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The New York herald., 1878-10-05
A Careless Business Com an unity,

It will be remarkable if the managers of
the Glasgow Bank are the only managers of
British banks who have abused their trust.
The Scotch banks have long had an excep-
tionally high reputation for careful and
honest management but there is shown in
this affair Of the Glasgow Bank q degree Of
laxity, heedlessness OF public opinion,
speculative spirit which can hardly fail to
cast suspicion upon other institutions in
Scotland and England.
The mercantile public is vitality inter-
ested in the correct management OF great
bank, and the great merchants of Glasgow
could hardly have failed to see at least
some signs of bad and even corrupt man
apement in the wrecked concern. IL is
scarcely reasonable to suppose that the i'm
portant customers Of SO conspicuous an in
stitution were unknown to the mercantile
community of the city yet it seems
that four directors, four managers
and few of their relatives were
borrowers to the amount of thirty millions
of dollars from the bank. The examiners
must have been publicly known, but they
turn out to have been officially connected
with concern largely indebted to the
fallen bank and whose interest was, of
course, of the strongest kind to conceal its
rottenness.
Finally, it appears that while the bank
was declaring handsome dividends aim ost
all its largest and most prominent share
holders quietly sold out their shares.
Within a few years, our Glasgow cor
respondent telegraphs. almost the en-
tire list of shareholders has changed ;
formerly it contained the names of many
wealthy merchants; now it has not single
prominent Scotch financial name. And all
this attracted no attention from the bus
mess community! 1t may be that the man
ayers Of the Glasgow Bank were the only
reckless and dishonest bank managers in
Scotland; but it is certainly true that the
carelessness of the merchants and manufac-
turers who use the banks offered tempta-
tioas to dishonest and speculative directors.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General sherman Is expected In washington on
Monday next
senator Ambrose E. burnside, OF Rhode Island, is at
the Filth Avenue HoioL
Henry wattsrson went from Louisville to Cinci n.
natl 10 see Clara Morris act
The lato Commodore Vanderbilt seems 10 have been
Q man OF grcat deal OF spirit.
Charles n. Conant. financial agent of the United
states at London, has arrived in Washington.
Mr. Power Henry lie Poer Trench, of tho British
Legation AZ Washington, is at the Clarendon Hotel.
Mr. waddington, French Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, yesterday rcmittcd 5o0L to Minister Noyss
Tor the yellow fever sufferers.
The President and his party, with the exception OF
Secretary Evsrts. reached Washington IRON Now
York early yesterday morning
Lord Ronald Cover, OF England, and Mr. Victor A..
W. Drummond, Secretary OF the British Legation at
Washington, are as tho Hotc, Brunswick.
The Marquis and Marchioness OF Lorns viii for
Halifax on l4lh OF November, instead OF the IAN
Of tho present month, as previously announced
Surgeon General William Gricr, OF the United statos
Navy, visited the Naval Academy at Annapolis ycs-
,erday and was received by salute from the Saateo
Internal Revenue Commissioner Raum viil leave
washington next week Tor Illinois. He viii make
several political speeches In that State before the
election
General Sir Patrick McDougali and LADY left halifax.
n. s. yesterday, tor Ottawa Sir Patrick will act az
administrator VI tho Dominica until the arrival d
the Marquis OF Lorne.
rho rumor OF tho betrothsi OF Prince Louis Napo.
son son OF the late Emperor, TO the Princess rhyra
daughter Of tho KING OF Denmark, was revived yes.
torday In the London corrsspondsnce OF provincial
newspapers.
London Saturday Revtew:--"rnc puzzle IL that q
statesman OF Prince Dsmarck's marx can believe
that soc,aisl consprators be put down by cru
sads against socialist Ideas. Such policy may be
pec.ed TO have quito an opposite effect. An atmos-
phere ofideas Is precisely the atmosphere In which
conspiraccs most flourish. Enthuslasts arc always
TO DO found to whom expression OF some kind Is an
imperative necessity. they muse uli the nrs kin
diasn
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
Tho mapleson Troupe In New York

Tho Mapleson Troupe In New York.
In spite Of croakers, home attractions and
sea frights the whole of Colonel Mapleson's
Incompatible troupe of operate artists
arrived yesterday by the City of Chester.
They were welcomed by bright blue sky
above and thousands Of CHEEKY faces ashore,
SO that they already seem to feel as much at
ease as if they were at home in
London. They did not wait until
can ear, for while on the ocean
they gave concert for the benefit Of the
yellow fever sufferers at the South, scoring
a handsome success for themselves besides
sending cheer to sufferers Of whom they
knew only through the human sympathy
which is peculiar to no land. The steamer
audience, which was competent to be ex-
tremely critical, was not only delighted
with the efforts Of the leading artists, but as
sure us in advance of the extreme excellence
of the chorus-a feature Of opera troupes
which has heretofore in this country been
conspicuous only by its weakness. To the
conditions of success which are found in
the personnel of the company, the extern
sive repertoire and the experience of the
manager, is now to be added the important
one Of the sanguine belief of manager and
artists alike in their ability to please the
music-loving public. All that now remains
to make Mr.. Mapleson's venture a success
and establish the opera as a permanent
entertainment in New York rests with the
cultured denizens of the city and its vicin-
ity, and it is impossible to believe that
these will fail when every one else con-
cerned has done so we'll.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
American Jockey Club.

The fall meeting Of the American Jockey
Club commences to-day at Jerome Park
under tho most favorable auspices Five
races will be run. and the number OF horses
announced to start in each event will make
the several contests highly interesting.
The first race will be dash OF mile, in
which four of the fastest three-year-old
fillies in the country and good colt will
contend. The fillies are Mr.. P. Lorillards
Perfection, Mr.. G.. L. Lorillard's Loulanier,
Mr. A. Belmont's La Belle Helene and Mr..
j. A. Smiths Glenelg- Finesse Ally. The
colt is Messrs. Thomas Puryear Co.'s
Clifton. They have all been winners with
the exception of the Glenelg-Finesse flly,
and she ran two very good races in one
day at Saratoga the past season. This
should be capital contest and run in very
fast time. The second event will be the
Nursery Stakes, for two-year-olds, three
quarters of q mile, and for this eleven
or more have been announced to start
These are Mr.. p. Lorillard's Uncas,
Messrs. Puryear d Co.'S Dan Sparkling
Mr.. D. D. Withers' King Ernest-Echo
colt, Mr.. E. A. Clabaugh's West
minister, Mr.. McGrath's Wissahickon, Mr..
q. l.. Lorillard's Harold and Startle, Mr..
Astor's Bonnie Leaf, Mr.. F. Morris War
minster-Regardless colt, and Mr.. Perry
edly be an exciting race, as there is great
desire by the racing public to see Harold
and Uncas measure strides again. Each
has beaten the other at this distance, and
their respective owners are anxious to see
them have another trial. 1t is not by any
them will win the race, as there are some
others in the field that are known to be
amazing fast. The third race will be the
Jerome Stakes, for three-ye ear-olds, when Of
the forty-two nominations none probably
will be allowed to meet Mr.. George Loril-
lard's Duke of Magenta except Mr.. P. Loril-
lard's Spartan. The race will be good one
as it is said by those who ought to know
that Spartan has improved very much in
his style of running since midsummer, and
it is not certainty that The Duke can
outrun him. This race will be fol-
lowed by the Manhattan Handicap, a
dash of mile and a quarter, for which
there will be nine starters, comprising S.
D. Bruce's General Phillips carrying 116
lbs; Harvey Welch's Princeton. ia lbs.
A. Belmont's Susquehanna, 112 lbs; Q.
Reeds Bonnie Wood, 102 lbs; g. L. Loril-
lard's Loulanier, 1O1 lbs, and Balance All,
100 lbs. d. d. Withers' Erl King, 100 lbs !;
p. Lorillard's Garrick, SO lbs., and Pilot.
95 lbs. This will be grand affair, and it
will not be a surprise to see some of the
three-year-olds win. as they are very fast
lot. The fifth and last event of the day
will be selling race, with the usual allow
ances for low values a mile and furlong
Five have entered for the purse. These are
f. Stearns' Frank carrying 100 lbs; Nell
son & Co.'S Simeon, los lbs; G.. L. Loril-
lard's Guy, SO lbs; T. Puryear & Co.
Jackscrew, sc lbs. Il. w. Babcock's Egypt,
lO2 lbs, and A Hawthorne's ventilator,
1O2 lbs Such q bill of fare has seldom
been offered on on American race course,
and we look for an immense gathering at
Jerome Park this afternoon to enjoy the
sport.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
DEAD ON THE TRACK.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
SPRINgriELp, ONO, Oct. L. 1877

IBH TELEUHHFH to THE HEHsID.
SPRiNoriELp, ONO, Oct. T. 1873
Tho body Of . dead man was iound beside the rscA
OF the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad
carly this morning. Men working on . construction
train found the body One side OF the head was hor
riDly mashed anu one hand cut on. The man was
middle aged, well dressed and evi denty q gen.
tloman. NO papers we're found upon his y ersos
to indicate his name or home. "A ticket OF tho Al
lantic ana Great Western Railway from Urbana 20
kennard was found IN hts vest pocket The supposL
ton is that the man got on the ut Urbapa rode
rs lar as or noar Tremont discovered mis- mistake
Jumped OF ana was Killed others Of the opiuIou
that the man deliberately committed suicide
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

WE PUBLISH . suggestive letter from Mr..
Rigby, the crack shot who came over with the
Irish team in 1874. There is considerable
reason in his argument, and there are plenty
of American ri1emen who will be glad of a
good excuse to shoot match on the other side
of the Atlantic
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was fairly active. and after general de-
cline in the forenoon stocks advanced and closed
strong. Gold advanced from 1OO3s to 1OOlo.
Government bonds were firm, States higher and
railroads irregular. Money on call was easy at
3 3lo per cent.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

The WEATHER.-Very little change has taken
place in the barometrio conditions since Thurs
day. The low is gradually moving into
the ocean over Nova Scotia, and the pressure
is increasing over the Middle Atlantic aud New
England districts. In the West and Northwest
the barometer is rising, but 1t is likely to fall
again rapidly in the latter district on account of
the approach Of depression, which Is evidently
forming in the extreme Northwest. The
barometer continues high in the South Atlantic
and Gulf districts, but IT is only relatively so,
there being q depression over the West Indian
Islands and the Southern Gulf Rain has
fallen over the lake regions and the West, but
tho qusntity is hardly perceptible. Clear or
hany weather has prevailed in all the districts
except tho Missouri Valley, where it has been
cloudy. The temperature has fallen every
whore except in some sections of the Northern
lake regions, where il has been variable. The
winds have been from fresh to brisk in the
Northern lake regions and the Eastern Gulf
coast. They have been generally fresh else
where The weather in New York and it's
vicinity to-day will be cooler and fair. To-mor-
row it will be cool aud clear.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

TIE EARTHQUAKES rep orted to have agitated
the west bank of the Hudson yesterday morn
Ing seems to have been genuine internal COM
motion of the earth, for not only was the rum
bling plainly heard and the shock distinctly felt,
but an immediate and unusual increase of
humidity was indicated by hygrometric obser-
yations on tho line of the disturbance.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

The PHILADELPHIA CRIcKETERs are ahead of
the Australians, but the peculiar tactics of the
latter will make many observers assume that
the difference is not entirely due the skill Of
the piucky Philadelphians.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

RECORDER HAcKETT was right in sentencing
the persons convicted of selling liquor without
0 license A few more such sentences, even of
dealers who have applied for licenses, will bring
our lawmakers to their senses.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

COMPTROLLER KELLr's EPIsTLEs have not
slways been in accord with the HERALD's
views upon matters of public policy, but we
heartily approve the spirit of his note, pub
lishcd to-day, in explanation and defence OF his
late monthly statement of the city finances.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

"ABsoLUTE DEsrrrUTIos is the great disease
we are fighting now" said officer of the
Howard Association to u HERALD correspond
cnt in New Orleans yesterday, and the cor
respondent explains this morning how and why
this is the case. The facts stated should have
the effect Of quickening at once the benevolent
spirit OF the North.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

RABBI ADLER's LETTER in the HERALD of to
day will probably satisfy jews and Gentiies that
marriages between the first day of the Jewish
New Year and the Day of Atonement con-
tri,ry only to Hebrew custom, not to Hebrew
Ia
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

duct of banking institution is capable.
How far the distress will extend beyond
the large circle of those having connections
with the bank is not yet known and cannot be
safely conjectured. Several heavy mercantile
failures are already announced and others
are certain to follow. The debts of the in
stitution in excess of its assets are abso-
lutely enormous There is some discrep-
ancy in the statements, but the lowest
figures given are quite bad enough. There
are four houses whose liabilities to the
bank are reported to reach thirty million
dollars. This fact alone would suffice
to establish the reckless criminality of the
management. The general impression is
that this heavy and widely distributed ca
lamity, although it brings utter ruin upon
innocent thousands, will not lead to gen.
eral panic. Let MS hope that this conjec-
ture may prove to be correct but it is too
soon to accept it as anything more than a
soothing and perhaps plausible guess.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

The probabilities are that The ,ceataer in Nesc
York and lis vicinity to-day ,oiu be cooler and
fair. Tomorrow II sciH be cool and clear.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

TwENTY-rHREE HUNDRED CHILDREN indulged
in panic in a school building yesterday. Cas-
ualtes, one torn dress Reason of slight dam
age, an occasional "antipanicr drill. Pastors
and theatre managers please notice.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

New NATIONAL BANKRUPT ACT is already
projected, and by body of business men-the
Commercial Law Committee Of the United
States Board OF Trade-who will undoubtedly
endeavor to avoid the faults of the old law.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

II EVERY OFFICER in the late civil war took
notes frequently and minutely as General
Heintzelman proved yesterday to have done
the Fitz John Porter case would have been per-
mancntly settled upon its first appearance.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

IT WAS STATED YESTERDAY in the Stewart
will controversy that rich man dare hardly
die. Probably not, but most poor men were in
the same condition when last heard from.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05

IF HUGHEs, the pedestrian, does not become
. convert to science it will not be for lack of
forcible example
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
Il RIPPLE SH e e T .

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1878.
The New York herald., 1878-10-05
Saad Detden Pacha and His Garrison
Killed by the Albanians.
ENGLAND'S EASTERN WAR
Pirates Cruising in the Per.
sian Gulf.
AUSTRIA'S ARDCOUS JOB.
TBY CABLE TO THE HEnALp.]

lBY CABLE TO THE HERALD.I
LONDON, Oct. s, 1873
The Turkish government has received intelli.
gence at Constantinople that Saad Detden Pacna,
on announcing that he had received orders to sur
render Podgoritza TO the Montenegrins was Killed
by the Albanians, and l56 officers and men und
his command massacred. ).
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-28
New Series-VO1. 18-No 10

made for five years. In fact, they have
been abolished as well as the silver
three cent piece. rhe nickel threes
are still issued, although but few ARE
used.
From five to ten thousand dollars of
eagles, half eagles, and three dollar
pieces are made every year in order to
keep up the history of the coin.
About $1,000 Of ones are made for the
SHINE purpose.
The mint shipped over the country
in 1876 about $500, 900 in small coins,
consisting Of one, three and five cent
pieces. They went chiefly West and
East. In 1877, only 1886, 900 in these
small coins were shipped.
The greatest demand for silver coins
Is for the half dollars. The quarter
dollar is the second favOrite, and the
dime is the third and last on the list.
The demand for half dollars Is twice rs
large IA for quarters, and five times
more halves are required than dimes.
More trade dollars were coined from
April, 1873, to December, 1877, than
there were coined of the dollar of the
fathers for the eighty-One years prece-
ding. The trade dollar was intended
for the China trade, and nearly all that
have been coined nave gone to China,
Japan and India.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-28
A RIDDLE.

Our God made Adam out OF dust,
But in his wisdom made me first;
My body though He made complete,
Had neither arms, nor legs, nor feet.
My ways and acts he did control,
And fashioned me without soul;
A liv ng being became,
And Adam first gave me my name.
Then from his presence withdrew,
No more of Adam ever knew;
But God, whose purpose none can see,
Then put living soul in me.
And soon that soul he did reclaim,
(Tho' changed in this, not changed in name)
And when from me th4t soul had fled,
was the same as when first made
And without arms or feet or soul,
travel now from role to pole,
And when / travel DER our sphere,
seldom on the earth appear.
l labor hard both night and day,
For fallen man much light display;
Thousands of people young and old,
Shall at my death more light behold.
To heaven / shall never go,
Nor to the grave, nor hell below.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-28
Legislation Against Tramps.

We cannot do what the Frei ch government
once did under similar circumstances-banish
fifty thousand of them to colonial servitude;
and it is a great pity we cannot. If we
could gather the whole disgusting multitude,
wash them, put new clothes upon them, and
under military surveillance and direction set
them to quarrying stone, or raising corn and
cotton for ten years, we might save some of
them to deceDcy and responsibility, and
relieve the honest people of the country of
their presence and their support. If we can
not do this, however, there are things that we
can do. Every State in the Union can gather
these men, wherever found, into work houses
where they can be restrained from soaring
and preying upon the community, and made
to earn the bread they eat and the clothes
they wear. 1t is necessary, of course, to
throw aways all sentimentality in connection
with them. The tramp is man who can be
approached by no motive by pain, pain
of thrashing OF the pain of hunger. He
hates work; he has no self-respect and no
shame; and by counting himself permanently
out Of the productive and self-supporting
forces of society, he counts himself out of his
rights. He has no rights but those which
! society may see fit of Its grace to bestow upon
him. lie has no more rights than the SOW
that wallows in the gutter, or the lost dogs
that hover around the city squads. He is no
more to be consulted, in his wishes or his
will, in the settlement of the question as to
what is to be done with him than if he were
bullock in a corral.
Legislation concerning this evil seems to
have been Initiated in various States, but at
this writing we cannot learn that anything
effective has been done. 1t would be well if
the States could work in concert in this mat
ter, but one great State like New York, or
Pennsylvania, or Ohio, has only to inaugurate
a stringent measure to drive all the other
States into measures that shall be its equiv
alent. The tramp whose freedom is imperiled
in New York, will fly to New Jersey or New
England, and New Jersey and New England
will be obliged to protect themselves. So
one powerful State can compel unanimity of
action throughout the country. The legisla-
ture of New York had bill upa year ago
which came to nothing. We hope the pre-
sent session will see something done, but
legislatures have SO many things to do besides
looking after the public safety and the public
morality, that we are quite prepared 10 hear
that this matter will he overlooked. But
something must be done, somewhere, very
soon, if we propose to have anything like
safet; and comfort in our homes, or to relieve
ourselves of a great burden of voluntary,
vicious, and even malicious pauperism.-[Dr.
Holland, Scribner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-28
Western Democrats and the
South.

There is body of persons at the West who
call themselves Democrats. Not many OF
them realize that they are Communists. Yet
the only idea which holds them together is
hatred of the man who has saved money and
has money. The more influential of them
hate the bondholder, not because he has
loaned money to the Government, but be-
cause he has an income at all. They hate the
banker, not because he wants high rates OF
interest, but because he charges any interest
at all. 1t does not seem to them crime TO
own houses and farms. But whenever a
man wants payment Of debt which they
owe, they instantly remember that property
is robbery" By curious idiosyncrasy, this
does not occur to these persons until they
have borrowed and spent the property, but it
then appears to them pious act to swindle
the lender. Some of them repudiate private
debts, but this is an operation which is liable
to embarrass them in the pursuit of gain. 1t
is safer and cheaper to rob creditors Of muni'
cipalities, counties, states, and the nation. So
we have repudiators, and most of the repudi-
ators are Democrats. Who can count the