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the presents. freeholders and enhabitants of the
said towne of New Harlem. their heirs.
successors and assigns. all and singular.
the before reci.cd tract, together with all and
singular the messuases. tcnemts. houses buildings.
barnes stables orchards. gardens, pastures, mills,
mill-dams runs. streams. ponds. woods, under
woods, trees, timber, fencing, fishing. hawking,
hunting and fowling bertycs. privileges, heredit-
ANTS and improvements whatsoever to the said tract
of land, always provided that nothing contained
therein shall be construed to prejudice the right of
the city New adi or amy 9aner nS
therefore yearely and every yeare forever or be-
fore the Ave and twentyth day OF March in lieu of all
services and demands whatsoever, quit rent to
His Most Sacred Majesty aforesaid, his heirs and
ccssors or to such officer officers as shall he ap-
pointed receive the same sixteen bushels Of good
winter merchantabe wheat att the city OF New yorke
In testimony whereof have caused these presents
to be entered upon record in the Secretays office and
the scale of the Province to be- hcreunto affixed this
seventh day of March, 1885, and in the third yeare of
His MATHS refine. THE. DONGAN.
May II please Your Excellency:--
The Attourrey Genll hath perused this patient and
finds nothing contained therein prejudiciall TO His
MATHS interest. j. A. GRAHAM.
Examd % March, 1886.
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gest themselves daily. 1t Ought 1, be question OF
national economy and efficiency, instead OF ~
mere patronage Xf+

gest themselves daily II Ought 4, be question or
national economy and efficiency. instead OF one of
mere patronage. Xf|E VI
LErTER-How THE HEAD or THE INrERIop
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DECEIVED.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
WASHINGTON. Dec 2. 1873
General Sherman in reply to the question to-day
whether he should take any notice of ths recent
letter OF Secretary Schurz in the removal Of
the Indian agency from Fort Sill to Wichita Agency.
said thar he should not but would leave to General
Sheridan the task of answering in detail the structures
and criticisms contained in the letter.
SECRETARY scHUgz DECEIVED.
"To show you how badly he has been deceved,~
said the General Il told him this morning that OH.
GERS of the army might not understand the manage
ment OF civil departments, but they did know that
water down HILL and that the camp OF the Indians
was above the military camp at Fort Sill and not be-
low, ana that the troops were those who had to
dure the dirty water and muddy stream about which
he has certainly been misintormed and If his
OF information on other points not correct
than that one, guess General Sheridan will be able
To make satisfactory answer To all his de-
lnands.' The Secretsry appeared surprised at
my assertion III regard TO the respective locations
or the troops aud lndiaps and insisted that he had
received his information from trustworthy source.
well, replied, II speak from personal knowledge.
have been there and you might as we'll tell me that
Washington is above Georgetown. know better"
BEFORE + y INDIAN COMMITTEE.
The conversation took place in the room of the
COMMITTEES on tiss Transfer OF the Indian Bureau.
where the Secretary and the General had gone to
give their views OF the subject before the committed
1t being the first day of the session OF Congress the
committed concluded not TO proceed with the hearing
he will be questioned generally what he knows
about the management or Indian tribes.
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TRADE DOLLARS COMING HOME.
SAN gRAscrsco. Dec. 2. ls7s

SAX FRAscIsco Dec. 2. 1s7s
This afternoons Bulieis publishes the following
telegram received BY the banks OF this city Large
purchases of trade dollars have been made in Hong
Kong for shipment to New York and San Francisco.
A shipment Of 800, 900 has arrived In England en-
yonte TO New York. on account of Segnan Brothers:
Further large shipments tho to be shipped
by the steamer Bcpic. which will leave Hong Kong
this week. These shipments have been sold for arrival
by . Hong Kong and Shanghai banking corporation
aud coptoir descompte. There IS every prospect ot
all unchopped trade dollars la China finding their
way back to this country. The buyers are money
brokers' At the present rate OF exchange in China
bankers are enabled lay down trsde dollars in ssn
Francisco ut nincty-two aud half cents each. ~
This telegram confirms information received BY
bankers here days ago. 1t is further reported
here that senator Beck will, at early day, intro
duce bill providing for the redemption OF trsds
dul
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RAILROAD REPORTS.

ALBANY, Dec. 2, 1873.
Under the law governing the making OF annual re-
ports by railroads in this State to the State Engineer
they to include September 30 and must be in the
Office of the State Engineer by December under
penalty for fanro of $3.50. Quite number Of rail-
roads still behind in the forwarding of their
ports and Deputy State Engineer L. D. Smasy is to-
day making ont list Of these which he will forward.
when completed to the Attorney General for his ac-
ton under the statute. f4ss
The following additional reports of steam railroads
have been received and examined and are here given
with comparative table as to the same items last
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BROOKLYN'S COMMON COUNCIL.

At a special meeting OF tho Brooklyn Common
Council. held yesterday afternoon. President Fisher
in the chair authority was given Police Judge Walsh
to hire another clerk in his court salary Of
per annum TH AuN
communication was received from Mayor Howell
which enclosed memorial from Commodore Meade
asking that action be- taken by the Common Council
in favor of the proposed act of Congress pension the
widow OF Commodore Pauding. who Is in need of
sistancc. 1t IL cited in the memorial that the Conmo-
dorc, who died near huntington l.. L., recently had
served hs country for sixty years and son Of one
of the capors Of Major Andre The pension asked for
IL $50 per month. The Board of Aldermen pasacd n
resolution approving of the object OF the bill and
requesting the local members OF Congress to further
its pasSaQc.
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from Booths Theatre to Fifth Avenue Hail. and from

from Booths Theatre to Fifth Avenue Hail. and from
there to the Union League. has finally settled down
in what seems likely to prove corgcnial abiding
place: for last night the cosey ST. James was quite
well llel To hear Miss Zclie Wen and her associates in
"Girohc-Gircha.'' The prma donna in good voice
and played with her usual zes and chic. She ably
seconded by NJ Juignet, whose Bolero recalled pleas
ant memories of Duplans admirable performance of
this role. and by M. Mialet, whose really admirable
baritone is heard at its best in Mourzoulo NJ. Dora
was not as agreeable Marasquin. the natty part,
usually assigned to the mezzo soprano. and Mile.
Bondelet was, vocaly, indifferent Aurore. The
orchestra had evidently had but limited rehearsal
The performance was on the whole. a satisfactory
one and WAS well received The theatre altogether,
seems TO be admirably adapted to such entertain
mcuts.
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COLLISION ON THE RIVER.

The steamer City Of Troy. bound for Albany last
night veered from her course, and is thin fog ran
into the wharf at tho foot Of West Fory-hr street
One Of the barges Of the Knckerbockcr Ice Company
moored there, and tho steamers velocity was SO
great that prov through the barge aud shiyero
the stringpiece and SOME of the uock timlcrs
When the engines reversed and the vessel
backed out into the stream 1t found that no one
was injured and singularly enough but little dam.
age had been done To the steamer. The barge however
Jared badly, sinking at her noorings, and about
f3 900 loss sustained her and the shattered
.ln.L
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ATTACKED BY HIGHWAYMEN.

Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday
night desperate assault madc upon MIR. J. H.
Gedney, grocer in Last Orange, N. j. by three high
wsymen. He had the '~sh receipts OF the day with
him. and on his way home. Two employees, s..
ID. MARITIME and Joseph Myers. accompanied him as
far Buruet street Gedncy took the middle OF the
road and had not proceeded far when he assaulted
by three men, of whom struck him three times
with slung shot. His cries for hep brought to his
assistance his two clerks, when the footpads made on
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE HAMLET"

Mr. Booths "Hsmlet' was again given At the Fifth
Avenue Theatre last night and enjoyed by large and
select audience. There Is little nothing to be
said about a Characterization which has been so
often andi so lately described In these columns.
and which has through years been improving
until Is almost ideally perfect Certainly
its future developments. II any there be- will be su
gcsted by the actor himself and not by audiences
critics. Mr. Booths hearers are naturally satisfied
with rendition which has passed entirely from tho
range of unfuihlled effort and sug2cstion
to that whore the actors every intention
il perfectly accomplished Not the least enjoy men.
of such q performance is the consciousness of be-
holding artist who has been to his and
himself 20 "l,t well enough alone" even when
public adulation seemed 10 justify him In doing So
but has lsbored faithfully on until he has cclipscd
all of his brother actors in the character ia which
nearly all are most ambitious TO excel.
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THE LEWIS WILL CASE.

Rev. DIR. Dunn. of st. Ambroses Protestant Epis-
copal Church, corner of Prince and Thompson
streets, yesterday examined before Master in
Chanccry Sce In Jersey City. in the Lewis will
the pastors predecessor Rev. DR.. Sil whose name
affixed to a marriage certificate offered owl
denec by Mrs. Lewis, the alleged widow os the
tho giuuatlip.
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SUPPOSED EXPLOSION.

loud sound ss Of an explosion was heard by resi-
dents of this city yesterday morning at twenty two
minutes past two O'Clock. The sound apparently
from tho East River. in tho vicinity of the
Eleventh precinct An officer of the Tenth precinct,
doing duty in the Bowcry. said he passing De-
anccy street at the instant of the sound OF expo-
sion He saw the light, he thought. about two sea-
onds previous to the sound of the explosion. No
plallation of the occurrercc las vet been giyen.
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Bosrov. Dec. 2. 1873.
The third annual report OF the directors Of the New
York and New England railroad for the year
ending September 30 1878. shows the gross receipts
of the roads operated by tho company. not
including the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. to
have been 935 ~ and the expenses SS70 80 81,
showing not earnings applicable to interest and per.
manent Improvement amounting TO Sl55.70A ".
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SHOT BY A DETECTIVE.

Detective Flanagan, of the Ninth precinct, while
attempting to arrest Russian. named John Canton,
at the corner Of Roosevelt and Chatham streets last
night was assaulted by mob OF young men with
stones and various missiles. lie drew his revolver
and discharged it, the bali taking eject in Canton
hand. The wounded man was taken 10 81. vincent =
Hospital and then to the station house, where ne
was locked iIp.
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A ROBBERY PREVENTED.

Officer Thompson. of the Eighth precinct last
night caught Michael McFadden, of No. % Monroe
street. and Robert Stanton OF No 81 Forsyt street.
in the act OF robbng the fancy goods store at No.
Canal street The prisoners had entered tho store by
cutting through y side door leading into hallway
They had in their possession jiLnmies and other
burglurs' tools. The prisoners were locked up.
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OLEARY'S NEW WALK.

PHnADErrrrA, Dec. 2. 1878.
Daniel oLcary. the pedestrian. at eight oclocA
this evening began his walk Of lO0 miles in In
hours in horticultural Hail. in the presence Of Q
small number OF persons. He appears to be In first
rate condition and confidently expects to finish By
eleven O'clock ON SATURDAY. night
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GRAND opEnA HousR--..oun BOARDING HOUSE,. .

Mr.. Leonard Growers enlarged and improved
edition of "sashcr and Crashcr. which has now held
the stage successfully for three seasons produced
ut the Grand Opera House last night with cxcelen.
cast. MIR. Harry Little played Professor Gillypod
with full appreciation of the opportunities offered by
the character for farcical points Some OF his business
original, and all of 1t proved effective with the
was somewhat still US Colonel Elevator. With Mr..
Jittles example before him he will, however, speed
y get rid of all restraint The serious parts grated
upon the farcicI substratum OF the piece we'll
given by Mr.. Hardie. Mr.. Pope. Miss Gcnovievc
,opcrs and Miss Henrietta Irving and the cast alto
gethcr was tar better than the piece deserved The
audience was not large, hut what 1t lacked In
numbers II nlado up in appreciation. and the progress
OF the play was frequently interrupted by bursts of
boistervus laughter.
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE.

delighted and highly amused audience assembled
last evening at the cosey Park Theatre Brooklyn
welcome the versatile and lively Wlliamsons their
temperance in that city. where they have under
former engagement won a host of admirers.
The hacituds of the house had been entertained
with mslodrama and tragedy for the past three
weeks, and though the regning stars of that
period were acceptable. still it conceded that
more cheerful productions would win larger
Manager sinn approaching this idea ard desiring
to cater TO the sentiment of the public Ut all times
has now 'Struck on in adorning e'stage OF the
PARK with the two stars who 80 charningly play
the leading rates in that merry drama. The stock
company, In their ready adaptation Of ever vary
ing character which is necessitated by the constant
change OF programme, did remarkably well. Mr.
Mccannin.s personation OF Eben skinner Mr.. Con
Murphy 2 Doctor Pearson and the Sergeant Flynn
OF Mr.. Stuart We're excellent The scenic effect es
pecially III the military scenes. very fine. The
songs and the dancing of Lizzie Stofel were re-
peatcd several times III response to the enthusiastic
dcna'ids OF the audience. The performance con-
Guided with the burlssque entitled "The Chinese
Question. which problem was never more anusin9ly
elucidated in Brooklyn.
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MINING STOCKS.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 2, 1878.
The following the official closing quotations
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81. JAMES THEATRE OPERA BouFFE.
The major part of the French Opera Company
which has been aitting about for the past month
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ADJUSTMENTS.

LYcEUM THEATRE CHARLES READl's '.DoUnIE
MARRIAGE"
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Miss Kate Claxton deserves not little praise for
the production. under her management, ut the Ly-
ccum Theatre, last evening of Charles Reades drama
zstion of "Double Marriage" The audience was large
standing room was occasionally uncomfortable and
even the veteran FIRST nighters'' saw much to ap
plaud which they did heartily after the first one or
two acts. In the main they gave favorable verdict
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The District in COngress.
BILL TO PAY THE INTEREST ON THE 3

BILL TO PAY THE INTEREST ON THE 3-65
BONDS.
The bill which Mr.. Sayler will report from
the ways and means committee to prevent
default or delay in the payment of the interest
on the 3-65 bonds of the District of Columbia
provides that in order to carry out the pledge
upon the part of the United States in section
of the act of Congress, approved June Goth,
1874 entitled IAN act for the government of
the District of Columbia and for other pur-
poses and in order to prevent default or de-
lay: the payment of the interest on the bonds
authorized by said act, which interest is by an
act approved February 10Th, 1875, amending
said act of June 10th, 1874, made payable al
the Treasury of the United States. the Secre
tary OF the Treasury is hereby authorized and
directed to pay the interest on said bonds
when and as the same shall mature, at the
Treasury of the United States, and at the office
of the Assistant Treasurer in New York. To
reimburse the United States, the COmmiSS on
ers of the District or their successors are
hereby directed to transfer to the United
States Treasury on or before the 10Th day of
June of each year the sums advanced for the
payment OF the Semi-annual interest falling
due on said bonds from any revenues of the
District subject to their requisiIion."
MIR. Sayler has not yet prepared his report
on the bill. He holds however that the United
States is committed to the payment of the in
tereSt and principal of the bonds, and will
make a speech in the House urging that the
appropriation for the interest be made annu-
ally upon estimates submitted by the District
Commissioners or their successors, through
the Secretary of the Treasury.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
Trismus Nascentium.

Editor Stdr:-As this name of a disease of
very young life has been introduced TO the
public by the action of the Board of Health IL
may not, in al probability be uninslructiye
10 let the uniformed in medical nomenclature
know that trismGs naScentium trismuS neo-
natOrum and trlSmuS infantum, are the seye-
4al names of the disease of L0ckjur in new
born infants. In nursery parlance this dis
ease is known by the name of nine dan fts
When mild. nurses call them rhite fts. when
severe black ftS, from the circumst ance that
III mild attacks the face IS pale or white i'm an
pearance. when severe the face has turSid
or livid appearance. Hence the nursery dis
tinctiOn of black and ,rhite 6ts. The disease
always arises from an Inflammation of the
membranes of the brain and spinal marrow,
and usually makes it's appearance from the
fourth to the ninth day after birth, and hence
the term mine day fits The only difference
between this and other varieties of infantiIe
commissions is, that the jaws of the babe are
more or less permanently locked rendering
the power OF swallowing not only difficult hut
sometimes impossible. The examples of the
disease which have fallen under my own OBJ
SerVation have been We'll marked, and the pri-
mary cause was highly developed scrofuIous
diSpOs itiOn ; and have never seen the disease
occur in other than in weakly and scr0fulOus
babes. From mild attacks of lockiaw the
New born babe sometimes RECEIVERS but all the
severe cases die in a few hours or DAYS from
their beginning, and medical aid has but little
power to control such a formidable disease in
babe of scarcely a week Old j. B. j.
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Freedman's Hospital Investigation.

TESTIMONY TO-DAY.
The subcommittee of the Senate committee
on appropriations investigating the manage
ment OF the Freedman's hospital continued its
DR.. Augusta, formerly of the hospital,) the
first witness, said he was called entirely with
out his consent, and did not want to be mixed
up in the investigation. He severed his con.
nection with the hospital last June. He testi-
fled as fOllOws:-When l first went to
the hospital in 1875, had to pre-
sent myself for the Saturday inspections; the
walked through the wards without paying al
tentiOn to anything except to occasionally
look at patient or wafer closet; some of
the wards were clean and some were dirty ::
one female ward attended by Dr. Palmer and
two male wards attended by DR.. Purvis and
Dr. Glennan smelled very badly; the sdors
were very offensive; often the water closets
were in bad condition and leaky: this state
OF affairs existed up to the time left, Inever
thought that the cOlOred patients had justice
done them; prescribed for outdoor patients ::
stay: she was frghtfully afflicted with h pSyphii
letfc diseases; DIR. Palmer refused to receive
her at the hospital: the girl slept in park
adjoining the hospital. and came in for treat
ment daily on another occasion girl suffering
from similar disease was kept in the hospital
for three months, and carefully treated:
thought this was, unfair discrimination;
drunken men picked up in the streets near the
hospital were cared for: one colOred man died
because he was not taken to DR.. Purvis' ward
where he could have proper treatment, be
cause the patient was in dirty condition.
The patient then went on to relate an
instance where DR.. Purvis used the most
horrible cruelty toward woman in child
birth. from the results of which the woman
died. Witness was dropped from the rolls OF
the hospital because of reduced appropriations
for the medical service of the hospital: applied
to the Secretary of the Interior for the position
that a change was to be made i'm the man.
agement of the hospital; DR.. Goerner said to
witness that he wanted to get back in the hos
pltal; Or: GOerner said be bad infQrma ion
published, WHICH W0Dld lead to an investiga
ton witness attended some of the impromptu
meetings at o. S. B. Walls house; sympa
thiZed with the investigation strongly for two
reaS0nS-that he wanted to get DR.. Palmer's
place and he wanted the cOlOred men in the
hospital to be better tire ated.
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The business of raising roses in winter is
carried on sometimes by selling them in pots
case the potted plants are kept in beds in the
garden and then at the right time they are
placed in hot-bed frames. When the buds be
gin to open the boxes are surrounded with
fermenting compost, that is stirred up once a
fortnight. Precisely forty days are necessary
before the buds become sufficiently full for
market. The trees which furnish the roses to
De cut are planted in rich earth and i'm green
houses. They are kept close to the glass and
heai ed with hot water. Light and ventilation
are no less indispensable than heat for both
OF their colors. These roses are chosen from
the most varied kinds. They are the Rose du
R0t, With flowers of a bright red the Queen of
tin: of a bright cherry color Madame Boil.
prllllant pink. and certain number of tea
roses. They flourish throughout the entire
Wlnter, and the flowers are cut almost daily.
The lily of the valley in full flower is a Ger
man importation. which for the last ten wears
has been acclimated at Paris. There Is no
more graceful ornament for parlOr than this
cluster OF satln:llke leaves, from which emerge
hundreds OF little rose cOlOred stalks. with
Their punches Of little bells of so pure a white
and SO beautiful perfume. The principal
place for the production of these lilies is near
Beaumontsur-O Disc, in the greenhouses of Per
san. an establishment recently founded, but
which can compare with the great nurseries
Tor the cultivation of ornamental shrubs and
flowers, of which Holland had a Speciality mn to
the present. The forcing of lilies of the valley
is carried on there upon vast scale. Strange
70 say, Nice, the garden of flowers monOp0-
ICES almost as many lilies of the valley as
Paris. 1t is true that they come from the
south in pots, but they return there again,
after long voyage, in the form of bouquets
encased In vloEetS.-l Courier DIES Flats Unts.
Sc The barn of III. f. Sipe, in Rockingham
county Va, was destroyed by fire last week !:
loss 5000: colOred boy. IL years of age,
confeSseS having set fire to the barn upon a
promise from Il cOlOred woman to make a fine