The New York herald., 1877-07-05

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rooms the windows of which were kept wide
open, without blinds, and in full view of
such residents as are unfortunate enough to
live within range. "You could have looked
the other way if You wished, could you
not?" grufiy demanded the presiding Dog
berry, and the subdued witness admitted
that it would have been in his power to
do SO.
But the fact that person can 'look the
other way" does not justify violation of
the laws Of public decency Our police gen.
orally ''look the other way" when murder
or robbery is committed, but this does not
make the offence any the less murder or rob-
berry. Our municipal rulers ''look the other
way" when reminded by the taxpayers that
their Offices are filed with political paupers,
who are dishonesty living on the public
treasury without rendering an equivalent
for the salaries they draw, but this does not
make their profigate misappropriation of
the peoples money any the less reprehensi-
bic. This Police Justice no doubt desired
that the people would 'look the other way"
while he ''bluffed" witness who very prop
erly volunteered evidence before his court;
but we fear he will be disappointed There
is too much disposition on the part of GER
tain of the police justices to 'look the other
way" themselves when a class of persons,
rumsellers and others, who are supposed
to be useful political allies, happen to get
into trouble. The sooner the people get rid
of such dispensers of law the better
How the Fourth Was Celebra ted.
Yesterdays celebration in the city was
unusually quiet and subdued. The weather
was most delightful; and this, with the fact
that all the railroad lines reduced their fares
to one-half the customary excursion price,
induced large outpouring into the coun-
try. Cars and steamboats, left their stations
and docks crowded with families bent on
enjoying breath of fresh country air or
cooling sea breeze, and the downtown
streets during the day, except for the ex-
plosion Of stray crackers and pistols, wore
the appearance of o Sabbath. It may be
that. having now turned the corner
into the second century of our exist
ence, we have acquired sense enough to
enjoy our national holiday in Christian,
rational way, and have abandoned the idea
that it is necessary to burn gunpowder and
make pandemonium Of city for twenty
four hours in order to prove our appreciation
of our glorious Declaration of Independence.
During the day there was much less than
the customary annoyance from crackers,
torpedoes, pistols, cannons and the like,
although at night, in the absence Of a public
display, many private citizens made good
show of fireworks opposite their residences
Before another national anniversary rolls
round it's to be hoped that the general use
ofireworks in the streets will be prohibited,
and then no one will begrudge sufficient
appropriation for public display in the
evening at the citys expense. There were
about the usual amount of accidents result
ing in wounds more or less painful, and the
fire alarm was not suffered to lie unused.
Our columns will show the list of casualties,
and we may well feel gratifed that they
were not of o more serious character.
Altogether. we may be said to have dis
posed Of the Fourth in tolerably accept
able manner and no doubt the good sense
displayed in its enjoyment this year will
mark its celebration hereafter.
The Tapmany politicians had their own
fun, and very comical some Of it was. The
meeting at the Wigwam was a peculiar affair
The gentlemen who, in November last,
threw up their caps at Mr.. Tilden's defeat
49, khox of kho tn &c
who keeps watch over the building assem-
bled yesterday to celebrate burlesque
dirge over his remains. The body was not
there, Mr.. Tilden having sensibly declined
an invitation on the plea that he was s'ab-
sent from the city"-at Sea Girt, near Long
Branch, about an hour and halfs ride from
the Wigwam. But the ceremonies went on
notwithstanding. Congressman Cox, who
has evidently abandoned the contest for tho
Speakership, denounced, in the 'long
talk" the President ''de facto," the repub-
licans, the Electoral Commission and the
men who voted for it, while the small men
who did the short talk followed in the same
track. At Delmonico's there was q fine
gathering, over which ex-Secretary Fish pre-
sided. From our reports it will be seen that
the anniversary was duly honored elsewhere,
both at home and abroad, and the general
feeling, the short-haired denizens of Tam
many and the Pewter Mug excepted, was
one of satisfaction at the assured peace and
returning prosperity of the nation.
Is the Yale Stroke . Failures
We have seen it nowhere denied that