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The New York herald., 1877-08-28
The Saratoga Centennial.

On October IL, 1777, General Burgoyne,
with his whole army, surrendered to Gen
eral Gates mt Saratoga. This event was one
of the most important Of the early part of
the Revolution, for Burgoyne had threat
ened vital points, and his capture inspired
the Americans with new ardor and led to
other victories 1t relieved New England,
New York and New Jersey from danger, and
of the many Revolutionary glories of which
this State is justly proud none is brighter
than this 1t is proposed that the centennial
OF the surrender shall be appropriately cele-
brated and the Saratoga Monumental Asso-
citation has the affair in charge. The State
did not provide funds for the celebration,
and the association therefore appeals to the
patriotic feelings Of the people for money to
defray the expenses. Five thousand dollars
is all that is needed to make it success
and this ought to be obtained without
trouble. The orations will be delivered by
Horatio Seymour and George W. Curtis,
and the poem will be read by Alfred b.
Street. When we remember how other
States have commemorated the grand events
of their Revolutionary history we cannot
doubt New York will not neglect to cele-
brate an anniversary which is not only OF
State but of national interest.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

ent at Trenton telegraphs that II the
democratic nomination were to be made to-
day it would probably be given to ex-Sen-
ator Stockton. II the democrats take him,
or any candidate equally strong and pop
ular, the republicans are likely to put ex-
Senator Frelinghuysen into the field against
him. In that case New Jersey would
have respectable Governor, let the elec-
ton go as it may. But that State
almost always chooses good governors, and
this election will turn less on the personal
merits of the candidates than on the i'm
portant patronage at stake. 1t will foil to
the next Governor to appoint chancellor,
chief justice and two other Justices OF
the Supreme Court an attorney general
and several county judges, conservative New
Jersey having failed as yet to see the
beauties Of an elective judiciary.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

that eacn counny retain control over its own
revenue and make its own commercial regula-
tions, levying such duties as it thinks fit on
out of this mass such selected articles
as may be agreed upon as q basis Of
reciprocal trade with its neighbors.
Treaties of reciprocity may be SO managed
as not to interfere with the ordinary
foreign trade of the nations making them,
or their policy of protecting particular in
dustries, if they happen to be committed to
such policy. Judicious treaties of this
kind made by our government would not
revive the rancor of the old free trade and
protection controversy. and they are the
only practicable means of extending our
markets and infusing life into our indus
tries.
We trust beginning will be- made by
mutually satisfactory reciprocity treaty with
Canada, for which public opinion on
both sides is fully ripe The Ma
tional Board of Trade strongly recon-
mended reciprocity treaty with Can
ada at its meeting last week, and it made a
similar recommendation at its meeting last
year. All the Western cities and large
portion of New England strongly favor it,
as does also the New Yorx Chamber OF Com
merce and majority Of our intelligent
merchants. The London Times of last
Saturday had a leading article on the sub
ject, and now, when public attention is SO
strongly and favorably directed to the ques-
tion, is good time for Mr. Evarts to strike.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
The National Banks and ResumP.
tiOm.

We have expressed the opinion that the
Secretary of the Treasury would find it ad-
vantageous to secure the friendly co-opera-
tion Of the national banks in such measures
as he may adopt looking toward resumption.
Their assistance would be valuable and
their opposition might prove fatal. A
newspaper interviewer in Ohio has called
Mr.. Sherman's attention to this remark, and
we think he treats it too jauntily, or at least
too lightly. We copy the following extract
from the interview
CoRREsPoSBExr-The HERALD thinks that the
banks viii cmbarrass you by returning the green
backs for coln and keeping the process AS fast rs
the greenbacks are returned to circulation after 70
sumption.
ME SHERMAS-They cannot do that, as they will be
required TO retain proportion OF the greenoacEs as
Is necessary. There Is the Bank OF England, with
tuirty.hve million pounds sterling Zone hundred and
eighty million dollarsl circulation, tor which the bank
IL not required to keep dollar In CON- or course she
keeps coin for her own protection
If Mr.. Sherman is correctly reported he
has fallen into some grave errors. The
national banks are not required by any
existing law 'to retain proportion of the
greenbacks rs a part of their reserves" :" if
they choose to substitute coin in their place.
If Mr.. Sherman expects Congress to pass
such law he is counting chickens before
they are Matched. 1t would turn resump-
ton into u farce to compel the banks to
keep their reserves in greenbacks against
their will after the government had pro-
claimed its readiness to redeem them. AS
the Banking law now stands the
banks will be at full liberty to
exchange all their greenbacks for gold
on the very first day of resumption, and
they might take away all Of Mr. Sherman's
much better to make friendly arrangement
with them and induce them not to be too
hasty in changing the form Of their reserves.
Mr.. Sherman should bear in mind that the
task of resumption does not merely consist
in raising the greenbacks to par, but with
them all the bank notes, bank deposits and
bank credits in the country. This can
more easily be done with the free co-opera-
tion of the banks than by trying to get Con-
gress to coerce these powerful institutions.
Mr. Sherman's statement about the Bank
of England is SO grossly inaccurate that we
cannot think he is correctly reported. The
truth is that for every Bank of England note
above the sum Of fifteen million pounds
there is an equal amount Of coin or bullion
deposited in the issue department of the
Bank. If her present note circulation be
thrty-fve millions of pounds, as Mr.. Sher-
man states, she has twenty millions Of
bullion in her vaults, and would forfeit her
charter by having less.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Comptroller Kelly is not only city nther.
senator elect NJ. c. Butler, OF South Carolina, is at
the New York.
The question is whether Lydia Thompson is going TO
q domino this year.
Mr.. Louis E.ngcl has arrived from Europe, and he
Will resume the cditorship Of the Arcadian.
Lszt spent four weeks in dctormining the proper
lingering OF Bach's Lgucs before he thought Of prac.
tisiag them
MIR. Benjamin II. Bristow. OF Kentucky, and Senator
J. Dopad Cameron, of Pennsylvania, arrived at the
Bree vor, yesterday IRON Saratoga
Colonel Valentine Baker Is Turkish general, q
pacha, and be has been engaged ior three years at
$40 900 n year. lie will be very good at assaults.
Erening 7e,eoram:-.If Postmaster General Key likes
It nobody has right to complain, but we do think
that the President has put him through the cpenant
rebc business n lttlc than suitable during
the New Hampshire tour. +"
IL Is said OF N. de Bricnne Archbishop OF Toulouse,
that ho had taste Tor music, but having once al
lowed that the singing at the Sistne Chapel at Romc
was very fine duriag Holy Week friend said to him,
III see you begin like music" mo- cannot 70 SO
far" replied NJ. de Briennc, "but now comprehend
that a person may be fond o. music without being
either fool or a mailman"
English papcr:-'A person was recently sent to
bank Tor the purpose OF drawing money. Two men
stood near place where he was counting over the
amount he had received, some $500 One OF
the men remarked to him, You've dropped fve
pound note. pointing 10 n papcr on the door. 'All
right sir, the reply; II Just put my loot on II
for the present. which he did and continued counting
his money. 1t was TIL tho sharpors learned that
they were trying their game on smart fellow that
they II formed him that tho five pound note was
dropped by Of them. Any thoughtiess person
would have stopped for tho no,o and In all probability
have lost the best part Of the 1000"
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
Folly in France.

If it be true that the French Cabinet has
determined to prosecute Gambetta for q re-
cent speech ION the stump" it is certainly
an act of great folly viewed from any stand
point of good government or legitimate po-
litical agitation. Perhaps the story may be
denied in q day or two, as stories in regard
to what is intended are very apt to be, espe-
cially when the intentions disclosed are
practically State secrets Still it is possi-
BILE that the government intends this step,
and in the light Of what has been done there
is no reason to doubt that the government
will do any given thing because that thing
is ON act Of folly. Can the government hope
to gain any advantage before the country by
such prosecution? If the prosecution
fails the government will be in the wrong ;
if it succeeds it makes great popular leader
martyr in the peoples cause In that
case the leader is not broken on the
wheel of the law, but the law is
regarded with opprobrium as only ma
chinery Of oppression. Thus, whether the
government win or lose, it has only disad-
vantage. But perhaps the government
does not regard the case in this light.
There is, however, but one other. If it is
intended to show to the country that coup
d<tat is necessary to save society perhaps
many may be convinced when it is proved
that the arch radical cannot be suppressed
by the courts or the ordinary machinery of
Justice That may be, therefore, what the
prosecution is intended to show
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
Piling Up the Agony.


Those who profess to be acquainted with
the peculiar genius of that remarkable per-
sonage generally known as the devil say
that when it suits his purpose he can
assume the appearance Of an angel Of
light and even quote from the sacred
text. We are forcibly reminded OF this
when We read the voluminous statement
Of Russian and Bulgarian atrocities issued
by the Foreign Office of the Sublime Porte.
1t is not that Server Pacha merely -recounts
the barbarities perpetrated on innocent
Kurds in Asia or the lnmblike bashi-
bazouks in Europe, but, with an JUNCTION
worthy Of n Scripture quoting devil, he
''anxiously" asks ''if Europe will remain
a passive spectator of these premedi-
tated attempts against the usages Of war
and the laws Of humanity" This sublime
assurance of the Sublime Porte in the face
of the horrible record that blackens it's own
reputation is refreshing We do not notice
in Server Pachas circular that the Turks
have, contrary to the terms of the Geneva
Convention, adopted explosive bullets for
decimating the ranks of the enemy. Yet
our dispatches from Armenia clearly state
that the surgeons have cut these devilish
missiles from the bodies Of the Russian dead
and wounded after the battle Of Kuruk
Dara. We remember also to have had COM
plants from the Russians that their men
were killed and wounded by explosive bull
let's at Giurgevo. Possibly the humane
Turks deem this q merciful way of killing
the enemy. But to crown the story
Of Russian and Bulgarian outrages.
the Porte claims that at such places as
Kustendje and Mangala the enemy behaved
with the utmost cruelty to the Ottomans.
1t happens, however, that Kustendje and
Mangalia were recently the scenes Of the
most cold blooded atrocities by the bashi-
bazouks and Circassians. Let the Turks
exhibit some evidences Of being even semi
civilized race in their warfare before they at
tempt to read US lectures on human.
ity. We consider the Bulgarians fully
justified by recent occurrences in
slaughtering every Turk that falls
into their hands. Let our readers only
imagine what feelings Of humanity would
remain in their hearts if their wives, sisters
and mothers had been subjected to the hor-
rors that befell the poor Bulgarian women at
Batak. If this war is one Of determination,
the Turks may claim, with truth if they
will, the full credit Of initiating the bloody
work
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
New Jersey Politics.

The republican committee Of New Jersey
has selected Trenton as the place and Sep
tember 25 as the date of their State Conven-
ton for nominating candidate for Gov
ernor. The Democratic Convention is to
meet at the same place about q week earlier.
Quite number of candidates are talked OF
on both sides, but just at present the
two recent Senators arc regarded with
most popular favor by the mass OF
their respective parties. Our correspond
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

The WEATHIR.-1hc pressure has risen de-
cidcdly over all the region east of the Missis
sppi Valley and southwark of Missouri 1t is
highest in Nova Scotia and on the Middle Allan
tic coast. Heavy rains have iallenin the Western
lake district in advance of the depression which
remains central in the Missouri Valley. Rains
have also fallen on the Nova Scotia coast in the
st. Lawrence Valley and on the Gulf coast. Dc
tachcd areas of fog have settled over points in
the Upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys and
OIL the Northeast coast Elsewhere the weather
has been generally clear or fair. The tcmpca-
turc has fallen in the Northwest and Northeast
but has been high along the Middle Atlantic
coast and in the Mississippi Valley districts
The weather in New York to-day will be fair and
waslu, followed By partial cloudiness.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was active and very excited and feverish.
Gold opened at 1O41s, sold down to 1O4 and
advanced to 1O44. Government bonds were
higher; States dull and railroads strong. Money
On call was easy at a per cent and at 3 gig
at the close.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
DIAMOND ROBBERY.
A DISHONEST PARTNER CLEANS oUT THE rrnM's

BosToN. Mass, August u, 1871
The Herald says that three years ago Il. Cohenno
began business in this city as diamond cutter and
polisher IN connection with branch office in New
York. Business Increasing some three months since
he took into partnership Samuel b. Hcgt, OF New
York. and employed his cousin b. J. Hegt, cuttcs.
week ago Friday samuel Hegt went to PhIladcl lpha
with several valuable diamonds to sell Tor tho firm
On Friday last he wrote Cohcnno to come to Philade
pha NJ once on important business. Cohcnno failed TO
ind him, and suspcctng mischief returned TO this city
yesterday and found that The safe had been opened
his absence and 600 worth OF diamonds bonds and
q large amount oil Jcwery distracted Visiting the
home Of the Hegis he both cd with their
families, taking tho steamer tor Liverpool Saturday.
THIS bold aud successful robbery ruins Cohenno nnan-
caily and throws out OF employ yment number Of
pert diamond cutters ana polisherA
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

emphatically in an unguarded moment that
he could beat him again, and from all the
indications we feel inclined to think that, if
he studiously avoids cold tea, he will be as
good as his word, and that Plaisteds respect
for his prowess may also increase vastly be-
fore nightfall
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE MINING OUTLOOK in whist is called the
middle region is better, and there is fortunately
prospect that work will be generally resumed
IN few days. One of the hopeful signs for the
future Of the miners is that the dcmagogues of
the benevolent associations are losing the infiu-
encc which they have always excrted for evil
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
ARSENIC FOR DOMESTIC GRIEF.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD.1

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
NEWARK, August 81, 1917.
William Lindemann, German, OF No. Il Lille
street. Newark, took arsenic Saturday intending to
commit suicide He was still alive tonight but with
no hopes OF recovery. year ago his wife, much
younger than ho. lett him. She returned subseq ucnty
and again lett him Saturday morning. TINS preyed
upon his mind with tho ult stated
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

The MURDER by the Indians of nearly twenty
citizens of Montana is reported. Howard is, OF
course, still in command.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

IRELAND, at least the national patriotic por-
ton of it, cordially indorscs the course ofsits
representatives who are abused and ridicued
By the English press because Of their policy Of
obstruction. The rules Of the Commons promise
to be the most effective weapons Ireland has yet
welded AGAINST England
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

From our reports this morning the probabilities
u,e that the sreather IN Ne,c York to-day ciH be
fair and sca,m., totlo,eed BY partial cloudiness
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

JUSTICE WANDELL's rebukc to IL brutal police
man yesterday will. it is to be hoped have the
desired effect on the whole force. Officers who
misuse their clubs should be deprived OF them
until they become ut least half civilized.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE TREATMENT of the remains Of the Brook
lyn lawyer Mackey by the Cincinnati officials
would have been a disgrace to savages. Their
Dnly idea seemed to be to rob the unfortunate
man
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

GOVERNORS DAY at Philadelphia tomorrow
promises to be chiefly remarkable for the alb.
sence of the Governors.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

Is THE NEWARK AND New YORK BRIDGE over
the Hackcnsack safe There is All apprehension
in the minds of many which seems to he not
without some foundation, that it is not Now
that the attention of the company has been
called to the matter it s to be hoped the ques-
tion will be Immediately placed beyond ali
dnubf
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

SOME IMPORTANT Urited States Supreme
Court decisions of interest to insurance com.
,anies and municipal bondhoders will be found
IN other columns
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

In ST. LOUIS, well in nearly all the
large Western cities, the fall trade outlook is
very bright.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

PIGEONS AND PoLo were the order Of the day
In Newport yesterday. The shooting was good
and the playing excellent.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS who have
postponed the October meeting of Congress for
got to consult the President.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

lF THE SAVINGS BANKS FIGURES, elsewhere
printed, show anything it is that those institu-
tions are run mainly for the benefit of their high
salaried officers
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE ALMOST CNPRECEDENTED RAILROAD TINE
OF twenty-eight miles in twenty-five minutes was
made by the HERALD lightning train on Sunday.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA seem to be the
seat OF small whiskey rebellion.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

Mr. RoosEvEIT's LETTER to His Honor the
Mayor on the condition of the workingmen and
suggesting some remedies for their relief is
worth serious consideration.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE REPORTS from the Bank fisheries are not
very encouraging.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR this morning is I'M
usually full Stories of suicide, murder and
robbery come from widely different parts of the
country
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

DELEGATION and a remonstrance have been
sent to Washington by the custom weghcrs,
who feel they have been nisrepresented by the
Jay Commission
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

The STRIKING .CoNTAGIoN has been caught by
the cigar makers, but it will all end in smoke.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

THE CHEAP CAB ENTERPRISE of the Elevated
Railroad ought to be literally supported
The New York herald., 1877-08-28

The HERALD sciu be sent 10 any address, free Of
postage for One Dollar per month
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

aILNORE,s CONCERT GAgDEN-suMxkI CoscERr.
BROADWAY THEATRE-DAsrss
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-Qugsg FISHES.
NIBLo'S GARDEN-Pooa or NEw YoRx
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-PrsK DogISoa
EAGLE THEATRE--MIGHry DOLLAR
wALLAcK's THEATRE-oxYcxN.
FIFTH AVENUE rHEATRE-AH SIN.
CENTRAL Park GARDEN VARIETY.
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE .-vARiErY.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELS-vAEIEry.
THEATRE CoMIQUE-vAHirrY.
rIvoLI THEATRE VARIETY.
The New York herald., 1877-08-28
Il RI PL e S II d e Il i.

NEW YORK. TUESDAY. AUGUST 2s. 1877.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room Is pronounced FIRST
class by all visitors. 33-t
Rreneh Of

Some days since a suit for breach of
promise of marriage, claiming damages
in the sum Of $4,000, was commenced in
the Circuit Court by Miss Georgia Ann
Smith against Anderson Daucy, both
parties Of high colored life. Yesterday
an attachment was sued out and was
levied on the property Of said Dancy,
the property being a lot of land in
Stewards subdivision on the fernando
road, pear the Selma railroad crossing.
The attachment was for the purpose Of
securing the payment of whatever judg-
ment may be recovered in said suit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
Chocolate cream drops and
cakes, fresh daily, at FlOYd's.
AS a Rear.


Memphians know all about the phrases,
" Drunk as a lord" drunk as a billed
OWL" drunk as a fool" etc, but the
phrase drunk as a bear is new. For
several weeks a bear cub Of the female
gender, owned by General Mike Blessing,
has been at the station.house in charge
Of turnkey Tim Hope, and head cook
Captain mitch" the w%ellknown col.
ored man who attends to the hash foun.
dry of the institution, The bear was
known by name as Maggie Mitchell"
but why it was called after that charm.
ing little personater Of "Fanchon is a
mystery. The bear cub was fond Of
hugging, and it sucked its pawO when
ever it had a chance. 1t was well b
haved until of late, when it became O
habitual drunkard, and was liable TO be
arrested on the charge Of drunk and
disorderly," The station-house boys
patrolmen, visitors and reporters
made a great pet Of Maggie
MITCHELL whose antics, drunk or
sober, furnished an infinite amount of
amusement. 1t played, cried and acted
like a "nigger baby" but it became a sot,
just as have done many members of the
human family, Of more sense and better
brought up than the bear. For a time,
however, the cub was brought up on a
bottle; so we're many human beings, but
the latter too often stick to the bottle too
long, and 80 did Bruin. The boys were
in the habit of giving the bear lager
beer, a beverage which it was fond of,
and it became intoxicated daily. 1t
looked silly, stood up, fell down, rolled
over, just as do men aud women who
labor under the same pressure. Last
S durday night the boys gave Maggie
Mitchell a pint Of whisky sweetened with
sugar. The animal drank it like a Chris
tian and was 1901 in o beastly state Of
drunkenness. 1t remained drunk ant
sick all day Sunday and acted just like
a human being. 1t was sick at the
stomach, and it looked as if it wanted Q
cocktail or a pony brandy as a settler
1t came very near dying from the effects
Of the drunken spree, but it recovered or
Monday and now it is as lively as ans
other reformed and repentant d%runkard
"As drunk as a bear" has now a mean
ing in Memphis.