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The New York herald., 1876-01-23
Railways in Distress.

AS represented in the Albany reports, the
bill on the management of quasi bankrupt
railways seems thoroughly good measure.
1t proposes to give to bondholders or similar
creditors of railway corporations which have
been put into the hands of receivers their
proper share of influence in reorganization
Nearly all railroads are first organized as
swindles. This is primary fact in the
natural history of these corporations. On
stock at so much share in the company's
money drawer there may be one per cent or
less of that nominal capital All the shares
except, perhaps, one in hundred are as alb
solutely printed swindles as are counterfeit
bills. Not a cent has been paid for them.
They have been distributed as a sort of en-
bryotic bribery to secure the franchise. Con-
sequently company with a nominal capi-
tai Of a million dollars sometimes 'begins
operations" with just enough money to put
out sign and buy set of books. It's first
operation is on the pockets of adventurous
people. 1t issues bends, and by the sale of
these gets the money on which it really
builds and equips its line. 1t becomes
bankrupt by the natural force of circum-
stances and by that dishonesty in manage
ment which vitiated its very origin. Then
the bondholders, who are. the real owners
appeal to the courts and put in receiver
But in all the operations the shareholders
are contemplated as owners and the bond
holders as creditors, and the shareholders
alone have such an initiative in future or
ganization as their nominal and altogether
fictitious ownership gives. This injustice
the law seems aimed to remedy. 1t would
be well if, in such case as we have stated, it
required also the vitiation of all these fraud-
ulent shares.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
our Paris Cable Letter.

"Selling live bears grease is the apt and
concise form in which our Paris correspon-
dent cables the republican rejoicing over the
result of the election of delegates to choose
Senators. AS the Senators are yet to be
elected by the delegates, the article
may not be delivered as the republi-
cans expect We learn also from
our cable letter the result of the awards in
the American prize play competition. The
authors did not reach the required excel
lence to gain the first prize, SO that either
the critics were unduly severe or the
writer's rather poor Since the time
of Sophocles, Eschylus and Euripedes, COM
petitions of this nature have not resulted
in producing great works destined to live,
and we accept what the authors give us with
as good grace as possible. The Athenians
who competed for glory do not find many
successors in this degenerate age, and
as the best playwrights accept the golden
test it will not be surprising if not one
of the leading dramatists of France thought
Mr.. Michaelis' play worth the candle. Oper-
attic notes fit hither. Cary is negotiating
with Gye who is looking keenly around, as
Mapleson is this side of the herring pond.
The American colony has been busy marry
ing and attending balls, which are all noted
as superb in their way.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
Coaching Clubs.

The regular days for the coaching clubs to
parade in London are observed as holidays
by many people, and Hyde Park is always
crowded on those occasions, and we fancy
that it will not be many years before the
same feeling will show itself in our people,
An Englishman cannot conceive grander
picture than a dozen four-in-hand teams
pranciDg along in front of magnificent
coaches filled with British beauty Similar
scenes may soon be witnessed in our parks
and our people will be just as much pleased
with the show as are our cousins across the
ecean- The coaching club of this city is
growing rapidly, and the Philadelphia organ
ization is also said to be thriving and bids
fair to be another grand success We also
learn from Baltimore that there has been
some action taken by few spirited gentle
men of wealth to organize coaching club in
that city, and at the next May meeting Of the
Maryland Jockey Club we expect something
definite will be learned as to the future move
ments in that direction. Our coaching club is
now in a very hourishing condition, and new
coaches for new members are in course of
construction by the best makers in London,
which will, no doubt, be in readiness for the
first summer parade Of the club, which takes
place in June next 1t takes several months
to get coach made and sent over to this
country after it has been ordered, but this
delay will soon, we hope, be removed by
members giving their orders to coach builders
at home. This course must be pursued
sooner or later (; in fact, it should be done as
soon as the club decides on the style and
form of the coach to be used and American
makers are furnished with models of the
work required. Artists for the finest work Of
coach making can always be found when re-
quired
We should not be surprised TO learn that
every large city in America had coaching
club in progress of organization before the
close Of the present year and it is under
stood that lines Of public coaches will
be established in this city after the man
ner Of those running out Of London to
VILLAGES and towns twenty and thirty miles
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
The Board OF Education and the
Schools.


The Board of Education, while contem-
plating the good results of the Compulsory
act and the increase in school attendance
which is its immediate effect shows the old
time inaptitude for dealing with the real
question of public instruction. The trouble
which agitates the Board now, as it has done
for number of years, is the question of
teaching the French and German languages
in the public schools. No decision has been
reached, and we trust none will be for some
time to come, for the question is one which
in the end will solve itself If the common
compel the respect of every parent seeking
an education for his child, it will be as i'm
possible to keep the modern languages out
of the course of study as it has been found
by the old-fashioned college professors to
exclude them from the curriculum OF our col
leges. Until they attain this excellence.
however, it will be impossible to introduce
either French or German with any
thing like satisfactory results The
way, then, to make the modern Ian
guages a part of the regular course of in
struction in the schools is to make the
schools the worthy vehicles of the highest
culture. But this cannot be done by reso-
luton of the Board of Education. If the
schools are badly managed and fail to afford
elementary instruction of the best kind to
the children of rich and poor alike, all the
efforts at teaching German which may be
made will not impart the language to sin
gle person in century. The course of
study, like the system, must be one of
growth. and when instruction in the English
branches in the public schools has reached
something like perfection the addition of
French and German to the regular curricu-
lum will become mere matter of course.
Under such circumstances the duty of the
Board of Education is plain. 1t is to see
that the primary and grammar schools are
brought to the highest degree of excellence,
and that the Compulsory Education act is
fully and fairly tested. For the next few
years no other questions need agitate the
worthy gentlemen who direct public educa-
tion in this city, especially as the realization
of a reasonable expectation in this direction
will make every other question easy of solu-
ton.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

a debating club. 1t suffers Senator Conk-
ling to grow ten years wiser while he grows
only two years older. 1t permits Secretary
Fish to redeem his diplomatic reputation,
which his course on the Spanish question is
lmIperilling. 1t soothes and consoles and
pacifes a hundred elements which Mr..
Knots proposition only rasps and aggravates
and infames
For these reasons we urge it upon the con-
sideration of Congress and the States with a
calm confidence that events will justify its
wisdom. as they have already justified our
early assertion of the Presidents dangerous
ambition. We did not make our successful
diagnosis of the disease without at the same
time considering the necessary remedy. The
end was foreseen from the beginning.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

away one of which will probably be run
from the centre of the city to New Rochelle
and back daily, while another may take the
west side of the island, and go out by the
way of the Boulevard and Kingsbridge and
so on to Yonkers and Tarrytown. Should
this be done there is no doubt that the en-
terprise will be well patronized by pleasure
seekers during the summer months, particu-
larly by those who cannot get away to the
far-off watering places to rusticate for weeks
at q time Many members of the coaching
club will no doubt also enjoy themselves
in this rational manner at their own water
ing place-New York city-where every lux
ury would await them after their drive, and
they will find it far more profitable and
healthful than wasting their time in idleness
and sweltering in the great caravansaries OF
Saratoga and similar places of summer re-
sort.
There seems to be charm about coaching
that can only be appreciated on the top Of
the vehicle as it is rolled over the country
by a spanking team of four, handled by an
accomplished whip, whose graceful manner
of manipulating the ribbons gives conf
dence to all that he is master of the situa-
ton, and particularly when he gives salu-
tation to a favorite by raising his whip hand to
his chin as he dashes along We hope to see
several public coaching companies running
teams the coming summer, so that all classes
of respectable people may enjoy the pleasure
of coaching trips to the country
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
London Yesterday.

Our London correspondent, struggling
with the difficulties of q storm, which cut
off communication with the Irish ca
ing hither via Paris sends us q
full budget of news from the English
capital. This is a triumph in its way which
journalists can appreciate, and our readers
will not fail to acknowledge. In the
cable vocabulary our correspondent knew
no such word as fail. We learn
from him how the English press
is busying itself about American
affairs; what is thought of the defeat of
Holman's resolution attacking the Resump-
ton act what is thought of the monetary
unit plan, and how the Telegraph commiser-
ates our ENJOYS abroad on the pro-
posed reduction of their salaries. We mean
of course, the ENJOYS of the government Of
the United States. Economy of this order
certainly has its very ridiculous side,
and an American Minister in shabby
coat, though it might delight the parsi-
mony of new-fedged reformers, would not
be much addition to our national dignity.
They are getting up committee
in Dublin to induce Queen Victoria
to visit Ireland this year. We hope she
will go, for the tendency is so great to
go away from that country that it must need
royalty to induce people to remain there
much less to return once they have left
it. The storm throughout the country will
be great topic for days to come.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

RUSSIA has sent out denial of her alleged
intention Of concentrating troops in the
spring on the western frontier, ready for a
march on Constantinople. Denials of this
nature are often as untrustworthy as the
original reports, for success is the one test
by which diplomacy judges its achieve
mcnts- The relation which statements bear
TO truth is matter for the opposite party to
judge, but the immoral aspect Of untruthful-
ness is not considered by either party. A
nicely poised, neatly feathered, sharp barbed
lie that will Ay far and stick fast, is diplo-
macys choicest weapon. One thing is GER
tain, that If Russia is not moving troops in
the southwest she would like to be
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
Tammany Hall,

Senator Woodin's bill does not touch the
Tammany trouble, and it seems to us evil
IDENTIFY framed for some other not clearly
apparent purpose Every evil consequence
traceable to the influence of Tammany in
our politics may continue indefinitely with
out the violation of single clause of this
bill. The Tammany Society owns and
controls Tammany Hall and exercises over
the General Committee which is supposed to
act for the democratic voters of this city
such an influence as makes them the mere
puppets of that society; but it does all this in
such a way that no law can possibly take
hold Of the fact when the whole control is
separated into specific acts. Tammany may
safely defy any Legislature to forbid any act
and suppose that it will thereby free the
Democratic General Committee from the in
fluence of the Tammany Society; but a stat
ute declaring that the act incorporating that
society is repealed will do effectually what
rigmarole Of sections and sub. sections will
fail to do. 1t is to be hoped that it is not
intended to cheat the public in this matter
If the indignation against Tammany should
be lulled by bill put forth as q Tammany
death warrant, and that bill should not
accomplish the required purpose, it would be
great opportunity lost. If Mr. woodin's
bill is intended to prevent railroad compa-
nies from packing party conventions and
even the Legislature it may be an advan-
tageous measure; but we fear it would prove
imperative to that end.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23


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PARTISAN VARIETIES
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WOODS MUSEUM.
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GLOBE THEATRE.
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BOOTHS THRATRE
JULIUS CESAR. at p NJ Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
THEATRE CoMIQUE
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WALLACK'S THEATRE
MARRIED IN HASTE, at P VI. Mr. Lester wallack.
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LYCEUM THEATRE
ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT, at 8 p. NJ.
COLOSSEUM
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ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN, at 7. NJ. Mr..
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The New York herald., 1876-01-23

Al. GAMBErTAs APPEAL TO FRANCE in his
private speech at AK is praised by the Lon
don Times for its moderation and fair spirit
of compromise The publication Of the
National Defence Inquiry Committees reply
10 the republican attacks is evidently
being used as campaign document,
much after the American fashion. 1t is
comical to American thinking to see the
republicans deprived Of free speech in a
republic, while the monarchists have The
nficial Journal at their DISPOSAL
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

CHE VATICAN will not resist the govern
mel tal inspection of the italian seminaries.
It would be a good thing if the Catholic
Church dignitaries learned little sense and
were not perpetually retiring from IN
tenabls positions, which moment before
they had proclaimed would never be de-
serted. The Italian government is avowedly
anxious for q modtS viUendi with the Vatican,
but the Church prefers an easy system Of
nnartvrization.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE FIGHT NEAR TREBIcNE between the
Turks and the Rayahs has resulted in COM
plete victory for the latter, with loss of $50
killed TO the former The Porte meanwhile
makes great display Of determination to
crush the rebellion, but the news from Rome
that the Turkish government is now pre-
pared to accept Count Andrassy's plan of re-
form shows that the prospect of peace would
he Welcomed at any cost
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE WORK OF LAYING CORNER STONES and
opening public institutions, which is great
portion of the English Heir Apporents
duties, has devolved upon his brother, the
Duke of Edinburgh, during the Prince of
Wales absence. Yesterday the Duke opened
q Royal Auuarium
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

A STORM SUFFICIENT to interrupt telegraphic
communication between Liverpool and Lon,
don must be of the most destructive kind
md it is probable o long list of losses by sea
md land will reach us shortly.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE MNIsrERIALIsTs' SUCCESS in the Span
sh elections will not surprise any one who
knows Spain There was evidently great
;are exercised in the construction of the cleo
hon machinery Such republicans as Cas-
elar are said TO have been defeated
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

A TRIPLE COLLISION has occurred on the
Great Northern Railway of England. The
break in telegraphic communication pre-
rented the sending of full details of this
anusual calamity. Two trains collide and a
Jhird train runs into the debris Of the other
hro
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. Gold was steady
at l13. Stocks were moderately active, but
lower than on Friday. Foreign exchange
was strong Government bonds and invest
nent securities were firm.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE ELEVATED RAILROAD is working hard
to complete their line to the Battery, and
have completed their plans for running
track on the east side of the city. We can
not but wish this company success, for they
have shown commendable' energy but
single track, although better than none, is
not what New York wants in the way of
rapid transit.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE HERALD BY FAST MAIL TRA1Ns.-Ne,es-
dealers and the public ,oW be supplied nth The
DAILY, WEEKLY and SUNDAY HERALD, free of
postage by sending their orders direct to this
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

TRrsTANY is now stated not to have turned
Alfonsist after all, and his fellow Carlists
re bombarding San Sebastian.
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

BISMARCK has neuralgia. Even his sick
lesses are military, for he complains of shoot
ing pains
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

From orw reports this morning the probabilities
are that the tceather to-day loW be threatening,
Vih rain or SnOoo
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

THE ENGLISH RIFIEMEN are working hard
to have their team in first rate trim for the
coming match, and it behooves our Creed
moor sharpshooters to take advantage of
every favorable day for practice. In Eng
land the practice can be carried on through
the mild winter with little discomfort
The New York herald., 1876-01-23
Il r PIE S HE E t.

NEW YORK, SUNDAY. JANUARY %, 1876.
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ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

VOLUME xLI..................... 90
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
The New York herald., 1876-01-23

All business, news letters or telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-25
PERSONAL.

Mr. Henry W. I.0ngfollow's health still con-
tlnues delicate.
Nh Henry Wa,icrson of The Louisville Courier
yo,U,.al /. convaescing rapidly.
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson will deliver his
lecture IN Concord Gasa. next Wednesday evening.
shrrs BE- owsys lectures during Tho year He has
l.,turrd ia Boston once this Winter, AMI read few
Times az piyatd hOus.s
The Rev ID. Stuart Dodge, TO whose eff
Client management Chairman 81 the Committee ON
ArranqemenJs nnch ri the Of Tho Moody ana
Sankoy uc".nvS Is due wa compclir r." dHYs age to
wcru received yesterday announcing their safe arrival 1T
Pin ma.
Walt Whitman, in an interview with a cor
respondent of he Fbadephia Times the following
information in ,sas 10 his forthcoming book and his
writing: ." The book will be ready Ia about two
weeks. I having il printed ON my own account.
None Of the publishers viii tako my writings Even
whCn send them magazine article they always send II
beginning 10 gro" proud OF always having my writings
sent back. Ny only way 10 prni the things myself u"
have them printed ID the papers Tho short aitclrs
somet, make good things ror me last columns 0t te
editorial pagc, to be set IN small pc; hut 10 depends
about the pressure ~ othr matter - n does
tho nerii 81 the arcle whether II gets into news
papor OF not"
Mr.. Edmund Yates gives this sketch Of
George Eliot in The LOr,don World ~ slight presence.
OF middle high the hight OF women Goes a fsco some
what long. whose every feature tells OF intellectual
po"ct lShlthcu ny mo PERPETUAL PuF "l cutuShs *
preston; voice Of most sympathetic compass and rich
ness y full " q sweetness. uniformly gem
tie and intensely wOmanly which procaims the depth OF
the interest taken In ordinary and Obscure things and
people; conversation which lends itstf readily top
ICES trivial 10 topics profound and which 10 full Of
a humor-as indeed arc her wrtings-thlt is redeemed
rrum sarcasm by Ito eyer-present syIGpathy; such
rough aud imperfect sketch OF George Eliot,
"a sh, may be when she Is occupied with
Der sunday receptions in her pleasant homo near
Regcuts Park. Far from strong IN heatn' siiJ
feels tie effort of authorship so severely, the IN
tIes witch she takes IN the development and the des-
thy ~ the creations her brain. who might be Dexter
described the concentrations from her own personal
knowledge and experience, Is painfully and absorb
generally or very much into society. SO Thoroughly does
she think her books 20 the structure ot her sen
fences before she commences write them. that unlike
Dickens though like Thgokeray, her manuscript displays
scarcely an erasnrc or a blot"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-25
VIZ. EOEEN BRElKS LOOSE.

The spectacle Of the Bowen family breaking
out Of Dir. Halliday. pallor, and fleeing from
the violence OF " Mr. Bccchor'S ninlOns,' with
shouts 10 the reporters 10 come and take
notice Of tho outrage upon THEN personal lib
crty, must have been cdifying aud exhjlarat-
ing in the highest degree. 1t has been popu-
larry supposed for several years that Mr..
Henry G. Bowen, cramncd to the muzlle with
an oycicharge Of information, was waiting
impatiently for somebody 10 touch him oil.
He has been cautouug all Brooklyn 10 be-
ware Of the explosion, and daring rlymouth
Church 70 come near him with tho lighted
match Of investigation. Nothing appeared 10
trouble him 80 much rs the danger OF being
let alone. Nothing ycXed him like the
fear that he might not be compelled 10
break silence. When accordingly he was ut
last summoned before the Examining Com
mittcc of Plymouth Church and requested to
put into plain English the accusations of which
he was currently believed to be the author,
and to indicate at the same time the names OF
witnesses and the particulars OF time and place
By which his charges could he substantiated,
the public certainly had right to expect some
interesting developments. }ut Mr.. Bowen, NC
cording to NIL reports, did nothing hut repeat
the old general allegation of Mr. Beechofs inf
deity based upon statements made - him by
persons whose names he would not disclose.
That was all he had 30 tell; and when tho
Committee proposed to ask few question:
he broke loose and ran.
Broke loose and ran, with an agility aud
strength quite surprising III man of his years,
upsetting furniture and dodging deacons in his
escape from the paIlor, while his sons shook
their nsts in the faces of the pursuing con-
clave, and the Rev. W. Ii. Ward of The hide
pendent planted himself in the way, like
Horatius Coolies defending the bridge. Broke
loose and ran till he was safe within
his own walls, and close at his
heels Iau u reporter, CONTINUALLY grasping