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The New York herald., 1876-12-13

dering their swords to resist? Not they.
They are great at clustering and manipu.
lating. They know how. most adroitly and
shamefully, to impose upon the Ignorance
and infame the prejudices of the poo,
soldier in the White House. They will brag,
probably. to the end; but they know per-
fectly well that if Mr.. Tilden is elected they
will have to submit, because the American
people of both parties will mako them
submit.
Who will fight? We can toll the poll
ticians of both parties whom both can
equally count on. Not the decent, indus
trious men who earn their bread and sup
consist Of the Five Points thieves, tho burg
lars, the robbers, the noble corps
Of tramps, the assemblage of the un-
detected Of the rag-tag and bobtail who
happen to be out of Jail. These would
answer to their summons. and marching at
the head Of such Falstaff's brigade, what
reception do these yaporers imagine they
would get from tho respectable part Of the
community? An army whose business will
be to rob, to steal, to set on fire private
dwellings, to empty shops, which will sec
an enemy in every bale of dry goods, and
whose greatest triumph would be an
act OF arson which would send it,
rank and file, to State Prison--that
is the kind of army on which General
Chandler and General Cameron and Gen
eral Morton. on the one side. and SGT OF
unhedgcd democratic generals, equally in
nocent of war. on the other, may count; and
VIC wish them JOY in advance of their impa-
tient recruits
We advise the factionists md partisans,
including the President, to keep their tenn
pers. Their innings are nearly over. They
have como nearly to the end of their rope.
They have gambled with the country's in
terests long enough We counsel them.
on both sides, not to go too far. This
country does not belong to tho politi-
cal gamblers of either party; it is
the property of the people They were
dragged into needless war in 1861 by set
of reckless politicians and they are not going
to suffer similar calamity now to please
either side. They care little who is to be
President, but they mean to tolerate no vio-
lence, and they are right. Whichever party
is disappointed in the eventual result can
appeal to the country two years hence. If it
has grievances they will be settled then,
but only on the condition that now, what
ever happens, there shall be quiet and
ORDERLY submission. That is what the peo-
pie require and what thew will insist on
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

nigh broken down" tailor states that
in three weeks he did not average .
meal . day and knew o man who
had not eaten a mouthful for three days and
had slept in the parks. These are but single
instances. but they represent thousands Of
honest good citizens, who are starving be-
cause there is want of systematic effort to
save them. The Board of Apportion-
ment yesterday appropriated thirty-fve
thousand dollars to several societies
for distribution among the needy.
This will afford relief to some il
these societies are prompt in using it. In
addition to the work Of such organizations
if every family that has the means will seek
out those that are in poverty the benefit that
will follow will be incalculable We wish
it understood that we are calling upon tho
readers Of the HERALD for spontaneous
charity. Let them stretch out the helping
hand before those who need help are be-
yond help. There is dignity in poverty
that wealth should respect, and there is no
generosity that adorns the character
like that which is unsolicited. Leav-
ing the question of moral duty aside,
an intelligent selfshness suggests that
it is we'll for the rich to protect themselves
and society from deeds that the desperation
of want frequently creates. While many .
thief strives 10 cloak his sin with the mantle
of necessity and many worthless woman
excuses the wearing of the salmon shawl
of Pelagia because she wanted food, there
are undoubtedly many cases of crime and
degradation which are the offspring of star.
vation.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13
Tho Latest Inc.ndiary c.nard.

Some of the democratic journals have
been asserting that President Grant is about
to transfer General Sheridan to this city to
"bull-doze" its s'banditti" and intimidate
the democratic party, and that iron
clads have been ordered to our har-
Dor to be in readiness to lombard the
city. This extravagant story bore the i'm
press of reckless invention on its face, but
we have nevertheless caused inquiries to be
made of the proper authorities at Washing
ton to find if there were any facts which
might have served as hint to the fabri-
Gators. The result is an absolute de-
nial of the story as whole and
OF all its parts. General Sherman
declares that there is no thought
of sending General Sheridan to this city,
and denials equally positive are given at the
Navy Department to the marine part Of the
story which is vcritable "story for the
marines"
Next to the wickcdness Of sending Gen.
eral Sheridan hero as menace in tho
present excited state Of the public mind is
the wckedness of inventing such lies and
QlSSemlDutluk thciu tufoubA tAo Coui-
munity; for President Grant to do what
he is charged with the intention Of
doing would have an inflammatory effect on
public feeling at time whom every true
patriot should aim to calm and quiet it.
The fabrication Of the story hos precisely
the same effect so far as the story is believed,
and is as wanton trifing with the public
tranquility rs the fact would be if it werc
true. There could not DO a more incendiary
species of lying than this when the public
mind is so excited and infammable.
WE'LL MAY BRrTisH ARcHEoLoGIsTs bite
their lips with disappointment over the
success Of our Metropolitan Museum in
securing the antiquities found by General
Cesnola at Curium. The particulars of the
Curium collection, with some account Of the
enterprising finder. fill on interesting letter,
which we publish elsewhere
The New York herald., 1876-12-13
Peculiarfties Of Divorce Cases.

The strange aspect which divorce cases
frequently present affords features of inter-
est to better class of people than usually
interest themselves in legal contests between
husbands and wives. In case which was
concluded yesterday in Judge Brady's Court
husband sued for divorce on the
only ground recognized by the statutes
of New York, and q rsferee was
ordered to take the testimony and report
thereon. Meanwhile a counter suit was
begun by the wife, and the cross-examina-
tion of the witnesses for the husband re-
suited in the burden Of proof being against
the husband, and the Judge consequently
visited upon the man the disgrace which he
had sought to infict upon his wife. In
another suit, upon argument ns to alimony
and counsel fees, the husband, who was the
defendant, declared that his income was not
half as large as was alleged an enormous
oveYdraft of salary having been neces-
sary to Gquidate expenses incurred
by the wife. 1t also transpired that
the defendants business prospects were en-
dansered by the publicity which had been
given to the suit, he being an attach6 of a
house whose business consisted principally
of the sale of Sunday school books and
Bibles. The moralist will find in both these
cases considerable food for thought. That
man may prefer trumped-up charges
against his wifes honor without sub
jecting himself to any penalty that is
of the nature of punishment shows that
the divorce laws Of New York are not as
faultless as they are pure, while the spectacle
of the religious public being served with its
special mental food by a man charged with
the most dangerous crime that can be COM
mtted against socfety is anything but a
pleasing one. Both cases are eloquent SER
mons against marrying in haste, with the
attendant repentance at leisure in court
room.
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HeIp the Poor.
room.

We again call earnest attention to tho ne
cessity of immediate action on the part of
the benevolent for the relief of the poor of
the. city. We quote from the interviews of
our reporters with several workingmen to
show how patiently they are struggling
against their miseries. A painter says:--"I
don't believe that even with good food every
day should be able to work steady for q
week." A baker says:-"During five months
] worked about seventeen days" and after
stating that for seven weeks he and his fam
lily had lived on a few loaves of bread, adds,
with simplicity and plaintive humility
that touches the heart, II don't expect that
my wife will be able to do as much scrub
binQ Is she thinks she will, ~ she Is well
The New York herald., 1876-12-13
Tho yyeathcr-A Rapid Succession OF
Storm Centres.

A remarkable feature of the present
meteorological conditions in the United
States is the rapidity with which distinctly
marked storm centres are traversing the
region of the lakes and Middle States from
tho Northwest toward the Atlantic. Since
Saturday last not less than four of
these depressions have moved over this
course with thcr attendant areas of rain and
snow and high winds. That which pro-
duced the snowfall Of yesterday morning at
New York is now moving of the coast Of
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T RIPL e SH e e L. !.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1876
NOTICE TO KEWSDEALEIS AND THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the action OF a portion OF tho carriers,
pcwsmen and companies, who are determined
that tho public shall not have the HERALD at three
cents per copy II they prevent 1t, wo have made
arrangements to place the HERALD in tho hands OF
Ill readers at the reduced price. Newsboys and
dealers purchase any quantity they may dcsre
1t No. 265 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street. and
also from our wagons tho principal avenues. All
dealers who have been threatened by tho news CON-
pancs requested to send in their orders direct to
us, at No. Ann street.
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MIR. Mewi.t's statement.

Mr. Hewitt gives his version of the inter-
view between himself and the President.
There are some discrepancies between his
statement and the Presidents, but
they are not greater than often hap
pens when different persons repeat a
long conversasion from memory. The
conversation related to two subjects,
Louisiana and South Carolina. Mr.. Hewitt
admits that the Louisiana part of it was con-
fidential but asserts that there was no such
understanding about the south Carolina
part, and that he had, in fact the Pres
ident's permission to make it public.
Both accounts agree that the President
did say thnt it required sixty-three
members to form n quorum of the South
Carolina House of Representatives and if
it be true that the President consented that
this statement might be given to
the public be is hardly entitled to
call it merely private opinion.
\ Be that rs it may, it is difficult to sec
what right responsible officer acting on an
important matter has to discriminate be-
tween his private and his official opinions.
He was bound to act on his real views.
AS proof of his own accuracy Mr..
Hewitt refers to notes of the first
conversation, which he took down i'm
mediately after leaving the President and
sent to him for correction, if they were in
any respect inaccurate, and that the Presi-
dent made no suggestions that they were
inexact Those notes were given to the
President for his own protection if his con-
duct on the occasion should ever be called
in question. We think it clear enough that
the President expressed himself in the first
interview with great and unexpected
ton went further than his Judgment ap-
proved on cool reflection. Mr. Hewitt, on
the other hand, caught eagerly at these ex-
pressions and founded hopes on them which
he was unable to conceal. His want Of reti-
cenceput the President in an annoying posi-
of his indiscreet disclosures and his at
tempts to force the President to go further
than he wished If Mr.. Hewitt had been
wise he would have guarded the President
against any suspicion by his own party
friends of acting in secret collusion
with their adversaries and giving them
aid and comfort. He weakly subjected the
President to this kind of imputations and
put him on the defensive before his own
party. Aside from its self-defeating folly the
disclosure was personally unfair to gen.
tleman who had talked to him with singular
frankness. relying on his confluence and
discretion. We suspect that political OPP
ponents will hereafter be in no great haste to
make confidant Of Mr. Hewitt.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

A CoMDISATIoN has been formed by the
Manhattan, the Metropolitan, the Mutual
and the New York gas companies for ficec-
ing tho city treasury in fashion that shows
unbiushing audacity, and demonstrates
anew the insolence of monopoly. These
conspirators ask an advance from twenty
three dollars to thirty-six dollars a lamp for
lighting the city. 10 make such demand
whom business is SO depressed shows they
<ssl their power and indicates q determina-
oion 70 defy public opinion.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

DroS BoucIcAULT's memory was put to a
severe test yesterday. George Roberts sues
him for damages for an alleged breach of
contract in regard to license for the pro-
duction of "Thc Octoroon" seventeen years
ago. So many people have a lively recol-
lection Of the many merits of this dstin-
guished actor and playwright tha. i. will be
difficult to convince them that ho would
wrong any man. The details of the prelimi-
nary examination into this remarkable suit
will be found in another column.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

FROM Oun REPonr on the requirements of
the Brooklyn Bridge Company for steel wire
IL would seem that many would-be bidders
are excluded. AS strength is the essential
requisite why not examine some of the
"wires" which were pulled during the late
election? Some of them stood nm enormous
strain and many of them arc said to be
s.steal" wires only.
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AEUSEsHATS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BowERy THEATRE.
INNOCENT. atsp NJ. Mr.. Dcminck Murray.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
GRABBED AGE. at J.. NJ satinac at ? r. NJ
BooTIrS THEATRE.
KING LEAR ats 4. NJ. Lawrence barrett
GERNANIA TnEAreE,
DAS UgBlLD DIS TARrUFFE. at r. A. Matinee at q.
IyCEIiM THEATRE.
MEnCIASr OF VENICE n. T. 81. Matinee Al '3oP H.
Ed~in Booth
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
THE SCHOOL FOX SCANDAL. atsr.M
THE shAUGHRAuX. ntsrM.
PARK THEATRE
1uSETTE. Mt e +. NJ. Iotta
MISS a,,r7ds ySIoS !, : s9yrAEE THEATRE
SEw YORK AQUARIUM
uBRooKLys PARK THEATRE
SAN, msP N. Matinee at ! 40 r. ~ y. 81 chansrau
UELLER,S THEATRE
rREsTIDIGITATEUR, Msp. NJ.
. COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE.
VARIETY. ..srr rahA1Sh Matinee eSa'HnG a. :. 4:
cRoMwELL's IILusTRhrIoSs aispM.
olYMrIC THEATRE
VARIETY AND DRAMA. m7.sa r. NJ. Matinee at 2P. ~
,. TONY, PASTORS THEATRE.
PARTISAN VARIETIES
VARIETY. atsP.M
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EAGLE THEATRE.
VARIETY, at r. NJ Matinee at = l.. n.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
NELLY LEoN'S MINSTRELS
MeP.M.
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES
KIRALFYS ALHAMBRA PALACE
AZCRINE; OR, A VOYAGE TO THE EARTH.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
L'ESPIONNK FRANCAISE.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

WALL STREET YEsTEnDAy.-The stock mar
ket was without other feature than dulness.
The fluctuations were insignificant. Less
than $1,000 shares changed hands Money
on call was supplied at md 4 per cent.
Gold rose from 107 Is to 107 1-2 and closed
strong. Governments were shade frmer,
in sympathy with gold, and railway bonds
were steady.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

JUDGE BoNp's REASONS are recapitulatcd
in our despatch from Columbia. 1t is need
less to examine them, as they are to be re-
viewed by the Supreme Court Of the United
States on appeal. His action will probably
be condemned by that tribunal, but has
nevertheless accomplished its political pur-
pose.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

OuR PARIS CORRESPONDENT sends us let
ter which, among other interesting matter,
refers to the speculations arising from the
visit of ex-Empress Eugenie to Italy and
the result of study of ceramics by Presi-
dent MacMahon and Gambetta.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

THE REFUSAL OF THE LOUISIANA RETURNING
BOARD to obey the subpoena of the committee
of Congress sent to investigate their pro-
ceedings does not look WELL
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,cedther to-day ,ciN be ,cdYmer
and cloudy or partly, cloudy, ,cih light sno,o
or rain, probably.
The New York herald., 1876-12-13

VOLUME xLI.. s4s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-09

nine students, sciences thirty-one.
medicine seVenty-s!X., In the school
OF civil engineering, annexed to the
science faculty, there were 21S pupils,
in the school of arts and manufacture
sixty-two, in the normal school of
science five. The town has other nor
NAL schools which appear to be sue
cessfully conducted. The population
of Client is less than in the time of
Charles v, whose famous boast it was
that he could put Paris into his gaunt-
let. Then it was the most populous
city in Northern Europes No vessel
could pass through the draw-bridges of
It's canal, no children ventured out of
doors, when the armies of its crafts
men were going to and fro from their
work. b At present the number of in
habitants is 121. 400, still mainly
manufacturing population.-Co Lon
00U IHl6S. irrH Enlte .t..F tu-s e-fF E
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-09
FOrestaIIiuG Disease.

When we see that death is so often the
penalty paid for fatuous disregard of the
symptoms of approaching disease, should we
defensive measures when called for in our
own case? Assuredly we should, and upon
the first manifestation of ill heal or decay
of physical vigor, seek the aid of medicine
The terrifying influence upon the system of
Hos etter's Stomach Bitters entitle that
medicine of many virtues to the highest
consideration as preventive, and it cannot
be too strongly recommended as means of
arresting the progress of malarious fevers,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint,
kidney and bladder troubles, govt, rheuma-
tism, and other disorders which in their in
cipieucy arc far more easily overcome than
tive has repeatedly demonstrated its power
to vanquish them in their worst phases
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Then she sat down and cried. and
trembled and cried, while Poppet, feel
ing himself cheated, roared and kicked.
and called for sugar and pushed
his sisters hands from her face, until
she had to. rouse up and pacify him.
Poppet could not understand why
Dolly hurried him into the house so
fast, and why she locked all the doors
In the house, and poured the contents
of the sugar-bowl into his lap, and
then sat ON the floor and held his dress
with both hands. ,,aeaj
s. But he liked it, and went on eating
sugar until home came his mother and
Joe to hear the whole story Is 1ss
My brave little Dollyr' said her
mother, and Poppet wondered to see
them both crying; and to be Rugged so
hard by Joe, who. rubbed his Jacket
sleeve across his eyes, and shifted yio-
lently, before he said, in choked
voice. e,y .'.ses
&c You got stirred up then, didn't
you, ducky?'' ........, szbrG tia4f9
Now Dolly wears a lace cap, and
rocks Joe'ss children to sleep, while
Poppet is a tall man, with whiskers.
But they all remember that day, and
Joe says. there viii never be in the
family another such quiet, brave lit
tie Dolly. 81 - ''e37. s iat.t.
And Dolly says she hopes there
won't be another, Poppet to test their
courage. Youths Companion. sT sr
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A Slight Mistake.

j = e.
THERE ,a good story, and true
one withal, relative to Mr.. Gill, long
reporter for the Boston Post, and well
known as "fellow of infinite jest. !
He was reporting dinner of the sew
enty-ffth anniversary of the battle of
Bunker's Hill. The dinner was a
splendid affair, and everybody was
patriotic. Gill, when the excitement
was at boiling point, whispered to a
friend, one of those gentlemen who
are always happy IN speech-mak-
ing, that his father was engaged in the
battle of Bunker's HILL The orator
arose-made brilliant speech al
luded to ellis father and Gill in the
highest terms, and proposed Gill S
health, which was drunk with the
usual honors, and one or two more
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gor Dott,,1 Readsrs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Went 10 school,
Looking so nice and neat;
Clean little mittens on clean little hands.
Clean little shoes on his feet
Jacket and trousers all nicely brushed,
Collar and cuffs like snow: erIff
See that you come home as neat tonight
Higgledy- Piggledy, OIL .HEtIt4 W
Higgiedy- Piggledy CAME from school
In such woful plight,
All the people he met in the road L(oM-2f
Ran screaming away with fright.
One shoe gone forever andaye
T'other one stiff with mud. a..-7- ttA
Dlrt-spattered jacket half torn from his back,
Mlttens both lost in the wood
Higgledy Piggledy staid in bed,
All long pleasant day; c5 raraF
While his father tished for his other boot
In the roadside mud and clay is 5hg3
All day long his mother must mend. 3##5a
Wash and iron and sew
Before she can make him fit to be seen -
q Higgledy-Piggledy, OH. All s1aFRa5
-.-.... : LqurG Z. Richards, in Nursery.
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There were shouts of "Gill, Gill;"
and he made a speech, returning
thanks in the usual manner and said,
But my learned friend omitted one
fact-an important fact, of which he
might have been unaware. My father
was in the battle of Bunker Hill, but
he, unfortunately, fought on the
British sidep There was not quite
SO much enthusiasm after that, and
Gill has not INDUCED in speeches since.
-Yo7ake7;s IN. Y. y Gazette. 1nt lr-u " I'll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-09
sA Wife's Hard Lot.

DUNBAR',s wife listened to long
political discussion while riding down
town yesterday morning, and at din
ner she remarked to her husband:
t.sWell, eight or nine days more will
decide this election. "AA K aI5
8 In a measure, was his guarded
reply. ".'@i''' stia.N8N
"T I'm awful glad" she continued.
Z" You commenced going out nights
about the first of March, and you've
Kept it up ever since. I'll be one
happy woman about the eighth of
November. d Well have cheerful fires,
games, comfort and III 'g''aag> aHu.e
Charlotte" solemnly. interrupted
the husband, "can't you understand
this thing? The election will occur
on. the 7th proX., of course After
that date must help count up there
turns, verify them, put our clubs in
training for the next campaign, exam
inc the lies of the opposition, and so
forth, and it may be next April before
/ get through. You must have pa
thence for everything is working all
right ra.r 100 Il owa.s ta.rgs.reg
What could she do but burst into
tears p Detroit Free Press 5. HHB
AT Milford, Del, oysters sell at the