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and emancipation bay0 nut transformed all
wufneu into Nalomi,as, but hayu lta.le lntkiiu,ls
vi them dream Ut th!Bgs aud pursuits unkMown
10 the days Of bo1.daSe Atla lEnorunee. But III.
though Freedom allu education possesA the bud
qualtt!es nanlcd. the power to develop vaulty
aud unrest, yet duuGtirs5 woman In thU 0h!cn
was Al uult,1NEtunt Mortal uEvnt compared
with wiiat sle Il In thu prrsent- Hhc llls uuF
churches, eac ILLS tho pgayertnretily rto., s!lo
writes [suAellul moral literature, ahtiuyallGa Ml
streets AllA bswaya IN Acr crE4nds VI lAersy, a'l
axanst thr ultra ttosis OF tashIon mud tllcIess,
Is lmust luce Vi tho etnplre OF religion md
chari.y. lJ.1er thr bru.ld confession VI lcr
rights which t!:c preseut las 1lado, tho inntE
moral scilsr III wDnas4 ~ lon, Arue1 otreprcss-
Cd has hllrbt forth III new power.
Wlrn va thllIk Vt NuiilaA ax i spiritual tOrcc,
A. une ieadfnE mankind by ulGans u her At kER
tlyci!vss, 10 WI ,vcl that ,hu bat!ot-box all ut
mission 10 uli thc i'ruiessiuns roulu nvt ua any
way tuil 10 l!rr tLiiuc1is for gosllt When tic
1nlnl recalls .uc t:l.scaclg lusccs thar elnauute
fruu the qu.eus Vi sociuty, Religious lltezaryt
tue rig. 10 vote IL AwarlGl tn significance hy
tue immense spiritual empire which Lea 6alOru
their lest. 1t i. yet " ba demonstrated ti4t
the power IL ~ute atIuua1 10 uulvSrsst. Tnu
tAInE OF merit simply ~ that Bociety 10 repre-
teuts i Ut tile 1Allutbox. A permitting unly
those men 10 yute wtiu had roaCllt4 the ussu 0t
ed eotno kind VI . freehold. would u perfectly
quad AMI represent soelesy ~ though suffrage
were Offered " all Iers4'ns ot whatever agu uF
condition. As tic laws are, theru Ia 0 se1ertiun.
tnly tnose vutc Wlu lays reached ths
axc of Il yeare; bnt thcrs must be half
million youn.. 14eu III thu laud who u Is TAU
vote ~ iutellRcutIy Is the freedman can vote Ut
10. What IL demanded IS not . universal SUI
fsuge. but sutlls4r which shall represent tho
multitude. This representation could be Re-
tu1lpllslel per4c> tIy II unly lneu between tic
agss VI ~ ud " should exetv!ee THAI privilege
VI voting. At best 1csy x.4k IL tho Rrsuuluilt
tu tHyor u the su1lruEe Vi Motn0ll. for III her
spisituAl rrlaiIous she ~iclAs L seuptra wtlos.
power could sain nothing ltetu y taEeer Vi
politics. Thosc WIKI in4ks kleaA axe rT1la4z
than those hu vote tlen. Tue mcu Whv wiz
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
THE THREE ORPHANS.

On the steamer Victoria arriving yesterday from
Glasgow the passenger list contained the names oil
Willie waters aged six years, Annie Waters aged Tour
years, aud jamie Waters, aged two years, coming 10
charge OF Mr. Rankin, purser Of the ship. These
tiny passengers born in Ireland, whore noy lost
their parents In May aud February Of this year. after
which they were sent Glasgow to q relative for the
time being Learning CT the death OF the chiIdrens
parents Mrs. sullivan, aunt residing at Elmira, 10
this State wrote TO hav5 tho orphans sent to hers
where she proposes provide for and educate them
Mr.. John McSoriey took charge OF the little ones
their arrival at this port and last evening he for.
warded them 10 Elmira In cnurge OF the express
messenger, having at arst notified Mrs. Sullivan OF
their arrival aud departure. The children appeared
very neat and tidy, and viewed everything they saw
with considerable wondcrment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
THE CROPS IN NEW YORK.

From the Orleans (Albon, N. " American August 16
Whatever else Is contingent, abundant crops are
assurcd-not Isolated localities alone but In nearly
every state and Territory in the Union And this
abundance includes nearly every agricultural product
as well every section Of the country. In somo local.
tiles is exception. the later rains not having
been sucentto keep up Its early promise. In local
ites also, the thing Is true OF late potatoes, while
early varieties generally reached maturity before
this lack Of rain felt
The country has had no such wheat crop in many
years. In of the Western States this crop is fully
one-fourth above the avcrage-thrty bushels TO the
not being uncommon return. This ts especially
true In Michigan, where milers now look for their
choicest grades.
the present ruling prices at Of tho local marts
In tho West not however, satisfactory to tho lead
Ing producers and they will generally hold back their
crops for better prices until they find steady de-
cline instead OF rise inevitable. They influenced
In this determination Tor three reasons First, by
the fact that because OF last years. general deficiency
tho old crop was more thoroughly exhausted than
usual before the new crop came in second because of
the largo deficiency last years immense surplus
IN California and, third, because OF the conflict
pending IN the wheat regions OF the Baltic and Danube
These are strongly fixed in the minds OF the
Western producers that they will continue to influence
their action until they are proved unfoundcd by somo
thing more tangible than the predictions OF those
whose interest II is to buy as cheapy possible
ana sell as Ugh as possible hereafter
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
NEW JERSEY AHEAD.
RAPID TRANSIT LoCoMoTIoN IN THE STREETS
OF NEWARK.

RAPID TRANSIT LoCoMoTIoN IN THE STREETS
OF NEWARK.
IRON tho Newark Advertiser, August COL
The three dummy engines which are occasionally
tho streets of this city the pioneers OF a
future which must come, for It will be a necessity.
The dummies are opposed, every advance Is
opposed, Street cars were denounced In New York
with exceeding bitterness and in London the nrst
rails LAID removed the complaint of a single
citizen that his carriage had been injured by them.
All the schemes for rapid transit in New York,
whether they on the ground above ground or
under the pavemcnts, are oppoced by somebody
and injunctions tall upon them like August
storms upon the earth. Very few people
see the end in tho beginning The old omnibuses
in great met, opos answered purpose ana "a lew
OF them still remain as souvenirs OF the past era, but
unDrokcn line OF omnibuses would not be a6lo to
convey the passengers in that city that
ported in Is Newark side OF a pos
sible necessity rapid transit? Much has been said
com OF the sucrngs of the horses IN this
street car business and IL is true that there is no work
which them out SO rapidly, but that but a lin
tied part OF the story. There are business demands as
well rs philantnropic; time Is money, and the age
moment our faces westward en-
counter a series OF hills, up which the horses
It is that the SLOW pace becomes rksome and that the
necessity some Thor method OF propulsion APP
parent The true line OF extension is in that direction,
aud while there may be reasonable objections the
dummies objections which should be carefully
considered IS plainly evident that the days OF the
horse as motive power for such purposes are num-
bced and that substitute must and Will be found.
The line OF South Broad street cars after leaving
Broad street, is series Of tortuous windings and
heavy grades 10 Its Junction with the Bloom
held road That the genius OF the age
has as yet devised no other plsn Of draw
ing two or three tons OF dead and live
weight 1t than TWO lean and spiritess horses Is
Tor lively astonishment, but the matter becomes
lar serious when IL Is seen that the futuro grown
OF Newark lies IN this direction; that, whom under
new era OF prosperity, the portion OF the city border.
Ing the passaic is gwen up TO thousand Industries
and TO commerce, the population VIII he gradually
forced 10 the hills anu enincnces wnere they VIII en-
Joy purer air anu where broad avenues may be Lara
out, now parks established and other improvements
inauguratcd which make hrst class city.
he area covered may be, as some have anticipated
great as London. but We are looking ut the near
future, at growth as Indicated by tho present move
ments IN that direction. Bloomfield by the slow
no,hod OF progression WITH horses ouly about forty
hvc minutes from the heart Of the city When with
other mechanical power It is rcacbed in half
The time, the probability o: including that suburb and
Montcalr WITHIN the CITY limits will not CHI
u,crIca.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
"OLD M'DEvITT'S DEATH. +"

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH CERTIFICATE THAT
PUZZLED THE BOARD OF HEALTH YEsrER.
DAY.
"Old McDevitts dead at last" Tho stranger stood
in the doorway OF Daniel Naxcy h Sons conu ware
No. COG East Fourteenth street when he made
the above announcement, and he spoke be wiped
his eyes on his coat sleeve with great show Of emo
ton. ho was a stout, good. natured looking man IN
laborer's garb with long gray coat and a big hat
pulled down over his eyes. The representative OF
Maxcy Son. who happened to be present. had not the
faintcst idea as 10 who 'Od McDcvitt" might be- but
that venerable gentleman declared to be deunct
and consequently need OF interment he scented the
sneSels.
Naturally his face heightened couple OF inches as
the features OF members OF the craft apt to do in
such circumstances, and he looked appropriately dis
consulate. "0ld McDcvt IS dead, the stranger went
on, "and as his Two brothers before him, God rest
them, wcrc buried by Mr.. Maxcy, was the old mans
wish TO have aim take charge OF his funeral too
The stranger proceeded TO say that the body was
lying at No. 52S East Twelfth street. and that the
sooner the Ice and the coffin would roach the house
the better II would DO Tor every concerned About
the colin he lett expci, orders II should moi be
casSet or a box or nny OF the new-fanged order of
collins, but PLAN, Old fashioned one.
TIM MYSTERIOUS CERTIFICATE,
The stranger tnen went away, leaving certificate of
Go th, which was duly forwarded by the undertaker
aud signed by Dr. H. Saucr, OF No ia second avenue
but the chrogrophy was so nartstic especially
when recorded the cause OF death, that the combined
intelligence and guessing powers OF the sanitary clerks
unequal 10 ITS deciphermcnt The certificate was
accordingly sent TO Dr. Ssuer, who stated that he mad
heard nothing OF the case, had never attended Nc.
Deviit--in short, thut the paper forgery
IL occurred TO the iunct onarcs tue Health
Board that some awful mystery underaid this dcv,cc
and an investigator was at once deemed necessary
the iniatory steps were taken TO proceed mat
ter, when the appearances OF tne undertaken anu his
On the stranger leaving their place Messrs Maxcy
Son sent the Ice and cofnn and the other funeral
paraphernaia 70 No. b2o Fast fwctn street. out there
no dead tnau was found, More too, there was no
McDevnt IN the house, and TO tho knowledge of the
oldest inhabtant no scion OF that family had resided
in the ncghborhood. The result was that Maxcy 4
Son retired with their coffin, and the Health Board
covered their serenity, but both anxious to
more of tho mysterious stranger who announced "od
McDcyitt'su death.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
THE GARBAGE QUESTION.
AN INJUNCTION GsANrED-FonM OF PERMIT

AN INJUNCTION GRANTED-FoRM OF PERMIT
GIVEN BY THE SHORE INSPECTOR
Justice Barnard, OF the supreme Court, Kings
county, rendered decision Yesterday in the matter OF
the application made the OF counsel Cor
c. Godfrey Gunther to make permanent the temporary
injunction previously granted restraining tho New
York Board of Police and Excise from dumping gar
bage bay without permit OF the Shore Inspector
The Court makes the injunction permanent. Shore
Inspector Ferguson stated yesterday that tho New
York Police Commissioners have arranged with the
United States government Tor the use OF the dock
Fort Hamilton. They will bring the scows containing
the garbage down at eob tide reaching the Narrows
the time the Iide turns. They will then moor tho
to the dock and await the next ebb tide, whom
they will carry the refuse out to The Inspector
says that II the New YORK mon Will abide by their
agreement he will give the following permit
or Ssw
w WEsTc ,.. AMP H,cnMosD p, ,.u,
Permission Is hereby given 70 Police OF
New city, agents or to navigate and 80 pass
with containing dead animals, carrion. ora other
o"ed within the hours spec,ea TO wit Every day until
Yss Hs F at
and continue and proceed on such passage tSa the
said vessel vessels
be employed thereon or to he engaged in connec
This permit granted under and snbes, to the provis
Ions conditions contained In cnaper oO OF the Laws
1873 which be in all respects observed and obeyed
by the party whom issued Aforesaid and
on the condition SAID vessel vessels shall
ont and across u line Forts Wadsworth and Hsm
ton only curing times above specified shall
continue thereafter through the lower bay at the ordinary
rate of speed without detention delay.
ing beyond the jurisdiction of the state Of
New YORK. In the event OF failure to comply with SAID
conditions OF thel OF said
sages this permit far pertains TO sad
shall hereby declared be void effect
Dated AUGUST %. 1871
q. FERGUSON, Shore Inspector
The police authorities have hcre!oiore refused 70
dump the garbage at cob because OF the expense OF
towing 1t out against the flood tide.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
A NEW CANAL STEAMBOAT.

From tue Rochester IN. " Democrat, August col
Ex-senator A. G. McGowan, OF Frankfort, In this
State has invented and built steam canal boat.
which the Buffalo Commercial describes as foIows:-
Thc general design OF tnis boat is on the Baxtcr plan,
but she contains several important improvements sug-
gcsted by experience sho Is ninety eignt and half
feet long and has clcar lines aud well adapted to cut
the water forward and iced the propeller wheel att
She Is stronger tho Baxter boats, having thirty
seven more tmbers and bolts with nails in place OF
the ordinary drift bolt Sho has Two cylinders four
and a half fourteen inches, equal TO about twenty
horse. power Tho boiler rs improved returned
due and considerably larger than those carried by
the Baxter boats. she is propelled by wbcc i've
feet nine inches IN diameter. Her carrying capdcty
Is about seven thousand Ave hundred bushels OF
She ia 10 be operated with the Charles A, Grvan % Q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

william e. Spencer hardware merchant In Chicago
has iailou, the liabilities reach $50. OoO mostly held
by New York creditors. A meeting OF creditors viii
be held to-day at the Hardware Board OF Trade when
q statement will BIO made.
A composition meeting Of the creditors OF Mar.
schultz. Mack Co., liquors, No. Is Dcy street, was
held yesterday The 6rm tailed, owing 500 000 Tho
proposed settlement at twenty five cents the dollar
was accepted Three payments will be- made--nvo
cents OH the dollar In cash. ten cents four months
and ten cents in eight months
In the Court Of Common Pleas there was died YES.
terday, with schedule annexed the assignment OF Luxe
W. Thomas, Charles 8. Farley and George r. Merrill,
comprising the firm OF Thomas Co.. to John l.. Hill
Tine liabilities arc stated So97 SAT 49, the nominal
assets $423S49 49, and real assets about eighty
cent OF The nominal
There was flied yesterday In the County Clerks once
the assignment OF Theodore Newman 70 John Lohms9
and Frank Green.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
A LOUISVILLE. LAWYER.

From the Louisville (Kyl Commercial. August H.
, young attorney OF this city, has agurod in very
unenvabIc hgnt In tho public prints. Almost as soon
rs he was sworn TO practice the City Court he
wss sent 10 jail for contempt OF court being intox
Gated II then developed that he had obtained $40 from
Mrs. Place to procure her divorce, and atcrward
told her that divorce had been granted but the SUIT
had lot been fled In the Chanccry Court Mrs. Place
was about TO be married u second time, Taylor
having gone with the partes to the OIL &C the Clerk
of the County Court and there made AFFIDAVIT there
was no In pedment In tho way to the marriage Of Mrs
Place and her new lover, and the license was issued
ono Tor having obtained $40 under false pretenccs
from MIRA Place. and the other win perjury In having
made the affidavit he DID at the imc W license was
srsntcd Tor the marriage OF Mrs. Place and Henry
eoerx These charges will be investigated IN the City
Court this morning. whom 1t Is expected that some ricn
lscx VIII be developed,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
THE CROPS IN THE WEST.

The Troy Times prints letter from Hon. Martin !.
Townsend, written his extensive Iowa farm and
giving some account OF his observations with respect
to our Western grain crops. 1t is dated Greenwood
Hill Farm near Fifteen Mile Grove (Grundy county,
Iowa. 10th inst. and says
awakened August ., on tho Lake Shore NOV.
ing westward, little east Of Asntabula, Ohio be.
gan TO look out tor the crops and have carefully
noted their condition from mat place 10 this, losing
no half mtle OF the TOO. From Asntabua westward
through Ohio and Indiana rainy and cold spring
would seem TO have been followed by an exception
ably dry summer, and for largo portion oil the dis
aud the corn much of i late and thin,
and considerable portion utterly hopeless.
after leaving tho burdeneo eds OF Middle New York York
until reached Chicago On the morning OF the Sd,
when started for Iowa, new sccnc broke upon me-
Tho area OF crops has never boon equaed before anc
their excellence certainly was never surpassed in this
or any other country. Six years ago we saw In
Illinois, from Chicago TO tho Mississippi, continued
enough now visible to furnish bread TOR the popnla-
,on on. tho corn fields the GA. ocles and timothy
avorito crop, and the rich dark green oil leaves and
stalks, rising to the height Of nine to twelve feet,
vegetable beauty such have scanned Tor IN vain
IN other regions. the corn Is late, but should II
ripep, as the hopeful believe It WILL Illinois will yield
nearly 800 O0O0 900 bushels. and Iowa not TAIL much II
any, short OF 10000 600 OF bushels. II be
KING he Will be at least very high officer IN the
ernmen. Oats were never so good nor half SO
abundant Iowa has long been my favorite State
and although thought while In Illinois that Iowa
must have been beaten, tor this year at least ound
examination that Iowa has this year, ever. vim
dicated her claim 10 supremacy. | have no language
to describe the vegetable wealth here laid ou, But
can give you TACT which Wal enable you IN some
conjecture what would tho traveller g
eye ! SIT at this moment at point about ono hun
dred and nifty mi les west OF the MISSISSIPPI II safe
to say that over that ono hundred and fifty miles,
through he whole State north aud south, not
Iowa that has not this year borne spring
crop crop OF rich timothy clover or Kentucky blue
grass. Nineteen years ago Iournths Of this land
unbroken prairie In the county OF Grundy, where
write, not IN a thousand had been touched by
man. To-day IL 10 all subducd covered by happy
homes corn fields, wheat icds and oat fields spread
every side, and you SEQ everywhere, In enclosed
pastures upon the slope Of the whilom PRAIRIE the
most beautiful cattle that ever giaddenod the eye oil
man, fattened upon the rich grasses until they are
ready Tor the shambles
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
THE HARVEST.
Condition Of the Crops at the Great
Grain Growing Centres.
HOPEFUL ACCOUNTS FROM THE RURAL DISTRICTS
An. Abundant Supply of Bread
. stuffs in Prospect.
THE PROSPECT IN MAINE.

From the Lewiston tMe.l Journal, Augustl6l
Abundant harvests Of nearly all kinds OF farm prod
uce likely 10 reward the husbandman this year.
Unusually abundant narvests Of wheat and corn are
promised throughout the West The wheat crop-al-
ready nearly secured-is tho largest that there has
been for years. and It's quality is particularly excel
lent. Corn promises an immense yield oas and
other grain will be plentiful. Cotton in the south
promises large crop, and OF her crops IN the
same region promise good returns In New England
good hay crop has been harvested. aud corn, oats
nd wheat promise good returns An unusually large
area has been planted and sown IN Maine, ana tho
total yield Of grain potatoes and other products VIII
probably be the largest that has been harvested for
years.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
Totals. =. 90, oOo 600 sl,Oooo 900 III, ooo,(
rom tho following figures:--

These figures, showing that the four States above
mentioned will have say 90, 0O0. 900 bushels more
wheat sell than they had last year, may be relied
upon being near correct the very best tDI0r
nation make them. They made mainly from
the reports and estimates OF the National Agricultural
Bureau, and confirmed las 10 yield per acre) by the
observation Of trustworthy who have
Gently visited all the States mentioned. In MIN
nesota Tor instance the acreage OF tho three years
Is known to be about as fOilOws.-lS75 l,7b4 900
acres 1876 1874 600 acres 1877, 1890 00U The
fact now fully established OF the great yield per
this year over last even 1875 confirms the estimate
OF So 600 bushels against only IT, 900 last year,
For the other three States tho estimates are equally
trustworthy.
We may mention incidentally that tho aggregate
whoat crops of Michigan Indiana Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee will exceed the aggregate Of last year by
probably 35 900 to 40 0o 600 bushels and TINT the
crop IN California willa probably H. 0O00 900 bushels
short OF last year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24

COLLECTOR FREELAND'S CASE.

The afidaviis furnished by Mr. Svcrman In support
OF his charges against Collector Freclana, Of Brook.
lyu ave yet been gwen press for pubIica.
ton Mr.. silverman yesterday said he was tired Of
the whole matter. and wished he had never been
dragged INTO IL. lie had done all nc Intended doing in
the case and expected TO make Brooklyn his pcrna-
nent home. He was he sad, about hall way between
Mr.. Beecher and Bob lngcrsoll his belief and in
tended to Join Plymouth Church. He believed that tho
afidav,,s prove all the charges That have not been
Withdrawn should Freelana DO Removed hc said Mr..
Lorin Palmer would get the place, as he heard II
talked about in Washington.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
WHAT ONE COUNTY OF WISCONSIN WILL. GIVE
BETWEEN sS,0OO,000 AND $4,000, 600

[From the Madison (wisconsin) Journal August Eli
In every section Of the Union abundant crops are
assured, and this abundance includes nearly every
agricultural product, well every section OF the
country. For season after season farmers have
been dsneartencd by poor crops and the magnificent
yield coming now, after long SUCCESSION Of failures
and continued hard times, when the prospect Of good
prices better, will put large of money
into circulation give confidence the people and re.
vive business generally. The business and material
prosperity OF the great Northwest depends mainly on
the agricultural interests. This every one under
stands, but doubt II majority fully appreciate the
immense value good crops.
AS an illustrauon we will present some statistics OF
county Below will be found z comparative
table giving the acreage under cultivation, ascer-
tanned at the timeo the annual assessment In the
md
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
AN ACCIDENT AvERTED.

Last evening" the train on the Long Island Rail.
road due at Long Island City at eighteen minutes past
four o'clock was approaching Bissvic, after rounding
tho sharp curve side Of the bridge and Metropolis
tan avenus the engineer discovered an obstruction on
the track. He whisted down brakes ana tho train
was stopped jus, before reaching the obstacle, when
invest,patiou showed u TO be large cable chain
stretched across the track aud secured at each end
Tine OBSTRUCTION was securely liked that 1t required
several min utcs time remove II. Tho chain Is now
nj the company Office II Is yet uncertain whether
the lob was the work OF malice or the thoughtess mis-
chief OF some boys, but an investigation u 10 20