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The New York herald., 1879-12-16

THE WEATHER.-The disturbance that af-
fectcd the Atlantic coast districts on Sunday
passed rapidly northeastward yesterday morn
ing, attended by copious precipitation and brisk
winds. It was followed later in the day by the
depression that moved over the lake and CEN
tral valley districts, and that is now passing
into the ocean off the Nova Scotia coast. The
barometer rose rapidly throughout the western,
southwestern and central sections Of the coun.
try. In the Northwest the pressure has again
commenced to decrease and it is probable that
depression will make its appearance
IN that region this evening. Rain fell in
all the Atlantic coast districts from Florida
10 Nova Scotia. and snow is reported
in the lake regions. The weather in
the West and Southwest was fair. The
temperature fell in all the districts except in
the northern portion of the New England
States and in the extreme Northwest. The
winds have been brisk in the lake regions, brisk
to fresh along the Atlantic coast and generally
light elsewhere. The weather in New York and
81 vicinity to-day will bo colder and fair. To
morrow il viii be elsar. xiti--~--ssrr Increase
u-&S~-~-y-rr.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI.

The alumni of the Wesleyan University, at Mid.
dletown. Conn.,. sat down to their eleventh annual
dinner st the Westminster Hotel last evening under
the name of the Wesleyan University Club. Old
mon unchanged the greetings OF alma mater with
each other. and Joined heartily in the songs
that made them all boys again. Wesleyan IL.
like all other universities. q literary curriculum,
httinR It's students not only Ter the pulpit. but also
for the bench and bar. IL will add to its faculty
chair Of medicine. thus placing 1t tho same plat
form ~ Yale Harvard aud Princeton. The COM
pany, numbering htty-two, sat down to the table
ut hsf-past p. NJ. and, after the removal of
the cloth. In wit. wisdom and reminiscence whiled
away the hours. parting at midnight to meet again
In 1850. Tho chief addresses made by George Il.
Read toast master, Rev. DR.. Cyrus Foss president OF
the Universityj Rev. DIR. q. HWhtney. Of Hacketts-
towns Rev. DR.: j. Van Benschotcn. Professor OF
Greek; Oliver Hoyt, President OF the Connscticut
Btate Senste Rev. Dr. Daniel Curry, Rev. Emory J.
Haynes, Rev. DrJ NJ Buckley. City Judge Reynolds.
Of Brooklyn. and General Fisks.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
Revenue Trouble. In Georgia.

At last the revenue officers are said to
be intending a determined raid into the
''moonshine" distillery district Of Georgia.
Resistance is OF course expected, for the
illicit distillers have already driven the
officers out Of their country at least
once, and know that they will
get little mercy from the courts
if caught. 1t must also be admitted that q
more unpleasant variety of duty never
afflicted revenue officers, for the trans
gressors are about as hardy, alert
and vindictive as an equal number
of Indians; they are, as q rule. ignor-
ant enough to regard enforcement Of
the law as persecution, and will there
fore be animated by sentiment somewhat
resembling patriotism. As they are per-
tectly at home in country Of which
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
what Is operate "Indi.position 30

What II Operate "Indfspositton9 9''
When Mr.. Mapleson's season first opened
this winter there was much uncompliment-
terial composing his Italian opera troupe,
and the public dissatisfaction was 30
marked and the attendance at the Academy
so materially declined that radical changes
were necessitated in the company, and,
according to the managers statement,
large sum OF money was expended in
securing a prima donna to strengthen the
troupe in it's weakest point. The public.
especially that portion of it that had,
as it were, paid in advance for goods it has
not received, were in no frame of mind to
be further trifed with, and expected
that such amends az could be made for the
disappointment of the earlier opera nights
would be offered during the remainder Of
the senson in the prompt and perfect rem
dering of every promised opera. But the
past fortnight has Witnessed series Of
failures in keeping good faith with the
publio-it seems necessary to put 1t in this
way--that reflects seriously, not alone on
the management but on the artists them
selves. True, the announcement is re-
peatedly made that Mile Marimon or Mile.
valleria or Miss Cary or Signor Campa-
nini-in fact, the list would include almost
the whole company-is ''indisposed, :"
Whatever that indefinite term may mean,
but. with few exceptions, there has
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

been no return made to the public
OF the money which had been paid
Tor that which was promised but was
not given. Were the merchant or banker
TO advertise certain goods, accept full pay
ment and furnish the confiing purchaser
with any other article. he would be held in
commercial and legal circles to be lacking
in honor and in honesty. Why should
the. manager or artist be exempt from this
ruling? 1t is urged in these cases that an
artist who is ''indisposed" is by that fact
relieved of his or her obligation. although
it seems that the rule does not work
both ways and release the public money
in the box Office as well. 'Indisposi-
tion," when genuine illness Of positive
vocal incapacity is the basis of the
announcement, will be accepted by the
public, but such Wholesale '.indisposition"
as has of late broken out in Mr.. Mapleson's
troupe-as the measles might run through
nursery-is truly alarming. Mr. Maple
sons greenroom is no nursery, his artists
are not children-neither are his patrons
and it is as unlikely that the artists have all
caught this operatic measles us it is unlikely
that the public will believe it.
''Indisposition" has treble meaning ac-
cording to Webster:--Q) "a slight dis
order of the healthy functions of the
body;" (2) "The condition of wanting
affinity, as the indisposition of two
bodies to combine;' (3) "Disinolina-
tion." Which definition is correct? If
ic fho Arct <i,o la M
it's indulgence readily, with the suggestion
that its money be returned in such cases.
and that the artists avoid draughts. If it is
the second, suggesting that some personal
disagreement is at the bottom of it, the
HERALD would advise the settlement of pri-
vate disagreements outside the opera house
and after the performance of public duties.
Is it the third? We are very much afraid
that it is the third. and we would simply
say to Miss Cary, Mile. Marimon, Mile.
valleria. Signor Campanini, Signor Galassi
1--WE place the names in about the order Of
their proportion Of failures to keep their
engagements), that they are not alone
American public by these frequent disap-
pointments, but that such facts are care
fully regarded in operate markets abroad
and lessen the financial value OF their SER
vices elsewhere than here.
To the Brevet Brigadier General of Her
Majesty's opera troupe we would say, that
the commander is always responsible for
the failure of his forces, and we suggest
that the Quartermaster, Paymaster and
officers generally of his command SO con-
duct themselves and their departments that
good feeling and good discipline may be
observed at all times in the camp and the
full effectiveness Of the force be thus made
available in every campaign.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

THE CANNON STREET house which burned
with such sad results II month ago is reported to
have been without u scuttlc to the roof How
many more residences are in the same condi-
tion, and in those that have scuttles how many
people are there who know where they are and
what to do when they emerge from theml
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were
duiler and prices suffered further decline.
Money was easy on call at to z per cent.
Government and State securities were quiet and
steady while railway bonds were less active and
more irregular. Foreign exchange was weak
and ztes for sterling were lowered twice.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

YoUNG MAcEvoY, who had his brain severed
by circular in Paterson a few days ago.
is dead. The case naturally attracted wide at
tention among the medical profession, for the
tenacity of life displayed by the patient was
anomalous in the history of surgery
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

"OUIDA says the Italians have lost all appre-
citation of art and that Garibaldi should have
died after Montana. Fanfttiia says, in retaia-
ton, that the English tourists i'll Italy who rave
about art are mostly Cockneys and snobs. The
discussion is getting lively.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

ANOTHER PROPELLER has been dropped from
a steamer. Fortunately the disabled vessel was
not compelled to trust TO her sails, for the
experience of the Circassia several weeks ago
shows how insufficient the sailing rig of steam
ers is.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
Il II Up l. E SH IL ID T
NEW YORK. TUESDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1870

The probabilities are that the aceater In Ne,c
York and lis ricissity to-day ,ciH be colder and
fair. Tomorrow ii ,ciA be clear, riM slight in
crease in tcmperatnre.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

VERA SAssUIIrcH has published letter ad-
mitting that her attempt to kill General Trepof
was made Mt the instigation OF the Russian
Revolutionary Committee. She and one of her
friends had to draw lots and fate put the deed
on her.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
The DAIRY FAIR is a great success.

SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS in favor of taxing
churches colleges and banks are given under
Taxation in Jersey"
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

THIS sEAsos's coES CRor is now reported to
be the lsF~- grown in this country, and
it should be- rymembored that corn brings
farmers several times much money as it did
a few years ago.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

To THE MAN OR WOMAN who went out of
doors on Sunday the statement that the rainfall
did not amount to one and a quarter inches
must seem an intentional insult.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

by new railroad across the marrow neck be-
tween ocean and ocean.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

The NoLsaEEs go to prison for twelve years
for attempting TO poison Blair, while their in
tended victim probably goes home with new
sense of the advisability of having acquaintance
preceded by proper introduction.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

appointed for that. and must be trusted in
the discharge OF our own duties On any
other ground we will not hold office. II
you do not like our way move vote OF
confidence. and if we are beaten on that we
shall be happy to give way to men who will
satisfy you more completely"
Tried by that test the government has
already come out victorious on one vote.
Nearly all the points of the republican
programme which it is sought to foist upon
the Ministry are properly administrative
measures-measures that could be practi-
cally enforced by the government without
new legislation, and several of them would
doubtless not command majority vote if
presented as measures of legislation. The
government, therefore, resists intelligently
this step toward the application in France
of bull-dozing processes.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

The ENGLISH appear to have plenty of troubles
yet before them in Afghanistan. Ayoub Khan
is advancing from Herat toward Cabul, and the
English forces are being concentrated around
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

The SENATE will not suffer from cold weather
at present. They getting ready for talk
over the Kellogg-Spotford affair.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16

The Sons OF New ENGLAND are over twelve
hundred strong, with prosperous treasury,
showing the old time thrift of our New Eng
land brethren is still a marked trait in their
clfuracttr
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
The Presidential Electors OF New York

The Presidential Electors or New York.
We publish interviews with New York
members of Congress, in which they express
their opinions of the project for dividing
the State into districts for the choice of
Presidential electors. 1t will be seen that
many of the republican members, as we'll
as all the democratic members, look
are confident that nothing of the
kind will be seriously attempted by
the Legislature. In the first place. the
chances of the republican party for carry
ing the State are not 80 desperate as to inn
pei it to such u daring experiment.. In the
Legislature would be as much divided on
the question as the republican members of
Congress; and to make the attempt and fail
would put q potent electioneering weapon
into the hands of the democrats which
would enable them to carry the
State. In the third place. a change
of that magnitude should not be made with
out the sanction of the people. expressed
through an election, and the people have
had no opportunity to pass upon it. In
the fourth place, such change would be
inexpedient unless simultaneously adopted
by the other States. If the democrats of
New York are to be weakened in the Elec-
toral College by the district system. the
republicans Of Ohio, Illinois and all the
States should have their strength cut down
by the same rule. What is sauce for the
democrats should be sauce for the repub-
icans. Without this equity it would be an
infamous political trick. The district sys-
tenn might be better if universally adopted.
But the people of no State will sanction it
Tor their own State alone, leaving the other
States to count oil their Congressional dis
tricts as belonging to one party. Virginia
first set the example of collective vote,
and the other States were compelled to fol-
low in self-protection. If there is to be a
return to the district system it should be
done through constitutional amendment
making the rule uniform throughout the
United States.
The New York herald., 1879-12-16
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


UNION SQUARE THEATRE-FREScu FLATS.
AQCARIUM-UscLE TONS CABIN Matinee
ABBEYS PARK-FEITz IRELAND
DALy'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NIGHr
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-TuE CRUSHED TRAGEDlAx
ITALIA THEArRE--DER MANN DKBurANrIS.
HAvERLY's THEATRE-TnE GALLEY sLAvK
BROADWAY OPERA H0USE-STRATEGIsrs-
ABERi Els TlIEATRE-TISA. MILK VESDER.
NIBLOS GARDEN-HEARrs STERL
STANDARD THEATRE-PRiNcEss ToTo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GERMANIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. KUEssr.
FIFTH AVENUE rHEATRE-H. NJ. 5. PiSAroRE.
THEATRE COMIQUE-MULLIGAN GUARDS CHRIsrxAs-
ROSTER Il BIAL's CONCERT HALL.
SAN FRANCISCO observation-disclosures STREET FLATS
TONY PASTORS THEArRE-vAnIErY. Matinee.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-WALkIxG MATCH.
AMERICAN INsrFTUTE-DAIRY FAIR
, 1879-05-29
tienarni nInrrl,nn,lise.

RICE Market quoted at China mixed 6IaOl: Japan, 9!
al; Sandwich Island, 6iaGl
COFFEE-Cos.a .Ricn, FaNic; Java, 25c: Rio, none;
Guetanala, I6Ial7c n ... ..N .'
rEASWe quote Japan in fiowered boxes, 30a35c; La
quored boxes 45a5OO paper, 3OaST1c III
SUGARS-Market fairl supplied-We quote Crushed
A, lllc Fine crushed. llic: Cube, 1lAc Extra q,
Sc: Golden G, 9c Sandwich Island, 7la9c,
SYRUPS uOtaDla ut 47ae in bbls Soc in HIS and Soc
in kegs.
CANDLES-E Emery, 1870: Pick & Shovel, l5c; Hark.
ness, 203c; Grant, l6c; wax, 2lc. t D..
SARDlNES-Qr boxes, 81 90; hf boxes S.IaS3. 90
YEAST POWDER -Donnelly, 19a20c y gross Dooley,
- 2oa22c U gross Preston 4 Merrill 2lc u gross
SPIRIT AND MALT LIQUORS The following are the
prices current Of certain brands OF whskies and
beer: J. II. Cutter old Bourbon whisky, manu-
factired by @. p. MUorman Co, Kentucky, 81 %
al; NJ, NJ Marshall, kentucky, &c. other brands,
81 50692 75.
n Lemps st. Louis beer per cask OF 8 doz $5
Ordinary brands OF COAL CSC; higher grades, Dow
ner Co, 37l@142i; boiled nseed, 9Oc raw linseed,
sOc; pure lard, 81 GOAL TO- castor 81 25(8l 80; tur
peutne, 80tf65c.
WINES-Sherry, foreign in blk, 81 50a$5 in ~, sTsso
Sherry, domestic in blk, 81 5oas2 80; in cs - so
Port, foreign H. blk, 81 5Oas7: in cs, s7asD
Port, domestic in blk, 81 5Gas2: in c. 81 50aS6.
Angelica, d0mestlc n Blk 81 50aS2 SO; in cs, 81 so
d. q SO 90, ...
' M1scatel, domestic m blk. 81 75as2 so
Reslipg, domestic in blk, 81 50aS2 90, - ..
Sonoma White, domestic in blk, 81 sOaSl 20; in cs,
81 0oaS5 co. -
Claret, foreign in blk 81 5Oas2 90: in cs ~ 5OasS
Claret. domestic ia blk, 75c; in cs, $3laSi..
, 1879-05-29
The Prince Who Wants Pulpit

OF all The members Of our royal family
perhaps the one with the strongest intel
Iectual bias is Prince Leopold. Unable
TO mingle much in society,in consequence
Of malady which has troubled him now
and again all through his career, ne has
naturally been thrown back upon studi
Gus pursuits. He is a very fair scholar,
and is certainly possessed by great en-
thusiasm for learning and the arts A
few days ago he attended great meeting
in the city of London, called by the Lord
Mayor. and spoke on behalf of the exten-
sion OF universal education. He was
placed at disadvantage by having to fol-
low the greatest orator Of his time Mr.
Gladstone, and yet, notwithstanding this,
he acquitted himself with marked ability.
Mr.. Gladstone congratulated the Prince
upon his speech, and was evidently as
tonished both by his f1uency and the
cogcncy Of mis- arguments. Prince Leo
pard has long desired to adop. the cnurch
as profession, and the matter has been
discussed a. court very recently--so it is
confidently affirmed He certainly has a
strong leaning to clericalism, but what we
should do with Prince of the blood in
the church | do not know. He would
prove such sensation" that there would
be no place large enough to hold audIen-
ces, unless Mr.. Spurgeon agreed to give
up the Metropolitan Tabernacle for his
use, I am inclined to think that the
Church of England would fined great
influx OF candidates for confirmation if it
became known that the Queen's son was
willing TO lay his hands upon them.
London Letter to New York Pest.
, 1879-05-29
Bees on the Wing.

When swarm leaves for the woods
they are off before you fairly know il.
They drift away from the hive in wide
spread and apparently aimless concourse,
then suddenly gather up their skirts,
draw together their forces and away they
60, humming, flying vortex Of bees,
the queen apparently in the centre and
the mass revolving about her as a
pivot, over orchards and meadows, across
creeks and swamps, or woods and deep
valleys, straight for the appointed tree,
slow at FIST, so that you can keep up with
them, presently with speed that would
tire fox-hound. In this flight the in
dividual bees do not move in right lines,
or straight forward like flock of birds,
but round and round like chaff in whirl-
wind; unitedly they form whirling, re.
volying, nebulus mass fifteen or twenty
feet across, that goes as straight as a pro.
jecrile 10 its mark. They are not partial
as to the kind OF tree-pine, hemlcck,
elm, birch, maple, hickoy-any tree with
good cavity high up or low dowr. A
swarm Of mine ran away ftom the new
patent hive | gave them, and took
up their quarters in the hollow trunk
ol an old apple tree across an adjoin-
ing field, The entrance was a mouse.
hole near the ground. Another swarm
in the neghborhood deserted their keep,
er and went into the cornice OF an out.
house iha, stood amid eVergreens in the
rear Of large mansion, But there is nc
accounting for the taste Of bees, as Sam
son found when he discovered the swarm
in the carcass Cor more probably the skel
elon) of the lion he had slain.--Scribne
for Nav.
, 1879-05-29
lsGu,c Produce Market.

The following quotations represent the wholesale
rates from producers or first hands:
FLOUR-quotahlo in iobbng lots at: Standard brands,
s. 90; best Country brands, 81 25 u IS; Super
dne, q 81 20. rJ ..
WHEAT 81 Cj 81 O'l for average; milling at 81 d7
CfSl 20.
POTATOES Quotabo at 81 90 per 100 u.s. as to DE-
sCrirtion and quality.
AiDDLiNGS Jobbms at feed, S2O@S2j flle, S2J&&S2Ti
y ton.
BRAN--Job6ing at v tom sl5aSl6, ..
OkTS-Foed, tlcental, 81 l5aSl 20.
BACON-Siios, 8a9lc; hams, l0al2c; snouldcrs 81.
LARD-In kegs none; new in tins Dal0c.
BUTTER-Weq quote choice dairy at 27B cts; good fresh
roll, 2ja27ic; ordinary, l5alSc, whether brine or
solid; common 2ial5c; market steady; California
fresh roll, a5GS7lG g ...,...
GREEN FRUl'TS-Apples per boX-Northern Spy, Asa
55c: Sptzenburg, O0a70c; Bell Flower, 50aG0c;
Baldwin b5a06c; Roxbury Russet, bOa6Oc: Swoar
55aG5c; Yellow Newton Pppins, 65a75c: Red Cheek
Pippns 6ja75c Wine Sap. 5Oa6Oc; Jenotn, 5Oa6Oc;
Ranbo, 50n6OC Pears per box, 6Oa75c, The above
are iobbng rates from stores, From wagons or on
wharf from 10 to 25c. less is paid Limes-sl so
per l0C, and Lemons 3d.
DRIED FRUlTS-Appes, sun dried, ia5c; machine
driGd, 9alOo Pears, machine dried Ease. Plums,
machine dried, l5alSc pitted, lOal2c: with Pits, no
EGGS-lB CENTS ..... ...0 ...... ......
POULTRY Chickens young, s3nss so per dozen; old,
s. 50a s. co
CHEESE Oregon, lO@l2lc; California Toe, large
steCks. . .... rt.. o.. ...I
IIoGS-Dr0ssod, SO, on foot, ". ..
Beehive weight, 2il33c. for choice.
SHEEP live weight, 2la3lc
HIDES QuOtable ut l3c for all over 16tb one third Of
for under that, also One,third OF for culls. r.
TALLOW-Quotable at 5a5l cts
HAY-Timothy baIed, buying at SlCasi2 u ton weak
, 1879-05-29
-
English wheat Markets.

LONDON, May 20. - Floating cargoes,
rather easier.
Cargoes on passage and for shipment
unaltered. .a.
Mark Lane, rather worse.
Quotations Of good cargoes, of coast, No,
!, Spring wheat, medium Oh. or Mil. 80
lbs sea damage for sellers account, less
usual 2N per cent. commission, 42s;
Red Winter, 45s 6d(Q46s; California, 500 lbs,
45sG145s Cd.
Good shipping California wheat, on pass
age, per 500 lbs, Queenstown for orders. just
shipped, or to be promptly shipped, ASS;
nearly DUE 45s; Oregon for shipment, 4Gs.
Fair average Chicago or Milwaukee
for shipment during present month and fol-
lowing one, per 4S0 tbs, Am. terms, 39s 3D..
WeathtI in England, favorable for growing
crops.
Liverpool wheat spot rather easier.
Liverpool, fair to choice shipping club,
per GENITAL, 9s 4d(99s Cd.
Fair to choice shipping California per cen.
tai, 9sa9s Sd.
Red Am. Spring shipping. No.3 to No. 2,
per GENITAL, Is 8d(98s Sd.
Fair to good shipping, Oregon, per GENITAL,
9s 3d(99s sd.
Good to choice shipping, Oregon, per CEN
tai, 9s 5d(@9s Sd.
The continental demand is less active.
, 1879-05-29
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET.

SAN Francisco, May 20.
.a, .4i FIRST DISPATCH .l ur
WHEAT-Market not 80 strong Choice
milling sold at 81 67H.
BARLEY-Steady demand and fair.
CORN Demand, steady. Market fair at
lower rates. ni,..a... sl.4 .n .a
FLOUR-Very dull.
W0OL-4Strong and active at full rates.
9 saHgs e d sEeoND DESPATCH. .u.5,
WHEAT-English and European advices
give markets as dull. Export buyers here
are holding off for concessions, and sellers
ask full rates for choice. l.i.t.n4 na
OATS-Choice quoted at 81 50. Offer
ings very small. -.l'...
FLOUR-Market dull. "''' D.. h'
,I0ri- NEW YORK MARKET. 3.'N "O
o a sa;Ym NRw YORK, May 20. M.
WHEAT-Dull.
FLOUK-Steady. ...,a'.. ....
WOOL-Quiet. "'
! COTTON Irregular.
l-rt.1 CHICAGO MARKET.
Haa-le .a CHICAGO, May 20.
WHEAT-S1 00o per bu. asked for June.
BACON-Short rib sides, 81 65(94 70. A.
PORK so G2H is paid for June. lad,
LARD l.S6 12H is paid for June.
ENGLISH COTTON MARKET
, .ur ..rs LIVERPOOL, May 20.
COTTON-Strong. Uplands, "a. Or
laans 7L