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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

The Indian campaign has virtually ended,
the worst of it. Ever since the wars in the
West began the red men have bafiled our gov
eminent, which they have learned to hate,
despise and USE Their cunning has been
an overmatch for our wisdom. The Indians
strike q blow and retreat they never risk
defeat, and as they defend interior lines,
with their supplies in easy reach they have
an advantage over our army, which moves
from the outside of o circle, aud must carry
its provisions with trouble, having no near
bases of supply. In this campaign we have
seen the massacre of Custer and his COM
mand, the butchery of Reno's troops, the re-
pulse of Crook, and our army has not won
q single important victory. 1t has occupied
territory but it was empty. The Indians
had left it, and there was no foe for our
soldiers to fight.
Now the forces Of the United States are
formation is conclusively to the point that
the campaign is over. Crook will return
home after Il scout which will find nothing,
and Terry will retire. Some Of the finest
regiments in our army will remain idle in
the frontier forts till spring. But the
Indians will go unpublished and will be
fed all winter at the agencies. In the spring,
it is said, military operations will be re-
sumed but the savages are likely to be the
first to begin. Probably there will be an
other massacre, like that of Custer, in June,
two months of Intellectual marching in July
and August, and another disgraceful retreat
to winter quarters in September.
The army does not deserve the blame of
this failure. 1t has always done it's best in
Indian wars, but it has always been held
back and neutralized by the blunders Of the
government. If the present policy is con-
tinued the disgraceful experience of this
summer will only be repeated in the next.
There is but one way to settle the Indian
question forever. and that is to place the
Indians under the charge of the War De-
partment to deal justly with them, to pro-
tect them from agents and to punish them
when they rise against the laws Until this
is done Custer will have persisted in vain
and all the lives of his men will have been
thrown away. AS it is, the Indians have
won all the glory and the government has
earned nothing but disgrace. This is IA sad
end to q campaign which had such heroic
beginning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

"Sardanapalus" as spectacle and bal
let has been such brilliant hit that it is to
be hoped that other productions of the kind
will improve the morals of the American
stage. That Byron had gloomy genius
and that he chose a gloomy subject must be
admitted, and it has been thoughtfully OBJ
served that if ''Sardannpalus" should be
played as he wrote it nobody would 60 to
SEQ it. In vain would Mr.. Bangs declaim
his speeches or Mrs. Booth hold the
Myrrha up to nature unless the grand
Italian ballet, with Mile Bartoletti, pre-
miere danseuse assoluta, &c; Signor
Mascagno, of the San Carlo, &C.; tho
thunder and lightning scenes and the
believing of tho Assyrian bulls were
added to tho splendors of the scene.
Genius cannot get along without legs.
There arc two things" said Mrs. Micawber,
necessary to success in the coal business
talent and capital. Talent Mr. Micawher
has-capital he has not" Byron in the
same way had genius, but legs he had not,
his reconstructed play.
The success of the ballet of "Sardanapa-
lus" will encourage similar adaptations, and
we suggest to our managers that Hamlet"
would be greatly improved by dancing It
is somewhat dreary. and a little judicious
"Black Crook" business would help it i'm
mensely. An excellent opportunity would be
after the play scene where Hamlet calls for
music; hero Mile. Bartoletti could appear
with much effect. A panorama of the death
of Ophelia, with real water, would be n
splendid study. "The Tempest" offers SUI
perb chances for realistic display, and if the
parts of Prospcro and Miranda and Ferdi-
nand were cut down there would be room
for grand italian ballet in every act.
The finest opportunity of oil, however,
might be found in Paradise Lost" Milton
had merit, but as dramatist he was inferior
to Watts Phillips, II. j. Byron and Bouci-
cault. He seemed to want vim. Paradise
Lost" is too heavy for the stage, and could
not be played in one evening. The
speeches are too long, and there is
entirely too much blank verse. We do not
believe that even Mr.. Bangs could make an
oratorical effect with the famous description
of light, or the account of the creation. Yet,
with ali its faults, Paradise Lost" might
be readily adapted to the stage by an ex-
perienced dramatist ON the same principle
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27
PulnIt Topica To-Day.

Within q week or two our absent city
pastors and their congregations will begin to
gather around the home circles and in their
accustomed places of worship. During their
absence very few churches have been closed
less by scores than in former years. The
attendance has not been greatly diminished
in some of them and the success of the
gospel tents here and in Brooklyn demon
strates very clearly that crowds of worship
pers can be gathered and held by the hour
and the day in the summer as we'll as in
the winter. The pastors and churches of
this city should take note of this and pre-
pare beforehand to extend those appliances
and services next summer. Christian holt
ness will be considered to-day by Mr.
Searles who has so long professed it
that he ought to know something
about it and be able to tell what
he knows. Christianity rs fact and
as IN experience are different things. The
latter comes from the seeking Saviour and
the lost sinner being brought together and
made at one. Mr.. Davis will illustrate how
this work is done and how the fact and the
experience arc united. But before q soul
can come into unison with God there must
be n reasoning together, and the conviction
of the human judgment must result Mr..
Mccarthy will explain the process. The sin
and the death of Moses will constitute one
theme for consideration by Mr. Lightbourn
and friendship another The present time
will be contrasted with that of the birth of
the Republic by Mr.. Roberts, of Crawford,
n. j., who will demonstrate that the former
days were better than these in some re-
spects, though not in all. DR.. Deems will
commend the Sisters of the Stranger and all
other godly women engaged in Christian
work to the sympathies and aid of his
people. Mr.. Snow, who thinks he is the
Elias who was prophesied to precede the
Saviour will speak about the rainbow angel
and the little book. But if he knows no
more about Interpretation than no indicates
in referring this prophecy to Christs second
coming his methods and reasonings must
be weak indeed The continuation of the
prophecy clearly indicates that it referred to
Christ's first coming, and not His second,
and TO John the Baptist not Mr. Snow. The
claims of Spiritualism will be discussed by
DR.. Hallock and Mr.. Mccarthy, and some
profit may result from it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

Blow AT RAPID Transit. decision
given in the Superior Court yesterday in ia
vor of q city railroad company against the
Gilbert Elevated Railroad will be read with
regret by the friends of rapid transit. 1t is
TO be hoped, however, that the stoppage of
much needed work will be only temporary.
The horse railroad companies are prepared
to fight rapid transit to the bitter end, ire
spective Of the feelings of the long suffering
public. But in this age of reform such OPP
position caLnot be permitted to stand long
before the enterprise and energy that seek
10 emancipate the people from Outrageous
monopolics
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

by which ''Sardanapalus" has been made
popular. All but ten pages of it might be
cut out, and of the remainder q magnificent
spectacle. in the style of tho "Black Crook
constructed. The first act might present the
Garden of Eden with Mile. Bartoletti as Eve,
and Signor Mascagno as Adam, assisted by
the grand Italian ballet The realistic effect
in costume would be as historical as tho
dresses of reconstructed Nineveh. In the SEQ
ond act the other place, where Lucifer dwelk
would make grand contrast, with accurate
scenery painted by 'our own artists" A ter
rible conflict between angels and tends would
make splendid subject for act third, and
would close by the defeat of the iends. We
confess we should like to see MIR. Bangs as Sa-
tan, having broadsword combat with several
angels at once. Then there might be march
of triumph and ballet, the whole spectacle
to wind up with the expulsion of Adam and
Eve from Paradise on the light fantastic toe,
and grand tableau of the destruction Of
the Garden of Eden, with red fire, like the
immolation of old Sard. Such on adaptation
of Paradise Lost" we hope to see this winter,
and certainly it would render the same SER
vice to the genius of Milton that the produc-
ton of ''Sardanapalus" has rendered to the
poetry Of Lord Byron. There could be only
one regret, and that is that Milton would not
be able to be present.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Speculatio
though slighter in volume than on the two
previous days. was still active. Prices were
steady on n generally improved scale. Gold
opened Mt III and closed at the same figure,
with sales in the interim at Ill Is. Gov
eminent bonds we're q little weaker. Rail
road bonds were in some cases slightly i'm
proved and closed generally firm. Money
on call loaned as high ns IL, but closed
Ct 10.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

THE CrrI WATER SUPPLY -Notwithstnnd.
ing the elaborate system of reservoirs with
which New York is furnished it is remark.
able fact that tho city frequently suffers
from n short supply of water. At present
the levels in the distributing reservoirs in
Central Park show that either we are GETTING
less water than is needed for the city
through the Croton aqueduct or that we ars
using and perhaps wasting the preciou,
fluid faster than it can be regularly sun.
piled. The level of the water in the laroe
basin is so low that the stream flows from
the aqueduct outlet at the northern cato
house into the reservoir with rapid rnsb
But still the consumption seems greater than
the supply, and the stored water is steadilv
lowering in level. In the lower or smaller
reservoir the water is also very low and of .
greenish hue, indicating both its scarcity
and impurity. 1t must be remembered that
the drain on our water resources is inorsea.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

The LoSDoS TIMrs has some sensible re-
marks upon our Presidential question and
the electoral system by which small ma
jority in State gives the whole electoral
vote to one ticket, and annuls the voice Of
the minority. This subject has frequently
been discussed, and the necessity ola reform
in our methods of voting demonstrated, but
the views of the Times deserve thoughtful
consideration. 1t says truly that the pres
ent system is too convenient for the party
managers to be lightly abandoned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

Mn. J. T. LouDAT, owner Of the schooner
yacht Enchantress, has presented the New
York Yacht Club thousand dollar silver
cup. which is offered for competition on
Thursday, October IL. 1t is open TO
schooner yachts of one hundred tons and
apward, belonging to any organized club in
The world. The course will be from of
Owls Head. Long Island, to and around
sandy Hook Lish,sbip; thence to and
around the ightship on Five Fathom Bank,
"a Cape May, and return to Sandy Hook
Lghtship.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

The BEEcHER CAsE.-Mr. Beecher's coun-
sci declare that an impartial jury cannot be
had in Kings county. and that they will apply
to the Supreme Court for change of venue
to some other county in the suit of Mr.. Frank
Moulton. Franklin county is the leading
candidate for the doubtful honor and we
hope that it will be given to some Of the
rural districts where sensations of the kind
are rare. New York and Brooklyn have both
had enough Of the scandal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

There is no more fruitful subject of study
than the condition of the country one hum
dred years ago, when the British forces were
preparing to attack, and the American army,
under Washington, to defend, the city Of
New York. 1t is common charge that we
are in every way inferior to our Revolution
airy ancestors-more depraved in morals and
less earnest in patriotism. Nothing could
be more unjust to the average American of
the present day, and as the effort for the de-
fence of New York was in fact the pivotal
event of the war -the one which determined
whether the war was to go on or whether
British arms should succeed in wiping out
the rebellion-this epoch is the one we
would naturally choose for . retrospect of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

TunKxY may gain another respite if the
present negotiations for peace are success
iul. Any war of this kind must be disas-
trous to Turkish power and tho Porte will
The two countries are like two boys in q
quarrel-neither ono wants to hold on,
while both are afraid to let 60. Peace will
be difficult to restore. and when it is estab-
lished there is no assurance that it will be
permanent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

GRAssuorPEBs IN PoLrTIcs. Repub-
lcnn State Convention of Colorado has
adopted y resolution calling upon the gov
eminent to take action against the grasshop-
pers Considering the results of our Indian
war we think it would be we'll for the gov
eminent not to send troops against tho
grasshoppc-s, which would not only drive
thcIr into winter quarters. but devour oil
shcir supplies ut once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

Docs. An interesting article on dogs will
be found in another column, in the shape
Of nm interview with colored doctor of
CANNES, who keeps a large stock of house
hold pets on hand.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

The DEFEAT OF THE SEgyIANs in the
Morava Valley is the topic of vivid letter
which we print to-day. Our correspondent
1t Belgrade has visited the whole south
eastern frontier, the theatre Of war; to which
recent events have given additional interest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

During the summer months The HERALD wiN
he sent 10 subscribers in the country at the rate of
tuentyJfrc cents per ,oeek free of postage.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

The CHURCH MILITANT was strikingly ex-
emplifed recently in the person of o
Brooklyn clergyman, who administered a
severe thrashing to an insolent rough.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

THE WEALTH OF NEWPORT and its posi-
ton as watering place are shown by the
long list of taxpayers who own property
valued ut over twenty thousand dollars,
which we print elsewhere.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27

From orr reports this morning the probabilities
gre that the nedther to-day ,oiA be cooler and
rlcor
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-27
QUADRUPLE SH E EFT.

NEW YORK. SUNDAY. AUGUST 81. 1876.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

The San Francisco Board of
Supervisors, with that dangerous
demagogue, Mayor Bryant, at its
head, will leave nothing undone to-
wards OVERRIDING the anti-Chinese
movement. As an instance of the
petty character of that body, We
may mention that at the meeting of
Monday night, resolution was
passed that all prisoners in the
county Jail and city prison should
have their hair cropped on entrance.
The resolution is intended as a
blow at Chinese pig-taiIs. Such a
higoted and silly proceeding is
Characteristic of the Legislature
which has passed law depriving
the Chinese of their right to ship
the bones of their dead back to
their native country, and must have
the effect of rendering the other
wise enlightened people of the
Pacific Coast the laughing stock
Of the world.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

THE resolution on the Chinese
question, which Congressman Page
of California got through the House
the other day, will be found else
where ia this paper. 1t is move IN
the right direction. There is no al
ternative--the treaty must be amend
ed so as to stop all immigration from
China. If it interferes with com-
merce-trade pure and simple-let it
do so. The mercantile and manu-
featuring interests will soon adjust
themselves to the new order OF
things. But there is little to fear on
that score. The great majority OF
the people on the Coast ask to have
this uncongenial and threatening
emigration stopped, and their appeal
should be heard without delay.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

THE silver interest, so far as the
market is concerned, is anything but
encouraging, as the following dis
patch from San Francisco implies:
"Silver coin and trade dollars are
steadily declining, apparently. The
quotations by leading brokers for
both are 8 per cent. discount. A
private dispatch from a New York
bank yesterday afternoon offered $780,
600 in halves at 10 per cent. dis
count This practically puts the
Pacific coast on level with the
greenback States and Territories, for
laboring men ami retail traders must
bear the burden of the discount.
After all the Dragging over our hard
currency, coin, etc, it has come to
this! Bring on your greenbacks now
it is only distinction without a
difference.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

TO RENT.
House with Il rooms on j. street, rent per
month, S225; hcuSe with rooms on G street
$50; housf with rooms On G street SIS. house
with 3 rooms on f street, $50. house with 5
rooms on the Divide, s25
TO LEASE.
A lot on street 15xl5; lot on G street, j0x
so; lot on f street houses on it, and lease
for 70 years.
FOR SALE
A house and lot on North Is street, price 81
500; a splendid new house, hard finished, with
with SIX rooms ON II street. lot 25SaO cheap
Tor cash: house and iOt On North street. So :
900; two houses on lot an street, rent for
SIS per inQnth $4,000 lodging house with 10
rooms, centrally located on G street, rent OF
LoEse $40 yer month, 5000; lodging honse on
b street II rooms, 5 100: lodging house on b
street. rooms, 81 400; liquor saloon on south
G street for sale cheap; boarding house on
South g street 20 rOOms-house, lot and fur
nture fof sale reasonable; n good paving
business for lie cheap; house and lot IN
Main street, Gold Hill lot i6x56, ; zoo.
Lots bought aud sold on Commission. GEN
ERAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, Etc.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

The Enterprise" INDUCES ins
comparison between lConkling and
the late Mr.. Sumner, to the disad-
vantage of the latter. Speaking of
Sumner, that paper says:
He was an i.sufferable egotist, and
possessed that character of mind
(which, but for his scholastic attain
ments, would have gained for him
the contempt and hatred of every
man brought in contact With him.
The comparison is rather unhappy,
for if there is the personiti-
cation of egotism extant, Conk-
ling is the man. He is
considered peacock by nature, and
an administration lackey by prac-
tee. As to his learning and oratory,
the Enterprise" is not far out of the
way. To compare Conkhng with
such plan and profound characters
as Jefferson and Lincoln, requires
courage, to say the least; but if tue
Enterprise intimates that Conkling
as President would be no more par
tisan than the administrations of the
great defunct, it is 20 doubt right.
But the present IL not the past. The
people are becoming less partisan
every day. in Jefferson's time, par
'tisanship was rampant, and Lincoln's
administration could be nothing else
1T was war first and last Every
body knows what that was. 1t is
not fair to drag Lincoln into the
present, for he had no opportunity
to display his craftsmanship in time
ii peace.
81 Itlrs,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

THE Utah snail" says: at is diff
ficult at this early stage of the Presi-
Dental campaign to determine the
relative strength of the candidates
named. We believe Blaine to be the
strongest and best, and that he will
be the leading candidate before the
contention.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05
Europe and the Centennial.

We are not going to bore our read
ers with an account of the articles
that the old world will have on exhi-
bitiop at Philadelphia, but merely
allude to Il thing or two conspicuous
for heir absence. If the Geographic
indications mean anything in par
ticular, our Centennial season will
witness display of bloodshed across
the Atlantic, such as millions of
armed men alone can bring about.
On the other hand, if the conflict be
postponed, the spectacle of the two
countries 1.-THE old and new will be
worth making special note OF. Our
broad domain is protected on either
side by thousands Of miles Of ocean,
and is not broken up in score of
States, whose people speak as many
different languages, and are armed to
the teeth for the purpose of mutual
at The beck Of crowned
heads. Aside from the mistake of
Incorporating human, slavery into our
national system, the American people
have had manifold reasons for con
themselves on the situa
ton. Compared with the intermina
BILE struggle for supremacy among
the nations of Europe, the future of
our country is promising enough to
satisfy anybody but a glutton.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-05

NEW YORK, April "a special
from Washington says that President
GRAFT has sold property at Rhode
Island farm for which he paid over
$22, 1000, and on which he intended
building substantial residence this
year. He has become disguised with
Washington life, and will probably
settle on his homestead near St.
Louis. He is specially anxious to
escape from "hollow- hearted" Wash
ington society.