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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06
Floating Citfes.

The London Standard bases long edi-
torial upon the announcement that three
new steamships of extraordinary size and
Atlantic service. The proposed vessels
will belong resp ectively to the Cunard, In
man and Allan (Canadian) companies, and
are to be in many respects superior to any
thing now afoat. The Sahara, of the
Cunard line, will be of over seven thousand
tons burden, and will have ten thousand
horse power, with length Of five hundred
feet and beam OF fifty feet. Her speed will
be greater than that of any vessel yet built
and we may expect the remarkable passages
made by such fast boats as the Britannia,
Germanic, and more recently by the
Arizona, to be beaten out of sight. The
Allan line ship is to be smaller
than the Sahara, but quite its equal in
speed, while the Inman boat is intended to
surpass them both, ''if," says the Sand
ard, 'sthe tidings do not stimulate the
Guion, the White Star and National or
some hitherto unambitious rival to order
one still more superb" 1t may perhaps be
news to the Standard that the White Star
and Guion lines so far from being .'hitherto
unambitious," are the very lines which by
their ambitious rivalry have created the
spirit Of competition which is now stimu-
lating the Cunard and Inman companies to
the production of such splendid ships as
the proposed Sahara. If the Sahara crosses
the Atlantic in six days it will be because
the Cunard company were bound to beat
the seven day passages of the Britannia and
the Arizona or to fall out of line and lose
their traffic.
Jules Verne," says our foreign contem-
porary, Gin one of his wilder flights of inn
agination described floating town." Jules
Verne did, it is true, describe "a floating
city," but so far from being s'wild
fight Of imagination" it was simply de-
scription of the Great Eastern, which is
most substantial reality, as the Standard
must admit. The floating CITY," however,
proved impracticable and useless as pas
senger vessel, and though the limit Of size
seems to have been reached in her con-
struction the new generation Of steamers
is rapidly encroaching upon that boun-
dairy, and may yet prove that by
superior construction even greater
proportions than hers may be COM
patible with safety. speed and ease of
management. The Sahara and her COM
panion monsters of rival lines will in all
probability be followed by others which
are to them in size and speed what they
are to the inferior vessels of their fleets,
and the traveller of twenty years hence is
more than likely to make the journey from
New York to Liverpool in five days upon q
veritable s'foating City," carrying as many
thousands Of passengers as the best steamers
now carry hundreds.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06
what Does Hanging Means

A Sherif's sole authority to kill crimi-
nal under sentence OF the law is derived
from written warrant. The ordinary form
to remove the prisoner from the place Of
his confinement to the place Of execution,
and there, between certain hours, chang
him by the neck till he be dead" There is
no obscurity in the language. 1t author
ICES Hanging" to accomplish the death,
and no bruising or manning save such as
changing" fairly implies. But how are
warrants of this plain tenor construed
in practice? Take Andrew Tracy's case
this week for example. After the prisoner
was brought from his cell to the place
of execution, and before he was actually
hanged, the Sheriff precipitated him from q
high scafold to a stone floor with such vio-
alyzed, and then the poor, bruised, limp
body was hoisted again upon the platform
and supported in the arms Of an attendant
during religious exercises" for five min
utes. until o fresh rope was procured and
tied around its neck, with which death at
last was accomplished. Is this changing
within the meaning of the law and the
terms Of the warrant? II it IL not, the
Sheriff exceeded his authority; if it is, it
defines changing with looseness upon
which we invoke the judgment of pub
lie opinion. The reports of Tracy's
death say that many of the wit
nesses were physically nauseated by the
spectacle, that some tainted and that cries
of horror were raised on all sides. Is it
respectable to preserve method of capital
punishment whose execution cannot be
viewed, or even the reports Of it read, with
out nausea? This Tracy case is not an
isolated instance of bungling barbarity.
In face of the incessant repetition Of such
atrocities how much longer will Legislators
delay to substitute some other mode Of
death for the halter, SO that sheriffs may
cease to transgress the letter of their war
rants and shock decency by these hideous
exhibitions?
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Emigrant travel to the Pacific coast ic getting
light.
A child was cured Of diphtheria by small quanti-
ties of lime being slaked in the room.
Some ono remarks that children's toys are all sew
eral sizes bigger than they used to be-
Nothing pleases man more than to hear his wife
say that he has q nice thick head Of hair.
Mr.. Hugh Hastings. editor of tho Commercial Ad-
rcrtiser, will have his winter residence ut Long
Branch.
Count Schouvsloff is going to some sheltered spot
the Riviera. Tho air on the Nevs is too cold vt
present.
The cooperative stores of London doing Q
great trade; but the clerks are said by the London
World to be very incapable.
Mr.. Evarts proposes to try the telephone. but II
would take wire from hero to st. Petersburg to &C.
commodate of his sentences.
Mr. Bggar represents county Cavan in the House
of Commons. Tho members for Belfast are Messrs.
James p. CORY and william Ewart. both supporters
of the government aud adherents Of the Orange in
stitution.
Gounod was lately feted at Antwerp, and the stu
dents Of the University of Louvain sent deputaton
asking him to sign his name in the ''Gold Book.
The pen with which no wrote his name was sold by
auction for 250f
London word:--"A shocking story is told of one
of the young ladies ut the Oxford College for the
higher education of women Being demonstrated
with ON tho score Of her idleness her answer was
that she up to the university 10 see life This
is possibly wider. but hardly higher, education"
The London World says that the reason why OK
press search has been ordered to be made In Zulu
land for the Prince Imperals watch Is that attached
to the chain. His Hghness wore that relic--a frsg-
ment OF the true cross--which belonged to Charlie
magne, came into the hands OF the frst Napoleon.
aud was always worn by the late Emperor. who
regarded it, in that curious. semisuperstitious way
Of his % something Of the character OF talisman
Boston Trapeier.--~A sentence of death passed to-
night upon all the men and women who have seen
seventy years Of life would leave both the Old and
the New World tomorrow morning without their
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OBITUARY.
STEPHEN D. KINGSTON.


Stephen b. Kingston, general freight agent OF the
Pennsyvania Railroad, died at his residence In Phil
adelphia yesterday Of Bright's disease. Mr.. King
ston had been i'll long time and last winter Wis.,
tied Florida In the hope of benehting his health.
He was completely FRUSTRATED about two weeks ago.
since which he has not left his bed. MIR. Kingston
was born ut Philadelphia ifty-hve years ago, and
received common school education. After leaving
school he was admitted to the Office of Mr.. Enoch
Taylor. and under him studied conveyancing. which
he followed for some years after leaving Mr. Tayors
office. When Mr. henry Houston was made local
freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, when
that road In the first stage of its and the
office and depot OF the company was ut Eighth and
Market streets, Mr.. Kingston entered upon his
vice with that road as manifest clerk in
Mr.. .Houstons department.. This in the
year 1884, and since that time Mr.. Kings
ton was unnterruptedly in the employ Of the
road. As Mr.. Houston advanced from position
to position until he became general freight agent
Mr. Kingston WAS appointed to the Office he vacated,
and when. In 1867. MIR. Houston resigned from the
office OF general manager Mr.. Kingston assumed
control Of that department. Mr.. Kingston was.
therefore, nearly twenty eight years In tho service
of the company.
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vtscount Lesseps and the Panama
Canal.

According to our telegraphic advices
Viscount Lesseps will sail to-day from
Havre for the Isthmus of Panama, accom-
panied by commission of distinguished
engineers from France and Holland, who
arc to be joined by American and Colom-
bian colleagues. They have been preceded
by brigade" of practical workmen, pro-
vided with the necessary implements, and
the programme of their observations has
been drawn up by a committee of the
French Academy Of Sciences, counting
among its members the great names Of j.
B. Dumas, Faye, Quatrefages and Beoquerel.
The government of Colombia has issued
decree directing that o member of the
Cabinet proceed to the isthmus, accom-
nine States of which that Republic is
composed, for the purpose of afford
ing to M. de Lesseps a memorable
reception and Of participating in the cere-
monies inaugurating the work, which have
been fixed Tor the LIST of January next. The
world will now speedily have the oppor-
tunity of forming definitive opinion upon
the character Of this enterprise and the
probabilities of its success.
In the United States, as is well known to
Vscount Lesseps, the current of public
opinion has long favored another route,
that OF Nicaragua, which is being actively
urged by Admiral Ammen, and which
counts upon the active sympathy if not the
actual services of General Grant Besides
the preference given to the Nicaragua
route there exist in the United States vari-
GUS other sentiments equally unfavorable
to the enterprise of NJ. de Lesseps. Many
disbelieve in the practicability of either
route, others think American interests
would be better served by augmenting the
number of Pacific railroads. and still others
are convinced that no interoceanic canal
would pay a 1.-THE of the expenses These
facts, however, need not interfere with q
general admiration Of the pluck and hero.
ism displayed by Viscount Lesseps.
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greatest ntellects and deprive nearly every great
nation of its acknowledged leaders. 1t would take
from England her Beaconsheld. from Germany her
Bismarck. from Russia her Gortschakof. from Aus
tria her Andrassy and from Spain her Castelar, Not
less sweeping would be its removals of the literary
lights of the time or the great English-spoakng
poets on both sides Of the Atlantic such decree
would not spare us Tennyson. LongfelIow.
Whittier. Holmes have all passed tho scripturl
'threescore and ten ="
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the inevitable consequences of the success
OF the press. An agency which spreads in
formation of facts, which educates the
world in the knowledge of ITSELF is worth
all the penny trumpet reformers OF the
platform that the world ever saw in prac-
Of the condition of humanity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

THE WEATHER.-The disturbance that was
advancing over the Missouri Valley, as stated
in yesterdays HERALD, has now reached the
central valley and lake districts. 1t developed
storm energy as it moved eastward, and is likely
To prove severe in all the eastern portions of the
country. The area of high barometer that
prccedes it is gradually receding northeast
ward, but its movement is so slow that the gra-
dents on the eastern margin of the storm area
are becoming very steep. The course of the
disturbance will be nearly due east, but it will
affect all the districts from Canada to
the Gull. Rain fell in the lake re-
gons, central valley districts and on
the Gulf coasts while in the Northwest snow
is reported. The winds have been from brisk
to strong in the central valleys and upper lake
regions, fresh over the lower lakes and light
elsewhere. The temperature rose over all the ter
ritory east of the Mississippi except along the
Atlantic coast west Of that river it began to fall
quickly toward night. The storm continues on
the British and French coasts. The weather in
New York aud its vicinity to-day will be warmer
and cloudy, with rains Tomorrow it will he
warm and cloudy with rain or snow in the
early portion, followed by clearing and colder
weather.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Moneyc continued
easy ut to per cent for call loans on stocks
and at per cent on governments. Stocks We're
dull and the market about steady. Foreign
exchange was active and rates advanced.
Government securities brisk demand
and prices improved somewhat while railway
bonds were quiet and steady.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

Mrs. Hayes. the wife of the President. is spending
few days at Plainield N. j.. guest Of Mrs. A.
d. Sheppard. of that city. Yesterday morning she
visited the high school there and was received in
the chapel by the pupils of the high and grammar
schools. Mr.. George Vincent Of the senior class, in
appreciation OF the honor conferred upon them by
the visit, presented Mrs. Hayes with floral horse
responded gracefully and afterward shook hands
with each Of the scholars the they left the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

PHILADELPHIA's SPIRITED ATTEMPTS to Guido
the metropolis are occasionally successful.
When the notorious Alderman McMulcn was
arraigned yesterday for assault and battery,
with intent to kill the complainant failed to
appear Trucking to rowdes is one of the first
signs that u city is growing too large to be
managed by its better citizens.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

LEGAL MEASURES against coal company
that removes from their mines the columns of
coal that support the village above should not
be restricted To injunotions; the probable loss
of life and property which the falling in of q
mine roof would occasion should be considered
by the courts and the possible victims.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

THE SMALL Boy is becoming unpleasantly
prominent in affairs that among children of
larger growth are called crimes. The stabbing
ARRAY of yesterday in which u boy of twelve
was wounded perhaps mortaIly, by an eleven
year-old companion, makes the third serious oc-
currence of its kind within fortnight. Do
parents realize what horrible education their
boys receive when allowed to run ut will in the
streetsi
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

The probabilities are that the scedther in Ne,c
York and its ricia.ity to-day ,ciu be warns and
cloudy ,citA rains. Tomorrow IL psH be acdrm,
and cloudy ,oiM rail-. snow IN the early por-
ton, 10 Losced by clearing and colder heather.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

Los ANGELES, CAL, has suffered by another
official defacaton, which is the fourth within
five years. Perhaps the missing members Of
the old New York Ring have not heretofore been
sought in the right place.
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WITH SUPPLEMEN T f.
NEW YORK. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1879.

Advertisers are respectfully requested to hand
in their advertisements precious to eight o'clock
IN ne ece,i',g to insure proper classification
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How Much LONGER are the odors of the
Fourth avenue tunnel through which the horse
cars pass to sicken passengers and annoy every
one passing the apertures through which the
tunnel receives light and airl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

Mr.. John d. Linden died on Thursday evening. al
hi, residence No. 51s Last 18th street. after long
illness. He was the personal clerk of Police Justice
Henry Murray past six years. but before that
time had been employed IN police court work. He
was the Oldest and probably the best known police
clerk in the city. His knowledge OF criminal law
was extensive and accurate. Personally he was
favorito.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

Ii THE KHEDIvE really feels SO bad at losing
the obelisk, America might be manneriy enough
to insist that he shall retain it, The bric-a-
brac fever still RACES here, but not to such an
extent that we should deprive people of their
cherished an flames
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

LADIES who object to tobacco smoke will find
III the experiences of one of their number, re-
lated in another column, a hint, at least, to
keep out of smoking cars
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

PETER GoELErs business reputation is en-
HANGED by his last will and testament, which,
in spite of the immense property it disposed of,
was shorter than many II business letter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

This Is THE LAST DAY of the Seventh reg-
ment fair, and four out of every five who we're
not going to miss the entertainment for any
thing have not yet been there.
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DIR. SYLVESTER EARLE.

The death. at st. John. N. b.. Of Dr. Sylvester
Earle. father Of ex-Mayor Earle. OF st. John. is
nounced He born in New York and was son
of royalist captain In the Revolutionary and
descendant on his mothers side OF the Polish pa
triot Zobeiski. He several times elected to rep
resent Kings county, N. " In the Provincial Legisa-
ture and was for time o member OF the gov
ernment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06

ANOTHER FLOOD is anticipated in Spain.
Americans on the line of watercourses that
have been robbed of adjacent forests will please
read, ponder and inwardly digest.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY AND EVENING.


UNION SQUARE THEATRE FRENCH FLATS. Matinee.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-AIDA MATINEE
wALLACK'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
NIBLO'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Matinee.
HAvERLY's THEATRE-GALLEY SLAVE Matinee
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-THE FooL's REVENGE. Matinee
STANDARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Matinee.
DALx'S THEATRE-AN ARABIAN NIGHT. Matinee
THALIA-DRR SEEcApEr Matinee.
BROADWAY OPERA HOUsE-srRArEGIsrs. Matinee
FIFTH AvENUE-H VI. S. PISAroRE Matinee.
BOOTH'S-LKs CLocHEs CoRNEvILLE Matinee.
GERMANIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Won NAVARRO
ABERLE'S THEATRE-NAN THE NEwsBoy. Matinee.
PARK THEATRE-FRIrz IRELAND. Matinee.
cOMIQUE-MULLIcAN GUARDS CHRIsrMAs Matinee.
SAN FRANCISCO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TONY PASTORS Observation-Disclosures
ROSTER BALLS CONCERT HALL
AQUARIUM-PERFoRNING ANIMALS. Matinee.
sTEINWAY HALL-SyxPHoNY CONCERT
CHICKERING HALL-DIcKENs MORNINGS MATINEE.
SEVENTH REGIMENT FAIR-LAsr DAY.
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interest. It's a degrading view of our
public men which assumes that none of
them is capable of rising out of the low
atmosphere of party politics. President
Hayes has no further political ambition.
and if Senator Bayard has it is candid to
suppose that he holds it in subordination
to his sense of public duty.
General Butler is an interested spectator
of the turn affairs have taken since the be-
ginning of the session, and he is not spar
ing of his criticisms. He accuses the Pres
ident of an unbecoming attempt to infu-
ence the decision of the Supreme Court on
the legal tender question, because the Pres
ident has declared his "frm conviction
that the issue of legal tender paper
money, except in extreme emergency, is
without warrant in the constitution" But
his criticism is an absurd assumption that
the President has no right to interpret the
constitution for himself on points which
have not been judicially decided. He may
find this notion scornfully exploded in the
writings of jefferson. President jackson,
whom Butler eulogizes, went so far as to
refuse to be bound by decision actually
rendered, and vetoed the United States
Bank bill on the ground Of unconsti-
tutionality, although the Supreme Court
had decided that such an institution was
constitutional, declaring that he was bound
by the constitution '-as he understood it."
1t is absurd to pretend that the President is
bound to silence by a decision which has
not been rendered on a subject which has
not yet been argued before the Court.
, 1879-04-05

TCI{JttGN n.


Tho following were received by tho Chicago E}oam
ofTraAo;
LlYxHropL, April 4-11:10h ., m.-F1ont, 81 0d9
los. Wbrat--NInter. Is 11dGD0s I'd; spring, Is u
OBS Cd; white, Hs l0dD0s Id: cluu, Ds Cd 1Et't "a.
torn. IL bdGt4s Cd. Pork, 5:s I'd: Lara, :}s Sd.
Receipts wheat last three days. l9d 900 coulala,
III, 200 being American.
LIVERPOOL, April 4--2 p. tn.-Weathcr fall
nrcadsta1s du,1. Spring whent, II (]dGt8s 1t.
Corn, 4s {}d. Ntat uHchanteu.
LIVERPOOL, april ESPECIAL Cablc.- -Tncon-Cnm'
herlut't!s G6s Cd; short rios us Cd; touy clcas,
a7s; short clear, u.s.. Beef-rstme .ness III;
1ndla mess, IT.; extra India u,uss, tBs. CAeese-
Cl,nlcc, 44s. Shoulders, va. Tallow-TsImo city,
:I5s 0d. Lard, ;Els Cd. pork-ptime n,ess. East.
ern, Boa; Western, 6os. uams. long cat, .os
nyGraEe, 17s.
Loxpus. Apri, 4.-L.vtaroot-whast steady
California white. DaQs0s Sd, Corn stroug at IL n
MxNE LANE-Whext and Corn atcaly. Gatgoes VI
const-Whtat In vory guuu desnana fair ayerars
fcd winter. abs Cd; fair average Calitosula, lis.
Corn in fnir demand, ,cargoes on passags-WheM
and corn 9Hlet; fair areraGa quality No. Chte4so
spring WHEAT for shipment durtug The present aud
following month, 40s BI@tla.
Sl~ctaf ftspateh to 1As Tribune.
L,vERFaot. April 4-l1:30 y. m.-ftoun-Sa
]. l0s; No. =, ~ Cd.
Observation-Disclosures, No. !, o. I'd; No, z,
rs l1di apr!ng No. !, u I'd; No. 2. u I'd white,
No. !, 0s Id; No. =. 8s l0I; club, No. l, u sdi
No. g. Da I'd. Corn-Ns", No. !. "a VI; No. 4
IL I'd.
rroy,stoNa-Pork. 81 "a, Lard. 33s Cd.
LtyENFool. April 4 4.-CorToK-Markct buoyAnl 1t
GIs0aAd; sales. ~, coo bales; speculation and
exuoEt. ..C00; American. 1o. o0D; sales OF ,hs
week. G.,, 00; American. Gl 600; spcculators took
7, uDU, Of which oxpoFtrrs iaok 4,0u0; Forwarded
fruuI ships ae direct IL spinnsrs, q, 0ooj aetuL
sxmE.. d, 00U; total receipts, M, 700; American.
VI, UU0; total STOCK. h78, 600; American, Abu U0
amount at'ost, HOO, 0ooi American, 2il.o0
DnkAnsrusys-uuIl; red Western spriuy wheat,
IL u.lllHs I'd; nrw Western mlzed, n W..
pAoyIalons s-Lard-Amsrlcan, aJs I'd. Dacon~
I.oux clear. ~ I'd: short do, 47s 0d.
ltErEl!rn-Whsal, l:,5, 0Gu; American, III, 0oa
Yarns nnl fabrics 1t MancGratct lrtn anl tend
Tug upward.
AATwkAr, April 4.-FkrmoAxuu-2.kd. 1.