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The New York herald., 1877-02-03
Little Katie and Polly.

The police of New York often permit
crime to 90 unpunished, and notorious
offenders pass them unchallenged every day.
Gambling houses and dens of thieves and
other places of infamy which they know to
exist are unmolested, but they can find
time to arrest in the name of the law little
children whose only offence is the effort to
earn an honest living The arrest Of little
Katie Nagle and Polly Walsh. reported in
our columns yesterday, is an outrage which
cannot be too severely condemned. These
children were employed in sweeping the
muddy crossings and committed the awful
crime of accepting pennies from kind
hearted pedestrians. They were not beggars,
but were really doing q service to the pub
lic The police force cannot clean the streets
and appear resolved that nobody else shall
clean them. When the children were taken
before Justice Kilbreth he ordered them to
be sent to the House of Refuge-another
insult to the common sense Of the COM
munity. The indignation Of persons in
the court room probably informed him
that he was making grave mistake, and,
fortunately for himself, he rescinded the
order. In q city where there is so much
professional mendicancy and so many i'm
posters, both young and old, and so much
untold suffering to the poor, every child
who tries to earn pittanco deserves to be
honored, not to he treated as felon. The
teachings of the Master, ''Suffer little chill
dren to come unto me, and forbid them
not" should soften the hearts of all who
profess to follow His example.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

for if any question was decided by the
Presidential election it was the currency
question. Both candidates are rigorous ana
pronounced hard money men, and which
ever is declared elected the whole influence
of the next administration will be exerted
to hasten specie payments. The next House
of Representatives will have strong hard
money majority, and it is useless for the IN
Hationists to make any further fight against
the inevitable. AS the currency can be put
on a sound basis with less disturbance OF
values now than at any future time we see
no reason why the hard money men OF the
present House should not be true to their
convictions and cordially assist in taking
advantage of the rising tide.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
The direct Gable Company.

BY the dispatches from London 1T may
be seen that the great amalgamation pro-
ject does not sweep all before it. From
present appearances there is in the direc-
ton of the cable company some security
against the creation of great cable monopoly
through the absorption of the last company
formed by the great combination OF capital
that has hitherto consolidated into one all
other companies. Probably the projectors
of the amalgamation did not hope to
carry their scheme Immediately, and
they seem to have secured some success
in the suppression of the results ofthe meet
ing held yesterday. There seems, from the
tenor of the despatch, no doubt that the
result was against them; yet the exact vote
will not be made public till next week. In
case they had discovered in the vote that
they were opposed from quarter where
they did not expect opposition, and where
they believed they could overcome it in a
day or two. secrecy would be in their inter-
est for men published as on one side would
be with more difficulty moved to the other
side. There are probably, therefore, some
feeble elements in the vote against amalga-
nation.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
Spccio Payna on Is.

The country awaits with lively interest
the forthcoming Message of President
Grant, in which he will urge the i'm
portance and suggest the methods of
an immediate return to specie payments.
We are so very near to that result
by tho present low price of gold, the
final step is so safe and easy, the expected
revival of business renders it SO necessary,
that it would be deplorable to let this oppor-
tunity pass without improvingit. We believe
that such measure as will be recon-
mended by the President might easily pass
the Senate, and there is no good reason why
it should not also pass the House. The
Senate has large and stable hard money
majority, and its members are intelligent
enough to appreciate the present great and
unexpected opportunity for the immediate
realization of their wishes. The compost
ton of the House is not so favorable, but
the hard money democrats and hard
money republicans make majority.
Ouite o. number of the democrats who
voted Mt the last session for n repeal
of the Resumption act voted against their
convictions with view to strengthen their
party among the Western inflationists in the
Presidential canvass. That motive for
shutting no longer exists. Even tho West
ern inflationists cannot expect to postpone
return to specie Tor any length of time:
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
The city Debt.

Mr.. Kellys communication on the bonded
debt Of the city is made in response to the
following specific demand of the Senate:--
New York. specifying in detail each issue
separately, and with reference to each class,
giving the date of issue, the law or laws
under which issued, the amount outstand-
ing, the due date, the rate of interest, and
for which of the classes of bonds specified
the revenues or sinking fund of the city are
pledged" Although it appears that the pre-
else liability Of the city to creditors is not
known the Comptroller's report gives
substantial and satisfactory fund of informa-
tion on subjects hitherto kept too much in
the shade.
BY the figures thus produced the total
bonded debt of the city is given at
S149, ,357, 557. This is distributed in three
classes--frst, the funded or permanent
debt, $119. 631, ,313; second, the temporary
debt, s22, ,371, 400; third, revenue bonds.
Sc, 1O4, s44 This gives total of s148, 107, ,557,
to which, in order to obtain the grand total
given above. must be added the sum Of
81, ,ZOU, UUU LOT the DOuOeQ OeDC OF Cue au-
nexed portion of Westchester county In
the first description of securities S9S, 600, 600
is classed as payable from taxation and
S21, 500, 600 from the sinking fund. In the
second class are only bonds payable in
whole or in part from assessments for i'm
provements or street openings, and in the
third only revenue bonds issued in anticipa-
ton of taxes If all this were honest,
therefore, as it unfortunately is not, the real
debt Of the city, would be under $120, ,0O0, 600.
But an addition would have to be made to
that of an uncertain sum of outstand-
ing claims, more or less valid, against
the city. These are estimated in the pres
ent document at $1O,0OO,000. Against all is
to be counted the sum in the sinking fund
of S28, 179, 7O2 1t will be found by compu-
tation of all the interest paid and all the
debt that the average rate is six and three
quarters per cent, which is at least one and
three-quarters per cent too high and at
least one very obvious requirement is the
reduction of this rate. Our credit is too
high to need that we should pay such in
tareSt
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
Little Hell Gate Channel.

The project for uniting Wards and Ran
dall's islands by filling up the dividing
channel known MS Little He'll Gate is one
to which no reasonable objection can be
made The relation of this narrow and
rock-obstructed passage to the commercial
future of the upper East River is without
importance, because it cannot be used with
any degree of safety except by small fishing
sloops, and by these only at high tide. AS
a factor in the generation of local currents
the influence of the channel is detrimental
to the navigation of the Harlem River
and the East River north of He'll Gate,
but more particularly to that of the for
mer The ebb current of the main channel
is divided at the ssSunken Meadow" and a
part of the flow is diverted into Little He'll
Gate, finding its way into the Harlem, where
it meets with the regular current of that
channel and produces an eddy that favors
the formation of deposits along the shore
The food current in the Harlem is also
divided at the upper end of Little He'll Gate
and part flows into the East River, causing
eddies and deposits in the vicinity of
ssSunken Meadow" Indeed, to the cur
rents through Little He'll Gate the formation
of the last named marshy island is largely
DUE The effect of closing this useless pas
sage will be to increase somewhat the scoul
in the Harlem River as far as the north
end of Randall's Island and in the channel
dividing that island from the mainland.
Much will depend, however, on the manner
in which the filling in is carried on. wall
should be first built across each end of the
passage, so that the filling would not be
swept by the tidal currents into the chan
nels of the Harlem and East rivers. Once
such work was completed no further
trouble would present itself 1t is certain
that General Newton will see that the opera
tions are carried out without detriment to
the interests of navigation.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Senator Wright is lame.
Roi,oSnn nlwavs twink les.

Senator Wright IS lame
RobcsOn always wrinkles.
Conking's cheeks rcd again.
Sunset Cox is not always clown.
Stanley Matthews has full beard.
Zach Chandler used TO selldry goods.
General Sherman is jolly thin old soul.
Sympathetic men usually not logical.
"P. O. P."-Tildcn will be elected sure, Pop.
Home, the Spritualist, Is an invalid at Nice.
ArabcIa Goddard is playing lantasias of Thalberg.
oncnbach says that he and his family love elbow
Iogan's jet black mustachc creeps down to his shirt
collar.
Vice President Ferry is as indcscribablc as box
stew.
The Chicago Times says that Jack Frost killed King
Carnival
Senator Sargent. who is radical has sweet smilc
like a womans.
Or. Mary Walker wears hcr suspcndcr buttons on
her neckband
stoughton's hair appears like a snow storm in the
Sierra Ncvadas
Historian George Bancroft looks ike drifted snow
bank struck by an idea.
If a man has big enough coat collar he may 70
fishing like II grand duke.
Senator Thurman likes to lean his back against
something when he argues.
In the Kansas cgsaurc the pages all girls. but
tho Senators not all Chrstiancys.
Chct Judge Sanford 4. Church, of the New York
Court OF Appeals, is at the Metropolitan.
Ingalls, the Senator is scholarly, likes poetry OF q
thin kind. and burns midnight oil by the pint.
Senator Powell Clayton looks like Hungarian
hussar and he has the vigor Of tenhorse cider press
According TO the latest Paris verdict ladies will
carry little mirrors attached cham from tho waist
stew celery until it Is thick sauce; strain out the
shrcds; pour the sauce into the batter Of thin rice
cakes and saate
Jim Blaine shakes hands as if he had mo1thful OF
clothes pins and were hanging up towels. shirts, nap
xlns, stockings and compasses
Justice Bradley is hearty little cosoy body who but
tons his blue coat round about him and smiles like a
grandfather who has ripcned too soon.
a. N.n--1f you do not like the heading OF this col.
umn be good as to get up column tor your private
reading, and give 1t n heading to suit yourself
The Detroit Free Press is getting blind. II is com.
PEELED to wait until personal from the HERALD gets
into the New Orleans Picdyunc before II sees II.
EMrs Brooks the lady who sculps faces IN butter. has
so far confined her to the female features Let her
get some boarding house butter and carve Samson.
Worcester Iress;-"Young people who bet kisses on
the result of the election needn't necessarily wait till
March. They can have them and tho one who
loses can pay wncn the matter decided"
Evening 7clcgran:--I is good thing that surcrin.
tcndent wang intends to enforce the law providing
keeping the ascs and passage ways OF theatres Tree
from campstoos. The young men who go out between
acts borrow bit oil Glove from the bartender will be
particularly grateful
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
Proceedings Before the Elcctoral
Commission.


Mr.. Fields opening argument yesterday
was wholly directed to one point, point of
vital consequence to the democratic case,
not only in Florida, which is now under
discussion, but in Louisiana as we'll. The
drift and aim Of his reasoning was to show
that the certificate of Governor Stearns
cannot bind the judgment of the
commission, but that.it is their duty to lis
ten to the evidence by which the objectors
offer to prove that the certificate is false.
The introduction of this argument at this
stage of the proceedings will bring one OF
the most important inquiries connected with
the duties of the commission to an immedi-
ate focus. 1t must be observed that the hinge
Of the argument is the right of the objectors
to introduce evidence which goes behind the
certificate with view to prove it false.
Now, the permission to introduce such evil
dence would imply decision by the tri-
bunal that it has authority to go behind the
certificate, for such proofs would be irrele-
want if the certificate is conclusive. 1t
would be absurd to admit evidence which is
pertinent to no issue which the COM
mission has authority to decide. If the Ger
tificate of the Governor is conclusive there
is an end Of the controversy, and the COM
mission has nothing to do beyond deciding
this point. But if it consents to hear evil
dence which goes behind tho certificate it
thereby decides that the certificate cannot
stand against proofs that it is fraudulent,
and that the judgment must finally
rest on the sufficiency Of those proofs,
and not on the certificate. Such de-
cision would be a great point gained
by the democrats, as it would open
the door to all competent and peril
Judgment ON the real merits of tho case.
The point would then be not what the Gov
ernor certified or what the canvassing board
declared, but which electors received a
majority of legal votes on the 7th
of November. Mr.. Field maintains
that the commission has the same
powers which the Supreme Court would
possess under a writ Of quo warranto, if that
method Of proceeding had been provided for
by law If this be tenable position the
commission has full authority to ascertain
the truth, and to admit any evidence which
will assist it in determining which set Of
electors received majority Of votes on the
day fixed by law for eirappointment. Ifthe
commission accepts this theory of it's duties
the chances will be very favorable to the
democratic claims. If the vote of Florida
should be given to Tilden that would bring
q substantial end to the controversy, for
his election would then be secure,
whatever decision might be reached
respecting the other doubtful States.
But if, on the other hand, the COM
mission should decide that it has no
authority to receive evidence against the
validity of a Governors certificate, the cleo.
ton will be equally decided in favor of Til
den, though in different way. The certiti-
cate of the Governor Of Oregon must then
be held to be valid, which would give Mr..
Tilden the one additional vote which he
needs to secure his election.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
THE INDIANS.
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF DIsARMING THE ROAM.
ING REDs--A TRAPpER KILLED

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF DIsARMING THE ROAM.
ING REDs--A TRAPPER KILLED
CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Feb . 1871
The following, from a reliable source at Red Cloud
Agency dated January 81 gives tho condition of affairs
that agency 1.-THE Sioux and Arapaho scouts who
took part in tho Mackenzie fight mustered out and
paid of yesterday, and are Immensely pleased with
their treatment and are convinced that loyalty pays
The policy pursued here since October has been
rhc change that has taken place in the att
ude OF the lndans since the mcnt is wonder.
uL One can scarcely believe that the Indians one now
here suDm ssvcy obeying the slightest bchcsl OF
the agent can be the same those who last Nav
showed such supreme contempt Tor the government
and its desires.
There is no news as yet from the party who went out
some time ago TO communicate with the hostile In
dans The Chcycnncs succeeded in stealing eleven
ponies from this party alters departure from this
point"
TRAPPER KILLED
Last saturday trappcr, named Kuapt while follow.
ing his avocation on Cottonwood Creek forty mill
northwest OF Fort Laramie, surprised and killed
by Cheycnncs. D'" brother who was with him at the
time, escaped.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

check by strong and massive sense that its
flights were never tawdry. We have no
speaker at present who approaches them in
this respect; certainly none who can rival
the greater passages of Webster. But In
mere intellectual force the disparity is not
great, if we mako due allowance for cir
cumstances. The lawyers and statesmen of
the last generation had simple problems to
deal with in comparison with those which
have to be solved at present. Our business
life and our political life have become alto
gether more complex and various than they
were thirty or forty years ago. We have
an ininity OF now questions grow
ing out of our railway system, our
great corporations, the new aspects OF
commerce, the novel state of the
currency and the political and legal contro-
versies which have grown out of the civil
war; Aside from the novelty of the questions
the increased mass of business which de-
mands the attention of eminent lawyers and
statesmen exceeds any pressure of which
their predecessors had experience. The
consequence is that the time of our leading
men is so occupied with multiplied engage
ments that they cannot make the elaborate
preparation for great efforts which was pos
sible in the last generation, and they have
little time for the literary or classical studies
which gave an air of culture to the speeches
of the most gifted of their predecessors.
Proper allowance being made for this disad-
vantage, they may challenge comparison
with men of the last generation, who never
came in contact with such large interests
and varied questions as engross the time
and overburden the attention of the leading
men of our own period.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
MEXICO.

THE REVOLUTION IN soNoRA-THE COUNTRY A
PREY TO THE coNrENDINa FACTIONS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 1877
A San Diego despatch says:-''The advices from
Sonora are very gloomy. Both the Pasqueras are
united in revolt against tho Marscal government.
They are said to have 1,50O under arms and ex.
pect rciniorccments from Sinaloa and Chihuahua. It
is reported that fight of hours duration occurred
at Urcs week ogo Marisca has sent to othcr places
for additional troops tho Pasqueras forces outnum-
bcrng his. The people said to bo discouraged and
arc disposed to believe that peace and order can only
be secured by the Intervention of a foreign power
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY-Gold opened at
1O51s, sold down to 1O5, up to 1858 and
closed at 1851. Money on call was supplied at
3 and per cent. The stock market was irrcgu-
lar, and closed without special significance as
regards future prices. Government and railway
bonds may be quoted as generally steady.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

From oar reports This morning the probabilities
uye that the ,ceathcr IL. Ncw York to-day ,ciN be
warm and cloudy, ,ciM rain, foliosced toward
rrcning By partly cloudy or clearing sccaatcr and
a slight fall Ia temperature
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
WITH SUPPLEME E N T
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special news
paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad and its
connections, leaving Jersey City at quarter past four
A. NJ. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition
the HERALD far wost Harrisburg and South to
Washington, reaching Philadelphia at quarter-past
six A. NJ. ard Washington at p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

JUDGE MrLLERs LETTER.-In another column
will he found a letter from an author, journalist
and extensive traveller rolled into one, on the
important question as to whether or not Judge
Miller did write the now famous letter, ex-
pressing certain very decided views on the
political situation. Mr.. Curley, whose letter we
publish, asserts that he heard read this very
document, or one expressing similar views to
those Judge Miller is said to have committed to
paper. This is very important evidence, if true.
OF course it is quite possible for gentleman
who happens to be an author, journalist and cx-
tcnsivc traveller to make mistake, or even to
be imposed upon.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

The MEXICAN CONSUL thinks that so long rs
Mexico discharges her debts toward the United
States we have no right to interfere in the inter-
nal affairs of his country. Just so; pay up, gen.
tlcmen, and play your own little games in your
Own wny
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

AUSTRALIA is to benefit to the extent of ninety
nine cmigrants by the hard times at present ex-
istng. 1t is little early in our history for an
exodus; but the world will keep moving.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

RAPID TRANSIT by an underground route waa
rendered impossible by some underhand work.
A study of the Byrne contract will make those
who purposed investing in the underground rail
way scheme feel happy that they did not.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

ANOTHER OPERATOR in bogus bonds has been
trapped. He appears to belong to the gang of
which Chadwick and Van Eton are supposed to
be dstn gushed members.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

LITTLE HE'LL GATE is to be closed The Al
dermen propose to do it. Will no enterprising
Alderman try to shut up the big gate! 1t would
make matters comfortable
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

MORE DEFALcATIONs are reported from Wall
street Birds of prey, finding no ready victims,
pluck one another.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

The UNION LEAGUE CLUB is not happy. 1t
wants a new nest. Better wait till Hayes is
President
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

SpunIous SnvER-How much of the sill
YER in circulation is counterfeit? Scarcely
one piece in half dozen has n thor
oughly good appearance, and judged
by that merely superficial examination
which the shopkeepers commonly make
all might be condemned together with
as good reason as the few that are, end retail
traffic would come to a standstill for want of
small money. 1t is undesirable that panic
should be created on this subject, and for that
reason, doubtless, much less has been said
about it by the newspapers everywhere than
might have been but the subject gradually
forces itself upon public attention in such u
way that it must presently receive its full
share of scrutiny. There have been great
many arrests, but the police do not with all
seem to reach the real source of tho evil.
Some Systematically conducted organization
is clearly at work on q large scale practising
The New York herald., 1877-02-03

GERoME's MAGNIFICENT PICTURE of 'The
Sword Dance has arrived at the Custom House.
The New York herald., 1877-02-03
The Queenstown Mail Service.

Formerly the British government paid to
each steamer that stopped at Queenstown,
coming this way, to get the late London
mail, the sum of three thousand seven hun
dred and fifty dollars for that service. Re-
Gently it has adopted system of payment
which reduces the remuneration for each
stoppage to from five hundred dollars to
seven hundred dollars, or less than one-ffth
the sum paid upon an estimate of the real
cost and value of the service. 1t appears,
upon full examination, that under the pres
ent system of payment the steamship COM
panies not only perform this service
gratuitously, but often at an expense to
themselves and Mt the cost of great annoy
ance to the passengers (; for the stoppage at
Queenstown, on account of delays there
and the loss of tide, commonly makes the
passage one day longer, and the expense Of
IN ocean steamer loaded with passengers
ard with all things in operation is greater
for single day than the sum received for
the service. In addition to this the detri-
ment of days loss on g trip is
q great disadvantage to the reputation
of company, which is, of course, an impor-
tant part of it's capital. For these reasons
the ships of the Inman line no longer stop
at Queenstown and though this proves n
great inconvenience to our merchants there
is clearly no just ground of complaint
against the company, as it can scarcely be
supposed that for IN important mail service
the public should be indebted to the charity
of q private enterprise