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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

After some consideration the House Com.
mittee on Commerce Of Congress has agreed
to recommend on appropriation Of one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars tor the i'm
provement of the Harlem River. But this
allowance is made contingent on petty re-
duction Of the appropriation for the OPEN
ing of He'll Gate-that is to say, narrow and
pinching policy is applied, without any APP
parent justification or upon any principle
based on sound economic ideas. to work
that recommends itself by its intrinsic merit
to the support Of oil sections Of the coun-
try. II it could be shown that the con-
templated improvement was one of
only local interest and not intended
10 confer benefit on the whole region Of pro-
duction in the North and West the pairing
down Of the appropriation might be done
with propriety and perhaps benefit But
the work in question is one that stands
among the most important and useful of any
projected in the interest Of our national
commercial development. 1t is intended to
create better facilities for the cheap and
rapid transportation of freight from the re-
gions of production to the principal points
Of shipment and to shorten the time and
cost of transit from the steamship docks to
the centres Of distribution for all imported
freight from abroad. The farmers and con-
sumers Of Iowa and Missouri would
derive as much benefit from the OPEN
ing of navigation through the Harlem
River as the merchants of New York city !;
therefore the cost Of the work should not
be regarded as q merely local expenditure
and pared down as il II was the clearing of
little inland river or the dredging of
small harbor on the lake shore. Tho esti-
mate for the whole work Is about two mill
ions Of dollars, but the Committee on
Commerce offers only a little more than
one-fourteenth of that sum wherewith to
commence operations. At the rate Of prog
ress fixed by the amount Of the appropriate
ton, allowing for losses due to delay, the
work will take fully fifteen years to
complete. General Newton states that il
the proper means are readily sup
piled the work can be done in q
little more than two years. All the benefits
of the improvement are therefore withheld
from the people by the pinching policy dis
played by the House Committee on Com
merce in its decision. Why the sum of fifty
thousand dollars must DO deducted from the
He'll Gate appropriation Is explained by the
same unwise and really uneconomical
course. Everybody knows that IT is cheaper
! to complete work Of this character without
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

Congress and the European situation.
We trust that Congress will fall into no
such fussy folly as is family foreshadowed
in one of our Washington dispatches. What
has our government to do with the quarrel
between England and Russia? Nothing
which it might do or offer would have the
weight of feather in avsrting war. The
only duty of our government is to maintain
strict neutrality between the belligerents
il, as is probable, they should resort to
arms We have no more reason for ex-
pressing sympathy with England than
with Russia Considering how hostile
England was to US during our civil war,
and how friendly Russia was. our sympa-
thies rather belong to the latter. But the
government has no right to be Influenced
by the preference Of our people. It has but
one clear duty-that of absolute neutrality.
If the impending war can be averted at all
it will be by the powerful influence of Ger
many. The United States must not expose
itself to derision by impotent intermeddling
in quarrel in which it has no real interest.
Let us keep our abundant stock of bum
combe for exclusive home use.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
The Ba,ane. OF tho Alabama Award.

The Balance or tho Alabama Award.
The Judiciary Committee of the House
agreed yesterday, by vote OF six against
five, to report q bill for REMINDING the dis
tribution Of the balances OF the Geneva
award to the Court Of Claims, to be deter
mined by that tribunal on principles Of
equity and international law. Such bill
evades the difficulties Of the question, and
it is doubtful whether it can pass. It is the
clear duty of Congress to establish rules
for the guidance of the Court. The balance
OF the award ought to BIO distributed,
and judicial tribunal like the Court of
Claims should not be exposed to the charges
Of favoritism with which it would be as
sailed if left to apportion it without any
rules prescribed by Congress as to what
class of claimants are entitled to preference.
The government will be subjected to dis
honoring criticism if the money is per-
manently retained in the Treasury, and it
is great deal better that Congress should
prescribe the mode Of distribution than that
it should be left to the discretion Of any
tribunal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

much unfriendly criticism of this great
work, and we have received many letters
pointing out alleged defects in the plan |;
but we have published none OF them, be-
cause all the writers appear to have lost
sight of the fact that the generosity which
prompted the undertaking was spontaneous,
and no one can be Justly aggrieved at condi-
tions which he or she is not obliged to ac-
cept. We have been surprised at the tone
of almost personal injury assumed by the
epistolary critics OF this benevolence.
To-day the working women who have
been accepted as proper tenants begin their
experience of its hospitality. These we
understand number but forty at present,
but during the present month, which 10 the
best in the year for its purpose on account
Of the number Of people who change their
boarding houses before the LIST OF May, we
expect to see the Women's Hotel fill up
rapidly and its merits fairly tested. It can
be tested in NO other way. If its rates for
boarders were ever so low it could not ac-
commodate more than thousand, and
surely the benevolent founders have q right
to say which thousand of our working
women they desire to house SO superbly?
Looking att in this light we invite all our
citizens to join us heartily in wishing the
Womens Hotel career of success
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

ALMOST Every branch Of business has re.
ducod the cost Of its wares bat the ice dealers
have decided to adhere to the old scale Of prices
The prc,cnce OF q short supply upon which this
notion j. founded Il, al course, nonsense. The
crop this year il fully equal to that Of previous
seasons. and there is no danger that it will be
exhausted. Again. their cxpcnses have been
lighter than at any period for years, 50 that
there Is no valid excuse whatever ior the impo-
siticn Of tho exorbitant scale OF prices upon
which they have decided
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The situation in Europe, and certainly the
relations between Russia and England, can
not be improved by the tone of Lord
Salisbury's circular to the Powers.
While conveying the impression that
England is prepared to coerce Turkey
overthrown, by means Of the Greek
instruction as well as direct armed
interference, the circular complains thnt the
fact OF Russia having overthrow Turkey
by war causes a disturbance of the political
equilibrium of Europe which England
feels bound to restore-if necessary
by war. The particular interests Of
England that are seriously affected
by the results Of the war have not
been defined up to the present, yet
they are fitting like ghosts through the po-
litical twilight that prevails, soaring the
diplomats a good deal. But the general
interest OF England in the East has as
sumed more tangible form. 1t is her in
fuence that is threatened in region and
with peoples she has been long ac-
customed to treat as tributaries,
but who are now finding new
master in the Car. So long as
the Turk was simply the convenient
savage who limited his throat cutting to the
Christians of Bulgaria or Bagdad and
bought his gilt buttons and bombazine, his
iron-clsds and hardware, in England. the
peace Of Europe was in no danger of being
disturbed. But no sooner does Turkey
change her marketing place and look toward
the other shop than. England discovers a
serious menace to the general welfare OF the
world 1t. doubtful whether Europe will
sustain policy that excludes Russia wholly
from the Egean and Mediterranean merely
to afford England an undisputed control OF
these waters. 1t is certain that victorious
Russia will not rest satisfied until she has
reaped every advantage her victory can
bring her.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

1nE WEAriIER-A general fall Of pressure
has taken place over the region eastward Of the
Mississippi. The barometer is lowest In and of
New brunswick, with cloudncss and very light
rains over tho New England States. Cloudincss
and light rain also prevail in the Lower Mis-
scuri Valley. The temperatures have increased
somewhat and arc very uniform, no extraordi-
nary contrasts occurring even between distant
points. Except on the east coast and In the
Missouri Valley the winds are very moderate.
The weather ia New York and its vicinity to-day
will be warm and fair partly cloudy, with
morning baziness Tomorrow it will be partly
cloudy or cloudy and warm, possibly with an
Afternoon thunder storm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

In Belfast counter girls have seats during the On.
tirc day.
Mr.. Robert GiGen says that the best securities
In the long tho cheapest
An English girl says that g,von brutal pleas.
ures are those who dance.
Prince Rudolf, OF Austria, though very wealthy,
pays money for what he does not get.
Tho New Orleans Picayune wants to give Canada
our O'Donovan Rosa and takc back Sitting Bull
sOd Jones, - tho great Manchester banker. had his
bank adjoining his tea warehouse. and he used TO
spend his leisure STRENGTHENING bcut tsachest nails.
Father O'Ketlly has received complimentary letter
from CArdiaai Simconi Secretary or State undcr Pho
Nono acknowledging the receipt OF his book entitled
"a Ltfo Of Plus IX."
Rev. George y. Seymour, ID. d., Dean OF the Prot
estant Episcopal Theological Seminary aud Bishop
elect OF the Springfield diocese OF Illinois, has Just
received tho degree oil LII u. from Columbia College.
Hon. Frunc,s j. PAksnbam. AZ ons time British Sec.
rotary Legation and Charge d'Afares NJ Washing
ton. and recently British Secretary Of Legation at
Copenhagen. has been appointed by tho Queen Mn
istor to Chic.
Dr.. Charles y. -Stansbury, prominent Free Mason,
we'll known tho fraternity throughout the country,
was last week reported doAd This statement
roneous. Although ne has been N he 10 now recov.
ering his health.
Mr. Thomas Henderson, OF Glasgow, founder and
managing owner OF the Anchor line OF steamships ID,
with his wife, . Wait 10 this country, and 10 as
present sojourning with bis ~ the asers resi-
oeuce Ia West Thrsy-1fth street.
Quincy Herald: --"strangs as IL may seem an Ohio
has recently boon appointed 10 Office ny Mr.
Hayes This time IL Is the place OF Government Dr.
rector In tho Union Pacific Railroad Company. aud
tho man 10 General Buckiand, former law partner Of
Hayes'
Iondon ry7uh .-uCo m parcd with the German stauo
ours poor and uncuvated. So that actor pleases
us we do not ask ourselves whether he 10 pleasing
lsgitimaseiy by being true TO his part. We Judge OF
acting tho Chinese judge Of painting, without OBJ
serving whether tho particular house or treo which
peasss Is drawing in perspective. and whether
tho color that attracts eye In harmony with the
general tone OF tho landscape"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

There is a row in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
trustees have resigned in body, and one Of
them has written polite but bloodhound
ling letter to the energetic pastor. MIR. Tai
mage. In this epistle he states, with your
pious mans arsenical candor, that Mr.. Tai
mage has been SO unveracious regarding a
certain ''vexed question" he can no longer
have confidence in Mr.. Talmage's dealing
with the eternal verities. The disguised
trustee will get ont Of range Of MIR. Tai
IMAGES powerful arms and slashing argu-
ments on all the Sabbaths to come. We
pity that trustee. We fancy him going round
from church to church vainly searching for
such cushion humping. damnation dealing,
sinner-swingeing eloquence as has delighted
his eyes and ears in tho past. He has lived
for years on religious laughing gus. To him
all the genial sentmentality of Beecher, the
learning Of Storrs, the. mild beauties Of
Chaplin, the eclectic doctrines Of Frothing-
ham. will be as insipid as Quaker meet
ing to bowling dervish. His 'doctrinal
soup may have been thin, but it was spiced
beyond the splicing power Of cayenne pep
per or ginger, which is ''hot + the mouth"
We can foresee plainly the dismal ending Of
that trustee. When he has visited the last
church and sampled the last exhorter and
found no thump so resounding. no limbs SO
sweeping. no lungs SO ear-splitting no hell
SO hot as Talmage's, he will wilt
and disappear, crawling through some
knothole into IN uncertain eternity.
There is, however, another and .
greater danger. Talmage himself may
go away from Brooklyn-may, in fact. 60 to
England. We say it with deliberation, but
we say it delicately--we think we could
spare him. The danger is not there. We
have painted the probable terrible fate Of
one trustee; but supposing that the three or
four thousand Of his fellow members also
found themselves .'like sheep without
shepherd when snow shuts out sky, what un-
fortunate consequences might result We
cannot look forward without pain to the neces-
sity of collecting them in an asylum and try
ing to win them back to reason by exhibiting
to them mechanical figure with special
spasm attachments, while some of the old
Talmngs sermons are acclaimed through
a fog horn. No; let Talmage be locked
up If necessary, but III any case
do not let HIN out Of Brooklyn. We had
almost forgotten to state that the row, oddly
enough, grows out of n question of har-
inony. Mr.. Morgan, who played the organ,
was in debate. Some said that the wild,
worldly music which resounded through
the Tabernacle on certain Sunday evenings
was not sent by the spirit divine working
in Morgan. The luckless organist was dis
missed, but, it Is said, got back by plead
ing that it was the spirit Of Talmage that
ran away with his fingers and caused such
scandal. This has never been made public
before but If the brethren think it over
they may make up their quarrel and SO save
society from calamity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Thc stock market
was very active, the sales Of stocks being the
largest Of the current year. Gold opened and
closed ut 1O1 ls, selling in the interim at 1911.
Government and State bonds were quiet, ant
railroads wer generally higher. Money on call
lent at z per cent, with few exceptions at 1-64
Of per cent per .iicnl, with interest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

January, 1879, will be sufficient to insure
permanence in the redemption Of all the
greenbacks that are offered. On this
vital point Secretary Sherman has
no doubt. and we trust that his confidence
is well founded. He asks for legislation
which will enable him to place popular
four per cent loan. but even if this is re-
fused he can obtain all the additional
coin he may need by sales Of four and
half per cent bonds, and even five per cent
bonds if he should be driven to that neces-
sity. His statements and reasoning seem
to warrant his expectations, and we trust
that public opinion will support him
against the captious incredulity of inter-
ested directors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The probabilities that The ,ceather in Ne,c
York and lis ricfnity to-day wW be ,earm and
fair a. partly cloudy, riM morning Aa=iness. To
"so'7or Il sriH be partly ciony orciouy and earn,
possibly uiM an afternoon Mu,.der storm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
TRIPLE SH E EFT
NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1878.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADvERTIsERs-I0
ias0v the proper classification Of advertisements
il is absolutely accessory that they lie handed in
before eight o'clock crery erepiag
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

~ SOME OF the members of the Farmers Club
nrc to he believed the oleomargarinc nanufac.
turcrs are formidable competitors Of the first
class butter makers. Twenty-Five thousand
pounds, 1t Is said arc daily sold in the city
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The AVERAGE Mexican border thief must be-
gin toxcspair Of his country. For the first time
la the memory Of her oldest bandit the authori-
ties have restored his plumber to his Texan Vie
tiin and put him In jail
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The FIRST STEP in the contemplated rcor
ganization OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
was taken yesterday in its sale W auction. Two
mud quarter million dollars was the highest
hill
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

aone impartially. We support legislation
which accompanies the downward tendency
ofprices with reduction ofpublic expenses,
and If this is done with any degree of JUS
tice to all employees OF the public it will be
q benefit to our highly taxed community.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The INCREASED terminal facilities resolution
rccrives the overwhelming support Of the Al
dcrmcn. Only three votes were east against it,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

liz ruE OPINION OF Mr.. Wood tho new tariff is
constantly gaining strength, not only in the
House, but ia the Senate, and its passage this
session Is certain. II is only natural that Mr..
Wood should take n rosy view of the situation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

TIE GENEVA AWARD FCND still pcrplcxcs
Congress The latest proposition Oh the subject
is to let the Court OF Claims say who are entitled
IN N
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

TIE CITY BUILDING statistics for March show
by no means disconrngng condition OF that
important branch Of business.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

ACCORDING 10 the Comptrocr's statement,
the total reduction Of the city debt for the
twelve months ending March 3lrwas in round
Numbers two million eight hundred thousand
dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

lr SEEMS that some of merchantmen are,
In defiance OF law. actively engaged in the
coolic trade. The administration is very prop
erly thinking OF sending our cruisers after them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

RLDrcTios OF the tobacco tax has been
agreed upon by the Ways and Means Commit
tee. The suggestion to fill the eight million
hole IL will make in the Treasury BY rcmposing
III. income tax IL not likely to be very popular.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

The MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE has dc.
cidcd to cndcavor to get alon: without female
suffrage.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

delay than to allow it to hang on from
year to year for want Of sufficient funds to
carry it ont. The depreciation Of half
finished work is always serious item in the
Anal cost d great engineering undertakings.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

BIooKLYS is running mp her debt at the rate
Of a million and u half year. Is there no one
to call halt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

CANADA is doing rushing business sending
war horses to England.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03

RHODE ISLAND holds State election to-day.
The grccnback men have II ticket in the field.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Chicago 10 overrun with dramatic performances
Ha, ans piano was sold few weeks ago for 5000.
duel In balloon II the latest novelty Of the French
stage.
xodjcska win play DO Chicago during the present
month. M
Tho last play Of w. s. Glbcrt, tho English drama-
list, is called "rhs vaeabond."
Prince Albert 10 said greatly enjoy visits to The
green rooms OF the London tnoatrca
Somebody has been kissing BJucicauit on the stage,
and thcre Is another tho camp.
Genovicvs Wards brother speaks In ten languages
and Is 10 tho baking business In Paris
new pianoforls and siring Trio, by n. Saintsasns,
has recently been performed in London
Nilsson was sa,eIy the recipient Of . silver urn
valued at $4,000 given by hcr admirers 81 Peters,
borg.
Mr.. Herman Lindc. q reader OF shakespeare in Ger.
man, will shortly appear In Now York aud givo simi.
lar readings IN English.
Max Primer gives q plano recital at stenway Hall
on Saturday. Ho wi be assistsd by Miss Anna Dras.
all and Mr.. Ferd. Duicgen.
brilliant gathering Of the dramatic profession MAY
be expected tomcrro~ afternoon At the standard rho.
afro. Miss Maggie Mitchell having sot apart in CON-
pmsnt to nor brothers and sisters Of the stage who
may desire 10 enjoy In these later days hor hand.
some representation OF "Fanchonn
A new local drama BY tho author Of ssOur Boarding
Housc''-Mr. LEONARD Grower sss presented at the
Bowery Theatre Tor the first time In this city on Moo.
Gay evenings tho piece consists OF . prologue and
four acts, and details the "Rcmarkabls History or
Lspet" by series OF Ingenious situations, aGording
scope for great var,ciyPf character scting Mics
Frances KembIs a. Lispei ais u pro,ean part with
considerable ability. Master Ed Byrou a. Dan, the
bootbaok, s very good The cast Is strong one aud
the piece promises TO be success
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
AMUSEMENTS.
BoorH's THEATRK-''MraNox."

BOOTHS THEATRK-''MIGNoN."
"Aisuon" was gvcl last night for tho last time.
and received win she Same degree oifavor by .
crowded accorded to whom horc produced
last week. There alteration In the Mile.
Rozo was tho Mignon, Miss Kellogg tho Fclina and
Miss Cary sung the role Of Federico. Tom Karl.
Comfy and Gottschaik compistsd the cast. ALI the
artists excellent voice Milo. Roze's acting as
well % her singing claimed recognition, and In the
toilet second both tss Roze and Mss
Kellogg vol deserved encores MISS Cary's rem.
dcsng Of her solo In sbe same act was enthusias
caily received The polonaise In tho third act was
nncly Rven by Miss Kellogg and 10 tho last act the
exquisite acting OF Mile RozcAhowsd 10 nne advan-
tage aida" will be gwen tonight with Marie Koxe,
MISC Cary and Signor Frapslh 10 the leading roles.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


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