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The New York herald., 1879-03-09
Pulpit Topics To-Day.

In many if not all of the Catholic churches
of the city to-day the subject of Archbishop
Purcell's financial troubles will lie in some
way the subject of remark and probably
some effort will be made to relieve him.
Mr.. Mayo will discuss the grounds of
Messrs. Moody and Sankey's success and
Mr.. Seward will inquire into the true foun-
dation of spiritual life. The culture of
character, which Mr.. Newton has been con-
sidering for the benefit of young people, he
will continue to-day with reference to the
influence Of circumstances ON character.
The great woman who was kind to Elisha,
the Lords prophet Of old, will be
the subject of eulogy by DR.. Rogers,
and the work Of women will receive
Mr.. Goss' attention. The influence of
women will be set forth by Mr.. Evans, and
Queen Esther's part in bringing Haman to
ruin and saving the Jews of Babylon from
death will be shown by Mr.. Moment. Com
mercial morality, which is a sort of un-
known quantity, will be described by DIR.
King, while Mr.. Martyr seeks to avert ruin
from the city and land. The doom of Sec
tarianism will be pronounced by DR.. Tai
mage md the Joy of the Christian por-
trnyed by Mr.. Colcord. Bible teetotalism
win find an advocate in Mr.. Afieck; the
rational side of the temperance question
will be presented by Mr.. Pullman; Ameri-
cas- incompatible temperance orator.
Cough, will receive fitting compliment
from an English advocate of cold water,
Mr.. Fitzwilliam, and the Church of the
future will be pictured by Mr.. J. E. Searles.
DIR. Simmons knows Gods purposes con-
cerning Cinnamon in America, and he will
reveal them to his people to-day; the
genius and mission of the Universalist
Church will be described and defined by
Mr.. Sweetser; the unanswerable argument
will be made by Mr. Hull, and the use and
abuse of crosses will be contrasted by Mr..
Davis. Evanescent piety will be deprecated
by Mr.. Virgin. and the success Of the
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
Tn. Zulu Plan OF Attack.

The advance of the Zulu army, according
to the plan of attack shown by the diagram
which we publish elsewhere this morning,
was evidently made with q very complete
knowledge of the British position and a
good conception of the invaders manner
of movement and system of covering
their trains. The horns, as it were, OF
the Zulu order of battle closed
like pair of enormous nippers on the
the troops from their supplies of ammuni-
tion by the capture of the supply train.
The front attack was, it appears, regularly
covered by skirmishers, behind whom came
q sufficient force to draw the whole atten-
tion of the British to the direction of the
general Zulu advance. While engaged
with what they deemed to be the whole
force of the enemy the flank movements
by the horns or "nippers" were completed,
and the unfortunate column was sur
rounded. It is clear that if the British
had suspected flank and rear attack they
would have fallen back on their wagon train
and utilized it for defence. Behind the
wagons the British might have pro-
longed desperate resistance until sue
cored, but in the open field they were
overwhelmed as they stood. It is very
probable that the concentrated fire of the
Zulus destroyed the greater number of the
troops before the former got near enough to
use the assegai. weapon that is not effect
i've at longer range than thirty or forty
vards
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
i. Christianity n Failure

Our correspondents who discuss the
failure or success OF Christianity are much
divided on the matter of the tests to be ap-
piled. We cannot print all that is sent us
on the subject, but this diversity is OBJ
servable in all the letters that reach us.
The sceptics who pronounce it
failure furnish catalogues of clerical GRIM
inals or even of clergymen accused OF crime,
and say these are the fruits of Christianity.
The orthodox point to catalogue of good
men and say Christianity has not
failed, because these are its BIOS
SONS. Others again say that there were
as many good men proportionally before
Christ as since; just as there were strong
men before Agamemnon. Into the discus
sion, too, are protruded the strifes and
chickering's of sects, each blaming the other
for Christianity's practical shortcom:-
ings. Again, others make it the ground
of quibbling over small doctrinal points
But the question is wider far Has Christian
ity failed is it failing to satisfy spiritually
those put down as its children? Has it
failed to control actually its professed be-
so, is it because Christianity is spirit
ually inadequate or morally impo-
tent? If not, is it because Church
expositions of the Christian spirituality
are non-luminous or Church systems
incapable of presenting moral precepts SO
that they will enforce themselves Is it
Christianity or the Christian churches that
are to blame? What is the remedy? Let
those who affirm the failure of Christianity
show yearning age whether man as he exists
to-day can be subjected to any moral power
that will make him perfect to his neighbora and
himself. Let the Christian show how oil
that is good in Christianity can be most
forcibly brought to bear on man. No one
afirms that all the possible good in Christi
anity is wrought. We have. to be sure, ex-
pressions of SNUG satisfaction that parsons
and prizes is do their work reasonably we'll;
but the priest is only particle in the great
uuestiOr
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
Evidence OF Periury.

There Is little room to doubt that, in
some quarter or another, gross and wilful
perjury has been committed in the progress
of the Vanderbilt will case. The conflicting
testimony cannot be explained away in any
other manner. 1t is not case in which one
witness takes one view of existing facts and
another witness takes another view, and in
which the two give directly opposite, but
still each in his own belief truthful, evil
dence. Hero are some witnesses swearing
to actual occurrences which other wit
nesses swear never had existence to con-
versations with persons which those
persons swear never took place; to Sc
cret and confidential negotiations with men
who in their turn make oath that they never
knew aud never saw the parties thus testi-
flying until they appeared on the witness
stand. No sane person can doubt that the
crime of wilful perjury has been committed
by some one in this scandalous case, and
as a matter of public concern the guilty
parties ought to be brought to
punishment. To suffer so self-evident
crime to pass by unnoticed Is to
offer reward to false witnesses in all such
cases, and no mans last will and testament
will be safe from assault. The District At
torney will probably regard it as his duty
to examine the testimony given before the
Surrogate with . view to ascertaining
whether there Is ground for the institution
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
The County clerk and Register.


Currency is given to the report that the
Governor intends to take official action
against the Register and County Clerk on
the grounds hitherto advanced against these
officers with respect to charges made for
services under their authority, and our
Albany correspondent is of opinion that
this report is not mere idle rumor. While
we are not disposed to believe that the Gov
ernor would act in o case of this nature
without mature deliberation, we must con-
slider that decision to remove these func-
tionaries implies that the Executive has not
fully examined the case in all it's aspects.
AS we have hitherto pointed out the facts
that are the basis of the complaints against
Messrs. Gumbleton and Loew are part of
system-it is, we believe, vicious sys-
tenn; but these men did not invent it
and have not extended it beyond the limits
at which they found it. They are not NOR
ally responsible for it +; they are not officially
to blame for it's existence. They went on
with it as they found it-a system which
had grown under their predecessors and
acquired the sanction of usage and the assent
of the many citizens who deal with these
Offices officially. Now, the citizens that
specially deal with these departments are not
of the general public that may be deceived
as to its rights and be imposed upon with
out q murmur. They are, on the contrary,
lawyers who know their rights very we'll
and are vigorous in their defence. That
they permitted this system to exist for
years is under one of their own rules an
evidence thatit has some justifable if not
strictly legal origin. They are right, as we
believe, in their endeavors to secure a re-
form. BY all means reform any part of the
public service which needs it. But do not
make victims of incumbents guilty of no
other offence than that Of administering
Offices under the system they found in op-
GRAFTON.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

and lakes. For the line that the Khedive
conceived, from the Nyanzas to the Indian
Ocean, he proposed to establish self-de-
Tending and selfsupporting stations at
thirty miles from one another. And pro-
ject very similar is what appears to be pro-
posed for the whole length of the Congo
Valley by the International Association, of
which the King of the Belgians is the main
support Such stations, peopled by Ameri-
can citizens of African descent, might be-
come important elements of great CONNER
cial enterprise.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
THE LONG BRANCH FIRE.
ARREST OF THE HousEKEEPER OF THE OCEAN
HOTEL ON A CHARGE OF NcENDIAnIsA--
LOCKED UP IN wRErCHED CELL.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEnALp.1


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEnALp.1
LONG BRANcH. March 8. 1879.
Maggie Lcary. housckecper of the Ocean Hotel. was
arrested at noon to-day and confined in the lookup
at the upper village on suspicion of having set rs
to the hotel last Saturday night. Your corrcspon-
dent hearing of her arrest, visited the lookup.
which Is located under the engine house. and was
admitted by the jailer. who wished 70 keep the
fact OF her incarceration q secret from the
fremen. narrow passage and rckcty pair Of
stairs led to the dmly lighted cellar where the pris
oner had boon confined throughout the afternoon.
Tho cell contained wooden bunk and q chair, the
latter occupied by Maggie Lesry. who had wrapped
an old army blanket about her feet; and wonder.
for the place was miscrably damp and cold. Tho
Are though he had made known the deficiency over 8
week ago. 10 he could do nothing when the woman
wn s or sno would recze to death She postive.
denied any connection with the firing OF the hotel
And said that she had been arrested at house whore
she had been staying during the week by an ofhcor
who said that her papers and letters had been found
near the spot where tho flames originated. He had
taken her TO the 'Squres house, where that ofhcial
informed her that Mr.. Leland had caused her arrest
and she would have to be locked up over Sunday.
She said tha. she he'd no legal advice. and did noe
believe her friends knew OF her incarceration.
wiy SHE WAS ARnKsrEp.
Mr.. warren Leland. Jr., was next called upon. He
said that Prosecutor Lanning had complained 10 him
that the Commissioners were holding secret meetings
and he the Prosecutor) had reason TO suspect that
they intended to tako Miss Lcary to New York to
have their detectives work up the there. Beliov
ing that he had sufficient evidence to convict her he
did not wish the Commissioners to get tho credit
after he had done the work. and Il was his
duty not to allow a suspected person To icave
the place. On the strength OF the Prosecutors
allegations the warrant had been sworn out. Tho
investigating committee adjourned yesterday, and 10
preparing report to be presented TO tho Board OF
Commissioners. When questioned ~ to the suhject
they said they had not been informed of the Prosru
tors intention considered arrest PREMATURE
In view OF the fact that he knew they we're snycsti
eating the csso.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

Church, Notwithstanding. will be predioated
by Mr.. w. N. Searles. The wages of sin
and the gift of God will be put in opposite
scales by Mr. Van Alstyne, and the iimita-
tions of Christs blessing will be fixed and
indicated by Mr.. Rowell. After the fearful
sowing of years existence Mr.. Lloyd and
his church will come to-day to the joyous
roaming time
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

OWING TO THE SEVERE FRosTs fox hunting
In England this season has been almost an en-
tire failure. The pcrils Of the sport, which I'M
der the most favorable circumstances are very
great, have been immeasurably increased by the
unfavorablc weather, and accidents in the hunt
ing field have been exceedingly numerous. Our
London letter on the subject will be found inter-
eating.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
Some statistics OF Newspaper baking.

Some Statistics OF Newspaper Making.
We are compelled this morning to again
print quintuple sheet of the HERALD to
meet the demands of advertisers who oc-
cupy sixty-eight columns of our space.
Apart from the great amount of extra labor
required to set the immense quantity of
type required by this increase of size, the
single item of stereotyping reaches ex-
traordinary dimensions AS fourteen plates
are made of each page of the HERALD our
issue of to-day calls for two hundred
and eighty plates; each of these weighs
fifty pounds, so the full set requires
about fourteen thousand pounds, or
seven tons of metal from which to print
this single edition. In round numbers
about three millions of pieces of type have
been picked up, one at time, by COM
positors to prepare the pages for the stereo-
typers, and more than hundred and fifty
men were required to set the type, make
the plates and print the paper. These
figures will give our readers some idea,
though only an imperfect one, of the amount
of work necessary to the printing of single
copy of the HERALD.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY-The stock mar
ket was less active and prices showed but
slight fluctuations. Government bonds were
firm, States irregular and railroads strong.
Money on call lent ut 3 312 per cent advanced
to per cent and closed at 3 per cent.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

The Duke OF CoNNAUGHr is, it seems, the
favorite member of the English royal family
with Kaiser Wilhelm. Our Berlin letter gives q
gossipy description of the bride-eleet her father
and the Hohenzollerns generally. The alliance
IA not the work of the diplomatists.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR VERDICT against
. street car company yesterday will, perhaps,
convince those corporations that crippling one OF
their patrons for life is not very funny as they
sunDOsed.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

Two YEARS of the administration have
passed and civil service reform has got as far as
the approval of another ''plan" ut Washington.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

the money it can get to pay its debts Why not
cut down the small army of Tammany office
holders That is the army New York would like
to GEO reduced.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

OUR PARIS LETTER this morning contains
some pleasant gossip concerning the theatre in
France. Since the fall of the Empire the thea
tire has taken the place of the Court in the
world of fashion and amusement.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
OUINTUPLE SH E EFT
NEW YORK, SUNDAY. MARCH Q, 1879.

The probabilities are that the reafher Z" Ne~
York and its rici,lity to-day ,ciH be ,carmer and
partly cloudy, NTH occasional rains. Tomorrow
IL ,ciH be ra,m and partly cloudy, possibly 'ciih
rain, tollo,ced by clearing and cooler tceothcr.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
Woofnx virginia.

Having captured the heart of California
and the Pacific coast by sacrificing the un-
offending Chinaman. Mr.. Blaine. it will be
seen from our Richmond dispatches, is lay
ing desperate siege to Virginia and her in
teresting sisters. The Maine statesman is
the most accomplished of wooers. No one
knows better than he that ''every door is
barred with gold and opens but to golden
keys" and, of course he is too shrewd to
be placed at disadvantage in his
suit. The particular golden key with
which the Maine Senator has deter
mined to unlock the door to Virginia's
affections is railroad, the old flag and an
appropriation. and, if our dispatches accu-
rately describe the state of the young lady's
affections she is ready to throw herself into
his arms for better, for worse until per-
chance the Presidential election do them
part. This little political love making is
exceedingly interesting and we do not
wish to interfere in any way with its prog
ress. Far be it from us to forbid the
banns. But, if the contamination SO de-
voutly to be wished for is to take place,
Virginia ought to insist upon one tnlng-
namely, that Mr. Blaine settle down in the
old homestead of his maternal grandmother
to whom he SO touchingly alludes and get a
complete divorce from her Maine rival
whom he has SO long worshipped. MIR.
Blaine is gay deceiver. He turned his
back upon Pennsylvania long ago, abandon
ing her for her northern cousin. Virginia
ought to be warned in time. railroad, an
appropriation and the old flag are handy
things to have in the house, but she ought
to insist upon Mr.. Blaine remaining to
watch and preserve them against political
tramps. Does Mr.. Blaine really mean to
take his we'll filed carpet bag and settle
down in the home of his grandparent?
Virginia may yet become the grandmother
of President.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

An INDIAN CAMPAIGN, it would appear from
she military preparations that are making in
Washington, is expected by the War Depart
ment this spring. Montana is the seat of trouble
this time, but we shall be fortunate if hostili-
ties are confined to that section. 1t is some con-
ISOLATION to know that the administration has
learned something from past experience and is
taking time and the Indians by the fOrelock.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09

Washington, is expected by the War Depart
ment this spring. Montana is the seat of trouble
this time but we shall be fortunate if hostili-
ties are confined to that section. 1t is some
ISOLATION to know that the administration has
learned something from past experience and is
taking time and the Indians by the forelock.
SOME INTERESTING but depressing facts con-
corning scarlet fever i'm the public schools ap-
pear on another page. The public will admit
that the Board of Education labors under some
serious difficulties in its attempts to prevent the
spread of this scourge; but until the Board
makes use of some humble facilities it already
has-windows, doors and other vcntilators-it is
questionable whether it would make proper use
of any additional powers. The rapidity with
which infectious and contagious diseases spread
in unventilated rooms is known to every one
but our School Commissioners.
The WEATuER.-Thc movement of the de-
preston which lay over the districts west of the
Mississippi River yesterday was very slow, on
account of the organization within it Of centre
of very low pressure over the Northern Missouri
Valley. This low centre commenced advancing
eastward last evening, and it will pass through
the central valleys, reaching the Middle Atlantic
States tomorrow evening. The influence of the
disturbance was felt in o most marked manner
in our district last evening. To the general obscr
vcr the weather did not appear very changeablc.
The early part of the day wns bright and cool,
but toward night, ~ predicted by tho HERALD,
. very rapid change took place and tho sky be-
came overcast and threatening. Rain com
mcnccd falling about ten o'clock. The precipi-
tation ia rrcatcSt in the lake regions where the
temperature is relatively low. In the other dis
tricts generally fair weather prevails. The
temperature rose considerably in the central
valley districts and tho West. In the other SEQ
tions of the country it has not varied very much
The winds have been light in all tho districts
except the West, near the centre Of tho disturb
snce, and in the Southwest, where the gradients
arc getting sleeper. The approaching disturb
ancc is likely to prove q severe one particularly
OH tho Atlantic coast districts In the lake re-
gions tho attendant rains will be heavy. Re-
ports from Ohio state that the Sandrsky River
is very much swollen by the rapid accumulation
of water above tho loo gorges, causing largo
amount of damage to dwelling houses. Severe
thunder storms prevailed over Lake Ontario yes
tcr,,ay. and considerable damage was done by
lightning. The storm in California has proved one
of the most disastrous experienced there formany
years Several lives have been lost, and the de-
struction Of property was immense. Live stock is
said TO have suffered very much in the central
districts. The weather ia New York and its
vicinity to-day will be warmer and partly
cloudy with occasional rains. Tomorrow IL
will bc warm and partly cloudy, possibly with
rain, followed by clearing and cooler wcsthcr.
The New York herald., 1879-03-09
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

PARK rHEATRE-EscAcxp
BROADWAY THEATRE-H NJ. s. PnAroRE
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-THRo' THE DARK.
LYCEUM THEATRE-PrSAroRE and SoRcKnkR-
wALLACKs-A SCRAP or PAPER
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-LoHENGnN
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-MY Son.
WINDSOR rHEATRE-H N. S. PiSAroRE.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-rnK BASkER's DAUGHTER
THEATRE CoMIQUE-MuLIcAS GUARD BALL
NIBLO's THEATRE-BLAcx CRoox.
BOwERY THEATRE-Kr.
STANDARD THEATRE-H NJ. s. PrNAFoRk
OLYMPIC rHEATRE-LA CicALE
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELS-HIs MUD Scow
TONY PAsTOR'S-PISAroRE BURixsouE
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARlgrY.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-RxD RIDING Hooo.
AMERICAN observation-disclosures
MASONIC HALL-THE MDcErs.
BREWSTER HALL-PEpxsrRIANisx
GILMORE'S GARDEN-INTERSArIoSAL WALKING MATCH
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE-RoBISsoS CRusoK
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-12
A North Carolina Sampson.
Evening Post.

A negro named Elijah, who died some
time ago at Oxford, N. G., was famous
throughout the whole region for his
amazing strength. He was feet
inches high and weighed 23O pounds. He
could take up barrel containing 80 OF
40 gallons, stand erect and hold the bung
to lis mouth and drink out of it; he
could throw an ordinary-sized anvil 25
yards; ne could "puli down" four men
with hand-spike at one time; he could
shoulder and carry log that would
make rs or 100 rails, and could lift a
three-year-old colt over an eight-rail
fence. He once killed deer on May
fields Mountain with rock, overlook
and dispatched black bear with an ak,
and caught and ham strung ferocious
bull.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-12

the first Baltimore County Fair. John
Sherman is to be there to-day, and next
to Mr.. Hayes he is probably the most
important man in the country.
On the morning of the Maine election
the Cincinnati Gazette remarked:
"Maine speaks to-day, and we feel it in
our bones that the Republicans will be
victorious"
1t is to be hoped that the bones feel
better to-day. Perhaps it was only a
light touch of rheumatism.
Philadelphia Stsr.l
The farmers of Wayne County, N. Y,
are alarmed because man from Ohio
threatens to sue them for using a process
for bleaching dried apples, which he
claims to have patented.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-12
Miss AicOtt at the Registry Office,
Boston Commonwealth.

An eye witness reports the appearance
of Louisa NJ. Alcott before the Selectmen
of Concord to secure registration for her
self. 1t was several weeks ago. Miss
Alcott meant to register early. She said
to the authority, 81 want to have my
name put on the register that may vote
for School Committee" Every well, -
said the Selectman; "have you brought
your receipt for last years tax| "No,"
said Miss Alcott, II did not know it was
necessary" "You will have to bring it,"
"Won't this years tax receipt do just as
well~ "Oh, yes; but you have not paid
it," A little comical look came on hel
face as she said, 81 never did banker to
pay my taxes, but now | am in hurry
to pay them" The Selectman, as much
amused as Miss Alcott, got the tax bill
made out by the assessor, and then and
there Miss Alcott paid it, and was the
first woman to register in the town Of
Concord.