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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-21
MEXICO.

MOVEMENTS FOR LEnDo ALONG THE RIO
GRANDK--CANALEs IN ACCORD WITH TIE
UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES.
GALVESTON, Texas, uly 20, 1871
special despatch from Brownsville Texas, says:-
General Escobe,tu Is now Mt RIO Grandc City II ID
reported that his men armed and occupy an en-.
campment without any attempt at concealmcnt
Colonel Abram Aguirre and several other Mexicas
officers Of Mats under arrest charged with
holding comu,u ucation with General Escobedo. Ex.
Governor Dava Is at rancho near Edinburg, aud
is said to be recruiting for Lerd0.
CANALEs COOPERATING WITH GENERAL ORD.
Is said here that the ordor of the Mexican SecreA
tary of War has not boon sent officially to General
Canales He has FREQUENTLY asserted that tho only
order he has received is from General Trevino,
ns.rucaing him carry out the agreement made with
General Ord and that he and tho United States author
tiles are III accord.
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A Political Mrs. Harris.

There have been for the last three months
constantly repeated reports of grand and
extremely important political gathering of
the democratic persuasion to be held ut the
White Sulphur Springs some time during
the summer. At this conference everybody
who is or hopes to be anybody in the party
was to appear, and pretty much everything
was to be settled which is now unsettled or
which some people would like to unsettle,
including the Speakership. The President,
even, was to happen to be on the ground;
all the candidates for the Speakership, in
Guiding poor General Banks, were to be
there; the regiment or two OF men who want
to be doorkeepers and other petty officers of
the House were to assemble in one or two of
the outbuildings; and in short almost every
body who could borrow a clean shirt was at
one time confidently expected.
We confess that these rumors for awhile
deceived us. We took it for granted that
there was to be political gathering, though
we imagined it likely to consist mainly Of
expectant doorkeepers, most of:whom would
be "Biggermen -than-old-Haye But being
unable to hear of any person who meant to
attend the White Sulphur Springs gathering
our suspicious were aroused, and they are
confirmed to-day by the report Of our cor
respondent at the Springs, who gives o nota-
BILE list Of the large number of people
who are not to be there and who do not
know anything of such convention or adj
visory meeting. 49, -.r,--'- B.
There is to be no democratic gathering at
the White Sulphur We are glad of it, It
is too pleasant place to be spoiled by that
kind of politics
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General Gourkha's Advance Over the
Balkans.


The movement of General Gourkha, COM
handing the Russian advance force, across
the Balkan range southwest of Tirnova, may
be characterized as one Of those strokes of
military genius and dash worthy of the
great Napoleon. Whether the Russian Gen
eral can claim the credit of the original idea
or not is not worth considering in the
face Of the achievement itself. It was a
daring conception most brilliantly executed.
and reflects the highest credit on the gallant
commander and his followers. When it is
remembered that beyond the great noun
tain chain of tho Balkans the territory to be
entered was practically military terra in
cognita, filed with unknown perils, and not
unlikely to prove the death ground of the
adventurous force that penetrated it, duo
credit will be accorded to Gourkha and his
men. They bravely devoted themselves to
q task--that Of developing the strength Of
the Turkish defence, and have succeeded in
demonstrating the utter inefficiency Of the
Moslem resources. The effect Of the cross
ing of the Balkans from such well secured
base of operations rs Tirnova cannot
be overestimated. The seizure of any
point on the Jamboli and Adrianople Rail-
road, and the destruction Of the line. cuts
off line Of supply to the quadrilateral
from the southwark and compromises the
Turkish army at Shumla in q most serious
manner. Allthat the Russians now need to
secure their footing in Roumelia is to
strengthen their forces at Tirnova and
push reinforcements with sufficient artillery
to the support Of General Gourkha The
concentration Of the Russians on the rail-
road line to Adrianople will enable them to
seize every position necessary to their
safety from flank and rear attacks
by any force Of Turks that can
be spared to march against them. They
have now SO developed their front of opera
tons as to guard against surprise, and the
blow which the Turks must strike to recover
what they have lost by Gourkhn's movement
must be with such large force as can win q
great victory. Little time remains now for
the Turks to repair the disaster. Unless
they can overwhelm Gourkha within week
we shall probably find all their troops north
Of the Balkans, except those defending Rust
chuk, Silistria and Shumla, in full retreat
on Varnn. Ourspecial dispatches this morn
ing give the details of General Gourkha's
advance.
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Another Harlem Flats Nuisance.

It is difficult to comment on q great out
rage like that now being perpetrated at the
Harlem Flats with the philosophic calmness
expected ofjournalism. The Internal spirit
of indifference and treachery to public in
terests that characterizes the management
of our so-called Board Of Health renders all
effort at cold criticism impossible and forces
us to IN expression Of opinion us strong as
the scandal itself is atrocious. Notwith-
standing the exposure of the short
comings of this fraudulent Board in
1875, when by it's direct connivance
the health of the upper part OF New
York was jeopardized by the operations of a
number of conscienceless contractors, who
used the city filth Us filling on the Harlem
flats, we are again called on to protest in
the name of common decency and public
safety against another nuisance Of similar
deadly character. The article published
elsewhere this morning furnishes in detail
all the justification for reopening this sub
ject. The opinions OF respectable residents
and property owners Of Harlem and in the
vicinity are sufficient evidence of the fact
that another deadly blow is being directed
against the health Of that section of
the city with the tacit permission
of the so-called Health Board. Now,
in the face Of the danger that
menaces our people at the hands Of their
paid officials, what can we expect from the
actual dealers in this pestilential accumula-
ton of filth? Can we reasonably look to such
persons for redress while the very custodians
of the public health look on with perhaps a
venal indifference while this man Kane piles
the most horrible collection of filth on the
water front Of thickly settled district in
New York city? The truth is that these
officials have decided to take no notice of
the protests of the press. They count on all
agitations regarding their neglect blowing
over and maintain sneaking silence when
charged with the grossest neglect of duty.
1t is true we can expect nothing of Presi-
dent Chandler. the thirty thousand dollar
experimentalist, who can see no objection to
the filling of the flats or behind the docks
with the city filth. But there are others
connected with the Board of Health whose
regulations must suffer, and it is to these
we appeal in the name of the outraged pub
lie. Mayor Ely is also responsible for these
evils SO long as he possesses the power of
suspending and bringing charges against
delinquent officials. If he fails in his duty
now we can assure him that his failure will
be persistently exposed in the columns of
the HERALD.
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THE WEATIER---Thc great area of low
barometer which has extended over the whole
territory east of the meridian Of Omaha is
gradually narrowing and will soon be repre-
seDted this continent by an elongated de-
preston lying in u direction about parallel with
the Atlantic coast. The storm centre which
originally developed this low area has now
moved into Lower Cauala; hut another minor
disturbance is likely to arise ia the South Attain
DC and Eastern Cult States, due I" the partial
enclosure Of = small area Of low pressure in
hat region by the coming together of the sides
Of the main area. Already general rains
havo prevailed along the eastern side
Of this barpinctric trough, frov Florida
10 Nova Scotia Another disturbance is
moving over the Pacific coast into Ore
ron and Washington Territory. and will cross
,hc Rocky Mountain range and northwurl of
Tho national boundary near Fort Benton. VI. Il.
A volume Of dense atmosphere lies in front of
this depression, central in Southern Dakota.
The temperature has fallen. except in the British
Atlantic provinces and in tho Northwest. The
'.norfhcr" wo yesterday predicted for the Texas
coast has already commenced to be felt III that
region. Tho w,ssthcr in New York to-day will
b cool and cloudy. or partly clordys
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A New Canal Commission.

The Canal Board has done wise thing in
inviting David A.. Wells, j. N. Stark of
the New York Produce Exchange, and Will
lam Thurston, the Secretary Of the Buffalo
Board of Trade to act as q commission to
consider tile subject Of tolls on the canals,
having reference to the matter Of future
revenues as we'll as the increase of COM
merce The commission is selected with
much judgment, embracing among its
members entire familiarity with the canal
system of the State, the principles Of
finance and the interests and economy of
commerce The toll controversy is ON old
one, and the success of the advocates of low
tolls this year, accompanied by the serious
falling off in receipts, has revived it in an
aggravated form. The alarm has been
raised that there will be a serious deficiency
ut the close of the present season, and we
hear anew the old cry of the injustice of
taxing the State at large for the benefit Of
the section interested in the canals. There
are SO many questions Of grave Importance
to the State involved in the fostering of our
canal commerce, outside the mere question
of the amount Of income received from
tolls. that tits we'll to submit the subject
to the careful consideration of such able
men as those selected by the Canal Board.
It is understood that the gentlemen named
will accept the duty and go to work at once.
Their report ought te contain such an expo
sition of the whole canal question as would
helm in the formation next winter of n wise
and permanent canal policy.
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The International Rife Match.

The contest ut Wimbledon for the Elcho
Shield, in which the teams Of England,
Ireland and Scotland competed, resulted in
a victory for the Irish team. Apart from
the interest that attaches to great rifle
match for the championship of the United
Kingdom, and in which, presumably, the
best shots of the three nations engage, we
affords us fair idea of the craftsmanship
of the men from among whom the United
Kingdom team will be selected to compete
against our own rifemen in the interna-
tional match this year ut Creedmoor TAX
ing the winning score at Wimbledon this
year. namely, 1,56S out of possible 800
we are not rendered ut all nervous by the
figures. We regard it almost as n low score,
considering what has been hitherto done ut
Creedmoor, and We feel satisfied that what has
been done there by our marksmcn can be
repeated il not surpassed. Indeed, the an
nails OF rifle shooting show nothing that Gun
surpass the records recently made in this
country, both at Creedmoor and New Or
leans. The Irish score this year at Wimble-
don is the highest yet recorded in the con-
tests for the Elcho shield, being equal to
0S7ll of the total possible score On Sep
TENDER &, 1876, at Creedmoor, eight Ameri-
can riflemen made, i'll practice, score equal
to 0.S9SS, while the Scottish score in
practice on the same day was o. s63s. On
the next day the Irish led in practice with
! 0. SGGI, and the Americans showed o. 1906.
On the first day of the regular match, Sep
TENDER ii. the Scottish team led with
0.SSl1, the Irish followed with 0S7SS and
the Americans came third with 0.97Gl. All
these scores beat the highest winning score
at Wimbledon-namely, that OF this years
match. On the 18th of September, the
second day at Creedmoor the shoot
ing fell off considerably, but America
led with 0.S605 Ireland followed with
D. o455 and Scotland with 0S205. Civ
ing decimal expression to the aggregates
OF the two DAYS SHOOTING. we find that Amer
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swapping Horses While Swim m in 9

MI. Lincoln enforced nm argument against
change OF rulers at IN important crisis by
a quaint story of the man who refused to
"swap horses while swimming stream"
which was, in fact, happy and graphic
presentation of q case in exhibition Of the
principle that changes which are dangerous
experiments, even in favorable circum-
stances, should not be ventured upon when
thoy must inevitably aggravate perils already
sufficiently great in themselves. No doubt
the success Of that story in the memorable
Presidential canvass Of which it was q part
was one OF the best illustrations in tho
world OF the truth that "a jest's prosper
ity lies in the ear OF him that hears it."
The American people we're very ready to be
convinced in Lincoln's favor and that
ready acceptance Of his story has given it
currency as an expression OF n first princi-
pie in politics. But it is not accepted in
war. In our own practice we did not adhere
to it in regard to the command of armies;
for in that summer of battles, which began
at Yorktown and ended Mt Antietam, the
history of the Army OF the Potomac is in three
chapters as TO its commanders ; and in the
next year its commander was changed while
its various corps were on the march that
ended at Gettysburg.
In what the Ottoman government has just
done with Its main army it has, therefore,
violated our precept and followed our
example. 1t has snapped horses while in
the full whirl of the Bulgarian campaign,
and we are not sure that it is likely to be
the worse for it. Ii man feels that his
horse is drowning under him there is no
time when swap may not be an advan-
tage. Calamity is certain ii he holds on !;
improvement is possible IL he changes; and
he must take the only chance left. This WIS
the impulse at Ccnstantinoplc. 1t assumed
OF course that Abdul korim was already
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sT. DOMINGO.

OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER INsURRECrIoN-DIs.
SATISFACTION WITH BAEz.
ST THoxAs, July 8, 1871
The latest advices from ST. Domingo dated
Porto Plata. June 2s revolution has brolccn out
Shots are heard In every Objectionable alarm gun has
been fired and the declared in state of sicge
The revolutionists headed by Generals Is1dro Ortca
and Mamel Maria Almonte, close at hand and at
tack momentariy expected Rumors assert that this
revolutionary movement has ramncattons through
out the INTERIOR which IL to be much regretted this
happens Just in time to interrupt the promising to-
bacco crop All the are closed great con-
fusion Is prevailing.
II was expected that the city of st. Domingo wpuld
rise Also but up last adviccs all quiet thcre.
Great dissatisfaction prevails In consequence OF BaeS
having paid his officers for the last six monsns.
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gogues. who seek to gain something Tor
themselves ont of such troubles. 1t is to be
lamented that the managers of the rail-
road corporations and their servants
could not come to friendly understanding.
There are evidences in some quarters, 1t
seems to us, of bitter feelings, Of long dura-
ton, in the train men, such as prudent man
ayers OF great corporation would have
endeavored to heal over. We do not pre-
tend to say that in the beginning all the
wrong was on the part of the strikers !;
we will not even say that their
strike was not entirely justifable.
But nothing justifes their misconduct,
their lawlessness, their violence, their at
tempts to prevent other men from accepting
the wages they reject and filling the places
they have abandoned. Whatever, therefore,
may have been the right of the strikers,
we urge, in the interest of all honest and law
respecting workingmen, that violence shall
be crushed out with stern hand. There
should be no parleying with men
who defy the laws Wherever company
can hire men to run it's trains those trains
must be run at once, if to accomplish this
requires the whole force of the State
Wherever men are willing to work they
must be protected in doing SO at oil hazards
Wherever the strikers or their allies offer
opposition they must be crushed per-
emptorily. 1t is a melancholy affair at
best but trifling with it will only make it
more cruel. Already there are reports from
1, fha
men will be content to assert their rights we
shall support them; but if they try to gain
their point by violence and outrage they
must expect to be crushed, and their wisest
friends will turn against them
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hopelessly beaten. As to that there may be
two opinions, and we have only to refer to
the marvellous way in which Mukhtar Pacha
came up in Armenia after the battle OF Deli
baba in order to comprehend that tough
old Turk may sometimes give things sur
prisingly new aspect if he have influence
enough at the capital to be left alone 1t
does not follow that Abdul Kerim would
have done what Mukhtar did. The chances
are. indeed. that he would not have done it,
and the certainty is that he lost by inaction
the best opportunity to cripple his enemy.
Changes in army commands at critical
moments were OF little consequence in our
army, because the soldiers were devoted to
cause and not to a commander, and be-
cause at the time to which we refer no great
genius for war had come brilliantly for
ward, and we had many officers of decided
merit, SO that a change could seldom be
altogether unfortunate and was never
IN contrast with a great name. AS
to this last point the Ottoman army
is in the same predicament, and even
as to the first point there is much
resemblance between their case and ours,
for the centre to which Moslem ideas and
impulses rally is also cause and never Il
person. Islam is to the Turk what the
Union was to u.s. His devotion is an i'm
pulse of the same nature with ours, but
blindly INDUCED rather than nationally de-
veloped. Constantinople has acted natur-
ally in the promotion Of the only two SOL
dicrs who have had any success in Europe,
but it will doubtless prove that the men
who conquered in Montenegro with on over
whelming force IRE not altogether in their
element on theatre where they have to
meet, with inferior numbers, the disciplined
and well handled Russian army.
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IRISH PRISONERS IN ENGLAND
Parliament Rejects a Motion in Favor
Of Amnesty.
PRESS PROSECUTION IN FRANCE
HonoYs for General Grant in
Glasgow.
Jsy CABLE TO THE HERALD.

LONDON, July 81. 1877.
England is still determined to refuse all appeals
for the release OF her Irish political prisoners Ths
leaders OF the Fenian movement were several years
ago set Free but the uneducated and unthinking
soldiers who were induced by them to JOIN the con-
spiracy have been made the victims of exceptional
severity. Most OF them have now been over eleven
years in prison, and ample proof has been given Of
the terrible severity OF the treatment they receive
The men who took part in the Manchester rescue
in 1867 are also among those whom England is.de-
termined to detaln in prison.
UNPLEASANT MEMORY RECALLED.
The protracted incarceration Of these unfortunate
men is the of much irritation in Ireland and
immense mass meetings have been held and monster
petitions presented asking Tor their release On one
memorable occasion hundred members of Para-
ment signed petition for amnesty, to Which Earl
Beaconsheld gave contempruous refusal, not know
Ing that at that very time sh-American ex-
petition had struck the bonds six OF the prisoners
confined In Western Australia. The eGoct of this
event has done more restore confidence to tho rev.
dictionary party than anything which has occurred
for years
NO MERCY IRISH REBELS
In the House Of Commons last night Mr.. O'ConnoP
Powers motion favor OF the Of nc Fenian
prisoners rejected by a vote Of 1856 to q. Coming
time when say how soon England may
be involved in foreign this vote is calculated 70
deepen tho irritation in ireland and the
distrust in Parliamentary and constitutional u
rodressing grievances.
DEAcoNsrIRLD ExoyERATED.
Even the liberal newspapers consider that Earl Boa
consacd exoncrated himself Thursday night in the
House OF Lords in the matter Of Mr. Pgott's appoint
Comptroller OF the Stationery Office ny show
ing that personally unucquainted with Mr.. Pig
OFT or his family.
ANOTHER M'MAHoS.
The appropriately OF the reactionary Ministry in
France proved by the difficulty OF procuring con-
vicon in the numerous press prosecutions recently
Instituted The trial OF the proprn,ors Of tho news
paper LEyolite du Peupe of MarseiiIes has resulted
in q verdict Of acquttaL , ~.
GRANT HOyoRED SCOTLAND.
General Grant is still tho subject Of popular interest
in Great Britain, and the wish to do him honor has
not abated iota. The Town Council OF Glasgow has
formally agreed ask MIN to acccrA the freedom Of
the city.
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A POLAR ExPEDrTioN.-Captain Tyson starts
next week new expedition to the Polar
regions, for the purpose Of establishing what is
called tho IIowgate Polar Colony. The object
s to collect data in reference to the meteorology
Of the Arctic regions, and is one of number of
Polar colonies which it is proposed to establish.
The appeal Of CAPTAIN Howgatc for contribu-
tons in mid of the family Of Captain Tyson
during his absence is one that should commend
Itself to the fricnds Of Polar ex pluqation.