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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The SECRETARY of the international Code
Committee of America is preparing circular
letter to the urists and publicsts of the country
urging that we should take part in the European
Congress. Would it not be well to wait for an
inyitationl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THE MAN who jumped from the middle of the
suspension bridge yesterday took very effec-
tive means of getting out of the world.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THERE WILL be no change in the price Of con
ut the mines next month. The weather, not tn
monopolists, is to be thanked.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

ONE OF TwEEDs old Ring claims was thrown
out of court yesterday. Ring judges and juriei
are no more.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The probabilities are that the accathcr in Ne,c
York and its cicinity to-day ,ciH be cool and
cloudy partly cloudy NTH tendency to clearing
up. Tomorrow it rill be cooler and partly cloudy
or fair. Fogginess sciA continwc during The morn
i,tQs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

A GREENBACK CONVENTION is announced in
Maine next month. Are there NO insanity laws
In that STATED
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The ARREST of his own son by policeman
yesterday shows that we have some Roman or
other kind of virtue still left.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The PROPOSED REVISION of the patent laws
II a work that is sadly needed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

IT Would not be difficult to improve dpo,
the Oklahoma-of the proposed new
Territory.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The establishment of a sound, permanent form
Of government is uery difficult thing 10 accom-
plish, and no matter ho,c stable a government
might be, the slightest confusion or crash is
dl,cays sure to cause trouble and upset matters.
I therefore am in favor Of alio,cing matters to
remain in statu quo Ihdvc drriced at this con-
clAsion after giving it considerable thought and
study. --CHARLEs Francis ADAMS ON THE
EIORIDA FRAUDS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

NlBLO'S GARDEN-LEAH
sTANDARD THEATRE-ouk COUSIN GxHxAA
THEATRE c0MIQUE-OLD LAVENDER
BROADWAY THEATKE-THK SoLDIER's TRus1
Park THEATRE-BIG bonanza
BRAND OPERA HOUSE-rHE GLADIATOR
EILMORE's GARDEN-GRxAr LONDON CIRcus
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-THx BELLs
wALLACK's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BOOTH's THEATRE-TnE ExILEs
EERMASIA THEATRE-KLElN GELD.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-A CxLxsRArxp CASH
FIFTH AVENUE HALIl-HELLKR's WONDERS
BOwEkY ThEATRE-BurrALo BILL
LYCEUM THEATRE-LA MARIEK Du MARpr GRAs
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTKELs-THE FLArBoAr BALL.
TONY PAsToRs-vARIKrY.
TIvoLI THEATRE-vARIKrY
ACADEMY OF Observation-Disclosures Evening
GRAND CONCERT
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

by as unimpeachable title as If the
whole people had voted for him. 1t is easy
enough for demagogues to declaim against
this as unreasonable and unrepublican but
it is better to submit to such occasional and
temporary inconvenience than to put the
country in a wrangle and turmoil about q
disputed succession. Mr.. Adams, who has
sufficient largeness of mind to comprehend
the whole subject from the point of view of
the founders of our government, looks with
deliberate disfavor ON any attempt to Mexi-
canize our institutions. In spite of his
strong belief that Mr.. Hayes was elected
by fraud and is a failure in Office, Mr..
Adams thinks it s.better to bear the ills we
have than fly to others that we know not Of
Such being the deliberate and declared
opinion of the ablest and wisest of Mr..
Tilden's supporters we trust that Mr.. Tilden
himself will concede its reasonableness and
justice. He ought to rise above his feeling
of disappointment and sense of personal
wrong and act like o statesman and pa
triot 1t is in his power to give . final
quietus to mischievous agitation by q
public adoption of the view of Mr. Adams.
He need not discourage his party from
making electioneering capital of the recent
revelations; but if he deserves the high
mark Of confidence given him by majority
of the citizens of the United States in 1876
let him rise superior to selfish interests and
personal grievances and take his stand At the
side of Mr. Adams.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

THURSDAY, Feb. 28-Senote-The sen
ate received the silver bill from the
house, it having passed that body not
outstanding the veto. A vote was
taken and the bill passed the senate
ayes 46, noes 10.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06
Horace Greeley as a Borrower.

Much has been said of late concern
ing Greeley's folly in lending such enor-
nous sums to worthless applicants who
only paid bin with ingratitude. This
was remarkable weakness, but it may
to a degree be explained. Greeley was,
during the first years of his New York
life, a poverty-stricken adventurer, who
failed in every effort. He had hopes of
making the Nev Yorker a success, and
indeed it was the best weekly ever issued
IN this city, but it was swamped by
the hard times which followed the panic
of 1887. In 1910 he found himself
without a dollar, and was glad to engage
in the service of the wing party as
editor of the Log Cabin. ..
The salary was $40 per week for six
months, which was considered very lib
eral pay. When the campaign was
over Greeley determined to start the
Tribune, but unfortunately he had no
capital. He tried every way possible to
obtain Il moneyed partner, but was I'M
successful. McElrath had a few hun
dred dollars, and at last Greeley was
glad to accept him, especially as he was
a ready business man. When all other
applications had failed, the ambitious
editor remembered noted resident of
Jersey City who had large resources,
and he determined to try another effort
He therefore made a call on this man
the late Dudley S. Gregory, and hav-
ing mentioned his case, asked for the
loan of $1,000. Alternate hopes and
fears moved his breast until he saw
Gregory fill up check for the amount,
and the editor departed with light
heart. This loan enabled him to start
the Tribune, which was the great success
of his life, and gratitude so wrought
upon him that he determined never to
refuse any similar application. This
rule not only bound him permanently,
but it's power SO increased that at last
he lost all ability to refuse. He paid
Gregory with his first earnings, and after
that he lent indiscrimately to all who
wished to bleed him. Whenever loan
was solicited he always recalled the
scene when he, too, was borrower
He remembered how he then felt the
immense importance of those little
words yes and no. If Gregory had ut
tered the latter the Tribune might never
have been more than young editors
dream. That fatal word. however, was
not spoken. and Greeley ever afterwards
followed Gregory's example, though it
cost him nearly one hundred times the
amount of the original loan.-NeaU York
Correspondence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06
A Piece Of Sponge.

When first obtained from the sea, the
sponge of commerce is a vastly differ
ent thing from those in our shops. It
then is comparatively heavy, and pre-
sents filthy, dirty, Shiny appearance,
with an odor Of shell-fsh. Few holes
are visible. most seemingly blocked up
with the glutinous substance. Then
the process Of what technically is called
taking the milk out" is proceeded
with, prior to sun drying; for if the soft
matter be left in putrefaction results.
The process adopted by some of our
merchants is secret, and the precise
means IN use among the fishers is not
clearly understood, EXCEPT by the init
ated. At all events, squeeze and a
wrench, or stamping under foot extract
a milky or semi-transparent, sticky,
gelatinous substance. The sand and
grit in the new-dried sponge are foreign
residue, either partially subservient to
preparation, or surreptitiously intro
duced to add weight and increase the
money value of the article, as it is sold
by weight. The Shiny substance or
1eshy material above mentioned is the
soft part Of the living animal, or con-
geries of animals, for such they prove to
be. This jelly, so delicate that it runs
off like milk from the fibrous skeleton
when death has occurred, or occasional
ly dries like glue on the fiber, every
where lines the fibrous structure, and
forms a surrounding film. In appear
ance and composition, it is much the
same as the white of an egg. For a
long time It's nature was held to be prob
lematlcal, even among the master
minds of biologists, and all experiments
and opinions elected nothing more than
its being a torpid mass of doubtful Vi
tality. But, after the labors Of host of
scientific investigators, its animalitv and
many other strange particulars are now
proved beyond doubt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

Among the papers of young man
who was recently married in this city
was found the following scrap, to Wit
Things to be done this afternoon-before
the wedding: Get some keys to fit
yalise. Engage carriage for train. Get
license to marry. Get shaved and hair
trimmed little. Sew button on back
breaches and get pair of suspenders.
Buy bottle of perfumery. Be sue to
wash feet we'll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

AN accident occurred at Arlesey, on
the great Northern Railway of Eng
land, IN December, 1876. One Of the
passengers injured was Mr.. Warschaw-
ski, a professor of legerdemain, popu-
larly known as Bosco. being relative
and former pupil of the conjurer, of
that name. The muscles of his hand
were SO hurt that he can never again
practice his art, and in a suit against
the railway company he has just re-
covered 81 800 damages.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

and along the whole coast line,
spreading havoc and obstruction around
them. Most of the wooden structures
built for the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company and for other purposes have
been swept away. The coal for the Eng
llsh company, two thousand tons
has disappeared, and the merchan,
disc and dock have been completely
ruined. The Wheat mole, Chuirnto mole,
and Meiggs' mole are destroyed. Various
timber yards, coal deposits and bathing
establishments were greatly damaged
The railroad running from the docks to
Churnto has been completely under
mined. Eight persons were drowned
at Pizaygua. The condenser was broken
to pieces, and q considerable quantity
OF coal and saltpetre lost. In InquiQue.
the earthquake shock was terrific, and
threw the whole town into state of
CONSERVATION and alarm 1t lasted one
minute and thirty seconds. This main
shock was followed during the night by
forty minor Shocks Land-slides are
reported along the railroad in La Noria.
Several houses fell, and the steamer
ka17aak is reported lost. ..
NO INSULT MEANT.
A dispatch from Panama. under date
Of Feb. 25th, states that the Panama
Star and Times says Contereras and
Rodas, two of the party who took pos
session Of the American schooner San
beam, at Port Simon, state that their
action was not in any manner intended
as an act of piracy they were pursued
by superior force, and it was matter
Of life or death. Under the circum-
stances, they offered the captain Of the
schooner money to take them away,
which he refused, and they then took
possession of. the vessel by force, but
did no violence to persons or proper
ty, and meant no insult to the United
States,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06
ADDalling Distress in Washington.

i etler Of Grace Greenwood to n Y. Times.
Matters cannot be much worse than
they are now without some outbreak
and outlet Here, in the District, the
financial distress, the actual poverty, is
appalling Scores of families, once in
circumstances of ease, if not in luxury,
are reduced to want of the most bitter,
desperate sort-are on the edge of star
walton. So many dismissals from the
departm ents, cruelty sudden as they
are, have added, are constantly adding,
to the great sum of suffering. go, that
my tongue were in the thunder's
MOUTH [ would sound a dreadful
warning everywhere to men and wom-
en-, especially women, not to come to
Washington in search Of employm ent
There are no places for you-there is
no work for you; no consideration, lit
tie help in the direst extremity, so over
crowded are we, so overfull are our
hands Washington is worse place
for people out of work and out of mon
ely than any great metropolis. -
VNNIE's ART WoRK.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Utica (N Y.
Herald says of a piece of art work at
Washington 1t reminds one Of the
criticism of one of Forests cavalry
officers who called on Winnie Ream to
see her model of an equestrian statue
Of Gen. Lee. I don't know anything
about art said the trooper, but can
tell you Gen. Lee never rode a horse
with head stuffed out like that How
much shall [ take out, colonel? said
Winnie, dabbing her fingers into tn
clay. %, scoop it out, scoop it cut
was the reply, you can't scoop to
much"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

Cause and Effect: Beauty" Still a
bachelor. Count? Why do you not
marry?" Count" Veil, it is not Eat [
am disinclinationed; but your English
mees, she is so beautiful, and ven I zee
a pretty face, [ tie one knot in my neck
northumberland, and ven [ see re
next I tie anozer, and at re last, ven
shall to marry, it is all knot and no
wife. "-Funny Folks
For politician a wink is as good as
promise Ne,O Orleans Picayata,e
Same with an old maid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06
VETOING THE SILVER BILL.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
II u q Enh 1870
To the House of Representatives:

After very careful consideration of
house bill 1893, entitled an act to au-
thorize the coinage of the silver dolla'
and to restore It's legal tender charac-
ter" [ feel compelled to return it to the
house of representatives in which it
originated, with my objection to It's
passage, holding the opinion which |
expressed in my annual message, that
neither the interests of the governm ent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

Associated press advices from
Washington under date of Feb
28th state that the senate COM
mittee on claims to-day decided,
by a majority of l, to report the bill
providing for the payment of $4,000
to the book agency of the Methodist
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06
ANDERSON SENTENCED.

An associated press dispatch from
New Orleans under date of Feb. Goth,
says that Thomas G.. Anderson, one of
the members of the Louisiana return
ing board was called before the bar
this morning. The motion for an ar
rest of judgment was overruled, and
when asked if he had any thing to offer
before sentence, Anderson said that he
considered his case a cruel persecution
under the forms of law that he was in
power Of the court and was ready to re-
ceive sentence. Judge Whitaker said
that the accused had had fair trial be-
fore an impartial jury, and that the
verdict was fully justified by the evil
dence; he then sentenced Anderson in
consequence Of the recomme of
the jury to the mercy Of the court to
the lowest term under the laW-tWo
years at hard labor in the state peni-
Tertiary, and costs.
A suspension of appeal was granted,
returnable on Wednesday. A motion
to transfer the cases of Wells, Kinner
and Casanave to the United States
court, was filed, and will be heard On
Wednesday, March 9th.
TERRI BLE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Advices from Panama under date of
Feb. 25th, say .thata an account from Cal
loo Of the effects Of the tidal wave says
that the alarm is indescribable, and the
damage incalculable. The Oldest in
habitants state that they have never
seen anything to compare with the
scenes of Sunday and Monday, January
9th and 2Sth. The sea is covered with
floating debris and immense waves go
and 40 feet high break over the mole
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

Episcopal church south, for the occu-
patton of Its building at Nashville dur
ing the war. The claim called for
about $3.50 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

The treasurer destroyed yesterday 1892, 400 in
greenbacks account Of $61b, 500 additional
bank currency issued during the present month";
leaving the outstanding legal tender circulation
s34S, 3 s, 024.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-13

their falsity, not by counter statements OF
his own, but by extracts from reports made
Iy the army engineers employed 10y the gov
eminent TO examine the Jetties. The contra
diction is complete, and coming as it does
from tue army engineers themselves in their
official capacity, is of course irrefutable.
Something, however, must be said 10y the OPP
pnnents OF the jetties against Captain Eads's
review of Humphreys paper, but under the
circumstances an answer was not easy TO con-
coct, for so palpabe is the outrageous mis-
representation of Humphreys pamphlet,
that the New York Tribune, in speaking of
it, says he has attacked Eads mot
openly and squarely, but in a pamphlet
quietly sent around In quarters where
it was thought it would do the most
mischief" In writing reply to this PAM
phlet Captain Eads simply used the right of
self-defense called for by the attack, and he
has done so in the language Of gentleman,
avoiding all vituperation or impetuosity of
expression. For want of any other means of
defending Humphreys against the exposure
of his duplicity, the reply of Captain Eads Is
called an assault upon General Humphreys.
There was once a lamb who drank from a
stream below where fox was doing the same
thing. The fox Indignantly accused the lamb
of muddying the water from which he, rey-
nard, was drinking. The accusation of as
sault by Eads upon Humphreys is similar to
that of the fox, except in one attending Cir
cumstance- Humphreys will not find Eads a
defenseless lamb-the pamphlet writer and
his abettors will discover that when ''the fur
flies" their own foxy skins furnish the ma
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-13
MAKING THE FUR FLY.

When Captain Eads addressed the citizens
of Memphis at our Theater a short time ago,
although he affected none of the graces of
oratory, but IN the plainest and most unas-
Stunning way explained the natural laws gov
erning the phenomena of the Mississippi
river. he won the kind feelings of all present
by his perfect simplicity of manner, and his
direct, straight forward style of speaking.
Yet Captain Eads Is accused of cunning and
of recklessness. Whoever may believe such
misrepresentation, the believers will not be
the disinterested portion of the audience he
had in Memphis; it was evident to them that
while Captain Eads has genius, he has no
artfulness. With traits of character so kindly,
and a manly simplicity that is the opposite of
guile, how is 1t that he Is so set upon, so
mahgned, so misrepresented, and his great
achievements so obviously deprecated? 1t is
because rival schemes have been thrown into
the background by his success. The very
perfection of his work is his crime; the
complete accomplishment Of his designs
is his atrocity. With less success,
rivals might have some hope; as it is, they
are in despair, and that despair shows itself
in envy, hatred, malice and all uncharita-
bleness.'' Among this class of ungenerous
rivals, one of the most prominent Is the chief
army engineer, General Humphreys, who,
while acknowledging in his work on the ny
draulics of the Mississippi river the adapta-
bility of the jetty system to the deepening
of the Mississippi passes, yet is unrelenting
against Captain Eads for accomplishing that
object III that very way. Why does this Of
fetal thus oppose the man who carried out a
system he himself pronounced good in 1852?
OF course not on scientific grounds opposed
to a system whose excellence he has acknowl-
edged. The fact Is that Humphreys wanted
a canal to be constructed-the Fort Phillips
canal-to accomplish what Captain Eads has
done with the jetties. To get that canal, he
predicted Eads's failure, and now Eads's sue
cess Is gall and NORWOOD, envenoming his
pride. Besides that bitterness, the canal was
to cost thirteen millions, and those millions
have not been obtained on account of what
Eads has done with only one million yet
paid. Captain Eads found more
money necessary, and recently APP
Piled to congress for it. General Humph-
reys, ungenerousy, to say the least, took the
opportunity of that application to circulate
letter addressed to the chairman of the house
committee having this subject in hand, IN
which letter he misrepresented the work of
Captain Eads in the most glaung manner.
In reply to this insidious attack Captain Eads
issued review of its statements, showing
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-13
AFTERNOON TELEGRAMS.

London, June II: The Duke of Cambridge
has left London, en- route for Malta.
Boston, June IL: The Little Nautilus,
which put into Beverly for repairs, has re-
sumed her voyage to Havre.
New York, June II: The railroad repre-
sentatives being unable to agree upon any
pool arrangement, adjourned sine die.
London, June II: NJ. Muir & Sons, gram
merchants of Glasgow, have failed. Liabil-
tiles, eight hundred thousand dollars.
Berlin, June II: Count Corti, the Italian
plenipotentiary, and suite arrived last night.
Prince Gortschakoff arrived this morning.
London, June II: The weather continues
unsettled and unreasonable. There was a
heavy fall of snow in Perthshire, Scotland,
yesterday.
Cincinnati, June II: John Parker, colored,
was hung to-day for the murder of George
Franklin in a quarrel, at Somerset, Ken
lucky, last March.
Marshalltown, Ia, June II: The conven-
ton of the National Greenback party of this
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-13
NEGRO MORTALITY.
4 Mississippi River Planter Gives his
Views from his Standpoint on
the Subject.
Occasional Correspondence of the Appeal

Occasional Correspondence of the Appeal
WEsTovER, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, June g.
saw an article, few days since, IN your
valuable paper in regard to the negro, giving
the death-rate of the different cities, and es-
pecially Memphis, which doubtless every
reader of the Memphis papers had noticed,
and it was often the subject matter of con-
versation in the country. Why the negro
should die IN cities, three to one to the whites,
is very plain from my standpoint, as he is the
consumer of all the stale and wilted fruits,
vegetables and spoiled meats, fish not ex-
cepted, of the cities, and has not, when sick,
the money to employ a regular physician.
Now, If the lecturer you spoke OF, who
would be benefactor to his race If he would,
instead ofindulging IN politics, bring the facts
and figures before his people, and would pre-
pare himself from actual statistics or facts
from the country, say from different points on
the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers, from
the largest plantations and the most densely
populated neighborhoods, and he will find
that the negroes scarcely die at all who are
permanently located, and they are raising
children, too. There is no danger of them
dwindling into nonentity. | speak what
know, and it is only the unsettled portion OF
the negro race, that has no permanent home,
no regular habits, that is dying. Send them
to the country, out Of the crowded, unventl-
lated sleeping-roOms, out of the filthy back
alleys, and let them locate and have some
fixed purpose in life and they will show
greater longevity than the white man. Very
respectfully, PLANTER.