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The New York herald., 1876-02-07

theyotes Of the city members upon them
Every vote must be scrutinized, and no
member allowed to think that he can sell
himself In any shape to the grasping horse
car monopolies without paying the full pen
atty of his offence. Look out for tricks!
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

THE HERALD by FAST MAn TRAINS. -Ne,oS-
dealers and the public throughout the country
ecU be supplied ecih he DAILY, WEEKLY and
SUNDAY HERALD, free of postage, By sending
their orders direct to hiS office.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

CHINA, 1t appears, is now a source of trou-
bic to England, and when Englands policy
toward the Celestial Empire is recalled it
need not be wondered that she should be
always apprehensive of that harvest which
comes to those who SOW the wind.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

The SEARCH FOR THE BODIES of the Belgian
miners who perished in the Jabin colliery
explosion has been greatly impeded by the
crumbling in of the earth upon the mine.
Seventy corpses have been recovered.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07
The Trial OF BabcocIs.

The Secretary of the President will be
called on tomorrow to plead at ST. Louis to
the indictment charging him with conspiracy
to defraud the government. In yesterdays
issue was published an interview with Gen
eral Babcock, in which he made some very
strange assertions which we are at loss how
to construe in his favor. AS he is not on trial
in these columns we do not care to enter
into the question of facts and i'm
plications on which the prosecution
relies for conviction, but in so far as his
own utterances foreshadow his defence we
may comment. When Mcdonald stated,
after his conviction, some weeks ago, that all
the ''Sylph" and 'Mum" kilograms were
about lovely woman, and not about crooked
whiskey, his forecast was evidently very near
the truth, if not the truth itself, for General
Babcock says the telegram of which the
HERALD published fac-simile ''was purely
a social affair." in which the signature Sylph
was used as a joke" If his able counsel
intend to waive off the whole affair as joke
while bringing evidence to support his gen.
eral character and eking ont the whole by
abusing the plaintiffs attorney we cannot
think that they are about to present strong
case for their client. But whatever may be
said of this, his championing of his especial
friend" Joyce, who now ''wears a striped
suit, ani his opinion that it was ''a' damned
shame" to convict Avery are unseemly
exhibitions, which it will be found
hard to reconcile with any other belief than
that he thinks his case a companion one to
theirs. If he holds such belief his outlook
for the centennial year is indeed a dismal
one. Much more unseemly was his in
Weighing against the character of the Missouri
juries that tried the cases of his predecessors
in the dock. To charge that officers of re-
publican administration carrying out gov
ernment prosecution have deliberately
selected Jurors who are under what
he terms 'rebel influence" is very
serious and betrays mind rather a
prey to despair than dominated by
the easy complacency he wishes to assume.
This want of ''good opinion of the law" has
an unpleasant suggestiveness, and when he
sees spiteful enemy of his in the HERALD
he does not brighten the picture. The Pres
ident will probably be called to the witness
stand in the course of the trial, and all the
influence which he left unused after the re-
moval of Mr.. Henderson from the prosecu-
ton would seem to be needed in behalf of
General Babcock if an acquittal is desired.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

THE AUCTION SALE of Moody and Sankey
relics at the Philadelphia scene of their
iabors is not exactly the conclusion we
should like to the revival there.
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

wALLAcK's THEATRE
JOHN GARTH, at 8 p. NJ. Mr.. Lester wslIack.
VARIETY TIyoLI THEATRE.
COLOSSEUM.
PANORAMA. to 4P. NJ and 80 to l0P NJ
EAGLE THEATRE.
TWENTY THIRD STREET OPERA HOUSE.
CALIFORNlA MINsrRELS, at ; p. NJ.
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
JANE EYRE, at 8 7. NJ Miss Oh lrotte Thompson.
v.a,nnv Tony PAsToR's NEW THEATRE.
-, UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
ROSE MICHEL. at I. NJ
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY. at SIP. NJ.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN
EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOkS.
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
NORMA us r. NJ. Mile. Ttiens
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
PIQUE, at 3 r. NJ. Fanny Davenport
THIRTY FOURTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.
VARIETY, at : J.. NJ.
PARTISAN VARIETIES
VARIETY, at NJ.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRRLs at Pm
WOODS MUSEUM
ROBINSON CRUSoE, ats Up NJ. Matinee at . NJ.
sTADT THEATRE
DER FRElSCHUIZ, at T. NJ. Mile. Eugenie Pappen
helm.
GLOBE THEATRE.
VARIETY. at PM NJ
BOOTHS THEATRE.
JULIUS CESAR, at s p. NJ Mr.. Lawrence Barrett.
THEATRE CoMIoUE
VARIETY at 8 p. NJ.
GERMANIA THEATRE.
GRETCHENs POLTERAbEND. at M.
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
VARIETY. at 5 L. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

THE CARLIsr CAUSE appears to be getting
desperate, and we may look for stirring
dispatches from Madrid and Hendaye giving
respectively the Alfonsist and Carlist ac-
counts of the events now brewing in the
mountain region of the north of Spain.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

From orr reports this morning Tie probabilities
are that The loeather to-day ,oW be ,oarmer cloudy
and rQiny
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

The Practice OF RUNNING for election in q
number of places at the same time which is
adopted by candidates in France is con-
fusing enough when the contested seats
are all in the same legislative body
but here is NJ. Thiers, who we
were informed was elected TO the Senate
from Belfort, and is now evidently candi-
date for the Assembly from the Ninth arron-
dissement of Paris. 1t will recall Sir Boyle
Roches bird, who was in two places at once,
TO those who are unacquainted with the
peculiarities Of French law in this respect.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
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Certifcated Homicides.

That New Jersey jury has accepted the
plea of insanity to make killing no murder
marks very forward step in favor of that
mode of defence, for Jersey juries have sell
dom or never missed chance of hanging
their men. Yesterday morning, in accord
ance with the verdict, Lands was liberated,
and wherever he goes hereafter he carries
with him certificate that insures him an i'm
munity from punishment, no matter whose
life he may choose to take. The jury
which laid the medical portion of the case
aside and declared his act the irresponsible
impulse of lunatic has added another to
the army of homicides who may at any time
break into ''the bloody house" of life with
out fear of the law. There must be con-
siderable number of these uncomfortable
people ABROAD, and, as the case of Scannell
shows, they are likely to go on increasing.
Under the law, as it is interpreted, it would
be hardly safe to say that the children or
any of the near blood relations of these GER
tifcated homicides could be convicted of
murder, and this opens up the way
for very wide class who shall be
as much protected from the effect of their
lethal doings as the Sovereign of England,
who, technically ''can do no wrong" Harsh
as it would be to follow this argument out to
its legitimate conclusions, we still submit
that there should be some steps taken to
limit the liability of such men to repeat the
act which procured them their certificates.
1t is not at all an imaginary danger which
threatens society, and if it were expressly
provided that a man once acquitted of mur-
der on the ground of insanity should be
kept for the remainder of his life where he
could do no further homicide we should all
be able to feel more at ease when we learn of
such a farcical ending to solemn trial.
The PORTE, FROM IT'S STooL OF REPENT
ANcE promises to carry out the five leading
points of the Andrassy note The reforms,
if honestly applied, must prove great amel-
ioration of the condition of the unfortunate
rayahs in the revolted provinces. We fancy
that the Porte offers to do more than it can by
any possibility perform, but it is possible
the Powers will endeavor 10 let Turkey try.
The hand of Russia is said to be seen more
actively in the rebel movement than was
believed, although her interests in tanning
the insurgent flame have long been admitted.
Hence the question arises, How will the
Herzegovinians be induced TO lay down their
arms and trust To the mercy Of their foe3
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NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY :. 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

The LETTER OF JEFFERSON DAVIS will be
read with considerable pain by those who
wish to see the events of the rebellion re-
garded without an awakening of the passions
of the time when they transpired. If any
thing can add to the contemplate feelings
with which all honest men regard the ghoulish
work of Mr. Blaine in the amnesty debate it
will be this miserable effusion by the ex-
President of the Confederacy, who fingers
BuperAuous on the scene, and can only
when he unties his tongue serve the unscru-
pulous partisans he seeks TO controvert
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

THx SERMONS YESTERDAY contained great
many striking thoughts and useful sugges-
lions, and may be read collectively in our
columns by the Christians of New York as a
preparation for the work of Messrs. Moody
md sankey, who are about to wrestle
with the devil at the Hippodrome
to-night in manner which will
throw the Grmco-Roman efforts of previous
performers in the same arena into the shade.
Mr.. Hepworth yesterday put pertinent
question to his congregation regarding it,
and it is to be hoped that New York's
Christianity will respond to it with one
voice. We have not space to commend
The themes of the individual preachers yes
terday to Christian notice, but we may point
out the remarkable scene in Plymouth
rhurch, wherein Mr.. Beecher, describing St.
Paul unframed casting the viper into the
ere, left an unmistakable impression that he
put himself in the apostles place, while MIR.
Bowen was burned in the yipeE
The New York herald., 1876-02-07

VOLUME xLI......."............ NO IS
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
SWIFT CHANGES OF WEATHER.

A more varied experience than that OF the
last two or three days in respect to weather
is scarcely conceivable. The whole repertoire
that is possible in an American Winter has
been performed within Saturday, Sunday, ana
Monday. On Friday evening we had the cool,
crisp air and frozen ponds that delight the
skater, but furious blast came up that
snoiled the Saturday holiday for thousands OF
expectant schoolboys. On Sunday the whu
went down, the temperature moderated, anu
for while the sky was clear but sunday Is
not the schoolboy's holiday. Yesterday started
off with every indication OF an oid-tashloneu
snow-storm by noon 1T had failed mis-
erably, and steady rain seemed to nave
replaced the snow. OF course the thermom-
eter rose while busy citizens trampef or rode
tbrourh the slush, and flattered themselves
with the hope that the rain would WASH the
snow away. But not even the rain had stay"
ing powers; it turned again to snow, and that
grew harder and finer, till the last OF
it in the early evening struck tho way
farer az with needlc-points. And then
came starlight, and wild, wintry night--a
night in which the comfortable citizen, toaSt'ng
his toes at the hot air register or drawing an
extra blanket about his ears, Involuntary
thought of the perils Of ships at sea IN tho
driving gale, or of the poor people huddled III
tenement houses and valnly trying to keep
out the cold.
We shall not have the full record of the
damage done by this gale for at least "a
hours to come. Telegraph wires weighted with
snow that had been wetted and frozen, gave
greater surface than usual to the wind,
and are broken down on many routes; but
the prostration of the wires Is not so general
as to cut off communication with the leading
cepters, I'm violence this gale will rank at
least equally with its predecessors OF the
OH and 10th inst, and it was preceded
by even greater barOmctric decline.
These rapid and great changes ot the
weather make their record in the mortality re-
ports not even Americans are accllmated TO
such variety. In a recent address at Paterson,
Mr.. John Ryle, formerly Mayor of that city
and well known as a silk manufactures, al
luded to the sudden extremes of weather in this
country as being n permanent source OF high
wages In his own experience he had become
satisfied that the American w0rklng-people
cannot under any circumstances be clothed,
warmed, and fed as cheaplv As those OF
Europe. The changes of the weather
compel better habitations, better clothes,
better food than are required for peo-
ple of the same rank in life anywhere
abroad. Hence it appears that the hardships
of our climate bring with them more than COM
pcnsating benefits to the poorer classes, while
the people who do not belong TO those classes
ought not to be in need of pity for the dis
comforts of the weather.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
anner 10 aoperIlssmsnIe.

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New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
THE ATTENDAYTS UPON LUNATIcS.

TIE AI1ENDHNio tIOh LtNfIfo.
The Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum is in
trouble again, another patient having made
charges of cruelty against her attendants.
This has had the usual result of producing n
number of anonymous complaints more or less
important The asylum, which is a branch OF
the New-York Hospital, is one of the oldest
and most respectable establishments Of the
kind in the country; the patients are mostly
of sclf-suppOrting class, and the Visiting
Committee is made up Of gentlemen OF the
hest character for benevOlence, integrity, and
shrcwdne5s. Dr. Brown, the medical super
intcndcnt, has a high, reputation in his pro-
fessiOn. I'm short, here would seem to be all
the conditions required to secure a perfectly
well directed hospital. Unfortunately, in
this respect, lunatic asylum occupies an
unfortunate aud ungratefu position. There
Is a chronic public suspicion of neglect, vio-
lence, and cruelty to begin with. The evidence
of the insane, which would not for "A moment
be admitted in courts of law, is accepted with
ont much allowance by a sympathlzing com
munity. Newspapers, often from an honorable
sense of duty, are prompt Ill giving publicity
to all primd tdcie cases Of abuse. OF every
family which contains an insane person there
are certain members who think that the dis
ordered relation should not be locked up. This
gives nse to parties, to factions, to scandal
and gossip and dispute. The story of "a com
plainant is eagerly listened to- is first believed
in the home circle, Is then accepted by acqnant-
anc, y and at last finds its way to the public
press, il not to the courts and the Legislature.
We are satisfied that it is next TO useless to
ask for anything like generous consideration
on the part of the public of the perplexng
position of the officers of these asylums. 1t
must be admitted once for all, that though
they may do their best they will still be sus-
pected of not doing well. The traditional repu-
tation of mad houses and bedlams is against
them. The publicity of management to which
they may have no other objection may be
very much in the way OF successful treat
ment of the patients, since no physician wishes
to be interfered with in his conduct OF any
case There must be seclusion, and about this
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19

there was a Republican majority OF 1O,2Sl In
1872, and Democratic majority OF ll,lo'
IN 1876. The Democratic vote increased from
4,476 to 11,S71, while out of Republicans
numbering 14,757 all except TIA were so far
converted that they refrained from voting
against or actually voted for Tildcn and Re
form. The only thing which seems absolutely
inexplicable is that reform movement so
irresistible in these counties should have con-
velted so few men elsewhere. There are rs
counties in Mississippi, but in less than one
twelfth of them 14.043 Republicans were con-
verted, while only 16,020 were converted III
all the rest of the State. 1t must be confessed
that this circumstance, coupled with the fact
that large number of sudden deaths have
occurred in these counties, lends some color
to the pretense of unregenerate Radicals that
the colored Republicans did not voluntarily
vote the Democratic ticket. 1t is noted, too'
that the alarming mortality in these co'lnteS
was singularly eclectic in Character-an aston
ishing proportion of persons who died at all
met a violent death, and the persons VINO dleu
that way were all Republicans. 1t Is possible
that there may be some connection between
the singular Republican mortality by violence
in these counties and the marvellous una
nimity of conversion in those particular spots'
1t is said that the Mohammedans used to con-
vert whole nations to firm belief in the Prophet
by cutting off the heads of proper number
However, if men will not reflect upon the
need of reform, nor manifest Christian
spirit of forgiveness, unless considerable
proportion of them die with their boots on, we
suppose 1t Democratic to hold that the end
sanctiGes the means. For this country must
be reformed, and these Republicans must be
converted, even if we have to do 1t win
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
ARlTLC 0RST1CLES.

English comments on the recent expedition
to the Polar regions may be wholly divided
into two classes-those which regard it as u
failure and those which insist that it was a
success. Among the advocates of the latter
view there arc several writers OF nigh author
ity in Arctic matters, and they are very i'm
patient of any disparaging .cmarks on the
performances Of Capt. Mares and his COM
panious. Newspapers that have spoken Of
the failure of the expedition are berated
for " their perversity or ignorance" The
British public Is warned to expect storm of
drtraction from foreign critics. and especially
from Arnericans. A guarded statement by
Capt. Payer (of the Austrian expoditiou), to
the effect that Capt. Mares had done the best
possible under the circumstances and that no
expedition could have been better conducted,
is hailed by Nature rs "a strong proof" that
the English undertaking "was essentially sue
"cessfu" Prof. Osborne Reynolds urges that
in view of what was actually performed, " this
"has been the most successful expedition ever
"sent out" Nevertheless, the people who ex-
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
COEVHRTED WITH GUNS.


We are surprised that the Democrats do not
make more frequent and joyful reference to
the wonderful revival in Mississippi. Over
80, 900 men, it appears, were suddenly con-
yerted from the error of voting against the
persons who distinguished themselves by the
Fort Pillow massacre and the Vicksburg mas
sacre, and awakened to full appreciation of
the beauty and glory OF Tlden and Reform.
That nearly all Of them must have been
colored men renders the miracle still more
astounding. No doubt it is most unreason-
able prejudice which has led cOlored men to
vote against those who massacred so many
HELPLESS colored men, women, and children IN
order to get control of the offices in Vicks-
burg, or who shot down III cold blood so
MANY unarned and defenseless cOOred soldiers
after they had surrendered. But we all know
that such blind prejudIces are uncommonIy
strong in ignorant minds, and it is therefore
the more remarkable that over one-tbird of
the ignorant colored men of Mississippi have
suddenly risen to moral grandeur of Chris
tian forgiveness which, we venture say, no
class Of white men has ever surpassed. The
following shows the vote in that State at the
last and the preceding elections:
New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
Nem,alork Daily Gribna1e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1876.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-Brent is to be surrendered to-day to
the United States authorities. - 1t Is proposed 10
have German Code go into effect in October 1879
instead of 1850. 60 1t is supposed at Belgrade
that the armstice will be prolonged to March, -
There is serious conflict between the Rigsdag and
the Government in Denmark. - A terrible col
liery disaster has occurred in Wales.
DOMESTIC - Sc, stOr Morton thinks that the
Indiana Democrats intend TO threaten resistance to
HAYES. - The President made several productions
IN the navy. - A quantity of college class photo
graphs were seized in Boston for having been sent
from Canada with the duty unpald.
CoNGREss.-The Senate refused to pass the Presl-
Dental Salary bill over the veto by vote OF 70 to
10 Debate took place on the Oregon oase -
The House passed the bill providing against the
payment Of war claims to disloyal persons.
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-A tempest of snow, sieet,
and rain DELAYED the mails and caused several ma
rine disasters. - The Congressional Committee
OH the New-York election will begin work in this
city to-day. - Charges of misconduct were
made against Commissioner II. II. Porter of the
Third District Courthouse. - The Aldermen
urged the Appropriation of 100000 for the poor
- committee of the Brooklyn Aldermen rec
ommended measures to secure tho safety Oh BROOK
lyn public buildings. - The Brooklyn PARK
Savings Bank has suspended. - Gold, l0I4
lO77s lO7a1 Gold value of the legal-tender dollar
at the close $3.50 cents Stocks active and higher
closing firm.
THR WEATHER.-THR TRIBUNE's local observa
tons indicate cold, windy weather. Thermometer
yesterday, 23o, $40, 21o. Lowest temperature
midnight 1872,