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less at liberty to employ and discharge
laborers according to their varying necessi-
ties. But how would Judge Vests plan
operate in the cases of transient employees
How would the shifting laborers, who work
sometimes for one mine or railroad and
sometimes for another fare in n mode OF
compensation which depended on the net
profits? 1t is essential to the good manage
ment of railroad that it be at liberty to dis
charge incompetent or inefficient employees ;
but how could their compensation be adj
justed on the plan of Judge West?
Labor is commodity in the market, and
its price is regulated by the same rule rs
other commodities. When the demand for
labor exceeds the supply wages are high !;
when the supply is in excess of the demand
wages are low. 1t would not be more
absurd to recommend that people who sell
rails to the roads to lay their tracks OF wood
to burn in their locomotives should depend
on the net profits for the amount OF their
compensation than to recommend the same
mode of adjusting the price of labor.
railroad has constant occasion to purchase
various kinds Of materials and sup
plies, and it always pays the market
prices, for the very good reason that it
need not pay more and that sellers
would never be such fools as to take less on
a doubtful chance of having the deficiency
made up by share in the net profits of the
road. Those who have labor to sell to q
railroad or mining company will always be
equally WISE Their families must live
now, and they cannot afford to take the
risk OF future and uncertain profits. Half
no profits at all even in prosperous times,
and at present this is true OF nearly all.
And at such time an Ohio demagogue and
Communist seeks to entrap the laborers to
vote for him by proposing that in lieu OF
adequate wages they shall share the nothing
Of their employers
When a man who is thought intelligent
enough to be the candidate of a political
party for Governor of great State gravely
promulgates such absurdities it is not fair
to be severe on the errors Of the working
men. If the public men who ought to be
their guides are ignoramuses or chariatans
the misconceptions of the laboring classes
should be treated with considerate in
diligence. The truth is that the whole
public mind needs to be enlightened on
this class of subjects, and we do not doubt
that the workingmen will be more teachable
than the demagogues.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


musical solrcc is to be given tonight at Red Bank,
N j., under the auspices of Sgnor Torriani
This Is tho last week of "Baby" Tho little fellow is
to be succeeded by sothern in "rho Crushed Tragc.
diam"
dress rehearsal of "The Danites; or, the Heart OF
tho Sierras will tako place tonight at the Broadway
Theatre The public will the play TO morrow night.
Harrigan and Hart at the Theatre Comique
tinuaily producing novelties Val voso, tho recently
arrived ventriloquis is among the attractions OF tho
week.
The ''Poor OF New York" holds it's own at Nlbo's.
but Ia to DO soon followed by another sensation. 1t
in New York. This is now the fifth week Of Its pro-
duction.
Signorina Julia made q handsome debut ut Gilmore's
Garden last evening in aria from Travata. She has
a rich powerful and we'll trained voice. When the
nervousness very natural 10 FIRST performance In
vast place disappears she will doubtless DO evon
brilliant.
A feature of the pretty French theatre on Twenty
third street this will be the presentation in
matinccs OF French comedies especially selected Tor
the benefit OF schools and the students of tho Ian
guagc n. Durand, tho director, deserves praise for
his efforts in this direction and they will doubtless be
appreciated.
Lydia Thompson and her burlcsquc troupe drew an
other large house Waacks last night There IL an
abundance OF talent in the pany, which comprises
in addition to tho rollicking music OF tho fair chef
capital soprano vocalist, who win DO recognized with
out naming her. Altogether the performance Is
modest unohcctionablc and pleasant
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
Secretary Sherman's Inconsisten cies.

Secretary Sherman's IncOnsiste ncies.
We print rather sharp communication
arraigning the Secretary Of the Treasury for
inconsistencies between some portions Of
his recent speech ut Mansfield and his
utterances ON the floor of the Senate in
1869. Such exposures are curious, but we
think them of slight importance. The only
point of real interest is whether Mr.. Sher-
man is right now. Very few public men are
entirely consistent. Even Chief Justice
Chase, whom this correspondent admires
and whose biography he wrote, held
one opinion on a fundamental question
as Secretary Of the Treasury, and an
entirely opposite opinion as the presiding
Judge Of the Supreme Court. In Chief
Justice Chase's case most intelligent men
think his later opinion the sounder one, and
it would be feeble and irrelevant argument
against it to say that it contradicts the opin-
ion he held on the legal tender question as
Secretary of the Treasury. 1t will hardly
do to maintain that statesman may not re-
wise his opinion in the light of experience
or further reflection. Secretary Sherman at
one time gave countenance to the heresy
that the national bonds are payable
in greenbacks, but he is quite
sound on that question now. And
whatever gloomy predictions he may have
made in 1869 respecting the disastrous
effects of forced return to specie payments
he is entirely right, and we do not doubt
perfectly sincere, in desiring to re-estabiish
the specie standard within the next year
and half We think there is something to
except to in Mr.. Shermans methods, as set
forth in his Mansfield speech, and rs Mr..
Shuckers proposes further criticisms on that
performance we hope he will confine him
self to the real merits Of the argument and
abandon improbable arrangements for per-
sonal inconsistencies. For our part we are
willing to give Mr.. Sherman chance to be
inconsistent again, and hope to find his
recommendations to Congress better than
some of the proposals in his recent speech.
If he should be right when Congress meets
we will willingly forget his present errors.
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that minute and comprehensive account
of that battle should be given on so little
delay and printed ut such distance from
progress made by the machinery of news
gathering systems. 1t emphasizes that
reflection still more to find that the Russian
nation, whose armies were engaged, only
received the story of that battle Mt second
hand from the description of our corre-
spondent. But what becomes of the dia-
tribes in regard to the oppressive censorship
of the press in Russia when We find the
papers authorized TO publish that descrip-
ton, which. while it gave full credit for
the splendid gallantry of the Russian army
told plainly the story OF Russian short
comings.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
Movements or the Belligerents.

The news from Bulgaria supports our
repeated staten ents that the campaign IN
European Turkey must soon assume moro
active phase. When the belligerents are as
fully concentrated MS it is possible for them
TO be, then the object of concentrating must
DO satisfied by an Offensive movement by
either side They cannot remain for many
days face to face without fighting
The difficulty in obtaining supplies will
compel them to action. for an army soon
consumes what would be considered enor-
nous stores of provisions II has mighty
stomach to satisfy, From present indica-
tions tho Turks under osman Pacha
appear to DO in that peculiar position where
they have no choice hetweon lighting and
running away, The Russian cavalry is, rs
we recently announced. seriously monacing
their lines OF supply isom the westward
Ii even few days interruption can be
effected the Turkish positions Mt Plevna
and its vicinity may become untenable
and Osman Pacha be forced to attack
the Russians or to retire preeipitately west
ward to Sofia. The story of Gourkha's re-
treat published this morning gives an idea
of the terrible sutferings and wonderful en-
durance of the Russians during their occu-
patton of the southern slopes of the Balkans.
From Armenia comes an account of an
action which was fought northeast of
Kars on Sunday, and in which the Rus
SLAMS claimed to have felt the enemys
line at three points to some purpose.
The losses on both sides have been
quite heavy but the exact figures will not
be known until the somewhat conflicting ac-
counts of the fight can be examined by
the light of later information On
the Greek frontier and in Crete the
agitation is increasing and there can be no
doubt that a struggle is imminent in both
places between the Greek populations and
their Turkish masters. 1t will be war Of
determination, for the Turk is in no humor
just now to practise moderation when deal
ing with revolts.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Chicago Tribune calls him Blue Jeans WINS
General Banks says that he wouldn't even look at q
woman.
young lady of Athens, Ca is Alteen years old and
a widow
There is one way for woman to keep secret That
Is to keep It going
Tho way the Turks are revic.ualling Is enough to
make old Nicsic.
correspondent asks. '.Are you member of col
lege society,"" Yes; the Eta p. l.
Hon A. H. Stephens arrived yesterday at Lookout
Mountain. and returns home to-day.
mule always carries u horseshoe on his hind foot
Tor luck; and he always has good luck.
Is history repeating itself in shapess Among
the Pittsburz rioters Pole named Pulaski.
The Berlin gorilla SPONGE" who has learned to
drink bcor aud to smoke, has lost his hairy coat
Tom Thumb is worth 100000 This reminds US
that an ordinary man ought TO be worth $500, OO0
Hon. Mr.. Mills left Ottawa for Manitoba last evening
on public business. Hon. Mr.. Pectier accom- panies
HIM.
Elderly persons Will find benefit at tho seaside
than in the mou ntains. They need rcpose, not On
crgy
1t is understood that weekly papers being
given away with chromos. In somo cases the sub
scribers are given away.
Tho Nihils,s say that the shoemaker greater than
Shakespeare or Goethe. because humanity hus more
use for shoes than for poetry
The man who at meeting last evening vocerously
sang, II would not 1.-Two Away" afterward seen
running down lane and being pursued by a Sp,tz
dos.
"Who." asks exchange, 'can tell the value OF q
smile % Schuyler Colfax. BY ono perpetual smile he
became Woo Presidont but thcn no cut his in large
slices.
ThaM il,van lv n rim lad inn nj
furnishes the funniest Of pi We have recently
seen. Its editorial date line is as follows:-
"FRIlsI vYDliI S: COW
A vial OF oil of pennyroyal placed on tho stand at
head OF your bed will drive either you the
quitoes out OF tho dab OF the oil your fore
head will Keep the mosquitoes away, and everybody
oil az
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
The Fisheries Com IN ISIS 1 on.

The commission now in session at Hall
fax to determine the compensation to be
paid by the United States for the privileges
in the fisheries secured by the treaty of
1871 is for the present the leading topic of
the Canadian press. 1t was authorized by
the same treaty which made provision for
the settlement of the Alabama claims by
arbitration, and although the Geneva award
followed with reasonable promptitudeit has
taken surprisingly long time to get the
Fisheries Commission organized. Even
now there is doubtful prospect OF
it's ever reaching o decision. The claim
made by Canada is so exorbitant that the
American Commissioner could never face
his countrymen if he consented to it, and
the English Commissioner might find equal
difficulty in consenting to any award which
would be deemed reasonable by the United
States. In the Halifax Commission, unlike
that at Geneva, the deciding power does
not rest with the majority. No award will
be binding unless it is unanimous. The
Canadian press has of late been sharply
criticising this feature of the treaty and con-
tending that the British negotiators were
outwitted by the astute Yankee diplomat
lists. In the stipulations for the Geneva
Commission it was expressly provided that
..all questions considered by the tribunal, In
Guiding the final award, shall be decided
nv q majority of all the arbitrators. There
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
WOODS TuEATRE-TuE TWO ORPHANS.

WOODS THEATRE-THE TWO ORPHANS
'The Two Orphans' reproduced at Woods
Theatre, opposite tho New York Hotel, last evening,
with excellent cast and that reflects not
little credit on the euterprisng management. Miss
Laura Alberta Louise the blind girl, and Miss Alice
Harrison Heprieite played their respective parts In
a conscientious manner. cIcting frequent applause,
and ably supported by Mmo. Ivan 9. Michels as
Frochard and an admirably selected company. This
little place o. summer entertainment has already be-
come especially to transient visitors, attractive
resort and the advances many novelties are
likely to be presented 1t has the advantage Of easy
access and the prices popular and IN accord with
the times
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NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY AUGUST s77-wTH

is no similar provision relating to the de-
csion of the Fisheries Commission, and 1t
is agreed on all hands that it requires the
unanimous consent of oil the members to
make binding award. This being the case
We need feel no sort of anxiety about the ex-
travagant claim Of the Canadians. They will
either receive compensation which the
American Commissioner deems reasonable
or they will get nothing, which is very safe
arrangement for our government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21
The Russian Government and tn,
NeyVsDlDerS.

In Russia the official newspapers have
been instructed by the authorities to pub
lish as just and accurate account of the
battle of Plevna the description of the
HERALD correspondent, which was sent us
by cable and published in this journal four
days after the battle. On that occasion we
touched upon the remarkable circumstance
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

CURIOUS CoNFEssIoN.-Betorc placing too
implicit confidence in the story of the cxEnglish
soldier who, impelled by remorsc, has confessed
in Philadelphia to the preparation of murder
in England. it will be well to wait and see what
the British authorities say about it, He may
have grown tired of our republican government
and conceived the idea of getting home at Her
Muiesty's eXpcnse.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

LAW SUlcs arising pending the war appear to
be interminable and to severely try the judicial
acumen of the United States Supreme Court.
The decision elsewhere reported will probably
settle large number of disputes as to the pay
ment of notes drawn in the South during the re-
beliion
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

The HERALD special newspaper tram to Sara
toga, Sharon and RichJfeld Springs, Lake Lu-e,ne
and Lake George and all intermediate points, Ella
Hudson Rirer, Albany and Schenectady, runs
ere'y Sunday during The summer season. Ne,rs-
dealers must send in their orders direct 10 he New
YORK HERALD
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

PRESIDENT HAYES reception in New Hainp-
shire is as enthusiastic rs in Vermont. The
numerous little speeches he has made contain.
very properly no political illusions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

EASILY SAusFIED-The creditors who yester
day agreed to take one cent Oh the dollar
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WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket continued strong and active. Gold fell from
1O51i to lO5. Government bonds were weaker
on small business States were dull and rail
roads strong. Money on call opened at 2 per
rent, rose to per cent and closed at 5 per
rent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

rnE TYRANNY of labor is illustrated by the
action of the miners in the Pttston district yester
day. A large number of the men voted to 90 to
work, but the majority decided they should not
and 40 the strike continues. Thousands OF fan-
lies are starving. and the prospect is u drcary
ono. If the workingmen are sensible they will
pay attention to the mischief makers, who
seem to have more control over them than they
otlrht 10 have
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

IT WILL BE SEEN By the statistics elsewhere
printed that crop of youthful criminals is
steadily increasing There is plenty OF home
work for the missionary societies.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

LORD DuFFERINs visit to Manitoba has been
made the occasion Of general holiday. He is
warmly welcomed by all classes of the COM
munity, who have showercd addresses and re-
ccptions on him at all points.
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The LEA that the cigars they sold were only
cabbage leaves failed to save half dozen chill
lren of the Flowery Land yesterday from the
wrath Of IL United States Commissioners
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

CAPTAIN BRAINE, of the navy, emphatically
denies some serious charges recently brought
against him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

From oar reports Ills morning the probabilities
Hrc that he reaHer IN Nep York to-tidy ,cW be
ra,mer and partly cloudy or cloudy possibly miM
IUhf rain
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

TIE METHODIST MINISTER'S of Philadelphia
arc burling their thundcrs against the opening
of the Exhibition on Sunday but as there is no
other way to save the show from bankruptcy
the managers will probably risk the
uucnccS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

ARE THERE ANY Police ut Coney Island
1t seems to be d thieves paradise
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-21

Two THOUSAND FREE THINKERS ut Rochester
are endeavoring to straghten out things. 1t is
said to be the largest convention of the kind ever
assembled
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The Cry DEBT amounts to $131, 0S7 ,45O
less the amount held by the prisoner in Ludlow
street.
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TirE WEATIIER.-Rapid variations of pressure
continue to mark the weather conditions.
During the hours of darkness the barometer
rises over the greater part of the country,
only To fall again when the solar heat
expands the atmosphere. This phenomenon
presented itself in marked manner yesterday:
especially in the zone OF States southwark OF the
lower lake line and northwarl of Alabama and
Georgia In the Northwest the pressure con
Times very low, and a storm centre OF
considerable energy Is i'll progress east
ward along the national boundary tow
ard the upper lakes. Light rains at
tending this disturbance exteLd southwark
into tho Lower Missouri Valley, with high south
crly winds and very variable temperature
There are also indications Of disturbance
in the Gulf. which may increase as it
ncars the Atlantic. Areas Of fog were
fres,icnt Yesterday in the lake region and
Ohio Valley Southery winds prevail in the
Northwest. variable winds IN the lake region,
,o,tllcrly in tho Southern States, eastcly on the
Atlantic coast and uortheastcrly in the st. Law
renee Valley. The weather in New York to-day
will he warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy,
,ossibl with light rain
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HOWARD TO JosEPH-Thou art so near and
yet so far.
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
WITH SUPPLEM E N T.
NEW YORK. TUESDAY. AUGUST q. 1877.

The HERALD wiU be sent 10 any address, free Of
postage, for One Dollar per month.
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Duel Between Bowie and a spaniard.

At the appointed hour all parties were on
the ground, Bowie, as usual, perfectly cool,
the Spaniard very furious and excited.
The Spaniard's second won the choice of
position, which gave Bowie's second the
word. They were to stand back to back,
rifle perpendicular, upward or downward,
to wheel and fire. Here arose an instance
Of genius over routine. In the army the
maneuveis are intended for regularity be-
fore time, but in such cases as this regular
ity was of no moment, but time was every
thing. When the Spaniard heard the word
to awheel." he, of course, executed it in
true military style, in "three motions, ;"
but Bowie, whose life had been spent in
depending upon himself, not regulatin 6 his
movements by those of others, and who
had been compelled, in his warfare against
Indians or in procuring game, to take
every position, executed every change Of
body necessary for the occasion, to insure
success. instead of wheeling, as the Span
lard was doing, simply turned the body ON
the hips, holding the feet firm, which, of
course. brought him round quicker than
his antagonist, and enabled Bowie to fire
first. and to drive his ball through the brain
of his antagonist. This Bowie said any.
body could do if they only possessed the
REQUISITE quality--nerve.- Willtes' Spirit Of
the Times.
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Bill Arp, the Eu.n,yist.

4 humorist of some note, known to tie
public as Bill Arp-a sort of Southern Josh
Billlngs-has recently met his death after
having, it is said, vivid presentiment of
the time and manner Of its occurrences. He
left his home near Decatur-he was small
planter in Texas-to get load of corn, his
wagon being taken for that purpose. Pre-
vious to starting, he told his family he felt
confident he should never return alive; but
they laughed at his statement, not knowing
whether he was jesting or suffering from an
attack of melancholy to which he seemed
to have been periodically subject. He had
got his load of corn, and had returned, when
within few hundred yards of his house he
fell from the wagon into the road, and the
wheels passed over his neck, killing him
instantly. His wife had seen him coming,
and had remarked to her children "There
is your father, who looks tolerably well for
q dead man, few moments before the
fatal accident happened. Bill Arp was
native of Georgia, where he had lived most
oil his life, and contributed to the news
papers of Atlanta and other cities of the
State number Of humorous squibs and
paragraphs, which were afterwards pub
lished in volume under the name of Say
ings Of Bill Arp He was wholly without
education, but had a quaint and original
way of putting things that indicated native
talent OF no mean order, and gave him some
thing more than local reputation. It il
curious that an llliterate and eccentric hu
laoFist should have foreboding OF bis fats
and reallze il like the heroes Of Sophocle'
and Eschylus, of whom IN all probabilit,
he had never heard.