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Year: 1876

In the report Of the OF the would-be suicide
John Basthurst, yesterday the credit of saving the
drowning man given to the policeman on duty at
Fulton ferry. 1t now appears that he picked up
by Joseph Dttmer and Martin Hanson, OF the boat
Alaska who landed him at pier No II East River and
gave him in charge OF ofllcer. The say that
when they asked the sergeant in charge Of the New
street station house if he wanted the OF the boat
ho replied emphatically, mo" That was how the
police got credit for what they did not do
Year: 1876

To rnK EDITOR OF THE HERALD-


Tho difficulty In finding some plan which will rem
edy the evil Of overcrowdng the horse cars that
every proposed works great evil to the pub
lie Ir conductor is prohibited from receiving
passengers than he can accommodate with seats
half people will be prevented from riding all
II the companies prohibited from collecting fares
from passengers TO whom they do not furnish seats
the cars will be crowded tho passengers who pay
for their will be greatly incommoded. The COM
panics should provide enough give each passcn
laten upon the companies, to bring greater
evils upon the travelling public than they
now endure Here plan which ac-
comphshcs the result and avoids the difficulty. Let
each be provided with iron fare box similar to
those used In the stages, and compel the conductor
deposit the aros that he collects from standing passen
gers in the box punching from his different slips tho
fares thus deposited and the fares he receives from
ting passengers In the ordinary way. the end OF
each day let public occr collect the money from
the boxes and hand II over TO the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction divide and distribute II be-
tween tho hospitals founding asyums and Bcrgh.
Each passenger then would pay his fare he does
now and there would be no free rides The companies
would receive nros from the persons TO whom they
mttcd TO come in for dividend out OF the charitable
fund. d.
SUIT AGAINST A RAILROAD SEALED VERDICT


ORDERED on CLAIM OF DAMAGES FOR A


LOST LEO.


Tho question Of the responsibility OF railroad CON-
Panies for personal injuries resulting 10 their pas
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR rHE HERALD


1t is not for the interest Of the car companies to
carry passengers without pay. If then, law is
passed that they shall not receive pay for standing
passengers they will provide enough to furnish
to ALL excepting, perhaps in cases OF emergency
1t would not be right for business to be excluded
from q car because there is seat vacant; but If
standing passengers allowed TO rido free many will
seek by preference already crowded cars. To avoid
this difficulty propose that every passenger shall pay
full fare; but that IL shall DO the duty OF the company
TO all passengers paying their fare before
seat s provided for them ticket indicating this fact
These tickets may be placed by the passenger in
locked box which shall be provided in each car and
the company shall pay into the city treasury all tho
fares upon such tickeis Passengers who
slider at any time tho want OF sufficient the aut
OF the company will put their tckets either then or
at convenient time into the box; but in an
company very few tickets will be placed in the box.
It may be suggested that the companies will buy up
these tickets At reduced price, and thus defeat the
object This only diminish the effect but will not
destroy it. 1t will reduce the profit from carrying
standing passengers, If all tho tickets sore
turned but, especially in fragrant cases of neglect,
very many passengers will refuse TO compromise with
the company In this way. II might be made the duty
OF the passenger place tho return ticket the box
but this could not well be enforced, II
preferable to leave IL optional with the passenger him
self and trust public sentiment TO enforce the rule


H. NJ. p.
Year: 1876

Yesterday afternoon HERALD reporter called at the
Office of Messrs C. H. Marshall Co. tho owners Of the
Black Ball line Of packet ships in ordor TO ascertain
what stops they proposed to take with reference to
the alleged sinking OF their ship the Harvest Queen.
Tho following statement with reference TO this
NATTER


Any legal steps taken at Liverpool would be COM
mcnced by the insurance companies interested We
are obtaining evidence day by day, the
subject or the collision. The statements pub
of considerable to us although TO render them OF
any utility in OF law they have TO be turned
into the form of sworn testimony am expecting TO
rccoivo telegram from agents in Liverpool Of
what is Transporting We have no direct testimony on
our side as every poor fellow on the Harvest Queen
has met a watory grave. Had any one OF them been
rescued It would have been this tclegraphed us
The ship herself wholly insured here. The cargo
was our own. The following are tho amounts in-
surod:-


Freight on same 1000


The steamship Adriatic belonging to the White Star
line which 1t Is alleged sunk snip arrived 10 Liv
erpool yesterday, and It possible that the Board Of
Trade will commence thor Investigation into the mat
tor to-day at Liverpool You may rely that their IN
vestigaton will be thorough one and that they will
leave stone unturned TO get at the tbotom' facts
Should IL be proved that the Adriatc sunk vessel
the masters certificate Of Captain jennings will doubt
less be takon away from him.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALDs-


The long suffering public has at last found In the
HERALD an uncompromisng champion. Yonr state
ment that no other people would calmly submit to be
huddled together like cattle very easy demonstra
ton and not the least of its evils is the daily
ing Indifference Of the male passengers TO tho comforts
OF their female fellow travellers This is much TO be
deporod, being such marked contrast to the long
established characteristic of the American Of AL
degrees OF extreme polteness and socitude for the
comfort OF ladies' Your advocacy of the necessity of
providing seats on the roof OF the car would, If car
ried out, 60 far 10 obvate the existing evils In the
Of recent conversation with the President OF
a company my attention was directed TO the ne
ccssity for completely remodeled car and venture
TO think that have since succeeded In overcoming all
the existing drawbacks There is needless waste OF
space in tho interior of the at present used,
twothrds Of the space beng occupied by passengers
feet and the necessary passage way. arrange the
seats across the My can be converted from
winter to a summer and rice In summer the
panels be taken out and under this change
in summer no passageway would DO required, would
I'LL in the central space with movable seats, so as TO
convert II into the ordinary open. The present
close car, which seats twenty-five tightly packed
adults, would, with my arrangement, scat thrtytwo
and with the passageway filed In summer forty would
find seating Each passenger could signal the
driver when desirous of getting out and finger post
would exhibit the fthe next cross street could
readily heat the car with pipes, which would receive
hot air from q compact fire box placed
from the perpendicular, which would convey male
passengers to the seats tho roof where of course
smoking would be in order.


1t will readily appear that under my plan from sixty
to seventy seats would be available, and no standing
room would be required by the most grasping
companies, inasmuch the strain two three
horses would be quite equal to their powers ofsustaned
endurance. Il. NJ. B-W
Year: 1876

Inese appropriations aro WIN the distinct
understanding that no part OF the moneys 10 be
used a permanent fund by any OF the institutions or
for the purpose of building furnishing any building
for salaries OF any person employed by said ustitu.
tons; but IL is to be distributed during the present
winter and solely used IN furnishing food, clothing
and shelter for the poor The resolutions conclude
with request to the different institutions send In an
Official statement of how the moneys applied on
or before the lst OF May next


Mr. j. H. Bailey, one OF the Commissioners Of Chari-
ties aud Correction, stated that 200 tons OF coal had
purchased for the poor OF the city by the depart
mont and the distribution would commence to-day
Year: 1876




To EDITOR THD HERALD-


great many letters in your paper in regard to
strcet monopoes," seats and straps, but to
the point


What we want previous to the establishing of ele.
waited rapid transit roads is some system that will re-
leve the public and plan that is practicable and
in measure profitable 10 the present street com
panies.


l propose that we shall have what mdy oe termed
"lrst and second class cars and that the different
roads be compelled TO such taking the present
large lumbering and running them second class
OF areas present, with the understand
ing that those riding in them must take their chances
TO seats and in addition, be required to "hrst
CLASS cars Qght airy and well cushioned) in sufficient
numbers TO carry all passengers willing to pay for
seat to seat not sixteen and not TO be
allowed to carry more than be seated, fare
Fiyninh street, to Sixtioth street and to Harlem ten
CENTS thereabous then these first class would
be losing money for the companies; and, by adopt
ing the crosstown system OF doing away with tho
duetors and substituting the money box, they might be
made TO pay This plan would relieve the second class
and afford plenty OF seats to all classes The press
of New York must take hold of this matter until some
thing dono and your paper is the rst to start the
whoop Vory respectfully,


WILLIAM B. WEBB


Produce Commission Merchant
Year: 1876




The unwilling Of the Lincoln
Ststuc in Washington, last Thurs
day was an event wholly with the
President and the colored people.
A colcred woman of New York.
rocited the poem. A colorcd man,
Fred Douglas, was the orator, and
Grant pulled the rope that let the
curtain drop.


The statue is twelve feet high,
and was paid for by a seventeen
thousand dollar subscription by the
colored people. Congress paid
three thousand dollars for the PEI
,destal and admitted the statue free
of duty, courtesy it refused to
the daughter of the Democratic
general of the army, in the matter
OF the Egyptian jewels. The Statue
represents Lincoln with the procla-
nation of emancipation in his left
hand and with his right extended
over a kneeling slave, who has just
been unclaimed.


In all honesty we think it about
due to decency that these exhibitions
had ceased. The object and aim
OF them is to hold the Southern
people up toposterity as the authors
and sole apologists of slavery and
the people of the Northern States
as tho peculiar and willing authors
OF emancipation. History will res
cord differently. The North was
willing to bargain tor the eternal
continuance Of slavery, and it was
by the South alone determined to
risk the issue in the field rather
than bargain dishonorably that the
North should rivet the chains upon
the negro.


All such movements arc a lie
and libel on the South, at whose
expense alono all this great charity
came about. And when tho late
slave owners shall have educated,
at their own expense, these very
slaves emancipated at thoir expense,
the negro himself will be ashamed
that he was duped into becoming
a party to them.
Year: 1876

The Northern railroads have made
their schedule of rates for fare to the
Centennial and return. They allow a
y discount Of twenty-five per cent,
and no more. This does not please
the Northern people.
Year: 1876

UNDER the existing lsws, the silver
mines are authorized to deposit bullion
AT the United States mints and have it
coined for private purposes. The mints
at Carson and San Francisco have late
ly been running TO their full capacity
for the bonanza kings i'm the manu-
facture of trade dollars to the amount
of 100000 day, that proving about
the most profitable form in which to
market this prolific product of the
Pacific coast. On Thursday last the
Secretary of the Treasury issued an
order TO the mints combining their
work for the future to the coming of
subsidiary coin Of the regular value
such as can be used in silver resump-
tion. If the bonanza kings choose to
market their silver at home in this
shape, we will have heavy silver in
flation supplementary TO the Treasury
redemption of fractional paper. What
say the hard money men tosuch specie
imitation without cost or expense TO
Government or peOple9. -NashVttSe
AnlericdR.
Year: 1876

We have met, and we have loved,


Maud of Shenandoah,
When the hush of evening came.
And the FREELY lit his flame


BY the cottage door.
, Thou vast all too dear to me,
Maud of Shenandoah,
And the angels took thee home,
Leaving me alone to roam


ForeYermore
Though my lonely heart now wakes


The vesper song no more
Heavenly music greets thee now,
Heavenly vespers kiss thy brow


My Maud of Shenandoah.
Holy visions round me come,


When the stars shine DER,
And for me | see thee wait
AT the far-Uff golden gate,


Maud of Shenandoah
We shall meet, and we shall loye,


When time shall be no more,
In that better world above
Where the angels live and love


Maud of Shenandoah
Year: 1876

There was once an awful little girl,
who had an awful way of saving
"awful' to everything. She lived in
an awful house, in an awful street, i'm
an awful village, which was an awful
distance from every other awful place.
She went to an awful school where
she had an awful teacher, who gave
her awful lessons, out of awful books.
Every day she was so awful hungry
that she ate an awful amount of food,
so that she looked awful healthy. Her
hat was awful small, and her feet were
awful large. She went to an awful
church, and her minister was an awful
preacher. When she took an awful
walk, she climbed awful hills, and
when she got awful tired, she sat down
under an awful tree to rest herself. In
summer she found the weather awful
hot, and in winter awful cold. When
1t didn't rain there was an awful
drouth, and when an awful drouth
was over there was an awful rain. So
that this awful girl was all the time I'm
an awful state, and If she does not get
over saying "awfup about everything,
she will, by-and-by, como 10 an awful
end. And this awful little girl lives
in this awful city.
Year: 1876

The letter addressed to us by Mr.. Laninc.
of Buffalo, which we printed the other day,
in reference to the issue of hundred thou
sand dollars worth of stock in bell punch
company to Mr. Henry Richmond, to be dis
tributed between the Times. Tribune and
HERALD, has not been explained. The own
ers of the bell punch franchise claim that
Mr.. Richmond received the stock and never
delivered it, and we were asked by Mr..
Laning to say whether or not the HERALD
had received its share. We repeat the reply
we then made, that ifany one claiming to rep
resent the HERALD received any shares from
Mr.. Richmond the person is a swindler We
said also, what we now repeat, that it seemed
odd for the clients of Mr.. Laning to form a
company to prevent car conductors from
cheating and at the same time use the
stock for bribing the newspapers. For the
whole transaction is bribery or an attempt at
bribery.


We have no doubt that Mr.. Henry Rich
mond will be only too glad to explain what he
did with the stock. He is a reputable gem
tleman, and not one we would deem guilty
of anything disreputable. This business of
blackmailing strikes at the very foundation
of the press. We have much more to fear
from that than from any repressive laws.
Newspapers have grown so large, and their
management requires so many persons, that
there are a hundred unseen chances of black
mail in all offices. There is not an editor in
New York whose interest is not to suppress
the whole business; because we will do our
profession the justice to say that there is not
one among them who would not have sent
| RiGhmnnd and bis bell punch certificates
Year: 1876

If ever poor innocent word, whose COM
posite career, hitherto quiet and unobtru-
sive, has been misused it is the one now
rapidly becoming hateful to us-"Centen-
nial." Last year faint mutterings of the
approaching tempest were heard, the first
fateful tremors of the coming avalanche were
scarcely concealed; but now the storm has
broken in all its fury. Unofending citizens
are required to purchase Centennial matches;
a bold, bad bootblack offers a Centennial
''shine;" in fact everything from the prize
saddle of mutton down to the humble but
succulent buckwheat cake must be dubbed
Centennial as an additional source of attrac-
ton. Until the breaking out of the present
fitful fever the poor word has done respecta-
BILE duty as representing the celebration of
the hundredth anniversary of the birth OF
some author or scientist of eminence, such
as Burns, Sir Walter Scott or Humboldt; but
now it is employed to round sentences and
decorate conversation with the most unde-
served cruelty.


Newspapers of large or small circulation are
obliged to keep the wretched word standing
in type of every size, from prominent large
plea to modest nonpareil to meet emergen-
cies; while every lady or gentleman ofrespect-
able standing in society sees his or her name
advertised as on some Centennial committee,
either for balls, tableaux, private theatricals,
kettledrums, Lady Washington tea parties,
or the banner-in short, we have all gone
for the time centennially mad in some form
or other.


Meanwhile, and during this temporary
patriotic lunacy, it is interesting to inquire
what is to become of the long list of private
charitable institutions existing in this city.
Numbering nearly one hundred and sixty,
few of which only receive an annual small
contribution from the municipal ap-,
portionment of loaves and fishes,
these, for the most part admirable in
stitutions, have depended upon private
support, and the funds for their continuance
have been hitherto largely drawn from the
winter amusemenrs and entertainments
which they have created and which this sea-
son have been SO largely appropriated by
the Centennial craze We do not propose
in this place to criticise the value of these
institutions or even to suggest the increased
Importance and strength that they would
gain by consolidation of their powers of
doing good Perhaps it would be very
difficult enterprise to bring about but
''Lausion fat Ia force" is good motto and
represents a world of truth.


We would suggest that the only way to
supply the coming deficiency to the private
charities of the city is to impose social tax,
SO that everywhere that people are socially
or convivially gathered together good.
round fine be paid upon the spot by any one
making reckless use of the word "Centen-
nial," to be properly applied to the hapless
institutions we have mentioned. So shall
sweet charity revive and flourish in our
midst, and the hearts of the poor widows,
orphans, cripples and other objects of public
pity be made to sing for joy.
Year: 1876

whirling down the steps if lie had made such
proposition as the note Of Mr.. Laning inn
plies. But there are persons who call them
selves business men" and managers" al
ways anxious for trade. who lack in all
sense of editorial dignity, and would be only
too glad to interyperse the editorial page with
puffs if they were paid. Then there are
"bummers" about the press -vagabonds and
adventures who care nothing for honor.
The bell punch stock may have gone in this
direction. But in the meantime Mr.. Rich
mond has splendid opportunity of making
full explanation. and we may be enabled
thereby to put our hands on the scamps who
have been selling out the Times, Tribune
and HERALD.
Year: 1876

A-bAOSb OOPAO uAO NV unDp0 W
buy it for fashions or markets or politics,
but solely because it is in favor of the
Protestant faith and opposed to the Pope.
''True religion" and the 'spring trade" are
the animating motives of the Witness, and,
barring what it has to say about the Pope,
who is very old man and good way off, we
commend it to all who like good, sound,
stimulating doctrine, with abundant texts OF
Scripture as seasoning "The Witness stops
when subscription expires"


And now we hear the noise of the battle
and the shoutiAg the sound of trumpets
and the distant strains of martial music, for
we are reading the order of battle of the
World for the great campaign of 1876. There
is no uncertain sound in this-no equivoca-
ton; no doubtful attitude. We are re
minded of the bulletins of the young Bona
parte in Italy. ''Fellow democrats!' it
begins and we feel like the soldier when
called to Attention." 'Fellow democrats
of the Union! let us discard minor differ
,ences but not democratic principles" We
are called to rally under the flag
Va bludAoOA anu O6utTSOu anu cdChSOh
the banner of lizard money, free trade and
home rule" The Times may pout when it
is not pleased; the Tribune may try to do
justice to both parties; the San may keep its
blazing eye ON the fashions and the founda-
ton of a new period; but the World will
daily preach the gospel of democratic
truth" "For fact and fiction" says the edi-
tor, rising with his theme, ''prose and
poetry. the wisdom and the folly of men and
of all nations, oil, when rightly understood,
are but ministers of the great immortal un-
changeable principles of the democratic
creed-the creed of common sense, of ascer-
tanned law, of enlightened freedom" All of
this is for twelve dollars year. postage
paid, ''cash in advance, and ''no travelling
agents"


Altogether this outlook is gratifying. We
are glad to see our contemporaries in such
good humor and with SO many evidences
of prosperity 1t has been hard year for
some of the papers, but the skies are
Frightening. The HERALD, which sup
ports all religions and does justice to all
parties; which is quite satisfied with the
world and does not print a celestial
print; which sees good in all creeds and
in all parties; which thinks that whether
one party or the other wins the sun will
shine, the rain will fall, our liberties will
be safe and the people will read all
the news and insist upon buying
1.-THE HERALD throws open its columns in
the spirit of the broadest hospitality to it's
gifted and strenuous colleagues who have so
many noble aims, these champions of
liberty, reform, religion, temperance, the
fashions and the spring trade. And now
that we are beginning the centennial year
the best advice we can give to our readers
is to read all these really great newspapers
to buy them all and to pay in advance. At
the end of the year they will be better able
to appreciate our own modest efforts not to
overturn the universe, but to print solid,
sensible, practical journal, which minds its
own business and does not aim to regulate
the spheres
Year: 1876

THE PARIS OFFICE OF THE HERALD. Else
where, this morning, we reproduce list of
the newspapers now on file in the Paris Office
of the New York HERALD. This list en-
braces journals not only from every part of
America but from every part of the world
The American abroad will find at our Paris
Office not only the journal of his home, but
journals from every part of Europe The
advantage of this is that the American abroad
finds home in the HERALD Office. The site
Of our Paris bureau is central, near the great
boulevards, No. 61 Avenue de rOp6ra, in
the heart Of the most splendid and most
famous sections of the magnificent city. The
success of this experiment is exceedingly
gratifying, not only as a depot for the gather
ing of news, but as an exchange where our
friends abroad can meet at all times and in
terchange those pleasant personal courtesies
which give life and animation to resi-
dance in FOREIGN lands.
Year: 1876

RAPID Transit was under discussion yes
terday before the Commissioners, and we
may soon hope for decision, the opponents
of quick travel having failed utterly in their
endeavors to show either a strong case or
Year: 1876

The FATAL PANIC AT THE EAST Broadway
FIRE yesterday morning may have been en-
tirely owing to the mad haste of the inmates
to escape; but it does not seem that there
were any fire escapes attached to the house.
that proved too short to the windows in the