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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-08
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMBOAT.

Tho walking beam Of the Morrisanla steamboat
Harlem broke yesterday morning just IS she was
leaving her landing at ll9h street her down trip
Tho heavy OF iron foil with crash that caused
considerable alarm among the passengers, who num-
bered over three hundred. Steam was promptly shut
or and tho disabled boat was towcd 10 the Randais
Island dock by tho Sylvan Grove to which vessel tho
passengers were transferred The weight Of the fall
ing iron smashed tho cap OF the steam cylinder boz
sides doing considerable damage TO tho surrounding
woodwork Fortunately no one injured.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-08
GERMAN EMIGRANT SOCIETY.

The Directors OF the German Emigrant Society,
sigismund Kaufman presiding, held meeting at No
Is Broadway yesterday afternoon. Tho sum Of $500
was added to appropriation in aid Of tho destitute
German Immigrants. Contributions from mombcrs
to tho amount OF ST. 1875 had been received, and tho
Treasurer, +. W. BruD, reported balance Of 1876
IN the treasury. During the past month ,e46 Ger
man immigrants wcrc landed at Castle Garden, m
from Baden, 81 from Alsacc and Lorraine, SO from
Saxony &c. Tho whoic number OF German immi-
grants this port the LIST OF January
10 1884, falling of OIL 2,94s compared with tho
previous year.
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BAHiA, Oct 2e-saed. brig Honey tBr. Hill. New
York.
CAsDrrr Oct 81 Sailed, steamer Gicnogan (Br, New
York.
CossrAsrISoyLE Oct e-Saicd schr Robert Palmer, Dem
nison. PAnderma.
CmAnLorrrrowx. PEI, Nov i-Cleared. brig Anncke
(,rl. Mcmillan, Queenstown.
CASso. Nov 5Arrivcd schr Vnsccllo Cow Bay, CB for
New York.
NATHAN. Nov 4Arrivcd schr Sorata Br, Landry, Fort.
land, TO load Tor London.
IttnRroo Nov ARRIVED ship Pcsccmakcr tBr). Cias
son, Manritius.
MALAGA, Oct 17-ssicd, brig VIM Thompson tBo. for
Boston.
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GONE AsTRAY.

The Chief or Police of Newark last night received
communication Informing him tina, Josephine Wilson,
OF No IS Stanton street. this city, left homo Mon
day. In company with Kate Connolly OF Seventy second
md Thifd enuc, ostensbly 10 60 TO Newark
since which timo neither OF them have been seen.
Josephine described being blonde. twenty. seven
years old and weighs 40 pounds. She lott child
q thrce- In onths old babe, behind hor.
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STRIKERS SENTENCED.

james Gallagher and George Williams tried and
found guilty at Trenton yesterday for obstructng the
passage OF tho unitod States mail at Washington.
warren county, during The railroad strikes In July s,.
They were defended By Charles Winfield, OF Jersey
CITY. The Jury rendered q verdict without leaving
tho tox The prisoners were sentenced to pay a fine
OF 500 and costs each, which is the full penalty pro-
v,ded by law. They have been connDed In the Hudson
County jail since last summer
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WHALEMEN..

Sailed from New Bedford Nov g. bark Fleeswng tnew>
Hepping>tone, Pacific Ucean
Al Paita sept 5. bark West Manchester. nh. from
on Shore Ground, with oil as last reported REPORTS
with 900 obls So all told Niger iaet. do 200 sp
Mosher d. $50 all told; 2oh Sea Fox, jenkins. do.
100 sp since leaving Panama.
A leser from Capt Nye. OF bark Ccone OF NB reports
her In the Arctic sept H. reports having taken
whale. Would remain In the thrcc weeks
longer and would be at San Francisco about the LIST Of
November.
lat &C. Sept IL reports had saxon IL bbls So OIL
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BILLIARD MATCH.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov 7. 1871.
Two thousand people witnessed the billiard match
st the Exhibition this afternoon between lillian Sex
ION and A. r. RudoIphc. II was tho French game 600
points up and lasted thrco hours Sexton won in
nisy-two innings, Rudophc's score being 4os Tho
~,nocr,s average was IL 10 20 aud bis hghcst runs
los ana 100. Kuiophc's average was 10 70 and his
highest runs s. and 81
unibiion Of fancy shots and sleshtof-hand with tho
~ s.t..
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DIsORDERLY HOUSE RAIDED.

Al late hour last evening Inspector Murray, with
posse Of police from the Tenth and Fourteenth pre-
cncts, made descent mousse OF cvtI' reputation
kept by tho notorious "Frcnch Louic,n Canal
strcct. Fourteen persons, OF both scxes. found on
the premises, were escorted 10 the Fourteenth pro-
cinct station house and locked up for the night Tho
keeper Of tho bngnio was not captured.
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AID FOR THE ClGAkMAKERs.

SAN FRANCISCO Nov. Z, 1871
There Is a movement among the white cigar
makers OF this city 90 bring here the unemployed
cigar makers OF New York. An effort VIII also be
msde 10 induce United Satcs Collector OF Internal
Revenue for this district to be particular 10 exactiug
no nds from Chinese firms.
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SAILED.

Steamers Russia (sn. for Liverpcol; csnsds aFrl,
Havana; New York, New Orleans; Bcnefactor, Wilmng
ton NC; ships Red Cross London Esther Ray (Br,, Nor
folk banks Mississippi Nor) Rotterdam; Nuova virginia
dta, I.ephorn anchored in lower bay,; liohcnsoern
London: Eliza Barss tr) Bcrmuda Aida (Nor). Cork
Fokc tNor, do; lockwood (r), do; brigs Melrose Sc
lroix and Nevis; schr Mary q Farr
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WESTERN UNION TIME BALL.

NEW YORK, Nov 7-Noon
The mc bali OF tho Western Union Telegraph Company
by standard time OF tho Unod states Naval Observatory
NJ Washington was TO day dropped lilo second SLOW
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CUP AGAINST CUP.

great sparring contest for two champion" silver
cups viii take place at Harry HIPS sporting theatre
corner OF Houston and Crosby streets, on o-morrow
afternoon, November g. Tho contestants VIII be
jimmy Kelly, the 'Hard Hitter" and Seddons'
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SPOKEN.

Bark Briefly Hill tBD, Baird. from London for Van
eouver Island. Oct ~. lat 81 n. ION 1873 W
Brig Romance. Crag, from Baltimore for Navasss Oct
%, lat "a, Ion ~.
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CoR SALk-A sCow. 75x24x6. SOUND AND GOOD
condition. suitable for oil In barrels buik kind
q ne.vy ftcichs Scows 70 hire r. T. EASTMAN, fooe
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MYSTIC PARK RACES.

Bosros, Mass, Nov. :, 1877.
The November meeting at cystic Park began to-day.
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NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
Steamer.
| sails. Desti'af,on-

| DATES or DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR TnE
NOVEMBER.
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Messrs. Goodwin us yardsl Williams I'll yards)
HaDdsor 25 yards) Race (25 yards) and Edwards III
yards. each killed two out OF their seven birds.
Reicrce-Mr. William Walton, OF tho Long Island
Shooting Club.
Time OF shootiug-Ono hour and twenty i've minutes
srel dead OF bounds.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

HoLrHEAp. Nov 7-wind SW, strong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-12
An Sharp Fox.

The Somerset one Reporter is re-
sponsible for the following story: The
fox which Mr.. Fairgrieves now has &C.
cupies q yard back of the store, to which
Mr.. Fairgrieve's dog has free access.
The dog and fox are great friends.
They frolic together, play "no end" Of
jokes on each other, and live in the most
perfect harmony, save at "meal time"
The discu sion that a choice bit will call
forth is sometimes most interesting.
MI. Faixgrieves gave the fox O bone the
other day. The dog had been taught by
experience that it was no use for him to
try to capture it, 30 he retired into the
store to watch the proceedings, doubt
less hoping something would turn up in
his favor. The fox ate what he wanted
of the bone and preferred to lay it away
for future use. The dog pricked mp his
ears, but yawned and betrayed no
especial interest. The fox dug a deep
hole, placed the juicy bone in the bot
tom, and, covering it over with earth,
"patted" it down. He then went into
his kennel, brought out an old dry bone
that he had kept away from the dog for
several days "'out of pure cussedness,
placed it in the hole over the sweet one,
covered it up with apparent care, and
retired to his kennel to watch operations.
The dog saw the fox safely housed, and,
Us he had done before, stealthily ap-
preached the treasure, ~resurrected the
dry bone and trotted off.
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Soaring AWAY the EclipSe,

Soon after my arrival at Bagdad, says
a writer in Scri6ner, on the evening OF
the first day in May, as we were dining
on the terrace, we were startled by e
most terrific din. We then noticed that
there was a nearly total eclipse of the
moon, and upon consulting an English
almanac we found that it would be Gin
visible at Greenwich, but a total eclipse
in Australia and some parts of Asia"
The tumult increased, and soon the
whole population seemed to have as
sembled on the house tops, armed with
pots, pans and kitchen utensils, which
they beat with o tremendous %clatter, at
the same time screaming and bowling at
the top of their voices. Frequent re-
ports Of guns and pistols added to the
turmoil, which was kept up for nearly
an hour, until they had succeeded in
frightening away the %"iin," or evil
spirit, who had caught hold Of the moon.
1t was a most amusing scene, although
it interfered seriously with the success
of our dinner. Our own servants caught
the excitement, and deserted the table
without ceremony. Our host told us
the next day that they well nighknocked
the bottoms out from all his kitchen
utensils. It was, however, a complete
success, and when our servants returned
to their duty, the noon was shining
brightly as ever, and upon their faces
was an air of complacent satisfaction.
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Alphabetic CuriOSitleS.

The Protean nature of the vowel
sounds is familiar to NIL. A few anus
ing examples will show that the conso'
nants are nearly as bad:
B makes a road broad, turns the ear to
a bear and Tom into a tomb.
G makes lime climb, hanged changed,
a lever clever and transports o lover tc
clover.
D turn q bear to bread, q crow to
crowd and makes anger danger.
F turns lower regions to flower
regions.
G changes a son to a song and makes
one gone!
H changes eight into height.
Z makes now known and eyed keyed.
L transforms q pear into q pearl.
n turns a line into linen, a crow to q
crown and makes one none!
P metamorphoses lumber into plum
Der.
O of itself, hath no significance.
S turns even to seven, makes hove
shove, and word a sword, a pair q spear,
makes slaughter of laughter, and curl
ously changes having a hoeto shaving a
shoe!
II makes a bough bought, turns here
there, alters one to tone, changes either
to tether, and transforms the phrase
"allow his OWL" to "tallow this town p
w does we'll, e. g., hose are whose
are becomes ware, on won, omen women,
so SOW, vie view ; it makesan arm warm,
oy1 f,,rpo a hot into -wbat
e Y turns fur to fury, q man to many,
to to toy, a rub to a ruby, ours to yours,
and q lad to q lady
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The French rs Bread Enters.

The French are great bread eaters,
writes Lucy Hooper, and it is an anus
ing sight to watch the baker arranging
in a high basket, in shape like a waste
paper basket. the great long clubs or
sticks in which the commoner kinds Of
bread are baked. These clubs are thick
enough and hard enough to serve for Of
fensive or defensive weapons on occasion,
I should think. At the commoner and
cheaper classes of French boarding
houses the palatesr of American boarders
are often painfully impressed by seeing
the daily bread in this guise stood up in
a corner with the umbrella, while an un-
kempt waiter is engaged in the task Of
sweeping out the dining-room. Or else
one sees stout old women going along
with their stick of bread tucked lightly
and compactly under one arm, which in
this hot weather is not altogether an ap-
petizing sight. Generally, however, the
purchaser Of a single stick carries it over
his or her shoulder, like a cane or an I'M
brella.
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Pugnaci0us BARRIERS.

A feud between two BARRIERS. Tuttle
and Bingham, i'll South Boston, has
ended in nonsense and gunpowder, but
not in blood. They met at City Point by
the light of the moon. Fifty persons
on the ground; seconds were chosen; the
principals dotted hats and coats; the dis
lance was marked off, and the duellists
stood face to face, when it was discovered
that the weapons had been forgotten.
To 90 to q house of a neighbor and
secure two large pistols that had not
been loaded for many a month, was the
work OF but afew moments. Caps were
placed upon the unloaded pistols, and
then all was really. One of the specta-
tors loaded q small pistol of his own with
powder, and secretly crept. up behind
Bingham. The word "fre" was given,
both caps snapped, and at the same in
slant the man behind Bingham dis
charged his weapon. Bingham, on hear
ing the discharge, supposed himself to
be shot, and fell to the ground. On see
ing him fall, some of the spectators set
mp a cry that he was shot, wherenpon
his opponent took to his heels, leaving
his hat and coat on the ground.
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How the Calais Kill Painters.

We take the following from De Cos
sans Cradle of the Blue Nile y: Won
derful stories are told of how the Gala
hunters capture the black panther, for
they dare not meet it face to face with
their spears, and therefore resort to
strategy. It is said that when the Gala
hunter has discovered the haunt of n
black panther he digs a round hole in
the ground some six feet deep, and just
large enough for him to stand upright
in. He then gets into this hole, and
placing his round buffalo hide shield On
the top of it, so as to cover him entirely,
calls to the panther in a hooking voice,
daring it to come out of the jungle
where it is concealed. The panther,
who is naturally a very passionate beast,
on hearing this defiance, Immediately
rushes out and tries to get at the hunter
by clawing Mt his shield, which covers
the top of the hole where he is ensconced;
but the Gala holds tight, and then en-
sues q dialogue, or rather q m~onologue,
for though the panther is supposed to
understand Gala, he only answers by
growls. The hunter first abuses the
panther and then ridicules it, calling it
all sorts of names, until the unfortunate
panther gradually works itself up into
such a frenzy that it at last fairly dies of
rage, and the hunter, emerging from his
hole, secures his skin. In confirmation
of this story, the Abyssinians declare
that when the black panther skins are
brought to market they never have any
marks of lance thrusts or sword cuts
upon them, as have the skins of other
animals which are killed in the chase.
T fancy the truth is that the panthers
are shared by a device which they often
use in Abyssinia for catching the spotted
leopard. A running moose is firmly tied
to thabranch of a tree, and the branch
is then bent down and attached to a
stake in the ground in such a way that
anything moving the moose will set it
free ; a kid or a piece of meat is then
placed behind the moose, which is care
fully concealed among the leaves and
placed in such a way that the leopard in
springing at his prey will pass through
the moose. Of course, he becomes en-
tangled in it, the movement sets free the
branch, which flies up, and the leopard,
instead of eating the poor little kid
(whose feelings must be anything but
pleasantly, suddenly finds himself sus-
pended in the air, where his struggles
soon cause the running moose to tighten
round him, and he is easily killed ~ the
hunters.
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The Aston Family.

A New York correspondent writes:
One of the oddities of the city is an old
gentleman who boards at Leggett's Ho-
tel (near Printing House square), and
who is now one of our oldest residents.
I refer to William Wallace Bruce, who
for a half century was in the service OF
the Aston family. He is almost the only
person who can remember old John
Jacob Astor as q business man. He
served as collector of rents for many years
and can tell many interesting incidents
if he chose, but his Lips are sealed
against all disclosures. Mr.. Bruce is
the Oldest bachelor in New York. He is
nov four score, and has a handsome COM
potency. Reporters often call on him
for information, but are invariably un-
successful, since he will not allow him
self to be interviewed, He may be con-
sidered one of the relics of a former age,
who has outlived all the associates of
life, and now fingers among a commun-
ity in which he is really a stranger.
Mr.. Bruce can remember the time
when William B. Aston was a young
man, but he has lived to see the two
IONS of the latter divide their immense
estate, thus creating two grand princi-
palities. Their offices are side by side
in Prince street, where the business has
been managed for q half century. Such
a spectacle has never been seen before
in America-two brothers, each with
forty millions, with adjoining Offices and
sets of clerks. They only thing they
hold in common is the little brick land
Office which contains the maps, searches
and other papers belonging to their ma
tural interests. Each has an immense
fire-proof ssafe in this Office, which is
said to be specially guarded at night.
These safes probably hold q larger
amount of government bonds than any
other establishment in America. In q
religious point of view these brothers
are Episcopalians, John Jacob being a
v~estryman of Trinity Church. He is
about five years older than William, but
is not 80 much given to display. The
difference between the brothers in this
point is shown by the fact that John
Jacobs Office bears no name, while the
adjacent one has a snowy gilt sign which
reads: civilian Astor." This is the
first time in sixty years that the Aston
name (of this family has been put on O
sign board.
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japanese Progress.

A letter from Yokohama, Japan, to
the Cologne Gazette says: thatthe mint
at Osaka, which was opened upon the
direction of an E~nglishman, some years
ago, is now in full working order ; 100,-
600 copper coins are turned out monthly,
and the number of gold and silver coins
which are eventually to be brought
into circulation is so, Zoo, 900 of the
former, and 5000, 900 Of the latter. The
receipts of the post-ofice for the past
year amounted to 1886, 600. About 3d.
600, 900 letters, newspapers and parcels
we're transmitted by the post, and ia
letters only were lost. The exports
during the season half of the year
amounted to 800, 600, 900; the imports
to S14, OOO, 900. Of the former $15, 600,
600 represent the value of silk, silk
worms eggs, and cocoons. The custom
revenues for Yokohama alone amounted
to 81, 534, 200. The rice harvest being
abundant, the government permitted it's
expectation, chiefly to Corea, where a
famine was threatening in consequence
of the long continuance of dry weather.
A monthly line of steamers has been es-
tablished betweed Yokohama and Fusan,
in Oorea.
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Interesting Facts about the Chinese.

There are said to be four thousand
characters used in the Chinese Bible,
but of these not more than one-third of
the number are in constant use. About
one-tifth Of the latter number, from their
frequent occurrence, constitute the great
body of the Bible. Flve-sixths of the
entire work is made up of %one-eighth Of
the whole number of characters. Of the
vast population Of that densely crowded
empire, women and children constitute
a large proportion, aud these cannot
read. In the country districts, not more
than one-third of the males can read,
and perhaps not mole than one-ifth. In
the cities it is estimated that seven
tenths of the males are readers !; so that,
on the whole, the male population may
be regarded as a reading people. Ac-
cording to late statistics, there is one
missionary in China to every two mil
lions of it's four hundred millions of in
habitants. The number of Christians
in China is now increasing six-fold every
ten wears.
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A Hat Stolen from q Mans Head.

The Baltimore Sun says that an old
gentleman from the country had his new
hat stolen from his head in that city,
and a shocking bad n substituted in
its stead by a shrewd thief. While look
ing in the shop windows some n came
up behind him, and gave his hat a tilt,
as he thought, and he paid no attention
to the rudeness. He strolled down to
the post Office, and there discovered to
his surprise that his own hat was gone,
and that he had on his head adilapidated
tile. The police could not find the fell
low who made the exchange
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At the Prussian Court,

We find the following in the autobio-
graphical recollections of Sir John Bow
ring : I went to Lord William Russell,
our ambassador, expecting that he would
accompany me and aid me in surmount-
ing the difficulties which, in courts SO
formal as those of Germany, always at
tend the stranger. To my surprise, he
said that neither he nor any of the for
eign ministers had ever been invited to
dine with the king, it being q traditional
counsel of Frederick the Great, still OBJ
served at court, not to allow foreigners
to NEEDLE with the affairs OF the royal
family. Lord William added that he saw
him only once II year, and then but for
five minutes, while even his ministers
rarely got Mt him. People waited three
months for IN audience, and the king
spent half his time with dancers and bal
let-girls. I went to Potsdam, and hap
PLY found Humboldt at court. I was
the sole Englishman introduced.
The king asked me how I liked Berlin,
and said he had heard of my reputation
from Humboldt. Soon came in the
queen of Bavaria, the Princess Liegnitz,
the Princess Royal, and other princesses,
and some pretty children, among whom
was the son Of the heir to the crown, a
lad Of ten or twelve. At about six VI we're
summoned to the theater in the palace
which was superbly fitted up and filed
with guests invited by the king-some
sixty or seventy persons. All the great
actors of Berlin we're there. but the bal
let, which was the kings hobby, was
specially good, and one part of it truly
amusing. There were forty or fifty little
children, four or five years old, playing
the parts of men and women, and some
did it admirably. One child, who was a
grandmother, was perfect, and there
was a good love scene, and an after
matrimony scene between a boy and a
girl not over six years old.
The soldiers with mnstaches, the sap
pers with long boards, the postillions in
their boots aud with their tails, the law
yers in their gowns, etc, Wee q mourn
de rirc. The kings dinner was unlike
any I had ever seen. In the center OF
the room was a table where the royal
family took their seats while, around it
were mluy other tables, arranged as at
q French restaurant, the most distin-
guished guests being near enough to
hold conversation with the royal family.
The waters were Cinnamon, wearing
their native costume, whom. the king
told me he had imported to take charge
of his gardens, but the project not hay
ing succeeded, he had turned them to
other account.