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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

1t is the opinion Of Irishmen that the
mons Construct" oil the Legislation in her
own interest that Ireland asks for, and now
seven Irishmen have taken il into their heads
to play that game the other way and to OBJ
struct all English legislation. They do not
effect their obstruction in the same way,
the power it finds in it's hands But it is
different power in the two cases. English
men put their foot on Irish prospects Of
legislation by the use of majority so great
and SO arrogantly disposed that it does not
even give itself the trouble to listen. Irish
men, not possessed of the majority power.
have discovered that the Parliamentary
rules are veritable arsenal OF defence
for the feeble. and they have used these
and have developed with them m
influence almost AS great as they
could have had from a possession OF
the majority. They have Constructed"
the course Of legislation with great effect,
and have just now forced division of the
majority into relays to put them down by
exhaustion. The session which ended last
night, and OF which we give full account
to-day is one o. the most remarkable IN the
history of the House of Commons But
practical people will want to know what
advantage there is, after ALL in this obstruc-
ton. How is the cause of Ireland adj
vanced by the fact that seven Irishmen de-
layed certain vote for about twenty-four
hours that vote not being even on n meas
ure Of importance to Ireland? There is only
the prospect that if Irishmen by the exer-
else of this hostile use Of Parliamentary de-
vices can cripple the ordinary course of
legislation they may be able to en-
force the legislation they desire as a
price of immunity from obstruction
of other legislation. Their obstruction
must be overcome by combat or COM
romise. Foe this OCCASION the obstruction
has been overcome belligerenily by the
fray Of six hundred TO seven. But the SIX
hundred do not want to be called on in that
way often, while for the seven the fun has
just begun and il they persevere they may
yet extort favorable compromise as to the
treatment OF Irish bills.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02
A Curious Defence.

The Bank Superintendent is introducing
some curious testimony before the Senate to
excuse his neglect Of duty in failing to close
the Third Avenue Savings Bank. It has
been proved that in March, 1875, his atten-
ton was directly called to the insolvent and
fraudulent condition of the bank in an
official letter addressed to him by one of the
departments examiners. Mr. Ellis offers
as witnesses certain managers Of banks in
New York to testify that he consulted them
as to whether he should close the bank or
suffer it to continue it's business, and that
they advised the latter course for fear of
creating panic. If the defence were ad-
missible Mt all the evidence would be insult
icient inasmuch as all the witnesses affirm
that the Superintendent did not consult
them until July, 1875, and then did not ex-
plain to them the infamous transactions and
hopeless condition Of the bank, and that
they only advised him to ''act with eau
tion."
But we insist that such defence, even if
sufficient, is not admissible, and that such
testimony proves most conclusively that
Mr.. Ellis is unfit to be at the head of the
Bank Department. The duty of the person
holding that Office is to correct abuses and
violations of law on the part Of any savings
bank, and to protect, not the other banks,
but the public, by closing any bank that is
unsafe, or even when it is ''inexpedient" for
it to continue its business. Mr.. Ellis, after
knowledge of the utter insolvency of the
Third Avenue Bank, instead of protecting
the people by closing it, secretly made
known its condition in part to certain bank
managers, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether it would please them to have the
insolvent concern wound up. The very
proposition shows a relationship between
the Superintendent and the bank managers
which is, to soy the least, suspicious, and
which never ought to exist. Everybody
knows that bankers are timid and always in
dread of panic, and they are not the
proper persons to consult in such case as
that of the Third Avenue Bank. Yet we do
not doubt that every banker called as
witness by Mr.. Ellis would testify that had
the Superintendent made known to them
the facts in his possession in regard TO that
swindling institution they would have adj
vised its Immediate suspension.
The issue is, however, only o side one.
The proof before the Senate is that Mr..
Ellis knew of the fraudulent character and
insolvent condition of the bank in March,
1875, and that he refused to follow the
Deputy superintendent advice and close
its doors, until the Legislature had passed a
law which is relied on, probably mis-
takenly, to keep its criminal officials out of
the State Prison.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02
The Nlissfssippi Democrats.

A considerable part of the democratic
party seems TO have come up to jackson to
yesterdays Convention. The HERALD's cor
respondent reports eleven hundred dele-
gates, and we fancy the Convention, when
it assembled, must have occupied not
only the whole of jackson, but q con-
siderable region toward the Black River.
In the evening Governor Stone was renomi-
mated. There is, it will be remembered, no
republican party this year in Mississippi,
and the result is that the democrats
having the field to themselves are en-
Enthusiastically splitting to pieces There
is already talk of an independent
democratic candidate, Mr.. A. G. Brown be-
ing spoken OF. 1t would not surprise us to
see two or three independent candidates
before November. The tone of the Missis-
sippi press shows that the independent
movement is strong, and if it is well headed
and managed, and if the republican poll
ticians really keep quiet it may even carry
the State. Of course there will be vigor-
GUS effort made to keep all the brains of the
State in one party, but that kind OF thing
never succeeds.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

deserves the support of the people, and
certainly gives the republicans far better
chance to carry the State than they
were believed to have. They can at
least make an appeal to the voters
to support an honest against dis
honest policy. The democrats seem to
have fallen entirely into the hands of the
Cary and Bill Allen school, the kind OF
men who brought defeat on their party in
Ohio in 1875 and in 1876, and who are by this
time SO skilled in getting beaten that they
might safely take q contract to defeat
their party in every State where they
can control. The democrats had a very
good chance to carry Ohio; the resentment
which the people feel toward the republican
politicians for their misconduct last iall and
winter is deep seated and just. and it needed
only common prudence and a little common
sense in the democratic leaders to enable
them to secure the benefit of it. But they
are Bourbons they evidently thought their
victory certain, and so the worst elements
of the party took possession OF it and gave
the republicans chance.
But the fight is OF no real importance ex-
cept as it may once more defeat the Allen
and Cary men. The democratic party is
dead the republican party is dead not all
the efforts OF all the politicians can prevent
n general disorganization and reorganiza-
ton Of parties this winter
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

There is perhaps no man in Europe who
the Sultan of Turkey. Therefore when it is
reported that the Sultan entreats the Queen
of England to fuse her influence with the
Gar to stop the shocking cruelties COM
mitted by the Russian troops" this does
not imply that the Ottoman sovereign puts
aside the ordinary course of proceedings
to implore personal favor. That would
suppose that the Sultan had definite knowl-
edge of the lacts and that he felt IN interest
in the welfare of the people, neither OF which
is possible This appeal is made in the
Sultan's name, and is devised to reach Eng
lish opinion. 1t is kind of Turkish
"bloody shirt" Since the massacres
in Bulgaria the Turkish diplomats have
understood distinctly what sort Of story
excites the people Of England and other
civilized countries, and they have de-
voted themselves assiduously to the trans
mission of shocking news and this APP
peal to the Queen is supposed to be coup
de Matte in that line. Naturally the Queen
will not "use her influence" as proposed,
for she addresses the Gear in style that
would presume her conceptions of human
ity to be superior to his. Moreover
her own officer in the Cars camp
explicitly denies the statement that any out
rage had been committed by Russian SOL
diers. Perhaps the Queen may reply to the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02
A Gho.t Tina. WIN Not BE Laid.

The Tichborne case makes its reappear-
ance ut intervals in one shape or another
like an uneasy spirit that will not rest. Now
it is in the form of large public meeting in
Hyde Park now of question directed to
the British government in Parliament; and
again of an organized application for SYM
patty and aid to individual members of the
House Of Commons supposed to be liberal in
theirsentiments. Not long ago the Tichborne
Release Association of London applied to
legal firm in San Francisco to set on foot a
search for the schooner Osprey, by which
the claimant, as he alleges was picked up
while drifting in boat on the Atlantic
Ocean. A man who was employed by these
lawyers to make the inquiry reported to
the Osprey with the log in his possession.
The fact was communicated to the London
association, who Immediately forwarded
check tor one hundred dollars and requested
q continuation of the investigation. The
alleged discovery is supposed to have been
q romance, as no doubt it was. But the
singular part of the matter is that the Itch
borne Release Association should still be
reality and should be prepared to pay out
good money in furtherance of its objects.
The claimant is in Jail, and when man is
under lock and key it is notorious that his
best friends grow Indifferent to his fate and
contented to allow him to remain there.
But now comes one of the jurors who tried
the claimant for perjury and agreed to a
verdict of guilty, with letter addressed TO
the Queen, in which he sets forth that he
believes the verdict to have been an unjust
his knowledge which did not appear on the
trial, and which convince him of the pris-
oners innocence. He therefore prays that
the claimant may be released and granted
new trial. All this is very curious.
The vitality of the Tichborne case is not
due to the claimant, who probably has very
few if any friends, but to the fact that the
masses of the English people cherish ct
heart bitter jealousy and dislike of the
aristocracy. A very large share of the lower
classes will forever remain confident that
the imprisoned claimant is the rightful heir
of the Tichborne title and estates, and that
he is kept out Of them because the aristo.
Gratis of the nation do not desire such q
person as the claimant to be one of their
number The Tichborne agitation is con-
tinued and money is squandered on the folly
because of the natural antagonism between
high birth and low birth =; between wealth
and poverty between blood and Drawn in
England The Tichborne agitators care not
fig for the butcher or baronet, whichever
he may be, who wastes his substance in a
prison cell, but they hate the English aris-
tocracy, and this supposed outrage affords
them an opportunity to give vent to thei1
trina faalings
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Communists want beerlud.
Bessie rur-ncr Get up It il time to build thu
fire.
Til. browning event Of the strikes is the crownsrs
quest.
Who said that brakemcn never strike twice In the
same placer
General Pearson ought 10 change his name to Gold
smith Maid.
The Raii,cay Age says:-"Compel peace FIRST and
mako terms aftcrward."
We have heard for 'bread' and "blood" ant
''beer," but not cry for brains
The first freight delivered at the Alton Ill, depot
after the strike a wagon load Of collins.
Chicago Times "Capital demanding q protective
tariff IN the State OF Pennsylvania naugurates tho prn.
ciplcs Of Strikes"
In this little strike not quite satisfied what
arc trumps. CubsS No. Hearts? No. Spadesf
No. Diamonds 2-you just reckon they ara
Lady Barker writes:--"I have seen tho black
in four different quarters Of the globe, and
one single individual move quickly Of his own fres
will"
To our much-quoted item about the Hackensack man
walking in his sleep and trying to pluck water lilies
from under the bureau and whose wife exclaimed,
"Pctcr &C., poStal card replies from HacKensack,
..Piease correct sy rs not Peter, but James,"
Jusus schwab and his gang remind us Of the canal.
boat captain VINO At tOWu Seut MS out
lars worth of provisions. The boy brought bacg
ninety-nve cents worth of whiskey and i've cent
Loaf OF bread. "Heav nsl" exclaimed the captain,
owhat are you gong 10 do with all that breadf"
Newark Cau:--" srhe wise daughter Is the pride Of
her father: YEA her mother also doth delight In her.
but the foolish maiden brngeth sorrow. She bangeth
her hair over ncr right eye; she tippcth her nat
tte back OF her head. When evening cometh she
walketh on Broad street, and with hor left ego she
ganccth at the patient youth who cougheth ON the
curbstonc and wipcth his nose with red bandana-
Her handkerchief also Then the youth smil.
eth TO himself and folowoth In her footsteps She
teth snare ana scoopeth the wayfarer In. Seahl"
Evening 7eiegram:-"It Is announced from Washing.
ton that Secretary Evars Is gong to take vacation
during the whole month OF August, and that the rest
OF the Cabinet looking for summer boarding
houses some In Virginia and some in New Jersey.
THIS will please folks who believe that the world gov
erned too much. We thought that Evarts was taking
his vacation a month ago, when he over Eastern
New England with the President and tarried at New
port after his chief had gone back gton; and
also later, when he made q tour through tho mining
districts Of Pennsylvania with the Attorney General
But the vacations Of our industrious Secretary Of
State TO be constructed the Same plan 70 his
sentences You have to take breath several t,mes
| lore you get 10 the end Of one Of them"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

We published yesterday the latest health
statistics of New York and also the rate of
mortality per thousand Inhabitants in the
principal cities of the United States, Canada,
Europe and British India AS usual, our
Health Board officials are foggy and man.
age with success born of long practice to
render their returns Us unintelligible as pos
sible. But enough appears on the record
to prove that the present very high
rate OF mortality. per thousand (34.5s)
continues to be struck from the total
population. and therefore gives no idea
whatever of the slaughter that is going
on in the crowded wards where filthy
streets, defective sewerage, bad ventilation
and the neglect of the Health Department
are doing their deadly work. But the worst
feature of this health report is the brazen
attempt to explain the character and causes
of the foul nusances that are rendering the
neirhborhood of the Harlem flats uninhab-
table. With m audacity unparalleled and
an utter disregard for the truth the health
officials pretend that the foul odors that now
load the air of Harlem emanate from stag
nant water, bad sewerage and the refuse
from the Mutual Companys Gas Works. In
the face of the positive evidence to
eve and nose that the smells are due
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

to piles Of rotting manure, scow loads
of nightsoil, cargoes of putrid carrion
and the operations at a fertilizing factory,
these lying officials tell us that 1t is only
'oxide of iron and sulphate of lime" They
admit indeed, that garbage and refuse
were dumped on the fats by the Street Clean
ing Bureau in 1874 and 1875, but claim that
they stopped that neiarious work. Our
records, which are reliable, while theirs are
deceptive, show that not only did they not
stop the garbage filing by Jones L. McQuade,
Ambrose and others in 1875 but that Presi-
dent Chandler declared at the time that
such filling was harmless. There is too
much money paid for the privilege OF
poisoning the air Of Harlem to give hope
that the present health officials will do any
thing to prevent it. The refuse brought
down by the sewers is swept away by the
unusually strong tidal currents of the Har-
lem River, and cannot produce the horrible
oaors that faint the air as much during the
time of high rs of low water The truth is
that the Harlem flats represent nothing
better than u great stratum of filth, which
is continuously giving off foul effiuvia, and
by permission Of the Health Board the river
front has been converted into a general
depot for the most horrible refuse collected
in this great city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

The WEATHER.-The area of high pressure
has descended still further south, and is now
about central in New Brunswick. The barom-
etcr is quite high the Eastern States and
British provinces, but will fall quickly during
to-day, as the wave of high pressure moves east
ward into the Atlantic In the West the press
nrc las risen decidedly. The isobar of thirty
inches of the western area follows very nearly
The line of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers,
westward of which the barometric gradient
rises sharply. The lowest pressure now lies in
II belt from Pembina enthusiastically to the
South Atlantic States, whence it takes an east
yaing easterly wind on the Middle Atlantic
coast the temperature fell somewhat and cloudi-
ness with light rain prevailed. Light rains also
fell in the lake region, the Mississippi Valley
and the Western country. Owing to the prox-
unity of the two areas of high pressure with
their marginal air currents flowing in opposite
directions disturbance may be developed in
the vicinity Of Bermuda. At present the indica-
tions OF this are not very Marked but are suffi.
Gent to suggest the possibility. Except in the
West and Southwest and the lake region there
has been o general fall OF temperature. The
winds have frcshened along the coast and are
b;ob in the Northwest. The weather in New
York to-day promises to be slightly cooler and
cloudy or partly cloudy, with occasional rains.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

RUsTcHUK.-Thc story of the first days bonn
bardment of Rustchuk is graphically told in
our correspondence from that city in other col
umns. The Turks were completely surprised,
the bursting of the Russian shells on that
quiet Sunday afternoon being the first inti-
nation they had OF their danger. The firing
on the American and English Consulate, which
were in the same building, is infinitely described,
and the incident will doubtless lead to some re.
monstrance the part of our government and
probably of Great Britain. 1t was certainly
not accidental
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

The HERALDspecial newspaper train 10 Sara
togd, Sharon aud Richfeld Springs, Lake Lal=e,ne
and Lahc George and all intermediate points, ria
Hudson Rirer, Al5amy and Schenectady, runs
ere'y Sunday during The summer season. Nc,cs-
dealers must send IN their orders direct to the New
York HERALD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

New YORK FEDERAL OFrICEs.-Thcre are III
fications at Washington that the administration
rontemplates change in some of the principal
federal offices in this city 1t is believed that
Surveyor Sharpe will not be reapponted, and
there are nearly score of patriots anxious to
fill his place and live up to the civil service re-
form rules.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

The ANToNELLI SCANDAL.--A letter from
Rome, elsewhere printed, gives an outline OF the
evidence relied upon by the Countess Lander
TIM in her suit for portion of the late Cardinal
Antonelli's fortune. His family are bitter in
their opposition, and will not listen to any com
promise of the case
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

WALL STREET Observation-Disclosures were
quiet and rather weaker Gold opened and
closed ut 1865, with a few intermediate sales
at 1851. Government bonds were firm. Rail
road bonds were strong Money on call was
easy Mt l l., q per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

THE REoRGANIZATIoN of the Printing Bureau
OF the Treasury Department was sadly needed.
Since its establishment it has been conducted in
the most slipshod manner-an asylum for the
male and female friends of Congressman.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

THE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD managers
and the managers of the Pennsylvania Company
will find some interesting communications in our
"Complaint Book"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

UTAH claims second honors in the crema-
ton business The burning of DIR. Winslow's
remains occupied three hours, and the process
was successful, whatever that may mean. Won
der if Brigham Young and the Mormon murder
ers will decide to be crematcd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

SARATOGA has periodically determined to cele-
brate the anniversary of Burgoynes surrender,
which, next October, hundred years ago,
thrilled the struggling colonies and assured the
success of the Revolutionary war.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

TURKISH FINANcEs.-The failure Of the Turk.
ish government to keep its contract with the
Providence Tool Company has an ugly look. II
it cannot pay for its arms the end Of the wal
cannot be far off.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

Porte that as her representations on the sub
ject of the Bulgarian atrocities were received
so coolly in Constantinople she does not feel
encouraged to exercise censorship over
other soyereigns
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

RECEIVER JEwETT is gradually bringing the
Erie road out of its difficulties. His latest state
ment looks pretty well.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

ARRANGEMENTS have been made to hold
steeplcchasc races at Newport in September
Liberal prizes are offered and some OF the best
horses in the country will be entered.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

From oar reports Ibis morning the probabilities
are that The heather in Ne,c York to-day riN be
cooler and cloudy or partly cloudy aoiM occasional
S.O;n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02

TIE PUBLIC DEBr reduction in July was
$S1S ,0O4, which was pretty good for the dullcst
Of summer months.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-02
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

The HERALD wiH be sent 10 any address, free Of
POSTAGE, for One Dollar per month.
Smyrna times., 1877-12-12
FOR RENT.

The STORE occupied by J. W. Jones, suitable for a
ladies Millinery and Trimming Store. Also the Store
adjoining. Apply 10
dec 5-t2 p. MAEoN.
Smyrna times., 1877-12-12
GRAND TRIUMPH IN HORTICULTURE.

Glorious results of a useful life; climax almost
reached. FelIOn's New Berres-Cinderella and Con-
tinental Strawberries; Early Prolific and Reliance
Raspberries The four best bearing, best carrying,
best selling, hest paying market berries. H5 Illus.
tated circulars and price list giving history and fu
description, free 10 all.
sep 26-3m GIBSON & BENNETT,
Nurserymen & Fruit Growers, Woodbury., n. J.
Smyrna times., 1877-12-12
FOR BENT.
FOR RENT.

The residence on Delaware Street, now occupied
by the undersigned. Apply To
nov 2S-ff MRe, MARY BOYD
Smyrna times., 1877-12-12
PRICE-LIST
6,OOO PEACH TREES IN BUD,

Of choice selection, as follows Troth's Early Noun
tain Rose, Reeves FavOrite, Moors FavOrte Yellow
Rare Ripe, Reeses Choice, President Stouts Choice
Pullens Seeding, Bears Smock