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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30
wa,r stresss sins.

A cashier Of bank, in announcing his
own financial disgrace and ruin, !" takes oc-
casion to inform his father-in-law that
.Wall street did it." That highly respect
able thoroughfare, with Its banks, its Custom
House and its Sub Treasury, over whose
decorous Inhabitants T1rIIhhity's, stately pie
stands ii -1 perpetual watchfulnness, might
very proipSefiyy Protest against Being held re-
sponsible Tor offences really cchargeable to
Broad street, ii To any an street &c all. But by
what rule OF justice do these people who
gamble away their own or other peoples
money in stock speculations hold Wall
street or any other street to blame? 1t has
grown tho custom now whenever some new
knave or fool becomes a defaulter or q
bankrupt, through reckless stock TRANSACT
tons, to abuse s'the street" rs the cause. A
man who has sufficient intelligence and
character to fill the position of q bank
cashier ought to be sensible enough to take
care of his own money and honest enough
not to make free with money belonging to
other people. Ninety-nine times out of a
hundred such spectators are avaricious
and unprinclpled. They have the passion
to acquire wealth rapidly and the unscru-
pulousness not to be particular as to the
means by which it is done. Their transac-
tions nro very different from tho legitimate
business Of stock exchange and ought not
to be regarded as bringing discredit upon
that business. "Wall street did it?" Stuff
and nonsense! If there existed no stock
board the faro bank, the draw poker table,
the pool room, the race track or some other
place where tho passion for gambling can
be INDUCED, would have been to blame for
the Financial disgrace and ruin"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

There is large excess in the small silver
coins issued to supplant the fractional
paper currency, which was the only cur
subsequent to the civil war. These small
coins, like tho subsidiary money of other
countries, are made Of debased silver ms
safeguard against expectation but. unlike
the just legislation of other countries, ours
makes no provision for its redemption
The consequence is that when its amount
becomes excessive large sections Of the bust
ness community suffer. The HEnALD is at
present losing about one hundred dollars
per week by the discount on subsidiary silver
coin, and oil the newspapers ore losing in a
like proportion. A similar loss must be
falling upon all the street car companies
and on multitudes engaged in retail trade.
The small silver coins being legal tender
up to the amount of five dollars nobody can
refuse them in petty transactions. but when
tho receivers come to deposit them in o
bank they must submit to heavy discount.
There ought TO be in this country, as there is
in other countries, law requiring the gov
eminent to redeem tho subsidiary currency
in the regular money Ct the country, which
is tho best method of reducing its amount
when it becomes excessive. If it were thus
made redeemable in sums of fifty dollars or
n hundred dollars the banks would receive
it from their customers at par, and the bust
ness community would not suffer as it does
nj present, We call upon the Secretary of
the Treasury to suspend the coinage Of sub
sidiary silver and to ask Congress to pass
q law for its redemption, which is the only
means Of maintaining it at par. Everybody
should be at liberty both to procure at the
minis any amount he may wish of subsidi-
airy coins in exchange for legal tender
money, and to demand legal tender money
at the sub-treasuries in exchange for small
silver when offered in considerable sums.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

In another column we give the Message
in which the Governor sets forth his
reasons for refusing to sign the bill
for the disposition of city bonds fall
ing due this year. BY the bill these
bonds wero made payable from the sink
ing fund, or from the presumed excess
in that fund over the sum needed for the
purpose for which it was created. The aim
OF this proposition was to get over an immo-
date difficulty which if not provided for in
this way will make next years taxation ex-
tremcly high. Governor Robinson does not
believe in expedients in finance and opposes
the measure on general principles. lie
objects, first that the bill is obscure. That il
q bad fault certainly in any legislation for
this city. Involved, tortuous, and uncertain
phraseology is the common cover for col
orcd gentlemen In the fence. His other OBJ
lection is that the sinking fund is pledged
for another purpose, and that until that OBJ
legation is discharged there is no surplus
which may be q good point dramatically,
but seems 10 exhibit some indifference to
orithmctic
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30
Tor Confederation.

The bill to impose tax on the retail sale of
liquors by the process ofregistering drinks is
to be reported to the Assembly for its consid-
Grafton. There will be an attempt on the part
of those members who seek the political
influence of corner groggeries to kill the
bill by ridicule, and it is possible that some
of the impracticable temperance men who.
because they cannot secure the whole loaf
of total abstinence refuse all bread. may be
found aiding them in the work. But the
law is just and o wise one, nevertheless,
and it will not be easy to make any sound
argument against its enactment in this State.
At oil events it may safely and prop
erly be tried as an experiment, and
the temperance advocates should GER
tainly favor it. They truthfully u.s.
sert that the immoderate use of liquor
is material cause of poverty and crime,
and thus entails q heavy burden on the
people. It is just, then, to make liquor
bear the expense and to relieve the people.
BY a license law such as is authorized by
revenue OF about four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars year. Under the regis
tration system we should receive o revenue
of from four to FIVE millions. Liquor is not
necessity Of life, and those who use it
ought not to object to pay for the indul-
gence. There can be only one valid objec-
ton to the law-namely, that it will de-
crease the number of drinkers and the
profits Of the dealers. This will not be o
great public evil. Indeed, many persons
will regard it as one OF the principal advan-
tages Of the system.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

The WEATnER.-But little change has taken
place in the depression which now extends from
the lower lakes southcastward into the Atlantic
aud from the Canadian limo to Kentucky. The
subsidiary centre of relatively low pressure has
passed entirely into the ocean off the New
Jersey coast. The other extends its iniu-
ence In tho southern lake region and
Northeastern New York. Another dcprcs-
sion Is advancing rapidly from the North.
west and is now central over Dakota. The ba-
romctcr is falling steadily in the Eastern Gulf
and there indications OF the advance Of a
low area from the Southwest. The barometer
remains high in the Northeast and also in Colo
RADIO aud New Mexico. Rains still continue To
attend the depression ON the coast north of Cnpc
May and have also fallen in tho Gulf.
Fogs continue on the New England coast.
The temperature has risen in tho West
and Northwest, but remains low IN the North
east, and has fallen slightly in the South.
Winds are light IN the West, but on the lakes
and New England coasts they arc from fresh to
strong. The weather In New York and Its
vicinity to-day will be warm and partly cloudy,
possibly with showers Tomorrow similar
conditions arc likely TO prevail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

A suit was recently brought in the Su-
premo Court to test the constitutionality Of
the powers conferred on the Board Of Esti-
mate and Apportionment to determine the
amounts to be levied by tax for the annual
expenses Of the city government. Judge
Van Brunt yesterday decided that the Legis-
lature has full power to delegate to the
Board tho authority in question. The
Board of Estimate and Apportionment does
not levy the tax, but determines the amount
that shall be levied by the Supervisors.
The clear and conclusive letter on the sub
jcct previously published by Attornoy-Gen-
eral Schoonmaker rendered IL certain that
no other decision could be made by tho
Court
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The Russian News.

BY the rumor which circulated yesterday
in st. Petersburg to the effect that the Rus
SLAMS would Immediately occupy Constantl-
nople because Of Turkeys refusal to act on
the stipulations of the Treaty Of San Stetano
it may be seen both that the official world
is greatly excited and that the public mind
is prepared for the most extreme steps. 1t
was known some weeks since that the
Turks had had their hopes raised by the
attitude of opposition to Russia in several
cabinets, and that this encouragement
would give the Russians some difficulty in
regard to their agreements with the Mos
lens. Thus the evacuation of Shumla and
Varna has not yet been effected and does
not seem to be imminent. Would the
Russians for this or any similar
failure occupy the capital? They would,
of course, regard reputation of the treaty
as reopening the war, and if the war were
reopened they would, of course, occupy
Constantinople. But it is not probable
that they would leave the game SO fully
in the hands Of their enemies as this
would imply. If an act Of Turkey done
OF this crisis could force Russia to
step that would precipitate war with
England. Turkey would, Of course, take
that step, for she would rather fight again,
with England as an ally, than accept the
treaty as made. IT Russia reopens the war
it will be of her own volition. and the event
will not be precipitated by Turkeys bad
faith. An occupation of CONSTANT
nople would end oil diplomatic eff
forts at once |; and, therefore, as OPP
posed to this report must be taken
the declarations of General Ignatieff, given
in our columns to-day, to the effect that the
chances for the assembly of congress Of
the Powers is now exceedingly favorable. .
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

trade is already one of the main bulwarks of
her prosperity, MS is proved by the subsi-
died lines OF British, French and German
steamships plying to this continent South
of us and in near proximity we have the
West India Islands and vast stretch of
continent whose trade is naturally ours. If
Africa should be civilized by negro emigra-
ton from the United States we may expect
to command the trade Of that quarter Of the
globe. We have a great destiny before
us, and not even the blindness and
Encouragement of our statesmen can
long prevent us from realizing and
fulfilling it. Our petty and prepos-
ferrous domestic politics, which keep the
country in agitation over paltry party
squabbles, cannot arrest the march Of the
country to greatness. Outside Of the circle
Of European contests. free from the ruinous
wars or possibilities of war, which make
every country in Europe camp and OPP
press it with the burden Of great armies in
time Of peace as well ms in time OF war, the
United States can move on toward the great
destiny marked out for it by Providence.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

Alter the discussion Of an essny church worx
and how to do u yesterday, by Mr. Gesslcr aud
others, In tho Baptist Pastors Conference tho Rev
r. s. Macarthur OF this city, introduced protest and
petition against tho bill which has lately passed The
state Legislature and Is the hands OF the Gov
ornor approprating $4,000 10 Catholic Pro,cc,ory
pay OF tho dobt on It's buildings Mr. Macarthur re-
cited tho facts already known and referred 70 news
paper articles thereon and tho petition citci the
constitutional provision that 10 TO DO violated In
this seclariaa gilt. IL Will also b. said
the door for oncr scclaran appropriations and
even now the Jews have an application tore the
Assembly Tor an appropriation Tor their ben oleut
Institutions IN thus city Tne petition prays that puD
lie moneys shall not be granted to Cathorcs Profess
tants Jews, aud, IN Mr. MacArthurs opinion there
Is nothing 10 hinder tho present appropriations not
withstandng tho constitutional provision apaInst IL
except tho Governors veto. Several other Orclhren
would test the case In the courts even n the Gov.
docs sign tho bill. The Conference voted 10
concur Ia tho petition anu tho president and score
tary OF tho meeting, Dire. Samson and Potter. werO
authorized to sign officially. Ii will reach tue Coz.
crnor TO-DAY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General George Crook Ia In Chicago.
senator Bruce resembles King Kaiagaua
General sheridan has arrived In Chicago from New
York.
General G,bbon win icavc gton for Chicago
for few days
Miss ricknor. daughter Of tho historian, will sum-
mer nj Newport.
Mr. Pierre LorilIard's "cottago" at Newport will
cost, uniufnishcd. 100000
Europe has three singers named Aboni, Albani and
Aibni, and rot ono Of them IL all Doncy.
Tho Washington Herald wishes to know what busi-
ness Mira Hayes has with q State dinner, anyway.
rho only daughter OF General q. r. Bcaurcgard, Of
Now Orleans will a bride sail tor Europe salur-
day
General Joo Hooker Is In Washington. His syos arc
bright and gray and his compile xon is as ircsn as
ever.
Mr. Nicolas shishkin, the Russian Minister, ar.
rived at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday from Wash
ington.
so Selkirk was tho original OF Robinson Crusoe.
Now know the reason for "Robjnson Crusoc's
Money"
Ex-senator Sprague has boon driving with Senator
ConKlns IN Washington while on visit TO Edgc-
wood, the residence OF the late Chief Justice Chase
Colonel George r. Kane, Mayor Of Baltimore. was
stricken with paralysis during Friday last. and
hos In very critical condition. HIS death may
at any moment.
II is sad TO know that Congressman Martin l. Town
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

shsnd OF Troy will decline reelection There Ia -
little wis and much commonplace and ignorance Ia
tho House that radical the old Ia, he 10 like
pink among dead leaves
The Buffalo Express thinks that IL 10 the honeymoon
which is made Of green cheese. THIS 10 what makes
looney husband during the honey say, 100 10
my little Cheshire"
Captain Noah l.. Cochen, Of Company J. Thirteenth
regiment, Brooklyn has been found guilty Of "con-
duct unbecoming an oalcor and q gentleman" by tho
court martial appointed TO try him. aud has been
fenced 10 be dismissed from the militia
Ex.Ministcr Washburne has been at Galveston,
Texas where he opened tho bathing season with Z
plunge into tho iurf IIe vistod tho cotton presses
aud was offered dinner by French society," but was
compelled 10 return Suddenly TO Chicago.
Senator Don Cameron has six children. The eldest
is q handsome girl OF twenty one whose stepnotner
Will be niueteen Miss Cameron owns q farm in her
own right, ana mansges the business successfully
herself She Ia very fond Of Miss Sherman and Ia
the marriage
Mr.. Robert Beggs, OF tho Now York Neps, last
night started Denver, Col Tor the benefit Of his
health. Several members Of tho Press Club and
delegation from Una Lodge, y. and A. NJ, OF which
no was tho secretary. tondcrcd him a farewell BAN
quot at Tayior's Hotel, Jersey City.
Miss Clara Morris Is out West, and suffers much from
rheumatism. Sho says she believes Aimee Is good
lOr sho looks NJ nome nkc demurc old married
woman with family OF children; and besides sho
astrct Catholic As Tor Modjeska, Miss Morris says
that she is re6nod In breeding, but has no heart
". Leon Chottcau, representative OF the French
Commercial Committee which favors reciprocity
treaty between France and the United States
cevcd last evening by tho Chamber OF Commerce and
oshcr commercial organ zatons Of New Orleans at the
Cotton Exchange rho meeting q large one and
embraced many OF tho most prominent business men
Of the city.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips while in Minnesota lately,
found himself one day IN pleasant home, whore one
Of the prominent persons little grl eievon
weeks old. When Mr. Phillips to 60 he said 10
tho mother q. the Lttc maid, ~ trust, II live
twenty-five or twony-hroe years longer. shal hear
Of this lntlc ono as bong Governor OF Minne-
Sofa" "Wny, Mr.. Phillips" exclaimed tho lady,
"would you approve OF such a thnga 2" "Certanly,"
was the prompt reply. made In ali'seriousnesa .why
notyn
Washington Star :-1Gentlemen hero from Georgia
represent that inc reelection Hon. Alexander Il.
stephens 10 tho next Congress is q settled TACT
Hardly any opposition to MIN has been developed.
Senator Hill s not they say. by any means popular
He has NOT been forgiven for his opposition TO the
silver bill Senator Gordon represented IS being
certain Of reelection, although his intimacy with
tho administration has resulted In making Of his
backcrs dissatisfied.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

Paris will be grand and brilliant to-mor-
row with the show prepared to dazzle the in
vited world. In that wonderful city, cfwhose
gayeties and designations the world has
heard overmuch, while of its more wonder
full industries enough has never been said,
there will be opened the eleventh interim
tional exhibition Of the products OF indus
try and art. If it does not surpass
all its predecessors in every artistic
feature and material fact, France will be
disappointed, for it has not aimed at less
than supreme excellence. Paris is the
cradle of splendid expositions Of national
as distinguished from international indus
try, and has done more than any other city
in adding impulse to the principle OF indus
trial exposition in its international phase.
On tho very spot on which is held the Elk
hibition to be opened tomorrow there was
celebrated in 1893, in the full blaze OF the
first French Republic, the Eete de I'm
d,lst,ie, which was in fact the first industrial
fair on a national scale. There were one
hundred and ten exhibitors but in the
last Of the many exhibitions held in Paris
In pursuance CT tnat INITIATIVE tneIe Were
four thousand five hundred exhibitors,
which showed at least that the system Of
industrial fairs had found favor in France.
But from the date when these festivals
assumed international Importance they
have grown still more wonderfully, for in
the show Of this year there will doubtless
be in the neighborhood of forty thousand
exhibitors. London, Paris, Vienna and
Philadelphia have honorably striven for the
palm in this great field. and while we retain
good opinion of the effect as total of the
show at Philadelphia we shall not be sur
prised if the general verdict is that Paris
has finally outdone all rivals.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30

The Judiciary Committee of the United
States Senate were, some weeks ago, directed
by resolution to inquire for what purposes
tho New York Post Office building may DO
lawfully used. This action was taken in
consequence Of the recent proposition to
assign some Of the offices in tho building to
the use Of the' Internal Revenue service.
Tho committee recount the conditions of
the deed by which the city ccdod tho prop
erty to the United States which arc that the
building shall be used for post Office and
court house and for no other purpose what
ever, and proceed to show that these restric-
tions were not merely technical or formal,
but induced by consideration for the con-
venicnce and accommodation Of tho public.
Large numbers of persons Of both sexes
have occasion to resort to the Post Office
and the United States courts, and it is de-
sirable that tho use Of the premises should
be limited to those two branches of the
public service. Tho committee comes to
the conclusion that it would not be expodi-
ent or warrantable to assert, on behalf of
tho United States, claim to tho right to
occupy tho building or tho land for any
other purpose. The report commends itself
to the approval Of the people of New York.
Any infraction of the conditions under
which the United States holds the property
might If permitted, grow into serious
abuse, and it is well that the first step in
that direction is thus summarily checked.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30


Our special despatch from London pub
lished this morning states that the British
Admiralty has been appraised of certain i'm
portant preparations being in progress ut
Cronstadt for an early sailing OF the Russian
iron-clad fleet. The squadron available Tor
offensive operations in the Baltic, and oven
in seas nearer Portsmouth dockyards, IS
by no means one that can be despised
even by the best ships in the British
navy. Manned by stout crews re-
cruited from the extensive seaboard OF
Northern Russia the iron-clads of the Gar,
led by the leviathan Peter the Great, can
seriously menace the coast commerce OF The
British Islands. OF course they are not
numerous or powerful enough to meet the
fleet that will be organized against them by
tho British Admiralty in q general action.
But their presence alone will suffice to
render necessary the concentration OF Eng
lish iron-clad ships in the North Sea and
English Channel to guard the coasting COM
merce from attack and to prevent the
Russian fleet from reaching the Atlantic.
AS tho British have practically seized
tho Dardanelles and tho Sea of Mar
mora there is no reason for doubling
that the Russians may attempt the barring
of the Cattegat and holding the Baltic with
torpedoes and iron-clads. The German
navy, even if less powerful than it is, would
not be restricted in its movements by such
a course, because it would be free to leave
or enter the narrow straits during an Anglo
Russian war. Hence Germany, recognizing
the action Of Russia as justified by strict de-
fensive requirements. would be Indifferent
to measure that did not affect her interests
in any way. Austria made no serious objec-
ton to the closing OF the Danube against the
Turkish feet under Hobart Pacha, although
her interests were decidedly touched by
prolonged interruption Of her commerce.
Germany, Sweden and Denmark are, there
fore, not likely to offer opposition to q
Russian feet closing the Cattegat when
their commerce would not be interfered
with. AS base of operations for harass-
ing British commerce the entrance Of the
Baltic would DO highly valuable to Russia.
Tho enterprise and daring recently dis
played by her naval officers in the Danube
and along the Black Sea coasts, in the face
of on overwhelming naval force, show that
she has seamen who are capable Of brilliant
exploits. Except Us o blockading fleet the
British ships could not accomplish much in
the Baltic. The torpedo has revolutionized
naval warfare. The news of the arrival in
our Writer'S of German steamer with six
hundred passengers Ito await orders
from Russia" appears to be related
to the news hitherto given in our
special despatashes, from St. Peters
burg Of the departure from Rahsia Of officers
and men sent sen but to man vessels purchased
here intend f o aarIlse against British ships
in case " w sf.Dtgiis staftlhags report that
viii be d Peculiar inter interest to British
Insurance companirs..L
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A swrNpLED ApRoAp.

For somo time past tall, thin man has been Ia
tho habit Of calling we'll known citz ms IN this
city aud Brooklyn. ostcnsibly TO get to
an art Journal lie always has pitiful tale TO tell IN
which he claims to DO getting subscriptions 10 the
book for tho benefit OF consumptve brother who, no
alleges, was formerly attached to the HERALD. Ills
card has ''Tho HERALp" appended TO his name.
by working on tho sympathies vi many persons he
has succeeded In getting from them sums varying
IRON 80 to $40. THIS industrious individual has no
connection with tho HERALD has no any relative
connected with u, aud tho people who have becn
foolish enough to put faith In his storica have been
swindied by q very transparent trick. Tho police
should DO called to take charge Of the fellow ~
whomsoever he calls upon hereafter with his begging