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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14


Mr. John Kelly, the Tammany Dictator
after taking upon himself the management
of the reception rendered to Governor Rob-
inson in this city, thought proper to absent
himself from the final and browning jubila-
ton at the Manhattan Club. His absence
has naturally given rise to variety of ru-
mors as to its cause, and we give few of
these for what they are worth. Some declare
that Mr. Kelly was led to believe that
Governor Robinson, highly incensed
against the republican State Legislature
for having rejected his nominations and
refused to. pass an apportionment bill, was
prepared to denounce the policy of appoint
ing a republican Police Commissioner in
this city, and TO favor war to the knife
against that party. Others assert that he
got Governor Robinson to New York
and cast around him the Tammany
shackles in the expectation OF being
enabled to privately enlist the Governor
on his side in the vacant commissioner.
ships fight, and to induce him to remon-
strate with Mayor Ely on his opposition to
Tammany dictation. But Governor Robin
sons speech did not come up to Kelly's ex-
pectation, and when the Governor visited
the institutions on the islands in company
with Mayor Ely and carefully selected
Tammany party, he paid special attention
to the Mayor rs the head Of the city govern
ment and very little to the rest of the party.
OF course Mr.. Kelly's absence was of no
particular moment in company such as
assembled at the Manhattan Club on Tues
day evening He was not as essential there
as at wigwam council. Still his presence
would have been welcome and useful, and
many sinking Tammany heart whis-
pered ssWhere is our Boss?" 1t would
no doubt have gratifed him to wit
ness the warm reception accorded
to Tilden. He would have led and inten-
sified the enthusiasm. When cheers went
up for the st. Louis nominee, and lamenta-
tons filed the air over his failure to secure
the Presidency, one blast upon the Tam
many chieftain's bugle horn would have
been worth the voices Of ten thousand OF
his faithful henchmen. But Kelly was
sick-sick Of the Governor, sick OF the
Mayor, sick of his reception experiment.
Sic transit!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

Even in Constantinople it appears to
be admitted that Mukhtar Pacha is
in q critical position. All the parts of
the force he commands are isolated.
They are, therefore, no longer mutu-
ally self-supporting, and it would be
impossible to concentrate them for o SUI
prcme effort in case he saw his way to a
battle that might otherwise have any
promise in it. Unless some calamity, the
possibility Of which is not yet apparent,
shall suddenly ovcrtake the Russians, Mukh-
tar's divisions will surrender in detail one
after the other. Some extravagant sympa-
thizers with the Ottoman cause pretend to
see the likelihood of this calamity
for the Russians in the operations in
the Caucasus, where certain wrctched
and barbarous SUCCESSES have been gained /;
but it needs marvellous power of distor-
ton to discover in these events any military
promise They apparently do not regard
them us Of much value in Constantinople,
for there they are convinced that the for
tunes of tho Empire are in o desperate way.
The proparations to torpedo the Bosphorus,
the Sultan's civilities and honors to the
Greek Patriarch in the first months Of u holy
war, and the holding Of great military
council-a sort of grand inquest on the pos
sibilities of more effective resistance all
these indicate that the Ottoman government
does not stolidly contemplate the great and
sudden successes Of the Russians in Armenia.
and apprchonds that they will advance as
rapidly in Bulgaria when tho river falls
sufficiently to permit their passage. AL
though the preparation Of the Bosphorus
and tho trade declaring every Ottoman sub
joct liable to military duty have somewhat
desperate aspect the advice of the great
Military Council is likely to be less extreme.
Councils of war never fight, and council
called to advise in this critical occasion can
scarcely fail to tell the Sultan that the only
hope OF his Empire lies in accepting such q
peace as his enemy is prepared to accord.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

been established by proof But the tele-
gram which brings the news Of this arrest
adds that the prosecution is alleged to be
influenced by persons having spite against
and interests 'inimical to the accused. 1t
has become the practice nowadays, when
ever charge is brought against minister
of the Gospel, to interpose the plea that the
alleged offender is victim to the persecu-
ton of wicked and vindictive enemies.
Whether the accusations are Of felonious
nature, as in the present case, or only cover
those tender peccadilloes from which the
surplice scarcely seems to be certain safe
guard, the defence is the same. What is yet
more singular, some members of the sup
posed backslider's congregation are gener-
ally found ready to take up the cudgels on
his behalf and prepared to regard him as
sanity martyr. The fact cannot be encour-
aging to those who find themselves saddled
with the unpleasant duty OF exposing and
furnishing the evil deeds of o reverend sin
ner. But how is it that clergymen, whose
pure and simple lives ought to disarrn en-
nifty and whose mission is peace and good
will to all men, happen to be so frequently
troubled with enemies bitter and unscrupu-
lous enough to make grave and sometimes
criminal charges against them?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14
What II Local Self-Govcrnme

We have heard great deal recently about
local self-government. Governor Robinson
has stoutly and honestly advocated the
right of the people of New York to manage
their own affairs. The orators who figured
in the recent ovation to the Governor have
declared themselves very emphatically in
favor OF the principle. If their words mean
anything, however, it is that the whole
people of city like New York shall have
controlling voice in the choice Of their
rulers without dictation from any outside
party, whether State Legislature or po-
litical oligarchy. To be compelled to accept
only such candidates for municipal Offices
as IL single domineeripg leader or clique of
leaders may dictate is certainly not self
government. To have Mayor, who is
elected by the people and clothed by the
law with the responsibility of select
ing heads of municipal departments
as vacancies occur, "bull-dozed' into APP
pointing only such persons as subordinate
in the city government holding his own
Office by appointment may choose to die
tate, is anything but ''self-government.
The Tammany leaders make the mistake Of
coniounding local ''self-government" with
the government of the city by an organiza-
ton which, while pluming itself upon hav-
ing the stamp OF Regularity" in a political
party, really represents q minority Of the
people and is suspected and mistrusted by
the majority. sgt ~ss.. e
To ~
leader who is now endeavoring to coerce
Mayor Ely into obedience to his demands
in regard to the Police and Park Department
vacancies, strove to force an honest and
fearless Recorder from the Bench
and to place the criminal courts
and the District Attorneys Office in
the hands Of his own TOOLS, no democrat
could have been found more emphatically
opposed to such programme than Lucius
Robinson. The people emphatically re-
buked that attempt, as they now rebuke
the effort of the same overbearing dictator
to compel Mayor Ely to place Tammany
partisans in the Police and Park depart
ments Governor Robinson, as an honest
democrat, standing by the sovereignty of
the people, cannot for moment lend him
self to Mr.. John Kelly's arbitrary and dicta-
torial policy. The Mayor is elected by the
people Of the whole city. He, more than
any other public officer, represents the popu-
lar will. Governor Robinson appreciates
this fact and hence the ill-judged attempt
Of Mr.. Kelly to bring the influence Of the
Governor to bear on the Mayor in the mat
ter OF the Police and Park Commission
vacancies has proved decided failures
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

on what grounds such celebration can
be made. There is not one bright spot
in his career except, perhaps, that ne was
somewhat instrumental in sowing the seeds
of republican ideas. mixed. however, with
the tares of Communism
His French admirers should place on the
pedestal of the statue proposed to be erected
to him Byron's epitaph =
His life was ono long war with self-sought foes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
kct was very active and there was good deal
Of irrcgularity in the closing prices compared
with those of Tuesday. Western Union suffered
a heavy decline, while the coal stocks advanced
slightly Government bonds were steady and
railroads irregular. Gold opened ut lO5, fell to
1913 and closed at 1O5ls. Money on call lent
easily Mt / l. per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

The NECESSITY for some general law rcgulat-
ing city contracts is shown in case which was
decided yesterday by Judge Van Brunt The
plaintiff was non-suitcd upon his own testimony.
and vet under the laws rs they have been adj
mnstcrcd, he thought he had good claim. As
the Judge remarked the whole trouble lies i'll
the crude legislation ut Albany.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

A clergyman was arrested yesterday at st.
Johnsbury, VT, to answer five indictments
for forgery and misappropriation of money.
OF course the reverend gentleman is entitled
to fair trial, and, like every other man
charged with crime, may properly claim to
be considered innocent until his guilt has
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

The JURY IN THE WILLIAMS CASE have found
that the deceased died from injuries inflicted by
the policeman Doyle who they further say,
overstcppcd his duty in following Williams into
his house The brutality of New York police
officers is 50 notorious that public sentiment de-
mants an end of such outrages The force sadly
needs to be Taught the lesson that its duty is to
prevent crime, not to commit it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14


The WEATnER.-A general rise of tempera-
tme was experienced yesterday throughout the
country, except in the upper lake region and
over Long Island Sound. The heat of 40
degrees embraced Upper and Lower Canada,
the lower lakes and the Upper Mississippi Val
ley as lar as st. Paul. but excluded New York
aud New London, New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia and westward of OS-lha The isothcrm
Of 50 degrees followed the eastern slopes OF
the Alcghanics to Burlington, VT, and
thence curved southwcstward to st.
Louis, excluding Buffalo, Toledo and
Chicago, but including Oswcgo, Rochcs-
ter and Cleveland. The depression now
central in the Upper Mississippi Valley, and ex-
tending westward to the Rocky Mountains and
eastward to the mouth of the st. Lawrence,
presents I'm area in which the winds are vara-
BILE and light rains have fallen. Although very
extended the depression ut no point shows y
very low barometer. Approaching the coast. how
ever, il may contract into storm area, with
heavy rains In the Gulf and Southwest the
pressure is falling Yesterday forenoon heavy
rains fell on the South Atlantic coast, and the
shore winds have been chiefly casterly. The
depression inducing these is well to the
southwark being held, rs it were, by
the area of high barometer now of
the Middle Atlantic coast. There are
strong indications OF the probable develop
,ncnt of tornado in the vicinity Of 81.
Louis, possibly attended by violent rains or
hail. Any part Of the region between Chicago
and Cairo. Cincinnati and Omaha may be
visited py these destructive mctcors, from present
indications. The weather on the Pacific coast is
the pressure having fallen there
low, with strong winds. In New
York to-day il will be warm and hazy or partly
.loudy. probably with an afternoon threatening
with rain. The wind i'll New York
Bay will be generally from the southwest
throughout the day, but yachts should not carry
too much canvas, us sudden gusts OF wind may
bc expected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

THE PRICES obtained ut the sale OF coal yes
terday were somewhat lower than those Of last
month. Let lis see whether it will make any
difference to the consumer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14
ADJUSTMENTS. TONIGHT.
II RIPPLE S III e E II !.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE "A. 1877.

From or reports his morning The probabilities
are Mat he ,ccathe, IN Ne,c YorI to-day wiH be
wa,n and ha-y or partly cloudy. Squalls may DC
expected in the Lorer Bay
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

RoUMANIA NOTIFIES all whom it may concern
that neutral vessels with supplies for Turkey
will not be safe in her portion OF the Danube.
That river is now pretty cffectually closed to
navigation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

GOVERNOR HENDRICKS sailed away for Europe
yesterday. He and General Grant will have u
chance to discuss Tilden and Hayes quietly in
London. Will they lead their respective parties
IN 1SSO}
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

New YORK HAD NINETY-THREE FIRES last
Fourth Of July, all from fireworks. Fourth Of
July celebrations have cost more than the whole
Revolutionary War.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

MIR. BLAINE, before leaving West Point yestcr-
day, took the colored cadet, Flipper, aside and
told him he would be his friend in Congress.
What godsend outrage on Flippcr would
be to Mr. Blaine
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

Mr. JOHN ID. TOWNSEND made some pungcnt
remarks yesterday in reference to Attorney
General Fairchild and the Tweed case. 1t is TO
be hoped he will take, as he promises. the public
into his confidence and let rs know all about it,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

The GREAT EVENT in college regattas this
gear will be the race between Harvard and
Columbia on the 18th inst. The sympathy Of
New York will, OF course, be with its favorite
college, and all the more because it is the
challenging party.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

Mn. TILDEN is still in trouble about his income
tax. The United States District Attorney yes
teriay filed his complaint, charging that Mr..
1ilden owes $3.50, 900 to the government. The
answer will be awaited with some interest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

lT is A CURIOUS COMMENTARY on the admins
tration of law in this city that Of the places
where liquor is sold onc-scventh have no author
ity whatever to do So What is the use OF =
Board of Excise
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

WANTED-Kecpcrs to keep the keepers in the
city prisons.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

should furnish statement of what was
done with the trust money placed in his
hands for the city by one of the Ring con.
spirators.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14

Let Us Have Full Balance sheet.
The settlement Of the Sweeny suit revives
the inquiry into the actual condition of the
debtor and creditor account between the
city and the Ring prosecutions The
Comptroller reported to the Legislature, in
March last, that the payments into the city
treasury had been just upon six hundred
and ninety-one thousand dollars, made up
of three itcms-namcly, one hundred thou
sand dollars on account of Woodward; o
small amount, under five hundred dollars,
interest from the Union Trust Company,
and the balance from the Watson estate.
The disbursements to lawyers had been a
little over quarter of million, of which
Mr.. Wheeler III. Peckham had received sixty
thousand dollars.
But the Comptrollcr's statement can
scarcely embrace all the receipts. When
the Ring robberies were first detected, and
the most timid of the thieves stood with
shaking knees before the outraged people.
Keyser made an assignment of a large
amount of property to Mr.. Jackson
S. Schultz, for the benefit of the
city, to reimburse the public treasury
for any money unjustly taken from it
through any act of the assigner. AS
Keyser had raised his bills for the purpose
of robbing the city the property in Mr..
Schultz's hands was public property. What
became OF it? Where is the money, if any,
realized from the assignments? In these
suits every dollar received from any source
is the property of the city, and should be
paid into the city treasury, while every
dollar expended is public expenditure
and cannot be properly paid except on q
regular city warrant. AS there seems to be
a disposition now to make a money settle.
ment oil round, it is proper and just that
the people should know of every single
dollar that has been received and of every
single dollar that has been paid out in these
suits. We have no doubt that the explana
ton will be satisfactory, but Mr.. Schult;
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-14
Tempera Apostles Mt Fault.

During the legislative session we urged
upon the temperance advocates and the
representatives Of the people the expediency
OF enacting license law which, while per-
hitting the sale OF liquor to be drunk on
the premises, should place such restrictions
and obligations on the vendors as would be
likely to best protect the public against any
abuse Of the privilege. Nothing was done
at Albany in the matter, and we are
now in the position the HERALD fore
saw. There is virtually no license law
in existence SO far as city like
New York is concerned. Liquor will be
sold just as freely as ever, for it would re-
quire quadruple our present police force
and courts to prevent it.; but very few peo-
pie will take out Licenses. Those who do
will VIGOROUSLY evade and cheat the law by
making fimsy pretence of keeping "three
beds for strangers" which the Excise Com
missioners themselves will know to be
sham. The city will lose agreat portion of
the money realized from licenses, and which
went to, support our public charities, but
rum selling will be as free as ever, even if
the opportunity of selling without license
fee does not largely increase the traffic.
The Excise Commissioners announce their
intention to grant three kinds Of LICENSES
one to the keepers of inns, another to shop
keepers who sell by measure and third to
ale and beer dealers, to whom they claim
their right to issue licenses under a separate
act OF the Legislature passed in 1861. Now,
it is very certain that all saloon licenses
granted to the proprietors as "innkeepers"
will be a sort of official fraud Every Excise
Commissioner will know that the 'three
beds" for travellers are mythical, and
we shall, therefore, have the notifying
spectacle of public department winking
at a fragrant evasion Of the law. This will
be more demoralizing than the open and de-
faint sale of liquor without any license, for
it is calculated to bring all laws into con-
tempt The truth is that the temperance
fanatics, by opposing the enactment of a
stringent license law, have opened the door
to a free traffic in rum in the city and have
entailed upon US serious loss Of money
which is needed by our charitable institu-
tions, and great amount of trouble and
litigation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-08
A Correction.
Mr.. Editor.

Mr.. Editor:
In your last issue, l find an ex-
tract, said to have been taken from a
map, the author of which, is Gen.
Francis A. Walker, Superintendent
of the National Census. In this ox-
tract, Gen. Walker processes to give
the comparative numerical strength
of the leading religious denomina-
tions in this country, We are glad
to see such information in our coun-
t. papers. 1t is interesting to a
great many people. But when such
information is given it is right and
Just that ii should be correct. Peo-
pie wish to know the truth. | wish,
therefore, to correct an item, in the
extract referred to, in reference to
the Lutheran denomination. Gen.
Walker places the Lutheran church
in the seventh rank in numerical
strength in this country, which is
far from being true. In these Unit
ed States the Lutheran church occu-
pies the third position, numerical
strength. Her membership is 640,-
1853, her churches 4,S22, her minis
tiers 2,795. The Lutheran and Pres
byterian churches have exchanged
places in numerical standing, with
in the last few years the Lutheran
having gained greatly on the Presby-
terrain by immigration. In this
country and foreign lands, all taken
together, the Lutheran church has
a membership of As or so millions,
more than all other denominations
put together. Yours truly,
j. H. CUPP.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-08
Death. or PROMINENT citizens.


Ex-Governor Joseph johnson died
at his home at Bridgeport, in Harri-
son county, February 2Sth, at the ad-
vanced age of ninety two years. For
many years he was prominent in the
politics ofthe country, having served
in the Legislature of Virginia, repre-
sented their district in Congress, and
in 1850 was elected on the Democrat
ic ticket as Governor of the common
wealth of Virginia, his competitor
for that distinguished position being
the late Geo. W. Summers Of Kama
wha. Gov. johnson filled the execu-
tive char of the Old Dominion for
four years, and filed it with credit to
himself and to the State.
Judge John W. peterborough
died at his home in Lexington, Va,
on the Goth inst. Judge Brokenbor-
ough was the Judge of the United
States Court for the Western District
of Virginia before the war, and will
DO remembered by many of our citi-
zcns.
He was born in Hanover, Va, in
1906, and was the son of Judge Vim.
Peterborough, member of the
Court of Appeals ofVirginia. Judge
Peterborough in early life under
took the task of reporting the dccis-
ions of Chief Justice Marshall, and
gave the profession two volumes of
the reports, which are to-day u valu-
able part of the law libraries Of the
land.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-08
The Interest Law.

The Legislature of this State has
again changed the interest law. By
the old law the penalty for taking
more than 6 per ceut. was the forfeit
ture of the excess over and above 6
per cent, and nothing more, and
this only when it was plead in Court.
A new law has been passed, as yet
it has not been published, and we
can only give our understanding Of
it. We think that the penalty has
only been increased to forfeiture of
the entire interest, and this may be
increased by the repeal of the en-.
forcement clause of the old law, that
may either require new contracts to
be made, or the collections of moneys
now loaned in the State and the in
vcstment of said money in bonds, or
in other States. The new law will
work badly for the Banks. They
discount paper both for the farmers
and manufacturers, the latter is
known as commercial paper and can
not be governed by the same rules
that may control the former, and if
this law is to be rigidly enforced it
may operate very disastrously upon
such institutions. We want to see
a proper development of the resour-
cos of this State and would be glad
to adopt and approve such measures
as may be sought and enforced for
the attainment of this cnd-espe-
cially as the friends of both schemes
think that their ,cay is the way to do
il.