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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-06
THE GOLD MARKET.

Gold opened at 1o4S and closed at l05 all the sales
OF the day having at these figures The carrying
rates were 2 ~, l, 3, ga and per cent. At the
close per cent paid for borrowing. Gold clear
tnoo Tho A. 4 ho Sin of MAJ
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Arr In RerIin


Mr.. S. G. W.. Benjamin, in a very in.
tetesting article upon the fine arts, says
OF art in Berlin:
at Berlin we ind the most interesting
art school in Germany. after that of MI.
uich-valuable not only for what its ar.
lists are now doing, but for the rich
promise it holds forth. Without in the
least derogating from the just claims and
merits of the Munich Academy, il sp
pears to US, from the nature Of the case.
that the Berlin school must ere hong
equal it in the average quality of its art,
and surpass it as a representative ma
tional school. For at Munich, through a
gradual process, they seem to have
reached full fruition according to the
general laws which govern human af-
fairs; the next change there must be to-
ward q new order Of things. At Berlin,
on the other hand, that art process ia
now going on toward its legitimate re.
suits, while the growing Importance of
Berlin, tending to make it the center Of
Uermanic Influences, will also as surely
attract the artists thither more and more
until 1t becomes in turn the art capital
Of Germany, and for a time at least, of
the continent. Every attention is also
bestowed there to encourage art progress,
and artists hold a social position there
hardly yet granted 10 them in England.
Notwithstanding the traditional s%trictness
with which rank distinctions are presery.
ed in Germany. This may be partly
owing to the circumstance that several
members Of the royal family are practi-
cal artists, and that the Crown Princess
herself condescends to exhibit works
IRON her " hand in the art exposi.
tons. The Royal Academy has also
been recently entirely reorganized and
furnished with an able corps Of profes.
5ors, including also a chair of belles-let.
tres, and a system OF biennial exhibitions
has been established that will be Of great
value as a stimulus TO German art. The
second one was opened 1876. These *.
hibitions are opened in August and con.
tinue until November, and gold medals
are awarded to the most m~eritorious
works offered in all departments Of art.
Some artists of very great power are
also now giving dignity to the Berlin
school, aud the number is continually
increasing While there is avery where
a distinct individuality preserved among
them in style and subject, they are gen.
orally distinguished Tor a good percep.
aon Of color, careful drawing, a study Of
nature, and an earnestuess In a consid
GRAFTON Of the true relations of art to so.
ciety and the problems of human exis
tenGe which, on the ore hand, enables
them to threaten French art With pew
eriul rivalry in its strongest point, tech
meal art, and, on the other hand, places
th5m above the French school, and quite
On a level with the best English art.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-23

NEW YORK, May 2S. Il lao ANU. S. 6s Of
1881. llI9s9l1Gz; do. coupons. 1l5Aall5h
5-2O's of IS, new issue, l1lA; 81, 114%@1l43s;
'68, coupons. ll6h; 19-4G's. ll254; do. cou-
pons. 1lShi currency6's, l251s@l25A; new SIS,
l1lA@lll%.
LONDON, May %. $3.50 p.~m.-Consols for
money, "a 5.l6; U. S. 5-20's of IS, 1927; '67;
lO9; lO-4O's, lOSh; new SIS. 107; Erie. 1861.
LIVERPOOL, May %. $3.50 p.m.-Flour, 500
S3'; wheat, Milwaukee red. l2s 3d@lss9 Cd.
Corn, 25s Cd. Pork, 6Ss. Beef, SIS. Lard,
ass Cd. Bacon, long clear. Sss; short clear. 4Os.
NEW York, May 20. 12;lO p,m.-Flour is
dull. Wheat nominal at l 7Oa1SO; Milv au-
kee, l IS. Corn quiet and nominal, Oats
quiet at Fg5l. Mess pork quiet at IA 20 bid
for July; Il 70 for August. Lard quiet al 9 IS
bid for June; 965 for July; 9 TN for August.
Whisky quiet at 11lh.
CHICAGO. May %, II m.- steadier at
! 4SA for June; l 49A for July. Corn steady at
46% for June; 4SAg497Sfor July. Pork steady
at ID 62% for June; 10 tn for July. Lard is
steady at 92h for June; 995 for July.
CINCINNATI, May 23.-Flour and grain dull
and unchanged. Whisky steady at lO7. Pork
quiet and held at IA 50. Lard quiet at 9 rs.
Bulk meats moderate job demand for shout
dsrs at 81 short ribs. 2 bid and 10 asked;
short clear, III. Bacon steady at SO, 6, So
aad SH.
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Suffering In AIadrny.

CALCUTTA, May % - The number
gratuitously relieved in Madras during
the week ending May 10th shows an in.
crease Of 4 1891. 1t is BELOVED that the
numbers on the relief works have also
Increased, but the returns are incom.
plete. There vas a heavy storm Of rain
in Madras on Thursday and Friday
which extended fifty miles inland and
saved Nellore and ChinEleput from a
water famine. Telegrams from yarioua
others points on the Madras coast report
rain. Official reports from Messore state
that the prospects are uuimproyed. The
increase of the numbers on the relief
works is about 100000. Official reports
from Bombay soy that the increase OF
the number on the relietwo is 29,43S.
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"why Don,t You eo 20 Your Roomp.,

The Washington correspondent eff the
Boston Journal writes an anecdote of an
occurrence in the days when Webster
was living. He says: The little suites
OF rooms at the National Hotel open
upon little halls, uniform in appearance,
connected by long corridors, and are ali
furnished alike One night Senator
Mangum, Of North Carolina, then presi.
dent pro tempore OF the Senate, q digni-
fed gentleman Of the old school, had Just
returned from a party, when Governor
Upham, q senator from Vermont, came
in without any ceremony and took a seat.
The two chatted away on politics, the
weather, the social amusements, etc nm.
I'll the clock on the mentel-shelf struck
one Really, Governor Uphsm,' said
Mangum, / am always pleased to see
YOU | really believe it is getting very
late i have thought so for some time,
replied Upham, but he made no move.
ment. P~rovidently the half hour sound
ed, and Mlngum remarked; i thought,
Governor Upham, that you had decided
to 90 to bed, sir2 50 | had, Mr.. Presi.
dent answered the Vermonter, yet be
did not bulge. Msngum stared at him
n amusement, and OF last plainly said;
But why don't you go to your room,
Governor Upham2 1t will soon be two
o'clock My room, Mr.. President why
this is my room, and have been waiting
for you to 90 away for two hours past
Mangum spraug to his feet, looked into
the sleepingroom adjacent, and found
that he was in Upham' room instead of
his own. Mr.. Webster used to enjoy
joking him about his visit to Vermont.
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The Buried ROnspar.es.

The burial places of all the Bonapartes
make up a curious record. The original
family vault was at Treviso; lex 10 it
came a family grave in the capital at
Tuscany; afterwsrd an emigration to
Corsica. In this mortuary chronicle we
are reminded that, Of the conqueror's
parents, his father was buried at St. Leu,
near Paris, and his mother at Rome, he
himself, asis well known, being exhumed
from the exile soil OF st. Helena to take
his resting place in the Hotels des Inva.
lides, Paris. at St. Leu was also in.
tered Louis, who died 10 1916, and Ma.
poleon Charles, bis son, OBJ. 1881. At
Viterbo lie the ashes OF Lucien, who "de-
parted this life in 1910" and at Florence,
those Of Joseph (l844), Pauline Cl825)
Caroline 1880, Charlotte (l839), Je.
rome Napoleon, son of jerome (l846),
Catherine of Wurtemburg, Jerome's wife,
and Julie, wife of Joseph. The King
Of Rome" found a tomb at Vienna, as
did Charles Jerome and Cardinal Fesch.
Ex-King Jerome sleeps in Paris, and his
oldest son by his lawful wife, Miss Pat
%terson, in Baltimore. One of the Bona.
parties, Achille Murat, left his bones in
Florida; and Murat himself had his grave
dug by a gang Of Calabrian assassins.
Josephine reposes beneath the pavement
OF the little church of Ruel, at Malmai-
son, where her happiest and unhappiest
days were passed; Marie Louise at Par
ma, and Christine, first wife of Louis. at
Du Plessis. The late Emperor, as all
know, sleeps at Chiselhurst, awaiting,
perhaps, such a return to Paris and the
lnvalides as proved the death wound of
the Orleans dynasty. Of the Beauhar-
nais pedigree, it is noted that Francois
Alexander, the celebrated Count" and
Fanny, his wife, were entombed at Paris;
Eugene, her son, at Munich; H%ortense,
with her mother, at MalmAison; the Duke
of Leuchtenberg at St Petersburg, and
Augustus, SOL Of Eugene, at Lisbon.
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Fraudulent letter Sent to the
President.

WASHINGTON, May % Several days
ago q letter was received by the Presi.
dent, purporting to be from J.. R Lewis,
chief justice of Washington Territory
resigning that position, and concluding
With the remark that on retiring to pri.
vate life be was in full accord with the
reconciliation policy Of the President.
Not suspecting the genuinsness Of the
letter, ths President yesterday appointed
Associate Justice Green, Of the same
court, to oil the vacancy supposed to be
oecasioned by the alleged resignation
This morning information was received
from Judge Lewis and others, by tele.
graph, %pronouncing the letter a forgery,
and Senator Mitchell represented these
facts to the President, who thereupon
reversed his action Of yesterday, thus
continuing Judge Lewis in office. A
similar fraud was practiced six or seven
years ago, while Judge Lewis was chief
Justice Of Idaho, a forged letter Of resig
nation having been received by the
President. A successor was appointed
and confirmed by the senate before be
had time to defeat the fraud, and there.
fore he had no remedy at that time.
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Zach. Did II.
"NNM' DHU 10
Washington Cor. Cincinnati Enquirerl

Washington Cor. Cincinnati EnquirerJ
Rutherford B is possessed Of a nice
sense Of humor, and through it oils the
ugly way of life before him. But there is
one joke told, 'perpetrated by his old
friend, Zach Chandler, at which Ruther-
ford did not laugh. He did not smile
even.
Zach was telling IN his hearty, lubberB
way, 10 q circle in The White House, Of
which the President was one, of the de-
lightful sensations and experiences he
had felt and known since bis liberation
fromiotice. Among other incidents, he
told how he had encountereda sturdy old
Democratic neighbor Of his ia Detroit.
This old Democrat has fought and op.
posed Chandler in all things so bitterly
that for years they had not spoken. On
this occasion, however, they met, and
the Democratic old gentleman, rushing
up, seized Hach's hands in both Of his,
and cried out heartily:
Chandler, | am glad to welcome you
home. | am, indeed; and | am glad to
see that all the papers speak we'll of you.
They say you are honest, Chandler, and
we know that you would not steal a dol
ler-but, Chandler, you would steal the
Presidency"
Zach himself laughed boisterously at
this, but when he ceased be observed
that no one else seemed to see the point
or enjoy the fun. On the contrary, there
was o dead, awkward silence. Zach
looked disgnsted, as ono always does
when his joke is snubbed, and then be
said With a snort:
well, by -, / didr
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woundea In the CORNERS.


Detroit FREE Press.I
Brother Gardner was yesterday white
washing the back end Of an old house on
Catherine street, when the staging rave
way, and be had a fall Of about fifteen
FEET. He was senseless when picked up,
but q man poured about a gallon Of water
dowO his back and brought him to. Mr..
Gardner thus explained matters to the
reporters;
wall, | was up dar, an der was de
house, an dar was de scaAold, an dAr we
all was. j was jess DRAWN dat brush
aroun' to kill, when | felt a goneness.
Seemed | was p%rancin' aroun' on de air,
wild no chance to dig ID my toes"
why didn't you fall at once, and have
the matter off your mind2' asked q po-
licsman
Why didn't l fall2 Why, sab, | was
fallin' all de time. | vent down bout
fifty feet head fust, an den | changed an
went sideways, an den | struck on one
foot an bofe ears. All dis time | was
doin' some powerful thinkin', | was"
Did you think Of oysters fried with
crumbs2' asked the reporter.
"Doan' be talkin' dat way, boy. l
'membered all my bad deeds while | was
gwine down, on l called out l would live
a better life if de shock didn't kill me-"
In the group va a colored nan whose
face frightened at these words, and he
softly asked:
"Brudder Gardner, doan' you member
de two dollars you borrowed of me2'
Il do"
Den pay THAN it over. De shock
didn't kill you, and now begin on dat
better life"
"Brudder Jones'" solemnly replied
Gardner, ode shock didn't kill me dead,
but beto' ! pay out any money lie gwine
to wait de result on my nervous system.
| pears to be all right. but possumbly l
may be fatally injured in some.of de cor
ners, and not know it in q month. G'lang,
Brudder Jones, an doan' rob de cradle
en- de gravel"
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BREvITIES.

RocHEsTER, May 23-W. H, c, Hos.
mer, poet, died at Avon this morning.
BALTMoRE, May 23.-By the fall of q
scaffOld yesterday in the church of the
holy Cross, in West street, Henry X
Nauss was killed and three others serious
ly injured.
QUEBEo, May 2S.-The government
has called for tenders for demolition 10
the removal Of the Jesuit Barracks, one
of Quebec's eldest historical landmarks.
New HAVEN, May 2S.-While clean.
ing a sewer on Franklin street, Patrick
Farrell was overtakeD by the food OF
water caused by a sudden fall of rain
and was drowned before he could reach
the man-hOle. A companion narrowly
escaped.
SUNcooK, N. H., May 23.-At Bow,
this morning, VIM. Flanders, aged sew.
enteen, shot his fa.her.in.law, George E.
Apstin, with a shotgun, the charge en-,
tering the neck and tearing it to pieces,
and by the same charge blowing one Of
his mothers hands off. Flanders was
intoxicated.
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A Result of the California Drought.

NatsohVllle, Oal,, Transcript
II is estimated that from one half TO
two thirdS Of the'sheep In the State have
persisted from starvation. The loss of
cattle is not so large, as they we're taken
to the mountains 10 time. DR. Swain, of
Jacksonville, started for the mountains
from Fresno on the 2lst with over three
thousand sheep, and the the %lifeless car.
casses OF over twenty-five hundred of
them now mark the route taken. The
Doctor says that unclaimed dead and
dying sheep cover the plains, and hun-
dreds OF sheep and lambs fall into line
behind the wagon Of the traveller and fol
low, in the hope of getting a morsel of
hay. One man from the San joaquin
valley lost every sheep he ~had-eleven
MISUNDERSTANDING a storm, and went
home a penniless man. Another, an
Italian, thought he could ave the cost of
ierrying his sheep across the Tuolumne
river by swimming them. Gnd eight hum
bred we're drowned in the attempt. An
other man, esst Of Visalia, d~espairing Of
ever getting his sheep to where there was
feed, turned twelve thousand out 10
starve. If he undertook to drive them
to the mountains many Of them must die
Of starvation before reaching there, be-
cause there Is no feed on the way, and
then when the mountains are reached all
the good feed is already taken up by men
who hold possession, shotgun in hand,
and who are desperate enough to fight to
the death There will probably he a
good many cases Of b~loodshed and death
in the mountains this summer, and many
stock men will mysteriously disappear to
return no more.
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The city of Erzerunl.

New York Tribune.l
The pashalic of Erzerum is the most
important in Asia Miner, including a
population Of 800, 900 people, distributed
in 1900 villages and towns. The chic.
city is Erzerum, Which has q population
estimated at 10000, besides its garrison.
OF these 10000, 10000 are Turks, $3.50
orthodox Armenians and $500 Catholic
Armenians. In 1927 the population was
estimated at $4,000. The number Of its
inhabitants is constantly changing, how.
ever, owing to the great number Of peo
pie who arrive and depart with the cara
vans. Pestilenee has often made serious
iuroads upon the population, aud emi.
grafton has taken many people away.
The city contains twenty. eight khans.
thirteen public baths, seventy mosques
aud merjids and churches Of the Amen.
ian, Latin and Greek Christians. The
new part OF the town is partly surrounded
by an old castellated wall, but a large
part OF the place is not walled. A deem
ditch was excavated round the suburbs
some years ago to keep off the Russians.
There are lone curious ancient buildings
In and around the citadel, and nearly
thirty tombs in form Of circular towers.
With conical stone roofs, after an early
Saracenic style Of architecture, dating
some OF them, as far back as the twelfth
century. The most elegant buildings
ever erected in the city are in ruins, anc
two colleges, one Of them remarkable for
its minarets, which we're built Of ipe
brick, iuted like Ionic columns. and
enameled in some parts with a blue
color. The winters 10 Erzerum are very
severe, owing to its elevation &c 900 feel
above the se,.. The plain about the civ
which is thirty or forty miles long. for.
merly contained one hundred aourishinp
villages, but emigration has depopulated
many Of them, which now lie In waste.
The chief trades are dyeiDg aud tanning
morocco leather. Great numbers Of
horses and cattle are reared in the plain.
Regarded stiategically the town is not
tayOrahly located. Although at a high
elevation, it is surrounded on one side by
a higher hill, which in the hands of an
enemy, would render q defense exceed
ingly difficult. Some of the SUBMITS Of
these hills are continually covered with
snow.
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The Russians Closing in Upon.
the Rear of BltOum.
increasing Agitation In Hun
gary-Eager ClamOr
for War.
France iaothe Elections will Pro-
nOunCe Against President
Mac ahOn.

ATHENS, May %, The Greek brigauds
who were released by the Turkish
authorities atJanma and entered Greece,
have been forced to return to Turkish
territory,
BERLIN, May 23.-The North German
Gazette states that Russia has declared
to Tunis that if military or primary aid
is rendered to the Sultan the Bey must
prepare TO see his capital bombarded.
The Tunis government is also disqaieted
by the copcentration Of a French force
on the frontier.
LoYDoN, May % "A Vienna dispatch
to the Times says that the Sbeikul Islam
proclaiming a holy war against Russia
and the almost simultaneous announce.
nent from Constantinople that the de-
parture Of The Sultan for the Danube is
decided upon, would seem to show that
the advice 81 those who all along looked
upon the present struggle as one of ex-
i%stence for the Ottoman empire has
gained aseendancy in the council Of the
Porte.
The Daily T~elegraph's Pera dispatch
says that a portion OF the Arabian gar.
riaou took the road to Ardanutsch, hav-
ing cut its way through the Russian
column which endeavored to intercept
it. The Russians are said to have closed
in upon the rear of Betoum, which is
once more seriously threatened.
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Tele
graph announces that the Austrian gov.
ernment's attention'is riveted on the in.
creasing agitation in Hungary. There
is an eager clamor for war among all
classes.
The Daily News Bucharest dispatch
reports that at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing the Turks fred from Rahora at an
Austrian steamer, which after several
shots caught fire.
A Vienna dispatch to the News says it
is announced frem Cettinje that Monte
negro has postponed the recommends
ment of hoatilities until the Russians
have actually crossed tho Danube.
The Times Paris dispatch has tie fol.
lowing; France will doubtless pro-
nounce overwhel mingly against Presi-
dent MacMahon at the elections. Even
if the senate gives a majority in favor
of dissolution it would inevitably cause
MacMahon's resignation.
Adyices from Asia Minor report that
that Mshommedan instruction in eau
casus has proved a serious check to the
advance Of the Russian army. Insur.
gents are constantly harassiug the Rus
sian outposts. A large force Of Circas.
slams attacked the Russians near the
frontier and compelled them to %retfeat.
The Pail Mall Gazette has a Paris
dispatch saying hat President MacMa-
hon has requested Don Carlos to leave
France tonight.
CoNsrASTlNoPLE, May 20 The cham
Der Of deputies has voted a resolution
demanding the impeachment of Nah.
mond Neddin Pasha.
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Fire az portland.

ST.. JoHN, N. B., May pa Ere at
Portland to-day destroyed Lees planning
mill, Days blacksmith shop, Price &
ShAws carriage factory, and houses
owned by Thos. Collins, James zeachry,
James Stanton, Charles Gormely aut
Thomas Gilbert. Eight other buildings
containing shops and dwellings, were
also damaged. Loss, $50, 900.
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covering about $4,000 square miles,
less than one-ifth of Missouri, and
situated along the head-wsters Of
the Volga and Don. To-day she
possesses, in Europe alone, more
square miles than are to be found
in all the States of the Union, g..
0OO, 900, against 100000; and
she has in these limits a population
of 20, 900, 900 to eur 40, ZOO, 900 OIL
AZ, 5000 in the States and terri
tories. She has taken more land
from Sweden than Sweden now
contains; from Poland more than
would make the whole Austrian
empire; and she has wrested from
the Turk as much European soil as
would form the Prussia of fifteen
years ago. Her conquests in Asia
from Turkey, Tartary and Per-
STA are equal to all the rest
of Europe with the exception Of
France and Portugal. OF S,700, 900.
square miles in Europe, the Gar
rules 100000. If the policy of a
nation can be deduced from the
most notable and constant charac-
ter of its existence, then the policy
of Russia is one of aggression. With
out discussing the means she has
used to carry her policy into effect,
we merely present the fact that she
has a larger empire than Rome in
her palmiest days, and a conSolida-
ted realm surprising the ephmeral
conquest of Alexander. The pres
ent move upon Turkey is an attompt
to carry out one or another of two
pet schemes which the Russian
Cars have inherited from Cath
arine II, namely; A road through
Persia to India, and a road through
the Danube provinces to Constan-
tinople. 1t would doubtless be most
desirable for the soil Of Europe to
be rid of Turkish rule, but if this
is to be accomplished in furtherance
of Russian policy, the western
powers may well ask themselves the
question, were not the Turk, on the
whole, the less Objectionable occu-
pant of the land.
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River Kilograms.

CAIRO, May % Arrived = Robert
Mitchell, Cincinnati, 8 pm. James D.
Parker, Cincinnati, l An. Departed
Parker, Memphis, 4 am; Robert Mitch.
ell, New Orleans, noon. Clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, May 23-River falling.
Clear and cool.
PITTsBURG, May 23.-River 3 feet
inches, and falling. Weather clear and
cool.
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OAnn.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. etc., l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
se~lf-addressed envelope to tho REV. JOSEPH
t. ISMAN, Station D. Bible House. New York
City. 129-xxiv.1 28dhw
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Appointments.

WASHINGTON, May 2S,-Tho President
has appointed Mr.. Edward P. Johnson
United States attorney for Wyoming
Territory, vice R. A. Watts, resigned
and Gabriel G. Wharton United States
attorney for the district OF Kentucky,
vice Il, F. Finley, re moved.
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Indications

WAsHEGToS, May 23.-For Tennessee
and Ohio valley rising barome,e r, north.
west TO northeast winds. with clear or
partly cloudy weather and stationary or
lower temperature.