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‘frat attracted particular notice a few years~ ago by a series of sermons delivered by him in the old Church of the Puritans in Union square. He speaks very deliberately, though not slowly, and delivers his sermons in a manner to'give one the impression that -they have been first written and then com- mitted to memory. When he has announced bis text he closes the Bible and talks to the ~congregation with very little apparent excite- ment or earnestness. He is popular with his «people; but some of them we know think he ‘runs too much after “‘sensation” topics to be as useful ashe might be. There is a good -deal of Methodist spirit and fire among his people, as their prayer meetings testify, and ‘when they wanted a missionary some time -ago they sought a Methodist in preference to ‘any other. And in this spirit Mr. Northrap seharea, though not to that extent which his people do, His polished style of oratory will not allow him to forget the minister in the man as fully as might be desired. He is, never- ‘theless, heartily with his church in every ‘Christian and local enterprise, and is ocouying ® prominent position to-day in the Presby- vterlan Church in this city. The Baltimere Episcopal Convention. The regular triennial Convention of the ‘Episcopal Church, which has been sitting in Baltimore for the last couple of weeks, has already accomplished much and promises, “before it adjourns, to accomplish much more. ‘Perbaps, however, its greatest work so far has ~been to show the religious world that it is pos- sible to discuss such inflammatory topics as vritualism and infant baptism without losing “She charitable temper and moderate language ‘of a Christian gentleman. Some of the speeches made on these and similar questions jhave been earnest and excited, but we have ‘yet to hear of such violent and undignified “debates as disgraced a convocation in England & few years back. The Convention, by the ‘temperate wisdom of its conduct in this regard, ‘has won the respect of all American Episco- “palians. “ The struggle-between the two great parties ‘of the Church—‘“‘High” and ‘‘Low”—is, how- ever none the less real and severe because it ars nolsy nor unseemly, The Episcopal arch now embraces men who differ from h other in theology almost as widely as a Greek Catholic and a Congregationalist. The ne party believe in the real presence, the ‘wacrificial character of the priest, the saving change wrought by baptism, even upon an Anconscious infant, and other kindred “‘high pacramentarian” doctrines. They approve as adjuncts of the discipline of the Church, con- ‘Feasion, penance, vows of celibacy, &.; and fhey place high value upon what Bishop Butler ‘of the Analogy) called ‘external religion”— ich practices, for instance, as making the wign of the cross and’ bowing at the name of Jesus. Opposed to this party is another, who Wisbelieve in transubstantiation, and take “low of the fanctions of the priest, and hate vith an uncompromising hatred anything that wpmacks, however faintly, of the doctrine and ractices of the Romish Church. It seems erful that a Church should have existed Kor » couple of centuries thus divided against Biself b; x we of tho ht 80 decidedly Sagat ‘here are no however, as yet of a coming disunion, and the present Con- rention officially declares that the Church was ever before in a state of more perfect unity. e debates, indeed, show a tolerance and for- aug and spirit of reconciliation which ponclusively demonstrate the impossibility of pn immediate schism, The fight may go gal- Jantly on within the lines of the Church; but e victors seemed disposed always to make a magnanimous use of their triumph and to save the consciences of the vanquished. as far as possible, by accepting verbal com- promises. So far the most important action taken by he Convention has been a declaration by the ‘House of Bishops that the word ‘‘regenerate” In the offices for infant baptism is ‘“‘not so wsod as to determine that a moral change in the subject of baptism is wrought in the sacra- gment.” The conflict upon ritual excesses has et to come off; but the indications are that he Convention will adjourn without taking any lecisive action upon this perilous question. Where is, however, now before it the report of ® committee recommending the passage of panons forbidding certain specific acts in the Rdotnistration of the Lord’s Supper and rescribing the vestments to be worn by the est. Such canons would be very obnoxious all men of high views, and even the ex- me evangelicals avow their belief that any rovisions of this character could be evaded the future as in the past. It does not seem probable, therefore, at present, that they will be passed. A Retos or Terror is reported in the of South Carolina covered by the Prresideat's proclamation of martial la: and japon the property of citizens who have fied fMlepredations, it is given out, ate committed py negroes and other evil-disposed persons; nd a doubtful fight is reported as having {taken place between s band of Ku Klux and Rhe United States troops on Broad River. is unpleasant intelligence ; but the most feature of it is that about ‘‘citisens ‘who have fled.” Why have they fled? Let Whom atop in their mad career and answer this question. How It Ortarmatep.—The story of the cow ‘and the kerosene lamp having been the origin of the Chicago fire is squelched by the affidavits of the owners of the property, who ‘swear that there was no fire in their stable ‘that night, and that their cows were milked Ypefore dark. This is unfortunate, for the Jeasson taught by the supposed origin of the conflagration in connection with kerosene might have been the means of saving many a human life by causing more care to be used in handling the inflammable material. The origin ot the fire, therefore, still remains a mystery. Tar Granp Crorors.—It is said that the 8 Grand Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia is no less a personage than a son-in- law of General Toombs, that famous man qho threatened, once upon a time, to call the coll of his slaves from the apex of Bunker Hill Monument amid the flashing lightnings of Southern rights and the rattling thunders of the constitution, It must be this man and not that other man who is the Grand Cyclops of Abe Georgia Ku Kluxes. NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, TURKEY. The Sultan About to Confiscate the Property of the Church, A Conflict Between the Crown and the Clergy in Prospect, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDon, Oct, 22, 1871. Telegrams from Constantinople report that the Turkish governiaent intends to appropriate the ecclesiastical property of the Mosques to the use of the State. THE MOSQUE INCOMES—PROPERTY CLAIMS OF THE MUBBULMAN CLERGY AND DANGERS OF THE RE- FORM, Some short time since we had intelligence from Constantinople like to the above. It was then stated that the Turkish government had re- solved to adopt measures “Jor the better man- agement, and in some cases for the sale of the ecclesiastical property of the country,” but the terms which were used in speaking of the matter rendered the proposed course somewhat alf- floult of comprehension to persons who had not pala atrention to Turkish nomenclature or the political situation which existed at the moment in the Porte Capital. é Isis generally believed abroad—in Europe and America particularly—that vacouf or church prop- erty in Turkey 1s nothing else than certain mainmort estates, held under different titles by a grasping clergy. Thus, public opinion gives an easy acquies- cence to apy act of vigor emanating from the Sul- tan against It; in fact, it 1s wished that the Otto- man government should follow the exam- ple set by the Western Catholic nations, In Turkey public worship is not supported at the cost of the state. The mosques, schools, alms- houses, baths and soup kitchens for the poor have all proceeded from private persons, who, in order to assure the preservaiton of these pious founda- tions, have, in conformity with the law, endowed them with a perpetual rent, which is secured on freehold property designated by the donor. Such ts the consecration of the vacouf property, and such the origin of all the religious establishments in the empire. Properly speaking, there is no Mussulman Clergy; each foundation paysout of its revenues some servitors called Imans, in the mosques, and the shetk-ul-islam. In consequence of the civil rule which the Koran exercises in family transac- tions, such as marriages, wilis, donations, adoption of chiidren, divorce, this person is more the presi- dent of a tribunal of appeal than a religious chief, The holuer of @ vacout enters upon the enjoyment of it after baving undertaken the following engage- ments towards the founder:— First—The payment of a determined sum. Second—His direct heirs alone have the right to inherit, to the exclusion of collateral branches. In case the holder, whois rather the possessor of the income than the proprietor, dies without direct issue the property goes to the administration, which puts it up to auction and sella it to the high. est bidder, imposing on him the conditions stipulated by the founder. The produce of the adjudication is added to the foundation, and the sum paid is evi- Gently very inferior to the real value of the property, which 1s depreciatea by the charges with which it remains saddied. In certain parts of the Turkish empire the vacoufs which have not found pur- chasers remain unused and unproductive both for the State and the work for which = they were designed. All yacoyfp are exempt trom taxes, and, according to persons who know Tur- key well, they embrace at least one-fourth of the whole territery. At Constantinople the propor- tion ts much greater, being estimated at two-thirds. -| thirds. In case of seizure by the State of such dedicated property 1t is easy to un- derstand what profound changes would be caused in the situation of families and tn private fortunes by a law modifying the conditions of mar- riage and inheritance. The poor must also be thought of, so that the subject of Church property confiscation generally requires the most comprehen- Give, Itberal and enlightened treatment by the states- men of Turkey. Otherwise it may produce infinite trouble in the East, ENGLAND. Deep Sea Electricity in Aid of Chicago. TELECRAM TO TRE NEW YORX HERALD. Lonpon, Oct, 22, 1871. Tne Atlantic cable companies have agreed to allow telegrams relating to the reliet of Chicago to pass over their wires free or tolls. Political Calculations of the Formation of a Mixed Cabinet. TELEGRAM TQ THE WEW YORK HERALS. MADRID, Uct, 22, 1871, Arumor prevails in political circles to the effect thet @ project is on foot for the arrangement of a new Ministerial combination, in which Sefiors Sa- gasta and Zorilla and one influential Spanish demo- crat are included. They are named as being Likely to coalesce for the purpose of effecting a rearrangement of the Cabinet, THE BONAPARTES. Prince Napoleon Safs in Cors‘ca. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALY. Paris, Oct, 22, 1871. Prince Napoleon Bonaparce landed av Ajaccio, Corsica, yesterday, after his exciting travel to and from Valence. There was no demonstration made by the Corst- cans on tne occasion of his arrival. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, News from the United Siates Asiatic Squadron. ‘The special correspondent of the Hsxa.p in Japan, ‘writing on the 11th of September, reports as fol- lo There bas been no change im the location of the Astatic squadron since my last letter. Lieutenant Commander Dougias R. Cassell has been detached from the Alaska as executive officer ng ordered to tne ANBESOE, ek rst Assistant Engineer W. H. jetac from the Alaska and ordered home for exseninstion Romeaat commander Water A ut ordered to,the Alaska as executive jae ee Chiet ineer OC, E. De Valin dered to the same vessel. Fatal Accident ew Board the Colprade. On the morning of the 3ist ult. a quarter gunner, named J. H. Smith, on boara the Colorado, fell from the main yard to the deck while the crew were going through the mancenvre of furling sails, and broke nis nece and inficting other injuries, which death resulted almost iustancaneutey. was a native of the United States und aged twenty- eight years. DABING ROBBERY OF AN EXPRESS CAR. CatRo, IIL, Oct, 22, 1871. At Union City, Tenn., last night, while the passen- gers of a Mopile and Obio Railroad train were at supper, three men jumped on the engine and ran the train back on the track for two miles, while two others entered the express car and robbed the safe of about $4,000. The bmg ‘Was at supper and had left one man on guard, who was overpowered by the robbers, The tmeves escaped. A SMUGGLER CAUGHT IN HOBOKEN. A seaman named Fritz Gragton was arrested yesterday afternoon while attempting to make away with sit packages of cigars from the German steamer lying in dock. The custom officer, Samuel Barker, took him to the station house, where he was imprisoned to await an investigation. Smug. giing is extensively carried on througn the German the quill menage meamers and ty partes generally to elude the vigilance of the authorities, NATIONAL COLORED CONVENTION. The Nation’s Full Grown Wards Discussing Their Rights. President Grant Endorsed—Carpet-Baggers Com- mended—The American People Asked to Extend Further Social and Commer- cial Privileges to the Negroes. CoLomsiA, 8. C., Oct. 22, 1871. ‘The National Colored Convention met in Colum- bia.on Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor Ranster, of South Carolina, being permanent Prestdent. On Thursday resolutions endorsing President Granvs administration were introduced and refer- red, Resolutions were adopted advocating the pre- servation of the reconstructed State governments and existing laws, and the continuance in power of the republican party also endorsing those republi- cans who have come to the South from the North, and deprecating an attack upon any class within the republican ranks, Resolutions were passec on. Friday deprecating emigration to Liberia. } Congressman Elliott, of South Carolina, submit ted yesterday an address to the American people. It asks for a more perfect recognition of the colored people in the workshops and all other tndustrial pursuits, that they may become proficient in me- chanical sciences, and thereby protect skilled arti- sans from having to compete in tne market with workmen of infertor capacity, and asks frem Con- gress aid for the education of the poor children of the South. It demands one standard of duty or policy for all citizens, it affirma that the colored citizens have no desire 10 strike a line of action not common to the whole people, and concludes with a hope for a speedy abolition of slavery in every part Of the world, LITERATURE. CRITICISMS OF NEW BOOKS. THY AMBRICAN TRAVELLER'S GUIDE. HARPER'S HANDBOOK FOR ‘TRAVELLERS IN EUKOPR AND THE East. go Pembroke Fetridge. Tenth Year. Ad York: per & Brothers, 1871, 12mo., pp. “Travelling,” says Emerson, “is a fool’s para- dise.”” Without stopping to consider in what sense ‘this oracular assertion is true, we may romark that, Of all people on the earth’s surface, the English and the Americans are, par exce'lence, the travelling races, if we keep on at the rate of the last few years, it will soon be rare to find an intelligent American, at least in our leading cities, who has not visited Europe. That there is a sufficiently large class of buyers of this five dollar “Handbook for Travellers in Europe” to pay for the issue of completely new editions every year is a significant proof of the spread of the European epidemic among us. For ten years has this nuge pocket-book of routes been revised and issued as an annual from the press of the Harpers. As the only work professing to cover the Continent of Europe which is annually issued its place in the category of guide books is a marked and important one, and entalls corresponding obit- gations upon publishers and compiler to make it everything which can fairly be exacted of such an enterprise. The work is very full, very well printed, abound- ing in maps of a certain class and generally well written. The compiler takes pains to have it known that he constantly resides abroad for the purpose of securing the freshest and most trustworthy tnfor- mation about all new routes of travel and changes in hotels and city edifices, That he bas succeeded im combining into his volume by repeated revisions more of interest and value to travellers than any other sinzle work contains is undoubtedly true. Such a book is and must continue to be a comfort to all persons visiting foreign ianis, as well as valuable to tnou- sands belonging to the “can’t-get-away club," who wish to have in compact shape some good index to the sights and scenes of the Old World. Yet there are grave faults in this work which it ‘would be an unworthy use of the office of oriticism t refrain from exposing. It is no part of the func- tion of the reviewer to join in an indiscriminate chorus of taudations even of a book apparently well established in public favor. On the contrary, the more prominent the space filled or attempted to be flied by the work the mure essential does it ecome that its defects should be pointed out, in order that they may be remedied. The present issue, ‘while omitting several pages of matter which had become obsolete—chiefly in the porticns relating to France—contains about forty pages of wholly new Material. This relates especially to London and other parts of England, which are described in this edition with far more fulness than before. Many new maps of cities also appear for the first time tn this issue. ‘We must remark, in general criticism of the plan of the work, that it contains far too few maps of special countries and routes, while it is needlessly full of plans ot cities and towns. By actual count— for we look in vain in the table of contents for any lust of maps whatever—there are fifty-three plans of cities and parts of citles and only eleven maps of countries. This exactly reverses the customary wants of the traveller, who needs constantly before him the best route maps of every country he ts likely to visit, while the mere street plans of cities are comparatively useless to him while en route, and very certain to be supplied in abundantly cheap forms in each city visited when wanted. Of what use is It to the traveller contempiiting a European tour to have his route book filled with elaborate ground plans of such minor cities as Stockholm, Pisa and Glasgow, when he looks in vain in its am- ple pages for a map of France, of Germany or of Italy t One more remarx on the subject of maps. Why 13 It that neither in this guide book nor in any English or American issue that we nave seen there nas not yet been adopted any of the frst class work that characterizes the German handbooks of travel? Why cannot the admirably clear, sharp aud beauti- ful cartography of Wagner, at Darmstadt, or the not Jess admirable lithograph of Justus Perthe’s map establishment at Gotha be avalied of to illustrate our best guide books? Let any reader contrast the Deantiful map work in even the cheap German haudpooks (as in Bedeker’s “Switzerland,” for example), with the muddy appearance of the maps of Great Britainin ‘Harper's Handbook of European Travel.’ In the former the outlines of every district stand out clear and sharp; the rivers and lakes are finely colored in blue, the mountains are delicately shaded in brown, and the roads and railways are traced with a masterly clearness that leaves nothing to be desired, In the latter, though the map work ts executed in London (bearing the imprint of “Stanford's Geographical Establish. ment”), there ia great indistinctness and faintness of outline; no coloring whatever is used, and the names of places are sometimes almost indistinguish- able by the naked eye. Yet these maps are far above the average found in American and English guide books, so lamentaoly wretwhed is the standard of such things with us, We regret to notice, as wo have done in all for- mer tasues of this work, @ very considerable amount of puffery of individaais and firms engaged tn busi- ness, Thus we are informed, on page 93, that “the most fashionable tatlors in London are Messrs. ——, — New Boni street. Nearly all the best-dressed Americans abroad are therr customers.” This state. ment, besides heing absurdly wide of the truth, is in outrageously bad taste in a work making any pre- tensions to be accepted ava fair and impartial Guide to travellers. What confidence can we place in Mr. Fetridge’s judgment of foreign places, hotels, &c., if we are to be continually reminaed that his boom is iull of advertising dodges of the most trans- parent description? ‘There is one plece of advice to traveliers for which the editor of this work will not receive the thanks of American Ministers abroad:—“The author would reiterate his advice, by all means, in visiting or passing through a place, to call and pay your re- spects to the representative of your country.” And, by way of snowing every traveller how to do it, he parades @ list of diplomatic and consular agents resident abroad. However it may be with consuls in the smaller glues, 16 Ws certainly avery unQgecee sary encroachment on the time of foreign Mintsters to have every countryman who chances to set his foot im Europe, tn no pubiic character, buton private ‘business or pleasure, running them down or chasing them up for personal attentions, The list thas ts §=6given, moreover, of these ofMcials, 18 extremely inaccurate, and has not been revised for years. Mr. Sheilabarger ts not cur Minister Reat- dent at Lisbon, whatever Mr. Fetridge may think, nor Edward Joy Morris at Constantinople, nor 0. C. Andrews at Copennagen; nor is Rev. M. J. Cramer Consul at Leipsic; nor is R. B, Van Valkenburgh Minister to Japan. In the portions of the work devoted to France, and especially to Paris, tue necessities of the times have led to great retrenchment of matter. And we are happy to observe that this has operated to the better- ment of the book in every respect, Whole pages of complimentary funkyism concerning the great Em- peror Louis Napoleon which appeared in furmer edl- tlons have been eliminated. Itis true thas, in mak- ing elisions and substitutions, extreme awkwardness results in some cases, Thus, on page 203, which Contained along and detalied description of the ceremony of a presentation at tne Court of the Em- Peror, the reader ods a whole paragraph gouged Out as with a chisel, while whas went before and after is left in a ludicrous non sequitur, as follows:— ance travellers will be anxious for a presentation but witne toe cent state apartments in ali their brilliancy, ag ali persons presented aitend the atate ball on the same evening. A similar surgical operation has been performed on the page following, with a result almost equally bungling. While great pains have been taken tn some Places to bring the wor up to the present time— ® chronology of the Franco-German war being introduced, for example, into the description of Paris—other anachronisms are left Wholly without correction. Thus the old descrip- tions of the Tuileries and the Hotel de Ville are re- printed at length without a word about the burn. ing, though we are assured in the preface that the work is brought up to May of the present year. Un- der Switzerland nothing ts said of the railway to the top of Mount Rigi, though It nas been in successful Operation for many months, The twenty concluding pages of the work, which are devoted to the United States, are still more crowded with blunders and anachronisms. The information conveyed was musty, if true, ten years ago, but 1s nuw utterly be- Bind the times. In fact, the whole matter relating to the United States should be leit out, as out of Place in what purports to be a handbook for travel- lers in Europe, and ita place supplied by new matter. Of what benefit ts it, for example, to keep spread- ing before the travelling pubtic, in annual eaitions, such misinformation as the following:—That “the Harper Building, with the new County Court House, are the only two complete fireproof buildings in New York” (page 719); that the population of Chicago is 160,000 (page 726); that the suspension bridge across the Ohio, from Cincinnati to Coving- ton, “is in a fair way to completion” (page 723); that the principal hotels at Saratoga are Union Hall, the United States and Congress Hall (page 732); that the principal theatres tn Boston are the Academy of Music, Howard Atheneum and Boston Museum (page 736); and that by the Newport line, from Boston to New York, travellers take the steamer at Fall River for Newportr Tar Book OF THE East AND OrHeR POEMS. Ricnard Henry Stoddard. Boston: James Oagood & Co., 1871. 16m0., pp. v., 249. Though tie title is a misnomer (the poems called “The Book of East’ filling but a few pages, and those at the end of the volume), there ta good stu’ In this little book. Here are poems of love and war, personal poems, poems of society and poems of literature and mythology. Through all these runs a pure taste and a felicity of execution, which, with muoh that ts imitative, and littic that is original or very striking, renders the work pleasant reading to such lovers of the muse asare not always in fastidi- ous mood, and who do not insist that nobody shall sing save they who know “to bulld the lofty rhyme.’ By R. BAPBER’s AMERICAN BOOK OF ReADY MADE SPEECHES. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. Tae speeches in this volume are well enough in their way, but they cannot save it from being em- Phatically what theologians call “a work of super- erogation,” at least in this country, where “the gift Of gab” ia unhappily universal. A good substitute for the book would be @ conspicuous placard in the school room, with this inscription:—‘‘speech Is sil- vern but silence is golden." LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Marx Twain's Naw Book, now ia press in Hart- ford, will be a description of a trip to California in the flush times of 1849, with humorous reminiscences of tue gold excitement, ali of which he saw and part of which he was, Louis Fiquigr’s New Book, “The Future Life Ac- ccrding to Science,” will be published in a transia- tion by Roberts Brothers, of Boston. Miss EpNa Dean Procror, of Brooklyn, well known asa writer of graphic prose and melodious poetry, has in press “‘A Russian Journey,’ descrip- tive of a tour of over a year performed by her in the vast and progressive Russian empire. J. R, Osgood & Co, will bring out the book. A New Porm, entitied ‘“‘The Wanderer,” by Wi- Mam Ellery Channing, nephew of Dr. Channing, is in the press of J. R, Osgood & Co. Mk, Grant's “History of the Newspaper Press” has appeared in London, and the Athenq@um says it is ‘4oosely put together,” though interesting. What else could be expected of the autnor of “half a hundred volumes?’ “MBMORIES OF THE BRITISH MusEUM” ts the title of a book soon to appear from the pen of Mr. Rob- ert Cowtan, long an assistant ‘ibrarian in that use- ful institution. mR. E. A. FREEMAN'S ‘‘History of the Norman Conquest” is to be completed soon by the issue of a fifth volume. When will he complete his ‘‘Hits- tory of Federal Government,” the first volume of which was publised as far back a8 1863? Messrs. G, P. PUTNAM & Sons will soon complete their publication of the late John P. Kennedy's writings by nia “Political Papers, Occastoual Ad-+ dresses and Miscel'anies.” Gorvon CumMING, the African traveller, has published @ new book entitied “Wild Men and Wild Beasts; Scenes In Camp and Jungie.” AMONG THE MULTITUDE of private libraries, more or less valuable, destroyed in the Chicago fire were the collections of EB. B. McCagg, rich in philology and English literature; John Y. Scammon, notable for its iarge collection of Swedenborgtan literature; H. L. Monroe and Perry H. Smith. Mrs. A. D. T. WaiTNsx's New Story, under the title of ‘‘Real Folks,’ is in the press of J. R. Usgooa & Co., Boston. J. T. TROWBRIDGR, the popular novelist for the Juveniles, will soon publish ‘Jack Hazard and His Fortunes,” @ story for every boy. Mus. GEORGE LUNT, OF BosTON, is said to be the author of that remarkable book on insane asylums entitied “Behind the Bars.” Lisgi SUITS have been brought against seven Ger- man authors and journalists by Count Benedetti, whose fault or whose misfortune it was to hasten the deciaration of war by France against Germany. Louisa Mintbach, tne novelist, has the honor to be one of the sued. As the Prussian tribunals have to try the cases M. Benedettl may net more cost than damages. MapaMe Ratrazzt has written # new potitico- romantic book, entitled “Les Mystéres du Secona Empire." Lorp St. LEONARDS, now ninety-one, has been appropriately honored oy the dedication to him of a new book, entitled “The Secret of Long Life.’ Ris Lordship wrote, a3 Edward Sugden, sixty-six years ago, @ famous dook on Vendors and another on Powers, both of which are among the law text books frequently reprinted, EpMonD Apovrt, tt is sald, receives the largest salary paid to any French journalist—40,000 franes per annum. SCHOOLS OF TYPOGRAPHY are established in most cities o1 Germany, and so great is the excellence, com- bined with cheapness, attained in the typographic art, that multitudes of English books, designed for English ctroulation, are set up and printed tn Germany, at the order of London publishers, Such technical schools have little or no existence in Rng- land of the United Staten, 1871.-TRIPL.~ SHEET, w.ASHINGTON. Return of ta.° President to His Winter quarters. Preparations for Observing the Transit of Venus. The Case of Paymaster Paulding. Wasainaron, Oct. 22, 1871. ‘The Return of the President. ‘The Presidential party returned here this morning from thetr New England tour, much pleased with the cordial reception which they everywhere met om their journey. Some of the gentlemen who accompanied the President deciare that he has every reason to felicitate himseif on his popularity ‘With the New England people, These persons also speak of the absence of Senator Sumner {rom all of the demonstrations as exceedingly marked, iu view of the fact tnat nearly every prominent public man within reach of the President’s route took occasion to meet, aud in many instances to accompany the party. Now that the executive branch or the government is back to Washington for the winter we msy expect active preparation for the coming fession of Congress. A number of Senators are already here, and every day adda to the list of arrivals, A Cabinet meeting will probably be held on Tuesday. The Approaching Eclipse ot the Sun—?repa- rations of the Scientists. The United States will not participate with the governments of Europe in making observations of the total eclipse of the sun on the 12th of December next. The corps of obseryers at the Naval Observa- tory would cheerfully have accepted the invitation Of the British astronomers, but owing to their ab- sence last year in making observations of the eclipse in Southern Europe the work of the Observatory 1s very much Qebind, and they alone could have been despatched under orders of the Navy Department, our government failing to make provision for an expedition to Asia. Tae corps of professors Who were m Southern Europe last Decemder— Messrs Simon Newcomb, Asaph Hall, Willlam Sarkness ani John R. Eastman—have, 10 addition to their regular duties since their return, had the additional work of preparing reports of the observations made on the occasion of the laet total eclipse. Besides, if these additional duties had not been Imposed upon them, a greater duty has been assigned two of the principal professors, Messrs, Harkness and Newcomb, now engaged in making experiments in photography to determine its value for astronomical purposes, this being the first pre- paration for making ovservations of the approach- Ing transit of Venus in 1874. It will be visible only in Aastralia and along the coast of Unina and Japan, and aa it is the intention of the Unived States to send a very large scientific expedition to this portion of the globe for the purpose of making the most extended observations, the Navy Department. desires to take the lead on that occasion, as it did on the occasion of the total eclipse of the sun in August, 1869, and Decem- ber, 1870, Congress, at its last session, designated Aamiral Sands and Professors Newcomb and Hark- ness, of the Naval Observatory, and Professor B. F. Pierce, of the United States Coast Survey, and Pro- fessor Joseph Henry, ot the Smithsonian Institute, @ Board under whose direction all money appropri- ated to defray the expenses of the preparations for tnis expedition should be expended, {It has long vpeen a dispute among scientists whether pholo- raphy is of trustworthy service in making astro- Bomical observations, and that science may have tue beneflt of their tests, the first appropriation of $2,000 will be used in the most careful experiments tha: can be made. The report of the observations of the total eclipse im southern Europe last December, made by the Naval Observatory professors, will be the first pub- lished by any of the corps of observers sent to the Mediterranean by the leading nations of the earth. The work 1s now complete in the hands of the gov- ernment printer, and the first copies are expected to be ready for distribution on the Ist of Novem- ber. It will contain an futroductory arlicie from Admiral B, F. Sands, Superintendent of tne Obser- vatory; Professors Simon Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William Harkness and John R, Eastman, of the Ob- servatory, and Captain G. T. Tapman, of the English service, It wit bea volume of 13? quarto pages, ‘well illustrated, and wili contain much vatuabie in- formation. The most important report in the fortn- coming volume will be, a3 im the one on the eclipse in 1869, from the pen of Professor William Harkness, He was stationed on the Isle of Sicily, and his line of observations were nearly the same as followed at Des Moines on August 7, 1869. In this report he ada- vances an original opinion concerning the physical construction of the corona of the sun, He says that after a thorough discussion of all known facts, he bas come to the conclusion that, when seen tna clear sky, the corona is purely @ solar pheaomenon, pro- duced by avast body of incandescent gas which surrounds the sun and 1s erupted from ft in the game manner as the red prominences, Of this Pro- fessor Harkness was fally satisfied at the conclusion of his last observation, and that opinion has been confirmed by the careful examination of the reports of the most eminent observers who have directed their attention to what has so long been known as the astronomers’ puzzle. The Case cf Majer Paulding. In connection with the Hodge defaication, state. ments were recently made which do injustice to Ma- jor Paulding, formerly paymaster inftne army, who, in 1866, was tried for an alleged violation of an order in having transferred his deposits from the Firet Nationa! Bank to the Merchants’ National Bank, which institution soon thereafter failed, the ernment losing tne entire amount of money. In- stead of having veen tried as a defauiter, he waa, according to the finding of the Court, espectally ex- onerated from having any personal or interestea motive in makingthe transfer. Neither is it true that he was ever in the Penitenti: nor did the Court’s sentence so remand him. He was ordered to @ military prison for a year, and was in Fort McHenry for three months, when he was re- leased by order of Secretary Stanton. Had it been thought his action im the removal of his deposit was anything more than an error of judgment it seems quite certain the penalty for the loss of $275,000 would have been something more than the one im- posed, which was merely nominal confinement within the grounds of the garrison on parole, It was shown that he never used for private purposes f& dollar of the $190,000,000 entrusted to him, and went out of office poorer than he was when he en- tered the service. Promotion in the Russian Lezation. Mr. Boris Danzas, First Secretary of the Russian Legation in this city, has been promoted bs cleatnte cilior of the Imperial College of St. Petersburg ‘This advancement, however, wiil not interfere with his duties at the Legation. Mr. Boutwell Left for New York to-night. ‘The Anglo-American Commi: sion. The rooms of the United States aud British Com. mission have been neatly furnished, and apartments designated for the Court, the Commission, and the Secretary. The Commissioners are now prepared for business, but the sesston will not be resemed until the 5th of November, Im the meantime, in- structions and the necessary blanks will be furnished to all who may desire them, ‘be Civil service Comminsion was yesterday engaged im considering spevial cases of exemption from the proposed system of examina- tions for office, Patents. The Acting Commissioner of Patents yeaterday ox- tended the pateat of John P. Manny, of Rockford, Il., for mowlag machines, and refused the appiica- tion of Nigholas Whiteball, of Ohio, for the exten- sion of hs patent for & cultivator. I Ae-Saving Apparatus on Stenmboats. Tae Board of Steamboat Supervising Laspectors ‘fore yeateraay ocoupted in discussing and exam, 1 ing Ute-presorving apparavus, 7 iene. WARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA Reign of Terror Among the Citizens. THE FIGHT WITH FEDERAL TROOPS. Nee eee Wholesale Arrests by the United States Marshals, Conompta, 8. €., Oct. There \ha¥ been nothing definite ma bain ow to the rejsorted coniict between the citizens and tne United Staves troops at Brosa River. Parties claim- ing to be tp ofielal conflaense assert tuat tne citt- gensor Ku Klux met with @ repulse, tnoagn: mey were armed with Winchester rites. Tne military, however, deemed I¥ necessary to send for reinforce. ments, which would warrant the belief that they’ met with @ determined remstanve ow the part of tne alleged Ko Klux. Accounts centinue to state that tne veign of ver- For increases im Spartanverg, Onion am? York coun- ties, dnd that the populace’ are thorougaly demor- alized. Whole families are fying the Stave, and women and children are so far the greatest sufferers by the proclamation of martial law. arrests of citizens‘still contings, until now nedriy every prominent man in the inz*rrectionary coun ties 18 imprisoned ami guarded by the miNtary. Nineteen citizens were brought Mere to-day and lodged in the jail. United States Marshal Johnson says that about sixty more will be brought down to-morrow in charge of a strong detachment of troops. Cavairy is chicfly used in making raids and: arrests, & private soldier has been tmprisoned at Yorkville” for advising citizens to fy and avoid arrest, im- Pprisonment and the Albany Penitenttary. Attorney General Akerman visited Yorkville about @ week since and instructed the Marshal, bis dépa- ties and the troops as tu the course to be pursued, after the proclamation of martial law. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Announcements. Nilsson to-night at the Academy, and @ jam. Sothern at N:plo’s as Lord Dundreary. Miss Cushman appears as Meg Merrilies -as- Booth’s. “aggravating Sam" aod “The Nervous Man” are the attractions at Wallack’s. The St. James Theatre (Apollo Hail) opens this evening with a fne operetta and vaudeville com- PevPoeahontas” will be presented at the. Unloa Pauare Theatre. ‘achtel in “‘Wilitam Tell’ at the Stadt. Miss Jennie Hughes sings at the Comique. Aimeé brings out ‘Fleur de The’’ week at Lina Edwin's, De EN pt dr my! bon Chicago sufferers op Tuesday, at LON le Dan ice annoanoes tue last week of the Parts a Circus in city. mee roduces Augustin Daly's ‘“bivorce’”” sings in “The Messiah" a to-morrow evenin; ‘Fcademy on Friday. Forrign Notes. Mina Amy Sedgwick made her reappearance on the boards of the Haymarket Theatre on the 66h of October. Anew building after the style of the Alhambra, . Leicester square, has been completed at Brussels, and was opened last month.. Taglioni has prepared for the Court Theatre of: Berlin a grand allegorical ballet illustrative of the late campaign. Three huadred you! virgins of Berlin are to appear in the uniform of Bismarck’s White Catrassiers. On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the appearance on the stage of Priulein Franziska Berg, of the Theatre of Dresden, the King sent the distinguished actress a costly present, aad her col leagues presented her with & silver laure! wreath. Tne officers of the Royal Artillery nave relieved the dulness whico prevails in the garrison daring tho autumn manuvres by giving 8 dramatic enter- tainment at the soldiers’ Theatre, Woolwich. The leces perlormed were “Miiky White” and “Little jdiekins,’’ and the princival actors were Captain Newall, Captain Ouchteriony aad Lieutenant de Lacy ray. They were assisted by Mra, Poynter and Miss Hughes. Liszt has finisned his grand oratorio, ‘‘Christas,”” and sent the manuscript to Vienna, where the work 1s to be executed. It is aivided 1uto three parts and fourteen characteristic scenes, thus mapped out:— ea a ata 2, Pastoral and Annunciation of the - gels. Bhepuerd 6, The Sanctification. 7. Pater Noster.. 8. The Forim- ing of the Church. 9, The Tempest, 10. Entry into Jerusalem. 11. Tristis est anima mea. 12. Mater dolorosa, 13. Easter Hyma. 14 Christ is risen. Mme. Pare} Steinway Hal Santley sings at the Brookiyn Personal Intelligence. The HegaLp special correspondent tn San Fram cisco says:—We have among the recent arrivals Mrs. Lucas, sister of John Bright, the Eaglish states. man and reformer. She intends to make a tour of the world before returning home. Sue leaves. here for China shortly. VIEWS OF THE PAST. 23. 1870—Sehtestadt,, France, surrendered to the Pru sians after a severe bombardment. 1862— Prince Alfred, of Englaad, was deciarea King of Greece at Athens. 1856—The Canton forts in China attacked and takes by the British, 1641—Rebeliion of Catholics and massacre by them of 40,009 Protestants in Ireland. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Westphalla will leave this port om Tuesday for Plymouth and Hamburg. ‘rhe mails for Europe will close at the Post. 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