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The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Proposed Invasion OF Mexico.

A company of American merchants have
planned, with the help and encouragement
of Mr.. de Zamacona, the Mexican Minister
in this country, an invasion Of Mexico OF .
novel, and, happily, useful kind They
will presently set out on visit to our
ncighbor Republic, armed with sam
pies of useful American products,
and animated by desire to make
these known to the Mexican people, and to
learn for themselves what products Of Mex
leo can be usefully imported into the United
States. This friendly invading force is to
be welcomed at Vera Cruz, and prepara-
tions have been made on a considerable
scale to show Its members the products and
the interesting localities of the country.
When we consider that war with Mexico
would cost the taxpayers a dozen or twenty
millions of dollars at least, and that this
friendly invasion will probably bring them
in much more than this and ut no cost at
all, we give our preference unhesitatingly
to the attempt to establish more intimate
and profitable commercial relations and
we shall be glad if this expedition made in
the interest Of trade shall be but the first Of
many more which shall gain us what by
our natural position. the similarity of our
institutions, and the excellence Of our
manufactures we ought to possess, the larger
share OF the commerce Of all the Americas
south Of US, to the furthest point Of Cape
Horn. We wish the fullest success to the
new Mexican invasion and we make our
compliments to Senor de Zamacona, the
Mexican Minister here, to whose Jealous
and unremitting efforts it is due that the
attention OF our manufacturers and mer-
chants has been once more directed to an
attempt to increase our commerce with the
Mexican Republic.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Stoves i'm the Third Avenue Horse

New York has seen them, and therefore
we gloat. On the entire Third Avenne
railroad, with its hundreds of cars and
miles of track, there are only two stoves,
which may not seem many to gloat over;
but the difference between two stoves and
none is more enormous than would appear
at first. They have had stoves on the
horse cars in such outlandish places as
Brooklyn and Troy during the winter for
years past; they have had them, for that
matter, all over the country on the steam
roads. On the Metropolitan or west side
elevated railroad, delightful fact, they heat
the cars to o moderate temperature by
steam pipes fed from the throbbing
engines. On the New York Elevated or
east side road they have the pipes, but not
the steam as yet. But this road is now
completed to Harlem, whittier o man may
travel swiftly at his ease from the Battery,
and, during certain hours of the day, for
five cents. Now we begin to see what
mighty force it took to put up those two
precious stoves. As long as the elevated
road ran only to Eighty-ninth street there
were no stoves, but no sooner does its rails
reach out to wish merry Christmas to
Harlem Bridge than forthwith two stoves ap-
pear, and we doubt not that more will follow.
Now, q stove takes up the place of at least
two standing passengers, and as long as
two passengers were obtainable to stand
there it has been demonstrated that no
stove would be permitted to take their
place. It was useless to plead with the
mean and grasping corporation that men
got rheumatism and lumbago and bad
colds from travelling in ice-cold cars, or
that they could only be warm at the cost of
breathing poisonous atmosphere laden
with the respiratory and sudatory emana-
tions Of humanity packed like hogs in
pen. To give them cars at once
warm and ventilated might have cost
the company twelve to twenty-four
cents day in fares lost, in ad-
dition to the prico of the stoves and the
fuel, and such sacrifice out Of mere
humanity to an insolent public was against
every rule that sordidness recognizes. The
Second Avenue Railroad now carries pas
sengers to Harlem for five cents. Let the
Elevated Railroad make that its rate Of fare
at oil hours of the day and we may yet soc tea
and coffee in winter and ice cream in sum.
mer thrown in with the other luxuries to
those who will make through trip on the
horse cars underneath.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
A Happy Opportunity.

On the memorable Sth of January the
Tammany braves, washing off the war paint
OF political battles and laying aside the
tomahawk and the scalping knife, will
deck themselves with their finest beads and
feathers and join in the festive dance to
celebrate the great victory won sixty-three
years ago by their illustrious father, Man.
not-afraid-of-m The occasion will
be one calculated to open the hearts Of the
them toward peace and good fellowship. II
the hostile tribes who have so recently left
the warpath will avail themselves Of the
opportunity they can easily make friends
with the great chief Of Tammany while he
is under the gentle influence Of the sur
roundings Of ballroom, and, although he
has just suffered defeat, his power is not to
be despised, especially by an enemy whose
allies may at any moment desert his
banner. The memory Of jackson may
we'll incite his children to union and har-
mony at the moment that the principles he
upheld are assailed by a powerful foe, and
the leader of the rebellious clans will re-
tenders the pipe of peace to the Tammany
braves in the first week of his rule over Man
haitian. 1t will be welcome sight to see
Sachem Kelly and Chief Cooper clasp
hands and make friends under the soften
ing influences Of opera ties and white kid
gloves, and to behold them figuring in the
polka instead Of fighting at the polls
They are soon to sit together at the council
fire and to labor for the good Of the
children of Manhattan. They are both
wise in council as they are powerful in war,
and their united and friendly action may
bring manifold blessings on their people. Let
us hope that the grand ball at the Wigwam
may mark the commencement Of an era Of
good fellowship and peace that will make
the future Of the braves as bright as the
eyes that will sparkle around them on the
anniversary Of Jackson's victory.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Nine. Anderson Turns the stake To
Night-Can She Win!

If she does not break down meanwhile
Nine. Anderson will have finished thirteen
hundred and fifty quarter miles, or one-half
Of her journey, at quarter-past nine this
evening. Will she hold out to the end She
has certainly stood the severe strain won-
drously we'll SO far, her plump and sturdy
make keeping her from showing scarcely
any Of the exhausted look SO conspicuous
in Campana, for instance, throughout
nearly all last week. In addition, it would
be hard to find a woman less troubled with
nervousne ess than she. Perhaps her manner
of sleeping is not, after all, SO trying. The
real distance Neutrality-suspicious. miles q
day-is nothing for trained walker Of
either sex. Because sleep is usually taken
in lump does not prove that almost equal
benefit might not be had from the same
amount of it cut up in small slices Sailors
never sleep over four hours at stretch, and,
in heavy weather. scarcely one. Our soldiers
frequently found that three or four hours Of
sleep daily was all they needed for months
together. Parents with sick children would
often be glad Of that much. Wellington's
nNb IliuubS DnhtChto Vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
during or just preceding critical moments
are historical. and though he knew tre-
mcndous mental strain, to which Anderson
is q stranger, he lived till eighty three.
AT the end of Captain Barclays thousand
miles in q thousand hours, almost GEN.
tury ago, his attendant physician said he
saw no reason why no could not keep on for
three weeks longer. and this great pedes-
trian lived to past seventy As soon as his
feat was over he slept seventeen hours with
out waking, and Nine. Anderson, when her
stint is done, will deserve oil the sleep she
can take. In her former feats she simply
did not cut her sleep up fine, getting it
in halt hour allowances, instead of six min
ute doses as now. She has stood this new
test SO we'll, and has had such unequalled
experience in work nearly similar that we
see no reason why she should not accoin-
plish her allotted task on schedule time.
But in Justice to her one thing ought to be
done. The managers or the police should
see that, for the rest OF the walk, smoking in
Mozart Hall be percmptorily forbidden.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

laws as they now stand. 1t is to the inter-
est of every laboring man in the country
that all agitation of currency questions
shall cease, and that, wise or unwise, the
present laws shall be left Us they stand
until their full effect has been ascertained
by thorough trial.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

AT THE BAR of one Of the police courts yester-
day morning the singular scene was presented
of little boy, not ten years old, prosecuting
two others of the same age on the charge of
highway robbery.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

MExIcos FOREIGN CREDITORS are not very
likely to become mllionnares next year. Min
lister Foster says that there is not money enough
to pay the otiice-hoders, let alone bondholdcrs.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

O'LEAGr walking around the saw dust track
with the precision Of piece Of machinery was
a rather pretty picture, but the spectacle Of the
pedestrian champion sandpapering his wonder
ful heels. which is elsewhere described. borders
OF the ludcrous. Campanas plight is much the
same. While the two are nursing their aches
the public can nurse its disappointment over the
whole affair.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

ARcuBrsnoP PURcELL's CREDITORS are more
fortunate than the majority Of the broken
savings bank depositors. His lay and clerical
friends have made arrangements to meet the
demands upon him, while the real estate is given
as security
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

FIFTY THOUSAND PEopLE at the Central Park
ice ponds yesterday formed pleasant picture
of our metropolitan life.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

THE QUARREL between Governor Colquitt and
Senator Hill, of Georgia, has become 80 bitter
that it has drawn in their respective followers in
the State and threatens to divide the democratic
party into two hostile factions. The pcnsve
carpetbaggcr, whose occupation down there is
gone must he slightly amused
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

THE SHERIDAS-ScHURz INDIAN WAR is still in
progress. In response to the request for specf-
cations Of mismanagement by Indian officials
the hero of Winchester telegraphs the reply
that mitraileuse full Of them is on its way
through the Post Office.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

BRooKLYS's SOCIALISTS welcomed last even
ing some of their brethren who were recently
expelled from Germany. Bismarck and the
Emperor William were of course bitterly de-
nounced
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

GENERAL GRANTS RECEPTION in Madrid was
not OF a very impressive character. In the
absence Of the King he was welcomed by the
civic authorities, after which came the usual
round Of dinner parties and receptions. Life ut
the Spanish capital is pleasantly sketched in the
letter Of our correspondent on another page.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

A SPLENDID PROGRAMME has been prepared
by the New York Athletic Club for the winter
meeting, which comes off at the end OF this week.
The entries are unusually large, and the contests
promise to be among the best of the kind that
have taken place in many wears
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

THE CHURcHEs.-Yesterday was the last Sun
day Of 1878, and the sermons in many Of the
places Of worship were very naturally suggestive
of the year that is dying and of that which is to
be born. DR.. Hatfield noted some Of the chief
events in the past twelve months: DR.. Armitagc
took account of the spiritual stock on hand,
and Dr.. Newman dwclt upon the brcvity and
grandear of human life. The beauties OF the
moral law were pointed ont BY DIR. Bellows,
and the lessons of the life Of Elijah by the Rev.
Mr.. Hull. DR.. Hepworth showed how Christ
helps US through life; the Rev. John Cotton
Smith preached the last Of his second advent
sermons: Mr.. rockingham examined into the
ethics Of Christianity from the matcrialistic
point OF view. and Mr.. Becchcr invited all, poor
and rich. to call upon him New Years Day.
The WEarHER.-1hc fall Of pressure in the
North and Northwest continues, and a more or
less heavy snowfall has commenced over the
lower lakes, Upper Mississippi and the Ohio val
leys, with rising temperature aud southerly
winds. In the Southwest tho pressure il also
decreasing. with rains and variable winds on
the Gulf coast. Tho high barometer is now
ON the Atlantic coast and Is diminishing ia
area and moving eastward rapidly. The winds
being mostly from southcrly pointa except west
Of the Mississippi, the temperatures have risen
at all places eastward Of that line. They arc
quite low over Canada and the Northwest. The
whole change Of weather that is taking place Ut
present fulfls our prediction made within the
past few days that such would occur On the
English coast at IIolyhead the wind last even
ing was light from the southsoutbcast aud the
weather cloudy. III New York and its vicinity
to-day the weather win be- warmer aud cloudy.
with snow. followed by rain and southwest to
southeast winds. Tomorrow 1t will be cloudy
and warm, with rain or snow, followed by colder
and clearing weather.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
WITH SUPPLEM EN- T.
NEW yoRK MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 1878.

The probabilities that The accat.er in 1Nc,c
York aud its rieiaity to-tfdy ,cH he 'carmer and
cloudy, Nth saor, foiloued By rain and south
,rest 10 southeast r,ds. Tomorrow ,cil be cloudy
and rds1a, acih rain or sn0c, toilo,ccd by colder
and ceaying reather
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


PARK THEATRE-BABFs Tux Woop.
LyCEUM THEATRE-DousLE MARRIAGE
BROADWAY rHEATRE-uxoIK DAs'L
THEATRE coMIQUE-cnRisrxAs JoYs AND SORROWS
wALLAcK's THEATRE-Ar LAST
UNION SQUARE TIEAfRE-Tas BANKERS DAUGHTER.
BOOTHS rHEATRE-EvAScELrSr-
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-RP VAN wISKLK
STANDARD THEATRE-ALxosr LIFE.
NIBLo's GARDEN-PsEr o DAY.
OLYMPIC rHEATRE-ruE BARBARIAN.
NEW YORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GLOBE fHEATRE-OSLy A FARxER's DAUGETEL.
DRAWING ROOM THEATRE--N JACQUES
GRAND OPERA H0UsE-TnE sHAuGHRAuN.
GERMANIA riIEATRE-IuRs FAxILIR
BowERY THEATRE-JAsPrR.
TIyoLI THEATRE-vsRiETY.
TONY PASfORS-vARIrTY
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
ABERLE's AMERICAN THEATRE-vARlErY.
WINDSOR THEATRE-vARIErY
CHIcKERING HALI.-HuxoRous READINGS.
sTEINWAY HALI-PLAsrIc ILLUSTRATIONS
BROOKLYN PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Asp SON
VIZ ~ NJ rry
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-13
late Corfcderacy, and should he be successful!
no one will have entered Congress actuated by
rurcr, more patriotic or less selfish motives.

The late failure Of MIR. Burchard, Of Illinois,
TO obtain 4 rcromination adds another to the
many Instances that have recently occurred to
show that republicans, as we'll as democrats, have
determined 10 apply the iulc of rotation in
Office TO cases 10 which their representatives
have been either Inefficient or show that
their efficiency does not Increase With their
experience. The Idea that prolonged service
in Congress makes msn 50 efficient Congress
man, irrespective Of his natural or acquired
qualifications for that positoo,i is being rcpudlat-
ed by those Constituencies in The country most
aly, to their own interests, and if that repu-
diatiou were more general, the welfare, not only
of certain districts and States, hut Of the whole
country, would be subscIred.
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butler Oh State Powers.

General Butler has furnished the agltalol'
kearncy, with written opinion upon the gueS'
tons propounded by tic latter respecting the
powers Of the State il dcacg with the Chinese
lie says that tic State caRuCt prevent Chinese
immigration, but Gao refuse them oeLse to 90
business of any kind. | cannot levy capita.
ton TAX on Chinese immigrants, but 1t can
make such discrimiuali ous against Chinese aliens
10 leyying taxes as it sees Gt. 1t can confer
upon municipalities the power to exclude them
from the limits cf cities. In conclusion, Gen.
Butler says:
The question "What can the State do to pro.
test itself from this curse = might be ars Hcred
By saying, What cannot the State do to protect
Itself from curse? And do moi kDow what
it cannot do. But the question returns to US,
Who is to determine whether the preSerco Of
the Chinese is curse? Is there auy higher
power to which this question can be submitted
than Constitutional Convention OF State?-
| certainly do not know OF any. Each State
must determine how to get iii OF the curse OF
famine, the curse Of lDcendIarIsnl, the curse OF
crime, the curse of peddling liquor to its inhab.
itauts, and The curse OF pcSllenon 10 It's OWL
way; ani many decisions of the Supreme Court
upon most OF these questions have sustained
the right If the State to deal with them &C
cordDg 10 !ts sovereign will. \ State may send
beycld i's borders, SO lar As the individual is
concerueu, any person or persons therein Who
is deemed curse. as did our Puritan fathers
the Bartists aud Ouakcrs, 10 the earlier time,
and as do their sons in Massachusetts, with the
paupels and criminals that are sent upon them
from foreign nations No State can, against
its viii, so long as it il independent and soVer.
cisn, be made the laZ:r house Of the world or
Of even oncthird Of the population Of it. Nor
do | believe that there is anything in the Con
Sttution Of the United States which gives to
the Congress Of the United States q right to
pass any law requiring State TO be such laza1
house. And il there is nothing 10 tho Consti
tuition which gives Congress, composed OF the
three branches OF the law making power, the
hight to make such law, Cannot find any.
thing 10 the Constitution which gives to one
branch, the Executive, the right ty treaty to
make 1t the supreme liT OF The land that any
State shall be the laZir house OF ASIA. " beth.
er the &C Dining territories to California quietly
submit to have the Chinese poured over upon
them is a qlestion which CaNitr1ls must ad.
just with its pciahborS, and that question is
one with which the Cinnamon have nothing TO
do. | know OF no civilized nation which has
not exercised the power Of deportation Of Oh.
noxous aliens Certain it is that E1g(and eI'
erci:ad that power in the case OF the Vice
President, Aaron Burr, who was ordered out oil
that country. aod our alien las Of the Admin
istratlon of ohm Adams was az example OF an
exercise of that power by this country a. IA
ton; AID while the wisdom OF the law was very
much doubted, think its conS;ltu!loaa!ity was
tacily, ct least, maintained.
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The d*:sruics.!,o Of Mr.. Ba0niee's c)rs!i:-
us1.s t. keep hin :: haala aud Sou3 soo't:r
sea,lsnsu to CorersSS il his stead, is lot sa..
rri.ios. TIE nsssace with wbich lis name
has t5co mos: prominently connected sioce his
Congressional career bess7, was tia: fer ste
rsdue:iea .; toe army. Now while . large
standing srny would Re coo:rsry 10 the Sp:lt
OF tree Institutions, which, as yet, uomiraNy
at least exist in this ccuntry,s0d ofcourSa b CO.
jsc;ioDatlc to every liberty -lo7iog man, ire
speeivc Of party sfiiistioa, the democrats Ct
Mr.. Banning district, not less than tie reru5
licaus, saw the atsurdity # attemptiog 10 guard
the extensive borders Of this ccu1:ry, With In.
dian dis Dances contluua!ir 10 progress aioGg
the northern and western portions, aud Mtx!cao
raids IS frequent, and Mexican wars always in
perspective along the southern, with force 50
ridiculously small 80 that to which Alf. Baa
niog would have reduced the army; aud as he
had done nothing to specially recommcnd hin
20 eon.inuauca of their support, AID IS hl= army
bill was an earnest I possible future ac!s equal
y as silly, they have defeated hlm ior re.
nomination, sud hi. dctca! Was a., uucxo.ct1d
ty lho=e who have kept eye upon the Insni
TER. Ct the fort7. fifth Cougresg.
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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEhLl 81
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST IS. 1873.
The Court of Appeals Of Maryland, yester

The Court of Appeals of Maryland, yester'
dsv, decided,io effect that the uSury law ci that
State does not apply to loans made by tu'd!og
associations. This decision will be considered,
by many Of these most competent to form an
opinion co the subject righteous one, anu
they wish, for the good Of all. that it
were moro general 10 its application. Ia their
iudpment. il be usury laws were utterly abo!'
ishcd, and money allowed to 50 where 1t was
most wanted and sell for all it would hrlne7
without any of the restrictions now rnt ty law
upon its use, the advantages Of such free
trade. while, Of course. redounding IN no
small degree to thos, who have money
10 LEND, would prove infinitely greater to
those who wish to borrow, and. through these
latter, help thousands now suffering Tor the
want of employment. Abolish oil laws. they
say, 10 regard to the trade ia money, and it,
Ike water, will seek its level, and a,w where
it is most wanted. Capitalists will not let their
money CONC into States where they are
restricted from asking for it what it will bricg,
SID where Homestead and bankrupt laws pre-
vent them from collecting it; but, with 4 FREQ
market, people who want TO borrow can have
their wsnts supplied. and that, too, upon resi-
estate sccurity-the only sors the South now
possesscs-and the means for starting all kinds
Of industries be ob;sinsble. AID employment
thereby be afforded TO the Thousands Of those
who, though spxious 10 work, ara new com-
PEELED to BE- IDLE. Il . msn engaged! 10 business
can make twenty per cent. upon the capita! at
his Command, and. 10 addition, give epploy'
msut 10 hands that wtu'd o.her~iS, b. IDLE,
there should b. Do law preventing him from
paying ten per cent. for the use Of that capital,
and the sooner al such laws are removed from
the statute books, the better ii will be for all
parties. sod especially 50 DOW when the "a.
iioasl hanks will no, lsn3 money on fea! estate
security, ana when houses sod lands are the
ony co!stsrsls the people Of this Scc:!,1 Q!
e;uc;ry hsve Il casr.
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The Uses OF TIE LEMON. The London
Lancet says: Few people know the value Of
lemon juice. A piece oil lemon bound upon a
corn will cure it ia few days; it should be re-
ncwel tight and morning. A free USE OF lemon
juice and sugar will always relieve q cough.
Most people feel poorly ia tho spring, but if
they would eat lemon before breakfast every
day for Week-With or without sugar, as they
Iike--tEey would ind it Better than any medi
cine. Lemon juice, used according 10 this recl
pc, will sometime cure consumption Put q
dozen lemons into cold water aud slow = bring
to boil boil slowly until the lemons are soft,
then squeeze until all the Juice is extracted add
sugar to yonr taste and drink 10 this way use
one dozen LEMONS day. 1t they cause pain
Lessen the quantity and use only five or six
day until you are better, and then begin again
with o dozen day. After using five or six
dozen the patient will begin to guIn flesh and
enjoy food. Hold Cd to the lemons and still
use them very freely for several weeks more.
Another use for lemons is for refreshing drink
in summer, or in sickness at any time. Ere.
pare as directed above and add water and sugar.
But in order to have this keep we'll after boil
ing the lemons, squeeze and strain carefully
then to every half:pint of juice add one pound
of loaf or crushed sugar, boil and stir few
minutes more until the sugar JIG dissolved, skim
carefully and bottle. You will get more juice
from the lemons by boiling them and tho prep
aration keeps better