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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
COMMODORE VANDERBILT.

Throughout yesterday Commodore Vanderbilt was
comfortable and received number Of personal friends.
and freely convcrscd with thom and the various men,
bcrs OF his family. During tho morning the invalid
partook and poachcd eggs on toast, and during
the afternoon and evening permitted to cat all the
watermelon he desirod During the past two days the
increased temperature has had beneficial effect on the
pa,,eut The physicians remarked a similar effect
durpe the last heated Dr. Lindsey said ~ ten
O'Clock last night that the matter or strongth the
Commodoro was holding his own. II was thought then
bv the physicians that Mr. Vanderbilt would remain
without change for the worse curing the night MI.
Dc Forest his nephew In attendance said shat sncs
Saturday evening the Commodore had talked more thas
he had done probably during any previous wcek for
several years HIS mind Is clear on all business mas
ters . 49, ,.,., ....-
Al twelve O'Clock p. ". Mr. Vanderblt's eondeson
was unchanged, and no apprehcnsons OF immediate
DANGER wcro entertained Mr.. DE Forest and ORA
Iindsiey and Elliot were the only gentlemen IN the
mouse The Commodore ate some eggs, toast an1
watermelon about midnight and appeared TO rest Easy
Mr. De Forest replied to tho HERALD reporters In
ou,rv concerning the rumor OF large mortgage on
Now York Central that there could DO no truth 10 the
report and Il was probably intended TOR stock JooonG
DurD
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

The London Pa5tishers' C,reular. while admitting
that the English not book buying people. adds
that ''ihcy more book buying than any other ma
ton save tho Americans"
The Chinese government has published q vast colcc-
ton Of historical documents concerning The rch~Ions
N China from 1919 to 1858 Those eviathans OF his
tories are comprised In 743 volumes.
Mr.. Julian Hawthorne, who enjoys the reputation OF
having hbcIcd the Germans in his saxon s,udcs- is
now living the ncighborhooi OF London, and will
very probably give us some caustic English studies
Longmans, OF London, VIII soon publish tho compile
ton OF the translation OF Comte's System of
Positive Philosophy" in fonr volumes THIS Is much
supcTor piece OF work TO the abrdsment OF the same
book By Mss Martineau. previously psbished
The third volume OF Mr. Horace II. Furncss' vnri.
Drum Shsk cspcarc will contain Hamlet" edited in
the same thorough manner as the preceding volumes
and containing the two 'lfamlcts.r Us issued in
shaScspearcs lie time, with The sources onwhch tho
drama was founded
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
ENGLAN D.

su cHARLxs RUssELLs LIBEL AGAINST THE
Houn--THE wAR TAX IN cUDA-rHE GRAIN
= TRADE.
LONDON, August 7, 1870
The Court OF Queens Bench has discharged the rule
nsi against the Hour for libelling SIR Charles Russell
Baronct, member OF Parliament for Westminster. In
the publication of several articles charging him with
financial lcgerdeman in connection with the Peruvian
bonds The defendants rctractCd without every
imputation against Sir Charles Russell and paid the
costs In the course OF the proceedings II transpircd
that Mr. Mac Douga was no longer the proprietor and
editor OF the Hour.
WAR TAX u CUBA
In the House OF Commons this afternoon the Hon.
Robert Burke OF the Under Secretaries for the
Foreign Department, In reply to question by Jacob
Bright, liberal member for Manchester, SAID German
residents had been exempted temporarily from the
tax in Cuba pending negotiations now In progress
England is still negotiating for subjects will
,minc and maintain all treaty rights
THE GRAIN TRADE
The Marx Lam Express, review OF the Brit ish
corn trade during tho past week, says a more lively
business has boon hadsn foreign wheat Millcrs have
operated with increased freedom. There has been no
further quotablc decline The supplies of barley con
tnue scanty and values, therefore, are maintained.
Oats dropping In tendency The imports momen,a-
rily exceeding requirements. Maize sells readily at
uxpcnce decline on week. with tar inquiry for dis
ant shipments The floating cargo trade has been de-
,idcdly stcadicr lately, wheat showing Improvement
Of fully 3D. Is quarter, owing probably the un
noStsd weather and some 81 ght revival oil the CONT
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

Those who, Anew days ago. battered themselves that
we had the last OF tho extreme heat rudcy
roasted Of that opinion yesterday seems rather
too bad that having treated tho heat with every jour-
nast,c courtesy given daily notices, which, n dedi
Gated to great mercantile concerns, would have been
esteemed priceless, bowed It out In duo form and po
ltcly turned our back uron IT, wc should
DO open TO sudden intrusion ~
unwelcome as that Of hereditary govt OF an
.implacabe wusherwoman. There we're those who, In
spite Of tho HxKALps prediction hoped against hope
and neglected lay in stock Of that special and c
culiar patience demanded by inundated linen the
thermometer nincty- These 10 pIiicd
yesterday. Their name wasslcgion, but no individual
Of tho vast ,rray could take any comfort from the
army OF his felHw sufferers They wsrc noticeable,
however for their splendid esprit de corps-porspra-
,ion; at the UNUSUAL exhibition Of which shirt
collars and bosoms became greatly affected
limpid sympathy. To 60 INTO the suncripes
OF the New York population yesterday would be y
who by the way, has TO expect another considcrab
instament OF solar caloric to-day but VIC can all lake
comfort from the fact that,t Hclnhez tells the truth.
the heat got yesterday but the three hundred
mionth part OF what his Solar Majesty Is evolving
into space So let us pcrspre and be grateful A
thunder shower at half past four L. ~ ccnsideratcy
supplied the baked city with heated enough 10
mako the night almost intoerabc. During twenty
minutes performance the lightning shattered . 800
skyIicht in Beekman street. but human ic was erci.
fully spared The subjoncd sunstrokc list Is. happily,
light. but is a sufficient warning in this trying
weather.
sCysrRoKEs
Thomas Burke, thirty years, OF No. Delaney
street
Patrick Dove thirty years, OF No. 81 East Broadway.
An unknown man, found at Second avenue aud Fifty
sixth street,
John Huser, thirty years, Of No s42 East yorty-nnh
street.
Christopher Powell, sixty, Of No. "a: Twenty-Five
street, Brooklyn.
REGISTRATIONS ny THE
Tho following cases Of prostration by the excessive
heat OF yesterday reported to the police:--
Thomas wcinman, aged thirty-nve, OF No 100 Broad
way.
Unknown man, Indian, aged about thirty. Ave,
found at the corner OF Buring slip and South
Luke Carney, aged th'rty-two OF No. 81 Park street
The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty -four hours
ison with tho corresponding date OF last year, nd
Gated by the thermometer NJ Hadnuts pharmacy,
Hi Buildinc
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MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT.
WAN nrrArruNNv,
OFFICE 90 PIE CHrsv SIGNAL ovvrcyR,
WASHINGTON. August 81 A n.
Ttr.l.I,,f1fi<s

WAR nrrArruwxv,
OFFICE yuB CnIEr OvrrcyR.
wAsHIScroS, August 81 A. n J
Pyo1ab,issisa
For the south Atlantic States sllsht changes In pres
surc and temperature southeastery W southwcssesiy
winds aud partly cloudy weather, with rain areas In
the carolinas
Fer the Gulf states Tennessee and the Ohio Valley
stationary falling barometer nearly stationary tenn
pcraturc, castcry to southery winds and generally
clear weather, except ram in tho lower hisss-
sippi Valley and westward
For the lower lake region rising followed by falling
barometer, variable winds, shifting to cssteriy or
southeriy and slightly cooler clear or partly cloudy
weather.
For tho Eastern and Middle States Stationary or rs
ing barometer, westerly TO southeriy winds and
slightly COOLER clear partly cloudy weather, follow
ing light rains IN Virginia
For tho Upper Miss,ssipplsnd Lower Missouria val.
Ieys and upper lako region, falling barometer, south
west southeast winds. Increasing In force and gen
orally warmer clear partly cloudy weather, With q
storm centre advancing eastward over Dakota toward
Lake Superior.
The Mississippi River will continue slowly falling
from Cairo 70 vicksburs and the Lower Ohio slowly
Yiain
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS

Congressman Josiah G. Abbott Of Boston, 10 at ~
Fifth Avenue HOTEL Judge John Erkine, Of the
United states District Court for Georgia Is at the G''sey
House. William T. Wright, United States Consul -
Santos Brazil is at the Windsor Hotel Colonel =.
Mea and Colonel r. Cercro, Of tho Spanish Army. ere
q, the Hoffman House. Congressman John D. White.
house, Of Poughkccpsc, is at tho Aloemare HosciI
Ex. congressman william Loushbridge,sof Iowa 70 ~
IN. sturtevant House Surgeon Thcoron wooIverton.
limited States Navy, u at the ST. Denis Hotel General
Ruff. H. King, Of Albany Is at the New York Hotel
Lieutenant Commander Ncoli Ludlow. United States
Navy. is at the Gscy House Major John v. Du Bots,
United states Army, is at the Union Square Hotel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
THE MURDER AT TAMwoRTH. n II.

rAswosrn. August 7, is5a
me marder OF rsui Williams b. 4 ". Cone ,- the
nrst that IN this place. and excises
the greatest Indignation Como known ~ . desperate
character and entertained old grudgs against VII
hama The murderer IN lodged ,n jail and ~ss With
difficulty saved from iynching about 100 citizens hsv-
ing collected for that avowed purpose
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KING WILLIAM.

HE VIII AnnrvK AT DArRxrTH ON rux 18TH
INST. TO ATTEND TIE wAoxEn FESTIVAL
BsRlf~ August I, 1879
Emperor William wiii arrive 81 Bayreush on the 18th
inst attend the wagner festival and gill return 10
Berlin The svsnisg Of the iSh inst
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
FIGHT IN A BARBER'S SHOP.

Yesterday evening Martha Harris, aged twenty
seven, colorcd, quarrccd with Benjamin Deivo. also
colorcd, IN a barber shop in Clark street. from whom
the received a severe cut on her wrist She was a.
tended by Dr. Cook and sent TO her homo No. IS Clark
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Esther Meyers, aged twcnty.ninc, a native Of Po-
land whe hanging out clothes yesterday afternoon,
fell from the third story window OF No lo2 East Broad
way, and was instantly killed. Tho Coroner was noti-
Aod
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n, f.ours August Z. 1870.
some-scc sarvels Of irregular, or What Is known 10
the trade an .sccnunuoss." whlskcy has been selzcd
here BY onccrs and n said large quantities.
~ have been shipped 40 Kansas sconstn and Mis-
sourl Ia % ssa 10 have been Manufactured by tbs
Boone coussy tKentuesyl Dissiilcry Company.
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HAVANA MARKET.

HAVANA. August I. 1910.
Spanish gold, ? "a -,7't. exchange III, rntcd
Sates-so days gold ~ premium. short sight do 81,
10 prcmium London 2ols ~ premium; Paris ~
premium.
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BELGIUM
TEE sauors' noxs orxsrp von rns nxczr-

TON OF INVALID rAES
fospos. August :. is'd
A special sespa,eh TO The ran Mall Ga-ass from
Brussels sayss-rhs sailors Home 81 Antwerp for the
erection Of vhssh considerable sums Of money have
been sahscrs~d. sssh Ansres and EagiAad, 10 nov
cpen.
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mental cemand Prices on the Continent have linz
proved lately. because tho yield in France proves dis
appointing
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nuILpINo TIE NEW PORTS.

ST. Paul. Minn., August !, 1870.
About 400 men had been engaged by tho Quarter.
masters Department TO start ton morrow for BISMARCK
and thence the Yellowstone to build the forts
recently authorized by Congress; but In consequence Of
tho low water in the Yellowstone, which prevents tho
forwarding OF building material this TALL, and tho In
ability OF the army TO project builders Of forts tho
chief OF this d. partment late this After
noon coun,ermandcd the order forwarding tho
THE AMMUNITION OF THE INDIANS NHARLY
xxuAusrxp-rH8IB ANTICIPATED RETRY
MExr TO THE Bro HORN MoUNrAINs-How
THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE AGENCIES II
xxPr or.
WASHINGTON, August !, 1876
War Department officials say that the recent joint
resolution passed by Congress prohibiting tho supply
OF special metallic cartridges, either directly indi
rcc,ly through Indian traders TO the Indians will have
good effect In aiding secure close OF tho Sioux
Indian war at carly date
PROBABLE COURSE uosrLEs.
Among tho best informed officers OF the army here
who are experienced in the moves OF the Indians the
prevails that tho Sioux after their families
are ocatcd will go up into the Big Horn Mountains
and ako tho best defensive positions thcrc 10 resist
the operations OF the United states government troops
their ammunition being already nearly exhausted in
the recent nghta
TIKI ALLEGED BREAKING UP.
Tho movement which Is SO shrcwdy AID strategt-
cay given out tho public adopted by the Sioux,
and which Is 10 cover their separation or dividing up
for the time beIng is simply
A
on the part OF the Indans merely for tho purpose OF
getting their runners into the agencies 10 make
their reports TO the agency stay homo indians,
t,fy them of their wants and to provide tho usual
cour,crs or expresses tho field iorces tho
old council Indians OF the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
agencies The couricrs come covcrtly for both sup
plios and war horses
HOW TIIE INDIANS ENCOURAGED.
The opinion prevails that the Indians arc receiving
encouragement secretly from tho Ministerial cham
pious Of the peace to try and choke up tho
action OF the for tho timo being They arc told
to keep hammcr,ng tho government and that the
feast would be eventually opened unto Thorn.
AGENCY INDIANS WANT PEACE
A request IRON Agency Indians TO the Indian Com.
missioner to use his influence in having operations
against the hostile Sioux suspended until thcy could
have an opportunity confer with them In tho inter-
est of peace having been referred to the proper Az
thorics Of the War Department has In the absence Of
the General OF tho Army, been referred 10 General
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
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GOVERNOR HENDRICKS.
IRREGULAR wHIsKEY.

ssRArosA. August. ls7a
Governor Hendricks ,su fos homo this evening
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FALL FROM A WINDOW.

Average temperature yesterday.
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vanccd by combination will most cheeruliy serve
der you when tic Fifth arrive hero expect to have
about 1000 nsh,ng men, beside friendly Indians
and Is my intention to move without any further de-
lay Nis also my intention to leave my wagon traan
on the Tongue River, where IL comes out from
the Big Horn range. So should you not meet
large train of Indians going Gown the river not
cevc any further Information from mo IL would
probably be best you move to my supply camp.
We broke camp the South Goose this morning
and going gradually along the hills toward the
Tongue River anticipate getting about far tho
north fork Of the Goose about tho time that my
reiniorccments como up
II is reported that the men in both commands are
very much dishcartened.
YELLOWSTONE
The Is very low in the Yellowstone and falling
every day.
The steamer siivor Lake viii leave to-day with um-
Der for the posts.
me steamers Durfee and Josephine expected
tonight from the Yellowstone
RBYusAL OF CANADIAN INDIANS TO TAKE
PART II HosyILIrIEs AGAINST THE UNITED
srArEs.
OTTAWA August Z, 1870
The latest adviccs received by tho aQycrnmcnt from
the Northwest Territory to tho SHect that the
Canadian Indian. had refused all incentives to take
report tclegraphcd from Cheyenne that sitting Bull Is
being joined by stragglcrs from tho British Territories
N probably a canard.
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On the return Of the company and the closing M OF
the pack males which occurred about tho same time
tho whole command moved forward, proceeding about
mile and halt During this time dropping shots
we're heard SO numerous we're the masses Of Indians
encountered thai the command obliged TO dis
MONT and hght on foot rcuring 70 tho point which
had arst been selected II q OF hills which
formed q depression, In which the pack mules and
horses herded, and men were put thcsc crests
shelterng them selves far as they could behind
,rosth Of sage brush THIS about half past five p
NJ and we had just taken up position when the In.
i,ans came ~ N thousands Tho fight was maj n.
tanned ~ TINS position until right About nine r. H.
the indans wnhdre~, and Immediately tho
command put TO work making such rinc
pits 40 the scsnty implements At our com.
uana eu.bled rs TO do--mostly hunting knives
plai,s aud cantecns few aud three spadcN We
were ien unaisiuroed until nsIfpast on tho morn
ms Of the eoh when sharp RHO cracks opened ono
o, the hcsv 80, arcs ever Witnessed and which
continued usu hslfpast ninc A. NJ, when the fury of
the attack subsidized. Ia tho meantime shcy nrcd into
he herd through the opening Of the valley from hill
~h,ch Vas beyond the range Of my carbines About
eight A. ~. Tho Indians made a charge The 'front.'
defrndef BY Colonel Benteen Of the Indians reach
ng near enough TO his lines 10 touch dead solder
with his coup stick lie VIII never another The
question Of obtaining water thea becoming vital
tor tac wouadei and water being On tho iron, OF
Company n, about coo yards distant askirmish line
w.. formed under the command Of Colonel Beptcen TO
protect the volunteers Who for water df these
one sr killed snd IL sounded. Water was obtained.
AMI thopsh the Indians remained annoyingly
nbous us durng tbs fest ~ the Gay. evidently
they had been disturbed. foe them making bis
nre IN the valley, raising great olouds Of dust and
snos& The are vas svidssuy encouraged By the Ia-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24
The Election Goes to the House.

My SON. said Il pou> father out on
South Hill to his hopeful son. ''you did
not saw any wood for the kitchen stove,
yesterday, as told you to, you left the
back gate open and let the COW get out,
You cut off eighteen feet from the
clothes line to make laSSo. you stoned
Mr.. RohinSon's pet dog and lamed it,
you put Il hard shell turtle in the hired
girl'S bed, You tied Il strange dog to
Mrs. Jacohscm'> door bell. and painted
red and green stripes on the legs of old
Mrs. P"llahy'S white pony. and hung
your sisters hustle out of the front win
dow. what am To do. hat can do to
You for such conduct Are all the
counties heard from p asked the can
didate. The father replied. >ternly.
No tritiing Sil no, have Yet >cvc-
raj reports to receive from utheIs of
the neighhor>." "Ihrm. replied the
boy, ''you will not be justified in pro-
cecdlng to extreme measures until the
official count is in Shortly after the
election was thrown into the house,
and before halt the votes were CANVASS
ed it was evident from the peculiar in
tonation of the applause. that the boy
was badly beaten.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24

pcrlence and play that nothing has
happened. and who remind us that MIR.
Tilden, if elected. is elected President
OF the whole country, and is no longer
the candidate of Il party. would pres
emily discover that this government is
one of parties, and that Mr.. Tildcn
would he aS much IL Democratic Prcsi-
dent us james Buchanan. or Franhln
Pierce, or James X. Polk. Buchanan,
when he was elected. was also the Pres
ldent of the whole country, and no
Ongrr the candidate Of Il party. But
that did not prevent his connivin. ut
the bred Scott decision nor at the abuses
III Kansas, nor prevent his cabinet from
conspIIing against the national Union
If, after il strict and severe party con
test. the Democratic party has succeed
ed. 1t will unqucStionably use its power
as party. Its President would he its
agent, and if he should attempt to break
with his party. he would do merely
what John Tyler and Andrew johnson
did, and with similar results. Demo
cratic success would secure reform only
so far us the controllers of the Demo
cratic party-tbat is to say,, the old
Southern leaders and John Kelly and
M'Laughin and their followers who
carried New Yorh-aae rref0rmers. n
they are more truly the fIiendsiof res.
form than Governor Hayes and his
especial friends, then reform might be
expected of il Democratic adminiStra-
ton. but not otherwise.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24

absent in the army, thus materially re-
ducing the producing force of the state,
the statistics showed that the wheat
product of the state was about one
thousand bushels to every able bodied
man at home. And yet Olmsted county
exceeded i'll her wheat product-it be-
ing over sixteen hundred bushels to
every able bodied man. Let me here
quote from one writing in relation to
Olmsted county. He says: "Perhaps
the eye of man never rested on Il single
spot of earth, which for fertility of soil,
beauty of landscape, healthiness of
climate, and location, was better fitted
to meet all his material wants, and SUP
ply all the necessities of his nature,
since shut out from the original Eden"
Then Rochester sits like Il gem, and is
the shire town in the midst of this lux
urient and magnificent domain. Roches-
ter is also the second largest wheat
market i'll this splendid and productive
state. And yet, it is scarcely of age. a.
Now let us take bird's-eye view of
our own town OF High Forest, lying i'll
the southwest part of this splendid
county of Olmsted. Its natural advan
tage> caly invited emigrants. These
consisted of rich soil. rolling and beau
tiiul plairieS. pure streams of water, and
majestic forests. Indeed the majestic
forests furnished Il name for the town
In May. 1854. the first families located.
and began Improvements. MeSSrs. Rob
n>on, Covil. Granmis, Pierson. Lyon.
johnson, Rhodes, Hills, and Clayson.
were the first principal settlers. Suffice
it t" say. though our town and village,
surveyed in lS55, having failed of oh
tanning railload facilities. and of con-
sequence cannot boast of great COM
mcrcial wealth and splendor, vet our
town may feel Il Just pride in her agri-
cultural developments, and point the
Snctring To statistics which show IL
degree of agricultural wealth and pros
pclltN III advance OF nearly or quite all
the other beautiful and tiouriShing towns
of this excelsior county of our mag
miiiccnt state. Statistics show that the.
Value of farms and farming improve
ment> in High Forest. is greater than
that of any other town in the county.
Also the value of live stock in High
Forest. is greater.
The balance of my hasty sketch must
hc sung To give Il fair representation of
the g""dly heritage hequeathed us 10y
the statesmen. and defended by the
patriots. who were our fathers and our
SONS and brethren.
Then followed Il song 10y the speaker,
beginnings:
sing OF the prairie, the widerolling prairie land
Chant the wind harp that signs Ger thu lea etc
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24

Is 1t He is aroused completely by a
loud knock and a mates voice calling
out: "Coming over to read that little
bit of Sallust? ? Amt sick, ell p
This is one side: another could be
given but who would wish even to
dream it Let us all improve our time
here in the best manner and we shall
all he glad to go to our several homes :;
hut we must not idle long there. for this
world is busy place and impartS its
nature to its inhabitants.
'Ah! happy days! such feelings pure
They will not, cannot long endure;
Condemn'd to stem the worlds rude tide
You may not linger by the side;
For fate shall thrust you from the shore
And passion ply the sail and oar