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The New York herald., 1877-10-20

done in return. people engaged in
such war as has occupied the Spanish at-
tention IN Cuba for SO many years Is In
somewhat anomalous intellectual condition.
1t is oblivious of every possible effect Of its
acts except the one it intends. There is a
somewhat musty anecdote of an Irishman
who, intending to strike salmon with the
spike on the end Of his scythe handle,
failed to observe that in handling his
implement in that way the blade OF his
scythe must inevitably reach his own neck
before the spike reached the salmon, and
who consequently decapitated himself with
the blow aimed at his game. Equally in
tent on the purpose aimed at by certain
foolish administrative measures of their own
government the Spaniards have not per-
ceived that those measures might have an
other effect, and it will be salutary opera
tion of our discrimination that they will
have their attention directly called to the
occasion that gave rise to it.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
Salfy0tOry.

According to Punch q cook, being asked
the question, "How do you expect to rate?"
made reply, "As a splitter" 1t is annoying
to observe how many of our masculine
travelling public also thus expectorate and
in the sweet enjoyment Of the time-honored
and Objectionable habit drown oil expostu-
lation. The possession of glands which
everyday fellow citizen that he hastens to
parade unnecessarily and with an injudi-
cious liberality the product of these ever
working organs, and the floors Of car,
omnibus and ferryboat attest his dampen-
ing vigor, while convinced humanity shud-
ders a-tiptoe or gathers it's skirts and seeks
an unsullied patch Of flooring.
Justly priding ourselves upon our polite
ness to women in travelling we seem to
adhere viciously to one loathsome practice
which delighted our satirists generation
ago, and which to-day is more annoying to
the female sex than would be any stolid
rudeness.
Tobacco chewing is dying out among our
more cultivated classes, and the foreign ele-
mcnt in our midst rarely adopts it, SO that
this provocative of saliva is hardly an ex-
tenuating excuse for sullying public floors,
but our non-tobacco chewing youth seem to
glory as much in an ability to spit need
lessly as did our sires in the perfection of q
science which enabled them to Squirt in q
fy's eye ut ten PAGES"
1t is proposed to have splitting cars, ex-
pectoratins saloons and salivary omnibuses
for our principal lines Of travel, and to con-
fine to these compartments those who must
so recreate as to disgust gentlemen, to defle
ladies and to accommodate only a small
never-wcary class of male bipeds, whose
best excuse is that "they don't know any
better"
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
An I'm pIoearta.int Point at Last.

The Tweed examination has been so de.
void of interest since the HEBALD's publica-
ton of the original confession" of that
eminent thief that very few have cared to
attend the sessions Of the Aldermanic COM
mittee or to read the account of the pro-
ceedings But fact was developed, unin-
tentionaIly, no doubt, at the last meeting,
which promises to open up new and possi-
bly, useful inquiry. Tweed has put on
record schedule processing to show ~
what moneys he received between the au-
tumn Of 1871 and the end of 1875, period
of about four years. and (2) how he dis
posed of these moneys. The account shows
that he realized since 1871 on real estate
$500, 900, and from the net proceeds of the
sale of ''stocks personal property of every
name and nature, including mortgages,
jewelry, &C., about $3.50, 0OO,'' making to-
gether total of 81, ,456, 600.
This enormous amount of property was
sold after Tweeds crimes had been discov-
cred and exposed, and while he was under
bail on criminal indictments or confined in
jail. 1t was of course all justly the property
of the city. having been purchased with the
money stolen from the public treasury. It
is therefore important to know =
~ BY whom the several sales were made.
(2) Who we're the purchasers?
(3) What sum was paid for each separate
piece or parcel of real estate or personal
property that was sold. and what was the
real value of each at the time Of sale.
1t is important that the fullest informa-
ton on all these points be secured, since it
may possibly lead to the recovery of some
of the money out Of which the city has
been robbed, the law now giving the people
extraordinary power to follow and secure
their own property. 1t is essential to dis
cover what persons sold the several pieces
of property and what persons purchased
them, and whether they sold and purchased
knowing them to be dishonesty come by.
The prices paid in each case will
be pretty conclusive evidence on this
point. If jewelry store should be
robbed, and the stolen articles should be
sold secretly and for prices considerably
under their value, the purchasers would be
liable to arrest on the prima facie evidence
that they were receivers of stolen goods. 1t
is possible that the sales made by Tweed or
his agents of property purchased by him
with the money Of which he robbed the city
may not have had about them anything
secret, suspicious or illegal But the peo-
pie have right to be satisfied on that point,
and now that the fact of these large sales
has been elected the counsel who is con-
ducting the examination and the committee
before whom it is held are bound to insist
on the fullest details.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
the Grant-sumner-Phin Com

troversy.
General Grants blunt conversation with
HERALD correspondent in Scotland touch-
ing the relations of the late Senator Sumner
and the late ex-Minister Motley to the late
administration has stirred up bad blood. Mr..
Wendell Phillips has made it the pretext
for fierce assault on Grant, which he de-
livered while defending the memory Of
Sumner. Mr.. Hamilton Fish now replies
to Mr. Phillips, and we are told many
things concerning the progress OF the
quarrel between the great republican
Senator and Grant and his cabinet
of clerks. 1t is, of course. desirable in
the interests of veracious history that
doubts should be cleared up where possible
on points in the careers of great men; but
the process, where the parties to one side
of dispute are in their graves, must be
painful one. Sumner and Motley are
not likely to want for defenders, but the
zeal Of the Inter seems moro directed to
counter attack than to the vindication of
their friends. When General Grant gave
his opinion Of Sumner and his reasons for
the recall of Motley, he gave proof more of
the stolid fixity of his dislikes than of any
thing discreditable to the memory Of either.
Similarly, in the story that Mr.. Phillips told
the Young Mems Christian Association Of
Newton Centre about General Grants ''sul-
len silence" at the White House, while Mr..
Sumner was addressing him on the st.
Domingo treaty, and the alcoholic construc-
tion which "a gentleman present" put upon
that "sullen silence" we seem rather to
have proof of Mr.. Phillips general dislike
of Grants administration than to get at
anything valuable to the historian.
Mr. Fish does not. we fear, help
history very much in the matter either.
Whether Charles Sumner gave quasi-sup-
port to the St. Domingo treaty when he
had only heard one side Of the sub
ject is Of very little Importance be-
side the fact that >he finally gave
the best of reasons for opposing it, and
had the whole country, outside Of narrow
and, in part at least, corrupt administration
clique, with him. Summers victory in this
has been and is sore point with General
Grant, who is emphatically man of griev-
u1lCcS, Lu0 SuCA AcA dXo AOt uPU W Act OU-
trusive facts alter their view of the objects
of their dislike. Thus Summers memory
does not need serious defence from what
was obviously the chance expression Of
morbid feeling.
1t is not little amusing to note that Mr..
Fish confesses to have offered the English
mission ''incautiously" to Mr.. Sumner, for
"why not 60 as Minister" is from the Sec
retary Of State as good as an offer. After the
admission that the wily-we had almost
written "foxy" xy"-ex-Secretary could do any
thing 'incautiously, we are almost prepared
to believe what each party to this quarrel
says Of the other. We can imagine Sum-
ner's disgust when Mr.. Fish threw cold
water on his own proposition and, like
Artemus Wards generosity toward his
wife's relations, turned the Senator over to
the distant hospitality of the Duke Of
Argyll.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
An Intern . tional Interest.

In the effort to extend the sphere of use-
fulness of his department. General Myer,
Chief Signal Officer of the Army, has sue
ceeded in securing the cooperation of the
Navy Department. By this Arrangement
the officers Of all national vessels, in all
parts of the world, are required to make
regular meteorological observations at such
times during the day or night as
will correspond with the regular 1880
A. NJ observation at Washington. Thus
an enormous amount of valuable data
can be secured and forwarded to the Chief
Signal Office for study by its officers. We
are pleased to learn that this useful work is
about to be shared by the officers of some Of
the foreign navies, and that in q little time
most extensive system of observations at
sea will be made. Our Washington de-
spatches announce that the Spanish, Portu-
guese and Dutch navies have signi-
fed their intention to cooperate with
the Chief Signal Officer The HERALD
has persistently advocated the organi-
zation of such system. Indeed, we have
had for some time such one in operation
in connection with the HERALD weather SER
vice, and can earnestly recommend it as the
most practical means Of securing meteorolo-
gical data at sea. The fact must be recog-
nized that all nations have an equal
interest in the success Of such enterprises as
those inaugurated by the HERALD and the
Chief Signal Officer, and that every possible
aid should be extended to both the national
and the HERALD weather bureaus in the work
they have undertaken. By extending the
system of synchronous observations, SO as
to embrace all the countries and oceans of
the northern hemisphere between the Equa-
tor and the sixtieth degree of latitude, it is
certain that the most trifing disturbance
could not arrive at any point within the
area of observation without being announced
several days in advance. If we estimate the
advantages OF such system correctly, it is
worth oil the time, trouble and money that
it will cost to perfect.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

THE WEATHER.-We can now fairly claim
the fulfilmcnt of our prediction Of the 18th
regarding the storm progressing toward the
Atlantic coast through the Ohio Valley. The
separation of the two areas of high pressure
which were in contact is now complete, and an
opening for the storm toward the Atlantic
along n line of least resistance is effected The
conditions of the weather at present are as
follows:-The depression which presented its
advanced isobars in Texas has moved
slowly northeastward over the Mississippi
Valley and Is now central in the Ohio
Valley, south of Lake Erie. The pressure ut
the centre is not remarkably low, but is de-
crcasing the storm advances. An extremely
heavy rainfall ,occurs along the northern and
eastern margins, and the rain area attending the
storm extends from the Upper Missouri Valley
to the South Atlantic States and from New Eng
land to the Lower Mississippi Valley. On the
northwestern and southeastern sides Of the de-
preston the barometer is high, the pressure in
the former direction being unusually so. Hence
gales prevail at many points westward Of
Buffalo, blowing from the northwest and
northeast toward the centre Of lowest
pressure. The movement Of the storm will bring
its centre over New York and the New England
States, and it is probable that great freshets
may occur in the latter section if the rains con-
tinuc as heavy as they in the lower lake
district. In any case precautions should be
taken at once against accidents along the river
valleys Of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The
rainfall Of the past iortyeight hours cannot fail
to cause rise nj the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries far above the ordinary levels. When on
the coast the storm will be followed by heavy
northwestcrly gale. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be warm and cloudy,
Uith probably heavy rains.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
A Spanish Fuss.

Our Madrid despatch chronicles the ex-
citement created in Spanish commercial
circles at the apprehension Of tho effect
that will be produced by the enforcement
of the law imposing heavy discriminating
duty on Spanish tonnage in American
ports, and gives glimpse of the annihilat-
ing spirit of Spanish rhetoric in its declar-
ations Of the terrible things that will be
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

CONGRESS YEsTERDAY.-In the Senate, which
was the only branch Of Congress in session,
there was short debate on the motion of Mr.
Thurman to discharge the committee from the
consideration of the credentials of Mr.. Eustis
as Senator from Louisiana, which was finally
ended by the withdrawal Of the motion. The
credentials of all three contestants-Spofford,
Kellogg and Eustis-arc now before the proper
committee, and report is promised at IN early
day
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

TIE VIOLATIONS OF THE EXCISE LAW need not
expect any favors at the hands Of Recorder
Hackett In sentencing some of the guilty deal
ers yesterday he approved the objects of the
Society for the Prevention Of Crime and de-
clared that the full penalty of the law would be
inflicted upon second conviction. Recorder
Hackett always keeps his word.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

WHILE THE SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Seventh
Regiment Armory fund have reached very
handsome figure large amount is still needed
to finish the building The committees ap-
pointed for the purpose of raising the balance
among our business will, it is to be hoped,
be successful.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

THE OPERATORS AND BRoK ERs in Wall street
are becoming decidedly belligerent, and accord
ing TO the reports elsewhere printed a pitched
battle may occur there at any moment. The
bulls and bears should not let their angry pas
sions rise in this way. If somebody must be
shot every time somebody else is cheated it will
be perpetual slaughter from one end Of the
rear to the other.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
WITH SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK. SATURDAY. OCTOBER go. 1877.

IMPORTANT NoTIcE TO ApvERTIsERs.-1o
insure the proper classification Of advertisements
II is absolutely necessary that they be handed in
before eight o'clock eresy erening.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The.s stock market
was active and strong until the close, when
there was slight decline. Gold.adyanced from
1929 to 1929. Government bonds were
weak, States dull and railroads strong. Money
on Gull lent at per cent, with a.few loans at
O per cent
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

NINETEEN PERSONS arc reported at Police
Headquarters as missing. They average all
the way from five to seventy-six years old, and
have disappeared since the beginning Of the
month Nine Of them appear to be children, who
have probably run away from school,
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

AT THE SALE OF BLooDED horned cattle yes
terday belonging to the estate Of the late Alvin
Adams, OF Boston, the attcndnnce.of well known
stock men was very large. Average prices were
obtained.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

From oMr reports this morning the probabilitie
are that the weaOcr III New York aud its picinit.
today sciU be scarna and cloudy ic:M heary rains
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

A JERSEY JUDGE.-Daggcs, Of Paterson, was
arraigned yesterday charge Of conspiracy
to unlawtully transfer the securities of o trust
cOmgany.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20

THE HOME SAVINGS BANK, Of Elgin, H., has
inhospitably closed its doors.
The New York herald., 1877-10-20
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

GRAND OPERA HoUsE-UxcLE Toxs CABIN
BOwERY THEATRE LIFE BoRDxR
NIBLO'S GARDEN-JmBENAiSosAY.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-ExGLIsn OPERA
PARK KIHEATRE-cRysHED TRAcrDIAN
UNION SQUARE THEATRE STRUCK Or
GERMANIA THEATRE-DER Loxwx pks TIIzs.
EAGLE THEATRE-MAY Cory.
AMERICAN INsTITUTE-INpusrRr AND AxcHAxIcA
cHICKERING HALL-SIScis sKEwL
wALLACK's THEATRE-MAnRiAcx
sTEINwAY HALL-TnoxAs' CoScERE
BROADWAY THEATRE-LA JoLIR PARruxTusE.
THEATRE FRANCAIS-LE CHApEAU pu PAiLLE D'IrALIE
SAN FRANCISCO MlNsTRELS
EGYPTIAN HALL-vAnIsrY.
COLUMBIA OPERA nOUsE-vAnIErY.
BRyANT's OPERA HousE-MISs1RxLsE
TIvOLI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
THEATRE coMIQUE-vARIErY
TONY PASTORs-vARI.rY
NEW YORK AQUARIUM -Tnr ocroPus.
OLYMPIC THEArRE-VAnIErY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-10
Disasters at Sea.


Schooner Freedom, Capt. Nutter, parted chains
, high and dry.
Schooner Lucy Ames, Bishop, from Rockland
for Richmond, Va, has put into Whey ard Haven
with loss of deck load and sails torn.
Schr Charles Sawyer, Mullen, at New York
from Hayti, reports that October 29th, Walden
fever
Ship VIM. A. Campbell of Thomaston, from
Liverpool for Mobile, has been spoken, with loss
of yards.
Schooner Forest Queen of Belfast with wood,
parted both chains and was driven ashore at Brig
adler Island in the late gale.
Sch Union, Mills, from Castine for ST. John,
n b., which went ashore at Canary Point, came
off without material damage aud will shortly pro-
ceed
Schooner Alice Cakes of Rockland, Captain
Pilsbury. from New York for Bangor with corn,
before reported as having struck on a ledge near
White Head, came off badly damaged and max
ing much water. she was taken into Seal IIar-
Dor, thence to Rockland, where she will haul out
for repairs.
The schooner Globe of Ellsworth, Davies, from
Mystic with cargo Of guano, was run into BY
the schooner Charles Carroll off Hart Island, sr
ii o'clock z. NJ. on the night of November Sth.
and had her flying jibboom, bowsprit and head
gear carried away. She was forced ashore and
began to leak, but was afterwards fioated and
taken to City Island for repairs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-10
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
fians For American Represent ation
TIE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF
THE MARKET FOR INDIAN CORN.

WASHINGTON November 0. In the House. TO-
DAY, Representative Hewitt offered amendme nts
to the bill heretofore introduced by him in refer
ence to the u ). participating in the Paris exbi.
piuoh. Inc amehdents authorize the President
70 appoint commissioner general. Also 20 adj
ditIonsl commiss toner's, FIVE of whom shall he
practical artisan experts, five skilled representa-
hves of commerce and manufactures, nine scien-
the experts corresponding to and specifically ss.
signed to report upon the nine groups of the ex-
position aud one 10 report upon the exposit ion a,
large and the general results of the same
Inc allowance to the commissioner general for
salary and personal expenses for the whole term
OF Office IS not to exceed 5000. That of the 20
additional commissioners is not to exceed $1,000
not including such clerical services as may be al
lowed the commissioner general.
Inc amendments also authorize the President
to appoint 100 honorary commissioners, to serve
without pay, to report upon special subjects; pro-
vided always, that no person so appointed shall
have any pocuniary interest directly or Indirectly
IN any article exhibited tor compe titon or act as
agent tor all exhibitor.
The amendments further authorize the Presi.
dent to furnish vessels to transport to and from
france, free OF cost, articles for exhibition offered
by citizens OF tie U. s. and by the several de part
ments OF the government, which were contributed
10 the centennial exhibition, such articles being
deemed desirable to make proper collective ex-
hloit on behalf OF the U. 3. government. They
may be placed under the control of the commits
sioner general Tor exhibition. The appropriation
for all Is not to exceed $50 000
la order to enlarge the market for Indian corn,
1t shall be the duty of the commissioner general
to arrange Tor the establishment of an American
kitchen, IN which shall be taught the mode of
max ng aud cooking the various preparations of
Indian corn used as human food ia this country
the same to be sold near the cost as possible.
That he cause to be lstr lbuted gratutousiy re-
ceipts in the several languages represented At the
exhibition, explaining III detail the best methods
OF preparing aud cooking Indian corn for human
food, and furnishing such other information in re-
gard thereto As Ill tend to promote its more gen.
eral use.
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FORTY.FIFTH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, November 9.

WASHINGTON, November 9.
Dawes, from the committee on public build
ings, reported favorably on the bill authorizing
the taking of certain parcels of land for the public
use, at the junction of Pennsylvania and Mary
land Avenues, on the west front of the capitol
grounds. After discussion, further considers alton
was postponed.
Among the bills introduced was one authoriz
der notes.
The viee-Presdent appointed Kerwood mem
Der of the commit on foreign affairs.
The nomination of Robert Fl. Crittenden, Mar
shall for Kentucky, was reported favoraby to the
Senate.
Adjourned to Monday.
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Death of william w. SAWYER.

The death of William w. Sawyer. Esq of Cal
ais has already been announced by telegraph. He
died at his home in Calais, on Wednesday night,
At the age o 81 years. Mr.. Sawyer was the able
and trusted Superintendent of the st. Croix & Pc
nobscot Railroad. having held that position ever
since the building of the road in 1850. He was
also one of the Directors of the road. lie stood
very high in railroad cilcles. being counted among
the very best railroad officials in the county. He
WAS constantly engaged in making improvements
upon his road, and gave the whole of his time and
valuable experience to promoting the interests of
the corporation and serving the public who we're
served by the road. 1t was his ambition when
the times should permit, to extend the road to a
conDec ion with the European & North American
and 10 double its business as well as its benefits
He has contributed to the news papers articles that
have been extensively copied, concerning the
management of railroads.
Mr.. Savers death was caused by an injury
which he received early last winter, by being
thrown from a snow pillow, which he was riding
while breaking out a way for block AIDED trains, re-
sulting in what supposed to be partial paraly-
sis. He has been able to attend to his business
since, indeed he was able to visit friends and rel
aiives in this city during the winter, but his
health has been poorly ever since the accident.
Mr.. Sawyer was the second son of Eben Saw =
yer, E'q, of this city, who died little more than
year since. His elder brother, Lemuel, was at
his bedside at the time of his death. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and FIVE children. the eldest
of whom is but ten years of age. The death OF
the husband and father, in the prime Of life. will
fall with crushing weight upon them. Mr..
Sawyer was high minded, honorable christian
gentleman, a member of the Congreg ational
church at Calais, respected and loved by all who
knew him.
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A MEXICAN AND INDIAN FIGHT
The Indians are Defeated.

New YORK. Move nber 8. A San Antonio des-
pi,cn says information ia received that ON the 9th
of OCTOBER, eighfy-seven men, under Dan Narcais
Anago of Mexico had baltle in Texas near the
GuAdAlonpe Mountains, with party of Indians
who had been depredstng in Mexico near Chi
huahua, killing six bucks capturing six squaws
and iXtyeight Lead of stock stolen from the peo-
pie living near San Diego in Mexico. These In
dians we're from Fort Stanton reservation in New
Mexico.
The Indians killed were provided With reserva-
tlon blankets, and other articles from the U. s.
government. Scalps were taken TO Del Norte, in
Mexico, as was the stock which WAS identified by
the owners of the animals. The bucks and nine
squaws escaped.
The Indians have been doing exactly what we
complain the Mexican Indians have been doing to
n