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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

THE CONFERENCE between the Mayor and the
Assembly Committee on Cities looks as if the
talk about the reduction of official salaries NAV,
after all. come to something.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

1T Is Now CERTAIN that we shall have good
representation at the Paris Exposition. Two
sloops-of-war, the Wyoming and the Ports
mouth, left last evening. and two additional YES
sells will be required to take the balance Of the
goods waiting shipment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

ALL ANXIETY for the safety of the Mercedita,
The sister ship of the Inflated Metropolis, will
be allayed by the intelligence, just received,
that she has safely arrived at her destination.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

spirit prompts him 20 "keep New York
down" lie had better bestir himself, or the
wicked outside world will defeat his chari-
table intentions
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
Hurry UP, MIR. Crab am !


The people of New York ought to have
deep respect, not to say affection, for Mr..
Graham, of Orange. Mr.. Graham, of
Orange, desires to make all the people of
New York sober and virtuous. He does not
wish them to consume any spirituous
would like to see them all go to church
with regularity that is, provided they
would 60 to Mr.. Graham's church. MIR.
Graham, Of Orange. has, to be sure, ex-
pressed desire to ''keep New York down."
but this, no doubt, is because he fears
that strength and prosperity might lead to
wlckedness. We do not at all credit the
rumor that it is attributable to the fact the
oleomargarine has destroyed the market in
New York for Orange county butter, which
is only little inferior to the new substi
tutc. We prefer to attribute unselfish
motives to Mr.. Graham, of Orange; hence it
is in all kindness that we call his attention
to the fact that the six steamers
which left New York yesterday for
European ports took out so large quantity
of freight that every available space in each
vessel was brought into requisition to ac-
commodate the load. The shipments of
grain which had been poured into New
York from the West aggregated one hun
drcd and eighty thousand bushels. while the
piles of flour, butter, cheese and bacon On
the busy docks were unprecedented, to shy
nothing of agricultural implements, ma
chinery and live cattle. This, too, is in adj
vance of the opening of New York's I'M
rivalled water transportation, which will
now soon be increasing our receipts four
fold In view of these facts we suggest to
Mr.. Graham, of Orange. that if his Christian
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

A LARGE NUMBER of petitions in favor of in
creased railroad terminal facilities was laid
before the Aldemanic Committee yesterday
The arguments of the opponents of the scheme
were not very convincing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

SECRETARY SHERMAN is still unable to get rid
Of the four and one half per cent bonds Oh his
own telms. Bids for them will, however, be re-
ceived ut any time
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

EIGHT YEARS GRACE has been given to the
Northern Pacific road by the subcommittee OF
the Senate which has the subject in charge.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

In lTs REPORT for the past year the Council of
the Catholic Union Indignantly protests against
what it calls the unjust discrimination made
against Catholics i'll the army, the navy, the
Indian service and in some of the city and State
institutions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

Policemen, Not Professors.

If the gentlemen who are Entrusted with
the management of Princeton College cam
not put stop to the disgraceful rows and
disturbances which have recently taken
place among it's students the best thing
they can do is to close up the institution
altogether. To allow this old and venerable
college to be placed before the country,
week after week and month after month, in
the unenviable position of being the head
quarters Of rowdyism of the worst character,
is wrong, in whatever light the question is re-
garded. In the first place the example set
by it to the other colleges is exceedingly
pernicious. AS one of the oldest of our
educational establishments Princeton and
its students are naturally looked up to as
guides and exemplars in collegiate ethics
and propriety, and when they are found
acting in way that merits the Penitentiary,
and which will probably send some
of them to it, the evil that is thereby
done scarcely can be overestimated.
Again, if the heads of the col
lege are incompetent to deal with the
vicious young men who have been unfor-
tunately admitted to its class rolls, it is
their duty, in justice to the innocent and
unofending students, to send them to their
homes and put their limbs and lives out of
peril. The condition of the university is
such now that dozen or q score Of young
men there may be shot dead or MANNED for
life at any mNment This state of affairs is
simply horrible, and it is very evident that
measures more repressive than any that
have yet been called into requisition must
be adopted. The public is sick and tired of
the repeated outrages that have stained the
good name of the college during the past
six months. The whole thing is becoming
nuisance, and if the misguided young
men will not listen to their professors the
best thing to do is to call in the policeman.
Hazing and kindred barbarities are all very
we'll in the pages Of the novelist, but they
are entirely contrary to the spirit Of the
age and of our civilization, and they must
be suppressed. Princeton's chief need now
seems to be policemen, and not professors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
st. Patrick war elm Gentleman,
Und Kind rcchtschafincr Icnte.
Err baut ein Kirchlein IN Dublin,
NIL rhurm und mil Gcliuia.

We reject this unqualifedly, as well as
another assertion that the Saint was a
Dutchman and born near SO profanely
named place as Rotterdam. All the best
authorities point to the Saints being born
on the coast Of France, near Eoulogne,
whence he was carried as slave on some
capped on fishing smack and came back
with his carpet-bag and converted the
whole island. Before his time there may
have been snakes, but there was also indie
pendence, and, as we have seen, the Irish
people had boats of their own. After him
came the Danes, the English and potatoes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

The TARIFF BILL will probably be reported
next week. and then we shall have the tug OF
war.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17

We have received several masses OF manu-
script in which the birthplace of st. Pat
rick is warmly and loarnedly discussed.
The statement hazarded in yesterdays
HERALD that the Saint was Frenchman
and therefore holy carpet Dagger is vigor-
ously assailed. We must once for all de-
cline the various invitations to meet the
writer's personally and argue the question
before lodge meetings Of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians. We are thankful tor the
many offers, and are assured, as the writer's
say, that we should get ''fair plays" but the
Tenth Ward professor who says he would not
leave us ga leg to stand on" fails to state
whether he means to wrestle with our ar
guments or ourselves. The pro essor holds
that st. Patrick was an Irishman and bases
it upon a popular metrical version of the
holy mans parentage, which relates that
Hs father was n Gallagher
HIS mother Brady,
His uncle was O'Shaughnessy
And cousin TO O'Grady.
We have searched all the ancient authori-
ties, but have failed to find anything which
supports this genealogy. 1t is indeed true
that to st. Germanus the Saint was known
as Magonus, which is the Latin for Magone.
Now Patrick Magone would do very we'll,
but it appears that his name was Cothraige
before it was Magonus, and that when he
became Patrick he dropped the Magone.
No true Irishman would have done this. A
very eminent scholar who writes in Gaelic
with copious Latin quotations, contends
that st. Patrick was Scotchman, and was
born at Fitzpatrick. This argument, we
think, explodes itself. If he was only born
there why should it be called Kill Patrick !?
Some Patrick may have been killed there,
but not the Saint, who departed in peace
and was buried at Downpatrick. The
learned doctor who attempts to prove st.
Patrick German from Munster is equally
wide of the mark. We fear he has been
misled by finding German translation Of
the song above quoted and has mistaken it
for the original In the Leipsic edition Of
Won Hammerdammers ''Sammlung' it
ruQS.-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
Pacific Coast News.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Ene Coascnt,sn-s afternoon.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 2lst.-Upon
re-assembling Barnes offered res
olution calling upon Grace to name
the persons he referred to in debate
this morning, in order that the
Convention may punish the party
guilty OF corrupt practices. Barnes
said that since the assembling of
the Convention the charge had
been used, not once but repeated
many times.
Beerstecher rose to the point of
order that other delegates had
spoken since the alleged offensive
words were used and, there fore, he
could not, under the rules, be held
to censure.
Barnes replied that the resolu-
ton was Tot intended to cens,lra
Grace, but to give him the oppor.
tunity of stating who is the dele
gate that is paid to advocate anv
interest. II there is such a delegate
here, 1 want the Convention to
know who he Is aud to deal with
him as he deserves.
Aho Ohaif Iuleu ttlaC the reSOlu-
tion was not In conflict with the
rules and that the point of order
was not we'll taken.
Beerstecher appealed from the
decision of the Chair. He contended
that the rule was imperative.
Barnes said that the charge was
serious one that parties received
money to gag down the will of the
people.
Grace here rose and stated thai
the charge was general one and
that he did not mean any one in
particular, but the Chair ruled him
out of order until Barnes had con-
cluded.
Tully thought the resolution was
really intended as one Of inquiry.
and the wording Of it should be
altered.
Barbour maintained that the
,nIy course was by a Committee of
Investigation. There were charges
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

AS we have been collecting ex-
pressions of sentiment oil. the part
of the press as to the attempted
outrage on Southern California in
deprivipg us Of the lately granted
boon of two session yearly Of the
Supreme Court at Los Angeles, we
reproduce the following neat and
just summary of tie pros and cons
of the matter from the SAINT Mon
lea Outlook, of the Goth inst:
An up.country journal says the
Los Angeles papers boasted that
the seven counties composing the
Southern Supreme Court District
furnished more litigation than the
twenty-one forming the Sacramen-
to district. The Los Angeles pa
pers never 6oaSted in the least. The
facts were adduced merely to show
that this end of the State has a
right to Supreme Court District,
and that it is gross injustice to
compel our people, in the face of
these facts, to go to Sacramento in
order to reach the Supreme Court.
This misrepresentation is in line
with many predecessors. In fact.
the impression is becoming wide
spread in this southern country,
that i. is next to an
mpossibility for us TO obtain
justice from the other end
of the State. The Legislature has
Disseminated against US; an at
tempt was recently made by a San
Francisco journal to injure the
character of one of our leading
banks; and in divers ways-by
word, by newspaper squibs, by dis.
torted representations-this end of
the State has been continuously
designated as q sort of Nazareth
out of which little good can come.
The time is speedily coming when
we must strike for State Division.
The minds of the people are being
prepared for it. And it is to be
hoped that from this time forward
there will be unity of sentiment
and action, and a spirit of enter
prise that will make us strong and
independent and prepare US for
thorough selfdefense.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22
She Lived Too Long.
detroit Free Press. Nov. s.t

About two and a half years ago
two of the Little Sisters Of the
Poor found in an old tenement
on franklin street, an old
woman named Margaret Eagap.
She was prostrate on a filthy mat
tress, was poorly clad, had no COW
ering, and was nearly exhausted
from poverty and exposure. Mrs.
Eagan was placed in a wagon and
taken to the hospital kept by the
Little Sisters, where she has been
ever since, until last Wednesday,
when she died, having attained the
remarkable age of 102 years.
From the time Mrs. Eagan was
brought to the hospital she was
sprightly, genial and full of vital
ity, often entertaining the twenty
or thirty old women-who, al
though much younger than herself
are feeble and infirm-by singing,
dancing and telling stories. A fav-
orite pastime with the centennarian
was to visit the infirmary in the
hospital, taking a large-sized jews.
harp with her, when she would sit
for hours playing jigs, reels and
ballads upon the homely instru-
ment. Only five days before her
death she entertained her old COM
panions, and last Saturday when it
was found that she had taken a
slight cold and was threatened with
q severe attack of asthma, she went
to bed much against her will.
During her illness it was neces
!; sary to watch her constantly, IL
order to keep her In bed, where sht
persisted in Joking, laughing ant
singing, and where sue carried he
| pet musical instrument. Only {
: few hours before her death sh'
said in a joking way to DIR. Kaiser
the attending physician at the hos
pital: 81 don't want to lie down al
the time; Pm strong and heart!
r and shall live to good old age
/ The Doctor prevailed on her t,
8 quiet herself, and at last natur
: gave way and she PEACEFUL.
. yielded to old age and death.
3 Mrs. Eagan had been a residen
+ of this city upward of fifty years
and at one time lived here with be
8 husband and family, who were il
r comfortable circumstances. He
. husband died here about thirt,
g years ago, and according to state
t ments she made to the Sisters, sh
o has grandchildren and great-grand
: children living in different parts @
the State and well.to-do. Not
relative, however, has visited th
i old lady during her residence at tn
t hospital, and thus far the Sister
o have been unable to gain the ad
l dress Of any relative to inform
them of her death.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

ed by Democrats who follow Butler
against his meddling In the muni-
cipal fight, and the sudden appear
ance Of dissensions in the Work
ingmen's party in San Francisco.
He recently received a long letter
from San Francisco, announcing
that certain men In the labor
movement had been taking advan-
tage of his absence to undermine
his power, and that there was dam
ger of serious revolt. He was
advised to come home at once, and
so he decided to give up the fight
in Boston and save his prestige and
power in California, If possible.
He seemed detected, nervous and
tired. On being interviewed he
declined to talk of Butler, merely
saying he was the only available
candidate the Workingmen could
find. He said he was coming back
after the next election in Califor-
mia. "By the way" he said, "you
may put 1t down that the next
Governor of California will be
farmer.n He intimated that he
could have an Office himself II he
chose to accept it, but he wanted
| to keep out of politics, so that If he
found a man going back on the
people he could cut him down.
ssWhsn 1 come back" he said, l
will settle up some old scores. l
will drive the Shiny thieves who
opposed me into the northeast cor
ner Of hell, where / will pin them
and make them wiggle-wiggle un-
til the Lord God Almighty sets up
his throne on earth and calls upon
every id cues of them to pass In
his checks. They have opposed
me because, like Jesus Christ,
went among the people doing good
and preaching the doctrine OF sal
walton. l will have reception IL
California bigger than Columbus
did when he landed" He ther
said: 'I'il tell you how Butler was
defeated. He was beaten by tht
men who had charge of his affairs
Every whisky guzzler and ware
hummer in the State was working
; for him, and the decent, hard
: working men were disgusted.'
The clear thing about the forego
, ing is that Denis Is en- route. II
employ his own phraseology, blanl
his eyes, let him come! The peo
pie of California have passed tn
, point of mistaking stink for
! perfume, hummer for q genuin
, workingman, and when the playe'
, out fellow arrives he will sink to hi
, own proper level, which is dept
to which the longest plummet ca
sound the depths of old ocear
Faugh! Go to the foot, Kearney
, and stay there.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22
European Gable News,
Stores for ssata Africa.

| SsoAVH Acs sSsA',"'
LONDON, Nov. 2lst.-An order
has been UNEXPECTEDLY received at
Woolwich for nearly one hundred
tons of camp equipage for the army
in South Africa. Stores arc now
being embarked for immediate
dispatch. The consignment in
cludes q great number of tents,
blankets, barracks, furniture, uten-
sils and other necessaries Of the
kind sent out before the commence
ment of the Kaflir campaign.
DaeI Esswcen De Fourton ana
Gamb etia.
PARIS, Nov. 2l.-M. De Fourton
in his defence before the Chambe
referred to Gambetta's speech as
fsvoring the ostracism of all not
old Republicans. Gambetta said,
"That is falsehood." On demand
of President Grevy Gambetta said,
"I withdraw the words in defer.
enee to the rules of the House."
The official account of the meet
ing, which took place at Piequet,
not Haute Bruyeres, signed by
principals and seconds, says De
Fourton, considering that Gambet-
ta's withdra wal did not modify the
offensiveness of the epithet, re-
quested Deputies Bin. De Bour-
don and Robert Mitchell to demand
satisfaction. Gambetta named
Deputies Allan, large and Chem.
enceaul as his seconds and refused
to make further withdrawal than
that borne on the official minutes.
De Fourton won the choice of
weapons and named pistols. Both
fired at the word and missed.
The Afxhanistan War.
BOMBAY, Nov. 2l.-No resistance |
is expected until the upper end of
the Kohrum valley Is reached. 1t
is noticed that the tribes in the |
valley profess goodwill towards the
British. General Roberts COM
mands.
CALCUTTA, Nov. 21.-All the coll
umns have been ordered to cross
the frontier to-day. All Telegram ms
detailing the movements or dispo.
sition of troops have been stopped
by the military authorities. The
first troops crossed this morning
The Tenth Hussars. At O'Clock
they found Fort Kapyanga aban-
loned, but three children had been
eft there. General Roberts's force
At once moved forward on the fort.
Ahmed Isham is five miles further
up the valley.
Preparatory to Rsceiye I.orne,
HALIFAX, Nov. 2l.-The Black
Prince is ordered to Portsmouth,
England, as soon as the festivities
lere attending the arrival of the
lew Governor-General are conelud-
ID. 1t is thought the Duke of Edin.
,urgh Will be made Rear admiral
lpon his return to England. The c
leet will leave Friday or Saturday ,
O escort the Samaritan into harbor.
During the progress to the city the
orts, from the entrance to the dock
ards, will fire royal salntes. Hun. :
reds of flag poles and tons of ever.
'reens are in the city for arches,
which are being hurriedly erected
Iarge excursion parties are expect
d to witness the reception OF the
ice-regal party.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

A Texas man went into Sherman
with a load of wood and his wife
and two children. He sold the
wood for ST., and his wife realized
ST 25 from the sale of a jar of but
ter. There was q circus in town
and the party needed rs cents more
to purchase tickets for the perform
ance. They were about to give up
in despair and spend their money
for something to eat, when bright
idea struck the man. He had OH a
new pair of boots, which he re-
solved to pawn for the amount re-
quired. A Shylock was found, and
the man, in his bare feet, attended
the show with his family.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

Three years ago a young man
graduated from the West Point
Military Academy and came West.
His soul was filled with grand and
lofty aspirations and he sought in
the untrodden fields of activity in
the mighty West room for his
soaring genius to plume itself for
flight. He braced his feet as he
prepared to shake the globe. TO.
day ne 10 the trareling agent for
Cincinnati corset factory.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

he communicate such facts as may
be in his possession sustaining the
assertions against the conduct OF
the Indian service.
AamiraI Thompson's Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2lst.-The
estimates for the support OF the
navy for the next fiscal year are
about the same as the sum appro-
priated during the last session of
Congress, namely, about $14, 000,-
900. The report of the Secretary
will show that the appropriations
have not only been confined with
in their proper limits, but there is
small balance to the credit of
the Naval Academy and the ma
rine corps. Unless Congress shall
order the building of new vessels,
the Secretary, with the means
asked for, can render those we now
have more efficient and keep them
in good repair. Our navy is in
much better condition than a
year ago and well adapted to peace
Establishments, but even in case
of war with foreign power, ninety
vessels for hostile purposes could at
once be supplied. These include
fifteen monitors and six frigates for
coast defense, together with two
efficient torpedo boats.
The whoas Corner.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21st.-The ru-
NOR that Jim Keene is manipulate
ing the combination for heavy
wheat speculation in Chicago gains
credence. The parties are said tC
base their opinions on the calcula
. tion that purchases for storage a
present prices can be carried until
Spring at such cost that the whea
can then be sold with profit at 81
cents in Chicago or 104 here, which
is twenty per cent. below the aver
age for the past ten years.
B.nErupiey STATISTICS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2lst.-The sta
, tistics show that the total numbe
of proceedings under the bankrup
law during over eleven years OF 1t
existence, were little above l03,
g OOO, of which 3,l00 was in tn
Pacific States. In California tn
=, number was nearly 2,700 out Q
21,243 dealers. 1t Is estimated tina
the aggregate of failures in tn
whole country was only 15a pc
. cent. of the whole number of deal
4 ers and manufacturers during tn
eleven years. 1t is suggested tina
only IA bankruptcies yearly 1
each thousand dealers is not uni
), versal ruin.
e The wheat Excitement smbsidini
a CHICAGO, Nov. 2lst.-The whes
q corner has shown very moderat
, inclination to develop to-day, an
r. prices have, on the whole, advances
n but O trifle. There are said to b
strong bear interests here whic
may cause the New York speculat
is ors to sell out much short of tn
figure they have fixed. The stor
>. telegraphed you yesterday fror
. here is not believed in its entiret
i by operators and spectators o
! Change. At one time to-day whes
!, was quite weak and took consider
!. able drop. The whole advance dul
ing the week has only been thre
II cents on speculation. The transac
y tions to-day have not been unusual
4 ly heavy, though the nervous an
, excited condition of the marke
y would ordinarily have created
!. heavy business.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22

DENIS KEARNEy is coming
me. A Boston dispatch of the
)fh to the New York Herald tells
- story as follows:
Kearney left for San Francisco at
: O'clock this evening, accom-
5e1led BY his wife, brother and two
<lldren. Two causes led to his
arttre-the opposition express
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22
latest Eastern News.

sci,"rE's Letter sent TO sherman.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2Ist,-Tbe
letter OF Secretary Schurz on In
dian affairs to the Secretary of War
reached General Sherman after it,
publication. The document has
been forwarded to Lieutenant. Gen.
erai Sheridan, with request that