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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-06
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NKw ORLEANS, March 8o.-Honor.
aoie' John w. Foster, United States
minister TO Aexieo;is here, en- route
for the Mexican capital, and sAil. to-
morrow In the steamship City Of Mex.
leo, fer Vera Cruz In al answer TO
an inquiry ~ to the justice OF the criti-
essm Of the Mexican press In regard 10
bis position on the subject Of r,coxni-
ton, Mr.. Foster said that the criticism
wss based on reports made by certain
New York newspapers, Of his confer.
ence with the house committee Of for
eign affairs that the conference va.
private and confidential, and the re-
por,s as to his position we're imaginary
and incorrect. Hence the criticism o,
the Mexican pres Sas uuxsrranted
MT. Foster dia not make any ind.ca-
ton - to what were the Instructions
he had received from the state d.p.rt-
ment - TO negotlatIous.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-06

A dispatch to Reuters Telegraph
Company from Constsntinople Gays
In the event Of war between Eugisud
! and Russia, III is expected thas the Porte
will remain passive, and endeavor 10
make Its territory respected, failing In
which, the Porte will simply protest TO
the powers.
p. M.-Sir Stafford Northcote.
chancellor of the excheduor, an.
noupced in the house of Common.
this p. NJ, that Lord Salisbury has been
appointed Foreign Secretary.
The Queens message for calling OF,
the reserves was read by the speaker o,
the house as follows:
The present state Of public Affairs in
the east, and the necessity OF taking
steps for the mainlsiueace If peace,
and for the protection Of the interest o,
the empire. having constituted, In the
opinion Of her majesty, . case of grea,
emergency. within the meaning Of the
scts Of the parliament in that behalf
her majesty deems 10 proper to provide
additional means for the public Ger,
vice. Therefore, In pursuance OF these
acts, her majesty has thought 1t rixhl
to communicate to the house Of com
mons that she Ii about to direct tina,
the reserve force and militia reserve
force, or such part thereof rs her msj.
esty may think necessary. be forth,
with called out for permanent servi.
ces. The discussion Of the message
was postponed until Monday next.
1;o p. m.-sIr Stafford Northcote. In
i reply 70 question BY Lord Hanling-
ton, said circular had been sent to
the powers by the British government,
explaining the Views Of the govern
ment rsgardins the present position Of
aflnirs.
The lord chancellor rssd the royal
mssaGs IN The h0ess OF lords.
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Is the Rev. George Ii. yosburgh Inno-
cent or Guiltyt

The Judge and jury who are trying him
do not know; the testimony is not all in yet.
Even when II Is all in. they may find them
selves still in doubt.
The witnesses who are testifying against
him do not know. Brother-in-law SIcKLEs
thinks he does, but he may be mistaken. 1t
would not be the first time by great many
that that has happened to a very positive
witness. The apparent evidence of mans
own eyes is not always to be taken as the
certain truth-especially If the eyes are al
ready jaundiced with suspicion or i'll will,
and on the watch for proofs to Justify their
hostility.
II Brother-in-law SIcKLEs does not know,
still less do the medical and other witnesses
know. DR.. DoREMUs knows that he found
poison In the substances sent 10 him for
analysis; but he does not know how the
poison came there.
Mrs. NosBURGH does not know. II some
of the witnesses are TO be trusted, there was
a time when her mind was haunted by a
terrible suspicion, which she hardly dared
put into words; but this seems TO have been
in some way exercised At present she is
apparently standing by her husband, as
against her brother. But such suspicious
when they have once lodged in woman's
mind, are apt to return again aud again.
Even il her husband is acquitted, will not n
doubt sometimes obtrude itself that will
chill her blood and make her shudder at
his side ?
There is just one person. in that court room,
one person in the world, who knows whether
the Rev. GEORGE Il. NosBURGH is innocent
or guilty, and that is the Rev. GEORGE i.
VosDURGH himself. He knows with abso-
lutte, definite knowledge. II he is innocent
this false accusation may weigh heavily on
him for the moment, but he has the con-
seriousness Of his innocence to sustain him.
II lie is guilty he is one of the most pitiable
mon aliXe.
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other hand, shows the second lowest quota
Of deaths from diphtheria, although all the
surroundings here should favor the largest
inroads of the disorder If its germ is to be
sought in uncleanliness; while II its spread
is due to contagion, the crowded state OF the
population and its social conditions would
mark out this district as the very nest OF
the maladv. 1t IL the conclusion Of tho
Health Officers. in view OF all the facts, that
diphtheria is propagated both by contagion
and by putrescent matter--in the latter
case more especially from the sewer gases.
According to this report the disease must be
pronounced epidemic in Brooklyn at present,
and whatever can be done to remove or con-
troll its causes should be undertaken without
delay.
il Is important that the Significance OF the
figures here cited relating to scarlet fever
should DO impressed upon the public mind.
1t Is fact familiar enough to medical men,
but by no means popularity known, that this
disease is no less infectious than smallpox,
and that its propagation is due solely to
this fact. We arc reminded In this report
that it was first brought to the English
colonies in 1885, while IL was not imported
have been unknown in Austria up to 1919.
1t appears that, during the last four years,
although within that time has occurred
serious smallpox epidemic, the deaths
from scarlet fever have exceeded the num-
Der from the former malady by 341. We OBJ
serve, too, that the ratio OF fatal cases in
the latter disorder is well nigh as great,
reaching nearly 10 per cent. in the two
years under review by this report. The
Health Officers dwell on the difficulty en-
countered in their attempts to control and
suppress scarlet fever, owing TO the wide
spread belief that the disease is not infec-
tious, and the consequent reluctance to SUBJ
NIT to rigid rules.
From somewhat elaborate comparison
with other cities in this country and Europe,
we infer that the rate OF mortality in
Brooklyn, though making more favorable
exhibit than that Of some large towns, is
still in excess Of what it should be. 1t Is
computed that the death rate of no city situ-
ated on tide water should exceed IS in thou
sand. What may be accomplished by Judi
cious sanitary efforts is shown by what has
already been effected in London, where, by
scientific methods and appliances, the an
nual death rate has been reduced from 80 to
le2s than "a per thousand, and is still de-
creasing. A still more notable instance is
furnished by the English Registrar-General,
that, namely, of North Witchford, where an
average mortality Of % was cut down to 81
from 1850 to 1860, and again to II per one
thousand by 1874. There is no reason why
ults like these should not be compassed
in any American city il the people desire it.
AS a matter of fact, they have been sur
passed in st. Louis, and closely approached
in San Francisco, whose health records, IL
their correctness can be implicitly accepted,
are among the most encouraging in the
world
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conneetieu,'. Governor. Dendhead Ticket.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-S6; The fol-
lowing paragraph appeared among your pleasant sun.
beams in your issue OF to-day;
Tile Governor OF Connecticut /. willing 20 go 10 cir
Gus on deadhcai ticket Haruum gave him and the
members OF the LEGISLATURE pass 10 " The only greatest
show earth ANA the Goveruor presented hi. IN per.
sob There had been change Iva the management how.
ever, AMI The chei Executive Officer OF state
fused Tree admission
did present the Governor and the members OF the
LEGISLATURE with invitations to my greatest show on
GARTH Tor which, approaching the courtesy my brother
legislators voted me resolution OF thanks Neither tie
Governor u Connects nor any else holding in
Nitaron 70 visit my greatest show earth refused
admission in Hartford or IN any other place The Ideals
perfectly prcposterous NJ one could possibly, under
any circumstances place ne in such a false position.
Nt.ther has there been any change IN the manage.
mcut' always have been and eonunu, be the sole
owner and director OF the grcacs show EARTH aud
one, n amy position capacity connected with IT, would
be suly OF any diacuuresy toward any one. especially
toward gentleman worthy OF respect ana consdera
ton Us las ENce,,noy the Governor Of Connecticut
Please give Tie bcneht OF this explicit DENIAL IN TuE
stN. AMI very much obhsc, n BARSuN.
ENiu.ipOlr NAV IA
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A feebler political address was never is
sued to the American people than that
which has Just been put forth in the name
Of the Republican party.
This address pronounces the movement
TO inquire into the electoral frauds revolu-
tonary. What does that mean? Has our
Government been based on fraud always
heretofore, so that eradicating frauds from
it is revolutionary? The Republicans will
hardly admit that.
1t is an effort to "MeXicanize" the Gov
eminent, says the address Now, what
meaning is there TO that? Is the explora-
ton and defeat of frauds peculiar to Mexico ;
If so, Mexico enjoys the highest possible
distinction among the nations of the earth.
If so, it would be well to Mexicanze all
other Governments
But we do not understand such to be the
fact. AS We see the matter, the Mexican
aspect Of affairs is derived wholly from
the side of Mr.. HAYES. Usurpers have
hitherto been unknown in the United States.
They have always fiourished, at short inter
walls, in Mexico. HAYES is a usurper. To
keep him in, and not to turn him out, would
be MeXicanlzing the Government. Mr.. HALE,
the author Of the address, seems to have
mistaken the side he had to argue.
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Narrow Views of "A Great Question.

Such, IL seems to u.s. are the views taken
by our enterprising contemporary the Nep
York Herald, of the great Presidential
question now before the country When the
resolution Of inquiry into the frauds was
first introduced in the House. the Herald
occupied itself in considering the effect its
introduction would probably have on the
chances of Mr.. CLARKsoN n. POTTER to
become Governor Of the State Of New
York
Yesterday the Herald was big with an
other thought, equally mighty. 1t was
quite sure that Mr.. TILDrS himself had
been 50 audacious as to hold counsel with
his friends on the subject of the Office OF
President to which he had been elected.
Was ever such thing heard OF before
And that was not all nor the worst. 1t was
not Mr.. TILDEN alone who had committed
crime, capital in its grade; his nephew, Col
PELroN, had been equally guilty. He had
dared TO go to Baltimore-all the way to
Baltimorel This he had done without pre-
viously publishing his intention to do it.
These two facts the editor Of the Herald
had found out and he evidently considered
them second only to the discovery Of DR..
LIVINGSTONE in Importance.
1t is II coincidence that. while Senator Ec-
cLEsINE was abusing Mr.. TILDEN for his in
difference to mis- election as President, the
Herald was abusing him for his interest in
It'll
There Is one point on which we desire to
Get our enterprising contemporary right. 1t
declares that the Democratic party is about
shooting Niagara" We beg to assure the
Herald that the Democratic party has not
the faintest idea OF shooting anything. The
Herald need have no apprehensions.
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Church Aid for Embryo Cierrymen.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sb'. In an ed
toral article called Questions Tor the Preshy terans"
In TnE suS vt May 10, you made remarks concern
ns the education OF young for The ministry which
are very unhinl You wale this statement loo ofien
the young studying under church auspices the
stupidrst men In the class" A. anna young man cx-
pectns to study In this manner you may imagine how
your words pnincd me.
90 not know the result Of this system In the Presby
terrain Church. and probably you would not make such
remarks they not the result personal ohscrva
ton, but In the Dutch Reformed Church OF which am
am,mhcr. have noticed that those men who had to
strugsc with poverty the most arnot workers and
the most talented mem and when | showed The aiorc.
said article to clerical friend today he remarked that
BIZ xiercncc pointed direcuy the other way. lac sand
thn best men of his class We're poor
You say shat thus pra ctcc tents % pauperizc the
eiiv .t,ci,", a. cn,"r ali x",,s ,, ~, ,,, "a
fore do extra work IN order TO maintain themselves
rns IN my opinion would rather tend 10 promote habits
-,ttehancc and Under ntcncr character ami in the
Of two minister. with whom am acquainted til,
lus nt,nte result never met men more fearless and
A arp. YOU complain that those mon whose lack oil
oetirnoc to The vii Of the dcaoniuStioa anier %no.e
nusiecs iheN are educated You complain because they
whi,n he is best suited hen cannot swim gracciaiiy
not can tue. show it.e to any advantisc Oh land
man b. not Away. quaiincd TO do missionary work &C.
canc Dee L. poor A. long as men continue To leave
mon! Tor IN, purposy young men wili avail t.m.
expect an education from their foster parents j..
Our remarks applied to students in college.
and not in theological seminarics. Our young
correspondent. If about 10 receive an academic
education at the expense OF his church. and
with the understanding that he is aiterward TO
give his services TO the ministry Of that church.
is mortgaging his future to a certain extent.
We take il for granted that the call TO the min
istry cannot be very plain and urgent in the
case Of u boy not yet fitted for the freshman
class. Four years in college often make great
change in a young man way Of thinking. Sup
pose that our young friend finds. by the time he
ia ready for diploma. that he has been mis-
taken in his fitness for the pulpit. He has
gained his education. but is in a false position
bound By the requirements of honor and graft
tude 10 devote himsclito the work FOR which his
benefactors designed him. and yet conscious
that he goes to that work without tho spirit and
qualifications which alone can make it eilec-
tive. This is something which we hope will not
happen in the case OF our spondent. but
It may happen to any youth who starts out in
college under church auspices" Is 1t not
better to wait three years. or ten years. and
graduate unmOrtgaged?
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BURNSIDE, besides being failure rs a
General and n Senator. seems to have been I'M
fortunate II not iniudicious. in the exercise Of
the pnrdoning power when Governor OF Rhode
Island. nthat State the Governor pardons with
the consent OF tho Senate. BURNSIDE granted
freedom to one JOIN OBRrEN. who had been
sentenced 10 state Prison for life for murder.
After his release O'BRfEN murdered n man in
Chicago. 10y breaking his skull with n club He
vas sentenced to be hanged. but obtained
new trial. and cscapcd-thanks to tho death Of
the principal witness against him--wth tho
penalty for simple assault. He now turns UP
again to vex Providence Plantations. and has
just been consigned 10 the State Farm as a COM
mon drunkard.
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The arrest Of Mr.. JONI T. NICHOLS OF
Fall River for IN alleged attempt to ruin the
reputation Of his wife in order TO obtain n di-
vorre has excited much comment in New Eng
land Mr.. NICHOLS was anxious 10 get rid II
his wife but appears 10 have had no legitimate
cause FOR n separation. 1t is alleged that he
hired young man named INGALLS, to furnish
the desired evid The wife. II is further
alleged. was then compelled BY threats Of eX-
posture 10 sign various papers. among others
one cancelling note executed to her by u rela-
tive OF her husband. A suit for divorce was
also brought. Mr.. NICHOLS and his alleged fell
low conspirator are now in the tolls OF the law.
and the wife receives general sympathy.
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Mis-. Bennett. Alleged Engagement.


Tho rumored engagement between an Irisi
peer and the lister Of an American gentleman. who ha
TINS year had house AZ Melton. Is rumor and nOthn
more For the lady Is Roman Catholic and tile peer al
Orangeman. II Is therefore impossible.
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The Prince of vale. Dine. with au American

TT0T0 M I07I7UI WUTTL
The Prince OF Wales has asked Lord Lyons
specially give hall-lhe first hc mas ever eNcn-and
IT will take place ON the IAN, Madame Aphonsr de
Ruth-child also iNps ball Ia ms ROYAL ghness The
Prince diucl with an American. Nrs Won Holman
where Lady Vaudeville is now staying
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While Congress delays and threatens, SuER-
MAS Keeps gathering gold jug Godrs Ei5ioc
It's way he has When WENDELL PHILLIPS.
who never hcsitatcs for pat words to convey an
idea. sought truthful characterization of Hon
est john SHERMAN he described him rs n man
who had entered Congress poor and left it
rchn
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yond the clouds. while an invisible choir chant
ed a funeral dirge. The colored brother was
rooted to his tracks while the vision and the
music lasted. and then. taking to the ball Of his
foot he fed In terror from the neighborhood.
Since that OCCASION the Manchester reporters
have recorded no other ghostly manifestations
of the haunted mansion.
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The custom Of hiring out convicts to pri-
vate persons and corporations. prevalent in
several Southern States. has suddenly become
unpopular in Alabama. owing TO the escape Of
twelve convlcts from the mines OF a company
which hud bought their services. Tho twelve
included some of the most despera conylcis in
the state. and they celebrated thoir freedom
10y Killing ono man, dangerously woundins
another anil perperaiing number Of
highway rohbrrios. Tho Mobde Register -ug-
gest- that the whole force OF five hundred con-
v'ts be- put to work under the surveillance of
United States engineers. 10 remove the rocky
distractions Of the Coosa river. AMI that the
appropriation OF $4,000 from the national
treasury for the work bee used in feeding and
clothing the convicts. and supplying them with
necessary utensils
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Mr.. WILLIAM II. MUNDY and his society
taking one view of the Excise law and the Com
missioners Of Excise another. therc might
seem to be rich harvest ahead for the lawyers.
But IT is understood to be the purpose of Mr..
MUNDY's society to make war upon only those
disreputable bars that even the liquor dealers
societies would gladly aid in bauishing and the
courts will make short work with tho Keepers
of such barrooms. The Excise Commissioners.
in view Of complications that may arise. are
combining themselves to the licensing Of places
for the sale of ale and beer.
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An ass in Trenton suggests that public
meeting be had :" to give expression to the
alarmed apprehensions excited by the proceed
ings in Washington. and emphaticaly TO con-
denim the movement. as threatening the peace
Of the country" The peace Of the country can
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1t Is to be hoped that the Democratic
voters OF Boston will not overlook the conduct
OF MIR. LEOPOLD MORSE who misrepreaents
them on the floor ofthe House in his persistent
voting with the Republicans on the POTTER
resolution. Have the Charlestown Navy Yard
and the Boston Post ONCE 80 captivatcd him
that TO obtain Il few favors there he Is willing to
be traitor to his party rs well as his country
1t was mistake on the part Of the sturdy men
Of old Ward 2 in Boston evcrto have sent MoRsE
to Congress. His proper place is in his clothing
store on Dock square, selling cheap coats ana
trousers. Shame on the men Of North End II
they renominutc this traitor and ignoramus.
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.. Fraud sits en;hroncd In the Executive chairnt
lie service TIE country !. rulc bN riul HiI hone, Il
not strange that fraud lLrroNs and lrrDiFu private
corporations ana all business reauons-A me s.otih
No more telling blow could be- delivered
fraud and crime. now SO prevalent. than the
election from the Wuitc House of the man who
owes his position thcre 10 Fraud. Every day
tina, the highest office in the land remains the
prize OF successful fraud, perjury, and for; ry.
the peopl, have before them an e.erp.c which
cannot but De foarfully demorail2.n.:. especially
to the rising generation.
. The Repuhli ans are not Sighting AGAINST n
tend To asa tal tile vi the rrcsidcnt- ia H-ai
II to attack the Fraud which placed HAYES in
the Presidential chair is to attack the title
founded on that fraud. then the Ho'0d is right
But the real revolutonists nre those who have
tramplod under foot the Constitution OF tho
United States and tho will Of the American peo-
pie, not those who, 10y means purely legal and
peaceful would roctfy the Great Wrong.
A haunted old Virginia mansion, In which
the ghost and the lawful tenants could not pos
slbly live together in harmony, ana from which
the ghost was exercised under worry peculiar
circumstances is written about by the reporters
OF the Manchester suburb Of Richmond. The
mortal occupants of the mansion were nightly
terrified By the tumbng Of bricks down the
chimneys, the slamming of doors and rafting
Of windows-phenomena which skeptical per-
son might attribute to gusts of wind ana the
bad repair Of the building. But its occupants
were not skoptical and. besides there were
other sounds which filed them with terror re-
verberatlng through the corridors prolonged
unearthly grOans, as II Of a soul in torment
They gave notice to throw up the lease but.
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The Eastern band Of the North Carolina
Cherokocs seem he lust iu trouble. BROUGHT
shout by WFLsu claiming o. aNc been elc ct,d duct
when he received but .ui votes out o. Ito, L.sut
hundred OF them nave Signed tutui asking the irr-
drut TO help them To have the uuc obi the ne Nt htsh
lnNC-gHtcd. and To bring Co ucn the con iratufs
who put him ia by fraudulent moans-tisfpse Aioois.
II the case Is stated correctly by the Adroccte
WELSH is Fraudulent chief His claim To Of
fee il. however. no more fraudulent than that OF
HAYES to the Presidency while the wrong which
he has perpetratcd IL immeasurably lighter
WELSH has defrauded only a si.ll band Of In
dams out Of their right to choose their chief.
while HAYES is party to and beneficiary Of a
conspiracy by which the people of the United
States have been defrauded out Of their choice
for President. Betw EN- the crime OF the Fraud
ulont President and that Of the Fraudulent chief
there 10 no comparison.
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After a long rest, the American fever for
polar exploration has broken out in three
places at once. There is the BENNETT expedi-
ton the liowGATE expedition. and the ScHwAr-
KA expedition. Doesn't it occur to either OF
them to make one Job Of all three. and then
postpone the job?
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A contemporary says that the prevention
OF future troubles in Pres Dental elections is
now the chief question for Congress to consider.
Not so. The chief question Is the punishment
Of past and present fraud. That punishment.
too will be the best prevention.
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HAYES asks Congress 10 appropriate money
for the Halifax award. with such dis 'retion to
thc Executive Government in regard 10 the pay
ment" as may seem wise. Before payment
becomes a practical question 1t may no longer
officially concern HAYES.