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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

them and contribute to the support OF
the pastor are utterly unable to assume
share of the debt, for interest alone amounts
frequently to more than pastors salary and
other necessary expenses combined. Con-
gregations that have costly buildings which
are not yet paid for are beyond the reach OF
advice, but those who have not yet blum
dered should remember that church is
esteemed for its works instead of its walls,
and willingness to incur heavy debts is
not regarded virtue by the sinners for
whose benefit churches are supposed to
exist
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

Elevated railroads are in some ways of
great service to the public. The trains
trsvel faster than horse cars, they never
man who takes a seat may do so with the
assurance that he will not be asked to
ssmove up o little closer" and his fare is
never demanded more than twice on the
same trip. But, on tho other hand, tho
public generally pays two prices for these
so it is only natural that
they expect perfect accommodation for
their money. To fulfil their entire duty
to their patrons the companies which pro-
fess to manage the various roads must do
q great deal which lately they have left
undone. The most serious feature of the
neglect that prevails is in direction that
for every reason demands especial care we
refer to the safe exit of departing passengers
and, still more important, the absolute in
Qress of those who attempt to board train,
A few days ago portion of the crowd that
attempted to get upon single train on one
of the roads was left behind, and the last
man aboard chung to the handrails of one Of
the cars until the train had passed full
square beyond the station and the gate was
closed. AS nobody dropped of or was
killed the brakeman or whoever was in
charge of that particular car was confirmed
in the careless habit which he evinced.
Had the result been different, and as
serious as it is bound to be the first
time that any one under similar conditions
falls from the train, the road.would have lost
o great deal of money by award of damages.
and the fright which such On experience
would occasion would cost the general sys-
tenn ofelevated railways more money than the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05
Ups and Downs OF Ande.n Warfare.

Ups and Downs OF Andean Warfare.
Our telegraphic dispatches from Chile
to-day register two events of completely
opposite character defeat and subse-
quent victory for the Chilean arms. 1t is
not strange that their defeat on the River
Loa, the death of their general and the sur
render of fifteen hundred men should have
been withheld from publicity by the
Chilean authorities as long as possible, and
it is probably only through the arrival
of a steamer at Rio Janeiro that
we now receive the belated tele-
gram dated at Valparaiso on the 14th
ult. But when the news is satisfactory we
are sure to have it with oil convenient
speed. direct from headquarters; hence
the singular coincidence of our receiving at
the same moment tidings of battles which
occurred three weeks apart and between
distinct sets Of combatants. The Bolivian
victory on the Loa probably took place
within Bolivian territory, that river being
the southern boundary of Peru, while
the Chilean one at Tarapaca was
gained in Peru $50 miles to the
northward. We do not know the proper
tions of the latter victory, but the forces
engaged were probably much greater than
in the former, so that the balance of advan-
tage seems to rest with the Chileans.
After their occupation of Pisagua and
Iquique, and their recent triumph at Aqua
Santa. the capture of Tarapaca would seem
to forbode the conquest of that coveted de-
partment with its untold mineral wealth,
but as we have as yet only the Chilean an
nouncements Of victory it will be advisable
to wait for the Peruvian accounts via
Panama before forming decisive opinion
upon the present aspect of the war.
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bottle. pistol and laudanum flask. Underneath
is written :-"Queiques solutions usage dams Pateae
de la Loi sur le diuorce''
The Boston Journal says that nowadays farmers
may raise high grade colts with profit because
there is demand for them while they very
young.
Paris journalist, having spent the morning in
proving that capital punishment was abhorrent to
human nature. went into the streets and found two
children playing with toy guillotine.
Philippians flight recalls to a 6osier the case of
. fnancer who was lately tried for embezzlement.
"But he was acquitted" says one. "Irue." replies
the boursier aais DIES circumstances atsnuanfe
The funeral of the young Abyssinian Prince Ala
mayu. son of King Theodore. was celebrated at ST.
Georges Chapel. Windsor. all the arrangements
being carried out in accordance with Queen vctorias
wishes.
Southern colored people have great and super
stitous fear of the ground whore anybody has been
hanged and the proprietor of the lot on which Jor
dan Sheats hanged In Georgia proposes to make
1t watermelon patch next year.
Polish Jew protests against the Of the OPP
probrious term polish jew" which he says il
spoken by Jews who not Poles well as by
Christians. He speaks of Rubnstein (who. by the
way. is just fifty years old Polish Jew.
The guardian of the Arc de Triomphe is the lion
of the hour in Paris. The brave Sergeant Hof. the
hero of the siege of Paris. daily receives visits from
the most elegant Partisan ladies and gentlemen.
and committee has been formed to organize a fate
in his honor.
NJ. Lepere French Minister of the Interior. in .
circular to the prefecs directs them to inform him OF
cases of deliberate omission by priests of the prayer
'Domine. saipan fac Rempublican" and whether such
omission is spontaneous. and likewise invites them
to see that bishops do not leave their dioceses for
Rome or elsewhere without applying for govern
ment permission.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

THE WEATHER.-The conditions continue
very unsettled throughout the country. The
depression that was over the lower lakes moved
to the Gulf of st. Lawrence, dissipating as it
ncared the coast line. II was followed by an
irrcgularly shaped area of high barometer,
which extended over the lakes, central valleys,
Middle and South Atlantic States. In the West
and Northwest the pressure Is falling steadily,
and the eastern margin of disturbance has ad-
vanced over the Northern Missouri Valley.
The gradients for southerly winds are be-
coming steep west of the Mississippi.
Rain fell throughout all the districts
east of the Mississippi, and snow
was reported in the Northwest. The
winds have been brisk in the Northwest. fresh
on the Middle Atlantic and New England coast
and light elsewhere. A decided rise in tempcra-
tire occurred west of the Mississippi. 1t re-
manned nearly stationary in the lake regions
and fell slightly in the other sections of the
country. The weather over the British Islands
Is becoming stormy. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be cooler and sair.
Tomorrow it will be warmer and partly cloudy.
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he Kind OF Fight the Mormons
Mean.


Our special despatch from Salt Lake City
says the Mormons ''talk fight" since Presi-
dent Hayes recommendation of more
stringent legislation to suppress pOlygamy.
But there are two kinds Of fight One they
tried in 1857, when they rose boldly in arms
and barred the advance of Sidney john
ston's army. But they prudently subsidized
the next year in order to save their leaders
necks from the halters which were prepar-
ing when President Buchanan weakly par
doned the whole lot. If this is the kind
eminent must be q very straightforward
one The sect must be extirpated, root and
branch, by force. The process would be
costly and disagreeable, but effectual But
we have no faith that there is to be any such
simple solution Of the Mormon question.
The kind of fight we suppose they mean is
tongue fighting, of which the despatch gives
a specimen in its report OF a speech deliv-
cred by John Taylor. Brigham Young's sue
cessor, last Sunday. There is nothing
novel in this. It is what the Mormons are
all the time practising. 1t merely means
persistence in the policy Of sullen
disobedience to law which they have
pursued ever since President Buchanan's
amnesty, hypocritically pretending relig-
ious conviction in excuse for lewdness.
This man Taylor loves his ease He is o
shrewd Englishman. who, coming to this
country young and poor, has amassed a
large property and collected ON extensive
harem, entirely through connection with
the Mormon Church, in which he has BIAS
phemously been entitled one of the Twelve
Apostles" for the last thirty years. Now,
in his old age, he does not mean to sacrifice
his riches and his seraglio rashIy. He
never will head Mormon rebellion, as
Brigham Young did in 1857. He is o hypo-
critic in grain. In July. 1850, though he
we'll knew that polygamy had been for
many years q secret Mormon practice, and
probably himself had participated in it
before that time, he published at Boulogne,
in France, an assertion that monogamy
was cardinal doctrine of the Mormon re-
ligion, and that the accusation of poygamy
was sstoo outrageous to admit of belief. "
There are young and rash men, however,
among his followers, whom his seditious
encouragement may impel to dastardly in-
dividual outrages against tho Gentiies (as
the Mormons call all the outside world) in
the shape of robbery and assassination,
and of stirring up the Indians to strife.
The federal authorities in Utah need to be
specially vigilant against the last of these
forms of hostility, as the testimony which
Is accommodating before Chief Ouray of Nor
mon instigation Of the Ute war plainly
| proves.
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land. Our doors are always open to
receive them as immigrants and welcome
them to our privileges. Whether we shall
raise fund to assist them in coming is a
question which need not be considered
until we have acted on the more urgent
question of immediate relief. 1t would be
perfectly legitimate to create such fund
if it should be thought expedient but We
must not let poor Irish peasants die of
starvation while We are debating whether
we will send funds to bring few of them
to America
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

The HORRIBLE CLUxsrNEss of the Sheriff in
hanging Andrew Tracy at Smcthport, Pa, yes
terday, enforces our arguments against persist
ing in the use of the halter mode of capital
punishment The moose was adjusted in
nrtistically on Tracy's neck that it slipped when
he was swung off, and the wrctchcd criminal
dropped, half choked, to the ground, from which
he was lifted and rchangcd after an interval of
five minutes, which were consumed in ''relig-
ious services" Is 1t possible to imagine more
disgusting and blasphemous spectacle
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

Ir WILL BE "a bad day for theatre musicians
when Mr. Sullivan replaces his orchestra by a
piano, for the faculty of almost all brass and
string performers for overpowering soil and
chorus is one Of the great drawbacks to musical
enjoyment; the piano, OH the contrary, is not
always equal in strength TO number Of good
voices, even if the performer is muscular and
determined to earn his money.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Money was plen-
tiful and loaned on call upon stock security
Mt to per cent. The transactions IN shares
were smaller, and prices, after slight fiuctua-
tons, closed about the same as they opened.
Foreign exchange continued firm at the adj
vanced rates. Governments were steady and
railway bonds werc very active and fairly firm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

In OUR COLUMN OF DEATHS to-day are the
names of ten persons whose average age ex-
ceedcd seventy-seven years. II New York air
is as conducive to longevity as these figures
indicate how old we all might become if not
poisoned by the emanations of dirty streets and
filthy sewersi
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

MUST honest, hard working men 60 without
their pay merely because their bosses disagreed
Our entire Board of Aldermen are the latest
victims of this sort of outrage, and they toll
for such o mere pittancc, too!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

DIRECT TRADE Of the United States with
France, through the port of Bordeaux, is urged
by the Chamber of Commerce Of the French
city, and would undoubtedly pay if Americans,
like other civilized people, were allowed to buy
ships.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

We DEVOTE CONSIDERABLE SPACE to-day to
the report of church conservation; for, as re-
ligious buildings are not consecrated until paid
for, such occasions about as rare as tidal
XaYes
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

A LARGE CARsHop has just raised the wages
Of its employees without having been requested
to do so. There is more than one way Of pre-
venting strike
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

. Georgia town coolly shot his opponent in pub
lie. The election took place yesterday; it is
unnecessary for us to state which Of the gentle
men became Mayor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

The MAINE ELECTION, or q portion of it,
having got into the courts, the quarrel will
doubtless be kept alive until the next Pres-
Dental campaign ends.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

HINTS TO RECEIVERS of suspended savings
banks are steadily offered through the HERALD,
but the hardness of the responses show how
profitable the receiverships are.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05

THE CAPTAIN OF THE PoRT explains in an
other column how serious collisions may almost
any day occur our ferry lines, the blame be-
longing principally to the Legislature.
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WITH SUPPLEME EN- T
NEW YORK. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1879

The probabilities are that the sceather in New
York and III ricinity to-day riH be cooler and
fair. Tomorrow IL rsA be rarrer and partly
cl0udu
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-05
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

ITALIA THEATRE-EISER UssERE LKUr.
HAvERLYs THEATRE-rHE GALLEY SLAVE
BROADWAY OPERA HoUsE-srRArRcIsrs.
ABERLE's rHEATRE-NAS THE NEwsBoY.
BOOTHS THEATRE GlRoFLr-GIROsLA
NIBLos GARDRN-EscnAsTNKsL
wALLACK'S-OUR GIRLS
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-H NJ. S. PIsAToRx
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-FREscu FLATS
ACADEMY OF MUsIc-MIGSoS.
GERMANIA THEArRR-KoEsIcIs Won HAvAsxA
STANDARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AQUARIUM-PKRroRxIsG ANNALS Matinee
ABBEy's PARK-FRirz IN IRELAsn
DALY'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MIGHT.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-THx FooL's RKvEsGE.
THEATRE coMIQUE-MuLLIGAS GUARDS CHRisrnAs.
ROSTER BIAL's CONCERT HALL
AMERICAN DIME observation-disclosures
SAN FRANCISCO observation-disclosures STREET FLA1a
TONY PASTORS THEATkE-vAmErr Matinee.
SEVENTH REGIMENT PAIR-vRrxRAss DAY.
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NEW YORK HERALD
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PROPRIETOR.

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THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR.
FEAT OF THE PERUvIAN-BoLIvIAN FORCES.
GBY CABLE TO THE HERALD


Buenos Ayres despatch dated December 8
says observation-disclosures has been received here
that the allied Peruvians and Bolivians have
been completely defeated at Tarapaca, Peru, by
the Chileans, who have taken possession of the
town. The Chilean squadron is blockading the
port of Africa" Another despatch received in
London from Valparaiso says :-"Tarapaca has
been captured by the Chileans. The losses
were heavy on both Sides"
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REPORT OF A PERUVIAN vIcToRY-sURRENDEn
OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED cHILEANs.

OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED cHILEANs.
A telegram received in Valparaiso on the
14th of November confirms previous report Of
o disaster to the Chilean forces, near Loa, at
the mouth of the river of the same name, the
boundary between Peru and Bolivia. After q
stubborn fight fifteen hundred Chileans sur
rendered to the allies with all their cannon and
ammunition. The Chilean commander was
killed. The Bolivian commander afterward
occupied Conchas Blancas.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-19

department headquarters on the military res
ervation at Fort Smelling.
On the 18th inst, special orders No. 12S PRO-
vides as follows:
l. Acting Assistant Surgeon b. p. Birming-
ham, q. s. A.. now in this city, will proceed
| to Fort Sully, D. T., and report to the comand-
ing officer for duty at that post. 1888
2. Major o. Fl. Moore Sixth infantry. is
hereby detailed, rs member Of the general
court martial, instituted by special orders
No. 1913, current series, from these headquar-
ters, vice Major Lewis Merrill Seventh caval-
ry, who is hereby relieved. (Col. Renos court
nlartial.)
5. Private George Hanson, company 'B.''
Sixth infantry, ia hereby relieved from duty
at the Fort Abraham Lincoln ordnance depot,
and will report for duty to his company CON-
mauder.
4. The leaves of absence for seven days,
granted First Lieutenant VIM. Rogers adjutant
Seventeenth infantry. and Second Lieutenant
Thomas II. Barry, Seventh cavalry, by the
commanding officer ut Fort Yates, are hereby
extended three days.
During the week orders for courts martial
were issued AZ follows:
At Fort Logan, NJ. T.. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on
Friday. the 2l>t day of November, 1879. Major
Fl. l.. Chapman, THIRD infantry, president, and
Captain Daingerfeld Parker, Third infantry,
judge advocate.
At Fort Randall D. T., at 10 o'clock \. NJ. i,
on Monday the 18th day of November, 1879.
Captain Fergus Walker, First infantry. presi-
dent. and Second Lieutenant F. del. CARING
ton, First infantry, judge advocate.
At Fort Missoula, Al. r.. at 10 o'clock 4. NJ.
on Monday. the oath day of November, 1879.
Lieutenant Colonel George Gibson, Third in
fantry. president, and First Lieutenant s. @.
Robinson, medical department., judge advo-
cate.
At Fort Ellis. NJ. r., at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, on
Monday, the Oath day of November, 1879
Captain George L. Tyler, Second cavalry, pres
ident and First Lieutenant Daniel C. Pearson,
Second cavalry. Judge advocate.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-19
PILL PURVEYORs.

G-cInpIIne n AIRY Resolutions by tho Ten
nrfsee Medical Sac;eiy--Anerican Pub
lie EoalI II Association.
NASHVILLE, Nov. l7.-At an adjourned meet
ing of the Tennessee Medical society, tonight,
DR.. Deering J. Roberts offered the following,
which were adopted:
WHEREAS, The Medical Society of the State
Of Tennessee is now, and has ever been, mind
full of the best interests OF the State, and,
fully approaching the axiom that nations
health is nations wealth; therefore,
Reso'ret|, That the thanss of this society are
due end are hereby teudered the general CIV
eminent Of tho United States for the creation
and organ 2atlon Of q national board Of health.
FcSolrt0, That the thanks of this society are
due and arc terety rendered 10 the State gov
eroN emit for tho establishment of State board
Of health.
.!SsoIge7, That the thanks of this society are
hereby rendered to the national and Sta g
boards OF health, aud that we look with pride
and qualification on their efficient acting dur
ing the pnst season, aud We also confident
81 still better seEuita in the future.
i2esol'etl. That the thanks Of the society are
hereby tende Ell to the officers and member of
the American Public Health association for
honoring the capital city of our State by hold
ing here their seventh annual meeting.
President G. NJ. Wright delivered short ad
dress, in which he called attention to the faet
that Tennessee was first to move in the estab
hshment of a national board of health.
The American Public Health association will
meet in the hall Of the House of Representa-
tlves at noon to- morrow. It viii! be oomp posed
of representative sanitarians from every State
in The Union and Canada, and will be one of
the most important health meetings ever held.
The number of names registered show that
about $40 delegates will DE present to- morrow.
The programme will consist of the election of
!fhcers reading of papers by Col. 6. L. Wear
ing, OF Newport, l., on drainage and sewerage
of cities, and by 4. E. Clark, of Boston,
on city seavengerlng at Boston. Gov. Marks
will deliver the address of welcome at night,
followed by the annual address by J. L. Cabeli.
president American public health association.
sanitary council. Mississippi Valley national
board of health, Tennessee board of health
and representatives. of leading railways West
and South also meet here this week. The OBJ
jet of the last named body will be to arrange
with health authorities with regard to ouaran-
time and transportation in case of future cpl.
demios.