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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12
A Deserved Complim emf.

DR.. Talmage in his Friday evenings lee
ture upon the secular affairs Of the week
paid Senator John Morrissey high compli.
ment. HE has been reelected" said DR..
Talmage, mot by his old-time partisans,
but by republicans. Hamilton Fish, Gem
eral Grants Secretary of State, voted for
him. Peter Cooper, the friend of education
and the founder Of great institute, voted
for him. The brown stone fronts voted for
him. The Fifth avenue equipages voted for
him. Murray Hill voted for him. IT some
of you had lived there you would have voted
for him." This is simply statement Of
facts, but il is certainly fattering to Mr..
Morrissey. Nevertheless we scarcely regard
as just the implication of DR.. Talmage that
all the cold time supporters" of Morrissey
voted ON the side of the Senator's Tammany
opponents.
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An interview with leper by q San Fran
cisco reporter is one of the latest evidences
Of the rash spirit of enterprise that carries
the journalist into all the perils he can find.
From the record given in another column it
will be seen that leprosy, one of the most
dreaded of all the diseases that affiict the
people in Eastern countries, bids fair to be-
come naturaized in California. Reference
is given to three cases OF leprosy in white
persons, and in each case the malady APP
pears to have been derived from contact
with the Chinese 1t is clear that If the al
legation could be made on substantial
evidence that tho immigration of the Chi
nese was to result in the introduction Of
this scourge it would become great instru-
ment in the hands of that kind OF grown-up
hoodlumism that memorinlzes Congress
against the heather Chinee. Statements
that the Chinese are responsible for the in
PRODUCTION of horrible disease would,
therefore, have to be cleared of the sus-
picion that they were cvilly inspired in
that respect before they could gain conf
dence. At the same time it seems quite
credible that these wretched people, COM
ing from q land where the disease exists
and retaining in some degree the habits OF
their own country, might import and prop
agate it here.
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GERS he will be able to buy ninety-two
cents worth Of meat or bread or groceries
with it and no more.


Ex-Secretary Fish, in the letter printed
in another column, discharges javelin
which pierces quite through the armor OF
Wendell Phillips, even though it be formed
OF triple brass. In a contest between rhet-
ORIG and recorded facts it is always safe to bet
on the facts. If Mr.. Fish had undertaken
to fight Phillips with his own weapons he
would probably have been pretty badly
worsted, being no match in vituperation for
the most copious and entertainingly brill
liant male termagant of the nineteenth
century. But, Mr.. Fish asserts, and, what
is more, he proves, that Mr. Phillips garbled
a public document and falsiied date
in his attempt to impugn Mr.. Fish's truth
fulness by quoting against him one of his
own official letters. Mr.. Phillips found in
the diplomatic correspondence q despatch
from the Secretary Of State to Mr.. Motley,
dated June 49, 1869, expressing approval Of
his conduct as Minister. An approval at
that early date, when Mr.. Motley had been
as yet but few weeks in London, was too
pointless and irrelevant to suit Mr.. Phillips
purpose, and so, with clear perception of
what hisargumentr required, he post dated the
letter by full year, But even this did not
suffice. That early letter conveyed an explicit
instruction to Mr.. Motley to let the Alabama
claims question alone for the future, and
informed him that the negotiation when
renewed would be withdrawn to Washing
ton. This passage Mr.. Phillips thought it
expedient to suppress, as it would Lave
shown plainly enough that the expression
OF approval of Mr.. Motley's general action
did not imply any confidence in his fitness
to conduct the Alabama claims negotiations,
the only important controversy then pend
ing. Mr.. Fish expresses very proper re-
greet that the estrangement between him
and Mr.. Sumner has become topic of pub
lie comment at this time, and he would have
dropped the subject if q reporter of the
HERALD had not called his attention to Mr..
Phillips use of the aforesaid letter. His
allusion OF the close of his letter to Mr..
Phillips well known lecture on "The Lost
Arts" is singing witticism.
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Grant on that subject. Now. man is
bound in confidence to him with whom he
conyerses, and not to any other, because
that is the person who has reposed con-
fdence in him. But General Grant has
shown by an open declaration and the per-
mission to print it that if he ever cared to
have the secrecy of that conversation main
tanned he cares for it no longer. His dis
closure Of what was said entirely releases
Mr.. Curtis from any obligation as to con.
fdence. He may therefore say what he
will but he prefers to remain silent, though
his speech might be defence of his friend.
In these circumstances it is hardly credible
that Mr.. Curtis would remain silent if there
were anything he could say in vindication
of Mr.. Sumner. His silence has the air of
an admission that he knows General Grants
charges to be true.
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'sGIvE Us THE DOLLAR of our daddies J"
cry the silver lunatics. We wish we could
give them some of our daddies' sense.
Grand Juries In Jersey.

The action of Judge Knapp, in New Jer-
sey, who twice refused to discharge the
Grand Jury of Hudson county because they
had failed to find indictments against the
booksellers, and declared his intention Of
keeping them in session until they did find
such indictments, seems to us to be as I'M
necessary as it certainly was unusual. The
Grand Jury is sworn to secrecy, and the
Judge can have, or ought to have, no means
of knowing what testimony is given in the
jury room. The testimony may in the
opinion Of the Grand Jury have been incon-
elusive as to tho probable guilt of the ac-
cused, in which case they would not be JUS
tilted in indicting. The Judges course, too,
might excite the suspicion-no doubt un-
Just-that he prejudges the case. II the
Grand Jury wilfully evaded its duty in re-
fusing to find the bills the Judges remedy,
it seems to us, had better have been in
charging the next Grand Jury to bring in
the indictments than in forcing them out of
the jury room by threats.
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The Dying Pope.

The HERALDs special cable despatch
from Rome indicates that the last hours ofthe
venerable and beloved Pontiff, Plus TX, are
rapidly passing away. Gradually and surely
death is approaching to claim the great and
the good as he comes to claim the humblest
and the vilest. The moment of dissolu-
ton may be close at hand or may be for q
brief space delayed but the report gives
no room to hope that the event SO long an
ticipated, but which will no less deeply
move the whole Christian world when it
does occur, is any longer doubtful. Al
ready partial paralysis has deprived the
lower limbs Of feeling, and the attendant
physicians announce the approaching end.
The head of the great Catholic Church now
lies as powerless as the humblest of it's dying
votaries. II his soul has not already re-
turned to its Maker millions of Catholics,
as they read the announcement Of his con-
dition, may join in the prayers which will
ascend with it to heaven.
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Grant and sum n err.

General Grant, Hamilton Fish, Wendell
Phillips and John Jay have somewhat aired
their several vocabularies in references more
or less pithy to those unpleasant relations
which arose some years ago between Senator
Sumner and General Grant, then President
of the United States. 1t will be remcm-
,bered that the General spoke plainly of some
characteristics of the deceased Senator, and
used words that have an unpleasant sound
to persons who greatly admired Mr.. Sumner.
But Grant had been put on his defence by
allegations proceeding from the Sumner
lines, which were to the effect that no had
quarrelled with the Senator solely through
chagrin at finding it impossible to bend the
Massachusetts statesman to certain corrupt
purpose Of his own. In answering an insult
ing imputation Of that nature hard headed
soldier is not apt to go delicately through
fear of cracking some porcelain regulations,
and he spoke out his mind and cited facts
and dates to show that there were needed no
underhand reasons against Mr.. Sumner, rs
there were plenty of fair ones. He referred
to Mr.. G. w. Curtis rs gentleman ccgni-
zant of those facts. He did not, perhaps,
intend this as a defiance, and yet it was
such for it challenged man known as a
devoted friend of the deceased statesman to
come to the rescue of his memory If he pos
sibly could, knowing what he did of the
truth Of Grants declarations. Mr.. Curtis
has not publicly referred to the subject in
any form, 80 far rs we have seen. He has,
on the contrary, declined to make any state
ment to reporter on the ground that it
would be breach of confidence to repeat
any part of his conversation with General
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
2 Americans arc registered at the Paris

Office OF the HERALD:-
+. +. Tracca, New York. Hotel Violet
D =. Burke, New YORK, Hotel F6aGlon.
J. +. Sherman, New York. Hotoi SpIendide.
G. U. Fsirchiid. New York, Hotel Splcndide
H W. Redington, California. Hotel Splendid
q. L. Nowcombe, New York, No Rue RoviDo.
Mrs. N. n. Scudder, California, Hotel Splendid.
Mrs General Rcdlngton, California, Hotel Splendid
s. J. Murphy and family. New York, Empire Hotel
Robert r. Singer and family, Pittsburg. Hotol Athe
nee.
Dr. Sydney Darrin and wife, New York, Grand
Hotel.
B. Wright. Wilmington, N. c., Hotel Prince
Abort.
J. G. Schumacher and family, Brooklyn, No. II Rua
paquet
DR.. A. G. Fairbarn, Cape Vincent N. r., Hotel
B6ranger.
German put 1t rather nicely, though brokonly,
when he said, yesterday, 81 want to know vcddci
we some nations somebody"
Keeley's mule hasn't begun 10 kick yet.
The pastor who speaks most bitterly against the
stage usually assumes the dramatic manners.
Rear Admiral William Gore Jones, naval attacho Of
the British Legation Washington Is the Claren
don Hotel
j. P.Plumer has retired OF the proprloiors OF
In possession.
The Washington Republican. with our encourage
mcnt, continues copy tho 7. OF the HERALD. Tho
Republican Is nice paper and OF course It's personal
column Is Its best feature
A Boston young man going along the street last
Monday PAIR OF SHOES hanging to clothes line.
lie Immediately exclaimed "Cut her down! cut her
down Hero IS Lydia Thompson committing suicide. !"
ii. BroG had charge of the canteen at Russian head.
quarters Ho charged So for bottle OF vin orii
maire and Tor other goods In proportion. He was
dcred to leave and trading is done with Gormans.
On Tree days at the Metropolitan Museum OF Art
there are many artsocratic carriages front OF tho
building On the days when 1t costs twenty-five cents
to 90 In thoro few rich people who visit tho col
lection.
A lady writes to say, in reply to question In the
HERALD that no miss should be kissed by her gentle
man friends after sho Is twelve gentleman writes
.Let US not kiss her at ALL" girl writes, "As w
mover know when we bcgin do not lot US think whel
We loavc on" We have received satisfactory
answer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

COLONEL INGERsoLL's appointment to the
German mission is by no means certain. Adj
vices from Washington say that it has not been
rendered to him and that the only foundation
for the report lies in the fact that the President
has expressed an intention to give the place to
Illinois if the republicans of the delegation in
Congress can agree upon candidate. That they
are not unanimous in Mr. lngersols behalf is
shown by the fact that some Of them are advo-
eating the selection Of Mr.. Baker, who was in
Congress with the President and is on intimate
terms with him. Is it the Pennsylvania business
over again
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

Our cable dispatches this morning an
nounce the pleasing intelligence that STAN
ley, accompanied by his courageous and
faithful band Of followers who with him
made the great transafrican journey, have
arrived safely at Cape Colony, Cape Of Good
Hope The means of transportation from st.
Paul de Loando to the Cape have been fur
nished to Stanley and his wearied
and enfeoblcd party by the gener-
GUS commander of British war
ship. 1t is not too much to infer from the
promptncss with which this service was
rendered that instructions covering the
possibility of Its being one day required
were transmitted to the captains of Her
Majestys ships on the West African coast
by the British Admiralty. Indeed, the
news had only reached London of Stanley's
arrival at Simon's Bay when the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty hastened
to communicate to the HERALD and
London Daily Telegraph the fact Of Captain
Purvis courtesy and attention to the travel
Ter. The text Of this official letter appears
in our columns this morning. We are happy
to perceive that among the high officials Of
the British Crown there exist no narrow
minded ideas regarding SANKEY'S work or
the means he was forced to adopt in accom-
pishingit. The glory of his recent success
can be shared by England and America. 1t
is only the ultra philanthropists who regret
that he did not sacrifice his life to the poor
Africans desire for blood and beads
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over again

THE CLUTCHES YEsTERDAY.-Mr. Frothing-
ham forcibly pointed ont the evils of sectarial-
ism, which must be carefully distinguished from
the scctaran spirit. The former must always
exist but the latter, which is the root of all I'M
charitableness and religious hatred, can and
ought to be eradicated. The Rev. Mr. Hep
worth endeavorcd to point out the true way of
ending the struggle between modern science and
the Church. Professor Adler spoke coqucntly
Oh the Religion Of Humanity Father Byron
preached Oh the Blessed Virgin the Patroness
Of the United States, and the Rev. Henry Ward
Beccher cndeavored to show when man is and
is not responsible for his religious belief. Tho
other sermons were of unusual interest and
value
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr. D. H. Harkns has carried s.Metamora" to the
Bowcry.
The musical and dramatic attractions of tho weok
unusual.
An entire change of program mo will DO mado at
Bryant's Opera House this evening
Miss LYDIA Thompson and troupe perform this
evening the Eaglo Theatre in the burlcsquc, Rob.
inson Crusoc."
Janauschck plays in s'Chosney Void" at tho Broad.
way Theatre tonight filing the dual parts OF Lady
Dedlock and Hortcnsc.
At NIblos Garden "Tho Drunkard's Home' Is billed
for this evening and until further notice. Mr. W. J.
Fleming cnacts tho drunKard.
.pnk Domnos, at tho Union Square, will be fol-
lowed, Wednesday, by sardou's play, IN Eve acts,
entitled .sly Mothers Secret"
Robert stickney will make his first appearance in
several years Giimorc's Garden tonight when ho
will perform four horse ACT
Miss Helen Potter appears tonight at Chckering
Hail. Her rccitations and personalons OF Charlotte
Cushman, John u. Cough, Anna Dickinson and others
are said to be very fine.
At WaacK's Theatre "Falsc Shamon Will take the
place Of Marriage tonight. 1t is said to DO
Ing comedy. Tho cast embraces among others Messra
Gilbert, Montague, Eytingo. Holland, Nine. PonIsl.
Mss Rose Coughlan and Miss Stella Boniface.
Miss Mary Anderson, n promising tragcdienne,
makes her New York debut this evening nj the Fifth
Avenue Theatre as Pauline, In tho Lady OF Lyons"
Mr.. Ebcn Pympton will play Claude Melnottc. The
interest excited by her performances elsewhere will
probably I'LL the house.
Tho brace OF wonderful little people known AS
Meadc's Mdgcts, who have been holding their Iovees
past week At tho hall corner OF Fifth avenue
and Fourteenth street attracting attention OF
large number Of people, and they rarely fail TO BIO
surprised. Lcvecs held daily In the forenoon aud
afternoon. and on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
"Trip Van Wrinkle" at Booths "rhe Crushed Ira
eedian" at the Park, 'Uncio Toms Cabin" at tho
Grand Opera House, equostrianism and gymnastics
at the circus, the Eks benefit at the Academy OF MI
sic, negro representation " Bryants and the San
Francisco Minstrcls varieties at Tony PASTORS and
the Olympic, DR.. Damrosch's Saturday matincss as
SteInway Hail. Theodore Thomas public rcncarsas AZ
tho same place on Thursday. tho Aquarium, tho
American Museum and half u dozen smaller things
this is surely a bill of faro that should satisfy the
daintcst taste.
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THE WEATHER.-The influences in operation
and that have produced rain on the coast have
ceased so far as the Middle Atlantic States
arc concerned, and clear weather follows the
threatening cloudiness that prevailed for sew
eral days past. Except in the Northwest,
where the barometer is slowly falling,
the entire territory east Of tho Rocky
Mountains lies within the area of high pressure.
The highest barometer during yesterday was in
the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Atlantic
coast line Of the United States and British
Provinces lay between and nearly parallel to tho
isobars Of 1920 and 5000 inches pressure.
This gave general northerly direction to the
winds along the coast line Ia the West Gulf
States the winds were more from the northeast,
but toward evening began to to the south
eastward and flow toward the depression adj
vancing from the Northwest. The pressure also
rapidly diminished, although continuing
throughout the day relatively very high. Ex-
ccpt on the North and Middle Atlantic Coast,
and there in the early morning, 10
rain fell yesterday east OF the Misss-
sippi, and general but slight rise of
temperature took place. The pressure is now
slowly decreasing west Of The Aileghanies We
invite attention to special cable despatch
which Is published elsewhere this morning. 1t
announces the marvellous vciifcation OF our
storm warning sent to London ut half past three
A. nj. on the 9Th and predicting u storm for
the British and French coast about tue 10th.
As u matter of fact, the storm margin reached
the British Isles OIL the 10th, because rain COM
menccd Oh that day along the Irish and English
coasts. The storm now passing over England
was thus announced three days Ill advance
of its arrival there, giving ample time for
,,reparations to meet its extraordinary violence.
When the same storm was passing over the
United States we stated what its probable char
acter would be when it reached Europe. Tho
opinion then expressed has been fully sustained
BY the announcement by cable OF its arrival and
violence. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be warmer and fair OF partly
cloudy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

From the little that has leaked out re-
specting what took place in the caucus of
republican Senators held on Saturday we
conclude that the leading speakers against
the policy of the President were Mr.. Conk-
ling and Judge Edmunds and that his chief
defenders were Stanley Matthews and the
two Massachusetts Senators, the former car
rying with them o majority Of the caucus.
Mr. Matthews is so much indebted to the
President that he could not desert him
without exposing himself to charge of per-
sonal treachery, and Mcssrs Dawes and
Hoar were emboldened by the signal sue
cess of the Massachusetts republicans
in the late election on q platform
strongly indorsing Mr.. Hayes. On
tho other hand Mr.. Conkling's oppo-
sition also grew out of personal and LEGAL
motives, SO that Judge Edmunds seems to
have been the only strong man prominent
in the debate who acted merely on broad
views of party duty. Had Mr. Blaine been
present he would also have acted with the
opposition. and these three-Conkling,
Blaine and Edmunds--sinco the death OF
Mr.. Morton are commonly regarded MS the
ablest members Of the Senate on the repub-
lican side. The caucus is said to have been
called at the instance of Mr.. Conkling, who
has resolved to ''carry the war into Africa"
since the New York election, which was
more favorable to his Senatorial hopes than
he had any reason to expect. We do not
see that he is likely to make much by forcing
this contest; still it cannot be ruinous 10
him, as it would have been had he been
without allies among the republican Sena-
tors Supported by majority OF them,
including some of the ablest, he is in no
danger Of being put in state Of isolation
and read out of the party, as he would have
been last winter had he voted against count
ing the Hayes electoral votes from Louisi-
ana. II his present attitude he has too
many fellow Senators to keep him in coun-
tenance to imperil his party standing, but
still he is too weak to make any effectual
opposition to the President. TO accomplish
anything practical he needs the nearly unan-
imous cooperation of the other republican
Senator's whereas this caucus has proved
that the President has SO many friends
that he cannot be foiled by repub-
lican votes and that no republican
runs any risk Of losing caste by supporting
him. With the republican party divided
as to any fit nomination democrats enough
will vote with the Presidents friends to
carry it through. If Mr.. Conking had not
given the Presidents supporters this oppor-
tunity to discover their own numbers in q
place where they were concealed from DEM
ocratic observation some OF them might have
succumbed to q majority that seemed larger
than it really is. 1t makes great difference
in Mr.. Hayes liberty of action whether his
party in the Senate is unanimously against
him or whether it is divided. He has reason
to feel obliged to Mr.. Conkling for showing
him the real state Of the Senate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

THE PASTORAL LETTER Of the Episcopalian
House Of bishops, read in the churches yester-
day. vigorously discusses many of the social
questions of the day, and is strong appeal in
behalf of higher and better morality. Mem
bcrs of other denominations will find in it q good
deal of sound advice and instruction.
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driver to Charles Lamb, who had taken the
cab the full extent of the shilling fare--two
miles. "Is it 2" replied Lamb in surprised
tone; 'bless my soul give it me back-I
thought it was o round onew The ''dollar
of our dads" is round coin. 1t certainly
is not square one for the poor man.
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NIurad,a ErienlR.

One of the most famous Turkish institu-
tions is the bowstring-an institution of
which comparatively little has been heard
in recent times, for they seem to prefer to
experiment in Constantinople with the in
stitutions ofWcstern countries-with consti-
tutions and the voice of the people and
commodities of that sort-and to be in some
sense ashamed of their own homely and
we'll tried contrivances for the regulation Of
exuberant enthusiasts. This is common
vanity, for all men seem to take
in similar kindly way to the gim-
cracks of foreign fashion and to ADAM
don home products with equal unseemly
readiness. Formerly the bowstring was the
great guarantee of the Ottoman monarchy.
1t was also a kind of pendulum or regulator.
In other countries the rights and privileges
of the monarch are guaranteed by the con-
stitution, defined by the courts and de-
Tended by the army. In Turkey the bow
string stood for all these and was as effective
as any. No more economical political in
stitution was ever known, and good Mos
lems when they learn that forty of the
friends Of the deposed Murad have heard
the twang of this great string, will rejoice
that the ancient institutions of their native
land are recovering their favor and prestige.