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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-14
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-14
TRAVELLERS' GUIDE.

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Dime Only 81 80 to Boston. Tickets good only day
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boat Ut r. NJ
TNOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST.
THE OLD RELIABLE STONIN0TUN LINE.
Steamers STONINGrUN aud NARKAGANSETT, from
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-14

-TUNIS JOHNSON, AuCTlONEEb-
Old stand 81 Nassau st.
THIS DAY, AT IL O'CLOCK,
4 saesroom, 81 Nassau st.
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Patent washsands Turkish Suits and Lounges. Suits In
brocate and green with slip covers ash and black
Bedroom Chnonnieres Bullets, also lot OF Oil
Paintings and photographs; also fine Marvin Safe and
lot Of Office Furniture.
"A. Sale.
BARKER CO., AZ and 40 Liberty st.,
sell on Wednesday January l5 extensive Law Library
comprising Reports, Dgests Speeches Decisions aud all
matters pertaining the laws OF the United States Also
Friday and Saturday about 5000 volumes of miscolla
works many them old and dating back
A GEO. W. KELLER. AUCTIONEER.
IA. Salesroom, IS Libertyst.
Salo TO DAY and TOMORROW a. y o'clock each day,
SILyER-PLATED WARE, CUTLERY &C
sCHwAB AUCTIONEER, 277 BOwERY SELLS
n .ths day, lO o'clock No 10 Carmine St. elegant Fix
Chairs Glassware; also Household Furniture In lots
Dealers invited.
DYR. A YOUNG 4 CO., AUCTIONEERs.
ID Sale THIS DAY at IL O'Clock,
salesroom IS Nassau st. of Household and Oce Furni
ture Mirrors, Bedding. Desks, Crockery &c
EDWARD sCIENCK SON, AUCTIONEERs.
On WEDNESDAY,, January u.s. ut III o'clock.
WIS.,, threeply ingram Carpets. Parior SITES Bedroom,
fine French Clocks Japanese Vases and Bronzes
and other Furniture.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

lean people will not be parties to move-
ment for getting honest Irishmen into a
scrape and entangling them in the meshes
of criminal prosecutions.
1t may be said that this violence, and
this reputation of contracts, and this in
timidating bravado, are necessary means OF
forcing reform in the land laws. These may
be Irish methods but they are not Amer
lean methods. Our people do not believe
in doing evil that good may come. "Who
noble ends by noble means pursues" has
always been thought worthy of commenda-
ton; but in this Irish agitation we CON-
denim both the ends and the means. What
is the professed end? Why, to abolish
the tenant system and divide Ire
land into small farms upon which
men shall cultivate their own acres.
This is seductive picture if it
could be realized; but how are people
who are too poor to pay their rents and are
in danger of famishing to purchase these
ideal small farms? They can obtain them
only by spoliation, and Mr.. Parnell's plan
is rank communism. The poor Irish are
being as badly practised upon as our con-
fiding freedmen were when each of them
was promised by ,demagogues ''forty acres
and q mule"
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
FINE ARTS.
ILLUSTRATION IN HAnprR's FOR JANUARY.

ILLUSTRATION IN HARPER's FOR JANUARY.
The opening illustrations in Harpv's Aagaans
for January G. A. Abbeys most admirable serieS
Of nine drawings. with Keats poem. "The Eve Of
st. Agnes" They are finely engraved. as rule. by
Yuengling. Davis. Smithwick an French. Hoskin.
King and Wolf. and sorry " say very heavily
printed. Though thcre are some faults to be found
in the engravers Interpretation of the artists work.
and with ono of the drawings. the series as whole
in worthy the poem. than which there can
be no higher praise. The cuts named from
the beadsman's fingers while he told" IN
which the engraver has been very uncertain
In his cutting of the architectural work. "And silent
the flock in woolly fold especially excellent in
the landscape portion the very strong aud effective
maiden eyes divine. fixed on the floor. many
sweeping train" admirable In its figures and in
light and shade kept well I'm hand; the breezy. mo-
tionful Meantime, across tho moors. had coma
young Porphyro;" "Ah. happy chanceI the aged
creature came;" Through many dusky gallery
they gain the maiden's chamber"-really superb
drawings "Pensive awhile she dreams awake" In
which the figure. though good in execution 1t has
brawny arms s not successful in presenting the
for there is mono Of the hall nudity
which they suggest and which could have been
not been happy in cutting the rays of light, though
his other work is good and 'They Glide. Like Phan-
it's ne poses Mayer illustrates IN bis very
clever and interesting way "Old Baltimore and Its
Merchants" His figure Of the Druid 10 excellent.
Mr.. Rogers Colorado sketches arc only fair. Miss
Curtis does IS well usual in her drawings to
'Compulsory Education In Brooklyn" which Sol.
EytnGe Jr, contrives to make ridiculous especially
in ''The School Ruled by Love-" with its prying
children @. y. Reinhart has q strong and very
effective illustration to the story of rhe Old Woman
with q Bag" and Miss Oakeys to the "Christmas
Authem." are rs wholes charming. The hrst may
be said to be almost decorative In effect, and the
young lady is well given. The two children are.
however badly drawn, and 'ssticks.
g. B. Reinhsrt also illustrates poem. ''zobane."
There two cuts. Of which the second II good IN
all but the drawing.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

General Grant was yesterday welcomed
to Philadelphia by turn out of nearly
the whole population. So extravagant o
demonstration of popular good will toward
an individual has scarcely been seen by
the present generation; and if it were fair
to regard this welcome in q political light
it might we'll admonish the friends of
fight before them. But there was
evidently o sentiment in Philadelphia.
as there was previously in Cincinnati,
that any attempt to foist politics into these
popular expressions of gratitude would be
in bad taste, and in fact offensive. Gentle
men of all parties joined hands on the oc-
casion to do honor to man whose services
to the nation are almost without parallel.
In Cincinnati the participation of the
democrats was especially conspicuous. and
the men who would be in political cam
vass very resolute opponents of General
Grant have been foremost in their exhi-
bition of desire not to be outdone in
giving an open-hearted welcome to the ma
tions great soldier and the conqueror of
the peace that saved the Union. This SEN
timent is rs honorable to the people as it is
to the subject of this unusual honor It
boldly puts out of the way all the small
manauvres of the politicians, spikes the
guns of the boomers and assumes that
Grant as a popular hero is aside from par
ties and party conflicts.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Associate Justice Stephen J. Field. Of tho United
Statos Supreme Court. is at the Buckingham Hotel.
1t is whispered In Rome that Queen Margherite Is
seriously unwell, and that her lungs threatened
Captain William Arthur, naval attacha Of the
British Legation. Is Ut tho Clarendon Hotel. ON his
way 10 Washington.
Colonel Burnabv says that Europe has loss than
nine and half million soldiers aud quarter of
million of forces.
Owing a change for the worse In Hor Majesty's
health tho Empress OF Russia has abandoned her
intended visit to Rome.
M. Zoia, with his usual taste. REFERS in his latest
work. to "un certain prince a dune reinc tres puis-
sante" and TO his orgies "ches Mana"
An old diplomat thus improves on an old saw
"eu importc de dire qwon pense penser quon
da" says he; "ie tout est daroir rair conpaincu."
Professor II. s. Morse thinks that the original In
habitants of japan were of tho same stock from
which sprang tho Esqumaux aud American Indians.
Philadelphia papers give maps Of Grants tour
round the world. After they get Philadelphis in
there s just room the maps for some Of the rest
OF the world.
Rem6nyi says that IL requires . little lunacy to
play we'll on the VIOLIN and that hddlers ought to be
shut up in luhatic asylum. But what could we do
without Rem6nyi?
"Gareon." cried diner during the late snow storm
at Paris. "qusst-ce qss de frody Aonsienr
est bisn bon." says the waiter, y'ai lee ptsds Va
giacs. st c'est CONNIE ca pendant tosa rhirv."
King Kslsksua. OF the Sandwich Islands. has tried
20 induce Portuguese 70 settle IN has country, having
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

It is o matter of common report that
many employees of the elevated railroads
arrogate to themselves quantity and quail
ity Of authority that no people or corpora
ton outside of the United States would
tolernte for single day. Insolence to pas
sengers, rude manners, carelessness in i'm
portant duties, hair-splitting discrimina-
tions and annoyances Of many other kinds
have been reported steadily through the
HERALD's Complaint Book" ever since the
roads were opened to business. The latest
stretch of authority is little the most out
rageous Of all, for it transgresses not only
the rules Of the companies but the laws of
the United States. Some agents are re-
ported to have refused badly worn coin,
although the law recognizes worn piece
at its nominal value SO long as its denom-
ination is not in doubt, and the Sub
Treasury redeems such coin, the only
ground of refusal being mutilation.
Perhaps the agents referred to do not know
the difference between mutilation and
be we'll for the companies to instruct their
ticket sellers accordingly. 1t being mat
ter of fact that almost any silver coin of the
United States may be worn smooth without
losing more than a tenth. part of one per
cent of its value, and as this fact will be
evident to any one who notes how little of
the material of the coins is in the raised
portion of the surface, ticket agents have
no excuse for adding to the already too nu-
merous annoyances of people who pay more
for the accommodations received than the
difference between the expenses and re-
ceipts of the roads justifies.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
Extremes Meet.

Maine and Florida are situated respect
tremities of the Union. If democratic
canvassing board in Maine reverses the
popular vote in 1879 by manipulating re-
turns, it initiates republican canvassing
board in Florida in 1876. 1t is an example
of extremes meeting We do not assert
be supported on technicalities. We m erely
call attention to the likeness Of the two
cases. The will of the people is equally
suhverted in both. AS the late Mr. William
M. Tweed remarked with regard to some
business of the same sort, so the Florida
democrats may say to the Maine ropuDli-
cans, Snow you know how it is yourself" !"
But for technicaiities the democratic cleo
tors would have been returned in Florida,
and but for technicalities republican
Legislature would be returned in Maine.
The Electoral Commission adjudged that it
was impossible to go behind the certificate
of the Florida Returning Board, and so,
perhaps, it will be impossible to go behind
the certificate of the Returning Board in
Maine, though that remains to be seen. If
the Supreme Court of Maine should ad-
judge that the decision of Governor Gar
celon and his Council is not final as to who
''appear to be elected" 10 the Legislature of
that State (ths being the language Of its
constitution), then the Maine republicans
ore fortunate in possessing q remedy which
was denied to the democrats of Florida
In spite of tho clamor which Senator
Blaine and his followers are making about
this Maine affair very little pity is felt TOR
them, even among persons whose estimate
of the wrong done does not differ from their
own. Remembering what happened three
years ago, this ousting Of republican
majority by teohnicalities seems a rough
kind Of Mosaic justice-an eye for an eye
and tooth for tooth. 1hs most hopeful
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

=
majority there.
Mr.. Proctor writes:-- Blanton Duncan. OF
Louisville. is exercised respecting statement at
trouted to me respecting planetary perheiia to tho
erect that the four giant planets had often been In
perheiion within a shorter interval than that be-
tween 1852 and 1885. when they win next be sever
ally in perihelon. As matter of fact said moth
ing OF the Sort In answer to question read by me
TWO minutes before stepped upon the platform
said Ihese planets. the giant planets will all be in
perhelion between 1882 1885, but it can readily
be shown that. taking the disturbance Of the solar
envelope by planet Of the tidal action.
and therefore directly proportional to the mass and
inverscly proportional to the cube of the distance
the four terrestrial planets. Mercury, Venus, the
Earth and Mars disturb the sun more than tho giant
planets. andl these planets have many times during
the earths history reached their perihela within
shorter interval than that within which the four
giant planets will next be in perihelion without any
injury resulting the earth The reporters left out
the part between brackets, that Is ALL"
1t is amusing to find the stern critic of artistic or
literary shortcomings falling into mistakes which
intelligent school girl might bo expected to avoid.
DR.. +. A. Won Moschzisker. in the Republic, takes
Mr. John Mccullough to task. because in reciting
the "oration" of Brutus Mr.. Mccullough not the
Brutus who, according to Marc Antony. could
"move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny."
DR.. Moschzisker's mistake is not much worse. how.
ever. than that made by those who repeat Marc An
tony words. though spoken in sarcastic tone.
IT Antony had given the slightest hint OF at
the beginning of his oration the only oration in the
play. for Brutus makes but mere plain statement
of his case whether in speaking of the oratoricM
force which he pretends to find in Brutus. in the
often repeated words "And they are honorable men,
the plebean crowd would have torn him In pieces
As 1t is though he begins all softly and with praise
only the rabble will hardly hear him. Yet we have
heard actors of repute in the part OF Antony repeat
the words. 'And they honorable men," "and
surely they are honorable men,. in the same tone
throughout the Grafton. losing altogether that
gradual change from unquestioning confidence.
through hesitation doubt suspicion. to utter scorns
which gives these words their power.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17


weeks ago.
AS for the Captain himself, sober thought
does not make his act of self-transfer ap-
pear one Of unalloyed magnanimity. 1t is
possible for the region of the tenderloin
steak OF an animal to be worked SO hard as
to make the choicest cut extremely innu-
tricious and unsatisfactory. and it is not
impossible that the once appetizing Twenty
ninth may have been reduced to the
same condition. Yielders of tenderloin
steaks. when under the impression that too
much is being required of them, may
gradually stray into fresh fields and pas
lures new, or, worse yet. remain behind
because too thin to move and too tough TO
devour. In such cases tho true gourmand
who personally selects his own viands
must himself seek fresh hunting grounds.
Street sweepers' brooms do not at first
sight appear edible, but culinary ingenuity
has worked wonders with material that was
far more unpromising in the rough so it
is not impossible that the Captain and his
dependents may yet put knife and fork into
dishes compared with which tenderloin
steaks are mere prison fare. Should the
enterprise fail, however, it is consolation
to the public to know that the Captain has
still property in Japan, where everything
is still tenderloin to skilful Americans. If
the sfid property is large enough to accom-
modate some of the Commissioners also the
public Joy will be still greater.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

The WEATuEH.During the early part of YES
terday u depression advanced IRON the North
west over the lake regions and central valleys.
Toward night it began to develop energy in the
lower lake districts, where heavy snow benun
falling and Tic wind blowing biiskly. The
pressure is still below the mean in the north
ern portion of the New England States, the
disturbance that passed over this district ON
Monday being still over the Nova Scotia
coast The barometer is high in the
South Atlantic and Gulf States. 1t is
also high and rising steadily throughout
the Northwest. The weather. was fair in
Nil sections of the country with the exception
of the lake regions where it was cloudy, with
snow and slect showers. The temperature fell
decidedly in the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land States and rose in the other districts. The
winds have been from brisk TO fresh IN the lake
regions, central valleys and the Northwest.
They were generally fresh elsewhere. The
temperature will rise today In all the Atlantic
coast districts, but will bcgiu to fall again to-
morrow night, and Thursday night it will
register below freezing point. The weather in
New York and its vicinity to-day will be warmer
aud fair. Tomorrow IL will be warm and clear.
followed by decreasing temperature
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
MYSTERIOUS CREMATION.

LEMoYNE's FURNACE USED FOR THE FOURTH
TIME AT WASHINGTON, pA.-ABsURD Sc
cnEdT-wAs IT THE BODY OF TRACEY, THH
MuRDERER?
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PIrrspURo. Pa. Dec. l6. 1879.
very peculiar kind Of sensation is just now stir
ring the little town OF Washington Pa. into
cited condition. 1t has been known for several days
by few friends Of the family Of the late Dr. julius
Lemoyne, Of cremation fame. that some persons
negotiating for the OF the crematory erected
by the Doctor. 1t was also known that the persons
referred to intended to cremate the body Of some
one who had died lately. but beyond this nothing
was known by any In Washington except
the of DIR. Lemoyne. The first publicity
given as to the coming cremation was in sportive
paragraph. which appeared In o Washington paper
yesterday, announcing that tho ceremony would
take place to-day. Attempts were made to ascertain
the name OF the dead person. but the Lemoynes
would say nothing about IT, except tnat they wero
OF the necessary certificate OF death, signed by
physician in good standing; was % ramored , that
O'Clock train started for Warrington this morning IL
carried the corpse Of tho unknown. and four or ive
gentlemen who accompanied IT, among whom was .
Clergyman.
attempted TO interview one OF the gentlemen
whils en- ,o~fs but he refused TO give very much
infor nation. He said that he was brother OF tho
deceased. who was . young man, twonty-four years
OF aye Mt the time of his death. He resided In New
York city and died month ago of consumption.
Owing to trouble OF kind in getting the orcma-
tory, the body had to be placed In vault In New
York cemetery and kept there until its removal The
gentleman said that he strongly opposed burn
inq tho body, all the family. But the dead
man hnd exacted pledge from them that his body
should be burned all endeavors TO discover the
name Of the deceased of those who brought the
body here have thus far failed.
HE THE MURDERER ANDREW rnAcEy?
On reaching Washington the fires In the furnaces
OF the little crcmatory on the hil whore Baron Won
Palm, Mrs. Pitman and DR.. Lemoyne were burned,
were found to be lighted About one o'clock the
body was placed In the catafalque and by three
O'Clock IL was reduced to ashes. No was allowed
to enter the building except the relatives of the do
ceased and the Lemoynes. About hve o'clock this
afternoon the town was set agoa with the report
that the body was that OF Andrew Tracey.
the young lawyer lately hung at Smethport
for tho murder of his cousin. On In.
vestlgation there seemed to be some truth
In the story. man who aided In putting the body
into the furnace says that the features Of tho dead
man were very much distorted and that his neck
badly discolored and had a deep purple mark
the flesh, though the man had been hanged. The
story 10 now generally believed In Washington,
especially Tracey ANXIOUS that his body should
be cremated. The box containing the body went to
Washington, addressed to 10. w. Quirk." No one OF
that name IL known there. and IL In thought TO be
the name Of some one OF the party who took the
body theres
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

WALL STREET Observation-Disclosures were fairly
active but very weak until toward the close,
when general recovery brought prices little
above the opening level. Money was rather
easy the ruling quotation for call loans on
stocks being per cent. Foreign exchange
was more active and rates for sterling were ad-
vanced. For government bonds there was a
steady investment demand, while State and
railway bonds were dull and irregular. Re-
ports Of the three great Vanderbilt lines were
made, and abstracts Of them will be found in
the financial columns
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

view We take of it is that it may awake the
republican party to the danger of the prece-
dents they set in 1876. II retaliation in
kind is to be tolerated in politics the
science of our government will soon get
down to the level of Jurisprudence meas
ured by the practice of law in Tombs
rf
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

In ANOTHER COLUMN will be found graphic
and interesting account of the defeat by the
Chileans of the Peruvian Army under General
Bucndia mt San Francisco furnished us by our
correspondent at Lima. The Bolivians are dis
gusted with the condnct of the war and the
general direction of military movements. Presi-
dent Pruda is just now in bad odor at Lima.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

lHE ALDERMANIc assumption of power to
grant railroad franchises was rebuked yester-
day by a veto and an opinion of the Corpora
ton Counsel. But the will still exists to cut
the city to pieces with horsecar tracks, and the
building time of a paper railroad up town was
extended for year.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
Il RIPPLE SH d q Il
NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ". 1873.

The probabilities are that the ,ceater in Ncw
York and It's rici'iity to-day ,ciA be ~a,Daer and
fair Io-mosTow IL ,ciH be wd,ns and clear, fol-
lowed By decreasing tenpe,atsre.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17
DIR. J. b. GOULD.

DR.. J. B. Gould died in this city on Monday. of
heart disease. His wife the founder of ths
Home for INDECENT Children. at Rome, Italy. He
was native OF Sharon. Conn.,, whore he was born
In 1910. He studied medicine In this city, receiving
his diploma from the College OF Physicians and
Surgeons In 1888. For several years he had resided
in Rop,e sN
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

The ALBANY LEGISLATORS who are investig ut
ing railroad management are to ascertain. if
possible, the amount of water in the al,
roads. Judged by the quantity that drops upon
pedestrians the original supply of water must
be enormous.
The New York herald., 1879-12-17

BETWEEN MAINE AND MORALITY prominent
New York republicans at home and in Wash
ington are disagreeing sadly about the Presi-
dental electors question. The matter, if left
untouched, may possibly kill their party; but
1t is far more honorable to be killed than to com
NIT suicde