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Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


have complaint TO mako that this city, State or
general government correct But being frequently
q referee foreclosure sales Of real estate, wish
complain of that damp dismal and lily ventilated Gel
lar at No. Ill broadway, designated the Exchange
Salesroom. 1t is shame that the real estate auction
business, now ono OF the important transacted.
should have to be done In that miserable place. The
stock brokers, Chamber OF Commerce and Produce
Exchange each have their own room worthy oil haoi-
tat,on. Why cannot the auct0neers make a move and
have theirs?


In conclusion let say that the HERALD reports OF
rca estate looked upon wo worthy
OF the paper and that reflection is intended upon
the proprietor Of tho Exchange Salesroom tMr For
low) and his right hand man, Peter both OF whom
exceedingly polite and do everything in their power
to make everybody happy. REFEREE
Year: 1877

New YORK, March 26.-The Evening
Post has an account of an interview with
Wheeler H. Peckh~m, of counsel for the
people in the ring prosecutions, who de-
clares that, so far as he knew, not dollar
of ring pluDder had been traced to Hall.
He had received no instructions to
prosecute him again, and had no intention
of doing SO. 1t was possible that Tweed,
Woodward and Sweeney were crammed
with evidence against Hall, but if this was
the case not one word of it had reached him
(Peckham), and he thought he would
be pretty likely to know of it if any one
did. Tweed, he understood, had always
asserted that Hall shared in the profits OF
the ring, but he knew of no fresh disclosures
in the matter. As to the alleged manu-
factured report,in Halls handwriting, of a
meeting of the board of audit, which
never took place, Peckham said this
paper had been in evidence in the trial OF
every ring suit, and that the theory of the
prosecution had always been that said
meeting was never held There was not 6
word of truth in the report of the nego
tiations for settlement in the case agains
Sweeney, aud not even a proposition haG
been made or suggested on Sweeney's be
half to the counsel for a proposition.


Mr., Peckham also stated that the whole
matter of the settlement with Tweed wa


indefinite Townsend, bis counsel. hat
simply proposed to make proposition,


but the proposition had not yet been made
Year: 1877

Do not rack it with violent purgatives.o or
permanently impair its tone with iudiges-
tible drugs Of any kind but, if your di-
gestiop is impaired. your liver out of order
your frame debiiitated, or nervous system
unstrung, use that wholesome and agree
able Alternative and tonic, Hostetter' s
Stomach Bitters, which will certainly
afford you the desired relief. None Of
the ofiicinal remedies can compare with il
in restorative efficacy, and as medicinal
stimulant it is by far the most desirable as
the essential principle of sound rye, is the
best possible agent for Fastening the
action of the botanic ingredients which il
holds in solution, and those ingredients are
the most eficacieus which chemistry ex
tracts from the vegetable kingdom, anG
medical science applies to the cure of dis
ease.
Year: 1877

Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to a greater extent than
probably any other malady,and
relief Is always anxiously
sought after. II the Liver il
Regulated III its action, health
health is almost invariably Sc
Year: 1877

STAFFORD, Conn, March 27.-The dam


Of the Staffordville reservoir gave way tiis
morning, causing, in this village, fearful
damage. The railroad freight house and


all cars were washed away leaving only the
passenger depot. The Stafford National
bank, the Congregational church and about
Is other buildings have been washed away.
The damage to the railroad track is heavy.
Year: 1877

Humphries leads ma. urally to an inves~.
tigation Of the question OF Cronin. But
there Is no reason to suppose that the
commission will take any other view OF
the extraordinary performance OF the
Oregon Dem ocratic electoral college OF
one than has been taken by all the peo-
pie OF impartiality and common sense.


[st. Louis Times


This partisan vote, in favor OF such u
remarkable decision upon such a grave
question, seems to settle the whole mat
ter. We can only presume that the Re-
publican majority OF the Tribunal has
resolved itself into a committee for the
election OF Mr.. Hayes, and has deter
mined to count him in, in spite OF the
law and the facts. Other questions
arise; but when judges refuse to con-
slider the facts and disregard the law,
what more may they be expected to do7
The colossal infamy In Louisiana must
be indorsed as easily as the lesser crime
in Florida. 1t will not be difficult to
invent quibbles upon which to count in
all Ineligible electors, although their
ineligibility may be as evident as the
sun at monday. When the sworn and
trusted men who compose the Tribunal
have played the last marked card for
Hayes, they will laugh in their sleeves
at the foolish honesty OF the Demo-
Gratis, who permitted themselves to be
taken in by confidence game.
Year: 1877




In one of the sweetest Of operas the
hearer is charmed with chorus whose
graceful and rhythmic movements re-
fleets the gentle and indolent swaying
of summer seas but in the midst of the
dreamy softness Of Weber's music OBJ
trude the recurrent notes which warn
US to remember the sleepless watchfuE-
ness Of the powers of the storm. It ia
not given to us to forget the harsh dis
sonance of pain. Yesterday we were all
reading OF the pomp and ceremony OF
Oriental magnifcence, and for u brief
hour the mind escaped from the
dismal realities Of our watery skies
to live amid the splendors OF
Delhi. The Viceroy seemed to
have made the tales OF Arabian fiction
true, and to have justified the largest
phrases OF our poets in describing the
riches OF the gorgeous East. Upon the
kings who came to testify their alle-
glance before the representative OF
gold were showered more profusely
than Milton had ever imagined, and
thought it must have been difficult to
Danish tie reeollections Of warfare in
the sight OF the Ridge OF Delhi, the
suggestion Of privation was for q time
forgotten. To-day the irrepressible
contrast is reasserted. Instead Of the
reckless profuS1On or lneXhau5tlble
wealth, we have to face the grim fact OF
imminent famine. Last week the capi-
tai of the moguls witnessed a magnifi-
cent display Of luxury and pride.
Princes and governors came to-
gether from every province, and
We'd with one another In
the extravaganza of their pomp. Moth
ing was too rich, nothing too costly, to
become the ceremonial they shared.
Whatever was most distinguished for
the glory Of its design or for the delica-
cy or extent of the labor spent upon it's
execution was brought and laid at the
feet of the Viceroy as appropriate offer
ings to the majesty he. represented.
Who could have supposed that, in this
highest hour Of imperial pride, the
mind Of the central figure OF the pa
geant was disturbed by thought, that
would come to mar his satisfaction, OF
thousands and hundreds OF thousands
nay, OF million Of persons besieging
the officials and sub-officials OF the In
dian government to give them little
work, that they might have handful
of rice lest they die?
Year: 1877

Especial to New Orleans Democrat


WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-To-night a
newspaper correspondent sought out
one Of the most grave and reserved
Democrats on the Tribunal and asked
him what he thought would be the de-
cision as to the admission Of evidence
in the Louisiana case. The statesman
said he had no views to impart on that
subject, but added, MY dear. boy,
think I can name seven men who will
figure in history as having played the
most ridiculous part in the most solemn
farce that ever was enacted


BUELL..
Year: 1877

CRUEL BoYs WHO BECOME MURDER
ERs.-It is set down as veritable fact
and a warning to boys, that George w.
Fletcher, a murderer and repeater, who
was hanged in Philadelphia on the 1lth
for very cowardly murder, began his
vicious career at the early age of IL by
cutting off the tails of pigs for aenuse-
ment. The inference is that boys who
begin life in that manner will end it as
Fletcher ended his. And the inference
is not much out Of the way. The wan
ton killing of innocent birds and the
torture Of domestic animals for amuse-
ment cultvates hardness of heart and
an indifference that soon qualities Il
man for any criminal act. No doubt il
all the dogs to whose tails Fletcher tied
tin canisters, and all the cats that he
illuminated with turpentine and all the
pigs whose tails he cut off, could rise
in judgment against him, the verdict
that he was served right would be unan-


mous. The Society tor the Prevention
of Cruelty 10 Animals should issue a
tract setting forth Fletcher's career as
an awful example, Cincinnati CONNER
ciaL.
Year: 1877

GALLoTD, the new metallic alloy of
gold, silver and copper, in the proper
tions of one part gold, twenty-four sill
yer, and two and three quarters copper
is said to be highly recommended by
the Mint authorities for the coinage of
dollars and the fractions of dollar
The new alloy takes fine impression,
is non corrosive and much harder than
any of the coinage now in use, and will
consequently Withstand wear better. The
coin being smaller than silver will be
more convenient and popular, and the
coinage will utilize larger portion of
our silver products. There are number
Of other weighty considerations on which
this newly discovered and patented al
10y is recommended for coinage.
Year: 1877

No RfoT. Contrary TO general belief
there was no riot at Montreal on the
occasion of the Orange celebration OF
Boyue Water" The decision of the
Orangemen not to parade, no doubt
prevented bloody collision. As it was
angry feelings found vent to that extent
that one man was killed and three
wounded. The bulletin says the Bat
tie of the Boyue is the longest battle on
record, having been commenced lS7
years ago and fought over every 18th
of July following. Probably more
men have been killed in the riots grow
ing out OF its celebration than fell in
the battle ITSELF
Year: 1877

THE papers Of San Francisco were
filled last week with the particulars OF
the trial of John Runk, for the murder
of special policeman in April last.
The jury were out but seven minutes
before they returned with verdict OF
murder in the first degree, with no rec
ommendation. This leaves the Judge
no discretion the penalty in such cases
being death. 1t is said Runk's mother
mortgaged her homestead to procure
counsel for the defense of the boy, who is
but II years old. Runk lived for year or
more in this county.
Year: 1877

A GEORGIA newspaper thus states it
position on the public fogging question !:
" Criminals have no right to dictate to
the State what punishment it shall nAct
tor crimes against its peace and good
order. Society owes protection to the in
nocent, and to this end the guilty must be
punished, and that punishment should be
adopted which will prove most effective
hence we advocate whipping post for
petty offences.u
Year: 1877

Don't TowNsHEND.-We suggest to
our friend of the Red Bluff Sentinel
the propriety of correcting the ortho-
graphy OF his Democratic friends who
are candidates, when he prints their
letters. That one who wrote last week
may get an invitation y to stay at
home and find that other things come
inoppertunee besides the meeting of
Court. 1t Is not always easy to "cary"
county even when the candidate is
personally" liked. Uncle Abe, you
should be more discreet.
Year: 1877

A BUSINESS" WoMAN.-The man


who says that woman is not fitted for
" business is respectfully referred to
the case of one Of the gentler sex who
keeps a hash house in Virginia City
The lady has little arrangement with
the Superintendent Of one of the lead
ing mines by which her boarders can
get job when unfortunate miners who
board themselves or live at other places
cannot. 1t will be seen that this ar
rangement is pretty rough on married
miners who live at home with their
families. Probably the Superintendent
comes in for a share Of the profts-such
will be generally found to be the case.
Year: 1877

II the Sultan is beaten in the war
with Russia, he can come to America.
He will find an asylum waiting for him
in all his various capacities. He can
send his harem to Utah, and the gov
enment will not molest it, but will
permit it to send a delegate to congress
He can send his treasurer to New York
where he can steal with impunty Sc
long as he divides, with the right judge.
And he can send his Bnshi- Bazouks to
Kemper county, where they can keep
out of trouble and have all the amuse-
ment they wish, in their own pc
cuiar way, so long as they con-
fine their barbaritics to American citi-
zens.-HdWheye.
Year: 1877

DIPHTnERIA must prevail to an alarm
ing extent in Humboldt county, one doc
tor having had 325 cases and another 233


As each medico boasts of having lost but
one patient it would seem that the disease
cannot be of very virulent type. The
S,qnaE contradicts the assertion of the
doctors, saying the disease is no: wide
Year: 1877

A CURIOUS argument has found its
way to the columns of the religious
newspapers, that in the miracle at Cana
of Galilee not the entire contents of the
six water pots were turned into wine,
but only so much as was drawn out by
servants and delivered to the guests.
Year: 1877

THE prisoners in Louisiana Jail be-
gan to sing hymns so vigorously a few
evenings ago that suspicion was excit-
ed, and an investigation showed that
they had raised the iron plating of the
floor and were nearly ready to escape.
Year: 1877

The respect in which the arts and sciences
are held in the United States is gracefully
shown when our colleges confer degrees
upon citizens who have become distin-
guished by services in political rather than
professional life. An example of this was
yesterday given when one of the Oldest of
American colleges conferred the degree of
Doctor Of Laws upon the President of
the United States. Mr.. Hayes was regarded
as On eminent lawyer before he was Gov
ernor Of Ohio, but had not made such o
reputation as would have induced the col
lege to make special distinction between
him and other able jurists. Honors OF this
kind are not to be made cheap, or they
cease to be of worth; but when good
lawyer becomes q great official it is
proper that such tribute should
be paid him, and in accepting it
he proves that even the Presidency
may be made more honorable by the action
Of an institution of learning. President
Hayes was present himself to receive the lnu-
rels which Harvard College conferred, and
his brief and modest speech shows that he
was overcome by the enthusiasm Of his re-
ception. 1t was pleasant event altogether,
and one Of which the giver and receiver of
the degree may be equally proud.
Year: 1877

The injunction granted yesterday by
Judge Donohue restraining the Gilbert Ele-
waited Railroad from proceeding with the
construction Of their road on Sixth avenue
is only temporary, and will be argued on its
merits next Monday But it is nevertheless
sort Of triumph for the enemies of rapid
transit, who are resolved to fight against the
interests Of the city and of a million people
as obstinately as they can. The Legislative
session being over and the work of the horse
car representatives at Albany having been
completed, the courts are now invoked, and
if one injunction should be dissolved an
other will be Immediately sought and OBJ
tanned. The factious fight made against q
great and much needed public improve
ment shows how important it is that the
legal questions involved should receive a
prompt and final decision in the Court of
Appeals. 1t is unfortunate that such re-
suit cannot be reached without an irksome
delay which scarcely seems necessary or
iusti6able-
Year: 1877

The WEATHER.-rhc pressure is gradually
rising in all the districts east of the Rocky Noun


tans except in the Northwest and northward Of
Texas. The barometer is now above the mean
Of 80 inches in Upper Canada, the Western lake
region, southwark of Tennessee and the New
England coast Slight deprcssions are central in
the Upper Ohio Valley, the Lower Missouri VAL
ley and in Western Dakota. At all other points
between the Mississippi and the Atlantic coast


the pressure is between 20.90 and 30 inches.


The highest barometer is in the Western Gulf
States Except at few points in the Central
and Northwestern districts the winds are moder-
ate. In no case are they high. The tempera-
ture fell yesterday along the Middle Atlantic coast
from Sandy Hook to Boston, and over the Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick coasts and interior.
1t also fell over the Western lake region and in
the Northwest. At other points 1t was high,
particularly in the West and Southwest Rains
fell on the Middle Atlantic coast and in the
Lower Missouri Valley during the morning and
during the afternoon in the Northwest. In no
case has the rainfall been heavy. The dcpres-
sion which left the Middle Atlantic coast on
Tuesday will probably develop into storm
centre in crossing the Atlantic. The weather in
New York to-day will be warm and partly
cloudy or olear. possibly with showers
Year: 1877

An evening contemporary, the Commercial
Advertiser, pays one of our Eastern CORE
spondents compliment which we accept
and value because we believe it to be just.
In the introduction to an article reprobating
the indiscrimina.e firing Of the Russians
upon hospitals and foreign consulates the
Commercial says:-"To those who have
already witnessed bombardments of Euro
pean cities the cable description of the
bombardment OF Rustchuk, rs published
by the HERALD, appears to be ms accurate
rs it is we'll written. We can offer our con-
temporary this compliment with so much
the more liberty since we take the same
liberty Of pointing to its occasional errors.
Some important conclusions can be drawn
from the poetical description cabled by the
HERALDs correspondent. That the long
cable despatch which we printed yesterday,
describing the terrible and unrelenting
boInbardment Of Rustchuk by the Russians
is graphic and brilliant, is consequence
Of its having been written by an eye
witness under the vivid impression which
such spectacle was calculated to produce.
War correspondents seldom fail in GER
tain kind Of eloquence when they write
sincerely their fresh impressions Of events
that stir the sensibilities Of all beholders.
We do not instruct our correspondents to be
brilliant, but only to be prompt and truth
full; and we are thus far very faithfully
served. In every important event through
out the whole wide extent of the present
theatre of war the HERALD has been the first
to communicate the news to the American
public, and it has given the news
with more fulness and accuracy,
as soon as the cable could bring it,
than our contemporaries have done in
their hating accounts a day or two later.
Our chief pride, however, in our recent
war dispatches is in the fact that we have
outstripped the whole London press, to
which such news is cheaper since it is not
burdened with the heavy expense of ocean
cabling. The excellence Of our service CON-
sists In our more efficient arrangements for
procuring the war news promptly at its
source. We are ahead Of the London press;
although such news is more interesting to
their public than to ours, because we are
better served ut the seat of war.
Year: 1877

An Inn Important FAN ancIaA ShunSes


The Bowery Savings Bank, one of the old
est and most solid institutions in this city,
has issued notice which announces an i'm
portaDt change. 1t is in the following
vords:-


At meeting of the trustees or this institution held
June H. 1877 The following resolution adopted,
viz :--sRcsoived, That tho rate OF interest on tho
bonds and mortgages held by this bank be reduced
from six per cent per annum, said reduction


SAMUEL T. BROWN, President


This change, made by ono of the best con-
Quoted and most solid financial institutions
in the city or State, marks an important
change in the value of money. 1t is under
stood that the managers OF the bank became
aware of the fnct that on first class real prop
erty money can now be borrowed in this
city at rates varying from six to five per cent.
It is said the bank found that the owners
of some Of the best property on which it
held mortgages drawing seven per cent
were paying off their debt and on inquiry
discovered that these persons were able to
borrow at lower rates. The bank thus
found that money which it had most safely
invested was that which was first withdrawn,
and the managers very sensibly concluded
that they would submit to q falling market
rather than be put to the trouble and ex-
pense of reinvesting the funds which were
returned.


Inquiry among money lenders shows that
money is now readily attainable on first
class real estate security at from six to five
per cent, capitalists preferring to lend on q
term of from five to ten years. Our public
corporations usually lend from year to year
plan which is preferred by many owners
of real estate who wish to be able to sell
without encumbrance, if such should be
the purchasers desire. Private capitalists,
however, usually prefer to lend only for a
fixed term of years. The chance announced
Year: 1877

ARMY REuNroNs.-Thcre was nothing specially
noteworthy in the proceedings at the different
army reunions in Providence yesterday. The
exercises banqucts and speeches were, no doubt,
exceedingly pleasant to those who took part in
them. To the general public, however, the poem
Of Bayard Taylor will be the most valuable and
interesting part Of the whole affair. 1t breathcs
tire spirit Of peace and good will, and is sngu-
lnrly appropriate at the present time when all
parties arc striving to forget the war and the
causes that led to it.
Year: 1877

THE OUTLOOK in the Indian country is by no
means cheering. If Catholic clergyman who
has lived among the insurgcnt savages is not
misinformed the government will have to en-
counter formidable force, numbering upward
OF nine thousand braves. One Of the worst
features about the whole affair is that if it had
not been for the mismanagcment at the agencies
hostihties would not have taken place.
Year: 1877

The ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE in this city is
very often turned into q farce, but sometimes
the joke is carried too far The jury that at
tempted to impose upon Judge Freedman found
this out yesterday, and the lesson he admins
tered was timely and needed.
Year: 1877

m L WOrlu OF TueSuay.


President Hayes has responded to
the appeal of the G overnor of Penn
sylvania by issuinga calm, firm and
constitutional proclamation, in which
he deals with the railway insurgents
in Western Pennsylvania as Washing
ton dealt with the whiskey insurgents
in the same region, and lorders them
to disperse and retire to their homes
by noon this day. He has given prac.
iical meaning to this proclamation by
sending one of the bravest, most popu-
lar and most trustworthy officers of the
Federal Army, General Hancock, him
self at Pennsylvania. into the State to
enforce it. The disorders which have
compelled the second State in the
Union thus to call upon the Federal
Government for protection utterly
dwarf by their proportions, and by the
damage they have already inflicted
npOn material and the moral interest
of the commonwealth and the Union
not only all the disturbance which
ACTUALLY occurred but ali that were
alleged to have occurred in all the
Southern States put together between
the surrender of Lee in 1865 and the
hhoi ACobohuphOh Ol CIV
eminent after the Inauguration of
President Hayes in 1877. Ii Is to the
credit of the local administration of
the state of New York that no occa-
SION for such an appeal from Governor
Robinson to the President has yet
arisen here, and that it is most un-
likely that any such occasion will
arise. There is no reason to expect
that it will become necessary for the
Governor of New York to make such
an appeal. Governor Robinson knows
this State Thoroughly. He has examin-
ed The condition of things for himself,
made up his mind that it demands
decisive treatment and, by an order
calling the whole National Guard un-
der arms, shows that he means to deal
with it decisively. II New York can
only maintain order within her limits
by summoning into the fell an army
of 1O0, coo men, the men will be sum-
moned and order will be maintained.