The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


EAGLE Observation-Disclosures.
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NEW YORK, TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.
The regular edition OF the HERALD I'LL be sent here
after far West as Harrisburg and far South as
Washington by special newspaper train, run by Adams
Express Company, at the usual rates.
From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,ceather in Ne,c Yorh today ,cM be
cold and partly cloudy clear, Nth brisk westerly
Winds
lF "A GREEN CHRISTMAS makes q fat church
yard" how dismalIy thin most cemeteries must
feel Just now
WHAT WOULD NOT newly elected city oficer
give to he deaf to-day--or to have all his friends
struck dumb?
GETTING TOWARD Observation-Disclosures failures in
this city during December aggregate nearly two
millions Of dollars In liabilities.
PRINCETON WILL CELEBRATE her own special
centennial tomorrow, and learn how thankful she
should be that the good old times are gone
For MoURSrUL OR COMFORTING reminders. ac-
20 hath fa orr Of
financial record OF the year in our money column
SODA WATER AND COLD COFFEE repentance,
temperance pledges, carpet cleaners and trades
mems bills are the principal features Of to-day.
WHERE Is MIR. BRRGH THE ladies' who failed to
supply the demands OF perpatetc ''lunch parties
yesterday were guilty OF terrible cruelty to animals
GOVERNOR vANCE's INAUGURAL ADDRESS was
eminenty patriotic, conservative and timely; but It
offered no consolation to the holders OF North
Carolina bonds
If IT Is EVER PROPER to punish man for the sins
Of his friends the burglar Brady should be made to
suffer for the injuries his gang indicted upon the
officer who arrested him.
TO-DAY Is "LADIEs' DAY. in tenement houses as
well as in the best society, with the difference that
BY the visitor instead OF the resident.
THE Young Man who put good spirits into him.
self yesterday yet finds himself in bad spirits to-
day would like TO desecratc the tombstone Of the
wretch who wrote that like breeds like"
Now THAT PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN and hurt them
selves In sufficient numbers give the casualty
ports a handsome start we hope the police will COM
pei househoders TO clear their icy sidewalks.
TIE .REIGN OF TERROR" begins at the City Hall
to-day. The shadow of the gulotine looms up in
every department and the executioners having
more trouble than any one else about the matter
OUR REPORT HEADED ''The Laws Delay" reveals
an abuse OF law which would be dsgraceful even
under despotism. II nothing better can be done
let us revive the Roman Office of tribune to protect
- poor agans; the vicious.
TIE CHARGE CoSrrSuEs TO be made by citizens
OF Ashtapula that an official Of the Lake Shore road
ordered that no water should be thrown upon the
burning train. No matter what might have
been the motive behind the alleged order,
the charge should be closely investigated at once.
The m.ldcst reason assigned for the course of the
Official does not justify the suhlccting OF any human
being TO additional RISK OF life Tor the sake OF pro-
tecting any interest OF moneyed corporation.
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NEEDED MISUNDERSTANDING Robinson did not
say anything in his speech at the State Capitol yes.
tcrday In relation to the necessity OF caE
ryng the State reforms which have marked
Governor Tlldcns rule into The Insurance
aud Eankng departments. But IL is 20
be hoped that he is not indie rem: 10 the necessity
OF placing those departments in the hands OF men
who will discharge their duties better ana more
faithfully than they have hitherto been performed.
our TORONTO DESPATCH indicates that the en-.
cine drivers OH other Canadian railways intend 70
follow the example Of their brethren OF the Grand
Trunk road. 1t Is 70 be hoped that the con
stabuary and If necessary, the entire militia
force OF the Dominion will be posted as tc
prevent any repetition Of the late outrage
upon travellers The results OF the strike upor
those who had no part In the abuse OF which the
engineers complain are not SO bad as those OF III,
victims or brcad or blood' mobs. but the spirit
which an.mafes the strikers Is the same tha
which makes nobs the terror Of the community.
EupREss or lSprA.-victoria's dominion as En-
press or india was formally proclaimed yester
day NJ Delhi by the viceroy, in the midst OF ga.
and motley multitude, gathered to indulge It's low,
OF the gorgeous in the spectacle that cannot be dis
pcns. d with on such occasions In any 0r!cnta
.,,untry All went merry marriage bell an
everybody was happy. II the new title makes any
body in India happy that is perhaps suiiicen
reason Tor It's existence, as nobody In Europe seem
any rhc worse for Il, Notwithstanding some gloom
annrenensions that were at one time entertaine
IN respect to 1t.
ORR cor.roS TRADE-we print elsewhere some In
erostnr facts and figures from circular Just Il
sned in Boston by one Of the foremost New Enean
cotton sp.nncrs. lie shows why our export OF co
ton goods might be Immensely and prohtaoy u
rraasna and he seems TO TO have taken an c.
cclcnt ana practical way to make the real merit
our manufactures known abroad by preparing
large number and variety OF samples winch nav
ecu sent to all parts OF the world, under the chare