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The New York herald., 1877-11-23
RELIGIOUS MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

The llh annual festival or the choirs Of Trinity
parish was hold last evening IN st. Johns Chapel,
in varick street. AT eight O'Clock tho church was
full Just az the last notes Of tAe Introductory
voluntary, arranged by Mr.. Henry Carter, died
away, the Eve choirs Of Trinity Church, 81.
Paups Chapel. St Johns Chapel and Trinity
Chapel entered singing professional hymn.
After making the round Of the church they assembled
In the chancsl whore they remained during the rest OF
the services Then tho civ. psalm chanted After
that the lesson from Ecclesastes Xiv, LIS read.
Another pslam the xvii, followed after that the Apos
tles' creed recited hymn was sung and then the
address OF tho evening was delivered. Rev. William
H. Cook The speaker The subject he selected was
tho anthem and Its truo position In the service Of
Almighty Cod. Ho deprecated the orid and frivolous
style much In vogue in modern times and entered
plea for pa,nor anthema He compared tho anthem
TO tho sermon One is should DO to musical express
sion what other Ia to the eucidation OF the word
The anthem should DO the result OF scholarly effort;
Is should be the product OF cultursd and devoted
mind and should aim at expressing deep religious
iechng-ihe generous longing OF ycarning spirit
The address, which was brief, being over, the next
thing the programme was tho rendition by the
chQiI with organ, accompAniment,. Of a communion
OF the choir of 81. Johns Chapel Then followed
selections OF anthems from different periods, dating
from the middle or the sixteenth century up to The
present time At the conclusion tho occasional hymn
sung aud the festival was At an end These festi-
walls Instituted for the purpose OF adording tho
choirs opportunity 70 hear standard compositions
rendered by q largo choir
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
How 20 Remedy tho EVIL.

The Board of Health. which is slow to
move when action is demanded in the
public interest, has ut last been induced to
take notice of the dangerous filth Of the
streets. The Sanitary Inspectors have dis
covered that the district below Fulton
street is ''overfowing with ashes and gar
bage and the streets are Uttered with de-
caying animal and vegetable matters" that
the condition Of the tenement house dis
tricts in the First and Sixth wards and the
accumulation of filth on the sidewalks" is
''frightful" that the Fourth, Seventh,
Tenth, Eleventh. Thirteenth and Seven
teenth wards are in "a generally filthy con-
dition," and that ''the streets in the Eighth,
Ninth and Fifteenth wards have not been
cleaned with any regularity for two weeks.
while those paved with cobblestones are
particularly filthy" All this has been
known to the people for some time, and
there has been much curiosity to know how
the money which is regularly drawn every
month by the Street Cleaning Bureau is
expended, since 1t certainly is not
spent on cleaning the streets. But the
Board of Health, like respectable. sleepy,
inefficient body MS it is, has only just be-
come aware of,the facts and made the sur
prisingly scientific discovery that If the
snow and frost come upon US before the
streets are cleaned the reeking filth and
garbage which now rot before the eyes Of
the people on the foul streets are very likely
to form .the first stratum Of those mounds
which accumulate through the winter and
are disclosed to view when the snow melts
in the spring"
The remedy suggested by the Health
Commissioners is unique They propose to
the Mayor to call together the Commission
ers Of Police and themselves to consult on
the matter. As the Commissioners Of Po-
lice are the inefficient, worthless officials
who have squandered the peoples money
while allowing the streets to remain in the
filthiest and most disgraceful condition
they have been in during years OF misrulc,
and as the Board of Health are the incapa-
bles whose eyes have only just been opened
to dangerous nuisance which has been
notorious to oil the rest Of the city for many
weeks, what can be the use Of consulting
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
Duo Diligenc. at Bristol.

It is long while since We have had in
any OF our harbors the sort of sensation
they now have at Bristol, where q very
fast vessel lies under the guns Of govern
ment ship instructed to prevent her de-
parture at all hazards but the scene was
commoner in the days before the war, when
sympathetic democracy, interested in the
extension Of the area of freedom and the
trade in slaves, was always on the qui vire
to lend hand to rebellious movements in
Cuba. In the present case it is alleged that
the Estelle, built ostensibly as yacht, and
said to have great speed, is equipped
for q voyage to Cuba to carry arms
to the insurgents As the charge is made
by the Spanish Minister, whose duty it is to
watch cases of this nature, there is probably
good ground for it; and our government,
appealed to in the case, can do no less than
adopt such measures as are actually taken
to prevent the violation Of our neutrality.
BY the particulars we lately had from Mad
rid it appears that the Spanish government
has now one hundred thousand troops in
the island of Cuba, and though there is no
rebellion there, as the government holds, it
it is yet with all this force unable to keep
the peace. Therefore, the arrival Of few
thousand rifles might prove fatal to Spanish
supremacy, and we ought to be very careful.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
Trining with an Opportunity.

Ever since the commencement Of the
Turco-Russian war the Servians have been
getting ready to take q part in the con-
fict and assist the Russians in crushing the
hereditary enemy Of both nations. But the
Servians have not yet attempted to take ad-
vantage Of the splendid opportunity
afforded them for conquering for them
selves permanent independence. Their
tricky conduct during the period when
the issue Of the campaign seemed
doubtful may have been in the esti-
nation Of their leaders very .'smart," but
1t has earned for them the hatred of the
Turks and the contempt of the Russians.
II even the ragged battalions that for while
held the Timok Valley against the dis
ciplined troops of the Sultan were un-
der arms and on the frontier when
the Russians crossed the Danube they
could have rendered immense service to
the latter. Osman Pacha would not
have abandoned Widdin to the care of o
comparatively weak garrison. Corporation
with the Roumanians would have extended
the Russian lines beyond Sofia and COM
PEELED the Turks to abandon Bosnia and
Herzegovina, when q further extension of
the line could be effected by q
junction with the Montenegrin forces.
But this combination, which was prob
ably contemplated by the Russians,
failed through the crafty cowardice of the
Servian government, which preferred the
III 81 kla h,z ri tx, <.r l..
the war. Now that Russian victories have
all but determined the result Of the cam
paign Servia grows belligerent and pre-
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
you are getting In coal. shute IL

II you are getting In coal. shute IL
Does Mr.. Hewitt smoke . corncob pipe!
Four-button pancakes usoi ON griddiea
This 10 or year for heads At ConssAntinopio
Professor L. L. Youmans has returned from Europe.
Senator Bruce round and has curly hair Bruce up.
Rats arc kept away from brswsries BY Maltese csta
Senator Thurman, OF Ohio, has voice like an anvil
chorus n.
Awful Gardner has determined TO be . republican
again.
Ex-senator Milton s. Latham OF California, 10 again
In I'll health
Mr. Theodore d. woolsey, OF New Haven, is ~ the
Everett House.
In Pawtucket, yesterday, sovsn year-old daughter
OF Mr.. Armstrong probably fatally burned while
playing with nra
Senator Anthony, OF Rhode Island, dossnt speak ~
much ~ the Senator from Texas does, because he
knows his State Is much smaller.
The reason why democrats like Nr. Hayes policy
10 that they expect In 1881 70 appoint republicans 70
ofnco-whore they cannot md good democrat
Dewitt Smith, q wsll-to-do farmer residing near
Binghamton, N. Y, committed suicide on wedncs-
day by hanging himscif In his barn while temporarily
insane.
Archibald Blackjack, alias MeCaw, Of the Gulf OF
California Oyster Cannng Company notoriety. was
convicted Of forgery yesterday In the Municipal Court
Of San Francisco
MI Campbell Carrngton, Of Washington; Mr. O. G.
Cole, Of Dss Moines; ME Jefferson Chandler, OF 81
Louis, ana Mr.. A sidney Biddle, Of Pniladelphia,
wero yesterday admitted 10 practice In the United
States Supreme Court, Washington.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

tinue to pay the interest on the national
bonds in gold how would it obtain gold
coin for that purpose? At present it has
an ample resource in the gold paid at the
Custom House. But if the Silver bill
passes all the duties will be paid in silver
as soon as sufficient amount is coined. and
the government will have to sell its silver
bonds. The bill, however. makes silver a
medium of payment for the principal and
interest of the bonds as we'll as for duties
on imports. II the government avails itself
Of this permission and pays silver. to the
public creditors its credit will be prostrated
in foreign countries. 1t will be unable to
sell another bond, and the country will
continue to pay six per cent interest on the
public debt when strict adherence to the
gold standard would enable il to refund the
six per cent bonds at four per cent. The
President will be shamefully recreant il he
fails to veto q bill which would utterly ar-
rest the refunding of the national debt.
The first effect of this bill would be, we
have no doubt. to put silver coin very
nearly at par with gold, and it would be all
the more mischievous on that account, be-
cause it would be SO deceptive. 1t is only
the coined silver that would be at par, not
the value of the bullion. To the importing
merchants silver dollars would be as valu-
able as gold dollars, but they would be
equally valuable to nobody else. Until the
coinage Of silver became sufficient for the
payment Of oil customs duties in that metal
the silver dollars would be in great
demand by the importers; but as soon as the
supply exceeds the demand for the pay
ment of duties, and the merchants can
obtain silver dollars without any trouble,
they will cease to be worth any more than
the bullion contained in them. Meanwhile
gold will have been banished from the
country, and instead Of double standard
we shall have single standard of silver
o species of money in which we cannot pay
our debts abroad.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
them on Che subiect2 II the Mayor would

them on the subject2 II the Mayor would
remove the Police Commissioner who has
SO inexcusably neglected his duty as head
OF the Street Cleaning Bureau, and would
overhaul the Board Of Health, he would do
more to give US clean streets and to avert
the danger of o spring pestilence than by
the proposed constitution. The Police
Commissioners yesterday adopted resolu-
ton to give the garbage and sweepings free
of charge to any farmers or others who may
be willing to remove them. This is very
proper thing, provided the garbage is not
given to contractors and used by them to
fill lots and create another Harlem flats
nuisance
The New York herald., 1877-11-23


All women and most men have an interest
in weddings. The rite Of marriage is made
easy in these times, SO that anybody
can be welded free of cost and
in . surprisingly short space who
possesses the proper qualifications and is
not nice about who performs the simple
contracting ceremony. In the old times it
was not 50 easy, and in old countries is still
difficult Mother Church. whether Protes-
tant or Catholic. insisted on grave formality
and much putting Of banns and asking Of
troublesome questions from the pulpit or
the altar about the impediments, if any.
that lay in the way. We do not believe that
people Of connubial turn of mind let these
difficulties stand in the way. 1t is SO
humanity interesting goal that greater bar
riers would be cheerfully surmounted to
reach it by the orthodox road than ever
priest or parson dared to put in its way.
All men must die, and the necessity of mar
rying is nearly as great. The cottier or
woodman that helped to draw the Duke and
Duchess Of Norfolk home to Arundel
Castle on Wednesday last is just as
much convinced Of the truth of it as the
Duke himself Yea, even the sanity prel&tes
who ofaeiated at Brompton in the morning
have had to put q solemn VOW on record
to remind them that they have made them
selves exceptions to this good rule, and
live in the hope that their lifelong
surrender thereof will recommend them to
the commiserate bounty of Heaven. The
marriage Of the Premier Duke of.England
to the daughter of another noble house,
with all its attendant pomp and
solemnity, gives the world an idea Of how
really important an epoch it makes in
life. Hence our London correspondent
was right when, finding that in the first
despatch concerning this notable wedding
all the interesting things that happened
had not been told, he decided to transmit us
the fuller details which we publish to-day.
We spread them before our readers in the
belief that thay will be read with interest.
They carry their own story with them.
Surely the Roman Church has sounded the
deepest chords Of human harmony when it
dignifes with its stateliest ceremonial
tho joining of hearts and hands,
making matrimony sacrament by
oil the outward signs of impressive
ness. Not, of course, for one pair in
O million can such a ceremony before such
stately company be, celebrated, but still
We hope that, taking heart of grace, many o
maid and bachelor reading this pretty story
may be induced to go and do likewise,
means and opportunities may impose
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

The WEATHER.--Thc barometric trough
which on Wednesday afternoon extended from
the upper lakes to the Eastern Gulf and South
Atlantic States has been closed, or rather filed
up, by the advance Of the high pressure on its
westerly margin. The temporary union Of the
two depressions. therefore, has taken place Us
we predicted. They have separated again
and are now OH the South Atlantic coast
and north Of the upper lakes respectively, at
tended in each district by light rains. During
yesterday the rains were very general over the
lower lakes, the Ohio Valley and the Middle and
South Atlantic States. New York city was
central, as 1t were, hi an of precipitation,
but received none OF the rainfall. This peculi-
arity regards rains has been pointed out
frequently with reference to the water supply,
and deserves the attention Of the authorities,
governing the selection of sources of supply.
In the Northwest another depression is advanc-
ing, and reports from the North Pacific coast
announce the movement eastward Of q disturb
ancc Of considerable energy, attended by rain.
Very variable winds prevail in the lake region.
The weather in New York and its vicinity to-
day will be cool and cloudy, with light rain, fol-
lowed by clearing weather. On Saturday it will
be partly cloudy or fair and warmer.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
MacMa mons New Ministry.

There is certainly no likelihood of the
adoption of the proposition of the Rfp.Jlique
Fancaise in regard to convention Of the
two houses to put On end to the crisis in
France. An acceptance Of this proposition
by the government would be only . form Of
surrender, since on joint ballot the repub-
licans would have clear majority Of about
the conference of house that supports
the Marshal's policy with house that
opposes it, and in that light it would seem a
fair basis Of ofcompromise; but on any principle
by which the two bodies could act together
as convention the overwhelming majority
against the Marshals policy in the Lower
House would altogether swamp the small
superiority he has thus far secured in the
Senate. Within few days it was thought
in Paris that it was only troublesome
sense Of the humiliation involved that stood
in the way of the establishment Of proper
relations between the Marshal and the ma
jority in the Chamber and if that were
really the case this conference or congress
Of the two houses would afford happy
means of escape from the difficulty; for,
though all the power would really be in the
hands of the republicans, yet there is
enough appearance of equality in the
project to enable the Marshal to accept it
without any obvious surrender of his pre-
tensions But the names Of the new Minis
try indicate that the supposition was
erroneous which presented the Marshal as
ready to accept the situation if way
were found by which it could be done with
out hurt to his dignity. Announced as
transition Ministry the new Cabinet really
possesses all the characteristics of a goauerne-
ment de combat, and if it has been palmed
upon the Marshal as Ministry likely to be
less ON offence and defiance Of the majority
than the one that has just gone out of Office,
then he has been again duped by the arch
intriguer of the 10th of May. There is not
man ofmoderate opinions in it. Bonapart-
lists, legitimists and clericals-men equally
resolute and impassioned in their hostility to
the Republic, are the men who are presumed
to stand midway between De Broglie's
intrigue and the republican party, though
even De Broglie's preference would not have
gone to the extreme of any one Of these
phases Of reactionary opinion. In leaving
to the Marshal-President the legacy of
Ministry like this De Brcglie may have In
tended little vengeance for the Marshal's
failure to 60 to unconstitutional lengths in
the establishment of throne; for, while this
Cabinet leaves between the Marshal and the
republicans the same chasm that existed be-
fore, it cuts him off from that support in the
Senate which made possible the vote for dis
solution and the recent vote covering the re-
treat Of the Cabinet Of the 10th Of May.
With this Ministry the President will not
have the support of the Orieanist- party in
the Senate.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
METHODIST REUNION.

The public are aware that MrS Hayes and Secretary
Thompson have been expected to be present at the
great Methodist reunion to be held ut Brooklyn this
evening. This expectation was based upon the posi-
tive assurance Of Secretary Thompson that he would
be present, with his amiy and Mrs. Hayes had con.
scented TO accompany item
A. late hour yesterday the following despatch
receivcd:-
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. %, 1877
OLIVER HoYr, New York -
My public duties absolutely forbid leaving TO-
4. W. THOMPSON
An urgent despatch sent In return TO tho above
to Secretary Thompson, and hopes still entertained
by the managers Of the reunion that the expected
party may be present
The New York herald., 1877-11-23
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

The London Circus continues to furnish an excel
lent bill Of fare and rs nightly throneed
The Midsets have NO connection with he baby show
which takes place IN the same building
Company Of the Twenty second regiment give
popular concert At the armory on Fourteenth street
this evening
Janauschsks closing matinee on Saturday is already
attracting the purchasers OF reserved seats and tho
house Is rapidly anR up. Miss Rose Eylnge follows
on Mordsy night with her splendid impsrsonaton In
"Antony and Cleopatra"
The puollc rehearsal for the concert or the Phil
harmonic Society will take place this afternoon At the
Academy OF Music The grind orchestra Will be under
the leadership oi Theodore Thomas, and Mr. 8. b.
Mills will preside At the piauoforto.
At Association Hall tomorrow afternoon tho chill.
dren may enjoy themselves ut entertainment that
has been especially prepared for thsm. sighor Bcni
and his living shadows and Mr. Harry Bryant with mis-
ventroqusm, are among the attractions Tho nd.
missions only fifteen conts
The dfth symphony concert OF DR.. Leopold DAM
roschs Saturday serios will take place
sseinway Hail this occasion Miss Mathilde Wilde,
from the Grand Opera OF Drssdeo Will mako her first
appearance In, New York and be assisted ny Mr.. A.
Bischon, TENOR. soe"~ - tt's4 \.
At stenway Hall, this evening, Mr. Harry sianGeld.
the tenor, is the feature He will be assisted by
Theodore Thomas orchestra, Master Lcntenberg the
violiniss. ana Madame Carreno, tho pianist. The
programme vory select and musically the occasion
promises 10 be eventual. A..
Al ST. Ccc,la's Church, Sunday, on the occasion
Of the celebration OF high mass the musical exercises
will acquire additional interest from the presence OF
Sgnor Brandeis. knight Ashton, Mile. Gamoerti and
Nine Jacob Hess The excellent regular quartet OF
the church will also participate. The TO be rem
dored Is the competition OF Mr. Charles A. Wells, the
organist.
Brooklyn Academy OF Music. The performance was
the "Nistletoe BouGh, ballad In pantomimc." fhe
performers 200 ladies, gentlemen ana children,
under tho auspices OF the Ladies' Association,
patrons of st. Mary's Hospital for Females which ia
under tho charge of tho Ssters OF Charity. The
Academy was comfortably hlod and tho performance
was highly appreciated by tho audience.
MISS Mary Anderson will play Juliet for the last
times at the Filth Avenue Theatre tomorrow cvonlng
at the matinee. The complete cast OF s'Evadne,'
which will be produced on Monday next, 10 as fol-
lows:-Evadne, Mary Anderson; olivia Miss Lizzie
Rich the King, Mr.. George Middleton; Ludovico, Mr.
J. b Studlcy; Colonna, Mr.. Eben Piympton; Vim.
csntio, Mr. Charles Norris; Spalatro Mr.. W. Suthcr
land Courtisr Mr. NJ Mitchell Page, Master Hill. On
Thanksgiving Day Mr.. Fiske will produce 'Guy Man.
nering," with Miss Anderson as Meg Merriiies, In
which part she claimed to be equal Miss Charlotte
Cushman
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

TIE EVENING MAIL YESTERDAY changed pro-
prictors under a peremptory sale, and passed
into hands competent to manage its business at-
fairs skilfully, and we trust, successfully. 1t
will be gratifying to the readers of the Nail to
learn that the new proprietorship, while freeing
the paper from some business enbarrassments
md thus promising greater enterprise in news
matters. leaves the editorial department under
the old direction. Major Bundy, who has in the
past made the Matt as conspicuous for its cour-
tcsy and good taste for its intelligent and fair
discussion Of public topics, will continue in con-
troll of the editorial columns.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

pares to rend the carcass of the dying
Turkish lion. The gallantry Of the Mon
tenegrins and Roumanians in this war de-
serves to be well rewarded by Russia and
excites the admiration of the world. But
for Servia, who has been triAing with the
opportunity, there is nothing but con-
kamnt
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

THE NEw FREIGHT ROUTE between Chicag
and Portland by way Of Ogdensburg is in com
plele running order.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

The CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON want Congress
to pay half the expenses of its government in
consideration Of the large amount Of untaxed
property it owns in the District
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

GENERAL SHERMAN is of opinion that if four
thousand men are required in Texas we ought
to have forty Thousand to atch Sitting Bull.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

OUR CoSsULs at Hamburg and Leipsic report
that if American manufacturers will send first
class goods to Central Germany they can do
good trade
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

The SENATE COMMITTEE has increased til,
niggardly Paris Exposition appropriation twenty
i've thousand dollars
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket continues dull, and there was no change of
Importance. Gold was weak at 1O3. Govern
ment bonds remain quiet and firm. States
active, but slightly lower, and railroads strong.
Money on call easy at 9 per cent.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

THE PRICES at which Colonel McDaniers
thoroughbred horses went yesterday were ridicu-
lously low.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

LERDo's ADHERENTs are still plotting against
Diaz A large number Of the leading citizens of
Matamoros have been arrested, charged with
conspiracy in his interest.
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CAUCHoN has man.
aged to get to Winnipeg but his opponents,
whom he eluded. promise he will soon wish he
werc back
The New York herald., 1877-11-23

CHIEF JOSEPH, ordered to Kansas has re
solved to 80, but pensively asks, when will
these white chiefs tell the truth Z"