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The New York herald., 1877-07-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mol Is summer half over?
Boys, 'down brakes" Stop
Jcm Mace has struck from tho shoulder.
Lot US have anything OF our fathers
Let us match the pennies Of our fathers.
Let US have the three cent cigars OF our fathers
Are you sadf Then pay TO have your picture put
into an illustrated paper.
A correspondent says--.Do you hate a thiof, mur
dcrer, &cS" No, thank you.
General Harlan, OF Kentucky, says that the Pres
dent will be at Louisville September IL.
Tho organ grinders who struck vest to-day say that
they will not run with green monkeys
We hope that the Paragraphers' Association will not
Join the strike until the very last moment.
A single goat supports a Cumberland IND man, and
yet the goat hasn't struck for bill posters.
Is America TO solve the social problem that France
failed TO solve nearly a hundred years agoS
Mr. John H. LICK, the newly rich man Of San Fran.
CISCO has countless letters demanding money.
Canada's earthquakes arc only little crcases and
squeaks The United statcs--thore's the country
Some OF the tramps really need uniforms for their
brooches do not all bag In the kneo the same place
Pinchback says that when Hayes running, the
republican purity did not expect him to do az he is
doing.
Ex-Governor Noyes. OF Ohio. and Minister to France
will sail from Philadelphia July 70. He Is now in
Washington.
Timothy Ttcomb will call his cottage on the st.
Lawrence "Bonny CASTLE" probably in remembrance
Of algebra days
Grass widowers in this season awake In tho middle
OF tho night and potato bugs eating up the wash
stand. Ladies do not understand this subject But
GIN causes IT.
Tho Atlanta Constitution says that there Is no re-
publican party in the South, that there IL only dem
ocraIc party, and that as no republican party exists
and nothing but democratic party lives, the negro
may vote as he chooses
II Grant had beon here he would havo mashed the
thing at Pisburg nrst, 'thus stopping the Fro and
Central trouble Then he would have gone 10 Hor-
nesvc, aud, In jiny TO Harrisburg. aud that would
have been the end OF It, This IS only paragraph
Danbury News;-"Proicssor Bell the inventor OF
the telephone finds that penetrating and diusive as
the instrument Is 1t does not answer all the craving o
hrs nature, and nc Is going to DO msrred With O
telephone and vile man ought 10 be ablo to hear al
that's going on"
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
ESCAPE OF A BURGLAR.
NOTORIOUS NEW YORK BURGLAR ESCAPES
PROM STATE PRISON IN CITIZENS CLOTHES.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


HARTFORD, Conn., July a. 1877.
James McCabe, a notorious New York crscksman,
escaped from the Stac Prison WethersAcd this after
noon by ding away bar from third story window
adjoining a corridor and thence lowering himself to
the ground by rope He escaped in citizens clothing,
which lie mad surrepttiousiy obtained, leaving hts
prison suit In his cell This is the most daring
escape IN the history Of the prison, as 1t
occurred in broad daylight, but AcCabe had an advan
tagc being freed from his convict dress ana making
his exit front Of the prison, whence hrs escape
was unobstructed by fences II is believed that he
had assistance from outside, friends from whom he
obtained clothing the rope and money, with which no
is reported have been literally provided McCabe
arrested three years ego for robbing a Hart
ford jcwelry store ut eight O'Clock In tho
morning during the temporary absence OF
the clork He captured hour later with
his booty and the Superior Court being session
day. no tried, sentenced and lodged In tho State
Prison In just seven hours after his crImc
m,tted For a long time alter sentence he
blcsonc to the prison officials but having recently
sumed the sanctmonous dodge he won their cona.
dence, was detailed a hall tender. and to-day mado
good OF his opportunities TO regaln his freedom.
McCabo's right name Is said to be Joseph Aprahama
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
The following are yesterdays scores =
a pErEcrIyE DETRorED.


Chief Inspector Druscovitch, OF tho Scotland Yard
detectives who, with several other ofcers OF that
force, is awaiting trial on charge OF conspiracy to
deieat the ends OF justice confidence case In which
number Of betting men woro convicted Of defraudng
tho Countess OF Goncourt out OF $780, coo, hanged him.
self In the House OF Detention. and rcsuscitated
with difficulty
oyEEDoARD
The British bark Ambassador, Captain Prenny, from
Now York April u for Melbourne, put into Cape Town
The 27th Of with loss Of boats wheel and
pass, and otherwise damaged having encountered .
heavy gale The captain, second officer and three men
washed overheard
ABANDONED AliRRiCAN RARk.
Tho American bark Annie Torrey, Captain Cooper.
from Havre July II for Charleston, has been towed
into Cowes, Isle OF Wight dsmastod ana with hull
greatly damaged. She in collision Monday night
or ST Albans' Hoad und abandoned.
BgAcoNsviELD rRiUMPHs
Tho House Of Commons Monday night rescinded
without division the vote OF recently passed
concerning Earl Beaconsfsids appointment OF ME-
PigoIt to the Stationery Office.
WEATHER.
Yesterday was fair day.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

Tng WEArrrg--Iho great area of high pres
sure which succeeded the equally extensive low
barometer is beginning to yield place to the low
pressure from the westward again. Eastward
of the Mississippi southwark of tho British
Atlantic provinces, the pressure continues high,
but is slowly decreasing The winds in the
lake region and the Middle States arc very
variable, but westward of .hc Allcslacs the
wind direction is generally from the cast
snd south toward the area Of low barometer.
Beyond the Mississippi, and particularly
in the Upper Missouri Valley. the winds arc
very high from southerly points. The tcmpcra-
trc has risen decidedly in the Northwest, es-
pccially in Western Dakota. 1t is lower in the
Southern States and in New Brunswick. Rains
have fallen through the Lower Mississippi and
Ohio valleys, on the Atlantic coast and in the
Northwest Tho weather in New York to-day
will be warmer and partly cloudy, or cloudy,
possibly with an afternoon, thunder storm.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
From All Parts Of the
World.
GENERAL GRANT In SWITZERLAND
The Rifle Practice at
Cambridge.
TWO DISASTERS AT SEA.
IAs CABLE TO THE HERALD

LONDON, July rs, 1877.
The United States war steamers Trenton
and Alliance aren't Smyrna. The Marion
and Despatch are at Constantinople. The
Gettysburg is at Leghorn. The Vandalia
has been ordered from Smyrna to Beyroot.
MOVEMENTS GENERAL GRANT.
General Grant arrived at Borno yesterday. 10 will
70 to Geneva on Thursday to present at tho opening
Of the American Church.
IyrERS NATIONAL RIyL. TEAM
The rifle competition for the selection or an inter-
national team was continued at Cambridge yesterday.
The weather was better but tho wind still strong
and shiny. Mr. Ferguson, Of Scotland, again headed
the score aggregate for the Two days being 403.
Mr. Ri2by was second, with aggregate OF
3SS The following is the present order
OF mcr of other competitors at the close Of
days. shooting dunlap, Of the London Scottish Fem
ton and Humphrey. both of the English eight; Mr..
Evans, Sir Henry Haliord, Mr. Pigott4Nho two latter
OF tho English ogh,) Messrs Glider, Young and Dyas
the two latter OF the irish cighi) Messrs Fraser,
Petcrkn and Smith uhe latter OF the English eight
and Mcssrs Grecnhill ana TraL
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

AFFAIRS IN ALASKA are not believed to be
30 critical ms at first represented. 1t is said that
the agents and traders anxious to have the
troops back, because they mean much
money. But the Alaska Fur Company do not
want them, because their absence probably
means SO many more seals.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

GENERAL HOwARDs GooDBY to Chief Joseph
was u little premature. lie has returned more
formidable than when he went away and is CIV
Ing a good deal of trouble to the troops. Ten
men were recently cut Oft and killed, and sew
ersll citizens have becn killed in resent engage
mcnts. Why does not the administration call
out volunteers enough to put him down aud
ha yc done with it
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

MExIcAS MISREPRESENTATION it
is necessary for Mr.. Diaz and his advisers to
misreprescnt the position of the United States
III regard to the border troubles, but it il hardly
fair aud it does no good. except, possibly, to the
Mexican President. Minister Fosters memo
randuin has not yet been printed in the Mexican
papers. because the government will not allow
il. Again rcinforcements have been sent to the
Kio Grandc command. Mr.. Diaz is evidently
shrcwd enough to TINT "a little clustering
will hcip him immensely at home
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
POWDER MILLS EXPLOSION.
Bosroy, July "a. 1877,

DUSVUN, JUIT n, I6IT.
Six mills OF the American Powder Company, at
Acton, Mass, exploded in succession this morning.
The cause is supposed to have boen careossncss In
cleaning out OF the mills phincas Kcefe
killed and Hiram Drew probably mortally wounded.
Nearly u dozen other empioyes barely escaped. rha
loss Is estimated at about ton thousand dollars.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

From Our reports hts morning the produbiAties
are Aat Mc ucaUer u. Ne,r York today wiA be
Uai,"er aud partly cloudy cloudy, possibly aci
Qya afternoon thunder Storm,
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-,Thc stool, market
was active, with prices steadily tending down
ward and lowest at the close. Government
bonds were steady. Railroad bonds were dull
and declined generally. Gold was strong, sell
ing mp to 1O57s, the highest point OF the day, at
which it closed. Money on call advanced to
four per cent but fell off again to two, Mt which
Il closed
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

The ARHEsToF EsCoBEDo and other Lerdo fol-
lowers in Texas for violation of our neutrality
laws has saved Mexico from another revolution.
The force collected by them has scattered and
fed, and there is no hope Of getting it together
again. The probabilities are that Mexico will
net thank us for our kindness But, however
that may be- it will teach her that we will stand
no nonsense on the border.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

The DISTURBED CONDITION of the country
will, unfortunately, prevent the President from
attending the Postal Convention, where he
would have met the representatives of the
principal Southern cities The policy of the
administration is, however, by this time pretty
well understood South and North
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
The HERALD wiN be sent 70 any aderess NE Of
rostage, for One Dollar per- ~so,,A.

1oga, Sharon aud RiehJied Springs, Lais Luser'e
aud Lake George and all intermediate Yoi'sls ria
Hudson Riper, Albany and Schenectady ru'ss
erery Sunday during 0te summer SEASON. Ne,rs-
dealers mast send IN their orders direct 10 he New
YORK HERALD.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

SoUrH CAROLINA is vigorously pursuing the
Etc Ring scoundrels who have plundered her.
The notorious rascal Moses has been arrested,
and, as there can be little doubt of his guilt he
will probably be soon in the Penitentiary, which
is the proper place for him.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

tr IS A MISTAKE for the liquor dealers to hold
secret meetings to thwart the efforts Of the tenn
perance advocates. Whatever they do ought to
lie done openly. Secrecy is suggestive OF bribery
aud corruption,
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

MIR. ELLIS is still sick, but the Senate very
properly is taking all the evidence that can be
taken in his absence. This course is not unjust
toward him, and is only what is due TO the
thousands Of dcpositors in our broken savings
banks.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

Al LAST the Board Of Health has made a
step against the pcstilence breeders ut Hunters
Point. Let us see how fast their attorney will
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

Four MEN have been killed and a large num-
Der severely injured by another bridge disaster
in Ohio. The lesson OF the Ashtabula horror
was OF no use
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

Cured yesterday, but the strikers had nothing
to do with them.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25

odorous smell of gunpowder was at the bot
tom of these scruples. and it would not be
far wrong to lay the ''sympathies" OF
militiamen to downright fear.
The New York herald., 1877-07-25
POLAR EXPLORATION.

Y esterday was o fair day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-13
CAUGHT by THE DRAW OF A BRIDGE.

James Redmond, of No. 1865 Thlrd-ave.,
ACCOMPANIED by his wife ana children crossing the
ThIrd-lye bridge over the Harlem River Wednesday
evening when the draw began let steamer
Tiger Lily pass His vile and children were already oil
the draw when Redmond who mad fingered for mo
ment observed thst the draw turning Running
IA The edge. he attempted to follow them, but
IN, lrt foot became caught between tie timbers. In
,,-it,.. REGAIN balance he reached uut bis right
maid 10 support himself. and tns was caught between
inc closing tmDers. and tom ffoin the "IS, me IN
49,, man NOV, lies the Nlnrty -niutl,t eel Hospital IN
ry ufrcaroun condition. lhe accGent excited some
~, sntireut notice IL no given To those on t4e orldge
80 H. ,,lr of the draw and that tins Is not The FIRST
ture ON tue part oil the men IN charge OF The draw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-13

- last Friday alady, well-dressed and not parueu-
-, .oarselookng got on the river train, between 81
-, aud Hastings and marched into the smoking car
~ ior OF The Rochester Herald courteousy suggested
tbat she might find 1t unpleasant to ride IN the gentle
mona car Glow selfish these men are was tue re'or'
n1hev never want lady TO enjoy what they DO theh
lros - Then seating herself az her ease by an open
rirdovv she drew from neat little case cig'r' ana
r was pufing away with tranquil expression on her
80 A man who had been drinking considerable beer
t dawn beside her. rolled up his coat sleeves DIT on the
ood NJ ciar and asked her for light. she gave bim
match and interested herself in the scenery Her fell
~ traveller now sought 20 entertain her with Few re-
marks on the weather brands of cigars business pros
meets and other matters. Lovely woman lcl jan III
good orue' . - c,,r hpsinsss where am from.
or where I am going 20. nave the same ight 10 ~
here that YOU nave and II you don't behave yourself
shall speak 10 the conductor
Al the battles of Antietam and South Noun
.i Co,one was wounded-his arm fearfully shattered
and he was borne from the field by his br Tiers ana
nrtvate soldier They carried him across the country
long and toilsome distance every step OF which was
,,rture 10 the sufferer Of Maryland Union
,,-,er Then came the ubiquitous Yankee surgeon with
M itternc knives and cruel saws and made hasty pre-
variations 10 amputate the ailing member The farmer
xebemeny protested. declaring that the man would die
q the arm was cut OF The Surgeon insisted tnat the
nateut would die If the not taken or and the
colonels brothers conceded with the Surgeon. But the
determined old farmer dispatched his on his feeest
horse across the fields the other side OF the mountain
after ms friend and neghbor country physician and
rank rebel when the rustic Escuapus arrived tn re
er ed oug contention with the Yankee hewerO zones
over the sufferer but the result that the arm was
sayrd. and after weeks OF careful nursing c
Cloue gailoped of to Join his regiment, comparat NtN
sound man. He subsequently became Governor Oh Oho
AID now nils the Presidential chair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-13
SUMNER KESORTS.

LONG BRANCH, July 1.-The report that
the Board Of Commissioners mad passed ridicuously
proscrptve ordinance. first published IN an obscure
sheet subsequently copied by NewYork journal, and
now being industrousy copied by the NewJersey news
papers proves to be canard. The such Or
diuance to passage was a reading by the Clerk
OF the Board, when il summary dismissed.
Two women were arrested yesterday for stealing
flowers plants from the graves IN the Cemetery Of
this place. They chad hearing before police justice,
when the case and the offenders turned over to
Prosecuting A-toruey LInnIn..
The first full-dress hop OF the will be given at
the Ocean Hute next Saturday evening
Tomorrow 800 members Of the Commercial and Mari
time Exchange Of Philadelphia will make an excursion
10 Long Branch ocean Grove and Sea Girt, ria the
Bound Brook route. tue Central Railway OF New
Jersey, returning Long Branch at o'clock for
dnncr Al Howlaud's Hotel.
ExC0uector Thomas Murphy called on Gen. r. II.
Jones OF New YORK United states Hotel yesterday,
where John Kelley is stopping, and Will remain for
the summer Ex Gov. luIen and Col. PeltOn visited
Long nriu recently remaining only few hours.
ENcIrsIOus OF almost ddny occurrence. To-day
there was one from Pnldurl la wa the New Jersey
southern ana from oOmcryile via tue New Jer
sey Central
Among the arrivals at the hotels Consul-Genera
IaZore al the Hotcl Brghtou j. y Stai, VI. G. Twenty
seventh District NcW-YOrk, B1s-Gen. stanberry, Hon.
Ira -haffrr New York. at tue Ocean Inoluas Mast,
Mallue Puey IL Luna OF Havana, and r. Ii. De Cos or
Mexico, at tine West End.
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and from an honest desire establish his legal right
to spread abroad certain doctrines in which he him
self believed. But surely Mr. Bradaugh cannot sup
pose that when the law has been settled against him,
II is 10 be suspended in his favor. Heretofore 1t is
only the RItuasts who have claimed TO set mp
private judgment as superior to law, and to the
authorized exposition of the law. Extremes meet.
however once more and here we have Mr. Brad
laugh and Mrs. Beslnt planting themselves on the
same platform with the Rev. Arthur Tooth. and Mr..
MackonOchie doesn't what fault can be found
with the Court. The Lord Chei-Justlce told the
defendants that if they had shown themselves ready
to submit TO the law-to put stop to the circulation
of a book iudically declared to be work calculated
to deprave public morals-the Court would have dis
charged them on their own lecoguiznces. That no
doubt, is what tie jury meant should be done. The
jury wanted to condemn the book, but acquit the de-
PENDANTS Their verdict had to be a verdict Of gull
w. but it was in the power of the Judge to abstain
from giving the usual effect 70 II. Mr. Bradlangh
has had legal experience; he has shown consid-
cradle knowledge of law during the trial, and ne
must be held to have foreseen accurately the neces-
sary consequences of his present attitude. That Is,
| say, he seems 10 court martyrdom, with what OBJ
ject he best knows. He certainly cannot suppose
that he will be allowed to go selling his book, m
less possibly, he gets decision in his favor on the
writ of error, and that lie could nave had eqIdHS
without detyIng the Court.
1t Will be a year told before the appeal IN
Twycross against Grant can be heard The appica-
ton TO the this week to compel the defendant
to give security, meantime, was granted as to the
So 800 covered by the VERDICT but refused "a to the
COSTS which amount already to more than 100000.
Yet the verdict carries costs. and only the judicial
mind is able to see why Mr. Twycross if entitled to
security for one is not entitled TO 1t for the other
1t will be cold comfort to him, If he gets the
smaller sum and has to pay the larger ont OF
his own pocket, should Mr. Albert Grants finances
have collapsed in the interval, as they are
likely to. The judges, however, are saturated
with professional feeling and they do most
extraordinary things at times about costs. one
half of the profession-the solicitor hal-lives on
them, and all fcons relating TO them are carefully
kept up. If they were once treated as merely so
much money to be paid received there Is no tell
ing what might happen. jury, for instance, gives
a verdict which a judge does not like. He has, IN
cases. the power of reversing II practically, by
refusing costs or. if he likes it, of imposing fine on
the defendant in addition. But if you have to pay
81 900. II probably seems TO you to diminish your
bankers balance the less because 1t Is dragged
out of you und, the name of costs. c. 5.
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DIED

FRAZEE-At Newark y. J.. sunday July 2 of iphtho-
ria. Crane. Of J. b. and Fannie Erazee
The lnterment took place Oh Monday AZ o'clock
GREEN-In PARIS the 1871 Of June. Maria G. Pierce
wife Prof Samuel - Green OF Swarthmore Col.
le and daughter Of loses and Esther Carpenter Pierce os
Plea-anIy1lle, y. \.
The funeral will place from Friends Westinghouse,
appaqua day, the lih inst, AZ II Vciock
Will be al fhappJqua station 10 meet Tie tran
leaving Grand Central Depot AT 1850 a.
MOUNr-On Thursday the l2th inst EVE NJ. wife Of John
+. Mount
from lae residence No. 2JB Cerm0nt
BrOOklyn. SUNDAY, 18th INST, Il 300 D..
MCkEWAN On "Wednesday morning. llth inst, Alexander
Taylor eldest Of John r. ana JEANNE Taylor Mckewan,
10 years and months.
Relatives respectfully invited attend tho
the residence u his parents No. t53 West
Twenty dr,t-st. on Friday, 18Th inst, az 3 D. M
ROBERTSON-In Edinburgh. Juns %. Margaret c. wife NJ
James Robertson aud ddugttr Of anne. STUART ~ is city
viii uc held frsaY, 18Th INST, AZ ~
the OF ier parents y East inl ty-eycnthsL
Relatives friends respectful m tied 10 De present.
RU HERFORDAt Orange y. J., July l. Henrietta j. in
faut daughter Of Joseph ~ and Henrietta J. Rutherford
aged months. ..,-
her grandmother Mrs NJ A Stevens Tie arrival VI tie
lIu ira n from New YORK.
RYAN-At Roosevelt Hospital on "Wednesday, July IL,
Friends and relatives respectfully invited TO attend ths
his late residence, No 50 ST. TINS day Fri
day 1t p. n
TEFtT-On Thursday July -. 1877. after short iluess
Charles q. TEN, Ia the 4jth year OF ms age.
Relatives friends invited 10 attend the funeral rom
bis aie residence No East Fityeghth 81, saturday,
July "a, at - O'Clock.
Remains 10 DO taken woOdlaNn Tor Internent
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II il n characteristic of the Wisconsin post
master never resign. Like al barnaces hc VIII wait
XII he Is pulled Off Milwaukee sentinel lkep)
The men Wells and Anderson are accused of
common feonies forgery and perjury. They ar 10 be
fried II AT ALL Of the Ost intelligent communities
OF the country the City OF New Orleans and the proceed
INKS will be watched by the whole country Buffalo
Courier lDen4l
Plain people are considering what good can
befa the country the Republican party by hr ahin-
down the President. and they growing more susp
cous % who anxious Tor tnat result anu
more severe in their Judgment OF those WAC organize a
saults upon him.-lU Herald uRrpJ
Has Louisiana no safe insane asylum that
sne allows all thuse unatcs. who are engaged M stirring
Mp strife anew, and endeaNor'ns 20 uhuo tL ma IT,
dent has she south, 10 20 Al lal- 9'I.l -"
sets and sAowcr-btths might DrlnS lhen
L. their senses Richmond state lDem)
Z occurs to US that those who insisted that
dem, nomination for Governor Won -lli lie Nai ~
,p 1~-4 that Biglow's selection ln 1879 W'uli nSnr'
afaat and that Tldeus candidacy Cor t' Presidency I'D
-~-6 would lose this state. have eutitc themselves
Zoo back seats ana not the sascs on uSc NnS h,H
v.,ion the people can rely Utica Obs rycT lDcinJ
The machine politicians are clamorng for a
-.,rafiun spols system, the Only way 20 save
ne marty from Ieck and ruin. Bui LET not the Pies
cent be lece we'd. These NAV bIag ana Diustcr may
back couven ions and pass resolutions dehounclng Ms
-ef1rn bat the people do not follow ana do not pproVe
and when they = chance 70 sneak and Yot" uty VIII
stand by him.-rNorth Adams lass) Transcript lhop)