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Messrs. Withrow, ofI.cwisburg,
Hearne, of Wheeling, Grantllam, Of
Jefferson, Campbell, of Parkers-
burg Armstrong, oflJackson, and
Bishop, Of Preston, visited Weston
this'week, as Directors, of.tlie Asy-
H., Ss Sit3 y Z ss''4 - ~ Ei' 4
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Z and 5 cents.
Fruit Of the Loom, Bleach Nus
lin 10cts per yard.
Good Bleach Muslin; ! and Sets
per yard.
Jeans from Is Il Scots per yari!
Colored Sllirtings from s tol12.
cents per yard
Bunch Cotton VI.
Dress Goods from Il, to 25cts l,er
s5Clark's Machine Thread s !cents.
Ginghams Sand B10c.s per yard
Produce taken in exchange
4. .L.EiltfzS.
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i,inonthS lslsl, was released on
Thursday laorGing last.-fttirMont
MtleE. s5 'ei f*''t' :tiG =
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WliATillas become Of The; brass
:band?4s Thought sou would have
bcentplaying bylthis time boys:
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has a good thing unless no adyeri-
stises the possession of:it2- u,leler-
tih. q
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ASp now tits said we arc 10
ayGanislit=watehman. Certainly
t5isinceded bad enough:
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TIE warm weIlther weSare nov
having has created no tlemand for
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24
POLAR EXPLORATION.

From the Woonsocket (R. H. Patriot. March 81 y
We had come to the conclusion that jewellers Oh
the deep" tired OF Arctic research. and that
even scientific men had about abandoned the theory
of IAN open Polar Sea- But soon to see
another expedtion-an American one-start out to
explore northwest passage. which since the begin
ming of the present century has been attempted by
Parry, Hudson. Franklin Kane and other brave sea-
men, The problem of tina. passage, If ever solved
will not satisfy that it will be worth what it has
already cost. in both money and human sacrifice.
In 1850 Captain Mcclure claimed to have discovered
the northwest PASSAGE yet unable to navigate it
account of the ice. He then left his ship at the
western entrance and travelled about sixty miles, by
sleigcs to another vessel on the eastern side-a
section which probably traversed by Sir John
Franklin after abandoning his fleet Some dozen
years afterward Dr. Rae went portion of this
identical territory in search OF the gallant Franklin.
and from the Esqumaux obtained some undoubted
relics of that unfortunate expedition.
The present Arctic experiment of penetrating the
unknown regions OF the North Pole will be under
the nominal patronage of the United States, which
will furnish commander and part of the officers.
We hope for its success
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RELIEF FOR SZEGEDIN.

meeting of Hungarian, Austrian and German
residents of New York held yesterday afternoon
at the Hotel Hungaria, No. Union square. for the
purpose of organizing relief committee to gather
subscriptions for the Szegedin sufferers. The fol-
lowing organization was fected:-President. Os-
valid Ottendorfer vice-prcsident, s. d. Stewards;
Treasurer August Belmont; Secretary, DR.. a. j..
vianyi; Assistant Secretary, Wilhelm Loew.
The official headquarters Of the committee will be
in the Stats Zeitung building, where all c6mmunica-
tons to be addressed The nucleus of an
executive committee was also formed, composed Of
the above named ex oficio members and Messrs.
William steinway and Adolph Heller. The COM
mittee is to be composed Of twenty gentlemen in
all and the of the other members will be pub
lshed in few days. Subscription lists will be cir
culated, headed by the following appeal ~.
AID ron szEcEDlS.
of Distress almost unparalleled in the history Of
sssred he second city 81 Hungary is inundated and
in ruins Thousands Of her inhabitsnts met with their
beautiful city with IS 5000 inhabitants, has fallen
enough their lives lost all they
and the hear,rcndng sreks Of Of homeless and
days before prevailed the pulsaton of salwart life and
Is there heart that could help sympathixing with
those unfortunates and is there who would
But ndivd"ai aid Is unity there Is strength
aid 70 tie Of .ss ay d Ge e
shine out the world glorious face of American
morality which knows Of bounds aud no distinctions
4 committee organized at the CITY of New York has
taken charge of the collection OF subscriptions and the
directed receive account for aud for
ward funds received the authorities OF
Hungary for the benefit of the afflicted.
Subscribers are respectfully requested to sign their
aud addresses opposite to the respective amounts
they subscribe and whenever checks drawn TO do il to
the order of August Belmont, treasurer.
Receipts individual subscribers will be published
through the press.
Mr.. Samuel Pollock. of No. Wooster street.
headed Of the lists at yesterdays meeting with
500. The Copernicus Lodge OF Masons or Williams
burg sent cheek for $25. The other contributions
were mostly Of smaller amounts. Dr. Gardini-
Gardner dropped in and asked that of the lists
he sent to his wife, Nine. Etclka Gcrster who de-
sired to subscribe for the relief OF her suffering
countrymcn II was announced that concert for
the benefit Of the sufferers is to take place ut the At
lantic Garden on the 9th. The singing society,
'.Frohsinn." Will also give concert at Terrace
Garden next month, the proceeds of which to be
forwarded to Szegedn 1t is hoped to raise at least
$40 600 for the Hungarian sufferers.
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from the settled districts of the col
ony. 1t completely closes communications
by land and opens two fronts for
the Catfir raiders on the territories which the
British may now he called ON to defend with all
their resources. AS the army in Natal and along
the Tugela must largely draw its supplies
from local sources, native instruction that
threatens to involve all the territory east of
the twenty fifth meridian may swallow up the
supplies and leave the army wholly dependent
on communications by The Fingoes num-
Der about forty-scven thousand, probably fifteen
thousand being warriors Until recently they
were the most valued and active of the native
auxiliarics to assist the British. The territory of
the Fingocs is situated between tho Great
Fish River and the Kieskamma River
The principal towns are East London,
Alice and Fort Beaufort. Giuhamstown
south of the Great Fish River, is threatened by
any insurrectionary movements in Fingoe Land
To the north and west there are ranges OF high
mountains. Indeed, the whole country is very
broken and difficult for military operations.]
THE POSITION OF COLONEL PEARSON.
Advices from Cape Town to the 9th inst. men
ton u report that Colonel Pearson had made q
raid and burnt Cctewayo's old kraal. Other
adviccs of the same date, however, do
not give the impression that he is
in position to undertake offensive
operation, aud state that the Zulus have de-
stroyed the road from Tugcla to Ekowc, and
seem determined to do their utmost to prevent
relief from reaching him. All idea Of attempting
to send him relief before the arrival of further
reinforcemcnts seems to be abandoned.
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republicans with two hard money democrats and two
hlrl money republicans. The committee simply
a small MOB. 1t did good thing. and the yipilant
efforts OF the hard money III IL prevented it
from d )ing much harm, but it Of no
Use TO the House or the country Resumption
being now achieved, it is hoped that Speaker Randall
will frame the new committee in accordance with ac
complished facts and especially that he will put
some hard money Western democrats on it, for the
friends of sound money in the West and South COM
plain that they have received no sort of encourage
ment from the Eastern branch of their party
although they have battled for a sound currency
under many difficulties. and this complaint. it must
be said, is well grounded.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS MOVEMENT FOR THEIR
ABOLITION.
Among the reforms talked of on the democratic
side Of the Senate is feeble movement to abolish
executive sessions. When the President sends
nominations of public officers to the Senate for
confirmation this body refers them in the first
instance to appropriate standing committees. and
these report to the Senate in what is called
executive or secret session, and they discussed
with closed doors. This custom which has. as
everybody knows led to many abuses is defended
on the ground that it would be unfair to person
nominated to office that the discussion his charac
ter and fitness should be held in public and made
matter of record, and that many objections made in
secret session without injury to the character
feelings OF the person under discussion would be
needlessly hurtfu if made openly
But those who oppose thes, executive sessions
reply that this defence, though plausible. is not
sound. because the nominations first considered
i'll committee meetings. which secret, where all
such matters may be brought up as would not prop
erly be for the public, and because further, when
men nominated to Office by party conven-
tons, their qualifications and character mmedi-
ately and thoroughly discussed in the most public
manner, which is thought to be proper and ncces
sary. But. say they, ii man nominated to lie Gov
ernor of State. or mayor or alderman of city,
may and ought to be freely criticised and discussed
why not if the same man is nominated for Minister
to Timbuctoo Postmaster in Snake Hollow? 1t is
added that the executive session is used mainly to
perpetuate OF the glaring abuses of the civil
service, the swapping of offices amolg Senator'S.
popularity known the courtesy of the Senate
and that to abolish these executive sessions would
be decisive step in real civil service reform.
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THE LATE GENERAL SHERMAN.
A TRIBUTE TO THE DEPARTED SOLDIER 5 WORTH
FROM HIS PASTOR.

A TRIBUTE TO THE DEPARTED SOLDIERS WORTH
FROM HIS PASTOR.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NEWPORT, II. l., March 20. 1879.
Rev. G. J. Masill, who officated at General Sher-
mans funeral. took occasion to-day in his sermon
to speak as follows Of the deceased. who
Der of his church. He took his text from John, tx.
4-"The night cometh. when man can work"
He said:-
1t is no merely graceful pancgyric to say that the
brave soldier whom We laid to rest the other day
with military honors also noble Christian hero,
deserving OF those higher honors which the Church
accords III Christian burial. 1t may have been his
religious lite to orderly system. conducting his
spiritual campaign with all the carcfulness and pro
cision that he gave to military duty. At all events
IL was so regulated. He most faithful in at
tendance ut the services of the Church. coming
whcn owing to physical intrmity. he might have
claimed excmpton--when the weather kept strong,
active at home In his private life.
macy with it, I found u deep and tender
piety, which was all the more conspicuous and
merorious because OF the strong and almost stern
nature where 1t resided. Such man, you may well
suppose did not leave his spiritual work undone
until the evening Of his lite. To him indeed the
Master said, Behold. come quickly, and he was
ready.
How comforting 1t is to visit the dying Christian
and find all things peaceful, trustful, hopeful. the
work OF life completed, the reckoning faithfully kept
up the last hour. with abiding faith in Christ
the why, the truth aud the lite. such the end
OF him of whom this brief notice is quite unworthy,
but whose example shall do well to follow.
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

THE LOYALTY OF THE rrNGoEs QUESTIONED
SICKNESS AMONG THE ENGLISH TROOPS.
INK CABLE TO THE HERALD1
LONDON, March "a, 1870
The correspondent Of the Daily Ncws at Cape
Town says there is much suspicion as to the
loyalty of the Fngocs who constitute % large
aud powerful tribe. The sickness among the
soldiers of the garrison Of Hclpnlakaar is de
plorablc OF fifty-six carbineers eleven only
are fit for duty. The negotiations to dctach
Cctywayos brother and followers from the Zulu
Chief have apparently failed
THE FiNcoEs AND THEIR COUNTRY.
(rhe circumstances attending the revolt of
the Caflir tribes in the rear Of the British forces
now operating in Natal render the movement
extremely important A line seems to be drawn
from the hcadwatcrs of the Orange River
toward the coast Of the eastern extremity
of the territory of Cape Colony proper,
which separates Natal aud Caifrland
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APOLLINARiS
NATURAL
MINERAL WATER.

The Apollinaris Company nmited) have attached bAt
little Importance to the scandaons paragraphs and adver
tisements respecting Apoilnaris Water which have
peared from time to time in the newspapers
Some of the statements absurd that they must
have amused those who had any information the
iect; Others without ingenuity and evinced
tain specousness which calculated msead the
lie Their motive and the interests they intended
sufficient Transparent
The time has arrived when the Apollinaris Company
U.imed think desirable give authoritative
nroveble reply, to the slanderous and malignant
accusations which have been levelied against them.
They do by the publication of the following letter
from the United States Treasury which they append the
certificate of the Infamous Professor Nirchow, of
Berlin
These documents will satisfy reasonable mind and
will leave future slanderous inventions respecting
Apolinaris W alter the contempt which they merit
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Copy.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,


WASHINGTON, ID. C.. February u, 1879 !
Messrs. FREDERICK DE barry x Co. IL Warren ST. New
York
tho 18th inst inqurng the results of the
requested by last spring into the condition OF Apo
linars Waters imported into the United States. with refer
the question whether such natural min.
eral entitled to exemption from duty had
frequently claimed. substantially artificial mineral
subject the duty provided by the statute in such
In conformity with your request the Secretary of State
asked thorough inquiry to be made into the
file in this department which contained statements
fleeing upon the which such Apollinars Waters
prepared for shipment the United States fur
nshed Ia the Consul.
very vouminous report the subject has been
cevcd with documents from scientists and
others who made matter u study who have
fully inspected the spring
Tho Consul that the fullest opportunity given
him examne the spring and all its surroundings that
machinery tor the of artificial carbonic
acid gas found the premises, and that
battling the for the that the spring itself
supplies far than for the purpose Of
botng the waters and preserving the amount
is tanned in the while In the spring. The
Consul concludes his report follows therefore
that IL is my opinion formed after what slider
full and pantaking investigation that the APoLLINAIs
WATER bottled the Aponar Spring exported the
United states is beyond question natural mineral
The evidence which accompanies the Consul despatch
LISARs MATER hereofore imported a mineral
water entitled to exemption from duty.
Very respectfully, IL. +. FRENCH,
Assistant Secretary.
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WAsHINGToN March 49, 1879.
Mr. RAINEY, THE CoLoRED EX-CoNGREssMAN,
TO BE THIRD AUDITOR.
ExCongressnan Rainey, the ooored Representa-.
tive from South Carolina. who became so Justly
popular with both parties in the last Congress- has
been strongly recommended by both democrats and
republicans for Presidential appointment. He will,
it is said. be nominated to fill the vacancy in the
Office of Third Auditor of the Treasury, the recent
incumbent of which. Mr.. Horace Austin has BEEN
appointed to the Eeceivership ct the land Office at
Fargo. Dako.ah.
NJ. Alexander II. Stephens was among the number
who recommended Mr.. Eaineys appointment to q
position of prominence. Mr.. Rainey is regarded as
the ablest colored man who ever sat in Congress.
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THE WIDOW DIVERS SUIT.

HOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CASE WAS UN-
Observation-Disclosures DEVELOPMENTS
PROMISED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l
WASHINGTON, March %, 1879.
The long delay in getting to trial in the Oliver
Cameron is ascribed to the general belief which
had been entertained among the Judiciary and at the
Bar here that the suit like the higgins
against General Grant, with which it stood side by
side for quite while on the calendar. 1t was not
until the second day of the trial. indeed, that the
lawyers and the public rubbed their eyes and began
to that il trivial affair and that there
more than method in the buxom widows madness.
One OF the plaintiffs attorneys. speaking of the
case, says that there will be fun in the court tomor
Naturally he declines to say why, but the i'm
preston exists that some testimony concerning the
letter containing the alleged promise OF marriage
will afford the expected amusement.
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NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP.
HOW MR.. sLoAN's DEcLISATIoN IS RECEIVED
by THE FRIENDS OF FRANK HIscocK-sToCK
OF THEIR CANDIDATE RISING.

OF THEIR CANDIDATE RISING.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 23 1879.
The card Of Mr.. George d. Sloan. published
throughout the State yesterday morning, announc-
ing in unequivocal terms his determination not to
be candidate for Governor, read here with
good deal of astonishment by politicians and friends
of Mr.. Frank Hiscock. The question Immediately
raised was, Does Mr.. Sloan mean what he says?
There mstaking the language used, and,
looking at this and also Mr.. Sloans record
as straightforward man, the conclusion has
been reached that ne Is honest in his declination
and is absolutely and uncquivocally out of the
way. II Is urged that IL this not the letter
would do Mr. Sloan more hurt than good. in the
event OF his consenting to become a candidate he
would disclose a dup.icity that would seriously
damage his int, rests.
HfsCocKs POSITION.
Mr.. Hscock is unquestionably candidate for
Governor. 1t is thought that not only Central and
Western but Northern New York can be consolidated
in Ills favor. The western part of the State
pleased with Mr. Sloans low canal tolls. Mr.. Hiscock
has no clement of that kind but is liberty to
do what lie conceives to be best for the entire
business interests of the State His friends express
themselves with some degree Of confidence that his
candidacy has received decided impetus by the
Sloan letter.
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APPEARANCE OF THE DERELlCT NAVAL OFFICER
IN pHILADELPHIA-HE IS ARRESTED AND
PLACED ON BOARD A RECEIVING sHIp-AN
EFFORT AT rnIGSING INsANITY--CouRT MALI
TIAL ANTICIPATED.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1879.
Lieutenant A. II. Fletcher, OF the United States
Navy who eloped with Miss Bailey. the daughter
OF his boarding house mistress in Baltimore last
month"; has suddenly turned up in this city. Last
Thursday q week he entered the Mcrcan-
tile Hotel very small and quiet estab-
lishInent on Tenth street, above Chestnut.
He registered in his right and
asked for room for two days. He unaccom-
panied by the fair partner of his flight and had but
little luggage. In the evening he wrote letter to
Secretary of the Navy Thompson reporting his
whereabouts saying that he very i'll. and asking
that be given for admission to the hospital
at League Island He complained in his letter of
pains in Che head and conveyed the idea that he
was not altogether right in his mind. Notwth-
standing these declarations however, it is said that
Fletcher showed no signs of mental bodily ILL
ness as fur the hotel people saw and after writing
this letter spent the rest Of the evening until after
midnight at a concert hall of rather questionable
reputc. The next day he showed much uneasin
about some letters which he said he expected. and
postnlan.
TAKEN TO THE NAVY YARD.
On Saturday ambulance from the navy yard at
League Island drove up to the hotel while Fletcher
was temporarily absent. When he returned the
alleged sick man seemed nervous and un
easy at sight of the ambulance. but after
writing and mailing postal card he hastily
got his luggage. and, jumping up beside the driver.
was conveyed to League Island. He is under
guard and medical attendance board the receiving
ship st. Louis. Fletcher has been closely watched
since his arrival there, but the naval officers have
failed to hnd any mental arrangement in the dis
graccd officer. and he IL suspected OF shamming
HERS APPEARANCE.
He IN man Of about forty years, slender In build,
of middle height partly bald. and nervous In his
manner. He Is taciturn. and docs not speak uf his
singular clopenent from wife and child to whom
he appeared so much attached. At the time Of his
running away Fletcher was under suspension for two
years tor deserving from the unfortunate Huron
Just before she started the voyage which ended in
her terrible loss. After the wreck Fletcher pretended
that he failed to report board tho Huron because
he had premonition of hcrcoinng fate His claim,
IL Is said. IL regarded In official circles as de-
cidedly thin. After the physicians have promo
upon Flctchcr's sanity he will probably be court
martiallcd for conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman He In also liable for disobcdience Of
orders leaving the boundaries of the state of Mary
land to which he restricted by the order of his
suspension. Meantime he Is under arrest.
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TELEGRAPH ARRANGEMENT.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

PorIsvILLE, Pa March y, 1919.
Arrangements have been perfected by which the
Western Union and Philadelphia and Reading Tele
graph Company's business in this region is consol-
dated. Hereafter tho Western Union Company will
undertake no business on Philadelphia and Reading
tcrrtory in other words. where its railway extends
and meets with no competition. The Western Union
manager Mt this place Mr.. ID. H. Tcter will 20 to
Philadelphia M he has settled tho business
OF his company here, and from tho 1st of April until
further notice the elegraphc business OF the region
will be done by the Philadephia. Reading and Potts
willie Telegraph Company, OF which Mr.. =. NJ. Lewis
Jr., Is manager.
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THE HOMEwARD BOUND.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
OCEAN BEACH. N. j.. March 70, 1

OCEAN BEACH, N. j., March -, 1870.
The position OF the bark Homcward Bound is un-
changed Her topmasts and yards have been taken
down. but no attempt has been made to-day to lay
anchors or cables. There is hole in the forward
part Of the vessel through which the water freely
Gibbs and flows. Captain William Merit says that
her condition is similar to that Of the ship Hanna
taken of the beach at Long Branch. March \. and
that Il is probable that bulkhead will have to be
built IN her bow before she is removed from the Jer
scy shore Hundreds of rustics from Long Branch
Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and Squan visited the
scene OF the wreck to-day.
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FREIGHT RATES.

ST.. LOUIS Mo-. March 20, 1879.
The vandalia. Wabash. and Chicago and Alton,
three Of the I've pool lines running east from here,
resolved at meeting yesterday to restore freight
rates. and from tomorrow monday tho rates to
twenty three cents, and fourth class freight
twenty nine cents
The ohio and Mississippi and indianapolis and st.
Louis have not yet signiicd what they will do.