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PROFITS OF tn. EXPRESS BUSINESS.

To THE EDITOR HgRALD:-
The continued charge OF forty cents for baggage
from rail or boat dcpos to hotels or residences IN this
city is deemed shameful cxtcrtion. Express
often take IRON nity TO sixty trunks, and within
hOIr or Two deliver thom, receiving from $40 20 SIS
TINS service could and should be done least
halt tho present charge and would still pay moro than
almost any other service. REt0RN.
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A wIFE'S COMPLAINT.

Mary Becker has brought suit against her husband,
Paul Becker, 10 obtain limited divorce the ground
Of cruelty and neglect his part. In her complaint
she charges him with systematic cruelty to her and
their only child that he has used abusive language
toward her has struck and threatened abandon her
and foe past has failed 10 contribute any.
thug 10 her support The husband failed to put in
any answer to the complaint, and yesterday, on
ton madc behalf Of the wife, the was referred
10 Mr. Adrian X. Jone 10 take testimony, Judge Van
Brunt, In Supreme Court Chambers signing the order
a reiCrenca
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BEWARE or BocxIxoHAM.

To THE EDITOR HERALp;-
would ike TO call she attention Of people visiting
Coney island 10 ssxAre Of the Buckingham Hotel
They have bill OF faro on the tables. but when you
20 N settle up you nnd t about twenty nvs per cont
more Tue Gully satisfaction they give / that they
altered their prices. B. c. d
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WOULD NOT ONE surrIcx7

TO THE EpIroR THE HERALD
Why tho Broadway line Of street oars have two
bells TO each car Can't they inct enough torture on
the residents along that line with beIl' O,hsr hnes
have only one bell; but why have anys An ordinances
passed short time ago prohibiting bells on junk
carts Why rs II not enforcod3 New York should Be
called the city OF COW bells TAXPAYER
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HOW TO GET TO BocKAwAY.

To THE EDITOR HERALD:-
would advise all persons 70 visit Rockaway Beaoh
by the boats instead OF tho cars Tor the following
sons:-I left RocKAway 81 80 r. NJ, whom train
duo at Brooklyn at 1888 Arriving At Jamaica Il
10 Us the passengers Informed Ihat those goibs
Thirty fourth street would timc oy changing
trans and when aghtng IRON lbo cars toId THAI
thore would be delay ol but ton or ntecn minutes.
instead OF which we had TO wait IN hour and bali fos
freight tram with passenger attached which
brought US 10 New York M one A. n. Not only waa
the delay provoking, but not even = borch could be
found 10 Sit down on We wcro com poiled 70 stand
up, lko so mauy cattle B. y. l.
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BAD FOR THE BROKER.

james Brothor,on, young man, eighteen years Of
age doing business a broker and residing on Fifth
avenue, yesterday arragned at tho rombs Police
Court on the charge OF scducing young giri nanod
Frances Brindow. Judge Duffy took the case under
private The prisoner held IN 900
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David Ncrrimap, OF Smith street. Brooklyn
for the recovery OF his tplainun'sl child. Miss Jane
Mcrriman. The mother OF the child and David Merr-
man have employed counsel. aud win con,est tho
claims OF Mr.. White Tor the custody Of the infant
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Su,i for divorce has been commenced by Matilda
Wagner In the Supreme Court. against David wag-
ner ner husband on the ground OF adultery. The
partcs who were married la 1870, IN Wisconsin, now
reside In Williamsburg, where The alleged act OF
tnndelity Is said TO have occurred.
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THE DIFFERENCE.

TO THE EproR ruK HERALD:-
There arc two three sycamore trees In . dsoayed
condition in front Of graveyard In Hudson street.
between Leroy and Carkson strceta During the sp-
proachng equinox they may full upon group Of
school ch idren n truck driver II would DO small
the community In those cases. but they might
possibly fall upon rich man IS son. | would recon-
mead others report unsafe toes telegraph poes
through the HERALD, as II would be useless 10 do
TO the authorities JACKSON
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THE HITE-AEKRIMAN CASE.

Argument will be heard this forenoon In tho Brook
yn ulty Court before Judge Reynolds, In the matter
n the sui. Of Mr. james J. White, OF Milwaukee, Wis.,
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AHEAD OF TIME

To rHs EDiroK or THE HERALD
rhe Tree baths Of Brooklyn are shut an hour besore
the proper lime. LABoRER
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SHOOTING PRACTICE FOR THE POLICE.

To TnE EDITOR rnE HERALD:
Would not be we'll 10 supply 'The nucst police 10
the world" with proper place for instruction IN the
rudimeuts Of firing Judging from speo'mea Of shes
powers which witnessed saturday morning seems
tho idea that In nring direct 10 necessary
oblique aim; In iAct in the ostslo hunt Saturday
morning the house IN which reside, though not In
the direction OF the supposed game, the recipient
OF the bullets which entered second story win
dow, causing consternalton the tnmatoK s,v lot
tho finest police hsvo candle praclcs by all ssna
BULLET,
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DECISIONS.
SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS.

BY Judge Van Brunt
Talmadge vs.. Colds th.-The vcrihcation Of the
compliant as an affdavit is false upon Its face, the
plalntf swearing TO facts as Of nIs own wlcdgc
which could not possibly have been within hts know
edge. THINK therefore, that the dofendanrs motion
should be granted, with costs
Hclnke vs. Packcr-Motion granted as 10 the second
clause OF answer asked TO DO stricken ou denied as to
Eleventh Ward Bank vs. wes-rho time to answer
Notion as denied. n with sIo costs 20 sSae event
People, &C., w. The Eric Railway Company.-Mo-
tion denied, with $40 costs. Il may be renewed ou
Hclzer VS.. Melzcr.-The notice OF motion 10 con-
firm reieres's report not with papers a
Lloyd va Narvcson.-Attacnment granted, bailable
In $780,
Mcdonald va Shelley. Granted
SUPERIOR coURT-spEcIAL TERM
By Judge speir.
Wood Muock; Turpcr vs. Third Avenue Rail-
road Company. Orders OF Substitution.
Hartman vs. Wall, ct ai.-Order OF disconttnuance
COMMON rLEAs-sPECIAL TERN.
BY Judge Robinson. tfI
Hoydtman va Schmidt Approved.
Morris va. Rouss,-Molion denied
Philtrook VS. Crot,y y-Bond approved.
Kennedy VS.. Fcran.--Moton to vacate mechanics
iein granted
Pnilbrook vs. Crotty.-Order tor leave 10 nlo now
Saniues vs. Laserwitch Motion donied, with IS
costs TO defendants attorney.
smith W. Lindo; Belt vs. watkins; Richard va Well
ingt0n.-Ordcrs granted.
MARINE COURr-CHAMBERs.
Before Judge Snnott.
Gilman Callaghan.-Opinion.
Bud vs.. stgcr.-Molion TO continue action In name
Of executor granted.
Hervig vs. Elsen. n.-Attachment discharged
schmizer VS.. 5chomsKy; kuhmel vs. Cohen-Mo-
tions denied, without costs.
Scott VA WhcaL-Motion granted as pcr~order.
Petition Of Rose Bender. .--Srantcd
Worth va Luther; Clos vs.. Kiernan; Dallmap vs.
Kcrrgan: Haka vs. Kafka; Rutherford vs. Ottcrson;
Rohf vs.. Uzhe liner; Swcctser w. Baxter; Cassidy vs.
Dougherty; Weish vs Jackson Andrews VS.. Andrews;
Parot vs. Hxsseli; Bansleh vs.. Kittner Cazade VS..
Lindsar; Duryec Va Knox; Hilton Va Harrison; In
The matter OF Lydia Y. Hyde aud Jonnic Y. HYDE;
Smarr Ross; Bcrnhardt vs. Saucr; Miller
Kxsuss; SiuIl VI. Collin; Sizcr vs. Wolfe Orders
granted
Of publication granted.
sterling w. The London Printing and Publication
Ccmpany.--Henry q. benson appointed referee.
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A BATHING BONANZA.

To THE EDITOR THE HEKALD:-
As know you to DO the side OF the oppressed
and always wiling TO oppose any injustice, appeal to
you 10 this case. We poor people arc supposed to
have among other luxurics "a iree BATH" but sup
position only For instance At the bath the foot OF
lnrt seventh street tho bathing rooms cents
each, and II you do not pay ths you have ,hs luxury
Of being robbed OF your clothes any thing may
happen 10 have Understand, all the rooms arc not
charged Tor but they tho only that kept
clean, and II you do not feo tho charge shc
tell you TO take care OF your own things and taks
private room, OF whioh there are twolva A. ten
cents aud rented At loast TO Ten day they
very profitable. FREEDOM FOR MONEY.
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HEMpsTEAD RESERVOIR SUIT.

Application vas made yesterday IN The Brooklyn
City Court, before Judge Reynolds. on behalf OF coun-
sci Tor plaintiff Tor order requiring the defendant
10 the suit OF Kingsley Keeney against the Guy Of
Brooklyn to show cause. to-day why plaintiffs should
not be allowed two per the sl2o recently re-
covered Tor counsel fees. The action brought. II
Will be remembered 10 recover balance due Kingsley
4 Kcency contractors Tor work dono The storage
reservoir as Hampstead, Long lsana The Court
granted the order
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COURT CALENDAR-THIs DAY.
A DIVORCE.

SUPREME CocRT-CHAMBERs-Held by Judge Van
BrunL-Naa ~ 81 55, W. lb3, 1876, 2o6 207, 20s 200,
2lO 21l. 2la
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The referee 70 whom vas referred tho disputed
claims Of Counsellor George Mott Tor 81 400 against
the Desrasmcs estate has reported Adversely to him.
judgment being granted against him for $3.50 II.
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MR.. sCHAsrEY's PET Doc.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
George A. Scbastey has a furniture mandatory on
Fifty third street In the yard OF tina, establishment
Is n black mongrel dog whose bark can DO heard
above tho din and noise of steam, the whrr and
OF and planning machines. have bosn IN In.
valid most oil the time since October last and occu-
and must any that fully oneba OF this limo night and
day this dog has barked. Being now sick With cold
my Ghost and neuralgia IN The head, this dog has
become extremely annoying For the last TWO hours
this brute has done nothing but bark Thcrc are
twenty persons this hour at thor windows beehins
forth complaints loud and long. VIII Jon give ths
notice. In order that Mr. SchAstcy may absto the nut
sancc without recourse 10 legal procossf g. A.
MIsMAHAGEMRNr OF THE EoCKAwAY STEAM
BOAT LINE.
To ruY EnIroR HKRALD:-
nnd the following published In tho HERALp's ad.
vertisement for tho Rockaway line Of steamers -
"Tcn minutes TO A. M. boat for Morrisana land
ing st Astoria rwenty-thrd street and Crana street,
connects with Columbia a. Brooklyn. without extra
charge" wishing TO go TO Rockawsy on Thorsday
last with my vito aud children, one sick babo took
the horrssna boat at Twentythird street. expecting
70 be landed there on my rofurn folks huvnR bcen
landed NJ Eleventh street IRON the Plymouth Rock
previous trip. On arriving at Jcwcll's wharf
". was informed that tnc boAts did connect ~
night was thus lcn thcrc with my family and .
chiid's carriage TO got homo best oouId-oaIhcs
leave tho carriage bohind and 40 homo tho
send my family by and trundie tho carriage IRON
Jcwel's wnarr 70 Greenpoi,L Can't Mr. White either
make arrangements 10 iand passengers whore he takes
tho downtown pers 10 got homo as best they mayi
HlCTiN
The New York herald., 1877-12-16
Pulpit Topics To-Day.

Mr.. Froth hingham having excited the ire
OF Mr.. Colcord for his attack on Christian
ity the latter is determined to riddle him
through and through with theological grape
and canister. Last Sunday he defended
Christianity, and to-day he will put Mr..
rockingham and his religious beliefs on
trial. man who slanders living organ
ism like Christianity ought to be well
armored on every side, for he is sure, in
these days Of clear thought, to provoke
sharp criticism, from which he may come
out only second best. Mr.. Lloyd believes
that personal Christianity is an incarnation
and that speculative questions can never
take the place of individual duty, and he
will make those propositions plain; and
MIR. Plumley has faith in look toward
Jesus being able to settle many of our
perplexities and troubles here. Dr..
Tying Jr., having told his people how
to make and break character, proposes
now to tell them how to patch it up when
1t is broken. We know Of no better way
than by the rules indicated by Messrs.
Mccarthy, Sweetser, Moment and King
namely, BY prayer, righteousness, hope
and following God as dear children. The
result Of this change of life and conduct
will be to provoke JOY in heaven, on which
Mr.. Jutten will dilate5 to increase religious
zeal, as Mr.. Burch will prove; to give the
believer an inward experience expressed
by the Apostle John and Mr.. Johns in the
phrase "a white stone," or, as Mr. Rowell
puts it, consciousness of forgiveness it
will introduce the believer with AIR. Hull
to the King in His beauty and make him a
sharer with DIR. Peddie in Christ's large
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Our Border Troubles.

As the Governor of Texas has now formally
appealed to the President of the United
States for assistance to repel foreign inva-
sion the border troubles at least come be-
fore the government in such shape as. to
force attention, and the President would
hardly fill the obligations of his position if
he should turn the demand over to Mr..
Conkling's committee and wait for advice
from that quarter. Indeed, the creation
Of that committee will hardly prove
fortunate incident of Mr. Conkling's war
on the administration if the hostilities re-
ported from the Rio Grande country prove
as grave as they seem in the light of the
Governors call tor help. 1t is easy enough
for committees or individuals or auy
tactious elements of opposition to belittle
events occurring so far away as the Mexican
frontier in order to assail the adminis-
tration for noticing them, but the admins
tration has to examine and judge Of these
events under very different sense Of re-
sponsfbility from any that is behind such
criticism; and if there is, as q matter Of fact,
such ON invasion of the State OF Texas
as the Governor reports, oil the adverse crit
icism that it is possible to let loose cannot
relieve the President Of the obligation he is
under to render assistance. Out Of pre-
cisely such disturbances MS have now existed
on that border for long while many wars
have actually grown, and nothing is more
possible or even likely than that these dis
orders should reach such proportions as to
make war inevitable rs the only settlement.
There is some appearance that the fighting
now going on in Texas may be the prelude
to that war;
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'ound like madman, catching up first this

round like madman, catching up first this
partner and then that now seizing upon
male, now upon female and now ''going
it Alone" until his brain is dizzy and his
feet weary, we are at loss to conceive.
Certainly no good can be accomplished by
such senseless exhibition. 1t is not likely
to add to the scientific knowledge OF the
world. to advance the cause of religion, to
improve the civil service or to settle the ex-
else muddle. The stones which danced to the
music of Amphion's Tyre did some good,
because they chass6ed into their places, set
to their partners, and finally formed wall
around Thebes. But the champion waltz
ers" with whom we are inflicted nowadays,
can be put to no conceivable use. and their
stupid exhibitions would have suficed to
draw an extra shower Of tears from the eyes
of Amphion's wife had they been attempted
in the days of that worthy couple. The
waltz has been called the .Dance of Death"
The title is not inappropriate, even when
its indulgence is limited to seasons fash
ionable balls. In the case of these twirling,
cavorting idiots, it might be called the s'Sui-
cide's Gallop." However. the champion
walters no doubt believe they are spin
ming themselves into fame, as they assur-
edly are into the grave, and as they covet
notoriety we bestow this notice upon them
on the principle that zone good turn deserves
opotharn 8.fs
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welcoma RacIs.

Some of the theatrical managements have
signifcd their intention Of acting on the
suggestion presented day or two ago in the
HERALD, and reviving the old farces as a
part of the evenings amusement. The
Fifth Avenue and the Park theatres produce
farces, the old favorite of "Box and Cox"
being chosen for the initiation of the new
err at the former house, where it will
no doubt be excellently acted. The Eagle
Theatre also gives two pieces, thus recog-
nizing the right of the audiences to expect
the value of their money. This is a good
beginning, and the popularity the first
efforts to satisfy the public will command
will doubtless induce other houses to follow
the example.
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The French Repablic.

Events in France have reached an issue
exceedingly rare in the history of that coun-
try; and the French people are to be con-
graduated, not simply upon the isolated fact
OF the victory of the republican party in the
conflict TINT seems now happily ended. but
upon the changes in national sentiment and
party methods that have made such victories
possible; upon the growth of that calmer,
colder temper Of leaders which prevented
panic and passion from precipitating them
into extrayagant courses under the excite
ments of the last six months; and above all
upon such extension throughout the nation
Of faith in the Republic as left its enemies
in the most hopeless minority and dis
couraged those who would not have been
averse to violent suppression of the consti-
tuition if they could have hoped for the sup
port of any important section of society.
1t is fact of excellent presage in the his
tory of any people when it reaches that
point in political progress at which its con-
ficts, whatever their nature, end in favor
of classification in regard to the results of
the conflicts of the people with authority
In all nations conflicts between the people
for the limitation of power and those
intrusted with power for its enlarge
ment and extension are Of constant
occurrence from century to century,
and in some nations these conflicts
invariably end in a popular victory,
the narrowing the sphere Of authority and
the extortion of guarantees, while in others
the conflict as invariably closes with the
suppression Of the people, the temporary ex-
tinction Of their aspirations and such ad-
ditions to official and personal power as to
leave them practically unlimited. In gen.
eral way England is q familiar example of
the first class rs France has hitherto been
of the second. All the changes in the his
tory Of France from the first overthrow of
the Bourbons until the creation of the Sec
ond Empire constitute dreary series Of in
stances in which the revolt against tyranny
resulted in the production Of a new tyrant
But all that is happily changed now, and
the history Of our own time seems to indi-
cate that France has at last secured re-
public so well balanced and founded in the
opinions and faith of the people that it can
survive equally the insidious and open as
saults Of its enemies. Against the persist
ent endeavors Of the two monarchical par
ties continued for four years, against the
ever wakeful villany of Bonapartist in
trigues and against the adroit scheming and
audacity of the clerical party this Republic
has battlel successfully, and has now
gained such prestige in virtue Of it's many
triumphs that in the future no party with
any good name to lose will heedlessly
assail it. And the people nre becoming too
intelligent for the assaults Of other parties
to be in any degree dangerous.
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where else where they are kept in sep
arate receptacles by the householders. But
the true solution of this part Of the diff
Guilty is that the police who are the street
cleaners, are bound to enforce the regulation
and to compel the people to obey it.
If they cannot do this then they are unfit
for the positions they occupy.
The street cleaning question is one OF
vital interest to every citizen. 1t involves
the health of the city and the lives especially
of the young. The present authorities have
adopted most reprehensible policy, and
one which justly brings suspicion on the
honesty Of the bureaus management They
keep few OF the principal and most
frequented thoroughfares swept and clear OF
garbage, while they scarcely pretend to do
any work at all on the back streets and in
the poor quarters of the city. Broadway
and Fifth avenue may not present an un-
slightly appearance or be filed with offensive
smells; but other parts Of the city are reek-
ing with filth and dangerous to the public
health. The Commissioners by this
policy seek to create favorable i'm
preston OF their work among infu-
entail citizens who seldom if ever have
occasion to visit the uncieancd localities
But they thus expend their efforts and the
public moneys where they are least needed
The people on Broadway, Fifth avenue and
the other principal streets have space to
breathe in, live in clean, well ventilated
L a. in, fhair
and habits. The dwellers in those parts Of
the city ''where filth accumulates and men
decay are compelled to live in crowded
and badly ventilated tenements, and
it is just those localities that are the most
in need OF sanitary watchfulness and care.
1t is matter of indifference, if we nre to
have pestilence, whether it breaks out in
the poor quarters OF the rich quarters of the
city; it is no respecter of persons or places,
and will attack all alike. The Commission
ers, when they neglect Second and
Third avenues and the adjacent streets,
and the still more filthy river streets and
avenues, imperil the lives OF the rich as
we'll as Of the poor, and threaten the Fifth
avenue mansion as we'll as the First avenue
hovel with disease. It is worse than folly
to hold conferences and to palaver about
this or that difficulty when the facts we
here set forth are patent to all. The streets
OF New York can be cleaned. The fact is
demonstrable that so many men and SO
many carts will do the work, and the cost
is mere matter of multiplication and ad-
dition. The present authorities are either
incompetent or dishonest, for they spend
the money and do not do the work They
can take whichever horn ofthe dilemma may
suit them. The way out of the difficulty is
through the action Of the Mayor. He
should remove the Police Commissioners
and the Health Commissioners and appoint
in their places officers who can and will
perform their public duties efficiently and
faithfully.