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The New York herald., 1877-01-12
THE SUFFERERS BENEFIT.

Mcssrs. Shook & Palmer yesterday issued the fol.
lowing card to the pubc:-
We regret be obliged 10 como before tho Brooklyn
public apologists but the continued Ill
health OF Miss Clara Morris renders absolutely
sary that the proposed benefit tho Brooklyn Academy
Of Music be again postponed. Miss Morris ply
sicians, while they give every encouragement 10
her ultimate 10 health and strength posi-
lively forbid for the present tho ovcrcxertion which
would attend the performance at the Academy OF Mu
sic. Under tho circumstances there IL alter
native left but to postpone the benefit I'LL
this iavorc artistic is iuIIy restored TO health when
Mcssrs shook x Palmer pledge themselves The bone
Ct will he gwen as originally promised
In the meantime tho tickets already sold will bc
deemed at the office Of the American District relc.
graph Company, No. 191 Montague street, Brooklyn,
during tho present week, or Will remain good tor the
performance when given SHOOK PALMER
STAR BEAMs
Mr.. Daniel Chauncey, Treasurer OF tho Relief
Fund received yesterday f22 os. 3d. the proceeds Of
an entertainment given on board of tho steamship
Britannia, Of the White Star line, on the 10Th uk !,
while her way TO Liverpool In addition 70 this
sum Mr.. Chauncey received = check for 500 from tho
White star Limo Company, making the amount
ALL
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A QUESTION OF NUMBERS.
ST. JoHS's GUILD, Jan. II, IS

ST. JoHS's GUILD, jan II, 1871.
To TuE EDITOR HERALp:-
In tho confusion and hurry Of last week Volunteer
Visitor No 81 OF ST. Johns Guild gave to the writer Of
"Picturcs OF Poverty" the HERALD several addresses
which, through some incomprehsnsIbe blunder,
proved strangely incorrec. Fer instance No. lls
Pearl street snould have been No. 543 II In the
house. first floor tho lcf and the s Catharine
Doran. NO. lI0 Mulberry street should have been No.
lsl, rear house, second floor; name, Ann smith, No.
$50 Mulberry street; number correctly gwen, rear
house. top floor; name. Jane Brown No 100 Centre
street should haye been gvon No. 5s Centre street.
rear house, first floor; namc, Catharlno sullivan. No.
Mulberry street contains three destitute families and
Is known as tho "Rookcry" Tho woman, a widow OF
siv,y.hvc, who written OF as having broken
limb lives directly opposite No o. but tho entrance
No 1871 Worth street, top noor name, Mary Bayard.
The widow No IL rcll street lives in tho rear,
trance No. 8 boyer street. top noor; name, Mary A.
Montgomery. Very truly yours,
ALvAH wISWALL, Master Of 81 Johns Guild.
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
THE THROAT HOSPITAL.

Al tho annual meeting Of Tho Metropolitan Throat
Hospital held yesterday at No II stuyvesant street,
the following officers elected for the year John
ID. Jones, president; James w. Alexander, DR.. J. Ma
ron Sims and Dr. j. J. Crane, vice presidents John
W. Bigclow, treasurer; William Alexander, secretary;
and DR.. Clinton Wagner, medical superintendent In
his annual report, DR.. Wagner stated that there had
been large increase IN the number Of patients treated
during the past year, and recently II had become
necessary to open the dispcnsary department Tues
days and ridays from sever 10 egnt 4. ~ tor the
accommodation OF those who cannot attend during tho
day. The institution Is entirely supported by volun
tary contributions
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A BOXERS CHALLENGE.

New YoRK, Jan. 10, 1877.
To THE EDITOR or rms HEnALD:-
Professor John Long, the English boxer has on sew
erai occasions manifested desire to sct-to with me
for n certain time and for considerable amount
Of money Now, to satisfy tho gentleman, hereby
declare myself willing and anxious TO spar Mr. Long
for half an hour or for $500 or 1000 side,
or gate money, or fun, any time ana at any place
which may be mutually agreed upon. Mr. Long or his
entaiivo can ind address mo ut MaIlahan's
saloon No. So West ThIrtcth street at any time, and
n he busincss shall bc pleased 10 hear from
him yours &c WILLIAM J. GOULD
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looked as though she had not made nor toilet and bsr
hair seemed dishevelled.
O. How did sue look othsrwisef A. She looked
detected looking, sir tiaughterl; she looked very
queer; she had tho waterproof turned outside IN
tMrs Nichols laughed heartiy) she came In through
the basement door and went into the kitchen; she
asked me how We had got along, and said We had
got along good. (Lsughterl
THIS closed yesterdays testimony, and tho Conrt at
six r. n. adjourned until this morning 1t haIfpsst
nine
on Mrx Nichols part the statement Is made that N
rcbutta all the above testimony wilt be fully
actory explained.
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
..CROOKED WHISKEY."

Yesterday morning Deputy Collectors o'Donnel
Jacobs and Philips nadc raid on an Illicit dstilicry
located IN cellar at tho Of Hudson avenue and
John street, Brooklyn. No person the prem.
ises at tho time and tho officers, after deslroyng
about 900 gallons OF mash, conveyed tho copper stli
which was OF eighty gallons capacity. and the worm,
valued at about $6o0 " the Office OF United states
Marshal Harlov.
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
WEST SIDE RELIEF.

Two hundred now families applied for aid 10 the
West Side Relief Association, No. 403 West Twenty.
ninth street, yesterday. Tho funds and supplies
exhausted and an earnest demand madc for contr.
buttons. Dodd's Express have generously onercd 70
carry all provisions clothing &c, for the association
free OF charge. A notification by postal card Will be
attended to al once Twelve hundred families dcpcnd
on the association for their daily bread
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
THE LOST SIMLA.

Tho ship Sima, wrecked last week on the New Jcr-
scy coast, miles below Barnegat Inlet will DO
total loss She lies high the boach, the tide eLblns
and flowing through her. Tho Coast Wrccking Com.
pany have given her up and although The agent ths
Boston insurance companies and her captain still
man the ground they have hopes OF saving her.
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
COCK FIGHTING.

A cooking man between New York and Long Island
took place yesterday morning at well known sport
ing house at Newtown, l.. l., for S25 each battle and
$500 the main After an exciting contest lasting four
hours Long Island was declared tho winner by
battle Between 5000 aud 1000 passed hands on
the result Over 200 members OF the sporting ratcr-
nifty IRON Now York, Brooklyn aud New Jersey wero
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
BROOKLYN POOR RELIEF.

There boon 1850 people relieved since the isth
of December last al tho once Of Chsrty Commsslonse
Rabcr IA Montrosc avenue
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
TRoTTING AT GILMoRE's GARDEN.
An unusually large audience gathered at Gilmore 8
Garden last evening to witness tho trottng events.

Garden last evening to witness tho trotting events
SUMMARY.
GILMoRg's GARDEN, THURSDAY EVENING, Jan. IL,
1S77-TRorriNG Purse, 500; mile heats. three IN
hve under saddle weight and distance barred $50 TO
the nrst $50 to the second nnd $40 To the third.
Peter Mancc's b. T. Frank.................
Dan Mace's b. g. Doubtful. l 2
j. MacaNleys b. IN. Florence Scannel...... 4
T.. Dotys w. 4. WhitestoDe. ................ 4 3
Time, 2:52-2:50-247-24S.
SAME EvExiNG-Mnich $780, mile heats, best three
In fivc, under saddle; weight and distance barred.
Special premium OF 500 promised winner II Pilots
time e :35 ~ was beaten.
Philip Collins e. Myron ferry..........
Jack OIIotts b. <. Leon formerly Coo).... 2
Time, 2:45-2:441 441a-*3:OSA-24
sPerrys fourth lost stirrup hold and being
able regain both took easy there distance
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
YACHTING NOTES.

rider In fourth lap lost strrup hold and not being
ain II both took II easy rs there was no distance.
The New York herald., 1877-01-12
TRoTTING MATCH TO sLEIGHs.

Is this not prediction Of Cmsarisma
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
FOKEiGN.

LONDON, April5.-The Post says: We
understand the porte will display bis
readiness to carry out the reforms which
are demanded, promising only that they
shall flow from the sultan's authority,
and are to be applied to the whole en-
pire."
BERLN, April 5.-The weekly state.
msnt Of the Imperial Bank Of Germany
shows a decrease Of $50, 900 marks.
VIENNA, April Both the diplomatic
action which was to have followed the
signature Of the protocol and the four
p~arleus about disarmament have encoun.
tered difficulties. The porte seems dis
posed to resent the step taken by tie
powers in passing the resolution without
its consent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
a caFpsl.RaEEas rom rsnne.sss.

A CARPET. BaEgsF from Tennessee.
Chicago Times.
A person named Inthill, understood
10 be n carpet.bagger from Tennessee.
has been delivering himself Of a speeoh
10 favor Of the reelection Of Mayor
Heath, Mr.. Tuthill refers In he ,edne.
ton OF the cost OF the city Government
as a matter in which Heath Vas largely
influential, aud consequently claims for
him about all the honor for the restora.
tiou OF Chicago's long dilapidated credit
Il is evident hat Mr.. Tuthill is no, so
we'll Informed as a persoc who seeks A
responsible office In the city government
should be The abominable city cer,i6.
cate swindle, developed under ice Ne.
dill administrator and continued under
Colyin, with Heath as its champion
at the head OF the finance committee
ruined the credit OF Chicago. The SOW.
ereigu law Of the State, invoked by tax
payers aud enforced by the courts,
greatly TO the disgust OF Heath, inter
dicted the further use Of the certificate
system, enforced economy in sxpendi.
lures by limiting tho disbursements to
the amount Of the revenue, and SO &C
complisAed whatever has been done TO.
ward rehabilitating the credit Of Chicago.
II, as Tuthill AYERS, the oity's credit is
now as good as that Of the city Of Lon.
don" Heath has nothing to do with its
re establishment, While the law is 10
iofce Which prohibits the contracting OF
municipal debts, the credit OF Chicago
viii continue to rule high, for it will be
subject to no strain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
WASHINGTON.
The Troops to BE- Withdrawn from
the State,HOase Next
Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, April The following
letter was this morning Sent to Major
General Hancock by General Sherman:
HLADouARrKRs Amy UNITED SrArEs,(
WASHINGTON. April 5, 1871. !
Major General W. S. Hancock, COMMANDING
Military Division Of the Atlantic, New
lerk city;
GENERAL-I now have the honor 10
i%uelose you certified copies OF the letters
Of the honorable secretary Of war, Of
April Sd, inst, and Of the President of
the United States Of she same date, or.
derlng the Withdrawal Of the troops OF
the United States from the State house
at Columbia, S. c., Tuesday next at II m.
You will please cause this order 70 be
executed precisely at that time and in
the manner described 10 said letters, and
report the fact promptly to these head
quarters.
l have the honor 70 b. your obedient
servant, W. 7. SHERMAN,
General.
WAsHISGToy, April 5. = Secretary
SEIZURE has promulgated an order prOyid
ing for the investigation and determine
ton Of questions connected with the ap.
pointments, removals and promotions in
the various bureaus Of his department
by can Of a board Of inquiry, compris-
lag three members; one to represent the
secretary's Office, and appointed by the
secretary; one to be selected from such
bureaus as the secretary may indicate
and named by the head thereof; and q
third to be designated by the head Of the
bureau from which charges or recommen-
dations emanate, the two FIRST named to
serve three months and the latter for the
session. When a reduction is neees-
sary 10 any bureau a list of the
names Of twenty-five per cent in ex-
cess of the actual number TO be dismissed
shall be furnished the secretary and the
required number shall be selected from
the list by the board. 1t is provided,
however, that the result Of the boards
inquiries shall in every case be submit
ted 10 the secretary Of the interior for
his approval.
John S. Hoyt, Of Michigan, has been
appointed governor Of the Territory of
Arizona, and John d. Hammond, Of Hi
nois, superintendent Of Indian affairs for
the central superinteudency
TIE cabinet in session to-day consid
cred contemplated appointments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
PARTIES OF TIE FUTURE.

The Nashville American ex-
presses many wise reflections in the
following article upon the future of
the Democratic and Republican
parties:
The Republican party has performed
its work and ended its mission. Il has
exhausted the issues upou which it came
into power, and ell the issues it could
raise after it assumed authority in the
government.
The confusion that exists, caused by
the apparent similarity Of platforms and
principles Of parties, is 10 mistaking
Issues for principles. Principles last as
long as the form Of government out oil
which they grow-issues last for a day.
Principles uuderlie issues; issues grow
out of the application Of principles, or
rather they are the application Of prin.
ciples. Principles are general and ab.
stract; issues are practical realities.
tangible eRtitles, something to be done.
Party platforms present issues; party con.
tests are about issues. The popular mind
grssps issues and deals with realities in
which it has a direct interest. 1t cares
nothing for the distractions We call prin
ciples until they are raised by issuel
which afford a real point Of direct inter
est. A principle by itself is the m 81
barren OF localities and can no NOR,
form a basis Of party division or party
conflict than could the theory Of grayi
tation, or the doctrine Of original sin Of
the total depravity Of man.. To illustrate
the tariff question in 1888 and the slavery
question u 1885, aud 1860 were issues
Beneath them both wal the principle o.
local sovereignty, and a limited nationa.
government. The FIRST came near being
the occasion Of, and the second was The
occasion Of war, which grew out Of thai
principle OF local sovereignty carried t
extremes.
Unbl one Or the other extreme shall
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05

Pieiro Aretno a celebrated Italian lii,
terateur Of the Renaissance, came to a
singular end. He was drinking and en-
joying himself with certain other etclesi.
astics; and one OF them telling 4 story
which certainly ought not to have amas-
ed either the narrator or his friends.
Aretino leaned his chair back to laugh
With full freedom, slipped and dashed
out his brains on the marble floor. Sir
George Etheridge. author Of "Sir Topley
Flutter," Love in q Tub etc, brought
9 similar life to q similar conclusion.
He a lighting some friends who had
been to pay him q visit and as he stood
doing so he tumblsd down stairs and
broke his neck and So as the notes
20 Grammont put il, fell amartyr 10
jolGy and ciyility.' Peter M~otteaux,
the translator Of R~abelais, came to a
very mysterious end and tho mystery
which surrounded the death Of Edward
IL, Richard IL, Clarence, and many kings
and princes, both in ancient and modern
history, has never been cleared up. De
mosthenes poisoned himself, but no one
knows how. Terrible as it may seem, it
IS nevertheless true, that if a complete
list were drawn up Of men Of mark in
the world history, reckoning all nations
and all times, It would appear that at
least a quarter Of them died not like
other men. and that very nearly another
quarter committed suicide.
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strange Deaths.

Homer, they tell US, died OF q broken
heart, because he could not guess a rid
die. The old gentleman had been
warned by IN oracle that if be did not
mind what he was about he would be
killed by q riddle, and his. day came.
Seeing some young fishermen in a boat,
be unfortunately asked them what sport
they had had, 10 which they replied, that
AS many as we caught we left; as many
as w could not catch we carry with US.
This was too much for the author Of the
liiad and the Odyssey; he Guessed and
saess9d till he could guess no longer,
and finally died Of sheer vexatiou.
Aristotle went off" in precisely the
same way, because he could not under
stand a more interesting riddle set by
nature, viz: The cause Of tho sbbing and
flowing Of the EuripuS. Others relate
that be angrily threw himself into the
stream. Diodorus, the immortal inven
tor Of the horned and "yeiled" soph-
ism, having met with his match In one
Stlpo, who Caught him with another
sophism, which he was unable to solve,
went home, wrote a book about it, and
died Of despair. Philetas had reduced
himself to such q stats Of tenuity by re-
lection and study, that he was obliged
TO wear lead soles TO his boots 20 keep
himself from being blown away, or pos
slbly from rising like a balloon into tho
heaven Of invention; however, the end
of Philetas was, as Suidas solemnly in
forms US, evaporation-he positively
evaporated. Anacreon was choked with
a grape stone. Sophocles is said by
some to have come to the same end,
though according to others he died OF
JOY at being victor in his last tragic con-
test. Euripides was torn in pieces by
dogs, bounded on by some women, in
revenge for his mysogYnism. Hschylus
was killed by an eagle dropping a tor
toise on his bald head, the king Of birds
mistakng the shining poll for a stone,
and applying it 10 uses other than Mel
pOmene would sanction. Ibycus, the
great lyric poet, was murdered by rob.
bersi and Sappho flung herself from tho
Leucalian rock, 10 cure her love for
Phaon. Honest Hesiod also came 10 a
melancholy end, but having been flung
into the sea his corpse was solemnly
brought back to shore on the backs Of
some dolphins. Lucrstius, as we al
know from Tennyson's fine poem, was
poisoned by a love philtre, and finally
finished himself OF with his own hand.
as also did his first English editor and
translator, the Rev. Thomas Cresch,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
indications.

WAsHIyGToS, April 5.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley partly coudy, warmer
weather and light rains, in the southwest
stationary or slowly falling barometer,
e~asterly to southerly winds, except
southerly to westerly in the Ohio valley.
Forthe lower lake region light rains,
with south to west winds, slight rise in
temperature aud continued Low barome.
ter.
Fer the upper lake region, upper Mis-
sissippi and lover Missouri valleys rising
temperature aud southerly to westerly
winds, stationary or slowly falling baron.
eter and partly cloudy weather, with
areas Of snow Or rain ia the extreme
northern portions.
The Central Mississippi river will rise
slowly and the Ohio fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
a Word OF warming 20 Counter.
fetteraI

The widespread fame of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters causes a necessity on our part to
remind, from time to time. whom it may con-
Germ, Of the fact that initiating said article is a
punishable %ofense, and We now give this word
Of caution, that we will most assuredly have
all those persons engaged in re6lling our sec
ond' hand bottles, ceiling by the gallon or bar
rel. or in any manner whatsoever palming of
on the public a spurious article purperting to
be our preparation, punished to the full extent
Of the law. We never fail to convict. as tho
New Orleans and ST. Louis court records fully
affirm. Penalty for counterfeiting, or dtaliDg
in counterfeit trademark goods, as set forth
In a law recently passed by Congress- Fine
not exceeding $1,000, or Imprisonment not
more than two years, or beth such fine and
imprisonment"
NoTIcE TO DEALERS AND PURCHASERS
Hostetters Bitters are aeDer. under any circum-
stances. sold in bulk, BUT LwAYs IN BoTrLEs.
with a finely engraved u. S. Internal revenue
Especial proprietary stamp covering the cork
OF each bottle, fastened to both sides of the
neck Of same. All Bitiers purporting TO be
Hostetters, without this stamp, are counter
felt. HosTETTER 4 SITTHS
Pittsburg, March %, 1877.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05

A Boston correspondent of the In
quirer informs us hat the Rev. S. L.
Dadley, Of Detroit, has been called a
successor to theodore Parker. Me-. Dud.
ley, of Detroit, is described as broad,
clear, free. He has at least four sides to
him, and q window opening out to each
quarter Of heaven, Most people only
have one window, and that looks only
into their " front yard; and some
times the only view is up some narrow
alley"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05

CAIRO, April 5.-Arrived = Atlantic,
St. Louis, 8 pm Msude, Vicksburg, 4
a n; Bigley, St. Louis, 6 am; Grand
Republic, New Orleans, noon. Departed
Maude, St. Louis, 6 am Clear and
pleasant.
CIEcIYyATL April 5--The river is
falling fast. Weather clear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05

CHICAGO, April 5. y m. - Wheat is
steady at 81 BIOL 80 for Nay. Corn
is steady and quiet at 4lBc for car lots;
3s3 for April 428@45i for May; 42s
for June. Oats are dull at 34l@34g for
for May nominally 300 cash, April. Rye
dull; nominally 65@67 cash, April; CO
May. Pork is quiet at $l4 20 for May;
Sl4 323 for June.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
TER APPEAL AND THE MONOPOLY.

ALL
The Appeal of yesterday morn
ming in discussing the issue of the
public VS.. the street railroad mo-
nopoly, says;
We appeal TO our people to keep cool,
10 comply with the city railroads de-
mand for ten-cent fares, and in no way
attempt to interfere with or coutravene
the orders for its proper management
issued to its employees by the managers
It is fashionable nowadays to decry
corporations, and we have ourselves
found it necessary nov and then TO take
TO task in the public behalf sOme of the
giant monepolies which curse communl-
ties with ineficieRcy and make them
selves detestable by excessive charges
That the street railroad company OF
Memphis is liable to the charge Of tax
ing passengers too heavily We always
held, and do now hold. We believe that
five cents is a reasonable and sufficient
compensation for a ride IN any n Of
its lines. But the company and its oil
GERS differ with us.
The Appeals appeal to the people
to pay the illegal ten cent. fare,
when the law of the land says five
cents fare is all that can be collect
ed, is exceedingly thin and trans
parent. The people are obeying
the law by paying five cents fare,
but the street car monopoly violates
it daily by ordering its employees to
drive the cars off the track and OBJ
struct travel in order to annoy and
swindle the law-abiding passenger
who puts in his nickel as the law
directs. 1t is the duty Of the rail-
road company to obey the law until
it is repealed, should it ever be,
by the Supreme Court, the
only arbiter between the peo-
Pile and the money : grasping
corporation. This is the opinion
of all the leading lawyers, and GER
tainly it is common sense, and if
law, is truly stated to be "the per-
lection of reason !" the assumption
of the street car company that the
five cent. fare law, passed by the
legislature, is not law until so de-
eided by the Supreme Court is the
perfection Of unreason. 1t smacks
too much Of the incidence and die
tation Of monopolies. Monopolies
too often bulldoze the public, for
getting that the public have also
vested rights as we'll as monopolies.
The Appeals eloquent and truthful
criticism on "giant monopolies"
applies with great force to the street
car monopoly, and it is to be re-
GREETED hat the columns Of the APP
peal do not resound with arraign-
mens Of this monopoly, which is
inefficient and has become so de-
testible by excessive charges" We
agree with our cotemporary, how.
ever, so far as it asserts that the
street railroad company Of Memphis
is liable to the charge of taxing
passengers too heavily and thatfve
cents is a reasonable and sufficient
compensation for a ride on any one
Of its lines" The motto of the
LEDGER is: " Millions for defense:
not one cent for tribute"