The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1871, Page 6

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ONTENTS OF T0-bAY HERALD, racy, ut 1—Adverti Account of our Naval and ns; A Clear Victory Battles of Ure Loth raphy of the ations: Death of Licutenanl Mek Be the Result of the War; bined Attack by Engiend, Germany and and a View Grant on the ana Republican Con Interview with General of tue Day—The Loaist- The Presidency Abroad: Seward tor the White House—Dn Carnoctan’s ntion—Middies | he Practice os Constellation gnd a at Newport—oid Burglars—ine | Stamping Case—A tigel im Prospect jou 10 Shundley—Ne wa Story of mae Burnin The Expedition sat Vielory, brit a - intelligence. (Improvement. Fite at Lake Ma. Amert 2 Washing’ ie gata of the New Yo AM t Yauent Club at N tt Fire at Will YAMS-— BUS ms S-J Fearful and Fatal vphoon at Crueliy : olf Breaker | ne Celestial Wreckers Dave Away tie cvow--The Slarbuck Explosion: Laqnest as to the Death of G ams—The West ey City Catastrop inister Ca v | Coreans made a desperate resistance and dis- | few NEW YORK HERALD, ‘The Expedition PEE, the Corcass—A Great Victory, but a Great Fizzle. ‘The special despatches which we publish to-day from the seat of our recent operations in the Corea give a full and graphic account of the victory achieved by our forces under the command of Admiral Rodgers, Of course the affair is only ‘‘one of our Itithe wars,” as they say in England, and it has been as successful and, with one or two melancholy exceptions, as bloodless as that brilliant Abyssinian campaign, of which, as of this, the Hxraip was the earliest historio- grapher. But still even the most trivial skir- mish in which American lives have been im- perilled for the vindication of American honor must ever be of interest to all good citizens, and we are sure our readers will thrill with pleasure as they master the story of the battle of the 1ith of June. It is another chapter added to the precious annals of American mil- itary glory. The story of the fight is very simple, On the 10th of June six hundred men landed oa the island of Konghia, and with very little opposition captured the marine redoubt, They then encamped for the night. Next morning they slowly worked their way through amp, painfully dragging the heavy howitzers through mud a foot deep until they reached and, without resistance, took Fort Monocacy, Beyond this the land was broken up into little bills, and it was only with extreme diflicnlty that the guns were drawa over the ground. At last Elbow, or as it is now christened MeKee, Fort was gained. The played the cool courage which is one of the ble traits of an Oriental driven to bay. But their weapons were almost harmless, and, with a rush and a cheer, the avengers of our murdered countrymen scrambled over the works, and the almond-eyed barbarians either fled or surrendered. Our death list is in this brief but brilliant engagement comparatively small, and we have the satisfaction of Knowing hat our men signally showed the spirit and pluck of American blood. In striking conirast with the precision, the firmness and the vigor of our operations in the field has been the vacillation in counsel and purpose displayed in the diplomatic conduct Months ago we felt it our of the contest. duty to sharply criticise the management of the war by the State Department in Washing- ton, and by its chosen agents in China. We predicted then exactly what has now proved to be the sad fact, that after winning military victories, at the price of precious lives, we arrow Eseap Ine, sw Rooks—Literary | sonal Gossip—Finale | Reporis—Broowlyn | ges und | \ ‘ommerchtl Government— (Continned a Convict: ath 1O—The Corea from Tenth Page— carening Capture of Another of | a besperaie Dr. ihe Fugitives After The Strngigie— Autempted Suicide of Helinboia— atic—Narrow Obitua Mat sdvertisement ie Late Jew Renef Pu Adver ReMtile burriays tach Gift ments. d2—Adiveriise SM0GGLERS to come to gi Secretary Boniwell has called the atlention of revenue marine officers to the necessity of stricter compliance with their duties and the rigid enforcement of the statutes against smuggling. Hereafter no compromises will be allowed, and every case will be prosecuted to she fullest extent of the law. Sra Suows Heavrny Sienxs of returning prosperity. ‘This is the ures,” and the Zorrilla Ministry has broken with the past and earnestly set about its task of improving the financial condition of the country. Reforms and retrenchments are now the order of the day reduction has been bndget. Uf 8 ra of “new depart- | | | | | and already a large the Spanish | the in made but y pain do in evere | | paih of progress she may yei efface the evil | effects of er wisrule. \ A ECAUTION.—Our quarantine \ officials are ov the aleri, and leave nothing | undone to prevent the introduction of In view of the intic any contagion from foreign ports. rapid A Cominissioners posal by the Secretary of ¥ ware and Albany, which will Quaran tion of pass oh westward of cholera the ed at their dis- ul have had y ships Dela- anchored at re, ia the lower bay, for the deten- whe may come from infected ports or hav It is oniy through been exposed to the cholera. } the rigid enforcement of quarantine regulations the Commi and the timely mea- ioners that ou sures taken by port has been kept free from infection, The | number of vessels on board of which yellow fever existed has been unusuaily large not a single case has been brong and season, but to this city same wise regulations spread of that o be seen if the it remains which prevented the fearful scourge cannot also | successfully combat the more dreaded cholera, THe New Loan axp tim SyNpica’ —A | further step in the progress of the new | Joan in the hands of ils present managers will be taken to-day in the regular opening of books for subscriptioa in the several capitals | and leading financial centres of Kurope. The | Syndicate have already advertised qnite ex- tepsively in Earopean journals, and the loan | has been flatteringly commented upon, The | books are to remain open three days—to and including ‘Thursday next. If the subserip. | tions prove to befor move than eighty million dollars, whieh is the ailotment of bonds to the foreign market, the subscribers will be required | as the allotted to be content with such proportion amount bears to the total subscriptions, The | subscriptions in advance of the opening of the | books are already reporied as exceeding twenty | million dollars. We are glud to see any effort | at the refunding of the debt inio bonds bearing | a lower rate of interes! ist that the | Syndicate on this side of the Atlantic are not | throwing wp their hats before (hey are ont of | the woods. The Syndicate cun afford to make | a mighty effort wiib the present instelment of | the loan, as it will be an argument in favor of « committal of the whole the enormous profits whic them in the way of commissions, the interest attaching to the sulje tue law authorizing the new lou and we tr | loau to them, with | i would confer on | In view ot | we reprint | | therefore, sent a force altogether too large for | the strong probability of | sneaking sort of way, foreseen. inspi _twaddle which the Chinese government in- | | coming and advised them to prepare fora should have to withdraw from this in- hospitable coast without having gained anything except a wreath of worthless laurels. Perhaps this victory has done some- thing, if not much, for our reputation as a people. But how little has it given us in return for the lives and treasure expended, in comparizon with what we sbould and onght to have got if the men to whom we have confided the management of our affairs were as wise in the Cabinet as our sailors have been brave in the field? The end far promised by this well won straggle scems merely to be a merited punishment for the past, but only a doubtful security for the future, Neither Mr, Vish nor Mr. Low seem to have formed at any juncture of the affair any very distinct idea of what they were going to do. In the official despatches we | are told that the object of the expedition was to get satisfaction for the outrages upon’ the crew of the General Sherman and to negotiate a treaty with the Coreans which should insure the safety of our sailors shipwrecked upon this unfriendly shore in the future. But our wiseacres evi- dently conld not make up their minds whether ihe expedilion was to accomplish its avowed purpose by force or by diplomacy. They, the delivery of a message of peace and alto- gether loo small for the effectual prosecution of a war, If we simply wisked by pacific means to induce the Coreans to be humane and rea- sonable, we ought to have sent an expedi- tion too insignificant suggest any menace | of hostilities. How absurd and undignified, if | it were determined in no case to resort to the | heroic remedy of arms, to make a grand dis- | play of forces which we had not the slightest intention of calling into action! Nor is it to the purpose Mr. Fish or Admiral Rodgers Mr. Low or whoever else is willing to | shoulder the responsibility to say that a single to or ship-of-war would have been unable to pro- | $a§ herself a gainst outrage. This is sheer | The smallest seagoing steam vessel in our fleet can any corner of the East and herself at any time | from the attacks of all the junks and prahms | in Chinese waters. | We believe, however, that from the outset a war in a | a con- tingenoy was doubtless as unpleasant to Mr. Low and embarrassing to Mr. Fish as it was ng to Admiral Rodgers, Mr. Low, ever since he went to China, has had but one idea—to disprove the soundness of the pi pursued by his predecessor, who stoutly beld that it was about as wise to expect a sense of honor and in a Chinaman as in an Apache. Low, indeed, is the slave of the nonsense, visit Par save was, Sach icy | justice Mr. duced Mr. Burlinghame to prettily say for them to the Western Powers. He | believes in the «moral suasion and | a “humane and Christian” policy. Ani- mated by these convictions, he commenced ibis Corean business by asking the good offices of the Emperor of China with the Coreans. OF course the good offices were never per- formed, except that the Emperor kindly warned the Coreans that the Americans were | Paris. TUK tively was to march through the interior to capital, as the French and English marebed to Pekin, and with their temples and perhaps also their prince la our hands, to the dictate to these barbarians the opening up of | heir country to civilized commerce. As it is, we have destroyed a few worthless forts, killed a few men, taken and released a few prisoners, and then, after being badly suabbed, have retired ‘‘until further orders are received from Washington.” What will those orders be? The guarded remarks of the President to our Long Branch correspondent afford a doubtful inkling of them; but a special despatch from Washing- ton says, semi-officially, that the matter is go- ing to be permitted to rest where it stands. Hints, however, are thrown out that England and Germany may begin some further opera- tions against the Coreans either with or without our aid. Nothing but this was wanted as a culmination of the proven incompetency of the authorities. They have made us ridiculous in the eyes of the world by a great fizzle, which even the gallant victory of our sailors cannot wholly redeom from the absurdity of its utter purposelessness, And now, having undertaken a great task, and having so far failed, we are to wait until some one else helps us to accomplish it. A coaclusion 80 un- palatable—we may even say so revolting—to American pride will certainly seriously damage the administration. We blame Mr. Fish and Mr. Low and Admiral Rodgers for blundering between them into a war which might have been avoided; but now we have been, tacitly if not expressly, committed to the work of opening up the Corea, we cannot afford to withdraw from the undertaking. The Queew’s Speech at the Prorogation of the British Parliament. So Parliament has been prorogued, and the Queea has spoken (by proxy), and the world is none the wiser for it. The gentleman who penned what is sopposed to be Her Majesty’s oration might just as well have cut it short and said:—‘‘Gentlemen, Lhave nothing to say except what you all know; you may go and be happy.” But he preferred to ilius- trate the art of saying uothing with a good many words. There was a lamentable lack of interest in the closing ceremony, Only six peers were present in the House of Lords, whither the Commons were summoned to hear the royal speech. This listlessness is noi to be wondered at considering the fact that the Queen is quite as indifferent about the matter. The Queen’s speech opens with 2 grateful allusion to the generosity of Parlia- ment in providing for the Princess Louise and Prince Arthur. The little unpleasantness caused by Mr. Odgers and his friends in Trafalgar square is, of course, not worth mentioning. The Queen then goes on to say that she will take part in any conference or negotiation that may come up from time to time, but always pursue the even tenor of discretion. As if pointing out the practice of this policy, she adverts to the London Conference, and hopes that the con- cessions accorded tq Ragsia will insure the tranquillity of the East, ‘his hope may tura out to be a snare. While Bismarck is scheming and Beust is echeming and Gort- so chakoff is scheming, in fact, every great Power in Europe, with the exception of fugland, scheming, on its sole account or in partnership with another, there can be no lasting peace in Europe. The Queen refers with “especial sat- isfaction” to the Treaty of Washiogion. And well she might; for it is the most satisfactory work accomplished by her government during the last twelve months. Satisfactory for both sides, in providing proper safeguards for England in her future wars, and settling the just claims of a nation that would much rather be England's friend than foe, The Queen also promises to counsel the Par- liament of Canada to accept the ‘provisions which require its consent, and hopes that the maritime rules laid down in the treaty will obtain general recognition and become inter- national law. This is a laudable wish, and we hope that it may turn out to be so. Her Majesty then refers to the commercial treaty with France. She says she would be anxions to meet the wishes of a friendly Power and consent to some modifications ; but she ‘‘would see with concern any change of a nature to res' the commercial intercourse between the two countries,” No one need be astonished at that. The treaty of 1860 is more in favor England than France, and the Queen would naturally be loth to see ot the profits derived by England curtailed or | abolished, Curtailed those profits will be beyond doubt, for France must have money for ber present need, and cannot stop to consider whether a policy of protection will pay in the end or not, The Queen also thanks the Commons for the liberal supplies voted in order to meet the compensation required for the abolition of the purchase system; but she reproachfully reminds both the Lords and the Commons that they have | been at fault in the treatment of subjects re- commended to them at the opening of the ses- sion. The Queen further says that “ihe extraordinary powers granted to the Viceroy | of Jreland for the repression of the agrarian outrages in Westmeath have thus far answered their purpose,” which sounds like the celebrated saying of a Russian governor of Poland—-‘‘Order reigns in War- saw.” Toward the conclusion of the speech Parliament is informed that there will be enough to do in the coming session, There are Odgers & Co., for instance, who are anxious to redace wild talk to wicked act. Hence there must be hills to keep Odgers & Co. within bounds, lest the Iniernational swamp the national and the Comninne rule the roast in London as it did in ‘The remainder of the speech relates to fight, which they accordingly did, But some | time before the expedition was determined | upon even Mr. Low, unless he be hopelessly | stupid, must have keen that the only possibly | successful way to treat with the Coreans was | by ballets and powder. The comparative | strength of the squadron conclusively shows that some or less vague sense of this fact floated through his brain, But if he saw that war was inevitable why did not he and his superior and colléague prepare for « war an effective scale? = lt a demonstration than the Corean heart more upon was clear that the The eft mere worse to touch upon coast = was useless, only way topics that are not of special interest to the American reader. Tuk Hor Broo of the two Cuban chief- tains, General Manuel de Quesada and his former chief of staff, been stirred, between the two gentlemen which, it is feared, can only field of honor, Cuban soldiers can find better opportunities for displaying their courage and vindicating their honor than in fighting duels, Their country needs their services, and they would exhibit more bravery by facing Spanish bullets than in settling questions of etiquette with revolvers, : Sefior de Varona, has and a correspondence passed | be explained upon the rmisealled | YAY, _ AUGUST 22, The votate Blight in pelt: » The cable brings us the intelligence that the blight has appeared in Ireland and that the potato crop is almost rained. The latter part of August is the season when the disease appears, and it bes frequently happened that the entire crop was destroyed in a single week. In 1846 the crop was destroyed in a few days, though previonsly an abuodant har- vest had been anticipated. The distress which ensued it is impossible to estimate. The destitution was absolute and universal. Many of the peasantry died from hunger. For weeks and even for months the famine continued to spread, and disease went hand in hand with want. Discontent followed in the wake of death, and disorder and outrage, rebellion and riot, were the results of ‘privation and suffering. In nearly every part of the coun- try there were disturbances growing out of the famine, and at Dungarvon and other places many lives were lost‘n the conflict between the peasantry and the ruling classes. Not only in Ireland, but in England and America’ the potato famine was the leading topic of conversation, O'Connell busied himself with schemes for the relief of the distressed popu- lation, Wellington was appealed to for assistance, on the ground that he had the care of the young Queen. New York came up gallantly to the relief of the hungry and dying population, and a great meeting was held in Tammany Hall, which resulted in the freighting of a ship to bear relief to the starving. And not in Ireland only was there destitution and death. Parts of Scotland suf- fered from famine, and even Paris felt the pangs of want, The Persian famine of the present year cannot be compared with it, and never before or since was a season of such overwhelming and appalling calamity. From what we have already said it will be seen that that year was one of the most remark- able in the history of Ireland and the world. Bat, extreme as were the sufferings of the peo- ple, and sickening as became the details of that marvellous epoch, the potato famine of 1846 had a political significance beyond and above the most harrowing recital of want and woe. Two millions of people were Jost to Ireland and one million of souls were added to the population of the United States. The English government and Englishmen generally failed to apprehend the situation. Rigor was exerted where conciliation should have been employed, and the outrages and disorders which sprung from want were attributed to an unruly and rebellions spirit, O'Connell's advice was disregarded, because O'Connell was un- popular with the landlords, and_ bitter words wore added to the bitterness of hunger. In strange contrast with all this were the mag- nanimity and generosity of the American people. It was this spirit which quickened emigration and opened the way for thousands upon thousands to a land of freedom and plenty. From that day to tuis the rolling tide to the West has not been stayed, even our civil war failing to arrest it in any very marked degree. The green hills of old Ireland were given up for new homes in the New World, and an alliance of kindred and senti- ment was established between the down- trodden land and the free republic whieh England could not prevent any more than she can stamp out Irish hatred. What would be the effects of a similar calamity now? That they would be less re- markable we cannot conceive. A new im- petus would be given to emigration, and Castle Gardea would | svar with the teeing multitudes. In’ “80 Tar ‘sit “and the years which are to follow would differ little from i846 and the ensuing seasons. But a difference in the affairs of nations and the thoughts of men would lead to other results even more startling. There is no telling what of evil and what of good the International Society might work out of an opportunity so favorable and so appalling. The labor ques- tion is becoming the all-absorbing question everywhere, In Europe especially the labor party is attaining giant proportions and is steadily gaining the will to work wonders, Despotism holds on to power by a frail and brittle thread. The mystical Mary Anv exerts a more potent influence than even Disraeli foreshadowed in the vagaries of ‘‘Lothair.” If the potato blight in Ireland should bear such bitter fruits as it has borne before it may lead to the overturning in an hour of the existing state of things. Jreland can never agaia suffer Ireland suffered in past and the land question remain unsettled. English landlords now could not derision the counsels of an O'Connell, and the Kuglish people would r their dominion in Ireland by failing to do justice to & peasantry suffering from the want of bread. A new era could scarcely fail to dawn upon the world out of the woes of another famine. We are led to these reflections by the pos- sibility of this becoming true, If we can judge correctly from the meagre report of the cable the risk of famine is now as great as it was in the August of five and twenty years ago, The quarter of a century which has intervened has not only altered the map of Burope, but has changed the current of men’s thonghts, After waiting long for others to help them the workingmen at last seem de- termined to help themselves, A spark may light the flame, and we should not much wonder if in the simple telegram in to-day's Herap is the fire to set the world aflame, as the receive witn A Rianrnovs Verpict.—The explosion of the tngboat Starbuck, following so closely upon the Westficld disaster, fully awakened the attention the public to the ruinous condition of the boii of many of our river steamers and the recklessness with which officials grant certificates for rotten, | worn-out vessels, and to incompetent or neg. ligent engineers to run them, Io the case of has of the Starbuck it was shown to the Coroner's jury who investigated the cause of the death of the fireman killed by — the eyplosion that the boiler was so rust- | | eaten and rotten that it could be pierced by a blow with a hammer, and had been patched no leas than twelve times within (wo months, Notwithstanding the knowledge of this condi- tion of his boiler the engineer had the temerity to use it daily, carrying » pressure of sixt five pounds of steam. ‘The jury, with a fe lessneas most commendable, returned a verdict against United States Inspector Stratton and engineer Mills of manslaughter in the third degree, The verdict, if not exactly within the letter of the law, fully expresses its intent, aud is a gost righteous one, ASTI. “TRIPLE SHEY1. The Story of General “Berscret: From the lips of General Bergeret himself, one of the boldest, most determined and encr- getic soldiers of the Paris revolutionists, have we learned the story of the last hours of the Commune. To many, no doubt, the fact of Bergeret being alive will be a surprise. It was generally thought that in the general ruin which overwhelmed the desperate men who led on and were led into the bloody excesses of the second Reign of Terror Bergeret had fallen. For weeks no trace of him, save to his most devoted friends, could be found. He now appears, safe and in good health, in the little Isle of Jersey, where other refugees from France ere now have found welcome and hos- pitality. In the little, old-fashioned town of St. Helier, the capital of the isie, a Heranp correspondent found the notorious Commune leader. The meeting was a cordial one, The last time they met was during the last bloody days of the short reign of the Commune in Paris. Bergeret looks but little changed by the terrible scenes through which he bas passed since then, and he still entertains the belief that he will live to see the Commune successfully established in Paris. In the interview which our correspondent had with Bergeret, the substance of which we print elsewhere in the Hrratp to-day, he told the story of the struggle with the Versaillists and the manner of his escape with that chav- acteristic unrestraint for which he is noted. The burning of the Tuileries, the saving of the Louvre—an act which Bergeret claims was his, and in the accomplishment of which his life was nearly sacrificed—the struggle in the Rue de Rivoli and his six weeks’ stay in Paris after the occupation by the French troops, he recites with a candor which attracts interest to the recital, while reflection brings up the sad memories of those terrible days. Borgeret claims that no petroleum was used to hasten on the conflagration ; that women and children were not engaged in pouring the inflammable material over the places doomed to destruction by fire. For the sake of our common human- ity let us hope that this assertion is true, and that the odium attached to such deeds may be raised from the poor misguided wretches who, in seeking to destroy Paris, foolishly believed they were striking a blow for liberiy and equality. When we remember the vigilance of the Versaillists, after Paris had fallen into their hands, in hunting down the Communists, we marvel at the escape of so prominent and well-known a character as Bergeret. Yet for six weeks, according to his own account, he was within the walls of the city and was shielded by those who still sympathize in the doctrine of the Commune, and who no. doubt would again, if the opportunity was afforded them, embark their all in its fortunes. From Bergeret’s own story we might learn, if we had not already ascertained it, that the spirit which caused the tricolor to be torn down and its place supplied with the red flag, caused innocent hostages to be murdered in cold blood, and which caused the fairest city of Europe to be mutilated and disfigured, is not dead, and that among those who fought and bled and perilled life, bright hopes and honor- able ambition for this dream of liberty and equality there exist, numbers who would again undergo the’ same trials, aim at the same accomplishments and hazard d again lite, fortune and friends in an *aliempt pt bo Racuiee for their country a government based upon the foundation offered by the Paris Commune. A Chat with the President. Our Long: Branch cor respondent gives a very interesting account this morning of an interview he had with President Grant the other day. It will be seen by the account that the President is enjoying himself quietly at his cosey little residence ‘‘right down by the sea,” and that he is not by any means the ter- rible, unapproachable phinx” that some people delight to make him out to be. During the interview the Corean troubles, the Orange riots, the Louisiana political muddle and the bickerings between the New York republicans were touched upon. The President is evi- dently not yet thoroughly informed as to tho merita of the Louisiana affair, and under the circumstances ventured no opinion as to whether the Packard party had or had not done a reprehensible act in having the doors of the Convevtion guarded by armed soldiers, use his own words, as far as present information goes ‘the muddle down there is beyond fathoming.” However, if Mr, Con- way's letter, which gives a faithful account of the Convention troubles the President will noi, we think, find the mnddle beyond his fathoming very much longer, As for the Orange riots and the so-called ‘Tammany frauds, General Grant is decidedly of the opinion that they will lead to the de- feat of the democratic party in the State this fall. In speaking the Orange riot he intimated that there is such a thing as a Riot act which could have been the troops fired. There is no such act; but, be this ax it may, the Presidents views as to whether it would have been judicious to read such an act coincide exactly with those of the military authorities who had to deal with the mob, we print this morning, of ad before To | In reference to the New York republicans | fighting among themselves, the President summed up the situation most admirably, as follows :—Said he, “1 don’t think there is any lack of harmony among the republicans in | New York, fieans in name im that there is discord and that they try to make discord, but they don’t amount to much, When it comes to an elec- tion the discord always clears up. It is only in peace that soldiers grumble about rations, When ii comes to battle they have something else to think about.” There is one thing certain, judging from the interesting conversation our correspondent had with the President, and that is, that be is not blind to the manceuvrings of the New York political ration hunters, and that he knows their every turn and color, Generar McCook, democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, in consequence of the state of his health, was obliged several days since to vetire from the canvass. [1 is ramored that the General, unable to endure the fatigue and excitement of the campaign, has become deranged and that bis name will be dropped from the ticket. Should this be done the nomination will be tendered General Thomas King, : . | Some men there who are repub- A Novel Speck en the Political Herizowd In these days of political wonders politi- clans who do the pipe-laying for Presidential candidates have need to be constantly on their guard against surprises. To be sure there was a time when it was only necessary for the wire-pullers to pull in a certain direction to make this, that or the other ‘eminent states- man” rise to the surface and take bis chances for a straight run to the White House ; but the case is far different nowadays, At least the “leaders” say so, and they ought to know what is what in the matter. Somehow or other, pull as one will, the wires won't work just as well as they might, if every ‘Weader” didn’t want to be a candidate himself and cut out his next-door neighbor by fair means or foul. This may bea thing to be regretted, or it may not, just as one views the subject; but be that as it may, the pipe-laying for the next Presidential election has so far revealed the fact that there are more candidates in the field than all the wire-pulling wisdom ia the country know exactly what to do with. Under the circumstances the news furnished us by our correspondent from Paris must be peculiarly distressing to the ‘‘leaders” and all the other patriotic gentlemen who want some one of their particular friends to be President or who are itching to get to the White House themselves. It is a trite saying that aman often does his country good when he leaves it; but the idea of politicians going abroad for their own political good at home—in fact to make Evrope a stepping stone to the Presiden- tial chair—is, if not novel, certainly sufficiently sartling just at present to create « decided sensation in every political circle in the Union. Yet why have the wide awakes of the party not watched the way the wind has been blowing in Egypt of late? Did it never enter their minds that the Sage of Aubarn while hobnobbing with the Viceroy was making political hay for himself at the same time? That the further he went away from home the nearer he got to the White House? And, in fine, that he had so mapped out his route that if must of a certainty end at home just when he would be wanted as the right man to heal up the differences of the past and express himself gratified at being nominated for Pres- ident, while those who stayed at home and worked for the prize are put in the back- ground forever? Judging from the letter of our correspoa~ devt it must be that the range of Amer- ican politics has become too large for this country, or at least the country has be- come too small for it. If this be not the case why make a foreign capital the headquarters for White House plotting and the byways of Egypt and Japan the high road to Presidential honors? We have now the secret of the grand exodus of politicians from our borders every few weeks for months past. Hereafter letters to friends at home about the ruins of Paris, the length of the Sultan's beard or the beauties of Killarney will uo longer serve to hide the real doings of political pilgrims dur- ing their travels. Indeed, the subject is well worthy the consideration of our stay-at-home politicians, whose plans may be seriously in- terfered with if the pilgrims continue their dodges about. e The only way, in our opinion, to remedy the evil is to allare them back to their native shores, w here they can be abused as heartily for everything they say or do, and if they do or say nothing, fot everything they do not or say not, as evérg other Presidential aspirant. The Sage of Auburn is a shrewd old man, and he Iras lived many a day, and who knows, ifhe stays away from home much longer, what assistance his friend the Mikado may not be to him in case of a tight squeeze be- tween candidates in the conventions which assemble next fall? He will bear looking after, and so will all the other prominent gen- tlemen abroad, who may be even uow laying their pipes one way in Paris, while the folks at home are laying theirs quite another way. Tiaro Daxaos.—One of our special core respondents with the Corean expedition says that Admiral Rodgers refused to receive peace offerings of catile, chickens and eggs from the white-coated natives of that country, ause he preferred to accept no favors from the enemy until the insult to the American flag should be fully atoned. We wonder if ‘eute Admiral thinking of that when he declined Corean comforts ¢ Possibly he surmised that the sleek-looking cows and chickens and tempting eggs might be filled with cold “pisen” in some ingenious fashion known only to t Undoubtedly Rodgers his head level when he turned his back on the fresh beef and tender pulleta, was not famous wooden horse » Celestials, Personal Intelligence. ernor Bullock, of Georgia, is staying at th® th Avenue Hote. Senator Sprague yesterday arrived at the hotman House, Ex-Governor Varker, of New Jersey, and Mr. J. M, Astiey, of Oto, ave domiciled at the Astor Kilmer, of the Brazilian army, is among the late arrivals uf the Madison Avenue Hotet, nator Poland, of Vermont, is at the St, Nichola® | Grand Central Hotel. General Sedgwick, of Washington, ts at the Clarets don Hotel, J. A. Signiago, Italian Consul at Mempnis, Teati, a guest at the Grand Central. Mr. GO. Smith, of Rio Janeiro, and Judge Wil- liams, of Oblo, ave among the late arrivals at the Sturtevant House, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Florence arrived in the steamship. Russia last nigh oe | THE GRAND LOCAL IMPROVEMENT FETE AT LAKE MAHOPAC. It appears that the opening of the new bouievar® and inauguration of other extensive plans of m= provement at Lake Mahopac will be on an rmposing: scale, ‘This will take place next Thursday and Fri- day. A battalion of the Seventh regiment of New York, with band, colors and so forth, and mmamerous other iuyited guests, will be there, On the first day there ix to be a national salute at suprise,.a general reception of guests alterwards, a rustic dance on the lawn, dedication exercises, a grand Tour of the lake, a banqnet, and at night an ilumbaation of the lake, On Friday there will be a regatta, the cere mony of laying the corner stone of a nationat mnseura of natural history, and at might «4 grand (uit dress ball. Certainly this will be a@.most interesting: fete, and the works it will celebrate are, according to all accounts, worthy of it, General Viele, who has charge of the improvemeats, tas shown the same ability and taste in them that ne did in de~ siguing our beautiful Central Park, Lake Mahonac wil be henceforth one of the most attractive out of the many places of summer resort that surround and are WITHA @ CONVENES Aistance of Wis ateak, metrapolly Sa