The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1871, Page 8

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SB, corner of Sh ay. ana %3d et.— MRS. F, B, CONWAY'S FARK sate ones ARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, — BRYANT apa 7th avs. SRA HOUSE, 234 at, between 6th INSTRELSY, &C, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 4 War RALLY ENURRTAINNENT. Perm atoway Ee THEATRE COMIQUE, TeM8, NEGRO ACIB. AC. NEWCOMB & ARLINGTO st and Broadway.—NFGRO MIN: QUADRUPLE SHEET. O14 Broadway.—Comre VocaL- MINSTRELS, corner 28th STRELSY, New York, = — mday, May 14, 1871. CONTENTS OF Kc Pace. Rar am 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertivemenis. 3—Aavertisements, 4—Advertisements, iene from) Washington—The Buffers Back; TO-DAY'’S HERALD. “NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 14, 187L.—QUADRUPLE SHEET, the Christian Nations. The world situation of to-day bas a religious aspect which we do not think it wise to ignore. It is some time since General Grant said, “Let us have peace.” At the time the words were uttered General Grant looked merely at his own country and his own people. He did not see—he did not understand—that the words might have a larger meaning and a wider purpose than he thought of. It is the privilege of genius to speak from a lofty standpoint—a standpoint not generally fully comprehended. The noteworthy fact of the moment is that the words of General Grant have sounded over the world like a new gospel; and we are not sorry to have to record it that the new gospel is commanding belief and worship among all peoples. France and Germany had to fight; they have fought ; the result is known to us, and no thoughtful man can refuse to admit that the Franco- German struggle has lent sometbing of em- phasis to the words of the soldier President of free America. If anything were wanted to convince us that the words ‘“‘Let us have peace” have told on all nations and on all peoples we can poiat to the work of the Joint High Commission, which has made war impossible, for the present, at least, between Great Britain and the United States; to the late London Conference, which has satisfactorily settled the so-called Eastern question; to the recent doings of the Italian Parliament, which have reconciled the whole world to the internal changes of the Italian peninsula; to the treaty just completed be- tween France and Germany, which has left France to do her best, and secured for Ger- many ail the rights which she has most justly won. Not to say more of the words of General Grant, we thinkit not unfair to say that, what- ever the cause, the nations of Christendom, or, as we prefer to put it, the nations of the civilized world, have made up their minds that war is a big curse, which, as it settles nothing, onght to be abandoned. In plain and simple language let it be said that the work of our Joint High Commission proves to the world that all the laborious, bloody and i the Bruisers ana Their Friends ve Say About the Great. P1 Fight Fusion care from Joe Coburn—The Coal “Tronbles—Asso- ciation for Beiriending Children—Amuse- menis—Notes from Long Branch—Bauquet to Baron oit—Miscellancous Telegrams. 6—Europe: Mmister Washburne’s Attempt to ob- tain the Release of Archbishop Darboy; Strength of tie Versailies Arm Season in Rome; Bismarek’s in the German Reichstag—The cution of Two Murderers in } I ew Orleans; @ Revolting Sceue on the Scattolda—Horrible Ac cldent—Destructive Fire in Jersey—W estches- ter ty Incendiarisin. %—Veterinary Medicine: Its Rise and Progress— The Maritime Expos.tion of Naples—The In- ternational Exhibition: Opening Ceremonies of the World’s Fair ef 1871 in London—The New Tax Levy—Riley’s Renvition—The Last Presidential Campaign—Nioetecath Ward Nuisances—Foreign Personal Gossip—ald for Buenos Ayres—Kerosene Killings. S—Editoriais: Leading Arce, “the New Era of Peace—ihe Du-y ot the Christian Nations’ — Amusement Announcements, 9—The Dying Commune: HERALD Spectal Reports Jrom Paris and Versailles—News from Japan: HEXaLD Special Report from Yokohama— Austraha and New Zealand—Miscellaneous Telegrams—Business Notices, 1O—Racing m Ergiand—The Turf in Irelana— American Jockey Ciub—Music and the Drana—The English Stace—Yachting—Mil- ler's Means—An Audacious Bigain! Israelites; Services at the Temple anuel Yesteraay; The Jews’ Riots at Odessa—Brook- lyn Matters—Raid on Lovers’ Row—The criminal’s Despair. A1—Proceedings in the Covrts—The Diamond Smuggling Casc—Finaucial and Commercial Report—The Dry Goods Mar! The Viaduct Railroad—A Modern Jack Sheppa is First Trip—Good News for Traveilers—Gagged and Robped in tchester Count y—Mar- riages and Deaths, 12=—The Code Amendments: Review of the Effect of the Proposed Amendients to the Code of Procedure—Shipping Inielligence—Advertise- menis. 13—Religions Intelligence—The Eternal City: A Tribute of Respect trom the Foreign Ladies in Rowe to the Holy Fath ligion in Ger- many—A Proposed Nai equer—Not to pe Confounded. 1y the Gov- ernor—General Sh Bridge Cycr the Miss: 14—New Jersey Asylum vertisemeiits. 15—Adverus ments, 16—Advertusewents. in Texas—Another phe rnalistic Notes—Ad- AUSTRALIA AND New ZEALAND.—By special telegram to the Hrratp from San Francisco we have later intelligence from the above- aamed localities, There is no news of impor- tance to chronicle. New gold fields have been discovered, and a very large nugget of the precious metal has been found. Arras In Japax.—By special telegram to the Hzrap from San Francisco we have later advices from Japan. The new Mint had been fairly opened at Osaca. Prince Satsuma is again Prime Minister of the empire. An Americau steamer, the Yang-Tzee, has been totally lost, with all her cargo, but her pas- sengers were all saved. Tux Buursers, who failed to bruise each other, have returned home and seem to be likely to take their fight ont in “lip.” Mace gives Coburn the first blow on the ‘‘conk” through our columns this morning, but Coburn counters pretty heavily on his “whistler” by his own report of the trouble to a representa- tive of the Henarp, These methods of set- tling the matter ‘draw no claret,” break no bones and disfigure no ‘‘mugs,” but they are not what our sports have bet their money on. Tux “Liserty” or THE Paris Com- MUNE.—From day to day we have such despatches as these from Paris :—‘‘More newspapers have heen suppreesed”—‘‘More priests have been arrested and imprisoned”— “The house of M. Thiers has been gutted’— *‘All suspected parties are subject to arrest, and, property holders being suspected, they have generally fled; and, having fled, their property has been appropriated as that of traitors.” Such in Paris is the practical in- ferpretation of “Liberty, equality and frater- nity.” How aptly will apply to the Paris Commune the exclamation of Madame Roland, as the elder Jacobins were carting her to the guillotine, ‘“O Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!” destructive work of war can be accomplished by an easier, less bloody and less destructive process. It is not, we think, unfair to add that the nations of the civilized world are giving good evidence that war within their circle is a great folly. Great Britain has held aloof, in spite of much abuse and not a little solicitation, from the Continental troubles of the last nine or ten months. Russia and Austria, in spite of promising opportunities, have revealed a similar spirit. We, too, had our chances ; but, looking at the future rather than the present, we have wisely given our powerful influence to the cause of peace. The result is, looking at all the questions of the Old World and the New, that the nations of Christendom have found a new point of de- parture. Thanks to enlightened public opinion, thanks to the intelligent and in- dustrious influence of the press, thanks to the railroad and the telegraph, there is the prospect of a new era; and the new era among the so-called civilized nations promises to be an era of peace. We do not wish to talk idly. All that we have said is based upon fact. For fifty years to come, at least, Europe cannot have a war or a prospect of war on the question of the Rhine boundaries. In the deep and numer- ous graves around Sedan, where many French- men sleep the long sleep, the Rhine boundary folly found its quietus. France and Germany cannot soon go towar. Russia no longer pre- tends to war with Turkey. The disaffected provinces of the Turkish empire have been plainly told that, so far as outside influence is concerned, they cannot do beiter than accept the situation. The London Treaty has made an end for the present, and, as we think, for mauy years to come, of the old story of the sick man. Austria, which is at the mercy of Russia and Germany, has been just as plainly made to understand that in carrying out her policy of unity with autonomy she will not be disturbed. Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, the lesser nations one and all included—each is anxious to be left alone and to have a fair chance to carry out domestic reforms. From the North Sea to the Mediterranean, from the Atlantic to the Bosphorus, all the European nations see and admit the folly of war and fee! the necessity and yield to the desire for peace and internal development, If ever a peace era dawned upon the so- called Christian nations that era has surely dawned upon them now. No more self- destraction—-that is the feeling of the mo- ment, In all this we rejoice, because it proves that mind is triumphing over matter, brain over brute force. It proves that the civilized nations are yielding to the influence of the truth that humanity is one and ought not to be self-destructive. But the civilized nations must not be allowed to close their eyes to the fact that a large portion of the globe is in darkness and demands light; that millions of men sre in bondage and sigh for liberty, China and Japan, with their countless mil- lions, Africa and Polynesia, with their countless millions cali to us for help. Shall we allow them to call in vain? If we do it will not be for the want of strength, but for the want of will. The time has come when the Christian nations should unite and make an end of all heathen and barbarous governments. We have had enough of the old-fashioned style of conversion. The missionaries have done well. Trade has done much. But heathenadom remains; and hea- thendom makes biack a large portion of the surface of the globe. Much as we believe in ——s Bice & ri Tax Rear Issve wits tHE Sovruenn | missionaries, and much as we believe in Demooracy.—Conspicuous among the South- ern democratic journals in admitting the issues settled by the war and the new amend- ments to the constitution is the Memphis trade, we must be allowed to say that the waste places are being slowly reclaimed. So far a3 facts can be allowed to guide, we must be permitted to say that conquest has been Avalanche, which is also foremost of the | more poteat than merchandise, more con- Southern democratic press in advocating Gen- eral Sherman for the next Presidency. These new constitutional amendments, says our Memphis contemporary, ‘‘are the ground to which all the Southern Bourbons must come, or go off into a third party movement,” and that “it won't do to attempt to dodge the issue;” and that’s the correct idea opou this vincing than the Gospel. If Christianity means anything it means that the nationsof men must come under its influence. Now that all the Christian nations are at pence with them- selves, they ought to feel the force of the command, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel.” The old Hebrew princi- ple ought not to be forgotten—‘‘Root thei ancient civilization—a people most willing to | The New Treaty—Popular Sentiment Upea Yachting—Prospects for the Coming Sen- take advantage of the opportunities offered them by the Christian world, but, as recent events have shown, most unwilling to grant anything in retura. A people who come to our shores in shoals, make money and go home, and whose gratitude is expressed in the murdering of our missionaries, the wholesale destruction of our schools and chapels, and open insult in various ways to our civilization. The insult is not to one natioa or people; it is to the whole Christian world. The insult is given to the United States, to Great Britain, to Russia, to France, to Germany, to all Christian peoples. Is barbarism to be allowed to resist civiliza- tion? Is heathenism tobe allowed to resist Christianity? Are the so-called Christian nations doing their duty? Has not the time come when nations should be born ina day? Our answer is easily given. It is simple and intelligible. The presumption is that among ourselves we have found peace. The presump- tion also is that we have found a common bond ofunion. Let the Christian nations agree ; let them unite their wisdom and their strength ; let them yield to the constraining influence of Gospel teaching; let them combine in another grand crusade and go forth to the discharge of their duty; and unless Christianity be a fiction and a vain show the happy day will have dawned upon us when the kingdoms of this world shall have become ‘‘the kingdoms of our God and of His Cheist.” In any case, let us have more of united Christian action and less of contradictory Christian talk. Let us have peace on this grand scale through vic- tory; but let us have a peace which, through unity of sentiment, shall prove enduring. This will be the millennium—at least, the only millennium we care for. The Sicge of Paris—Continuatien of Ac- tive Honstilities. There is but little change to note in the situation. The work of the besiegers goes slowly but surely on, and the sappers are busy with the work of approaching as closely as practicable to the enceinte of Paris in order to lessen as much as possible the distance between the assaulting columns and the breaches through which the assault is to be made. The Communists still hold on with great determination, and they apparently intend to resist to the last, and when they fall to bring as much as they possibly can down with them, They must be crazy. Such hopeless resistance is indicative of insanity. The gods may wish to destroy them, and have driven:'them mad to effect the purpose. This is the most charitable interpretation to put upon their conduct. The legitimate government has but one course to pursue with these mis- creants. They must be left to the tender mercies ofthe army.. Marshal MacMahon alone must deal with them until possession is once more had of the city. When Paris is again under the control of M. Thiers it will then be time to consider if the miscreants who have cost so much ruin and! bloodshed will be en- titled to the mercy they will be sure to petition for. We hear but little from outside the city except of military operations. Fort Vanvres is rapidly approaching the condition that will render the capitulation of its garrison a neces- sity. The fire from it has ceased and the work is surrounded by the government forces. Fort Montrouge is nearly in the same con- dition, and but a few days must elapse before both of these strong positions will be in the hands of the Versaillists. .The fire upon the city is hotly maintained all the time, and the insurgents are allowed no opportunity to re- pair the damage sustained. Marshal Mac- Mahon has issued an address to his soldiers, and the language breathes strongly of ap- proaching assault. The troops are in excel- lent condition and anxious forthe fray. A cavalry command has been detailed to clear the boulevards of the insurgents when once the storming columns are-within the city ; and soon we may. see the army that left Paris last summer, ‘‘with all the pomp and circumstance of glorious war’—going forth to battle with the enemies of France—compelled to fight their way back into the same city, having found in their own countrymen the most implacable enemies they have had. to contend with—the worst foe that France has had to encounter. ‘The next seven days will, we think, produce important results, which will be awaited with anxiety. The Sub-Treasary the Meretants. A rather curious dispute is now in progress between our merchants and bankers on the one side and Mr. Boutwell on the other, which, by the way, naturally suggests a repe- tition of the old question,. ‘‘Wby is it that Mr. Boutwell is so often in hot water?” As people generally know this is the season of the year when, from the diminution of our supplies of cotton and wheat, we are large exporters of specie to Europe in settlement of the balance of trade, The gold for this purpose is usually deposited in the fall and winter with the Treasury Department,. whence certificates are issued representing the gold and passing from band to hand asso much coin. The merchants and bankers, who now need the metal itself for shipment to Europe, have sent in large quantities of these certificates for redemption; but the Assistant Treasurer at this city, act- ing under instructions from Washington, re- fuses to pay ont double-eagles and compels depositors to take small coins ranging from dollar to ten dollar pieces, which are lighter in weight and eccasion a loss to the shipper of a quarter to one-half per cent. Were the double-eagles not on hand there would be, of course, some excuse for the temporary inability of the Treasury to pay out the full value of tho gold certificates ; but there are at Jeast thirty to forty millions of the double-eagles in its vaults. Depositors who gave in double-eagles should at least get the same denomination of coin in return. But outside of this specific reason the government ought to pay ont no coin of any denomination which is below its standard weight. it is a portion of the duty of the Treasury Department to keep the ‘‘coin of the realm” up to the mark of its regulated weight, and coius which have been worn in circulation should be recoined before coming oyt of the Treasury. Tue Sour Carona Taxpayers’ Conven- rion adjourned yesterday after presenting a very promising exhibit of the future of the State finances and State credit. It has done much to remove all misunderstanding and to, it Here and in England. The London Times is confideat that the Treaty of Washington will be accepted by the American Senate, and, assuming at the same time that the British Parliament will also con- firm it, the 7imes thinks that England may dismiss from her mind this unpleasant subject, which has been a nightmare to five or six suc- cessive whig and tory administrations. Asa matter of course, the Z'imes thinks that the national honor of Eagland—a very untangible thing, by the way, which has stood a great deal of stretching in its day—has not in the least been tarnished. No more it has; and we are glad to bear that England, or rather her mouthpiece, looks in as favorable a light as we do upon the whole transaction. Opposition to the treaty has already begun to show its head, however, and protests aro coming in from the Massachusetts fishermen, whose powerful influence, it must be remem- bered, first brought into being the Joint High sen, Already the note of preparation for the rapidly approaching yachting season is being sounded. Many of our beautiful pleasure vessels are in commission and are off on short experimental cruises to test their readiness to take part in the races that are soon to come off. Every deficient point is being looked after, every addition made tlat is necessary ; in fact, more than usual attention is being paid this spring to have all as it should be, for the season promises to be the most ex- citing we have yet had. Numbers of new yachts make their appesrance for the first time, and the old hands do not want their glory to be eclipsed by the new comers, Many are the valuable prizes to be sailed for, and every yacht owner is desirous of becoming possessor of at least one of them. The spirit of rivalry among our yachtmen was never greater than at present, and the sport bids fair to take the lead in this. country Commission itself. It is stated that the fish- ery clauses of the treaty are not wholly satis- factory, and that they may possibly end in the ruin of the Massachusetts fishermen. These are ominous mutterings, and when we remem- ber that similar protests from unsatisfied citi- zens originally defeated the Clarendon- Johnson treaty we must allow them duo weight. Again, it is said that a num- ber of Senatora like the treaty less and less the more they look into it. These facts, however, are encouraging rather than otherwise. The treaty should not be acted upon hastily or incomsiderately, and the people should have their say upon it. For that pur- pose it should be discussed in open session, as the British Parliament propose to discuss it, in order'that the influence of the people may be felt in’ the matter. Our country is rather more of a country of public opinion than Great Britain, but in return for the les- sons in governmental. science relative to the match tax and the registration system which we gave her recently, she offers us a very good one relative to-open diseussion upon the treaty. Let us further cement the good feel- ing engendered between us by the treaty by accepting cordiaily the sensible lesson Great Britain thus teaches The Health of the Pope. The health of the Holy Father just now is a subject which affords an excellent opportunity for the Italian press to indulge in speculation. One of the Italian journals places his Holiness at death's door: while another, with a little more boldness, hints that Pio Nono has de- parted this life and thattheseat of St. Peter is now vacant. If the reader will reflect a little it will be remembered .that for months past nearly all of the prominent men of Europe have had an opportunity of reading their own obituaries, Napoleon has been dying for months, and once or twice; if we recollect aright, actually bade adieu to dife. Napoleon still lives. The Emperor-King of Germany was also reported in very. close proximity to the grave at different periods, but he also still lives and is yet—although having run his three score and ten years—hale and hearty. Von Moltke went ahead of. his royal master-in the dying business. The great. military genius of the age not only died, but his remains were coffined even before Paris fell and his great military work accomplished, and were sent on:to Germany for interment. Still General von Moltke lives and is in complete health and vigor at this day. Count. Bismarck’s health was also in such a condition:at one time that people at this side of the: Atlantic were on tiptoe of expectation awaiting the inevitable result. But the Count survived and lived:to see Germany united and himself made Prince of the empire which he was. instrumental in establishing. King Victor’ Hmmanuel, the Queen of Spain, John Bright and a number of others whose names we-do. not now recall, together with those already wentioned, have each in turn been in sucb.a.state of health as torender ‘‘recovery very doubtful.” Why not, then, the Pope? Heis but mortal, and is.sub- ject to all the ills that flesh is heir to.. Not- withstanding that Pio Nono has been reported sick, dying, dead, . yet for a deadiman he possesses an extraordinary amount of vitality, He still remains in Rome, still occupies his apartments in the Vatican, still receives the deputations which wait upon him, stillireceives and addresses congratulations from and to his bishops and their flocks, and, from information in our possession, we are enabled to.state that the health of his Holiness is as good.as. can be expected from a man.of his advanced! years. Religious Movements in Genmany. We publish, together with a quantity of other matters on religious subj ects-on the thir- teenth page of this morning’s Hzrann, a letter from one of our correspondents in Berlin. It appears after all that the Dillinger affair is simmering down to small proportions, The modern Luther, as some wene pleased to designate the venerable bishop, attracted for the time being the attention of the Christian world. is declaration against Papal infalli- bility was read: over with interest when it was first promulgated, but now all is quiet egain, and the Duilinger excitement, which but a few days since was uppermosi in most people's mindg, is gradually passing away in the same manner as the Hyacinthe affair glittered for a tire in the religions firmament and then was lost sight of. @ne of the effects of Dr. Dillinger’s action was to stimulate the Catholic party of Germany to. renewed action. Vigorous at all times, the Catholio hierarchy sre doubly so at the pnesent time. This is evidenced fromthe position taken by Bisbup Ketterler, of Mayence, in the Reich- stag, in the recent debates before that body. The Catholic party, it will be remembered, presents a bold front in the German Parlia- ment, numbering fifty-six members, and, judg- ing from late events, the desire of the party ia liberal in its tendencies and aggressive in ita movements, There ia, therefore, every reason to expect‘that good will result from the recent religious agitations which have takcu place in Germany. ‘That there is room for many reforms at the present time it cannot by, denied. ya species of religious Germanic Know ,Nothingism, amounting to intolersace, exista, which in these days of enlighteument ought to be abandoned, and which wo feel Satisfied will shortly pass away before the our correspondent gives a fair and impartial and become as popular as itis in England. Naturally all is expectation with our yachting people to see how tlie new yachts will per- form, The advocates of the centreboard sys- tem will have a close eye to the doings of the Wanderer, while those who believe in the keel will look to the Enchantress, the Dreadnaught and others to make good the advantages claimed. Should either of the new vessels carry off the palm, then next wintor will see other vessels constructed for the purpose of beating the winner of this season; and so it will go on until in time the perfect model will be reached, and the vessel will be constructed that will be deserving of the honorable title of Nonpareil. Who can wonder that yachts and yachting have become so popular? What more charm- ing, exciting and healthful amusement can be found? Many of our vessels have reached proportions that fit them to buffet the winds and waves anywhere; they “ride the waters like a thing of life,” and dash through a sea throwing the spray far away to leeward, us if caring nothing for all the force that Neptune might bring to bear against them. Going by the wind or going large, with a reefing down breeze, or with everything set, there is no en- joyment like yachting to the true yachtman, and even to the landsman when over the troubles and trials of seasickness, The cares and annoyances of business and shore life generally are thrown aside when one steps over the gangway ofa yacht bound on a cruise. The oppressive heat and blinding dust are left be- hind when treading the snow white deck of one of “‘the squadron,” and as the shrill pipe of the boatswain calts, ‘‘All hands up anchor,” the question arises, who wouldn't be a sailor? Then look at the delightful cruising grounds that are selected; the waters of the Sound and the numerous beautiful bays and inlets adja- cent thereto; the more distant waters of Boston Bay, and the off-shore cruising as far south as the capes of the Chesapeake, and as far east as Portland. The opportunity is thus afforded of enjoying the pleasures of our most fashionable watering places. Newport, the great rendezvous of yachts and yachtmen, carries off the palm, of course, by reason of its fine barbor, and the presence of our pleasure fleet adds much to the delights of that famous locality. Se enthusiastic have our yachtmen become on the subject of ocean races and cruises in foreign waters that we expect to see at the close-of the present season a large number of our sea-going vessels off to the continual sum- mer of the tropics in order to avoid the laying- up period. The yacht Josephine, owned by Mr.. Darfee, bas just returned from an ex- tended cruise in the West Indies, where she had‘a detightful time, visiting the.most impor- tant points and receiving everywhere the most marked attention from the authorities and residents. Mr. Durfee has set a very good example, which we think will be followed very extensively. A squadron of American yachts would be a very attractive feature in the West Indies next winter, and we cannot but hope that one will be found there. Their owners and their guests will be sure of having a delightful visit, no-matter at what port they may enter. Fine weather will be experienced, and yet all the wind will be found that is necessary to make yachting a pleasure. The waters of the Ca- ribbean are destined, we think, to become a very popular cruising ground for the yachts of America in the winter season. It possesses far greater advantages than the Mediterranean during the same months. The latter is famous for its terrific gales and consequent heavy seas during the winter, while the climate of the West Indies ot that period of the yearis every- thing that can be desired—warm _ without being unpleasantly hot, with wind enough to earry whole. sail withaut danger of a hurri- cane. Indeed, it is just the place for yachting, and must im time be the great foreign resort of American .yachtmen. ea Succession of Railroad Disasters. Railroad collisions and slaughters seem to have a periodical recurrence. in our country. Often oae follows another in rapid and fearful succession. Yesterday we published; a tele- graphi¢ report ofa collision on the Erie Rail- road, a few miles:from Attica, when five per- sons were killedtand twenty wounded. A few hones after that news came of a general sumash of freight and flat cars aé Quincy, Illinois, and of the Dover oxpress train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road running over tateam. The spring season being a busy one with the railroads may account in part for aome accidents at this ‘time, but the truth is that after.a number /of accidents the com- panies and emploxés/of railroads become more careful for a while; but, soon forgetting them, these railroad people are careless again, and there is in congequence a number of accl- dents, The managers are mostly to blame, for they should see toit that constant vigilance bo maintained. If their employ¢s are disposed to be; lax and to forget what is due to the tra- veiling public, they should be watchful, The yailroad corporations should be mulcted in heavy damages whenever people are killed or injured, That seems to bo the only way of protecting the public. Surertnrenpest Kerso's peace-meal elimi- nation of the slums of the city still goes on, He pulled a number of wretched dens on what {s called Lover's row, on Chrystie street, yes- Aight of intelligent action, The letter of | terday. Probably when he abolishes all these abominations he will turn his attention to ‘The Uses of Sunday. The quarrel between the factions in the . Mercantile Library Association, though dis+, gracefol enough in itself, hides in a rough husk a kernel of truth that it would be well for Library Associations and Young Men's Christian Associations tethoroughly masti¢ate and healthfully digest. The public is mot specially interested in the deings of any library association, The fact that the speech of the president was interrupted with cat-calls on» given occasion disturbs nobody's breakfast ;‘ it is merely a question of taste in’ the matter’ of sound, and if our young friends of the Mer- caatile Library like cat-cails nobody in this: free country has either the wish or the power to hinder their indulgence in such s harmless amusement, The cat is an innocent domestie animal, with a voice of great compass an@® power, and there is no more moral turpitude’ in imitating a cat than in imitating a nightia- gale, so far as we can see. One of the reforms, however, that the so- called reform party of the Association im question has in view, is of great importance to the public, us far as the general application of the principle involved is concerned.: Thia~ reform has to do with ‘the opening of libraries and reading rooms on Sunday. No more ex- quisite illustration of the golden calf sort-of worship can be imagined than that furnished by our pious young brethren. They scatter: tracts by the bushel, with an utter disregard of paper and ink economy; they talk eloquently. of the wickedness of this great Babylon; from their tongues the whole vocabulary of cant rolls easily and fluently, while at the same- time they shut the doors of every library and’ reading room in the city in the face of the naughty classes on the very day when freedom from work and other causes make them mosé’ susceptible to reformatory efforts. Itvis all very well to say that the churches are open to young men on Sunday. But if they will not go to church, what then? Why, then Jet them go to—the other place, say, im effect,,these young conservators of morality. Of course. If they will not go to heaven im an orthodox way they deserve to go to the place where there are no Sundays and no libraries, and (it is supposed) no young mem from the Christian associations. This is exactly the spirit in which these associations lock their doors. Go to church on Sunday and partake of the mental and ‘spiritual food there spread for you or go hungry. Sunday, is too good a day for us to use im making you better in your own way and according to your own tastes. If you prefer scientific reading to preaching you shall have neither; and if you lose every Sunday in moral worth what by honest hard work you gain during the week, it is not ourfault. We look out for Sunday and the honor of God, and you must look out for your own souls, and if you need any help you must get it on credit from the devil, and pay in services when you cross the “great gulf” fixed between you and us. These young Christians never seem to think that many = man who would find only. stupidity in a church might find the opening of a path lead- ing to a new life in a reading room. The be- ginning might be very remote from any. worthy end, but it is the first step that counts. If in reading physiology a maw gets a hint even of the divinity of his body, and grows ashamed of the debasing uses to whicit he has put it heretofore, that physiology is a preacher to him, and through this more healthy physical growth the soul may have a better chance by and by. If in geology he sees even dimly the traces of a God, there is . hope, that sooner or later the spark of rever- ence will be.developed into an adoring fame. Men's souls, as well as their bodies, are to be fed in different ways, and when men swallow sermons against their will corn will appro- priate the chemical elements that are opposed + to its needs: What is. Sunday to be used for? I[s it am idol to be worshipped, or is it an instrument to be used? Are we to snoint our ladders with holy gil, cover them with declarations of faith, and, putting them carefully away, live in the mud for the want of something to climb to heaven upon? There is nothing om the earth or above it too goodito be used for the benefit of. man, and it is impertinent to con- sider fora moment the claims of Sunday im opposition to the claims of the soul. We would not underrate Young Men’s Chris. tian Associations as far as.they go. They are doing some good work, and if their eyes are not open wide enough .to. discern the spirit within. the letter, the same may be said of most of their clerical exemplars. To judge the eburches and their auxiliaries by appear: ances, their greatess anxiety is that the ma- chinery shall be put to.no common uses and na heavy strain. By all means lat the “reform” ‘party of the Mercantile Library Association, prevail—at least to the extent of opening the library on, Sandays—and lot she conservative wing repent of their Sabbatis zeal. Let the door ofevery reading room in the city stead ajar on the only day in the seven that poor men can calh tlieir own. A, better authority thaa librasy, associations proclaimed long ago that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath; bat. the world moves slowly, ang the Phariseeism of to-day is very like thas which rebuked Christ eighteen centuries ago, Tne Coat Mixers about Scranton haye. ree jected the proposition tendered by the Dela- ware and Hudson Caual Company, and the laborers, who have reeently been at daggers” points with the miners, will probably be noti- fied to.go to work in the mines.on the same terms. [tis almost certain that the entrance of the laborers into the mings under these cir- cumstances will be the signal for a serioua disturbance that will end in bloodshed. Des- perate men are without reason or conscience, and the long strike, with its attendant horrors of want, cold, hunger and idleness, hag. driven the strikers to desperation. ‘Tre Ortuopoxy or GALLows Retiasor has to stand many severe assaults, but it has never suffered so demoralizing a defection as that of Vincent Bayonne, who was hanged yesterday at New Orleans, in company with & brother convert, for murdering a sailor about, a year ago. Religions services were per. formed, as usnal, and the two mon behaved with that firmness that inevitably accompanies the last hours of deaperadees, convinced as question, and General Sherman and the ac- | out, hip and thigh.” The attitude assumed by ceptance of the issues settled by the war are | China gives point to these remarks. In the trae programme for the democratic party, | China, we have an apgent veople with ap they are that a fow months’ hearty devotton i further peace aad good ortler turoughgut t) ict {{ the religious movements in Ger- | some of the gilded palaces of infamy that sit 8 uughgut ts6 | picture of the religi gi har guaranteed Wp {ull pardon and eternal A State, mony, agd will be found worthy gf attention. | with braven front on our more godly avenues,