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It e L G Il A II S.
ST.. THOMAS STATION.

January 81.
New YORK, Jan. 18th A despatch from
OonstantinoPle states jhat at a sitting Of the
Grand Council, in which sixty Christians and
the Greek and Armenian PatriArohs participate.
ed, a unanimous resolution was passed reisctinp
The European proposition and exolai ming that
they would rather submit to death than
dishonOur.
January 23rd.
New YORK. 22nd,-News from CONSTANT
nOpIe announces the closing of the Conference,
and the departure Of the Plenipotentiaries.
A Chinese embassy has arrived at Southamp.
ton.
There is much bitterness of feeling in Ger.
many in consequence of the French importation
OF corn from Hungary, and the conduct Of the
French plsnipotentiary at Oonstantinople.
The statement that France was preparing for
war is denied.
January 90.
New YoRE, Jany. 22ad.-Flour, per barrel
ST. Lawrence brand Sc IS.
Meal per barrel, $34 to s.
Heavy Mess Pork, per brI. 172.
Snoar Crystal, per D., 1O8 to 103 O.
Fair to good refining per ID 81 to %
English Islands M~oIasses, per gallon, 80 to ass.
Premium on Gold 1863 to E.
Exchangs. New York aud London, 4.s43.
LONDON, y an. 2Znd.
Demcrara Crystals per owt SlIe duty
a free.
~us" Muscovado do. 2Sl do
Olaysd Havana. No. Is, 81 ah)at.
Democrats Rum per gallon I1II4 in bond,
Trinidad cocoa, per owt 73l.
Oonsols 952 to
Bank of England Rate of Discount 9 90
Rentes 72.
Cotton 2.
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fore, compares the full value for 1876 with Only
60 per cent. d til. vlIuo for 1873. an it the real
value in both cases be taken the com parison will
stand somewhat thus
Real ost,.e assessed -" s3jS4381s5 1854 1896 J9,66i, oa5
That is d toll Of 3j3 par cent. and real estate has
diminish d in value almost as much as personal
property.
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the Iasf fOur years -

In this staten nj, the most prominent feature is
the remarkable daclin> in the value OF the person
al property. In 1873. the total value of such
property, resident and NONRESIDENT, amounted t.
S2I5, 000,00 (E43.0 900 .00). while in 1876 it had
fallen to $l33 500. 900 (E26 100 00o), 50 that in
the four years th5re has been IA deoline Of
ELS, 10000 or about 37.9 per cent. Tho case
of New York, too, Is oaly a typiclI one, ana no
doubt there has been IL similar, TIL )ugh it may be
a less heavy decline throughout the VIII lie conntry.
The crisis. t~horefnre, has not merely arrested
progress, it has als) caused an enormous, and, rs
the figures show, n continuous loss of wealth,
And in this we have doubtless sDna explanation
Of the great fallin off in the Uaited States imports.
The country is poorer than il was, an it has,
therefore, been compelled to restrict its expenli-
ture, and to bay less than it formerly dId Of
foreign commodities. Looked at in this light, thu
excess Of exports over Imports, upon which there
has in America been some %sgf-con era tullt on,
becomes an evidence not OF increased prosperity,
but Of diminished wealth. and q less degree of
well-being among tho mass of the people. Ono
other point is worthy Of notice. The value of tho
real estate shows a slight increase, which, how
ever, is entirely illusory. The C0mmiss oners
explain that while in tho case of real property
t'lhey fixed their valuation for taxati m upon a
basis of 90 per cent. of the exaggerated prices
which prevailed from 1870 to 1873, they have
altered their valuation, so that it may now be de-
clared : with entire confidence that the assessed
value of the real estate in this city bears a close
relation to the actual value. The tabla, there
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THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS IN
AMERICA.
From the T'gmes.)

Very striking evidences of the severity and
abiding character Of the commercial crisis in
America is afforded by the report Of the Tax
Commissioners of tho City of New York, in whioh
we find the following tabular statement of the as
sessment on the real and personal estates in that
CITY for tho lnst fnnr vaars.-
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JtHON. WESTMORLAND'S ADVICE
TO THE YOUTH OF JAMAICA,
(Frsm Calls News letter.

The Annual Examination Of the Collegiate
School, Jamaica. of which the Rev. Joho
Radcliffe and Mr.. William Morrison, M, a,
are the Principals, came off on the esd ult.,
when the Hon. Henry Westmorland presented
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According to Ii, Danish papers by last
Mail, Colonel Drummer, late Of the Royal
Engineers, has been appointed a member
OF the Committee of Coatrol, in the room
Of the late Colonel Book.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT
For Bent.

A FL H E pleasant and commodious
LII a house No. 10 Church Street,
in complete order, at present occupied
by JULIUS KNUTHsEH, ESQ, possession can
be h I'd on the LIST March.
St. Croix January 25th 1877.
G. R. JACOBS.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
DON Alfonso.

Yesterday His Majesty Alfonso XII..
King of Spain, reached the mature age OF
twenty. BY special provision of law His
Majesty reached his majority two years ago,
but it was majority i'll which the wise men
about him had no great faith, SO far, at least,
as related to the point that it did not in fact
make him any older or any wiser than other
boys of eighteen, and they consequently
kept him under the defined restraints OF
official advice. These restraints will be re-
laxed somew hat now, if not altogether dis
solved, and the occasion of this important
birthday was made great festival In
Madrid But an event of tar more interest
to the little King was doubtless the promul-
CATION on this same auspicious date OF the
contract Of marriage between His Majesty
and Mercedes, daughter Of the Duke OF
Montpensier, a marriage that will yet put
member of the family of Louis Philippe on
the Spanish throne.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
Honors to Stanley.

From the Geographical Society of Mar
seilles we receive the expression of its ad-
miration for the achievements Of Stanley
and its appreciation Of the contributions
made to geographical knowledge through
his great success in following the course of
the Congo. We print with the communica-
tion of that society the translation of a
letter addressed to the London Missionary
Ne,cs by lady in France. This letter re-
fers to the antics some time ago INDUCED
by some of those awfully good Englishmen
who reflected upon the horror of Stanley's
defending his life from the assault of savage
tribes lhe letter is one of eloquent in
dignation and piquant criticism. The
Countess writes with that fervor and sym
pathy that is part of the nature of nm
earnest woman and exhibits plainly her
faith in church militant. She believes in
opening Africa to the Gospel and does not
see any reason why few thousand savages
should be regarded as a sacred obstacle TO
SO grand an achievement.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

be loaned by our leading merchants
and wealthy families for the occasion.
There are to be on exhibition paintings,
statuary, bronzes, handsome fans-some
coming down to us from Queen Anne's
time-valuable laces, articles of vertu, and
curiosities picked up in various parts
of the world-some Of them of priceless
value, which cannot at any other time be
seen outside the elegant homes OF their
owners The exhibition is to be held in
the rooms of the Academy Of Design, and is
to open on Monday evening There will be
a crowd of the fashionable world present on
the opening night, and there can be no
doubt of the splendid success of the enter
prise-a success due to the devoted labor OF
its fair projectors as well as to the noble
character of the work in which they are
enlisted.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
Marshal Mac MA II o n i.

There was a man on his way home, as the
small historians declare, rather late at night
and in the condition of those who have too
often crooked the elbow Of convivialty. AS
is perhaps not uncommon in such cases,
being oblivious to the outer world, he rea-
soned in and with himself, and he thought of
wives and of the obstinacy with which they
sometimes sit up late for a man, to reproach
him with their eyes when he finally arrives.
Reasoning thus he said impulsively to the
moon that if he found his wife sitting up
when he got home, "By jingo he'd thrash
her." Then his fancies skipped little and
he thought of the calm indifference of wives
who 90 to bed while their husbands are still
out, and he assured the lamppost that if his
wife was gone to bed when he got home,
sBy jingo! he'd thrash her." 1t seems
to have been left for Marshal MacAIahon,
President of the French Republic, to apply
in politics reasoning practically like this.
He has Ministry to which the Assembly
objects, therefore he will keep them and
sustain them. The fact that the Assembly
assails them is q reason why he should not
give them up. They are ''under fire." as
was said by another man who also applied
military ideas in politics. Now, the Mar
shall holds on to his Ministers because the
Assembly is against them; but if the Assem-
bly, was not against them--if their persons
and politics were quite agreeable to that
body-then he would hold on to them, of
course. No one would even have raised the
point OF the propr:ety Of ousting them.
Thus the Marshal keeps his Ministry if
the Assembly is pleased with it, and
keeps it with removed emphasis if the
Assembly is Ndispleased with it, and
in short keeps it any way, because he is dis
posed to keep it, and snatches at any fancy
that has the aspect Of o reason and seems
to give his conduct some ground in political
theory or principle; though to his befogged
vision very minute fancies evidently look
like reasons, as doubtless to drowning
man any straw looks like the mast Of ship.
But what is q poor Assembly to do in such
case? How can it proceed to secure Min
istry in accord with the national will it
represents? 1t agrees with the Ministry
and the Ministry remains. 1t opposes the
Ministry and the Ministry becomes immov-
able. But passion rises in the French As
sembly as the natural solution of the politi-
cal complication is delayed by the web of
factious fancies or mere childish incapacity
to comprehend free government, and as the
passion rises it becomes constantly clearer
that If the President Of the French Republic
cannot change his mind the nation must
change its President Can he change his
mind? Very contradictory evidences are
given on that subject. But if the President
cannot change his mind can the nation
change him? That is to be tried ; and it is
hardly doubtful that if the Chamber takes
any step to force such proceeding the
President would oppose an armed resist
ance.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
Tha nksgiving Day.

ssThen commended mirth, because q
man hath no better thing under the sun
than to eat, and to drink. and to be merry
for that shall abide with him OF his labor
the days of his life, which God giveth him
under the sum-" This passage of Solomon
was not contrived especially as text on
which to preach the funeral sermon Of the
turkey-as the chronological difficulties will
suggest to an average public There was
no turkey in those parts. An excellent
authority has declared that ''they
didn't know everything down in
Judee," and one of the things that they
didn't know was the noble bird who will
play SO conspicuous part in the household
festival that the American people celebrate
to-day. Their ignorance in that respect we
can pity as lamentable. But Solomon's $
thoroughly sound views on the sort of con-
duct that is proper for occasions like to-day
are irrespective OF any particular article of
diet and can be none the less welcome be-
cause they are more liberal in their spirit
than the larger number of lessons that VIC
derive from other pages of the same volume.
1t is good gospel Of life that
he who labors shall enjoy the fruits of his
labor and that if in the whirl and the
worry-the Kaleidoscope mutations Of life
there shall be little else left to him. at least
the solid comfort of his good dinner, his
pitcher of cider and the home dance and the
CHEEKY voices Of the singers are SO many
substantial gains, than which "a man hath
no better things under the SUM-" Fortu-
nately these are things that the enormous
majority Of men can have in this country,
and it is comfort to have such sound
opinion that what can be had beyond these
is no better.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
A Dangerous Experiment.

Sir Boyle Roche, in the perfection of pol
ished bull-ism, originated the observation
that "the best way OF avoiding danger is to
meet it plump" The young gentleman
who was yesterday arrested and held to bail
for forging the name Of the District Attor-
ney Benjamin X. Phelps, to a check and
obtaining money on it, probably acted on
Sir Boyle Roche's theory tat if so it does
not in his case appear to have worked the
anticipated result. The District Attorney
is the prosecuting officer, and the accused,
having met the District Attorney plump
by selecting his name from all others to
place at the foot of bogus check, certainly
has not avoided the danger of an indict-
ment His case is tolerably certain OF an
early consideration. At NIL events, it
is not likely to be pigeonholed. What a
public blessing it would be if all the prose
cutting officers had deposits in some fraudu-
lent, bankrupt savings bank! We might
not long lack the example of dishonest
savings bank official in convict's suit.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

as being decidedly gloomy. The efforts to
break the Czarewitch's lines on the Lom near
Rustchuk have failed disastrously, and the
Russian advance on Sofia apparently cannot
be checked. Therefore we may say that
Turkey is being fairly pushed to the wall by
her enemies and the hour of her possible
success has passed away. The inter-
ference of England, SO long looked
for by the Ottomans, seems as far of
as ever. The polite Derby states
that unless the Suez Canal is threatened
and constantinople is in danger England
will take no steps to change the current OF
events that sets so strongly against her old
ally, the Turk. AS Russia is not likely
to menace either of these precious places
during the present campaign she can
work her will on the defeated Mussulmans
without any fear Of molestation from Eng
land
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

dependence. Even on Patterson and
Conover this vigorous cracking of the
party whip has had potent influence. 1t
extorted from both of them speeches in
which they asseverated in the strongest forms
of language their immovable fidelity to the
republican party and their purpose to vote
with it on all other questions than this one
of the admission of Butler.
The republican leaders care less about
losing their majority in the Senate than for
maintaining compact unity and party dis
cipline. They would not value majority
which was liable to break and divide as
often as there might arise a crisis tempting
friends of the President to vote with the
democrats in support OF his measures or his
nominations. They think the .surest way
to maintain their majority is by unfinch-
ingly whipping every recalcitrant member
into the party traces and tolerating no
dissent. They can rely with complete
assurance on the Vice President SO that
even with an equally divided Senate they
will be strong enough for all practical pur-
poses SO long as they can enforce rigorous
and despotic party discipline. What has
occurred during the past eight days, SO
bootless in other respects, will be regarded
rs valuable expenditure of effort if the dis
play OF the party lash suffices to intimidate
oil waverers into abject submission to the
behests of the despotic leaders. If they
prove to have been successful in this at
tempt they hope to make it basis for
bull-dozing the President. With disci-
plined and obedient majority of one they can
thwart the President at every point on
which he may refuse to yield to their dicta-
ton. They know that two or three resolute
supporters Of the President could always
foil them with the aid Of the demo-
cratic Senators, and hence they are bent
on subjugating every republican mem
Der to caucus control as an indispensable
preliminary to their design Of subduing the
President or reading him ont Of the party.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
MEXICO.

ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE RENEGADE INDIANS OUT
OF SAMOA STRANGE PEACE PROGRAMME.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2s, 1877.
A Tucson, Arizona, despatch has tho iollowing:- =.
"Advccs from Sonora state that 400 soldiers had gono
TO drive out the renegade Indians from Sierra
Madre. This will probably cause them to come back
TO Arizona.
SETTLEMENT.
"lt Is reported that Dnz and lcrdo are negotiating
a settlement OF the Mexican complications Lerdo
proposes to fOrea0 all GAINS to the Presidency if he
Is gwen tho States oil Lower California; sonora,
Chihuahua and Durango leaving the other provinces
TO Daz Tho same authority states tnat there II very
httlc hopo OF any compromise on that Dasisu
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Chicago leads In musical enterprise.
Ex-senator Gwin has very sick foot
Now is the time to plant Arctic shoes
vassar College has determ ned to lecture
Garfield Is spoken OF for President in 1880
story, the sculptor. Is visiting Washington.
The way to resume is TO pass OF a lead quarter,
Some journalists are obliged 10 (: Percy Pooro.
Tho Senator from Nevada probably spoke Sharon
ically.
Baron Blanc Italian Minister Is sick with fever at
Washington
Ex-senator Latham must leave business aud Calitor
mia in order Ia keep MS health.
The Rochester Democrat thinks that Bonapare
would tako Off his hat 10 Stanley.
The jury in the Creighton murder trial was empan
need yesterday at Lancaster, Ohio.
Sir Edward Thornton, tho British Minister TO the
United States, arrived from England yesterday
Mr. J. II. do Hcgermann- Lindencronc, Danish Min
lister at Washington, is at the New York Hotel.
The Chicago Tribune says that an OF commercial
depression de, elops all the scllshncss OF human
turc.
Senator Patterson, after being suspended Tor few
years, Will probably comb his hair quee1ly and be-
come paragrapher.
Justice Flammcr must be a Know Nothing, for he
said to foreigner, Italian "You should all return
to your own country
the Cincinnati Enquirer credits 1t with items from
the New YoRK HERALD.
Associate Justice Stephen j. Field, Of the United
States Supreme Court arrived at the Abemare Hotel
yesterday from Washington.
II was Long Island man who at hali-past one, re-
marked TO his wife as he came IN that he had good
deal Of brlc abrac in his hat.
Tho first time Mrs. Chief Justice Wato ever saw Mr.
Waite was according 10 Miss Grundy, when he was
mall boy bathing in o stream.
North Carolina old female OF the swine persua-
sion, has been the mother of 2x $50 pounds Of pigs
which numbered 149 out OF possible $50.
Thomas Cooley was killed and Thomas Thomas
fatally injured by premature explosion In Taylor
Williams coal minc, In Rock Island county, Iowa, on
Monday -.
Galveston NeDs:--"When one OF our city exchanges
can't get the Nxw YORK HERALD to scissors from IL
has no leader, like the republican party sincs tho
death Of Norton" s.s *. s,no bo..,a
While aSan Francisco man was court, being, sued
for breach OF promise because he failed totgiy8o
young lady his name. Chinaman stole bis d99Fpatp
What is Ia q manner
Mr.. John r. Dos Passos, Of New York; Mr. Charles
T. Mattocks, of Portland, No. Mr.. Charles E. Marsh
OF Indianapolis: Mr. Perry Belmont, OF Now York
Mr. William H. Caiklns, OF Laportc, Ind, and Dir.
Benjamin vosper, OF Iona, Mich, wcrc yesterday
admitted to practice In the United States Supreme
Court
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
An Admirable Enterprixe.

The New York Decorative Art Society is
an enterprise which combines the solid sub
stance of an excellent charitable object
with the attractions Of grace, culture and
refinement. Its prominent design, indeed
the groundwork Of its existence, has been
the aid encouragement and improvement
of females whose taste leads them to the
production of decorative work, an employ
ment calculated to elevate those who en-
gage in it, but leading to slight recog-
milton and inadequate compensation
from the general public. To accom-
plish this primary object the society,
about three months ago, opened rooms
at No. East Twentieth street, and already
good market has been secured for the arti-
cles exhibited; classes, beth free and for
paying pupils, have been established and
the nucleus of valuable and useful library
fitted for such an institution has been
secured. The arrangements are similar to
those at the famous London school ut Ken
,sington, and instructions are given by COM
petent persons, some of them graduates of
the Kensington school, in ncetlework, the
painting and decoration of china and pot
terry and the construction of all sorts of use.
ful and ornamental articles OF artistic de-
sign.
This excellent society, under the manage
ment of some of the most prominent ladies
in New York society," is to make its first ap-
peal to public encouragement in fine ex-
hibition Of all descriptions of works of art
and beautiful things. which are to
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

THE WEATuEn-Thc depression in the lake
region has now moved into the territory of Can
ada and extends northcastward parallel to the
Valley of the ST. Lawrence. lis southern and
eastern margins continue To be attended with
rains, but to the southwest and west of the
centre of lowest pressure the precipitation has
changed to snow, with a rapidly falling temper
aturc. The steep baromctrc gradient in the
Northwest has been reduced by the cast
ward movement of the area Of low press
IN that district very considerably. But
high winds still prevail at many points and are
gradually extending to the Atlantic coast. The
prevailing winds are as tollows:-On the East
and Middle Atlantic coast, the lower lake re-
gion, the Upper Ohio Valley and Upper Canada,
southwcstcrly: in the Missouri and Upper Mis-
sissippi valleys and the upper lakes, northwest
erly; in the central districts, embracing Mis-
souri,, Tennessee, Kentucky aud Ohio, westerly,
aud on the Gulf coast, northerly TO westerly.
A "northcr' has prevailed from New Orleans
westward into Texas. All the districts north
ward and westward of line drawn from
nbout Cairo through indianapolis and Detroit
into Upper Canada have u temperature at
sunset below freezing. The isothcrm Of
fifty degrees passed, yesterday evening,
from north OF Boston to south Of Albany,
through New London and south of this city
thence southwcstward following the line of the
Allegheny Mountains into Northern Alabama
nnd Central Mississippi, again trcnding south
westward into Texas. In the far Northwest the
thermometer indicated only one or two degrees
above zero. Tho weather in New York aud its
vicinity to-day will be cold and cloudy, probably
with light snow or rain, and will be followed on
Friday by lower temperature and clearing
weather.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29
Pushing Turkey to tho Wall.

The results of all the recent operations
both in Bulgaria and Armenia having proved
wholly favorable to the Russians the signs
Of Turkish exhaustion are becoming daily
more apparent. Dispatches from Constan-
tinople announce that all hope is abandoned
by the Sultans government Of being able to
assist Osman Pacha at Plevna, and that the
situation is regarded in the Turkish capital
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Thc stock market
was active, but showed increased signs Of weak
ness, mainly in Lake Shore. Gold opened ut
1O3 and fell to 1929. Government bonds were
steady, States higher and railroads irregular.
Money on cali was easy ut ) II q per cent, falling
ut the close to 4 per cent.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

Nj. DU CHAILLU lectured last evening to a
very appreciativc audience i'll Brooklyn on the
interesting subject Of African exploration He
described the country mentioned by Stanley in
his dispatches and the race OF piglnics who in
habit it, together with their habits and manner
of life.
The New York herald., 1877-11-29

THE MISSISSIPPI TIMER Men and the jackson
county authorities appear to have given up the
idea of going TO war with the government and
have petitioned Congress to send down a COM
mission to examine into the difficulties