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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28
The Political Beggars.

The electioneering committees of all the
parties are making piteous appeals for con-
tributions to their cash boxes. No curb
stone beggar could excel the palaver of
their solicitations 1t is uncommon for
any prosperous citizen to open his morning
mail at his shop or counting room nova
days without finding circular from some
Tammany, anti-Tammany or republican
committee, as the case may be, advising
him that tho 'rebuke of tyranny" or
the triumph of virtue" or the ''sal-
walton of the country" depends upon
his pocketbook. When he goes home ut
night he is pretty sure to learn that
duplicate Of the document has been left
Mt his house in his absence. The proceeds
of political assessments ON ofice-holders
seem to have given out earlier than usual
this year. We are glad of it. We wish that
they had not held out so long. This is a
politicians canvass all around, not the peo-
Piles canvass; therefore let tho politicians
make up any financial deficit themselves.
Christmas is approaching, with its myriad
calls and opportunities for genuine charity.
We advise everybody who has money to
give away to reserve it for that occasion
rather than squander it in response to the
uoliticians,
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statesman does not care who rides ahead SO
ne can carry his lantern in peace and feel
that he is regular" and be assured that
his decision will not cost him his snug
berth in the. Comptroller's Office or his
billet at the customs. That is the painful
responsibility he must meet, and the wide
spread agony in meeting it now prevail
ing in the ranks of republicans and demo-
Gratis must excite general sympathy. Elec-
lions like the present, where everything
goes at skies and sevens, aud not even the
wisest know what day will bring forth,
give new zest and relish to the independent
voters They have chance to think and
decide and scrutinize. But to the states
men-who have all their lives had their
thinking done for them, and who do not care
who wins SO they follow the winning pen
nant-these melancholy October days are
full of gloom
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The London Libellers.

Sentence was pronounced yesterday in
London court inficting eighteen months
imprisonment upon the publisher of an
Infamous print, whose columns were sys-
tematically made ''spicy" by the publica-
ton of libels more or less gross upon rep
utable persons. Justice on the other side
of the Atlantic takes a very high view of
the sapctity of private life, and does not re-
gard any libel as trifle; while against an
especially gross one, in the publica-
ton of which appear all the ele-
ments calculated to aggravate the Of
fence, it is always prepared to apply
the utmost force Of the law. In this case it
has certainly considered all the circum-
stances, and it has perhaps also consid-
cred fact somewhat apart from them, but
with definite relation to all such cases.
Few people care to trust themselves in
court to prosecute for libel. 1t is ON un-
pleasant duty, and if the counsel for the
defence is a man of the audacious variety
he can make the proceeding so unpleasant
for the complainant that, if he is an ordi-
nary mortal, he will wish hundred times
before he gets through that he had quietly
submitted to the libel. How that is done
the public knows, and it has a recent
example in the style in which Mr.. Labou-
chere. of the London TRUTH lately cross-ex-
amined Mr.. Lawson of the Daily Telegraph.
1t was sacrifice of inclination and of per-
sonal scruples for Mr. Langtry ana Mr..
West to go into court in such case, and
the court apparently needed only fair oc-
casion to strike at too common offence a
blow that it might not soon have IN occa-
sion to repeat. unless, indeed. it should
deem somewhat similar repression neces-
sary in the Lawson -Labouchere case. Per-
haps it may prove unfortunate for the caus-
tic satirst of Truth that he comes before
the public as defendant in libel suit at
this particular moment.
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There Is one class who command our
sympathies in this peculiar condition Of
political affairs-the old fashioned political
war horses and statesmen. In the past the
stat esmen had an easy task. They waited
until the Convention met, the will of the
leaders was recorded and tho regular ticket
was flashed out on fences and newspaper
broadsides. Their duty was plain--to carry
q lantern or fag, stand in front of the
hustings and shout, and when election day
came walk up to the polls and vote the
regular ticket. Nothing was more comfort
able, and politics went on from year TO year
without any wear and tear OF conscience or
any strain of tho nervous system.
We have fallen upon evil days for the
statesmen. The skies are full of sad omens
Here is regular ticket in New York
and another regular ticket from Albany.
John Kelly leads one and Lucius Robinson
the other. Here Is q regular Cornell ticket
for the republicans. and from Staten Island
Mr.. Curtis sends perplexing cries against
the machine. In the old days It was the
machine that made politics so cosey and
profitable and no more trouble than the
movements Of the clock or the circling of
the stars. Now each party has two ma
chimes, and If you go with one you fall
under the other. It Is as embarrassing as
gambling at the races--with this difference,
that the statesman must gamble.
Down in his Utmost consciousness the
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That Unsuccessful Democratic Dove.
, The dove which the Southern and Western
democrats recently despatched from their
ark to the democratic factions in this State,
having been refused landing by Governor
Robinson, has continued its fight to Boston
and made second unsuccessful attempt
to obtain an olive branch to carry
back. The democratic party is rent
in twain in Massach usetts as it is
here. Mr.. Adams is the candidate of
the regulars, like Governor Robinson;
and General Butler, like Mr.. Kelly, is the
candidate of seeding faction. The pro-
portion of the followers of these two gen.
tlemen to one another, however, is the re-
verse Of what exists here. General Buffers
seeding democrats outnumber Mr.. Adams
regulars six or seven to one. Accordingly,
last Friday evening, in Faneuil Hall, that
he and General Butler should jointly with
draw from the field and concentrate
the whole democratic vote upon Mr..
Charles P. Thompson. the General re-
piled on Saturday evening, refusing the
offer upon the ground that Mr.. Adams and
his regulars are ''of no more consequence
than fly on wheel" This is the same
estimate which Governor Robinson made
to the HERALD correspondent Sunday after
noon about the strength of Mr.. Kelly and
the Tammany faction. Perhaps both Gov
ernor Robinson and General Butler are
mistaken; and perhaps they are not. We
shall see next week. At any rate, it is q
bad year for democratic doves, bearing
messages of peace and reconciliation.
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THE WEATHER.--The low area that is moving
over the lake regions Is beginning TO develop
storm energy. particularly on its western mar
GIN Tits Is caused by tue rapid advance of
another area of high barometer from the Rocky
Mountain regions. The high area that dom
mated the weather in the central valley
and Middle Atlantic districts during
the latter part of the past week is
now moving into the ocean rapidly. The
disturbance that was referred TO as developing
energy in the vicinity of the West Indies. in
yesterdays HERALD has commenced to move
northeastward but is not likely TO affect the
Atlantic coast districts north of Cape Ilatteras
very much. Rain fell in the lake regions, CEN
trail valley districts and Oh the Gulf coast The
temperature rose in all the districts. The winds
have been brisk to high in the northwest, brisk
III the lake regions and Gulf States and fresh
elsewhere The weather over the British ISL
nnds is stormy, the disturbance predicted by
the HERALD Weather Bureau to arrive between
the 2ith and 2Gth having developed energy
during the night of the latter date The weather
in New York and its vicinity to-day will be
warm and cloudy, with rains, followed by clear
Ing Tomorrow it will be cooler and fair.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

Hans Makarts great picture. Tho Entry Of Charles
v. into Antwerp" is now being exhibited at the
Odeon. in Munich.
Michael Munkacsy has skctchcd in. on canvas
some twenty feet long. . composition OF many
figures. representing "Chrlst Before Plate" Here
is painter who rises In the grandeur of his subjects
with the rapidly growing power OF his brush
Bouguereau is at work tor the next salon on pic
ture OF tho same size and shape his last exhibit.
The subject is ''Tho Flagellation of Christ 1t Is
sudden change from 1.-THE Birth OF Venus to one OF
the saddest subjects which ever inspireq Murillo.
1t seemed to have q fascination for tine Spanish
master, for he painted three of them, one of which
we described whom 1t first appeared In New York.
considerably over year ago.
Charles Baugnet has received order from tho
Belgian government for picture to go into tho
Museum OF Modern Art, now building In Brusselss
of which city tho painter is q native.
The fifty third exhibition OF the Berlin Academy
of Fine Arts will close on the I'd prox. Among
the exhibitors are Alma Tadcma, the two Achen-
bachs Carl Becker, Iiockelman, Braith, Conrad,
Comte Calix, Delort, Dielman dnde, Knaus, Kraus.
Mcneil, Meyer Won Bremen, Paul Moyerhcm, Freyer
and voitz. Pictures by Conrad, rising pupil OF
Knaus Kraus and Meyer Won Bremen are entered Nc
the property Of 3. r. Avery aud Knoodier Co., OF
this city.
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FINE ARTS.
HOME NOTES AND NEWS.


Elihu vedder who. We lately mentioned. will
shortly return to New York, will do after abb
senoe of ten years abroad. spent chiefly in Rome.
He will take studio here and remain for the VIM
ter and possibly permanently. He intends. shortly
after he arrives, to make exhibition. probably ~
Avery's, of some twenty thirty Of his works.
Among them will be "The Duncan Sbyl Return
ing for the Last Time to Tarquin. exhibited at the
Paris Exposition OF 1873; 1.-THE Star Of Bethlehem"
"a Landscape-Composition;' I'm Memosiam."
full length figure. among dead peoples; "A Model
Posing. half length. seated. female figure; Sphinx
of the Seashore," Identity" illustrating some
lines Of 4. b. Adricb; "The Young MsrsyAs." II.
hibted at Paris in 1873; Head of NJ dusa. ''Vel.
letri Church." "The Golden Not" "The Venetian
Model and "a Saint"
H. A. Bridgeman intends to send to New York for
exhibition during the his pictures. "a Royal
Pastime in Ninevoh, which was exhibited ut tho
Salon OF 1S7s at the Royal Academy this year and s
now being displayed ut Liverpool; PROCESSION OF
the Sacred Bull Apis. from the Salon OF this year.
and now in the Manchester Exhibition. and his
class medal at the salon OF 1877 and second class
and tho Legion Of Honor ut the Universal Expo
stion OF 1873.
Among the recent donations to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art 10 q set OF line engravings, chiefly
proofs after works of Titan. Correggio: Raphael.
Paul veronese, Guido, Carlo Dolce Holbcin and Van
Dyck from Carl Grif. the representative Of Ernst
Arnold's art publishing house in Dresden. and pre-
scented through Professor j. Leonard Corning. tho
art lecturers valuable set of fifteen large folio vol
umes of Bernard do Montfaucon's ''L'Antlquite Ex-
pliquee ct Representee Figures"-second edition,
PARIS 1742- consisting of four volumes Of text and
eleven of finely executed copper plate engravings.
presented by Mr.. William Loring Andrews, one OF
the trustees OF the Museum. and from Mr.. Henry g..
Marquand. also trustee, his interesting collection
of about one hundred specimens of mound builders
pottery. found in Missouri.
pity that the Historical Society does not place
on permanent loan ut the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art the Abbott collection OF Egyptian antiquities.
which now Is hardly seen or known Of. II this coli
lection loaned and sct of casts Of the rioze OK
the Parthenon secured from abroad, General Ces-
nola says would undoubtedly be done. series illus
tratng the progress OF art would BIO complete from
Egypt through Cyprus, to Greece.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Miss Emma Abbott is the Boston rage.
Speaker Samuel J. Randall 10 at the New York
Hotel.
Secretary McCrary will return to Washington ON
Wednesday or Thursday next
daughter of Admiral wordcn. of Monitor men,
Dry, will be married next month.
General Butler travels round in his campaigning
with buffalo" overcoat and lots Of wraps
II Irving the actor should como to America next
year he will not remain more than three months.
During the autumn Of opera In London the
usual regulations as TO evening dress not en-
forced.
Tho Washington Rspwbiie has information that
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28
For Hum aMitys Sake.

The eighth letter in the series which we
have been publishing from our special cor
respondent engaged in investigating the
charity system of this State will be found
in another part of this paper. In more than
one respect it is the saddest exhibit which
we have yet printed. The two objection
able features that stand out clearly in our
correspondents letter are the unusual
number oil children found at Whallons-
burg, and the indiscriminate use Of chains
and ropes for restraint and punishment.
Whether sane or insane, men and women
are put in chains at tle whim of the
keeper. 1t is clearly quite as much
Of an offence, in the judgment of
that official, to have lost ones reason
as to have lost ones money. The woman
who had attempted to escape was treated
on her recapture rs though she were con-
victed felon. She appears in the wash
house scene of the Whallonsburg drama
smoothing real clothes with n real iron and
having her feet chained together with
real chain. How such a picture would de-
light M. lola, champion of realism as he is
The use of chains, bad as it is, does
not equal in its moral effect the rearing of
large number Of children among the asso-
Citations OF o county almshouse There is a
school connected with this institution, but
it is school of pauperism and crime.
What future is possible for boy or girl
raised amid the squalor and dirt of tile
poorhouse yard2 Aside from the humanity
of the question, public policy and respect
for the law require that this lamentsble
condition of things should be remeded ut
once. The statute of 1876 clearly declares
that all children between the ages of two
and sixteen years must be removed from
the custody of the keepers of the county
almshouses. At Williamsburg more than
twenty children between the prescribed
ages are kept, in utter violation OF the law.
What IL wanted IL q means Of compelling
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AID FOR SUFFERERS IN SPAIN.

meeting of Spanish citizens was held yesterday
at the Board of Trade to orgdnize for the coli
lection Of funds in aid OF the sufferers by the Hoods
in the Southeast OF Spain. Mr. Garcia. editor OF Las
oneades called the meeting to order. and Mr. Car
los Marti was made temporary chairman Consul
General upolito do Uriarte was elected honorary
president and the following permanent officers were
eected:president, II. Lozano; Vice President. Car
los Marti Treasurer, A. Gonzalez; Assistant Treas
urer Mr. Monocada. Secretary. Mr.. Haya; Ccrrc-
spending Secretary, j. q. Garca. Already about
900 have been collected. among tho donors being
several Amer cans. to whom vote Ok THANKS was
passed by the meeting.
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the large foreign balance which is
flooding the country with heavy i'm
portations of gold. Now is the golden
opportunity for retiring the greenbacks
and getting rid of them altogether. A
great statesman would not be blind to
such an opportunity. IT the greenbacks
were Withdrawn and cancelled the banks
would have no difficulty at present in re-
placing their greenback reserves with gold
reserves, and our currency would then be
placed on permanently sound basis.
With the immense tide of gold now
flowing in upon us this change could
he made without disturbance or in
convenience, without any injurious con-
traction of the circulating medium or hard
ship to any class. In few months all the
bank reserves should be made to consist Of
gold coin, and the greenbacks, hav-
ing served the purpose for which they
were created, should disappear and
be as. if they had never existed. II
Mr.. Sherman were statesman in
stead of politician he would bend all
his faculties and all his energy to the COM
pletion of this final step for insuring mon
etary stability. The greatness Of our crops
matching dearth in Europe furnishes
such an opportunity for stocking our banks
with gold as may not occur again in half
century
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reverence on the part of Superintendent
of the Poor for the same legislative acts
which respectable citizens who make no
boast of their philanthropy are compelled
to obey. Where is the young Assembly,
man who is prepared for this work and for
the brilliant future to which it may lead!
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Look Before You Leap, Our Young
NefghbOr OF the World.

Ne1gnOOr OF the ttOTiOs
The HERALD renews it's congratulations
to the World upon its recent improvements
in enterprise and circulation, but warns 1t
against making too enterprising differences.
On Tuesday, October Fl, the World
printed a cable despatch from Egypt,
stating that on Monday the Khedive gave
an audience at Cairo to Lieutenant Com
mander Gorringe, of the United States
Navy, and authorized him to begin at once
the work Of removing an obelisk standing
at Alexandria, which is destined to be
transported to the Central Park in this city
and erected among the dilapidated paths,
neglected lawns and vagrant shrubbery Of
that pleasure ground.
On Saturday. October 25, the HERALD
printed cable despatch from Egypt,
stating that on Thursday the Governor of
Alexandria delivered the obelisk to Lieu
tenant Commander Gorringe by the Khe-
dives order and that the work of remov-
ing it was begun the same afternoon.
Sunday morning the World, conceiving
that blunder by the HERALD was the lead
ing event of the day, devoted its leading
editorial article to alleging that there is an
inconsistency between these dispatches,
and AYERS that the HERA1D's is incorrect,
saying rather CURLY =
It may be well for our esteemed contemporary to
take its information about the work of removing
the obesk from authentic sources. 1t was not on
Thursday last, the HERALD yesterday announced,
that possession of the obelisk was given to Lieu
tenant Commander Gorringe by the ruler OF Egypt.
spatch to the World published on Tuesday morning.
II our young neighbor had been content
with the we'll deserved credit of its own en-
tsrprise without seeking to contradict the
HERALD it would not have confused events
thus. There is no inconsistency between
the two dispatches, and the sources of the
information contained in both of them
doubtless were authentic. The Worlds
despatch related to events which occurred
at Cairo on October 20, since which date it
has given no further intelligence. But
the HER,ID's despatch related to events
which occurred at Alexandria on October
| %, three days afterward, the HERALD. as
usual, giving the latest news. The Khe-
dive on Monday gave Lieutenant Com
mander Gorringe the neediul permission
to remove the obelisk, and the Governor Of
Alexandria delivered possession of it to
him on Thursday.
AS the work Of removal was begun Thurs
day afternoon. and machinery was neces-
sary for the purpose, we perceive no inst
cause for the World to doubt our corre-
spondent's information that it was supplied
by English manufacturers. The American
machinery not having been shipped from
this city for Liverpool till October could
not possibly have been in use at Alex.
andria on October 20. Probably when it
reaches Egypt it will supersede and GER
tainly it will supplement the English
material.
We have suffered day to intervene in
the expectation that the World would have
perceived and corrected its own mistake.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

Mr.. TILDES's DEMURRER to the governments
bill of discovery in the income fax case is over
ruled by Judge Batchford, and the bill, en-
bodying about hundred pointed questions, is
promised by implication.
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WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-St Stocks were very
active and prices were decidedly ragged In
general terms, the market opened strong, became
weak and feverish and sttiened considerably mt
the close. Money on call was easier, the ruling
rates being 6 to per cent. Exchange was dull
and unchanged. Bonds of all classes were in
fair demand and irregular.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

THE KING OF SPAIN has a pleasant summer re-
treat at La Grania. some beauties OF which place
are described in another column. In spite of
three months without rain we are told that La
Granja is very pleasant place to live in, tho
air being kept cool and moist by the immense
surrounding mountain forests, which keep the
SHOWS all summer long
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

THE "YoUNG ScRATCHERs" may not be very
strong, but they certainly form the most savage
faction in State politics ut present. They pro-
pose to distribute at every meeting Secretary
Sherman may address circular condemning
Mr.. Cornell in the Sccretarys own words.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

THE CHIEF ESGISrEg of the army asks for
immediate appropriations for seacoast defences,
and as these forts and torpedoes cannot be con-
veniently moved to Southern polling places the
money should be forthcoming.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

We PUBLISH i'll another column card correct
ing some statements made in our telegraphic
columns about Miss Josephine c. Bailey. 1t
affords us great pleasure thus to relieve "a worthy
lady of unjust aspersiOns
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QUADRUPLE SHE EFT
NEW YORK. TUESDAY, OCTOBER ss. 1879.

The probabilities are that The heather ia Ne,c
York aud its rici,,iy today 'ciN be wam and
cloudy, wih occasional rains foiioced by clearing
Tomorrow IL aciu be cooler and fair.
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of the Coincide Francaise probably enrages the
English people they read it, but Americans
will only be amused. We publish an abstract
OF the discourse.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

A CLEARING HOUSE for stocks is under con-
sideration in financial circles, and such an in
stitution is greatly needed by what are called
"brokers' banks"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

IMAGINE the surprise of loser Mt ''policy'
and complainant against the dealer, when he
was himself locked up to secure his attendance
as witness.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

No ONE can be in doubt about Pere Hya-
cinthe's religious views and beliefs after reading
our long and interesting report Of an interview
with the eloquent preacher.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

AT LEAST one European sovereign is happy
to-day. Queen Victoria has again possession of
her daughter, the Princess Louise.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28

If THE TELEGRAPH POLES of the Western
Union Company are frequently inspected, as il
reported, why are rotten ones left standings