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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02
Governor Robinson and the Excise
Board.

Governor Robinson and the Excise
Board.
A week ago Mayor Ely sent an official
communication to Governor Robinson, in
forming him that Owen Murphy, one
of the Excise Commissioners, had disap-
the belief that he had absconded with u
large amount of public money, ''or of money
intrusted to him by applicants for Licenses"
and added, las it is represented to me that
the condition of the department may re-
quire prompt measures l beg leave to call
your attention to the subject, with a view to
such action on your part as you may deem
desirable" TO this singular communion
ton Governor Robinson replies by tele-
graph, through his private secretary
''Please send formal and specific charges
against the Excise Commissioners upon
which the Governor can act. Your letter is
too vague"
The Board of Excise is a defaulter to
the city for money received for the issue
Of licenses, and to the individuals who,
under the order OF the Board, have de-
posted with it their money for licenses
pending decision on their applications.
The Board became defaulter no doubt,
absconding with the funds; but that is a
matter to be developed on the investiga-
ton, when it will be shown how far the
Commissioners are culpable for "neglect in
Office" for placing it in the power of one of
their associates to bag all the excise funds
The city knows nothing about Murphy as
an individual, the Mayor knows nothing
about him and the Governor knows nothing
about him. Their business is with public
body = the Excise Department-and their
duty is 10 ascertain whether the excise de-
Office" on the part of the heads of that de-
partment. The police and the criminal
laws will, it is hoped, deal effectively
with the absconding member of the Board
if he should come within their reach.
But the Mayors duty was clearly to make
definite charges against the defaulting Ex-
else Board, and not vague insinuations
against it's absconding member. He is re-
quired to be vigilant in seeing that the laws
are properly enforced, and it was incum-
bent upon him, without weeks delay, to
make proper charges against the Excise
Board to the Governor, who cannot move in
the matter until such charges come before
him.
The Mayor seems to have his own ideas of
how unfaithful and incapable public officers
ought to be treated; but he cannot well shirk
the responsibility of making formal charges
against the entire Excise Board on these
facts. 1t is to be regretted that his action is
necessary, as hesitation, timidity and delay
are an injustice to the whole community in
this matter. Let US hope, however, that
he will not be as long making up his
mind what to do about the Excise Com
missioners as he was about other msbehav-
ing officials. It is at least consoliDg to re-
member that when he has once made the
charges against the Excise Board their prose-
cution will be in other hands.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

TIE RECORD Of the Coroners' Office for the
year is dismal and chastly one, although, for
tunately, not as bad as in 1876. In all 1,166
cases were brought under its supervision as
against 800 the preceding year. The Suicides
1862, were ten more than in 1876, and the
deaths from accidents, 552, fourteen more
Buckle would have found in the statistics some
curious combinations of his theories.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

KING AIFoNso's coming marriage is just now
the one absorbing subject OF social and, per-
haps, political speculation in Spain. 1t will be
seen from our correspondence that while large
number Of the politicians are opposed to the
alliance, the women all on the side of the
young King Madrid has voted large sum of
money to appropriately celebrate the event,
nnd, rs a royal marriage does not come every
day or every year, is preparing to make the
fnOst of IL.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

From oar reports This morning the probabilities
are thas the reathcr in Nev York and its vicini,y
to-day ,ciR be slightly rarmer and partly cloudy
or fair. Tomorrow IL tciU be colder and clear.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02
NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADvERTrsERs.-I0
insure the proper classification Of advertisements
ii is absolutely accessory hat they be handed IN
before eiQkt o'clock ereyY ereninQ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

GOVERNOR VANCE, Of North Carolina, spoiled
first class Southern outrage yesterday by re-
viewing and complimenting the colored troops
of that State
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

For THE FIRST TIME since the days of the
Colonies the Governor of Virginia has been in
augurated with military pomp and circum-
stance. State rights, it is to be feared, are in
grave peril.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

WHILE THE TRUANr LAW is being amended at
the request Of the Board Of Education it would
not be q bad idea to add couple Of sections
which shall give us more control over the Board.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

The GERMAN SAVINGS BANK of Lafayette,
Ind, was one Of the institutions that did not
receive yesterday. 1t is gone but, unfortunately,
not forgotten.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

GARLAND, COLORADO, must be nice, quiet
town. 1t rang out the old year with four muir
ders and rang in the new with one.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

The LETTER OF Our BERLIN CORRESPONDENT
upon German diplomacy, politics, society and
other matters will be found instructive and in
teresting reading.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

THE SAILING from Philadelphia to-day of an
American vessel with American iron, engineers
and laborers to build railroad in Brazil, is, in a
business way, an suspicious opening of the new
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

The HARD TIMES have told severely upon i'm
migration. For the year the arrivals in this city
were in round numbers sixty-four thousand as
against two hundred and sixty thousand in
1879.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

quite as many calls next New Years as they
did yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

If THE CITY OFFICIALS made any resolutions
in the direction Of giving us good government it
is to be hoped they will keep them for few
days, Just for Change.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02
THE BARK A. c. DICKERMkN.

[BT CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Jan. 4. 1873
The bark A. c. Dckermap, before repoped ashore
near Bristol had her masts cut away. se nlled with
thu tide and was aiterward hauled on tcths bsnk.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

would not be without its reason and Dig
nifty; but as she stands she is comparable
only to one who wishes to participate in the
advantageous chances of game without
having made any contribution to the stakes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02

that that silent soldier was inclined to shirk
the responsibility for an unpleasant feature
of his campaign, and, still worse, was ready
to cast that responsibility upon men who
had passed from the scene and could
not clear their names of the i'm
putation. All that is known of
the character of General Grant makes
it impossible to believe that he would pur-
sue such course. 1t may be safely denied
that this story came from him, and as it is
scarcely possible that it came from either
Lincoln or Stanton it can claim no special
excellence as ito its source. But in our
opinion it is not only without any value as
to it's authority, but it is contaminated in
that respect. 1t has upon it what may be
called trade mark. 1t is a mere McClel-
lanism. There was in our war and is likely
to be in our history school of criticism
assuming that the science Of war began and
ended With General Mcclellan, and all the
criticisms Of the Wilderness campaign have
taken color from the convictions OF that
school, and this story is a summary Of those
criticisms put in the guise of IN actual
relation.
But the story is contaminated in other
respects. It's military conceptions are not
accurate. Although Grant did keep his
army between Washington and Richmond,
he used the water so largely as line of sup
ply, and crossed the heads Of the peninsulas
in his persistent advance Of his left flank
with SO little regard to the results Of the
various battles, that he practically leaned
his whole weight on the water line. He
could not have moved in that manner but
for his proximity to that line. The criti-
cism is, therefore, without the main ground
on which it pretends to stand. It is also
not by any means certain that one hundred
thousand more men were actually lost
that way than would have been lost the
other way. It was bloody campaign, no
doubt. But the we'll seasoned army Of
Northern Virginia was covered everywhere
with enormously fortified lines, and GER
tain amount Of force had to be exhausted in
overcoming its resistance. 1t made no prac-
tical difference whether that force was ap-
piled and exhausted at Cold Harbor or at
Petersburg. If more men were killed at
one place less would have to be killed at
the other. AS many men as were killed on
the way to Richmond would have been
killed in carrying the works there 'if the
army had been taken thither by the river"
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


UNION SQUARE THEATRE TIE MAN OF SUCCESS
EAGLE THEATRk-BABEs THE wooD.
wALLACK's THRATRE-woS AT LAST.
BROADWAY THEArRR-MoSrE cnrsro
GRAND OPERA nOUsK-sHAUcHRAuS-
FIFTH AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PARK THEATRE-DAvID GARRicx.
FIFTH AVENUE HALL-rKEsrrDrcIrATIoS
NIBLO's GARDENLTnx DUKES MORO.
GERNANIA THEATRE-HAshxASS's TOGETHER
BOwERY THKATRE-rwo ORPHANS.
sAN FRANCISCO MINsTRET.s.
THEATRE COMIQUE-vARIsrY.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM QUEER FISHES AND Birds
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUsE-yARrErY.
THE NEW AMERICAN observation-disclosures
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARrFrY.
TONY PASTOR'S-vARIKrY.
ACADEMY or DEsIGN-LoAN ExnrsInox.
NATIONAL rHKATRE-TRopDEN Down.
EGYPTIAN HALL-vAnIkry.
NEW V0Dg WEnNECnAV JANJrApV 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-09
THE EVENING STAR



A Wall-Streef br,sker laid wager the other
day that Christopher columbus discovered the
continent OF North AnIfs1ca, and, OF course, lost
1t. IL is surprising how many intelligent per-
sons entertain the same snor. Knowing that
he discovered a number OF Islands in the West
efn hemisphere, they thiA that be mus OF
necessity have discovered this continent also
Iney forget that he died i'll ignorance OF the
Ieai grandeur OF his achievement believing
Cuba. Terra Firma, and the other lands he had
,ouna. 10 be remote parts or Asia. Amerigo
nespucci, after whom North and South America
Is named did not discover this contsncnt proper
equator, and he, tOo was deluded With the no.
tlon tnat IL was portion OF Asia John Cabot
was the dlscOyerer OF North America (seme time
IN MAY, 1892, which he likewise supposed TO
He sailed along the coast for 800 leagues.
and went ashore, without finding any
human beings though he believed the couDtry
inhabited. IL IS remarkable that the three
great discoveries OF the Western world
should all have been Italians; Columbus HAVING
been born In Genoa, VeSpucci in Florence. and
Cabot presumably III Venice The birth OF Cabot
Is uncertain. as are his age and the place and
time of his death. But the fact that the license
granted him by Henry VII. calls him Kabotto
Venetian, would seem 10 determine the QueSfi N
OF his nativity. The diScoyererS had a Sor v
fortune. Columbus, as we are aware was
treated with the blacklist ingratituda nv the
King of Spain. When the officers OF the YES el
In which he was carried a prisoner 10 Spain ~
Tered TO remove his chains, imposed upon him
by royal order. he replied. az VIII wear them as
a reminder OF the gratitude OF princes" He
died, as everybody knows, neglected, in extreme
poverty. OF broken heart. tespucci had MANY
trials and died poor and Cabot, or CabDta. fell
into such oDScurity that no one can tell whore
or when or low he died. Surely the augurir,
attendant on the birth OF tie western world
were not favorable, and in q SuperStitlo,lS aye
might have led to the belief that its history
would never be marked BY good rortune.-.NT.
Times
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November STAR.
THE CONSULTATIONS TO BE OBSERVED prPTv
NEYr E0I-s

THE CONSULTATIONS TO BE OBSERVED pVPESG
TIE MKT FOUR WEEKS IN THE HKAYENS
The clear weather which usually prevails in
september ana October and frequently the
gIeaterpaTt OF November affords nearly AZ many
opportunities for observing astronomical phe-
nomena as occur during the remaining mont rs
OF the year. Owing. however, 10 the bright
moonlight during the last two weeks stars be
low the third magnitude were invisible to the
naked eye and the heavens appeared compare
lively blank. As ii Is now the dark OF the moon
the SKY Tor the remainder of this month Will
present an unusually Interesting aDpearanre
Jupiter. the largest OF the planets. shines with
peculiar Drilllancy in the south and southwest
during the first hours of the night, while saturn
the ring planet may be observed in the east i'm
mediately after dark and is visible the whole
night.
Venus now the morning star rises aho,1, an
hour before the sun. while Mars which att ractpi
so much attention year ago, is almost i'm
lnefSed in The rays of the sun and is gradually
decreasing in brightness
About eight O'Clock CaDella NAV he seen in
tie northeast. little above the horizon while
Vega in the Harp is almost directly overhead
This Star Is remarkable for its blue color and is
one OF the few whose distance has been approxi-
1nately determined. The seven stars or plpi-
AIDES the guides OF the ancient mariners I'm the
Mediterranean and Black Seas, are Just appear
Ing above the horizon in the east while Arctu-
rus, the brightest star in the northern sky. is
setting in the west.
Al ten o'clock Castor and PD!!Uy may be OH
served Ia the northeast and Orion In the east,
Whie the Great Bear Is seen nearly below the
pole. Sirius, the brightest star In the heavens
now rises near midnight, but about the middle
or November can be seen at ten O'clock On the
3lSt inst. Jupiter will be in conjunction with the
snort distance from the same luminary the last
of November
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FALLING IEaTFs,

No me &c thA~e SPREADING shades
MlNea s,fh the t-emu.ors SUNSHINE 90 the .r-.-,
ihF'e '" stretch my lirnb- wale white c'.u q p,s.
Above IN heeCy ersils
Good by good ~. dear Iravr,'
10, YOU sttTp Autumn hloNS hiS aIIt,l.s.s
I"'n tTee that s-ass Il. esS' Sour giori.- fsg
IN stoss sleuce gr.eycs
- But wins erYtreai y.,r,- sa,r
Nv =, ' nos snd rams an cisll AoveT,ll,~s
N'e e'osH,a yoyr ~ s'Id lc.t rlI,;.ys: ti.-.
10 w1teE ssS " dsts
know In. tiAse Ia. c.,a.,
When sou must yield ;ss rs-sis..s. f,r,.
Farewell. rIIe graduates - q -urlinsr's ,,r,-.,
Bouirt Tor y"'ir ~;n.er hone
In gold and crinssAn gay.
whiring lake children IN a ttxylclnr sr,as
Or racing rrtii the wind, n hrs-~yirg q ~,
Borne whittier who -Sn saw
HcspeSi on some mir, Rad
Or rsseaaen, Nhere the crowd ssa.l tread va I,g,
And Ia You With the rabbi sd -: tlsr tnra
or n some SAFE abode
Far f-rm the ci:y'- lin
IN "ondiand ,''i."~S; mixed wth sss'tter'as gao
Or l'aos ~.ere ssspa the a. with s3s--
Shaai frame your color in.
Or aoatnS down -o,ne Sires,~
or blown sseni 6r6, - ie - anmuansa.iy
iASe shadows ~ = dram.
Perhaps yen lovely maid
And rsnSe them -rpu s-i sha.!t her rh ,.ni,r 80.
Perhaps M -7iStics spade
May mix ,.p--o with tn ee-z,,
To frrtllize hi- arden f,-,t- ana s,g.
lhe si'rinS -rlenior thst ~iilli hl"pra -aIs,v-
IN rrsursr7tll ~ birth
Like yn's. ,i-e- l,sye- We ,,r,.
M M ,., a. a.: s2d know 70, Ni,er We ,aa -I'cet
To IN etcrrlsl isunv'
y \ fHde:rrir1tl e C.ANr.
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ghC Dog.

Truthful AND CoPIoI-S s7UpY N NATURAL.
HISTORY.
This Is dog
10 you see the dog:
lie looks as natural A. iif..
The dog is called NJ some mans most iauh-
tul servant. one or two instaucc, have beeu
known where dog frighteDs-t away 4 Thief oi
BIT an agent. They have also been known q
bark AZ The moon. and thus prevent II fallin.
and daSlilng the earth To pieces. II a. wasn'i.
Tor dogs We shouldn't know What 10 do with or
OLD oyster cans. You can now ask any giP--
lions YOU desire
=. How large Is a dogc
well, that depends II hes running ava.
nom you be looks about the s-zs ~ a gallon ips
yearling cali"
- DO dogs guard the house,
Yes: particularly the kitchen door Nothing
hurts dogs feelings 80 much a. To have h,s
master think he's waiting Tor bones. in,tc1i ~
being there on guard"
can a dog take a hinte "
Yes. As soon - one Set.S Tanner coming
across the nelds with gun. he knows that
killing sheep Is over Tor that morning. ana swh-
Are dogs very stronge"
You'd think they could pull saw-log 10
lGdse by the amount of bowling they viii a,
between dusk and dayhreah. bat the minute
a boy wants ride on his sled the family doc
Is troubled with heart disease aad general weak
Ness
Can dogs md their way home iron, long dis
tanceS:"
Its according to the dog. II It's one you
want 10 get rid OF he can lind his way back
home from California. III IT'S good one he's api
10 get lost if he goes round the corner"
Can dogs see In the dark?'
a. Some appear 10, but Instances are not fat,,
where dogs commanded 10 rush out and devoHi
The fellow hooking wood have rushed under the
Ded 10y mistahe-and stayed there. That's al
about dogs Detroit Free P,,>N
~ The largest crop OF wheat groNn i'm Pcaa
s. lVanla since 1874 was thTashcd this year
1S.1J0,t0O bushels.
81 The proposed dog law was defeated Ia
RockDfldge county. Va. at the late election by
vote OF $40 for IL TO l.0S1 against it.
TEA Lowell boy : clothing caught fire and in
his fright he jumped into a cradle in which .
baby lay. Both children were burned TO death
ss Mrs. Alexander charged with the murder
OF ''StutteI1ng Jack at Bridgeport. Conn. has
been found guilty OF murder In the second
degree and sentenced 10 imprisonment for life
eKThe marchioneSs OF Lorne wears squarp-
toed, ffat-heeled shoes; and when She plants
one OF them on cockroach, it's all UP VITA the
critter.
An ''auctiOn sale" was originally writi..h
''haWk-Shun sale That was a great many
years ago, however, when people were wicari
and used 10 cheat.
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The Ventilation of Sleeping Rooms.

If man were deliberately to shut himself for
SIX OF elSnt hours daily in Stuffy room, with
closed doors and windows (the doors not being
opened even TO change the air during the period
OF lncarceratlon). and were then TO complain OF
headache and debility, he would be Justly told
That his own want OF intelligent foresight was
the cause OF his suffering. Nevertheless. this is
what the great mass OF people do every night of
their lives, with no thought of their mpru-
dence. There are few bedrooms i'm which il is
perfectly safe to pass the night without some
thing more than ordinary precautions to secure
an inflow OF fresh air. Every sleeping apart
ment should OF course. have a fireplace with an
open chimney. and in cold weather Ii is well il
the CRATE contains small fire. at least
enough TO create an upcaSt current and carry
on the Initiated air of the room. In all such
cases, however. when a fire Is used, il is
the room comes from the outside of the
house. BY an easy mistake, II is possible to
place the occupant of a bedroom with fire in a
closed house. in direct current OF foul air
drawn from all parts of the establishment sum
mer and winter. with or without the use of fires
II is well to have free ingreSs for pure air
This should be the ventilator'S first concern
Foul air will lind an exit if pure air is admitted
In Suf1lc1ent quantity but IL is not certain pure
air Will be drawn In If the impure air is drawn
away. So far as sleeping rooms are concerned
II is wise to let in air from without. The aim
must be TO accomplish the object without caUs-
ing great fall OF temperature or a draughl
The windows may be drawn down an inch or two
at the Top with advantage, and fold OF muslin
will form ''ventilatOr" to take off the feeling
OF draught. This, with an open fireplace will
generally suffice, and produce no unpleasant
consequences, even when the weather Is cold
Ii is, however, essential that the air OUT side
should be pure. Little is likely to be gained
py letting In fog or even town mist.-ILoa-
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS h 90. Auctioneers
w Successors to Wash b. Williams)

By virtue of deed of trust dated November -,
Is. A D. 1869, and duly recorded in Liber No &
faa folio 4es ct SEQ one of the land records for.
ing. OF the party secured thereby, viii sell at pub
i he auction in front of the premises. on MONDAY
p. M, the following described premises, lying and
being IN the county OF Washington, in the District OF
Columbia, and known and described as Lot num-
bered four a., in section numbered six t6,, of the
subdivision OF the =" Barry Farm" according to the
plot of the same, filed in the office of the SURVEYOR OF
this DISTRICT, to which special reference is had.
Terms: One third in cash. and the balance in six
twelve and eighteen months, with interest at egh,
go per cent. per annum till paid. The deferred pay
ments to I've secured by deed OF trust on the prop
ery sold all cash. at the option of the purchaser
Fifty dollars deposit at the time of sale All con
XeyanciDg and recording at the purchasers cost
Terms to be complied with within Ave DAYS else ii
will he resoid at the risk anil cost of the defauting
purchaser THOMAS W. CHASE
nOy5t tn saw Surviving Trustee
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS l. CO., Anctioneers.
w Successors to Wash B. Williams)

BY virtue of deed of trust, dated October aaA
18TH 1853. duly recorded in Iiber No GA, folio H.
292, one OF the land records for the District of 49,
Columbia and at the request in writing of the parry
secured thereby, will sell at public auction in front
yember, A. D. 1878 at o'clock p. m, the following
described property, to wit: The east part of Lot
numbered three (3), in Square numbered one hun.
dred and fftyfour (l5D. beginning for the same at
2 point on r street north distant lat feet and 10
running thence west with the line Of street north 40
feet thence north l27 feet and six 60 inches; thence
the place Of beginning.
Terms: One-third in cash, and the balance in six
twelve and eighteen months, with interest at eight
per cent per annum until paid. The deferred pay
perry sold all cash, at the option Of the
800 deposit at the time of sale. All conveyanc cling
and recording at purchasers cost Terms to be COM
piled with within five days, else it will be resold AT
the risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser.
THOS W. CHASE.
ct29tths,4w Surviving Trustee
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DIED.

DANENHONER. On the 9th of November. 1879
al am, OF cerebro spinal meningitis, CORA eiiesi
daugh;er OF J. l.. and Rebecca Danenhower. AN her
sixth year.
Friends invited to attend.her funeral from her
grandtather's residence, 1921 IA street northwest
Sunday domorrowD, at = pm.
PUI-LlN. On the morning of the Sth of Nosem
ber 1878, after a lingerin.; Illness. which she bora
with Christian fortitude LUIsA the beloved wife ~
William Pullin
A precious one from us has gone
voice we loved is still:
place Ia vacant in our home
Which reyer can be filled.
Day after day we saw her fade
And gently sink away;
Yet often IN our hearts prayed
That she might longer stay.
BY HER HUsBAND.
Her funeral Will take place SUNDAY, the lodi
instant, at 2 30 pm. from her late residence No
gig street southwest. Relatives and friends are
respectfully invited to attend