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The New York herald., 1877-09-22
GENERAL FREMONT,S PAY.

A singular SUIT was commenced yesterday, on behalf
Of the United States government In the United States
District Court, against General John G Fremont 1t
Ia charged against the General that he mis-
stoned major general in May, 1851, but did not as
sumo actual command until tho following July For
the time between receiving his commission
ing command he drew pay from the government
amounting to So OO0 II has now been decided by the
government that he should have drawn pay only from
the time OF taking actual command, and tho prcscnt
SUIT is brought back The $4,000 previously
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
The SEVENTIES NEW ARMORY.

The laying of tho stonc Of the new armory Of
the Seventh regiment, which is TO take place on the
Attn prox., promises to bo an imposing event secre-
tary OF State william NJ Evars has accepted the In
vitation TO deliver the oration, aud GovernoI nooh
son, Mayor Ely and hundreds OF other prominent Een
tcnon have signned their intention TO be present. Iho
presence Of Masonic iraternity In force VIII also
add TO the interest rhc subscription list IN the mean
time continues TO Increase. Recently one Oh the prn
cpa merchants OF the city took the mater Vigorously
An hand and solicited subscr ptons among the hnan-
cial institutions. HIS success Is reported us hgnly
encouraging. The funds under the control Of the
trustees-Lonox Kennedy, Royal Phelps and W. w.
AstOr
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
LETTER CARRIERS PROTECTED.

warrant was issued yesterday by United States
Commissioner DEUEL. for the arrest OF James Shea, n
publisher at No. 33 Barclay street, ior interfering
with and assaulting a letter carrier IN the perform
Auce OF his duty. William s. johnson, the carrier
brought package addressed to Shea, which there
thrty-sx cents postage Shea told his cashier to
pay the amount but before II was paid Shea had
opened the package and hndng It contained lot Of
samples refused TO pay and wanted the carrier 10 take
IL back The latter refused and also refusing to leave
the store without the postage was paid IL was for
this arrant issued under "a statute which
imposes q penalty OF from 500 to 81, 900 and im-
prsonment for to three years for ulting
Q letter carrier IN the performance OF his duty.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
A PASTOR ROBBED.

Rev. Johannes Rorkstrosh, pastor OF the Zion Luth
erau Church. Of Tonth avenue appeared In the Tombs
Police Court yesterday as complainant against his
cook, Caroline Oberander aged eighteen years, whom
he accused Of stealing q gold locket and ring, some
silver spoons table linen and 81 10 cash. Tho ptfer.
ings began last March, but no suspicion attached
to tho girl until recently, when pawn tickets repre-
scntlng Of the missing articles were found In hor
possession Shc was held In $500 bail.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
FATHER MONEYS ESTATE.

No. 80 PARK PLACE. NEw YORK, Sept. 20, 1877.
To ruE EDITOR OF THE HxRALD:-
The statement published IN your issue Of tho Goth
inst, which claims that the late Rev. T. J. Mooney
lett an estate valued at $l2O ooo is incorrect am in
position 10 affirm that II will require the greatest
prudence realize the eighth part OF the
you name. The statement has caused trouble,
and respec tiuy request correction or place
this IN your Columns.
EMILE BENEvILLE, Executor
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
THE COLUMBIA EXCURSION.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Your correspondent &C." was the only ''ono i'm.
pressed" with the 'orgios" the Columbia during her
recent excursion TO New Haven Nothing OF the kind
represented occurred, but the contrary, was one
OF the quiet enjoyable excursions ever given,
will be testified to by over = thousand passengers,
ma,uly composed the best soc,cty OF Now York and
Brooklyn. Only ono complaint was made, and that BY
q Newark man, who stated that he had travelled
for three years on another large excursion boat
lnaming her, where such scenes are said TO OCCUR,
rCoNrrNrrrD ON NTNTu pA1E1
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
BROOKLYN DIVORCE SUITS.

Mrs. Catherine Burke has sued her husband Cap
tain Christian Burke proprietor OF restaurant on
Myrtle avenue for divorce the ground OF cruel and
inhuman treatment She says her husband is habit
ual drunkard, and who under tho influence Of liquor
throws lager beer glasses and decanters at her. He
also demoshes tho furniture Yesterday Judge Neil
son, OF tho Brooklyn City Court, appointed MI George
P. Murphy referee TO try the case.
Mr. Edward Wheeler, of Ninth street, and who Is q
produce merchant in Now York, has been sued for
absolute DIVORCE BY his wife Minnie IN the Brooklyn
City Court Yesterday the Judge granted an order
compelling tho defendant to show cause why he should
not pay amony.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

fNorH-Lettcrs intended for this column must -
accompanied by the writer's full name and address 70
insure attention. Complainapts who are unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste time In writing.
Write on only ono side OF tho papeE.-ED. HxsALD.l
The New York herald., 1877-09-22

Schlamortz; Wait Vs. Herman; Same Va Bauer;
Wood; Bank OF the Metropolis vs. Maudei hitzel'
berger VS. Erhars; Mile va Sullivan; Kioss W. RaIh.
enberg Orders granted
johnson va Rudolph approved
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
KEEP A SHARPER LOOKOUT.

Samuel Parker, of the steamer D. r. Martin, charged
with having run down q rowboat on tho North River
on Sunday and caused the drowning Of two girls was
hold BY Coroner Woltman in $500 baiL
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
A MOTHER STEALS HER CHILD.

Doctor Fershland, Of No 2o7K Prospect place, South
Brooklyn. caused the. arrest of hts wife, Christina,
yesterday afternoon charge Of stealing her child,
OF which the custodian pending her action for
divorce. Some timo since the doctor sued her for
divorce tho ground Of adultery, but tho evidence
was not sufficient ince the jury of her inhdcy
and they urned verdict IN her favor Her husband
then offered her homo again, but she refused 10 ac
ccpt it. She then brought action Tor divorce from
nim and suit has not yet been tried. Yesterday
she her husbands house to soc the child and
finding tho former not In walked OF with the IT.
tic one She was before Judge Walsh, but as the
refused press tho charge she was discharged
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
ANSWERS.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALp:-
was surprised this morning when got my paper
TO find IN your compliant Book" an article about
the Coumbia's excursion Of Wednesday. &C."
thought II was the Court Of Bacchus and the Jardin
Mab,lle gone picnic. l got on at Tenth street.
North River, and lett at Twenty-third street, Esst
River, aud saw nothing OF tho sorL W. N.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
A SUSPICIOUS GANG.

To THE EDITOR HERALD
Away up in Western Massachusetts,, among those
high hills and beautiful valleys, 10 situated the town
OF Pittsneld. Here 1t Is that gang Of swindlsrs
''hod the or" For several years they have steadily
vicm,zed merchants various Cities dealing princi
pay in fruits. produce and FISH, The number Of per.
sons connected with it is mystery. They wrote u
SIX letters ordering goods soliciting quotations. &c
using four names, Two OF which written In Il
same hand, but all in the samc tone, expressing d.
sire to send money order honor draft ON receipt
goods 1t a surprise to us to hear from Petshed,
never having had dealings In that section; but hav.
ing advertised largely, supposed It cape from that
source Tue members of this gang who are known
arc-viz., A. Burlingham, j. Enright d. D. Teirney
aud J. H. Beckwth. Just for sport We wrote J. En-.
with and the reply came ''He Is worthless and
me now $40 that he can't pay" He thought BY this
TO gain our confidence. We wero taken in Ior about
Sl5, VICTIMS
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
saw to-day (Friday, septem ber 14 most revolving
sight. woman-who looked perfectly able 10 work.
the sidewalk playing hand organ, In Fourteenth
street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues She had
with a small boy and boy about sixteen years OF
age. The latter she had thero simply for the purpose
Of displaying his msfortunes and to excite the pity ~
those who passed INC poor boy was ono OF tho mo
pitiable objects ever saw. He mad evidently b )
paravzed or he an cpieptic, for his idotic
rolled and his mead and body werc never still he
deathly pale and looked III enough 10 be In bed
stead OF knecling Oh tho ground. Cannot the Soci
the Prevention of Cruelty 10 Children do sometht
in such cases? HUMANITY.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
A roRTY-FrrrH STREET COMPLAINT.

To THE EDITOR HERALD:-
The residents of Forty fifth street. between secoud
and Third avenues, constantly annoyed BY young
coming to the DOORS ringing the bells and thcn
dasning brooms, old shoes, &c, into the baia When
We look for the police there none TO be seen.
The New York herald., 1877-09-22
THE BELL NUISANCE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Permit me to call attention to the fact that the iSra
pressoe nuisance OF ragmens bells still continues u
annoy public and to brighten horsea Are the pro
tests of of taxpayers OF weight with
municipal authorities? Let ragmen depend upon
Their lungs advertise their coming svory othsl
itinerant dealer does b. II. G,
The New York herald., 1877-09-22

In respectable style She explained to the Court that
she had not Intended to defraud She expected 10 re-
turn the goods I'm iew days Justice Duly rcmanded
her back 10 the police until to-day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
AtIhe Raby.Show,

There We're two fathers In the baby
show yesterday. No doubt there Were
many fathers there, but there were only
two who had the hardihood 10 sit on the
platform and nurse babies. They were
both the unhappy parents Of triplets
One was a foreigner, coming from be
yond the Hudson. and the other was a
resident Of tie east side. Both seemed
fully resigned.
"What are their namesY' visitor ask.
ed of the father from New Jersey. HIS
wife sat on the next chair with a cherut
on her knee.
What are their namesy" said the
father.
This one is named Arabella Clemen.
tina JOanna-nc, hold on. That's wrong
This Oneis-welI. by George! l get them
mixed up. Wife, just 9 if that baby
has a mole behind her ear. YesY Well,
then, this Is Anna Maria Elizabeth.
That one she has is Sarah Clara Fanny.
That is little Afabella, in tho cradle.
You can't think" apOiOgetically, show
hard it was to get names for them all at
| once"
They're very nice triplets." said a
bystander, land you ought to be very
proud of them. Are they all the same
age?"
Mrs. Triplet looked up in astOnish-
NETT, but deigaed no reply.
The other set of triplets are very small
so small that all three of them might
take a nap on a pillow. and leave plenty
of room besides for three little bottles
and a supply of tin rat!l les. They are
Or~phans-in-law, their mother having
died when they were born.
A beautiful little baby with golden
hair lay in its mothers lap half asleep
An admiring crowd stood before it.
IF l had such a bri sht little fellow as
that" said a young bachelor, Il should
call him George Washington. Look at
those eyes. There's high physical cour.
age. if ever a pair of eyes told Of such 4
thing. And look at that forehead. There's
true manliness. ven in bOyhOod."
NO." said his companion. "there's
where you're wrong; there's where your
gigantic intellect don't come tOyour res
cue THAT boy is no like George
Washington than you are: he's a young
Bonaparte; he will be short, stout de.
termined man; he will have plenty of
courage, no doubt: but 1t will be the
quick dash to victory of Napoleon rather
than the tenacious push of Washington.
aud you should call him Napoleon BO.
naparte."
No doubt you would. young man.
the chlld's mother broke in. That's
about all you young fellows know about
babies. This little girls name is Mary"
-NeU York Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
New YOrk's New Museum.

The American Museum of Natural
History, on the corner Of Seventy-sey-
enth street and Eighth avenue. New
York. will be thrown open tc The pub
lie Dec. 10, al which time President
Hayes and his cabinet will Lee present
To inaugerate IL. IL was intended Ia
open it at an earlier date. but the Pres
ident was unable To attend before the
date now set. and it was postponed ac-
cordingly. The building il "A mag
nilicent one, five stories high, and cast
ing $75O.OOO, and has accommodations
for the exhibition Of specimens illus
trating all branches OF natural history.
On the upper floor are rooms open FOR
the pubic. with microscopes and other
instruments necessary for study and "a
choice library Of standard authorities
for consultation. while "A number of
o her rooms on the same fi,Or are fur
nished with geological surveys OF the
various States of the Cnon. a large
number Of valuable collections have
already been secured at very low
cost. including the Hall collection Of
fossils. worth $4,000. and for which
Sos 40 were paid. which includes per
feet fossil head of tie ichthy osaurus,
which is SO well preserved that the eye
ball, five inches In diameter. is plainly
seen; the DE Morgan collection o: an.
Equities from the glacial drift of
France; the Maj. Jones collection of
Indian antiquities. from Georgia, In
clucing all the articles. weapons. etc. OF
the Mound-builders. the Porto Rico
collection OF antiquities. and many
others of equal rarity and value. There
10 also a Mammoth. purchased from
Prof. Ward. Of Rochester, which stands
twenty-five feet high and has tusks
curving 70 the right and left that are
fifteen in length, one OF which would
be a heavy load for a horse. and several
specimens OF gigantic and now extinct
Australian birds. the Moa which STANDS
fifteen feet high and have larger bones
with n or two exception. than any
living animal. Altogether the building
and its contents are worthy the honor
which President Hayes has consented
TO bestow upon it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20

PATCHES sYcm th~ cat Of Mar. Ancfhsr
WT:sns editorial paragraphs ou ths in
jorfaat ts'syrs,sGsc usxs vAaca caGas
.u. another wN daructrs = nsx play
iu v5rl.sat Vguse. another w~ revising
thrilling acc tuut & q murder. another
w. trsn%rrhang hhs sgEgHo<rsphtc no.~s
81: a sY-~Ca "n the iui4'5a - Tho cur
T-..s. another wG g.t.l-E 'h~auishing
,rt!cs,s up,n = 49, c1.s,~r~l article
-r.,ic.,,ug a 4cbs.e a t.e Frsurh A.
s.m,'y and anH.lrr Sc - a's1Tt~ in th@
description o, ay4c'. r5-s t." snail
I'm hax IN thr sAaft bounced up AMI
down mofs frequently. AMI u" night
editor l.>,mc more rsrV rr;s AL ;mp~r-
a.iyr than syeg. ~ lhs1rgers % ths bs
co 1 81 - WI, w~r' h~ycDd = tn,
yas-s - ma.u2rrp, wrr~ s~nt ny n
hy ONE. and bong Yrs' sls..s came
down from the comp slns RON Then
the cutting dowu- began. and some of
he writers saw articles which hal o,-t
them hours IL rrscaICh auU!h!la:Sd Nv
the stroke ~ a pm. ~ reduced rom
columns - pafsg.aph~-noi ga account
~ unimportaucr, but simply t~Canse
there l. always a s~.p~tfgi,v 10 matter.
ooniraTy ~ tie erroneous notion tha.
The editors great dms..y - - all bis
sIace-aii IN ss'm~ Instances even Tie
paragraphs were nlAiy omitted tn make
room for urrNprct~i news TIA, aTriv~i
later. Tel,gJams wrr- Sill coming in
Al = -. bu: s0on after TIA; hour n
dispatch bFoush;the woris -~gysSinghI.-
ard that mean: the closing. The night
editor AMI 3 : assistant now disappeared
into the composing rooms. where they
remained - sIIeTiu.TId the making up
OF tie forms. and the men Al the desks
prepared to leave. or throw themselves
back In their chairs ~ a chat and spm-
more smoke -. N. Eieis,.g. q. HIr-
pcr's NGgagfus
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
The Vale Of RD~~s

War has IN fs the once beautiful Vale
OF Roses. and neighbJriny valleys south
of the Schipka Pas. a desert filed with
horror. A correspondent Of the Lon
don Times writes: "All me way from
Schipka To Y-ni S4gh-a. a, which place
We took the rail. the air is polluted ~
the remains Of the KILLED. The bodies Of
men. women. and children are to 81 met
with In all stages II decomposition a.
TIE roadside, IN he cornEslds and zAr-
dens. on the banks 81 streams. and in
the beds Of riyul-ts. Some hundreds
were Choking the shallow nver within
a quarter Of u mile from where We
campod al Yrni Sazhra. DesOlA,ion and
Yin appeared along the whole way.
The remains Of formerly prosperous VII
Lagos. which Il WAS impossible ~ pitch
tent even near. ripping mountain 4
streams Ia which orr horses refused 20
drink, the L0.liaZ Of wolves around u
at night. brought down from the noun
tains eaIlier than usual By the horrid
feas:s prepared for them (ths larg-s. /
h We ever se-n lay .eaf. evidently r-
Gently shot. by The side OF the road noiv
far from Yeni SagtIra- and. worse. The
occasional shrieks OF human beings. fol-
lowed by solitary life reporls. which
made shudder more than the damp
night air-all these sights and sounds
went 10 form great terrible phan-
which none Of us are likely
20 live long enough TO remember witls1
out main"
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
In q Newspaper Office.

A little tin box shot up and down a
wooden shaft in the middle OF the room
into which rolls of manuscript we're put
by an Office boy. who rushed from desk
TO desk and gathered the sheets as they
came from the Writer'S hands. From
time TO time a very nervous. sharp
voiced, imperative gentleman, In a very
much soiled linen buster. called 10 one
or the other Of the workers. and gave
orders which would have been quite
unintelligible 10 4 layman. who might
have mistaken the establishment for a
slaughter house when he heard 4 pale
faced little gentleman requested to
make a paragraph Of the Pope "cut
down Anna Dickinson" double lead
General Grant," put a minion cap head
on Peter Cooper" and boil down the
Evangelical Alliance" But making q
paragraph OF the Pope simply applied 10
the compression Of some news concern
ing him onto that space; the mini0n
cap head intended for the venerable
philanthropist meant the kind Of type
to be used in the title AZ a speech or lee
ture Of his; and boiling down and cut
ting down were two technicali;ies ex.
pressing condensation. The gentleman
in the linen duster wa the night editor
in charge, the despot Of the hour, and
the Intermediary between the writers
and printers. the lat er being on the
door above, and the little TN box II the
shaft communicating with them.
By 3 O'Clock the last line Of copy must
be in the printers hands. and from mid
night until that time a newspaper OH e
in the editorial department is in a state
OF nervous intensity and activity for
which | can imagine no parallel.
The smoke from the cigars and pipes
rolled up TO the ceiling. and then pens
sped over the pages Of manuscript pa
per. The writer's bent to their work
with tremendous earnestuess and con.
.centration: there was no. one Of them
who had written less than a column of
matter tina. night, and some were clos
ing two and three column articles, which
contained nes rly as many words a. I've
pages Of Hc,psTs NoooafnA They
we're pale AID care wogn. One Of them
M beading and sse.hssdias eaels d.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
rh.rv.r. dozen bows ard ha,f ~

There were dolen boys ard saf n
many men. and anon ( Il latter Was q
philanihropis. lie said .. WAS a burn
ing shame 10 torture a poog "a. IN TIA.
way. and he offered the boy with The
trap ten cents % let his prisoner 70.
Ten en,s-eon.emp:upnslye xclailn-
ell the lad. dye sp,se IA Q; worth
Of fun FOR ten cer:sr
-Bu, It's agains: the cries ~ mercy
20 Kill tha; rat protested the c;;iEsa-
I'll; he dogs around herr Command
ell the boy.
Il won't stand here and see oUeofti9ds
creature. tortured "a death Indignant.
remarked he pnilsuth rup,stS s M start
81 of.
Too many cooks spoil n" br"th. Too
many dogs. and boys. and clubs. ard
wells permitted the Ia; Ia escape. He
dodged this way and ,ha, I'LL clear of
the crowd. and then he overlook the
philaniropis,, climbed his les. and cam"
,o a dead stop between the good mans
coat and vest. Six dogs tried 10 follow
him. and ten boys were waving their
clubs around and screaming like Pawn
ees. When the philanthropis; realized
the situation he made for a ireebox.
rubbed his back once are twice against
II, started to climb over the fence. fell
back on the walk. An he was se~lin
TO catch street-car when some one call
Ell to him to take of his coats. He IT,
moved them. and the terrified rat lcapei
into the jaws Of death. As the philan-
thropist WAS getting into hts dusty gar
ments he wanted to know what the
crowd VAS laughing al. and n OF the
boys replied
Il though II was fun 10 SER a school
teacher lick thirteen BOYS AZ once, bat
this beats it clear into Canada! Cracky'
but didn't your eyes hang out when
you gallOped across the bows Of that
sand wagon
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-12-20
kdncAtiUn.

We read an article a Few DAYS ago in
relation todefects in our present system
OF education, one of which WAS, tha; We
heed more OF practical training II our
schools than % exists. This Is a truth
that experience is proving more and
more every day. Our schools turn out
young men and women by the hundreds.
all OF whom have wha, ~ called a good
education-titted. rs some saw, for the
duties OF life. but the trouble is they do
not know how 10 apply il. As soon As
a young man leaves school and has ac-
quired a thorough knowledge Of the
different branches taught. he begins To
stick his nose up 10 smell out what pro-
fession he will pursue-whether law.
medicine or divinity-when. in fact. he
is not ft for either. That is the reason
why the country is filled with quacks In
all Of the professions. They mistook
their calling. and went 50 far as;ray in
their choice that unable 10 provide for
themselves. they at last go back 10 their
parents fit for nothing at all. Had such
young men been properly taught in
school, and shown how 10 apply their
education, they would have been useful
members Of the community. if not in the
several professions. in some mechanical
pursuit.
1t is a crying shame that so many Of
our young men are indisposed TO learn
a trade. A false education has taught
them to believe that it is dishonorable
to he a mechanic, or at least. that 1t
is not heightened. What consummate
follyl A thorough mechanic is as far
above a tungling lawyer. a quack doc.
tor or iiliterate preacher. a the eminent
statesman is above the brawling pot
house politician. There is many "A young
man who. had he applied his education
to the development of mechanical geni-
us, instead of to the mastery of legal
subtleties. would have attained an emi.
nence among his fellOw-men far above
the foolish pride that scorned his pur-
suit. The youth of the country have
been put upon the wrong track. They
have been taught to love too much that
bastard aristOcracy which invites pow.
erty and disgrace. and the sooner u
schools OF learning take in hand to in
struct pupils how Oapply the education
they are acquiring and disabuse the
mind as to tho character of mechanical
pursuits, the sooner will the evil be cor
rectpd.
We know OF a gentleman who long
served in Congress and is eminent ~ a
lawyer; when his son, having II ished
his collegiate education. asked him what
he should do, he replied
MY son, now go into a machine shop
and learn u be a machinist. and then
you will he fitted for the duties Of life"
The advice was followed. and that
young man is next to a railroad presi.
dent. and his mechanical genius. fully
developed as It was during the time h-
served his apprenticeship. now is the
strong power that makes him master
of the situation" That is what We call
applying education to a practical pur-
pose. Education assisted in developing
a mechanical genius that. had the advice
not been followed. would have been Civ
en- to him by his Creator in vain.
There are thousands of others who
should go and do likewise.