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The New York herald., 1877-01-17

vile instrument. In Europe they call it
'the American devil" but We are sure
the name does injustice to any devil
we ever had in this country. All
who love the gentle indulgence OF "a
little more folding of the hands to sleep"
anywhere between drowsy five and lazy
eight on frosty morning. will rejoice over
the decision of Judge Sanford, reported to-
day, which puts legal stopper in at least
one whistle. Suit was brought tor damages
by the proprietor of a dwelling house whose
tenants were annoyed by q marble yard,
and the damages are refused on the simple
ground that il. people put house next to
factory that is only constructively nuis-
ance they must take the consequence; but
the human sympathy of the Judge shone
resplendently in his opinion that the steam
whistle must be suppressed.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

ducing Judge or judges is to prevent a tie,
and the Chief Justice would as effectuahy
prevent tie as larger number. The re-
ported plan assumes that the judges would
not be unanimous by requiring one to be
Withdrawn by lot on the idea that six might
divide by party line. 1t would be public
scandal to thus exhibit the Supreme Court
judges as partisans. dissenting from one
another on political question. There may be
nothing very solid in the objection to drop
ping one of the judges by lot. but we cannot
safely ignore its effect on tho public mind.
Nothing is more certain than that it would
make the whole scheme butt of derision to
heated partisans and cause its utter defeat.
It would bo national calamity if the plan
of the joint committee should miscarry, and
they ought not to expose it to defeat by in
sisting on point so extrnneous to its real
merits and SO fitted to prejudice the public
mind. All the substantial advantages of
this proposition can be saved if they do not
expose it to the certain clamor and odium
which will be excited by introducing the
lottery element into question which ought
to be decided by justice and not committed
to chance.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
Progress IN Mexico.

Another stage has been reached in the
dramatic evolution of Mexican President.
Iglesias only the other day had an army and
noble ambition. Now he has no army.
seems to be inspired with peaceful fancies
and wants to ''retire to private life" 1t is
to be apprchended the privacy may
prove deeper than he desires. One Of
the generals who supported Lerdo, and
who held out on point of honor to redeem
his promise, surrendered finally, started for
home, but was stopped on the way and shot.
1t is we'll to regard your honor, but not in
Mexico, or ut least not when it is incon-
venient to man who is dominant by the
simple law of force. With the failure of the
bubble inflated by Iglesias there is no
pretender who has even the shadow
of legal claim to the Executive
Office in the Mexican Republic; and thus
Diaz is the supreme man, the dictator,
Caesar, tyrant or society saver, MS any one
may choose to call the men who fill, in the
history Of dilapidated republics, the part
that has now fallen to him. He is evidently
the man to make vigorous ruler, if not
wise one; and vigor in the ruler is what that
country needs. He may make life safe ex-
cept from his own vengeances, and guarantee
property, except against seizure by his own
agents, and this will be great improve
ment. If Diaz is not assassinated too soon
he will perhaps organize government that
will keep the extravagant elements of Mex
ican society in tolerable order-as good q
government, may be, as would have been
organized by poor Carlotta's husband; but
the fatal bullet or dagger will probably an
ticipate his efforts.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
A New Board Of Health Wanted.

The principal result of the suggestions
made on Monday to the Aldermanic Com
mittee on Railroads is q settled conviction
that the members of the existing Board of
Health should be ousted at once and their
places be filled by officials of the street rail-
road companies. The astute railroad presi-
dent who discovered that the proposition to
heat the cars was the result of a conspiracy
among physicians to kill off Now Workers
should be elevated, by the unanimous vote
of grateful people, to the presidency
of the new Board. Even this would
not be sufficient reward the additional
Office of treasurer should be conferred
ON the same gentleman for finding out, all
by himself, that clean straw possesses suf-
ficiency of heating properties. The director
who advanced the original theory that foul
air would be generated by slight modifica-
ton of the hyperborean atmosphere of the
average street car should be made chairman
of the Committee on Warming and Ventila-
ton in the new Board. All the sanitary in
formation ever promulgated by the present
Board of Health is mere textbook clippings
compared with the startling assertion that
warm air in street car will produce pneu-
monin and contagious diseases. Even this
revelation is as nothing when compared
with that conveyed by the statement that
every one who wants to avoid freezing in n
car is an imbecile for, rs fully half million
people are possessed of the idea referred to,
the man who reveals this unexpected
and dreadful prevalence of lunacy is
q public benefactor Of unheard Of degree,
sand justifes the placing of all the mad
houses of tho country under tho care of the
proposed new Board and its wonderful
president. Let it not be said Of New York
as it was of Genoa, Florence and Nazareth,
that great man is without honor in his
own country. Our citizens should arise in
their might, depose our present Board of
Health, construct new one exclusively Of
railroad officials, and then checrfully freeze
to death in filthy, breezy cars from motives
of local patriotism, consoled by the proud
consciousness OF having appropriately recog-
nized and rewarded the sanitary sages whose
existence in our midst has been heretofore
unsupported.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
Tho WIS Defects.

Two peculiar cases reported at length in
our columns to-day show i'll nm amusing man.
ner how the law occasionally fails to do all
that in equity it should. One is the case of
Hon. j. Milton Turner, a wise and estimable
gentleman and lawyer besides, whose
popularity of complexion is one which is
the foundation of the Civil Rights bill. Mr..
Turner was refused entertainment at the
Astor House on the ground, as he avers that
he was of African descent, and bevy Of
legal wiseacres consumed the wee sma' hours
Of Monday night and Tuesday morning only
to demonstrate to Mr.. Turner that he had
no case, for the reason that the Astor House
contained no empty beds on the night on
which the alleged wrong was committed
The other case will delight people who have
grudges against lawyers, but it nevertheless
iaiIs to show why there should be no legal
redress for the counsellor who is being tor
mented in this particular instance. II
seems that lady, considering herself ag-
grieved by the counsel who opposed her in
tercsts in libel suit, is avcnging herself
by sending an immense quantity of epistles
to the wretched lawyer, and adding discom-
fort to injury by pcrfuming her missivcs
with musk. There is n grain of comfort in
the lawyers agony, for the letter writer,
like true lady, encloses stamps for replies
besides, the letters can be sold by the pound
for u consoling sum, even If no shrewd
person pays an extra price for them
that he may place them near his
door to nppall tramps and beggars
by the odor of the musk which fingers
about them. Fortunately for tho afflicted
mortal, his prosecutor has just brought suit
against him for five thousand dollars dam
ages, and it is but reasonable to suppose
that when in the. hands Of her own counsel
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

KEHoE, the king of the ''Molly Mnguires" in
the neighborhood of Pottsvillc, Pa. was ycster-
dny found guilty of murder in the first dcgrec-a
crime for which we believe there is but one pen
atty in Pennsylvania. While sympathy will be
felt for the doomed mans devoted wife Pcnnsyl-
vanians and law-abiding people everywhere will
breathe frcer to know that neither threats nor
trickery have prevailed against justice in this
most important case, and that wilful rufiianism is
not to be mistaken for the justiliablc "-.nlaints
of aggrievcd miners.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ben Hill has buc-gray eyes
Mrs James Brooks 10 In Spain
Hiestcr Ciymer Is patronizing in his manner
Black dresses may be trimmed with black hops
Theodore Thomas had good audience at Syracuse
Mrs. General Marcy wears silk Of mauvs and cafe au
rhurlow Weed is said to own an orange grove In
Florida
Josh Billings wants to know who ever heard rich
man sing.
Massachusetts man dug up CONN to see n 1, was
Olr,ck, tho Esquimaux chief, has dined with the
Prince OF Wales.
or Mrs. Crowci's "viais Of Wrath" 20, 600 copies
have been sold.
Many ladies Of fashion In Paris powder their stock
ings with gold dust
81. Paul Despatch:-"Lct US have fair count II wo
havc to guess at IT,
Dr. Henry Pigeon. OF England, uses sulphur exter-
ualIy and internally for scarlet fever
Mr. Lawrence g. Goulding is making worthy and
han 1somo paper OF School aud Home
Tho Italian philosophers on broadway. emuIating
Dr. schlicmann, have dug down to solid block pave.
ment
Bishop Kecner advises people Of tho South who
banker after Texas stay at home aud raise North
Carolina peaA
in the icy streets would think they had never
learned TO SWIM
Representative Elijah J. Ward, OF New York, up.
pearcd IN his seat IN tho House OF Representatives
Yesterday for first time this session, having been
Detained by rcason Of sevc Illness
sir Ashley Coopcr's remedy for chilbains
ln,ment made by mixing one ounce Of camphoratcd
spirits with half an ounce OF mo liquor Of subacciate
of lead. Apply three or four times n day.
The Niagara Falls Gazette says:-"Thcre Is a pretty
pood-szcd leo below tho American FAN. The
new observatory is nearly hidden from sight. On the
CANADA side large segment OF tho Horseshoe Fah is
damned by tho ice, presenting very singular appear
ancc."
Young Mr. ana Mrs. White, Of Oakland, Cal, were
enthusiastic Christians They tried to convert young
Mr. Carr So Mrs. white went out driving with him.
Subsequently tho Whites divorced account OF
the hu bands cruelty Tho Court said that husbands
should not permit gentlemen to visit their wives and
then III treat tho wives But IL said, also, that
rcd Indies ought to protect themselves against flirting
Mr. Carr Is still unconverted.
Evening Teegrdm:--"Swect "reminiscences OF CON-
modorc Vanderbilt arc multiplying Tho last relates
10 his inordinatc iondncss tor sugar. Tho Tribune
SAYS that always took twelve Jumps IN his cup OF
black tea In the morning and six Jumps In hts daily
glass OF gin while out driving Almost all great men
have Dccn fond OF sweets The first Napoleon a
great consumer Of tonbons little moro swcosening
In snc management OF che Fourth Avenue b"'"- = =,
road would bc good thne."
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

THE WEATHER.-Thc storm centre that trav-
ersed the country since Sunday last, and which
has caused such devastation in the Ohio Valley
region, has passed off the New England coast A
vast urea of precipitation accompanied it, a por-
ton of which still extends over tho northeastern
districts The succeeding area of high pressure
and cold now extends throughout the Mississippi
Valley, causing n general but light fall of
rain from New Orleans to the lakes, and
heavy slcct Mt Shreveport, Texas The tenn
peraturc is very low all over the country except
on the Gulf and the Middle and South Atlantic
eoasts. The sharp gale that has prevailed on the
Texas coast, and other Indications, point to the
approach Of another Gulf storm similar to those
recently experienced. Another area of low
pressure has moved from the northwest
into Dakota and Nebraska and will fol-
low in the track of Yesterdays disturbance.
Snow is now falling in the st. Lawrence Valley.
The following changes have occurred in the levels
of the Ohio River within the past twcnty-fcur
hours. At Pittsburg, height above low water,
1S feet inches; rise, q feet q inches: danger
line 20 feet above low water level. Cincinnati
height, Al feet inches; rise, 10 feet; danger
line, 80 feet Louisville, height, 1G feet; risc
1cct lucHcs, uhnpcr nnc, - lcct
In the Mississippi River the changes within
twcnty-four hours have bccn:-At St Louis
height, 10 feet q inches fall, 3 inches; dan
ger line 30 feet. Cairo. height, | | feet 3 inches ;
risc. feet inches; danger line. 10 feet. IN the
ut Nashville, height, ~ fee. .
inches; rise, feet 3 inclcs danger line, ~ feet.
Heavy leo is moving in the Ohio River. The
weather In New York to-day will be cold and
,artly cloudy o. clear
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
Important 10 sluggard..

If there is any one fact in our city life MS
to which the voice of the sluggard might be
raised in Legitimate complaint it is the ter
rible steam whistle Of the early factory in
the noighborhood. Sleepy mortality--an
large part Of city mortality is sleepy at six
A. Mas deep and abiding horror Of this
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
Determining the Velocity and Lee.
way OF Ships.

way or ships.
ment at time when regular observa-
tions are impossible is one of the most
difficult but important duties of the navi-
gator. Long experience may give captain
very fair knowledge of the forces of
oceanic currents, but usually it is
mere matter of good luck if his vessel es-
capes disaster from these causes. This
danger arises more frequently during fogs
and at night than during clear weather
and daylight, because in either of these
latter cases the land becomes visible soon
enough to admit of correction of the ships
course. DR.. Schallern, of this city, has in
vented on apparatus which he claims will
measure with accuracy the progressive mo-
tion of ship and the lateral motion tech
nically known as 'leeway."
DR.. Schallern's invention consists in the
application OF tube fitted to the keel of the
ship and open at the bow end. The tube is led
into the body of the vessel, where it is attached
to nm elastic cylinder fitted with nova
BILE top. formed by brass plate. The press
ure Of the water in the tube when the ship
is in progressive motion raises this brass
plate and with it brass rod to which it is
attached. The rod passes into the captains
cabin, where it operates an instrument that
indicates the water pressure in the
pipe, and, consequently, the velocity
Of the ships direct motion. Another
instrument, similarly operated by the
water pressure in tubes attached to
the vessels sides, registers her lateral motion
or leeway. In order to protect the open
ends of the tubes from being closed by any
matter suspended in the water the oriices
are covered by q wire meshing, which acts
MS strainer on the water. 1t is here thst
we perceive grave defect in the apparatus.
There is nothing to prevent the meshes
from being covered with barnacles
or sea grass growing on the ships
sides and keel. Even if the tube ends
project some distance from the vessel
this difficulty would not be obviated.
Again, if the meshes are not sufficiently
open to admit moderately free Gow of the
water as the ship rises and falls in q heavy
sea, the indications of pressure must be ex-
tremely inaccurate. If any minute marine
animals, inftsoria or particles of sand enter
the tube they will in time reduce its diame-
ter, choke it altogether ut the bends, or
considerably increase the friction of the
water on the inner surface of the tube.
Another objection must be the impossibility
of reaching the tube to clean it..
The variations of temperature of the water
may create inaccuracies in the records OF
pressure, but the chief difficulties are those
that would be caused by the fouling of the
tube from various causes. Any apparatus
for determining the direct motion and lee
way of a ship must be movable and capable
of being easily and quickly applied. That
invented by DR.. Schallern does not strike us
as being applicable for Its purpose, although
the leading idea in the general conception
is sound one.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS STILL ON BOARD THE
FLAGSHIP AT NORFOLK.
THE WHISKEY CONvICTs.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO The HERALD

lDY TELEGRAPH TO The uERAIp.1
ST. LouIs, Jan. 10, 1877.
There Is nothing positive as to tho I'm ncdiae ,.ro
oi Colonel Joyce General Mcdonald tho wb,.to,
Ring convcts but II appears to be gencra,lv una.,
stood that they viii be released Within two weeks
MIS- joyce aud number ut friends of Colo ej
and also somo Of General McDonad's friends arc az
pectcd at jefferson CITY Tomorrow and U is rumorsd
snc wiic Of Colonel Joyce brings hcr husbsuds perdos
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
WITH SUPPLEM E Mt.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY II, 1877.
NOTICE 10 COUNTRY DEALERS.

Tho Adams Express Company special nows.
paper train over tho Pennsylvania Railroad and its
connections leaving Jersey City quarter past four
A NJ. daily and Sunday carrying the regular edition
Of the HERALD far West as Harrisburg and South to
Washington, reaching Philadelphia at quarter past
six A. N. and Washington at one p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

THE REPORT of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue is very cheering document, with its
assurances Of increased receipts 1t reveals the
suggestive fact, however, that wliskey making
has not been popular business since the issue of
the ''crookcd" whiskey cases; so discouraged are
unengagcd manufacturers that the government
cannot get rid of the distillerics it has acquired
by forfeit
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Gold opened at
1868 and closed at 1868, selling meanwhile at
1O6Ss. The principal activity of the stock mar
ket was in Western Union Lake Shore, Jersey
Central and St. Paul preferred Money on call
loaned at 8 and 6 per cent. Government and
railway bonds continue firm.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY, President of the Geo
graphical Society paid his respects to the jealous
Captain Mares yesterday in tho course of his
rtsmme of the geographical progress of the year.
The address will richly repay pcrusal.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

THE NOTORIOUS PAT SMITH has reached his
home at Sing Sing again, and is ready to say
worse things about policemen and detectives
than any other critic of our police force would
dare to utter.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

TIE ONE UNFULFrLLED Duty of the bridge
trustees regarding the cable material is ably set
forth in our columns to-day.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

From oasr reports This morning The probabilities
urc that The srcatler in Nc,o York today ,ciH be
cold and partly cloudy or clear.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

THE AREA OF FLOODS is extending toward the
South portion of Richmond, Va, being under
water with prospect of things growing worse
instead of better.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

ELSEWHERE We GIVE PARTICULARS of di
vorce suit, the parties to which are both beyond
thrccscore and ten.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

IT Is RUMoRED that Joyce and Mcdonald, the
Whiskcy Ring convicts, are to bc pardoned.
What new political move is projected!
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

THE PUBLIC would be glad to know why the
Pilot Commissioners conduct their trials in pri-
vnte while the worst villain under arrest cannot
be tried except in open court.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

Or THE STRANGE STORIES Of matrimonial in
felicity of which the air is full, none is more har-
rowing than that told to-day in ''The Skeleton in
the Closet"
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

her time for letter writing will be limited
but the lawyers case is nevertheless a very
hard one and one for which the law pro-
yides no relief
The New York herald., 1877-01-17

ANOTHER SLEEpLEss NIGHT for Senatorial as
prants in Massachusetts.
The New York herald., 1877-01-17
THE RUSSIAN OFFICERS.

ALEXIS AND CoNsTANTINE-PR PREPARING TO VISIT
THE CAP1TAL-A QUIET STROLL THROUGH
xoRFoLK-AHxrous TO AVOID NoToRIETY.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 16, 1871
The Russian Ambassador, Baron Shishkiu, left for
Washington by rail this morning, where no will make
hotel arrangements for tho reception Of tho Grand
Dukes Alexis and Constantine and their suites for .
brief stay at tho capital II Is understood that these
noblcmcn propose travelling through tho country
while the fleet is wintcrng here. Admiral Crown, Of
tho Imperial Navy, left in the Boston steamer Law.
renee tonight for Baltimore route TO New York. on
business In connection with the contemplated tour Of
Alexis and his cousin, and will return in ten days
Both OF the royal gentlemen ashore this morning
in citizens dress and enjoyed long walk through tho
interesting streets Of "yo ancient borough" but not
being recognized, had quiet stroll II is Understood
that they desire avoid ostcntatious attentions and
therefore, keep shady. Aitcr shooting few American
cocktails at tho Atlantic Hall bar they returned aboard
ship as privately rs they came ashore.
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS STILL ON BOARD THE
FLAGSHIP AT NORFOLK.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEBALp.1
WAsHISGroS, JAN 10, 1871
The Grand Duxo Alexis is still on board the nucshn
at Norfolk. II Is likely that he will await the arrival
Of the Of the Russian fleet before coming on 10
Washington.
The Russian Minister, who went to Fortress Monroe
from here to tho Grand Duke, Is expected bock
at the Legation at late hour tonight alono In ts
meantime the apartments at tho Arlington which have
been engaged for Alexis aud tho officers of tho foot
arc kept In readiness. ciblo despatch from 81
Petersburg for Alexis was received ut the hotel and
sent 10 him yesterday afternoon.
The New York herald., 1877-10-15
MARRIED OR UNMARRIED2
From tho Chicago Tribune, Oct. I2l

From the Chicago Tribune, Oct u
An amusing case wns on trial yesterday afternoon,
before udgc Moore though the details will not bear
publication. The complainant was Augustus G. Bart
lctl who brought suit TO declare void his marriage
with Hattie Kemp alias Martha Bartlett. He is an in
ciligcnt LOOKING man, between thirty and thirynve
years Of age, whilo Hattie black as the acc OF
spades Il seems that she attended him when he was
In March. 1873 out OF compassion, or as very poor
return for kindness They lived together lor some
time, but according to his story, he eit her IN May
1874 and has since lived with her he now charges
her with gross inndety to her marriage vows, ano
she retorts with similar accusation.
Judge Moore, however without deciding VINO nao
borne the loose reputation dismissed the Dill on the
ground that he had been married. Prior 10 July,
person ana a negro muatto we're absolutely void,
and heavy penalties werc pronounced against sucn
persons marrying and against the person s0cmnizing
any such marriage THIS marriage having been con-
Bartlett's statement ceased TO live together before
July 1874 they not married at all and never had
becn. Mrs. Bartlett or Hattie Kemp, however. dafnps
sol disdnt husbands happiness ny swearing thai no
lived with subsequent to July, 1874 This raised the
question whether he by acknowledging her as his
wife has enabled hor TO claim relationship under the
rules oi the common law. The poor man, therefore.
is left with threatening aud portentous cloud
his title 10 himself and anxiOusly wants 10 know
whether he Is a married man or not. III be marres
again he may 1ud wife No. on his track, ana NO
action he bring settle the perpcxity HIS
wife, by bringing SUIT Tor separate maintenance or
not choose 10 do so. She shows NO symptoms Of i'm
mediate decline dissolution, and he having married
in haste Is likely to have abundant leisure Tor repent
sncc In his dilemma he has takcn an appeal 10 tho
Supreme Court, in the iorlorn hope that they VIII
declare h,m married man, and then give him q
chance TO unmarried.