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The New York herald., 1878-10-13
The Prevalent Crime.

Twelve columns of Saturdays HERALD
were filed with the murder record. Muir
ders of all the standard varieties were in
cluded in the chronicle-and there were
some recitals of extreme acknowledgements
bly, that Of the hanging of q man who had
murdered thirty odd persons and the lynch
ing of five negroes for offences against
women. Only thorough study of the
statistics Of crime can determine
numerous year by year than they were fer
merly, or whether we have our murders for
a given period in a few groups, with inter-
vals of quiet; but in so far as general i'm
pressions on the subject may be trusted,
the murders reported are two or three
to one against earlier periods, and
there are no intervals. What are the
causes for all these bloody indul-
gences of cupidity, revenge or other
passions Immunity for murderers is one
cause, an entire loss of religious convic-
tions in great part of the social mass is
another cause, and a third is the failure of
society to discriminate against families
prone to take violent steps in differences
with their neighbors. Under our system Of
Jurisprudence Justice is SO enormously
handicapped in a conflict with murderer
that she has no chance, and the murderer
who sees his way clear to cheat the
gallows will laugh at the terrors of
the world to come; SO that he can
be restrained neither by considerations of
discomforts in another world nor danger
in this. Our philanthropy, our tenderness
tor the lives of cutthroats, the favors of
the law toward them, all these deprive So
ciety of an advantage it had under
harsher system, and which was perhaps of
great importance when everybody was
hanged who had unjustifably killed
another-and hanged without regard to
sanity-the natural selection" of the
times was against the numbering classes.
Now it is against the classes that supply
victims, and we are so far cultivating race
of men prone to murder.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
The Canvass In France.

M. Gambetta is reported as predicting
that the renewals in the French Senate will
result in giving the republican party ma
jority Of twenty in that body. and his pre-
diction is entitled to the respect due to one
whose judgments on kindred points have
been conspicuously verified in the past It
is an unmistakable tendency of the French
nation to grow to the party in power, and
the Republic will derive the same advan-
tage from this tendency that other govern
ments have and will not be ruined by the
omnipotence it finally gives as other gov
ernments have been. If the Republic cap
lures the Senate in the January elections it
will practically have possession of every
great political division in the State, for a
president who is himself conspicuously a
republican will be consequence of the
election for the renewal of the executive
when both representative bodies have re-
publican majority. Gambetta's opinion.
that Senate is necessary, will not offend
the extreme republicans once they see
their way to believe that it is no longer to
be q refuge for reaction.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
Mgr. DupAn 10 mn.

In Bishop Dupanloup the Church in
France loses strong man. Not very old
man, he yet counted SO many experiences
in his life that he linked the present with
the past in peculiar way in some phases Of
his career. He gave absolution upon repen-
tance to Prince Talleyrand-a and if Talley-
rand could in return have given him a grain
or two of his political sagacity it might,
with the taste of the priest Tor public life,
his stout will and the depth of his convic-
tions, have made him very useful man to
his country in her gloomy days of trial.
He was also the confessor Of Chambord in
the early days of that narrow-minded per-
sonage, and may have done much to con-
firm that obstinacy in opinion which rem
dered impossible the restoration in 1871 of
the legimate monarchy. If he did it is to
be counted in the number of his services
to humanity. Dupanloup saw plainly the
evils to the Church likely to flow from the
policy that made the dogma of infallibility,
and opposed that policy boldly and openly.
Yet what he could see SO clearly for the
Church at large he could not see on
the narrower theatre OF ecclesiastical
operations in France. He could not
discern there that the Church had
separated itself from the mind of the nation
by bigotry and the culture of superstition,
but thought that the nation was on the road
to ruin for lack of religious sentiment, and
tried to save it by the stimulation of that
very spirit in it which had made the nation
its enemy. But he was a bold man and an
upright one, and fought always resolutely
for what he believed to be the truth.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
LonCley, the Texas Desperado.

The mental pictures which respectable
murder are generally as horrible us the
crime itself, but we learn that the murderer
Longlcy, of Texas, whose confession we pub
lish in full to-day, and who has killed thirty
two men and yet died quite young, was the
very reverse Of bad looking. lie is said to
have been handsome, mild-eyed fellow,
with low, gentle voice. He seems to
have been quite impressionable, too, under
good influences, as, indeed, most border
ruffians are, and as cool and deliberate up
to his last moment as if he had been a sol
dier or sailor on duty. With proper train
reason to suppose that he would have been
other than good citizen. But whatever
morality may be In the abstract it is shown
by experience to have only relative sig
nifcance in practice, and SO this young
Texan, when he found that no penalty fol-
lowed his first murder, continued to vent
upon human beings that destructive feeling
which in better regulated country he would
have relieved by honest labor or some variety
of harmless sport Probably his disposition
was no worse than that of many o respect
able member Of society, but without occu-
patton, moral training, education or re-
straints, social or legal, he became what he
was. No possible explanation of his ca
reer can abate public horror at the nature
and extent Of his misdeeds, but it is great
mistake to drop all thought Of such men
as soon as they themselves disappear from
earth. The life of Longley is as valuable
a comment upon an existing state Of soci-
ETY. as those of any prominent historical
personages are upon the times in which
they lived, and moralsts and Legislators
would do we'll to give careful heed to it.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13

THE WEATHEg.-The subsidiary area Of low
barometer that was over the South Atlantic
States for the past few days has moved north
ward, and is now over the ocean near the New
England States. In the Northwest the pressure
has fallen decidedly and there indications Of
q severe disturbance over the northern lake re-
gions. The area of high barometer continues
over the central valley districts and the Gulf
coasts. Rain has fallen over the Middle Atlantic
aud New England States and the Western Gulf
The winds have been brisk on the At
lantic coast north of Cape Hatteras and
in the Northern Missouri and Missis-
sippi valleys. There has beeu decided
rise in temperature in the central valley dis
tricts and the lake regions. Elsewhere it has
fallen. The storm centre in the West will very
probably prove severe in the st. Lawrence Val
lev during the week. The ono on the uortheas +
eru coast will pass off rapidly and will effect
our district but little. The weather in New
York and it's vicinity to-day will be cool and
fair. Tomorrow the same conditions are likely
20 prevail :.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
Impertinent Inter m eadling.

If it is the fixed opinion of the govern
ment that all importers are perjurers and
swindlers there is to o certain degree an
explanation Of the course of the customs
officials regarding late importations Of kid
gloves But if the importers stand as we'll
before official eyes as ordinary humanity
does then the action Of the officials cannot
be considered as other than an outrageous
tampering with private rights. The case
may be briefly stated as follows:-More than
a million pairs of kid gloves, imported by
reputable houses, were detained by the
customs authorities on the charge that they
were undervalued in the invoices.
The appraiser of the port, Mr..
butcher, arbitrarily raised the valuation
from forty Two francs per dozen to fifty-four
francs, and the protesting merchants de-
rate, though to obtain their goods they
offered bonds in double the amount of the
invoices. This Secretary Sherman refused.
Three test cases were finally agreed upon
between the importers and the government,
three merchant appraisers were appointed
and they sustained the invoices, but the
general appraiser, Mr.. Ketchum. fixed the
figure at forty-nine francs, which valuation
was at least uncomplimentary to the
professional ability Of his superior
officer, Mr.. butcher, who had determined
upon fifty-four francs. Meanwhile A.
T. Stewart & Co., who control one
of the brands Of gloves over which the diff
Guilty occurred, have been offering them at
forty-two francs, deliverable in Paris, but
no one has accepted the offer !
Gloves form but q small portion of the
foreign goods brought into this port, but
what has been done regarding them can be
done also in any other branch of the i'm
porting business so the question of the
rights and duties Of customs officials be-
comes serious one. These persons have
made Of themselves an outrageous nuisance
to travellers. they have been the cause
of perpetual political scandal, and now
they seem determined to intrude upon per-
sonal rights to an extent that no European
government would countenance. Does our
own government propose to injure business
and insult every one concerned by sane ction-
ing such outrages, or is customs collection
merely polite term for irresponsible black
The New York herald., 1878-10-13

and the other that it dedicates new house
of worship. DR.. Talmage will exhibit his
stereoscopic views of underground New
York and Brooklyn Mr.. Martyr will con-
trast the socialism ofthe New Testament with
the counterfeit which struts around the coun-
try to-day, and Mr.. Lloyd will offer some
speculations on the physical or spiritual
enswathement of the soul in the life to
come. Mr.. Pullman, Mr.. Sweetser, DIR. Nye
and other Universalist pastors will to-day
begin the discussion in each others pulpits
of speculative questions connected with the
future life and the recent controversies on
the conditions thereof. In view of the APP
preaching elections Mr. Affieck will offer
some thoughts about patriotism, and Mr..
j. Z. Searles will collate the evidences OF
angelic ministries to men. Old Testa-
ment characters will furnish topics to
several OF our city pastors-for instance,
Enoch, the companion of God, to Mr.. Nc
Arthur; Noah, the lessons OF whose life
and trials will be illustrated with large
paintings by Mr. Mickle; Abraham, in his
attitude before God pleading for Sodom,
will be portrayed by Mr.. Davis; the char
acter of Joseph will be drawn by Mr.. Hull,
and the self-denial of Gideon be eulogized
by Mr.. Moment. Herodias' daughter, the
dancing girl who caused the death of John
the Baptist, will be doubly condemned by
Mr.. Smith, and for the rest the topics are
of the practical kind that should lead
to the purest style of Christian living.
Mr.. Rowell will leave Christ at the door of
human hearts waiting tor admission; Mr..
w. N. Searles will insist on his people con-
tinuing with Christ; DR.. King will illustrate
Christ's temper toward the weak, and Mr.
Hepworth will show that Christianity is the
law of progress. The mighty power of faith
will be illustrated by Mr.. Corbit; the diff
culties in the way to heaven will be removed
by Mr. Hatfield; the seventh commandment
will be explained by Mr.. Walsh, and Mr..
Burch proposes to tell his people how they
may be exalted.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENC

Admiral David D. Porter is at the Finn Avenue
Hotel.
viscount EbriDgtop, OF England, Is at tho Hotel
Brunswick
Senator Thomas F. Bayard, OF Delaware, is at tho
Now York Hotel
the last native Governor OF California was Pic Pico
who Is still alive.
Boston Corbett who shot John Wilkes Booth Is
now q Nevada miusr.
Auditor McGrow, Of the Post once Department, has
returned TO Washington from OHIO.
Mr. John NJ. Langston, United States Minister 10
Hayu, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Major Boil, Assistant Secretary OF the Interior has
returned to Washington from his visit 10 New York
Speaker Randall is expected IN Washington on Mon
day. Ho will VISIT the Winchester Val fair nc xt
week.
Judge Tynsr returned to Washington from India m
yesterday morning, aud Is again Acting Postmaster
General
Governor Robinson has dismissed the charges
against Apram p. smith, Judge of Courtlan ndt
county.
Secretary Thompson. after avisit OF several weeks
In Indians, has returned 10 Washington and resumed
personal charge OF tho Navy Department
Mrs Mary Rosalic Ruggles, tho wiio Of Mr.. Samuel
B. Ruggies, OF this city, died yesterday at Glen Ridge
Corn wall, Orange county, this State.
Euening Teiegram:-"ralmage's salary has bceu
raised TO $4,000 year. II Is not true that tho
Brooklyn domiuie INTENDS to supplement the choir
with brass band He Is very much pleased with the
action Of the Tabernacle people and promises to per-
fo.n batter than ever introducing new at short
Intervals"
Justus Perbes and tho other associates OF tho atc
Dr. Pctermann at Gotha announce that they viii con.
tnue the publication the interesting WORK known
as GEOGRAPHICAL Communications !" In a circular on
this subject they pay tho iamcntcd Pctcrmann high
tribute declaring that during the last thirty years he
has dono more enhance tho science OF cartograpny
Than aly other man OF hts time.
London 7rr,tA -" The release OF Conoon, the Fo-
nian convict in compliance with the frequently and
strongly expressed wishes Of Mr.. Welsh, ,he Amer,
can Minister is In all respects most undign aed and
o highly improper surrender to the impudent peril
naci,y Of tho American government, ana ono ha,
viii form most inconvenient precedent on future
occasions"
General Ben Harrison, OF Indiana, does not believe
that the recent democratic victory In his state win
give Hendricks the nomination IN 1850 lie thinks
that Mcdonald Is the strongest democrat In Indiana
Mcdonald the old foe OF Morton one OF the best
speakers for Tldsn before the Eleetoroi Commits
sion. Senator Voorhees,, he thinks viii be reelected
because hts party is pledged to him.
Herr Franz Loher, a recent traveller In Cyprus,
gives tho native recipe tor treating tho beccanco,
which absunds IN that island. PiucKcd aud cleaned
the tiny BIRDS ranged side by side In jar. which
10 then ned up with cyprus wihc wnen they have
acquired tho fine aromatic ana "aImondy" taste OF
the wine OF tho Commandery they arc taken out Of
pickle and roasted. The result according 70 Herr
Loher, 10 msgnincsu.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13

by wise government to make it yield to the
city its full and principal advantages in the
shape of enhanced values to real estate and
remedy for the evils of our present tene-
ment house system. Other public improve
ments should follow this important step in
the direction Of future prosperity, and we
cannot hope for these if we do not infuse
vigor and firmness into the administration
Of our municipal affairs. The people of
New York are called upon to take part in
an election on the result of which
their welfare and progress materially de-
pend and they will not deserve good gov
ernment if they neglect or relax their efforts
to secure its benefits at this time. They
are likely to have choice of good candi-
dates, for no political party can now ven-
ture to put forward men of doubtful ca
pacity or qualifications. The probability
is that all the nominees of the conventions
that meet this week will be personally ac-
ceptable, and in that case the peo-
pie may decide to select the can
didate most likely to bring harmony,
strength and singleness of purpose into the
city government We cannot hope for
efficiency in an administration discordant
in its parts and antagonistic in its policy
any more than we could look for peaceful
and happy home in divided family. The
need OF the city now is a policy that will
encourage progression and improvement,
while exercising wise economy, and a gov
ernment that will unite in correcting ex-
listing abuses, instead of wasting its time
in departmental squabbles.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
aERMANIA THEATEE-"DoRA

"Dora'' the Gorman version of Diplomacy ah
adaptation from tho original French OF Sardou wai
given lasA evening at the Germana Theatre for the
last time alter extraordinarily successful run (ioI
this theatre which long are purposey avoided
or nine nights Tho German adaptation difcrs con.
sideraoiy from The American r,c:ntjy seen here q
Wul.ck's. Instead OF our actr, as la tie American
version, there five, tho dsnoument not being
crowded into tho iourth act but left to a more
gradual ana less abrupt development. The brother
pair German version Is changed into pair Of
friends, and the delightful perfume incident Is not
developed until the last act, time following more
clearly the French original 1t Is interesting TO note
IN connection that the novel point OF bctraylng
the au horshp OF letter by its perfume vas not In
the manuscript, and only thought OF a. the last
rehearsal, al the Theatre Francais The Won
stein Carrcature OF bismarck Is entirely
done away with, and Herr Won KraH, who
is rascaily diplomat Is red-headed. red-beardcd
member OF The Austrian diplomatic Corps. Sardou
made German dipom A. tho type OF treachcry, but
the German translator snifed the villany upon
Austrian shoulders. While the Germxnia Theatre
has neither a Wallack nor Montague, the piece was
charmingly played. The stage setting. under Herr
Conried, was highly attractive. On Monday
"Passihaus,' new iarce, Is TO be performed.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
Danger Aheadi

Some peculiarities of the older elevated
track in Greenwich street and Ninth avenue
are alluded to in another column, and they
are of nature to arouse the liveliest appre-
tensions of danger. 1t is a fact demon
strated by numerous experiments and
accidents that frequent and great
strains and vibrations change the
character of wrought iron, destroying
the fibres, which are its distinctive
feature, and replacing them with
CRYSTALS which make the material practi-
caIly cast iron. The depressions, or "sag-
cings," to which the HEnALD representative
alludes, have been noticed and commented
upon for years by thousands of persons
who frequently cross the line Of the road,
SO they have had ample time to severely
weaken the structure. The inadcquacy Of
the framework to the service exacted of il is
shown also by the many inequalities of the
roads surface these are visible to the most
Of a train or who scans the track from q
station platform. II common sense and
prudence always went hand in hand with
the desire to make money the company
might be trusted to notice and rectify
these dangerous defects, but dozens of sad
experiences prove that faults of roadbeds
are seldom admitted by railway companies
until wrecked trains and human lives de-
stroycd appall for a moment the con-
sciences and for considerable time the
pockets Of the directors. Mere makeshifts,
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
ANUS F M ENTS.
r1ErH AVENUE rHEArnE-aoMEo AND yuL1sr.

Nine. ModjssEa, by reason OF hcr art, her beauty
her dressing and good management, has achieved
more or less OF an American success. She has
emerged from Camille to Juliet. Whether she haa
mado an example or created individually In this
venture l. result yet 10 be tested. The audience
that greeted hor mt tho Fifth Avcnue Theatre last
night large. brilliant, and represented much
OF tho culture OF tho thsatregong public sspecalIy
those who, having seen Modjeska once or twice ID
bits of Romeo and juliet, sought the present op
portunity of Witnessing her performance OF thl
tragedy as whole. For the moment shs
doubtless produced an impression Enough mas beer
seen OF ner acting In other characters the
remark that in wnaevs part she appears she givos
10 II u grace aud intcrpretat on OF nor own. This
was true of her performance last night. She
showed. however that she has studied the
now sca0o, and Is independent enough TO mevc In
new grooves. She introduced many new bits Of by
play, gesture and what is theatriciliy known as
abnsiness," when TO many students OF Shakespeare
In the audience were novel; yet, judging from the
warmth of applause rendered. they were exceedingly
effective much so Indeed that she received recall
worthy OF record-ModJeska articuatod Shake.
spears distinctly, ami her voice lens new
music TO tho langnase This can cannot DO said
oi every Shakespearean student The garden scene
with The was admirably given. and. at the END
of the third act, she again bowed 10
recall The potion scene was rendered IN q
manner novel TO our stage, and yet effectively.
IL intelligent, awakened new interest
In the rcadug OF the lines was calculated 70 elicit
discussion A procession OF mdidens strewed flowers
bciorc tho tomb OF Juliet. Miss Alice Grey per.
sonatcd the part of Lady Capulot and Ar
Frank Clements, IRON tho Lyceum Theatre
London, appeared as Romeo. This gentleman 10
clearly represen tave OF Inc school OF which irving,
IN London, Is tho accredited chief Ho was twice
called before the curtain, although he did things
which seemed crratic and grotcsque Taken all In all
the play was wo presented aud the cast admirably
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
Financial Disasters In England.

Last Tuesday the Bank of England, think
ing it desirable, evidently, to strengthen it
self in gold, raised the price of American
This drew into the bank in the course of the
day million sterling, and this result was
probably thought OF more importance as
showing that there was no particular de-
mand for gold for export. Since then,
however, some other important failures
have taken place, notably the house Of
Heugh, Balfour & Co.; there are rumors
of weak banks, and our cable de-
spatches Of last evening report very un-
comfortable feeling in Manchester, which
seems to have extended itself to London.
At the same time the Bank of England loses
half a million dollars in American gold,
bought for shipment hither at a slight
advance on the banks raised price of last
Tuesday
The loss at the same time of nearly
million sterling in gold, drawn from the
bank for transmission to Scotland and Ire
land, shows the prevalence Of an uneasy
feeling and the desire Of prudent local
bankers to strengthen themselves against
sudden demands. The heavy failures of the
last two days will increase this feeling of
insecurity, and it is natural that the bank
should guard itself against simultaneous
drain of gold for foreign shipment. The
supply Of American bonds at hand in Lon
don for shipment hither does not appear to
be very great. and it would be reasonable to
expect that they will rise in price whenever
the bank thinks it necessary to prevent
further shipment Of gold this way.
The New York herald., 1878-10-13
sTEINwAY HALL-wILHELMJ.

The matinee yesterday at Steinway Hall was ono 0l
the most OF the series OF peror that
have thus lar been gwen under the dircc.
ton OF Mr.. Maurice Strakoscn. Wilhelm.
was, OF course, the central figure OF the pio
turc, and with his wonderful execution mado tns
occasion memorable. No who admircs Sftistie
effect can listen 10 this great quickly forget
him. The combination Of streL gth anu subtlety Of
art and passion which he exhibits, and the methods
whereby he conveys tho meaning of the great com.
posers whose illustrates to say nothing Of hrs
own exquisite compositions, Is something wonderful
Wsha mad no one like hin IN America during the
present generation, and he may not easily hnd rival
Mile. Teresa Carreno. Miss SalIic Reber, Miss Maud
Morgan, MIss Kate l.. James and Signor Lazzarini.
eacn contr buted the OF the occasion and
received the applause that attaches TO well droctod
intelligent effort