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The New York herald., 1876-02-06
city Passenger Traffic.

Facilities for the public to move with celer-
ity from one point to another in any direc-
ton in a great city are of primary conse-
quence to nearly the whole people, and while
we may fairly rate this city as about the
third in the world in most respects it is
certainly at best the 'fftieth in this respect
What is the reason of this? Cabs are so few
with us that they are scarcely feature in
our streets, and what few we have seem TO
be worked not so much with view to gain
a livelihood for their owners and drivers as
to exhibit the possibilities of extortion. This
has always been so well recognized, whether
with the carriages" or with the various ex-
periments made at cabs, that city people
themselves have never made much use of
these vehicles, but have left them to the
unwary wanderers from the outside world.
Formerly the omnibuses that ran up nearly
all the main streets accommodated the pub
lie sufficiently, for by some one of these it
was possible to get within easy distance of
almost any point in the city; but as the city
spread out and tended TO cover the whole
island and the distances became greater it
means of transit than the omnibuses sup
piled would produce cab system. At that
critical point in our municipal history the
street cars came in. They were in one sense
an accident Tryon row, opposite the Hall
of Records, was within the memory of man
the starting point of the New Haven Rail-
road; but it became necessary to prohibit the
use of locomotives below Twenty-seventh
street, and the company, therefore, organized
the service of small cars to carry passengers
from the downtown station up to the
train, and these cars became con-
venience to the general public, and
that local service became the Fourth avenue
line. Other lines were copied from it in
other streets simply for the use of the public,
and without reference TO uptown trains,
until the system grew to its present propor-
tions. This system now monoDolizes pas
The New York herald., 1876-02-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


species OF golden has been discovered in Cali
fornia
Mrs Tlton lives with her mother, Mrs Morse, In
Brooklyn.
Wet stems Of willing flowers in hot water so as TO re-
store the flowers
Mrs Speaker Kerr wears black velvet with flesh
colorcd trimmings
Virginia democrats do not want. an Ohio man for
Presidential candidate
The Prussian government compels bakers TO keep
their bread at least day before selling
General Benjamin F. Butler and Quartermaster
General Rufus ingalls, arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday from Washington.
Some one has announced that Rochofort recently
said There will be a revolution and a republic In
Belgium in less than three months"
The twenty miles width of country on each side OF
the Rio Grande is covered by thickets of thises az
feet high These !mpassable except by trailA
Reading canary sings "Home, Sweet Home"
which IL learned from a musical box ana which u
thought came from another canary that It in q
mirror.
1t is claimed that certain who built the Central
Pacific Railroad have made little money in dividenas
Fortunately there was such a thing Finance and
Construction Committee.
ST. Louis Repubhcaa:-''rhe best illustration OF
dead beat is probably afforded when one newspaper
gets what another doesn't, ana Wnat eacn OF them
should have had week before"
The great California tin mine is to DO worked by a
Holland company; and now every Frisco boy who goes
for cents worth OF yeast plays tambOurine on the
bottom Of the pail and hopes TO succeed Jones in the
Senate
The Boston Traveller does not think reference to
sunaower should appear a HERALD personal Yet,
the very fact that the Traveller edors vanity Is hurt
by reference TO the beauty OF sunaower proves how
personal this column really Is
The Alabama Senate and House Of Representatives
yesterday adopted resolutions extending courteses "a
Hon G. II. Pendleton, who is in Montgomery en ront,
for his home, from Florida He waited on by tho
Commissioner received by the presiding officers ant
anerward introduced 10 the members He leaves to
day
When great Tennessee medium materializod an In
alan and bystander remarked that the spirit and the
medium appeared good deal alike the rnaraQer OF tho
stance said well, used to think that wav u,vselc
but understand better now. You see the spir,t ab
serbs 50 much Of the MEDIUMS person In making tha
naturalization that they do look vcry much alike; a
times they can barely be distinguished
George f. Spencer occupies a scat IN the Senate q.
the United states from Alabama He is A man no
quite ioriy years Old native Of Jefferson county New
York, and up 10 the time OF the war he was citizen
Iowa lie entered thc army and was mado colonel o
aregment OF coiovcd troops when the contest close,
no received an appointment as revenue collector u
Alabama Atlhe end Of two years, under working
Of the reconstruction policy Of the republican Congress
De workeaha var iusO shs Cnhed States sensie
The New York herald., 1876-02-06
Our London Cable L.tter.

Englishmen, even those who view Sba
monarchy with undated loyalty, have been
of late years prone to put rather ungener-
Gus construction on the movements of
Queen Victoria Hence, when our London
correspondent tells us that the announce
ment of Her Majesty being about to open
the coming session of Parliament fore
shadows the request for another cash grant
to help settle her remaining manageable
daughter in life, he only echoes the sentiment
of the English capital Since the death
of the Prince Consort the Quees has taken
scarcely any part in public life, and if she
comes personally to Parliament when asking
marriage portions for her children it would
be perhaps little more generous to look at
it from the side that she believes such
request really calls for a personal solici-
tation and that in so asking she ac-
knowledges the power of the people to re-
fuse. If the English people like monarchy
they must pay as we'll as play. The Ritual
lists still make a stir with their over
lures to Rome, and between the oppo-
sition Of the masses and the immovability
of Rome they pay the penalty of all half
way parties. Mock turtle receives equally
the scorn of calfs head and green turtle
The success of Miss Genevieve Ward in her
performance of Lady Macbeth at Drury
Lane, for the benefit of the Centennial fund,
is gratifying, as much because Of
the lady being On American as the
object of the performance being so
patriotic in its nature The hand
some subscriptions of Miss Nelson
and Messrs. John S. Clarke Jefferson and
Sothern will be appreciated here. The
strength of the colony of American players
in London is strilzingly shown in various
items Of our cable letter, and among them
Miss Field should not be forgotten. Lon
don, apparently, has a gay season before it,
and this gives US promise of a weekly budge
of interesting news for some time to come,
which we shall be glad to lay before our
readers
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ssPiQue.7'

We have received many letters relative to
the authorship of ''Pique." One of these is
from Rose Rayland, who made the original
charge that Mr.. Daily had taken his first
three acts from Florence Marryats novel,
"Her Lord and Master y another very long
and very able communication is signed
''Looker On = another is from can English
Playwright" and another, in defence of Mr..
Daily, is from the always witty and generous
pen of John Brougham. That we decline to
publish these letters, treating the subject in
such different ways, is not from any want of
respect for their authors, all of whom show
signal ability in their arguments. We de-
cline because we think the only question we
undertook to examine has been finally de-
cided. That question was whether the play
was taken from the novel. 1t is admitted
that it was. No denial has come from
Mr. Daily OF from Mr.. Brougham
or from any one, because no one
can contradict evidence of which
the public has now full possession.
The discussion now tends toward the ques-
ton whether Mr.. Daily had the right to an
nounce the play as his original work, with
out acknowledging his Indebtedness to the
novel. Here we enter the realm of ethics,
and courtesy, and independence, and the
relations of the stage to literature, and prec-
edents, and dozen other things-a wide
domain, in which any single man. from
Plautus to Boucicault is but as an insignifi-
cant figure in an enormous landscape. In
delivering an opinion upon the issue be-
tween two of our correspondents in
respect to 'Pique" we had no intention
of making Mr.. Days play the pivotal point
of an abstract controversy. We admire
his brilliancy and success as q writer
too much TO do him that injustice,
and, therefore with our decision as to q
simple question of the facts, the debate, so
far as the HERALD is concerned, must end.
The general subject of the right of a dra-
matist to use materials not his own without
acknowledging his debt is of much interest
and may be considered hereafter but if we
ever should do so we shall not begin with
Mr.. Daily, nor Mr.. Boucicault, nor Mr.. Tom
Taylor, nor Mr. Robinson, but with Shake
speare. Starting from the eternal centre we
may more justly judge Of the perpetually
shifting circumference. At that time we
shall sincerely welcome the correspondents
we now reluctantly exclude, as a man who
is not at home to his friends on one day
meets them gladly at his door the next
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a position so eminent that the votes of the
New York delegation would reasonably be
construed by him as a recognition of we'll
established claims. 1t would so excite his
hopes and strengthen his ambition that he
! could not get the idea out of his mind that
he had been entered for the race in the ex-
pectation that he might win. 1t is therefore
safe to assume that even if his pride could
| descend to the position of sham candidate
and political decoy duck the glittering
prize would have the same overmastering
fascination for him which it always exerts on
American politicians.
We regard as absurd every suspicion that
Senator Conkling would consent to be a can
didate as a means of playing into the hands
of General Grant. We favor his candidature
as opening an easy way for the withdrawal of
President Grants third term pretensions
With Mr. Conkling as President his influence
on public affairs would survive him. He
would be such trusted adviser of the new
administration as jefferson in his retirement
at Monticello was of his friends, Presidents
Madison and Monroe, and as General Jack
son, at the Hermitage, was of his successor,
President Van 'Buren, whose choice by the
democratic party he virtually dictated. We
have no personal hostility to President
Grant, and have never opposed the third
term on personal grounds. 1t is our sincere
wish that he may pass from his high station
into a voluntary and honorable retirement,
and that his influence for good may survive
the expiration of his term. Believing that
he could gracefully relinquish his aspirations
in favor of his friend, the eminent New York
Senator, we should be truly glad to see the
difficulty solved in this way.
We are not blind to the effect of Mr.
Conkling's nomination on the democratic
party but as he is entirely sound on the
vital question of the currency we could as
safely trust him as any democratic candidate
that might otherwise be selected from this
State We say otherwise" because it seems
plain that if Mr.. Conkling should be the re-
publican candidate the democratic candidate
would be taken from the West The nomi-
nation of Mr.. Conkling would preclude the
republicans from deriving any advan-
tage from the peculiar public senti-
ment of the West which the democratic
party could utilize and monopolize
by selecting candidate who represents it,
The nomination of Mr.. Conkling at Cincin-
natl would, therefore, inevitably locate the
democratic candidate in the West, and give
him powerful and Jealous support in that
important section of the country. The dem
ocratic party will not relinquish so great an
advantage if Mr.. Conkling is put in such
position as would insure the vote of New
York for the republicans; for without New
York the only chance of democratic success
lies in recovering Ohio and electing the
President by Western and Southern votes.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06
The Centennial Rine Match.

We are sorry to observe that the English
rihemen seem determined to stand upon their
chosen ground of an imperial team or none
The interview had with General Shaler which
is published elsewhere shows distinctly the
position of our National Rifle Association.
The association sent circular early in last
December to various nations, inviting
them to send teams to the Centennial rifle
meeting, and such circulars we're sent to
England, Scotland and Ireland. The ac-
ceptance of this invitation by the Scotch was
in due course and will not interfere, SO far
as America is concerned, in the English send
ing an imperial team or one distinctively
national. That is for the English
Rifle Association to consider, and we
still venture to hope that they may see their
way to sending out some representation.
The Irish rifemen still have the matter un-
der advisement, and as General Shaler says,
their acceptance of our invitation would
leave us no other course than to welcome it,
In fact, having sent a wide invitation to the
rihemen of the world, we cannot in our
character of Centennial hosts, presume to
limit the number of those who graciously
choose to accept it.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06
Our Paris Cable Letter.

Paris should be very happy just now, for
it is only when there is nothing to talk
about that the true Parisian becomes triste
with species of sadness almost untrans-
latable. With two thousand candidates for
places in the new Assembly and an average
of ten thousand speeches week all France
can share in the political topics which will
be further seasoned by the meddling of busy
projects and the intrigues of numberless
cabals, with the spectacle of a ministry
which is merely good enough Morgan
until after the election" Then the French
man has his minor stimulants of continental
politics, and the theatrical, musical and art
worlds lie before him like so many dainty
decanters of maraschino, noyeau and aqua
doro Perhaps the most interesting item
to Americans is that concerning Dumas
new play, 81 'Etrangere. which is in trouble
with the censorship, presumably because it
is offensive in its dealings with America and
Americans However unpleasant it may be
to have ourselves gibbeted successively by
the foremost French dramatists, Sardou hav-
ing preceded Dumas in this direction, we do
nOl Jnlnh JHdI AIneIlcdnS are 50 lnlH-Sklnneu
as to take those sketches, drawn from ridicu-
lously imperfect sources, very seriously to
heart In addition to making the foreign
woman" who is an American, Prussian spy
at the Court of Napoleon I'LL, we are told
that Nj. Dumas attacks American diplomacy.
The Prussian spy business would probably
indicate that the period OF the play is
somewhere in the time covered by the
ministries of Dix, Bigelow and Wash
burne, and we are very certain that if the
dramatists plot required an unscrupulous
American diplomat he must have been
evolved purely from the brain of NJ. Dumas,
and has not the faintest shadow of real ex-
istence. Dickens. wrote his american
Notes" after hasty run through America,
and added his power as caricaturist to his
national Misrepresentation of all things Ameri-
can in order TO produce a book that would
SELL He annoyed America excessively, be-
cause there was just the least possible basis
! for his structures but America was magnani-
nous enough to forgive him. With Dumas,
I if he has written good play, this will be
easier He has never seen America. If he
accuses General Dix of betraying diplomatic
secrets he will be so far from the possibili-
ties that his bad taste will be pardoned as
ignorance. We cannot therefore, advise the
censorship to spoil what may be good play
so as to save French playwright from
showing his bad manners.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

senger tratiic to such an extent as to render
1t impossible that we shall ever have cab
system, for it leaves out too small portion
OF the public to support such system. The
many who would pay a cab fare without
grumbling will still pay five cents in the
cars with little more satisfaction and
endure the inconvenience. But as the
people are thus forced by the existence OF
these lines and by their absolute possession
of the field to depend upon them, so the
people and all organs and authorities that
act for the people must fight resolutely to
secure.to the people adequate conveniences
and accommodations.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

DARK LANTERN DIPLOMACY received an
other blow from the publication of the An
drassy circular by the Cologne Gazette. Just
as the HERALD unmasked the recent Fish
diplomacy in reference to Cuban affairs, and
brought that piece Of cd de sac craftsmanship
to light in America, the GazeiteS enterprise has
forced an authentic publication Of the note to
the Porte, which it was not intended should
be made until the Turkish government had
given its decision. The people want to know,
nowadays, what their rulers are doing,
and the two instances above quoted show
how the press is helping them.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

PRINCE BIsMARcKs STATEMENT that over
lures for q modification of the Falk laws
must come from Rome may be construed to
mean that the German Chancellor is ready
to listen to a reasonable effort at compromise
ON the troubled relations of Church and
State. He must begin TO feel that
Churchmen ore the natural allies OF
the Empire against its greatest danger,
the spread of materialistic liberalism. The
spirit of mutual toleration growing up in
France between the Republic and Rome
shows him also how dangerous it would be
TO force such union in Germany. The re-
cent alliance between the ultramontanes and
the German liberals was an application Of
this near home.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

STAMPEDEs IN THEATRES. horror re-
ported from Cincinnati is one that seems
always liable to repetition, and one, there
fore, against which perpetual precautions
should be taken. A false alarm of FIRE by a
mischievous boy seems to have pre-
cipitated the catastrophe at Robin
sons Opera House yesterday afternoon
whereby twelve deaths and great many
more or less serious casualties have been oc-
casioned. Presence Of mind is the best pre-
ventive Of such scenes; but. falling that plen'
tiful means Of egress must be relied ca,
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

OUR BERLIN SPECIAL DESPATCH gives us an
inkling of the fact that Germany and France
are gradually letting their enmities slide by
and entering nan extended era of peace, if
not of good will. An ambassadors ball may
not be a very safe criterion of such a
state of affairs, but it is an indication.
The decree permitting the export of horses
from Germany shows that the worst features
of Gallophobia are disappearing, for when
the Berlin War Office admits that France may
need horses for other purposes than mount
ing cavalrymen or drawing artillery the
fever is safely past its crisis.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

Any one who pictures that horriHed mass Of
women and children crazed with causeless
fright, crushing and trampIing each other
to death, will admit that the vigilance which
provides against such possibilities should be
as constant as the liability of such scenes to
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THOMPSON, the hero of the shooting case
at Lloyds Neck, J.. l., was committed to
prison yesterday to await the action of the
Grand Jury. This man, who is SO fond Of
shooting, is likely to be taught that he can
not make target of a crowd of unoffending
citizens with impunity
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

HE NEW TAMNANY COMMITTEE is in hot
water already. Some Of its members are
tired of Boss Kelly and want to have recon-
ciliation with the democrats he drove out of
the Hall last year and into the Legislature.
The nature Of the fight now going on is fully
explained in an article printed to-day.
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dealers and the public throughout the country
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SUNDAY HERALD, free Of postage, by sending
their orders direct to this office
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THE STRATroRD SHoAL LIGHT vessel was
sunk in the gale on Wednesday, and, un-
fortunately, the five men on board were
drowned, it is supposed. The vessel was
rotten and worn out, and will be replaced by
a new boat by the Lighthouse Board as soon
~ Dossible
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

GENERAL BABcocK has expressed himself
very plainly upon the subject of his own
trial in an interview with one of our cor
respondents at St Louis. The letter is very
interesting reading, as it indicates the de-
fence he will make in court
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THE OCEAN TUNNEL.-The international
committee on the under ocean tunnel be-
tween France and England has ended its
work, and the report expresses the belief
that the great enterprise will be successfully
completed
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

WALL STREET YESTERDAY prices of
stocks were irregular, but generally showed
triAe of improvement. Gold was steady at
112 7-8 Money on call loans was freely sup
piled at and per cent Brokers are care
fully scrutinizing commercial paper. The
bank statement shows a decrease in the re-
rarva
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u,,rrv THIRD AVENUE THEATRE
wALLACKls THEATRE.
JOHN GARTH, TSP NJ Mr. Lester wdlack.
v ,TIvoLI THEATRE.
COLOSSEUM.
PANORAMA, l to 4 p. NJ. and 80 tol loP.M
EAGLE THEATRE.
VARIETY, at p NJ.
BROOKLYN THEATRE
JANE EYRE at spa Miss Charlotte rhompson.s
.. TONY PASTORS NEW THEATRE
VARIETY, At s p. NJ.
,osv v,cu,gT UNION ,sQgARE THEATRE.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY at sP NJ
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN
EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOkS
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
NORMA. at 8 +. NJ. Nile Htiens
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
PIQUE, at p. NJ Fanny Davenport.
THIRTYFoURTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.
VARIETY, atsP. NJ,
BowERY THEATRE
UNCLE TOMS CABIN, att p NJ Mrs G. c. Howard
PARIsIAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY atsPM
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, atsPM
WOODS MUSEUM
ROBINSON CRUsoE. at 8 p. NJ. Matinee at p NJ
sTADT THEATRE.
DER FREIsCHUTZ, at 7. NJ. Mile. Eugene Pappen
heim.
GLOBE THEATRE.
VARIETY, atsP. NJ.
BOOTHS THEATRE.
JULIUS CESAR, ats p NJ. Mr. Lawrence Barrett
VARIETY, atsP.M
GERMGYTA THEATRE.
GRETCHEN's PoLTERAbEND, MsPN
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Born CARLIsTs AND ALFoNs1sTs are evil
IDENTIFY making ready for determined strug-
gle. No new battles are reported, but the
concentration of the government forces is
steadily going on, while the Carlists are
erecting additional defences at Vera. There
will be heavy fighting this spring, and possi-
bly, a short and decisive campaign.
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THE Loss OF LIFE in the recent explosion
in the Jabin mine, Belgium, was frightful.
One hundred and shty-six miners are thought
10 have been killed
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THE ENGLISH INVESTIGATION of the causes
of the loss Of the Deutschland has resulted
in censure of the captain for error in navi-
cation, praise of the crew for discipline and
complete exoneration of the boatmen at Har-
Yieh from the charge of cowNrdice
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

THE Lands CASE is ended. Carruth is
dead and lands is acquitted. The jury last
night brought in a verdict of acquittal, based
upon the theory that the defendant was in
sane
The New York herald., 1876-02-06

From o,r reports this morning the probabilities
gre that The acedther to-day 1oW be partly cloudy
The New York herald., 1876-02-06
T RIPPLE S HE E T.

NEW YORK, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 6. 1876.
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ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

yOLUME xLI-...............................NO. 8.
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