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The New York herald., 1877-10-22
Fox-Huntfng as Metropolitan Pas
time.

There is no reason why fox-hunting, with
all it's exhilarating accompaniments should
not become quite as popular and as success
full in New York as ever it was or will be in
merrie England, in rollicking Ireland or in
our own Southern States. We have good
horses, bold riders, fine country, the best
of iox-hunting weather and plenty of foxes.
If we have hitherto somewhat neglected the
sport here in New York it has been because
we have had other things to attend to, both
in the way of business and pleasure, and
not because the chase does not yield attrac-
tions for our people. 1t has. however only
needed the spirit and enterprise necessary
to make start in novel direction to carry
us at any time during these past dozen years,
"neck or nothing" on Roynard's track, and
the splendid runs that have recently been
realized with the Queens county hounds
prove that our horsemen can 60 as fast, as
far and as boldly over difficult country as
any Leicestershre or Kildare squire who
ever wore the buckskins
The difficulty with fox-hunting in the
Northern States has principally been the
farmers. They have had no idea of en-
couraging sport the votaries OF which,
when under the excitement of good
chase, have as little respect for standing
crops as a modern trustee has for the funds
under his charge or as a savings bank direc-
tor has for the money of the depositors.
There is, however, ample room for fox
hunting without doing damage to the
property of the worthy and indus
trious tillers Of the soil, and the
spanking run on Saturday from New
Cassel Wood along the crest of Wheatloy
Hill and over seven miles of tempting coun-
try, almost within q stones throw, figur-
atively speaking, of the metropolis, is an
illustration of his fact. Now that we have
got fairly into the exhilarating pastime the
spirit OF our people will not suffer it to flag,
and we may soon expect to witness ''mects"
at which the foremost Of our citizens will
be found mounted, and which will not I'M
frequently be graced by the presence Of
beauty on side-saddles What greater ad-
vantage could be offered to the people of
large and crowded city like New York than
the opportunity to indulge now and then in
the healthful and lnvigorating exercise Of a
day with the hounds?
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
The Sprague Estate.

We print elsewhere an interesting letter
from Providence, stating in detail grounds
Of dissatisfaction on the part of the Sprague
creditors and describing the movements
they are making to get the property into
more satisfactory shape. Had the times
been better during the four years that have
elapsed since the failure the property might
have been retrieved and the creditors satis-
fed Whether grumbling is justifable
or is mere exhibition Of impatience
under long delay and disappointment
we leave readers to decide after read
ing the interesting statement Of facts
reported by our correspondent from
sources which we have reason to believe
trustworthy. The amount for which the
Spragues failed was so colossal and their
assets were 50 large that very wide interest
in their affairs has been felt in business
circles. Everybody will regret that their
recovery has been obstructed by the long
prostration of business. We hope that the
prospects of the creditors are better than
they seem at present toconsider them. The
facts contained in this letter have never
before appeared in print and were known
only to very limited private circle.
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

Kellogg, both rs a means Of retaining their
small and waning majority in the Senate
and of maintaining their party consistency
in connection with the Louisiana cleo
tion. AS Mr.. Blaine SO strongly put
it in his well known speech, Packard's
title rested on precisely the same
election returns as that of the Hayes
electors both being equally valid or
equally fraudulent Kellogg may, there
tors on a pretence Of fidelity to Mr.. Hayes
and as means OF vindicating his questioned
title. This would be signal condemnation
Of his policy; but he could no more reverse
it than the Senate can depose Governor
Nichols. The Senatorial seat Of Kellogg
and the Gubernatorial seat of Nichols would
be held by an equally secure tenure, neither
the President nor the Senate being able to
undo the work Of the other. The Senate
having thus rebuked the President and
got even with him there would be
no further practical ground Of difference
between them on that subject. The quarrel
might then be dropped by mutual accept
ance of accomplished facts. The President
would not be defeated, but only censured.
The difference between the President
and the republican Senators on the civil
service question might be brought TO
practical termination by similar method.
Mr.. Hayes has only to attempt the re-
moval of some federal officer on the
sole ground of his having meddled with
politics to bring this question to focus.
If the Senate refuses to accept this as q
proper ground Of removal there is an end OF
the question. There being no law forbidding
federal officers to take an active part in politics
the President could not insist on making that
q ground of removal on plea that it is his
duty to execute tho laws. When the Senate,
in test case had declined to recognize it
as a ground of removal it would be futile
for the President to make any futher at
tempt to enforce the order, which would
fall by the impossibility Of executing it.
This would indeed be defeat as well us a
rebuke, but the President would have no
remedy. There would be no ground for
continuing the quarrel on that subject after
It's cause had been removed, and the parties
might then act in concert on other ques-
tons 1t is possible that this may be the
upshot of the contest which Mr.. Hayes de-
clines to prosecute. Ho retreats within the
line of his executive duties, leaving the
Senate to act as it pleases uninfuenced by
him. Let it award the disputed seats as it
will, that controversy ends with its deci-
sion. Let it treat the civil service order as
it will, it's rejection or acceptance will
equally end that controversy and remove
all grounds of difference between the party
and the President except the personal one
relating to the composition of his Cabinet.
But if the Senate condemns both the South
ern policy and the civil service order the
self-respect of the present Cabinet would
probably impel the members to relieve the
President from all embarrassment on their
account.
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Is this the cqulnoctialY

Is this the cquinoctaly
Longlclow loves joke.
The best Hungarian horses bays
Holland women coored shawls.
The first thing In Dutchman's thoughts is ccon-
omy.
Senator David Davis Is thought to be tho old whig
party
The loafcrs OF Sixth havo corner In streets
just now.
Smallpox and Private Dazel hayc made their ap.
pcarancc
samsct Cox can write tue Lords Prayer on a ten
dollar bill.
Edwards Pierrcpont's rcthignathlon hath been
acthopted.
Ben Butler viii not wear his ezzard on his sleeve
for Dawes to peck at
Thcodore Parxcr's rulc OF life was--potatocs first
and paintings aitcrward.
The President says that he would rather that Gar.
field did not 70 to the Senate.
The Philadelphia Bulletin doesn't know why an lV
plant should DO threc-ieaved. This is. speaking
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
The Gilman Story.

Every day in the year the police reports
give us stories fully as tragic in their nature
as the history of the Gilman family, as made
known in its latest stage but there seems
d less effective moral, n less deep instruc-
tion in these everyday histories, because
the past lite of the victims is unknown to
us, or, if known, does not furnish those ele-
men,s Of a terrible contrast that make this
case so exceptional. Here is u father in
prison, enduring lis striped garb with q
certain kind of maudlin pentence. the re-
suit Of complete breakdown of the false
pride in which he has lived for years the
mother is in u lunatic asylum, and three chill
dren are in the hands of relatives who may
easily be more considerate Of their real well
fare than their father was. Well, desolated
homes, insane mothers, and children
dependent upon charity are the COM
mon results of the crimes of fathers !;
but they are commonly fathers from
and the lot Of children dependent upon
charity may often be an improvement upon
what it was in the home supplied by q
drunken or violent father But il was diff
ieront with the Gilman family for but q
few months before it was thus made u waste
its inmates lived in the possession of COM
fort, luxury, elegance, and seemed guaran-
tcod by the very refinement of the home lite
from all the possible consequences Of Grim
inal acts. But they lived in a false splcn-
dorm n FOOLS PARADISE and rather than
change that rather than suffer injury in
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
G. l.. FOXS CONDITION.

TO THE PRESS AND PuDLIc:.--
Mr. Fox has been at my house, In Cambridge
Mass, since tho ,h OF April last He has bccn we'll
taken care oi aud wants ior nothing. Dr.. wyman
tcnds hIm daily.
His surrounding relatives and friends fecl grateful
Tor tue sympathy expressed by the press, the pubic
aud his admirers throughout the country.
Whatever IS needed ior "Ncw York,s iayoritcu DIR.
ing his short career in this world will be most cheer.
fully provided Us his family. q. q. HOWARn
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

JERSEY Cry is getting, and perhaps de-
servedly, pretty good dose Of the blue laws.
For some time past her authorities have been un-
able or unwilling to enforce the Excise laws on
Sundays. This. Of course, scandalized the tenn.
perance people, who Immediately formed So
cieties to carry out their retorinatory ideas. AS
may be supposed, Jerseys officials are divided in
their allegiance, and the result is the adoption OF
policy which threatens to stop the street cars
well as the flow Of lager beer on the Sabbath
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

his vanities-the foolish father determined
to risk loss far more dreadful than that OF
the fictitious glories of his fashionable
style, and. as is always possible when high
stakes are played for, he lost. If men could
only be honest with half the courage with
which they are dishonest how the NUMBER
Of these stories would be reduced
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

The EMPEROR or GERMANY's complimentary
letter to cx-Minister Washbnrnc accompanying
his portrait, in recognition OF his services during
the Francoprussan war, has been very prop
erly made public. What Mr.. Washburne did
during that eventful period has become part Of
the history Of the country, and every American
citizen viii feel that he is complimcnted through
an eX-Alinister
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

THE SUMaoNING Of Mr. Morton's Washington
physician to indianapolis has bad look, and it
is to be feared the condition Of the distinguished
Senator is by no means favorable as his
friends wish the public to believe
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

TnE WEATHEE.-Althougl the storm has in
creased considerably III energy, it has made but
slow progress eastward. The resistance of a
very extensive area Of high pressure IN advance
md the peculiar conformation Of the low area.
due TO the influence of surrounding pressure
delays its movement. Rains have continued
TO attend the storm, chiefly to the norlhward
and eastward Of its centre. which has now
crossed to the eastern slopes Of the Alcghauy
Mountains, and is over Maryland and South New
Jersey. Behind the depression the barometer
rises quickly, giving clear weather in the
Southwest and clearing III the western dis
tricts. The barometer il falling in the North
west. with rising temperature, but tho zone Of
h;.h pressure extending over the lake dis
tr.ct is gradually advancing southcastward,
causing cold winds from the northward
and slowly clearing weather. on the
roast the storm viii probably increase
in severity the winds on that Of New England
being nortllcasterly, and on tho Middle Atlantic
coast northwcstcrly, shifting to southwcstcrly
os the storm centre moves into thc Atlantic
Ocean toward the northeast. The weather in
New York and it's vicinity today viii be cold
and cloudy, with rain, followed BY decreasing
-Ic..iiss4s~--
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

From oar reports his morning The probabilities
are that he aceather IN Neo York and lis rici,ity
to-day rW be cold and cloudy, ac:M rain, .foHomed
bu decreasing cloMdiless
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
WITH SUPPLEM e Mt
NEW YORK. MONDAY. OCTOBER q. 1871.

IMPoRTANT NOTICE TO ADvERTIsERs.-Io
'nsaoe he proper classification Of advertisements
IL IS absolutely necessary that they be handed IN
before cight O'Clock cyciaj creuiG0
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

THE SERMONS YESTERDAY were pitched on n
very high intellectual and moral key, and, as
our reports show, were of unusual value
and interest Mr.. Beecher preached upon the
subject Of Hereditary Qualities, Their Effect
and Relation to Responsibility" and presented
in q new light u text upon which perhaps more
has been said and written than on any other
portion of the Scriptures. Mr.. rockingham
turned aside from his iconoclastic path and was
eloquent upon the subject Of "Vice, Crime and
Sim" Mr.. Tamage spoke timely words on the
worship Of the Golden Calf while Dr. Willis con-
trastcd the present with the past justly striking
the balance in favor OF the days iii which we
live, bad rs we may consider them to be-
Among the other noteworthy sermons were those
by Or. Armitagc, Mr.. Hcpworth and Father
Kane, who spoke on human opinion and its
abuses.
The New York herald., 1877-10-22
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

NIBLO'S DEN-JIBBESAiSosAY.
FIFTH AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OPERA
PARK THEATRE-CgUsHED TRAGEDiAM
UNION SQUARE THEATRE STRUCK OIL.
EAGLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE INDUSTRY AND MECHANICS.
wALLACK's Observation-Disclosures.
BROADWAY THEATRE LIZ PErIr FAUST
THEATRE FRANCAIS-EvrRErrsM
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-UScLg Toa's CABIN.
BowERy THEATRE-LIrE THE MOUNTAINS
BROOKLYN PARK THEArRE-QuEES MARY.
WOODS THEATRE. BRooKLYN-uNpER THE GAsLIcHr.
GERMANIA THEATRE-kASoNESFUrrEa
CHICKERING HALL-SiseIS sREwI-
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE VARIETY.
BRYANrs OPERA HoUsE-MISsrRELsY.
TIvoLI TnEArRE-vAR
THEATRE CoMlQUE-TnE RISING STAR.
TONY PASr0R'S-vAmErY.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM Ocropus.
OLYMPIC THEATRE-vARrnry.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTkELs.
GILMo.ES GARDEN-LoNpoS CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE.
EGYPTIAN HALL-vARiErY.
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

The WIFE MURDER STATISTICS quoted ut the
meeting Of the Temperance Union yesterday as
20 many arguments III favor Of total abstinence
are supplemented by the report from Richmond
Of the brutal killing of unfortunate woman
by drunken husband under circumstances Of
unusual barbaiity. II it he true, as stated, that
OF the twenty-five wife murdcrers in this city dur
ing the past five years not a single man was ex-
cs,,ted the machinery Of justice must be GER
tainly very much worse than the majority Of
people believe il to be.
The New York herald., 1877-10-22

DESPATCH FROM WssnINGToN says the
friends Of the Supreme Court are interesting
themselves in an effort to obtain mileage for
the judges while travelling on their circuits
The majority Of the public will be sur
prised to learn that these officers are
not included in the law which allows all
other officials their expenses while travelling
in the discharge of their duties. There is GER
tainly no good reason why an exception should
be made i'll their case. The salaries paid them
are not large, and it is hardly right to ask them
to expcnd large portion Of their official in
comes IN travelling over so wide a territory as
their circuits, with the extension Of the country
have hcrnmn.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25
SENATOR GARLAND.

AS was expected, Hon. A, H. was elected United
 States Senator to succeed Powell Clayton whose time expires with
 tae present Congress. No otLer
 Democrat was put in nomination. and he received the solid vote oi every democrat in the legislature, and also the vote of q number ot the republican members. The honor thus conferred upon eX'
 governor GarIand is merited eoguition of his noble services the State, and we congratulate entire people of Arkansas r.s1 on their good fortune in scouting SO worthy a representation in the Y ted States Senate.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25

IN Louisiana, Packard, the sham Governor, is fading away, and Grant interferes with military force to restore hlm to life.
 In south Carolina, Cnamber- lain, the sham Governor, IS fading away also, .nd Grant does not in ,ertierc to save him.
 The reason is that South Caro- lima voted for Hayes, aud the es- tablislmcnt of Hampton as Gov ernor does not affect that result; :; while Louisiana voted for Tildeu, and has been counted for Hayes hv fraud, and if the sham Gov ernor should he driven away from the State, this fraud woal6 h" seen sa plaiaIy by the people that tt would have tC be abandoned, and the conspiracy to count Tn Hayes would utterly fall through. It is for the sake of carrying through the fraud of counting in Hayes that Grant issues his or dcrs to Gen. Augur at New Or leans. IN. I. sun.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25

DISCUSSING the Texas and Pa cific railway bill as agreed n'''n hy tLe House Committee 'ne ot' Louis Republican sa'S. .
 The Goyer.~ S"aran There ing taan'od reaaan why that guar .tity should not be given. It would enable the Company to sell it's bonds and to huIld the road at a rapid rate; and when the work is finished we should have new and most desirable road tH the Pacific, built on snowless line, ant capable of accommodating q region not now accommodated hy the two Northern hnes, the Union Pacific and the Northern Pacific, have b,en subsidized hy the Government, at an enormous cost to the people, and it is but fair that the Texas line should he assisted with guaranty that Will, Tn the end. cost nol hing"
 Corr lect.-Memphis Appeal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25
I he CnmmliLrn nI the

n he Committee oI the In diana nd Western Colony to to whom was entrusted the duty of examining the lands of the Iron Mountain Railway in Mis. souri and Arkansas. came up the line of the Ft. Smith Railroad as lar as our neighbor town, Atkins and in their report we notice they have made the following mention of that place:
 "We went up the Ft. Smith railway sixty.fve miles to the thriving little town of Atkins Here we made extended observa tions through the country. seeing the fine bottoms and rich up land. The town is entetprising has good stores and the railway company made very liberal "fier' through their agent, MT. Spencer Their lands are rich uplsnds, ant among the richest lands in tht Arkansas valley"
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25
ROM LITTLE ROCK.
The Boone County Road.
LITTLE ROCK. Jan. g, 1S7

LITTLE ROCK. Jan. 22, lSiI. To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:
 You no doubt have seen in the proceedings of the House of Rep resentatives, that the Honorable and able Representative from Boone county has introduced q bill to open turnpike road from Harrison to Russellville, ask ing an appropriation of $lO,o00 for that purpose.
 I hope the bill may pass both Houses. The bill authorizes Henry Fullbright, of Boone coun- ty, Lafayette Robertson. of Scar cy county, and ". E. Young of Pope county. to view. lay out and mark a lire for said road, on the most practicable route, and then to open the same in the manner described in said act and for their services rendered In the premises they are to receive $3 per day for each day they are en- gagged.
 Now, I take the liberty of sug gesting 70 the Hon. County Courts of these counties at their next terms respectively to also appoint these same gentlemen to view and mark route for road OH the line proposed as soon as prac- ticaule and if the bill now pend ing becomes law then th.-t part of their duties will have been performed, and should we fail in it's passage. we will have the route laid out which is the initiate " sep for road. We will in the event of failure here look to the help of our own citizens directly interested in the enterprise.
 We must have the road. Davis of Searcy, and Davis of Pope are amoug the best workers of the House. C.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25

elected or not. The commenda- tion which President Grant would have received from all fair men had he preserved his professed policy of non-intermeddling, Is, and must of necessity, now be changed into disgust at his insta. bility. and contempt for his parti. san motives.
 The New York Herald says the President has been bull.dozed into this disgraceful attitude by Morton, Chandler, Cameron, and the rest of the squad of unscrupu lous trick sters who aim to perpct nate their own power by install ing Hayes into the presidency.
 The question of Packard's cleo ton involves the question O. the election of the Tilden electors, and to determine the legality or illegality of this very thing Con gress sent her committees to Louisiana, reserving judgment until the most authentic evidence attainable might be secured.
 But now the President, all at once, says to General Anger that he cannot sit quietly by and see the State Government taken pos session of "by illegal means" thus assuming to take the decision of the matter out of the hands of Congress in advance of the report of the Committees and without the evidence before him.
 The Herald pronounces this an insult to Congress- and the Cabi- net, and says that when the pres ident proclaims the ",llegality" ot the Nicholl's government he vir- tuaily attempts to decide that tn" electoral votes of the State belong to Hayes -an action on his part, which is "an insolent breach of official propriety."
 The Hayes cause will gain no strength by this intermeddling opinion oi the President.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-25

IN the U. $. Supreme Court, on the 18th. Justice Miller delivering the opinion of the Court, all i'm portant decision was announced with reference to land grant rsil- roads. The court held that land grant railroads are not bound to transport troops and property of the United States free of charge b.; reason of the fact; that they are only to allow the Government the free use of their tracks in re turn for grants; and that they are each entitled to compensation for all such transportation they have performed, except the carrying ot the mails, subject to fair dedac tion for the use of their several roads. The general course oi legislation on the subject of rail roads is reviewed at lepgth, and the conclusion is that it demon strates the fact that in the early history of railroads it was very generally supposed that they could be public highways in fact as well as Tn name. In view oi this fact, it is thought that there is no resisting the conclusion that when construing legislative dee iaration to the effect { at q partic- ular railroad shall he public highway, the meaning is tbat 1t shall be open to the use of the public with their own vehicles, and that when Congress, in grant ing lands ill aid of such a road. declared that it shall he and re main a public highway for the use oi the Government, It only meant that the Government shall have the right to use the road, hut not that il shall have the right to re quire it's transportation to oe pei
 ilrmed by tine railroad company. and that when tfis right to us, the road is granted free from ail toll or other charge for the trans portation of any property or troops of the United States" it only means that the Government shall not be subject to any toll for such use ot the road. The decision was in the case of the Lake Superior and Mississippi, and the Atcheson, Topeka and santa Fe Companies, and rcverses one recently made by the Court of | Claims.