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The New York herald., 1879-09-20

England to be directed against treacherous
ruler resolves itself, as It gets ready to ad-
vance. into grand march for his especial
benefit. 1t is not clear, to be sure, that he
will be alive to reap the result when the
British troops reach Cabui; but if the
triple xpedients-good offices. brides and
deceptions-which he announces are his
present and only ammunition against the
insurgents. hold out, he will be very
grateful Yakoob indeed when the head of
General Roberts column comes within
sight of the minarets of the Afghan capital.
1t was part Of the British contract to keep
Yakoob on the throne. and the Afghans are
testing the soundness of that particular
clause. This experiment is what the British
taxpayer Is paying for.
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The Revolt in Cuba.

Stray reports have reached us from Cuba
and Spain within the past two months in
dicating that the ill-starred Queen Of the
before it. The revolt, of which we now
gain some definite intelligence, has un-
doubtedly taken considerable proportions,
but seems to be mainly confined to the
slaves on some of the central and eastern
plantations. That q sense OF danger is felt
in Spain is proved by the hasty though
quiet despatch Of large bodies OF troops to
the island, and the DEGREES Of Captain G en-
eral Blanco, declaring the province of
Santiago dc Cuba, ut the eastern end
Of the island, to be in o state of war,
Offering pardon to rebels surrendering
within fortnight and donating fifty thou
sand dollars to alleviate distress among the
inhabitants of Puerto Principe in the
centre Of the island, with one hundred thou
sand dollars to Santiago de Cuba. When
it is remembered on what slender resources
the patriots held out in the all but painless
bush against the power OF Spain Tor eight
years the anxiety Of the Captain General
to try a mild course now can be understood.
During the closing years Of the late rebel
lion the bulk of the combatants and many of
the leaders were negroes. The forces there
fore, of this new servile war will be recruited
from men with the trade of bush rebel at
their fingers ends A regular campaign
against them cannot bring honor to Spain or
her gallant soldiers, while 1t will open new
and large leak in q treasury very far from
full. The truth is that Spain has not re-
deemed her promises made on the conclu-
sion of peace. The slaves now in revolt
doubtless found themselves worse off
than when their brethren were fighting in
the bush. A spirit Of independence was
tostered among them during the rebellion,
and this can only be made innocuous to
Spain by declaring a general abolition OF
slavery and the carrying out Of such other
reforms rs are needed. To government
occupied in arranging royal marriage this
may not be good news, but it has to be
faced. To make Cuba frankly loyal from
end to end may be impossible; but some-
thing closely allied to loyalty may be at
tanned by energetically removing the
causes Of material discomfort. A wise
Spanish administration may, in ne, make
sure of the Cubans bodies ii it can not win
over their souls.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
From Odessa TO Afgh.nistan.

A short but most important despatch is
published in our cable column this morn
ing, to the effect that Russia has at last set
about carrying out the project for
uniting the Black Sea with the Cas-
plan. Some time ago we published
an extended account of another great
scheme in preparation by Russia
in Central Asia--namely, the turning of the
Oxus into its old bed-that is, transferring
its ,fluents from the Sea Of Aral to the
Caspian. The Amoo Daria is navigable
almost up to the shadow of the Hindoo
Koosh. Russia will have, when her two
great schemes are carried out, navi-
gable waterway from her Black Sea ports
clear into the heart Of Central Asia. The
completion of these plans will prove of
incalculable benefit to Russia in a COM
mercial point OF view, besides enabling her
to carry on her conquests and annexations
in Central Asia with comparative ease. Of
course these great plans cannot be COM
pleted for some time, but that the Russians
are in earnest is shown by the details
which we give on another page.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
railroad Legl.lation by Congress.

Both President Vanderbilt, of the Gen.
tral, and President Jewett OF the Erie, per-
ceive the dangers and deprecate the mis-
chiefs OF hasty, crude legislation for regu-
lating railroad traffic, either by Congress
or the State Legislatures; but Mr.. Vanderbilt
is willing that proper, reasonable law shall
be passed by Congress. The proposal of the
Chamber OF Commerce which has elected
the opinions OF these distinguished railroad
officers contemplates no legislation in o
spirit of hostility to the true interest of the
roads. Nothing could be more liberal or
considerate than the proposition that the
presidents of the four great trunk lines
take the initiative and draft law which
shall equally protect their own interests
and the interests OF the public. Nothing
would tend SO much to take this great sub
ject out of the arena Of violent popular
debate and agitation and to rescue it
from becoming the football Of ignorant,
unscrupulous demagogues, rs a wise law
passed with the joint concurrence of the
roads and the organized representatives of
the business community in the leading
commercial cities. No method would tend
so much to harmonize oil interests rs q law
drafted by the railroad officials, assented to
by the various chambers Of com merce and
boards of trade, and passed by Congress
with their united consent
or course Congress has no authority to
regulate anything but the interstate traffic.
But 1t is the interstate traffic which has
been the ipexhaustible source of the scan
dalous railroad wars, OF the numerous agree
ments which have been made only to be
broken, during the last six or eight years.
Experience proves that the great trunk
lines need protection against the bad faith
of one another. Ii these lines consisted
only Of the four principal roads they might
rely on the mutual sense of honor of their
officers. But each Of them has numerous
connections and branches extending
through the West, over which they can
exert but an imperfect control. The viola
tions of compacts and cutting of rates have
been the fault of the minor connecting
roads, most of which retain their own off,
GERS. Such legislation by Congress ns would
enforce agreements between the great trunk
lines and protect the general interest
against the perfidious aud cutthroat policy
which has been such source of loss and
vexation would operate for the advantage
Of all railroad property. To this extent, at
least, the roads should be willing to 60 in
promoting Legislation by Congress.
That the time has come when something
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efncient needs to be done to suppress un-
scrupulous and destructive rivalry is con-
fessed by the roads themselves in the new
experiment which they are about to try.
We refer to their recent appointment of
commission of arbitration, who are to
receive fixed salaries, surrender all
their time to the study of railroad
questions and decide points of differ
ence which may arise between the several
roads. This is excellent SO far as it goes
but what guarantee is there that the roads
will not violate their agreement to abide
by such decisions, as they have violated SO
many other agreements Would it not be
better that the new commission be clothed
with legal authority to enforce their de-
cisions? Would it not be better that they
should not merely arbitrate between the
conflicting roads but also between the
roads and the public? Would it not also
be better that they should be officers Of the
government instead of stipendiaries of the
roads? There is such q commission in
England, clothed with full authority by
Parliament, which decides questions be-
tween the railroads and also between the
roads and the public. The English law
has been in operation for more than quar-
ter of a century and is found to work we'll
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
PorcclIo Sentenced.

The Italian whose sudden crime in July
last 80 vividly recalled the medieval
methods Of murder when skilled assassins
waylaid their victims in the streets and slew
them with single stab was yesterday
sentenced to Imprisonment for life. His
counsel offered the plea of guilty to murder
in the second degree, and the prosecuting
officer accepted 1t, thus taking the case
from the jury. In 30 doing Mr.. Rollins
acted completely within his province. AL
though we cannot. regard with compla-
cenoy q result which gives credit to
plea of insanity, while leaving the
act crime of all but the highest degree of
guilt, it is, doubtless, substantial Justice
which has been wrought. Left to the
jury, and the plea of insanity being
wholly disregarded, it is highly probable
that the same result would have been
reached. With ordinary juries, it has
been demonstrated again and again that
the technical evidence as to various types
of insanity has not had the same weight
as the exciting circumstances which brought
about the frenzied state of mind-call it
rage or mania or what you please. In other
words, it is the provoking circumstances
which the law ignores, and not tho result
ing frenzy or mania which the law recog-
nixes that are held oftenest by juries to
mitigate or remove guilt in cases Of
homicide. The money given to Bolender,
the latters refusal OF work. the destitu.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
More Afghan Outbreaks.

In the late campaign against the Afghans
II might be said that the English were fight
ing one man, 80 hollow was the resistance
offered in the name Of Shere ALI In
the present difficulty the British are ap-
parently pittod against tho Afghan nation,
with the exception Of Shere Ali's son.
His treaty with the traditional enemy ap-
pears to have weakened his power every.
where. Tho religious fanatics who preached
among tho people against this unholy alli-
anco met with groat success, and the feel
ing evoked explains the isolation of the
Ameor at Cabul, of which that worthy SO
piteously complains. It also explains
the mutiny at Herat, over toward
Persia, where the Governor and officers of
the Ameer are reported TO have been killed;
the uprising of the tribes of Kohistan, and
the hostility of the warlike Mohmunds
who inhabit the mountain Businesses around
the famous Khyber Pass. The reports 40
fully, as We expected, to sustain the fidelity
to tho British OF the berated Yakoob Khan.
It grows clearer every day that the
revolt is against his policy, his connections
and himself, and that he expects help from
no quarter but the British. Thus the expe-
dition which was 20 generally believed In
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
OBITUARY.
MRS. DrNAH LEvIsoN.

Mra. Dinah Levison, tho eminent Jewess and
plilanthropist departed this life at her latc resi-
denco In this city Thursday evening last in tho
seventy ty-fourth year of her age Deceased was born
in Lubbock, West Prussia and to this country
some twenty y-seven years ago. She occupied her
time almost exclusively in administering TO tho
wants and allcvating the Of the destitute and
needy of her faith. Some twenty years ago shs
founded that well known Hebrew charity. tho
Ladies' Bikur Choiim Society, and continued to pre-
side over the same for O period of nineteen years.
This society especially cared for poor widows and
families, and has saved thousands OF lives by the
fostering care its members have bestowed tho
sick poor, irrespective of creed belief. Recently
Mrs. Levison founded In connection with the above
society school OF Industry, for the instruction of
poor girls In useful branches aud she left the same
In a nourishing condition. Her funeral viii take
place sunday morning next.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

States is large, and the stream Is steady
! and continuous. Mr. Edward Atkinson
stated in the HERALD last spring that the
greater portion Of the operatives in the
New England factories at present are
French Canadians from Canada. This emf
grafton il natural consequence OF the fact
stated by Lord Beaconsfield, that wages are
higher In the United States than in Canada.
Agricultural wages are higher because the
farmers can make a greater profit, and the
higher profits of agriculture ON this side
OF the border are concl usive proof that our
farmers will not emigrate to Canada at all
and much less to the remote and secluded
wilderness of Manitoba.
Lord Beaconsield's 8 reasoning is as futile
as his alleged facts are false and ridiculous.
He argued that the agriculturists of Eng
laud should not be disturbed by the great
inundation Of cheap American grain, be-
cause the agricultural supremacy of the
United States is about to be transferred
to Canada. But how could such
transfer help the British cultivators?
Cheap grain from Cahada would have
precisely the same effect as cheap grain
from the United States What is running
the British farmers and destroying their
ability to pay their rents is low prices, and
it would be all the same to them whether
the vast importations of cheap grain came
from one part or another part of North
America. The Canadian farmers will be
heavily handicapped SO long as their
products cannot reach the markets Of the
United States without the payment of high
duties.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

CETYwAYo's SURRENDER to his British captors
was n dgnfed one. Finding escape impossible
he asked TO be shot, probably drcading imprson.
mcnt Though savage and cruel monarch
this Zulu king ia 10 be admired in the hour of
his humiliation. Forced into war, he falls
every inch king.
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tion in Porcello's family, his wife arrested
and imprisoned for begging in the streets
all these would have saved him from the
gailows before jury. His heavy sentence.
nevertheless, should be, as His Honor said,
a warning to his fellow countrymen here
who have brought the knife into unpleasant
prominence of late
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

InE ErroHTs Of the various county repre-
sentativcs TO change the report of the New York
state Asscssors have proved fruitless, M the
apportionment was adopted by the Board Of
Equalization Of Taxes without alteration by n
vote Of 3 10 =. IL is interesting 10 find that
the city Of Now York pays this year over fifty
per cent of the entire State taxation, and next
year IL will pay forty-six per cent.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY AND EVENING.

GRAND OPERA nOusE-FAcar Matinee
FiFTH AyENDE-LA FiLiI DIX AsE AscOr. Matinee
BOOTHS TIEATgE-RyscUEp. Matinee.
NlBLO's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Matinee.
MADISON SQUARE GAEDES-GHAsD cOScgKr.
HAygRLY's TuEATaE-oCH DAUcDryas. Matinee
wALLAcRs TnEATEE-WoLrgars Roosr. Matinee
HoPELE's oLYMPIc-Airr Matinee.
STANDARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Matinee.
PARK THEATRE-sAs Ma;inoe.
THALfA THEATRE-QpscgsnBgR. Matinee.
BAN FRANCISCO observation-disclosures.
COMIQpE-MuLLicAs GUARD CuowDgG Matinee
Tony PAsToHS-PEsALE MisaTagLA Matinee.
OERNANGA THEATRE--Aus GgsxLLscaAYL
UNION SQUARE THEArRE-MY PAErsgn- Matinee.
DAfL7's THEATEE-Srwronr. Matinee.
AMERICAN ssTITUTg-ExmnrrroS
ROSTER A BIALs CONCERT HALL
ABERLE's THEATRE--yAEigrY. Matinee
AQuAgIUM-H. NJ =. PisAyong Matinee
FOLLY TBEATHE-yAwgrY. Matinee
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The probabilities are hat Mc wcathcr In New
York and i1 picinhy to-iay wW be cooler and
Jair, 1ossibly inilh shomcrs. Io-moyTow Ae same
conditions HLeiy In lo'erah
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

THAT DELIGHTFUL OnGASIzAroS known as
the Battle Row" gang nearly murdered an in
offensive truck driver yesterday, and also
seriously wounded policeman As two Of the
ruiiians are in custody IL is to be hoped an cx-
aInplc will be uIadc of them.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

WALL STREET observation-disclosures were
ceptionnlly strong and buoyant. Governments
were in fair demand and irmer. Money was A
To q per cent call. State securities were
dull, while railway bonds were active and
higher. Exchange was unchanged
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

A SwISDIER who has been collecting funds
for II church which does not exist will reside Mt
Sing Sing for three years There are more Of
these fellows still nj large.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

fEsTEnDAY being hangman's day another
wrctchcd man ended his earthly career by
the rope. Dosptc the Mosaic law it seems
poor uss to put even IA murderer 10.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

TuE GovERSoR OF GEORGIA IL in some dan
ger Of impeachment in consequence Of his ac-
tion regarding prison contracts and
stormy times are expected in the Legislature.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

The RACING WORLD will learn with regret
that Nina u famous thoroughbred mare, is dead
at the advanced age Of thirty-two years.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

INDIAN TROUBLES reported in New Mex
leo, Idaho and Arkansas. The red man seems
to be difficult person to deal with.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

The STATEN ISLAND CRcKETERs found il
difficult yesterday TO stand up before the cannon
ball bowling of their Irish opponents, and de-
fcAL IL certain.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

LITTLE DELAWARE now comes TO the front on
Illegal voting, indictment being us thick az
blackbcrries.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

THE KEYNOTE Of the labor movement-thc
piano makers strike
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

TnE LETTER of our London correspondent
graphically describes the attitude of our Eng
lish cousins on tho Afghan question. The cry
for vengeance is natural one, but England
should remember that the lust for conquest has
It's penalties. The fate Of Cavagnari wns one
that all soldiers must brave, though 40 gallant
an officer deserved better end to his career,
oven though he invited 1t by beginning tho
fiuht nt Cabul
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

.OUR RrroRTs from the yellow fever district
are far from being encouraging
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
SENATOR CARROLL.

SENATOR CARROLL.
Senator Carroll Of British Columbia. died suddenly
yesterday afternoon st has brothers rssidsnee nsas
Woodstock, Ontario,
The New York herald., 1879-09-20
II RIPPLE SH E EFT

EEw YORK. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1879.
The New York herald., 1879-09-20

TuE ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANIES should
understand that safe, reliable engineers can
only be secured by fair rate of wages. To
mvc "a few dollars per diem the directors
actually place their passengers in peril. One
sccidcnt will not only lessen the volume OF
travel but swallow up in damages more than
tue results of years economy. There is an
old fable about goose that laid golden eggs
which comes very pat in this connection
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-04

Tho new constitution a CAlt16s.
mia has been adopsed agaiuee oseee
odda The fAroees, soeocotnG -
kilograms, voted tor the nsw -.
stitution. I.ge - tef'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-04

The moonshiner of the mountain
is in favor of State rights. He
does not believe the Federal Gov
eminent has any right TO peer over
the rocks and 1.-THE his mountain
due.-Cncinndti Commercial.
To this the Chicago Times replies
very happily: Plant whiskey thief
in Cincinnati, Peoria, Milwaukee,
St. Louis, or Chicago; let him cor
rupt gaugers, and storekeepers,
and collectors, and editors, and
party politicians, and let him de-
fraud the government of millions
upon millions of the revenue, and
he is pardoned by Republican ad.
minislration. He resumes his bust
ness in due time; his editors com
mence to boom for Grant or seek to
pull down the bench whence he
was sentenced; he is sleek, well-fed,
pampered. But let poor noun
taineer, whose apparatus wouldn't
disiill enough stuff to keep q Mich
igan Senator in bad humOr, seek to
defraud the government of little
revenue in order that he may keep
body and soul together and he is
hunted down with all the vigilance
of a sleuth hound. He hasn't any
thing wherewith to grease the
wheels of official machinery, and
he's doomed, not only as defraud-
er OF his country, but as Southern
traitor who defies the general gov
eminent. The colossal rogues 60
scot free. The poor devils in the
mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina are hunted
mercilessly. 1t is always so-"Plate
sin in gold and the strong lane OF
Justice hurtless breaks-arm it in
rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce
it,"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-04

1t is a matter of interest to no
tice the reason that the friends Of
Mr.. Tilden in the south give for
supporting him in the coming pres
idential contest. They do not nee
his qualifications of superior merit,
worth, or ability, nor that he will
approximate to degree of fairness
toward the south in his official
course, not that he has ever shown
by word or act, any sympathy, for
our slandered, harrassed, and per
secuted people in the past, but that
he will be acceptable to the north,
especially OF New York, and that
We will have no chance of saliva
ton, trusting in any other name
under the sun that shines Oh this
the greatest of all countries.
What right, pray, has any man,
or set of men, TO say that Mr.. Til.
den can carry more strength than
Mr.. Thurman, Mr.. Hendricks, Mr..
Bayard, Mr.. Randall, Mr.. Cox, and
hundreds of others that we might
nentioni The democratic creed
taught us, is "principles not men,
If Mr.. Tilden, through fear, policy,
or any other motive, failed to de-
clare, assert, and claim his rights
in 1876, how can we expect more Of
him in 1880, when the republican
party will turn earth. league with
hell, and defy heaven to seat an.
ether fraudulent de tdctof The
only advantage We can see in the
nomination of Mr.. Tilden will be
that he can command the necessary
funds to fight the republican party
with their own fire; pit the money
of the democratic bondholder VS..
the money of the republican bond.
holders, and rest assured that
whatever the result may be in the
election the money spent by both
parties will be "like bread cast upon
the water" which will return with
n satisfactory interest in a few
years.
IL Mr.. Tilden is the choice OF
New York, they will declare that
choice regardless of the wishes of
the south. Let each state make
her own choice, regardless Of the
antagonizing preferences and pref
udces of other states and sections.
Positions we'll taken and opinions
honestly expressed now. in time
will concentrate on a candidate
worthy of the support of the dem
ocracy from the broad Atlantic to
the still broader Pacific, from the
domain of her majesty to the gulf
dashed coast of our "sunny SOUTH
Ashland Ners.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-04

speech, some underhand stab which
you alone comprehend-a sneer
which is masked, but too well aim.
ed to he misunderstood. Only half
II dozen words, spoken merely he.
cause he is afraid you are too hap.
py or too conccited, and ought to
be taken down peg Yet they
are worse than so many blows.
How many slecpless nights have
such mean attempts caused tender.
hearted idiots How, after them,
one awakes with aching eyes and
head, TO remember that speech he.
fore anything else-that bright,
sharp aud well aimed needle of Il
speech that probed the very center
OF your soul. There is only one
comfort to he taken. The repeti,
ton of such attacks soon weans
your heart from the at,acker; and
this once done, nothing he can say
will ever pain you more. While,
as tor him, one friendship after an.
other, mortally stung by his sar.
casm, dies. and he finds himself at
last alone aud friendless-as he de.
serves TO be.-DemOrests Monthly.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-04
YOU'LL NEVER. GUESS.
BY FREDERICK LANGBRIpGE

know two eyes, two soft brown eyes,
Two eyes ~ sweet and dear
AZ ever danced with gay surprise,
Or melted with tear;
In whose fair rays "A heart may bask--
Their Swallowed rays screue-
But. little maid, you must not ask
Whose gentle eyes mean.
/ know voice of fairy tone.
Like hrooklrt IN the Jane,
That sit, :. go please Itself alone,
A little uid-Nurld tuIr:
Whose muse aduuts the listeners ell.
And will mo- leave II fIrr;
But ! shall never tell yun, dear,
Whose accents the! may he.
know = gnldcn-hcnrted maid
For whom built "a shrine,
A lcafy nook of murmuruuS shade,
Deep in this heart of mlne;
Aud that calm and cool recess
To make her home she came
But, oh, you'd never, never guess
That little mailcn's name.
Good Words.