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Year: 1876

THOMAS SYMPHONY REHEARSAL.


When 5000 people 20 to steinway Hall, as was the
Ease yesterday, and attracted only by the name Of
Beethoven, the musical intelligence Of the New York
public is shown In its brightest light And yet there
were only three works in the programme. But what
works and what interpreters The rst and last sy m
phonies OF Beethoven and that wonderful concerto Tor
violin and orchestra, opus Gl, in which Mr. Jaeobsohn
showed that In Thomas orchestra there
are many virtuosi OF eminence, con-
suuted tho bill The ninth symphony was,
OF course the most attractive element In the concert
When the seating and may also say standing capa
city Of large hail like that of Stenway IS taxed 10 the
extreme then the success financial and artistic, OF this
pioneer of music be regarded as hrmy established
In the metropolis OF America The concert taxes place
on Saturday night and q more fascinating bill has
never been offered TO tho music loving public Of this
great city.
Year: 1876

THE CONVICT RECEIVED THE NEWS


Judge Barrett yesterday rendered his decision refus
ing to grant the writ OF habeas corpus applied for on
behalf Of Edward Stokes He gives as his reasons
the non-verncaton of the petition that he Is confined
in prison by virtue Of final judgment Of competent
tribunal and that at most he has only shown apenai
servtude OF three years


THE BROOKLYN APPLICATION DENIED.


Mr.. Charles W. Brooke, counsel for Edward s.
Stokes appeared before Justice Pratt in the Kings
County Supreme Court Circuit, Brooklyn, yesterday
afternoon, and make application Tor writ OF habeas
corpus in behalf OF his client Stokes The petition
upon which the application was made was similar to
the one read before Judge Barrett In New York IL
claimed that Stokes Is entitled to allowance for ten
months Of the time he confined in the Tombs
The Court denied the motion and said that the appca
ton should have been made In the county where the
relaor is imprisoned and that the petition showed no
reason why the application was not made in that DIS
tricL
Year: 1876

very respectfully dressed young woman OBJ
served at Prospect Park on Wednesday afternoon to
walk on the ice the OF the lake and jump in
with much difficulty she was rescued and conveyed
the House OF the Good shepherd She refused TO give
her name, but said that married man had deceived
her representing himself as single
Year: 1876

Last evening meeting was held Of the College Of
Pharmacy at University buildings paper read
by Professor H. T. Kiersted on the "Od Druggists Of
New York" At the close of the conversational meet
ing the routine business Of the college
Year: 1876

The ladies' reception at the Union League Club last
night was very brilliant affair. 1t was attended by
ihe aIe OF New York and Brooklyn society. There
were 100 invited guests The beauty and elegance OF
the ladies almost unsurpassable. The arrange
ments every detail were most complete After tho
presentation OF the guests the President Joseph H


Choate they attended by tho following gentlemen
Year: 1876

Government bonds in active demand for invest
ment at advancing prices and at the close the improve
ment Of the week well sustained. Banks and in
dviduals are among the buyers of these securities
and though there may be slight check IN their up
ward the result OF realizing there appears
be little doubt among the best informed parties that
they are destined TO much higher prices.


STATE BONDS
have been in fair demand especially for Tennessee and
Missouri bonds There has been considerable private
request for the funded bonds of South Carolina
and they are held at very firm prices Texas bonds
are also strong and of the virgnas are spoken
of as entitled to great confidence


RAILROAD BONDS
have been active, and in several instances higher
Northwest coupon gold bonds, ST. Pauls Union Pacific
and Central Pacific bonds in demand, and the
general of this department OF the market tended
not little to aid the speculative fancies the Stock
Board.
Year: 1876

greater or less distances from each other We have
borne the insults and III treatment which the employees
or the car companies dealt out TO us believing that
they essentials OF your metropolitan style and SO
far We have been foolish enough 10 withhold complaint


Our last shopping excursion caused US 10 be on Sec
ond avenue and sixty second street. and called
bound down town The speed OF the horses was slack
ened, and as the rear platform opposite two
lades the conductor caught US and tumbed on and
had II not been for the rails 10 which we ciung


he would have accomplished the feat OF landing Us in
the street on the other side. When we recovered
breath and found standing place We spoke to him
about his rudeness but grin and leer were the only
indications OF life IN him. Our experience With this


diViuual al the very start forbade make any


quests Tor seats. IL is terrible for lady to hang by
arm to the strap be osted and ammed by others who
suter alike with her and above all be exposed TO the
A gentlemanly conductor could ana would find some


means OF aleyaling these troubles. Our conductor,
however, neither thought nor cared for our comfort
Year: 1876

The Essex Furnace Works in Jersey City, which
partially destroyed by Gre few weeks ago. are
again in full operation to the OF those residing
in close prommity to the concern. Ex-Attorney Gen
era Gchrst has been retained by the objectors and
will apply this week TO Chancellor Runyon for an in
junction to stop the further progress OF the works
The proprieors assert that the building is of
danger in the locality, and that showers OF sparks
no longer emitted from the chimney. They had the
premises inspected last evening by several prominent
nj
Year: 1876

At eleven O'Clock yesterday forenoon man was
found in condition under the trestle-
work of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad at tho
foot of Fifteenth street Jersey City. His skull had
been fractured, and II is q mystery whether he was
struck by locomotive accidentally fell through the
trestle. He conveyed TO the Charity Hospital; but
his injuries so that he cannot survive many
hours He has not been identified aud, being unable
70 speak no Information regarding him obtalned.
Year: 1876

The steamboat Sunshine has chartered by the
New YORK and Staten Island Ferry Company, and will
commence running to-day from pier No 8 North River
Stapeton Staten Island For the past three days the
old line OF erryboas have been carrying all the pas
Year: 1876

The annual ball Of the Brooklyn Clan-na-Gael will
take place this evening at the City Assembly Rooms in
that city The Clan naGae Is one Of the strongest or
CARNATIONS in Brooklyn and counts among It's NOM
bers nearly all the respcctablty and intelligence OF the
Irish pOpuaton without distinction Of creed and the
ball will doubtless be OF the best Of It's Kind this
Year: 1876


Gold was more active than usual and advanced from
1885, to ll3zS, the being accredited, first to the
payment into the Treasury by Syndicate, and
ondly the shipments of the week. Foreign exchange
firm and nearly up to the shipping point. The fol-
loving the
Year: 1876

Hereafter no legal Advertise
ments will be inserted in the TINE.
unless payment is made whom hand
cd IN. 1t requires money to carry
on our business and we arc com.
PEELED TO adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be doviatod from
in any case.
Year: 1876

THE Osce0!a Amateur Dramatic
Association viii give their first
public performance on tho evening
oi Wednesday August 10Th. Fam
MY and single tickets TO be had Of
the subscription committee, who
will call on the pubic for their
KIND assistance
Year: 1876

Representative Kelly. who was mem
TONED in newspaper articles as having
intimated in debate that money was
used to procure the passage of the bill,
said he had no belief at the present
time that any improper Influences
We're used to procure the passage Of
the bill.
Year: 1876

The uureasoning types in q Kentuok6
paper the other day spoke OF the We
Sumption by the Queen OF England OF The
title of Empress Of Indiana. A Lively
empire that would be for the old lady
Year: 1876

TIE Chattanooga Commercial is sgi-
Eating the compulsory education qUes-
ton, and sgrees with the APPEAL in
the poition it long sgo took, that " our
system OF snail, dssI-ald.slive col.
leges is q false one. A good common
school system would be worth more than
u small college on every hill"
Year: 1876

The members Of the Itisl riff assOcis-
ton have unanimously voted to accept
the invitation Of the National rife assO-
citation OF America to compete for the
championship OF the world. They have
also agreed TO challenge the Americans
through the Amateur rife club Of New
York to shoot a return match at Creed
moor in September, after the Centen-
nial match, on the same terms as the
DGllymcunt matches.
Year: 1876

which was q copy, word for word, OF the
imitation resolution OF tho recent Indiana
republican Convention, and would II he had been
allowed, have made much mischief and fun as did
MI Springer with his resolution early
IN the session, when many republicans lodged aud
ran out or the House. But Mr.. Morrison who is labor
ing so hard In conjunction with Speaker Kerr in the
Interest ofa hard money policy OF the
House, determined TO Iibuster and accordingly moved
an adjournment On this the yeas and nays we're de-
manded and when 1t became apparent that the motion
was about to bo lost number OF prominent repub
lcans-among them. It is said Messrs- Blaine and
Hae-turned over to the Affirmative side and thus
carried the motion.


GENERAL BABcocK AGAIN on DUTY IN THE


EXECUTIVE oFFroE-HIs RELATIONS WITH


THE PRESIDENT.


General Babcock was on duty to-day at the White
House, and Affairs in the Executive office had much the
look they had before the Presidents secretary went
ST. Louis AS already reiterated in these columns the
relations Of President and General Babcock
not as yet Defined at least in a way to Justify state
ment OF them for the public. Is Is quito probable,
however that Mr. Luckey's resignation has been sc-
ceptcd, and that leaving the White House, no will
be given clerkship in the Patent once.


People are greatly puzzled about General Babcock s
position, and those who curious to inquire in the
vicinity OF the White House told that his Icsgna-
tion, which rendered to the President month
ago. has not been definitely acted upon


THE PRESIDENT ASKS Mr.. LUCKEY FOR HIS RE-


sIGSAT1oN AND PROMPTLY ACCEPTS IT.


II is said that tho President had personal talk with
Private Secretary Luckcy this morning and among 9TH
er things he told him that his turn would next
that no had not money enough to carry on lawsuits
with the governments that such trials would reopen the
whlskey scandal and cause much trouble. Therefore,
tho President advised him to resign. Mr.. Luckey, II
Is further said, took the hint and at wrote out his
resignation, which was accepted Colonel Fred Grant
delivered the nomination to-day at the Capitol in
stead Of Mr.. Luckey who did not appear at either
house II is tho understanding that Mr. Lackey is TO
have pace IN the Pension 0Iicc.
Year: 1876

or this number sixty nine have plead guilty, viz -
Forty distlers and rcctiners twentyone officials and
six distlcry employees. There have been. up TO date
seventeen jury TRIALS resulting in thirteen convictions
three acquittals and one disagreement


The effect OF these prosecutions is felt IN tho in.
creased receipts from the upon distilled spirits It
may be asserted without question that since the raids
last May up 70 the present time there have been no
Illicit spirits upon the market. thus demonstrating
that It is possible TO collect tho present tax
OF ninety cents per gallon. The system
OF accounts which has been adopted in
the Internal Revenue once detects with certainty
any frauds perpeuated in the manner Of these upon
Year: 1876

The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty four hours in com.
parson with the corresponding date or last year.
dicated by the Thermometer at Hudnuts pharmacy,
HERALD Hulding'-
Year: 1876

Some discussion has arisen of late with respect to
the liability of tho Panama Railroad Company to
taxation as a corporation chartered by tho State OF
Ncw-lUrb. The law requires that every such cor
poraton he assessed upon the "actual valuation OF
its capital stock, less tho cost of such real es-
tate as il may chance to own, the latter beng
taxed as such wherever found. The Fan
ANA Company is liable, therefore, to assess
moni. taking the market value rs the actual"
value, upon about So, ,OOO, ,000 which represents the
10000 shares at the market price. Against tie an
nua assessment of the Tax Commissioners, how
ever, the Company has made oath to the possession
of something more than SS,OOOoOO III real estate
in the United States of Colombia. But fhe
fact now seems to bo reasonably well demon
strated that the Panama Railroad Company owns no
real estate whatever on the lsthmus; but on the
contrary is merely lessee of the right OF way across


the Ishmus to transport freight and passengers for
a term of years and this privilege IS subject to
forfeiture upon any violation of the Company's
contract with tho Colombian Government. There
fore it appears that the Company is subject to
taxation upon the full value Of its capital stock


And very grave question has arisen with
Year: 1876

and lent corruption wings to fly. l; has
indeed brought US to hard times. Those
who suffer these evils do not find much
consolation in the fact that the salaries
of officers have been doubled, that specu-
lators have got rich, and that the colos-
sal fortunes of great capitalists have been
swelled to ten times their former bulk?


Reporter-Are we to infer from this
that you favor immediate resumption?


Judge Black-No; that does not fol-
low from anything that l have SAID. The
main evil of expansion is that it must,
in the course of time, be followed by COR
traction, and contraction is oppressive in
proportion as it is rapid. The Erie Con-
vention Is not to blame for its natural
unwillngness to pluck down Immediate
and total ruin upon the heads of
the people. The abolition Procrustes has
stretched us out until all our joints
are dislocated Shall We not protest
against the proposal to shorten US by am
putation. The injury already done US
must not be aggravated by contraction
for which we are unprepared Our enc
mics have put the financial locomotive
on the wrong track, tied us in the rear
against our will, and dragged US behind
1t over q very rough road, and we are
badly bruised Must we now let them
reverse the engine, go back upon US, and
crush out of us the little life we have LETT?
Year: 1876

An up town girl had fall last week,
and injured herself SO severely that she
was carried homo insensible Upon 70.
covering, her first words addressed to her
sister were; "Mary, did l have Oh my
striped stockings 2"
Year: 1876

The beautiful and valuable silk quilt
known as she oOhio Crusade Quilt, . has
been sent to the Centennial Exposition
for sale. It is q magnificent quilt Of
richest pattern on the ono side, and The
dne linen lining of the other is literally
covered with the names Of Crusaders
there being over 5000 names.
Year: 1876

We examined the hotel registers last
evening with tho intention Of publishing
the names, but as each of them exposed
a list little short of one hundred names
We "pull down our vest" and say that
the hotel business is doing well enough


New Boar. We learn that the new
steamer recently built up at Seattle by
Ncssrs Robbins, Wright and Stretch,
designed for this route, was successfully
launched at that place on the 22nd inst
and named the Nellie after resident of
this river. We are not woman but the
origin OF the name has excited our curl.
osity to such an extent that we have
made an investigation Of all the records
(both sacred and seCular) that we could
gnin access to--have talked with men
who have lived here ever since the
Babylonian captivity, but all to no pur
pose, our efforts to unearth the mystery
have all proved fruitlesS, and We have
concluded that they named her Nellie
after Mrs. IIarvey's best COW, as she is
the only representative of the name
known IN this patch OF brush.
Year: 1876

THE Democratic majority in the House
makes no concealment Of its design to at
tempt 10 impeach President Grant in the
event of the conviction Of General Bah
cock That conviction, however, is not
among the certaintics Of the future, al
though the Opposition will labor earnestly
to secure it, as the basis for the impeach-
mcnt programme to which We have re-
ferTcd If their plans do not miscarry the
country will be shocked by the spectacle
Of q band of eN-reLels the majority of
whom owe their seats in Congress to the
intimidation. persecution and assassination
Of loyal citizens, attempting TO arraign the
Chief Magistrate of the Republic, to whose
generous leniency they are indebted for
their very existence, upon most Infamous
and UnfCunded allegations.
Year: 1876

THE San Francisco Chronicle contains
the following account, given by passen-
ger, Of his trip over the Union and Central
Pacific, from Omaha TO San Francisco:


s'The fare that we paid was high enough, but
the fare that we got was rough. We left
Chicago a week ago Tuesday. Got to Omaha
all right, and left there Wednesday. 1t was
raining and showing all the time, but we went
ahead all right until We got to Red river. Here
we came to a standsiill. We were told that it
would be only an hour or so before we would
go ahead, but nine long, dreary hours passed
away before we got through. Some China
men were sent by the superintendent to assist
clearing away, but as it was some holiday of
theirs, they refused to work and got drunk
instead. The easterE-bound train from San
Francisco was seven miles in front of us and
nine hours behind time. Finally the snow
plows cleared the way, and we went on again
and arrived at Ogden at II o'clock, though
we were due at 5. We left there on Saturday
night and went on with little difficulty until
we had got beyond Moore's and were seven
Year: 1876

miles from Wells Station. Here the snow was
so deep and had drifted in SO fast that we
could do nothing. We had four engines and
snow plow, but the snow got ahead OF them,
and when we stepped out to see what the
prospects were all that was visible of the
engines was four smoke stacks. The mixture
of snow and rain that fell iroze quickly and
solidifed, blocking everything up. Well,
there we stuck, hour after hour, from 0 o'clock
SUNDAY morning until IL O'Clock Monday
night. Nothing to do but grumble and swear,
nothing to look at but miles and miles of
snow, with sage brush peeping above it, and
nothing to cat but one meal on each day,
brought from Wells Station on sleigh"


1t is not to be wondered at that Jay
Gould should be willing ito spend q car
load of money" to prevent the passage OF
the Texas and Pacific bill, when it is evil
dent that, at least during the winter, no
passengers would travel over his line
should the Texas and Pacific he built.
Year: 1876

The prospects Of Governor Pinchback's
admission to his seat in the Senate are
brighter. All that is required is that his
friends shall be in their seats in the Senate
and ready to vote when the question is
csI1pd
Year: 1876

York World fails to comment on the Davis let
ter. 1t probably failed to find any comfort
ing lines in it, though after defending Ben
Hills speech we should suppose the World
could stomach anything that came from a
rebel source
Year: 1876

In one Of the beautiful valleys Of the Black
Hills little town has suddenly sprung up
numbering over sixty houses. One of these
fine mornings old Sitting Bull will come down
from the mountains and with one fell whoop
make each particular hair stand on end and
then proceed to smooth them down with the
scalping knife.
Year: 1876

The NATIONAL RErUELICAN predicted when
the amnesty bill was first introduced into the
House, that were it to pass jeff. Davis would
not accept the pardon. And now jefferson, in
order to convince the world that We knew
what We were talking, speaks boldly out in un-
mistakaole te ms and informs the United States
Government that he does not care for pardon,
but simply desires to be left alone.
Year: 1876

while the anxious world without waits impa-
tiently for the result. Not because they ex-
pect the result is going to effect any Of the
parties investigated, but they want to see how
bulky botch the Democracy can make of
the matter, and how sbeepish they will look
when they have finished.
Year: 1876

A Democratic member suggests that in case
the expected revolution breaks out in Mexico
the Government should police the American
bank OF the Rio Grarde with United States
regulars. Half an hour afteE he made this
suggestion he urged reduction of the army.
There is about as much wisdom in this member
as in the one who urged the abolition of the
Bureau of Education on the ground Of econo-
my and the removal of the tax on whisky on
the ground of individual benefit.
Year: 1876

Some time ago, when the Southern press
were suggesting the propriety of setting aside
the birthday Of General r. E. Lee as holi-
day, the World rubbed its Journalistic knees
and appeared to think it very good idea., But
now that Mr.. Fort suggests setting aside the
birthday of Lincoln as q national holiday, the
World throws up its hands in utter contempt
at the thought of such a thing. Well, after
its defense of Ben Hills speech this is not sur
prising.
Year: 1876

The following is an extract from speech
delivered by Marcy, the present Democratic
candidate for Governor Of New Hampshire ~
believe that the name OF the President Lin
coln) will go down to posterity along with the
deep execration of those who revere the
Union.