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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26
General Martinez Campos and His
Bruised. ~

The gallant General Don Martinez Cam
pos, Commander. Chief Of the Spanish
forces in Cuba, has addressed despatch to
his government setting forth the valuable
services rendered by the troops under his
command toward the suppression of the
Cuban instruction. The information the
General conveys, in the tenth year of the
rebellion, is that his battalions Of infantry,
his squadrons of cavalry and his bodies of
irregular troops, have all been placed in the
"most suitable positions" within the terri
tory on the island still held by the Spanish
authorities, for the purpose of maintaining
order, preventing incendiarism and other
isolated acts of savagery," while the remain
der of the available forces will proceed
to clear the eastern part of the island from
growing bands Of insurgents. We imagine
that General Martinez Campos will find a
difficult task before him. Other command
ers-in-chief of the Spanish forces in Cuba
have written even more hopeful dispatches
to the home government, and yet have found
these growing bands of insurgents" very
hard to dispose of. Ten years of successful
fighting against the Spanish warriors whose
mission has been to ''clear" them out of the
eastern part of the island has made them
chronic rebels, and as the sickly season is
approaching the General may find that
there are other enemies besides the insur-
gents against whom his available forces"
will be called upon to contend.
General Campos evidently possesses one
advantage over his predecessors, who have
been for decade endeavoring to put down
the Cuban rebellion. He is precise in the
statistical information with which he sup
plies his government. He gives the num-
Der of the enemy's losses during the time
he has been in command at 755 dead and 800
wounded. He is too precise to make the
latter number round 300. His own losses,
he says, have been 1914 dead 472 wounded
and 20 bruised" This latter classification
introduces new element into military bull
letins. Henceforth tender inquiry will be
made as to the condition of the Spanish
Cuban Generals "bruised." We sincerely
trust that his damaged 29--why could he
not have made it an even 30 Pare all doing
ct least as well as can be expected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26
How Can We Get Clean streets.

How Can We Get Clean Streets
That some change is needed in the present
system of cleaning or pretending to clean
the streets of New York is fact, as the old
song says, (which nobody will deny" Dur
ing the past winter there has been scarcely
pretence on the part of the authorities to
discharge the duties attached to the Street
Cleaning Bureau in unfavorable weather.
So long as the skies were bright and the
streets free from distractions the work of
collecting the ashes and garbage was per-
formed after q fashion but after the first
fall of snow, which, having been left to
harden under the traffic, soon became a COW
ering of solid ice and made travel difficult,
even this branch of the street cleaning
business was discontinued. 1t was not until
the people grew impatient and the press i'm
perative that the leading thoroughfares were
relieved of the snow and ice blockade but
even then the main portion of the streets
remained impossible until cleared by the
sun, the rain and the wind. In favorable
weather, when the routine work of the
bureau is regularly performed, the city ordi-
nances are disregarded and the ashes and
garbage are collected and dumped together,
although the people are compelled to be at
the trouble of keeping them in separate re-
ceptacles Yet, with all this neglect and
ineficiency, the street cleaning costs the
city in the neighborhood Of million dollars
year.
Every disinterested person admits that it
is inconsistent and unwise to tack the street
cleaning business on to the Police Depart
ment. The Police Commissioners have
enough to attend to without it. The ques-
ton is, How can the city the most certainly
insure the proper cleaning Of the streets in
return for the liberal amount annually
expended Tor that purpose? 1t is proposed
to try the experiment of placing the power
to let out the work by contract in the hands
of the Mayor, giving him authority to divide
the city into number of convenient dis
tricts, and to let each contract separately,
or several to one person, as may be
found most desirable. The division, would
enable contractors Of limited means to bid
for the work in their own neighborhood, and
would thus secure lower prices and proba-
bly, more efficient work. This proposition
at least offers a change from the present sys-
tenn, which could not well be replaced by a
worse one We now pay about one million
dollars year and only get tho streets
cleaned when they do not need cleaning.
We can surely do better than this if we au-
thorize the Mayor to let out the work in
separate divisions by contract, give him full
power to keep the contractors up to their
work and make it the duty of the police to
report all cases of neglect The experiment
is we'll worth trial.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

The United States Marshal and District
Attorney used every precaution to prevent
the HERALD correspondents from gaining
ton at Beaver, u. T. Their excuse for
this extraordinary conduct was that appre-
tensions were entertained that an attempt
to rescue the condemned man might, would
or could be made, and that therefore too
much care could not be observed in guard
ing the prisoner. Now it appears that snug
little scheme to profit pecuniarily by an al
legged second confession of the prisoner was
the real cause Of the exclusion Of all CORE
spondents. Parenthetically, we would like
to ask here whether this is a business that
the Department of Justice permits its
subordinates to engage in? That the
HERALD is not dependent for it's news upon
the will or the within of officials is fact
which, we imagine, the District Attorney
and Marshal at Beaver have discovered by
this time; for the confession and statement
they sought to keep from the HERALD was
obtained from the confidential lawyer Of
Lee, and published exclusively in this paper
in advance of oil it's contemporaries. The
HERALD was, moreover, the only New York
paper that had a representative with Lee in
his final march from Beaver to the place of
execution. Our correspondent during this
journey had free conversation with the con-
demned man, and telegraphed us graphic
and exclusive description for the readers Of
the HERALD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

make comparatively small addition to tho
number If the government should pub
lish sheet at Washington in April and
May, filed with all the contract advertise
ments, and then give notice through papers
of extensive circulation that such sheet
was ready and would be supplied to bid
ders, it would answer just as well as the
present plan, by which ''several hundred
thousand dollars" are wasted yearly, and
would certainly be preferable to hiding
away the advertisements in such obscure
newspapers as would be willing to publish
them at q low price.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

recognition /; but it has attained in regard TO
this disease. and apparently in the minds OF
some physicians, q relation that is mis-
leading as to its real significance. Dogs
die of rabies without any dread Of
water, and, what is more remarkable,
with the capacity to swallow water
to the last moment. And it is not
only possible that q child of three years
might die of hydrophobia without dread OF
water, but it is in the highest degree proba-
BILE that it would die that way, the fact being
that the phenomena of disease dependent
on cerebral action are always different IN
infants from what they are in grown persons
Important parts of the cerebro-spinal system
OF nerves are at three years of age in an al
most rudimentary condition, and the hydro
phobic fear of water is an extreme instance
OF reflex action-an exaggerated activity OF
highly organized vital machinery-sucha an
activity as occurs to the whole system OF
spinal nerves under poisoning by strych-
mia, when the impact of draught OF air
upon any part of the surface throws the VIC
tim into commissions. But there is no touch
III tAo SiSuo VI Wdtcl, ~ iSooAoo WY VIZ
eye; how then can it be related to any path
illogical fact? In this malady the seat of
disease is in or near what may be called the
drinking apparatus, and the nerves that con-
troll the composite actions of respiration
and the ingestion of food or fluids are
crippled. To attempt to swallow provokes
q convulsion. But the throat is dry.
parched burning; and as the sight of food
will make hungry mans 'mouth water" so
the sight of water to one in agony with thirst
provokes and produces involuntarily the
act Of swallowing. The victim cannot help
this. 1t is an operation of the vital machin-
cry that is out of the control Of his will.
All he knows is that the sight of water pro-
duces impending suffocation and he turns
away with fear of what incites the agony he
feels when his throat acts. In the case be.
fore us the doctor prefers to consider the
commissions as ''the result of severe fright
and nervous irritation from the biting"
Now as the bites were given February %
and the first convulsion occurred March 18,
it must be admitted that it required some
time for the fright to affect that baby.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

To ARMY OFFICERS, legislators, border resi-
dents and others who know that the North
dccmable concentration of dcpravity, % fend
incarnatc &C., VIC commend the letter of our
Canada correspondent. The indians Just across
our northern boundary line are blood relatives
of those below it, yet they are all pcaceable, and
some Of them are industrious and pious. The
credit for the difference belongs to the class that
IN the Union deserve all the blamc--the whites.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

PALM SUNDAY was celebrated in the Catholic
churches with the special services appropriate
10 the day, and in many other churches the incl
dent which gave tho dry its name and
history was the topic of sermons. MIR.
Beccler explained why the manifestations Of
God have been made to humanity in the
WAYS which are recorded; Mr.. Hepworth drew
some pertinent parallels to the course OF good
King Hczekiah Mr.. Frothingham announced
the extreme liberal idea Of Christ's death, yet
admitted the lasting results of Clrists life and
influence. and DIR. Talmage found the streets
s.,arcstiyc Of many religious truths and fancics.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

Nor ALL THE PEEIIs Of explorers are confined
to the far West. From the letter of our Florida
explorer the intelligent citizen will be enabled
to imagine some of the dangers of that myste-
rious region, and it is not impossible that the
writer of the dime novel may be tempted to let
his pen stray in that direction.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

We CIr FROM AN EXCHANGE some state
mcnts about the treatment of convicts in the
Missouri Penitentiary. So many similar stories
have proved true that slirewd thinkers will again
begin to wonder whether the making Of bad men
worse is one of the duties of a great Common
wealth, and whether an indiscriminatc slaughter
of the prcdominating breed Of prison officials
would not be master-stroko in the interest of
morality.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

How this story of a lake that bursts from
the earth at hollow hill seems to echo at
had from the Egyptian priests of the -four
fountains of the Nile" 1t is pity Living
stone never learned from this tradition that
those four fountains which he hunted with
such enduring faith were perhaps at the
bottom of Tanganyika.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

AFTER TIE WoRsT Is ALLOWED about tho
defaulting bank bookkeeper in Brooklyn it must
be admitted that large reduction of ~ not over
large salary was powerful incentive to crime,
insanity both. Personal honesty is a rare
enough quality at best, and deserves fostering
care instead of encouragement, especially in the
face of an ever present temptation such as bank
clerks have.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

GOVERNOR DREW considers that petit larceny
is the principal obstacle to business success in
his State. Florida is not alone in this respect;
nor are agriculturists the only sufferers by tho
practice. We could mention newspapers which
exist partly or wholly by this species Of enter
prise,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

The Poor BUFFALO has found friend at
last; the Manitoba Council has passed an ord-
nance protecting him. Tho result will be that
the MantObans will cross the line and kill buffalo
in our Territories, where nobody cares for them
exceDt as targets,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

LIBERAL THEOLOGY will have to take step
backward. The story Of the poor fellow who
was killed by being drenchcd with petroleum and
then set on fire shows that fiends still walk
the earth and the devil is neither dead nor
asleep.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

BROOKLYN Follows New YORK in justifying
punishment before trial. Officer Cleary, who on
Saturday dubbed u citizen in "a manner which
witnesses pronounced brutal and outrageous, is
on duty again. The information will probably
cause the trade in canes and pistols to look up a
great deal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

The NAME of the pretended "Lord Bufort"
has not yet been discovered nor is it certain that
this is the one of his appanages which victimized
hotel keepers most wish to see.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

WoRTH-not the worth that makes the man,
but Partisan Worth, that makes the woman-is
the subject Of an excellent pen-and-ink sketch
by our Paris correspondents
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

THE REAL CAUSE of the continued existence
of that relic of barbarism, the Ludlow Street
Jail, is more than limited ut in "Our Complaint
Book" to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

THERE SEEMS very little difference of opinion
among the school teachers about the new salary
schedule, nor is it easy to how there could be
about document SO hopelessly bad in principle
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26
TRIPLE SH Il e T.
NEW YORK. MONDAY, MARCH 96. 1877.


The Adams Express Company run a special newspaper
train Pennsylvania kHilroad and its connection
leaving Jersey City at quarter past our A. NJ daily aud
sunday carrying the regular cation OF the HERALD far
ms Harrisburg and South WashiugtO reaching
Phade phia at quarter six a. NJ and Washington
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

From oar reports This morning the probabilities
are hut he reather IN Nev York. today ,ciN be
rninN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26

GENERAL Buffers VIEWS upon an extra SEES
sion of Congress will be found i'll another
column
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

OLYMPIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-THE DAsIcHErrA
HELLER's THEATRE-PREsrDIGIrArIo
EAGLE THEATRE-AMEE.
GERMANIA THEATRE-DREi PAR SCHULZ
BOwEkY THEATRE-EAsr LYNN
BROADWAY THEATRE-OUR GIRLS
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-Miss MUTTON.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
FIFTH AVENUE THEArRE-LApY OF Lyons
PARK THEATRE-OuR BOARDING House.
wALLACK's THEATRE-MY AWFUL DAD.
STEINwAY HALL-CHARITY CoNcERr.
PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN--MIss SARAH MUTTON.
THEATRE COMIQUE-vARmry.
NEW AMERICAN observation-disclosures
TONY PASTORS THEATRE VARIETY.
TIvOLI TfiEATRE-vARIErY
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
EGYPTIAN HALL-vARiErY.
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE. VARIETY
, 1877-11-15

The Chicago prAiucc markets were moderately
active yesterday. aud *teadsr. sfcss pork closed
10asl:s per br' higher, At sl:..59l1e. 10
for November and l3.:a,a TIL for ian
uary. Lard closc.l 1hc per 100 lbs higher,
ut ss.y5ftH.0't carh anl s7.D7!sGlH. 90 for
''nn,'ary. Meats were easier. At &c for boxc.t
shnn1cst anil 'i4c far do short rib4 Lake freghts
were n,":u active nnd firm, nt :.ic far earn 10
buffalo. Wkts.y wa< nuotel at 81. % per gaton,
Ilanr was firm. Wheat closed sc lower, q. 81. o.
fos November anil $l.0it for December. Corn
cl"scd .sT.!+c lower. at IaEc cash anil I4};c TOR
November uata closed A4&t.sc higher, at .3He
ca@h anil &c f1r November. Ryr VAS steady. at
SIC. Barley clastd quiet, Ut 5Dl@c cas!, mud UAc
for l'crcmscs. HUGS were fairly ncttsc and closed
frn,cr. II 81 .:EEs4.G0. Cattle wcrc dull ard wpak,
With snlcA Of fnsrs!ar tn cxt:n At 5?.n5l1,n
si'rrn we're Inactive and noinfnnlly loxcr ut S. s5
glib. Inspected into Ytora IN tllis tIty ycxtcr.
Hay 'Nnsn'HF: l3j ears wheat. 10 ears and 1,.,1O
hu corn. III ears and !. ITO bu na.. y cars aul
5lo In rye. md 10 ears barley. Total IA. cars,,
l1o.u'hp bu. Ono hundred aofiars In gold would
buy Slus. 20 in .Ecc,tl,acks Ut lAe close.
, 1877-11-15

Thu S.nato Committee OIL Appropriations
has rat " lnietns upon tho bungllng piece Of
parliamentary folly forwarded from ts4o House
':n''cr t1'a uamc Of tho Army bill. Tho un.
constitutional clause directing tllo localion
Of fonr tall cavalry regiments OH lilo lilo
Gfnlnse il stricken ont, aud tue maximum Of
troops Ii restored 10 :5,0O0. Action upon
tho bill will ho lad In thu Senate to-day, and
atw.li undoubtedly 10 passed. I'd tLia form,
~ tho Texas Democrats in tho House, having
discovered their tliscre.iitablo bluntler in for.
sakin2 their Republican friculls, will be only
too Ciad to give tho measure tho strength
necessary to pass it us 1t comes back from
tito Stnnts
, 1877-11-15

The sud evsnt Of the suicide Of one of
Chicagos most prominent citizens yesterday
morning waa followed ay destructive con.
flagration in the evening, and this morning
tho pa'atinl dry-goois establishment of
FIELD, LETTER 4 Co., tho third largcst houso
in tho United States mud the second largest
in the retail business, is but b1nckouetl
shell, filed with the ashes and debris OF
costly fnbr'cs. In the confusion and excite
.nent Of thu timc ut which VIC are writing, It
IL impossible to obtain anything but rough,
cstt'uate Ut tho lt'sses. Tho ya1no Of tl,
stock was between 81 ,lD0, GOO and 81. o50, 600,
u!fon which tlera llny bo n salvage of be-
tween $:50,0o0 and 95tW.U00, while Tho firm
carry I'LL insurance Of something like S1,000,.
faT). The hnilding, which in soma respects
was tho tnoat elegant III tho city. WIS owpcel
by Tho Singer Sowing Machine COMPANY,
aud was built In 1S72 at cost of
abont lalf million Of dollars, tho
insurance upon which wo belioye IN about
S.oo,NM At this writing, lhreo floors OF
the building nrc consumed, aud tho proa-
1'ect |" tint tlio lIro will complete its work Of
destruction. notwithstanding the efforts OF
tha i'fe'aeu, who nro baisled by the extensive
proportions Of tho structure. Tho 1re
oriG'nntetl on the top or working aoor, near
tho olovator, aud, owing to delays In sound
ing tho "lar'n aud eventually ringing III nn
alarm for tho wrong rlaco, 1t had gEinod
furious Aeatlway before my effort could be
inade to e1ttnEussh it, ana shon Tho Immense
Hizo ond height OF tho building wore serious
, 1877-11-15

Tho liscussion at tho iocation of tho Can't
tnl in the State of Georeia develops sone Of
the rancor of old Rebellion aud reconstruc-
tion times, and reyeals a sentiment among
tie people which hardly promises tho good
results that have been Anticipated from raciii-
ca:ion md reconciliation. Ariiledgeville
was tho former Capital. md Atlanta Is the
present Capital. The chaugc was r1ade dur
ing tho military Government Of the State.
Ben 1ItL1 now favors Atlanta, and tl,ercupon
it is charged that Atlanta and HILL were
"Ioagued with the military" in efrecsng the
change originally. This is regarded as 80
serious charge, and The offense, If
1t were true, as so heinous, TINT
tho Atlanta Co,skuut:u. rushes to iho
, 1877-11-15
Grecnbacks at tile Eev York Stock Ex.
change yesterday closed ut OIL.

petition to Tho United States Senate,
praying TINT body to pass tho bin to remit
taxes upon insolvont savings banks intro
'luced by Senator DAvts, nj 1tlinois, WIS yea
terday forwarded to Washington from this
city. I. beRrs tito ,aa1nos Of Alvssrs. rExroy,
DrnlcEsoS, cnd lcTcn1Ss, n Committee
representing tho Fidelity lapositora; Of DR..
TUHp1S, Receiver Of tie Fidelity, 'a,sa Mayor
HEATH, aud City Comptroller FAEwr11 In
view OF the facts that arc trmshfully roprc-
scented in the petition, and OF tho character
ninl standing Of tile .ignera, tllcro IL little
reason to doubt TINT Congress will grant tho
Desired relief
, 1877-11-15
SUICIDE OF WILLIAM r, coOLBAUdH.

SUICIDE OF WILLIAM r. .CO0LDAudH,
Tho startling death Of tho late W11L1AM r.
CooLuAuon by lis own lauti has cast gloom
over tho whole city, aul will occasion q feel.
lug Of profound rcgrot anl sadness In the
business circles Of tho East and West, in
which hc WAS we'll known, formerly ~ o
loatllng merchant aud fur many years a
great banker. tbs unexI'cctctlness OF the
eycnt las allcsl 10 lao forco Of tie shock,
II the question had been asketl Of uny resi-
dent Of Chicago which cue Ut l.er pro,nj.
nent citizens would 10 likely to end his life
hy snicila OIL tho morrow, W1LLIAx F.
coo1pArou would have been almost tle last
to DO selected. Apparently Ao had every
'hins about him 10 make llfo agreeable and
worth living for. lIs had hosts OF warm
friends. 1lis Geuihl nature lad made him
widely esteemed. lie had atnassed a largo
fortune by honorable ,acaus, aud lived in
the midst OF all tue luxusios that wealth can
procure. Ito was at tue head OF a powerful,
solvent, influential banking institutiou, IIia
children were comfortably settled In life
Pasaionatety foud Of field rrosts, lie
Ind robustness Of physiquo whicl.
enabled him to enjoy them. Foul Of good
living, lie was able to crafty his tcstes. Pos
sessiug many frieud1, Ills natural generosity
male him most 1ospitahlo entertaiucr.
THUS situated, living In palatial residence,
and surrounded by all the pleasant things
that culture can suggest and wealth procure,
In one fatal instant OF timo ho entls it al, aud
passes from tLs pleasures and hopes OF life
$s.$~
, 1877-11-15

his state. We Ito moi believe thnt 40 Rcan-
s'aons solcc:sm conI1 cvcr l,nva been ptr-
t'etrated through direct voto Of The people
OF Indiana. We think TINT ttaso arc thon-
hans1s Ut Democrats OF that State whc, l,av.
ing always been loyal to tho Union and l,ar.
ing fought to crush ont the Rebellion which
VOORHEES, sustained In 80 cnwar.lly fashion,
would resent tho effrontesy Of calling him to
ill MonToH's place. Tic hand at fe!lowslic
llaa bcon extended 10 tho Confederate sol-
dier; lo has long since bcon ressoya,I to aIt
his rights of citizenship; l.c Ia received with
respect ana goodwill in both 11ouses Of Con-
gress; The quarrel is orer,-hut oll thin does
not warrant the extension Of srecial l,onora
TO tie donglsfaccs md coppor1,enas of
tho North who Ind not tho courage
to ehnro tho tlangors md suffcrincs Of
the Southern people, afler helping 10 betray
them into tteir folly and madness. 4 Mai.
ANDRE. thougl, hanged ns try, Is known IN
history ns gentleman and soldier, Wills
BENEDICT ARNOLD remains tho typo Of @le in
famous traitor. hut tho peculiar class Of tim
American Rebellion OF whom vooRnEEs Is a
conspicuous example have not evon no much
clnsu rs ARNOLD upon the clurity Of time.
and cat look to no nation, no Stnte, no Sec
tion, not even faction, for admiration or
sympathy. In timo of war hs wns a pol
troou;' In limo of rcaco liz in more Of a
blathorskite and tlcmngor,c than anything
else. It IL not surprising, perhaps, that
man like "1}inc.Jea,ls WILLIAMS should
hive selected yooRHEEs to succeot1 Mon
t.. =.