills gave room
To her, and buffeted to bloom
Her rounded cheeks, and made her hair
flying sunshine in the air p
For still, like sun-gleams on rose,
Her wayward color comes and goes.
What graybeard tree upon the down
Caught, as she sped, her floating gown,
And whispered through his ancient glrth
The long dumb sorrow of the earth p
For the sweet pity in her eyes
Almost their gladness overlles.
-Scribner's Monthly,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

PlMPLEs on the face rough skin, chap
ped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap.
That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on
ss there are many imitati 'ns made from
common tar which are worthless Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

A FEW years since it was not consid-
cred the " correct thing" to chew plug to-
bacco, but it is again coming into great ia
vor, and gentlemen can now be seen daily
with plug of the genuine &c Matchless"
brand, and 1t is considered the choice NOR
sci Of the day. Every plug hes the words
+" Matchless P T. Co." printed thereon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

AT our request Cragin & Co., of Phil
adelphia, Pa, have promised to send
any of our readers gratis Ton receipt OF
fifteen cents to pay postage) a sample
OF Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send
at once.--COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

A YOUTHS PUBLICATIoN.-For half q
century the YoUTH's COMPANION, of Boston,
has been published. 1t was sturted in 1927,
and is to-day one Of the brightest and most
vigorous papers with which we are &C
nIainted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-29

BUTTER and cheese are almost indis-
pensibIe articles of food. Properly used,
they are nutritious and healthy; bat an III
ordinate use of either causes indigestion and
dyspepsia. Parsons Fargative Pills, judicious-
~ used will remove both of these troubles.