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The New York herald., 1879-01-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans were registered at the
Paris Office OF the HERALD on Saturday.
Camron. W. w.. and family Oakland. CAL. No. %
Boulevard Hsussmann
Carson William r.. New Jersey. Hotel dc rAthenee.
Crombe. c. B. B., Brooklyn N. Y. Hotel Binds-
Donaldson, George E. New York.
Hunter, D. McBurney, New York. Hotel d.
rAthensc.
Lieb, NJ. NJ, Pennsylvania, Hotel Bedford
Merryman. John. and family. Baltimore. Md. No
Rue Ctlisee.
Mynderse, Aaron, New York, Hotel de Lille ct
d'Albion.
samuels. J. H.. New York. Hotel de rAthenee.
wilds. Miss Jennie. New York. No. 20 Boulevard
Haussmann.
williams W. s. G.. Baltimore. Nd, No. Rue
Colsee.
Mark Twain now drawls In German.
Wade Hampton had roast beef for Christmas.
Senator Newton Booth of California. dresses neatly
Senator Blaine gesticulates mainly with his left
arm.
Private Dalzall claims Pennsylvanis as his native
State.
Memphis people use large quantities of oleomar
garine for butter.
Joe Jefferson dresses carelessly and wears . cape
coat and slouch hat.
The question in Chicago is. Who does General Jack
Logan 3 literary WOrk!
Lester walack likes to ride the platform Of car
studying human nature.
Some Of the Washington hotels serve salted salmon
for fresh . second course.
The Duchess Of Edinburgh wishes to be popular in
England. her adopted home.
Tho salary of the Mayor Of Savannah has been re.
duced from $2.5OO to $4,000.
Mclean. Of the Cincinnati Enquirer. is o very shy
man. who does not talk much.
New Yorkers who summer residents in New.
port pay taxes ON $40 OOO,0 900 there.
Nashville officials have just had opossum din.
ner. and it was cooked by colored man.
weather-wise Illinois people say that they have
just had the deepest fall Of snow since 1881.
Wealthy In Boston consider it the thing not to
be publicly spoken of much while they living.
Detroit boy applied to be sent to q reform
school to get away from tho cruelty OF stop.
brother.
Buffalo Bill has made $685. 900 the STAGE and he
has bought $500 head Of cattle in Kansas where he
will live.
Englishmen of the sentimental class are anxious to
givo Bret Hsrte hearty welcome q lecturer in
England.
senstor John p. Jones is daily growing chunkier.
and his California chin whsker is growing moro
silvery and silken.
Of the members every fortnight. and they attend
in morning dress.
Richard u Sherman has been appointed by Gov.
ernor Robinson Commissioner Of Fisheries In place
Of Horatio Seymour resigned.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
Big Guns I'm Turrcts.

Within few years national preparations
for war have become sort Of rivalry as to
what country could make the largest cam
non or put the heaviest plates on ships.
One day it was reported that certain GOV
ernment had made gun that could easily
send missile through ten inches of iron,
and all the world believed for at least
twenty -four hours that this cannon had
circumvented the pestilent contrivance Of
armor clad ships. Next day came the re-
port that some government had covered q
ship with twelve-inch plates. Then came
story of gun ten tons heavier,
that could pierce twelvc-inch plates Then
they used fourteen-inch plates. and then ten
tons more were added TO the weight Of the
gun, and SO the governments kept on in
rivalry not improbable to the iron founders
and plate rollers, but tough on the tax
payers. It was q matter Of rational curiosity
for great while what would be the limit of
this sort of seesaw between guns and
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
One Quart OF Beans.

A few days ago, under the head of "Always
With You," the HERALD mentioned q certain
family as being extremely needy. Many
thousands OF well-to-do persons read the
paragraph, and sighed ''Poor wretches r. or
something of similar meaning. They looked
at clock or watch, determined that by that
hour in the morning some dozens, if not
hundreds, Of people as warm hearted as
themselves had visited the sufferers and
carried so much food and raiment that tho
wolf at the door had been compelled to
stink away to some tenement not yet visited
by HERALD reporter. Some Of these great
hearted people honestly determined
that early on the next morning and
before they read the news of the
paper for similar cases and hurry OF
to relieve the unfortunates whose names
they would find, proving for themselves
the truth of the saying that ii. is more
blessed to give than TO receive. Meanwhile
the family alluded to shivered the long day
through, and shivering was no idle occupa-
tion yesterday and the day before. They
breakfasted, dined and supped upon ina
gination, but finally-blesscd be the earnest
ness of a whole city full Of people who are
really charitable at heart they received
q single quart of beans. Beans are quite
nutritive when properly prepared, and the
recipients Of the quart alluded to were ex-
tremely grateful for their temporary reprieve
from starvation, and We call attention to the
case merely to show the benevolent ptfblic
how uncertain Is the barrier of life against
death when poverty must depend for re-
lief upon people each of whom leaves the
matter for somebody else to attend to.
Perhaps other persons, whose dire neces-
stiles have been made known publicly,
have been lucky enough to get quarts OF
beans from charitable hands. For fear,
however. that some of them have been
neglected 1t might be well for the benevo-
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
The Elections in France.

When the French Legislature meets on
the 14th inst, it will. as foreseen tor some
time past, have a republican majority in
both branches. Nevertheless the extent of
the republican gains in the Senatorial
elections yesterday must have been n sur
prise to all the friends of the Repub-
lie, except, perhaps, those who direct
the party. It has been no loss to
France that the conversion Of the
government to republicanism throughout
has come so gradually. Had the republ-
cans at once obtained control it might have
been difficult for the wiser and cooler heads
Of the party to have resisted the impetu-
osity Of the extremists. The delay enforced
q moderation among the radicals, and gave
the leaders like Gambetta nm opportunity
to demonstrate to the hesitating that
the Republic meant safety, while
leaving the royalists and Bonapart-
lists to prove that any other form
of government was impossible. The
elections by the local councils, yesterday,
of sufficient republican Senators to secure a
majority of nearly sixty, were logical
sequence Of what had gone before. Every
three years >one-fouth of the Senate is re-
newed, and it is significant that this repub-
ican majority should have been secured
with one-fourth of the original Senate Of
1873 yet to be renewed
France is to be congratulated on this
easy transition. for the government goes
over to the Republic with as much absence
Of shock as has been notable in the return
to specie payments in the United States.
The way had been SO thoroughly prepared,
and the country had so, Enthusiastically
made up its mind that the most timid
could not get up q feeling of alarm, and
the little devices of the lessening band
of reactionaries for disturbing the public
mind scarcely excited curiosity. It is
not improbable that some changes will
shortly take place in the Cabinet. A lew de-
partmentar officials may be removed. The
Duke d'Audiffet-Pasquier will, doubtless,
give place to q positive republican in the
Presidency of the Senate, and the republi-
cans will. obtain the majority of all
the important committees. All these
things will be effected without
much difficulty. President MacMahon.
even if he SO desired, would be
powerless to alter the course Of events.
Amid so much perturbation among the
monarchies of Europe it is gratifying to
see France seated in popular sovereignty,
calmly fulfilling her destiny.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
Europe's New state.

Nine months from the date of the Treaty
of Berlin was laid down as the utmost limit
to which the provisional government might
be extended in the Principally Of Bulgaria.
Within that period the new State was to be
governed by ON imperial Russian Commits
sioner. He was to have the assistance of an
imperial Turkish Commissioner and of
consuls named for the duty by the sigma
tory Powers. BY the limitation given the
provisional government thus constituted
might run until the middle of April; but
the election of prince will be proceeded
with, it appears, on the 18th inst, which
implies that the constitution is nearly COM
pleted, for that was to be made ''before the
election of the Prince" Some days ago
it was reported from London that the
Emperor of Russia had proposed
to the British government the name
of the Duke of Edinburgh as his candidate
for the new throne. Perhaps some views
have been exchanged on that subject, for
ON English prince would be pleasant
change from the policy of grating Danish
and Bavarian sprouts on oil these small East
ern thrones and prince who was the son
of the English sovereign and the son-in-
law Of the Russian Czar might fairly be re-
garded rs a person with claims to consider
alton when crowns are passed around. But
the consent of all the Powers would
be necessary, for this choice is within
the prohibition of the third article Of
the Berlin Treaty. The words are =
s'No member of any of the reigning
dynasties of the great European Powers
shall be elected Prince of Bulgaria" BY a
double exclusion, therefore, the Sailor
Duke is out but q common consent of
all the Powers might set this clause
would likely assent to such q modification
of the treaty less readily than any other
statesman in Europe for, though he plays
with great assiduity the role of grand cour-
tier and does his utmost to exhibit noble
solcitude for the advancement of the royal
family, yet it is clear that, with son of
Victoria on the Bulgarian throne, the first
and common sentiment throughout England
would be one OF regret that the Kingdom of
Bulgaria was not greater and did not in
clude all of Turkey north Of CONSTANT
nople and that sentiment would react
against the Earl, for the reduction of Bull
garia to its present proportions was his
especial achievement. He would be classed
once more as q maladroit bungler, who,
with infinite art and sagacity. constantly
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
Our silver Treasures.

In the chapter on another page describing
the magnitude, location and methods Of
operating the great mines Of the Comstock
"big bonanzas," the reader will find good
deal of. valuable information in regard to
our silver deposits, the risks involved in
such speculations and the labor incident to
their development. Mining for the precious
metals has become one Of the most
important of our industries, requir-
ing courage. skill, perseverance and
an enormous outlay of capital. In it,
as in every other branch of business, the
invention and ingenuity Of our mechanics
have found wide field for their operation.
Thirty years ago our mining contrivances
were of the simplest and most primitive
character To-day the machinery employed
in the conversion Of ore into bullion is o
marvel Of completeness and perfection. So
great has been the progress made in this
respect that it requires only thirty hours to
take the ore from the depths of the noun
tain and, submitting it to the various pro-
cesses of crushing, milling and amalgama-
ton, convert it into the bullion Of COM
merce. The calculation which our corre-
spondent enters into of the extent of the big
bonanza mine, the story of which is one Of
the romances of silver mining, will enable
New Workers to realize the value Of the i'm
mense deposit. This great silver pocket,
according to his figures, is about one-half
the size of the City Hall Park, from the
Mayors Office down to the end of the Post
Office building, and twice as high as the
latter structure Some years ago certain
enterprising gentlemen found pretty big
bonanza in this same piece of ground; but,
unlike the Comstock lode, it has. fortunately
for our citizens, "given out"
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

lently disposed TO personally look mp the
cases that are reported from day to day, re-
membering that if they allow the saying
'what is everybody's business is nobody's
business" to go uncontra9icted there is
considerable probability that many ofthe
suffering poor may freeze and starve to
death while well-to-do people, with the
best Intentions. are weeping sympatheti-
caliy over their privations.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

Our CORRESPONDENT with General Grant de-
scribes on another page the visit Of the distn-
Ruished traveller to the Escurial, which was
built by Spain's famous second Philip, and to
which he retired when he became weary of his
trade of royalty. st. Lawrcnce's gridiron, there
is q story, furnished the plan Of the structure.
The White House gridiron at Washington is
smaller, but more comfortable.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

MIR. TAIMAGE's opinion Of the national capital
is, on the whole, favorable one. 1t was very
bad place, but there has been great improve
mcnt during the last ten or fifteen years.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

NINE. ANDERSON is still walking away, ap.
parently as fresh as when she began. Her bill
of fare, elsewhere printed, may solve the secret
of her wonderful endurance. Peanuts and port
wine. it will be seen, included in it, but it is
not clear to which of the two the credit of her
performance must be set down
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

The CHANGES proposed by the Burnside COM
mittee in the reorganization of the staff depart
ments of the army are not relished by army
officers, particularly by those interested. Mr..
Calhoun is the father Of the present system,
and its abolishment would, it is claimed, Sc
riousy interfere with the efficiency Of the SER
vice
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

THE WEATHER.-The change in the mcteoro-
logical conditions since Saturday has been very
slight The area of highest pressure continues
over the Central Valley districts and the West.
The barometer is lowest, but rising gradually, in
the northeastern districts, the storm centre hav
ing advanced far into the Atlantic. Snow has
fallen and continues to fall in the lake
regions and the northern Middle Allan
tic States. A considerable amount has
also fallen in the Gulf States, turning
into slect and rain in the southern districts. In
the West tho weather has been generally clear.
with occasional hurries of light snow. The
winds have been from fresh to brisk on the
Middle Atlantic, New England and Gulf coasts
and In the Northwest. In the other districts
they have been fresh A fall of temperature
has taken place In the South Atlantic and Gulf
States; II has been variable in the Mid
die Atlantic districts, and has risen de-
ei.lcdly elsewhere. Although the pressure
over the ocean along the Atlantic coast
ID only relatively high, it is not likely
that our district will be affected to any
great extent by the disturbance that is evidently
moving north of the West indies. The weather
in New York and its vicinity to-day will be cool
and partly cloudy. Tomorrow IT will be warmer
aud fajr followed by increasing cloudiness.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

created false positions for his government.
But the Dukes chance, if he has any. is
not brilliant. It is certain that the eandi-
date favored by Russia will be chosen, and
not at all certain that he is that candidate.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

IT Is ESTIMATED that there were upward of
one hundred thousand persons on the Central
Park ice ponds yesterday. Some one missed a
big chance for corner in skates.
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TRIPLE SH q T
NEW YORK, MONDAY. JANUARY c, 1879.

The probabilities are that the tceuther IN Ne,c
York. aud its rci'siy today riH be cool and partly
cloudy. Tomorrow it sciA be scarnser and fair,
Jollored by Increasing clotuliness.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

The JUDGE who married burglar in court
last Saturday and then sent him to Jail evil
IDENTIFY forgot the Scriptural injunction on the
subject
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

THE SERMONS YESTERDAY. covered wide
range Of thought and discussion. Manly Chris
tianity was explained by the Rev. Mr.. Reed
the unifcation of the Church was considered by
DR.. Newman, and the formation of character by
DIR. Hepworth. The old claimed the attention
Of DIR. Armitage; Mr. rockingham expatated
upon the powers of kindness; Professor Adler
upon conscience, while the Rev. Mr.. Lloyd cx-
tended "a New Years greeting to his congregation
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

THE SAFE ARRIVAL Of the Abyssinia of the
Cunard line, will be great relief to a large
number of people in this country as well as in
England. She encountered heavy weather of
the coast, but at no time was the slightest ap-
prehcnsion felt Oh board in regard to her safety
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

THE ESTABLISHMENT Of life saving stations
along the docks, such as are suggested by Cap
tain Boyton, and under the charge of Man."
the newsboy, and his gallant little associates,
would save the city annually good many lives
as we'll as O nice round sum in coroners fees
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

THERE IS PRosPEcT of some rare sport OH
the Upper Hudson this week. The ice is in
superb condition and the ice-yacht feet will be
skiinming across it to-day or tomorrow at the
rate Of sixty miles an hour
The New York herald., 1879-01-06

CONGRESS again meets tomorrow. A large
number of the appropriation bills have been
disposed of, and if it will resume work in the
spirit in which it began it there will be no dan
ger that an extra session will be necessary.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
OBITUARY.
REV. BARTHOLOMEW WEED.

About three o'clock yesterday morning. at his
house No. I'll Plane street. Newark. Rev. Bartholo-
new Weed died. Though the venerable patriarch Of
the Methodist Church had been confined to his house
for several months past il scarcely be said thai
he died oil Illness His death was the result rather
of old age and long lifetime Of aruous labor in the
ministry. His end calm and peaceful. His lasl
ministerial act TO baptize two Of his grandchl.
dren, who were brought to him for that purpose
o week ago. Mr.. Weed was born at
place called Rdgcfeld (now Danbury) Conn, on
local preacher by the Philadelphia Conference Foul
years later. in 1919. no was ordained . deacon "
Bishop Roberts. and In 1871 he made elder.
He was tlIen at Milford. Del. For twelve years he
travelled an extended circuit In Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. Then he went West and pursued his
sacred s. calling in Illinois and lows. the latter
years ss presiding elder. His wife. to whom he had
ried second time in 1874, his second wife being
southern lady and deeply mbucd with southern
into the Methodist Church South and the Methodist
Church North. The Missouri Conference was
then largely. pro-slavcry In its sympathies and
some of the brethren Withdrew, but could not hnd
pastor. A call was sent to Mr. Weed to go to st.
Louis and he accepted it, reaching that city, with hs
Sfscn @ months. subjected to great moral and social
persecution on the part OF tho pro-slavery Method
lists and others. They used " W pointed 81 scorn'
lists, which they wcro not. Early In lsl7 they
went. ~ New Jersey. Mr. Weed having asked ia
bo sent there. After remaining at Hatbionheld q
while Mr. Weed was transferred 20 Newark in 1SGQ
and re mnipcd there until his death. lie served as
pastor OF Trinity Church two years, and was soon
after placed on the retired list For eleven years he
has acted a. chaplain OF the Essex County Jail He
ADMINISTERED religious consolation to three persons
who were hanged. Since the death OF Father Boehm
hc has been tls patriarch of the NewJersey Confer.
ence--thc Oldest minister by nineteen years.
NOAH GILL
Noah Gill, q we'll known citizen and politician Of
baltimore. died yesterday morning in the Baltimore
city Prison. aged Afty-hvc years. He picked up
ON the street at late hour New Years night badly
injured by fall, and not being recognized at the
time was sent to the City Prison. When he
counized ON tho following day he was too i'll TO be
taken TO his home. He active membcp OF tho
reform party, prominent temperance advocate aud
president OF the Seventeenth Ward Dashaway Club.
aud some years since member OF the City Council
DIR. WILLIAM X. SCOTT.
Dr. william X. Scott died at Buffalo yesterday aged
ninety -one years. He was graduated ut Dart
mouth College. and afterward attended lectures In
New York. completing his course in tha
same class ~ the late Valentine Mott. He
was the hrst physician licensed by the Of tho
state OF New York, he being at that time only nine
teen years OF age. He was married In 1Sl4 to 4
daughter Of NJ Richard Gay. of East CRANKY. Conn.
The New York herald., 1879-01-06
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

WALLACK's THEATRE-Ar LAST.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-Tnx BASxrR's DAUGHTER
BOOTHS TUEATRE-AIpA
FIFTH AVENUE TiIEATRE-Rlr VAN wlxKLx
STANDARD TIIEATRB-M'Liss.
NIBLo's GARDEN-DAvy CRocRrrE
OLYMPIC THEATRE-RIcnAnD III
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-CIxDKRkILA
GLOBE THEATRE-MiscnIrr
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-TuE' suAucHRAux.
BOwERy THEATRE-BAsA
PARK THEATRE-BABEs IN wooD
LYCEUM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BROADWAY THEATRE-UNcLR DATL.
THEATRE COMIQUE--OBRlES, COUNSELLOR AT Law.
GERMANIA THEATRE-Ea Muss Aur's LAxD.
TONY PAsToR's-vAnIKrY.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELs
GILMORE'S GARDEN-ArnLKTIc GAxEa
MASONIC HALI-Tox THUMB.
WINDSOR THEATRE-vARIxrY.
THOMAS OPERA HOUsE-MINsrRKLsY.
TIvoLI THEATRE-vARIKrY.
EGYPTIAN HALL-vARIEry.
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE--CoxrDY or ERRORS
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-30
NEWS ITEMS.

The clerk of U. $. circuit court Of Boston
recently refused the application Of Cinnamon
The Brazilian government proposes the cx-
tinction Of all monastic orders and the appli-
cation OF their property To the redemption Of
the national debt.
for naturalization on the ground taken by
Judge Lowell, that Mongolians do not come
within the provisions of the statutes relating
10 the naturalization of free whites or Afri-
cans
Chicago boasts that the cattle received
in her stock yards last year, If driven in sim
gle file southwark would form II line Of cattle
from the city TO the middle Of South Amer
lea.
A Washington dispatch says much indig-
nation is expressed among the Republicans
ut the counting out of Bisbce in the second
Florida district In order to defeat him the
canyassing board threw out Madison county.
because one precinct in that county was not
included in the returns.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-30
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Several horses have recently died Of the
CHAMBERS in the vicinity of Walla Walla.
Mormons are doing the grading for the
Utah and Northern railroad ut the low price
of $500 per mile.
The president has nominated VIM G..
Thompson of Iowa, to be chief justice of the
supreme court of Idaho.
We learn from the Olympia Enterprise that
II. q. Strive will change his residence To
either Seattle or Portland.
Parties who should know, say that 200
houses, including store ,dwcllingshnd stables.
were constructed in Walla Wala during the
pasty
Walla Wallis farmers who last fall burned
their straw stacks, are now out buying it by
the load while the hired man is out skinning
dead stock, for their hides
The women Of Seattle don't care u CONT
mental about the election; but what posters
their souls is to know il anybody will come
to church next Sunday with II winter bonnet
handsomcr than theirs.