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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
Precinct Police Athletic clubs.

The dissolution of the Police Athletic
Club some weeks ago cannot be regarded as
very great loss. In the first place it was
and in the second its rooms were too far
from most parts of the city to work the benefit
that such On institution, rightly managed,
would be sure to bring There ought to be
in every precinct or in every alternate pre-
cinct well-appointed gymnasium. devoted
member of the force within its particular
bounds. The necessary apparatus is not
expensive, and hall bright, airy and CON-
modious, aud an efficient instructor could
be had at rate low enough to make the
monthly expense. to each officer barely more
than nominal. Let q committee of the police
ask the citizens in their own precinct
for any aid they nced and they will
be surprised how willingly it will
DO rendered. Every right-minded man
naturally takes an interest in tho men who
protect him, his family and his home. 10
keep these guardians of life and property
active, brave, Efficient men, hardly step
could be taken SO effective rs to daily train
them in a we'll equipped gymnasium, so
that they may become strong and enduring,
ready to run down any burglar or sneak
thief, and able, unarmed, to take him in
after he is run down. At present most
of our police do not know how to use either
their hands or feet as men in their respon-
sible positions ought to know. Once bring
the force in our chief city to proper
standard in this direction, then keep it
there, and II will not be long till other
cities follow, and every one will wonder
why so simple and sensible q thing was
not done long ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

Senator Hogan bill to provide for the re-
pavement of Fifth avenue seeks to do very
necessary work, but to do it in an undesir-
able manner. Il is simply disgracelul that
this fine avenue, running through the heart
of the city--the only pleasure drive to the
Central Park-should be suffered to remain
in its present wrotched and dangerous con-
dtion. The demand for its requirement. Is
general, and probably not hundred re-
sponsible persons could be found in the
city who would object to the expenditure
of the money necessary for the improve
mcnt. But there is no reason why COM
mission should DO created to do the work,
and the proposition evidently covers an ex-
perimental pavement which the people do
not want Fifth avenue should be mac
adamized throughout its entire length, from
Washington square to Ninetieth street,
where il meets the hard road. This is what
the residents on theline and tho citizens
who drive over the avenue desire, and the
work should DO done by responsible con-
tractors, urderidirection of the regular au-
thorities.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Judge William Beach Lawrence, Of Rhode Island, Is
At tho Aibemarlo Hotel
Russia has thirty -four inhabitants to the square
mile white England has asa
A marriage has boon arranged between the Duke
diAosta, OF Italy, and a Colonna princess
Jefferson DAVIS ana wife called upon President Diaz
In the city of Mexico, on tho 10th OF March
General Ignattn Is bald above the forehead ana has
s,in black mustache over thick, pursy mouth
General Francis Fcsscnden, OF tho regular army,
has by the death OF aunt become very wealthy.
senator j. y. Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, arrived at
the Brcvoort House last evening from Washington.
Mrs. Theodore Tton and her young son have taken
board for the summer AT Warwick, Orange county.
Very many people arc settling IN Minnesota and
taking up farms No better State could DO selected.
Nicolas Roch, tho official cxccutonsr In France,
has kept register Of hts pubic ncts. Seventy oignt
heads have fallen at his iect
Ex-Governor Wells, OF Louisiana, arrived In Wash
in2ton yest rday, and had IN interview with the
President during The afternoon.
Henry James, IT,, whom the Athca1nm praises
and thinker Gays that enth usasm for Pos 10
the mark OF decidedly primitive stage oil reflection.
Postmaster General Key and party arrived NJ Lake
City, Fla. yesterday and proceeded 20 Cedar Keys,
whore they will arrive to-day, about four O'Clock A. NJ
Senator Howe, who 10 creating 80 great sensation,
does not look like the bully that some OF the nows-
papers describe him TO lie Is iariy tail and quite
Slim HIS face Is thin. pale, delicate and rather cem-
ina.e. His manner is very quiet and gsntlc.
Tho Duke OF Edinburgh and his Vile THE Cars
daughicr) are on board the Ebalish vcssci Sultan
which tho Dukc commands. A German exchange
asks what would DO done II . Russian torpedo should
blow the sultan 10 peces and XIII shs royal pairf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

holders. and thereby putting it out of their
power to pay the immense debt due to the
government when it natures. 1t is q bill in
the interest Of honesty and good faith and
tor the protection Of the national Treasury.
The right Of Congress to pass such bill IS
beyond reasonable question. The act by
which these roads were incorporated ex-
pressly reserved the right to alter, amend
and repeal it in the discretion of Congress.
Such law as is now proposed is no viola
ton of contract, for the right to
amend or repeal is q part Of the
original contract. If the activity of a cor
rupt lobby prevents the passage Of this
bill the natural inference will be that these
INSCRIPTIONS corporations have become
more powerful than the government Sem
ator Thurman, in one of his speeches, said
very pertinently that "the time had per-
haps come when it was to be determined
who were the strongest-the people or the
corporations" The defeat of this just bill
would be shameful triumph of these
INSCRIPTIONS corporations over the gov
eminent. If they honestly intended to
pay their colossal debt to the government
there is no reason why they shonld sub
sidize lobby to defeat this fair and mod
crate bill.
The rival bill-that of the Railroad Com
mittee of which Senator Matthews is the
foremost champion--is q device to enable
the roads to escape their obligations and
cheat the government. 1t makes false
profession of a wish to establish o sinking
fund, because it could not gain attention if
it openly repudiated this plain obligation.
But the bill is SO framed that it will not be
binding if it passes 1t is the mere offer by
the government Of q proposition to the
Pacific railroads, which they will be
equally free to accept or to reject
after it shall have passed both houses
and received the signature OF the Presi-
dent. It has no other purpose than to
stave off efficient action and gain time. II
it passes the great triumph will have been
achieved OF supplanting the honest bill Of
the Judiciary Committee, and, although
drawn in the interest of the Pacific roads,
they will be perfectly free to reject it. If
they should accept it it will be from fear OF
what Congress might subsequently do to
compel them to meet their obligations. We
trust that the corporations and their corrupt
lobby may not prevail over justice and the
clear rights of the government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
The Pope and the German Bishops.

The Pope and tho German Bishops.
Leo XIII. evidently means to be Pope in
fact as we'll as in name. The reorganization
of his household, the composition of his own
state and religious papers and addresses,
the slow but steady manner in which he
is removing the trammels left him by
his predecessor, all go to show that q new
departure has been taken at the Vatican, and
that if the Catholic world is not now moving
solely at the command of its one supreme
head it will very soon be in that position.
Plus TX, for several years prior to his death,
was SO feeble that he was practically un-
able to exercise a firm control over its
thousands Of Jealous workers in the different
countries of Europe. This was notably
the case in Germany, where the ultra
montana bishops, by their extreme
policy, almost brought the Church into
armed conflict with the government. These
gentlemen have just been served with
polite notice from the new Pope that the
best way to help Catholicity in that country
is to attend to their business of saving souls
and let politics alone. They must, he says,
do nothing to prejudice the negotiations for
re-establishing the relations between Berlin
and the Vatican This command of His
Holiness will, of course, be obcyed by the
"black dragons" Of the Church rs submis-
sively as an army would obey its general,
and the Pope will be at liberty to make his
own terms with Prince Bismarck without the
interference Of the subordinates who have
caused all the trouble and difficulty that
exist. In worldly point of view this ac-
ton Of the Pope is the most important
he has thus far taken. 1t foreshadows
tho end Of the semi-hostile attitude of
the Church toward most OF the European
governments, its probable divorce from
politics and concentration of its great
ability, zeal and resources in tho purely re-
lgious field.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

Russia's practical confscation Of the best
part of the territory whose tribute was OF
peculiar moment to the Turkish bondhold-
ers. Hence it's tears. Gambetta's organ
assails Russia sharply because, as Russia
was another part of Germany in 1870, Ger
many is now perhaps another part Of Rus
STA In the present cooperation Of these
Powers the Frenchman sees the compile
ment Of o bargain whose first result was
against France. That view blinds clear
sighted man with it's relations to patriotic
passion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
An Inexcusabls and Fatal Railroad
Collision.


If those who are directly responsible for
the latest railroad disaster in Lehigh county,
Pa. had set their wits to work on organizing
a grand ''smash up Of freight and oil trains
they could not be more successful than they
have been. With carelessness that is
wholly criminal freight train was stopped
on the regular track to allow hot journal
taken to notify the train following that
the way was not clear. An oil train
that came laundering down the road
at high rate of speed dashed into the
freight cars, causing q tremendous crash
The locomotive exploded Immediately on
striking the standing freight train and set
fire to the wrecked oil cars, whence great
stream Of flaming oil carried destruction to
railroad bridge and large foundry and
machine shop close by. During the efforts
to clear the road an oil tank exploded from
the intense heat, killing several men and
seriously injuring over twenty others.
Nothing occurred in connection with this
accident" that might not have happened if
a hot journal had delayed passenger instead
of q freight train. The circumstances do
not suggest that any better care would have
been taken to guard against danger in the
one case than in the other. AS in the re-
cent sssmash" on the railroad in Virginia,
the accident" has been that greater loss
of life did not attend the collision, which,
if utter recklessness was followed by it's
legitimate results, ought to have been the
cause Of fifty or o hundred deaths. We
suppose that this occurrence, though 1t may
not in the opinion of the authors rank as a
railroad disaster, will be investigated. An in
telligent coroner's jury, composed perhaps Of
railroad employees, will probably find that
several persons lost their lives by standing
too near IN overheated tank Of oil. Possibly
the conductor of the freight train may be
suspended or even dismissed, but the track
being once more clear the rattle of business
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad will cause
the employees to forget all about the ''ncci-
dent" until another has been exploited. In
the meantime, however, the laws Of Penn
sylvania may be invoked for the protection
of the travelling public; but the question is
whether that State enacts laws that are held
in more respect than has been shown for the
rules and regulations of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company by its employees.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

Tit WIArnEg.-ihc barometer was un-
usually low along the Middle aud Eastern
States aud the lakes during yesterday, without
being attended, however, by any marked local
effects. NJ adjacent areas Of high pressure con
tribute wind currents to this considerable de
preston, but the elements of vast and possibly
violent disturbance are present lacking only tho
iniiiatory atmospheric movement to promote ts
rapid organization. Tho highest baiome tiic area
is in the South, extending over the United States
from Southern Florida westward over Texas
Consequently the strongest winds over large
area are experienced ia the Southern districts par
ticuls.rly ia Florida, although the winds have
risen very decidedly in the West, amounting to
a heavy gale in the Platte Valley The most
threatening indications present themselves in the
lake region, but are not necessarily prcrnonitory
~ any sudden changes in that particular sec
ton. The organization of great storm will
take place rapidly aud probably over large
area very general rise of temperature has
taken place with tho corresponding decrease Of
measure. The weather la New York and its
vicinity to-day will be slightly warmer and
cloudy or partly cloudy, with occasional light
ruins. Tomorrow it will be cloudy and warmer,
probably With rain and morning fog or haze.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

IL Will De SEEN BY special cable dc
spatclcs TINT Ex-Governor Mccormick, our
Commissioner General 10 The Paris Exposition,
has been warmly welcomed by the representa-
tiycs of the Fcnch government. The flags Of
the sister republics were seen at every point
on tic Exposition building yesterday. 1t
Is TO be- hoped that this competition in the
paths of peaceful industry will cement all tho
more closely the bonds Of friendship and good
will which have 50 long united thctw countries.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

SINCE the decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States declaring the immigrant CAPT
tntion tax unconstitutional the burden Of sup
porting destitute immigrants arriving ut this
l.nt las fallen entirely On the State taxpayers.
The injustice of this must be apparent to tho
whole country, and it is 10 be hoped the rcsoIn-
sions of Mr.. Brooks in the Legislature ycstcr-
day will receive due consideration ut Wash
iu.t0it
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADyERTIsERs.-I0
insure Tie proper classification IF advertisements
il is absolutely necessary that they he handed in
before eight oclock cr,.y ercMi,tg.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

The probabilities are that the rcnfter ~ Neac
York. ard its ricimiiy to-day ,eiH DC slightly
marmer aud cloudy on partly cioudy, ,riM occa-
yional light rains. To-mo,ro,c it ,ciH be ropnscr,
probably ~ih ruin and morning fog or haze.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
LITERARY CHAT.


Mr. George r. Prescott has Applcton's press ''rhs
Speak, ng Telephone and Other Electrical Novelties"
Modern Dwellings," by tho we'll known architcc-
trral writer. H. H. Holly 10 In tho press OF Harper
Brothers
A. s. Wallace, author Of tho "Distribution Of AMI.
mais, and other notable books, has In Macmillan'a
press a volume entitled "Tropeai Nature, with other
essays.
Carleton has In press Birds Of Feather Flock TO.
geher" by Il. A. sothern, tho distinguished author
OF Lord Dundrsary."
James Anthony Froudc, the eminent English histo.
ran has elaborate article the International
Rcriew OF New York, containing most remarkable
statements upon the subject Of ana religion
He holds tina, tho presen. state Of religious opinion
throughout the world Is extremely critical that theo
iogians longer speak with authority; that those
VINO uphold orthodoxy canuot agree on what ground
TO dcicnd IL; that matcrissm all over Eu-
rope Ia respectfully listened TO when u af.
nrms that the claims of revelation cannot be
maintained; and that tho exis,enrs Of Goa ana OF
iuturc state, the origin OF man, the nature OF con-
science and the distinction between good and evil,
arc all open questions lie says that no serious con-
sequences. at least In England and America, arc yes
outwardly apparent and that tho entire generation at
present alive msy pass away before the inward change
shows itself in marked external symptoms; but that
1, Is certain that religious opinion Is moving with IN
crcasing speed along track which IL VIII never re-
trace ana toward issues infinitely momentous
The now edition Of whitc's ''Natura History Of
sbornen adds to that iavorite and on-pr'nted work
tho correspondcncc of tho author and many notes
and illustrative appcndagos
Captain Gambler has written short history Of
scrvia, appear in London.
Dr. W. W. Hurtcr's .sslatsticai Account Of Bengal"
10 twenty volumes, Is work not only OF grcat mag
niiudo, but OF unapproachsoie value
That indeia,isapio statistical writor, Maurice Black,
has written a new "Trate TheoriQac ct Pratique de
Staist.quc.r
Tho London Spectator, In . review entitled "A
Broad Christian draws picture OF Gerrit Smith In
few characteristic touches which arc iul Of inter-
eat
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

WALL STREET YLsTERD,Y.-Thc stock market
was active and steady. Gold opened ut 1Ol and
closed ut l007s, all sales being between these
figures. Government bonds were strong, States
steady and railroads irregular. Money call
was active at per cent, but closed easier ut
4 a. per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

MONMOUTH PARK has been bought for some
Of thc members OF the American Jockey Club,
Sd that the return Of the racing glorics OF this
we'll known course may be confidently expected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

No Political prisoners, us they arc called
are how imprisoned in South Carolina cx-State
Treasurer Cardozo, the last Of them, having
been released. What has become Of all the old
time .ioutra.csf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

THE iNrELIIG GScE that Oregon has put q
giccnhack ticket in the field will cause the hurd
money centres Of the world TO trcmbe.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

WHILE the dealers in milk arc considering the
question of the reduction Of the price Of that
article let them not forget the advsabiliiy OF u
reduction OF the water allowance
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

PlSNsiLvANiA iron men have put themselves
to the unnecessary trouble Of informing tho
country that they do not want u revision Ut the
tariff
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

TIE CHALLENGE Of the Australian champion
r"wcr, Trickctt, turns out to be silly forgery.
lie is willing to row ia Australia, but has not
offered 10 come to this country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

1nE REELECTION Of the will of the late Mr.
Gordon, OF printing lrcss fame, seems to indi-
cate that il Is easier to mako that intricate piece
Of machinery than 10 legally give away the
profits of IL,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06

TnE AcoUIrTAL of tho three policemen in
dctcd for the killing ut the unfortunate man
Lenahan is not calculated to check the clubbing
brutality.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

FIFTH AvENCE HALL -iELLgR's WoNDxRA
wALLACK's THEATRf-DrLomAcy
Union SQUARE THEArRE--A CELEBRATED CASE
GILMoRE's GARDEN-GaEar LONDON CIRCUS
FIFTH AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TONS CABIN
xEw YORK AQUARIUM BHoscuo ioasgs
BowERY THEArRE-Lisrgr
BOOTHS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III TRovAroRE
NIBLO's GARDEN -CaAiGA DnoUL
STANDARD THEATRE-FAscnoS-
BROADWAY THEATRk-1nE ExiLLs.
WEST SIDE THEATRE CxcLE Tox's CABIN.
Park TnEATnE-oun BACHELORS
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-rlE FOREMAN Girl
LYcEUM THEATRE La MkDGcIS ESFAxrs
srElNwAy nALL--PnNo RECTAL
ACADEMY OF MUslc-CoseERE
TIvoLI TIL MISUNDERSTANDING
EGYPTIAN HALL--yAIiErr.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRki.S THE FUNNY BAsiE&
AMERICAN INsTlruTE--BAnsua's Snow.
NEW AMERICAN MUSEUM ,.uRIosrIns
ACADEMY or DE>ItiN-ARr EXHIBITION
TONY PASTOR's-vARnTy
THEATRE coMIQrk a csLGsHArnp HARD CASE
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WITH SUPPLE NJ E Mt

NEW YORK SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1878.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-06
LIT Err AT U r E.
WALKS IN LONDON.

Mr. Augustus J. G. Hare whose swalks 10 Romcn
has passed through 50 rnuny editions and won such
wide popularity has just published through Rouedge
Sons two volumes OF s'Walks IN London." Al
though this 10 not . new subject, Charles Knight,
Leigh Hunt and others having treated Il almost ex-
haustively, Mr. Hare has put new interest In his
teria and made book that every who has visited
or intends to visit, and even those who viii mover
visit London, may read with profit and entertain.
ment London Is much changed since Knights book
appeared, and Mr. Hare knows The city as thor
oughly any person can, he well fitted to write oi
these changes In these two volumes all the objects
OF interest IN London arc described cousecu.
lively as they may DO visited In excur-
sons, taking Charing Cross NJ osptre.
The first volume 10 chiefly devoted to the
city, the second to Westminster The author has
adopted the plan Of his works Italy, OF introducing
quotations from other authors Although valuable
guiae book, II Is much moro interesting than guide
book In Westminster Aobcy and tho picture GAL
icres no says he has riod 10 give such details may
suggest lines Of inquiry to those who care to
iinger and Investigate. mo town In Europe" says
the writer. ia better supplied with greenery than
London; In tho city almos. every street has It's
tree And pity often is III bestowed upon Londoncrs
by jewellers the country tor the fact IL all tho best
attributes OF the country to be found In the town.
and III kept gardens, certainly ugly enough; but
the parks are iu Of beauty, aud there are walks In
Kensinston Gardens which In early spring pro-
scut Of loneliness. Lately, too, since
window gardening has become fashionable each house
has its OF radiant flowers enlivenIng the dusty
stoncwork or smoke backcned brick, and seeming
all the moro cheerful from their contrast. Through
the markets too all tina, is best IN country produce
flows into tho town; tho STRAWBERRIES the Cherries
tho vegetables. arc always liner there than places
where they grown There is q certain class OF
minds and largo onc which s,agnates in tho coun-
try which finds tho most luxuriant stm ulant tho
ceasccss variety OF London whore therc 10 always
much to be and SO much to DO heard, aud these
mako 80 much b. thought or It will bs by the
foregoing Mr.. Hare quite great sticklor tor
city lite as Charles Lamb whom he quotes TO deiend
his views. Certainty, "waks in London" Is ex.
cecdingly charming book It Is prousaIy illustrated,
and has copious index
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-18
TEXAS.
The Southwestern Troubles.

The Southwestern Troubles.
New Orleans, June 17.-An Eagle
Pass special says that the Mexican gov
erHment having discovered that Gen.
Mckenzie is on their soil with Ameri-
can troops, has ordered Col. Muncio,
falsely reported dead, to take one hum
dred soldiers and 60 after Mckenzie,
but his troops being poorly mounted, it
is not expected that they will overtake
Mckenzie. Gen. Naranjo is expected
to arrive at Piedras Negras in few
days to assume command of the depart
ment, vice Gen. Falcon, deceased. The
general impression is that the revolu-
ton is failure.