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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-18
REAL ESTATE.
The sales yesterday on the Real Estate Exchange
were s follows:-

The sales yesterday on the Real Estate Exchange
were rs foows:-
ssss on a:' :s
275 f. W. Of I'd av. 70 plaintiff ...........sls1oo
Foreclosure. ..,. s.ss..sst sayss ':i...:ss- A..
ssss s,S lGa on s.n
sY sLAoIwsIL AID .sI,I mI IF. >, fan,
is.: each $3.50; os Madison '. eorn.rof 100
sill. p clifford s.1ss :s @
=. a:r1 RI as 10 pl.a as9a .0.D = 5000
John na.s mi 1. q; 2, q.
255 IT, n OF 59th ST. TO A. NJ Lloyd. $4,000
house with lot 25so3 40 eiS Ess, 10Th St, - ~
sIa5 % y b 70 noSs: plot
ofianS. CO eaios q Ssssehs.ssr ~. 100 n 500
Also . ha =. .. = sS L.a: s,
m q Van q Ss Is;'
20 pa'n''n ~ !. n iuDIow lsD co. :
Henry Anasr.ea rs,srsss 4 the suit 2, Ds,an
One 9s S
Ssss IS Il iS'a :: j ", West s s.s'
ct oa 81 s1's p si'ff I'd. aspds
o. ION s. lss.h w sss iy sn 80; :. else
sSar g 81 ss as1 also four asxoa
:r., Of %s. . .ssa s. .. 10 e VEN .s
$50 e. w. Of Bousy.rd; s also eight oss each
soasv.ra plapsis win sss s1sspsc1 e go
parcel bought by j. o. Mclaughlin Tor sSooO) $1,000
Total foreclosure sales slll. $50
r. " HARNErr. 4l
Partition sale the following property Il part Of
the Richard +. Carman estate). vx:-One lot on
New av., .. +. between lFSth aud l5Oth Sts. 10 r.
-Four lots A. OF above to A. II. Alker. l6OO
Five lots ediAely OF above. TO A H. Alker. $50
and i54,h ss to Robert r Anderson 2seo
Three lots, immed iatelv n Of above to Yorau S2o
Two city lots. Immediately e. Of above. and one lot
". of sbove. ". corner OF New ~. and 1854 st.,
to Il W. Dowiing... 90
Three lots. immedately n OF .. w. corner OF New av
and 1881 to f. Yorau.. 1S5
lots mediately OF above to George Peck $40
Eight lots 18th running from l54th ST., to
lo5th st, b. O., to William Lynch tor 800,
the other to r. Anderson for $500. $500
Fou- lois. immediately n. OF apove. TO 4. w.
bowling. zUOO
fi Brovp. ........... .......... .......... 1850
One lot. Of above. to K w. bowling. 23O
Three lots, OF above to J. X. Brown 5S5
One lot, n o.. corner OF 10Th St end Now sv, to s.
Three lots s. O. Of above to s. T. Church ....... $40
The plot OF ground bounded by the ~ dson River
Railroad, l52d and 1854 Sta, and . line runnnga
Q. from railroad track, lao ~ It., including
the Riverside House. 70 j. T. Croney..... % 900
Total from Carmsn estate. .S3s 1896
Grand Of sales tor the .s45
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-18
SIX CENTS DAMAGES.

The jury in tue SUIT Of Rufus n Bush against De-
vine Nj. Munger Tor $50 600 damages Tor alleged libel
winch was uied 10 the Kings County Supreme Court
thursday, returned vcrdc. yesterday IN iavor OF
the pIaintin tor SIX cents damages
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-18
A TERRIBLE REVENGE.

negro named John Handy was tried yesterday
before Recorder HacKett, ~ Part OF the Court OF
General Sessions, the charge OF arson in tho nrst
degree From tho evidence set fortn appeared that
carly on tho morning Of April another negro named
Egocrt G. Francis. who, with his family, resided
the door vi the tenement house No. 334 West
Fnty-second street, was aroused by hearing . LOUD
uoise In the hallway ana looking into The CORR
dor thai The house Was nied Win smoke and
nre. He saw tho prisoner, who had formerly been
inmate OF the house. uut who had ueen expelled,
standing al tue head OF the stairway with igbted
taper III us nand. Francis Al once recognized HIN
aud believing he had set IRE 10 The house pursued
hun. After iua cting him some slight punishment
Francs allowed Handy 10 depart. Tue former tnen
cxliugushcn th hrc before 10 hal done any serious
damage. Handy, however, vas subsequently, arrested
Al the instu Of Fire Marshal sheldon and indicted
tor the crinc charged tn. iuii penalty Tor which Is
i'm mc Tor lie. shortly aiier The trial
meuced yesterday the prisoner wisely requested his
tender plea OF guilty In the third degree.
In vi tho TACT tnat Handy was sixy-wo years Of
ago Assstast District Attorney Lyon accepted the
plea and Recorder Hackett sentenced him 10 the iu
isrm-scven years at nard labor ~ The stae Prison.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-18

COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR.
ALBANY. N. Y, May II, 1873.
The Court Of Appeals will meet on Monday next
the goth inst. The following Is the day calendar os
that day Mos 265 214 2l8, 2l9 LOG, 220, 22l pa
The New York herald., 1878-10-29

and do not starve is a complete answer to .
great deal of the prevalent croaking.
As to the agricultural class. which forms
the great bulk of our population, an ex-
ploration'of any rural district would suffice
to show that it has both employment and
bread; nay, that it is in state of comfort
and prosperity. We can reach this
conclusion by an easier and surer
method than wide personal exami-
nations. We have trustworthy statistics
Of the crops, which have never been SO
abundant as in the present year. We have
never raised SO much wheat, corn and cot
ton as in the season which has. just passed.
The raising of these splendid crops has
given full employment to agricultural
labor, and the vast exports which are in prog
ress proves that the labor does not miss its
reward. We conclude, therefore, that if
people will open their eyes to facts instead
of lending their ears to croakers they need
not take very desponding view of the con-
dition Of the country.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
the Outbreak &C sc. Croix.

We publish this morning some details of
the recent outbreak at st. Croix, from our
correspondent who has visited the island
and inspected the devastated region. The
amount of damage done to property by the
infuriated negroes is, as shown by our pub
lished list of burned estates, enormous,
and must paralyze for some time the indus
tries of st. Croix Cropping out through
the story of this strange affair we note the
evidences of injustice to the colored
laborers which must account for many
of their savage ncts. The condition
Of the field hands on the plantations
was scarcely step removed from the old
time slavery. The remuneration of ten
cents per day, fixed by law, was mani
testify unjust one, considering that central
factory paid forty cents. The suspension
Of operations at this place threw n number
of hands ont Of work at the time when the
so-called yearly contracts were being con-
sidered, and an effort was made by the la
borers to secure higher pay. The attempt
to hold these poor creatures on the island
by charging them FIVE dollars for a passport
was cruel outrage, and IL is to
be regretted that the authorities who
sanctioned it were not the only sufferers.
If the negroes were free men they had
right TO form an estimate of the value Of
their labor. If they were slaves, then il was
ridiculous to offer them passports for fve
dollars. Given large number Of semi
savage negroes, who have been subjected
association OF West Indian planters could
inhict upon them, let these poor wretches
become wholly savage from drinking rum.
and IL is not to be wondered at that they
will act as they have at ut. Croix. Our
The New York herald., 1878-10-29

correspondent cites several instances
of the cruelties practised by the whites
on the innocent as we'll as the guilty There
is more mercy in the breast of wild Sioux
warrior toward his enemy in the hour of
victory than in that of badly scared white
man who can safely glut his vengeance on
the prisoner from whom he had been but
recently hiding in terror. The authorities
now seek to remedy by executions the evils
they provoked by injustice, and, although
the re-establishment of order and security
at st. Croix is a necessity, it should not be
reached by wholesale official slaughterings
armed whites against the unarmed fugitive
negroes.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
A suicide In Prison.

The attempted suicide Of John Carpenter,
in the jefferson Market Prison yesterday.
was singular case. The crime for which the
man was in confinement was the attempted
assassination of girl named Mary Lyons
in st. Francis Xavier's Church during early
mass about three weeks ago. The girl was
q stranger to him, and his story is that he
mistook her for his wife, who had deserted
him and whom he had intended to murder.
Fortunately the wound was not fatal and
the young woman recovered. Carpenter
was to have been taken to the General Ses-
sions yesterday, and while getting ready
suddenly drew knife from his coat and
plunged it into his abdomen. performing
the operation of hari-kari. Singularly
enough, his companion in the cell
was q prisoner who had twice attempted
suicide, and Carpenter was asked to keep
sharp lookout against repetition of the
attempt. Whether this first put the
thought OF suicide into his own head it is
impossible to say, but the act and the cir
cumstances Of the crime for which he was
imprisoned prove that the man was of un-
sound mind. Some inquiry should be
made as to the manner in which he became
possessed of the knife. The Jefferson
Market Prison can scarcely bo fitting
place for the confinement Of would-be mur-
derers if prisoner can secure, sharpen,
conceal and use table knife at his will
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
ALEXANDER STEWART.

The nag on the Stock Exchange was at haif.mas
yesterday on account OF the death Alexander Stew
art, ono OF Its members. Tho deceased, who was
ftty-four years OF age, was one OF the Oldest me
bers OF the Exchange. having been connected with
tho old opon Board. He was formerly Of the nrm Of
stewart Madison, but of late years mas been BY
himsoif having his office ut M New street. Mr.
Stewart WAS transactng business tho floor OF the
Exchange Saturday last, and the news of his sud
don death was quite a SURPRISE DO died on Satur.
day pignt, OF congestion OF The BRAN. At his resi-
dence, CRAWFORD, N. J. Tho deceased leaves widow
and two children. HIS dcath was announced IN tho
Stock Excnangs yesterday morning, and Q committee
was appointed 10 attend hts funeral, which takes
place IhIs afternoon from Crawford, N. J.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
l-ow.Necked Sermons.

Mr.. Talmage has been telling us for some
weeks past how he went one night as far as
the gates Of hell and firted with Beelzebub.
If he had gone justa little further we might
have lost some pungent sermons, but We do
not know that we should have put on
mourning; for he could continue his work
to great advantage on the deacons and
elders Of the Everlasting Sulphur Springs,
and might even have frightened the Pastor
himself out of his hoofs and made him trem-
BILE with remorse to the end Of his tail That
would be o great gain to the world. We
have no doubt Mr.. Talmage believes in his
modest heart that if any style of oratory
could get the better of Old Nick it is that
unique kind which bellows and cavorts in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle. It is not quite
SO edifying to find him coming before
gaping congregation, his holy hook baited
with choice bits of male devil fish and
the wings of the poor, soiled butterflies of the
world of vice. lie denounces low-necked
dresses, but he breaches low-neckcd SER
mons. 1t is not given to every man to see
infamous depths OF prurient suggestion in
the ball dress of a lady, but Tartuffe, look
ing through his fingers, can tell you things
about it you do not dream Of with your
unframed eyes. To sec minister buzzing
like a humble bee around woman's
clothing and alighting on her gracefu neck
with particularly loud buzz, saying, "Be-
accursed fesh," is revolving In this style
of sermon q gaiter is not q gaiter, but q
temptation. Not only what We have but
what we have not is dragged in. 81 am
told," says Mr.. Talmage, "that there is
coming from Paris a fashion that is shock
ing beyond compare" Here is the low
necked sermon at its worst, tickling vile
appetites BY anticipation. The simplest
things Of life and being are given strange
meanings, until the fiery exhortation at the
end sounds like clap-trap, designed to tone
down the fieshly realism of what has gone
before-a littlo bit of doctrinal ribbon
around the low-necked sermon. As the
Staten Island mystery dragged other crimi-
nal mysteries to light 80 Mr.. Talmage
has brought forth other low-necked sermon
izers One reverend gentleman, indeed,
has undertaken to describe the vice of
London as Talmage has that Of New York,
for which purpose and to heighten the con-
trast he puts the late Argyll rooms next door
to St. Paul's Cathedral We shall soon have
ministers giving might horrors Of Paris"
and "vice in Vienna" but all this time
will true religion be advanced q peg, or
will vice, thus exploited by the clergy and
paraded in the pulpit, gain or lose in VIC
tims2 We think IL would be better for the
youth of Brooklyn il Mr.. Talmage had
opened his ponderous and marble jaws a
month ago and swallowed himself rather
than shown them, as he has, how easy IL is
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
RIGHT REV. HENRY MACKENZIE, D. D., BISHOP
euFFRAoAN OF No1TrNGHAM

Tho Right Rev. DIR. Henry Mackenzie, late Bishop
suTragan OF nottingham, died on Tuesday, October
l5 his residence L'ncoln from congestion Of the
lungs, In hts seventy second year. DR.. Msoken.
xis was born IN London, May 1e. 1903. educated Al
Merchant T.yior's school and at Pembroke College.
Oxford, graduated b. A. In 1884, n. A. In isaS and
d. d. in 1869. Hc was ordained priest IN the year
1885 by the Archbshop OF Canterbury and appointed
RESIDENT aTy nnd subdean OF Lincoln Caihsdrs
OF 81. James, Bsrnondsey, and from l848 TO 1Sss
vicar OF 81 Martins-n -thc-Fieids, Westmiosssr.
From 1866 10 1871 he was rector Of South Coiing.
nam. Nosts, and 1870 he consecratsd Bisn0p
Sunragan OF Nottingham. The duties oil this Position
which enlarged Into an additional see,
called the See Of 5outhwe he discharged until about
eleven months ago, whom failing health compelled
him TO relInquish H. He WAS author Of "a historical
Essay Life Of Off,, King oil Msrcia ,1S40I, "a
Commentary she Gospels ana Acts" t1Si7), "Medi.
taiions on the Psaiins' 1884 and other religions
works. and was very active member OF tho Lower
House OF Convocation Ia the capacity Of Archdsacon
Of Nottingham.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
who Was the Assassin :

One OF the latest police theories IN regard
to the attempted assassination Of Alderman
Morris, we are told, is that the would-be
murderer was 'an insane man, who ran out
into the street with dirk in his hand, and,
Alderman Morris being the first man he
met, deliberately attacked him." Such
theory may save the police a great deal of
trouble in looking for the real criminal,
and, if generally accepted as correct, may
relieve the force from the discredit of allow
ing an assassin who stabs citizen in pub
lie thoroughfare at half-past five or six
o'clock in the morning to escape detection.
But it is to be hoped that the author
tiles will not suffer such an i'm
probable explanation of the crime to
induce them to relax their efforts to bring
the ruf6an to justice. An insane man who
rushes into the streets with the intention
of stabbing any one he may meet does not
ordinarily display 80 much dexterity in
escaping pursuit as was manifested by the
Alderman's assailant. Besides, it is not
likely that lunatic would indulge in such
q freak without the fact becoming known
to some one who would before this have
explained the mystery. 1t is probable, as
the Alderman is said to believe, that the
criminal mistook him for another person
against whom he had deadly enmity.
The assassin must, however, in that
case have had occasion to believe that
the party he intended to murder would
pass the spot where the act was
committed at that particular hour, as the
presumption is that he was lying in wait
for his victim. Another solution suggests
itself Alderman Morris has been in the
habit of leaving his home about five o'clock
in the morning to 60 to Washington Market
to make purchases tor his store. May not
some desperate rufian who knew this fact,
and imagined that the Alderman must carry
with him considerable ready money tor
marketing purposes, have awaited his COM
ing and stabbed him in the expectation that
he would at once fall to the ground, and
with the intention of then robbing him and
making his escape? When he saw that
after three stabs his victim did not fall he
may have deemed it prudent to give up the
attempt and to fly. This is certainly q
more common sense theory than that of the
insane man on rampage suggested by the
police.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
CoSsrANr1N DEscAT, FRENCH MANUFACTURED
AND DEPUTY.

N. Constantin Descat. one Of the wsalthisst manu-.
faciurcrs OF Franco, formerly Deputy and Mayor Of
Roubaix, died suddenly At that city October H. the
age Of six,y-six years. lie was born Roubalx. ON
the Belgian frontier in 1872 and with his father and
his elder brotner Louis VINO was also Deputy, he
engaged In tho manufacture OF dyestus upon soios
sal scale, and received from various national and
foreign expositions the highest honors conferred
tho Legion oi Honor. He Was repeatedly councillor
General OF his department. chosen Mayor Of Kou-
bax 1851 and IN February 1871 Deputy TO the Na.
uona Assembly at Bordeaux, IN which no acted with
Legttmsts OF the gnt Centre since the death Of
his brothers LOUIS 1852 and Gabriel 872 both emit
In the industrial and political world, ne had the
sole direction OF tho manufac:orcs that contributed.
90 much to the prosperity of the city Of Roubaix,
population OF CO. 900 In Of the ontsrpxa
OF y few manufactureTA
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mr.. rslmage has little bis OF oyea
Boston ladies while sauuterng carry bouquets.
Speaker Randall will 90 10 Washington IN bout two
weeks
Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, has returned 10 wash
ipslon.
Nebraska paper is In favor OF Grant and conkIing
for 1850.
Senator J. B. Eustis. Of Lou,siass, is At tho Hots
Brunswick
. fern form.
port 10 Washington.
CnevaIcr. French writer, says that sspid water is
injurious to the eyes
Greece contains l. 75o 600 Greeks, while ,bsre ara
l,324, 600 Greeks In Turkey.
The te-bs-s son n-iaw OF Bismarck was formerly In
tho military service OF Denmark.
owing to a lack OF money many public schools In
virsinia will not bs opened this year.
Mr. X. A. sotnorn, the actor, has been prevented
from playing at BIZ mingham by serious iilnosa
Father BJerring. OF the Russian Chapel Ia New
York, blessed another Russian vessel Pniiadcipha
yesterday.
Associate Justice A. d. Ohm, Of sths District o.,
Columbia Supreme Court, will soon, u 10 SAID resign
on account Of impaired health.
MISS Bancroft, granddaughter OF Hon. George Ban. .
CROFT fell down stairs yesterday a. the Perry House.
Newport disocating hsrarm aud receiving 9th or In.
jurioa
General Sherman, accompanied by Mra Sherman,
left Washington FOR Indianapolis last night to attend
the reunion OF the Army OF tho Tennessee In that city
mex. Wednesday,
The Grand Chamberlain OF the King OF Holland Is
Count schimmslponninck. Lightning could never
strike him twice in the same place. especially II the
.iiRhtning was tired
Dean Stanley will not return to this city until
Wednesday evening. He preached at Stockbridgc.
Mass, on Sunday, ana will spond to-day Al Plymouth
visiting the scones OF historical interest," Ho will be
the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Field until he sails
Tor I'm gland.
Lord Durcrin, late Governor General Of Canada,
who arrived At Londonderry yesterday on tho
steamer Polynesan, was welcomed BY the Mayor,
high sheriff and numper Of other gentlemen. who
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
SENIOR I1RMINo pEnl1RA MoNrKrRo.

Conselhciro Firmno Pere,ra Montsiro, Minister Of
tho supreme Tribunal Of Justice died 10 Rio Jausiro
on September 25. at tho ege seventy years. Con-
sslhciro Montero native Of tho province OF Rio
Janeiro and born December 30. 1908. He studied
law Olinda served Judge and Chicf Of Police IN
Pernambuco, which province depuIed him 70 attend
at the coron aen the present Emperor ln 1850 he
was appointed Desem mbargadOr OF the Pcrnambuco
Kslasan Court oi CAssaten, and In 1855 passed 10
was promoted in 1874 10 Minister OF the Supreme
Tribunal OF Justice Averse 10 politics, he refused on
occasions The provincial presidcncics offered
MIN, and ne n0ted tor the steady performance
Of his judicial duties. being absent therefr0m
month only, upon leave He was Commander al LnA
Imperial Order of Christ.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29

THE WEATHER.-The depression that was
moving on Sunday through the st. Lawrence
Valley and New England has now passed east-
ward over Nova Scotia, attended and followed
by rains and increasing winds from the north
west The low pressure in the Northwest has
moved into the Missouri and Upper Mississippi
valleys, preceded in these regions by rains and
snow and brisk southcrly to southwesterly
Winds The high barometer central in the
Lower Ohio Valley has extended east
ward to the Atlantic coast, and is being
gradually dissipated by the influence of the de-
pressions on it's northern and southern margins.
Hence q baromctric fall is noticeable in the
Southern or Gulf States. The temperature has
generally fallen east Of the Mississippi, but has
risen again beyond the Lower Missouri on the
southern margin of the low pressure in that
region. on the Middle Atlantic coast the diff
ference Of temperature between Sunday and
Yesterday ranges from eight to sixteen degrees.
A slight variation has occurred in the yellow
fever districts, making some places a
few degrees colder warmer than on
Sunday. The weather in New York and it's VI
entity to-day will be clear or partly cloudy,
with owcr temperature. Tomorrow clear,
iu,sowrd by gradually clouding and warmer
weather will prevail on the Middle Atlantic
coast.
The New York herald., 1878-10-29
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
wAsnrxcroy, Oct. %, ls7e

WASHINGTON, Oct. %, 1874
Major A. Hull, military s,orekesper, has been 70.
llevcd from duty In the Department Of the Missouri
and ordered 90 san Francisco, Gal, to report for
duty a. tho general depot the ~ that
place. Captain w. r. Martin, military storekscpeg,
mas been relieved from duty IN tho Department. OF
Arizona aud ordered TO report to the omfnanding
general Department OF the Missouri Tor duty NJ Fort
I.Onv nsorab