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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

in putting down double track, thereby
providing for the complete accommodation
OF passengers from the very start, rem.
dering needless delays and vexations
almost impossible, and at the Same
time insuring almost absolute safety.
Now that the good work has been SO fairly
started it is to be hoped that no legal OBJ
stacles will in the future be interposed
against its completion. The people, who
have been suffering at the hands of the
monopolists for SO many years, have become
incensed against the obstructionists and
their subservient tools, as they plainly
showed at the last election by remanding
some of them to private life. AS they re-
membered the enemies of rapid transit they
will not be very likely to forget its friends.
10 stop the work now, after oil the decisions
in the courts and at the ballot box in its
favor, would be an objectionable outrage.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

petition signed by many Of the loading bankers,
merchants and manufacturers Of the city, the sgners
representing in the aggregate capital OF nearly
$500 o00 900, has been forwarded TO Hon. Abram 8.
Hewitt to be Land boorc Congress- praying for speedy
action the recommendation OF President Hayes In
relation to the proper representation OF American
dusrics At the forthcoming Paris Exposition. Tho
petition says
The timc originally set within which We wore either
passed, but tho French government has generously
EXTENDED u and - now anxousy awaiting our answer.
Let not be said, after the magnificent
aud unparalleled display made by US at
the Centennial that wc refuse she invita-.
ton and that We arc unwilling to meet them their
before Congress would meet with such universal APP
provai BY tho people as this, as II appeals TO every
citizen, Without regard TO locality. religion or
politics, ana benefits aiiko the manufacturer Of the
East the farmer Of the West aud the planter Of the
South.
The labor question is certainly subject OF the great
est intcrc.t and deepest concern TO ovtry American
citizen. There IL surplus every department Of In.
dustry and one groat source orecf would be the build
Ing up and extension Of our foreign commerce.
Another opportunity such as the French Exposition
presents may not for many years. Shall We
avail ourselves Of ns tho way Is open tho tlme Il
short Immediate action Is necessary.
Among the 8igncrs arc August Belmont & Co.,
Vormilyc Co., Drcxo, Morgan & Co., j. and w.
Scigman Co, II. q. Stcbbins Son, Eugene Kelly
Co., John J. Cisco son, Brown Brothers Co..
Dabcock Brothers & Co., \. D. Morgan h 90, a. A.
Low n Brothers, William r. Clyde h Co., spoGord
Brothers TO-, wcls, Fargo Co.. H. b. Clann h
Co., Henry Hilton, Low, Hartman Co.. Storrs
Brothers and E. y Jafray s. Co
Many other well known names are ON tho petition
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THE CUSTER BENEFIT.

GRAND TOTAL OF 81, 798 so FROM The PER-
FousrANcE or "JANK EYkE"-A CARD FROM
MISS MORRIS.
MISS Clara Morris, whose performance Of Jsno
Eyro, at WallacK's Theatre, Thursday afternoon,
was given In MD OF tho memorial the brave Custor
sends us tho following card which tells goncr
Gus story
To THE EDITOR OF THE HgRALD:-
Enclosed please find my check for 81, 79S so. that
being the gross receipts OF yesterdays performance Of
'Jane Eyre' at Wallack's Theatre. VIII you please
tonder tho above mentioned amount to the gentlemen
forming the committee Of tho Custer Memorial Fund,
and l your permission to publicly thank
ali those who assisted to make yesterdays
undertaking completely successful. First OF ALL
tho papers OF Now York, who were generous to de-
grco 10 Mr. Waack, who gave his theatre. and, what
was moro his name which is always towor OF strength
10 Mr. John r. Smith, Mr.. Horace WALL Mr. Baker, Mr..
Wailack's leader OF orchestra; Mr. hcKoc Rankin,
Mr.. J. II. Burnett, Mss Jennie Carroll, Miss Emily
Rgi, Miss Emily Lewis, Miss Oracle Wade, ushors,
doorkccpcrs, master carpenter and ticket sellers;
to all these, who unasked, heartily rendered their
services, offer nv sincere aud respectful thanks.
The expenses OF the ENTERTAINMENT when, of course
wore greatly iesscncd by tho Kindness OF tho above
namod ladies and gentlemen, have assumed, 80 that
every dollar passed by tho public into tho treasury OF
the theatre yesterday goes to swell tho amount re-
auired to raise y monument to the memory Of our
mighty dead.
With renewed thanks remain, with groat respect
yours CLARA NORRIS HARRIOr.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Nov. 0, 1877.
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BANKRUPTCY REGISTER TiTcn compiled short
time ago some interesting statistics showing how
merchants swindlcd by traders who purchase
goods aud then make assignments nominally for
the benefit of their creditors, but really to benefit
themselves. a case in point has just been tried
In one Of the courts, resulting, for wonder, In
Judgment for the plaintiff, A. I. Stewart d. Co.
The fraudulent debtor had everything his own
way ut the Special Term, before Judge Law
renee. At the General Term Judge Lawrcncc's
decision was reversed and the accused punished
as he deserved to be-
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Wendell Phillips I'm Defence OF
Summer.

We print q full report of the address
delivered in this city last evening by
Mr.. Phillips. The friends OF Senator
Sumner have reason to regret that.his de-
fence did not fall into different hands.
There is no lack of the vituperative smart
contemporaries, and there is likewise q
great deal Of dexterous reasoning on proba-
bilities and of befogging plain facts by n
cloud of ingenious rhetoric. But wo do
not perceive that single specific state
ment of fact made either by General Grant
or Mr. Fish has been shaken by Mr..
Phillips. In regard to Mr.. Summers dila-
toriness, the list of treaties furnished by
Mr.. Fish in his recent letter remains unim-
peached. That list includes nine treaties,
with the dates when they were sent to tho
Senate, the dates of their reference to the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the
dates when they were reported and acted
upon. Mr. Phillips is unable to dispute a
single date or the correctness of single
particular in the whole list He merely
attempts to explain away the facts and to
reconcile them with Mr.. Summers boast
that he left no unfinished business in his
committee. Why did no not procure the
testimony of Mr.. George William Curtis
General Grant stated in the Edinburgh
interview that Mr.. Curtis came to
him and desired him to exert his iniuence
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The House discussed the Army bill all day
yesterday and finally adjourned without
action. This was n great mistake. The
friends of the measure ought to have held
the House to it's consideration until the
measure had been disposed of. Nothing
new can be said on the subject, and to allow
the discussion to continue is mere waste
of time and an injustice to both officers and
men, the former being compelled to pay
large interest and the latter to sacrifice their
claims for mere nothing. The speeches
were, with one or two exceptions, free from
partisan luminosity, and, as rule, close
to the subject under consideration.
Among the speeches which married
the debate and should not have
been made was that by Mr.. Foster, of Ohio,
who needlessly referred to the late war and
unjustly endeavored to throw groundless
imputation upon the democratic party of
the State of New York. The object was Of
course to stir up the passions and animosi-
ties of the past, performance which was
hardly to be expected from Mr.. Foster, who
has been in recent years a steady friend and
advocate of the policy OF reconciliation and
the healing of the wounds of the war. Mr..
Hewitt ought to have let it 60 without
IN answer, for it scarcely deserved
one. 1t is evident from the discussion
and the votes that were taken that the army
will be allowed to stand at its present
figure, or rather at the figure to which,
under the law, it may be recruited. This
will meet the approval Of the large majority
Of the people of the country and satisfy
all parties. The situation Of affairs on the
Southern and Western frontiers is not of q
character to justify the sweeping reduction
suggested by Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky,
to fifteen thousand men, and the House did
wisely in voting down the amendment to
that effect The bill ought to be passed
to-day.
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Rapid Progress OF Rapid Transit.

The rapidity with which the Elevated
Railroad Company is pushing ahead its
work on the east and west sides of the city
shows how earnest and determined it Is to
give the hundreds of thousands of persons
who are compelled each week to travel in
the horse cars the relief they SO much de-
sire. 1t also shows that If it had not been
for the legal distractions placed in the way
of the company the rapid transit problem
would have been solved years ago. For the
loss of time, of money and Of health which
might have been saved our citizens
can now see TINT the street car mo-
nopolists are solely responsible. The
Gilbert company is carrying out its promises
to the letter and keeping the strictest faith
with the public. The foundations Of the
piers of the new road have been laid for
miles and miles, and large force of men is
working day and night, with little or no in
remission. The company is acting wisely
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

THE WEATIER.-The storm of Friday has
reached the coast of Nova Scotia by northeast
erIy movement from the lower lake region. Con-
tinnous and heavy rains prccedc the depression
and it is followed by ghtsnow falls along the lake
district. The rain area ut present extends from
tho British provinces westward and southwest
ward MS far rs Lake Erie and the Middle Ohio
Valley and heavy winds along the lake shores.
The marginal winds of the storm itself have dinlin
ishcd in force very considerably, and all danger
OH the Middle Atlantic coast may now be
gardcd as past Behind the depression and cx-
tending over all the region west Of the Allcgha-
mics the pressure is high, but fall sperccptibe
In the extreme Northwest. Except in that region
aud the Eastern States, where they are south
crly and westerly respectively, the winds are
from the northward and the temperature is com
low. During to-day tho weather in
New York and its vicinity will be cold and clear.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
EAGLE rHEArhE-RIcHAap III.

EAGLE THEATRE-RIcHARD H.
Mr. d. H. Harkins appeared last night at tho Eagle
Theatre in tho character Of Richard ILL.,, being the
occasion OF his benefit fair audience in atten-
dance Mr.. Josh Hart played the part OF the Earl Of
Richmond with much vigoE This is his FIRST
appearance tor u number Of years. Tho cast generally
was we'll selected Mr. Harklns has the advantage OF
a dino voice. although ut times II Is suggestive Of
roupinoss excellent clocution and eloquent Cos
turc. But ho did not bring all these sc-
mcnts into the play last evening. Tho demands OF
Shakes ycarc are always severe. and handsome man
aud who has acnicvcd success IN loss ambitious
parts makes a dangerous venture when ho assumes
tho Loading roles or tho great author Mr.. Harkins
is ono Of the most versatile pleasing among tho
gentlemen OF the stage. lilo has won many victories
In the fields OF comedy and melodrama, and therc IS
no reason why should not c0nnno attention TO
characters IN which ho eau represent that which II
AKIN TO his nature
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Our Paris dispatches give o glimpse of
some of the buildings Of the caldron of
French politics Naturally, new Cabinets
are the feature Of the hour, and there are
plenty Of adventurous and speculative gen.
tlemcn who are prepared to sacrifice them
selves by becoming parts OF preposterous
Ministries. In the sketches Of Cabinets
presented TO the Marshal in these circum-
stances it is hardly surprising to find names
that would never be mentioned in such a
connection in times when it was sought
only to put portfolios in competent hands.
1t is worthy of note that two generals are
named, two military men who after many
years of service are less distinguished for
achievements in the line of their profession
than remarkable for their adhesion to the
Donapartist fatuities. That the Marshal
and his friends cannot afford just now to be
particular over trifes is seen in the fact that
these phantasmagoric Cabinets, sketched by
heated NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with Can
robert and Vinoy in them--are designated
as formed from the Right of the Sen
ate. But the Bonapartists havo no
fixed relation to the sides of any
House they are in. They are Right, Left or
Centre, as occasion serves, and resemble
"the little joker" in the Characteristic fact
that you can never tell under which cup
they lie. All the schemes projected by the
Marslal's so-called friends are so many po-
litical nightmares. They are attempts to
snve his dignity. Now, the dignity of Mar
shall MacMahon is not worth saving at the
price these schemes propose. SO soon as
the dignity Of any individual has to bo
weighed against the tranquility and
peace of nation; SO soon rs
it becomes necessary to trample on
constitution and nullify the ascertained
will of thirty millions to save the bumptious
pride of an individual, there cannot possibly
be any capable politician or any man of
sound judgment on the side of tho indivi-
dual, and ho falls into the hands of adven-
turers and gamblers, who lead him ut every
step toward the edge of some new abyss.
acMahon's present demand is that some
BODY shall form Cabinet that will en-
able him to get on without the repre-
sentative body OF tho nation, which
possesses in reality those attributes Of
sovereignty Of which only the shadow APP
pertains to his Office but he requires that
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mcclellan Pacha.
The Russians voted for Morrissey.
The Khedive has Kaleidoscope wives.
Tidal waves getting down TO the average
Senator Coukling speaks OF Little Roberts."
Dead-lcai brown is trimmed With dead-leaf green.
Mixtures Of velvet and silk will continue to be worm
This may be hard winter for four-year-old spring
chickens
At Harvard 1s9 young mon arc studying law and 2l2
arc studying medicine.
Enalishmen pluck live rabbits for their fur. There
arc three crops yoaE
In tho recent Indian famine more women than mon
diod, and wives arc scarce
In England company mas been formed TO import
and Cultivate haricot beans.
intellectual Boston paid Lydia Thompson $4,000
II worships the golden calf
Tho Court Journal says that stoughton is tho coun
sci who made Hayes President f.e
Every stag shot in tho Scottish Highlands costs
why aud another, about $3.50.
A London preacher describing Saups desolaton
said, .'Saul, In Tact, was played out"
Hand-mrror, or fan mirror, signalling by sunlight
will be adopted by tho English military enginecra
Ninety years ago MADEIRA shipped upward OF ten
thousand pipes of winc II ships but seven thou
sand
Charles Lamb loved hot egg flip, and willing 10
bot that Millions morning hymn In Paradise was COM
posed at midnight.
An Englisbman in London followed an elderly lady
who within short drank four glasses OF port at
two pastrycook shops
II Columbus had known tho quality OF bank pres-
dents this country was going 10 produce no would
never have discovered Il.
Tho ErGminer shows that II Bucbcard's VITO had
boon true TO him in regard TO the key no might have
lived happily with her In his old age.
Lcbrun who was sentenced TO ten years. imprIson-
mcnt In Germany for slapping German officers face
has escaped after being seven years prisoner
Porcelain limitations OF flowers, with one aide
slightly crushed, rs to DO laid upon marble tables
very perfect and very fashionable the boudoiE
In Holland apotnecary Is not permitted put up
an old powerful prescription. What might have
suited six months ago may not be good Tor him
now.
vambcry, the great traveller, says that the Bull
garian does not wish 10 be Independent, and that
Europe oil tho trouble that turkey said to
cause.
Never hold religious conference in opera build
Ing. Lord Radstock went take his sent the plat
form Mt Clifton Conference and Immediately disap-
peared down the trap
To Sir Samuel Bakers suggestion that q negro
never tames wild animal the reply has boon made
thai tho Southern States tho negro has really
demonstrated the coon.
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of such education? Do the citizens Of New
York pay annually five millions of dollars
toward the public schools to realize such
miserable results?
Everybody knows what public school
houses and private schoolhouses. too, ought
to be. Buildings with ample means Of
egress; with spacious, cheerful, we'll lighted,
well ventilated rooms; with halls and stair
ways broad and strongly built; with large
surrounding lots to be used Us play grounds
and to insure a suiliciency Of pure air. OF
course we cannot get all this in New York,
at all events, until we build new school
houses or rebuild our old ones. But we
can remedy great portion Of the evils
surrounding our existing buildings if
we drive ignorance, self-conceit, preju-
dice, incapacity and carelessness out
of the Board of Education. There
are no doubt some excellent men
now in the Board, but there can
be no excuse whatever for its action as o
body in refusing or neglecting to heed the
timely warnings and advice of the most
capable and eminent members of the medi-
steps demanded for the protection of the
imperilled health and lives OF the common
school children. They are told that the
ventilation of the existing schools should be
undertaken under skilled direction without
any delay that one or more medical men
of established reputation should be made
members of the Board that in addition
there should be medical inspectorship OF
public schoolhouses independent Of the
Board that competent men should be set
to discover where bad drainage or the OBJ
iectionable location Of closets exists; and
should be empowered to forthwith apply
the remedy. If the Board of Education
were not Indifferent on subject
which involves the health and lives of over
a hundred thousand children they would
follow this we'll meant and COM
petent advice without moments unneces-
sary delay. They would even resign their
places in body in order that the Board
might be reconstructed in accordance with
the suggestion Of the medical fraternity.
If the Board of Health were not wretched
nonentity such greatly needed sanitary
regulations could be forced on the Board Of
Education despite its Indifference or obsti-
nate stupidity. AS it is we can only de-
mand reconstruction of the latter Board.
With twenty-one capable gentlemen in
place Of the present members we should
soon find the health OF the public schools
improved and some energetic steps taken
to prevent overcrowding and the attendance
Mt the general schools of little creatures
barely out Of their infancy. With sensible,
energetic and earnest men in authority re-
forms can be secured without special legis-
lation. 1t is horrible to think that, through
ignorance or obs.inacy in the management
OF our public schools, the children of New
York must either be suffered to grow up
without education or be launched on the
world with enfecbled frames and impaired
constitutions.
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HERALD SATURDAY, ls7WlTH SUPPLEMENT

this shall be done without any desperate
and revolutionary stroke. and SO, OF
course, he requires what he cannot get,
..for what's impossible can't be, and never,
never comes to pass" In fact, this "honest
soldier" bids fair to become ridiculous as
an Executive who would have put his foot
on the nations head but for lack OF the IN
famous kind of courage necessary for such
nm enterprise.
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


UNION SQUARE THEATRE-PSK DoxISos.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM INK OCTOPUS
EAGLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III
THEATRE FRANCAIS MILE DE la sRicLERE
GILMoRE's GARDEN-IoSpos CIRCUS AND AEsAcxnIx.
wALLACK's THEATRE MARRIAGE.
sTEINwAY HALL-DAxRoscn's SYNPnoNY MArixkx
BOOTHS THEATRE-RIP vAx WisKLa
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-UScLK Tox's CABIN
cHICKERING HALL-BouLIcsY coScKRr
BOwERY THEArRE-OS HAND
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE ENGLISH OPERA
GERMANIA THEATRE-DIE GRILLE pEs TuErELs
PARK THEATRE CRUSHED TRAGEpIAx
AMERICAN INsTIrU1E-TsDUsraY AND MEcHASica
THEATRE C0MIQUE-Dowy BROADWAY.
WOODS THEATRE. BRoOXLYS-TnAxrs MATINEE
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUsE-vARiErY
BRYANTs OPERA HoUsE-MISsrRxIsy. ,r
TIvOLI TuEArRE-vAaIETY.
OLYMPIC MISUNDERSTANDING.
TONY PASTORS VARIETY
AEADE's MIDGETs HALL Tux NUGGETS. < ss.,,@
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs. @ea +
EGYPTIAN HALL-yARIsry.
THE NEW AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $.
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CONGRESS Is ESDEAyoRrNG to induce twenty
nine surplus army staff officers to resign by Of
fcring them a years pay and an allowance for
every five years service, but it is not very prob
able that many OF them will accept. Staff duty
lust now is too pleasant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

HOTEL MEN AND OTHERS who arc associated
I'll business partners will be interested in u
law case elsewhere given. The Court holds that
the renewal of IA lease byonc partner without
the consent of the other is just ground for
damaDes
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

LOUISIANA is following the example Of South
Carolina III bringing her corrupt ex-officials to
justice. Carr, Speaker of Warmoth's Legislature,
was placed on trial yesterday charged with
altering and forging bills of lading to large
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

THE SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR suit against
Richard Is. Connolly has been set down for the
10Th inst. The names of the struck jury Sc
lcctcd by Mr.. Babcock and Mr.. Orton else
where printed. They include some well known
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SENATORS had the
good sense yesterday to vote for the confirma-
ton of Mr.. Welsh as Minister to England. In
fact he encountered noopposition whatever, not
even from Mr.. Cameron
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WITH SUPPLEME NT,
NEW YORK, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1877.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADvERTIsERs.-I0
insure The proper classification of advertisements
Il is absolutely necessary thai they be handed ia
before eight o'clock ere,y ere,.i,tg
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TIE LATE Mas. MERRILL's RELATIvEsar max
ing vigorous preparations to contest the will by
which she bequeathed three hundred thousand
dollars to Cardinal McCloskey. Their side Of the
story is presented in other columns
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY-The stock market
was dull and weak. Gold declined to 1929, q
full Of ls. Government bonds were steady, as
were also State securities. while railroad bonds
were strong. Money on call was easy all day at
q U per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

BERNARD SLAMM has been awarded nearly
Twelve thousand dollars for the loss of q foot OH
the Southern Long Island Railroad and is now
willing to trade off the other on the same terms.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

The LATEST RETURNS put General McClel-
lan's majority mt PSI In the lower house
of the Legislature the democrats will have six
majority.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10

From oar rcports this morning The probabilities
are that the heather in New York aud It's ricisity
today riH be cold and clear.