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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01


Mr.. Stanley is citizen of the United
States, and whoever assumes or comedies
this statement of ours to be true state
men will see that on general principles OF
pp'hc law neither the British government
moi its officers can have any rightful power
9yrr him for any possible act done by him
outside of British Jurisdiction. As to what
> done on British vessel on the high seas
or on any water outside of the authority OF
any particular State, the maritime jurisdic-
ton of British courts is indeed independent
of space. 1t is just as perfect in the Arctic
regions near the Pole, or in the far-off seas
of Africa, as in sight Of the harbor of Liver
pool It can reach an act OF piracy on any
bottom, as that offence is defined by inter
national law. Certain Moslem or pagan
States have voluntarily, or involuntarily,
yielded to British consuls exclusive criminal
jurisdiction over offences by Britons COM
mitted in those States, but the jurisdiction
is strictly limited to Britons. Similar
powers have, in many non-Christian States,
been freely conceded to American consuls
over our own citizens These treaties are,
however, exceptional, and have their basis
and reason in the barbarism, or bigotry, or
narrow-minded policy of the people OF
those Moslem or pagan States. 1t
would be possible. we suppose, for
England to stipulate by treaty with an
African State to arrest and punish, as that
State demanded, every person Of whatever
nationality committing any asserted offence
in that State but she has no such treaty
known to the rest of the world. AS gen.
eral rule, under American and British CIV
ilization crime is local. Hence contrivances
of extradition. And in q word we think we
can assert, beyond fear of successful con-
tradiction, that England has no jurisdiction
over any offence committed by an American
citizen unless committed within her terrific
rial or maritime jurisdiction as inst defined.
anywhere on the continent of Africa is linn
tied to her own subjects.
1t is true that Mr.. Stanley did use in
Lake Victoria Niyanza n small sailing yacht
called the Lady Alice, on which it is posi-
BILE he may have hoisted the British as well
as the American flag but it cannot be that
the British authorities will seriously claim
in Washington that she was ever regularly
documented British vessel, for offences on
which England has jurisdiction over an
American citizen, even if she was cruising
outside the waters and local authority of
any known and recognized power.
And as to carrying the British flag in the
A r. ~ 3. ~
for which England can punish Mr.. Stanley
than it could if he bore and waved it in the
interior of New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
Our Paris Cab Letter.

The conversion of the humanitarians to
the belief in Turkish righteousness by the
promise of little hard Roumanian cash
is among the best instances of the irony Of
events which we have had from the
French capital in many day, where
that branch Of the cynical is specially.
Just one little original piece in week is
poor showing for Paris in the way of dra-
matte novelty but then one second hand
piece in month is SO much to us in New
York that we cannot reach the proper pitch
of pity without ladder of false pretences.
The operate dfbutdnte of the week is from the
land of Catherine Hayes and Tom Moore, in
stead of from Baltimore or Chicago,
but en- rcud,che Chicago girl gets
on engagement at Milan's colossal
opera house. Ugly stories Of crime in
high life form the Partisan shadow, but we
are glad to pass them by and turn to the
gossip that has some sparkle in it. The mys-
teries of Fashion are nowadays laid bare
with such an unsparing hand that the
most unsophisticated of us will, if these de-
spatches about corset Innings and petticoats
continue. be able to know as much as
our grandfathers before we cut our
wisdom teeth, and mystic words be
spelled out in public as boldly as in
the UNEMPLOYED recesses of dressmaker's
bill. The report that Offenbach was
especially crammed for his book by some
reckless jokers in New York makes us
tremble for the American Republic. If any
man has been found base enough to mislead
the innocent opera bouffist we would have
that man take the iron-clad oath ct once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

an extra session in seafon to provide for
subsequent necessities In the ew House
the democrats will hate a majority of not
more than five or six land there would DO
Southern members enough TO unite with
the republicans ard pass he appropriation
bills before the public lsrvice suffers, even
if the effect of stopping them would not DO
to convulse business by more violent con
traction of the currency than VIZ
known. BY the middle Of July the eoer' ',
would be practically unanimous 50 We
subject, and no member Of the House = - ID
dare to face his constituents after reS Jrding
his vote against appropriations. A con-
traction of the currency proceeding
steadily to the full amount of the
public revenues would be regarded as
even q greater calamity than civil war.
The country may be fully assured that NO
such experiment will be ventured on. Il
there should be little interval between the
LIST of July and the appropriation bills OF
an extra session it could be easily bridged
over by advances from bankers and mer-
chants.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

Governor Hayes himself, as well as his sup
porters in Washington, must feel encouraged
by the turn events are taking within the last
few days. The honorable candor of the
democratic members of the South Carolina
Committee is n good omen for Mr.. Hayes,
as is also the letter addressed to him by
Wade Hampton, enclosing copy of his
inaugural address, Thinking citizens of
the Southern States are comparatively
Indifferent who is President if they
can be relieved from the infamous local mis-
rule under which they have so long suffered.
Wade Hampton carefully withheld any ex-
preston of opinion as to Mr.. Tilden's cleo
ton, which, unlike Mr.. Tilden himself, lie
regards rs an open and still unsettled ques-
ton; and by sending the same appeal tor
Justice to both he indicates clearly enough
his willingness to recognize Mr.. Hayes rs
President if he should be declared elected.
The South stands on stryng van
tage ground in this crisis If Mr..
HAYES should be inaugurated he will be de-
pendent on them for smooth and tranquil
administration. If they vote for the supply
bills and support his reasonable measures
the democratic majority in the House can
not seriously embarrass him, and the South
ern members seem disposed to give him fair
and honorable treatment, in the hope that
he will deal with them in like spirit. We
trust that there will be no mutual bar
gain or pledges which would be discredita-
bic to both parties; but Governor Hayes
may, with perfect dccorum, cause it to be
understood that he will strictly adj
here to the just and generous senti-
ments expressed in his letter of acceptance
at n time when no could not have expected
to be in any way dependent on democratic
fairnass The reasonable presumption a'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
A Voice from Mexico.

If voice could now be heard from
Mexico it would warn US not to do as they
do in regard to Presidential elections. Presi-
dent Lerdo was declared legally reelected
last summer thereupon the revolutionists
combined against him. Iglesias, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, protested and
pronounced against Lerdo. Dlaz, having TN
army, promised to support Iglesias; he de-
feated the constitutional army Of President
Lerdo, and thereupon marched into the CAPT
tai, and, forgetting all about Iglesias, pro-
nounced himself ruler. Mejia, Lerdo's
former Minister of War, had intrigued with
Iglesias, and both he and his chief have
thought it prudent to decamp; the
Constitutional Congress and Supreme
Court have also fled; and as the
number of available henroosts is not so
GREAT in Mexico as here Diaz has Informed
the merchants that his soldiers must live,
and that he feels compelled to overhaul
their bank accounts. At the latest advices
the merchants, mechanics, farmers, labor
ers-in fact, everybody but Diaz and his
banditti-was regretting the revolution, but
it was then too late Business was ut a
staudstill. Those who have anything feel
pretty certain they will lose it; those who
have nothing are looking around to see
what they shall lay their hands on. The
mass of the people groan in increasing
poverty but the politicians, who in Mexip
are only shade or two worse than many r.
ours, are happy, and hope to become Iros
porous Altogether these recent MeYfcan
events ought to encourage us to gethp
revolution of our own.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
Our London Gable Letter.

The English seem satisfied with
their winters experience, rough as it
is, which proves how eminently con-
sentative they are rs nation and
how necessary shadow is to light
Any other people on the footstool would
be in agonies over a blustery season that
sends them into raptures. They deserve o
happy New Year. Out Of London's rains
and gales we are permitted to glance into
Englands sunny Oriental wonderland,
where to-day Victoria will add the IT,
tie of empress to that of queen. From
all the splendors of the East we are brought
back to consider various views of religion
with princess alleged to be devoting her
royal belief to the beauties of Spirit
ualism, rs exhibited by Slade, whom
her royal and imperial mamma's law
officers are about to prosecute CHASTITY
stories of smallpox and a comforting recipe
for the cure of diphtheria come to us.
American beef is pronounced o successful
import. and we find ourselves among the
scholars who are examining the discov-
cries in ancient Greece Chsss, walking
and theatricals trip on each others heels,
and another scene in the "Shaughraun"
piracy case is flashed to view, with Manager
Chatterton trying to drive a Pike through the
body of Boucicault But the latter is hard
to kill, although always Dion. What else is
told we ask our readers to discover for them
selves
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
The Dilemma OF Turkey.

The new year opens inauspiciously for
Turkey. That unfortunate country may de-
lay but cannot prevent its ultimate fall Tho
are supposed to do after death, upon the
edge of a sharp sword with the abyss on
either side. Europe is against his warlike
policy on the one hand, and his own
subjects will not agree to the pro-
gramme of peace which the great Powers
insist upon. The demands of Lord Sails
bury have brought Turkish affairs to crisis.
England, which has always given Turkey
her moral and material aid, now declares
that unless the plans upon which Europe
has agreed are accepted by the Sultan she
must withdraw her support. Undoubtedly
the Sultan would be glad to yield to the ad-
vice Of his ancient ally, who helped him in
1856 to repel the Russian, but it is i'm
possible. Turkey has had three sui
tans within year. Abdul Aziz was
murdered Murnd was declared to be
insane and was deposed, and Abdul Hamet
desires to profit by these examples. He
frankly declares that he prefers to risk the
hostility of Europe and to lose the good will
Of England rather than to challenge the
resentment Of his own race and religion.
The results that great step has been taken.
The British fleet has been withdrawn from
Turkish waters to prove that England
will not sustain Turkey in her opposition
to the whole of Europe, and the Sultan is
left to depend upon his own army and upon
that fate which in the Mohammedan's reli-
gion is equal to the Providence of Christian
nations 1t is not impossible that path to
peace may be found in all these difficulties,
but the reconstruction of the Eastern situa-
ton is question of the close future, and If
it cannot be effected by diplomacy it must
come through war;
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tilton is lecturing In Vermont
T>nch:-Bcst four in hand.--Honors at Whist.
SCHUYLER Colfax knows enough to eat rbm the blunt
edge OF his knife
Par,s,an has invented method OF lending photo
graphs by telegraph. ffte
Professor Sumner Of Yale IL In Illinois, delivering
lectures on free trade. n
Major General Winfield 8. Hancock and family are at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
s.Tr,nity Church. AS Justice Shallow said, 1--WE
have heard tho chimes at midnight"
Some people force fashions, but 1t was In valD(kas
Canuto tried to drive the tied-back.
Southern farmers are waking up to the idea TINT thO
Southern States arc we'll adapted to the raising Of
grain.
Congressman Piper, of California, has many jewell
In his pockets, but, unlike Shakespeare's game, has
mono in his head. =
A story is told OF q lady of fashion who said she
should like to 20 TO Rome have her portrait painted
by Of the old masters
It's n good thing to leave little ice the fr ont
doorscps II serves as an excuse for going up ten
orly and faulty on slodge night
Quo,cd:-.'ro toll one man that another has no
sense of humor to establish almost friendly roa-
ton between yourself and your companion"
Tho man who unwary turns his coat lapel over his
throat in this weather will leave escucheon his
STANLEY Ill you have never eaten fried
onions With your fried liver aud bacon you have lived
In vain. Our recipe was bsth Aristotician and
Bacopian.
Tho Hudson's Bay Company, so long in conisol .!
tho great American fur trade paying no divt-
aoud Martens and mink arc now tho chief sorts Of
furs dealt In.
whitehall Times:--s'Thc season OF the year hae ~.
rived when q mau take tcn-cent skcn or yasn 10
b,s m,nister's donation and exchange 1t foe twu
dollar supper
The Columbus (Ga.) Enqnirer-Snm, revtewiuG thu
Southern troubles, proposes that tho rnsn who ow
tho land shall rule III and that tnis y thrt1i
OF now-Nothingism or No.Niggersm.
Detroit Free Press :--"Scoop the core OF o. bal
ample nll the hole with milk and suger and ootA ~
doors to freezc.-HEEALD. Then out sfterto4 II
on tho apple, and take a slide down tho oeop - "
three old knots and two ashpana"
Three corncrcd kerchcis arc to be voso ~ sst
nantles and made OF white lawn cdgo0y M Z IN
Maltese, yacnccnncs Mcchlin to- & s
shaped that thoy iii into the shouldoru ~ q -
poiut at the back, while tho long - - q Fno
down the front. n
We frequently receive letters fren - o( -
which there paints that Tie uogoh -
treat the South we'll leave IL 10 u11o4 ~ . -
ness. Yet we suggest that some ooGo1og W.T.
might begin u style and logical Sne sg'
such stun as this which appears in the 7 scrao
| w. Val Sentinel .--sGrant Is q trcacherou knavc
dcccitfuI, cunning scoundrcl, and has Arkcd
administration with fraud Of the black ohara'
aud stands to-day condemned BY The wor
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
New Years Resolutions.

The first day of the year by common con-
sent is set apart for purposes of individual
reform. There is no reason why man
should not begin the reformation he needs
on the I'd of Juno or the 9Th of October or
any other day in the calendar; but every
year seems to begin new era, and there
fore to be most suitable to the beginning of
q new life. The LIST OF January thus natu-
rally becomes the day on which all the world
makes good resolutions, and if they could
be kept it would enter upon the millennium
at once. The month, like the god from
whom it derives its name, looks forward and
backward, back to the mistakes and faults
of the past, and forward to atonement and n
change. "Be it resolved" begins the uni
diary and to enter in it the important events
of the unknown year. We resolve to exactly
set down what we receive and what we spend,
and to economize. We resolve not to smoke
(too much); not to drink (too much); to go
to bed before midnight to study some use
full science or language I; to be systematic
and industrious to save money; in short:
to do everything we should do and to do
nothing we should not Thus the sunrise
of the year glows with beauty and
fifth. but its sunset is too often
derkened with useless regrets. Unhappy
day Manhind's irresolute resolutions
have from times immemorial made it the
most hypocritical of all days of the year.
1t is the day when the world deludes itself
into belief in its own strength of will only
to find atterward that habit is generally
stronger than human resolution. Yet it is q
day OF innocent perjuries. 1t is better to
be forsworn in good cause than to be hon.
est in a wrong career. All good resolutions
are not broken, and though there is some
thing profoundly sardonic in the contrast
between the pledges made on New Years
Day and the way in which they are disre-
garded, still no true impulse to make the
future better than the past can fail to be for
good.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

CHASTITY REcogD.-Thc HERALD's special re-
port of deaths from unnatural causes is one which
calls for more than ordinary attention. During
1876 more than thousand persons died from
violence and there is excess OF more than hum
dred over the similar record Of 1875 peculiar
feature Of this exhibit is that the increase Is due to
accidental causes; the increase Of deaths from sun
strokes and drowning more than account for the
total excess over last years Casualties. In spite OF
law and prccaution the hideous roll OF homcides
and infantlcides is az large as 1885, and that of
suicides is considerably greater. rhe Increase of
hydrophobia Is alarming. five deaths having oc-
Cured, against none last year. The whole list
should nor only be thought over but acted upon by
some means besides mere talk.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

WHILE THE SPrrz DOG is attracting the attention
due to his vicousness the Siberian bloodhound
should not he neglected. He comes from as cold
locality as his white-robcd relative, lie is just rs
deprayed In disposition and bis size makes him ten
times useful in bone-dust factory, sausage
mill or manurcheap
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THE SERMONS OF YESTERDAY were upon the years
which at midnight met for single second, and
about the purposes which alone make the years
worth living in on no other day are men so capable
accompanying time with the great hereafterin which
time itself IL to be lost, and the occasion was I'M
proved in the pulpit with an earnestness which
lifted the day above its sacred fellows.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

that time was that whoever was elected Pres
ident would have majority Of his own
party in the House. Mr.. Hayes adherence
to his letter of acceptance could not. there
fore, be construed as yielding of his prin-
ciples to conciliate personal support. 1t
would be quite consistent with his honor to
declare publicly that he stands by all he
said in the beginning of the canvass.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THE wEArHER.-rn our weather article yesterday
ne stated shat the winds in the Southern States In
dcated a Gulf disturbance. The depression has
already reached the coast, and Is now cen
tral In the vicinity OF New Orleans, With
rain at that point and slcct ut Shreveport
and vicksburg. Another depression. only rca-
lively low, however. extends over the upper lakes.
with an attendant rain The storm OF Friday
last IL now or Nova Scotia, and OF rain and
snow extends westward far as Toledo. Ohio, and
along the southern shores OF the lake.. Severe cold
has continued throughout the country east OF tho
Rocky Mountains, with a morning temperature of
zero Of Nashville, Tenn, and only forty degrees
above at Punta Eassa, Fla Tho highest pressure
Is now In southern Pennsylvania, and Will pass over
New York to-day. The weather will then grow
pcrccptpy warmer, with increasing cloudiness as
the low barorneters Ia the Northwest and South APP
proach. The latter disturbance may develop during
the next two days into heavy storm similar TO
that winch has just passed US. Heavy weather VIII
le experienced in the Atlantic during the week,
but gradually rcccdng from our coast. The
weather IN New York to-day will be cold and partly
cloudy or clear followed by warmer and partly
cloudy or cloudy toward night
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

The FIGHT OVER TILE PARISH WILL has ended by
the withdrawal OF the contestants and the people
who have hung lovingly upon the reports In the
hope of finding some indicate disclosures 10 feed
upon are starving. 1t is pity that such starvation
docs not cause DEATH
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

IF "rHE ROAD TO HE'LL is paved with good inten
tons" this is good day in which to take paving
contracts on the opposition thoroughfare.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

If BAD CHARACTERS CANNOT keep away from The
disreputable tenement known as the blouse O
Blazes' why not establish mission chapel there9
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

SHOOTING AT SIGHT Is the proper treatment for
rascas who obstruct railway travel. even II they
happen to be Canadian engine drivers. The acts
reported in another column constitute crime
no q strike.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THE THOUGHTFUL BURGLAR who considers the
means by which the button thieves were detected
yesterday Is the proper man 10 deliver strong lee
ture on .'The Ruinous Influences Of Modern
Science.n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THERE Is A GRAVE STORY told about the con
struction Of the Ashtabula bridge and something
more than mere denIals Will be needed TO dsprove
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS will be glad to see
their friends to-day. No refreshments.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

BOYS VINO CONTEMPLATE running away to sea
should drop yellow covered novels long enough 10
read ain the Jaws of the Alligators" in to-day's
HERALD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

THE CROSSINGS ARE BEING cleaned, to the de.
struction OF great deal OF first class profanity
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

A HUNDRED AND FIFTy-NINE divorces were granted
in New York city last year. and yet good men so on
marrying women for their beauty and pure girls
wed wild young men with the hope OF saving them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

LAST WEEK THOUSANDS of respectable people laid
in liquors Tor New Years Day and to morrow morn
ing other respectable thousands will curse them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, and may good luck be
as plentiful as good intentions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

WHEN CRUELTY BEGINS sport ends. The man.
ayers Of the ring at the liippodrome should remem-
Der this if they wish audiences OF gentlemen instead
OF rulians.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

The regular edition ofthe HERALD will be cent here
after as lar w as Harrisburg and as far South as
Washington bA newspaper train, run by Adams
Express ConpA Usual rates.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01

From oar rel s mo,7,ing The probabilities
are thai the in Ne,o YorE to-day uiH
be cold and gl 'udy on clear, .lolioaoed Jy
GARNER anxti cloudy or cloudy to,card
uj0Lf -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-01
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY ], 1877