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THE TURKISH SITUATION.
A Dead Nation in a Dying
Land.
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BANKRUPT AND HOPELESS.
Paper Money Which the People Know
To Be Worthless.
Coxhaxtisgtlk. March 12, 18T7.
Experience, to sey nothing or 6ultimo*. m?m, alia
an that tbo issue of paper money by any government,
10 matter under what guarnnleoa, is a sure sign or tbo
Inanclal weakness or the country. No clearer ex
tmpllflcation of this rule eould be given than that
which is afforded in the present state of Turkish
finances. Insolvent as Turkey was six months ago,
that insolvency has been doubly increased by the
Issue or paper money (caime) to tbo amount of
800,000,000 piastres (about $30,000,000). Wbon, in
August last, the government declarod its intention of
issuing paper money to the amount of 400,000,000
piastres?foreseeing that this step would causo a
further depression iu tho already greatly embarrassed
state oi trade of the oouutry?it promised the public
that no further issue would be made until the first
issue should have boon recalled. This promise was
quite of a pieoe with similar engagements mado by Ibo
Turkish government, for shortly alter the
commencement of the new year another issue
to the extent of 500,000,000 piastres was
put In circulation. The result might have been fore
told; the trade and commerce ot the country are now
In such a state of ataguution that unless souie unfore
seen ovent wards oil' the impending blow It will not bo
long before tho Turks, to quoto Mr. Gladstone,
must, "bag and bagguge," leave Europe. Ot courso,
sntsido of Turkey tho caime has no more value at
tached to It than would lio bostowed upon the promis
sory noto ol a merchant whose affairs are known to be
In the hands of the bankruptcy court.
A SADLY DKI'KKCIATKD CUKR1C.N0T.
As everything exported, thcroforo, must be paid for
in what is here oailcd "good monoy "?lending to the
infcrcuco that the paper money is "bad," as indeed it
is lor all purposes oi outsido trado?it is obvious that
bofore long tbo ourrency of Turkoy will bo euliroly
paper. As yet this "coming ovent'1 has only "cast its
shadow before," hut nevertheless the probability
ol its speedy arrival tends almost daily to depreciate
the value of tho calmc. To-dcy It Is quotod at 165;
that is to say, for a Turkish lira ($4 60 nominally) In
good moqoy (equal to 100 plustres) u money changer
will give you 165 piastres in notes. In spending
this monoy you will find that at different establish
ments different values are attached to the caime, and
purchasers, unless thoy havo had tbo mtslortuuo
to have boen born or to have rosidod for
a long time in the country, are entiroly
at the mercy of the shopkoepers. In neurly ull tbo
shops the rate at which the caime Is accepted Is posted
up, and in case of dispute tbo proprietor merely points
to his tariff and there is an end of It. 1 am speaking
now only so far as Constantinople Is concernod. In
the interior a very different state ol affairs exists.
Here something like law and Justice, although 1 can't
say much lor the lattor, exist. Thcro "might." rep
resented, of course, by the Turks, is lookod upon as
"right." aud "the weakest (the Christian.;) goes to
the wall." The officials of the goveroracnt, from tbo
xaptlehs (policemen) up to tho mudirs and caitnacains,
are paid In caluio at tbo rate of 100 piastres to tbo
lira, or Turkish pound, instead of at the rule ol 165
plustres, tho negotiable value ol this paper money.
When the zuptiehs go to uiako tho.r purchases In the
towns and villages In the interior they, somowbat
naturally, it must bo sa<d, think that if thoy are paid
In calmo at Us uom<nul ruto they should bauble to pass
it at that rate. This toe shopkoepers, In most cases
Christians?the Turks being too lazy and apathetic to
engago to any great extent in trado?fall to understand.
The zaptiehs then resort to force, and broken heads
and frequently loss ol life ensue.
THE TUhOl'S PAID IX PAPER.
My remarks as to these runuIts aro not baaed upon
tlie evidence afforded by mere isolated cases. Almost
dally correspondence Iroui tbo provinces gives par
ticulars cl" instances of tbls kind. The troops,*too,
when they aro paid at ail, aro now paid in caiuie. Not
long since something very much like a riot took place
at the ilaruunoiles in conscqueuco ol this. It appears
that the troops stationed -thcro reccivod some money
on account of four months' arrears that were owing to
them. This was paid In caimo, but tho authorities
had nothing but notes lor 100 piastres, and they
wisbod to pay incn twenty-flvo piastres eacb. After
sending round and (lading It Impossible to get the
?mall change in the town, tney overcame the difficulty
In this way. The soldiers wore told off' into lours, and
to euch quartet, In the presence of tho other throe,
was given a note lor 100 piastres, with
Instructions to gel chnugo lor It whore ho could,
aud then pay tbo othors. Tho surals (money
changers) una shops were at ouco besieged, but tho
dilHcully experienced in obtaining change was en
huucod leoiold, owing to tho faet that the soidlcra sol
a very dillureul value upou tho cuirao to what tho
tradespeople did. Disputes arose, assaults were com
mitted, aud ultimately tho shops were cloned. Fortu
nately lor the commercial community ol (ho place, tho
next day a supply ol tweutv-Uvo piastre uoiea arrived
lioin Constantinople, and tho soldiers wero enabled to
dissolve ibeir unwilling partnership.
TURKISH <JOI N.
Uctwcen the cuirao aud the "good'' money como tbo
topper piastres, which aro now current at 1.10 to the
lira. The market sccius to bo overlloohed with these
big ill-suching coins, which are rather larger and de
cidedly heavier ilian tho Freuch llvo irauc piece, und
II while out walking you bnppeu lo have three or lour
in one side pocket it is absolutely necessary lo give
them away in charily or put the same number in
the corresponding pocket on the other side.
Ir you do not you aro likely to capsize,
like tho mnu lu the raclug outrig.er wliu
I said to have got a ducking 0 ocaus#?usually parting
his hair in the middle?bo changed it ouo day to tho
tide and thus destroyed tho equilibrium of his fragile
trait. In each gold lira there are live silver
siodjediclis, aud lu each mmijcdleh there uro four nosh
iiks, about a Iruuc; cousequoiitly, with copperut leu to
Ibo lira, a heshlik should bo worth 7)j piastres copper;
While, with caiuie hi 106, a note with the nominal
value ol llvo piastres should bo rcprcseuted in copper
by a iracnou ol u piastre under tho value it hears upon
Its luce. As 1 Delore mentioned,, however, the values
attached lo the Turkish currency vury considerably.
II, lor luslunco, you buy a pair ol gloves ill that gen
eral store ou iho (fraud Hue do Pera kuowu as tbo
lion Mure bo (lor no oilier reason as lar as I can make
out thun that It charges mucn higher than some ol the
other establishments ol u similur character) your
meiijodieh is taken at the rate ol twenty piastres
only instcnd ol twenty-seven; but II, ou the
other baud, you happen lo lender payment In copper
you must pay at tho rale ol twenty-seven to the
niudjedieh. So divcrsitlod is the rate ut which tho va
rious corns uro taken hero that at three shops Joining
each other your hcsbllk will he uccopted at tun ratio ol
(our aud a hull, Qvo aud live aud a hull piastres. While
II on returning lo the street you should he tempted to
purohasu a ring ol luncy hreud about us turgo as a
Blind's hoop, u'nd probably us palutahle from au
tkmekdji, or Itinerant baker?numbers ol whom you
meet in the (irund Hue?to you.* surprise ho tukes
your besblik ut seven aud u hall piastres.
HUI.L-DO/.KD BY A 8TBAMSIIII1 COHIAkY.
Sometime* the disputes which arise a* to the current
value ol Hie culmo ure ol un umusing character to those
who uro not panic* to the controversy. According to
tho market, or lor privalo reasons, the llosptiorua
?tenm companies and other caterers lor the couvcy
unto ol tho public frequently raise or lower the price
?t which liny accept the caiuie. A low d.o?
?go the puss unguis by one ol the regular
boats runolug from thu rilllorout villages on the hanks
?I the fiospliorus to tstuniboul wero surprised nod
snery to hod that tho croployds ol tho company, win n
they cutuu round, uccuruing in thu usual custom, to
collect thu lures just liclofo tho bom leached Us des
tination, that their caline was taken at a slight per
ccniugo lower tlisu that at which it had previously
been accepted. Tho difference was Inslgnilicanl, hut
?s the majority of tbo passengers were "regulars'' and
not "transients, ?' they 'oiuseu en matse to accept
change upon the depreciated tariff When tho bout ar
rived ut Hie bridgo, or rather within a lew yards of II,
Ibero being ninny people on board who hud not paid
their lur.*s, thu captain ralusod to go any further, so
that tliey wero unable to land. Mo even prevented
soin? passengers trom leaving tiiu vessel who tried lo do
to in caiques. Alter lying oil the bridge lor uu hour
the passengers gave in, accepted the change winch wok
off'Tod to them lor their caimo and were landed.
TUB PKOPLI WITHOUT COX VIDK.M S.
It is not only one class ol the community which Is
bII cted by these Unsocial mfllculties, each section is
moro or less the sufferer. Tito luct Is thai everybody
hero is short ol money, aud what little they have they
are ulruld to spend, not knowing where the next is
coining Irom. This was very noticeable tbls year
during the carnival, w Inch whs ii very tame alia.r as
compared with what it has been on lormer occasions.
To colehrate the opening ot tho festivities uotoral
masked bulls were hi 1(1, hut almost w ithout exception
these proved it Inilure. one bull was gotian up st
great expenso for tbo bonelltol the sick and w>ouudod
'i tirkish soldiers, at which only thirty people put in an
appearance, tho result being that the promoters lost
heavily. A concert, however, for the same purpose,
under' tho p.tlronago of tho Kuropean residuum in
Constantinople, aud which wns held a low days ago,
f?*a a complete success, In conaequenco ol tho sup
port afforded to It by the English end other
Turkopbtles here. The receipt* *moi?te<l to 800
tirus. Apropos ol thla concert, 1 wa? unuclt amused the
other evening by a remark I heard Iroiu a lady well
known here for her Turklab aympathiea, who waa on
the Committee oi Management. a question had arisen
as to how the money was to bo disposed of "It would
never do to giv? it to the Turkish officers," said the
lady in question, "yon know they would he sure to use
It lor themselves, but 1 fear that they won't like our
sending any oue to see that It is properly distributed."
From this it would seem that little confidence le placed
in the officials oi the Forte, oven by ihoir friends. But
to roturn to the question of Turkish Quancs.
SO UAH CAM SOLVE IT.
Your readers will perhaps he a little puzaled to
understaud why thero should be theae extravagant
differences in the value attached to the various deuum
tualioos of the Turkish currency. They may even look
for some explanation of H Irom me. But
It Is impossible to give this explanation, for
none exists- 1 have been in this country since
the commencement of the Serbian war, andietalono not
being able satisfactorily to account for it to myself, i
have never met any ono else who could. Queen Vlcto.
riu has, 1 believe, offered n large reward lor any one
who discovers or produces a blue dahlia; Her
Majesty would be Jost as sale were nbe to offer the
same reward to any oue who cun oecouut for the
strange absence ol anything like a rule whereby to Qnd
the equivalent value ol Turkish money in tbat ol oibor
countries, or to ascertain lis real value here. They
might as well try to square the circle or discover per
petual motion.
THE CHANGERS OF MONET.
But, stop; there is one olass ol ffouueters here who
could possibly cut this gordian knot il they were so
disposed. I mean the sarafs. or money changers.
These, lor tho most part, are Greeks, Armenians, aud,
of course, Jews. It does not require much stock In
trade, or an exteuslve site, to set up as a money
chungcr in this part ol the world. About ItUy
dollurs Is euough for the lorinor, and three
foet square on tho street, in out-ol-tho-way cor
ners of the eutrancea to larger establishments, or half
under ground, in a locality erst covered by an area
grutlug, will meet tho requirements ol the latter.
When a man makes n start in this line ol business?and
It is u profession which is much in iuvor with certain
clauses here, who look lorward to the time when they
cau embark iu it just as an English lootmuu or butler
looks lorwurd to the time when he suail liavo saved
up enough to start life in that little "public" round the
corner u|M>n which ho bus had his eye for aloug umo?
he buys u table, about eighteen inches square, sets up
a small glasscuso. In which he distributes his capital
ol $60 or thereabouts in u lira or two, some modjodiebs,
boshliks and piastres, a baodlul of roubles and
a sprinkling ol coins with the effigy ol Victoria,
the Kaiser Wlilluiu, Francis Joseph or other
crowned heuds, and everything is ready lor
business. lie does not look tor customers,
not he I All tho looking is for, as the lawyers say,
"thootnor side" to do, hut wltou they buvo discovered
his oltuii retired retreat, he changes their libras, or
wlutever they wish, at a slight percentage, and II ho
happens to bu lucky, 1 am told by one of the "oldest
tniiubiiauis," he can realize from twenty to thirty dol
lars a week. This, of course, applies to men who have
beeu for sonto umo established In the business and
who have udUud thereto a little bill discounting, Ac.
HELLING SALAKIKU IX AUVAMOM.
II Is this that pays, aud it is u discredit to any so
called civilized government that those saruls should
be ullordcd the chance of making money In the mau
ner thoy do. To explain; Insolvent though Turkey is,
It occasionally pays Its employ (is, nominally, once a
mouth. In reality there ure about ibreo or lour
months'salary due to tbem at tho present time. Not
long sluco livu months' arrears were due, but then the
Forte knocked off a month indiscriminately Irom the
pny ol its officials, and kiudly gnvo tbem credit in tho
newspapers lor buving subscribed tbo umouot toward
tho wur expenses. The clerks in tbo govcrumcotofflcos
and other employes of tbo Sublime Forte canuot livo
on air auy more tu ibis country than they could tu ail
other, and, consequently, they huvo recourse to the
saruls to ussist them over the difficulty. Tbo surals
make thom advances ou accouut ol their salaries at,
to tho clerks, u ruinous rate ol Interest. Tho security
giveu is an order ou tbu bead ol the bureau to rocoiv'e
the mouoy, which ordur is, of course, handed m to the
department bclore puy duy. It generally happens ibui
tho sarui has a triand in tbo department, who, In con
sideration ol a certain amount ol that all powerlul
agent backsheesh, manages to accelerate tho move
ment of the slowly revolving wheels ol the Turkish
administration, and In couseqaeuce ho rocoives his
money much sooner than the clerk would huvo dono.
Tuu name of these surals Is legiou. In some ol tbo
streets of Uelutea or Sluniboul thoy are to bo louud
sitting two or three In a row, and yet there seems to be
busluosH enough lor tmm all. Sometimes, oi course,
thoy over-speculato aud Und thcmseives in a stuto of
Insolvency. But this does not trouble tbem much, lor
Ibey Just move oil' their tables to another site aud
trust to Providence that tboir creditors will uot dis
cover them aud mako idem go through the useless
formality ol passing through the bankruptcy court.
Uore, In Constantinople, wnere the customers are
principally civilians, ihv saruls b ivo a goou umo ol it;
but lu the Interior, wbero they arc at the mercy of toe
suptlohs, disputes, us 1 said bolore, are ol Ireuucut oc
currence, and it Is certain that the money chaugor, being
u Christian, gets tbo worst of it. Hubits and customs
change so Utile In the Hast that ollen, us I pass tbo
sural's little lablrB, I think that they must huvo been
built upon the same model as those wh'ch couturles
ago wcro "overturned in the Temple." Misunder
standings occurred even at that lime, but tho broken
heads which olien follow a dispute with tbo sarais of
to-day, ulwuys have something to do with paper
money; tbon, as far as we know, caime did not exist.
TEST INSURANCE SUITS.
OAM A COMPANY B? COMPELLED TO PAY A
POLICY WHEBK THE HOLDEB WAS KILLED
DUBINO A PBIYATE QUABBEL?
Oobukx, N. Y? April 0, 1877.
The courts will soon decide another interesting cnao,
which bus grown out of the famous Berdell-Murray
tragedy. It will be remembered that the Murrays and
Bernards, with whom Erlo's ex-Presidert, Kobert H.
Berdell, became conneclou by msr'iftgii grow to be very
insolent toward Mr. Berdell ou account ol alleged fam
ily difficulties. Wmuer Hurray, the lute President of
this village, who married a sister ot Mr, Berdoll's wlfo,
took a very active part In the aggressive warfare upon
Mr. Berdell, and, as tho lutter says, hounded
hhu upon every favorable occasion that pre
sented llseit, heaping insult upon Insult un
til his conduct und actions bocame almost
unbearable. However. Mr. Berdell stood it all, and
with calm serenity und patience awaited ovents that
were to happen in due course of law. Murray's insults
wore uliogod to bo very frequent, upon ferryboats, cars
and streets?in fact, wherever and whonevor they met.
Finally, lie became omboldoncd at a fancied wrong
committed by Mr. Berdell, and then concluded to have
revenge by flogglug Mr. Berdell with a rawbldo. Ac
cordingly, accompanied by his brother, they lay In
wail at the Goshen depot for the arrival of the Mew
burg and Ulster county express, upon which n was
expocted Mr. Berdoll would bo. Ho came as
expected, und, no sooner liad lie left tho train,
thau Wish or Murray's brother pinioned bltu whuo
Vihiior npplieu the cowutde vigorously uoross Mr. Ber
doll's lace aud boad, cutting a ueop gush at every stroke
und niukiug a most piuaole sight ot the tnau they nl
tackod. Mr. Uordoii loosened hlmsell and the at
tacking party lied, hut boloro ho got out of Harm's
way Berdell had lodged it bullet in li its brain. Ho died
aud oorhen wus bercti ol a President. Tneso ure tho
plain facta connected with tho tragedy, und tho suit
thai is soon to he tried is the outcoming ol it.
Wisuer Murray beforo he died had a policy lor $0,000
plated upon his lite In the New York Life liuuraino
Company. The exocutors ol tho estate, bis wid> w,
(lertrudo Murray and Henry G. Wisner, ure now anx
ious to obtain the (ti.OUO, but tho company says no; he
jeoptrdised his lilu by ultucktug Mr. Berdell, and they
refuse to pay the amount ol the policy, Tho suit bus
boon instituted to recover tho $0,000, and it will soon
be brought to trial.
AKOTUKK CASK IX l-OIMT.
The cose ol Wolff va tho Connecticut Life Insurance
Company, Circuit Court, Judgo Boyle presiding, at St.
Louis, is a similar oue. Tho doceusod wus ou<- Wuldr.it
Wolff, ol Madison county. 111., upon whose file an in
surance was effected lor fti,.'>00. 1'he cviaunco at the
trial showod that iho docuns-'d was killed by a blow
upon the head Inflicted by ono Kauli; that Wollf
made an unprovoked assault upon Kauli, who, to save
ins own 11lo. killed bis assailant. Too plulutiff
cluiinod that iho policy was uot annulled by this act.
The defence contended that when the docoused volun
tarily und recklessly placed his li lo in Jeopardy and
lost it by m* tooinardy act the policy was forfeited.
Too jury look this view of It and gave a verdict for
the dofendant.
One ol tho stipulations lu the New York Llio In
surance Company's policy is similar to that ol tho
Connecticut?i.umoiy, that it was lo bo void In tho
event of the insured commuting an act jeopardizing
his lilc, as Murray did, or in violating the laws ol tun
Stale.
Examination ot law ?tudents.
UN FEMININE CONDUCT.
About 111ty studonts of the University Law Sobool
will ho cxauilnod lor the degroo of LL. B. oarly in May
noxi. Tho committees seloctcd by a meeting ot the
alumui i>ro as lollows:? Ou Written Examinations?
Hon. 1\ 1*. Good, Messrs. Meyers and Plats. On Oral Ex
animations?Henry K. Duvios, 1,1,.D,; Messrs. Cbauncey
B. Kiploy, Bmnuol B. Howards and George C. Coffin.
Ou Essays?Messrs. Jonu H. Strabau, Hunt, I'omliu.
?on and Fletcher. Tho attendance at tho mooting of
tho alumni wns unusually large and tbs school is In a
flourishing condition.
A nilddleaged woman giving tho uamo of Annie
Hall was chargod, at ihe Tombs Police Court yesterday,
wllb picking tho pocket of Harau McKvoy of $7. Tho
complainant was looking Into a store window, when
mo prisoner, It is alleged, came up bohlnd her ami
picked her pocket. The prlsouer pleaded that she wus
intoxicated at the tune, und did nut know what she
was do.ng. She was hold In (600 bail.
liUONEY'S liOW.
Daniel Rnoney, of No. 128 East Fourteenth street,
who is charged with assaulting Officer Lawlor, or the
Muotoentli precinct, on Saturday morning, proved by
his counsel that tho officer bad made the llrst on
slaught. Judge Smith, beforo whom ho was arraigned
yesterday, sent the caso to Special Sessions, as tho
evidence was coniliotlag, aud reduced Uuoncy'a ball
front $500 lo |3o0.
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.
A PERTINENT QUERY.
To tsk Eoitob of tub Hkkald:?
How la U about the Industrial Exhibition Company ?
It appears to have no office, and tbe officers tbemselvea
appear alao to be rum til, but the aala ol bonda by cer
tain agents or tbe "company" appeara to continue.
Something would seein to be entirely wroua about tins
thing?tlio company connnuiug to receive money Irom
the public and giviug no acoount iliereol, nor paying
any buck wben tbe same becomes duo. la there no
oomplaint bocauae those "sold" prefer to sutler In
aileucel LAW AGENT.
RAILROAD ACCOMMODATION.
To ran Editor or ran Hkbals:?
Will you please ask tbe Delaware and Lankawanna
road why tbey do not run on timer I was at tbe de
pot at twenty minutos to ten last night, tbe train was
to leave at quarter to ten, yet tbe ticket office wus not
open and 1 could not get to Nowark, lor I was told the
train bad goue! Is this rigni t I bold a ticket on tbo
Pennsylvania Railroad, and bad already purchased a
aingle iicnot on tbo Delaware and Lackawanna. Irotn
Christopher stroet, jsew York. I (poke to tbe lerry
people and waa told that although it waa an outrago 1
bad no alternatlvo but to go on some other road.
H. M. K.
To tub Editob or tiib Hkkald:?
Will you pleaso permit me a small apace In your
?'Complaint Book" to slate Tacts tn relereuce to tbe bad
management of the Elevated ltailroadr I patronise
thla road daily, and In tbe ufleruoou alter live o'clock,
at tbe Franklin street station, I am compelled to wuit
and viow train alter train pass witboul stopping. Oc
casionally a train will stop and 1 am notillod it does
not go above Thirtieth street. Now, 1 would llko lo
know why this road can't Issue transfer tickets, so tbui
those going above Thirtieth street can translcr at tbul
place where there is plenty ot room. II tbo through
trains gel tbuir complement ol posseugere below
Franklin street, let tbe pusscugers at thul point luko
another train cod trnnsier above. Will the managers
ot the road look into ibis matter?
REGULAR RIDER.
LAND SHARKS AND SEAMEN,
To the Editor or tub Hkkald:?
Allow ine a spaco In your "Complaint Book" to make
my grlevunces public, us I see with pleasure and grati
tude tbul your valuable paper is always In lavor of the
weak and wrouged. My being ol tbo seafurlng class,
and about Ave weeks ashore, I have bad u good oppor
tunity to observe bow tbo shipping ol seamen Is to-day
conducted In South street by tbose d liferent shipping
agents, most ol whom nuvo combiuod with the prin
ciple sailors' boarding bouso keepers to ship nobody
but their boarders and to take a Ice of from $5 lo $10
iroiu those poor men, thus throwing men boarding at
borne or married men out ol employment. Tlio thing
is done like tins:? Tbo shipping agent will go lo some
master ol a vo-bc! and oiler turn, lor every man ha
wuuis, Irom $6 to $0, and, If accepted, extorts Irom $8
to $10 from tne sailor, with the Consent ol his board
ing house masior. By this mothod no married sailor
can inaico a living or provide lor bis latnily. The
SbtpplDg act passoa hy Congress Is in force in every
seaport ol the United States, oxcepi Now York. Can
not the authorities remedy this evil and do away with
these lew sharks in South street? or are tbny waiting
lor the raising of a second PluusollV A BAILOR.
A RUFFIANLY CONDUCTOR.
To this Editor or tor Hkkald:?
1 think a word In lime against tho rudeness of our
Btroel car conductors would not be out ol place. Ladles
generally riding m tbo street cars have to submit to
annoyances by conductors or leave tba curs. 1 was a
passenger on car No. 30 ol Broadway lino to-day
(Thursday) on the down trip alter live o'clock P. M. I
got In at Thlrty-scveutb street and wus tho only pas
senger at the time. The air bolug damp and chilly,
and 1 looting Indisposed, when 1 got seated In the cur,
alter having gone a little way down, tho conductor
having tbo car door opon, 1 being cold, civilly asked
him to oiose the door. He booded not my request, aud
1 waned until another passenger got in tbo car when I
myselt got up Irom tne eud ol tbo car nearest tbe
driver, wlioro 1 was scuied.und closed tbo door. When
1 did this tbe conductor looked daggers st mo, but
made no protest, likely from tear ol tho gentleman. A
third passenger got in. He cuiiio in to collect tne fares
aud lull the door open, whon 1 again kindiy requested
bun lo shut it or 1 would. He replied that he
would not. 1 asked him why. Said he, standing over
me and inlmlckiug me, '*l)eouuso it is very warm." i
said 1 would close the door. Said ho, "No, you wou'l:
sum 1 wouiu Close ine uour. ouiu no, ?-???, you wou i:
I'd like to ace you," and not until this lady (the third
puaseuger) spoke to him did be desist Irom Insulting
me aud close the door.
AN ARDENT ADMIRER OF YOUR PAPER.
ABOUT A CHANDELIER.
To thr Editor or tiik Hkkald ?
Tbe chandelier in tbe gallery of tbe Aoademy ol
MubIo Is a source of much annoyance. AUDIENCE.
r.EMOYE THE "BQUATTEB8. "
To tub Editor or tub Herald:?
That bauduomo building, the Jefferson Market Court
Houae, that coet the taxpayers about five hundred thou
sand dollar*, la hardly completed, yet aouie fellow ha*
taken possession of part ol the Iroul aud built a stand
there. I'leasu cull the attention ol Commissioner
Campbell aud Captain Kenuedy to their duties in ibe
pri'iiiisuR and *ce thai this obstruction la removed; ulao
to uottly "squatters" in general thai thoy will not be
allowed to become a nuisance by the ciu/.ons ol the
Ninth ward. TAXPAYER.
UNCOMFORTABLE MILITABT QUARTERS.
To tub Editor or tub Herald:?
The root the armory in which the Sixty-ninth regi
ment, N.G.3.N. Y., have quarters, la much out ol re
pair. When It rains everything Is wet and tnndo disa
greeable, owing to its leaky condHlon. Other regi
ments have dry and comloriabls buildings?why not
the men of tho Sixty-ninth? A general caving In of
the old barracks tecum imminent unless somctning is
done. A SIXTY-NINTH MAN.
OUR THEATRES.
To Tm Eoitob or tub Herald:?
I was pleased wltn the article by "An Old Stager"
upon the high prloe of admission to our best theatres.
1 attended one ol our first class theatres last evening
where they charge $1 60 for a scat, I paid $1 and
entered the first clrclo, und was told by ibo ushor thai
the seats wore "all roserved." I tbon went down Into
the parquet, and was told that I could lane a seal in
one ol tne rows back ol a Jlue with the Iront ol the
first circle and near the door. 1 did so, and enjoyed
the play. The bouse was about bait lull, and oi cuursa
many v.icaui$l 60 seats. Now, would it not be bet
tor to fill the House at $1 than to have a "beggarly ac
count" at $1 60ANOTHER OLD SPACER.
811,AH WEGO's LATE8T EFFORT.
To tub Editor or tub Herald:?
l'loaso give the car drivers a show for a seat;
They're standing Irom morning till night oo their feet.
Such objects lor pity it's seldom wo meet?
Oh, aire the poor drivors u show.
There's no reason why these poor fellows should stand,
And no one works harder throughout our land;
His horses sud brake, he as well can command
hitting down as when standing, you know.
So please, Mr. Editor, give them a show:
In your "Book ol Complaints" let my pica quickly go,
And let all those "grinding monopolies" know
That the people their rights will inalnisln.
TENTH STREET.
THE COLLEGE CAP AND OOWN.
To tbe Editor ok tue Hkkald:?
Having noticed in the Herald that the studenta of
the class ol '80 ol Columbia Collego had adopted tho
cap and gown as a mark ol collego distinction we
would llko to eucourago them lu this matter and at
tno same time cai I motr attention to the (act that tho
students ol St. Stephen's College, Annundale. have
worn the cup and gown lor many years The laculty
ol this college encourage tho students by weuring caps
and gowns, as well as hoods, according to thoir re
spective degrees. STUDENT'.
THE CBOHSTOWN CABS.
To Tim Editor or the Herald:?
1 should like to ask the rou-ou why persons having
occasion to bo out alter twolvo o'clock at night on the
east side ol town have no muana of riding over to the
west hide? The crosstown lines on Tweuty.third aud
Seventeenth streets are both stopped at that hour.
_ A SUl'l- EKE 11.
MILITIA EXCLU9IYENES8.
To tub Editor or the Herald:?
Having a deslro to see tho Twenty'second regiment
drill, nnd knowing that a portion of it drilled on E'rldsy
evening last, 1 thought It a favorable opportunity to
satisfy my doslre. Having proceeded as (ar as the
door I was slopped by me guards, w ho imposed tno
question, "Are you a member of the regitnont r" while
others who were lu oltizeo's dress passed In unquus
n .nod. Why uro some persons permitted to enter and
others excluded f KEPT OUT.
DINGERS OF UNCLEAN STREETS.
To mi Editor or the Herald:?
I had two children, a boy of two and a girl of five
years old, both as healthy as any child could bo. They
both died the same day last week. If I were living on
Fifth avenue I would havo thorn yoL 1 am living
in First street, wblch has not been cleaned for six
months pnsi; nnd It Is proven that both my dear
children died Iroin acarlet lever catiM'd uy the polsofl
ou* emanations ol the accumulated filth nnd long de
cayed organic matters which eover tho street to a depth
of nearly a full foot. My caso Is not an exceptional
one; many other oblldren In lb* same street died, and
many others are still at the point or death through tba
same cause. A DESPERATE FATHER.
OESTBCCTION OY SIDEWALK H.
To ths Editor or tbi Hxrald:?
Property on West Uroadway, irora Canal to Oaana
street, has dapiaciated twenty-Ore per rent andtiade
baa been ruined by the constant occupation of slue
walks by packing bos dealers and juukmen. Is there
no remedy? l'uiicoiuco merely shrug their shoulders
when appealed to. Please call attention to line out
rage and obligo PROPERTY OWNKE.
MILK FREIGHT CHARGE*.
To tbs Eorron or tbs Herald:?
1 see by the Herald that Mr. Vanderbllt la regulat
ing the IretgUt on his railroads. Would it uot be well
for him to regulate tbe freight on milk orer the Har
lem road? When the latter road Drat carried milk
to New York they charged only one-i|uarter of a cent
per quurt, or ten cents per can. It was uttorward
raised to one-half cent per quart, or twenty cents per
cau; but when Mr. YanderbPl obtained control of the
road It was then placed at one and oue half cents per
quart, or sixty Cents a can. Tbu roud carries thou
sands of caus now where It did not carry uundreds
then. Why such exorbitant fYtcgbi on milk wlieu it
has to bo sold so cheap 1 J. U. C.
O. W. B. CB1TICIBED.
To tub Editor or trr Hkralu:?
Tba proposition of the Pilot Couimiaslouar 0. W. B.
"to cnrt Ibo street dirt lorty miles out at sea" la not
exactly in keeping with "Civil Service Keiorm." Why
Involve so groat an expenso when a dumping ground
can be had lor loss, and when llllod would add auolhor
island ol use and beauty to the harbor? Why nut con
struct a bulkhead irom the southerly side ui Jersey
City, west ol Ellis' Island, runniuq in u southerly di
rection ou the flats on a lino of lour leei or loss of
water at low tide?uboul 600 leel long by 100 leet
wide?which can he extended as required, then at
high water dump sli dirt scows inside ?
C. C. HICKOK.
MINIATURE YACHT OWNERS* TBOUB1.ES.
To the Editor or tiik Herald:?
Will you plenso call tho alleuttou of the Park Com"
missionors to tho great want of a place to store our
mtnluture yachts? During the coming season cannot
we have a smull place In the new boathnuse, such an
the Prospoot Park club have ? as we have to curry our
yncbis to and from the park every day. Dour Mr.
Editor, ptause start tho question through the Hi-.rai.d,
und I am sure wo will gel It, and oblige a inrgo lleot
Of MINIATURE YACHTS.
STREET ANNOYANCES.
"First Ward" describes the condition ol Washing
ton street from Cedar to Albany us porrootly disgust
ing, filthy, and ir not soon reinodied will causu dis
ease. Tbe writer bos complained to the police several
times, but tbey have paid no attention to It. Uuviug
Just orected buildings on tbe block at a coat of over
$60,001), "Flrat Ward" Is vory anxious to bavo tho
strcot kept clean. Tbe gurbngc, ashes and mud stand
piled up In front of each bouse.
"Hoodwinked Public" writes to bring to notice n
point not yet brought to light?viz., that for all that
the Street Cleaning Bureau have no dumping ground,
tliey still persist in sweeping, which Is a high handed
waste of money, as tbe lumo Identical dirt will buve to
bo replied; therefore the olty ts paying twice, perhaps
thrice, for ono job. Tbe Commissioners aro either
mercenary or stupid. Tboy should bo judged incompe
tent to hold otllee, or expelled for wasting public lunds.
"A Resident ol that Unhappy Locality" asks the
Ukuald to try and ascertain wiiul offence poor 1 ruuk
llu street commiuod against tho uuiiiorlties that alio
has not beeu subjected to tho olllclal broom, scrape and
shovel lor the last lour months.
??An Anti-Democrat and Antl-Flltb Supporter" says
that a most disgusting odor fills the streets at night
nud penetrates the most decent pans ol the tyiy. He
adds, "Why is this? lu no other oily In the world do
such foul smells prevail. C?u H be that tho ollaciory
nerves of those who rule tins city's destinies aro less
sensitive than those ol the bolter classes?"
"Justuta" luiorins us thai lb ro is one way to got
clean streets, l.oi Mayor Ely do ma duty and remove
tho preseut l'oliuo Commissiouora and Hoard ol (111)
Health, Some three years ago the l.ong Island farmers
offered tna city $'JU0,00Utor the privilege of removing
the dirt Irom our streets lor manure. Now let tliu
Commissioners cremate the garbage nud advertiso the
dirt for sale. Tbut will diapause with the Italians and
cucourago turmurs to buy it and lake It nwuy. Tuat
Is tbe way tbey do in "I.ondon, you kuow."
'?Caroline Street" announces I bat it was swopl last
Weduosduy for tho first lime smco last summer, but
the authorities burn ueglecicd to removo the dirt and
tilth, winch was piled up in great heaps two or ihr<-o
teol high by tbe sweu|n-rs ou tho wost side ol the
street. Wny is 11 not taaen away? Tito street in us
cleanest condition Is not very Inviting, and In us
present stale is nurrible.
"K. F. H. " asks tho Complaint Hook to notify the po
lice ol the Niuteeuin ward thut tho crowd ol ruffians
who ouugreguiu on third avuuue, between Kitty eighth
and Filtj-utnth stroels, insult every young lady that
passes.
"Miss Ella Sinclair" would like to ask the Captain of
flin I'enih preelnct to please keep the gaug ol black
guards oil the corner ol Nurlolk uud Grand streets, lor
may are a nuisance and insult youmt ladles going by.
"lino Who lias Hecu 1'orsvcuied'' would llko lo call
tbe attention ol llio police to the crowu ol aristocratic
loalers who inlosl the corner ot .Sixty-first street and
'third avenue, uud in&uii young ladies us ihey pass by.
"Thomas" calls utleniiou to tho gang ol rowdies
who inlesl Ibo earners ol Christopher and Hleecker
streets nightly, who make tho nights hideous with
their drunken brawls.
ANSWERS.
THE LADlhft' CAIUN SEATS.
To tub Editor or tiik Hkkai.u:?
If my briel auowcr to "W. E. W-," ol Sunday's
Issue, bad appeared enrly Id the work It would bavo
saved "Douglas" tbe trouble of writing such a long
communication as Uial wlucli you lound space lor,
Tliese gentlemen do not speak to tno question, wblcli is
"scats." Nellbor llio "Two Plain -Spoken Young 1,a.
dies" nor myself desiro (ho exclusion ol the gcntlomon
irom tbe ladles' cabin; but wu ask that when neces
sarily many must stand the geotlomen do so and
allow tbo ludios the seats. II gcullcnion nro accompa
nied by ladies or meet a lady acquaintance on a boat
do thoy take the scats and compel tho ladles to standf
And again, If the seals aro all occupied, two-thirds by
men, do tliey not leol uaturuliy indiguaut, particularly
ll llio ludies aro tired or sick? It this (act is conceded
thou why not givo the seats to other gentlemen's
Irlondsr Tbe ladies are all sisters, wives or luothors
to men. This Is couimou courtesy If 1101 justice. I
still maintain, however, ibni lue gentlemen have no
right to a teal in a ladies' cabin whiiu ladies stand.
1 protest aguinsl smoking at all in any pnrt ol a boat.
It is dunvorous In the extreme. 1 have becu ma.10
nervous many times by seeing gentlemen, knock the tuoy
us nes oil u cigar within a lew inches of a load ol loose hay
A spark. Imigod anywhere, together with the leartul
drull and bring tbe boat, would bo uttendod with great
calamity. "I rumps," smoking In burns, wlioro ibey
have crept In to sleep, have caused niue-teiilbs ol the
llrus in them, ll takes but a lew minutes to cross our
rivers; can't tbo gentlemen deny themselves this dan
gerous luxury iu tnu interests ol public saloty t Come,
goutletnen. givo up your smoking; inaku your cabin
liahllnble lor tboso who do not. and poihapa?who
knows 1?tbo ladies may oome over on your side when
their own cauln is lull; and we'll stand, loo, without a
murmur, conceding your right to tbo seats. J. a.
To the Editor or tiik Herald:?
The two plain spoken young ladloa thank "Douglas"
lor bis svtnpaihy In thoir causa We do not mean to
say litAt we ara opposed to having "gentlemen" com
ing luto our cabins; we are not; thoy nro alwuya wel
come, but must allow us to liuve the seals. Dy mis
take we did "poke our nose" in tholr osbm once, and,
ob, borrore! tbe perluino that greeted us was unen
durable. Your suggestion we luirik period, und ho|>e
tho icrry companies will profit by it. We nro very
glad ibni wu nave lunud one who wear* that article of
attire (puiiialoons) to bo a "gentleman" (and a young
one we hope). Mr. Editor we think "Douglas" very
(Uttering, hut wo cauuol believe all tliuy any, as they
sometime.- exaggerate. With many thnnks lor Ins kind
letter, we are suit
TWO PLAIN SPOKEN YOUNG LADIES.
To tiik Editor ok tiik liBRAU:?
Iii answer to "Old Lady," ot luo 7ih inst. When tho
ftrry companies give gentlemen a cabin wboro tobacco
will not be u/cd we will vacuto the ladloa' cabin, and
nut belorc. Lot laales visit tho gentlemen's cabin;
then they will not blame us lor occupying their sido ol
the boats. 1). II. W.
NO 8UC11 THING,
To TIIK KlilTOR of tiik Hkraldp
Iu your "Complnlut Bo?k" 1 notice a commu
nication signed "New Yorker" making a charge
that "negroes and tow wblte inou" congregate outside
ol tbo liquor store ou the corner of Kilty-ilnrd street
and Sixth avenue, Insulting ladles as tliey pasr.
1 challenge "New Yorker' or any oilier p.'rscu to
substantiate the charge. Permit me, Mr. Editor, in
conclusion, to sialo one thing, and that Is thai my
aiiloon Is the resort mainly ol business men, who al
ways conduct themselves with decorum both In and
ouiNido ol my establishment. CHAKI,EM HAYES.
don't DIHORACK tub flag.
To tiir Editor or tiik IIkhald:?
All bonor to "J. Ward Murray" for taking tho Initia
tive In denouncing tbe disgraceful purposo lor which
our country's flag it so commonly n?ed?uamoly, that
of displaying It us ao advertising medium from tbe
doors of tin shops, second band supply stores and tbn
like, priclpally ill tbe very slums ol Duller, Cherry
arid other low streets .shame that tho llag in de
fence <>i Hit* honor of which our forefathers died
should ho usod lor such n purpose. Certainly our
national bunner has not ono single strlpo indicative of
any ona ol the thirteen original otates, nor one single
?tar among the thirty-eieUt that needs |? he hidden
from view; nor will II ever bare unless II t? when
Utah snail hn mtu'iM to one of tuoao heaven igliling
emblems, winch. Cod gram, may not l>e while (be
the home ol Mormon ism. lu the words of "J. W.
Murray." "Why not puss a law prohibiting such a use
ol our national banner""
T. A. C., So. 61 Bleecker street.
FOOB UKUTOKH.
To Tiut Editor or Tits Hskalo:?
In answer to "A Sw'udled Marcbanl" In your "Com
plaint Boos" 1 agree with hitn that it would be
belter lor the poor men who era confined in Ludlow
?Street Jell for debi to pay their debta and not got Id
there. It would be better for the creditor lo let tbetn
have an opportunity to earn the money and pay It,
end It would save the taxpayers (20,000 per year, di
rectly, tbat tliey uow pny lo give malicious, evil dis
posed persons Hie privilege ol tormenting poor debtor*
without expense lo themselves. .So this settles the
question in my lavor. The law granting linprlsoument
lor debt should lie abolished, llut if wo cannot do this
let us have a law that parties wishing to Imprison poor
men Tor debt should be compelled to pay tho county
charges during their imprisonment. This would put
an end to the lutaiuod* practice. Vl'.ltl fAS.
"COMMON 8EN8E" ON THE EE It It Y BOATS.
To Tim Editor or tiik Hkbald:?
I have been very much entertained with the long
?and rumoling controversy in your columns as to the
riguts of wonion to tho seals In wbul is called the
"ladles' cabin-' ol our terry boots, and also amused by
the great uilsupproOeuslon of tho (acts lu the case us
evidenced by llio arguments ol lite female portion of
your correspondents. Tliey Insist upon their "right"
to the sonts"There is a gentlemen's cabin ; why don't
tho men stay In thero?" '"If tliey are pprmlitod in
the ladles' cabin why don't they stand until every
female is routed ?"
Now, 1 w.ll inform all theso writers that the words
"Ladles' Catim" do not moan that tho sido of tho boat
on which tliey appear Is for ihn exclusive uso of
women, but simply that it is the oniy cabin they are
permitted to outer. It they waut to cross the ferry
tliey must keep to that side of the bout, uud It Is
absurd to suppose tho words mean anything olso, for
by wiioin are ibu ferryboats mainly supported f Nut
by women, surely. Count tho passengers on a ferry
bont lu llio crowded portion of tho dav?the lime
when the routing accommodations are inadequate?
and you will Und Iroiu eight to ten gentlemen to one
female. Is one-half ol the boat lo be set asldo for tho
use ol one-eighth of tho passengers 1
III do country in the world huve females been treated
with greater courtesy than in this, ami the result is
that us a class they "are completely spoiled. The av
erage female is much liko tho average child. As a
father, when my boys begin to act as though the world
revolvod around them. I lino a little rough treatment
lias a very boriellclul ellect. So with women.
There was u time when no woman, young or old, rich
or poor, lalror plain, stooi up uny wlioro with mo seated.
Hut the cry of "right'' has disgusted mo, nud my
courtesy applies now only to old ladles, womon witii
in fouls In their nruis, or thorn carrying buibllus. If
every gentleman will adopt my nlnn, the time may
coino In the neur future when "Thauk you 1" will be
heard mere frequently than now.
COMMON SENSE.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
To thh Editor or tiik IIkrai.d:?
I beg to than It your "Complaint Book" for the
promptness with which the block In Twonty-nocond
street, between Sevontli and Eighth avenues, was
cleaned and the ashes removed, tho same having boon
dune on tho very day that tho complaint appeared in
your coluinna. ANll-LHKT.
To tiik Editor or thr Hkiiai.d: ?
The timely admonition of tho Hkkald bad its duo
effect In stimulating the Street Commissioners lo an
unwonted alacrity In ninklng repairs at tho corner of
Eighth avenue and Fourteenth street. Could they not
be pclruaded by the same Influence to extend their
cfloris to Uroonwich uvouuo, aajacoul to the more
laslnonable quarter of Fourlocnth stroet. Tbo sewage
of that street Is dofectivc, and those obliged to puss
through that street can testily both by tneir ollactory
organs and visual observation that the (2,000 per diem
might lie wisely cxpoiidoil In ropairs before tho sum
mer solstice engenders miasma ami consequent sick
ness. For tho suku ol the poor children who Inhabit
this neighborhood do put m a plea in behalf or the in
nocents unit resident taxpayers. C.
THE PAltK LAUOll PATKONAGE.
THE CONTROVERSY NOT YET DECIDED?PRESI
DENT martin's VIEW OF IT.
The controversy In the Park Department as to tbo
adoption of tho system of assigning laborers, embodied
In the resolutions recently passed by a majority of the
Board or Commissioners, was not rencwod ut
tho moeting ycsicrduy morning, and tho ques
tion nt Issuo between President Martin and
the majority ol tlio Commissioners consequently ro
initios initatu quo. Under tbo existing system labor
tlokots aro issued directly from ilia main ofllce uud
hour tlio superscription ot tbo Secretary. Tho laboror
thus dcsignutud thou reports to tho Superintendent,
who glvos him anothor tickol assigning him to duly
with such and such a foreman. The Inltcr makes tug
returns on theso tickets to tbo paymaster, who pro
pares tho payroll lu accordauco with thorn.
At a meeting held on Wednesday, February 28. Com
missioner Stebbins Introduced a sortea of resolutions.
tho purport or which was| to mako such radical
changes In tho Inbor organization ol the Par* Depart
ment as amounted to a comploto rcvolut on. Under
those resolutions, which Included the whole work
ing force employed on tho publlo parks, each
Commissioner wus empowered to Issuo labor tick
ets on his own responsibility, which t ckots were to
bo sent directly to tho paymaster, without the counter
signature ol tho Supenntoudout, and upon tho payroll
thus mado up tho appropriation was to bo disbursed.
Tins, ol courso, rendered It posslblo lor each Commis
sioner to bccomo a ceutre ol patronage, and ulso
lodged considerable discretionary power In tlio bauds
of the paymaster, who, It Is stated, is in tho interest of
Mr. Andrew II. Croon, who is Just now out ol employ
ment. l'rosidcnt Martin thinks Irom tho Introduction
ol tbo resolutions hy Mr. SiobblDS, who was lor muny
yenrs associated with Mr. Crcen in the Park Depart
ment. that Mr. Croon was matni'uvrlng, through him,
to obtain control of tbo putrouugo of tbc Park Depart
ment.
Tho resolutions woro passed, and tho President (llod
written objections to them, declaring that they were
contrary to the bylaws of the department and in con
travention ol the statute creating tbo commission,
and wore therefore Invalid. Mr. Siobhlns also filed an
opinion m which he disclaimed the construction put
upon his resolutions hy Mr. Martin. Tho wrangle
budo lair to he long and hitter, whon, hy way
ol rocouclling too contestants, Mr. Wetinoro
oilcred a resolution that the contested resolutions he
reletred to tho Corporation Counsel, which was lost.
At tho meeting yesterday the question was talked
over, and Mr. Martin suggested that, as tho bylaws
could only be aiiiumlod by proposing changes at one
meeting and mtuying them at tbe next, Mr. Htcbbtn*
should submit In writing such modification* as were
csbnuiial 10 ihe vnlul operation ol tlie resolutions.
This Mr. Stebhin* did not think necessary, and thue
tbo quoet'.nu remains us undecided as over.
IXTKKVIIIW WITH I'KKatng.KT MAKTIk.
In view ol the pending controversy a representative
of the UkRAi.n called on I'reaident Martin last evening.
Mr. Martin prelerred not to speak as the I'residatii of
the Hoard, norm Ills oltlulul rapacity, and declined to
put any iiiiluiorable construction upon the motives ol
the majority of the Hoard, lie thinks, however, that
tho labor system embodied in tho resolution* will he
Injurious to the elhelency of llto lorce, and may result
In converting the public parks into engines ol jiolitlcal
wariarc and iin an* ol amassing political influence.
"Under the present system," said Mr. .Martin io re
ply to the question ol what the operation ol tho new
order oI things would he, "ihe liaperintendeot has
lull and active control ol the distribution of the men,
wnom lie assigns und reassigns in accordance with tho
interests of the work. Tbo i eutrul Park, tor instance,
Is divided lino ibrco sections, each of winch bus Its
own torcm in, Ht the Bnpertntsndenl limy at any
hour of the day may detach men frotn one sec
tion nnd order litem to another, which would
not he practicable under tlio system |iro
posed. Ho in competenI also to make the prrnonnef of
gangs of men tor special purposes.'' 'iho elllctcncy ol
the loree, Mr. Martin, minks depends materially on ihc
preservation of Una important leainrc, which tho new
pi.hi bus u pudency to subvert by rendering the men
less immediately responsible to tho superintending
oillcsr. It is manliest also, according to Mr. Martin,
that the labor of any number ol men can be more
economically managed by this method of superintend
ence tbali bv a method that tends to render actual
siipervi-mn i umre cipher.
"Again." said I'residolit Martin, "the system em
bodied in Mr. Stobhimi' resolution* opens the way tor
tlio adoillou ol a largo number of names to tho pay
roll ol tnen not actually tierlormtng any sorneo. 1
will not say flint such will be tho result, or thai nny
such result Is intended, but tlio po-aiblllly will lie
| established and will lie taken advan'.ago ol, it not by
this administration, by soms other."
i In response to llie qtifoiloti ol what was likely to ho
the tin it I result ol the controversy, Mr. Martin -aid: ?
| "That, sir. can only be determined at a luture meet
I Ing. No dedniie meaiurri to put the resolutions in
operation were proposed to-day, but that they will he
brought loi ward nt the meeting to be held on Wodbes
day (Mil I am pieiiy certain. Tho project |mm Ml
bleu abandoned It only wails its opportunity."
Mr. Mnrtlu did not express hiin-ell as very sanguine
that the mnjorny ol the commissioners would abandon
their purpose, lie viuws the whole inovoinuut as one
ol Mr. (ireen's devices in obtain control ol
tho lubor patronage of the Park Department,
aud to wield it In Ins own political in
terest. "rlliice the doleal of Tlldcn," said
Mr. Martin, Mr. Ureen has intimated that bo is tree
Irom nil political complications, and nothing i* more
likely thmi that he would like to make Ihe patronage
of the Park Department subservient to his plana."
"lint what nte his plan* ?" inquired the representa
tive of tho HsHAkD curiously.
"I cannot preioud to answer that question," Mid
Jmidnnt Mrnis
POCOCK'S LETTERS.
?TANLET'g WHITS COMPANION DRBCBIBES un
IN CENTRAL AFRICA?BARKER'S DEATH?AM
ATTEMPTED RAID ON THE CAMP?HOM]
RECOLLECTIONS.
Ujut, Lass Tamasika. 1
Ck\tk4i. Africa, July 21, 1870. f
Mr Deak Uxole?I should like lo have Man you b*
fore leaving boine, but mere were ?o many to >n tbsl
I hardly kuow who 1 did aee. But 1 hope to in yot
on my return, and I hope tbsl will not be long. Wt
bave expended nearly all our good*; alao we onreelvw
aro getting ?orn out from hard inarching under the
burulng aun and fever and other slekuesaen. We have
made e good round. We Etruclc off Irom Ugogo anc
marcbod northwest oi the road of all tormor traveller*
to tbe Victoria .Viyauxo, and reached It In a Journef
of H>3 days Irom the coaat?a atont march Tot
would like to have sceu the caravan when It
cuuio to I be top of a bill and we caught
sight of the lakei 1 thought the black veteran* would
go mad with joy, running, shouting, rolling on the
grouud, beating their bullock-bid* drum*, duncing,
aliigiug, Urlng gun*, Arc. We had a rest lor a few day*,
then put tbe sections of tbo boat togother and In aigbl
daya Mr. .Stanley lett ua to explore tbo lake. Me and
the other whilo man, Kred. Darker, wan left in Cbargt '
of the good* and men. Hut before Mr. Stanley re
turned poor Darker died Irom chill*. Then I wa* l*lt
alouo, 1 may nay; for then I knew nothing of tbe lan
guage. and during the absence of Mr. Dlanley three
chiefs combiued together to drive u* away and steal
our good*. "Dut," aald I, "they ahao't drive ua away
for nothing." So 1 served out ammunition to tbe
people with guns and apcarg to tbera without
guns, and they came cloao to the boma ol our camp.
Dut 1 would not allow a man outside. Wewerajnat
about to llro on thorn when wo saw a man oomlng to
spuak. lie came lo uiako friends. Wn made friends
wilii bitn. and all went off quiet. But tbe reaaon tbty
did nut fight was becaum they would have killed soma
of their brothers, lor the people of our vlllago all held
our way; theroforo we got off well We stayed at Kudu
in a tour mouths, and I was sent lo Ukerewo to got
canoea to tauo the caruvuu to Uganda, t'kerewe Is an
Island about thirty inllos from the mainland or from
our camp, tho largest island in the lake. I got fllty-two
canoos Irom the Sultan I.ukonglo and returned to
camp. I was tho first white man ever on tbo Island.
It Is thickly peopled with nuked people. Klopbaots
and tigers abundant. Tho pooplo brought food for
salo to our camp. Deads was tbe monoy ; cloth was
but very little vnlue. We crossed from there te
Uganda, and from tbero to tho Albert Niynuxa through
Unyore, but had no pi.icq to build our camp, whll*
Mr. Stanloy explored the luko. as we did at the Vic
toria Nlyanza; therefore wo retumod lo Uganda, and
from thoro to Karagwo, and from thero to UJIJI.
Wo toft Karagwo on March '25, and arrived bore on
May'27. Mr. Stanloy loll on June 11 to explore Tan
gaulkn. 1 have not beard of him yet, so 1 cannot say
where wo shall go (rem here. But I will write again
belore leaving Ujiji; so for tbo present 1 must say
goodby. Hoping soon to see you, and wtshiug tbli
may Bnd you well and living in Cookhum Wood* with
fathur, I remain your affectionate nephew,
FRANCIS rOCOCK.
Uncle William Poooce, Chatham, Kent.
Ujiji, Lax* Taxoanika, Ckxtral Africa,)
August '23, 1876. |
My Dkar Parents? It I* now nearly two your* sine*
wo left tho coast.
I did oot expect to seo or bear anything before wn
reached UJIJI, but bore wo saw no letter* or paper*
from Kuropo; not a word of consolcment here we saw
on our arrival. Wo found the whole village lnlectod
with smallpox and Itch, uud many other disease*. This
was not vory good uews for us after marching for two
mouths thro igh mud and water, and no news Irom
bonte.
Wo fully expected soma letters, but If they were sent
from the coast ihey must have beeu lost or stolen.
Then, ugain, they may hare passod here and followed
Cameron, because the Arabs know nothing of oar
wrltlug; all ihey kuow, It is whilo man's writing
(Kuzunsu), therefore they tuay have passed bar*. Wo
arrived on tho '27ib May, 1878. On the road I wrots
one loiter. It was sent to Uuyanycrobc, only ton day*
from where 1 sent IL We had come within two
months of the coast. Then we struck off west to Ujiji.
Altor reaching here I wroto mother. That was sent
to Unyauyembe with Mr. Htanloy's letters by fire
men. It is now three months since they left hare,
and tlioy bavo not returned. Tbelr mission wss to
tako our letters and to rotum to UJtJt with borne
news; but we have beard nothing ol them, und It is
leared they are lost. Mr. .Stanley was II fly-one days
on tho Tanganika to explore It. It Is very large, Dab
abundant, uud tbo nafves are more ol a friendly ua
turo than the savages ol tho Victoria Nlyanza. Thcet
make trado with corn, palm oil, Ac., and tbe Aralti
trade with ivory and slaves, which aro brought chicflj
to Ujijl.
My dear paronts, wo bavo made a good round
hut hiivo not yet finished. Wo have dlncoverod the
aourco of the Nile and now ore on the way to flnlsti
l>r. Livingstone's great task. Wo leave Ujijl to-mor
row to cross Tangamku to solve the mystery con
curulng the Nllo and tho Congo. When we roach
Nyangwc we shall hear more about It. We havo three
'tvnys to go, but which ouo to take wo cannot say.
Anyway, i( wo can gel to tho West Coast from there
wo shall ho borne In good ttmo. But If we bavo to re*
turn by Zanzibar it will ho a long Journoy; but that
will bo host kuown there. Wo ouly hear of tho road
southwest ol us, but the routo we want to follow we
hear hut little about. 1 liopo that by tbo time tblt
reaches you we shall be dono our work and on oui
road borne.
Tboro bas been much sickness hero, bat things loo*
brighter. 1 havo bad tbrca severe attacks of fever,
but, thank (lod, 1 am in good health now, and If all go
well I hope to aeo you again nest summer. 1 olleo
wonder are all well, and that Is all I can do; lor I seem
to be always marching under a burning sun with
tblrsty lips and tooguo, but It Is a life 1 Into, there aro
so many changos, and so many tribes, so many coun>
tries, neariy all different. Tho alavo trado Is carried
on hero In a dreadful manner. It would surprise yoa
to see the whips and chains, and the way tbo slaves
aro treated by tholr masters, the Arabs.
My dear paronts, excuse this short nolo, for 1
have mnch to do to-day, and to-morrow morning we
shall go from hero five days'Journey to L'gttba; from
there to Nyangwe, forty days; theh to the great river,
about Ufiy or sixty daya; but 1 cannot tell you all,
CJivti my love to all and everybody. 1 cannot mention
names. You will forward the notes to Jemima Hod.
soil and Uncle William. I dare aay.you think me lost,
hut I am still In good hoaltli and happy lor such a
climaie. Our goods are getting short, hut we have
enough to And out the river. Our road ahead by nil
aceountn Is good, lood plentiful and good people.
II we csn get a road to the West Const we aball go,
and the Wangtiana will return to Zanzibar. I can
n?*uro you lam longing to seo you all, to gel some
I'.nglish lood and more clothes and shoes and other
cotuloria that cannot be got hero. I'erhapa Jim or
Harry will any, "Why don't ho write to me I" but 1
cannot write to nil. 1 only wish I had one word front
borne; I would not c.iro who It enmo Irom. 1 have
written to floorge and William, end yon mast send my
news to all the others. Hut tho neighbors, I should
think, buvo forgotten mo by ihis tlina I am In I
liurry, therefore I must say goodby for tho present.
Give my love to all, kiss nil the children, and bellow
mo to be your aflectlonato and loving son,
T.J. POCOCK.
A CANADIAN'S OPINION OP TH?
DOG QUESTION.
Qukiic, April 6, 1877.
To tiik Kuitiiii or tiim Hkkai.ii: ?
Id rour ls?uo of tbo ild in.L is an article on "Dogg
in Harness," in which you rathor pitch Into Mr,
llergii und seem rather to favor the Ides of dogs as
besets ol burden. Mr. Itergli I rather think Is cor*
reel, la Khglaud the question has been earetully con
sidered, and dogs are no longer used as formerly In
harness. The chlei reason Is that their feet are llablt
lo several psinlul tonus of disease Irotn work on bard
roads, he. So willing is tbo uog to help do his share
lor his master that even if lied under a cart he wit!
pull away s? heal he can II he has ever been broken te
harness You mention ilio case of tbo K*<|uimau do*,
As they do llielr worn on snow the case Is a Very dir
f-reui one. Hogs which lor years?i. r., during the win
ter?have been used in sledges suing tho north snore ol
Lake .Superior do not suffer In the tame wsy as ani
mals used on hard ground, pavements, grave, roans,
Ac., though they olteu become very footsore. Tht
horse and the ox wliioli you mention have a hard cov
ering lor tbclr feet, and this generally protected with
Iron shoea, aa every one knows, while the poor dog
lias im i a poor pro lection against hard work and no
artificial protection f?r bis loot. Is the inference nut
e lair one tbet dogftehould net be alloweu te work on
our roads t aurtivihsrtu ?? "motional insanity"
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