The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1868, Page 4

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Mth Tammany Batiding, M Bowery.—Comto THREAT) MIQUE. 5M Broadway. -Evuroptan Eo. | ORATION), Comin Vocalist, && CENTRAL !\RK GARDEN, Seventh avanve,-Posutar | GARDEN Concent. MRS. F. ft, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE. Brook) KELLY & Li0N'S ECHIOPIAN MENSTRELSY, &e. HOOLE)'s OPERA HO Hoovey's | MINSTRFLS—OvrKA BOUrFe, LLL Taos | NEW Yi MUSKUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Somksok Aart | Thi e Contigent, both to | | -under the | more interested in getting gold for the five- | comprehensi Developments of the Campaigu—Specches Political and Financial. The democrats have commenced the Pre- | Sidential campaign with vigor. They are naiurally, from their position, the attacking party, and have both a better choice of mate- The republicans are acting on the defensive and exhibit less energy and enthusiasm, It is said, however, that when the campaign is drawing to an end and the democrats have expended mostof their fire the republicans will make an extraordinary effort, that they have more of the sinews of war, and that they will raise and spend vast sums of money to win the election. But thus far the democrats have most confi- dence, while the republicans evidently are in doubt and a state of trepidation. The earnest appeals of the radical organs show this to be the condition of their party. Then the first struggle of the campaign, which will have & powerful influence upon tbe final result, is about to be determined in Maine and Vermont, and a few weeks afterward in some of the great Central States, so that the comparative inac- tion or want of enthusiasm of the republicans cannot be regarded as feigned or temporary with a view to making a bold strike—a sort of coup de main—in the end, The chief orators among the democrats, porticularly those from the West, as Pendleton and ndigham, dwell mostly on financial questions as the main issue of the campaign, though they do not ignore the negro altogether, was seen in the speeches of the former in ne and in that of the latter at Fort Wayne. nern and Eastern speakers rather Ma shirk the greenback qnest being more influence of the bondholders and twenties, ahd consequently cdaline themselves ly to the negro supremacy policy of the adicals. Ax to the republicana, they ‘ave not united, earnest or explicit on this greenback and five-twenty issue; they rather ignore it, but talk a good deal in glittering generalities about the national honor and credit, which may mean nothiog or anything. Their stock in trade for the campaign consists in reviving the old charges of copperhe: rdism, opposition to the war and want of patriotixa against the democrats, The democratic orat: said, have the best materials to but they do not use them well. and press, as waa work upon, ‘They lack n of those subjects which would | be most effective with the people; they do not understand the public pulse; they are more intent on waking pretty speeches and oratorical flonrishes than on making telling hits, Even Mr. Pendieton’s speeches in Maine were devoid of point or force. With the exception of Val- hardly one bas beeu de- sing in concise language the landigham’s livered expre: fearful exiravaganee and corruption of the New York, Monday, August 24, 2868. | ZHEB NXE | EUROPE. | ‘The news reported by the Atlantic eabie is dated | yesterday evening, Augnst 23. } A Pare ronal recommends that the Alabauw claims question be arbitrated by one of the great Powers, Adiuiral Parcagutwas in dip) paccord with Turkes and Hussia mn Constantin By steamships at this port we have and inieresting details, special aud t report. of our cable telegrams to the th of August, MISCELLANEOUS Our Mazatlan (Mexico) correspondence ie dated | rt by the B and the cor Yhe blockade of the p steamer Chanticleer had been ral« nee of Captain Bridge on it Matamoros we have duly 23. s ie oocasion is Tur. train of » ons carrying $22,000 in specie from Mon. terey t chiy was, Just before daybreak Angust | AI attacked w ut one leagne ir moros, The specie, as well aa the merch nged fo foreign merchants and would have been all captured but for the bravery and skill of one of the guard, | Lawrence Garcia, who killed tbe leader of the ban- | adits, Mien! Sanirez, and wounded another, causing the rest to take Might. ‘Two accomplices have been | arrested in Mat Our Porte island was in 41 Intion against the Sp: at any moment, The taxes were enormous, and their collection was rigidly enforced. ‘The Governor General, iu them as tunel as bull fights had been introduced. ties, however, were couumitted by the 4 The trowdie in the Revenue Bu and no appointments to the nec made that will suit all parti Rollins «tilt mamntain thetr y inechoice. 0 fn a fatlure to collect the revenue wud a rangement of (ue naiional business, Our Washington correspondent repablicans appear to have given up alt carrying the Southern States in the Ff election, and are now meiuly dependent on their snceess in the North. General rane Thas held hie conference with Lee, Beauregard, A. U. Stephens and other Soathern leaders, but the purport of the consultation is a# yet unknown, {1 i# believed to have been satisfactory, and an address to the Sonthern people will probably be fasued soon inthe name of the leading spirits of the defunct confederacy. General McMahon, our new Minister to Paraguay, it is understood, has received instructions to do his dest to restore peace with Brazil, We pabiien this morning a letter from Amos Ken- all in advocacy of the election of Seymour, It is written in answer to arcquest of Jackson democrats to address thein, as his association with General Jackson will lend interest to the occasion. He de- clines on the gre that at the age of seventy-nine he aves not wish {o cuter into any political excites ments, Mr. George Scott, a Steubenville, Ohio, merchant, died in Alban’s church, on Forty-seventh street, yesterday, of disease of the heari, while attending divine service. A Chicago paper relates a story of two New York Newsboys who were taken to illinois and there d serted by the agent of the New York Newsboys’ Home, being left with a hotel bill unpaid. They footed it to St, Louls and thence to Chicago, where they were living on charity. The boys are named Andy Shields and William Jordan, but the name of the agent is not given. The Second Adventiste commence holding a na- tional camp meeting at Springtield, Mass., to-day, to continue one week. ‘The gat works at Southbridge, Mare., were blown up on Saturday night, and it is reported that seven men were killed. Aman nained Denhoff while trying to separate two men who were fighting in Fiushing avenue, Williamaburg, on Saturday night, was sirnck on the head with a shovel by one of them named Philip Martling, and so dangerously injured tuut bis lie 4s despaired of. Harting is to custody, Lorp Stancey’s Visit TO Panis.—Lord Stanley, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Great Britain, visited Paris a few days since and had a couple of lengthy interviews with Marquis Moustier, French Minister of State. A Paris semi-official journal recommends that the Alabama claims question between the United States and England be referred to the arbitration of ‘‘one of the great Powers” for settlement. Perhaps this is what it wos al! about, nOTOR. Rico letter is dated state that a rely August 8. The | nora revo. | of amnusements ome MeCatloch 4 sing to ton, ral de- atules that the y varied | € sh | h | vices that a | : } not pre | anish government was probable | ating suffering, | a | ment. Paice eC eS Se NESSES A mS adical party. While eredit must be given to Mr. Pendleton for his moderate tone and NEW YORK Engineer at all fires, even if that officer be present. President Shaler, who is wholly ignorant of the duties of the fireman, who can hardly tell the nozzle of a pipe from the butt of a length of hose, is declared the equal of a gentleman who for twenty-one years consecu- tively has never been absent from his place in the department. The whole movement is inexplicable, unless we put the action of the Board down to the influence of politics, Mr. Kingsland being a democrat and the Commissioners republicans. If they are desirous of getting rid of their chief surely there is a more manly course open for them than the passage of a resolution which is tantamount to a vote of cen- sure. But this resolution will do in- finitely more damage to its authors than they can at present imagine. It will cause a relaxation of discipline among the men, and, besides, will certainly disgust the community at this small trifling with their lives and material interests; while to the Commis- sioners it will prove another instance of that “vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on t’other side.” Mexico—Washington Rumors—General Rose- : crans. General -Rosecrans’ mission to Mexico and its objects, together with the instructions he is to receive from the State Department, are themes of lively interest and speculation just now in Washington, We mentidned on Saturday the probable difficulty between the new Minis ter and Mr. Seward with regard to enforcing the telegraph, express company, railroad and other claims inwhich Thurlow Weed and mem- bers of the Seward family are interested. It is said now that General Rosecrans is to be ed with power to prop up the Juarez nent, even by using the forces of the United States if necessary, and to take, by way of compensation, a large slice of North- ern Mexico, This looks like a great job to sustain and give value to the vast land grants and schemes in Lower California and Sonora, in which Ben Butler, George Wilkes, Forney, the Washington lobby and a’ host of Wall street speculators are interested, That cun- ning little diplomat, Romero, with a host of Mexican ehiets and leading military men of the United States, appears to be mixed up with and to favor this project. Romero and the Juarez chiets of Mexico see, probably, that there is no other way to maintain the existing govern- ment there against rival factions and leaders than by the strong arm of the United States. At the same time our own leading military men want active employment. Their ambition and warlike spirit chafe under the present in- action, and they want new fields of glory, It is rather significant, too, that just at this time General Rosecrans is hobnobbing at the Vir- giaia sulphar springs with those splendid rebel generals and fighters, Robert E. Lee, Longstreet, Beauregard, Ewell, Echols, Gov- Pickens and others, Does this mean ernor sinooth lauguage, he failed to make a lasting i issues of the time. diffuse and pointless questions which he n on those fin. ims as his special thander and of which he As wo most of the resi of the cn speakers, as well as the apers, th vulgar al makes a hobby. raise yy cannot themselves » eof the repuby Tiwaddle. yn as to whether the five-iwenty i be paid in legal teaders or gold is lican candidates and stale poli bond ity bef ‘country. It belongs to the fatore. Cirenm ces and the progress of events will solve that hereatter. This is nota live issue, If the country he restored to harmon es be reduced wud economy in the ge lished, the debt be s of liquidation and the in- sof all sections be stimulated tion, the currency will grodually with gold, and mm us to how The living corruption of dustrial come to par ) Tonger any qu the five- issues, then, are the abomin: shall be p ance, iis des- nd the ne- and better govern- In these there is matier enough, if properly handied, to sink the radical party in will Koon show Mtself | the lowest depths of infamy and beyond the hope of resurrection. But the facts must be | put tersely and squarely before the people or vapect of | they will be smothered up by the adroit man- ential | agement of the radicals in confusing the pub- lic mind with past and side issues and political clapteap. With all these advantages on their side the democratic speakers and managers of the campaign have failed up to this time in making good use of them. Infact, the want of the country now is able men—statesmen who can comprehend the situation of affairs. But unfortunately we find only little stump speech makers aod narrow-minded politicians. harmony, rermion and reconstruction among the military heroes and chiefs of the South with the military heroes of the North on the baagis of a new Mexican policy and a new field of united action for all? Are the men who fonght side by side in our war with Mexico again to ome brothers in arms to regenerate that eount This is an interesting ques- tion, Tt is certain nothing would tend so 19uch to allay bad fecling avising ont of our civil war and to avite these mea and the whole country in fraternal ing as an outside war and the ng our empire, Bui, as we have said frequently, half measures will not do, To the navy and army of the United States to maintain one faction in Mexico against the others, or to support a weak and rotten government that cannot stand alone, would be impolitic and ab- surd. The death knell of Mexico as a na- tionality is sounded. We drove out the French and the bogus forcign imperial government st the risk of war with a great European Power and set the repnblican government of Mexico on its legs. It bus had a fair chance, but it camot exist without foreign aid. The whole country is disorganized and demoralized politi- cally. Our duty is pluin, We should take not # slice of the northern portion only, for the benefit of a few speculators, but the whole country—by negotiation if possible, or by force of arms if must. The Mexican people have tried every form of government and have failed. They have been a constant trouble to the United States, and may continue to be so if allowed to reimain in their disorganized con- dition, It would be vastly to the interest of both countries that Mexico should be annexed. The Mexicuns would soon value the peace we should give them, the rapid increase of their wealth and the glory of being a part of the great while we should reap the advantage ‘0 enterprise in the richest country on the globe and in a vast development of trade glory of exte use we ‘The Metropolitan Fire Department, Of the metropolitan organizations, perhaps, in the saving of life and property none is so important to the people as the Fire Depart- ment, and yet we find it presided over by a gentleman who cannot pretend that his expe- rience warrants him in aseuming active con- trol of men and apparatus at a coufla tion, thus virtually iguoring the presence of its Chief Engineer, To be more explicit. Until Wednesday last Chief Engineer Kingsland was supposed to be at the head of the executive department of the organization, the ‘ Metropolitan Fire Coin- missioners” contenting themselves with the legislative and administrative branches. On that evening, however, two of ite members being absent, from indisposition, President Shaler, Wilson and Myers being present, a reso- lution was offered and passed constituting, to all intents and purposes, Mr. Shaler Chief Engi- neer, And this resolution was adopted in defi- ance of a standing rule which declares that “the Chief Engincer shall have and exercise supreme control at all fires over the engines, officers and members of the department.” It is trne the act of 1865 creating the Metro- politan Fire Department docs not particularly define the duties of the Chief Engineer, making that officer subordinate to the action of the Board of Fire Commissioners, but courtesy to themselves ought to have held the adopters of the resolution sufficiently in check to pay at least a passing deference to their previous action. The resolution of Wednesday declares that the Board reposes sufficient confidence in the ability and experience of its President to authorize him (9 esayme the duties of Obief } and commerce. The time has come when all | this should be accomplished. If President } Johnson can see what is for the interest of his | own country as well as for Mexico, and what would give bim immortal fame, he will send General Rosecrans away at once with instrac- tions to work for the immediate annexation of the whole of that territory, from Arizona to Central America. Punishing the Indinn—The Right Course at Last, We have received some tangible account of the Inte raids of the Indians from Generals Sherman and Sheridan which puts us in pos- session of the facts more ¢ learly than the many tumors which have for some time been cireu- lating in various quarters, It is satisfactory to know that General Sherman has taken the only means to stop the mischief done by these roving bands of restless savages by ordering the prompt and severe punishment of the ring- leaders by the military under Sheridan. If this course had been pursued vigorously long ago the young men of ihe tribes who are mak- ing the present trouble would have kept within their villages. for they fear the soldiers, but they are cunning enongh to know that the military arm on the Plains has heretofore been tied down by red tape from Washington. The traders take good care to inform them upon this point. We hope, now that Gencral Sher- man has taken the initiative, and that Seere- tary Schofield and the President have both acquiesced in the stringent measures he has adopted, that the punishinent will be 60 thoroughly carried out as to give the savages « iesson which will not be forgotten. Mean- tigne we trust (hat the Previdegt wil eacom- HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1868. mend to Congress in his next message that the management of Indian affairs shall be taken out of the hands of civilians altogether and transferred to the War Department, This is the only remedy for the Indian troubles, and it is 4 measure that we have repeatedly urged. Mr. Seymour—An Extra Qualification for the Presidency. A great many very inappropriate and out of place remarks have been made concerning the mental health of a prominent candidate for the Presidency, which, of course, have ‘provoked response and comment in various forms, The latest testimony as to the mens sana in corpore sano of Mr. Seymour is from a gentleman who avers that he is a great sportsman, @ very Nimrod in the field, a rival, indeed, of that Biblical hero, and a devout worshipper of genial old Izaak Walton’s fascinating art, Governor Seymour, it seems, has spent much of his leisure time in the forests hunting deer and shooting all feathered things that came along. That his hours were not misspent in the leafy solitudes of New York there is evi- dence in the head, horns and hoofs of a mammoth moose planted like a coat of arms over his door, trophies of the prowess and skill of the democratic candidate. Fishing, | too, it is said, has been a favorite pastime with | Mr. Seymour—not fishing for office, for every one knows that he has no weakn&ss that way, but suaring the finny tribe with bait and fly in pleasant, shady nooks and crannies, where Ivauk Walton, were he alive, would, have dreamed for ages, and yet never have dreamed of being President of the United States. Hunting and fishing are manly sporis that | require a quick eye, a steady nerve and a | robust eonstilution—all of which, we know, | are essential to make a good President, Ii is , re, that the man who ean hit a moose deer with a rifle right under the shoulder | and make him bite the dust, who can play a | trout as he would play a politician, who can | Janda ten pound lake bass dexterously, who can wing three woodcock out of five at one shot, and demoralize a whole bevy of quail with both barrels, must be not only sound in bodily and mental health, but possesses an extra qualification for the Presidency. Great men ere now have laid down the gun andthe fishing rod to take up the baton of office and the pen of power, to win great names | and achieve much publie good. Take Sir | Somuel Baker, for instance. He wasa hunter | of lions and tigers in Ceylon and other adjacent | islands, and yet he turned out afterwards a great explorer, to whom the world is indebted for much valuable knowledge concerning the sources of the Nile and interior Africa. He made books and earned a title; but as the hooks were good and the title worthless the early fruits of his labors were the best. Speke aud Grant also were hunters of elephants and other wild animals, and we know what they have done for science and geography, and, furthermore, we do not know that there was a | tite of insanity in either of their grandfathers | clear, the | other countries.” | scene of their conflicts. neuen! Vite nn ee ment to protest against the same and insist upon either securing a new trial or his instant acquittal. Speeches delivered in New York or Chicago can no longer consign the Ameri- can citizen to the solitary cells of Pentonville, and he may wander through the streets of Dublin, even though the Habeas Corpus act be suspended throughout Ireland, nor dread a twelvemonth’s imprisonment there without even the formality of trial. We believe that the Naturalization bill is not only based upon justice, and, therefore, deserving our approba- tion, but that. if the Irish citizens of this re- public possess half as much common sense a8 patriotism they may, through the privileges it accords them, throw their influence into the scale of Irish politics until oppression shall recoil with fear from deeds such as sully almost every page of Irish history—that saddest record ever penned of human wrongs and sufferings. Mr, Burlingame’s Speech at the Chinese Embassy Banquet in Boston, The municipal banquet in honor of the Chi- nese Embassy given on Friday evening at the St. James Hotel, in the city of Boston, was worthy of the occasion. Boston is justly proud of the superior style in which all its public fes- tivities are celebrated. In its solicitude to welcome properly its former Congressional representative and his associates of the Chi- nese Embassy Boston determined to surpass itself, and with the help of its “representative men,” including its Stetsons as well as its Emersons, it succeeded. Among the distin- | guished guests were three ex-Ministers from the United States to China, Caleb Cushing, Peter Parker and Anson Burlingeme, the pre- sent Envoy Extraordinary from China to the United States. A poem was recited by Oliver Wendell Holmes and addresses were made by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caleb Cushing, E. P. Whipple, C. G. Nazro, Senator Sumner, Gene- ral Banks, Governor Bullock, Mayor Shurtleff and Mr. Burlingame. The eloquent speech of Mr. Burlingame is particularly interesting on account of iis pre- senting a more full and distinct exposition than had previously been given of the nature, pur- poses and probable consequences of the treaty recently concluded at Washingio® One object of this treaty is to put an end to certain abuses onthe part of foreign traders resident in China— abuses exciting the suspicions of the Chinese, and serious apprehensions that their treaty rights, already abridged, would be utterly nul- lifled by ‘‘the so-called concession doctrines under which the nationals of different coun- tries located upon spots of land in the treaty ports had come to believe that they could take jurisdiction there not only of their own nationals, not only of the persons and property of their own people, but take jurisdiction of the Chinese and the people of The same parties claimed the right of making the Chinese waters the The new treaty, says Mr. Burlingame, ‘traverses all such absurd or their grandmothers, for the matter of that; but, then, we must remember that neither of them ran for office in the United States, so that | history may be at fault on this question of in- | sanity. Thus we see that successful Nimrods | often make useful men, and why not the merit | of being » good shot and a lucky fisherm an extra qualification for the Presidency ? | If Seymour is elected, however, we fancy that he will have higher game to shoot | fish to fry. n be and oiber | ‘The Naturalization sill, While the future of Ireland and her Church | establishinent is agitating public feeling in | Bugland, and Gladstone, coalescing with the radicals, proclaims that the time is come when even-handed justice must be done to Ireland, Congress in its last session passes the Natu- ralization bill, and thereby makes America an acfor as well as spectator in the great frish drama of which the eurtain is just rising. Nor has Congrese in this, although influenced by pretensions.” It fully recognizes and insists npon the great American doctrine of non-inter- vention, It also recoguizes and proclaims the still greater doctrine of the fraternity of na- tions. , Moreover, it recoguizes China as an equal among the nations, in opposition to the old docirine that because, like Turkey, she | was nota Christion nation she could not be placed on the rollof nations, It thus extends to international relations the individual re- ‘ ligious freedom enjoyed in this country. Jt reprobates the infamous coolie trade. At the same time, sanctioning the docirine that a man may change his home and change his al- legiance, it invites immigration to the United i States on the part of those sober and indus- | trious people by whose quiet labor we have been enabled, as Mr. Burlingame says, to push the Pacific Railroad over the summit of the Sierra Nevada, to run woollen mills and to gather in the great crops of California, more valuable than all its gold. Abandoning the motives, acted either hastily ov unwisely, Every government which respects itself or would be respected by others hears with solici- tude the cry for justice on the part of its citi- zens, from whatever distance that cry may be borne, and deeme itself pledged in honor to throw its protectin around them at every risk and Irish citizens of this great republic, while invited by our government to naturalize themselves and required by it as a preliminary to abjure all allegiance to the British crown, have found themselves on their return to Ireland tried for treason to a govern- ment they had been called upon thus to abjure, their claim of American citizenship treated as a myth, while the representatives of the Amer- ican government stood coldly by to see them consigned in this manner to a life-long im- prisonment. Was this honorable to our gov- ernment? Could anything be more discredit- able? Anything more cowardly? We know that the Natnralization bill has forever put an end to all this: but it is surely munch to be regretted that the interests of parfly and jus- tice were not sooner found to be identical. Herealter no American citizens can be arraigned by the British government under the old charge of treason or the more recent one of treason felony. The hosts of spies and informers that have hitherto brooded over the Fenian ranks in this country like ill-omened birds of prey will find their detestable means of livelilood thua shorn of all that made it lucrative. But in addition to putting an end to trials of American citizens for treason and treason felony and sweeping away the brood of informers, there is another advantage arising from this bill—the right which all American citizens who may be hereafter tried in Great Britain or Ireland will have to claim a jury con- sisting one-half of foreigners. Nor is this by any means an unimportant privilege. Coulda reckoning be made as to the number of inno- cent victims who have suffered in Ireland from packed juries on the one hand, and on the other from military violence, we believe that the jury box—elsewhere a boon, there too often a curse—would show up the bloodier record, But a jury consisting of one-half foreigners would prove a far less pliant tool in the hands of her Majesty's Attorney General, They would naturally be free from the party apirit and blinding prejudice so prevalent around them, while as to place or pension they could not, in the ordinary course of things, look for either. Moreover, where any irregu- larity or misdirection took place to the preju- dice of the prisoner it would be the duty of the cepreventatives of the American covern- sacrifice, silly and insolent notion that China is ina state of tutelage, the treaty gives ber security by broadly placing her under intervational law, while it assumes that she is in progress and offers for her voluntary adoption in due time all the resources of Western science and asks other nations to do the same. Senator Sumner, in his speech at the Boston banquet, observed that ‘‘the treaty does not propose to do much, but it is an excellent beginning.” He added, “the mission is more than the treaty, because it will prepare the way for further intercourse and will help that new order of things which is among the promises of the future.” Nevertheless, it is manifest from Mr. Burlingame’s speech that the treaty itself is valuable as at once a sign and a pledge of future consequences of incalculable im- portance to the people of the Chinese empire and of the United States and to the rest of mankind, A Gentleman on the Stump. Unfortunately for the previous history of what is familiarly known as stump speaking, that class of oratory has been identified with much that is coarse, personal and undignified. Political antagonists have found their most trenchant weapons not so much in thoughts that move as in words that burn, and abuse of each other has been the staple of their argu- ments, Abuse of one’s neighbor is, at the best of times, a blunted weapon, and is more apt to hurt the one who wields it than him at whom tho blow is aimed. Mr. George H. Pendleton seems to understand this. He has given an example in bis late speeches in Maine that, even in the heat and passion of a Presidential campaign, the iseues involved in the contest can be discussed without vituperating those who are on the other side in the arena; that measures of policy can be dissected on the stump with as much dignity asin the Senate of the land. In speaking of General Grant as a man who, being invested with high trust, did not misuse it, and as a soldier who had stood the test of success, from whose laurels “he would not pluck one single leaf,” and indeed in the general tone of his speeches, Mr. Pendleton has not only reflected credit upon himself and won the respect of his opponents, but he has administered a rebuke to those party organs on both sides that have been demoralizing the: profession of journalism by the use of infamous language and personal abuse, Where the partisan press leads, stump orators, whether professional or otherwise, aro very likely to follow ; but it is to be hoped that in this campaign the example of Mr. Pendleton, cathor thag that of the Wart? and tho Tiridune, may be the guide of those speakers who are yet to occupy public attention on the stump, It iso rare an occurrence that political speak- ersshould present their views upon broad issues independently, and give their adversaries full credit for whatever merits they possess in ex- citing times like these, that the fact claims special attention. Personal attacks and scan- dals always return to plague the inventors, aa was proven in the case of Andrew Jackson im 1882, when the bolts of slander hurled at his head recoiled with terrible force upon the slingers and multiplied the popular vote in his favor. Abusive language, spoken in haste or written in deliberation, may tickle the ear of the audience or the humor of the reader, but they may wring the heart of the mother, the wife. or the child with a pang that no plea of political necessity can justify. Mr. Pendleton seems to comprehend this, and in dealing with principles and not with personal character he has given assurance at the very opening of the campaign that there is at least one gentle- man on the stump who, whether there be much originality in his views or not, observes the amenities which belong to public as well ag private life in laying thei before the people, Would that we could say as much for the party newspapers, MESICAL AVD THEATRICAL NOTHS, “Barbe Bleue” enters upon tts sixth week at Niblo’s Garden with ali the flattering auspices of crowded lp he 8, Undiminished suce and the endorsement and approval of an appreciative public. As the piece grows older it, improves upon the stage and in the estimation of our music loving citizens, and ag it is gradually becoming better understood it is ike- asing proportionately in popularity. Mile. b own unqnestionabl silities, have succeeded in establishing themselves as (he favorites of the hgur, and as such are destined to hold their own for some | timetocome. “Barbe Bleue” will occapy the boards ! at Niblo’s uniil the latter part of October, when tt wil be transferred to Pike's Opera House, at which place a grand season ,of opéra bout wil be tnau- gurated by the production of the “ Hlearde The” on a scale-of rare magnificence ander the sole manage- mient of Mr. Bateman. “Firefly” holds lis own at Wall ‘sund enters this evening upon the third week of its successful career, The piece itself, with its one ¢ ‘ter and @ balf aud three regiments of “supers never be expecied to improve, but the acting can, and does, and that answers the purpose for the present just as well, The play could not bave been better placed upon the stage nor could the actors do more with the flimsy parts that have been so grudgingly served out to them by the author: but much of the dialogue that is entirely irrelevant to the plot should have been by thix time cut ont and many of the harsher in the prece toned down and smoothed off, making the drama shorter and more enjoya- ble. Miss Lotta’s sprightly and careful acting, how- ever, saves the piece irom condemnation and draws crowded houses every night. “Firedly’? wiil be kept upon the bills for three or four ks longer, Although “Humpty Dur las been ranning steadily along at the Olymp! twenty-iour weeks he ifests no symptoms of shakiness, but ts, in fact unger to-day than when first iaunched apom ais capricious career. His tricks and mischievous fan still please aud delight the large audiences who nightly encourage ht their plaudits to per- severe in his efiorts p that fame to whick tus success entities iti he pantomime remains unchanged and will continue to draw well months to come, P “Poul Play,’? minus the ship e and with most of the original cast, will be produced at the Broad- theatre this evening. Messrs. Jack, Whalles re the new additions, and will doubt- o therr several parts, As wearet have eat two of our City theatres at thesame das each play will differ mutertally from the many important features, it will aterd an opportunity to theatre-goers to judge of excell the mertis o( the different plays and the capabilities of actors engaged. w York theatre, after a week of blissfal be treated this evening te Foul Play, in jorged and improved form. Three diferent es on suipboard and a new cast are the principal atiracttons, with new scenery and new mechanical eifects, which Jatter are said to be of avery sensational character, Mrs. Harry Watkins le of Helen Rolliston, Mr. J. Ke At the» iquillily, we are will assume the ro! Mortimer that of Robert Penfold, while Mr. J. Be Suidiey will again essay the part of the vi Joe Wylie. / Tony Pastor, at his favorite Opera Honse in the Nowery, offers an entire age of programme tor the present week, The inimitable Tony himself ap- pears in several pew songs, and ancounces the first representation of the “Barbe Bleue’ ballet and the nariesque of “Dick Turpin and Tom King” for this evening. The crowds who nightly fock to the Theatre Commue, only to find standing room, justify the management in not niaking eny very material change inthe programme for the present, A nm sketch by Mr. Lingard, entitied “The Young Widow, will, however, be added fo the other attractions and Messrs. Emmett and Hilion will continue in their veveral Characteristic speciaities, Bryants’ Minstrels have captured the “Live Inge who ts credited with having killed more people with jaughter than any other “ingin’? has done with his tomahawk. ‘the operatic sensation of “Il-True-Bad- Doer” still remains upon the bills and attracts large audiences. ‘The Central Park Garden concerta, having become an established institution, wii! be continued under heodore Thomas nnti! the cold weather drives hint mphony" for the sympa jc at Steinway Hall, Hooley’s Opera Hous n, Will resound this evening with the frst burlesqued opera houge over heard npon Long Island. “I vatore’? done in burnt cork is the principal featare on the bills, but we are to have at the same time the Lime gard burlesque and “High Life at Coney Istand."” MILITARY NOTES. The Allegheny Zouaves have elected Merritt Batch {| elor (an original Ellsworth Zouave) as their com- mander, and have adopted the uniform of the Ells- worth Zouaves of Chicago. ‘There is a regiment of Russian infantry in Moscow every man of which has a turned up nose, itis called the Regiment of Paul aud was organized by the eccentric Peter the Great, We have a company inthe New York National Guard in which noses i witha decided twist downwards are in the majority. | The Eleventh regiment will parade in its new uni- * form on Monday, the Sist inst., on the occasion of its first shooting festival, Considerable curiosity is felt among onr Germam citizens to see the Washington Rifles in their new dress, and it is stated that nearly four thousand tickets have already been disposed of. In addition to target Hring and dancing the programme for the day incindes a grand vocal and instrumental concert by several glee clubs and the regimental band, & large tarnout Isexpected and a good time generally. Nt it Colonel Rockafeiler, commanding the t regiment, bas tssued General Orders ublishing Genera! Orders No. 18, from Al- bany. In addition to the above the following orders are promulgated for the direction of the regiment;— In pursuance to the above order the commandant of each company will recommend to the commandant of the ment a snitable cantidate for quartermaster sergeant oF te company. The nized, in mandant of Company A for ity therein, q of companies will resume the drill season with their ties ivr drill night in Seotember; particular attention will be ald to the wanual and, the forms of inspection, Om ane ptm! w headquarters of Pevceiatlished at 118 Went ‘Thicty-second - sucene wie will be the regiment armory. week are designated as } and on these ‘ite the adjutant Aud non-commissioned staif will be present, and ali oficial business for tie pre: ious week will be attended to. Answers to communteations will be the different company quarters on the following eve me requiring tm- mediate attention can be addressed as at present. The com- mandantsof companies will forward to these beadquartere by September 8 a copy of their company roll an it may be om the firat prorimo, and any alterations thereafter, except by permission from these headquarters, will be ae disobedience of orders. ‘The following order has been isaued from the headquarters of Squadron B Battalion, Washingtom Groye:— All members of Squadron B Battalion, Washi 1, at three avioc ul get gloves, to leave for poston, “Members must have thete agence Ot (he armory by one o'clock of sam 1 OF Cartel, Major James Norval, Seventy-ninth iment New York Voimtecrn, hae fecelved the brevet of leuten- ant colonel, and Captain John A. Ninety-fiftte orm aor r gallant 8 has been, tee wervices in the of major, for gallant and late Ry Pomot these officers were prisoners 08 war in the Sout Company C, Bighth regiment, will leave their Jock to-morrow morning and <e- ay oS Hoot o Seventn sitet Hast cag iy eset Maca