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The New York herald., 1876-11-13
South C.r.lin.,s vote.

Governor Chamberlain's despatch to the
HERALD contains but little, so far as the re-
suits of the voting last Tuesday are con-
cerned, and that little strangely vague. 1t
is more than curious that in State like
South Carolina the Executive thereof should
not be able to furnish us with some
thing more definite. It will be fairly
believed by the impartial that the DEM
ocrats who have given the count on
the vote for Governor in every county
are correct. The most striking point
in his despatch, however, is the evident
determination to throw out sufficient votes
to give the republicans o majority. Gov
ernor Chamberlain acts precisely as if the
votes cast were to be but small factor in
the determination of the result. The means
taken by the democrats to proclaim the
actual state of the polls at their closing have
forced. the game of Governor Chamberlain,
and a desperate game it is. He has
clearly announced the startling fact that
q board composed in the majority Of
officers seeking reelection to their present
posts shall pass upon the validity of the
returns and throw out districts at will nav,
that enough will be thrown out to settle the
result. After all the parade of troops to
protect the colored citizens" after all the
republican jubilation that now every one
could cast his vote in peace, after an cleo
ton without riot or disturbance Of any
kind, we are treated TO . glimpse of
fabricated charges of Wholesale in
timidation," sort of siokening post
norton and inquest on the '.bloody
shirt" If the troops had not been poured
into the State; if the murders and assaults
and browbeatings of the colored democrats
had not been notorious if the United States
marshals had not had the whole State in
their hands for weeks before the election,
arresting white men right aud left, the
country might for all its suspicion
of the rascals who have ruled in the
South until it is impoverished and almost
bankrupt. have lent IN ear to Governor
Chamberlains ghost stories. They will not
be listened to now. The troops are already
in the State and there is no danger of any
disturbance, but we earnestly entreat the re-
publicans who arc above winning by fraud
to join hands with the democrats, who only
ask an honest count of ON honest vote, to
send representative men to be present at the
canvass by this suspiciously composed
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
lanes r. Fields Is in Chicago.

james T. Fields is in Chicago.
Richard Grant White is viooncellss.
Miss Rose Sartoris will marry Lord Cardroea
Julia Ward Howe and family will winter at Newport
Mr. Evarts believes that the merit OF schooling it,
discipline.
Buchanan Reed once described Tennyson as . dispi-
dated Jupiter.
Arkansas papers favor Governor Garland for United
States Senator.
Mr.. James w. Barclay, n. r., OF London, - at the
sturtevant House.
Senator sharon is showing Senator Norton around
tho Nevada mues
Tiacn is liksned 10 the boy who stood ON the burn-
Senator william II. Barnum, OF Connecticut, 10 -
the Fifth Avenue HOTEL
wyoming man who was lynchsd said, ''That's
the kind Of ynch-pin am"
burn,ns barn 10 Germany warmed up orch.
ard that tho trees bore leaves and blossoms
Two Young girls OF Reading went 10 tho Centennial.
and getting out OF money sold thcir hair for enough
take them home
so much has boon misssased about the whereabouts
Of Ole Bull that justified in saying that he 10
certainly in Boston.
If rtIden should bo elected tho republican leaders Of
the Senate. Edmunds, Conkiing Blaine. Logan, Ssr-
gent and Dawes, Will have serious work 10 do
From London Puach: .sMcdcai Adviser-Now
nrst OF all you must not drink beer in tho morning.
Patient--No moro should, old fellow. but II hap
pens there's not drop OF brandy in tho housed"
Whitehall Times:--A lady residing up has shown
her bcnevolencc BY presenting the benevolent socety
with thrce pairs Of old white KID gloves, damaged
back shell comb and fractured bus,lc ior dissribu
ton among the poor
Brooklyn Argus; -'My son." said Ma Marrowfat "a
Artaxcrxes, syou are old enough TO choose
vocation in life. What pursut do you think you would
prefer" "Fathcr," I" said Artaxerxes, 'you know
cannot tell = lie II Tlldsn 10 elected want v b
. railroad wrssksr"
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A Place for Comptroller Green.

The people of New York will be gratified
to learn that ON opportunity offers for con-
tinuing Mr.. Andrew II. Green in public
life. Mr.. Lucius Robinson, the Governor
elect aud now Comptroller of the State, will
resign his present position some time
between December and December 10. The
appointment of his successor, who will hold
Office until January, 1878, will devolve upon
Governor Tilden. Mr.. Green's term Of Office
as Comptroller of the city of New York ex-
pires about November 20. He would make
an excellent State Comptroller and if the
numerous delegations that recently pressed
on him the nomination for Mayor will wait
on the Governor and urge Mr.. Green's fit
ness for the Office about to be vacated by Mr..
Robinson, Governor Tilden will, no doubt,
give their application respectful considera-
ton. AS MIR. Robinson has stepped from
the mptrollership into the Executive
Chamber Mr.. Green may find the same path
of promotion open to himself. Under this
arrangement Mr.. Green would only be out
of Office from twelve to twenty-one days, or
less time than he was retired in the brief
interregnum between his Park Commission
ership and his first appointment as Deputy
Comptroller. To be sure it will seem strange
to miss Mr.. Green from the city government
10 which he has been attached, we believe,
for nearly twenty-five years, with the excep-
ton of the brief interval to which We have
alluded but then we shall console ourselves
with the reflection that he is doing excellent
service in the State. We were afraid that
Mr.. Green would have to wait at least twelve
months for another office, but the vacancy
in the State Comptrollership comes oppor-
tunely, and We commend him 70 Governor
Tildsn's favor for ths position
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
The weather.

Two decided storm centres are located
within the sphere of observation east of the
Rocky Mountains. One in the West in the
Upper Mississippi Valley, and the other in
Nova Scotia. The first named, a. already
stated in the HERALD, is followed by extreme
cold, with brisk winds and snow; the second
by rain area which extends from the east
ern end of Long Island to the mouth of the
st. Lawrence, and embracing the New Eng
land States and the adjoining British pro-
vinces. As the former alone interests us We
will note its features as presented by the
latest observations. Snow has fallen and
probably continues at Fort Garry, Pembina,
Bismarck, Cheyenne and North Platte-that
is, on the northwestern and western mar.
gins of the depression. At the centre, which
is little westward of Lake Michigan,
the temperature is sixty-fve degrees, at st.
Louis on the southern edge seventy degrees;
at Yankton, on the western edge, twenty
four degrees; at Bismarck, on the north
western edge, fourteen degrees. and on
the eastern edge the temperature varies
from sixty-three to ffty-one degrees. II
will be seen from this that remarkable
variations of temperature exist over q
comparatively small area, and that the ap-
preaching storm will prove very severe on
that account. From present indications,
however, it is probable that New York will
be visited by the southern edge only, but
that the changes of temperature will be oil
the more rapid and trying on that account
Judging from the wind directions and the
atmospheric humidity on the western side
of the coming storm, we believe that another
disturbance is central in Western Texas and
New Mexico, and which will present itself in
the course Of the next few days. The
weather in New York to-day will be slightly
warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
American Translations OF Homer and
Dante.

Dante.
The London Spectator. weekly journal Of
high literary repute, while indorsing, in the
main, the views expressed by the London
Times as to the fairness and effectiveness of
the HERALD's reply to the Marquis de Talley-
rand -Perigord's book, takes exception to our
statement that the most successful transla-
tions into English Of the works of Homer
and Dante have been executed by American
poets. We are amazed that the Spectator
does not seven know to what translations
we alluded. That journal says:-
A recent attack American civilization by the
Marquis de Taleyrand-pericord has indirectly at
tracted attention here through tho animated re-
ply of tho NEw YORK HERALD to its alle0attons-a
reply which, at least IL not In any way extravngant
its CLAIMS for tho United States and frankly admits
morals in the country. But there are some literary
claims for United States authorship made In that
instance, within the last fow years writes she NEW
YoRK HERALD. I'VE have produced the best transla-
tion Of Dante the best translation Of Homer and the
best translation or Goethe's Faust in the English
language IL may be only our own ignorance, but
REGARDS the first two instances do not even know
to what works tho HERALD refers 1t would be nard,
fancy. for American work to approach the
poetic merit OF Worsley's odyssey" or OF Carey's or
Wrights "Dante." With regard TO Goothe's
Faust" the reference is, Of course, TO Mr.. Baynrd
Taylor whose translation VIC noticed favorably,
perhaps TOO favoraby, in these columns
This extract contains the most surprising
confession we have ever met in journal of
high literary pretensions. 'It may be only
our own Ignorance, says the Spectator, ''but
as regards the first two instances we do not
even know to what works tho HERALD
refers" Can it be possible that any scholar
in England has not yet heard of Bryant's
"Homer' and Longfellow's dante ?" Long
fellow and Bryant are names not unknown
in England as original poets, and nobody in
that country would think of comparing ver-
sifers like Carey, Wright or Worsley with
either of them in point Of poetical
genius. 1t is too evident that the
writer we have quoted has never heard
of the admirable translations published
by these American poets within the last six
years, although they have been reviewed
with warm commendations in the chief liter
ary journals Of Great Britain. eve do not
even know to what works the HERALD refers"
says the Spectator. 1t is too obvious that the
only works to which we could have referred
with so emphatic claim for excellence were
Bryants version Of the ''Ilind" and
Odyssey" and Longfellow's of the "Di-
vina Commedia.' AS the writer in the
Spectator makes it evident that he has not
seen or heard Of either Of these important
transations we trust we do not o'erstep the
modesty Of criticism in assuring him that
he has great pleasure yet in store, and
that when he comes to examine them he may
find reasons for agreeing with the great body
of competent critics who have assigned them
the highest rank as translators of their re-
spective originals.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

family and Ministry TO keep him company
in Paradise. The arrest of the chief con-
spirators has for the present paralyzed the
action of the party of reaction, but the Sui
tan has no lease of his life or his throne so
long as the embers Of revolt shoulder in his
dominions. General Ignatiefi"s expressions
OF friendly regard for the ancient foes of his
country have contributed somewhat to Sc
curing the granting Of the demand for a six
weeks armistice; but no one who has studied
the history of the relations that really exist
between the two nations can be deceived by
the diplomatic soft soap which Russia has
used to move Turkey to the acceptance of
her terms.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

SOME BLooDTHIRsTY "REFoRMERs" have
attempted to reform train filled with pas
sengers on the Utica and Black River Rail-
road into q swamp. A similar attempt was
recently made on the Watertown and Og-
densburg line, but fortunately both attempts
failed. We would recommend the residents
in both these districts to reform the mis-
creants, if they catch them, by the strongest
line procurable, with one end fitted with a
slip moose and the other attached to good
stout branch Of q tree.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13


1856, General Taylor only forty-seven per
cent, Mr. Polk trife less than fifty
per cent. The popular vote for the two
candidates is entirely irrelevant to the
question which occupies the public
mind. The single pertinent question Is
whether Mr.. Tilden or Mr.. Hayes has re-
ceived majority Of the electoral votes fairly
given and honestly counted. The election
must be decided in accordance with the
constitution, and it only confuses the pub
lie mind to withdraw it from the law and fix
it upon the popular vote. The popular vote
is not to be considered at all if the Presi-
Dental electors have been legally chosen. If
they have not been legally chosen in any
State the popular vote in that State becomes
a legitimate question, but not otherwise or
elsewhere
We believe that the public sense Of fair
play can be safely relied on to prevent the
election of President by fraudulent count.
We think it wild and absurd to imagine
that in any contingency the democratic
House or republican Senate will refuse to
meet for the counting of the electoral votes
or will retire in the midst of the count.
The law gives them no such liberty; the law
makes it their duty to be present, and it is
not supposable that majority of either
house will desert their posts and violate
their oaths. If either party were bent on
revolution it might resort to this revolu-
tionaIy proceeding; but we have too much
confidence in the good sense, steadiness and
patriotism Of the American people to believe
coup detat, and too much knowledge of poll
ticians to believe that they would fly in the
face of their constituents in such crisis.
We have but little patience with the spec
ulative refnements of irresponsible cavil-
ers whose chicaning imaginations suggest
that one or the other house may do this or
do that to precipitate the country into anar-
chy. We believe that the sound good sense
and broad patriotism of the people will
frown down all such wild and insane sugges-
tions, and that the majesty of the law will
prevail over i'll regulated impulses. The
men who transiently hold seats in Congress
are created by the breath of the people, and
the DIeatQ WHICH CIeuLSu may 10 30 bWllL 10
destroy that they will not dare to
defy the steady devotion of the
people to law, order, equity and peace
We have faith in the rectifying
good sense and controlling influence of
the American people, who will not per-
NIT the country to be precipitated into
another civil war to crafty the ambition of
any man or the greed of any party. Long
before the day arrives for tho final counting
of the electoral votes it will be fully known
whether any of them are tainted and nulli-
fed by fraud, and neither party will dare
to perpetrate a great wrong in the full blaze
of exposure. It is possible that all alarms
may be rendered idle within the ensuing
two days by the admitted certainty that
some one of the three doubtful States has
given its electoral vote to Tilden but, in
any event, the country will know the pre-
else state of the facts long before the second
Wednesday of February, and fraud has no
chance to prevail against the honest public
sentiment of the people,
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
The Water Famine-Imme ediate Relief
Needed.

The Water Famine-Imm m ediate Relief
Needed.
It is the rule that whenever great public
calamity threatens, such as the more than
possible water famine in New York, there
are not wanting individuals who see ways Of
avoiding it; but their plans nearly always
mean only the substitution Of another evil for
the one they seek to avert. In our CORES
pondence recently published we find the sug-
gestion that water meters would prevent the
waste of the precious Croton, and thereby save
us from water famine. In theory this is cor
rect, but in practice it would lead to o
condition Of things very little less
dangerous to the sanitary condition of the
city than the present intermittent supply
and the waste. We must, therefore, con-
demn the use of meters in regulating the
household supply as calculated only to sub
stitute one evil for another. We do not
believe that the question of using salt water
has received . proper consideration from the
authorities. The cost of laying additional
pipes and erecting pumping stations will
not be too great to warrant the rejection Of
that scheme, and some other and more
valid objections must be raised before
the proposition can be safely dismissed as
unworthy of adoption. We ask, therefore,
another investigation of its merits and
clear explanation as to why it should not be
tried, even on y small scale. The increase
in the height Of the water at the Croton
dam, while it is encouraging in the face of
the present condition of the water supply,
proves beyond a question that we must rely
on rain storms in the future for our water,
for the Croton watershed appears to possess
no resources beyond those common to the
ordinary house tank or old-fashioned catch
water barrel. Whatever remedies are
adopted let us have them applied without
delay, for the sufferings Of the people in
some districts are really intolerable.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

CAPTAIN Mares NARRATIVE Of his recent at
tempt to reach the North Pole with the
British exploring expedition will prove
highly interesting to our readers. While we
cannot but believe that the gallant Captain
was mistaken regarding the permanent char
acter of the ice that barred his advance we
must accord to him and his brave COM
panions the fullest measure of praise for
their conduct in an undertaking fraught
with so much difficulty and danger.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

DANGERS INNuME8ABLE seem to surround
The throne of the new Sultan Of Turkey,
Abdul Hamid. In our correspondence from
the Turkish capital, printed elsewhere, we
are told of the existence of o widespread
conspiracy to dethrone and murder the
reigning sovereign and to send his entire
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

Our LITTLE PARKS that dot the city's ex-
panse and break the monotony of red brick
walls and white pavements with their cheer
ful patches Of bright green grass and dark
green foliage, their pleasantly shaded seats
and pretty fountains. deserve all the atten-
tion and care the Park Department expends
unon them.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

LAUDABLE ENTERPRISE is that Of the
"Ladies' Protective Union and Directory"
organized for the relief and protection of
female servants when sick or out of employ
ment The good ladies who have charge of
the institution appeal to the charitable for
be made in vain
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

AN EXPECTED METEoRIc DISPLAY tonight
and tomorrow night attracts the attention
of the curious. We print elsewhere full
description of the phenomenon as witnessed
on former occasions, and also the scientific
theories regarding these brilliant November
visitors
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

CHAIRMAN MARTIN, Of the Republican
State Committee of Florida, telegraphs that
the majority for Hayes in the republican
counties is so large that the democratic
counties cannot overcome it unless.
We wish they would send us something
more tangible than "about five thousand"
qualified by ssif," .sbut" and unless"
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
WITH SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK. MONDAY. NOVEMBER ls. 1876.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the action OF portion of the carriers and
newsmen, who determined that tie public shall
prevent it. We have made arrangements place tho
HERALD in the hands OF all readers the reduced
price. Newsboys can purchase any quantity they may
desire at No. ], ,265 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street
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visitors.

A FIRE IN BROADWAY HOTEL, during
the progress of which some narrow escapes
from death took place, should warn us that
with the present deficient water supply in
New York terrible catastrophe may at
INV moment occur. While we economic
fire
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

Political BuLLrEs must be sternly dealt
with whenever they attempt to intrude their
insolent individuality into the discussions
of peaceable citizens.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

From orr reports this morning the probabl-
ties are that the reather to-day ,oiu De ,odrmer
and partly cloudy or cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

Mr.. McENERY, who was elected Governor
Of Louisiana, but who was deliberately
counted out" sends us circumstantial
liable of the vote of the parishes Of Louisiana,
which gives Tnden majority in the State
Of eight thousand. The republican side fur
nishes no figures. This is suggestive. They
only claim the State.
The New York herald., 1876-11-13
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
NIBLo'S GARDEN.

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
NIBLo's GARDEN.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
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Booth
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ta sTEINwAY HALL
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LORD BEAcossrIELD's LATEST ArrEMpr at
making an after dinner speech is likely to
be followed by consequences to the peace
pf Europe which that very eloquent
but indiscreet statesman evidently did not
contemplate. The Car of Russia has taken
he postprandial remarks literally and is
,ery angry. Shrewd diplomatists already
despair of securing peaceful conference for
he settlement Of the Turko-Servian
iificulty, and the Russian Guard has
been ordered to Poland for the
double purpose of keeping the country
quiet and flanking any movement of Aus
tria or Germany in that direction. The
growing of the war dogs that was temporarily
hushed is beginning to be heard again in Eu-
rope. and it now looks as if the time and in
ycnuity spent in negotiating the six weeks
lrmistice were wasted. All this trouble is
saused by Lord Beaconsfeld making the
British lion roar ''between the walnuts and
the wine" We fancy that tho Premiers
friends now wish that he had been ''too full
Sor utterAnce."
The New York herald., 1876-11-13

VOLUME XLI...................... 3lS
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BOOTHS THEATRE.
sAEpANAPALUS, at : 4. NJ. Mr.. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes
Hoo
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UNION sovAEE THEATRE
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
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