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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12

Have the negroes OF Tennessee lost this
year that comparative immunity from yell
low fever which is one of tho attributes of
their race in our climate, or has the fever
at Memphis undergone such q change in its
character that it would be more properly
described by another name? On Sunday
the new cases were divided between
white and colored patients in the proper
ton of seventeen of the latter to only twelve
of the first, and it has happened several
times lately that more than half the patients
in the new cases were negroes. From
third to half of those taken every day are,
in fact, the men and women OF race which
has hitherto been observed to be very much
Jess subject to this malady than the whites.
How is this change to he accounted for?
We believe it is due to the fact that
the fever is not purely yellow lever,
but is one in which the typhus poison
is more responsible than the other for
this years operations. 1t was thought last
year that the fever was more a typhus fever
than n yellow fever in its commencement;
but as the summer went on its character be-
came plain enough, and no doubt this year
it started directly enough from yellow fever
fomites. But depression, decentralization,
privation, neglect and filth have together at
last brought upon the scene another minis
ter of death, aud ono which has not that
peculiar respect for the African race which, is
supposed to distinguish Yellow Jack Here,
for instance, is history of q family
of nine persons:-"Mrs. Forbes aud six
children, whose ages range between seven
and sixteen years, are sick--all in one
room. Charles s. Forbes and his son Will
lam died of the fever on the LIST inst. and
the remaining seven members of his family
were stricken yesterday. There is n small
cellar, three feet deep, underneath the
house, which had been used as a privy
vault by the family. From this cellar the
stencil was SO great that the five nurses
sent by the Towards could not remain in
side the dwelling until it had been deluged
with powerful disinfectants."
In typhus epidemic that vault would
have o proper relation to the virulence Of
disease, and undoubtedly Its presence
would aggravate the severity of any disease
whatever; but it has no special relation to
yellow fever Perhaps a change in the
character of the fever may also account for
the fact that SO many persons who suffered
last year have again had the lever this year.
inasm uch as the fact that one Inns had yell
low fever does not insure him against
typhus fever.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12

The Leteiite< Trouble Over the Border.
The HERALp's special correspondence
from Montreal. giving brief but compre-
heusiye sketch Of the difficulties arising
out OF the Le;ellier affair. will be read with
interest II places the story before Ameri-
can readers in clear light and enables us
30 understand why ia creates so much ieel-
ing between the rival parties in the
Dominion. The general impression here
will doubtless be In favor OF aIr. Letellier,
not alone because he represents the liberal
party. but for the reason that he appears
20 have been clearly i'm the right in
the action which led To his dismissal
BY the Governor General on the recommen-
dalton Of his Council. As the Lieutenant
Governor OF the Province Of Quebec Mr.
LctelIier. q liberal. found himself hampered
jority OF seventeen against him In the
House. Legislation was forced through the
Provincial Parliament. which the Lieuten-
ant Governor denounced as unconstisu-
tional. unjust and ruinous ; and In order
20 test the sentiment OF the Province
he dismissed his tory ministers. formed
n liberal ministry In their place, dissolved
Parliament and appealed to the people.
This certainly seems to have been just
and fair mode Of proceeding. and the result
was THAI the liberals, who had only twenty
four out of sixiy-fve members in the dis
solved House. went into the new House
with majority OF one.
Meantime fta tcrtaS had camo int v,ouer
in the Dominion government, and Sir John
A. Macdonald was Premier. The Council
recommended to Lord Lorne the removal
Of the liberal Lieutenant Governor OF Que
bee. 1t is known how Lord Lorne hesi-
tated. referred the case to England, and
finally conceded to his Council the removal
OF Mr.. Leteilier. One side holds that MIR.
Letellier had no constitutional right
to dismiss his tory ministry. while the
other insists that the Governor Generals
action is an arbitrary and unconstitutional
interference with the exercise Of respon-
sible government in province. 1t is easy
to see that the two sides to this controversy
are divided by the political party lines. 1t
is tory against liberal. The tory party has
grown in power through the distress pre-
vailing among the Dominion people
and the desire for some sort OF a
change to relieve the existing depres-
sion. The remedy of high tariff is,
however, in fair way to explode, and the
tories, whose principles in ordinary times
do not meet with popular Endorsement, will
die out with the failure OF their obsolete
nostrums. 1he liberal side, therefore,
stands the best chance of prevailing in the
end, and it probably would not grove Lord
Lorne if the opportunity should one day
arise to restore Mr. Letellier to the position
from which he has now been removed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12

A despatch in yesterdays HrnsLp from
Salt Lakc quotes some rather Wild writing
in the Mormon organ. In which IL l. pro-
posed to ''rcsist the Incarceration OF honor
able men in jails." This h AN allusion b
the fact that the supreme Court has held
that bigamy can bo punished by federal Law
in the Territories. under which decision a
Mormon bigamist is now ''incarcerated in
Jail, to use the phrase Of the writer
We advise the Mormons To ''go slow" 20
use the phrase OF Western steamboat men.
Bigamy is penitentiary offence m every
State of tho Union, and whenever a Mormon
bigamist Is brought TO justice under state
laws he will doubtless DO ''incarceratcd Ina
a Jail, no matter how strongly he pleads
his religious faith to excuse his breach Of
the laws. The federal government rules
the Territories, and will punish bigamy
there hereafter just Ms IL is punished In the
States. Secretary Evarts did right 10 give
notice to foreign Mormons intending to
remove to the United states, Of this TACT IA
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they come here they must obey our laws or
else suffer the consequences. The plea that
mans religious faith excuses him for
violating the wholesome and necessary laws
of the country is nonsense. A horse thief
exemption from punishment on the
ground that his religious belief inculcated
the random appropriation of horses or hand
kerchiets. European Mormons coming to
this country should take notice that bigamy
is a penitentiary offence in the United
States, and rule their lives accordingly.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
Shall the Race Be mt Saratoga .,
Chautauuua?

Saratoga should, before this week is out,
make sure Of the Hanlan- Courtney race.
She closes many of her hotels and the SER
wants scatter by mid-September hence the
race should be rowed before that time.
Hanlan says that he is willing to row in
September, and Courtney has been ready
all along. Chautauqua is ahead of Saratoga
in the bidding, but the latter should end
this at once by offering purse of six thou
sand dollars and five hundred to each man
for expenses. Within few hours ride of
Saratoga live five times as many people as
are equally near Chautauqua-in sew
eral millions in all. Row the race mt Sara
toga, and thousands will DO there to see it,
more than were ever in Saratoga county be-
tore. The largest cities in Canada are con-
venient to it, and already the word comes that
Montreal alone will send enough visitors to
I'LL the place. The Saratoga course is as fair
water for such O contest as could be desired.
Place one row of flags down its centre, re-
quire the rowers to keep always on their
own side OF the flags, and so perfectly equal
would the two tracks be that Courtney
would doubtless promptly waive drawing
for position and let Hanlan take which he
liked. Hanlan evidently begins to see that
this standing out for such exorbitant figures
is almost sure to reflect unpeasantly on
him, especially after his magnificent and
unparalleled record, and he will undoubt-
eddy row for the above purse Mr. Wander
bilt has already contributed a trine; but he
and Judge Hilton could insure that race by
q single stroke OF u pen, and it would prove
one Of the best paying strokes either has
made in many day
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12

At abe meeting of the Tammany Commit
teo last night long series Of resolutions
was adopted denouncing Governor Robin
son and giving in detail the reasons. for
Tammany's opposition to his denomination.
II was remarked by good friend of Mr..
Kelly, after reading his conversation on the
same subject with HEnALD reporter some
days ago, that Mr.. Kelly would have
strengthened his position ii he had given
fewer reasons for his determination not to
support the Governor. The resolutions
are open to the same criticism.
The fact that all the Tammany district
organizations have declared against the
Governors denomination. and that, there
fore. that part of tho city democrats who
adhere TO Tammany are united on this
point, In the most forcible argument against
the denomination; and II We were in Mr.
Kelly's confidence we should urge this upon
him and advise him 10 avoid agreement and
the statement OF reasons. He and those
who act with him have right
TO declare that they will not sup
port Governor Robinson. without reason,
IL they so choose. aud when they make
this statement In advance Of the Convcn-
ton they are entitled to respectful treat
ment from that body when IL meets; and il
will be for the Convention 10 decide whether
IL il prudent TO insist on the single candi-
date VINO. for whatever reason. Is objection
able to an important number OF the party
That seems to us the plain situation in the
democratic party. II anybody in that
party, meantime. docs not care TO carry the
State this tall he need not be anxious for
harmony.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
News from Nordsnskjald.

Perhaps the Alaska company was right in
its suggestion that the recent announce
ment from Stockholm that Nordenskj5ld
had got through the ice was premature;
because, from the dates of his probable
progress as given by himself in the letter
printed yesterday, he could hardly have
been through in time for the news to reach
US by Russian route, even if the year
had been an ordinary one, and wo now
know that the ice has not broken up so
early as usual. 1t appears, indeed, from
the full statement now received of his exact
winter, and that otherwise he would have
come through all right last year. His ac-
count Of the character of the seasons is
given as gathered from the natives Of that
country encountered not far from where he
wintered. 1t appears that ordinarily
there is open water along that coast until n
period later than would have been neces-
sary for his safe passage; but that, in gen.
eral, if the ice does close up early it opens
again before the definite coming on Of
winter. This year it closed early, but did
not open again, and thus he was caught at
point through which he could have passed
freely but few days before he reached it.
Perhaps his delay will be ultimately no
loss to science, for he scarcely passed the
winter without some study likely to be
useful in tho general solution Of Arctic
problems
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
Comfort at Sea.

We said few words the other day upon
this subject. and are glad to give publicity
to the letter of the managers of the New
line which appears in another column and
proves the practicability of our suggestions.
Messrs. f. Alexandra Il Sons announce that
they have adopted the restaurant plan with
small separate tables upon their steamer
the City Of Washington, and it is creditable
to their enterprise that they have been the
first to adopt SO pleasant an improvement.
The White Star Company will, we UNDER
stand, follow suit with their next vessel,
the Majestic, which is, moreover, to
be very large, and. we believe, cor
respondingly fast. These innovations
will mark new era in ocean travel.
The Britannia, Germanic and Arizona
have already completed the growth Of
generation of fine steamships and made an
tiques of the vessels of twenty years ago.
But even upon the present class of ships
there is room for improvement. Next to
safety, which is, Of course, the first requi-
site of ocean travel, comfort should be
OOASuAtCu, "AN O'SAJ "PPiA"hSO "AASh Cun
in the least add to the passengers ease and
pleasure should be adopted. This is par
TALLY done, but there still survives tradi-
ton of the olden time in the long, incon-
venient dining tables and in the heavy pas
try and voluminous but lndigestible entrees
which are the torment of travellers with
qualmish stomachs and squeamish appe-
titles. Whichever line has the enter
prise to perfect its ships in these
seemingly minor points will reap its
reward in increased patronage and
profit. If the Majestic of the White Star
line comes up to the expectations that are
based upon it it will be the pioneer of O
fleet swifter and more luxurious than any
thing now afoat.
The Guion line has done itself credit in
building the Arizona. One Arizona, how
ever, does not constitute O fine feet any
more than one swallow makes q summer.
No doubt the Guion people intend to build
other vessels equally fine, for to have one
single fast ship would be very much as if
the Hudson River Railroad were to run only
one express train and make up the deficit
with stage coaches.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
LITERARY CHlT-CHAT.

Eugere Z. Dlder Is writing 'Iiistory Of American
Publishers"
Mr. Nathaniel Cooke. one OF tho founders Of the
Ison.ion sraghss. 10 dead.
.Kaahrland. Ton Months Campaign" Ia the title
Of a volume BY Frank ". stroatheid.
A. y. Dutton co. have become the publishers Of
SaudaD. popular English annual.
The. Couatosr Rsrowitx's "Recollcctions OF Las.
sale have reached six,h edition In Germany.
soshelio .. tho latest addition TO Professor will.
lam .. Rolfes edition OF shakespeare published by
Harper A Brothers. This " remarkably good eii-
ton. being printed Ia handy volume size. with
copioas note. aud play 10 volume.
A. worthlngton GO. have issued Sir George
canpbelrs white and black" In handsome vol
ume This book has already been reviewed In there
coluinns n H. highly entertaining. u not always
accurate aud u written In a friendly spirit.
Mr.. Lo.lie stephen. in his now volume of "Hours
In q Library" speaking OF the Brontes. says:-
They afforded QUE more instance OF the common
theory thai great art IL produced by taking
ceptionally delicate nature. and manang II slowly
undss shs srlaains wheels Of the world"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
The YaxoO Plan.

The HEnArD's vicksburg correspondent
telegraphs that the Yazoo plan has broken
out in Rankin county also, one of the most
respectable old citizens of that county, Tor
offering to run as an independent candidate,
having been warned by democratic COM
mittee TO leave the county with his family.
The press of the State begins to speak out
strongly against these outrages, and n recent
number of tho vicksburg Herald contains
vigorous denunciation of them from A.
G.. Brown, one of the oldest and most in
fuential citizens of the State. But the
Governor is still inactive, and Mr.. Brown
rightly complains that the Representatives
in Congress, who spent tho last session in
complaints about bayonets at elections, by
their silence encourage mob rule and the
shotgun policy in their own State politics.
The people Of Mississippi had better get
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12

done with this nonsense at once, and if their
public men have not spirit enough to
rebuke lawlessness they had better select
others. They are making the carpet-bag
governments respectable. and they are
mistaken If they imagine that the vote
OF their State is going to be counted in the
Presidential election if they conduct that
on the Yazoo plan. Democratic Presiden-
tial candidates ought to rush down to Mis-
sissippi and try to teach their people there
q little sense
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abuse. II the streets were filthy the press
aud public opinion would arraign not an
irresponsible non-pariisan Board. but the
Mayor. II the police were inc liiciont. again
public opinion would call out TO the Mayor.
If the taxes were sqnandered. again the
Mayor. II the tenement houses were
neglected, once more the Mayor. When
ever an abuse cropped out the inhabitant
of New York would not have, as now.
to hunt ont, through weary days. the officer
who ought to correct it. and then find at
the end of his journey a non-partissn CON-
mission bound by the nature Of their forma-
ton to conceal wrong-but the Mayor. the
Mayor, the Mayor, always and only the
Mayor. And if he did not remedy abuses
he and his party together would be bundled
out of power at the next election.
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correspondent, whose communication
will be found in to-day's HERALD, approves
warmly Of the proposition for the establish
ment Of bureau of charity whose prov
ince it should be to direct the needy and
suffering to the institutions from which the
character OF their respective cases would
entitle them to prompt relief. At the same
time our correspondent SO warmly refutes
the justice OF the recent criticisms on the
insufficiency OF our charities to meet press
ing emergencies and on the red tapism
that surrounds the administration Of many
OF our benevolent institutions as to convey
the impression that there can be very little
real necessity for any such establishment
rs the proposed directory bureau. We re-
member, however, that o few years since
when great distress prevailed from the lack
of employment and the extreme Sc verify of
the Weather, some of our leading citizens
found it necessary to raise large indie
pendent fund for the instant relief of ex-
treme cases of suffering Tor the reason that
the tormalities Of visits and Investigations
and reports rendered it very probable that
before assistance actually came through q
regular channel death might step in and
render the praiseworthy and admirable
charity valueless. .
The "pitiful story Of the poor little girl,
three years old, 4" was vouched for by relia-
BILE party before it found place in the
HERALD. The child had no contagious dis
ease, but she had sore eyes, and this defect
ruled her out Of one Of the noble charities
alluded to by our correspondent. Ofcourse
there was no obstruction in the way OF her
reception by reason of an unreasonable
objection to the sacrifice of her hair, because
she had no fond parents who would have
grieved to see the locks in which they
took pride clipped off by the regulation
shears. But when one place closed it's
doors against the little one because she
was too young another because she had
already been the recipient of its kind
bounty another because she could not be
as completely separated from her parents
as if the grave had closed over them, it is
not surprising that the person who had
made the applications turned away dis
couraged and contrssted the welcome ex-
tended TO little children by the Saviour
with that given to this one poor child by
our noble charities.
We do not desire. to disparage any one
of our excellent charitable institutions.
Nevertheless, it is unquestionable that in
some Of them, at least, the most benevolent
features are the employment they give to
well paid officials, and their means Of doing
good are crippled by the cost OF doing good.
The people OF New York give very large
amount Of money annually for the relief of
poverty and suffering. and we should like
to see their contributions go into the
pockets OF those for whom it is intended
with as little deduction for expenses and
AZ little red tapism as is consistent with
it's distribution among really deserving per-
sons.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
The Cotton Crop.

Careful and detailed reports collected in
all the cotton States give promise OF ut least
an average crop, with probability of better
results than last year. The cotton region
appears to have suffered from hot and very
dry weather during July. but since then
abundant rains are reported from all parts.
and as the season is now we'll advanced
there is little doubt that the cotton planters
will have as satisfactory harvest in the
South as the wheat farmers in the North.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
New YORK. HAVANA AND MEXICAN
MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE, 81 AND 80 BROADWAY,
NEW York, August 8, 1870.


NEW York, August 8. 1879.
To THE EDITOR THE HERAID:-
we read with pleasure IN your euation OF soaay
munication from "Ocean Traveller" recommend
ing that more attention should be shown on steam
ships in the item of eating and comfort OF passen-
gers. We beg to remark that since Last spring we
initiated in the steamer City of Washington plying
between Havana and New York, the restaurant plan.
with small tables, by which plan passengers can
eat when and what they please. So we are glad to
that we have put to practical test your ideas.
and are. think the pioneers OF an improved sys-
'''H u 'A'''S ~ '''A' F. ALEXANDRA SONS.
An earthquake is . regular land grab.
Caulifower by any other name would be as sweet.
Congressman Garfield keeps up regular course
of reading.
When good man becomes bad all the bad men are
against him.
The katydids serenading. we shall have frost
in six weeks.
Mr.. H. de Pestel, Minister of the Netherlands at
Washington, is at the Everett House.
Chief Justice Sanford H. Church. OF the Court of
Appeals, Is at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
The President has appointed Richard Harvey to be
Register of the Land Office at Central City. Col.
Carl Schurz will speak in Cincinnati. from which
we infer that Limberger cheese will boom for Sher.
man.
Beef soup Is made out Of the 'chuck." and that
Is tho reason why some waters almost "chuck" it
at you.
man who went to Colorado poor q few years ago
now has 10000 head Of CATTLE He must be long Of
that stock.
walked OF ON his car" ia very bad slang. and
should be confined to those who indulge In aerial
navigation.
Idaho has town named Bad Egg. Now let the
postal cards come suggesting that Idaho has set
bad cggsanple.
begin his campaign until next year. But he may
get the spring halt.
The who puts a cent In the church plate in
winter now pays Ave cents for lager outside the
camp meeting tent.
Wisconsin Arm will manufacture . very nne
What sausage TOR tho goose will be sausage for tho
gandcr.
A natty young fellow. with gold ox-chan on his
vest aud small conservatory In his buttonhole,
stepped into Dslmonico's and asked for "some caa
aa iasi. without any milk In it. you know.'
when. after leaving your country cousins at the
depot. you hoist their bushels OF plums and pears
aboard your train. do not forget to tell them that
you would invite them to the city next winter you
dtd not 1--we In 40 small house.
senator Beck. % kentucky. left Washington last
night for Providence. II. T.. TO attend meeting OF
tho committee Of which senator butler. of South
Carolina. Is chairman TO investigate the charges
atng 10 the removal OF federal soldiers from gov
ernInent positions Ia that state.