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The New York herald., 1879-03-02
Now for Work.

The committee appointed by Mayor
Cooper, in accordance with the resolution
adopted at the Cooper Union meeting, to
devise measures TO carry tenement house
reform into effect, is composed of gentle
men who are in every respect qualified to
perform the work assigned to them. They
have character and position to give force to
their recommendations. intelligence and
business capacity to guide them in their
task and largo enough stake in the
welfare and progress Of the city to insure an
earnest effort TO remove an evil that is
calculated to retard its growth and to
add TO its poverty and crime. II
they decide after proper deliberation
that the remedy must be sought through
legislation their influence will be sufi-
cienty powerful to insure the considera-
tion at Albany OF such provisions Of law as
they may suggest. If they see that in or
der to get rid Of the present abominable
system it is necessary to invest money in
building better residences for the poorer
classes in the upper parts of the city they
will certainly be able to enlist capital in
the enterprise.
Mr.. Choate in his speech at the meeting
on Friday evening made practical hit
when he said that there Is only one way
by which the present wretched tenement
houses can be improved and better
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

buildings secured in the future
"by some means, direct or indirect,
we must reach the pockets of the
owners, and there we will find their con-
sciences" This is literally true. The
greed of the owners has built the present
inconvenient, badly constructed houses,
and has crowded them with as many human
beings as can be packed into such space.
The eighty-two million dollars invested in
such dens in ten years has been made to
yield an enormous profit through the suf-
ferings Of the wretched tenants and at the
risk of physical and moral pestilence in the
city. The easiest way to reach the pockets
of the present tenement house owners is,
first, to supply the tenants with better.
healthier homes at as cheap or cheaper
rents than they pay in the miserable rooms
they occupy, and, next, to enforce such
stringent sanitary laws as will compel the
immediate alteration or tearing down Of all
buildings that are perilous to life and
health. TO these points the committee
should direct its attention, and its work
should be short, sharp and decisive.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02
of the human copy of the divine vigil

of the human copy of the divine vigil
Do the season and its ceremonies
increase love toward God and man?
OF the aspirations of the love-spirit
heavenward no man is competent to judge
any one but himself; but Of love to man,
out of which sprang Christianity and the
earthly manifestation of it's Founder, the
evidences are visible wherever they exist
ut all. There never was time or day in
which their manifestation in New York, in
and through the churches was more
needed Poverty has for several years been
working unusual havoc among the humber
classes, and disease and the rigors of winter
have lately intensified the Affections of the
poor to frightiul degree. Public and pri-
vate charities have been utterly inadequate
to the requirements of the helpless and
suffering. and the cry of woe has been heard
so often that it has seemed to dull the ears
OF those who should have regarded it. Is
there any other season Of the year better in
which to change all this? Would not an
immediate, earnest, individual movement
for the amelioration Of the condition of the
wretched, of whose whereabouts no ono
need remain for half an hour ignorant, be
the most genuine evidence which any ono
could give of the intelligence and sincerity
with which he commentaries the great
fast Of humanitys truest and most practi-
col friend?
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Veto Of the Chinese Bill.

By the veto Of the Chinese bill President
Hayes has, we believe, acted in sympathy
with intelligent opinion in every part Of
the ercountry! with perhaps the exception of
California; and probably the project to
suppress Chinese immigration is not with
out its opponents even there; but those
opponents are not of the classes that
make most noise in popular agitations. Pc
rusal Of the veto will put the reader in pos
session of the reasons which have led the
President to regard this sort Of legislation
as Objectionable, for the message goes into
the history of our treaty relations with the
Chinese Empire and Of the immigration of
Chinese subjects, and is, in fact, discursive
and narrative in its character. 1t deals
very plainly with the method by which the
bill proceeds as false pretence, points out
that rs the limitation Of numbers Of immi-
grants to be brought has no relation
to the size of ships, and is not
otherwise provision for the safety
of passengers, it is q subterfuge the pur-
pose of which is to suppress right guaran-
teed by the treaty. 1t then touches the
provision for the abrogation Of two articles
of the Burlingame Treaty, and points out
that these articles, if we are to keep the
treaty, are the very ones that would give
us the right to demand of the Chi
nese themselves the correction of
abuses in emigration. It is the theory
of the message, apparently, that all
our treaty provisions with China must
stand or fall together that the Burlingame
Treaty and the treaty of 1858 are. in fact,
one treaty, amplifed by additional clauses,
Chinese Empire stand upon that treaty and
should not be imperilled in order to rem
edy evils that can be as efficiently rene
died in another way. In fact, we believe
that to be very near to the general opinion
of the country. There are people who
believe all the allegations made about the
bad character Of the Chinese immigrants,
and others who believe that those stories
are mere chimerical tales invented in the
interest of the agitators but even those
who give full faith to all that is said do not
want to get rid OF the evil except in an
honorable way. People do not want to dis
credit the nation in order TO keep out of
San Francisco an element Of population
which may be disorderly, but for the dis
orders. Of which the. government of that
city is as much responsible as the immi-
grants themselves. The bill was taken up
in the House yesterday evening but failed
of the requisite two-thirds majority, and
consequently the veto kills it.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02
Costly street Cleaning.

From report of the Street Cleaning
Bureau we get some inkling of reason
why our streets are not cleaned more fire.
qucntly and effectively, for the cost of re-
moving dirt, &C., is set down at fraction
over sixty cents per load. At this rate IL
is, Of course, impossible that The streets
should be kept clean, SO long as the yearly
appropriation remains at its present figures;
but no one outside the bureau, and prob
ably no one within it, is disposed to believe
that the cost Of removing the dirt need be
anywhere near so great as is stated. 1t
should be remembered that what is called
load is really very small amount of mate
rial when reckoned by weight or cubic
measure, and that the longest distances
between streets from which the dirt is
taken and the rivers at which it is dumped
are too short to allow OF any Of the cost to
be explained away on the plea that great
deal of time is consumed in going to and
from the dumping places. No private con-
tractor would think Of paying any such
price for SO littlo work, and the Commits
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Ticket Spec ulatfng.

The letter published in the HERALD few
days since on the subject of ticket specu-
lating at the theatres has called forth a large
number of communications, for which we
cannot find space. The fact that they are
all emphatic in denuneiation of the system
and in condemnation of the managers for
permitting its existence proves that it is re-
garded as an abuse and that the response
bility is placed by the public at the doors
of the theatres themselves. One corre-
spondent sends us the draft of bill which
it is proposed to introduce at Albany, with
the object of putting stop to the business
of the spectators by requiring them to
procure licenses and prohibiting the sale
of tickets within three hundred yards of
theatre We publish the text of the bill
for the purpose of eliciting an examination
and discussion of its merits At the same
time we believe that the Aldermen have the
power of regulation and license with
out such law, the charter authoriz-
ing them ''to regulate traffic and
sales in the streets, highways, roads
and public places" and to provide for the
licensing Of pedlers, under which category
these ticket spectators certainly come.
Besides, after all, the real remedy lies with
the managers and with the public. It is
absurd to pretend that the managers Of our
theatres cannot prevent the ticket specula-
tors from gobbling up all the good seats in
the house day after day if they have any
honest desire to do SO. If the people who
90 to theatres would refuse to buy Of the
speculators and leave the houses empty
rather than submit to the extortion OF an
additional fee on the top of war prices Of
admission the Objectionable business
would soon be discontinued. Of courss il
is unpleasant for a gentleman to turn back
when he is escorting ladies to place of
amusement; but few such annoyances
might we'll be endured in preference to
submission to vexatious imposition. The
manager who first stamps out the ticket
speculating business at his theatre viii
gain popularity that will be far more
profitable to him than any percentage he
may receive OF the spectators gains.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02
Is Christianity a Failure:


The discussion commenced in the HERALD
two weeks ago on the subject of the dis
turbed condition Of the Christian churches
has caused lively excitement in the relig-
ious world. We are in receipt of large
number of communications, following up
or criticising the positions taken by our
former correspondents, evidently written
by men Of intelligence and sincerity, and
the tone of the religious press shows that
the questions involved are not such as it
can afford to ignore. We have space for
only few of the letters we have received,
but these will serve as an indica-
ton of the bent of the public mind.
dices Of sects are allowed to overshadow
the real and vital issues involved in the
discussion. The apparent falling off from
Christianity ; the disposition to give up re-
ligious duties for worldly vanities the dis
content among congregations the quarrels
and scandals in the churches; the search
ing after false gods ;" these are the evils
that have awakened feeling of alarm
among truly religious men. and the object
of the present discussion is to discover the
causes and apply the remedy. In such q
work calmness, impartial justice, fearless
ness and sincerity are essential. II the
fault lies with the churches themselves,
then it is proper that the truth should be
known and the publication of the
Temple commenced without delay. But
the wornout controversies between
Catholicism and Professionalism, or be-
tween any one sect and any other sect.
have no bearing on the subject. One writer
thinks that Christianity cannot triumph
until there is but one Church known among
men, and that, of course, the Church Of
which he is follower. Another repeats
the stale charge Of idolatry against those
who assign to the Mother Of God position
which others give only to God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. But
from neither OF these are we likely to learn
the true source Of the prevailing troubles
in the religious world or the means by
which they may be allayed.
One Of our correspondents separates
Christ from creeds and goodness from mere
ceremonials, and maintains that Christ and
goodness cannot fail, for they are eternal.
Another believes that the remedy for exist
ing evils is to cast off mere doctrines and
to take Christ as life and the end of life
all in all. Among our religious contempo-
raries we find expressions of opinion that
the churches are too much given to luxu-
ries and show; that protesting Christians
are too often slaves to worldly pleasures,
unjust in their dealings with their fellow
men, avaricious and censorious; that the
remedy sought for is to be found in more
devotion, piety and activity and less intel.
lectuality than are now to be met with in
the pulpits. 1t is evident that many minds
are turned in the right direction, and that
there is IN earnest desire to see reaction
inside the Church which cannot fail to have
its due effect on all the followers Of the
Church. Let us hope that the discussion
thus evoked may result in good.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

The WEATHER winds, increased
temperature and decreased pressure. with gen.
eral cloudiness, marked the conditions that
prevailed on the Middle Atlantic and New
England coasts yesterday afternoon. Tho
great area of high pressure is moving
slowly eastward into the ocean, the cen
tire being now off the New England coast.
The centre of low barometer has moved from
the Lower Missouri Valley in "a northeasteriy
direction over tho lakes, and is now in the re-
gion south Of Iludsons Bay. In the Northwest
the barometer las again risen very high,
md another area similar to that which has
passed off the coast dominates the weather
west of the Upper Mississippi. 1t is, however
likely to be followed in Manitoba, Dakota and
Montana by falling prcssurcs and the advance
of another storm centre from British Colombia
The barometer is low northward from Utah and
is falling again slightly over Texas and North
ern Mexico. Snow and rain have fallen north.
ward of the Ohio Valley and snow in the West
and Northeast. Owing TO the peculiar distribution
Df prcssures the winds vary in direction consid-
erably over the United States. They are north
westerly to northcrly in the Missouri Valley.
southerly in Manitoba, variable over the lakes.
where they follow the isobars of the depression
reccding into Canada southerly on the New Eng
land aud Middle Atlantic coasts, northeasterly
to easterly on the South Atlantic and castcrly
OH the Gulf coasts. Temperatures have risen in
the Eastern districts. and have fallen but risen
again in the Northwest. They are high in the
Gulf and South Atlantic States. The weather
in New York and its vicinity today will be
warmer and cloudy or fair, with, possibly, occa-
sional light rain. Tomorrow it will DC cooler
md fair.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

GOVERNOR MCCLELLAN and the New Jersey
authorities are preparing TO deal with the dis
eascd cattle question in the same energetic
style as Governor Robinson and the BROOKLYN
Health Board at Blissville. Tho Legislature of
that State will, it is to be hoped, speedily enact
the legislation necessary to secure so desirable
a rcform
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WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
kct was active and very weak, particularly for
the granger and coal stocks. Government
bonds firm, States lower and railroads
generally weak Money on call lent at 3 a 4
per cent and closed at 3 per cent
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The DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS made to reach the
Pole were summarized in lecture in Washing
ton last evening by Mr.. Bryan, of the Hall
expedition. lie traced the history of Polar ex.
ploraton back as far as the thirteenth century.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

LIGHT Is DAwHING upon the Lynn trunk
mystery. If an expressman is not greatly de-
ceved the detectives have found two men who
can probably explain all about it.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

IT Is TO BE REGRETTED that the bills provid-
ing for national quarantine and national
health board have failed. Both projects were
killed by the State rights men Of the South,
which section would have been chiefly benefited
by the proposed legislation.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

ALTHOUGH NEWFOUNDLAND got million
dollars us her share Of the Halifax award she is
wailing over the decline this year of her fish,
cries. 1t is as hard to satisfy some countries as
ills to satisfy some people.
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e The probabilities are that the heather IL. Nev
York. and lis picinity today soiU be ,cdrner aud
cloudy fair, ,cih occasional light rain. To-
morro,c ii ,ciu be cooler aud fair
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The ABsURD CHARGES against Speaker Ran
dali have been completely dsproved, and a
unanimous report to that effect will be made by
the committee. 1t was hardly worth while to
dignity them by an investigation.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

The RErUBLIcANs who have seen the major
ity report of the Potter Committee are, it
seems, chagrincd ut its extremely partisan
character. 1t is no: improbable that the demo
Gratis will be equally dissatisfied with the report
OF the minority.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

AN ARTICLE ON ANoruKR PAGE throws Some
light oil the aduteration of tea. A veto on that
business would be approved by every one.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

The REroET Of the Nursery and Child
Hospital presents an excellent record i'll well
doing during the past year.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

The FREE CANAL advocates have wisely
come to the conclusion that half loaf is bette,
than none at all. e'a .ye
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

ENGLAND Is LEARNING GRADUALLY. IIel
latest discovery is that our Indian corn is the
best and cheapest food she can find for hel
horses.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

II SING SING's MORAL DIVIDENDS were equal
to its financial ones it would be model insti
tuition.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

BUSINESS Is SO FAR BEHIND in the Senate
that an extra session is now considered as inev
table
The New York herald., 1879-03-02

TAKEN ALL IN ALL the session of Congress
has been IL rather Improbable one for the lobby.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

TALLACK' 'S-SPELLBoUND
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-CoLoSEL SELLERS.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-rug BASKxR's DAUGHTER.
NEW YORK AQuARIUM-Rep RIDING HOOP
BOWERY THEATRE-EvERYGoDy's FRIEND.
STANDARD THEATRE-H NJ. s. PINAvoRE.
PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BROADWAY THEATRE-ruM SoRcERER-
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-II. NJ. 5. PISAFoEE.
LYCEUM THEATRE-IlAaLEr
GLOBE THEATRE-LA CiGALK
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-TL BARprERE.
MASONIC IIALL-TnE MIDcErs.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS-IIIs MUD Scoy
TONY PASTORS-PlNAFoRx BURLEsoUE.
TIvOLI rTIEATRE-vARIErY
THEATRE COMIQUE-MuLLiGAS GUARD BALL
AMERICAN Observation-Disclosures
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE-BABxs TnR WOOD.
The New York herald., 1879-03-02
QUINTUPLE SHEET

NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MARCH 2, 1879.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-11
FINE DWELLING HOUSES.

D. Ii. Kent is about mpletipg six Of
the finest houses In the neighborhood OF
eighth aud Franklin streets that have
been erectedin this city for long time,
and add greatly TO tue beauty Of that 10
cali y.
Four Of these houses are three-story
BRICK dwellings, and are situated Oh
Eight street, Just above Franklin. The
outward appearance of the building Is
very pretty. They have large open
POI ch In front AMI two-story side porches
with large bay windows. Of new desl gns.
The details Of the external appearances
are all Of new and origiLal pattern. In
side everything IL fitted up in a first
claAs manner, with all modern improve
ments and the most convenient arrange.
lnent OF apartments.
The other houses are on Franklin
street and are twU-stUry bricks. They
have had more pains expended upon
them than Two story dwellings usually
have. All ibe houses have had the Ut
,rost care expended upon them, being
built of the he.t material. Edwin W.
ThorEe was the architect.
The buildings are most eligibly stu.
ated III the western part of the city, and
are in the healfhirst section. They are
high above the rest OF the ground and
command an un- qualled view.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-11
NEW CASTLE I.ErTER.

CONCERT--A WILMINGTON YOUTH
- AHREsTED-sHAwTO RESOLVE.
Special Correspondence for the Gazette.
New CASTLE, Sept IL, 1879.
The conc-rt ty the blind musician
last evening, was -limly attended.
A young man from your city, wishing
TO bl ace himself up W til Bay breezes,
droppel Ovsg here aud took himself TO
the ever pleasant Battery, where had he
remained all wOald have been well.
But he strayed around and his strength
50 increased that he concluded TO take a
gene, al contract for keeping the lamp
posts IN place. As the shadows grew
ioI g the police kindly put him away
in care Ot the Warden ct Fort Pyle.
Quite number Of the Philadelphia
p lice force were upon our streets yes
te' day evening, having come Ashore from
a steam tug. - :
The three masted schooner whichsunk
near the Bulkbead bar some time ago
still remains. 1t ,huu Il be removed a.
1t lays in the track ut all the Large ocean
steamships.
In oIiawtown there are said to he over
100 voters aud tax payers who have sign
I'd arCicles to vote for no one for city
officers unless they publicly pl 'dge them
selves to MAXI a proportion Of the I'M
rov. ments upon the streets OF Shaw
town.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-11
HE LIVED AT DOVER.

Henry Simmons walked into the dock
thi, morning at the police hearings with
MS old straw hat und-r his arn, and his
grey hair IN disotdered condition.
"What is the ch .rge AZ ainst the priso-
uer?'
Drunk, was the response of officer
Brickle, who made the arrest.
III deny the charge" responded the old
sinner, 81 was only lying on the steps
awaiting To he let into the house."
This denial hid not satisfy the Mayor
and the oath was ADM nistered TO the
officer, who testified that about 1 o'clock
this morning he was walking along
Front street, and when between Orange
and TaLnall, he found the prisoner lying
on the steps If house, SO di uuk that he
could not move, aud consequently he
locked HIM up.
Fifty cents and costs was the penalty
imposed and az the prisoner had been
arrested for like offense, His Homo
informed him that the nexttime he Came
in, he would find home at New Castle
for ty days. He said he lived short
distance below Dover.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-11

ITEMS OF INTERESTED CLlPPED FROM
THE "TIMEs,"

ITEMS OF INTERESTED CLIPPED FROM
THE "TIMEs."
j. Kensey- Johns farm. containing 158
acres, near the "Big Oak" was sold on
Saturday the 9th by Mr.. Butler and J.
keiser real estate ag .nt, (the former of
Dover and the latter OF Smyrna) to
David Trumpeller of Canada for $9,50U.
The stock, farming utensils and crops
included. Mr.. Johns re.ires to Balti-
more.
A Dover paper, two or three weeks
ago, noted the fact that one the uanks
Of that place had received the la;ge
amount OF Sl5,00O in foreign clecks in
one day. The National Bank of Smyrna
has receiver Is high as $26,477.S9 and
the Fruit Growers Bank $24, ,YS2.4l in q
single day, an tor tie past three weeks
he daily smounts received have ranged
between fifteen AMI twenty thousand in
each oil the banks.
The land Of the late Randall j. Gar
man, 160 aces, near Blackiston's Cross
Roads, was sold At Administrator sale
ON Thursdsy to q MIR. Bradley, of Will
iningion 70. S27- rs per acre.
The farm of Robert Wilson, 15 acres
In Kenton Hd., was s,ld At sheriff sale
to DIR. Grove Salisbury, admr. Of the
estate, of John Green, d dceased, for SIS
per q re. st.'.
The mansion house of the late Col.
George Davis was sold to Mrs. Mary j.
Davis for $1,000, also a pasture lot for
Sl7O.