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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Admiral Porter now wears navy plug
Ben Wade wrote his last letter under oath.
Colone, Butler Will probably takc dug out.
John Milton also had bad temper. Mr.. Philips.
The man who talks ''hoss has become happy again.
Its poor thermometer that won't work both way s.
Country brooks have good many springs Of action.
Secretary Sherman departed for Washington ycster.
day.
The bunon smashers arc beginning to think OF GRO
quot.
Moody Is no prophet, but he finds preaching profit.
able.
In short time there will be some new tails about
co NETS
The best Gre escape is Of the od-ashioncd baby
Jumpers
William Lloyd GarrIson's house has been entered by
burglars
Georgia girls tic sweet shrubs in the corners OF their
hnndkcrchcis.
The South will not raise so much cotton and the
IaI the modern saints 90 TO heaven the place will
not DO crowded.
party OF Boston men have bought box Of kid
gloves and gone West
Bob lngerso isn't a timd man, but he won't say
that his soul is his own.
Dr. Mary Walker sends her measure TO the tailor
There Is nothing manly about this
Another Brooklyn woman sucs for q divorce and
wants al.mony her husband has
When Mulictt heard about tho Post once affair hts
heart went TO the roof oil his mouth.
Passaic hen built her nest In hammock in the
barn. She is swinging in the ayin'
Associate Justice Stephen j. Field, Of the United
States Supreme Court, is at the Windsor
Anna Dickinson will play in chicago, and has been
advised to treat the critics to plenty OF gin.
Chicago woman with iasc hair was saved from
drowning She did not reach the under tow.
Baron Max Won Thiclmann, Secretary OF the German
Legation at Washington, is at tho Brunswick.
Boys are pulling down good many big posters from
the fences, the chowder season having begun.
The FIRST fly III window pane yesterday, and all
tho Old maids modified and crossed the Pruth.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13
Pulpit Topics To-day.

The feast of Ascension having just passed
some of our city pastors will to-day call
attention to the fact thus commemorated,
gift of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost such les
sons as they severally see therein. Mr.. Jut-
ten and Mr.. King will speak more particu-
larly about the ascension, and Mr.. Herr will
indicate what the mission of the Holy Spirit
is, one feature of which undoubtedly is to
help Mr.. Knapp and his people to grow in
grace, and Mr.. Hull and his church to carry
religion into business, so that the duties of
the latter shall be as sacredly performed as
those Of the former. Godliness is profit
able, and Mr.. Plumley does well to
encourage his people to pursue it,
and as they do SO they may hear
with Dr. Armitage the Good Shepherds
voice calling them away from the bitter
writer's of Marah to the sweet waters and
green fields of the spiritual Eden. 1t is as
true that church can make or unmake
pastor as the reverse, and Mr.. Martyr, who
has recently been installed in Thirly-fourth
Street Reformed Church, will tell his peo-
pie to-day how they can react upon him and
either help or hinder him in his Gospel
work among them. Mr. Bell will soar into
the ethereal regions for topic and will de-
scribe the angels and their work, part of
which, we hope, is to help Mr.. Hubbell and
other Christian racers to escape the day Of
wrath. The recognition Of friends in
heaven ought to be pretty we'll understood
now and yet we suppose it is necessary, to
keep people in good temper, that Mr. Hep
worth and others should reaffirm the doc
that we shall know less in the other life than
we do in this, which is contrary to Scrip
ture and to common sense. Mr. Johns
will explain the doctrine of the real pres
ence, and Mr.. Colcord will give emphasis to
the backsliders prayer Current topics will
give some of our city pastors basis for dis
cussion to-day. For instance, the Prince
ton Professor Miller's heretical book will be
reviewed by Mr.. Mccarthy; the insurance
failures will give Mr.. Searles a chance to
contrast their policy with Gods; the claim
of Theodore Parker, which has recently been
discussed by Mr.. Joseph Cook, Of Boston,
and Mr.. Chadwick, of Brooklyn, will occupy
Mr. Frothingham's thoughts to-day: Jeru-
salem and its environs will be described by
Mr. Sweetser DR.. Crosbys position on the
wine question will be reviewed by DR.. Full
ton, and the antichrists of Christendom will
receive the attention of Mr.. Alger, and thus
the series will go on to the end.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

THE SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE. the effects of
which were noticed on the Pacific coast by
succession Of waves from the westward at irrcgu
lar intervals, is a phenomenon Of unusual inter-
est to meteorological science For about week
the atmospheric density on the Pacific coast has
been low, and areas ofhigh temperature have been
traversng the continent eastward in very high
attitudes. Thelibcration Of heat by terrestrial dis
turbanccs enters largely into the development of
atmospheric phenomena. The earthquake wave
that has caused this latest disturbance has
possibly commenced in the volcanic regions of
Japan and Kamtchatka, where volcanoes are in
frequent eruption. Another and n stronger
CONFUSION destroyed the town Of Iquique, in
Peru, on the same day that the first volcanic
waves were noticed in San Francisco harbor
There has been, therefore, either general up
heaval or disturbance in the Pacific basin or n
movement southcastward from Japan toward
Peru, or possibly in the opposite direction The
disastrous loss of life reported Mt Iquique would
Indicate that the convusion attained its greatest
force at that place, which is also volcanic
region. II is probable that we will soon learn
from Europe that vcsuvius and Etna, and Hccla
in Iceland, arc beginning to grurnble and show
signs Of eruption.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

PROFESSOR RILEY. Chief of the National
chronological Commission, believes that the
ravascs of the grasshoppcrs in Texas and
Arkansas will be limited to comparatively
small area west Of Junction City and Florence.
Eastward of that line only twcnty-tiv, per cent
of the eggs are yet hatchcd and by timely
precautions the destruction of crops may be
prevented. When the habits of the insect are
thoroughly known lie believes they can be pre-
vented from doing much harm by a combined
movement Of the farmers The destruction of
birds in the West by reckless hunters has con-
tributcd largely to the extension Of the grass
hopper plague.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

THE WEATHER.-Thc conditions yesterday pre-
scented marked variations of temperature and
pressure throughout the whole country. Local
storms are probable in the Mississippi Valley.
In the West the dividing line between the high
and low areas runs northward through the Mis-
sissppi Valley, with several sharp westward
curves. As we predicted, the great depression
over the Rocky Mountains and the region of the
Plains has divided in two, ono area being now in
Northwestern Dakota and Manitoba and the
other in the Indian Territory Heavy rains fell
yesterday in the Lower Mississippi Valley and
on the Texas coast and light rain on the south
pressure is rising. The temperature continues
very high in the Northwest and in the central
districts, while the surrounding regions have a
moderate to comparatively low temperature
The barometer over the northeastern part
Of the United States is unusually high
but is moving eastward, followed by
the low areas referred to- Very variable
winds will prevail during the next day or two
and decided changes Of temperature. The re-
narkuble thermal phenomena now prevailing
must be attributed to the effects of the recent
volcauic disturbances in the Pacific regions.
which doubtless liberated great deal Of tcrres-
rial heat into the atmosphere. The weather IN
few York today will he slightly warmer and
lear or partly cloudy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13
A Mormon Ausobiosra ply.

John d. Lee, Mormon bishop. who was
Mountain Meadows massacre, left behind
him, in the possession of his lawyers, be-
sides the confession published in the
HERALD, q manuscript story Of his life and
experiences as Mormon. Our Salt Lake
correspondent sends us some extracts from
this autobiography, which We print else
where. Lee was himself cold-blooded
scoundrel, but he seems to have been regu-
larly trained to murder under Brigham
Young and the other Mormon leaders.
The tales he relates in these ex-
tracts are horrible and disgusting, but
after all they make only another chapter in
the history of fanaticism. When men as
sumo divine authority. and succeed in
persuading a parcel Of ignorant and de-
luded followers that they are inspired and
commission ed by God and entitled to IN
thinking obedience, all the bonds of
morality are sure to be loosened and such
horrors may be expected as Lee relates.
Could anything more CHASTITY be imagined
than the slang Of these Mormon holy men,
who, when they ordered a man to be killed,
told their followers to ''pnt him over the
rim Of the basin" or to .'whittle him out of
town." When the story Of the Mormon de-
fusion comes to be fully told it will horrify
the civilized world. We trust the federal
authorities will 60 on with the work Of in
vestigation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Thc stock mar
kct was active and generally higher, but the coal
stocks continued very weak At the opening the
whole list was lower than the closing prices Of
Friday, but IN Improvement soon set in Gold
opened at 1907 Il and declined to 1871. Invest
ment securities were steady and in some in
stances higher Money on call was easy at IL
2i2 per cent, the former being the last quota
finn
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

MEXICAN AFFAIRS are in the condition which
wonld seem peculiar anywhere else. but natural
enough in onr sister Republic Diaz is reported
to have been elected President by the constitu
tional method. and accepted with general aI-
prevail: bnt two generals are quietly getting
ready to pronounce" in favor Of cx-President
Lerlo. Mexican generals, like New York dogs,
should either he licensed or DESTROYED.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

DOW PEDRO is reported to have said that he
found only one truthful paper in America. but
zach editor in the land will feel sure that the
Brazilian Emperor has been reading the said
editors own journal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

The STATEN ISLANDERS arc complaining of the
quality Of the New York garbage which has
been dumped on their water front. If they
could have contemplated it ut the source of its
origin they would be grateful ut the thought
that with them it is covered by something more
solid than mir and sky.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13
QUINTUPLE SHEE I.
NEW YORK. SUNDAY, NAY 10, 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adaas Express Company run special newspaper
train the Railroad and its connections.
leaving Jersey City Mt quarter past four NJ daily ana
sunday carrying tho regular edition the EAL MS fur
West Harrisburg and South to Washington reaching
Philadelphia past six A. NJ and Washington Vt
onaR
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

A LITTLE OVER THREE THOUSAND Docs have
been licensed yet. and this fact stimulates the
hope that the great body of New York ours are
really owncrlcss and subject to the tender mcr
cics of the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that The sceather in Nen York to-day sciN be
slightly warmer and clear or partly cloudy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

wALLACK'S THEATRE.-RossDAL..
UNION SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
FIFTH AVENUE Notwithstanding
HELLER's THEATRE PREsriDrc,rArIos.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-TnE PRINCESS ROYAL
BOWERY TuEATRE.-JAcK HAREAwAy
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.-QuKr F1snEs
PARK THEATRE COLONEL SELLERS
rHEATRE coMIQUE.-vAnIErY.
TONY PASSIONS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
c1vOLI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EGYPTIAN HALL.-vAErEry.
COLUMBIA OPERA HoUsE.-vARrErx
ROBINSON HALL-Boxi>G.
.yCEUM observation-disclosures
BROOKLYN PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BOOTHS THEATRE.--ALoxr.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

poets are that there will be plenty Of
theatrical and musical entertainment for
the metropolis this summer.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-20
NOVEL LOCOMOTION.

T. ia not hard to ride camel "a witty
writer says), but the process has some sweet
r,,,nr;ses for the novice. The camel lies
unon the ground with his legs shut up un'
der like a jackknife. You see yourself IN
+ha broad saddle and cross your legs in
front of the pommel. Before you are
,oadv something Like a private earthquake
beoins under you. The camel rises his
hind quarters suddenly and throws you for.
ward upon his neck, and. before you re-
cover from that he straightens his knees
and gives you a jerk over his tail, and
while YOU are not at all certain Of what has
bappened, he begins to move at that dis
located walk which sets you into see saw
motion, waving backward and forward in
the capacious saddle. Not admiring this
movement, you courageously lash the beast
with your koorbash to make him change his
gait. He is nothing 10th to do it, and at
once starts into high trot, which sendsyou
a foot into the air at every step, bobs you
from side to side, drives your backbone in
to your brain and makes castanets of your
teeth. Capital exercise. When you have
enough Of it you pull up and humbly in
ouire what is the heather method Of riding
dromedary, fully convinced, by this time,
that Christians do not know everything
Phla. Herald. "
The Morning herald., 1877-09-20
A HEROINE.

We we're the witness of q tender and beau
tiful scene in 1861. It was early in May,
and fair young Louisiana girl was bidding
her soldier lover good-by.: Her head was
bowed upon his breast, andshe was weeping
bitterly. But when he besought her to dry
her tears and display brave heart, she lifted
her head, and, looking him proudly in the
face, said
IT am weeping because you are going
where there is danger and probably death,
but, If you were not going, you would see
me blush and bow my head in shame"
Once again we saw that girl. Adivision Of
federal troops were attackinga body of Con-
federate cavalry near were she was taking
refuge in full view of her house, and the shells,
and round shot hissed over the village and
plunged through it's streets, and there she
stood gazing eagerly at the battle, as needless
ofshot and shell as though they had been rose
leaves scattered around her by the autumal
wind; her hands were clenched. her cheeks
we're winter than the lilies, her whole form
seemed to heave with excitement, but there
was battle-fre in her blue eye. By heaven !!
we believe that had it been possible she
would have dashed into the thickest of the
blaze and thunder of the battle. That girl
lad the heart of Richard Ceur de Lion.
But she faded away with the strength of the
Confederacy, and then they dressed her in
white robes, folded her hands on her bosom
and laid her away; and when the last ragged
Confederates Lad surrounded their guns her
soul had vanished from the earth.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-20
THE SHERMAN RAT.

Atlanta has become so thoroughly infest-
edwith rats that their destruction has be-
come aquestion of very serious Importance.
The ruthless invader of our storerooms,
granaries, and coops, is the regular wharf
rat Or Norway rat, as it is called. It is an
importation, and not native production. 1t
Is said that it came with Sherman's army to
Atlanta; being brought hither in forage for
The horses that was shipped out from New
YORK. The Sherman rat is a monster, He
is large as small kitten, has hugh thighs
ana foreshoulders, possesses enormous
strength, is combative and plucky, and his
cruel rapacous face is ornamented with
pair Of flowing mustaches. He has bred
"'th Incredible rapidity since his introduc-
oon here, and has literally driven out the
modest, inofensiye, old-fashioned little gray
'a'' that innocent, easily satisfied vegetarian
oat may be termed 'the rat of our fathers"
A more harmless little rodent than our lit
ue rat OF ante-bellum times can hardly be
Imagined. He was accepted without a MUIR
uiur' and really taken as a sort Of pleasant
JOKE. He figures in history as decent,
1entlemanly rat that cracked an occasional
gum OF corn, or licked syrup, once in a
"'le' from his tail that he had dropped in
" some sweet Jug. He did no harm, and
was liked and tolerated on all hands. But
nl's new rat, born in the throes of revolu-
u0n' and growing amid the fierce turbur-
4,nce as this latter day, lisa bloodthirsty and
"0normal scoundrel. He despises the mild
"ua musty corn, or the tranquil jam upon
"nlch the rat of our fathers fed, and when-
''er ne wants lunch be rushes into your
yaro' seizes a half-grown chicken, throws,
sl'e palpitating corpse over his shoulders,
and galops back to his den. a
lhese rodents can swim y creek, and
l0'n'ng seems to stop them. They make
4lore light raids into the country, moving in
a0ops OF score or SO, carrying destruction
'ne oarn-yards and granaries, and con-
''ernatlon to the sleek and non-combatant
.A'S OF the rural districts. They will attack
- Di"n when pressed into corner. On such
wy, .or"Slons " when fight is impossible, they
w., ".u ny at their pursuer in blind rage, and
g soneralY succeed in closing their teeth
through lhis flesh somehow. The bite of this
"'' poisonous, ---AAenta Constitution.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-14
THE OPIUM HABIT HERE.
What am Experienced Druggist Has t
Say Upon tho subject.

what nm Experienced Druggist Has to
say Upon the subject.
Recent reports from physicians attached to
medical institutions at the North and West re.
porting the increase of the opium habit, prompted
q DEMOCRAT reporter to make some inquiries
Of a number of druggists relative to the con-
sumption of that narcotic here, and learned to
his surprise that there were many veteran eaters
Of the drug in this city.
Reporter-Mr. Druggist, is it true that the
opium habit has maids it's inroads in New Or
leans2
Bruggist-Oh, yes, that has been for some
years. The demand for opium and its alkaloid,
morphine, has been increasing for some time and
probably more is used now than ever before. This
may DC because we have more Chinese here than
before, but hardly think that.
heporter-Is this increase in demand due, you
tnns, 20 an increase in the use of the drug medi-
clnaily or to lite consumption by those addicted to
the habit?
Druggist-That ia little hard to say, but do
know mat great many whom people least sus-
pect tale their regular doses either of laudanum
or In the stronger form Of morphine. Singular
to say, this is found principally among ladies.
both respectable and in the demimonde.
Reporter-Do not men indulge too?
Druggist-Certainly. Some come in, regular
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-14
RANDOM NOTES.
Such as We're Picked UP at the Cust0.n-
House ON wednesday,

Such rs We're Picked UP at the Custom
House ON wednesday.
Revised Statutes Omitted States) and sigma.
lures TO petitions for positions as clerks, etc., were
about the only things in demand at the Custom.
House on Wednesday morning, when tho first
named was In the hands Of nearly every head
of bureau, and nearly all Of whom we're ex.
aiming section 1858 for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning for themselves the powers Of the ssere-
tary Of the Treas'iry In the matter of the
ABOLITION OF THE NAVAL OFFICE,
which just now is serious subject dor Lewis.)
Rard don't know what to think OF the Waeh-
ington runners relative to his removal, and Lewis
lie gallivanting about, congratulatng hitnss upon
having almost secured $4,000 position.
Antoine flckers about the building, also drum
ming up supporters to strengthen the Washing
ton delegation, and thinks he will be promoted
TO the Shreveport Postoffice cure.
Pitkin doesn't have much to say about his ft-
ture prospects, though he intimates that he may
be useful In come OF the Northern or Western
States
ON THE STUMP,
and after he turns over his Office to Jack Wharton
he will doubtless emigrate with that object in
vipw.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-14
An Outrage.

The inform alton has reached as Of two cases
Of dastardly insult to lady passengers in the
Claiborne street cars by drivers Of those cars,
one OF whom drove Car No. 10 Of the line. The
lumber OF the other car could not be ascer-
tanned. We omit the details, owing to the fact
that the matter will be brought to the notice OF
the President OF the railroad company, who will,
beyond question, give it the attention which IL
deserves.
We are the more surprised at the facts related
because the Claiborne line is one of the best, If
not the best, managed street railroad lines Of
this city, and it is seldom that we hear OF any
complaints against it, and then they are generally
OF comparatively trifing character.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-14
short Items.

At half past s o'clock Tuesday night coal oil
lamp exploded in the colored Methodist Episcopal
Church on market street, Agiers, and set fire to
the altar. 1he damage to the altar was slight;
the flames were extiDguished BY Officer Pepper.
Having property in his possession supposed to
be stolen is the charge booked against Henry
Jones in the Harbor etatian.
At halfpast o'clock Wednesday morning a
negro effected an entrance into the residence oil
Mr.. Edward Bouligny, corner of Marais and Du-
maine streets, but was frightened off by the in
mates, who gave the alarm.
Jas. Wright, alias Dock Wright was locked mp
in the Second Precinct Station, charged by Jas.
Hawkins with crime against nature.
For the larceny Of 50 Tom Lee spent the night
in the Fourth Station.
Tuesday night the residence Of j. Bisbie, on
Clara street, between Julia and Cypress, was
slightly damaged By fire, caused by the explosion
Of a coal oil lamp.