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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Fitzpatrick Is In Washington.

Fitzpatrick Is IN Washington.
Wild roses look like pale pink stars.
Herkomer has painted Wagncr's portrait
Charleston, 8. c., Is . shiftIess looking city.
Hon. S. s Cox will 60 TO White Sulphur Springs
There is no getting = whig party out OF Tennessee
Corn shucks ond I've boiled into soap in Georgia.
Danbury Neaos:-.'The coming mantle whg
party"
When Sidney Lanlor is not writing he Is playing ON
Cute.
Russians, Poles, servians aud Roumanians have
little eyes.
Baron C. r. 0stcn sacken Of Russia, IL as tho West
Minister
Gail Hamilton says, ~ rise to remark. and my Ian
guage Is Blaine"
Lager is so lively that It comes in hops Whenever
you call for Il.
Evar,s' farm at Windsor, w.. u bstng painted on
canvas by Rowland.
President Hayes and family will visit White Sulphur
Springs this summer
W. b. Baird, the artist Is sketching In the Hante
Lolro district, France.
The attempt made in Madrid TO supplant the bonnet
with tho mantia Jailed.
Tho dog days approaching. and tin Kettles
used to adorn many . tail
Tho chronic borrower who knows that he pays
is little better than thief
Ex.secretary OF the Navy George N. Robson and
family are at the Fifth Avenue
Mr. Amedcc van den Nest, Secretary Of tho Belgian
Legation at Washington Is u the Everett
Eliza Pinkston and Ben Butler are not being paid
Tor their sacrifices the republican party.
The convicts OF Tennessee have been leasod to tho
Sewancc coal mines for six years for $40. 500
Hon. Milton sayler Win sxperionco his usual
amount OF Incidence the " hite Suphur Springs Va
If Bret Harte should receive consulate fow ncws-
| no nd "a
President Hayes.
1t is hard keep womnn's teeth out OF cucumbev
long enough to her argue on the psychological
| propensity Of protoplasm
| The head Of tho English Pierrepont house who
patropized starboard and whisksrcd MIN
| ister must feel crestfa!cn
MIRA Jones remarked yesterday that t be pleas
ant TO live at Concy Island There Is so much nice
white sand to polish up the pans with.
| Tho Transcript believes the iufure OF Boston. So
do On the judgment day ali bad people will be
sent there. Boston Is q Boston Of plaza
! Tho nrsi lady Of the land says "Ruthy, my
dear" or .'Birchy. my boy" 1t 70 simply "Mr.
Hayes won't you have some more lemonadcf"
/ Philosopher Aicott says that "lving is incarna-
ton !" but possibly Alcott never sat down three
legged chair and though, that living Ia In d-d--dar.
| nation.
| The Columbus tGa) Enquirer SsSs berates Roger A
Pryor Tor abusing the southern politicians who, he
said, lcd tho South war. Is adds that Mr.. Pryor
was a VIGOROUSLY inefficient Confederate brigade com
mander, and that southern leaders ought not to be
abused by Southern mon.
| Pal Mall Cazctte:-.sTho world seems to have 70
coded generations the past and tho last quarter
Of that century which supposed 10 have ushcred
In golden aye OF civilization religious passion
distrac,ins empress dsmensing statesmen and de-
stroying peoples those bsnishtsd times which
we have been wont 10 look back with such seli-com
piacent Pity
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

Another Epidemic or Police Rulian-
The clubbing mania seems to have broken
out again in the police force. The sentence
OF q Brooklyn patrolman to six months i'm
prisonment, with good prospect of a new
indictment with more severe punishment
at the expiration of his term, made the
ruffians Of the force cautious for time, and
citizens enjoyed q temporary immunity
seems only to have rendered the police
more hungry than ever for skulls to crack,
and now that they have again drawn their
locusts they lay on their blows with MUIR
derous ferocity. The officer. Doyle, who
dubbed Francis Williams to death in the
hallway of his own house and in the pres
ence OF his wife has, by means which will be
investigated very thoroughly hereafter, been
half whitewashed by Coroner's jury and
held to bail in a ridiculously small sum by
Coroner Croker; but it is to be hoped that
the Grand Jury will give criminal court
the opportunity to decide whether such q
savage and unnecessary killing is or is not
wilful murder The arrest grew out of o
noisy quarrel between a man and his wife,
which the policeman had . right to stop,
since it disturbed the neighborhood. But
the quarrel was over, and the man was
inside his own door, when he was dragged
out by the policeman and so brutality
beaten and injured as to cause his death.
No such violence could have been neces-
sary, and the fact that it was resorted
to by an officer. whose duty it is to protect
the public peace, makes the act the more rep
rehensible.
Another scandalous instance Of police
brutality is the clubbing Of lad named
Isaac Walsh, said to be under twenty years
OF age. by two ruffianly. patrolmen of the
First precinct. The boy was ordered to
"move on, and not going fast enough to
suit the officers was Knocked down and
beaten by them until his head was badly
cut and his body dangerously bruised. The
beating was continued long after the lad
fell bleeding and helpless to, the ground. It
is claimed that Walsh bears bad character;
but whatever his reputation may be there
can be no justification for the brutal and
illegal conduct Of his Assailants These
cases in New York and the breaking out OF
the clubbing mania again in Brooklyn show
the necessity for the prompt and severe
punishment Of the rufians who thus exceed
the limit OF their duty and vantonly crafty
their natural ferocity and brutality.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

How Public Interests Are PROTECT ted.
The Aldermen have granted the Third
Avenue Railroad Company the privilege of
experimenting in the use OF steam power
on its surface rails. We shall probably soon
have dummy engines tearing through Third
avenue, and this will no doubt be promptly
followed by similar experiments on Sixth
and other avenues. When the horse car
companies were using their money to defeat
all friendly rapid transit bills in the State
Legislature the pretence was that it was all
done in the interests Of the property own
ers An elevated railroad, we were told,
would drive carriages and foot passengers
be done by the storekeepers; rents would
have to be lowered, and thus the owners
on the avenue would be injured without q
fair and just compensation. We leave the
property owners to decide whether greater
injury would be inflicted on the retail bust
ness Of an avenue by an elevated railway or
BY steam engines running on surface rails,
frightening horses and rislSing the lives of
passengers both in vehicles and on foot.
II was to be expected that the Aldermen.
who are carried by the horse car companies,
fguratively speaking, in their breeches
pockets, would concede any demand made by
the Third Avenue or any other wealthy street
railroad corporation When price is paid
goods must be delivered. But there are
three very good reasons why the privilege in
question should not have been granted. In
the rst place, it is in no way OF shape such
rapid transit as the people ask for and the
city requires In the second place, it is an
unqualified Outrage on property, without a
single justification, in the interest Of q grasp
ing corporation. In the third place, it is q
public evil, because it increases the induce
ments for the horse car companies illegiti-
mate opposition TO real rapid transit II
the Mayor possesses the power to cancel the
aldermanic concession to the Third Avenue
Railroad corporation 1t is to be hoped thai
he will exercise it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
Hard Fighting at Kars.

The HERALD's latest dispatches from the
theatre OF war in Armenia render it certain
that the Russian commander has made up
his mind that it is necessary to
reduce Kars instead of simply IN
vesting that place. as it was sup
posed probable he might do. before
pushing his advance TO Erzeroum. But
according to the intelligence received his
success seems at present predetermined.
determined attack WINS made on Kars by the
Russians on Saturday. Sunday and Monday,
and the assailants we're not only repulsed
with great slaughter, but their defeat is
said to have encouraged the Turks to assume
the offensive. From Erzeroum it is reported
that battle all along the line is immi-
nent; hence few hours may decide
whether the Russian forces will be COM
PEELED to fall back to their own defences, or
will at once take possession Of Kars as
prelude to the occupation Of Erzeroum. II
the end Of the present advance should
be decisive and final repulse
OF the assailants it will delay further
operations in Armenia for some time.
The Turks are not strong enough to
pursue their advantage to any important
extent and they are SO nearly sur
rounded by the enemy as to make
any attempt of the kind an act of insanity.
The effect of the repulse would, therefore,
only be to oblige the Russians to fall
back to their own defences with q view
to concentration Of their large
field force on Kars. In the present
assault they have used but a fraction OF their
force, their advance having been made over
long and extended line, and whatever may
be the final result of the three or four days
fighting, there is little doubt of the eventual
fall both of Kars and Erzeroum.
Kars is naturally strong place, and has
never been reduced without a severe strug-
gle, except in 1923, when it was taken by
the Russians under Prince Paskevitch after
siege OF only three days. In 1855. during
the Crimean war, the gallant defence Of
Kars by Sir William Fenwick Williams, a
Canadian by birth, who commanded the
garrison, aided by the Hungarian Gen
eral Kinety, is matter OF his
tory The Russian attacking force
under General Mouravieff numbered forty
thousand infantry and ten thousand cav
airy, while the besieged had force Of only
fifteen thousand men. Yet this brave
band and their lion-hearted command
ers held out for five months. and
then only yielded to starvation. So splen-
did had been their defence that the Russian
General not only allowed the surrendered
troops to march ont with all the honors Of
war, but publicly compliinented their COM
mander on his bravery and skill. It was
ridiculous to suppose that Kars would now
fall at the first approach of the Russians
without any opposition, and the present
hard fighting and heavy losses might have
been anticipated. however inevitable may
be the final result.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
The Approaching Doom OF Mormon

Despite their attempts to belittle and
make light of the recent exposures the Nor
mons are in q frenzy Of alarm. Their own
clamorous denials, supported by the fainter
denials of few transient visitors who are
seduced and blinded by personal courtesies,
produce no effect on the public mind when
it is known that the law officers Of Utah
hold precisely the same views that have
been expressed in the HERALD. 1t is but q
few days since the Unit ed States Attorney
in that Territory was summoned to
Washington to explain in detail the
an outline in writing. The result Of
his interview with the Attorney General is o
full Endorsement Of his opinions, with in
structions to spare no effort to bring the
criminals to justice. He returns to Salt
Lake City strongly Endorsed by the govern
ment. It is no wonder that the Mormons
are in state Of excitement and trepidation
when they find that the exposure Of their
iniquities made by the HERALD is about to
bear fruit in vigorous official action ordered
from Washington. The brazen ribaldry Of
the Mormon organ at Salt Lake City against
the HERALDs truth-telling correspondent
meets its appropriate answer in the Attor-
ney Generals directions to the local prose-
cutting officer in Utah.
Assuredly this pestilent. nest of abomina-
tions will not be much longer tolerated
within the jurisdiction Of the United States.
1t has ceased to be merely local question;
it has become q question which affects the
character of our institutions. 1t has always
been the policy Of our government to keep
the Territories in tutelage only for brief
period and merely while they acquired suf-
fcient population for admission rs States,
with the full right of local sclf-government.
Had it not been for the foul moral leprosy
of Utah it would long ago have been ad-
mitted to oil the advantages and i'm
munities Of statehood. It has q popula-
ton larger than that Of Oregon,
larger than that Of Nevada. larger than
that Of Colorado; but SO long as it
remains under the sway of Mormonism it
can never be admitted as q State. It is an
anomaly in our political system for Terri
tory SO populous, 30 wealthy, SO Astounding
in agricultural and mineral resources to
stand outside of the Union and be governed
by officers appointed by the federal author
ity. It is the plain duty OF the government
to remove the causes which prevent the in
PRODUCTION of SO important Territory into
our political system. This duty cannot
be much longer postponed; and when the
administration has done what it can in the
way Of legal prosecutions against atrocious
criminals who have been made bold by long
impunity, Congress will take the question in
hand and remoye the obstacles to the admis-
sion Of Utah as State.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

The ASCOT RACES attended yesterday
by the wealth, fashion and beauty Ut London.
more brilliant scene has rarely been witnessed
OH such an occasion, all classes being repre-
scnted, from royalty down. The race for the
Gold Cup which was the great event Of the day,
was won by Pctrarch
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

The ANNUAL REGATTA OF the New York Yacht
Club yesterday full of incidents which will
make the day memorable in the yachting annals
OF the country. The hurricane in which the race
ended i'll victory for the Wanderer afforded a
splendid opportunity not only to show the sail
ing qualities Of the vessels but to display
the scamanship OF those who handled them. The
thousands who went down the Bay showed how
deep hold yachting has on the citizens Of New
York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
has before been recorded that sudden and

has before been recorded that sudden and
overwhelming disappointment has broken
stout hearts. We know that the party
lived through shocking disasters and
seemed to have more lives than
cat. but that this great staggering
giant should be put before the world in the
light OF melancholy appendage to sore
headed and disappointed candidate was too
much. and it went the way of all parties.
but never did party die SO mean death.
1t will scarcely be any consolation to the
mourners that Mr. Tilden is gone politically
too.
The contemplation Of Mr.. Tilden's career
win always repay the student Of great
disappointments. He was surely what
promised to be a respectable If not a
towering figure in our political history.
He does not possess the magnetism
OF Henry Clay nor the giant brain of Web
ster. He has sharp, clerkly qualities, which
would have been useful in cheese-par-
ing administration. He is not 80 de-
voted to his friends as to have inn
perilled any measure for their sake he
might set his heart on if in power. He is q
shrewd chooser Of instruments, even al
though David Dudley Field was mistake.
He can ride nicely and would have
looked very well on Pennsylvania avenue
taking of his hat right and left to the
swarming applicants for consulate and post
offices. But all this in the impossible.
0 what fall was thcre my countrymen!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

The WEST POINT Glass OF ~ gradu-
atcd yesterday and seventy-six young gentle
men are anxiously looking for commissions this
morning. 1t is rather curious coincidence that
a son Of General Butler and the son of "con-
traband" are among its members.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
II RIPPLE SH e e Il
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE IS. 1877.

From oar reports dis morning tie probabilities
are nat the ucaLtcr IN Neu York to-aay uiH be
re,y ra,m and ha-y partly cloudy, probably
niA Munlier storm ~ Uc afternoon from TIC
SouttTcsfrdsu.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

The ATTENDANCE at Jerome Park, owing to
thc attractions presented elsewhere, was not as
large yesterday as Oh some Of the preceding days
OF the meeting. There were four capital races
all Of which were well contested and excited u
good deal Of interest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Thc stock market
was less active than it has been for the last
few days. There was slight advance in the
prices OF most stocks as compared with We'd
ncsday's closing figures. Gold opened and closed
ut lO5, selling in the interim mt 1865. Gov
eminent stocks were steady and railroad bonds
were irregular. Money on call lent at 2 per
cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

New ENGLAND INTENDS to receive President
Hayes as warmly as Old England has received
General Grant. Mr.. Hayes is the lucker man
of the two. Providence will give him clam
bake-a thing all the crowned heads OF Europe
cannot give Grant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

One HUNDRED YEARS ago yesterday Congress
designed the flag Of the thirteen States, which,
with the addition Of a star for every new State
admitted into the Union since has continued to
be the national emblem. The anniversary was
appropriately celebrated yesterday in this and
the other leading cities Of the Union.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

FIVE RUSSIAN TRoTTING HORSES have arrived
h New York, the first racing stock ever imported
from that country. Just now they will find it
much safer on the Hudson than on the Danube.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

SECRETARY THOMPSON yesterday inspected
what used to be the Navy Yard ut Brooklyn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15
SLAUGHTERED AT THEIR GUNS.
Bold Sorties by the Turks Repealed
in the Open Field
ROUMANIA AND TIE CAR.
Lord Derby Answered in Manner to
Satisfy Europe.
icy CABLE TO THE HERALD.

tBy CABLE TO THE HERALD!
LONDON, June Is, 1877.
Every effort has been made to OBJ
tain details regarding the great battle
now in progress before Kars. The
HERALDs special correspondent with
the Turks in Asia Minor telegraphs
from Boghaz (Bogaskoi), small town on
the direct telegraph route from Erzeroum,
and situated about ninety miles southwest
OF Amasia, that the battle was begun on
Russians.
THE RUSSIANS EFFECT LoDGMENT.
The conflict was renewed at daylight on
Sunday, the Russians having effected
lodgment in one Of the outer earthworks on
the previous night. The struggle was SAN
culinary in the extreme. The Russians are
reported to have held their ground during
the whole OF Monday and Monday night
THE TURKS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE.
On Tuesday the Turks began the fight,
assuming the offensive by making the most
desperate sorties. According to the HER
AIDS correspondent, quoted above (from a
Turkish source, be it remembered). this re-
suited on Tuesday in the dislodgment Of
the Russians, who had been inefticiently
supported.
TURKISH FLANK MOVEMENT.
The Turks succeeded in surprising the
Russians by = flank movement and the
slaughter that followed was very great. The
Russians asked no quarter and. the Turks
offered none.
BRAVE TO THE LAST.
The last action of the Russian gunners
was to spike the few Turkish field pieces
which they had captured in the redoubt.
This was after it became hand to hand
struggle and the guns were OF no further
service.
THE RUSSIAN auNNnRs SLAUGHTERED.
Retreat had meanwhile become utterly inn
possible. As result nearly every gunner's
corpse was found near the gun he had
served. Their enemies speak OF the hero
ism of the attacking Russians.
GROWING BOLD.
The Turks again assumed the offensive,
and, gaining courage and desperation with
success, sailed out to attack the main body
of the Russians in the open ground.
THE RUSSIANS REINFORCED.
Meanwhile achievements were hurrying
to the aid Of the Russians from the direc-
ton Of Pennek, Arabian, Gumry, Kagish-
man, Souricamiche and Soghanlu. The
| sorties Of the Turks were barren OF result
and only served to'tire out the men, while
the Russians repulsed every attack with APP
parent ease. Later and fuller details are
expected momentarily.
THE CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN EARNEST.
| A despatch from the HERAID's represen-
tative at Erzeroum states that great battle
all along the Turkish line between
Kars and Erzeroum is Imminent The
fate of the Turkish arms in Asia Minor
hangs upon the events Of the next ten days.
Already seems to have begun the series
| OF engagements In the valley OF the Arras,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

The FAILURE OF THE LEGISLATURE to settle the
excise question is seized upon by the temperance
advocates in their crusade against liquor selling.
Mr.. Munday has asked for the arrest Of the
Board OF Excise the ground that the issuance Of
licenses to saloon keepers for the sale of ale and
beer in quantities less than five gallons is in VIC
laton Of the law Of 1857, the only law said to
he now in force on the subject. This is another
illustration Of the bungling way of doing business
ut Albany.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-15

letter to the Chairman OF the Executive Com
nlttec of the Historical Society in regard to the
reference of his paper the late MIR. Motley to
the committee. Mr.. JAY rctracts nothing that
he said concerning cx-Prcsidcnt Grants treat
mcnt OF the eminent historian; on the contrary,
he leitcrates it all, and adds that DR. Grant, Of
the ancient University Of Oxford, should be the
last to deprive Mr.. Motley OF the right Of All ap-
peal to history for his vindication
The WEArHER.-rhrce well marked areas Of
low pressure within the sphere OF oh
scrvation-onc northcastward Of New Bruins
wick, which has passed over the upper lake re-
gion; the second III the Northwest and central
In the Missouri Valley, south Of Bismarck,
Dakota; the third on the West Gulf
coast and Eastern Texas. The area Of high
pressure now extends over the region east Of the
Allegheny Mountains and southwark Of New
England. Over the lake region the winds we're
very variable, owing to local influences, chiefly
to variations OF temperature. The conditions
now prevailing in the West Central districts,
including Tennessee and Iowa. Indicate the
probability Of severe local storms indeed,
the Upper Mississippi Valley, between
st. Louis and st. Paul. is likely to be visited 10
Bouthcrn New York and Massachusetts Of severe
storms of wind, hail. rain and lightning show
how disturbed the atmosphere is at present over
very great area. High winds will also
prevail on the Texas coast, attending
the storm centre in that region. The
local storm yesterday in its effects in the Lower
bay have borne ont our predictions very fully.
The heat area OF 20 degrees yesterday EN-
braccd the lower lakes and British provinces,
except Nova Scotia and in the West, the southern
portions Of Dakota and Minnesota. The area OF
so degrees extended west along the latitude Of
Row York to the Rocky Mountains, but a small
detached area was central over Portland, Me-,
and n thermal decrease was noticeable in the
vicinity Of Nashville, Tenn. The weather in New
York to-day will be very warm and hazy or
partly cloudy, probably with thunder storm
An the afternoon from the southwestward
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-03-07

sentatiyes, Judges, fellow citizens, here
and everywhere, to unite with me in
an earnest effort to secure to Our coun-
try the blessing not only of material
prosperity but of justice, peace aud
union, a union depending not upon
the constraint of force. but upon the
loving devotion of free people may
be 50 ordered and settled upon the
best and surest foundations that peace
and happiness, truth and justice, re-
ligion and piety may be established
among US for oil generations"