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The New York herald., 1876-11-28
J.dg. Bond. Action In south Carolin..

Judge Bonds Action I'm south Caroline.
We are of the opinion that no federal
court has right to release by habeas corpus
prisoners committed by order of State
tribunal in matter which belongs exclu-
sively to State jurisdiction. But as Judge
Bond has not yet decided that he has
authority to set these prisoners at large We
will await his final action and his statement
of reasons before undertaking to criticise
his conduct.
We have no fault to find with his putting
the prisoners in the custody of the United
States Marshal. When they were produced
in obedience to the writ they became sub
ject to the disposal of the Court during the
proceedings. Had arguments been heard
and the question decided yesterday there
can be no doubt thot the Court would have
had custody Of the prison ers while they were
before it. The counsel Of the Sheriff asked
time to prepare and argue his case, and it
is no unwarrantable stretch of authority
for the Court to retain control of the pris-
oners until decision is reached and the
case ended. The Sheriffs right to their
further custody depends on the final order
of the Court, and the Court could guard
them only by putting them in custody of its
own officer. If, after hearing counsel on
both sides, Judge Bond decides that he has
no authority TO order their release, no rea-
sonable fault can be found with his keeping
them in his immediate control during the
pendency of the proceedings. Whatever he
may do he cannot escape the earnest scrutiny
of the public and the Bar, and he must
stand or fall by the Judgment of the better
part of the legal profession, who are the only
competent critics of Judge Bonds points OK
law. If he releases these prisoners we ex-
pect to find the Judgment Of eminent nom
partisan lawyers against him. 1t is to be
hoped that the further proceedings will be
had before Chief Justice Waite, whose
presence has been requested. Ho can
hardly refuse to 90.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

The WEATHER. depressions
are now moving over the country from the
westward, causing rapid changes of weather
in the various sections. The area of low
barometer on the Nova Scotia coast begins
to move slowly away, as indicated by the
increase of pressure A storm centre is now
passing over the lake regions accompanied
by rain and snow, but it is affected by on
area of high pressure in Manitoba, which
will soon force it to the Atlantic coast and
beyond the range of our observations.
Another depression begins to show itself
in Dakota, but will probably be soon
filled from the high area adjoining.
Snow fell last evening at Albany, Buffalo,
Cheyenne, Erie, Escanaba, Milwaukee, New
York, Pittsburg, Port Huron, Parry Sound,
Rochester, Toledo and Toronto, showing the
wide area Of tho precipitation. Although
the weather in New York this morning will
be warmer than yesterday cold brisk wind
will follow in the afternoon, possibly accom-
panied by light snow.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN have Just re-
ceived communication from the Corpora
ton Counsel relative to the water question,
which throws some light on the intentions
Of the Board last April Mr. Whitney,
while instructng the Common Council us to
the legal bearing of the case, informs them
officially that there is much diversity Of
opinion regarding the plan to be adopted for
the relief of the city. 1t is clear enough that
the present administration are unable to
select, not to say devise, plan. Let us,
therefore, have commission appointed in
January who will report in March, so that
the work may commence not later than June
next We want no pottering about this
matter /; too much time has been lost already
in useless discussion.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

WHAT DOES ME. GREEN WANT ?-Mr.
Ereen once more blocks the way. He
threatens to become the enfdnt terrible, the
spoiled child of New York. He wanted to
be Mayor he wanted to have the Central
Park managed according to his peculiar no
tions and now he balks about the Comp
trollership. We are sorry for Mr.. Green ;
we have no doubt he would like to be cap
tain and oil hands for the city. He is like
spoiled little boy who is taken by his impru-
ient mamma into toyshop, and who, instead
of being delighted, loses his temper because
he cannot have everything he Sees Mr..
Green cannot have the whole shop--that is
impossible but if he will let us know pre-
cisey the kind and size of tin whistle that
would amuse him and make him stop growl-
ing we will try and help him to it. Only
he ought to be moderate. He has now held
Office nearly as many years as General Dix,
We should say.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

MISTAKEN IDENTITY. defence made by
Mr.. Hall of the man charged under the
name of Ralston with being the leader in the
great bond forgeries Of 1872 that he is not
Ralston at all, but another crooked" man,
will recall many of the startling cases of mis-
taken identity which have come to light in
criminal annals. 1t is one of the most diff
cult things in criminal practice, in the face
of positive evidence that the prisoner and
The criminal are identical, to prove that
such is not the case. Out of nine witnesses
for the prosecution who had dealings with
the forger only two sworc positively that
the prisoner was the man-one of them the
private detective who arrested him. The
other seven testified to different shades Of
belief in the identity of the prisoner with
the forger. The case is to be continued to-
The New York herald., 1876-11-28
The New city Comptroller.

Mayor Wickham gave the city an agree
able surprise yesterday by nominating to
the Common Council Mr.. James S. Thayer as
the head of the Department Of Finance and
successor Of Comptroller Green. 1t was ex-
pected that he would name Mr. John Kelly
for that Office and that Mr.. Kelly would be
confirmed at once. The Common Council
were SO taken by surprise that they deferred
action on the nomination until their next
meeting, partly, we suppose, from wish to
consult with Mr.. Kelly and learn from him
whether the appointment Of Mr. Thayer is
in accordance with his wishes. There is
probably no reason to fear that Mr.. Thayer
Will not be confirmed, unless the Aldermen
are led to think that Mr.. Kelly wants the
office. In that case they might reject the
nomination, and every other which the
Mayor might make except Mr.. Kelly himself
We do not believe that Mr.. Kelly will al
low the matter to pass into such shape.
His pride would disdain to seek an Office
for which he was not named after he had
been SO prominently mentioned in connec-
ton with it with his supposed assent. He
would scorn to encourage factious opposi-
ton by the Common Council to a really
good appointment Much less would he lay
himself open to the suspicion to being
party to m intrigue for staving off the ap-
pointment of Comptroller until Mr.. Whit
ney's name is sent in for Corporation Coun-
sci, with view to make o withdrawal of
Mr.. Thayer's name condition of Mr. Whit
IT. Kal1
afford to seek the Office nor to take it, and
least of all to plot and intrigue against SO
respectable an appontee as James S. Thayer.
Mr. Thayer has long occupied place of
distinction in the democratic party of the
State and city. Originally whig, he imme-
diately joined the democrats on the disso-
luton of the old whig party, and has rem
dered brilliant service for more than twenty
years in the ranks of his new associates. He
is one Of the most interesting and popular
speakers in the State, and has always held a
respectable rank as a lawyer. Hewill make o
diligent, capable, upright and faithful Comp
troller. He is gentleman of courteous
manners, the best associations, and is highly
esteemed in every private relation. He can
be firm without being brusque and offensive,
and regards it as SO much matter of course
to be honest that it would never occur to
him to parade his honesty as distinction
whose possession made him supercilious and
uncomfortable. We congratulate Mayor
Wickham on his having gone outside the
ranks Of hack politicians and vulgar office
seekers to find the new head of the impor-
tant Department of Finance.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28
Tho PolisicaI situation.


The Louisiana Returning Board yesterday
in opening the returns of a number Of par
ishes laid aside uncounted those which
showed large democratic majorities, though
no protests accompanied them. They seem
TO have given no reason for this course, the
rule being to finish all unprotected returns
as they are opened 1t looks as though the
Board meant to see how large the democratic
majority really is, in order the more securely
to cut it down. Members of the republican
committee sent down last year to investigate
the action of the Board in 1874 declared
shameless but clumsy. Remembering the
scandalous tampering with returns, acciden-
tally discovered on Saturday; the refusal of
the Board to allow the democrats member,
though tho law prescribes five members !;
the refusal to admit the press; the
secret sessions; the suspicious and un-
justifable laying aside of unprotected
returns from democratic parishes yesterday !;
the refusal to send for returns Of dem
ocratic parish known to the Board to be
waiting their order in IN express office
honest men in the North will see that the
Board is neither more honest nor more ex-
pert in fraud than it was said to be
two years ago. Another clumsy piece
of management came up yesterday. The
Board suddenly announced that they had
so modified rule eight as to exclude hereafter
rebutting testimony Democratic counsel
urged that they ought to have had notice,
inasmuch as the republican side had had
opportunity to get in their rebutting owl
dence but the Board could not see it. The
Board also declines to hear or read any mo-
tions or protests whatever. These people go
on MS though they really believed that the re-
publican party in the North was rs lost to
all sense of decency and fair play as them
selves They do not appear to see that they
are making it impossible for Governor
Hayes, who is reputable citizen with
character to lose, to accept the Presidency
ut their hands.
From Florida come divers rumors, and at
last an account of the hitherto carefully con-
cealed republican statement of the vote,
which our correspondent gets from Governor
Stearns. The republicans give the State to
Hayes, he reports, by 40 majority. The
democrats claim l81 for Tilden and hope to
increase it by showing frauds and miscounts
on the other side. The Returning Board
began work yesterday, and there seems to
be some reason to hope that it will make
fair and speedy canvass.
Concerning the situation in South Caro-
lima we have written elsewhere. The demo-
Gratis have requested the attendance of Chief
Justice Waite at the hearing of the habeas
corpus case in the United States Circuit
Court We trust he will go; the case is of
the first Importance, and Judge Bond ought
to be glad of his help.
From North Carolina comes a report that
Mr.. Keogh, Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, has filed a protest against a dec
laration Of the vote, taking exception to the
returns of twenty-three counties, and assert
ing that the State should be given to Mr.
Hayes.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

The SEPTUAGENARIAN who writes the
breezy story of ride on Colonel Delaney
Kanes Pelham coach, which we copy else
where from the Spirit Of the Times, certainly
does not show his age in the fresh animal
spirits that bubble over at every line. 1t is
enough to give vim to man with the most
sluggish blood in his veins.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

KATE HOFFMAN is the victim of appear.
ances. The sick child with which she at
tracted the sympathy of the charitable is
alleged by the police to be made Of old
clothes. The "rag baby" has been sick,
very sick, since the election. We advise
the officers to take the founding to Peter
Cooper and ask him if he will provide for
it. Fiat juStitia, rudt c6eltlm.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28
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The New York herald., 1876-11-28

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Stocks were
irregular and generally lower. Gold opened
and closed at 100 1-8 with sales meanwhile
at 109 Ia Money on call loans was sup
piled at and per cent. Governments
were trife weaker and railway bonds un-
steady, without important change.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

THE AcQU1rTAL OF COMMISSIONER FOWLER
yesterday on the charges brought against
him before the Brooklyn Aldermen reioices
his friends. May the City of Churches
TREASURY have no cause to mourn.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

From Our reports this morning the probabil.
Iies are that the ,reather to-day aciu be ,oarrncr
in the morning, follomed by cold in the afternoon,
and cloudy or partly cloudy, possibly tcith hgh'
SnO,r
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

part of his Cabinet in whose judgment and
discretion the country has most confidence.
If he takes no steps of which Secretary Fish
is unwilling to share the responsibility, and
which Mr.. Evarts, the foremost republican
lawyer, is not willing to defend, he will be
on safe ground and may defy the carp
ing criticism Of mere politicians. But
if he surrenders himself into the
hands of Chandler and Cameron, whom
without the approval of his wise and
cautious Secretary of State, he will get into
hot water. If Mr.. Fish should resign, as
Mr. Cass felt constrained to resign in the
last months of Buchanans administration,
because he was unwilling to share the re-
sponsbility of acts which he disapproved,
the House would be greatly strengthened in
impeaching the President, and the best re-
publican lawyers would decline to defend
him in his trial before the Senate If Presi-
dent Grant should be put in this unenviable
and humiliating position it would be in con-
sequence of listening to bad advice.
His unscrupulous and wrong-headed ad-
visers will have no power to protect or
shield him after they have pushed him into
acts which would make him liable to i'm
peachment. He will have to bear the con-
sequence Of their sins. The country will
not stoop to notice them in such a conjunc-
ture The people will fix the responsibility
where it belongs in law, lie where it may in
fact. Hot-headed partisans like Chandler
can do nothing to defend him. He
will have to bear the whole brunt
of the accusations, and he will find it n
great misfortune in such an emergency that
the wise members of his Cabinet and the
great lawyers of his party find it impossible
to justify his conduct Men like Chandler
and Cameron will be frail and broken reeds
for him to lean on in the event of an i'm
parchment. He would have to breast the
storm alone. If he makes an unconstitu-
tional and indefensible use Of the military
power as he did in Louisiana, it will not be
question between the two political parties
but question between the American people
on one side and faithless guardian Of their
institutions on the other. Whatever he does
in this extremely critical posture of affairs
he needs to do it with the full appreciation
and declared sanction Of those eminent
republicans in whose moderation and wis
dom the whole country has confidence.
There must be no more assumptions that
"all Of us" approve what the wisest men,
bers of the Cabinet condemn. There must
be no more examples of unwarrantable mill
tary violence which the great republican
lawyers think it q dnty to denounce. We
appreciate the difficulties Of the situation
but these difficulties only make it all the
more imperative that no steps be taken with
out the best advice and unequivocal sanction
of such republicans, both in the Cabinet
and out of it, as the people feel it safe to
lean on in great and delicate conjunctures.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

NAKEpLY SrATEp.--Jacobi Il Co., who
are charged with almost exactly imitat-
ing the revenue stamp for imported cigars
III a fancy caution" label for the boxes
which contain their domestic cigars, and so
intending to deceive the public, make q
queer plea. They say it is the duty of the
government to protect the revenue, but not
the public. This is putting it pretty nakedly.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28
The sultan ana the Treaty OF Paris

Russia and England, if we may accept
plain, semi-official declarations, are so far
agreed upon the reforms necessary in
European Turkey and upon the guarantees
to be required of the Sultan that difference
between them upon these points is very un-
likely to ruffle the harmony of the Confer
ence; but Turkey strenuously stands by her
rights and appeals to the Treaty of Paris.
As the Earl of Beaconsfeld also appealed to
the Treaty of Paris in his Mansion House
speech this appeal of the Sultan will cer-
tainly be heard with sympathy, and it is not
certain to what extent it may receive the
support of the Marquis of Salisbury. The
his guarantee is the ninth article. That
article is as follows:-"His Imperial Majesty,
the Sultan, in his constant solicitude for the
well being of his subjects, having granted q
firman which in ameliorating their condi-
ton without distinction of religion or race,
devotes his generous intentions to the
Christian populations of his Empire, and
wishing to give new evidence Of his
sentiments in this respect has resolved to
communicate to the high contracting Powers
this firman--the spontaneous expression of
his sovereign will. The high contracting
Powers recognize the Importance of this
communication. 1t is understood, however
that this will not in any case give to the said
Powers the right to interfere collectively or
separately in the relations between His
Majesty the Sultan and his subjects, nor in
the internal administration of his Empire Z"
Now, is this q guarantee of the Treaty Of
Paris for the perpetual independence of the
Sultans Empire? Not at all. This article
deals with communication made by the
Sultan to the Congress. That communion
ton related to the internal administration
Of his Empire. The fact of the making Of
such communication might in the future
have been interpreted as an admission on
the part of the Sultan of the right of
the Powers to supervise his domestic
administration, and tho last clause
of tho article is simply precautionary,
to guard against such an interpre-
tation of the present communication. 1t is
not, therefore, declaration in general terms
of immunity from Intervention, but only
specifically that the Sultan's having made a
certain communication shall not be pro-
duced against him in the future.
On the contrary, the Treaty of Paris,
when it does touch the general subject of
the internal administration of the Ottoman
Empire, touches it in a way that His Majesty
will, perhaps not quote as a precedent
for it exhibits by its example its opinion
that general congress has supervision OF
such concerns. In fact, the Treaty of Paris
did actually deal with the internal affairs OF
the Sultan's Empire by its declarations in
eight articles, from twenty-five to twenty
nine inclusive, in regard to the principali-
ties and to Servia; and if that Conference
might act thus with regard to those prov
inces another may exercise tho same au-
thority with regard to Bulgaria and Bosnia.
The New York herald., 1876-11-28
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
BowEKY THEATRE
TIDE OF LIFE. MsP. ".
MISS xurr6S gSIos o. 5 SQUARE THEATRE.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
UNCLE TOMS CABIN atsP.M
sARDANAPALus al sf. NJ. Mr.. bang. and Mrs. Asne,
DER CROSSE wTRF. M sr NJ
FOOLS nKvrsdR hycEgE ,,s Z ThFATEE rSr51 Root,
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
AS YOU LIKE 1T. .atsP NJ
,r,,rs .s,B BRooKLyY {, Z THEATRE
GlIMoRE'S GARDEN
BARNCMS CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE. at I and r. NJ.
THE sHAUGHkAta. assf. NJ 20 '
xusxrrK :, 3 P rARk r l..,,s THEATRE.
NIBLos GARDEN.
VARIETY. nsPM.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs,
KELLY L Icons MISsrRELs
HELlER'S THEATRE.
PREsTIDIGITATEUR. atsP.M.
VARIETY. a, +. II. Matinee al Pm.
THEATRE CoMIQUK
VARIETY, atsP.M.
VARIETY AND bRaaa SaIsSIs s, 7'.sE THf4gr1 IT.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE
VARIETY, ut 8 r. NJ Matinee at = T. NJ.
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
BURLESQUE DRAMA, Mt 8 i. NJ.
s., ,MABILLE, THEATRE.
EABILLE MYTH ats r. NJ
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY. atsP.M.
TIyoLT THEATRE
VARIETY atsP.M
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
GEOLOGICAL GARDEN.
KIRALFY's ALHAMBRA PALACE
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
THE BLACK CROOK
TRIPLE SH K CT
The New York herald., 1876-11-28

NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-07

No. . spring, SIC. Corn strong and
higher; No. 2 mixed, regular, 433c. Oats
generally unchanged, nut some sales
rather higher; No. 2, 32s9323c. Pork
dull and lower at S22 20. Lard dull and
lower, 1919. Bulg meats firm with q
fair demand at ss@12B9l25c. Whisky,
81 05.
CINCINNATI, March 6.-Flour quiet.
Wheat quiet, 81 1901 rs. Corn tirmer,
and held higher, 43945c, with the out
tide price asked. Oats quiet, 35(940'.
Pork quiet but firm; DOminslly, So
Lard steady and firm; steam, 1850
I3.l75c; kettle, 1339l4c. Bulk meats
firm with fair demand at So, l29124c.
Bacon firm st 94@9g, l3gl9l34, 1890
1910. Whisky, 81 o.. Butter quiet.
ST. LOUIS, March 6.-Flour iuact-
i've. Wheat higher for cash and lower
for futures; No. 2 red winter, 81 so. Corn
demand active and firmer; No. 2
mixed, 39fc. Oats dull, very little doing;
No. 2, 33Bc bid cssh. Pork steady; small
lots, S23. Bulk meats Inactive but prices
are maintained, S3@I2t0I23c. Bacon
quiet, only q limited jobbing demand.
Lard-pone on the market. Whisky,
81 O5. Hogs active and higher; pack
ing, 81 80@S 80.
NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-Sugar
quiet and steady; common, 5596fc;
fair to fully fair, 68@7fc; prime, 73c;
choice, 78974c. Molasses quiet; ferment-
ing common, 30935c; prime, 3894lc;
strictly prime, 45c; prime tOstrictlyprime
reboiled, 44@49c; choice, SIC. Flour
quiet and strong; superfine, 81; double
extrs, 81 80; treble extra. S596 %; choice
family, Sc 25@7 70. C0rpmesl dull,
81 50. Corn dull; mixed, 52954c. Oats
steady, 40945e. Brsn quiet, SOC. Hay
quiet; prime, $1,000 Pork firm, $23 IS.
Dry salt meats steady, 9, lS9lS4c. Ba-
con firm, 10f, l42@142n. Lard steady;
tierce refaed, l33c; keg. l43c. Rice
dull; common to choice louisiana, AZ
ry to prime, 169l84c Whisky-recti-
fled dull, 81 0891 IL.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Rye -four
quiet but steady, 81 1095 05. COrnmeal
dull at 50 1908 %. Wheat dull 81 100
8 25 Wheat dull; No. Chicago spring,
81 23(9I IS. Corn steady with fair de-
mand; mixed western new ungraded,
62@633c. Oats lower; mixe1 western
and State, 43@47c. Coffee is dull and
nominal; cargoCJ, 154@184c for Rio;
j)bbing at l53(9193c, ali in gold. Sugar
firm; prime, 7Bc; refined firm at go
l13c. MoIasses-foreign and grocery
grades dull; New Orleans quiet at 459
62c. Petroleum quiet at sic; refined,
lac. Pork dull and lower at $23@23 25,
closing at S23. Beef quiet; plain mess,
S12 50; extra mess, $13@13 so. Cut meats
western quiet; middIes frmer; west
ern long clear, 1890; city long clear, 12a
@13c. Lard lower; prime steam, Is 523
@13 55c. Butter firmer; western, $50
27c; State, 24@34c. Cheese firm at 60
l2ac. Whisky lower at 81 09@1 O93.