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The New York herald., 1878-10-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

secretray Evarts Is At tho Brovoort House.
Lord A. Gordon Lennox, OF England, IL At the HotA
Brunswick.
General Thomas Ewing, Of Ohio, is at the Finh
Avenue Hotel
Mr. Theodore D. woolsey, OF Now Haven, Is Al shs
Everett House
Locomotives ON grass-grown bankrupt railroads do
the most footing.
Postmaster General Key and party LETT st. Louis
last night Tor Washington.
the frost at Memphis 10 attributed to that Boston
interview with Charles Francis Adams
The health OF Mrs. General Sherman 10 20 grsGtly
improved that she will soon revisit Washington.
Ireland furnishes her people with two articles Of
warmth Irish Irish ireizo and occasionally
few broiis.
somo one wishes 10 know who Is the hero OF the
story "a Faco illuminated" We dont know whether
u Is Jack O'Lantsrn or Zack Chandler
Buffalo Erprea.-.'wanted-Some old-tasnionsA
honesty, - says the NEW YORK HERALn We call upon
Or. Scheimann In this grave emergency
A negro seventy years old ana Weighing over three
hundred pounds started last summer to walk iron
Louisiana to oregon. He has reached his dsssisa-
tion.
Jersey grcenbacker says things are strange
that tho timc will when bad place will reese
over. Yes; but suppose Mr.. Adams should 20 -
heaven?
Men with vcry large mustachcs make good polsi-
clans. Still there are skfu men In politics who
shave the upper lipihe late Mcssrs Theirs and TIL.
den tor instance.
Circus lovers will be glad to know that North Care.
iinas gift civilization this yoar is 90 900 bushels Of
peanuts These bvalvcs will do more for dyspepsia
than oil the ausck doctors
Buffalo Erprcss:-"Tho New YORK HERALD thinks
the trouble Tldsn In trying TO get into the Prcsi
dency was that he wasn't an Ohio man; and
trouble Is, ON, unhappy follow cltizcnsi that Hayes
was.o
This 10 the time OF year whom tramps usually 70
South, but yellow lover has kept them along the
ONO River Tney think that the lever has killed Oh
90 many Southern tramps that they will receive Q
good many "nand.outs" from farmers.
Professor James q. Watson, OF Ann Arbor, Mich,
has accepted the proposition Of the Regents OF ths
Wisconsin University and viii take charge OF the chair
OF astronomy Immediately. Professor Watson has
also been elected director OF tho wnsnburn Obscrva.
tory, which will be Of the best equipped observs.
tories IN the country.
London Truth says:-"Thero arc no such gamblers
Poles and Russians They will play until ono side
or other 10 thoroughly defeated Tho story was told
me the other day OF Prince GaQarin, VINO iost In
single night his estate. horses, money, Jewels asA
indeed everything no possessed, including the car.
riage and horses which we're awaiting him At the
door. As he about TO leave he romsm oersd that
he had not ssaked his harness, and, going baoK. 70
oommsnosd, and. the luck turning, did nss esass
until he had won all back again.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
Give the Boy q Chance.

By this time the list of winter amuse-
ments and sports is tolerably complete.
There ore many varieties of athletic diver
sion for men, and general amusements for
the whole mass Of adults; but what is Of
fered for the boy, who constitutes about
one-fourth of the entire population? There
are homes and schools for most boys; but
rest, food and study are not the only re-
auirements Of these children, from whom
m ust graduate the men that the next gener-
alton is to depend upon. In the rural dis
tricts the boy, left to himself there, as
everywhere else, to discover his own
diversions. can hardly fail of opportuni-
ties to develop q healthful physique.
But unfortunately for our country
the population is centring more and
more in cities. About ono in ten of all the
bows in the Union are living in New York
and the large cities Immediately adjacent,
and there are even more within the limits of
Philad el phia, Boston, Chicago and the other
American cities whose population exceeds q
hundred thousand. Tho wits of these mill
ions Of boys are being forced to their ex-
treme capacity, whether they are taught in
the school, the shop or the street. But
what is being done for their bodies The
answer may be obtained by standing ut the
door of almost any public or private
school or academy at the hour of
dismissal. The inquirer will see crowd
of undersized, listless, thin-faced chill
dren, with scarcely any promise Of
manhood about thems Most of them. If
put 70 the test, would display more or less
of the magnificent nerve which America has
not yet exhausted. though no one deserves
credit for having saved any of 1t; but un-
supported nerve is q treacherous depen-
dence. These boys, for their own sakes,
for the reputation of their parents and the
safety of the generations which will depend
upon them for wisdom and work, demand
and deserve opportunities for physical de-
velopment, and as the schools will not sup
ply them and gymnasia are never arranged
with view to such patronage, it becomes
an imperative duty of parents to take i'm
mediate steps TO make good the defciency..
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
A RAY OF Hope.

The admirable remarks of the Rev. Mr..
Robertson, of Glasgow, spoken at the meet
ing of the shareholders Of the broken bank,
a day or two since, ought to produce great
effect on the community which includes the
chief sufferers from what he justly called
ga crushing calamity" It was not Mr..
Robertson's main purpose to denounce the
faithlcss directors (although he did not spare
them), but to inspire the shareholders with
fortitude and manliness under their great
calamity "We are called upon" he said.
.'to face great calamity, and must quit our
selves like brave, courageous and honor
able men," He does not countenance any
desire on the part of the shareholders to
evade their legal responsibilities, hard and
oppressive as the burden is. Although
wretchedness and beggary stare great
part of them in the face this wise Christian
teacher exhorts them ''bravely and faith.
fully to struggle through, and emerge with
honor untouched and reputation un.
shaken" The truest manhood is evinced
in proper bearing under great calamities.
Mr.. Robertson's characterization of the
directors was not wanting in righteous
severity. "These gentlemen" said he.
shave been faithless to high Office, disloyal
to truth and the first principles OF morality.
What deepens the discredit is that they
trod the streets of the city arrayed in the
garments of religion, making long prayers
while desolating widows houses, erecting
churches while wrecking homes" This
clergyman only did his duty in holding up
such conduct to the indignation and moral
disgust Of the community.
Mr. Robertson did something better than
mere expression of his sentiments. He
proposed practical plan for alleviating the
calamity by making the most of the assets
plan SO wise and reasonable that. 50 far
as we can judge at this distance. it ought to
be adopted. But whether it is adopted or
not: this faithful minister of the Gospel
deserves universal praise for exhorting
the victimized shareholders to bear up
under their great disaster like men Of un-
finching courage and true honor.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

always better to get some one else to offer
the grim sacrifice of official life whenever the
whole party, and particularly the captain, is
threatened with destruction. As the Chief
Engineer of the Department of Public
Works Mr.. Campbell suggested and
made plans and was general super
intendent of their execution. But
rs it was manifestly impossible for
him to be in more than one place at a
time inspectors were appointed to repre-
sent him and see that the work was we'll
done. Mr.. Campbell, the Chief. Engineer.
claims that he had not the selection of these
deputies, as he should have had, and that
when he reported them for neglect of
duty to Mr.. Campbell, the Commits
sioner, he. the engineer, bad performed
his duty and exhausted his authority.
1t would seem from his statement that in
spectorships are among the choice morsels
of patronage distributed by the Commits
sioner Of Public Works, and that the dis
tribution is not always governed so much by
the actual demands of the public service
as by obligations of q personal or political
nature. However this may be, Mr.. Camp
bell, the engineer, had plain duty
to perform to his employers, the citizens
of New York, which was superior in
every sense to that imposed by his position
as subordinate to Mr.. Campbell, the Com
missioner If he has failed in the higher
duty he cannot look for sympathy to the
people whose interests he has neglected in
the hour when he is made the Jonah of the
Department of Public Works. If, on the
tests against the mismanagement of any
branch of the public service have been
emphatic and frequent, his vindication is
assured.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
"Be Sure to Burn This"

How many millions of letters have had
these words somewhere in them? How
many receivers of the letters ever obeyed
the injunction? The sentiment is not
always expressed in the same words. An
affectionate missive found in q. suicides
chamber in Brooklyn day or two ago con-
tanned the passage, "Please do not let these
letters lie where any one will come across
them" In another the writer merely said,
s.Please destroy this" But the meaning in
all cases isl the same. The writer always
admits that he has written something which
he desires to keep from oil eyes but those
of the person addressed. But with what
unanimity the receivers of such letters fail
to act according to request They
are kept just Tor an hour or day,
so that they may be read again,
or shown to some particular friend who is
sworn to secrecy, or be answered according
to the remainder of their contents, and one
reprieve leads to another, until at last they
90 into the great mass of epistolary corre-
spondence which sooner or later is brought
to light, and always at a time when the
writer longs for the darkness of Egypt to
engulf the lot and himself with them.
Every one writes silly letters sometimes
The editors of the correspondence of the
greatest men find great many notes that
should have been burned, or, better still, have
remained unwritten, and frequently these
contain the cautionary clause, "Be sure to
burn this;" but they still live. In consid-
Grafton OF all the mischief that silly and
wicked letters have caused, in spite Of
warning and beseeching clauses, why not
change the method of caution little and
have the writer burn his letters instead OF
rorward than?
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
Church Steeples.

Nearly seven hundred feet of church
steeple was blown down in Philadelphia on
Wednesday, and about the same quantity
was so badly shaken by the wind that its
fall is regarded as imminent. All that
which actually came down was the portion
of steeple allotted to five churches, and the
portion likely to continue this heavy visita-
ton on the houses and streets is reported
as the possession of several" others. If at
o round dozen points in any city stone,
bricks, mortar, states and timber shall be-
gin to tumble on the pavement or through
the roofs Of neighboring houses by the ton
the people might be excused for inquiring
what advantage civilization derives from
the church steeple as an equivalent for this
inconvenience. As picturesque feature Of
city architecture and as an insti-
tuition intimately associated with in
finite pleasant memories and fancies the
church steeple is firmly established in
popular good will and not to be easily
done away with; but in cities it really has
no use, save as it is thing of beauty or q
picturesque element in the ensemble Of city
sights; and, alas /! it is very seldom either.
Oftener far it is horror to the eye only
less atrocious than its bell to the ear. In
either city or country it is practically obso-
lete as the bearer of ''bells that toll for
church." for in ON age of dollar clocks its
bell is useless monitor. But if congrega-
tions with prejudices in favor Of steeples
must have them at least city authorities
should require in the interest of public
safety that they should be so constructed as
not to be suddenly converted into enormous
arsenals of projectiles. As actually made
the most of them are very fimsy structures.
They should be built 80 that only earth
quakes could shake them, and their height
should be limited with regard to the prox-
unity Of inhabited houses
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
Fatal Shin wrec ks.

The loss of the Baltimore steamer Ex-
press and twenty lives on Tuesday night is
melancholy evidence that either the cap
tain disregarded the storm signals before
leaving, or that no storm signals were dis
played until it was too late to profit by
them. Our dispatches state that the Ex-
press left on Tuesday afternoon and ex-
perienced the storm winds and heavy seas
toward night. Being of light build and
entirely too frail to withstand the forces of
this exceptionally heavy tempest she
went to pieces during her commanders
vain attempt to hold her at an
chor We are inclined to question the
vigilance Of the signal service in the matter
of the warning expected to be issued on the
approach of this dangerous storm. The
midnight bulletin, issued from the chief
signal officers bureau at one A. M. on the
22d and published in all the morning
papers of that date, gives the weather
indications" as follows:-
For the Middle states, warmer clear weather, fol-
lowed by increasing cloudiness sootheriy WINDS be-.
coming variable, and falling barometer. For tho
South Atlantic States warmer. cloudy and, rainy
bar0meter. <tt~ est4ss#-
Cautionary signals continue al Key West, Jackson.
willie, savannah Tybss Island, Charleston, Cape Look
out and Cape Hatssraa and are ordered Tor VIII.
mington.
There is no mention made Of an approach
ing dangerous storm or of signals being or
dered for Baltimore, Norfolk, Cape Henry
or any Of the places over which the storm
commenced on Tuesday evening with re-
markable fury. Indeed, we do not notice
any mention Of storm signals for Baltimore
until the midnight bulletin Of the 22d,
issued at one A. NJ. on the 23d and pub
lished that morning, states that they ''are
ordered for New York, New Haven, New
London, Newport, Woods Hole, Boston and
Section Six, Baltimore" While this informa-
ton was being distributed by the press the
Express was going to pieces and the twenty
lives were lost. If the loss of the Ex-
press will serve as another warning to ship
masters to pay some attention to weather
changes the dangers Of navigation may
be lessened; but we would urge on the Sig
nal Service Bureau the advisability of CIV
ing earlier and more positive warnings to
the coast and bay. even at the
risk of reducing the percentage Of verif-
cations, of which its officials are Justly
proud. The loss of the A. S. Davis. with
eighteen of her crew, lengthens the fatal
list of the victims Of the storm Of the 23d-
one that will be long remem bered on on,
coasts.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

knows, by occasional experience. what the
miseries of destitution are, and no appeal
is necessary to rouse him but that which il
read in the face and garb of his distressed
neighbor. Like the poor widow who cast
her mite into the treasury, he cannot give
at oil without giving everything ne has.
nevertheless he gives SO freely, cheerfully and
bravely that the greatest generosity OF the
rich seems almost contemplate by COM
harrison.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

THE WEATHER.-After lingering during the
sarly part of yesterday in the region of the
Upper st. Lawrence Valley the storm centre has
moved eastward into the Atlantic south of Nova
Scotia, and with considerably modified energy.
Northward aud westward the pressure has in
creased very rapidly, but in the Southwest the
barometer is relatively low, with indications
that another storm will be organized
In the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley
during to-day and tomorrow. The partial dis
organization of the coast storm whose ravages
have been extraordinary will endure until it
moves into the ocean and again recovers
energy over the region of the Gulf Stream.
Tho movement of the depression from the South
west will, probably, be in direction almost
directly northeast or through the Ohio
Valley, but influences may tend to force it
over the mountains to the Virginia coast, where
the attendant winds would prove dangerous.
In the Northwest the temperature is quite low,
but elsewhere IL is uniformly moderate.
Strong north to Northwest winds pre-
vail on the North Atlantic coast. Tho
winds in the northwest are from tho
north to northeast, and in the Southwest are
from the south and southeast. Rains have
been heavy on tho coast of Maine attending the
storm. The weather in New York and its vi
cinity to-day will be cool and clear. Tomorrow
II will be slightly warmer aud clear. followed
hy Gradual cloudinr
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

THAT the so-called combination between the
republicans and the anti-Tammany factions s
not happy and cordial will be seen by pc
vusal of an editorial in last evenings CONNER
rinl Adrertiser, published in another column.
No doubt the article is by that veteran editor,
Hugh Hastings.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

THE EXTRA FIVE CENTS which each paesen-
ger paid during the low fare hours OF the first
Sunday of travel on the Elevated Railroad ON
the east side have gone to the yellow fever suf.
1srers, the amount being nearly four hundred
dollars, and grumblers about the overcharge will
bctake themselves to the twining woodbine.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
-ket was fairly active, but dull and without any
,notable change in prices. Gold opened at
/. 1OOl2 and fell to 1OO3s, at which price it
closed. Government bonds were dull, States
lower and railroads generally strong. Money
ON call was easy at 6 per cent, closing at 4
Uer cent.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

The LAST SCENE of a drama which began
amid luxurious surroundings was yesterday en-
acted on the top floor Of a New Jersey Jail.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

THE LATE CARDINAL CULLEN, who had long
been known to English speaking people the
most prominent of Catholic prelates, who was
shc founder of the Catholic educational system
of Ireland, and who did not see Inconsistency
in being patriotic Irishrnan and loyal British
subject, has left a vacancy not easy to fill.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

II A MAN has any regard for his personal
safety he had better not ask for "The Witchery
of Archery" at the library Of the Department OF
Public Works
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

Mr.. WENDELL PHILLIPS was yesterday NOM
mated for Congress by some Massachusetts
greenbsckers. If elected there will ensue some
imitation speeches which will at least be en-
~;r;r
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

AN HONEST FARMER according to his own
statcment) has been arrested for merely having
had in his possession some pieces of paper called
bank notes which bore forged signature.
Every greenbacker knows that such an arrest
is an outrage upon the rights Of the honest
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

The CARD of the merchants and bankers,
,published elsewhere, in favor of Fernando
Woods reelection to Congress, is high COM
,pliment to that gentleman.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

THERE Is NOTHING that illustrates shrinkage
Of values like the atfidavits of husbands about
their incomes when in divorce proceedings mo-
ton is made for counsel fees and alimony.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

ANOTHER PADRoNE has lost one Of his little
slaves 1t is pity that he could not also have
been deprived of his liberty.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

REAL ESTATE appears to be looking up.
Prices no better than they have been, but o
number Of sales are reported, and q sale of un-
improved property, at matter what price,
generally means business.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

DEPUTY SHERIFFs SHOOT as wildly as police
men. One who was arraigned yesterday
slammed that he aimed Mt dog the bullet
which wounded the complainant.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
mr.. Campbell Dismis Mr. Cam pbeii


1t must be remembered by the reader
that the first named gentleman is the Com
missioner of Public Works, and that the
second of the name was, until yesterday,
the Chief Engineer Of the department.. On
the shoulders OF the first rests the RESPONSE
bility for all the work undertaken by and
for the city, the duties Of the engineer being
advisory and executive within certain limits.
Now, owing to the several accidents"
that have occurred at the Forty-second
street "arch," public indignation began to
be directed toward the Department OF Pub
lie Works and its officials, and criticisms,
more or less justly severe, grew unpleas-
antly frequent in the press. In storm of
this kind the first thing shrewd official
does is to cast about for Jonah until o
suitable one is found. The second move
is to cast him overheard as an
Offering to the spirits OF the tenn
pest. Shrewd officials never volun-
teer to be Jonahs under any circum-
stances, because IL is their solemn duty to
pilot the shin to port. and besides 1t Is
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
TRIPLE SH EFT
NEW YORK. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1878.

The probabilities that the heather in New
York and its riciniy today aciH be cool and clear
Tomorrow il sciH be slightly scarmer and clear
followed by gradual clostding
The New York herald., 1878-10-25

and elect knaves If they want to, then, and
not before. the party may have chance,
on some new questions, to appeal success
fully to the country.
The New York herald., 1878-10-25
By Com mn ON Consent.

It is q good while now since certain citi-
zens of Tennessee pursued into the State of
Kentucky q fugitive negro, and, pretending
to return with him toward Tennessee, killed
him on the wagon the Kentucky side of
the line-in Whitley county. Apparently
people there have no objection, and have ac-
cepted the act as good and honest one and
are not disposed to bother themselves with
what in the prejudices Of other sections of
the State might be called justice. Ten
nesseeans who have INDUCED in homicide in
Kentucky can only be forced to come into
that State by requisition upon the Cover
nor of their own State, and the Governor Of
Kentucky, who must make the requisition.
can only do 1t upon IN indictment or an
affidavit accusing the known culprits of the
crime. But there has been no indictment,
and nobody in Whitley county knows
enough or cares enough about it to make
the affidavit or has courage enough to face
the prejudices of the neighborhood by ON
act that might become the basis of proceed
ings against white men who have killed o
man who was not quite white.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-10
Sweet BinGen OF the Rhine.

&c. {. Fulton III Baltimore Alnerlcan.J
BINGEN on THE RHINE, June 16.-Hcrc
we are at "Swcet Bingen on the Rhine,"
as Mrs. Norton has described it, though we
do not find much in the town itself to war
rant her poetical enthusiasm. 1t is q very
nice little German tewn OF about 1000 in
habitants, among whom, Murray says, there
are many Jews, which is pretty much the
case everywhere, from Jerusalem to the
Eastern Shore. The travellers first inquiry
on entering the town is for the banker, and
people who have money in Europe are gen.
orally OF that persuasion. We have always
found them clever and honest people to deal
with wherever we have encountered them,
either at home or on our travels. II we
should need the replenishing of our purse
at s.Sweet Bingen'' we shall doubtless be
compelled to roam through its unsayory
streets in search OF one OF these very con-
venient gentlemen, who are scattered over
the face OF the earth for the special benefit
Of travellers.