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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

The Chicago Journal of Monday last pub
fishes the annual list of delinquent taxes
and special assessments in Cook county for
the year 1877 and previous years. The pub
LEGATION fills one hundred and twenty-five
pages and two columns of on edition Of the
Journal, or one thousand one hundred and
twenty seven columns in all. From count
Of few columns we average the number Of
lots advertised at sixty to the column, or o
total of nearly seventy thousand lots The
small amount of tax in large majority of in
stances shows that the lots are unimproved,
and they are, doubtless, mainly owned
by land spectators who arc unable
to carry their purchases. In Chicago
the spirit of speculation in the days of in
fation ran as high as anywhere in the coun-
try, and the depression of the last few years
has almost entirely stopped the sale of out
lying lots which might in easier and more
prosperous times have found purchasers
among those hopeful of the future growth
of the city. Application for judgment
against the delinquents is to be made on
July in the County Court, and the sale is
to take place on August 10. While the list
from its extent makes startling exhibit it
does not indicate that Chicago is suffering
more than her legitimate share from the re-
cent stagnation. A few years ago the
dream Of the rapid growth and extension
of the Western city enticed many persons
into wild purchases of land at fancy prices.
Whole farms were bought cut M at once
into city lots on paper and put into the
market. The lots in many instances found
speculative purchasers. and Chicago is now
undergoing, although on a smaller scale as
regards individual ventures, the same expe-
rience that New York has been compelled to
pass through for year or two past. Real
estate, like every other article of commerce,
has got to find its level in Chicago and
everywhere else, and when 1t reaches its le-
gitimate hard money value tho country
will be better off, both in the East
and in the West. All accounts from
the leading Western cities agree in repre-
senting general, although moderate, inn
provement in business, and the recent
active grain movements cannot fail to draw
money to the produce raising States. The
monster delinquent tax list of Chicago GER
tainly makes most formidable appear
ance; but it is, after oil, only the settling
up of the account between initiation and
steady values, and the city and its vicinity
will be better of after the books have been
finally closed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
The Congress ut Berlin.

The possibilities Of diplomacy are some
times realized in most remarkable manner
in the face OF difficulties that are apparently
tory of the civilized world has the peaceful
discussion Of great question been.
brought about under such conditions as those
that lately darkened the political horizon
in Europe. From out of the smoke OF a
great conflict diplomacy has drawn the
Eastern question into the peaceful pre-
cincts of the Berlin Congress hall, and,
instead of settlement being effected
by the issue Of great European
war, the courtesies Of the council
room and the glitter of royal hospitality
will smoother and brighten the road to
peace AS our special dispatches announce
this morning. the great European Congress
has met at Berlin. The plenipotentiaries of
the Powers have assembled and perfected
the organization of the Congress, recog-
nizing Prince Bismarck as the Presi-
dent and submitting the AUTHORIZE
tions of their respective governments.
The virtual masters of Europe, in the per-
sons of Bismarck, Gortschakoff, Andrassy
and Beaconsfeld, have for the time being
superseded the men Of Wharf.-The Won
Moltkes, the Archduko Albrechts. the Sko-
beliefs, the Napiers-in the duty Of keep
ing the peace, and instead of the rumble
of the artillery train to the battle field
it is the rolling of the State coach to
the Radziwill Palace that greets the
ear Of expectant Europe. So far the plen-
ipotentiaries have had their first formal
sitting. The real work of the Congress
has not yet commenced. When it does
the attrition of interests may lend
to the discussions q gravity that
will belle the affectation of amity
which now characterizes the relations Of
the diplomatists. The royal hospitality
of Berlin is, however, calculated to
smoother the course Of events. Under the
presidency Of Prince Bismarck, who, be-
cause he has the power to make war, is per-
haps the best peacemaker, the delibera-
tions of the Congress will doubtless tend to
the consolidation of q lasting peace
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

are all violators of the law, inasmuch as
they themselves encroach on the sidewalks
with bay windows, stoops or balconies at
their several residences in the city. Unfor-
tunately for the indiscreetly witty Aldermen
and their facetious counsel this statement
is in fact an admission of their own wilfui
neglect of official duty. The law does not
make it misdemeanor on the part OF a per-
son to encroach on or obstruct the streets,
but does positively require the Aldermen to
have all such encroachments and obstruc-
tions removed. Hence the fact OF their ex-.
istence with the knowledge of the Aldermen
is of itself proof that the duty enjoined by
law on the Aldermanic board is wiliully
neglected, and this by the charter is pro-
nounced q misdemeanor
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
mob is haransued by crazy Communistic

mob is haraneued by crazy Communistic
fanatic pledges will be forgotten.
The proper thing to be done is not to
court and caress these fanatics. but to pro-
vide adequate military precautions against
them. A mob is not to be reasoned with,
but to be put down with the strong hand.
AS soon as the militia of Quebec fired into the
mob the riot was suppressed, and the arrival
yesterday of the three regiments from
Montreal and the one regiment from
Halifax merely settled what had been done
by the Quebec militia on the preceding day.
If our militia is put in a proper state OF
preparation we have nothing to fear from
Communistic movements. The militia Of this
city and Brooklyn is actively training for
such emergencies, and if other States
and other localities in this State should be
equally active incipient riots will be
crushed out before they can make any head
way. If tho Quebec riot shall have its
proper effect as warning our local militia
will be put in such state of efficiency that
the disgraceful scenes at Pittsburg last
summer cannot be repeated. The prompt
suppression of the Quebec riot shows how
easily rioters can be cowed and subdued
when there is local militia ready to do its
dutv
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
Aldern nnuc Logic.

The amateur Commissioners Of Lunacy,
commonly known as the Board of Aldermen,
were before the Court Of Oyer and Termi-
ner yesterday, and through their learned
counsel opened their arguments and read
their profound afidavits in support of the
motion to quash the indictment found
against them by tho Grand Jury for INSIDE
meanor The plea Of the Aldermen resem-
bles that of the person who was sued
for the value Of kettle which he was
alleged to have borrowed and returned
with hole in the bottom, rendering
it thereafter useless and valueless to its
owner. The answer was that the kettle was
in o sound condition when returned;
that it had hole in the bottom when it
was borrowed, and that the defendant had
never borrowed it Mt all. The Aldermen
contend in substance that they have the
power and legal right to grant permission
to individuals to obstruct and cucumber
the streets with peanut stands and other re-
tail sidewalk establishments; that such
stands are not distractions and encum-
brances ut all, and that rs the
charter declares they shall have no power to
authorize distractions and cncroachments
on the streets the resolutions they passed
authorizing such distractions, being passed
without authority, arc o nullity. We should
be inclined to believe that these sagacious
pleas are rather the work Of the lunacy AL
dermen than Of bevy of legal advisers.
But the Aldermen further insist that the
indictment must be quashed because the
Recorder made his admirable charge to the
Grand Jury in malice and in undue and
Incorporate zeal 2 because the Grand Jury
presented the Aldermen in ''envy,
hatred or malice" and had ''fomed
and expressed an opinion" as to
their guilt, and because the indictment
is open to the charge Of duplicity. Tho
Judge who sits on the Bench of the Oyer and
Terminer Is therefore asked to brand the
Recorder of the city, the Grand Jury and
the District Attorney as unjust, dishonora-
BILE, peuured and incapable officers at the
instance of thirteen indicted Aldermen who
have made manifest their own 'intemper-
anco" by defying the courts and boosting
of their determination to persist in viola
tions of the law in the teeth of the Grand
Jury.
Still another feature of this remarkable
Aldcrmanio plea is the charge brought for
ward by them and substantiated by affi-
davits that the Recorder who called atten-
ton to their misconduct, the foreman Of
the Grand Jury which indicted them and
the District Attorney who prosecutes them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
The Last Day.

The time within which the Governor is
empowered to approve bills left in his
hands at tho adjournment of the Legisla-
ture expires tonight at midnight. All bills
not then signed are lost. The Governor
will not afix his signature to the Public
Burdens bill, but will put on record his
reasons for allowing it to fail. He was
anxious that the bill should become q law
in SO far as it was a measure of economy
for the overburdened city of New York
but the bill is made to apply
to all cities of the State, and would
occasion much confusion, operating in
many instances as q virtual repeal Of the
existing city charters. It would also enable
the Common Councils Of other cities to
increase salaries at will up to the limit of
ten thousand dollars, and in certain cities
would destroy laws passed in accordance
with the wishes of the citizens, taking the
Police, Health. Fire and Park departments
out of the control of the Common Council.
Such laws exist in the cases of Albany, Buff
falo, Syracuse and Rochester, and their
cancellation would be very Objectionable
to the citizens. The Governor feels that
the bill would be desirable as q New York
measure, and would willingly give it his
approval did he not feel satisfied that the
evil it would work would be greater than
the good it might accomplish.
It is to be regretted that the effort to re-
duce the large expenses of the city govern
ment by pairing down the high salaries paid
to favored officers should have thus been
defeated, leaving all the economy practised
in. our municipal expenditures to
fall on the school teachers, laborers
and under clerks in the departments.
But it is evident that the failure of the
measure is the result of design. Every
possible obstruction was thrown in the way
Of the passage OF the bill, and after it had
passed forgery was committed by which
its object was entirely nullifed. This was
discovered in time and the interpolated
words were stricken out, 1t would seem,
however, that the opponents of the bill were
shrewd enough to SO disfgure and compli-
cate it in its journey through the two houses
as to make it's approval impossible. The
people have thus been grossly cheated, and
it is now the duty of the Board Of Appor-
tionment to remedy the injustice as far as
possible by the exercise of a close and i'm
partial economy in next years appropria-
tions
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
The Outlook IN the 1naian Country.

The Outlook IN the Indian Country.
We suppose that the officers, including
General Howard, now in the region where
hostilities have commenced, will profit by
the lessons they must have learned during
the Nez Perez campaign, and that they will
employ their small forces to better advan-
tage than they did last year. As indicated
by our dispatches to-day the tactics again
in favor appear to be the movement OF
small bodies of troops, SO as to protect the
settlements and keep open the communica-
tions. The stragetic idea is the same that
governed the campaign against Sitting Bull,
namely, the conyergence Of columns on
likely to make or be forced to make stand.
SO far the losses sustained by the settlers
have been limited to about ten lives and the
running off of their horses and cattle ; but
when the Indians are compelled, as we
have no doubt they must be, to make rapid
movements to avoid the troops. many sud-
den attacks may be looked for on the un-
protected regions now supposed to be out
side the sphere Of operations. We must
not forget that the enemy can choose his
own ground in a country with every nook
and ravine Of which lie is familiar, while the
troops will be compelled to follow up
and find him in order to defeat him.
It seems to Us, therefore, that the most
effective plan would be to guard the settle
ments by purely defensive forces, and to
transfer the active or field forces to the
northward, so as to operate from that direc-
ton. If the northern regions are left open
to the Indians for refuge or supplies to be
obtained from across the British frontier
the defeat of few wandering bands Of hos
tiles may temporarily end the war, but it
would not crush the Indians. 1t was by q
mere accident that General Miles caught
the Nez Perces in Montana, when they were
retreating from Howard toward Sitting Bull.
We cannot afford to allow such junction
of forces to take place now, as the Indians
would vastly outnumber the troops, and
the war end, perhaps, in disastrous defeat
for us.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

The WEST t'oIST class Of rs was graduated
yesterday in the presence OF a very distinguished
assemblage, which met to do honor to our young
soldiers. Addresses were made by the Prcsi-
dent, Lieutenant General Sheridan and others.
West Point deserves well of the Republic, and
the class Of this year will, we have no doubt, do
its part in sustaining the high and honorable
reputation of the Academy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

GENERAL SHERMAN made very remarkable
aftcr-dinncr speech, yesterday, at the meeting
of the West Point Alumni. Abiding to the pos
sibility of an attempt being made to disturb the
Presidents title, ho declared that Mr.. Hayes,
although mild-mannercd gentleman, would be
found to possess the nerve to maintain his right
IL 1t was assailcd. In SO doing he would have
the support Of the army. This sentiment drew
forth burst Of applause from tho veterans as
well as the young graduates.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

AssIGNEEs IN BANKRUPTCY, like savings
banks receivers, seem to think they arc In no
way responsible to either courts or creditors.
Judge Choatcs order calling on those gentle
men for their annual reports, which only one in
ten of them ever makes, dispels this little dclu-
sion. Why cannot the State judges give MS
little reform III their establishments!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

PASSENGERS FROM CuBA and other points will
in future be allowed to bring in many five
hundred cigars by paying an amount equal to
the duty. The annoyances to which travellers
were subjected in this matter were exceedingly
vexatous and in many cases humiliating.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

The DEMOCRATS of North Carolina and the
republicans of Michigan held State conventions
yesterday. In the opinion of Chairman Smythc
1t will in couple of months hence be time for
the republicans of this State to consider whether
they shall hold convention or not
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

Mr.. JESSE Il. GRANT has grown tired Of Eu-
rope and returned. The ex-Prcsdent will not
return until next spring. The warm months
this year he intends to spend i'll some Of the
colder countries like Russia and Norway. He
will probably visit Spain next winter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

be opened as summer resort Tor the ilttie
ones under the care of that charity.
There are, beside, the Floating Hospital OF
the st. Johns Guild, which does noble
work, and the excursions Of the Childrens
Aid Society, the House of Industry ana
other institutions, all of which are COM
mendable in their way. But there is still
room for great deal of useful charity IN
the direction of providing pure air for the
poor children of the city in the hot weather,
and while it is to be hoped that the contri-
buttons to all existing institutions having
that object in view will be liberal this
year it would be we'll if the establishment
of childrens seaside home could be
secured on wider scale than has yet been
attempted. A large building at Coney
Island, where a site could be obtained free
of cost, and which would be easy of access,
might be made to accommodate vast
number of children at comparatively
trifing expense. The Rockaway SAM
tarium provides for sick children only ; but
it would be a good work to send the little
ones to the seaside before they are broken
GOWN ny ulsease, anu tnuS W PieSclso OnoiA
health. A vast amount Of summer sickness
among the poor might be prevented by
such charity, and it would be blessing
if some energetic and truly benevolent lady
like Mrs. Fletcher Harper, Jr., to whose
efforts the working women Of the city are SO
much indebted, would take up the cause OF
the poor children of the pestilence breed
ing tenement houses and secure for them
such seaside home as we suggest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

The WEATnER.-The depression which on
yesterday extended over the st. Lawrence Val
ley has passed entirely into the ocean at New
foundand. Another low area has advanced
rapidly from the Southwest. and is now in the
Platte aud Missouri valleys, attended by fire.
quent rains and brisk winds. Rains have fallen
in the New England, the South Atlantic and
the Gull States. There has been general rise
Ia temperatures throughout oil the districts
except the Northern Missouri Valley, where n
slight fall has occurred. The winds are light,
except on the eastern margin Of the advancing
storm area, where they are brisk. The weather
Ia New York and It's vicinity to-day will be
warm and fair or partly cloudy, probably with
light rains. Tomorrow il will he partly cloudy,
followed BY increasing cloudiness and rains.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

TnE SUBSTITUTE Of the Finance Committee for
the bill Of the House repeating the Resumption
ad has been passed by the Senate in an
amended form. II provides that green
backs shall be receivable rs coin in pay
ment of the four per cent bonds and after
the LIST of next October for duties on imports.
The bill will of course 70 back to the House. II
it shall pass it will undoubtedly receive the
signature Of the President. ms 1t is in accordance
with the views expressed by Secretary Sherman
to the Finance Committee some time ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

WAsnINcToN's famous three-sixty-five bonds,
which have SO often enjoyed the distinction Of a
place on the Congressional calendar, arc now
ambitious to get on the stock list.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

Ar THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION next
week the continent, from Mexico to Maine, will
be pretty well represented. The display Of
plants and flowers promises to be the best that
has yet been made here.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
Il II IPLE SH e E Il
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1878.

The HERALD tciU be sent 10 tie address of
persons going into the country during the summer
at The rate Of one dollar per month, posture paid.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

Mr.. ARCHER, Grand Chief of the Locomotive
Engineers, sends the encouraging report that
his brethren have no idea of running tho Com
munistic train There are too many open
switches and broken rails on that line to suit
them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was active and excited Gold opened at 1O1
and declined to 1908, at which price it closed.
Government bonds were slightly weaker and
States and railroads irregular. Money on call
was easy at pig 3 per cent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

The probabilities are that the tccother IN NeU
York and its rieinity to-day sciH be rarm and
fair or partly cloudy, probably with light rains.
Tomorrow IL arW be partly cloudy, .folloued By
Increasing clcudi,iess and rains.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14

BUSINESS AT CASTLE GARDEN has really re
vived. Six hundred immigrants yesterday.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-08-01
Correspondence.
DOVER, July 22d, Is

DOVER, July I'D, 1873
On Thursday, the eighteenth inst,
the people of Dover and vicinity were
shocked by the information that Au-
gustus Towner, the County Clerk If
Lake county, had been assaulted by one
Bob Williams and his dog Sanck, re-
ceiving CHASTITY wounds ut their hands.
Both eyes being badly bruised, swollen
and blood-shot; left thumb nearly Bit
ten of, throat badly mangled, SO much
50 that it is with great pain that he can
swallow food in liquid form; and
otherwise beaten and bruised.
Noone was present except the parties
themselves to state how and what oc-
Cured, but seeing the parties any disin-
terested person will and must conclude
that the Clerk was fearfully pounded
while Williams apparently received no
injury. OF course there is two sides to
all questions and difficulties. But that
this was brutal and unprovoked as
sault, seems beyond question. Tie
particulars the Clerk has written the
Sheriff requesting the publication
which will enlighten the public regard
ing the grievances which ended i'm the
alteration. desire that you publish
this, over my signature, and oblige a
correspondent.
ELLEN A. TowNER.