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The daily gazette., 1879-01-28
WEDNESDAY,
The 5th day Of FEBRUARY, 1879,


Al o'clock p. m. the following deser. bel
Real Estate, Wis:
All that certain lot of land with a three
story briek dwelling hsase thereon, STU
ate IN the city Of Wilmington, bounded
aud described a. follows 10 VII Begin
ming at the northeriy SIDE al r tont street
between JAck~on ana Van Bureh streets at
me q stance OF s. feet from the easteriy
side Of Van Buren, street and at the centre
OF the party wall between this sod the kd-
Joining dwelling on the west ho~ OF the
.ald De SormaDdle, thence northerly
through the centre OF sald We II and pArai-
lei TO Van Buren, stIest sixty+three feet
SIX inches 70 = corner, thence easteIiy
parallel to Front street fiur-.l feet TO \
corner thence sputherly parallel 10 the
drSt mentioned line ana Van Huren street
sixty tn re feet six tueAes 10 tur aforesaid
northeriy side of 2 roDt strext, Ard thence
thereby westerly hn~-L let 10 ths place of
beginning, D. Tie contents th4re-of what
they may. BOOK {, Vol u. PA-e 3ss & c.
seized md taken IN executlou a. the pro-
p-rty ~ TAomAs Y. I,e Sorfuandle. and
Sars W ellen, / !, ami 10 D. sold -
JOHN PYLN. sLerir
Sherir's Otice. New Castle. January l5
lsss JAIL. 3,awts
The daily gazette., 1879-01-28

CHERlFr'S SALE
> By virtue OF q writ OF Levari FaetAs,
~ me directed, viii be exposed ~ publis
sale, al the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, Sal shIplsy ST.,
kept by Iohn J. Doagherty. IN the city OF
Wilmington, New CAstle oouhty. Della
ware, on
The daily gazette., 1879-01-28
PUBLIC SALE

Attest: J. NJ. HoUsMAS, | lerA V1.l,
tpurr itull stln1
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The New York herald., 1879-02-11

identify themselves by the Pension Office
records. it is probable that the bulk OF the
sum would be called for at once. in which
case the Treasury balance would be seri.
ously disturbed. The Commissioners OF
Pensions differs materially with the Secre-
tary. for he estimates that thirty or forty
millions will cover the demand; but how
can the nation suddenly pay out even this
amount without either raising the tax rate
or initiating the volume of the currency !?
We admit an indebtedness is proper and
necessary, but to promise immediate pay
ment when there is no money to pay with
is unfair to the creditor and dishonorable
to the debtor. The soldiers and soldiers
heirs who are to be benefited should look
into this matter of the probabilities of pay
ment before they unload their gratitude
upon the lawmakers who passed the bill.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
Before the Governor.

Mr.. Gumbleton, the County Clerk, put in
nm answer yesterday to the charges made
against him before the Governor by the
Committee of the Bar Association. Tho
answer is clear and distinct denial of the
charges, so far as the latter relate to the
official action Of the accused and the alleged
collection of illegal fees. Mr.. Gumbleton
protests that the charges made by him have
in oil cases been in conformity with
the law, and asserts that instead of
exacting more than legal fees he has
in many cases accepted less, and in some
instances remitted his personal fees en-
tirely. This is a much broader answer
than was anticipated, as the impression has
gone abroad that the fees charged in oil the
county Offices are in excess of what the law
really authorizes, although apparently sane
toned by usage and common consent.
Mr.. Gumbleton shows that since 1868 the
Comptroller has required, for the sake of
condensation, that the County Clerks re-
turn Of fees received in his Office should
contain only fees payable to the city, and
not such as are retained by the County
CleIk. vi CouIbo tuiS HuSWeT mas 10
be. examined by the opposing counsel
and to be tested by the law and the facts
Governor Robinson very properly put down
his foot against the introdu duction into the
case, as-it appears before him. of any of the
wrangles between the opposing parties or
of any of the legal tournaments over the
production of the Clerks books. 1t is the
duty OF the Executive, he says, to consider
the charges of illegal acts done by the
County Clerk in his official capacity, and he
will hear nothing else. If Mr.. Gumbleton's
statements should be corroborated by the
proof and justified by the law the Gov
ernor will look no further. It is we'll that
these cases are to be disposed of by a clear
headed, impartial Executive, who will nei-
ther show favor on one side nor yield to per-
sonal or political prejudices on the other.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11

performed that difficult task with wise
and considerate humanity which elected
universal encomiums. There is no part of
his long and brilliant career on which he
looked back with greater satisfaction, and
in his autobiography he quoted with undis-
guised pride the eloquent eulogy on this
subject by the celebrated DR.. Charming
But the much praised humanity of General
Scott on that occasion and the splendid ac-
complishment of his mission by mere per-
suasion would have been impossible if he
had not carried with him an army of
regulars, and Of volunteers specially
raised for the occasion, large enough
to be not merely formidable but IL
resistible. His proffers of kindness
were listened to and needed because he had
ample power to compel the submission
which he advised. 'sThe number of volun-
teers called for" says Scott in his auto
biography, independent Of a few regulars,
was overwhelming. Hence. resistance on
the part OF the Indians would have been
madness" Kindness from o warrior with
such force under his command was appre-
SAosS0 oAo oOCSPeSu, bue SASAiAuAo nv W.
pended on mere philanthropy and per-
suasion would have been despised and dis
regarded. There is as much real humanity
among the officers ofthe army as among civil
ians, and on warlike people like the Indians
the necessity for using force will be small
in proportion to the amount Of force with
which they are confronted. Hence the
superior efficiency Of the army for carrying
out philanthropic policy with the Indians.
1t must be remembered that the great
achievement of removing the tribes hereto
fore mentioned across the Mississippi and
planting them there in peace took place
while the Indians were still managed by
the War Department. 1t was completed
ten or eleven years before the Department
of the Interior was created.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
consolidating the National ss
Survey
Systems

we are pleased to see that the recom-
mendation of the National Academy of
Sciences, that the many systems of survey.
ing the national domain which are now in
operation should be consolidated under
one direction, has been taken up by Con-
gress, and is now embodied in the bill pre-.
sented by the House Committee ON Appro-
priations. The able address of Mr.. Atkins
in yesterdays afternoon session on this inn
portant question clearly shows how neces-
sary it is to put an end to the useless ex,
penditure involved in the prosecution Of
surveys which cannot in the aggregate be
said to possess any strictly scientific value:
because they are conducted independently
of each other and not unfrequently 60 over
the same areas. Nothing is better calcu-
lated to cast suspicion on the accuracy, and;
consequently, on the value of such surveys.
than the fact that for the same district they
differ materially. Besides. it seems to be.a
useless expense to the nation to 60 over
ground many times for the purpose of se-
curing knowledge OF its special details,
when all its features could be ascertained
and it's limits established by one survey
We do not question the skill Of the emil
nent gentlemen and their assistants who
direct and prosecute these special surveys,
but we are at loss to understand why it is
necessary that one expensive party should
deal only with topography, another with
geology, another with geodetic points and
still another with the subdivisions of terri.
tory for the purpose OF its distribution
among intending settlers, not to mention
anything about the military surveys ,exe-
cuted by officers of the army. Besides these
internal surveys we have the Coast Survey;
which is conducted with unequalled ability
by special corps of surveyors and
photographers. Why not. as the bill SUBJ
mitted by Mr.. Atkins provides, put the di-
rection of all these surveys under one
responsible head, so that every dollar ex-
pended will contribute toward the COM
pletion of perfect work? Common sense
as we'll as economy demands such reform,
and opposition to it must rest either on
want of appreciation of the public require
ments or on o desire to sacrifice public in.
forests to individual vanity or gain. We
hope that Mr.. Atkins recommendations
will be adopted by Congress-, and that the
real work of our national surveys will be
placed under the direction of the Superin-
tendent of the Coast Survey. ,.,9 -
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
Theatrical Sliding Scales.

A theatrical manager takes exceptions to
the criticisms Of our correspondent "Fair
Play" in last Sunday HERALD, and attem pts
to justify the policy of varying the prices
of admission to theatre from time to time
on the singular plea that the public ought
to expect to pay in proportion to the expense
incurred by the management. Thus, when
a cheap play is produced with cheap COM
pany the popular price eofseventy-fve of cents
may prevail, but when more expensive
piece takes its place it is perfectly Legitimate
to raise the price of admission to dollar
and half 1t naturally follows that ifs yet
more costly performance is presented it is
fair to demand three dollars for seats. We
thus have q sort of harmonious sliding
scale for managers and audiences. When
an entertainment is poor seventy-five cents
or dollar is quite enough to pay for the
infection OF seeing it. As it improves
in character tho price rises with the
performance. Tho only difficulty in tho
arrangement is that proprietors and spec
tators might differ in their appreciation of
the value of piece, and while sliding
scale manager might think nm expensive"
entertainment worth the highest ratio of ad-
mission the audience might consider it
dear at the lowest rate.
The people generally regard the charge
Of dollar and q half rs too high for re-
served seats at O theatre, now that war
prices are at an end. They would not.
however, patronizo o poor performance
simply because it was cheaper. If our
managers desire to meet popular sentiment
they can do 80 by adopting popular prices
and endeavoring to make up for the de-
creased charge of admission by presenting
entertainments attractive enough to fill
their houses every night We can con-
ceive of nothing that would be more
ruinous TO management than the
policy Of putting cheap. indifferent
piece on the stage at low price
of admission for three or four weeks and
then supplying good performance for
another three or four weeks ut an advanced
charge. IT one dollar for reserved seats Is
enough to support q good theatre that price
ought to prevail. Many believe that the
increased audiences at one dollar would
bring as much money, especially TO the
large houses, ~ the present prices realize,
taking the entire season through. Persons
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
Cetywayo's Victory.

Startling news comes from Cape Town, via
st. Vincent, regarding reverse to British
arms in the recently commenced campaign
against the Zulu king. Cetywayo. Itappears
that on the 9th of January large British
column, consisting of portion "a battalion
five hundred strong) of the Twenty-fourth
infantry, six hundred native auxiliaries and
battery of artillery, was attacked by an i'm
mense force of Zulus near the Tugela River,
on the line between Natal and Kafirland,
and was utterly annihilated. The despatch
announces that the British force lost the
whole of its valuable convoy. comprising
one hundred and two army wagons, bearing
sixty thousand pounds of provisions one
thousand oxen, four hundred shot and
shell, one thousand rifles, two hundred and
fifty thousand rounds of ammunition, two
guns and the colors of the Twenty-fourth
regiment. Forty-nine British officers were
killed. This is. to say the least, fearful
disaster, and cannot fail to be fol-
lowed by rising of all the native
tribes on the Cape Colony frontier
against the British power. That the fight
by the capture Of the convoy and the utter
defeat Of its protectors as by the loss of the
guns and regimental colors for it is to be
presumed that the Twenty-fourth and the
artillery did not allow these to fall into the
hands Of the Zulus while o man remained
to defend them. 1t is probable that the
combat became q massacre in the end.
We therefore infer that the estimates
of the Zulu numbers and losses,
which are set down at twenty thousand
and five thousand respectively, are based
on speculation because it is unlikely that
any survivors remained on the field to
make them. For some time the London daily
journals have been warning the govern
ment that the Governor of the Capc Colo
nies, Sir Bartle Frere, underestimated the
strength of the Zulu king, and that mill
tary preparations on grand scale were
necessary to a successful campaign. That
this has been the case is proved by the dis
aster now recorded, and British prestige
has received blow in South Africa from
which it cannot recover without an
enormous expenditure of blood and
treasure. The scene on the Tugela
River shows how very different the
picture becomes when the lion does all
the hunting. The seven attacks made by
the Zulus on the British lines after the
battle on the Tugela River are reported to
have been repulsed, but Natal is in danger
and further complications with the natives
are feared. CONSERVATION prevails through
out the colony, and the Governor has made
urgent appeals for reinforcements. Eng
land hos now war on her hands which will
prove more serious than that in Afghanis-
tan.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
The Afghan Embassy to Kaufmann

The Afghan Embassy to Kaufmann.
A special despatch to the HERALD, pub
lished this morning, from our commissioner
at Tashkend, in Turkestan, informs US of
the expected arrival in that city, on the
Goth OF February, of an influential Afghan
embassy to General Kaufman from the
fugitive Ameer of Afghanistan. The per-
sonnel of the embassy shows that much I'M
portance is attached to it's mission by Shere
Ali, who has surrounded its movements with
all the imposing forms which an Eastern
potentate conceives to be necessary in order
to give weight to his requests OF demands. A
numerous retinue, with many horses, at
tends the progress Of the nephew and the
three chief Ministers of fAfghanistan, who ore
Gar in Central Asia that Shere Ali is by no
sneans the cipher in Asiatic politics which
his British enemies would make the world
believe. It will be interesting to know what
effect this second attempt to secure Russian
aid will have on the affairs of Afghanistan.
Our special commissioner, who has excep-
tional opportunities of noting the course Of
events, tells us that the embassy will be
received with much ceremony at Samarcand
by the local Russian Governor and that it
will then proceed to Tashkend, to the resi-
dence of General Kaufman.
Perhaps this latest move Of the Ameer
will force the British into the serious diff
Guilty of attempting to make their occupa-
ton of Afghan territory permanent one,
thus creating the very condition of affairs
in Central Asia which it is their policy to
avoid If possible II is pretty clear that
Shere Ali would not send second embassy
to General Kaufman without knowing that
iswould meet with q more favorable recep-
tion than the first one. The arrival Of
General Kaufmann's aide-de-camp with i'm
perial instructions from st. Petersburg O
few days before that of the Afghan
embassy shows that the Czar is not wholly
Indifferent to the situation created by the
British invasion of Afghanistan. It is also
noticeable that the chief of the mission
which was almost rudely repulsed by Gen.
eral Kaufman in the latter part of Decem-
Der is member of the new ono now
approaching Tashkend. If this official.
Shere Ali's Minister of the Interior, be-
lieved that all hope of aid from Russia was
at an end it is unlikely that his master
would send him northward on another
FOOLS errand. It is more likely that the re-
pulse of December was intended to afford
time for organizing the success of February.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
The arrears Of Pensions Bill.

There is considerable misapprehension
abroad as to the object of the Arrears of
Pensions bill, just signed by the President
It has already been called raid on the
Treasury, bill for the benefit of claim
agents and other bad names. The truth is
that the bill proposes to date-and conse-
quently to pay--all pensions from the date
of the death or disability for which they
were granted, whereas the majority Of the
pensioners created by the late civil war
were paid only from date of application for
pension, which was from one to fifteen or
more years after cause for application had
occurred. The principle of the bill is evil
IDENTIFY correct; the means and cost of its
application are fair subjects for discussion.
The Secretary of the Treasury estimates
that the arrears will coll for hun.
dred million dollars, and as the money
will be claimed only by men who are
already pensioners aud who can Immediately
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
A Most 1mport.ns Decision.

Since the trial Of the famous suit Of Bar
dell VS.. Pickwick in the British Court of
Queens Bench no more important case
has occupied judicial attention than that
of Thompson VS.. Tammany, which was yes
terday decided in favor of Thompson by
the learned Judge Of the New York
Supreme Court, whose time has been taken
up in its consideration for several weeks
past BY this smomentousj judgment one hum
dred and forty-seven aspiring citizens of the
metropolis are debarred from entering into
the mysteries of the Tammany Society and
taking part in the duties and festivities
of the Order. Moreover they are prevented
from voting for Sachems in April next,
when, we are told, q great struggle Is to take
place for the future control Of the society.
For some two months these one hum
dred and forty-seven inchoate braves have
been hanging by their top-knots, as it were,
between the third heaven of election to Tam
many and the fourth heaven Of initiation,
and now Judge Barrett decides that they
have not been elected at all, the meeting ut
which they we're bslloted for not having
even been held "half an hour after the set
ting of the sum-" The legal acumen of the
learned judge at once discovers the fatal
character OF this crushing irregularity. So
the one hundred and forty-seven aspirants
are wiped out with one sweep Of the ju-
dicial sponge, and Thompson triumphs.
Now comes up the momentous question.
Who owps the majority of the present men,
bers of the Tammany Society, and thus
holds the power to elect the next Board Of
Sachems? 1t would probably be going too
far 10 assert that upon the answer depends
the stability of our institutions. the main-
tenance of our peaceful relations with tho
rest of the world, the success of our finan-
cial policy, the revival of our shipping in
terests and the settlement of the Indian
question. But we can safely affirm that it
does involve the scarcely less important
matters of the stability of Michael O'Fla-
herty's cart contract and the maintenance Of
Dennis O'roole's inspectorship of garbage
in the Health Department. The Sacherns
control Tammany Hall; Tammany Hall con-
trolls the Democratic General Committee;
the Democratic General Committee controls
the city patronage, and upon the city
patronage depend the fortunes of the
O'Flahertys and the O'Tooles. No wonder,
thon, that deep interest is excited by Judge
Barrett's important decision pnd that the
politicians are eagerly discussing its prob
able effect on tho next Tammany election.
The New York herald., 1879-02-11
The Test Oath for Jurors.

1t is nearly fourteen years since the close
Of the civil war, but there still remains in
the statute book the law that any grand or
petit juror in the Courts of the United
States is subject to be challenged and is
disqualified unless he can make oath that
he never gave any voluntary aid to the re-
bellion. We have not the slightest doubt
that the requirement OF this lest oath ought
to be repealed, nor that President Hayes
would cordially sign bill to that effec'.
1t is reported that the democratic MEM
bers of Congress have decided that this
illiberal and absurd test oath must be re-
pealed ut this session, and that they have
resolved to go to the extreme length Of
tacking it to the most important of the ap-
preparation bills, and thereby stopping the
payment of all salaries 10 civil officers if the
republican Senators should vote against the
repeal. This is going too far 1t is Ito
employ the phrase of an English statesman)
an attempt to ''make the extreme medicine
Of the constitution its daily food"
Ordinarily every measure of legislation
should pass or be rejected on its merits. It
must be a very extreme and very urgent
case which can justify the engra.ting upon
an appropriation bill of a measure which
cannot be carried on it's merits. The repeal
of the test oath for jurors is not such
measure. It is certainly bad law,
but not one which works intolerable op-
preston. This is proved by the action of
the democratic party, which has for four
sessions had control of the House, and might
at any session of the four have tackled the
repeal to the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill. Having volun-
tarily submitted to the test oath for four
years what special new reason is there for
attempting to force its repeal by blocking
the wheels of the government? When the
new Congress assemblies next December
this odious test oath will be re-
pealed, of course, and having been SUBJ
mitted to for four years why may it not be
endured for an additional nine months
There must by this time be ON abundance
of white jurymen in the South who can
take the test oath. Boys who were seven
years Of age at the close Of the war are now
twenty-one and qualified to serve as jurors.
Citizens who were twenty-one at the close
Of the war are now thirty-fve, and most Of
them can take the oath. The subject is not
of such Importance and urgency that the
advooates of repeal may not brook further
delay Of nine months, and public opinion
would condemn the forcing of ON extra ses-
sion on SO Aimsy ground.
On the other hand it may be said with
reason that, since the repeal of this test oath
OF the next session is inevitable, it is not
worth the while of the republican Senate to
stand out and block the wheels of the gov
ernment for the trivial satisfaction of keep
ing doomed law in force for so brief
period. It would be q wise and graceful
thing for the republicans to consent to a
repeal; but, If they do not. it would be un-
justifable for the democrats to compel an
extra session on matter which admits of
SO early remedy.