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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

From the juicy letter of General Butler to
Mr.. j. II. G. Pitkin, U. S. Marshal, it would
seem that that doughty champion of repub-
bad about Louisiana. 1t appears that gen.
tleman named Pitkin, who is protege OF
General Butler, is to give place in On off
flee ofsome emolument to gentleman named
Wharton, who is q proteg6 Of somebody else.
This is common fate with ofice-holders
and has happened under nearly every adj
ministration that we remember. But it is
not palatable to Ben that the common fate
should overtake his proteges. He would
like to clothe all who have the remotest re-
lation to his fortunes with sacred immu-
nifty that should lift them above the reach Of
the political guillotine. No doubt this is
pleasant trait in his quantity made
have friends and to stand by them but
shall nobody else have friends? Alas! there
is the trouble That somebody else's man
must have the place implies that that some
body else is of moro consequence than Ben.
But for that touch of wounded vanity we
do not see that it wonld be worth while to
make such pother over this change in the
Marshal's Office in Louisiana. Everybody
will rejoice to see with what delicate scorn the
General treats the bargain in regard to this
office. 1t is great pity that Ben never had
his attention called before this to bargains
of that kind in politics. How he would
have roasted the perpetrators with sarcasml
How delightfully."- he would have scathed
such case as the appointment OF Simmons
to be Collector of Boston!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
The Newspapers and "Business De-
pressiOn.',

Certain of our contemporaries seem to be
curious about the HERALD's circulation.
Now and then they urge us to publish the
figures, intimating that we do not because
we dare not, and confessing that they them
selves have lost circulation in consequence
of ''the marked depression in business and
especially in newspapers" 1t has not been
our habit to parade our circulation, pre-
ferring to make good newspaper and let
the circulation take care of itself; but we
are willing to be as frank as any Of our in. .
quisitive contemporaries in this matter.
If any one of them will join with us in the
selection Of q committee to examine and
report upon tho question Of comparative
circulation we shall be most happy to fur
nish them with the facts. No doubt they
will be glad to learn that the business de-
preston has been followed by business
revival in evidence of which we may state
that the circulation of the HERALD is thirty
thousand larger than at this time last year,
and that its advertising has increased in the
same proportion. We are no believers in
the prevailing humbug about business de-
preston.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

There is consolation in the fact that
two unfaithful bank officers have been sent
to the State Prison in Connecticut The
triumph of justice in the instance of the
Hartford Bank will probably encourage some
of the sufferers by the frauds Of the Third
Avenue Savings Bank in this city and other
swindling concerns to take their griefs be-
fore the Grand Jury and secure the indict-
ment Of some of their victimizers. In view
Of the fact that the receiver Of the Third
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

What is properly called 'sa marvellous
dramatic novelty" will be presented at
Booths Theatre this afternoon, when
"Romeo and Juliet will be produced with
one Romeo and seven Juliets. The man.
ager, no doubt. considers this multiplicity
of hcroines an attraction, but to the intelli-
gent play-goer it is arepulsion. When such
person attends Shakespearian perform
ance he desires to see great character well
conceived and thoroughly developed by
a single actor. Instead Of this there
will be a monstrosity. Juliet will
be distributed among seven ladies entirely
unlike each other in voice, face and figure,
and, more than this, in their conceptions OF
the part All illusion, continuity and poe
try will be thus destroyed. Shakespeare
when he should be the most beautiful will
be made the most ridiculous. Nothing
more absurd can be imagined than Romeo
who will dance with one Juliet in the ball.
room scene, WOO another on the balcony,
wed a third, part from fourth when BAN
ished and die upon the bosom of o fifth,
leaving sixth to take poison alone. He
Gall Uc tEuc ~ nOAC VI UAcn tsAu Ia 70
false to his art. Shakespeare makes
Richard say II think there be six Rich
monds in the field; five have slain to-day"
but he is too artistic to produce more than
one of them on the stage Such Romeo as
this is worse than Mormon. We do not
blame the estimable actresses who will as
sist the eminent actor in the farce which is
to be played to-day, but we regret very
much that the theatre which was built by
Edwin Booth as temple for legitimate art
should be made the scene of its degradation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
Decoration Day.

Many flower is born to blush unseen
but the lilies and roses which were gathered
yesterday from gardens and Conservatives
and strewed upon the graves of our dead
heroes served holy purpose and are more
beautiful in their decay than in their fresh
ness These flowers laid by fair hands
upon unforgotten graves to wither and die
cannot wholly perish, but even in their
dust will keep alive the memory Of the dead
and the gratitude Of the living. When the
comrades of the fallen soldiers placed these
fragrant garlands on their tombs many q
night in camp and many field of battle
must have been recalled with sorrow and with
pride Both the North and the South united
yesterday in celebrating. not SO much the
causes for which they fought as the bravery
and sincerity of the men who bore the brunt
of battle. The old issues are rightly for
gotten in the homage paid to the heroism of
the American soldier, no matter whether he
wore the blue or the gray. With the lapse
of time not only are the passions of the war
subdued, but the sorrows for the dead
are softened, and so Decoration Day has
ceased to be one of mourning and gloom,
but rather one Of tender recollection. In
all parts Of the country the usual GER
emonies were observed, and never with more
earnestness and feeling. II among the
pines of the Wilderness or the mountains OF
Georgia many nameless grave was un-
noticed Nature decorated them with the
wild flowers OF spring.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

Our special dispatches by cable continue
the report Of the splendid hospitality with
which our British cousins have welcomed to
their shores the late President of the United
States. They love lion in England. In
deed, demonstrative admiration of man
who by his own qualities or force of charac-
ter has distinguished himself from the
many is the one channel in which the Brit
ish mind runs to extremes of enthusiastic
fervor. Personal superiority is the corner
stone of the social and political fabric in
those islands. AS we stand by the DECLARE
ton of personal equality. they hold with
resolute faith to the contrary view that
some men are better than others:
and when the happily constituted in
dividual has given evidence of his
superiority in war. in science, in discovery,
in commerce. in any other leading sphere of
human activity, they build him into their
wall if he is one Of their own men-make
him duke or lord at least-a permanent
part of the fabric that restraints monarchy
on the one hand and democracy on the
other while if he is from q foreign land
they accord to him the sincerest admiration
they ever yield to any product of another
country. In their demonstrative reception
of the ex-President, therefore, while they
mako this quite honestly nm occasion to
exhibit good will toward this country they
are really earnest in 1t because they uncon-
sciously celebrate themselves J" they en-
phasize n fact that sustains, SO far
as it goes, the philosophy of their
own system. All the honor they pay him
evidently sits easily on the General, who
seems really more at home at Manchester
than he ever was in Washington for We do
not remember any occasion on which his
words appeared to follow one another so
readily in any occasional address as they
did at the reception OF yesterday. There is
certain propriety in the fact that our great
commander makes his entry to London at
the house of that great commander Of
British armies, the Duke of Wellington, and
his countrymen will not quarrel with him if
for . dinner with the Duke Of Wellington he
puts aside for another date the invitation Of
the Earl of Beaconsfeld. There will always
be premiers, but there is only one house in
London that is part of the history Of
Waterloo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

We have received several communications
indicating the sacred right of the Ameri-
can boy to blow off the top of his head or
the ends of his fingers on the Fourth Of
July. Now the HERALD is not the enemy of
the New York boys. 1t has in many ways
and on many occasions defended their
rights and been helpful toward their amuse-
ments. But there are other people in New
York besides boys; and, what is equally
pertinent in this case, there are other
amusements from which New York boys can
get pleasure on Independence Day besides
making themselves a nuisance and danger
to the remainder Of the community. We
propose that they shall have their fill of
fireworks in the evening, in an orderly
way, and with such precautions as shall
not endanger themselves or other people.
But we should like to see the use Of fire.
crackers, torpedoes, &C., prohibited in the
streets. Why not? The streets are CON-
mon property; they are used by horsemen,
by ladies, by elderly and nervous people.
The noise and the fire are both dangerous in
the public streets.
AHcic aIc many otnoI ways " "in uso cAiA-
dren on the Fourth of July Why should
they not assemble at the public schools in
the morning and have parade? They
could have ward picnics in the Central Park,
or on the river, or the bay, or in the country.
They could assemble in the public squares
and be amused with ice cream and the
Declaration of Independence and harmless
games. There are dozens of ways to amuse
the boys and girls, and do it so we'll that
they will not regret their Grecrackers and
torpedoes. We call attention to what our
Mayor says on this subject elsewhere
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
who win Give Us Cheap Cabs.

The new movement to establish cheap
cabs in New York through the medium of
the Joint stock Manhattan Cab Company,
capital is to be quarter OF a million dollars,
and of this one hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars, or two-thirds of the whole
amount, was subscribed when the books
were opened on Tuesday. The fact
that one hundred and fifty thousand
English hands is not very fattering to
our boosted American enterprise. The books
will be opened again tomorrow, and it is to
be hoped that our own capitalists will take
some interest in project that cannot fail to
be fairly remunerative and that will be o
great public convenience. We should like
to see good portion of the remaining
stock 60 into the hands Of our present hack
proprietors, large and small. We have had
a tolerably good hack system in the city
under discouraging circumstances Some
owners have taken pride in giving the pub
lie clean and sometimes handsome carriages
and civil, careful drivers For a great city
where the laws are not enforced with the
most signal efficiency the hack service has
been remarkably free from abuse, as gen.
eral rule, except in the matter of fare. The
high charges have limited the use of public
carriages and crippled the business. II the
old proprietors will enlist in the present en-
terprise it will secure, in addition to such
capital as they can bring, the more valuable
aid OF their experience in the business, and
we shall have the satisfaction Of knowing
that number of deserving men will not be
thrown out OF employment through the sue
cess Of the new cab company.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
A Sanitary Rim Van Wrinkle.

The Insanitary Bureau Of the Ill-Health
Department has made discovery. Having
been taken over to Brooklyn in the train Of
that doughty knight Don Quixote de Bergh,
one Of its superintendent has found out
that swill milk establishments are actually
in operation in that City of Churches and its
vicinity that in one close, foul stable, some
seven or eight hundred sickly cows are fed
on swill and distillery waste that these an
finals breathe an atmosphere saturated
with exhalations from their bodies, their ex-
crements and the sour, fern ented swill, and
that the diseased milk they yield is sold in
the market as pure And the high sanitary
Board Of Health medical authority who has
brought these wonders to light sagaciously
argues that such milk cannot be healthful
food for infants and young children.
The discovery made by the Sanitary Blu
reau is an old story in the HERALD columns
where the facts have been told for weeks
past We expect no aid from the incapables
of the Board of Health either in exposing or
abating this or any other public evil. Mr..
Bergh, who is at least honest and earnest in
all his efforts to do good, may accomplish
something if he will set practically to work
and reach the evil through the power given
him to prevent the cruelty practised on the
cows. But he must aim his lance at the
breasts Of the proprietors Of the swill milk
pest houses, and not at neighboring wind
mills, and he will do we'll not to associate
himself in any way with the sanitary inca
pables in his work For the rest, the milk
dealersin the city should be closely watched,
and any one found selling the Brooklyn or
any other swill milk should be punished as
severely as the law allows. The lives OF
thousands of children depend on the total
suppression Of the rascally traffic in impure
and adulterated milk carried on in this city.
God help the little ones if they had to rely
solely on the New York Health Department
for the accomplishment Of such u result!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

President Hayes will visit Boston June IL
shad nics and widows tears do not last long
The new democratic drink Is lager-in horn.
The Red Sea, unlike good many politicians dried
up.
Hartford Courant:--'The United States ought TO be
represented at Paris.'
When Gail Hamilton puts her foot down the chands.
liers and shocmakers trcmble.
Jersey mosquitoes now swoopng down and
catching porgies on Raritan Bay.
Russian citizen went into the City Hall yesterday
and asked to have one OF mis- names "on"
There is enough smackng round q boarding house
table TO make the walls Of jericho feel uneasy.
When the editor Of the Chicago Tribune goes to bed
nights he hangs his cars the back Of a chair.
I, draws salt tears to fellows eyes TO see Dr. Mary
Walker cit down OF evening and put in patches.
Berlin society urges that hats be no longer taken
on In the street mode of salutation but that Q
simple bow be sufficient
The Charleston Journal, says that tho real troubles
OF The South inefficient and high priced labor and
ruinous aud destructive taxes.
Ii Is said that the presence Of young and beautiiu
lades in the French Chamber VIII compel the Depu-
ties to make enthusiastic speeches
The 81 Paul Dispatch says there no good in fret.
ting; but the Dispatch went into Janborce and
tumble OF housccIoaning and down on succotash
OF carpet tacks.
NO doubt the agitation against the Of liquor In
Massachusetts, has had q great effect toward making
temperance respectable and public drunkenness inlrs.
quent In that State.
Minnesota people take piece Of sheet iron with the
ends slightly turned up and with It's surface smeared
with coal tar and drag It over held Each trip 70
suits In the capture Of a great number Of grass
hoppers
somstimes man gets up stunning joke, saps hia
knee with pleasure, taxes up an exchange, sees the
same joke, scratches his out and wants TO hang
himself TO hma-bean pole. You needn's laugh you
know how II Is yourself
The only people who speak about mutual admire
ton society In American humor those who cannot
for want Of humor, get quoted Tho paper that says
good thing WILL II Il reaches notice, receive ~
much credit ~ II IL were mutually admired"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

Legislature might very well offer an indem-
nifty II it is shown that Mr.. McClelland was
wrongfully slain. Meantime we advise
peaceable people, foreigners and Americans.
to keep out OF Mississippi until somebody
enforces the laws down there. The whole
OF Africa is open to persons of an adven-
turous turn, not to speak of Mexico and
South America.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

THE MYSTERIOUS REEF which the City of
San Francisco struck on the 10th inst. demands
the immediate attention Of photographers. The
theory that it was upheaved by the recent earth
quake is weakened by the statement OF the
fisherman who asserts that he is well acquainted
with the reef and has frequently caught turtles
npon it. The splendid conduct of the officers
and crew Of the ship, rs well ms the GOODNESS and
forttude of the passengers, are deserving of tho
highest praise 1t is fortunate that this disaster
was unattended by loss of life. inasmuch ms it
locates a permanent danger ut u cost compare
lively triHing when measured by what it might
have been. We hope immediate steps will be
taken to Gave this trcachcrous reef fully sur
Yeyed and chnrted.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

MONTREAL has again fallen victim to fire. The
flames, famed by high wind, ran through
blocks of wooden houses with frightfnl rapidity,
but were in the end checked by the energetic
efforts Of the fire brigade Fortunately, no lives
were lost. The lesson of these confagrations is
that wooden buildings ought not to be permitted
in great cities
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

The VALUE Of General Miles campaign on
the Yellowstone in bringing the noble red man
to his senses can be fairly judged by our CORE
spondent's interesting letter from Tongue River.
Only for his operations during the winter we
would probably have had long and bloody
campaign; but cold and hunger do their work
more surely even than bullets. They cannot be
lodged even by redskin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

A CURIOUS INQUIRY. Our Washington
correspondent states that the British gov
eminent has called the attention of Secre-
tary Evarts to the fact that one of the persons
killed in the Kemper county riot in Missis-
sippi was British subject, aud Mr.. Evarts
is requested to ascertain how and why he was
killed. Governor Stone would do well to
assist voluntarily In this inquiry, and the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

From our reports this morning Ae probabilities
are that the heather in New York today oiH be
~armer and fair partly cloudy sciA, probably,
a thunder storm in the afternoon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

THE WEATHER.-Thc storm area in the North
west has developed into disturbance Of remark
able energy. The central pressure is now below
20 inches and heavy winds and gales are pre-
vailing on its eastern margin. Only light rain
has yet fallen and that al northerly point Of
the storm area, but as it advances to and over
the lake region we may expect a heavy precip-
itation The low pressure is slowly moving
north northeastward from Nova Scotia. at
tended by fresh winds from the southwest. The
pressure is also low over Florida and the Eastern
Gulf, where the margin OF "A storm area has adj
vanced, inducing brisk northcasterlv winds and
light rain The heat within the isotherm of
20 degrees has changed its outline since Tuesday
only in the Northwest, where il has retreated
southwark of Duluth and Pembna before the
advance Of another cool wave. Still the temper
atuic il extremely high southwark from Lake
Superior through the Mississippi Valley. The
sotber1n OF 80 degrees yesterday embraced
.hicago and Detroit and curved eastward to
Pliladephia but excluded Toledo and the lake
rites of Erie and Ontario. Detached areas oc-
cured embracing Albany and New London and
Chatham ON the New Brunswick coast. Behind
the storm area in the Northwest the temperature
falls rapidly. III IL propapic tnat oWihS " ,nc
decided variations Of pressure and temperature
now prevailing in the ncighborhood Of the storm
frequent tornadocs will occur in the region be-
tween the Missouri and the Ohio, and also in the
st. Lawrence Valley and New York State. VIC
lieut. wind squalls will cndanger vessels on the
lakes and along the middle Atlantic coast. The
weather i'm New York to-day will be warmer and
fair or partly cloudy with, probably, thunder
storm ia the afternoon
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

THE BROOKLYN POLICE have been ordered to
kill any dog found on the streets which is not
securely muzzlcd. A similar order in New York
would be timely.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS were yesterday
awarded rs damages to person who had been
illegally put off Third avenue horse car. This
lesson was badly needed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

JERSEY is becoming as famous for its rufhan-
ism as it used to be for its legal severity. Tho
actors and victims in the latest Jersey outrage
seem to be u bad lot.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE, as it is called. but
which was really due to volcanic upheaval in
the Pacific Ocean, has carried destruction to
many towns on the South American coast. Par
ticulars of these disasters so far ms learned, are
published in the HERALD this morning. It
would appear that the waves were experienced
along the entire Pacific coast from Oregon to
Chill which proves that the disturbance was not
local one, but extended probably from Japan
southeastward toward Peru. The height of the
wave at San Francisco was comparatively small
while on the Peruvian coast it swept over the
towns and demolished some Of them completely
destroying hundreds Of lives. Reports from the
Sandwich Islands will probably inform us of an
eruption of the volcanoes Of that group as well
as the effects of the wave movements.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

THERE WAS FAIR ATTENDANCE at Fleet
wood Park yesterday, notwithstanding the at
fractions Of Decoration Day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
TRIPLE SH e e II.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1877.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

In .,,.,re al advertisements presented .,or puo.
lcation after eight O'Clock T.. N. pW De charged
Double rates.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

WEsTPoRT, Conn.,, has established steam
street cars which promise to BIC successful.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31

The ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB had q pleasant
time yesterday ON their annual cruise.