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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-10
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT,

WASHINGTON, April 0, 1878.
NEW SECRETARY OF THE REPUBLICAN CON.
GREssIoEAL COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED.
In the joint caucus OF the republican Senators and
Representatives. to be held tomorrow night for the
purpose OF arranging for tho fall campaign and the
reorganization OF the Congressional and National Elk.
scutive committees, there will DO new Secretary
Of she Congressional Committee appointed In
the place Of J. NJ Edmunds, who is
tho Postmaster OF Washington, D. Q. This IL s urged
will be necessary In order TO conform with the Pres
dcnt's idea OF civil service reform, because Mr. Ed
munds cannot win proper respect to il act IN any
promiuunt Of ociai capacity In connection with the
political campaign business. There arc several as
prants for the position the successful ono is not
YET indicated
UEEs TO COME UP IN THE EousE-PRos-
PEcrs OF THE THURMAN FUNDING BILL.
The House Banking and Currency Committee will
have The floor Tomorrow during the morning hour,
whom IL Is expected thai tho important pending bust
ness referred to that committee will be disposed OF
Tho bin authorizing postar savings bank will be- 70.
ported ana tho House asked to mako &c tho special
order for the "a OF May. Tho bill to abolish
che present twsntycens silver coin will probably pass
without debate. The bill 70 autherIxs tho issue Of
s'lvor boIlion certificates and another 10 allow
national banks 10 convert their greenback reserves
into four per cent bonds viii take their place upon
she calendar. '..i 44k 4.
The nsxs committee 10 BE- called IL the Pacific Rail-
road which VIII be reached on Thursday N tho
House procseds with the morning hour The Texas
Pacific Railroad bill, !. one 10 extend tho time
Tor the completion or the Northern Pacific Railroad
and she pro rate bill Of the Pacific railroads Will be
reported As the senate has passed the Funding bill and
10 will ~ 10 the House tomorrow. shs Pacific Rail-
road Committee will hardly report the Thurman b,
whom the committee 10 called. ordered al the
meeting to-day. The oDjsos In making this haste was the
expectation that the Senate mgns debate the thurman
bill several days, perhaps beyond the time when tho
committee would be ready TO report, and 10 vas
deemed advisable 70 be ready with the measure As
II Is the senate bill will remain on tho Speakers
table under some twenty odd other measures, ana
must take It's turn when the table is reached. The
calculation now 10 that II will not probably BIO dis.
posed Of until the latter part OF this month when IL
10 thought II will pass with bat little opposition
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A POLICE CAPTAIN IN. TROUBLE

Charges OF conduct uubcconing an ofncer are being
prepared against Captain Copeland OF the Thirteenth
precinct IL alleged that ns has ialslnso entries on
his time bVog. I.
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THE swATARA AT ASPINwALL-THE ADAMS At
PAEAMA-ARRIvAL OF THE PORTSMOUTH At
HAvRE-oRDERs-~rHE WYOMING.
WASHINGTON, April Q, 1878
Tho Navy Department IL informed that shs swatara
Is at Aspnwail, but is expected At Key West n tho
course OF q week.
Tho Adams Is at Panama, and 10 expected 70 sail In
the early part OF May for the samoan Ialands
rho Portsmouth, laden with exhibits for The Paris
Exposition. has arrived " Hxvre -svensy Gays out
IRON Now York.
Paymaster Charles =. Guild and Passed Assistant
Engineer Henry L. Slosson ordered to the Alaska
al New York. Assistant Engineer j. X. Barton 10 de-
tnched from the Marion and ordered return TO the
United States
THE WYOMING sEAwoRrHY.
The Navy Department states that before the sailing
OF the Wyoming from New York she vas examined by
board OF officers and pronounced seaworthy In
every respect.
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GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, April Q, 1873.
TIE DEFICIENCY BILL AS REPoRTED TO THE
SENATE.
The Deficiency BILL a. reported 10 the senate to-day
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

RETURN OF The ENTERPhISE TO NORFOLK
FROM CRUISE IN THE GULF.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NORFOLK, Va, April 0, 1873.
The United States steamer Enterprise. Commander
George G. Remey commanding, SIX days from Key
West, arrived At tho anchorage twelve
N. to-day from q cruise in tho Gull. All arc
wen ON board. She at once commenced 10
discharge hor powder, and will 20 mp
10 tho yard tomorrow morning TO have her machinery
ovsrhuuied and take on powder preparatory 70 .
cruise up the Mississippi River IN the month OF May.
Tho following is . list OF her offcers:--
Commander GeorEo G. Rcmey, commanding
Lieutenant Commander samuel II. Baker, executive
officer
Lieutenant Walton Goodwin. navigator.
Master LYMAN g. SpaltiDg, watch ofhccr.
: Ensign-Frederick Tyler
Ensgn-John w. Deana
Passed Assistant Pavmaster-M. 1. Ruth.
Paymsster-Georgc II. GRIMM.
Chief Engineer -Eiuan Laws.
Past Assistant Engineer-Wiiliam A. Miutxer,
Assistant Engiheer-Wallcr Shewsil.
Boatswain--ErwiD j. Alton.
Carpenter-George w. Greene.
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from the COMMITTEES on Appropriations, v amended
by the addition Of the following items:-
For the government insane asylums. $l45S3
For minis ana assay Offices l7600
For survey Of south Pass. Mississippi River.,. 1900
For expenses ofs operating the Des Moines
Canal Mississippi River, Tree highway $500
For Immediate repairs Of the ouudarlon OF inc
Whales Back Light and Tor signal station
at Portsmouth, \. ..................... Is 900
For provisions, marine corps. ............l 1927
For amount due the New Brunswick and Can
ada Railway Company under arrangement Of
United States mails. .............. 1895
eclipse. July 20 ......... 5000
Printing Tor inc war Department. $4,000
roweIrs survey OF Inc Rocky Mountains. 5000
Hayden's survey; publication Of maps, charts,
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
HUMOROUS.

Kansas teacher: Where does all oul
grain produce 60 TOP" BOY: 1T goo,
Into the hopper" Teacher: "Hopperi
what hopper" Boy (triumphantly)
"Grasahoppsr."
A lady returning from church, declar.
cd that when she saw the shawls Of those
Smiths. and then thought Of the things
her ownGirls had to wear,if II wasn't for
the consolation of religion. she did not
know what she should do.
A three-yosr-old youngster Jaw a
drunken man lacking along through
the street. "Mothcr," said he, did
God make that manP' ''Ycs. my child"
The little boy reflected a moment, and
then exclaimed: IL wouldn't have
done t."
"WM you always trust me, dearest?"
no asked. looking down into her dark
blue eyes with incxpressible affection.
She WAS q salcswOman, and Of a prac-
tical turn II mind. and she answered:
"DearC Charles. business IL Business, and
youth have 70 pay Gosh down ct our
store, every time"
A Bath schoolboy has written q com.
position on kindness to Animuis." lie
begins: The first thing that ought to be
stopped Is whipping . horse for moth
Ing. The other day l was near the rail.
road wharf and ! saw . man driving
oxen forward and backward. and I see
he did II cruel to one and the other he
wouldn't do anything. but this one he
would when they went back hit him
acrosscd the head & legs. II that ia not
cruel what isp
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
An Anecdote Of Pope Leo.

An excellent story was related to me
today. have the best reasons for be-
lieving II to be true. When Leo XIII.
was first made Bishop, he learned that
= priest In n Of the parishes Of his d.
occse was In the habit Of going on
hunting every Sunday, This priest was
very attentive to his duties all the six
days Of the week, but Sunday he took
~ . veritable holiday. So one Sunday
Bishop Pecci went TO tho priests resi-.
dence. OF course he did not find the
priest at home. He asked II he might
DO allowed to celebrate mass in the
church, and was told no could do so
most certainly; indeed. they said they
would be very glad II he would, "a the
people always came on Sunday for tho
mass and went away disappointed. No
a knew II wa the Bishop. After mass
the priests servants asked him to leave
his name for their master. To the great
surprise Of every one the card the un.
known visitor left had on Il the name
Of the Bishop Of the Diocese. The priest
Instantly went to Bishop Pecci full of
penitenoe, expecting u good sound rep
rimand for HIS negligence. sa SsE :
Hunting is no SIM said the Bishop
calmly. ''Only when you want to go
hunting on a Sunday, DO sure To let me
know, and ! will come and say mass
for you" s3 ID va atst
The priest never went hunting on a
Sunday again after that eficctual repri-
mand. Net York World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
Talking.M Machines.

Mr.. Thomas A. Edison has recently
invented an instrument which Is I'M
doubtcdly the acoustic marvel Of the
century. II II called the "Speaking
Phonogrsph." or adopting the Indian
idiom. one may aptly call 1t 'Ths Sound
Writer who talks" Much curiosity has
been expressed NJ to the workings of
this instrument. 50 l propose giving an
account VI il.
All talking machines may be reduced
To two types. That of Prof. Fabcr, Of
Vienna, is the most perfect example Of
n type; that Of Mr.. Edison Is the ouly
example Of the other.
Faber worked At the source of artic-
ulste sounds, and built up An artificial
organ Of speech, whose parts. "A nearly
as possible, perform the same functions
~ corresponding organs In our vocal
apparatus. A vibrating ivory reed. OF
variable pitch, forms its vocal chords.
There Is M oral cavity, whose size and
shape can be rapidly changed by de-
pressing the keys on n keyboard. A
rubber tongue and lips make the conso.
nants; a little windmill, turning In its
throat, rolls the letter n. and a tube r.
attached To its hose when Il speaks
French. This il the anatomy Of this
really wonderful piece of mechanism.
Faber attacked the problem on its
physiological side. Quite differently
works Mr.. Edison: he attacks the prob
lem. not at the source Of origin Of
the vibrations which make articnlate
speech, but. considering these vibrs-
tons ~ already made. it matters not
how, he makes these vibrations impress
themselves on a sheet Of metallic foil,
and then reproduces from these i'm
pressiOns the sOn0rous vibration which
made them.
FAber solved the problem by repro
ducing the mechanical causes Of tho VI
brations making voice and speech; Edi-
son solved It ~byobtaining the mechanical
effects Of these vibrations. Faber .
produced the movements of our vocal
organs; Edison reproduced the motions
which the drum-skin Of the ear he's
when this organ IL acted on BY the Vi
brations caused by the movements Of
the vocal Organs.---Iopuiar Science
Monthly for April. ".h.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

and Gloss feeding vail subdse ne psn-
~. grass and the Niue grass wn cssrh
by sowing In spring.
The reply ~ss this II the s~sso tc
favorable, you may get q good catch by
so~ing ~ YOU have desrribcd. roe In
February II possible, when the fros, 10
out about ,~o Inches deep. first hsr-
rowing the soil until YOU have brought
tn. whole into q kind ~ floating mass
Then .ow one and oae-half bushels psr
acre. and harrow once only. We have
hut liitie faith In sowing on stabbis and
trusting "a a chance catch. 4. q nurss
plant we should prefer red clover. say
six pounds per acre. In = few years
the blue grass viii destroy the cloyer
Or. 10 get 4 stand 81 white clover and
blue grass. sow one bushel -foirtcen
pounds--of blue grass and four or ave-
pounds Of white clover. II the seeding
10 grass IL delayed until spring. the col
should not bs disturbed until the fross
h out and the land dry.
In northern Illinois. and we think tho
same will apply with you. we have had
good success with English blue grass
meadow fescue. II makes q fiush and
admirable pasture, Il stronger In every
respect than Kentucky blue grsss. IL
one Of the earliest grasses known. mAkes
good hay, and is roots penetrate tho
ground deeply. thus insuring IL against
drouth. Ii is u grass comparatively
little known. but this may be said Of
many other valuable grasses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
An Elephant On The Trsek.

An q railroad train wM passing
through the forest, about thirty. i've
milca from RangOon, India. . short time
ago. driven BY Mr.. Stone. locomotive
superintendent. assisted by Mr.. Stewart,
locomotive fireman.. . large slsphsn,
Wa Q TO break through the fence and
get on tho line. Steam was shut OF,
aad Mr.. Stone tried 10 open tho waste.
cook, which being In front Of tho on.
9inc, would, by cjecting hot water some
distance ahead, induce 'tusks' to leave
the track. Itcould not readilybe opened,
and the engine VA soon upon the un.
fortunate boast. The brute had turned
and 6ed on seeing the engine. but was
speedily caught. Tho buffer beams Of
the engine being very low. the beasts
hind legs were takcn from under him,
and he was forced N sit down ~ II werc.
with his headquarters against the
smokhouse door, which WAS. Of course.
rod hot. Tho poor beast managed Ia
keep his fore feet going, though hustled
along faster than ever no had gone In
his life before, and In a few minutes the
train came 10 q standstill. and no got
away. He moved Oh tho line at the
double. uprooted q clump Of bamboo.
then wr,akcd dire vengeance on . tree,
and was lAat q Q rushing through the
jungle, tearing and smashing everything
"a 'his. path. He WA sadly cut and
burned IN his headquarters, and will
probably never be- Of any use again.
The mahout luckily escaped with his
life, while those on the engine may safe.
~ congratulate themselves on thor on.
cane. - RnN1n0n Ilndial Times
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
Illinois State C~saysatisu Of tAe National
|h.kN Party.

The National Party met In State Con-
vention at Springfield, Illinois, March
n. and temporarily organized by select
ing w. Il. Barr, OF Chicago, Chairman.
The usual committees were appointed.
Upon r~eassembling In the afternoon,
the convention permanently organized
by tho election OF Hon. j. Gillespic.
OF Madison, - President. The com.
mitteeo on credentials reported fifty
nine counties represented. After sew.
erai speeches. the convention proceed
cd 10 make nominations for State OH
cers. For State Treasurer. Gen. r. N.
Bates, OF Chicago, wA nominated ON
the first ballot, over John s. Armstrong,
OF Lasalle; Tor Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction. Prof. Frank H. Hall, Of
Kane county, was nominated on the
first ballot. The district caicuses re-
ported the following nominations which
were confirmed by the convention; SUI
preme Court clerks: Northern Grand
division, X. NJ. Springer, Chicago;
central grand division, T. w. s. Kidd,
Sargamon; southern grand division,
J. +. Stelle, jackson; appellate court
clerks:: First district, Chas. W. Shoates,
OF Cook; Second district. Chan. M. Kin.
sley. Rock Island; Third district, T. c.
Schoa: Champaign; Fourth, NJ. j. Char.
lott, Clinton.
The committee on platforms submit.
ted the majority and majority reports.
Both Included the Toledo national plat
form, but the minority proposed the
substitute OF greenbsok for the national
IN name OF party. The latter was dc.
deated and the majority report adopted.
Inc first thirteen resolutions embody
the Toledo platform. The fourteenth
resolution Is rs follows:
ResoIred, That we demand immedi-
ate issue OF q full legal tender paper
currency by the government to the full
limit at least Of the four hundred mill.
ions legal tender U. s. treasury notes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

The othsr day amerohseAcl the city
sdvertised Tar 4 roy and rscsivsd eth.
In - hours after hts notice wAs publish.
ed. no less than forty applications Tor
the place. A. the same time q mechan-
10 told II. that II WA almost an impos-
ssbility IN get q boy ~ learn trsdss.
Tho average boy " the present day has
conceived the idea that there IL some.
thing not quite ''gentecI' In being n
mechanic and earning ones bread by
the sweat VI ones brow. ~ II grntility
consisted In the work q man did or tbs
manner In which be- was employed.
There are In every community 10 this
country hundreds ~ young men and
boys who, having failed 10 sccurc n pro.
fcssional education or q start toward
one. are waiting for something gcnteel
IN turn up. II NIL such. and n good
share of those who are contemplating
or who have already entered upon .
course Of professional study will make
q sharp turn and learn n good mcchan-
lcal trade. both themselves and the
world will be the better of. The need
Of the world now IL skilled artisans and
Il Ii willing 10 pay and pay well for the
services of such. The chances for ad.
vancemcnt In life are equally " good In
mechanical ~ In professional or com
merciai pursuits. Professor Huxley, In
u recent address. said that mot more
than one boy In four thousand attains
distinction, and TINT not more than ono
In n million V q develops that intensity
Of instructive aptitude, that burning
thirst for excellence. which Il called
genius Trucr words were never spo-
ken. The majority II boys and men
have In all times. and for all time will
continue tO move In y very limited
sphere. They will scarcely be- heard Of
outside II their " tow ms. The train
ing and the occupation which give them
the best results and enable them IN do
the most good In their own little circle.
are the training and tho occupations
which thcy ought to follow. Where
there Ia n Shakespeare there are mil
lions of mediocre men. Where there is
ono Webster there are thousands III
would.bc lawyers. who have neither tho
active ability or acquired skill tO obtain
distinction. II u boy has the capacity
10 develop into = Shakespeare or u Wob.
stor. rest assured that no will do H. but
tbs folly of the time among American
boys Ii that they think that they will
develop into something like the excep-
tionsl geniuses whore names and fame
are upon cvcrybody's lips, when the
chances are that they will continue Ia
move along In the quiet unovcntful
plano which II occupied by tho great
majority Of humanity. The sooner a
boy discovers that the chances are he
will lev DO anything more than n
very common sort Of u man, and makes
up his mind ~ 10 n dilligent, honest
ono. the greater the chances that In the
days To come the world will have some
thing out Of tho common line for him
10 do. Even then tho chances are about
= million TO ono against him.--Peoria
(M.) 7r~dnscript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

girl reached him by . short ps,h thro'
The woods. he had arranged the vehicle
80 clevcrly. with = cushion for Mollic.
that II did not seem unlike Cleops,rs's
barge She wU In her sondsy best.
and sb. laughed lightly In the sunshine
NJ George swung her INTO hor sea and
then kaped To the handles.
There are M Sunday trains; there
Wss ~ danger.
MoiIie crossed her tiny feet. felt the
e~xbilaration ~ the movement, ~
Georges swelling arms produced tho
terrible momentum. and saw her neat
skirts blown about by the rushing wind
beneath thc platform. On. ON they
vent, tho giisiening rails ringing. tbs
bonny brown hair blown about, aud the
fox Ram bridge near nj hand.
HroH's RgvESaE.
On the bridge Hugh O'Donnell "a,
smoking his pipe. The draw was open,
although no drifting schooner was in
sight. Some evil bird had whispered
To Hugh the sunday trip ~ his rival
with Mollie. lie determined on muir
der at oace. This IL the reason tbs
rusty draw was open. while Hugh -a,
In his sentry box on the other side,
smoking his pipe. and watching up the
converging lines of metal that seemed
like satin RIBBONS tied In y bow by Oh,
perspective.
u PLUNGE.
HI did not have To wait long. First
camc the rumble--the far.away SOUND
that dies away while its increascs-and
thar tsxin. AZ .n.t.t.,l .e,...l 1. ...,
the h%and-car, bearing the girl he loved
and the man he hated. Tie drew an.
other whit VI smoke, and looked calm,
ly at the tumbril Of death, with its arm.
wbirling wildly. since George had trust.
cd ~ the steep grade. and the appall,
Ing acccleration he had given the ma
chine 10 accomplish the passage OF thu
bridge. and had sat down alongside ol
Mollie, with his arm around her waist
just ~ they nearcd the draw, which
was never legally allowed open on Sun
day, he turned his head. and his face
became white. Mollic felt the chill cir
c,e her waist M his blood froze IN hi.
arms. liz sprang to his feet. and tried
To seize the revolving handles. which
were only n blur and 4 mist. lie tho,
vi inc girl OH. Dut DcIOrc M
could think Of anything else. the Cal
took the leap. and as Hugh O'Donncl
sat SIN oking In his sentry box. no saw
the u%pturned faces. pallid with agony
but pressed close together. 70 dowf
with the hand car 10 the deep pools ant
| cruel rocks of the Fox Run. and ~ h,
did so. he said:
Course your and lighted another
pipe.
They found him there. but mad-no
raving mad, but In that Emphatic stat,
Of mania which is beyond reach. Or
the shore below, held by tho gnarlct
roots Of willow. were discovered tn,
bodies Of George and Mollie. In tn,
moment Of death she had thrown hcl
arms about him. aAd M tho sunlight
filtered through the surging branches
and fell upon the u%pturned faces, they
seemed like bride and groom in tn,
sleep Of happiness. So they were. bu'
Death had been tho minister.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
Capital Puniah.ent In Great Britain.

The capital punishment question I
being earnestly discussed in the British
House Of Commons. There 1t no Inn
mediate probability OF the abolition Of
the death penalty. for Il IL now nearly.
II not quite, restricted to murderers;
but its moral a well as political bear
ings are brought into prominence and
may lead to a more thorough discrimi-
nation between the different degrees Of
homicide. It Is interesting TO see the
attention given to American facts and
statistics. The opponents of abolition
having charged that lynching IL often
employed In our country to make up
for the failure Of the law, the other side
retorts by showing that the States where
lynching Is most common are not those
which have done away with the scat
fold. Whatever may b. the result Of
the debates. they bring into promi-
enc the wonderful change In British
sentiment - well - Law which hes H.
ken place within the half century. .gss
Within the memory Of men now Nv
ing, and these not septuaGenArians, for.
gers, sheep stsalers, and other minor
offenders were ruthlessly hanged. and
~forty-eight hours was the usual maxi
mum OF time between sentence and sx-
ecution. There IL q yet little Of the
morbid sympathy for blood thirsty VIII
lains that Is now prevalent in some
parts of our land. and We hope there
never may DO, yet q thorough over
hauling Of the objects and dsersss OF
punishment will do no harm il Q king.
dom never too much inclined to msrci-
full dealing. y ncinnati Gazette.