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The New York herald., 1877-12-01
Ssrvia's Position.

The powers that be in Belgrade seem at
last to have plucked up courage enough to
assume q distinctly warlike attitude toward
Turkey. Once more we hear Of Horvato-
vich and Lesjanin, and of operations on the
Morava and Timok. An occasion Of this
sort will not pass without an outcry from
the Turcophile press in England and else
where against such dastardly conduct, and
an equally fierce denunciation from the
other side, because this feeble little State
suspended its intentions until the case of
the Moslems had become 80 plainly des-
perate that only some military miracle
could save them. History will eventually
Judge the Ssrvian government mere
leniently. >Russia and the elements of
Turkish misrule desired this war, and
Servia's war of last year brought it about
For that, therefore, she is entitled to their
gratitude F; and when they fancy she should
have plunged in again this year they must
remember that the tremendous punishment
she received in her own war might fairly be
considered as her contingent toward the
exhaustion Of the Ottoman Power.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
Cenditaen Of sh. Pope.

Judging from the facts presented in our
despatch from Rome the Pope seems once
more to have overcome the trouble that
threatened an immediate dissolution. The
purulent discharges from the issues on his
legs were the source of this trouble as Of all
the late critical occasions They were in
terrupted. Discharges of this nature, though
eventually exhaustive, yet often acquire an
almost physiological character, particularly
in aged persons. They become SO far func-
tional that while they continue the equili-
brium Of the faculties is preserved and their
cessation is the source of such grave de-
rangements as would result from the dis
turbance of any established habit of the
system. The re-establishment of these dis
charges is therefore good sign SO far as it
goes, as indeed might be inferred from the
attendant occurrence of restoration of
clearness of intellect and good spirits.
Nevertheless, though this establishment
of the discharge is necessary condition Of
recovery from the immediate danger, yet
ultimately the discharges themselves must
wear out the victim; and, though they may
keep him alive from day to day, they neces-
sarily destroy, considered in their effect,
from month to month,
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Popular organ concerts are given every Saturday At
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, at four O'Clock p NJ.
Dr. Damrosch and his orchestra give . classical
concert At Stenway Hall this afternoon and Theodore
Thomas in the evening. Tho programme OF sacn IL
very effective.
IL is tho universal testimony OF the theatrical man.
agorssthat on Thanksgiving night their respective
establishments attended BY tho largest audiences
OF tho season.
Miss Mary Anderson again appears at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre this afternoon and evening a. Meg
MerriIies Owing 10 tho heavy strain upon her In tins
performances, mentally and physically, she will play
the part only on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
next week. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and at
tho Saturday ma.ince sns Will appear as Parthona In
"Ingomar."
Mr. Joe Jefferson tonight gives an extra perform
ancs Of Grip Van winkisn a Booths Theatre To-day,
at two O'Clock r. NJ. no gives his farewell matinee
These viii positively bo shs last performances that Mr.
Jefferson will give this season. Next week he sets
out on q brief tour under Mr. Daly's management.
supported by the same company now retiring with
him a. Booths Theatre He opens In Harrisburg on
Monday.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
kissing 10 chcek.music.

Kissing 10 chcek.music.
Chattering people wear n-chilly.
The crow-cuss IL blooming, Mr. Patterson.
Goats wear chin whiskers like Brigham Young'a
Senator Edmunds had crab-appls pie ior Thanks.
giving
In the name OF temperance why should 80 nns q
steak be called porter-h house?
Senator Blaine lett Augusta, Me-, yesterday Tor
washng gton by the noon train
In che mistry 1t takes fourteen years for student
10 overtakc knowledge as It now stands.
Some Of the Senators evidently hope 70 reduce David
Davis weight by the bantering system.
Carl Schurz Is called doctrtnaire, word In poiti.
cal economy which means doctor-in-aiE
Iu politics little piety covers multitude OF SINS
much like ten cent stamp 10 paper OF tobacco.
III gravely limited that tho Harvard boys learned
their skill At football from seeing Soldens and Lydia
Senator Morrissoy thinks that Savannah rs a nne
SPOT Yes; t's bowers also very nice, especially
that right bower.
most Of those who arc always going about asking
what they shall do to be saved already picked IN
their own briny tcars
It's calculated that II all the insects Of the world
wero piled the heap would be greater than
that OF all the beasts end birds.
Mark Pattison says that eight svo pages are nm
average hours reading, FAC pages for day and 22o
volumes yoar. This Is bis merely mechanical limit
Germany prints $4,000 books every year, and from
reading the modern hgh-sounding words printed In
Gothic type nxtyonc por cent Of the boys Of the up
por class At the Hamburg Johanneum made
shortsghtcd.
On Thanksgiving evening lhore came sound from
Michigan as follows:-
Joe Anderson, my demijohn,
When We began together;
o. stop yer nonsense, 60 along,
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
A Hero Spoiled.

Frank Rande, the Western rufian who
was arrested in pawnbroker's shop in st.
Louis few days ago after having fatally
wounded one police officer, slightly wounded
another and received o bullet in his own
breast, seems to be very remarkable char
acter. His murderous career has been
marked by rccklessn ess and daring which
indicate an entire ignorance of fear, and
even now that his fate is sealed, while the
terrible doom Of death by Lynch law at the
hands Of an infuriated people stares him in
the face he declares his only wish to
be that he might have club in
his hand when the ceremony takes
place, so that he might brain dozen before
he died. That this is no idle bravado is
faced and fought angry crowds. In August
last, when he robbed the house of Mr..
Belden, in Illinois, and was pursued by
more than twenty men, he killed Mr.. Bel
den, badly wounded another, and effected
his escape. At st. Elmo, In the same State,
he faced the town, shooting down three
persons and making good his fight. Yet,
fend as he is, he is said to be we'll con-
nected, to have received good education,
to write we'll, to love poetry, and to have in
Pennsylvania wife and child, those gen.
orally humanizing ties. Crank Rande"
is, of course an assumed name. He is
described as a handsome man, of good
height, unusually powerful frame, wonder
full activity, and an eye and chin that denote
power and determination OF character.
Now, what is it that has prevented Frank
Rande from being hero instead Of o
brigand and IN outlaw The accident Of
birth? The combinations Of evil asso-
ciations in early life? Vicious training
and the lawless indulgence Of unre-
strained passions? He has the makings
Of o hero in his composition; manly
strength, intelligence and the most
reckless courage. He has even some
notions Of chivalry. II never wronged o
woman" he says to the Western reporters.
"and never killed man who did not face
me and fight me-" When he was wounded
and arrested he rallied at the officers, who,
enraQed OF the shooting Of their comrades.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
The Parts Exhibition.

The bill for the appropriation of one hum
dred and fifty thousand dollars to defray
the expenses Of the representation of this
country at the Paris Exhibition of 1878
passed the Senate yesterday with some rea-
sonable and proper amendments, to which
there is little doubt the House will agree.
One Of these is that the chief commissioner
shall be appointed by the President, with
the advice and consent Of the Senate. This
is an excellent provision, aad one for which
the President himself should be especially
grateful; but whether he may or may not
see the fact in that light it is one with
which the country has reason to be particu-
larly well satisfied. This provision tends
to relieve the President of the importu-
mites of hosts of incompetent persons,
who would besiege him for the appoint
ment if it were made solely by him. That
system has operated very badly in the past.
It's results have been scandalous and dis
graceful. Indeed, it has seemed to Ameri-
cans in foreign countries that the things we
exhibited with most effect at famous expo
sitions were venality and chicanery-a dis
position to sell ourselves in every conceiva-
BILE way and to cheat the buyer if possible.
With the requirement that the Senate shall
approve this appointment it will not be .
mere piece of Executive favor but the posi-
ton will have tho dignity of IN Office issuing
from the legitimate appointing power. It
has been understood that this appointment
would be given to General Hawley. We do
not know that that could be bettered, and if
that name has been agreed upon it was not
of course necessary to modify the bill in
order to get good appointment. Yet the
modification will have the good effect of
giving more dignity and importance to the
place.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

trampled upon and denied him wa
ter, as towards. At last ono police
man took charge of him who laid
him in an easy position, placed
coat under his head and gave him water
to drink. HE treated me-" said the bravo,
las one brave man treats another" What
a slight change in the revolving wheel OF
fortune might have made such man capa-
BILE of great deeds and have ranked him
among those whose names are sounded to
posterity through the trumpet of famel
How trifling variation in fortunes lottery
might have made Frank Rande of many q
chronicled hero, and graced him at his
death w0h the moose of Judge Lynch in
stead of the laurel crown!
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

THE WEATHER.-The small depression which
moved along the Atlantic coast line on Sunday
and arrived off the New England shore on the
during yesterday. The principal depression,
which has been for some days north Of the lakes
and over Canada, is also gradually moving
northeastward, and the tendency to absorb the
minor disturbance is very decided. As result
Of the proximity of the two areas of low press
urc the weather northward of Montaulx
Point, l.. l.. has been. unfavorable. Rains
and heavy SHOWS have fallen from Nova
Scotia westward into the lake region, with
generally fresh to high winds on the Middle
Atlantic coast. In the region southeast.
ward Of Florida the pressure has fallen
somewhat, with very high winds from the north
ward. This indicates that another depression is
approaching the coast from that direction, and
which may travel northeastward But from the
distribution of pressures between ATTITUDES
twenty-five and thirty-fvc degrees we believe
that tho disturbance will take a course more to
the eastward and pass away between the paral-
lels referred to. The highest pressure is now in
the West Gulf States, and diminishcs northward,
northeastward and southcastward within the
ukcss Cuoe VI sHS ANVSny houutuiuS. lHc prcNull-
ing winds are from northerly and westerly
points Throughout the country the tempera-
ture continues very low, particularly in the
Northwest, where it is only degree or two
above zero at many points, and in the Southern
States where it has fallen far below
the mean. Yesterday afternoon it was ut
freezing point and below in all the
districts except on the immediate Gulf coast,
in the South Atlantic States and on the New
England coast. This severe change may injure
crops, but it will effectually remove all dangers
Of yellow fever in the districts where that terri
BILE disease has been raging. Another depres-
sion il now advancing into Dakota attended by
o rising temperature. Tho weather in New
York and its vicinity to-day will be colder and
fair or partly cloudy, and on tomorrow will
probably be cold and clear.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
mr. B..eh.r ON Honest Money.

Mr. Beecher ON Honest Money.
That part Of the Thanksgiving sermon
in Plymouth Church which related to pend
ing financial movements and discussions
was Of remarkable clearness and cogency.
The whole discourse was able, and other
parts Of it would be deemed equally strik-
ing if historical speculations had the same
interest as important contemporary ques-
tions. OF course there is nothing new in Mr..
Beecher's ideas Of the currency but the
truth has been SO clouded by crotchets and
obscured by sophistry that his admirable
gift of seizing the strong points Of q sub
iect and presenting them with lucid clear
ness is Of signal service. There is no fog
in Mr.. Beecher's intellect, and no man is
more capable of clearing away the fog from
the minds of others, and his mastery OF apt
phrases and felicitous illustrations secures
for his ideas ready entrance into the popu-
lar mind. What could be better, for in
stance, than his exposure Of what he calls
suppressed Reputation" and his COM
parison Of it to the measles, which are more
dangerous when they strike in than when
saffron tea or other medicine brings the dis
ease out upon the surface of the skin ?
What he means by suppressed repudiation
is an attempt to cheat under mask of hon
esty by taking advantage of the law TO
eyade just obligations. II hate the devil
hiding under the law" he says, "more
than the devil riding over the law"
An act of Congress enabling men
to cheat their creditors with impunity by
paying them in debased currency blunts
the conscience Of the community. When q
thieving disposition ''strikes in" there is
little chance Of recovery, whereas bold
and open thief is likely to be brought to
shame and learn the error of his ways. Mr..
Beecher insists that there is no more moral
right to change the standard of money than
the standard of weights and measures.
"What if the pound weight should be
changed? What if the quart, the pint,
the yard should be subject to fluctuations,
so that time should come when no man
would know where either stood ?" He does
not object particularly to the reconciliation
Of silver, but if that is to. be done he insists
that the Mint shall coin honest silver dollars
putting silver enough into them to make
them fully equivalent to gold dollars. But
the silver champions have no such inten-
ton. "You cannot make that equal to a
gold dollar" says Mr. Beecher, (which is
not equal. No act of Congress can make
two pounds Of one. No Congress can alter
nature. To enable men to cheat by law is q
high crime and misdemeanor, and if our Con-
gressmen do not know that what are they in
Congress for? When the blind lead the
blind and they both fall into the ditch it
will not help them that it is silver lined"
"Woe be to those men, bull-headed, with
out eyes, who are attempting to palm off on
the integrity and sagacity of the nation
quibbles on the most difficult problems Of
fnancep This is sound doctrine well put
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

in the Senate for the deposition of Mr.. Sum-
completely or assistance in that movement,
which then miscarried, anu which was prob
ably inspired by st. Domingo resentment at
the White House, since the Motley corre-
spondence had not then been made public.
But the second movement against Mr.. Sum-
ner, which eliminated successfully for the
promoters in April, 1871, and was resisted
in the Senate by only nine votes, and those
given by democrats, had, no doubt, the SYM
pathy of the State Department, which the
first movement had not, according to Mr..
Pierce.
Here is touched the inner core Of the sub
ject, which is Mr.. Summers real relation to
which the President had decided upon and
which the latter insists that Mr.. Motley, al
though acquainted Herewith, did not adopt
or sustain in his intercourse with Lord
Clarendon. In respect to this critical point
of the controversy Mr.. Pierce does not
speak, although, as Mr.. Summers biog-
rapher, he must have at hand ample means
for ascertaining and declaring whether
the Senator was not then hostile to
any amicable settlement at that time of our
dispute with Great Britain, and especially
hostile to the general plan of adjustment
which was finally made. Mr. Pierce must
be able to say whether the President did
not cause that adjustment to be submitted
to Mr.. Sumner in the very first days of its
inception, and must be aware of any opinions
which the latter expressed thereon. What
the country now seeks from Mr.. Pierce, as
the testamentary custodian of Mr.. Sum-
ners papers, is not dispute over the
merest incidents of this important matter,
but an exhibition of what those papers
and any diary in his possession show was
Mr.. Summers attitude to that pending ne
gotiation, and whether that attitude was not
the real cause of the successful effort to re-
move him from the craftsmanship of the
committee When the public is in possess
sion Of the views Of Mr.. Pierce it will be in
order to hear the reply of ex-President
Grant and Mr.. Fish, as we'll as to hear from
Mr. Conkling as representing the admins
tration party Of that day in the Senate.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

HUNDREDS OF FARMERS in West Virginia
have been ruined by the late floods, the dam
ages in one county alone being nearly half a
million dollars. With proper system of
weather signals the late disasters could in d
great measure have been prevented
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
WITH SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER /. 1877.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADvERrIsERs.-T6
insure the proper classification Of Advertisements
It is absolutely necessary that they be handed in
before eight o'clock erery erenissg.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

The PARIS EXPOSITION BILL has been passed
by the Senate, with some unimportant amend
ments, which, it is to be hoped, will meet the
approval Of the House SO that we may get it out
of the way
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

A LARGE NUMBER of adulterated milk dealers
We're fined yesterday from five to twenty dollars.
II the Croton supply is good they can easily
make up this amount in short time. Imprison-
ment should in such cases accompany fine
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

Mr.. PePPENHUsEN's CREDIToRs have refused
an extension and an assignee has been ap-
pointed. His liabilities are about three and
half millions. The assets are set down at
moro than double that amount
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
showed great weakness in all the principal
active stocks, Lake Shore being the chief specu-
iative issue. Government bonds were quiet,
while states were steady and railroads irregular.
Money ON call was easy all day at 5 per
cent.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

THE NOVEMBER FAILURES in this city are
about the same in number as last month, but
the aggregate liabilities-in round numbers two
million dollars-are fortunately only one-half
what they were in October
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

From ossr reports ntis morning the probable
fies are that The weather IN Nep York and its nj
einity today wiH be colder and fair or parA,
cloudy, and on fo-naosvo,c cold and clear.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

The AIDERMANIc COMMITTEE ought to settle
the armory question at their meeting to-day. 1t
is as hard to get q report from them as from the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

The CREWS of the life saving stations are at
last in their quarters The true policy is to
keep the stations manned all the year, at least
on the dangerous parts Of the coast.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

The EXHIBITION of the Decorative Art So
ciety next week will be the finest and most
interesting affair of the kind ever held here, and
ought to be largely attended.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

no quorum Of the House Of Representatives yes
terday.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

dication of the effect upon him Of what
goes on about him.
The Senate Yestsrday- - Con Kiln e.
Triumph.
Senator Conkling has, thus far, no reason
to be dissatisfied with the progress of his
campaign against the President. In the
thing which he had most at heart, although
he was too wary tactician to put it in front
and make fuss about it, he has been per-
fectly successful. We Of course refer to the
Custom House nominations The Commit
tee on Commerce, in its meeting yesterday,
decided to report them adversely, and with
characteristic tact Mr.. Conkling managed to
have motion to 60 into executive session
defeated, although he voted for it himself
when he saw that his vote was not
necessary for deciding it accord
ing to his wish. It is not prob
able that there will be another executive
session before the adjournment of the extra
session, and the nominations will fall 10 the
ground with the adjournment Having been
reported on adversely by the committee. but
not acted on by the Senate, they are in pre-
cisely the position in which Mr. Conklng
wishes to have them. Had they been abso-
lutely rejected the President might, in the
brief interval between the adjournment and
the meeting Of the regular session, suspend
the Custom House officers under the Tenure
of Office law and fill their places with ap-
pointees who would be entitled to hold
until the end Of the next session. No mat
ter at what hour Congress may adjourn to-day
there would be time to do this if the Presi-
dent saw his way clear in other respects
The regular session does not begin until
noon on Monday, and the President has
authority under the Tenure of Office law to
suspend and replace the Custom House
officers on Monday morning. It is not
probable that he would do it, but Mr..
Conkling does not intend to give him
chance. If he should undertake to do it
while the Senate had not acted on his nom-
nations questions could be raised which
would get the President into very hot
water. BY the adverse report Of the COM
the failure of the Senate to act the nomina-
tions are placed in such o position that he
is checkmatcd during the interval between
the adjournment and the regular session.
1t is signal victory for Mr.. Conkling, and
has been adroitly won.
President Hayes was subjected to another
and even greater humiliation in the Sem
ate yesterday. Patterson, who wishes to
make his peace with the republican party,
took advantage of the temper Of the Senate
and made speech Of two hours consisting
of o violent attack on the President and his
Southern policy. But when he had sat
down not voice was raised in reply. Among
all the republicans in the Senate the Presi-
dent has not single defender This is o
mortifying contrast to his recent triumphal
professions through the country. But yes
terday he seemed to have applause from all
the world, "now none so poor to do him
reverence" This is terrible humiliation.
After Pattersons speech and the failure of
anybody to reply the unsuccessful attempt
was made to 90 into executive session, when
the party debate was resumed in truculent
spirit, with the prospect that it would con-
tinue oil night.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
Grant Leaves Paris.

Last night General Grant was feasted for
the last time in Paris at the house Of Mr..
Harjes, the banker, where he was at least
not used as he lately was in the same city, in
the way of fgurehead for the crowd of tuft-
hunters who flourish in the edges of the
American colony there and confound them
selves with that colony to the eyes Of the
uninitiated. As the guest Of many distin-
guished persons in the gay capital and o
man honored in all circles he has enjoyed
an unco mmonly brilliant round Of festivi-
ties and has been the subject Of wide and
various criticism, and has stood the fire of
festivities and criticism alike with that i'm
perturbable tranquility which is an insep-
arabic element Of his identity. He is now
off for Lyons and Marseilles, and the
change will be rest to him, if man can
be supposed to be fatigued who gives no in
dication Of the effect upon him Of what
goes on about him.
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WHAT . LIVE FOR.

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Who's bearts are kind And fue
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FOR the bright hop~s left behind ne.
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who'se suffered for nay sale.
To emulate their elory.
And follow In their wake;