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THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION IN rllls DEPARTMENT
exhibits, for 1871 very slight decrease as com-
parcel with the figures Of 1876. WlNlc tho
branches have as awhole refrigerated, NO arc able
torccorl an enormous incrcascinihc manufacture
Of staple soaps. In tue production Of thts icccs-
sary to cleanliness, Chicago. ~ ,ua,ly are awarc,
has heretofore been sceoili to only ono city In
tlle worll-Ltycrpool. About IL, ,04o, ,00D pounds
Of cleansing material arc annually turned out at
that point by TIM leading nrn. Set tho total
manufacture IN 1876 IN tll1s sity exceeds by Is
yer cent the*a colossal figures, fully 10 000, ,0o9
t,ounds-oraa5 q, 900 0tons-ofsoap having been ma,l-
utacturcd hero during tho year. Considering
the fact that Liverpool Is Ne soap.sup-
plying centre Of England, and therc-
fuso has very lstt.p competition 10 contend
With, and that t'lo lending firm referred 10
tGossagc l. sous) monopo!izc the sulk ot Tho
trade, 1t will readily bo perceived that, in pro-
portion to the territory supplied, and at1o taxi
Ing tho element Of competition into account,
Chicago as compared with Liverpool LAS tho
larger trade.
The manufacture OF 50, 600 oo0 pounds Of soap,
or 633,:SS3 boxes, rs noted above, ia IN
increase OF fully G5 per cent oycr thu
production OF 1875, tho figures In the former
year being 100000 THIS enormous growth
is principally tho work OF one 1rm, Which utll-
lied about O. Goo CO.. bs lnoro Of material in 1s7
than previously. Eastcrn manufacturers arc
backward In acknowledging that Chicago deal
crs can undcr6ell them, Yet that this city dues
ofer superior Inducements to botlI tl.e Western
and oven Eattern trude. Is M MndcBiahle lact,
mud that Eastcflt dealers aTe being slowly IN.
.rr.uIncd BY Western capitalists Is hctsi'nlng
rsscntiaiiy \ Western product. Thu raw mate
rial " produced In sulcrahu'idance 1t our very
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TEE 'Spps. saaa n,nt o's.i@
at The Exposition OF le'o u constneleo py many
to lave bcen supesfor to tllnt VI 1870. The Ex-
position OF 1915 commenced hcpt. 9. and closed
Dct q, Thc n,,,nher ri ex xttb,tors vas AT, ofvhom
~ 49,, ..o.a y, aon.,u',tar. ~ thc a. 1c,or,,,cnt
~ ". "ese so"ti ,,,. ~ ~ ,on. ~, ~.
total receipts footed up $l14 no. anil the dis
l,ursetncpts amounted to tlri55gj leaving bal
49,. ri, h.rd of 70 mi. vhir /. A. gI8 IN rrcrts
".>H y. .....," y. - se~s ri'. .,.,s.. ..,..I..ss
vas 1850 per day. Except IN particular lines Of
oDcrattnN machinery. the various departments
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In production; decrease Of 06 per cent on the
capital employed; a deereasn Of II per cent on
Tie number uf w0rkcre: and = decrease Of l1.4
per cent on The ragss paid. as compared With
, 1877-01-01

Correct Statistics on population and longevity
d!scioss startling facts Ii relation to infant
tailsy. 4 large proportion o! the Deaths oeeur ta
baby hood md th4 lAose cunslAnt watchfUlness Il
lpcap,btnt on parents. Tbs question VI aoaps
used In sshinx 4 on1 of great uan,cak. In u. 7.
HxaLltks Toilet Soap naothefs b8se perfect eota.
pound, distinguished tor dslicacy aud purity. and
grown psopts hn4 1t no less valuable fot toilet and
Bath.
, 1877-01-01
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THE GRAND TOTAL,

The following Ia an approximation to tho
total value Of our traalc in 1876. It includes
only tho first selling price, second talcs not
being counted. though made by Iubbers:
, 1877-01-01

The following are tho prominent statistics OF
tho coal-gas manufacture in this city. Those
for tho Chicago Company {5outh and North
6tlcs) wcro furnished By the officers of the Com
pany. Tho President Ut the Peoples Company
('ycst Sidc} declined to give nny Information On
the subject:
, 1877-01-01

Total.... ..... ....f3, 407. $40 81, 454, 725 g.
FOREIGN GOODS wAHkn ousKp.
sta.cmcnt showing tho value Of, and duty on,
foreign goods Warcllouscd each month during
the year 1870; tho value Of, and duty on, goods
withdrawn each rnonth; and the value Of, and
duty esl, goods rcmatulng In warehouse Dee. 81,
, 1877-01-01

I6taI5 1oF 1B7s,, ,..7U WITCH 5U1 11lU r. 7pV,UU
The aggregate wages paIl Is 4 BIZ, 900. against
6l,4i6,iV5 III 1875, $3li U In 1871, aud SaI}, 600
in 1873. or thueo ciEhty-two establishments,
only fifteen wcro Ia existence previous TO 1850.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
I'm M unity for Murder.
die.

Doubtless in the number Of things that
the conceptions of the average coroner and
the theories of the average juryman. An
evidence that coroners have views entirely
their own as to the administration of their
offices-views not to be confounded in any
degree whatever with the views Of other
people-is to be found in the fact that one
of these functionaries appears to believe that
the paramour of Katie Riedl is as much en-
titled to his liberty as any other man.
To the mind Of the ordinary observer, who
has not the special theories Of the detectives
to confound his common sense, it is plain
that if Welspiel cannot be hanged the fault
is not in the facts, but only in the inca
pacity of the police to make the facts ap-
pear. No man could be hanged, Of course,
on what is now known to the public Of this
mans connection with the girl. His rela-
tionship with the last desperate fact in her
history must be traced and made clear,
and the discovery Of the several facts,
each apparently trivial, that might
establish this CONNECTION would not be q
labor Of insuperable difficulty if our admin
istration of criminal justice were organized
on a system that tended to develop rather
than to smother those nice faculties of per-
ception and reasoning that make good
detective. It is the want Of such system
that has made the famous Kelsey case at
Huntington, L. l., a standing reproach to
justice. In that case some twenty persons
are apparently acquainted with all the facts
of a murder. If we consider the nature of
the human mind-how much man is crea-
ture of his conscience and of his well or i'll
grounded fears, how he depends upon other
men, how at last the burden of terrible
secret becomes unbearablc--it is not to be
doubted that there is always one or more of
that twenty ready at all times to pour out
all the details of that crime If an adroit
detective would slightly tip him in the right
direction. In the organization of modern
society the many means of killing with
secrecy that science puts in a murderer's
way, and the facilities of escape that are
always accessible near great cities, first
rate detective system becomes an insepara-
bic condition of the safety of life; and such
q system we do not possess wherefore mur.
der is likely to cease to be punishable
offence in this community save when the
murderers ore exceptionally clumsy fellows.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
Longfeiiow.s Birthday.

Henry ". Longfellow reached yesterday
the natural term of years which the Scrip
lures allot to man, yet his eye is undimmed,
his form erect, his intellect as strong as
when he arose, a bright star in poetry,
forty years ago. Goethe was the first who
advanced the theory that the GRIM
son and orange Of autumnai foliage
were not the colors of decay, but the ripen-
ing Of the leaf. In the beautiful poem ad
dressed last year to his fellow graduates Of
half century ago Mr.. Longfellow spoke
OF himself as one who had passed the merid-
ian OF life, but that decline is not decay his
own works have proved. 1t is maturity,
not weakness, that his later poetry has
shown. In youth, when he wrote the "Oc-
cultation of Orion" "Maidenhood, 'Eyan-
geline, "The Building of the Ship" and
much other verse ever dear to the public,
he could not have produced the masterpiece
of his age, the noble translation Of Dantes
Inferno" The series OF sonnets he recently
published in the atlantic Monthly are as per-
feet as any that he ever wrote. ''The years
that bring the philosophic mind" have
Decu 10 ulM UeieluctoIS, ulluSlHS
not only to himself wisdom and new
power. but bearing from the world
he has charmed by his genius the tribute Of
reverence, gratitude and love. Mr. Long
fellow declined the public congratulations
which his friends and admirers desired to
offer him in Cambridge yesterday. but he
could not if he would refuse the honors
which his countrymen will render to one of
the first of American poets.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
The Electoral Com IN tssion-A Prompt
Decision.


The commission made comparatively short
work of the South Carolina case, deciding 1t
yesterday. as everybody foresaw it would
be decided. in favor Of Hayes. This is the
last case that can be submitted to the CON-
mission, there being no other State from
which there are double sets Of returns. But
although this is q fact we'll known person
ally to all its members it is a fact Of which
they have no official knowledge, SO they
are not at liberty TO dissolve the
commission until the join. convention shall
have completed its work and declared the
final result. They accordingly adjourned
until Friday morning, which may be taken
as an indication Of their opinion that they
may then lay down their office. They
doubtless expect that tho joint convention
will get through on Thursday, for the COM
mission, having no further business to
transact. need to meet again only for the
purpose of formal dissolution. Their
opinion that this step may be taken on Fri
day morning would seem to rest on good
grounds.
We would fain hope that the joint con-
vention will wind up its business to-day,
which would be practicable enough if the
filibusters would accept the inevitable and
raise no further frivolous objections. Each
house is entitled to two hours debate on the
South Carolina decision, and two hours also
on each OF the States Of Vermont and Wis
consin, which are to be assailed with
democratic objections. AS the republicans
have sure thing in all these States
they can afford to expedite the proceedings
by leaving all the talk to their opponents.
If they should thus refrain from debate the
count may possibly be completed to-day,
but it is more probable that it will run
into tomorrow. 1t is safe to assume that
tomorrow will bring IN end to this great
controversy, and that when the commission
meets on Friday it will at once adjourn sine
die
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
Trouble in Nova Scotia.

When the Irish driver in pursuit of an
extra shilling suddenly informed his pas
senger, II druv you that last four miles
without linchpin," the instant remem-
brance of the bad places in the road, the
edge Of the precipice and facts Of that sort
startled the victim out of his propriety and
his money Mt once, and filed him with q
grateful sense that he had escaped cheaply.
In Nova Scotia they are somewhat in the
position of that passenger, and the part of
the driver is played by Judge of the Su-
preme Court of the Dominion. This digni-
tary has just informed the people of the
foggy province that they have been going on
whatever without linchpin. They are
casping yet over the information and hardly
know whether they are dead or alive.
Every act done ''under the great
seal" is void because they have been
using an unauthorized seal. Instead of
surrendering the great seal of Her Majesty
and getting that OF the Dominion they have
gone on with the first Thus they have put
Her Maiesty's trade mark on goods for
which she is not responsible. But tho i'm
position of the great seal is pretext for the
extortion of tax. Now, if the tax was paid,
government should, and doubtless will, find
n way out Of the trouble; for, afterall, it does
not matter so much whether you put on 9
document the impression of II unicorn ol
that of a beaver, provided always you pay
the fec. In fact the authorities at Nova
Scotia declare that they can show there is nc
occasion for alarm.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
OF government. and vii; derive their
authority from the people and not from tho
politicians at Washington.
An Aidsrm ante Interrogation.

The Aldermen do not seem likely 10 profit
by their attempt to assail the management
Of the Department of Public Works. The
investigation yesterday simply disclosed the
tact that the expenditures of the department
had been reduced one million and half
dollars in less than two years. One million
Of this saving has been effected in salaries
and by the substitution Of the contract sys-
TEN for days work. This latter economy is
the one which excites the Aldermanic ire
Under the day labor system they were ac-
customed to send their needy constituents
to the department for labor tickets, which
meant dollar and eighty cents day out
Of the city treasury and nothing to do. An
army Of worthless idlers, who are really the
ingmen, was thus fastened on the city, and
the expenses of the department were swelled
for its support. Under the contract system,
although contractor has to employ labor
ers he hires only those who are willing to
do a fair days work for fuir days wages,
and pays no attention to Aldermanic recon-
mendations This is the case in o nutshell.
The Aldermen think that the Public Works
Department ought to be run in their politi-
cal interests. The head of the department
believes that it ought to be managed in the
interests Of the city. and the people are
likely to approve Of this view of the subject.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
Pafti,a Trouhics.

Our Paris special despatch lifts the curtain
somewhat freely and discloses more than
has been hitherto known of the Patti-Caux
difficulty. 1t appears that the Marquis is
charged, as the basis Of demand for di-
vorce, with all the grosser offences against
propriety that husbands commonly commit.
He has, it is alleged, treated the little Diva
with cruelty. Here is q fine field for the
speculation of several thousand masculine
admirers of the prlma donna in this coun-
try and other countries who may consider
what they will do with Caux if they ever
catch him. "Blows" and "coarse epithets"
are the substantial facts of this cruelty. In
regard to the lady's fortune the Marquis
if the story is true-has exhibited that
peculiar sense Of honor which SO
often characterizes gentlemen Of old
and noble families. He has shown
an old and noble indifference to the distinc-
ton between what was hers and what was
his which may be praiseworthy in so far as
it assumes their inseparable matrimonial
unity, but is not in accordance with the re-
quirements Of the marriage contract, by
which the scion of noble race promised
not to spend more than one-half Of what his
wife should earn All this is denied by the
Marquis, who resists the demand for divorce,
and the trial will be protracted and pi-
Quant.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
Teachers Salaries.

The Committee on Salaries of the Board
of Education has reported in favor of scale
of reduction in the salaries of the public
school teachers, except the principals and
vice principals. The Board Of Apportion-
ment cut down the appropriation for school
salaries eighty thousand dollars in the pres
ent years estimates, thus compelling either
q reduction in the number of assistant
teachers or in. the remuneration paid for
their services The Board Of Education
chooses the latter alternative, and, we think,
wisely. 1t is to be regretted, however, that
economy in the public expenditures has
commenced with the educational depart
ment The people of New York are very
deeply interested in the prosperity Of the
schools and the excellence Of the teachers,
and they would rather that the process of
economizing salaries should have COM
menced elsewhere. Teachers are generally
underpaid, and they should have been the
last to feel the edge Of the pruning knife.
But then they have no alliance with politi-
clans and control no votes. 1t does not
seem right that some of the assistant teach
ers in the public schools, who are intrusted
with the earliest training and education OF
our children, should receive only half as
much salary as is paid to fireman or po-
liceman, and not quite as much as the wages
of city laborer who gets steady employ
ment.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Mr. W. C. Prime has written history OF the wood
known as the True Cross, which A. D. f. Randolph vii,
publish. II Mr.. Primes book has circulation equal
TO the wood OF which writes his fortune is made
j. W. Bouton has ready now edition OF vscount
Ambcrlys .'Anaysls of Religious Beici' at half the
price Of the first edition.
Mr. l.. Y. Hopkins, VINO Is doing some OF the best
humorous skcching for periodical literature has Illus.
tra,cd poem called .'The Seven Agcs for the March
81. Nicholas.
Clarence Cooks papers household art in Scrib-
ners the best that have appeared on that subject
J. d. IIppincot Il Co. announce Agcr's Life Of
Forrest nearly ready II has been In this state for
some years back.
The latest book on China is by ). Thomson Fellow
Of the Geographical Society. aud Is published ono
volume by the Christian knowledge Society of London.
The Burns statue at Glasgow was unveiled or inau.
guratcd January 25 and among the literature to which
II gave rise Tho BURNS Birthday Book, " by Arthur
Guthrie is, perhaps, the best.
SIX rival English editions OF "Helcn's Babies" havo
been issued announced by different publishers since
December. This, says the Anenrrm is another proof
OF the need of an International copyright law.
sEngsh Drunkenncs and swedish Licensing" is
tho title Of pamphlet by Mr.. Arthur Arnold.
We arc to have a translation OF Lc Sago's "Gil
Bias " to be published by Mr. Paterson, OF Edinburgh,
greatly improved upon Smollctt
There now Published in Great Britain and Ireland
40 daily newspapers, thus distrbutcd:-London, ~
England (provnciaD, so; Scotland, Is; Ireland, 20
Wales q Jersey !. Out of the i4o "A arc published
at one penny and "a at halfpcncc Zone cenil
Tho Russian government has prohibited the pubica
,on Of 'Th,crs' History OF the Empire Under Napo
leon - although the samc writer's "History OF the
French Revolution" and History OF tho Consulate
were not stopped by the censor
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

THE WEATnER.-Yesterday no very marked
changes occurred in the weather conditions east
Of the Missouri River The high pressure in
the Northwest is being slowly dissipated and the
fcmperature has risen to freezing point and
above. The lingering traces of the storm in the
Atlantic east of Newfoundland will soon disap-
pcar, but the winds on the coast will continue
for perhaps another day to indicate that low
pressure is moving slowly eastward. On the
middle Atlantic coast yesterday the winds were
variable, and have begun to respond to the in
eucuces of the gathering disturbances in the
Southwest and West. Winds on the Gull coast
continue strong to moderate from the northeast,
and those in the Missouri Valley from the south
east. Generally clear weather prevails except
In the Platte Valley, the lower lake region ana
nm the South Atlantic coast Light snow fell ut
Fort Sully, Dakota. No important changes are
reported on any Of the rivers. The weather IN
New York today will be cool and partly CLOUDY
or clear, possibly with morning haze
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
worshipping tho Rising Sun.

In the news from Columbus the judicious
reader will perceive with sensation of re-
lief pleasing symptom of the passing away
of the stage of severe excitement in national
politics and the cropping out once more of
the comic element of the canvass. One
character that we have which is distinctly
and supremely national is the Office hunter.
men who endeavor to get themselves into
Office. But the difference between this
country and other countries is like that be-
tween Egypt and other lands. There are
lizards everywhere; but in Egypt the lizard
is a crocodile This hungry, Unsuitable
arrogant, impudent, humble, sublime, mag
nificent and pitiful creature, who is always
to be found at the door of the man Just
coming into power; who sketches out for him
a scheme for the distribution Of the Offices
in his neighborhood, and puts it in the lofty
form of dsinterested advice; or who begs
some small place of profit for himself or his
father or mother, grandfather or grandson
or who sends by telegraph his eight hum
dred words of q programme for the reor-
ganization of society in the Southern States,
with himself on top-his character in
all his guises belongs to our country. He is
scored and scatheda q great deal in the severe
indignation of people who regard him as
The source of the evil of which he is only m
indication, while in fact he should be en-.
joyed and laughed at as the great national
Nricowhar
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

RECOGNITION OF GOVERNOR NICHOLAS
and New Orleans dispatches sustain the
statements hitherto made that Nichols will
be recognized as the rightful Governor of
Louisiana With the domination of the
Nichols government all trouble will cease
in Louisiana, as it has in Arkansas and other
States, from the simple fact that the govern
ments will exist for the Legitimate purposes
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was fairly active during the day. and there was
decided Improvement in prices. Among the
stocks in which there was an advance were the
two telegraph companies, the coal stocks and
Rock Island Gold opened ut 1919, declined
10 1O4ai, but closed firm at the opening price.
Government stocks closed steady after slight
decline, and railroad bonds were generally lower.
Money on call was easy ut 2l2 per cent,
closing at 3 per cent on call.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

preposterous. It is like expecting to make
efficient soldiers of Falstaff's rotten. ragged
and cowardly brigade by merely reducing
the allowance of sack and cutting down the
pay Of its doughty commander.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

For WAYS THAT ARE DARK and for tricks
that arc vain the life insurance director seems
peculiar. A statement made to Judge Dykman
Yesterday and printed in the HERALD to-day
shows how easily insurance bonanzas can be
made to order
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

TIE Vanderbilt WILL is to bc formally con-
tested, and the rubbing together of the hands of
lawyers is like unto the sound of the rushing of
miphty waters,
The New York herald., 1877-02-28
TRIPLE SH e e Il
NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY ss. 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special newspaper
train over Pennsylvania Railroad and It's connections
leaving Jersey City quarter past four A. NJ daily and
carrying the regular edition OF the HERALD tar
Harrisburg South TO Washington reaching
Philadelphia quarter pas. six NJ and Washington al
/. VI.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

Do THE ALDERMEN Know what terrible
precedent they are attempting to establish by
their action against Deputy Commissioner
Thompson! If uniitness for Office is to drive
men out Of city positions who will be left to
transact necessary busnessi
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

BETWEEN BEER AND PnILosoPHY the Ger
mans were enabled to make up nearly half the
list of suicides in New York last year. Moral
Let beer and philosophy alone.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

AN ITALIAN PADRoSE, who made the mistake
OF supposing that only the officers Of the law
looked out for juvenile street musicians, finds
himself to-day dependent upon himself for n
living. His thanks have not yet been received
by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Chilflren
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

BROOKLYN has at last gained possession of the
WaIabout, and will erect q grand market
therein, upon the completion of which the in
habitants of the third city of the Union will no
longer have to go into the next town to buy their
fnnd
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

A VERY ORIGINAL DEGREE OF DIVORCE is
printed this morning. The authority cited is OF
great antiquity and highly respected but should
the signer OF the decree attempt to marry again
he will speedily find occasion to renew tho howl
about ~ goddess nation"
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

TWENTY PER CENT INCREASE in mortality
from scarlet fever within week, yet that Sani-
tary Inspector of Schools remains unappointed.
Objections of School Commissioners to such an
appointment are of more consequence than chill
dren's lives it seems.
The New York herald., 1877-02-28

TIE LAW OF COMPENSATION is still in force.
Economy in street repairing is causing fright
full extravaganza in truck drivers profanity.