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The New York herald., 1876-09-01

ence the cooler westerly winds that rush
along this line before they take northerly
direction along the eastern margin OF the
area of low pressure. These winds will have
the effect of condensing the moisture in the
air and converting it into rain in the more
northerly portions of the State, but it is
possible that we may receive some of the
welcome rainfall during its drift eastward.
The short term Of hot weather will in day
or so give place to lower temperature,
which will probably usher in the Indian
summer. Threatening weather in tho
Southern States and the Gnlf of Mexico now
prevails, and rains have generally fallen
from the lakes to the South Atlantic coast
A storm is probable over Florida during to-
day, which will also pass over the Bahama
Islands Heavy rains will fall in the Lower
Missouri Valley, where high winds may also
prevail. The weather in New York will be
hazy or partly cloudy and slightly cooler
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
A "Remorseless" Nomination.

Mr.. Thurlow Weed, in conversation with
a reporter of the HERALD yesterday, charac-
terized the action of the Democratic Conven-
ton at Saratoga in nominating Horatio Sey-
mour against his will as ''remorseless." If
Mr.. Weed had been impelled to use so
strong an adjective when speaking of the
nomination under the belief that Mr.. Sey
mour had accepted it, what term would
he have found to characterize the proceed
ings of the Convention in view of the
fact that the Sage of Oneida still
refused it? From Mr.. Weeds stand
point there was cruelty in forcing upon Mr..
Seymour a nomination which he had fre-
quently and distinctly averred he did not
want and could not accept. The place
could bring no new honors to m old and
faithful public servant who desired rest be-
cause his declining years and failing health
admonished him that he could not again IN
dertake the labors of the past. Even
if his nomination was desirable as o
party expedient above any course
which the Convention could adopt it
was unwise to insist upon it against
his inclinations. An unwilling candidate
is almost rs dangerous as an unworthy one,
and in Mr.. Seymour's case it has been shown
that the height Of folly is the forcible cap
ture of unwilling wisdom. Any one of the
gentlemen named as candidates for Gov
ernor would have made better canvass if
the Convention had acted with intelligence
and discretion than he will make now, handi-
capped as he will be by this stupendous
enthusiasm, and now will follow days and
weeks of gloom and despair. Mr.. Weed
calls Mr.. Seymour's nomination ''remorse-
less." In view of all the facts it must be re-
garded as blunder so stupendous that it
can only, be described as crime.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
Abdul Hamid, Sultan, vice Mourad
Khan, Dismissed.

The Turks deserve much praise for the
business-like facility with which they dis
charge their incompetent rulers. Indeed,
in this regard they must be credited with
taking the lead in Europe and showing an
excellent example to their Christian neigh
bors. The late Sultan Abdul-Aziz was dis
missed for being drunk and disorderly, and
his successor, shrewdly guessing that he
might prove troublesome customer even as
a deposed Sultan, took steps to have him
quietly entombed with his ancestors in the
crypt of an imperial mosque. But no sooner
did Mourad Khan, as he is officially styled,
take his seat on the throne than he settled
down to the enjoyment of a prolonged
debauch, which soon reduced him to
the common level of those mortals who
think they have snakes and other unpleas-
ant things in their boots. The Sultan of
Turkey Commander of the Faithful, &c,
got the delirium trenens and the faithful
have accordingly discharged him from their
employ. The new Sultan, Abdul Hamid, is
now taken ON months trial. If he proves
to the satisfaction Of his people that he is
more ard-headed than his predecessors and
possesses bloodthirstiness of character
suited to the present condition of public
opinion in Turkey he may retain his place.
But if, on the other hand, he gets intoxicated,
then keeps SO and gets the D. T., we predict
for His Majesty very short official term.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

WALL STREET GAMBLERS. idiots who
are deceived by bogus drafts, or the no
torious ''saw dust" game or by ''three card
monte men," or by the Elusive bottom of
roulette (Which the gambler controls with
his foot), or the game of rouge ct noir, or that
of keno or faro, or any of the plainly
gambling sports, in which the professional
player has ninety-nine per cent of
the advantage-these idiotic players,
who readily accept oil these terrible odds,
are nothing compared with the madmen of
Wall street who risk on bonds they never
knew and stock they do not own the happi-
ness of themselves and all who depend upon
their success. What do such people mean
as they crawl between heaven and earth
1t is the old story of fraud on the one side
and of faith on the other.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
Wasted Enthusiasm.

The picturesque correspondent who deals
in the emotions of deliberstive assem-
blages had his opportunity at Saratoga
yesterday. 1t was an occasion where
fervor and enthusiasm reigned su-
preme. Horatio Seymour's name never
failed to fire the hearts of the New York
| democracy and now he was once more
| the chosen leader of his old time followers.
| He had been forced from his retirement
much against his will, but once in the can
vass there was joy in the camp. 1t was true
Mr.. Seymour bad not said, 'Men and breth-
rem, accept your nomination and will lead
you to victory" but then acceptance was
scarcely deemed necessary, for when poor
Purdy asked this simple question he was
told to ''sit down." and when he demanded
authority he was informed that authority
was not wanted. The General Committee
of Tammany Hall could not have been more
stupid or more unanimous in insisting that
what it wanted was all right. But Purdy
was in earnest and so the Chairman of the
Convention was compelled to decide that
his prudent inquiries were out of order.
Purdy was persistent, but he was cried
down and was compelled to hear his
manly efforts laughed to scorn as "boys'
play" 1T is time to stop this boys
play" said Mr.. Graves, of Steuben; but
Mr.. McQuade, of Oneida, who is Mr.. Sey-
mour's neighbor, undertook the role of the
beaten Purdy and implored the Convention
to stop and consider. ''We would like to
know" he said, ''if this Convention intends
to run Seymour, whether he accepts or not?"
and he received his answer, eyes, yes y
from every part of the hall The struggle
was to nominate Dorsheimer for Lieutenant
Governor, whatever Seymour might do, and
it was only after this was accomplished that
the Convention had any real assurance that
Seymour would accept. That assurance
is in itself the most remarkable episode
in the whole history of party conventions.
Our dispatches this morning show conclu-
sively that it was made under misappre-
hension or that it was part of q conspiracy.
Before the Convention Mr.. Faulkner was
unequivocal in the declaration that Mr.. Sey-
mour had accepted the nominatio n. 81 am
at liberty to assure you" he said to the Con-
ventlOn, "that under the extraordinary cir
cumstances attending the nomination Gov
ernor Seymour feels constrained to obey the
wishes of the people who have SO often honored
him." This silenced every questioner, and the
Convention finished its work in peace and
dispersed. Unfortunately the delegates had
scarcely begun their homeward journey
when it was discovered that the whole thing
was mistake, that Governor Seymour had
not accepted the nomination and would not
accept it, and that the Convention had been
made victim to it's own folly and heed
lessness. The enthusiasm of the morning
had been wasted and the hopes of the party
were blasted. Such days work has never
been known in the political history of the
State; but this folly is only another ad-
dition to the long list of lost democratic
opportunities
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

nomination Of Mr.. Seymour and the de-
ceptive representation that he had accepted
when, in fact he has absolutely
declined, puts the democratic party of
the State in the most humiliating plight.
The democratic party enters the canvass
without candidate for Governor, and it is
exposed to the danger of all sorts of stum-
bling and blundering in substituting NOM
inee for Governor in the place of the ono
who has declined. The democratic party of
the State is at sea, without helm or rudder,
and nobody can tell whittier it may drift.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
The Prayer for Rntn.

Professor Iyndall does not believe IN the
power of prayer to alter the material laws
of the universe. and very probably he is
right. We do not indorse him, for the rea-
son that our knowledge of the universe is
limited. But when Romeo prayed That the
sun might not rise and separate him from
his beloved Juliet the sun rose all the same
and divided the lovers forever. What
million Of men pray for another million of
men pray against. One man wants rain, but
another wants sunshine. How can local
interests affect the wisdom of Heaven? Is it
possible that Providence hesitates between
its clients and says to James, whose arid
potato field is whitening for want of water,
"Dear James, it will rain tonight" and to
Smith, whose hay is not yet stacked, "Dear
Smith, your hay will all be soaked" No;
these are effects of prayer which are not
logical in the mind, and so far the challenge
of Professor Tyndall, to have one hospital
prayed for and the other prescribed for,
must be held to be likely to result to the adj
vantage of bis theory.
Prayer, however, while it cannot infu-
spiritual laws which have SO much to do
with our mysterious nature. Who has not
prayed for some desired end? dying
child dying wife, relief, perhaps, from
some trouble. There is q story of n poor
woman who prayed for loaf Of bread, and
her prayer was indirectly answered by a
drunken party of men, who in sport, threw
loaf down her chimney. No one can solve
these mysteries, for there are men Of this
world and men of the next world. When
the entire Christendom Of humanity kneels
every Sunday in church and implores
Heaven for especial blessings is that cere-
mony farce? If it is useless supplication
then one-half of our religion is mockery.
People say that every wish is prayer, but
that statement is mistake. A wish is only
the desire for result prayer is a request
for reply.
We want rain badly now. The earth is
dead with drought, and the crops will suf-
fer from the lack of water. Shall we pray
that the heavens may be opened and tho me-
chanical laws of the universe be suspended
for our particular benefit? Certainly we
have the right to demand, but it is doubtful
if we possess the reason to expect compli-
ance. In our churches on Sunday prayers
for rain will be probably offered, and if the
rain comes the eloquence of the clergyman
will be held in high estimation by his con-
gregation, and if it fails then Providence
must take the responsibility. Our own
humble opinion is that if we look for rain in
this unhappy drought we had better study
the weather reports, which at least indicate
probabilities. When we kneel in reverence
to that inscrutablo Power, which is above
us all, let our supplications be for spiritual
blessings more than for earthly gains.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

The TREATMENT experienced by Captain
Van Dusen's policemen at the hands Of
Theodore Allen was disgraceful in itself,
but it was not undeserved. An order for
policemen to bivouac in any house, even q
gambling house, is such an Outrageous usur-
patton of power that it admits of neither
excuse nor palliation. The stupidity of the
thing is only equalled by its disregard of
private rights.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
Railway RObberies.

Another of the apparently innumerabls
means of plundering railway companies has
just been exposed by the present efficient
management of the Erie Railway. 1t appears
that a ring was formed in this corporation
between the persons intrusted with the duty
of selling the old iron and other waste and
the persons whose duty it was to buy sup
plies 1t was estimated that at one time the
Erie Railway Company owned quantity Of
old iron that could hessold in the market for
a million dollars--a fact which will indicate
that the sale Of this waste material is not a
small affair, and that it may cover very large
frauds. But it seems that in every sale of
this old stuff the dishonest servants of the
company shipped in with the rubbish good
new material of various sorts, and that as
alleged, this sequestrated material was re-
purchased for tho company by its own agents.
1t would be queer catalogue if any person
should put together in one list the devices
resorted to for the mere theft of railway
property or money and in the presence Of
such list people might naturally wonder
rather that any railroad survived than, as
they now do, that so few are solvent From
the original draft of charter to the disap-
pearance of the whole concern in the Office
of some crafty lawyer the history Of rail-
way seems to be one constant story of in
genious knnvery and theft.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

CuDA-We do not suppose for moment
that any sensible person attaches the slight
est credence to any Information regarding
the condition of Cuba coming from the lips
of an avowed adherent of the Spanish gov
ernment. Therefore the opinions of General
Don Sabas Marin on this subject cannot be
regarded as convincing The statement of
Consul Young, which we publish on another
page, is that of man who is thoroughly
conversant with the condition of the Span
iards and the natives in the Island of Cuba,
and who, being q neutral observer OF the
progress of the war, cannot fail to recognize
which side is winning.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
Cheap Coal and Calamity.

It is fact that would never have been
guessed at by the unassisted mind of ordi-
nary man that the great coal combination
was an expression of the benevolence of the
men who made it This wonderful truth is,
however, made plain in the various pub
lished interviews Of reporters with the coal
magnates owners, heavy dealers,
railway men and spectators. These gen.
tlemen shake their heads sadly over the
dangers that menace the public because
coal is cheap. They have no difficulty, how
ever, in showing that the low price of coal
at the sale on Tuesday will result in bring
ing about precisely the same condition that
the combination always endeavored to
secure. That is to say, the combination
endeavored to prevent over-production, and
the price being lower than the mines can
deliver coal at, with profit, will also pre-
vent production. If the two cases come out
SO nearly even the unprejudiced might be
puzzled to find any reason for preference.
Why make q combination if it only pro-
duces the same result produced by sale
which greatly gratifies an enormous public,
or why weep over n sale which produces
precisely the same result that was aimed at
by the combination whose rupture you
deplore? 1t is at this point we find the
benevolence. The combination is the
benevolent institution that keeps the
price at certain definite line of
exorbitancy. Sometimes coal might be ten
dollars ton and sometimes two, and
the combination kindly keeps it always at
seven-losing three dollars when it goes up
and pocketing five dollals when it goes
down-always on its own account. AS 1t
would go up for three months in a year and
down for nine, this benevolence has it's
pleasant side to those who practise it, and
virtue is it's own reward. 1t is the admis-
sion, therefore, that the combination has for
its great purpose to prevent the fall of tho
price Of coal by preventing production, or, in
the slang of the spectators, preventing over
production. In Great Britain the yearly
yield of coal is just three times the yearly
yield of coal in tho United States, though
the coal fields of the United States are moro
than thirty times great as those of Great
Britain. Here is at once a sufficient reason
why the average price in England is about
half what it is with u.s. There is about the
same demand in both countries, but in
England the supply is equal to it-in the
United States it is unequal, and the price is
consequently kept high, and those who
cannot pay it are stinted or frozen. 1t is an
infamous admission that in so-called
enlightened age a ring of great capitalists is
formed to prevent tho production of a CON-
modify that is necessary to life, and thereby
to enrich themselves by the misery they
cause. These gentlemen, who are weeping
crocodile tears over this calamity of cheap
coal, pretend that the production will be
stopped if the price is cheaper than they
care to have it; but if production is thus
prevented naturally in the course of trade
how was it that it became necessary for them
to organize their great conspiracy to prevent
production
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
The Great Rain Storm Mt SpringG cid,
Ohio.

While we must make due allowance for
the excitement of the Ohioans over their
big rain storm, and deduct liberal dis
count from their estimation Of its mag
nitude on that account. there can be
no doubt that Springfield, Ohio, and
its vicinity received q thorough drench-
ing on Wednesday. In the HERALD of
that day attention was called to the prob
ability of tornado in the West, because the
conditions we're very favorable for an atmos-
pheric explosion of some kind. The charac-
ter of the storm could not be easily deter
mined, owing to the absence of any informa-
ton rs to the conditions prevailing westward
of the Mississippi except at few scattered
points. 1t came, however, IN the destructive
form described in our special despatch, and,
Judging by it's effects, must have satisfied
the most exacting patriot who is keenly
alive to the necessity Of keeping the eyes of
the Union on Ohio. In the absence of fur
ther particulars, and basing our opinion on
the condition Of the atmosphere in the Mis-
sissippi Valley few hours previous to the
bursting of the storm in Ohio, its track was
northeasterly, passing over Texas, the
Indian Territory and Southern Missouri.
1t is probable that the storm originated in
the Gulf Of Mexico, and was pursuing its
course at considerable elevation when the
peculiar condition of tho atmosphere in
Ohio caused it to descend and discharge
itself in the manner described in the
despatch.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01
Du(aure and Disra eli,

1t is noted in Paris and London as coin
cidence that on the same day the Prime Min
lister in both England and France was pro-
NOTED from the popular chamber of the
national Parliament to the so-called upper
house. There are differences of opinion
everywhere as to the propriety of calling
such a movement promotion, and as to the
fitness of the designation upper house in
so far as it implies superiority; but we use
the commonly accepted terms. That M.
Dufaure was returned to the French Senate
by election on the same date on which Mr..
Disraeli was made Eorl of Beaconsfield by
the consent of his fellow Ministers and the
grace of Her Majesty is one of those acci-
dents of dates that may figure with effect in
the almanacs OF the future, but it is idle to
endeavor on the strength of this accident
to draw any parallel between the acts
of the electors of French department
and the act Of the British sovereign, or to
strain constitutional theories for an analogy
between the British House of Lords, which
is mere relic Of feudalism, and the French
Senate, which is body as definitely rep-
Deputies, but representative of administra-
tive districts and not Of simple constitu-
encies. NJ. Dufaure's opponent was a legit-
imist, and his return was in fact triumph
Of the republican party of o department
rather than the reward of an old servant of
the country. Moreover, it is misfortune,
because it removes a capable man from the
real scene of political activity, which is the
Chamber of Deputies. Mr.. Disraeli's eleva-
ton to the peerage is simply retreat, an
honorable and safe cover from that storm
which it is foreseen is to come when the
country thoroughly understands the whole
story of the governments relation to Turkey
and of the Bulgarian massacres. It was
thought better that the Premier should go
out by way of the House of Lords, in his old
age, than on an angry adverse vote.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

IT Is INcoSCEIvABLE that q Democratic
State Convention should nominate the wrong
nan. and yet such was the deliberate work
Of the Saratoga Convention yesterday. The
incapacity of the leaders in this State only
becomes apparent with the revelation of
their stupendous folly in forcing their
honors upon n man who could not consent
to wear thom and who had told his party
SO time and time apain
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

The FAULKNER FAMILY has the reputation
in Livingston county of being family Of
practical jokers. Was Mr.. Lester G. Faulk-
vention yesterday that Horatio Seymour
had agreed to accept the nomination for
Governor practical joke :? If it was it may
have been fun for Faulkner, but it was death
to the democratic frauds.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

THE WEATHER. The threatening aspect Of
the sky for the last two days is sure indica-
ton of the proximity of an area of low ba-
rometer. The hazy, humid atmosphere, with
its high temperature, indicates that New
York is now situated on the neutral line
between the areas of high and low pressure
the former to the south of us and the latter
to the north. During to-day we shall experi-
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

The BEAvEEwYcKs' VIcToBY.-The great
international lour-oared amateur race in
which the best crews of the United States,
England and Ireland were pitted against
each other and which resulted in o hard won
victory for the American crew is an achieve
ment of which we may we'll feel proud. So
close was the race and SO stubbornly con-
tested was tho whole struggle from start to
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

WALL STREET YESTERDAY
continued moderately active. In the earlier
dealings the market was steady. Stocks
closed frmer at advanced prices. Gold
opened at 100 rs, declined to 100 ga and
advanced to 40, at which figure it closed.
Money on call was in abundant supply and
loaned Mt 1-2 2 per cent.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

THERE WAS A DoUBrING PuRDY in the
Saratoga Convention yesterday who wanted
10 know if anybody had authority that Mr..
Seymour would accept tho nomination.
"We dom want any" was the response to Mr..
Puriy's temerity
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,eedther today OiA be slightly
cooler and hay partly cloudy
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

TIE OLD ADAGE mo news is good news"
consoeds the brave democracy in the Con-
vention while they waited for Governor Sey-
mour's response in the anxious morning
hours Of yesterday.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

Two Vicious BEUTEs, known to pugilistc
fame as Jimmy" Weeden and 'Billy"
Walker, both of the City of Brotherly Love,
met in the prize ring yesterday and pounded
each other until "Billy" Walker died. We
raise no objection whatever to ruffians like
these killing each other but as the law has
declared such a mode of staying murder we
sincerely hope that Pennsylvania law will
send Jimmy" after Billy by the best line
that can be procured for the purpose
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

1--WE DoN'T WANT ANY," was the response
Mr. Purdy received from the Convention
when he asked if there was any authority
for the assumption that Governor SeymouI
had accepted the nomination. Republicans
will now begin to say that this was truly
Characteristic reply-the democracy never
did care for authority.
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

During the summer months the HERALD scu
be sent 10 subscribers in the country at the rate Of
t,renty-tire cents per ,oeek, tree of postage
The New York herald., 1876-09-01

THE RECKLESS DRIVING on Long Island on
Wednesday evening, by which large num-
Der Of persons was injured, some of them
perhaps fatally, is an offence which ought to
be sternly punished.