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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
TIE SUPPOSED RUSSIAN OFFENCES.
LoNDON. Tuesday, March l.. 1873

In the House of Commons, this afternoon,
Sir stafford Northcote Chancellor OF the LIcheQuer IN
answer TO an inquiry 10y sir Henry Niinot Consetya-
tive. South Derby shirc). said that tue Government had
not heard that the Russians were ntrcnching Lines
across the peninsula of Gallp0li.
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TwoSIUNDRED AND THREE NEW DOCTORS.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE fifty-third
annual commencement OF the jefferson Medical College
took place at the Academy of Music to-day. The de-
srre Of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon 2O3
graduates prizes awarded for the best essays
a various medical subjects
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
THE ITALIAN CRISIS.

ROME. Tuesday, March 10. 1873
A new Cabinet has not been formed yet.
The chief difficulties In the way OF its formation consist
in assigning the portfolios OF foreign affairs and war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13

Prince Hassan is a son of the Khcdive of
Egypt. lie was born in 1898.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
JOEL HAYDEN & COMPANY.

Boston, March 1.-THE creditors of Joel
Hayden & Co.. brass 10 unders of Haydenyille Mass.
have refused unsecured offer OF 33l3 cents dol
lar and twenty-five months time. The will pro-
baby bought heavy creditor for % cent? the
dollar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
TIE RESSARARIAN QUESTION.

LoSDoS, Wednesday, March -. 1878.
Bucharest papers mention a rumor that Ger
many ana Austria would consent TO the rero'ession OF
Bessaraba If the mouths u the Danube left IN the
possession OF ROumaBia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
rnIRrY.sIx YEATS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE.


David w. Mahan. who retired from the
position of the First Auditor Of the Treasury. to-day
to give place to Robert 81. Reynolds, OF
Alabama had been connected with the OhCc
for hrty,ix years. and for The last eight years ~ Aud
tor He has mad ihc reputation OF being thoroughly
scalniutcd with the methods Of adjusting public
counts and Of being a OF sTict integrity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
A FREE TRADE AGITAIOR On SHIPS.

WAsHINGToN Tuesday March II, 1879.
s.Captain John Goldman, of New-York, made a
specch to-day before Mr wood and majority Of the Ways
and Means Committee hi favor OF free trade III ships lie
argued that part OF the business OF the Govern
mcnt 10 encourage shp-building or shlpOwning but
tiat each should be allowed ~ take OF
Itself lie asserted that the protection which has been
accorded ship builders ia the real cause of sending our
carrying trade INTO foreign hands In order 10 compete
with foreign carriers. he argued. We must be MS
fee AS thcy 10 bay ships where we please, have our
stores free OF duty, and be relieved Oi unjust
discrimination the nature of consular
fees II. suiport,d as q proposition looking 10 com
proiu-e, that Americans D. allowed To purchase abroad
only ships over 5000 tons, HuCh as wOuld bc clcby
ned m foreign commerce. leaving ALL nearly, OF the
cnasiW wise vessels Ia he built at home. The committee
gave Captain Goldman "A very patient hearing, ana he
Ia. ma a favorable Impression.
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hundred men fully armed and equipped were to have
left Key West for the ill-fated isle"
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TIE Usage LAW SUITS.
LEY rELEGnAPn TO TIE rmnrNEl

\ ELL ~ CONGRESS FOR PAYING IHE LAwYEEs
SiS,OO0-oyER A MILLION SAVED BY THE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13

A TERRITORIAL GRANT OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
DIsAPPROvED IN COMMITTEE-A NEW PROPOSE
TIoN To CONGRFsS
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
A Bedevilled Enterprise.

The development Of the commercial and
industrial possibilities Of the great and rich
region represented by the Empire Of Brazil
and the neighboring republics is out Of
the question until the necessary railroad
and river transportation is provided. I'm
mense rivers which can be opened for navi-
CATION afford the means of securing the
latter, but in creating the former the giant
forest trees must be felled, swamps must
be crossed and mountains turned by the
iron road. Brazil, and indeed all the
northern and central regions of the South
American continent, present to enterpris-
ing men temptations for energetic specula-
ton and work that cannot be surpassed on
any other continent. But there is no part
Of the world where the difficulties to be
overcome in accomplishing any really prac-
tical improvement at a reasonable cost are
so numerous and vexatious. To begin
with the financial questions involved.
it is undsputed that the credit of South
American countries is bad, and that capi-
talists demand exorbitant returns from
very moderate investments.
II we only look over the history of the
negotiations connected with the Madeira
and Mamore Railroad we will see how i'm
practicable it is to carry out such an enter
prise when the promoters stand between
the political uncertainty and bad credit Of
South American countries on the one hand,
and the cormorant appetites of European
capitalists on the other. Out of every loan
raised for internal improvements fully one
half the sum realized by sale of bonds at
great sacrifice is expended in paying
either the financial agents in Europe or
supplying some deficit in the national
treasury in South America. The balance is
rarely applicable directly to the object in
view, consequently everything costs double
and treble what it is worth and the money
supplies soon run short. Then contractors,
laborers and stockholders suffer. The mis-
take made by the contractors of the Madeira
and Mamore Railroad in sending white
labor to Brazil was a very grave one.
Plenty Of colored and acclimated labor
can be had from the West Indies for such
work. The history of the railroad project
in Brazil, which we printed yesterday,
shows how vast sums may be expended in
almost fruitless efforts to attain success,
and really meritorious enterprises bedev-
illed into utter failures by greed and mis-
management.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
How Would IL Look Z

The President is credited with saying
that the result of the election in the South
ern States would have been different had
some eminent Northern republican speakers
gone down there to take part in the cam
vass. This is very true, but respectable
and influential Northern republicans would
hardly 90 down to ask the Southern voters
to elect to Congress such men as many who
held the republican nominations there.
How, for instance, would Senator Conkling
or Senator Blaine have felt urging the
voters Of Louisiana to send Madison Wells
or TON" Anderson or Chief Justice Lude-
ling to Congress? Yet these were all republi-
can and greenback candidates. What effect
would have been produced had these three
worthless exchanged stumps with Mr.. Conk-
ling and General Hawley and gone through
New York and Connecticut advocating the
republican and greenback canse? Tire
Northern republican orators knew what
they we're about when they declined to
speak in the South for Southern republican
candidates they were not inclined to dirty
themselves with such COMPANY.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
Intiependent Democrat !.

Three independent democrats have been
elected in Georgia, and there is report
that one at least has succeeded in Virginia.
In South Carolina the nomination of inde-
pendents was prevented by the regular
democrats only with great difficulty, and in
some other Southern States, as in Alabama
there are independent movements. How
the independents now elected to Congress
will vote remains to be seen. They have
been very bitterly opposed and denounced
by the regular democrats, and may choose
in the House to be really independent of
party bonds, the more SO as they have sue
ceeded by the help Of many colored votes
the democratic majority in the Honse is so
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
The Solid south.

The solid South is not so solid at it was
if the republicans and the independents
elected are all counted. But it was more
solid last Tuesday than it will ever be
again. The republicans who are counting
on the solid South as a good issue in 1880
are mistaken. The color line is breaking
down very rapidly in all the Southern
States, and the following remarks in a re-
cent number Of the New Orleans Picayune
show the drift of political thought in the
South:-s.It is certain that there will always
be a party in Louisiana in opposition to the
democracy The conservative citizens
heretofore driven in one direction by out
side tyranny and therefore acting in
unison, now that the pressure is re-
moved may exercise more freedom. more
independence and more individualism.
For years it has been held unpatriotic for
any white Louisianian to attempt to defeat
the will Of the conservative party, and we'll
we know that those citizens Of the State
who gave aid and comfort to the radical
party before 1877 made themselves entirely
and permanently odious But the time is
coming when q new party may be expected
here, and when many white citizens will
not deem united action SO essential as to
override all party differences.
We observe that many partisan journals
are already making up lists of the next
Presidential vote, and both sides have the
habit of counting all the Southern States
for the democratic party. Two years is a
long time. and at the rate at which events
are moving we suspect that there will be
neither solid South nor solid North in
1890
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
Grant and the Tanning Business.

Ex-President Grants brother-in-law, Mr..
Corbin, in an interview published else
where in to-day's Herald, states that the
story of the Generals connection with the
tanning business is erroneous, and he does
not know how it originated. lie does know,
however, that General Grant never was
tanner and was never in any manner en-
gagged in that trade. Mr.. Corbin does not
believe that the ex-President is at all de-
srous Of returning to his old duties at
Washington, and does not consider that
the republican party is dependent on any
individual. II circumstances should so
shape as to convince the party that Grant
would be the strongest candidate, and to
make the Republican National Convention
desirous Of nominating him, he does not
doubt that the Gen neral would regard it as q
duty to accept In other words, should the
democrats through their folly need 'tan-
ming" in 1880 for the good of the country
then Grant would 60 into the business in
earnest, as he did in the days of the rebellion.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
what Did M

Now that the elections are over the demo-
cratic journals are looking about to see
what hurt their party. Mr.. Purcell, chair
man of the democratic committee Of New
York, thinks it was the cipher dispatches;
the Rochester Union thinks it was the third
party movement; the Connecticut demo-
Gratis acknowledge that they were beaten
because they silently submitted to their
greenback platform, which their leaders
did not believe in. They are all right; for
it was all of these things which defeated
the democrats The absurdity of the fraud
cry in the face of the cipher de-
spatches did something; but the timidity
and hypocrisy of democratic leaders did
much more. Governor Hubbard, of Con-
necticut, for instance, was defeated on q
greenback platform, and he must feel in his
heart that the people served him right, for
he knew better. The democrats who swal-
lowed their principles in silence, like Gov
ernor Hubbard, and the democrats who
swallowed them and pretended that they
never had any, like Senator Thurman, de-
feated their party. When Mr.. Thurman
said, in 1874, 'sNever have l spoken in favor
of that imitation Of the currency which
shall be any resumption at all. And that
is precisely what this imitation means. 1t
means demonetizing gold and silver in per-
petuity and substituting currency OF ire
deemabls paper, based wholly and en-
tirely upon government credit and depend.
ing upon the opinions and interests of
members of Congress and their hopes OF
popularity whether the volume Of it shall
be large or whether it shall be small-that
is what imitation means. Sir, have never
said anything in favor of that 1 am too
old fashioned democrat for that have
heard and preached too many hard money
lessons to advocate such theory as
that" and when he said, in 1875,
s.You, my fellow democrats, are what are
called hard money men, and am hard
money man. That is. to-day, we do not
believe in an irredeemable paper currency ;
we believe that such a currency must neces-
sarily fuctuate in value, lead to specula-
ton and extravagance, and benefit no one
but money loaners and spectators We
believe that our currency should consist OF
gold and silver, and for convenience, paper
convertible at par into gold and silver at
the will Of the holder. In this we concur
with the uniform teachings of the demo-
cratic party, with the opinion of every really
eminent political economist the world over,
with the lessons Of experience found in the
history of every commercial nation and
with the views OF almost the entire body Of
the business men Of America"-when he
spoke thus he was on sound and tenable
ground, and it was only when he and other
democrats left that ground to be occupied
by their opponents that they were deserv-
edly beaten. The American people are
honest and respectable, and they like
courage and principle in their public men,
1t is because the men who assumed to lead
the democratic party this year had neither
courage nor principle that they were left in
the lurch--so greatly to their surprise.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
REAR ADMIRAL. SAMUEL. MERCER.

Rear Admiral Samuel Mercer, of the British navy.
died at Deal England October 25 aged nearly seventy
years. He was born in 1909. entered the navy in
1921 served on the East and West coasts OF Africa in
Her Majestys ships Leven and Barracuda and for
three years from 1927 was constantly employed in
supprcssng the slave trade. He promoted 10 the
rank OF commander in 1885, when he appointed
inspector commander at Lyme, in Dorsetshre. In
ls4i he was appointed to Her Majesty ship Ocean to
conduct the packet service at Dover la 1S4 he WAS
appointed by the Treasury on the relief servce in
Ireland during the potato famine. From 1851 to 1853
he was harbor master ut the Gamorgan Canal Docks at
Cardin. He Vice Consul ut Granville. in France
for short time In 1864 He obtained the rank VI
rnar admiral In 1919.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

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PARK TfiEATRE-LorTA
GILMoRE's GARDEN-BAENuSs Snow.
BROADWAY THEATRE-orro
ACADEMY or MUSIC--IA SosNANBuLA
LycEUM THEArRE-JosHuA WnircosG
BowERY THEATRE-OLrIR TwIsr
wALLACK's THEATRE-TnE JEALOUS WIFE
ACADEMY or DESTGN-I.oAN EsmsrIoS
UNION SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND Soy.
STANDARD THEATRE-ALnosr i LlrE.
81 JAMES THEATRE--Tnh BILLS or CoRsEviLLE
GERMANTs THEATRE-DIG RAuBER.
TIvoLl THEATRE-yARIEry
EGYPTIAN HAII--yARlEry
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
WINDSOR THEATRE-VARIEry
THEATRE COMlQUE-yARiErS
ABERLEs AMERICAN THEArRE--wiLD BrLL
TONY PASTORS THEATRE-VAwEr,
STEINHAY HALL-CoScERr.
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE-castlLF.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
The Hounds Baked.

The search for the body of Alexander T.
Stewart and the thieves who desecrated his
grave still continues, but the police give no
sign of any decided progress toward success.
Briefly summed up, the case stands pre-
cisely as it did on Saturday. The route
taken by the thieves in leaving the ceme-
terry has baen ascertained, but at the point
where they reached the pavement in Tenth
street the trail stops short and all is a
blank beyond. The clew about which the
Thirteenth precinct police made SO much
mystery on Saturday turns out to be no
clew at all, and so another 'theory," what
ever it may have been, disappears. While
we are disposed to give the police authori-
ties due credit for energy in their search
we cannot refrain from calling attention to
the fact that none Of the actors in the
startling crimes lately committed in this
city have been apprehended, and the
Board Of Police should clearly understand
that the people are already dissatisfied.
Banks arc gutted in open daylight. men
are stabbed in public places, stores are
robbed in the glare Of gaslight and graves
are despoiled in the very heart of the city,
and yet no arrests are made. 1t is about
time this state of affairs was changed.
Our despatch from Washington shows
that the police authorities there entertain
suspicion that the man who endeavored to
obtain the preserving fluid and who pur-
chased the shovel is one George N. Christian,
a notorious resurrectionist OF that city, who
seems to have done thriving trade in rob-
bing graves. If the description given Of his
visitor by the Bond street undertaken is really
that recorded Of Christian in Washington
the fact can easily be determined, for the
photograph will settle that question. With
this clew in their possession we presume
the detectives will follow it up until its
value is decided one way or the other. 1t
is exceedingly probable that a man like
Christian would engage in such a nefarious
transaction, for it is well known that the
thieves who stole Mr.. Stewards body must
have been accustomed to handling corpses.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11

We are glad that the Secretary of State says
he will not insist on this point if the
British government dispute it, but we wish
he had omitted it. case is always weak
ened by arguments which the adversary
can easily refute to the satisfaction of others
as well as himself Having freed its mind,
We trust our government will pay the
award-"like q gentleman" to use Lord
Dufferin's expression.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
PROFESSOR ROBERT BrAKEY, PHI. D.

DIR. Robert Blakey. who died October 25 at Newcas.
tie England. was born at Morpcth. Northumberland
in 1905. received classical education devoted him.
self especially to mental science and was chosen in
1885 professor Of logic and metaphysics IN Queens
College. Belfast, which post he resigned
count of i'll health. He early before the public
author, having published in 1929 The Free.
dom of the Divine and Human Wills, and in 1875, q
History Of Moral Science q vols.). which re-
printed in the United States and was highly
mended by distinguished metaphy sicians. He also
wrote 'An Essay Logic (s34l, ''The Lives Of the
Primitive Fathers Of the church .srhe History OF
the Philosophy of Mind a vols. 1S4s: second el
ton 1850, ''The Temporal Benefits Of Christianity"
"On Moral Good and Evil "A Historical sketch If
Logic" and "A History Of Political Literature" a
vols. ls55-T4). He also published several volumes
on sporting topics. edited the Northern Lberotor ut
Newcastle and contributor to the .Encycopsdia
britannica" For his works mental science he
ceiyed gold medal from the King Of the Belgans,
and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the
University Of Jena. He friend Of Southey Dr.
Chalmers. Allan Cunningham and Sir William Hamil.
ton. and some of his works received the commenla-
tion OF Giobert and Victor Cousin.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
OBITUARY..
JOSEPH XoOLLEY.

Joseph Woolley, an old Fulton Market fish mer-
chant and prominent citizen of Long Branch left that
town Tuesday last, apparently in good health.
After voting that day he took the train for New
York to attend his business in Fulton Market, where
he has been dealer in fish for the past thirtytwo
years His friends and the citizens here greatly
surprised Thursday evening by the receipt Of
telegram announcing his sudden death by stroke Of
apoplexy at his abode on Sixth street. Mr.. Wooey
was descendant of old and numerous family
in Monmouth county. his father, Nathan Woolley. UP
to the time of his death having charge OF the Sandy
Hook Lighthouse. The deceased WAS born in Long
Branch in 1920. He for short time interested him
self in seine fishing. and would take the proceeds ol
his labors to New York and there sell them at fair
profit. He afterward opened stand on the Of
Beekman and South streets. in 1S46. where he
doing thrifty business when he associated with him
a partner. business being continued under this
name of West Woolley for nearly ten
years. when. West Withdrew with smaN
fortune and the firm changed to Rodgers, Wools
ley 60. After several it again changed to
Woolley, Clark 4 Co., and subsequently to Woolley.
Lanphear Co.. the present firm. MIR. Woolley died
ut the age of ftyeight years and three months Ha
leaves wife and four grown-up children. He was
man lacking education. He had considerable real
estate in this locality and is reported 10 have been
quite wealthy. He generous to the poor and
contributed freely to religious institutions Of all de-
nominations. His remains arrived ut Long Branch
from New York Saturday night, and were inferred
in the family burying ground ut Mechanicsville.
The New York herald., 1878-11-11
MAJOR GEORGE FREAMnR

Major George Freamor, q prominent member Of the
bar. died suddenly yesterday morning Of paralysis OF
the heart, aged forty years He was In the cav
airy service Of the Confederate army through the
war General FiH Hugh Lees and Wade Harnpton's
stalls He was Presidential ecctor from Californis
for Buchanan in 1866, and was member Of the Mary
land Legislature in 1857 and again in 1874