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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
stanley's Nile Explorations.

Another letter from Mr. Stanley is printed
to-day. This letter is the most important
contribution made toward the calculation
of the Nile problem since the announce
ment of the discoveries of the Albert and
Victoria Niyanza. 1t advances ono more
step toward the conquest OF the great secret.
With the lacustrine character Of the head
waters of the Nile exhibited tolerably well
in what was known of the two great
Niyanzas, Albert and Victoria, the main
problem appeared to be the determination
of the source from which their waters were
derived in order that it might be known
whether the supply was such as would sutIi-
GENTLY account for the Nile as it exists
between the Albert Niyanza and the entrance
of the Blue Nile, or whether, the supply
being deemed insufficient, it was necessary
to continue the hunt for still other elements
and parts Of the gigantic system of water
shed by which old Nile does his ample
share in draining the great plateau Of Cen
trail Africa. In the description given by
Stanley last year of the Shimeeyu, large
river which seems to drain the western wall
of the system Of which Kilimanjaro is the
highest point, great probability was added
to the theory that the Niyanzas, with their
yet undiscovered affluents, would prove to
be ample sources of supply for the great
stream. But in the present letter
Stanley describes q hitherto unvisited
feeder of the Victoria, compared to
,,,l;ob &ba C1,;uoo,,,, &c ccorca1v mora thop n
trout brook. In the course Of this river he
also finds third Niyanza, orgreat reservoir.
This stream, which he names the Alexandra
Nile, and lower portion of which has been
called the Kageera on Stanleys former
maps, flows through upward Of three de-
grees of longitude and two of latitude and
drains about five square degrees, or eighteen
thousand square miles. This great river
discharges its waters into tho Victoria
whence they go to the Albert and so to the
White Nile; and these three great Niyanzas,
that are only SO many successive ex-
pansions and storage places of Nile
water, with the stream that connects
them and with their thousands of minor
affluents drain an area of not less than
seventy thousand square miles-a territory
equal to one-third of France. This is q
drainage that amply accounts for all the
waters Of the Nile, and the exploration of
the Upper Alexandra Nile will leave little
to be learned of the history Of the great
river. In spirit of geographical chivalry
the hardy explorer has attached to the great
river he is the first to describe and its atten-
dant lake the name of the Princess Of Wales,
and thus handsomely maintains the free
masonry of the discoveries who derived the
names of the other Niyanzas also from the
English royal family.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
Spring Business and the Herald.

There is no better barometer of trade than
the advertising columns of newspapers.
When business is really dull and the citizen
puts double strap upon his pocketbook, or
carefully leaves his money at home, there is
no one who knows of it sooner than the man
who seeks trade by advertising At such
times the advertising agent may be selected
ct sight from mixed assemblage; his
department is as solemn as that of
preacher without pulpit and his face de-
notes I'm internal demand for specifics
against biliousness.
Judged by the advertising columns of the
HERALD, however, marked improvement
In our paper of Sunday there appeared more
than three thousand advertisements, show
ing on increase of nearly eight hundred, or
about twenty-five per cent over the core-
spending Sunday of 1876, and an increase of
five hundred, or nearly twenty per cent,
over those in the HERALD of the previous
Sunday Another significant fact is that the
circulation of last Sunday HEEALD--Sunday
editions being bought as much for their
advertisements as for their news-was
about twenty-five thousand greater than on
the corresponding Sunday of last year.
Upon Analysing the increase We find that
it is largely in the special departments Of
real estate least and west side and in the
central part of the city. houses and rooms
wanted or to let both furnished and unfur-
nished, and property out of the city for
sale, to let or to exchange for city property.
The meaning of oil this is that people feel
justified in changing their homes instead Of
making virtue of necessity and remaining
where they have been.
Should this increase Of advertising con-
tinue the HERALD will find II impossible to
put into quadruple sheet-sixteen pages
all the advertisements that are offered and
the news of the day besides. quintuple
sheet will probably be necessary next Sun
day to meet the exigences of our business.
We are determined that no pains shall be
spared in our endcnvors to bring advertisers
and readers into communication with each
other, and we hail with satisfaction these
positive proofs that confidence is indeed
returning, and that both those who sell and
those who buy are jostling each other in our
columns as they have never done before.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Logan walks slowly.
Emerson is In Washington.
Nasty docs not always trim his board.
Yala mink Is now worn with dark green.

Logan walks slowly.
Emerson is In Washington.
Nasty docs not always trim his board.
Pale pink Is with dark green.
viscount Parker, OF England, is at the Brovoort
Stanley Matthew'S father was n professor OF mathe-
MATES.
Congressman Samuel J. Randall, Of Philadelphia, 10
al the New York.
Dr. s,gismund r. Blum, of tho Austrian Legation at
Washington, Is at the Westminster
French society is depicted by its novelsts, the
chldrcn's game has II. "by the rules OF contrary"
Senior Don Manuel r. Garcia, the Argentine Minister,
arrived a, tho Albemarc yesterday from Washington.
NJ Guizot used to confess that, TO rest his mind, he
of,ou INDUCED In a novel but he took add the
novels he read we're English.
Murat Haistcal wishes to learn how Mr. Hollngs-
WORTH of Mount Vernon, knows that the romans Of
WASHINGTON not pctr1cd
During the glacial epoch reindeer, now confined 10
Arctic regions, ranged the Valley Of the Connecticut
They used to have Medtord horns.
St Louis Republican: young King OF Spain is
about to marry again, afor having once tried the
thing He doesn't to have great deal Of judg.
mont or force OF character"
Apropos OF The Arcadidn under Its new management,
IL may not be amiss 70 say that the Chicago Tribune
calls Mr. Louis Engel ono of the best equipped musical
critics In the United States
snail from tho Egyptian Desert was found to be
alive after having been glued for four years to tablet
in the British Museum. Snails have been glued 10
American politics for a still greater number Of years.
ana are almost alive.
son OF Senator Morton will hereafter superintend
the killing of seals in Alaska Mr. Morton SHOULD see
that the privilege Of killing seals Is not abused, and
other people should see that young Mr. John Morton
does not make any money outside his salary.
Evening Teiegrdm:-"Brgham Young, in a despatch
to the HERALD, denies any completely with Ice In tho
Mountain Meadows massacre We trust that tho prose-
cutting officers In Utah Territory soon will give him
occasion to put tho denial the more formal shape
Of plea TO an Indictment"
Dried mush rooms are much esteemed In China, and
they are also largely consumed by japanese either 90
a dish by themselves or as condimcnt with other
dishes. Dried mushrooms rctain their flavor for a
great length Of time, aud thus bear transport to any
distance very we'll
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

The WEArHER-A storm Of remarkable en-
ergy has passed along the Atlantic coast, at
tended by an unusually heavy precipitation. On
Saturday morning the depression advanced from
the region of the Western Gulf in northeasterly
direction toward Tennessee. 1t soon be-
came central in the vicinity Of Nashville,
where, however, tho pressure continued
only few tenths below the mean.
On Sunday evening it began to develop
considerable energy and the pressure fell de-
cidcdly, and movement eastward to the coast
commenced. During yesterday the course Of
the storm centre was along the eastern side Of
the Allegheny Mountains and directly over New
York city. The rain area extended ~ far as the
upper lakes and from Northern Florida to Nova
Scotia along the coast Tho rainfall at New
London was 1856 inches, Mt New York 1.5j at
Boston 1.56 and at Baltimore 900 inches during
sixteen hours. The wind was very heavy during
the passage of the storm. 1t attained its highest
velocity at New York mt $40 p. M. yesterday
being then ut the rate of 4S miles an hour.
West of the mountains the wind was light, but
On the coast Il was extremely irregular and dan
ccrous. Thus, when IL was 80 miles ut New
York il was only at New London, 20 at Bos-
ton. Is at Portland. 90 at PASSPORT and IL at
Halifax. An area Of very high pressure
Is central off Nova Scotia, and the
baronlct1ic gradient 10 therefore very steep
toward tho northeast, which accounts for tho
high wind velocity. Another depression has adj
vanced over the Platte Valley and an area of
birh pressure over Manitoba. The temperature
Il very high in the West and Southwest, modcr-
ate in the central and Atlantic districts and
slightly shove freezing in the st. Lawrence Val
lev. The wca&her In New York today viii DC
varm and cloudy, with rain, followed by cooler
and clear on partly cloudy vsatA9, With orisk
TO high wegssrly winds. !
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-The stock market
was fairly active, and there was q general de-
cline in all the active stocks. The feature Of the
market was n break in Pacific Mail. which broke
rom Fl d, the opening price, to 1853, with a
ncovcry later OH to 90 declining again to 1884,
old was steady at 1O47s. Government stocks
WIRE quiet and steady, and railroad bonds irreg-
MIR. Money on call was easy at o per cent,
theclosing rate being pig per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

From reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,ceather IN Ne,c York today sciH be
,ca,p. and cloudy, ,ri rai' folo'ced By cooler and
clear or partly cloudy accather, ,ci b,isk to high
1restcyly riids.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

TIE LOTTERY DEALERS charged with send
ing circulars through the mail paid their fines
yesterday, and are doubtless grumbling to-day
that the penalty was SO slight These legal tits
against lotteries will prove the best of adver-
tiscment, unless the fines are made more in
accordance with the gravity Of the offence.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

GENERAL GRANTS LATEST SPEECH is as short
as any of its predecessors, but nobody will grum-
bic ut its contents. Four years of fighting
against soldiers and twice four in mortal strife
with politicians cntitle the ex-Prcsident to the
rest which he is evidently enjoying so heartily,
with the best wishes of his fellow sovercigns.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

PRESIDENT HAYES HAS TELEGRAPHED to Pack
ard to maintain the existing situation unchanged
until the commission reaches New Orleans. This
is doubtless meant as check to the activity of
Packard in trying to strengthen his government,
of which our New Orleans correspondent gives
very full account.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

"LoRD BUFoRT," the modern Alfred Jingle,
faithful job Trotter but before implicitly ac-
cepting the Wallets statements the cautious
reader would do well to take his "Pickwick' in
hand and read, with their mournful sequence,
the pages upon which are recorded the conf
dences reposed in Mr.. PiclSwick by "the chap in
tho mulberry suit"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

ANY TAXPAYER who has been led by late
newspaper stories to imagine his own assess
ncnts will be smaller than usual on account Of
the enormous sums reported restored by Tweed,
Sweeny and others will find only cold comfort
in 'The Ring Compromise" this morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

IT SEEMS AT LAST that the Kelsey mystery is
tn be explained. The only wonder is that con-
science has heretofore been so sleepy in the
ncighborhood of Huntington when there was so
much to keep it awake.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

The Governor has returned to the Assem-
bly, the bill in relation to the Superintend-
ent of Public Works without his approval,
his reasons for which are given in the Mes
sage printed elsewhere to-day. The Cover
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

GENERAL CRooK REPORTS that the hostile
Cheyenmes are coming in to the agencies. Cause,
starvation. "When the devil was sick the devil
Q saint would be-"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
TRIPLE SH e e Il .
NEW YORK. TUESDAY, MARCH 81. 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special Newspaper
train over Railroad and its connections,
leaving Jersey City at quarter past four NJ daily and
West Harrisburg and South Washington, reaching
phia quarter six A. ". and Washington
oncP NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27

BROOKLYN HAS REFORMED. Officer Clearly
the newest knave of clubs, has been relieved
from duty once more.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19

show, the borrowing OF money and
contracting to pay interest thereon, and
the payment of money from tho treasury
In direct violation OF the letter and spirit
OF the organic law Of the city.
This Is indefensible. Those represen-
ting the city can exercise only such pow
ers, In its name and on Its behalf, as are
expressly conferred by It's organic law,
as are Incidental and necessary to carry
into effect the objects OF the incoTpora-
Non.
"Much lees can any powers be eXeroi-
sed or act done which Is forbidden by
statute. Dillon on Municipal Corpora
ton, 65.
Objection Is urged that the court below
erred In the proceedings by attachment
against the aldermen for dlsobedlence &c
the preliminary injunction. As no Judge
mcnt was rendered against the aldermen
on the final hearing, II is impossible to see
how they have been preiudlced by the at
tachmeRt.
1t has been held in numerous cases thai
neither an appeal nor writ OF error VII
lie on a aimple interlocutorv order. Inc
city collector was not authorized 10 pro
coed to collect the tax. Cooper 50. INT
People eX REL, September term, 1876.
The tax having been certified to by The
county clerk, IL should have been collect
ell by the same official by which state
and county taxes are collected,
We see no cause to disturb the decree
and II ia accordingly affirmed.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
worn in. The House

SHORTLY after the present state officers
ysre Installed last winter, says a Spring
Geld, Illinois, telegram, there was presen.
ted Ut the Treasury for payment several
5000 drafts, which with interest amount.
Cd to So 900, purporting to have been
drawn upon the old commissioner fund,
dated March q, lS40. They came from
New York and were found amongthe old
private. papers Of tile father of n
Mr.. Fred White Of that city, and
sent 10 Mr.. sal'onstaIl of Chicago
and brought here tor payment. suspic-
ion was at once aroused as to their gen.
ninensss, and, alter q thorough examin.
atom, payment was refused.
Nc Saltonstall also began his investi-
gatien by gathering information from al
most all sections Of the country. Among
others whose testimony concerning them
is submitted is that Of Mr.. Henry Eel.
lows, whose name Is on the back of the
DRAFT as commissioner, now living In
California. In letter, at some length,
he pfonounces them a forgery.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
LONDON CHURCHES.

1t should interest our Episcopalian
readers to learn that from an eccleSiasti-
cal census recently completed it appears
that out of the eight hundred and forty
AM. churches in London there are only
! IIIiI y ~ which the clergy brave their
bishops in cucharistic vestmcnts, thirty
nine which maintain candles on the altar,
and iiity.eight which have altar lights;
sixteen in which incense is used
just double the number in
1873; two hundred and siXty.ninc which
are dressed with floral decorations; one
hundred and ilfty.two in which the cast
ward position at communion Is maintain.
ed; and sixty.sevcn in which shortened
service is performed. Daily communion
Is celebrated in thirty-nine only, but in
one hundred and thlrty-two there is no
weekday service; three hundred and forty
maintain surpliced choirs, one hundred
and forty.four of which are paid. There
are in addition four hundred voluntary
choirs; one hundred and twenty-seven
adopt the Gregorian tones. In four hun
dred and siXty-flve churches the surplicc
isused in the pulpit. There is no return
Of the number of churches in which The
contession-boX is in vogue.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

=. In 1877 n. w. Edwards. a taxpayer
OF the city of Springfield, brought sui,
before Judge Zane Of the Sangamon cir
cult court to restrain the city council o.
the city OF Springfield from issuing scrip
or mourning Indebtedness in an.
ticipltion of the collection OF taxes.
An Injunction was issued and the mayor
OF the city, Hon. &. L. Hay, discharged
the police and fire departments until
money was collected to pay the expenses
OF those departments. An appeal was
taken to the supreme court, where q de,
cislon in the case has just been reached
The supreme court decides that the de.
cree Of the lower court must be sustained.
The opinion was written by Judge Scho-
held, and concludes as follows:
The facts here found US proved. and
ABOUT which there seems TO be no dis.
pute, show an increase in the city deht in
plain and palpable violation OF the con.
sutution each year since the adoptlon n,
that instrument. At no time since the
adoption of the constitution has Its ont.
standing Indebtedness been less than five
centum on the value of the taxable prop.
erty OF the city as ascertained by Tie an.
nual assessments tor state aud county pur.
poses, but TO the reverse, 1t has been
largely in excess Of that amount, and vet
It's indebtedness was augmented March
!, 1871, S4;l7I.s9; March /, 1872, ssh.
isoO2; March 1873, S7O,2i9.0l, and
March l., 1874, SOL ,9l49O.
1t is impossible that this could have
been for current expenses, and satisfied
by appropriating to their payment the
current revenue as levied each year. If
such expenses had been thus Satisfied.
there could have been no debt left stand.
Ing; for whether the appropriations were
made at the beginning or the end OF the
iiscal year could make no difference.
since in either case 1t must satisfy and
year. 80 VIZ
The facts found as proved, likewise
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
THE EASTERN WAR.

MuKHTAR rAsHA'S DErEAT-u'S ARMY
ROUTED AND DESTROYED.
St. Louis Republican, 18th
The news of decisive Russian victory
In Asia Minor receives additional conlir-
nation in to.days dispatches from both
Russian and Turkish sources. The for
mer claim that the army OF Mukhtar
PaShl was utterly destroyed
as q fighting body; that Mukhtar re-
treated upon Kars after fearful rout,
losing a great number in killed, wounded
and prisoners. The Russians claim to
have captured seven pashas, 3G guns and
a great quantity Of war materials
| Mukhtar PaSha claims on the other
hand to haye lost only SEQ men, and to
have entirely destroyed regiment and
half OF Russian cavalry and tour battal
ions Of infantry. lie acknowledges
that lie was driven back to
Kars, and says Russian rentorcements
with 200 guns, handled by skilled artil'
I lerists, were too much Tor him. News OF
| importance comes also from bulgaria
The bombardment OF Plevna, it is an.
nounced from Bucharest, has recon-
menced along the whole line and decisive
action is imminent, Russian advices re
port large numbers of the Turks desert
| ing; also that Osman Pasha's communi
cation with Sophia has been cut
Suleiman Pasha concentrating his forces
at Kadkoi and battle with the cazaro
witch is momentarly expected. A cor
respondent at Simnitza gives discour
aging view of the situation there. ii
says the mud is two to four feet deel
and travel even by pedestrians almos
impossible; also that much sickness pre-
and that the bridge over the Danube i
very shaky.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
CIIANCERY NOTICE.

state of Illinois, County Of Alexander
Circuit court of Alexander county. January
Term, LIS.
urbaine j Lonhicnne vs. Mary T.. Lonhienne.
Bill for DivOrce-ln Chancery.
Affidavit ofthe n0n-residence of Mary +. Lon
hienne, the defendant above named, having
been filed in the Office If the clerk of SAID
court OF Alexander county, notice Is hereby
given TO the said non resident defendant,
that the complainant filed his bill of COM
plant in said court on the chancery side thereof
on the 18th day OF october, AID. 1877, and that a
summons thereupon issued out Of sail court
against said defendants, returnable on the
first Monday in the month Of January, A. d.
ls,S, as is by law required. Now. threlore,
unless you, the said Mary Il. LOnhenne, shall
personally be and appear before the said circuit
court OF Alexander county on the first day OF
the next term thereof, to be holden at the court
house in the city of Cairo, in said county on the
first Monday in the month Of January, A. ID.
Isis, and plead, answer or demur 10 said bill OF
complaint, the same and the matters and things
therein set forth will be taken as confessed, and
u decree entered against you according 10 the
| prayer OF said bill.
JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk.
W. c. MCLKRY, Compartments Solicitor.
| Cairo. Ills, Oct 18th, A. d. lsT7. Nv.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
CHANCERY NOTICE,

STATE Of Illinois, county Of Alexander.
Circuit court Of Alexander county, January
term, A. ID. 1873.
Peter Adams vs. Mary Adams. Rill or divorce
Affidavit Of the nsn-reSidence Of Mary Adams
the above named defendant having been flied IN the
Office Of the clerk of said court Of Alexander county
NOTICES hereby given to the said non resident de
PENDANT that the said Peter Adams, complainant,
filed his hill for divorce the ChanCery side there.
fore the ljh day OF October A. ID. ls77. and that
summons thererpOn issued out Of said court against
said defendant reirnabe on the first Monday In the
month Of January, A. ID. 1873, as the law directs.
Now, therefore. unless you, the said Mary Adams,
shall personally be and appear before the circuit court
Of Alexander county the first day Ofthe next term
thereof be held at the Courthouse at the city o
,airo IN said county, on the FIRST Monday in the
month Of January, A. ID. 1873, and plead answer
or demur to said bill ofcompaint, the same and the
matters and things therein contained. will he taken
for and as confessed, and decree rendered against
you according 10 the prayer Of the same, &c.
JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk.
W. G. Mulkey, Compt's Sol'r.
wiwl Cairo, Ills, Oct 9th, A. d. 1877.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-19
THE ICE TRADE.

Ice did not become an article of com
merce until the present century, but al
ready in the United States alone $40, 900, /,
600 are invested In the business ofgather.
Ing and selling it. Large shipments of
ice are made to South America and Asia;
the European nations supplying them,
selves With Ice from Norway. There
has been a remarkable increase in the
use Of the article In the United States
since 1916, when only $4,000 tons of it
were used. In the year 1875 the con.
sunaers bought 1900. 600 tons, and proba-
bly, 100000 were cut. Beer brewers are
tho best consumers OF the ice companies,
asveral using ". 900 tons Of ice annually.
30 great has become the ice commerce
that Il now has . neatly and clearly prin-
ted nev1paper Of Its own-Ice Trade
Jc,yat-sthc first number of which has
Just been printed.