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The New York herald., 1876-01-14
chs.. at the Centennial Exhibition.


Chess is one of the few games that are
purely intellectual. Almost all our intellect
ual amusements include the element OF
chance or luck as in all games of cards.
while others require physical fitness, as in
rowing shooting billiard playing and
yachting Here the mental calculation must
be supplemented by the trained eye and the
steady nerve. But chess is absolutely an
abstraction. 1t can be played without boards
or men. Chance is excluded from its pro-
cesses. 1t is true that if two lunatics were
to sit down to play one of them might acci-
dentally mate the other by pushing tbs
pieces about-and this, it is said, has hap
pened-yet to infer from this that chess il
ever game of luck would be as erroneous
as to say that astronomy as a science admits
of chance because an idiot looking through
Lord Ross telescope might happen to dis
cover a new comet. Chess must be played
by thought alone. We do not say
it is superior to the other partially
intellectual amusements we have re-
ferred to; on the contrary we are inclined
to consider this a mark of inferiority to
sports which are more useful or more fully
develop the powers of man. Still, as one of
the Oldest amusements in the world. and as
peculiar method of thinking, chess must
always hold an unchallenged place among
the marvels Of human invention.
That there should be a chess congress held
at the Centennial Exhibition is not disputed
At the international expositions at London.
Paris and Vienna congresses of the kind
attracted the attention of the world. When
we consider that America has produced in
Paul Morphy the greatest player of the
world since La Bourdonnais, the Importance
of maintaining our reputation in the game is
clear. We have many fine players who would
take part in tournament, and some Of the
greatest professors of chess in Europe would
undoubtedly cross the ocean to conquer new
worlds. We have recently reported the fine
games contested by Mr. Mason with Mr..
Bird one of the most brilliant of English
players, in which the young American was
victorious. Mr. Bird will probably return
here next summer, bringing with him Black
ourHe, tAe DliHulolu payer, anu juliet celep-
rites. We may also have Steinitz, Kolisch
and Paulsen. The best of the European
visitors would find vigorous antagonist in
Captain Mackenzie, who, next to Pau
Morphy is generally conceded to be the
strongest player in America, and who knows
that such an assemblage of chess magnates
might not tempt Morphy himself from his
long retirement? But nothing has yet been
done toward the organization of congress,
and we would remind our leading players
and clubs that but little time for proper ac
ton remains.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

THE EUROPEAN Powers are at present en-
gagged in coaxing the Sultan into an accept
ance of Count Andrassy's scheme of reform.
The Sick Man may now learn what death is
more awful than the bastinado, as all the
ambassadors are addressing him on the sub
iect of reform
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. con-
tinued to show great firmness, especially
Western securities Gold reeeded to 1l2 5-S
Money on call was freely offered at five and
six per cent. Foreign exchange was lower,
investment shares were firm and govern
ment bonds active.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

TIE CONVICTION OF LA PAGE of the murder
of Josie Langmaid condemns wretch to the
gallows who richly merits his fate. He has a
year of grace allowed him before the execu-
tion of the sentence, according to the law of
New Hampshire.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE on the re-
liability of the Treasury Departments book
keeping is not such lively reading as Mr..
Blaine's Andersonville demagogery in the
House, but it is important.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

CINCINNATI has won in the battle for 8
place to hold the National Republican Con
vention, and June IA is named as the day.
A great many things may happen in five
mOnths
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
Marshal MaeMahons Proclamation.

President MacMahon's proclamation to the
French nation is not the kind of document
we should be pleased to see our chief Ex-
ecutive issue on the eve of a general election;
but, remembering the kind of Republic the
hero of Magenta presides over, it must be
viewed as moderate, while it's chief signature
is an assurance that it is dignifed and out
spoken. 1t is important as marking the
bounds to which he can go in urging the
election of candidates who support the
government as at present administered.
From the fears it expresses we can plainly
Judge that the Marshal does not expect q
majority in Senate and Assembly of the
same conservative order as that from which
all the liberal features of the constitu-
tional laws were dragged piecemeal. The
proclamation is intended rather as
an appeal to France not to imperil
what has been won thus far by elect
ing men who would seek to overturn
the governmental fabric. We should call
that an insult to the peoples common sense
in America; but in unsettled France, with
its wild history of ninety years behind it, it
is probable the extreme republicans will only
wonder, nay regret, that it is not stronger.
To the conservative republicans it will prove
dstasteful but as their present programme
does not go perceptibly outside the limits
set by the President they can fight inside it
and win. In point of fact this opposition
to the republicans is growing in France to
be cognate to the ''bloody shirt" cry of our
politics, and to be ridiculed accord
ingly. There has been general re-
publican advance, which, from its
gradual nature, is guarantee against
reaction on one side or excess on the other.
MacMahon gives it distinctly to be under
stood that until 1880 the present form of
government will be upheld without weak
ness This is a sword cutting two ways.
1t secures the Republic against the monarch
lists as we'll as the radicals. At the same
time there is no indication that any force in
the coming Legislature will be strong enough
to upset anything more than the Ministry.
The Marshal says, in one of his most nota-
BILE sentences, that the present institutions
fought not to be revised before they are
honestly tried" This common sense will
concede but, inasmuch as the details of the
work give perfect satisfaction to no party, it
is idle to suppose that they are not suscepti-
BILE of marked improvement, and that, sooner
or later, the task Of amendment will be un-
dertaken. Altogether, the proclamation
although the army is quietly drawn up be-
hind twill not help the reactionists of the
Monarchy or the Empire, and the cool judg-
ment of France may safely be trusted to say
how advanced shall be the majority of the
legislators it is about to choose.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
v1ne1N1A will not be represented at che

VIRGINIA will not be represented at the
Centennial and the result is distinctly
traced to Blaine's Andersonville speech. 1t
is wonderful what power for mischief is pos
sessed by mere demagogues. One in the
House of Representatives gave the cue to a
pair in the Virginia House of Delegates, and
they had power 10 defeat the Centennial
appropriation. So the world is often moved
by its baser emotions evoked by the smallest
of men.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
WITH SUPPLE M Z n T.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY II. 1876.

From or reports this morning the probabilities
re that The tceatber to-day ,oiH be clear or partly
dolldy and slightly lodrmer.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

AMERICAN AcToRs IN ENGLAND. From Mr..
II. d. Palmer's letter, which we published
yesterday, it appears that the report that he
intends to take IAN entirely American dra-
matte company to London was inaccurate.
He explains that he simply proposes to pro-
duce Henry "" in London, with Mr. Rig
mold and others of the original cast and
possibly to bring out 'Julis Caesar" at Drury
Lane, with Messrs. Davenport, Bangs and
Barrett in the principal characters. To such
ON enterprise there is no reasonable objec-
tion but it is a very different thing from the
expectation to England of company COM
posed exclusively of Americans. We are glad
to learn from Mr.. Palmer that the Sergeant
Bates business of carrying the Star-Spangled
Banner into England is not contemplated,
and hope that this sensible view of the case
will be lesson to all who imagine that
dramatic art can ever be truly served by SEN
sational encouragement of national rivalries.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


-
BOOTHS THEATRE.
twenty third street and Sixth ayenue-JULIUs CESAR,
ueP M. Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
%. s.. e,o.ar,,nV1E 1EEA5FF coM9gE ., ,. E
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
Third avenue between Thrtieth and Thirty streets
r COLOSSEUM rec, s,rcr :,
PARIS Open from p NJ to r. M and from 80 T. NJ
TIvoLI THEATRE
Eighth street near Third avenue-yARIETY at sP. NJ.
uwALLAcKs THEATRE;
broadway and Thirteenth street.-MARRlED IN HASTE,
usP NJ closes at io:45 P NJ Mr. Lester walack.
PARTISAN VARIETIES
Sixteenth street near Broadway.-vARlErY at g p NJ.
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
washneton street. BrOoklyn.-ouR BOYS, atsPM Mr..
UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
broadway and Fourteenth street-ROSE MICHEL at
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
10. e24 Broadway.-vARIETl, MsPM.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
twenty eighth street, BrOadway.-PIQUE, at P NJ.
tanny Davenport
No, ss ToSY sY PasToRs SEW
PARK THEATRE.
Broadway and Twenty second street-THE WIDOW HUNT
uo L. NJ John Dillon.
EAGLE THEATRE.
Broadway and Thirty third street-VARIETY, at 7. NJ
GERMANIA THEATRE.
fourteenth ssrect.-CoMrESsE HELENE at S r. NJ.
BOWERY THEATRE,
WORCESTERSHIRE, at 7. NJ. Lille Wikenson
LYCEUM THEATRE,
fourteenth sixth ayenue-frenCh pavs-LES
)EMISMONDE, AZ 3 p. NJ.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
Sew Opera House Broadway OF twenty nnth
1t L. NJ.
WOODS MUSEUM,
Broadway, corner Of Thireth street.-the CUT GLOVE.
st 7. NJ closes at 10 40 r. NJ julie Keen. Matinee
'P. VI.
GLOBE THEATRE,
Vcs 72s and go Broadway.-VARlErY, at sP. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

THE DAILY HERALD, published ereTy
3ay in TIC gear. Four cents per copy.
Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per
month, free Of postage.
All business, news letters or telesraphic
dispatches must be addressed New YORK
HERALD.
Letters and packages should be properly
sealed.
Rejected communications will not be re-
turned.
LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD-NO 46 FLEET STREET.
PARIS OFFICE-AvENUE DE L'OPERA.
Subscriptions and advertisements will be
received and forwarded on the same terms
as in New York.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

HAY FEVER broke out in virulent form
among the Dock Commissioners yesterday,
when the representatives of the hay trade
complained that their interest was not salts
factorily provided with wharf accommoda-
tions. The Commissioners seemed aston
ished at the extent Of the hay business, and
promised to look into the matter
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

SIX JUReRs have been selected in the
Tweed one million suit. There seemed q
good deal of poor opinion Of the runaway
defendant prevalent among the citizens
summoned. Fancy New Yorker who has a
difficulty in believing that Tweed is bad
man.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

BOOTHS THEATRE
twenty third street and Sixth ayenue-JULICS CESAR
II 8 7. M. Mr.. Lawrence Barrett.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

THIRD AVENUE THEATRE,
Third avenue between Thrteth and Thirty st streets
PANORAMA , l.. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRlETOR
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

THEATRE CoMIQUE.
10. 5l4 BroAdway.-YARIkTY. at y p. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

COLOSSEUM,
Thirty fourth and BroadwayPRIS SSIAN SIEGE OF
PARIS. Open from p NJ. to p. Nj and from 80 r. NJ
70 10 Z. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

GLOBE THEATRE
Vos 72S and T30 Broadway. VARIETY at g T. VI.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

VOLUME .........................No IA
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

TIvoLI THEATRE.
ighth street near Third davenue.-VARIETY, at +. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
"a House Broadway corner OF twenty ninth sire et
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway, Of Thirtieth street.-The CUT GLOW
81 T. NJ, closes at 10 40 z. NJ. julie Keen. Matinee
L. VI.
The New York herald., 1876-01-14

wALLACK'S THEATRE.
broadway and Thirteenth street-MARRIFD IN HASTE,
II q T. NJ closes lo;45 p. NJ. Mr.. Lester W Walack.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04
REST.


A green, still lane,with broken hedge DER
with elder, flower and.red. wild roses vine;
Beyond, the meadow with its grass new mown,
And, still beyond. the silver strcamlets
shine.
Held OF corn slow waving in the sun;
Between its stalks the scarlet peoples fire;
and, far away, the wheat fields stretching on
To girdle hills that toward heaven aspire.
)ne low, brown house of fashion old and
quaint.
It. chimney wreathed with morning glory
fair
And az its door-stone. like some picture faint,
\ girl with golden head, and white feet
bare.
Swift swallows dart, from under sloping caves,
Like dusky shuttles spinning unseen webs;
And. tween tree bOughs, the busy spider
4 Sun-touched gossamer of million threads.
Against the sky a curl of smoke is seen:
IN echo rises from the neighbOring plain,
Where, tossing up the sweet, cut clover green,
a farmer sings merry harvest strain.
The low Of cattle where they stand adrift
In rivers flow, comes like a pleasant call
And. high in air, seen through the naples rift,
4 blue bird carols gaily over all.
Faint scent of lilac, and of primrose sweet,
Blows DER me from the mouth Of summer
warm,
With breath of violets, Weakened from long
Like star-eyed bali,- on earth's EMBEDDING
arm.
Far. TOR The world seeal> ikea fretful sea
That Gibbs and iluws beyond peaceful
shore;
And fain would dream and rest forever
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

STATE OF INDIANA, Marion county, -:
= In the Superior Court of Marion county,
i'm the state of Indiana. October term, 1876,
No 1878
James II. McKcrnan and Simon Yandes
John Denton ct al.
Be ii known, that on the 9th day of March,
1876. the above named plaintiffs, by their at
torneys filed in the Office of the clerk of the
Superior Court of Marion county, in the state
of Indiana, their complaint against the above
named defendants for foreclosure OF mortgage,
and on said 10th day of May, 1876 the said
plaintiffs filed in said clerks office the affi-
davit of a competent person showing that
said defendant, the First National Bank of
Danvile, H., is not a resident of the state of
Indiana.
Now therefore, by order of said court, said
defendant last above named is hereby notified
of the filing and tendency of said complaint
against her, and that unless she appears and
answers or demurs thereto, at the calling OF
said cause on the second day of the term of
said court, to be begun and held at the court
house in the city of indianapolis, on the first
Monday in December, 1916, said complaint, and
the matters and things therein contained and
alleged will be heard and determined in her
absence AUSTIN III. BROWN,
sept17-3w Clerk.
HUFF NIcHoL Il BIRSEY, Att'ys for Pl'tff.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04
ORGANIZED
Ready for Business.

The Texas and Indiana Mutual Exchange
and Colonization Bureau, of Austin, Texas
and indianapolis, Ind. Capital stock, 500 600.
We are now prepared TO exchange lands in
Texas, well located, with good titles and early
locations, for farms and inside city property
and give fair trades We can trade over one
million acres of as desirable land is to be
found in the State, in large and smaller tracts
to suit the purchasers, with agents in their diff
erent localities familiar with the country who
will aid the settlers buying land of us.
Two of the best posted land men in Texas are
connected with US, who give their personal
attention to the selection of our lands, through
them will establish land claims of all kinds
where any proof is furnished. We have facili-
ties for procuring land certificates Railroad
fares furnished at reduced rates. Fares not ex-
ceeding two per cent. of the amount of land
purchased of us Will be refunded to those max
ing arrangements with us. 0ffice-room Wool
len, Webb & Co.'S Bank. Address
w. s. WEBB, Pres.
ISDIANAPoLIs, Aug. 4, 1876.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04
NOTICE.
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate.

The undersigned will sell at public sale Ia the
highest bidder, on the 18th day of october, 1876,
on their respective premises, the following
described tracts of land:
FIRST. Commencing one chain and a links
+. of the y. W. corner of fractional quarter of
Sec. 30, T. ID, n. X. 3, f., running thence T..
along the y. line of said quarter Sec. 3 chains
and links to the y. r. corner thereof; thence
=. ID chains and ~ links TO "A stone; thence w
with section bearing u chains and " links TO
the W. line thereof; thence y. along the w
line thereof III chains and 5512 links; thence :.
chain and "A links; thence y. chains and vi
links TO the place of beginning containing ~
acres.
SECOND. Commencing at the y W. corner of
the n. W. quarter of said Sec. 30, running
thence easterly n chains and lG links to a
stone; thence y. along r. line of said quarter
Sec. IL chains and 50 links to a stone; thence
in a westerly direction % chains and Is links
along said w. line II chains and 81 links to the
place of beginning, containing ~ and 62-l00
acres.
Sec. 30, T. Is, N, II. B. E., running thence W. IL
rods; thence =. 2I1s rods; thence T.. l3 rods;
thence y. 241z rods to the place of beginHing,
containing about acres; all in Marion coun-
ty, State of Indiana.
Said sales will be made at the hour of p.
NJ. of said day, upon the following terms: The
purchaser to pay One-fOurth down, One-fOurth
in six months, One-fOurfh in twelve months
and one-fourth in eighteen months, the adj
ministratOr to execute and deliver a deed of
conveyance, and the purchaser to execute a
mortgage upon the premises to secure the de-
ferred payments. SAMPLE LOFTlN.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

On Sunday, August 8, near Cairo Egypt
the ceremony of opening the Nile, took place
in the presence of the principal ministers
and officials and a concourse of several thou
sand persons This ceremony is held when
the river attains a certain height An
opening is cut to admit its fertilizing waters
to the numerous canals spread all over Lower
Egypt. The effigy of woman in gorgeous
apparel and bedecked with jewelry, is
fioated down the stream, and money is dis
tributed TO the natives present in token of
the riches and abundance that will result
wherever the Nile flows. There is every APP
pearance of good Nile this year, and there
lore the prospects of the cotton and grain
crops are favorable.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

London (Conn.) Telegram, concerning Mr..
samuel Lester of Shelter Island, who re-
Gently suddenly died, as was supposed, at
Norwich, and whose body was taken home
for interment. I. is to the effect that the
person employed to fill the grave while do
ing SO heard strange noises coming from the
coffin as of man trying to break his way
out. The report continues that the man SUI
perstitiOusly fed to return soon after and
hear the noise repeated; that he finally
filled up the grave, and said nothing con-
corning what he had heard until some days
after The coffin was after while exhumed
and it was found that the man was buried
alive, the evidence of struggle for release
from the awful fate being painfully APP
parent
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

CTATE OF INDIANA, Marion county, -:
- In the Superior Court of Marion county
i'm the state o Indiana, October term, 1876.
No l4.22}. Anna NJ. Tinney W.. Alvin Smith
et. al.
BE it known, that on the sth day of May,
1876. the above named plaintiff, by her aftor-
neyS. filed in the Office of the clerk Of the
Superior Court of Marion county, i'm the state
of Indiana. her complaint against the
above named defendants attachment, and
on said Sth day of September 1876. the said
plaintiff filed in said clerk office the affidavit
OF IA competent person, showing that said de-
PENDANT, David Geyer, Is not a resident OF the
state of Indiana.
Now. therefore, by order OF said court, said
defendant last above named il hereby noti-
fed of the filing and tendency of said COM
plant against him, and that unless he APP
pears and answers or demuTS thereto, at the
calling OF said cause ON the second day of the
term of said court, to be begun and held at the
court house i'm the city of indianapolis, on the
first Monday i'm December, 1876, said COM
plant, and the matters and things therein
contained and alleged, will be heard and de-
termined in his absence.
AUSTIN II. BROWN.
Sept27-}w Clerk.
YoUNG & BRowS, Atty's for P1f, No. :.
Fletcher q Shapes Block.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

CHERRIES SALEM virtue OF a certified
- copy of a decree to me di ted from the
cierk of the superior Court of Marion county.
Indiana, in cause wherein James II. Wal
lace is plaintiff, and David 4. Wood ct al are
defendants, requiring me to make the sum of
two hundred and twenty-One dollars and fif-
teen cents, and with interest on said decree
and cost, will expose at public SALE To the
highest 6idder, on
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

The necks of dresses are Gu as high as It 70
possible to wear them. In many cases there
are two collars, one Of which stands and the
other turns down.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04
NOTICE TO OK-RESIDENT.

Whereas, a certain precept has been duly
issued To me by the mayor of the city of In
dianapolis, under the corporate seal of said
city, dated August -, 1876, showing that there
is due the following named contractor the
amount hereinafter specified for street i'm
provement i'm the city of Indianapolis, Marion
county, Indiana:
Due Henry c. Roney for grading and having
with brick the sidewalks Of Liberty street from
Washington to LOckerbie streets, where not
already paved from Samuel NJ. Seibert, the sum
of1forly-eight dollars and forty-eight cents
(S45.iS), amount of assessment charged against
lot No six (6) in Out-lot No. siXty-fOur (6I) in
the city of indianapolis, Marion county, lndi-
ana
Now the said defendant is hereby notified
that, unless within (2N DAYS after the publica-
ton, for three weeks, of this notice the amount
so assessed against the above lot or parcel of
land is paid, L viii proceed to collect the
amount so assessed by levy and sale of said lot
or parcel of land, so much thereof may
be necessary to satisfy the above claim and all
costs that may accrue.
HENRY W TUTEWILER,
City Treasurer
-Indianapolis Ind. September 20, 1876.