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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19
ANOTHER SPANISH OUTRAGE.
THE AMERICAN rLAo FIRED ON AND OBLIGED
TO FLEE .fa

TO FLEE. .fa
BosToS, August Is, 1877.
A letter received from the captain Of the schooner
Edward Lee, Of Provincetown, by hts mother, dated
March, gives tho following facts:-Sailed from Prov
incetown February 6, nothing unusually occurring to
cause any deviation OF q voyage from that usually
pursued by whaling vessels until arriving at aud while
cruising or the south sIdo Of Cuba when the look
out reported a vessel close In TO land, changing her
course and coming toward them. When within range
tho vessel showing the Spanish flag, without any.
warning whatever sent up cloud OF smoke, followed
by a report and then there explosion OF q shell
Just clear OF them astern, which was followed by
other OF grapeshot Captain Atkins Immediately
crowded all and showed tho sailing quslites OF his
vessel the Spanard keeping up running lire OF solid
shot The chase kept up for time. but finally
abandoned. Captain Atkins sought other whaling
grounds and the prospect Is that he will be Obliged
remain out q year longer. He has alrendy sent for
provisions and supplies to be shipped to meet him at
the Western Islands.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

President accept that as the decision of the
country between himself and the republi-
cans and respect the decision? Or will he
dissolve the Assembly again and thus in
possession of power defy the will of the ma
ton and drive it, perhaps, to instruction
that he may have satisfactory pretext for
the use of force?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19
A DAKOTA TOWN CONSUMED.

DEADwooD, d. T., August Is, 1877.
The town OF Gayvile two miles from this place, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire this morning. Only
one or two houses saved. The Are originated in
varnes restaurant. There being for fire pur
poses the flames spread rapidly and three hours de-
stroyed about two hundred houses, ranging In value
from $50 to $4,000 The total loss IL estimated NJ
100000 There 10 insurance
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19
LORD DUFFERIN IN MANITOBA.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba. August Is, 1877.
The reception OF the vice regal party at svkirh
yesterday, and also that BY the Indians OF st Pelsrs
was very enthusiastic. The Governor General re.
NAMED at lower Fort Garry last night and returned
to Silver Heights this morning He starts on Monday
morning for the Mennonite settlement
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19
Has the American stage Declined :

Has the American stage Declineds
That the artistic standard of the stage has
been Of late years lowered in our large cities
there is no doubt, but whether the stage
generally has degenerated is an undeter-
mined question. Fifteen or twenty years
ago the tendency of theatrical art was to con-
centration, and then there existed those great
stock companies which old theatre-goers re-
call with regret and pride. Now the ten
dency is toward expansion, and the theatre
cal ability which once clustered around the
centre is distributed along the circumfer-
ence. This has been compelled by the ex-
traordinary development Of the country
and the demand for theatres and
actors in regions which fifteen years
ago were almost uninhabited wilder
nesses. All professions and arts must
rest upon business basis, and the drama
is not an exception. The great cities have
been drained of their artists to supply the
wants OF the country, and thus metropolitan
stock companies have been broken up to
provide stars for thousand towns. Young
men who in the golden age of our drama
would have been only held fit to play Ho-
ratio now star az Hamlet, and no one can
blame them if they find it to their pecuniary
profit. In this way art suffers, but it is the
inevitable result of the rapid growth of the
nation. We do not think that the change
which has come over our stage indicates q
condition of decay, but on the contrary be-
lieve that the theatres that are built
in every little town. and the trav-
cling companies which try to furnish the
whole country with amusement, are really
evidences of it's vitality. Wherever our
civilization goes the theatre goes with it,
and the only way in which to check this
scattering process, by which dramatic art
temporarily suffers, would be to tear up the
vast railroad system which makes the entire
continent as it were, q single stage. The
truth is that this is period of transition in
the American theatre, and that we must
lose in the present in order to gain in the
future.
The traveller who should behold the up
rising of the Nile and the plains of Egypt
submerged in one vast lake might imagine
the country ruined, but when the food sub
sided he would see the fields fertilized, and
that which seemed to be desolation trans
formed into prosperity and wealth.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

The TRAGEDY which took place up town yes
terlay morning is one of those vulgar crimes
which are liable to ut any moment among
those whose social relations are of an improper
character. The death Of the would-be murderer
by his own hand has probably cheated the gal
lows for it is hardly possible that his victim can
survive the assault on her life
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

ENGLISH JOURNALS are complaining that the
importation of our American meat has seriously
disaIranged the British markets and largely re-
dnced the profits Of farming, and consequently
the value of land for agricultural purposes. The
table in another column shows the extent of this
branch of trade
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.--The stock market
was less active, but continued very strong. Gold
fell off from 1858 to 1854. Government bonds
were quiet and firm, States steady and railroads
strong Money on call was easy at 2 Big per
cent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

The JERSEY STRIKERS have not escaped quite
so easily AS Donahue, and the probabilities
that they far less guilty than he. His better
education made his crime the greater.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

LOVERS OF ART will be interested in the notes
on some foreign pictures which have just
been brought here and which have not yet been
placed ON exhibition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

GLIMPSE OF NEWPORT LIFE will be found
elsewhere. The season there is exceedingly gay,
and judging from the list of fashionable amuse-
ments described by our correspondent, promises
20 be still gayer during the next three or four
weeks
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

The HERALD special newspaper tram to Sara
toga, Sharon and Riehfed Springs, Lake Laererme
and Lake George and all Intermediate points, ria
Hudson Rirer, Albany and Schenectady, ru,ls
ere,y Sunday during The Summer season Necs-
dealers mast send in their orders direct to The New
YORK HERALns
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

THE FALAcY OF THE EXPRESSION which is SO
often heard, that no one is making any money,
is shown by the increase in the number OF depos
itors in savings banks for the last six months
and by the amount of the deposits.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

DECISIVE MEASURES have ut last been taken
by the authorities in the coal regions. The con-
dition of affairs at Wilkesbare and other points
is simply disgraceful, and ought to be ended as
sOOn as nOSsible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

PRESIDENT HAYES reception in Bratteboro
was exceedingly enthusiastic-as enthusiastic, he
told them, AZ the greeting his grandfather re-
ceived when he came to the same place one
hundred years ago to be the village blacksmith
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

THREE LIVES were unfortunately lost yester-
day by steam tug explosion at Norfolk, Va,
the result Of carelessness on the part Of the
enpiuear
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

IN the foolish vanity Of getting titled nus
band at the cost of no matter what encum-
brances. 1t may fairly be said. however,
that this was the vanity OF a foolish giri'
and who is to quarrel with the foolish girls
If they have vanities of that sort-butterny
desires to fly and sparkle in the pleasure
gardens of life, where oil seems to their
childish eyes fragrant and splendid? But
the case-hardened adventurers with noble
names who coolly count on those names as
bats to catch girls who are gold mines
though these are as much in the course OF
nature as the others-are far less endurable
spectacles. The pleas presented on either
side in the French court are given in
another column, and tell pathetically the
whole painful story, though from very
different points of view. Apparently Patti
will be financially free from her husband
under the law Of France when the decree OF
the Court is made effective, and the law
equally divides the accumulated property.
The husband will, therefore. have secured
fortune by the union-for half of what has
been saved from PATHS earnings in the
years since her marriage is a handsome sum-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

GAYvILLE, a town in the Black Hills, has been
entirely destroyed by fire, but it was not much
in the way OF towI-only two hundred houses.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

are glad Mr.. Mccarthy is rendering such
good service during these hot days to the
cause of truth and religion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

From reports his morning the probabilities
are that he meatter in Nec York today ,riH be
fair and scdrn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

TnE WEATHER.--Yc yesterday morning thcpress-
urc rose rapidly over the Central, Northwestern
and Atlantic districts, the area above the mean
dividing those of low pressure which extended
over the lake region and British Provinces and
the Gulf OF Mexico. Later in the day general
fall OF pressure occurred al all points east of the
Rocky Mountains. but chiefly over the region
where i'll the morning the barometer had
been high. The rain areas were in
the Northeast attending the departing de-
preston, the South along the Northern
margin of the Gulf area of low pressure and in
the Northwest, where the barometer was very
variable The temperature varied slightly over
all the districts, and very moderate winds pre-
vailed Local storms disturbed the general fair
ness of the weather OIL rhc Western lakes and
tho Atlantic coast. The weather in New York
80 da- ,-iIl isss foir md
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

The HERALD wM be sent 10 any address, free Of
postage, for One Dollar per month.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

AT SARATOGA yesterday one of the races was
run in driving storm, and horses and jockeys
when they came in could hardly be recognized
A similar occurrence took place Mt Monmouth
Park some weeks ago, SO that in novel incidents
not in the bills the two courses even. The
races were excellent as, indeed, they have been
oil through the meeting, and were well attended
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

Ir SEEMS to be the policy of the Spanish gov
eminent to make the Cuban waters 30 uncom-
Portable that no vessel will dare enter them.
Another attack on one Of our whalers by
Spanish man-of-war is reported. The Yankee
captain ran away. pridently preferring his safety
to an obituary notice in diplomatic CORE
spondence. Mr.. Evarts ought TO ask Spain to
stop this thing without any further nonsense.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

JUSTICE WHEELER was, if anything, too
lenieut i'll dealing with the criminally careless
quaTyinan who was brought before him ycstcr-
day The only way to prevent what are face
tou:ly called blasting accidents is to punish the
persons responsible for them AS severely as pos
sibe. A fair beginning has been made in this
direction, and we hope that Justice Wheeler in
whose bailiwck they appear to be, will follow
up the good work
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

NEW YORK, SUNDAY. AUGUST 10. 1877.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
THE MINT ROBBERY.

Robert E. Preston, an examiner in
the Office of DIR. Linderman Director
OF the United States Mint, Washington
city, arrived in Philadelphia yester-
day for the purpose of investigating
the recently announced larceny Of
5000 worth of uncoined silver from
the Mint by one of the employees,
Charles Gerlach. Gerlach resides on
Cumberland street, and has been en-
ployed for two years in the depart
ment where silver is melted, in which
about dozen others are also engaged
The forman has several times discov-
cred that small silver clippings and
filings were missing, but seeing no
clue TO the guilty party said nothing
about it and closely watched every
thing-in the meanwhile. He at last
observed that Gerlach had habit of
standing with his back against The
menal box where the silver clippings
ana filings were deposited. On ex-
animation large extra pocket was
found in Gerlach's pantaloous, CON
tanning some of metal, and some
more filings were dircovered in a bag
at his residence. An order arrived
from Washington on Thursday after
noon last for Gerlach's s arrest but has
not yet been carried out. pu.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
SENATOR CONKLING'S DILA-
TORINESS,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Expressions
OF dissatisfaction among Senators and
other friends of the Administration at
the delay of Senator Conkling in call
ing together the Senate Committee on
Commerce to consider the appoint
ments before 1t are daily becoming
more general. Even the distinguish
ed Senator from New York appears
to have arrived at the determination
that he cannot delay calling the com
mittee much longer, and after the
Adjournment of the committee, ex-
cepting Senator Randolph, who is
absent from Washington, with regard
TO selecting time tor the meeting.
AS reason for not having called the
meeting before, Senator Conklinp
said; THE Administration has re-
moved from Office dozens of reliable
men, Inspectors of steam boats, steam
boilers, &C., and substituted in theil
places men who, am informed are
utterly incompe eut. OF course,
don't know anything about 1t myself
but have received many letters on
the subject and EeAeral witnesses ale
anxious to appear before the commit.
tee and testify, to which | presume
there will be no objection. don't
tllnk we can arrange matters now to
m9et before next week and then
PROBABLY not until after Tuesday"
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
4 woman IS either worth a rre

y woman IS either worth a great
deal Or nothing. Ifgood for nothing,
she is not worth getting jealous for !;
If she be true woman, she will give
no cause for jealousy. A man is a
brute to be jealous Of a good woman
"a fool to be jealous of worthless
one but is a double fool to cut his
throat for either of them. And the
same rule applies as forci5ly to men.
In world like the present, one Of
the grandest occupations is that Of
giving coincidence. We ought all Of
us to study this holy science of i'm
parting comfort to the troubled.
There are many who could look
round upon some of their best friends,
who wish them we'll, and are very in
telligent, and yet be able to saw to
them in trouble, "Miserable com
forters are ye ALL"
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator John Scott has been ap-
pointed general solicitor of the Penn
sylvania railroad in the place OF Mr..
W. j. Howard, resigned. Mr. Scott
has been in the service of the COM
pany In for years as consul for the
company Western Pennsylvania.
The directors of the Home for the
Destitute Children of Seaman, at Ne "
Bringhton, Conn, acknowledge tine
receipt of $50, coo from Mrs. John G.
Green, of that village, as gift to the
institution.
A Boston florist is to receive Sd
O0O for the landscape decorations OF
Mr. Pierre Lorillard's grounds at
Newport, r. |,
Mr.. Astor's new yatcht, Ambassad-
ress, VIII start for Southern cruise
in few days, making a Stay for
some time in Florida waters.
A destructive fire in Augusta, Ga. on
Sunday, was Witnessed by Miss Kate
ClaXton, the actress.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
FOURa H. EDITION
GRANroN MoRroN's DEATH.
PAR1s, Nov. 8, 1s77.

II sN fAhtsi NoV.o, AoN. j
@ General Grant continues to occupy q
large share Of public attention here not
withstandine the gravity OF the political
crisis The fact that he is an ex-Presi.
dent of Republic which has existed for
a hundred years is ased by the repubh.
cans as a crushing answer to the monar-
chists, who claim that there cannot pos
sihly be any stability in the republican
form of government, and this, coupled
with his celebrity as commander of the
Union army makes him ''the observed of
all observers" in the republican capital of
France just now.
=" GRIEvED AT MoRToN's DEATH.
The General expressed deep feeling at
the sad news of Senator Morton's death.
He said that Mr., Morton was one of the
worthiest and most illustrious Ameri-
cans of recent times, and spoke in terms
of the highest praise of the energy, acti-
witty and ability he displayed during the
country's trials But fer Mr.. Morton, s i'll
health, he said, he would have appointed
him Chief Justice after Mr.. Conkling had
declined the appointment.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03

1t is an old device in war for saw
ages, civilized and uncivilized to
cover movement of troops by ex-
posing prisoners to the fire of their
friends, and has frequently proved
successful, but the Nevada convicts
who recently tried it with Deputy
Warden as their shield to cover an
escape will probably be more care
full hereafter what manner of man
they select for the purpose. The
Deputy Warden aforesaid offered
himself up as a sacrifice, and com
manded the guards to fire at the risk
O. hitting him rather than to allow
the prisoner to escape. The guards
fired and he was severely wounded,
but the prisoners were recaptured.
That Deputy Warden deserves to
live, in order to serve the State in
the future in some higher Office, due
to HIM for his exceptionally faithful
service. -r
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
WEIGHTS AND FINENEss OF
SILVER COINS. - p s.

The attention of the country Is 50
conspicuously drawn to silver coins
at the present time that everything In
relation to them is found to be ofinter-
est. The following shows the weight
and fineness Of silver coins issued by
the United States since the year l792,
when the first coinage law was enac-
ted: ..l =.
First-Under the law of 1892, the
silver dollar weighed 416 grains, 1872
4-l0 fine; aud parts in same proper
ton, weight of$l 900, 1868 ounces
Second-Under the law of January
18th, 1897 the silver dollar weighed
412. grains, 900 fine, and parts in
same proportion. Weight of $1,000,
.S59B ounces. This is the dollar which
was demonetized in 1873. s.r
Third-Under the law of March 3,
1858, the half dollar and smaller sill
yer coins were reduced in weight, the
half dollar to 1872 grains and the
quarters" "dimes" and " half-dimes''
in same proportion; $1,000 Of these
coins weighed 800 ounces.
Fourth-Under the law of February
II, 1873, the half dollar was raised in
weight to IL grammss, (l92 9-lO
grains, )and smaller silver coins in
$1,000 Of these coins
weighed S03i ounces. By, the same
law the "trade dollar" was author
lied, it to contain 420 grains 81
900 of these coins weigh 875 onnces.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
THE FIRE AT NEW LONDON

Lovett's refrigerator and cabinet
mandatory, at New London, was
entirely consumed by an incendiary
fire on Monday night, causing loss
of $4,000. There was $4,000 in
surance on building and contents in
the two Chester county companies.
This establishment had become the
second largest in the State. 1t has
shipped goods as far as California
and along the Atlantic and gulf
coast. There is talk of it being re-
built with increased facilities to
meet the increasing trade.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
HOW SOME LOUISIANA ELECTION
FIGURES WERE OBTAINED. q

A special from New Orleans is as fol-
lows: "Ex-Governor Wickliffe returned
here to-day with the original Vernon par
ish returns. The fact has been kept q
close secret but it appears that Govern
or Wickliffe went ON from here especially
to get these returns, and the facts in the
case, with the ideas Of prominent North
ern Democrats as to the prosecution OF
the Board and the points to be employed.
The returns were left In the hands OF
David Dudley Field, who had forgotten
what he had done with them, and it was
only with great difficulty that they were
obtained. The returns, which are kept
very close, have, however, been examin-
ed by the correspondent with micro
scope. They can, under the instrument,
easily be seen to have been tampered
with, the erasure showing very plainly.
The figure "2" has been erased and '149'
inserted. The returns were originally
four hundred Democrats and two Repub-
licans. 1t was In place Of this "2" that
l49 Republicans were written.
p Governor Wickliffe since his arrival
has been in close conference with lead
ing Democratic politicians. Upon being
interviewed he stated that the Board
were certainly guilty, and with an hon
est jury would be convicted. In convcr-
sation with politicians north they felt
that the people here owed 1t TO them
Sc YES to see that the Board was prosecu-
ted, that they had fraudulently counted
the electoral vote which the people had
cast for Tilden, and If something was not
done the people of the North would feel
sure that Hayes and Packard were elect
ed. The Vernon parish returns, upon
which they were to be tried, were not Of
sufficient to change the whole
count, but it was sample of many other
cases, and as such had TO be noticed"
The daily gazette., 1877-11-03
COFFINS TO RENT.

The poor people of New York are
said to have. an uneountable mania
for funeral pomps aud ceremonies;
consequently when a member of Y
family dies all available funds are
expended in laying the body In state,
aud in an impressive cortege. The
matter of carriages is not vexatious to
the purse of the mourners, as their oc :
cupants are expected to contribute
their quota to the expense of convey
ances, privilege eagerly embraced
by hundreds who regard a funeral
procession in the light of gala par
ade. But the lying in state, to be
imposing, is a costly luxury, partlcu-
larly with the impecunious; conse-
quently as a corpse i6 an object of
curious inspection by admiring friends
the beauty of the exhibition can be
secured at smaller expenses through
the hire of cashet than through its
purchase outright. In an undertakers
window can be seen coffin of the
most costly fabrication, with a super
abundance of silver ornamentation,
lined with rich ysatin, and otherwise
adorned is munificently. A face simile
of the $500 casket can be hired of its
exhibitor, who supplies an exquisite
lining in accordance with the rules of
the trade, pink for a brunette, light
blue for a clone and so on and into
the loaned receptacle places the corpse
until the hour of burial arrives when
the inside frame OF the coffin, is slip
ped out and the deceased transferred
to cheap stained wood imitation of
the costly outer casket, and planted"
without the imposture being detected.
At pesent handsome external case
demands a rental of five dollars day
and as the body is generally ':laid
out" for three days, this with Incl
dentals, cons titutes a good source of
revenue.