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The New York herald., 1876-01-27
OUR STREET CARS.
Letters from the People on
the Subject.
SUGGESTIONS FROM MANY QUARTERS
The following letters sent to the HERALD Office show
the deep interest felt in the subject of street
A NEW STYLE OF CAR NECESSARY.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALDs-
The long suffering public has at last found In the
HERALD an uncompromisng champion. Yonr state
ment that no other people would calmly submit to be
huddled together like cattle very easy demonstra
ton and not the least of its evils is the daily
ing Indifference Of the male passengers TO tho comforts
OF their female fellow travellers This is much TO be
deporod, being such marked contrast to the long
established characteristic of the American Of AL
degrees OF extreme polteness and socitude for the
comfort OF ladies' Your advocacy of the necessity of
providing seats on the roof OF the car would, If car
ried out, 60 far 10 obvate the existing evils In the
Of recent conversation with the President OF
a company my attention was directed TO the ne
ccssity for completely remodeled car and venture
TO think that have since succeeded In overcoming all
the existing drawbacks There is needless waste OF
space in tho interior of the at present used,
twothrds Of the space beng occupied by passengers
feet and the necessary passage way. arrange the
seats across the My can be converted from
winter to a summer and rice In summer the
panels be taken out and under this change
in summer no passageway would DO required, would
I'LL in the central space with movable seats, so as TO
convert II into the ordinary open. The present
close car, which seats twenty-five tightly packed
adults, would, with my arrangement, scat thrtytwo
and with the passageway filed In summer forty would
find seating Each passenger could signal the
driver when desirous of getting out and finger post
would exhibit the fthe next cross street could
readily heat the car with pipes, which would receive
hot air from q compact fire box placed
from the perpendicular, which would convey male
passengers to the seats tho roof where of course
smoking would be in order.
1t will readily appear that under my plan from sixty
to seventy seats would be available, and no standing
room would be required by the most grasping
companies, inasmuch the strain two three
horses would be quite equal to their powers ofsustaned
endurance. Il. NJ. B-W
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Inese appropriations aro WIN the distinct
understanding that no part OF the moneys 10 be
used a permanent fund by any OF the institutions or
for the purpose of building furnishing any building
for salaries OF any person employed by said ustitu.
tons; but IL is to be distributed during the present
winter and solely used IN furnishing food, clothing
and shelter for the poor The resolutions conclude
with request to the different institutions send In an
Official statement of how the moneys applied on
or before the lst OF May next
Mr. j. H. Bailey, one OF the Commissioners Of Chari-
ties aud Correction, stated that 200 tons OF coal had
purchased for the poor OF the city by the depart
mont and the distribution would commence to-day
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A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM CONDUCTOR.

A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM CONDUCTOR.
To THE EDITOR HERALD-
read in of your Columns Of one of your papers
Of last week article regards to Seat all passengers
that gentleman who purposcd pay Tho full fare
till Seat had, must be very ungrateul for
Instance. passenger gets Car and Cant get Seat
and pays the Conductor cts I'll! he Can get and
when he finds one the Conductor has to 90 TO HIM the
Second time beor he receives the full fare. that is
fine way OF doing business that is. am Conductor
my Self and work frome II To Is Hours day. for 90
Dollars and god knows 1t ls hard enough work for a
Conductor to get all his faros by going passenger
once let alone Twice for ride by publishing this
your valuable paper you will Greatly Oolige Rcspt
Yours /. f.. b., CONDUCTOR
NEw YORK, Jan. "a, 1875
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"cLAss" DISTINCTION LOOKED FOR.


To EDITOR THD HERALD-
great many letters in your paper in regard to
strcet monopoes," seats and straps, but to
the point
What we want previous to the establishing of ele.
waited rapid transit roads is some system that will re-
leve the public and plan that is practicable and
in measure profitable 10 the present street com
panies.
l propose that we shall have what mdy oe termed
"lrst and second class cars and that the different
roads be compelled TO such taking the present
large lumbering and running them second class
OF areas present, with the understand
ing that those riding in them must take their chances
TO seats and in addition, be required to "hrst
CLASS cars Qght airy and well cushioned) in sufficient
numbers TO carry all passengers willing to pay for
seat to seat not sixteen and not TO be
allowed to carry more than be seated, fare
Fiyninh street, to Sixtioth street and to Harlem ten
CENTS thereabous then these first class would
be losing money for the companies; and, by adopt
ing the crosstown system OF doing away with tho
duetors and substituting the money box, they might be
made TO pay This plan would relieve the second class
and afford plenty OF seats to all classes The press
of New York must take hold of this matter until some
thing dono and your paper is the rst to start the
whoop Vory respectfully,
WILLIAM B. WEBB
Produce Commission Merchant
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DECISIONS.
SUPREME coUnr-cHAMDERA

ECpELME IUOHI -OdAMAhh1s
By Judge Donohuc
DIbbler ys Atkinson Motion denied without
BY Judge lawrence
GAgt vs. Jones h-Motl9n granted, unless the %.
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CONTINUED ON NINTH pAGEr
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25
Washington on special TO tho Chicago Times. J
SsLAiNIG'S SILENCE.
The scandal Accommodating Daily
sisad u isCGulatiOa Demand
Gi-S0ino More Light ora
slnriNNs LNAH.

While the present effect Of the Nor
ten expose vi Blains's alleged crooked
transactions with the Union PuciGC
railroad seens 10 have rebouudet Who'll.
ly in Bl&inc's Interest there are rumore
Of purpose on the part OF those who
gave publicity to EArrisOn's stoly 10
follow il by cOTroborative testimony.
The immediate work intended by the
scandal has not resulted in Morton e
interest, se the result Of the Virginia
aud south Carolina conventions prove,
Blaine's friends claim the entire Nir-
giuis delegation and profess conf
dence in retaining majority Of that
OF South Carolina in the convention,
AS TO ar Investigation, Blaine is un-
willing to trust himself in the hands
Of Democratic committee, whose
only object would be to roast him until
after the Cincinnati Convention. TO
all the charges he declares himself
able to oppose solid front of denial.
This attitude has rather dampened
the ardor of some of his friends, who
were eager to have an instant investl-
CATION that the charges might be refut-
ed. and the whole story brought TO
light from beginning to end. The
Medill denial, telegraphed to the AS
sOciated Press, does not cover the
whole handiwork of that gentleman
in the scandal. After his Cincinnati
consultation about the $4,000 affair
Medill wrote to Blaine asking if there
was any truth in the story. There is
every reason to believe that the letter
published on yesterday by Blaine was
in response to Medill's letter of in
quiry, but after writing to Blaine,
Medill became possessed of still further
particulars in the affair and wrote
again demanding an explicit denial
with such documentary refutation as
could be produced before the country.
To this request Blaine seems to have
made no response.
Medill has been, ii is said, convinced,
that something Is wrong, and Blaine
an unsafe man for the party to touch.
1t is very evident that Blaine cannot
persist in the policy of silence, as the
scandal crops out in other directions,
Six weeks ago the whole story was
discussed in the Langham Hotel in
London. A gentleman just arrived
declares that he heard the whole scan
dal discussed, 1t was asserted in the
group that n prominent Democrat
held in his possession most positive
evidence of Blalne's having received
money to aid some railroad legislation,
and that the evidence was to be held
back until Blaine was brought forward
as Presidential candidate. The publi-
cation in Indiana the other day is re-
garded now as mere outcropping of
this story, full particulars of which
are held in reserve to be sprung when
its effect will ruin his party, as well as
Blaine himself.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25
The Old Dominion Steamship
COmpauy's Floating Hotel.

Many persons in Richmond will no
doubt remember a pleasant trip to
New York on the Old Dominion
steamship Company's fine steamer
lssac Bell. This popular vessel has
now been Withdrawn from the line
temporarily, and is being fitted up in
sumptuous style for a floating hotel to
Ply between Richmond, Norfolk, and
Philadelphia during the Centennial,
remaining in Philadelphia ten days at
q time. The steamer will leave Rich
mond on Saturday afternoons, reach
Philadelphia on Monday morning.
leave Philadelphia Saturday evenings,
and reach Richmond on MONDAYS
The Bell VIII be the home of the visi-
tors while they are in Philadelphia,
and the entire cost of board and trip,
where the party numbers 200, will be
about thirty-live dollars, or forty dol
lars where the party only numbers
LOG. As every room in Philadelphia
has already been engaged this will no
doubt be a most popular mode of visit
ing the Centennial. .--RichnlOnd Dis
patch.
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his condition however, He has re-
mained nearly in the samo condition
since he was shot. 1t is certainly one
| Of the most remarkable cases on record,
The ball entered the centre of the fore
head about an inch above the base OF
the brain at the root Of the nose,--
There is no doubt but that the ball
touched the brain. The inside Of the
skull next to the brain was shattered,
like plank when ball passes
through it, and DR.. Bramblette took
from the brain two or three pieces of
the bone. The ball has not been
found. Mr.. Tate has never for q mo-
ment been out of his head, remaining
perfectly rational and conversing
freely to any and oil who call upon
him.
Newbern had q two inch snow last
Tuesday morning.
MARION HERALD.-Gov. McMul-
lin issues a circular and proposes to
submit to a convention property or
ganized and constituted. He counsels
harmony.
Circuit Court was postponed on ac-
count of illness in Judge Kelley's
family.
The HolstOu Woolen Mills employ
25 hands and run IL looms.
WYTHEVILLE ENTERPRISE. - Ja-
mie Barrett, "the last lark" recently
walked sixteen miles ia four hours
land never looked behind HIM" Rea-
son thunder cloud was chasing ia
mie, who is 81 years of age and didn't
wish to "kitch could"
Six negroes have been sentenced to
five year terms in the penitentiary for
breaking into Crockett's hotel.
GREEN VILE INTELLIGENCER.-
John @. A. Remoine, native of this
CIV. Co., Va.), county is out as re-
publican candidate for Senator. On
the 9th of June 'our friends, the
enemy" will meet at Rogersvile to
nominate two men to be beaten, one
FOR Congress and one for Circuit
Judge.
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The unwilling Of the Lincoln
Ststuc in Washington, last Thurs
day was an event wholly with the
President and the colored people.
A colcred woman of New York.
rocited the poem. A colorcd man,
Fred Douglas, was the orator, and
Grant pulled the rope that let the
curtain drop.
The statue is twelve feet high,
and was paid for by a seventeen
thousand dollar subscription by the
colored people. Congress paid
three thousand dollars for the PEI
,destal and admitted the statue free
of duty, courtesy it refused to
the daughter of the Democratic
general of the army, in the matter
OF the Egyptian jewels. The Statue
represents Lincoln with the procla-
nation of emancipation in his left
hand and with his right extended
over a kneeling slave, who has just
been unclaimed.
In all honesty we think it about
due to decency that these exhibitions
had ceased. The object and aim
OF them is to hold the Southern
people up toposterity as the authors
and sole apologists of slavery and
the people of the Northern States
as tho peculiar and willing authors
OF emancipation. History will res
cord differently. The North was
willing to bargain tor the eternal
continuance Of slavery, and it was
by the South alone determined to
risk the issue in the field rather
than bargain dishonorably that the
North should rivet the chains upon
the negro.
All such movements arc a lie
and libel on the South, at whose
expense alono all this great charity
came about. And when tho late
slave owners shall have educated,
at their own expense, these very
slaves emancipated at thoir expense,
the negro himself will be ashamed
that he was duped into becoming
a party to them.
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Assessment of lsomds, stocils, Nc

Assessment of Bonds, Stocks, &c.
The following is an extract from the
State assessment law, concerning the
listing OF personal property in bonds,
notes, and other evidences of debt
On Personal Property IN ChOscs jn
action, UoneV8, GREATS and Capital,
Assessment of personal property in
bonds, notes and other evidences of
debt
The Commissioner shall require
each person residing in his district,
city, or town, to exhibit and make
oath TO q list of all bonds, notes, and
other evidences of debt, due and pay
able to such persons, in excess Of one
hundred dollars, the amounts of such
bonds, notes, and other evidences Of
debt under one hundred dollars, each
to be given in under oath in the ag-
gregate, the solvency of which in
cases of doubt, as well as the value
thereof, shall be determined by the
said Commissioner, which said list
shall be sigued by the Commissioner
and retained by the taxpayer, includ-
ing bonds due from railroads and
canal companies, bonds of counties,
cities and towns, and bonds of other
States and corporations, demands and
claims, however evidenced, owing or
coming to persons, whether due or
not, from debtors, residing out of or
within this State or country, whether
secured by deed of trust or by judg-
ment or not, deducting from the ag-
gregate amount thereof, all such bonds
demands, or claims, not otherwise de-
Quoted, owing to others from such
person as principal debtor, and not as
guarantor, endorser or security. The
aggregate Of principal interest and
exchange shall constitute the amount
of bond, demand or claim due and
payable, and the principal, with in
terest rebated; when the bond, de-
mand, or claim bears no interest, shalt
constitute the amount of bond, de-
mand or claim not yet due and paya-
BILE. But no bond, demand, or claim
constituting q part of the capital, as
defined in this act, of a business done
out of this State, shall be included in
this section and it shall be the duty
of all Clerks of Courts to furnish Com
missioners with list of all evidences
of debts under the control Of the
Court, receivers or of the Commis-
sioners, as evidenced by DEGREES Of
their Courts.
Penalty on persons falling to give in
to the Commissioner lists Of bonds,
notes, claims, &c.
If any person shall, with a view to
evade the payment Of taxes, fail or re-
fuse to give in to the Commissioner OF
the Revenue, any bonds, notes, claims
or evidences OF debt, which are subject
TO assessment and taxation under this
act, the Same shall not be recoverable
by action OF law or suit In equity, be-
fore any OF the courts OF this Com
monweRlth, legal process, or sale uu-
der doed Of trust, until they have been
listed and the tax paid thereon, with
an addition Of 90 per oentum per an
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25
INCREDVLITY.

How potent is this trait Of human mind.
The Bible refers to it and says: "Wcrc an
angel to come down from heaven ye would
not believe" 1t is the cause of much in
jury. We are disposed to doubt the sincer-
ity Of our best friends; and so far is it in
duged, that it often leads to msanthropy.
This is particularly applicable to the vir-
tues Of many truly valuable remedial
agents, however strong they may be indor
sed.
Reader' If you have Dyspepsia, Fever
and Ague, Sick Headache, Torpid Liver,
illious Collie, Kidney disease, Flatulcnco,
Constipation of the Bowels or General De-
bility, and hesitate to use DR., TuTT's Ltv-
Err Pills, write to him aAd he will furnish
yon with hundreds of certificates from the
most reliable men and women in the coun-
try, who nave been cured by them, Of whom
you can make direct inquiry. 1t will cost
you but postage stamp. The proprietor
solicits the investigation of all who need n
truly valuable medicine.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25

The President has signed the Silver
bill, and the fractional currency will
be redeemed in Silver rs rapidly now
rs presented.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25

The Northern railroads have made
their schedule of rates for fare to the
Centennial and return. They allow a
y discount Of twenty-five per cent,
and no more. This does not please
the Northern people.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25

UNDER the existing lsws, the silver
mines are authorized to deposit bullion
AT the United States mints and have it
coined for private purposes. The mints
at Carson and San Francisco have late
ly been running TO their full capacity
for the bonanza kings i'm the manu-
facture of trade dollars to the amount
of 100000 day, that proving about
the most profitable form in which to
market this prolific product of the
Pacific coast. On Thursday last the
Secretary of the Treasury issued an
order TO the mints combining their
work for the future to the coming of
subsidiary coin Of the regular value
such as can be used in silver resump-
tion. If the bonanza kings choose to
market their silver at home in this
shape, we will have heavy silver in
flation supplementary TO the Treasury
redemption of fractional paper. What
say the hard money men tosuch specie
imitation without cost or expense TO
Government or peOple9. -NashVttSe
AnlericdR.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1876.
EVENT and COMMENT.

Babcock has been indicted for con-
spring to ruin Columbus Alexander
by hiring Harrington, Whitley, Net
tleshlp, Somerville, Miles and Brown
to blow open the safe of the District
Attorney. Nothing but the pure
paint of virtue can cleanse the name
of Babcock. Goodbye boy ; your
master next,
The President has signed the Silver
bill, and the fractional currency will
be redeemed in Silver as rapidly now
rs presented.
The Northern railroads have made
their schedule of rates for fare to the
Centennial and return. They allow a
discount OF twenty-five per cent,
and no more. This does not please
the Northern people.
Don Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil,
together with the Empress, has ar
rived at New York, where, on his first
carriage ride, he was run into by an
ice wagon. On his start from home he
came near being run INTO by an in
coming steamer.
Postmaster Fitzhugh, Of the House
or Reps, says the rumor that he has
served a term in some penItentiary is
lie, and he says eX-Gov. II. s, Foote
has known him from infancy. Well
-well-that is email matter TO be so
charged by radicals, who are now
having daily proof that most of their
officers ought to be now serving out
terms in the national prison.
The Supreme Court has decided that
Alexandria does belong to Virginia :,
that the act of retrOcession is valid
We bet that the next time Washing
tOn bags Alexandria she will tie the
mouth OF the sack.
1t would seem that the Peytons
think their five story maussrd-r roof
hote! at the Greenbrier White is q
bigger thing thsn the Centennial. 1t
Is to he opened by the 18th Of May.
Everybody" says the wheat crop
promises well, but let Ceres look out
there are witches on the way.
Southern Democrats are killing of
Gen. Hancock, whilo northern ones
nre killing OF Blaine. The former
pDCye OiNcIs blu iluiB AOFb, touiTGjJ,
The latter has &G4, 900 he cannot sat
isfactorily account for. Got along
with OGkes Ames.
Tho Richmond Dispatch says al
ready enough of the stock has been
taken Ia tho Buchanan & Clifton
Forge Il. r., to insure tho success OF
the enterprise aHd that engineers will
IN three or four days commence ioca-
ling the line. Then the cUuvlcts will
SO 10 work on il.
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From the stanton Spectator.
MAUD OF SHENANDOAH,
BY WILLIAM TENNYsoN HEAToN,

We have met, and we have loved,
Maud of Shenandoah,
When the hush of evening came.
And the FREELY lit his flame
BY the cottage door.
, Thou vast all too dear to me,
Maud of Shenandoah,
And the angels took thee home,
Leaving me alone to roam
ForeYermore
Though my lonely heart now wakes
The vesper song no more
Heavenly music greets thee now,
Heavenly vespers kiss thy brow
My Maud of Shenandoah.
Holy visions round me come,
When the stars shine DER,
And for me | see thee wait
AT the far-Uff golden gate,
Maud of Shenandoah
We shall meet, and we shall loye,
When time shall be no more,
In that better world above
Where the angels live and love
Maud of Shenandoah
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lClLclhhAll Times,
An Awful Little Girl

There was once an awful little girl,
who had an awful way of saving
"awful' to everything. She lived in
an awful house, in an awful street, i'm
an awful village, which was an awful
distance from every other awful place.
She went to an awful school where
she had an awful teacher, who gave
her awful lessons, out of awful books.
Every day she was so awful hungry
that she ate an awful amount of food,
so that she looked awful healthy. Her
hat was awful small, and her feet were
awful large. She went to an awful
church, and her minister was an awful
preacher. When she took an awful
walk, she climbed awful hills, and
when she got awful tired, she sat down
under an awful tree to rest herself. In
summer she found the weather awful
hot, and in winter awful cold. When
1t didn't rain there was an awful
drouth, and when an awful drouth
was over there was an awful rain. So
that this awful girl was all the time I'm
an awful state, and If she does not get
over saying "awfup about everything,
she will, by-and-by, como 10 an awful
end. And this awful little girl lives
in this awful city.
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our EXCHANGES.

NEwBERN PEoPLE.-Speaking of
Mr. Tate, son of the lato Charles G..
Tate, who while deranged recently,
shot himself with a pistol, the People
says,
Condition of MIR. Tate.
The Indications are that Mr.. Tate
VIII recover. There ia little change i'm
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mum from the time the tax accrued !.
and the failure to give in said bonds,
notes, claims, &C., shall be taken as
prH1d Jucjd evidence Of the intention
to so evade the payment of taxes.