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The New York herald., 1879-03-17
Pulpit and stage.

It will be matter for regret if the old
quarrel, lately renewed, between the pulpit
and the stage should continue without any
good results whatever, but such will be the
case until both sides elevate the tone of tho
discussion by abandoning certain glaring
errors of fact and logic. Clergymen should
stop denying, merely because some plays are
unclean, that the stage is competent to be
q moral teacher-unless, indeed, they are
prepared to taboo the press, poetry and gen.
eral literature, because some journals and
books foster immoral tendencies. Another
shameful ministerial blunder is the charge
that theatres have galleries or seats set
apart for lewd women, for the decricd
custom, which never was general, was
entirely abandoned o generation ago.
The argument that the theatre is step
ping stono to the rumshop is another
favorite bit OF ministerial nonsense, the
truth being that barrooms near theatres are
no moro numerous, no better patronized
than those about railway stations, steam
boat landings, post Offices and other places
where men most do congrcgate. The bars
most frcqucnted in New York arc nearer
the mass of religious newspaper Offices
than TO any theatre how would the rev.
erend gentlemen conducting these Journals
like theatre audiences to rotort in kind ?
On the other hnnd, apologists for the stage
should stop holding up Shakespeare as
their representative author; for, incalcu-
lablo as tho master dramatists influ-
cnco is, the stage is seldom the
medium through which it works. If
Shakespeare were to-day writing as
once he wrote no manager in America
would accept his plays ON any terms what
over. Nor should they confound what
might bo with what is because tho stage
can and does sometimes teach morality with
force that no book and hardly my sermon
can equal no sane man should try to per-
suado people that 1t always does so. Bo-
cause virtue is to triumph and vice bo
bafled in the fifth oct it is Too much to do
mand that four acts of unclean suggestion
are to be hopefully endured by people of
decent birth and breeding. Tho stage is ON
established institution which tho pulpit
cannot possibly destroy, but tho standard
of which IL can raiso by substituting intel
ligenoe in argument for ignorance and
prejudice, while the theatre. which needs 4
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state Rights and Yellow Fever.

State Rights and Yellow Fever.
At last the Southern politicians find
themselves face to face with an opponent
who cannot be compelled to recognize State
lines, who is indifferent to political geog.
raphy. and though he has preference for
Southern countries as the sphere Of hia
operations has no regard to considerations
OF sectional politics. Yellow Jack is his
name, and tropical America is to great
extent his nation. He is very grim
reality for the people of the Gulf States, az
the last summer showed, and as it is aps
pretended the coming summer may show
again; and intelligent men in Congress, and
in tho medical profession, outside of politics
altogether, and the press generally, we be-
lieve. and certainly the HEnALD-all
these did.what lay in their power to urge
the completion of the national quarantine
law that would systematize the protection
of the Southern people from the repetition
of last years calamity. But the politicians
would not have il. It touched the doctrine
of State rights it was anti-democratic il
assumed the dominance Of the principle
maintained by the North in the war. They
would permit the country at large to sup
ply funds for the quarantine, but the States
must handle them. Otherwise, welcome yell
low fever. We sincerely trust that they may
not have to welcome the yellow fever. but
if it comes the Southern people ought to
remember who is to blame and reflect upon
the advantages and disadvantages Of this
fresh cultivation of ancient sectional issues
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81. Patrick Again.


One historical point ABOUT the fine old
saint whose anniversary we celebrate to-day
is OF character that makes people OF NIL
other nations envy the Irish most wiekedly-
ST. Patrick was a gentleman. There are
philosophers, principally of the positivst
school, who will insist that any ono who
can be saint is naturally gentleman also.
but it will not do those who arc con-
noisseurs in living saints know better.
peculiar fact about most saints. so called,
who can be inspected with the earthly eye
is that everybody wildly wishes them in
natural impulse would be to keep them
here. The critical, contemptuous spirit
which is born of science. falsely SO called,
may claim that there is nothing so wonder
full about being gentleman in Ireland
fifteen centuries ago, for at that timo Irish
manners had not been corrupted by contact
with Englishmen, there were no foreign
made laws to swear at until o man forgot
his politeness. and barrels that conveyed
the fragrant mountain dew abroad did not
return filed with cheap American whiskey.
which will knock the gentloman out of any
body, saints not excepted, quicker than
anything else in tho world except Captain
Williams club. But such would-be critics
know not of what they speak. Ireland
lacked the annoyances mentioned, but, on
the other hand, Scotchmen were continually
sneaking into the Green Isle at tho north,
and Scotchman is generally enough to
make any saint swear, unless the good man
has been dead long enough to be canonized (;
there was not potato on the island, and
this being the case any idiot can under
stand that there could not have been any
poteen; chimncys were unknown, so that
smoke in tho eyes, which would cause even
Chesterfield to forego manners for an in
definite period, was q common experience,
and there was very ''swelt' set, called
Druids, whose arrogance and underhand
ways must have taxed good mans ur-
banity and courtesy to the uttermost.
And yet, st. Patrick was gentleman;
it is highly creditable to the Irish
race that this fact is the keynote Of the
classic ode which embodies the saint's his
tory, and that next to it and like unto it is
the statement that he was mnn Of fine
family she came from dacint people," as
was eminently proper for him to do, for il
o man is going to regenerate nation SO that
nll families may be first families and with
out mistake it is important that he should
have some experience in the points of de-
sirable pedigrees. Such being the charac-
ter of the man whom every nation would be
glad to have in its local saints calendar il
is in order to propose the time honored
sentiment, "Then luck attend st. Patrick's
fist" for the only side of fist that a gen.
tleman shows is the inside, where he dis.
plays also the palm that real saints most
| like to have waved toward them.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans registered ct the
Paris Office Of the HERALD on Saturday,
Carlin Lieutenant Colonel William p. and wife
Seventeenth infantry. United States Army. Hotel d.
la Couronnc.
Croveling a. c.. St. Louis. 20 Boulevard des capu
cinos.
Eaton. S. B.. New York.
MacClevey, Richard, New York.
shearman, Mrs. NJ. N. New York, No. 60 Boule.
ward do eourcelles
Sherman. W. s.. Rochester. Hotel do st. Peters.
bourg
Southworth, Mrs. W. p. Cleveland. Ohio, Hotel
Binda.
Smith ,Alpheus NJ. New Haven, Hotel do pAmi-
raute
stobs Miss M. X, New York. No. 90 Boulevard do
Courcclles.
Thaycr. +. L.. st. Louis. Hotel do st. Petersbourg.
President Hayes and family will be In Now York
April 30.
30 is hydrophobia-
Now that winter has departed tho whitehall Time
wishes peace to its ashes.
Congressman whitcakcr. of Oregon. left Chicago
on saturday evening. and will arrive in Washington
this morning.
vesuvius isnt much OF torchlight procession just
now. II has tapcrcd OF that ia. to oxplan IL II not
much moro than taper.
London has $4,000 consumptivcs. of whom 1000
dic every year; yei in all England thcrc
modations for only 1000 patients.
Kcokuk Cossfstufion: :--sTho reason why lady has
mover bccoinp famous a paragrapher IL that two
limo paragraph with ton limo postscript s . fail
urc."
Tho Oneida community since the latc crusade has
been receiving three applications day from per.
sons who wish to become members. Tho applicants
arc not received
senator John p. Jones, of Nevada. was tendorcd
complimentary dinner at the Union League Club, on
Saturday evening. by Colonel Drake do Kay. num-
ber of distinguished politicians and private citizens
were present.
General Garfield. who visited chinatown" in San
francisco. with Senator Sargent. aud who grow sick
At his stomsch from the sights there. says that .
Chinaman should bc permitted To come TO this FREQ
country. although bill might be passed TO prevent
the Importation of coolic slaves.
Mr.. stoughton, Minister to Sc. Petersburg. has
boon obliged TO succumb to the severity of tho Rus
sim winter. and by tho advice of his physicAns has
loft with his family for Southern Italy. whore no will
remain several months. In tho absence at Washing
ton of Colonel Hoffman, the Secretary Of Legation.
Mr.. Hayden Edwards. Consul General. win have
charge Of the legation.
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great reputation; to weaken the hold he
has on the hearts of the people; to descend
to tho level of common men-a descent into
the mire from an elevation rarely attained
by any man in history. Those who would
tempt him to this fall are not his friends,
but his worst and most dangerous enemies
The New York herald., 1879-03-17
Matches TO Como.

The tremendous impetus given to pedes-
trianism by the great international tramp,
and particularly by tho pleasing quantity
Of gate money gathered in at the Gilmore's
Garden box Office, suggests that now or never
is the time tor other contests of the same
sort. Many of these suggest themselves,
and among them is match between
Sitting Bull or any other Indian and
General Howard or any other represen-
tative of that compulsory skeleton. the
United States Army. The only belt to be
struggled for III such case would be that
belt of territory which offered most grass
and water for the contestants. Then, as a
struggle purely local, the public will back
Captain Williams club against any other
athletic club in existence, and guaran-
tee that tho present Police Commission
will see that the popular nominee
wins if any amount of official blindness
and duplicity can advance his prospects.
The belt in the encounter suggested would.
considering the proclivities OF ono of the
contestants, be what street gamins denonii-
nato ga belt over the head" A match be-
tween MI. Thurman, tho famous athlete of
the West, and Mr.. Tilden, who is ''little,
but, oh, my!" is also in order, and will
probably come off within a few months. In
this contest the Ashley rules would be necos-
sary, for unless both men are allowed to
run the conflict would not be interesting
enough to bring in gate money, and gnte
monoy-even although some may adopt the
subterfuge Of spelling it ''gait"-is the
grand and final object of oil contests.
Within day or two an interesting match.
on the dead run, may be witnessed between
Randall-who, according to his friends,
might have won in the great national cham
pionship race of nearly four years ago had
not his principal antagonist rolled barrel
Of money along the track in front of him
and Blackburn, of Kentucky. who has no
record to speak Of. but is said to have
any quantity of spirits, tho same being
quite influential when rightly used-that
is, with sugar and lemon juice. Perhaps
the most interesting, to New Workers, of
strifes for the championship will be between
the four Police Commissioners and the
The latter arc the stronger in responsible
hackers. but the former can depend upon
q strong force of ''heclers," who may break
into and destroy the new ring soas to compel
general falling back upon the old one.
The judge and umpire in this desperate
struggle may have moro to do than the par
ticipants in deciding who is tho winner.
but Cooper should not tnlze advantage of
his position to ''stavo OFF, any self-evident
verdict, while the umpire, although at Al
hany, is not far enough from the scene to
have failed to notice tho general system of
heel-kicking, toe-mashing. old sojering and
other trickery that has enabled the old four
to hold the track for years against oil COM
potitors, although for a long time two of
them have been on only by courtesy, and
the other two have merely been going
through the motions Of the work for which
they have never neglected to bag gate
money.
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larger body of patrons. should aim. by fur
ther purifying itself, to please that great
number OF respectable people who have had
frequent cause to partially agree with tho
preachers
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

THE SCORES made at the short srangc rifle
tournament in this city last week wefe-excelhnt.
However it may be in pedestrianism, orr national
supremacy Mt the target is not in veryasreat dan
uer
The New York herald., 1879-03-17
ALL HAIL ST. PATRICK!

By A TYPocRApHIcAL ERROR wetwere made
to say yesterday that the number If advertise
ments in our qrintuple sheet was 33, ,447, in
stead of 3, ,447.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

Dr. NEWMAN, of this city, and the I1v. Mr.
Thompson, of Newport. arc indignantOver the
late walking match. In their opinion tho cx-
hibition was everything that was horrible, full
of all manner of wickelpess and cvil4 and
shameful count in the Indictment against our'
Christian civilization. But suppose the' match
had been for the benefit of church fair-whata
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

ALTHOUGH the Empire is no more Frlnee still
remains the arbitress Of fashion. Eastern ideas
IN DRESS it will be seen from the ettcl~elsewhere
printed. rule the hour III the gaYcapital.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17
Russia,s Alternative.

The Importance of the news from oui
Tashkend correspondent lies In the indi-
cation that Russia is contemplating the
emergency that may arise in the event OF
humiliating surrender of Yakoob Khan
to the British invaders. Such a com.
promise might be made as would
render the Ameer only yassal of Great
Britain. From the first, Russia seems to
have had very slight faith in Yakoob Khan's
good will. The technicality resorted to
for dismissing the Afghan ambassadors
need not have been raised. The Embassy
left Mazar-i-Sharif with full powers to treat.
Diplomatically, as we'll as legally. speaking
the King of a State never dies. Yakoob
Khan was at the head OF the State, and the
fact that Shere Ali had placed him there
prior to his death was an indication that he
intended him for his successor. Therefore,
80 far as the rights of the elder sons of Dost
seem to be estopped from saying that
Yakoob Khan is o usurper, having
recognized his father, Shere Ali. as
Ameer. The recent return of DR.. Javorsky
with the intelligence that Yakoob's
title to the throne has already been
contested. may have much to do with this
move. The instruction was so promptly
crushed at Tashkourgan, Balkh and Mazar-
i-Sharif that the real strength of the defec-
tion may only be known to Russia. That
General Kaufmann should, under such cir
cumstances, send for Abderrahman Of Cabul
points significantly to possible aspira-
tions which he may have and in which he
may bo aided and encouraged by Russia.
Without going into tho subject on this oc-
casion it can be seen at glance that very
interesting problem might be formulated.
Persia not only wants to reannex Herat, but
the people would rather be under Persian
than English rule. Aid her, therefore, to
retake it. Rouse the old followers of Dost
Mahomet and, branding Yakoob as traitor.
drive him out of Cabul before the British can
enter it. Let England retain what shs
already occupies Of Afghanisten, but set
bounds to her further advancement Such
things cannot, however, be done through
Abderrahman. His record as warrior is
not good, although, according to European
rules of primogeniture, he is the head of the
younger branch of the Durani line
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

In THE SERMONS YESTERDAY, whichsare elsc-'
where reported, variety OF interesting sub
jects are discussed First, we have Mr.. Bcecher
on the Chinese question and the future of the
great West, with its marvellous industry and
growth. The Chinese, Mr.. Deecher believes, we
should welcome, and the West We must instruct
and prepare for salvation. The Church and the
theatre was the theme Of Mr.. Swcetser, who
took the broad and sensible ground that the
stage, when its influence is for good, 0ughts not
TO be divorced from religion Mr.. Hcpwurth
eloquently explained tho meaning AMI influence
Of Christianity; MIR. Talmage culogird the munc
of Jesus. and Bishop Simpson preached OH tho
brotherhood OF humanity. The BifAe and its
literature were discussed by Mr.. Frotmngham
from the matcrinlistic point of view.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17


The WEArnER.-The narrow zone Of high
barometer which extended from the South
Atlantic coast northwestwardly has moved
northward and now overlies the Eew England
States and the Lake regions. Thospressurc has
decreased considerably within its area in fact,
1t is now only relatively high. 1t is connected
with large area Of high bapmetcr, which.ex-
tends over the Northwest. The deprcssionrcfer-
red TO in yesterdays HERALD rs moving in the
Southwest has advanced intOthe central valley
districts ItsinfnGnce, however, preceded it moro
rapidly and now is felt in the Middle Atlantic
States and the lower1lake regionJwhero thcbarom-
etcr Is falling steadily. Heavy rains havofsllcn
in the Mississippi Valley, while slcct and snow
have been general. from tho Alleghanics to tho
Rocky Mountain regions In the lake regions
aud eastward to tho ocean snow fell yesterday
morning but the weather cleared up-during tho
day. The winds have been generally fresh
throughout tho country. except in some sections
Of the Wcst, where strong winds Of local devcl-
opmcnt AFRO reported. The temperature has
risen in the central valley and Gulf districts,
has fallen in tho Northwest and has remained
variable elsewhere. Steep gradients will he
formed on the northwestcrn margin of tho dis
turbancc now IN thcCcntrM MISSISSIPPI valley,
and strong northeast to northwest gales arc
likely To prevail during today and to4nor-
row. Tho approaching disturbance will prob
ably develop considerable energy as IL
moves toward the Middle Atlantic coast, and
there are indications of the formation of sub
sidiary centre Of disturbance, which is likely to
pass TO thc eastward of the Allcghanics until it
reaches tho vicinity of Cape Ilattcras, where 1t
will join the main centre, causing severe weather
in that region. Tho wind il blowing from tho
eastward ut Iiolyhead, showing that tho centrc
Of disturbance is aboutto arrive ON the dny pre-
dictcd, tho 18th. Thowcathcr in New York aud
It, vicinity to-day will be of the usual 18th Of
March ordcr--i C., cooler and cloudy, with snow
or rain. Tomorrow IL will be cold and cloudy,
with rain or snow. followed toward evening by
CLEARING and colder weather.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

TIE GREAT WALK OF To-DAY-St. htrich's
procession.
The New York herald., 1879-03-17

MAY TIE Coop SAINTS MEMORY uemain for
ever green!
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MP RL1LNES REMEDY.

In a forcible cff-hand speech at the Chamber
| of Commerce banquet last month, Senator
! Blaine touched upon the question OF the I'M
| satisfactory condition of our ocean carrying
! trade. and showed in the few minutes he was
| on his feet such a grasp OF ali the facts bear
! inc upon the subject, and such thorough COM
! nrebcnsion of their significance, that the mer-
| chants present were DESTROYS Of hearing fur
! tber from h1m on the same topic. Especially
! were thew eager to learn what remedy he
had to offer for the evil which he so wildly
described. SO they joined at once in an invita-
| tiou to the Senator to address the business men
| Of New-York on "the Decay Of American
&" Commerce and the Means for Promoting its
4" Revival MIR. Blaine has been detained in
| Washington by the prOtracted session oil
| Congress beyond the season for holding pub
lie meetings, and instead Of making speech
| ne does the next best thing and writes let
| fer. which we print on another page. lie goes
over the ground of his former address with
Greater fitness of fact and force of argument,
noipting out the causes which have cut down
the proportion of our exports and imports car
riod in American bottoms from fve-sevenths
of the total tonnage in 1857 to two-scyenths
in 1878: shows by PLAIN figures the enormous
actual money loss we are suffering by giving
the lions share of the profits on our ocean
freightage to foreigners, and sounds note
| of alarm for the safety Of resumption II this
| condition Of things is to continue.
Mr.. Bane's plan for restoring the American
fag to its old proud position IN the mercan-
| file marine of the world is simple and direct.
Other nations have built up their carrying
or slT
we would successfully compete with them we
! must, SAYS Mr.. Blaine, do the same. Oar
modern sailing ships, be thinks, need no
subsidies Relieve them from unjust burdens
| of taxation, and from port charges ana
/ ouarantine exactions at home, and from OPP
! prrssions by our cCusuls abroad, ana they
/ will hold their OWE with their rivals under
! other flags. But The invention OF the iron
| hull, the screw aud the compound engine,
diminishing the space and weight OF ma
! chinery and coal, and increasing the capacity
for freight, has given to ocean steamships
! an advantage they did not enjoy in the palmy
DAYS of our commercial marine. II we would
| reconduer our old share OF the ocean trade
we must, therefore, encourage by Government
aid the building and running OF IRON steam
sbips. MIR. Baiuc's idea is much broader THAN
any one project or any number OF projects for
! gIbsldizng special lines. lie advocates gen
| eral law that shall give to any man or COM
many of men who will build in an American
| ward. with American material by American
mechanics, IA steamship OF 5000 tons anu san
her from any port of the United States 10 any
foreign port, for monthly line mail allow
ance of $25 per mile per annum. Tor the SAIL
ing distance between the two ports; for a
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friend whom nc OBTAINING VITA bis talk told him he
would certainly miss the coach He ut once spread
large blue CLOAK floor took ont all the ORA vcrs
from q chest turned the contents the cloak one
bnOtted together tue opposite ~ the cloak ran
of and caught the cOacn, though what my lord butler,
groom OF the chambers, said to 10 nryer vas k.Oan
Mr. Murat Hastead, III giving hts reasons
why he should accept the War Secctsryship II it
offered 10 him. Ia reported saying: Because
don't know anything about The Cuiios OF the ofnce
don't anything about them. don't want 10 know
anything about them. don't know the line from the
STAFF and II in that Office would raising thGnder all
the time with everybody round Why the Secretary
OF War is only clerk 10 the President, and am sure
would be clerk to the President There Ia no
money in 1t for couldn't afford to leave my busl-
ness here and 90 Washington to fool with Cabinet
Office couldn't get the Office wantedit; wouldn't
have II could get thy would be fools giye IL
N would take IL. The thing Is too absurd give
any serious thought TO- haven't seriously considered
1t because have looked upon 10 being foolish
aud certain l DO not propose 10 be bothered
about IT."
FREDERICTON, n. B., June 1S.-Governor
Garccon, OF Maine RcsrAdmirals Boggs aud Prebe Of
the United States Navy the Hon. T. Appleton Of Boston,
General Anderson Of Portland. Me- and H. W. Wfds g.
j. Talbot and j. +. Anderson, railway commissioners OF
Maine, left to-day for the Woodstock country.