The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK NERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, 144 pon = i BOOTHS THRATRE, Twen! ay.—Exocd AuDeN UNION SQUARK THEATRE, way —Naval i sGageeants—B a street, corner Sixth | th st. and Broad. 7 ram Kitowns, WALLAC ATRE, Broadway and 1th street.— Loxpow A " FIPTH AYENCE THEATRE, Twenty fourth street. — ANTIOLE # | 8T. JAMES TH eichth street and Broadway —Meok ” WooD's MUSE voor Sth st.—Per- M, Broadway formances aiteruoow and evening. —O» awn. LINA EPWIN'S THBATRE, 729 Mroadway —Poot or | ux Fanity—Wantro a Farann, ao. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery —Tae Tioeeror Leave Man—Dex Prviscaura | OLYMPIC T Broadway.—Tos Bavuet Pan rowINk oF He ty PARK THEATRE, opposite Clty Mall, Brooklyn.— | Boy Drrecrive, } THUY THRATRE, near Third | av. and Permvcnte, MRS. F. OB BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Brut, Waters o. GRAND OPE Fait nant S TAEATR iss, Ne E SAN FRAN O HALL, 58 Broadway.—Sam Smarr. Ley's Minsri Matinee ‘at 2 TONY P. OPERA HOUSE, No. 21 Bowery. URLESG Neano Ecce OLTTES, » ke CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Graxp Iseteuewrtan Concent. i PAVILION, No. 688 Broadway, near Fourth t.—Lapy Oncnxsrma. NEW YORK MUSEUM 01 NATOMY, 618 Brondway.— BOgNCK AND Ant. E SHEET. TRIPL New York, Thursfay, May 23, 1872. TODAY'S HERALD. CONTEN PAGE. '§ OF | rifles ' even to make the government contemptible in The Senate and Administration Work- ing at the Treaty—What Should Bo Done with It. Under the combined pressure of tho lobby and the appeals of the Secretary of State the republican Senators are answering to tho party whip, and the mouths of several of those known to have been opposed to the ratification of the supplemental article are now said to be hermetically sealed. Saving the treaty at all hazards is the object of Mr. Fish. Ho is ready to sac- public honor, national pride, and the eyes of the world rather than give up his hobby. Having made this the great question of his official term in the State Department, to bring himself popularity and fame, and it being almost the only important one he has touched since he be- came Secretary, he is intent on succeeding ' ia his purpose, whatever may be the consc- | quences to the country. His amour propre is aronsed. His own reputation is the first con- sideration. No doubt ho has endeavored to persuade the President that the reputation of the administration is at stake, and that the President's chance of re-clection will depend in fimeasure upon saving the treaty, and, per- haps, has been successful in that; but really his object was to honor himself in the first place, and is now to save himself from the charge of inconsistency and weakness, This is natural in such a proud and weak man. But is tho honor of the republic to be sacrificed to gratify one man? Is the pride of the nation to be humbled that this Cabinet officer may save his credit, and that it may be said he made the treaty and forced it through? That really is tho issue just now, though covered up by tho pretence that the treaty is a valuable one for us and necessary to preserve peace. The people care little about the treaty. The administration has blundered so much over it that the con- summation of it now would not win popular favor; besides, there is a general and well- founded opinion that under present ciroum- stances it would not bring harmony. Advertisements. R—Advertisements. | 8—Robeson's ‘rial: The Majority and Minorities | of the Investigators’ Report; His Honesty Ad- rer all Impeachment: Tis in the Senate Chambe: d Judge Present Before the Court Adjourned to Mect in Saratoga—Yacht- | he South Brooklyn Serub ievatta—The | till Spreading: New Trades Take the Fie!d as Fast as the Old Ones itetire Vic- torious—Amuesty in the South—The Search for Dr. Livingstone. Tho Ac- | 4—The November Contest: Sketches of Alcorn and Ames eley's Cause at Baltimore; Forney Fee onfusion of the Olncinnatl 5 husetts: Pro- ing in Favor of | .int—Senator | Grant Repub- iscovery of a je Gubernatorial aneous Political cond Day of the Spr ting—The Jers y Frauds, BeFinanciai and Commercial 114; Interest- ing Jxhibit of the Britis Board of Trade Showing the Balance of Trade Between Great Britain and the United States; Heavy if Decline wlidate for | evening, ; | Bar; The | The remarks of the Pall Mall Gazelte on the effort to save tho treaty, in its issue of Monday which camo as a special cable despatch to us and was published in the Henan yesterday, are full of good sense and meaning. ‘The whole drift of public feeling and opinion in England,’’ it remarks, ‘‘justi- fies us in saying that the worst thing to do is to save it. Saving the treaty means offence and humiliation—to America or to England, or to both nations. It means the renewal and not the abatement of the ill-feeling it was | intended to allay. How to ‘save the treaty means who shall ‘eat the leek,’ or whether some means cannot be invented whereby both parties shall agree to eat it in each other's presence.”’ After adverting to the fact that the American papers exclaim against the adoption of the supplemental treaty aud express the opinion that its accept- in Our Exports—The Liberat the Presidency Learning Fin Heavy Money A iovernments Strong; | mm and Bull, Railway | e from the | Southern 5 Mortgages Steady and Quiet; Money Easy and | Foreign Exchange Unchanged; Stocks Om | Meothovtist wi Conierence—The Diocesan | Convention— in Synod—Payin r Father Burke an in Stabbed, ling Article, * enate and Administration Working at the Treaty—What Should Be Done With 1t’—Amusement An- nouncements. V=The Trea he * ; Ho Telegrams from Franc News from Washingto' lowed he HERALD Gets Its News—Cable pain and Germany— eting of the Ii- nois Republican State Convention—Mlscel- laneous Telegrams—Business Notices. 8—Proceedings in the New York Courts—The Trial of Stokes—Gould and Gordon—The Low- den Malpractice Case—Moving Mapnre—The Perth Amboy War—Marriages, Birth and Deaths—Advertisements. 9—Advertisements. WeRev. Dr. Huston: Second Before the Ecclesiastical The May Anniversaries—Welcon Storrs—The National Board of Underwriters—Present of a State House to Conuecticut—Shipping Intelligcnce— Advertisements. l—Advertisements 12—Advertise: ti You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choice. Grant mn '69:—I BRING TO THE OFFICE A CONSCIENTIOUS DESIRE TO FILL IT, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE SATISTACTION OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE."’ Greevey mn '72:—‘‘WrtH THE DISTINCT UN- DERSTANDING THAT IF ELECTED I SHALL BE THE PRESIDENT, NOT OF A PARTY, BUT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION.” Tnx Fussy Necrogs or Hayrt.—Our dusky friends in the Antilles, whose neighbors we were asked to admit into the sisterhood of the States, seem to be unreasonably exercised over tho landing of a boat's crew and a small gun from the United States war steamer Nantasket on their shores. The American commander had not the remotest thoughts of hostility against the colored magnates, but simply wished to exercise his men. Our Haytien friends should remember that we would not have them at any price, and that we have other employment for a boat's crow and a howitzer besides sending them to subjugate their min- jature republic. ‘There is a difference, all may seo, ‘Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee, But there is no difference between the posi- tion of Grant in 1868 and of Greeley in 1872. One might suppose Greeley's letter of accept- ance to have been written on the model of Grant's letter and inaugural of nearly four years ago. Tae ComMANpER oF THE Kansas displayed commendable pluck and determination in pro- tecting the steamer Virginius against o Spanish Alleged Success of the Fish-Ratifi- | Tl eek"? Must Be Swal- | ance would be disereditable and dangerous, it goes on to say that ‘both peoples would be pacified and content at once if the treaty and the negotiations connected with it were dvopped as an “irremediable blunder, for which the two governments are alone to blaine. Thisis the proper fate of the treaty, and the only safe and peaceful way of dis- posing of it." We have expressed the same views with regard to the attempt to patch the treaty after it became a subject of dispute and its harmonizing influence was lost. To mend it now in the way proposed would leave a feeling of dissatisfaction and irritation, in America at least, and, perhaps, in England also, though this country only would surren- der anything by the adoption of the supplemental treaty. If we withdraw the claim for consequential damages, as proposed in the supplemental treaty, the whole question will be surrendered, however much this may be covered up by honeyed words or diplomatic trickery. No treaty that is not explicit and frank in its terms and meaning, or that conveys the impression of overreaching, can produce harmony between the two nations. Peace and friendship can- not be perpetuated by a patchwork of ex- pedients. The Edinburg Review of April, in an exhaus- tive article on “The Claims of the United States,”’ takes much the same view of the treaty. It says:—‘‘The language of the treaty is as obscure and involved as the notions it seems intended to convey. Itis alike remote from the language of diplomacy and the lan- guage of law, and in some articles the expres- sions used mean, or may mean, the exact reverse of what they are intended toconvey.'’ But the writer is not satisfied with attacking the treaty for its ambiguity, and, consequently, for the possible fruitful source of future trouble that lies in that—he exposes the inconvenience and even danger in the new law it embodies with regard to neu- trals. “Be the authors of this document who they may,”’ the article says, ‘we are convinced that they misconceived the fundamental prin- ciples of law recognized by the jurisprudence both of America and England, and that they would substitute for them rules and obligations which would render the position of neutrals in time of war absolutely intolerable, and would compel them in preference to resort to war.’ Making a new law for neutrals, or one more stringent than existed before, fér the sake and purpose of applying it to the past, was a bungling way of overcoming a difficulty. It was contrary to cruiser and maintaining the dignity of the | precedent, legal sense, and was, in fact, ex post American flag, and his report to the Secretary of the Navy, published in yesterday's Heratp, gave satisfaction to-all his fellow citizens; but an undue excess of boasting, and what might be regarded by some as buncombe, mars his report. He says: —‘‘With what pride I looked upon the officers and men of this vessel a8 we steamed out of the harbor, as they stood on the sanded deck, armed and equipped, at their loaded guns. Every man would have done his duty.” He also hints as to what the result would be, with Dahlgren guns and American men-of- Waremen at his back. Now this wonld be ad- mirable in a dime novel, but it sounds rather outot place in an official report of a naval commander doing what he conceived his uty. Had the last few sentences of the report been left out Lientenant Commander White's no- count of his action would have gained much in modesty aud dignity. Gallant officers are not generally in the habit of boasting about what they would do if they only get the chance, facto law. But that is not the worst feature of it, for we suppose two great nations can com- init such an absurdity if they please, and be bound by it. The evil lies in what the reviewer says of making the position of neutrals in time of war absolutely intolerable, The gravamen of the charge against Eng- land was her unfriendliness in hastily recog- nizing the rebels as belligerents—in doing what no friendly nation ought to do under the circumstances. The want of due diligence in letting the Alabama and the other cruisers es- cape from her ports to prey upon our commerce was an aggravation of the first act of unfriend- liness and a violation of the tacitly recognized obligations of a neutral and friendly Power, But as there was no positive international law to fully meet the case and to define that ‘due diligence’ which carries with it liability, a prospective in its operation, Great Britain persisting all the time that she had not failed in her duty in the past, and only agreed to the new rule regarding neutrals, as she pretended, for the sake of peace and friendship, leaving it to the Geneva Board of Arbitration to say whether under this rule she was liable or not for damages. Both governments appeared to be so desirous of getting over the difficulty that England conceded and protested at the samo time, and the United States fell into the neutral trap which in the end must plague her and render her position in time of war “absolutely lutely intolerable."" They seemed to have little thought of the effect of this rule in the future— of this moro stringent neutrality—which must certainly prove embarrassing to the United States, and were intent only on doing some- thing to cover up the past. There was tho semblance of insincerity and expediency from first to last, a want of directness and frank- ness, and the treaty was a sort of subterfuge. The quarrel over it since it was signed is only tho natural consequence of such tortuous diplomacy. After the treaty was signed, however, there is no doubt that the reference of the Alabama claims, as set forth in the American case, to the Geneva Arbitrators, was proper. Though it is probable the United States would not bo awarded consequential damages, and perhaps not direct damages, the case should have stood as presented. Tho supplemental treaty, proposing to modify the case and to withdraw the claim for indirect damages, is really an insult to this country. But we can hardly lay the whole blame on England, for this act of humiliation emanated indirectly from our own State Department. Tho British government was glad, of course, to seize the opportunity of- fered for saving the treaty without making any concession itself. This trouble and humilia- tion and disgrace to America must be attributed to the intense desire of Mr. Fish to savo his own reputation by saving the treaty. But would it not be better to let it go? Since it has been muddled so badly and the people of both countries have become dis- gusted and irritated, no good is likely ever to come out of it. Let it drop into oblivion. The two nations will remain at peace and will be more careful, perhaps, to avoid offence. By and by, after a new administration comes in, another treaty might be made, with more light to guide the negotiators, and without the ob- jectionable feature of a new and moro strin- gent rule for neutrals, which is incorporated in the Washington Treaty. By that time, pos- sibly, the statesmen who may undertake the work will have learned the necessity of being frank and direct in their langnage and pur- pose. Woe advise General Grant to take charge of this matter himself, to supersede tho Secretary of State, to cast aside the State De- partment lobby, to pay no heed to the selfish stockjobbers and claimants, to recommend Congress to pay the individual claims, to fol- low public sentiment, maintain the dignity and honor of the republic, and leave the settle- ment of our difficulties with England to a more convenient and suitable time. You Pays Your and You Takes Your Choice, Grant in '69:—‘I BRING TO THE OFFICE A CONSCIENTIOUS DFSIRE TO FILL IT, 10 THE BEST OF MY ADILITY, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE."’ Greeney 1 °T “WITH THE DISTINCT UN- DERSTANDING THAT IF ELECTED I sHaLl. BE THER PRESIDENT, NOT OF A PARTY, BUT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION." Money law was made to be retroactive as well as | Tho Shakspoare Siatue in the Park. There will be a gala time in the Central Park to-day. The statuo of the Bard of Avon, about which so many expectations have been formed, and on which the public mind has been so long fixed, will be unveiled with all the impressive ceremonies whic such an event naturally inspires. Thero will be ap- propriate addresses by Judge Daly, Colonel H. G. Stebbins and William Cullen Bryant; an original poem read by Edwin Booth, and grand music by Thomas’ orchestra and the chorus of the Arion Society. Of course the lovers and patrons of art—and in this city their name is Legion—will all be there todo honor to the commanding genius of one whose magic wand has swayed the world of intellect with a more potent rule than aught ever achieved in history by the sword. He has long been the instructor of men, rousing them to deeds of heroism, melting their hearts by his pathos and tender- ness, touching with a master hand every chord of the soul; now merry and mischievous as his own Puck, and again sad and grave as the Prince of Denmark. Nature became his most faithful servant, and reflected herself in ao thousand forms in the mirror which he held upto her. She endowed his mind with the gift of everlasting youth, and made him an ever-welcome guest for all ages on the stage and in the study, wherever a cultivated mind may be found. It is but fitting that the metropolis of America should do honor in such a noble manner to the poet of poets. The love of the sublime and beautiful is constantly growing in the American mind, and art and literature find as ardent devotees here as even the historic and time- honored places where once the master spirits of these twin sisters conceived their imperish- able works. The Park is gradually being peopled with the choicest works of art and literature, and we trust that the day may not be far off when every path and every drive in the garden of the metropolis will recall some poem, some drama, or other monument of human genius. Then from these lips of bronze will come many a silent yet eloquent lesson to the thousands that visit the Park and breathe the fresh air beneath the foliage that screens each path. Recreation and instruction will go hand in hand, and while the body is refreshed the mind may be profitably oceupied in the contemplation of the grandest subjecta in art and literature. i Is Anpy Jomyson ror THe Crxctyxatr Ticket?—The Greenville (Tenn.) Sentinel of the 16th inst. contains a broadside letter, with accompanying documents, from ex-President Johnson to the Jackson Association ot Pitts- burg, written in January, 1871. The topics dis- cussed are of course rather old ; but this letter from the ex-President serves to revive the re- collection of the fact that some of the strongest State papers ever presented to Congress from the Executive came from the hand and were the work of the brain of Andy Johnson. This, howover, is but repeating a recent remark of one of New York's most distinguished states- men. Greenville is the residence of Mr. John- “Greeley and Grant’ for President and Vice NEW YUKK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. the 6x-Prosident, is itto be supposed thut me latter supports the Cincinnati ticket ? “THE RAISING OF REVENUE, WHETHER BY TARIFF OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AND TREATED AS THE PEOPLE'S IMMEDIATE BUSI- NESS, TO BE SHAPED AND DIRECTED BY THEM THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, WHOSE ACTION THEREON THE PRESIDENT MUST NEITHER OVERRULE BY HIS VETO, ATTEMPT TO DICTATE, NOR PRESUME TO PUNISH, BY BESTOW- ING OFFICE ONLY ON THOSE WHO AGREE WITH HIM OR WITHHOLDING IT FROM THOSE WHO DO nor, * * * WirH THE DISTINCT UNDER- STANDING THAT, If ELECTED, 1 SHALL BE THE PRESIDENT, NOT OF A PARTY, BUT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, I accepr your Nomrnation.’’—Jixtract from Greeley’ s Letler of Acceptance in 1872. The French Debate the War Contracts—Exciting Scene in the As- sembly. The Parliamentary discussion of the mili- tary contract system observed by the French government during the war with Prussia was continued in the Legislative Assembly at Versailles yesterday. ‘The republican logislators deem it their duty to verify the army history of the day, and thus havo it pass on the record of the moment in as correct a form as possible. This broad and useful intent runs danger of being marred to o very considerable extent by the oxpression of party projudice and an indulgence in narrow-minded, useless reflec- tions, concerning past events. M. Pasquier replied to M. Rouher in words of great severity, besides ventilating his own personal patriotic action in exposing the public cor- ruptions which existed under Bonaparte. Ho denounced Napoleon with great vigor, and concluded by calling on the empire to “restore to France her legions, her provinces and her glory.’’ The galleries were crowded with spectators at the moment. Tho citizen audience, with the legislators generally, were deeply excited. M. Rouher followed in a speech of two hours’ duration, M. Gambetta assailed the empire violently and bitterly, The spectators remained calm during the utterances of the great radical, and he received little or no applause at the conclusion of his address. This debate, useless as it may, indeed must appear, serves to exhibit France suffering in her humiliations which were brought on by imperialism, and yet anxious to conserve her propriety against the dangers of extreme demagoguism, and the consequences of hasty and ill-considered po- litical change. The member who called on Napoleon to restore to France her legions, her provinces and her glory, must call in vain. The ex-Emperor cannot, if he would, comply with his demand. For the restoration of the legions and provinces France must apply at Berlin— tho glory of the nation remains with her children as ever. The words of the gentleman remind one of the sententiousness of Cato, when he demanded that Cosar should “disband his legions, restore the Common- wealth to liberty, and submit his actions to the public censure.” A grand military nation thinks of the past always, even in the moment of its most profound defeats, WITH THE DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF ELECTED I SHALL BE THE Paestornt Nor OF A PARTY, BUT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION, IN THE CONFIDENT TRUST THAT THE MASSES OY OUR CouNTRYMEN, NortTH AND SOUTH, ARE EAGER TO CLAS? HANDS ACROSS THE BLOODY CHASM WHICH HAS TOO LONG DI- VIDED THEM, FORGETTING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ENEMIES IN THE JOYFUL CONSCIOUSNESS THAT THEY ARE AND MUST HENCEFORTH REMAIN BRETH- ren.’’—Extract from Creeley's Letter of Accept- ance in 1872. Night Travel on the Street Cars. Those who are compelled to make use of the street cars at night, and especially during the late hours of the night, to reach their homes up town, will readily admit that night travel is attended by many objectionable features, Between pickpockets and drunken loafers a quiet, inoffensive citizen stands in danger oftentimes of losing his purse or being involved in a quarrel. If the Third avenue ears enjoy the monopoly of pickpockets, the Eighth avenue can rival them in the transpor- tation of intoxicated, sleepy loafers. Of a Saturday night especially, an Eighth avenue car is more like the side parlor of a low grog shop than a conveyance for the use of uptown residents. There is, we believe, only one line in the city on which intoxicated people are prevented from riding. On the Fourth avenue cars they will not be allowed, and the conductors on this road are instructed to carry out strictly this determination of the company. Many of the outrages in the cars may be directly traceable to the fact that men under the influence of liquor are permitted to take a place in the cars. The Putnam murder would never have oc- curred were men not allowed to travel while reeling under the influence of drink. People for tho sake of avoiding a disturbance are oftentimes compelled to put up with the in- sults of some foul-mouthed, drunken ruffian seated by their side, who fancies he is wronged because his car companions do not allow him to make their shoulders 1 support to sleep off the influence of the poisonous rotgut with which he is charged. A conductor rarely interferes, because he wishes to avoid a quarrel. Aremedy for this evil might be adopted by not permitting intoxicated people on the cars. The adoption of such a course would prevent many of the scenes which nightly take place on the street cars, and especially those of the Third and Eighth avenue routes. The com- panies of these roads should instruct their con- ductors to this effect and cause notices to be placed in the cars setting forth such instruc- tions. Let the police also promptly aid the conductors when called on to enforce the rule when necessary, and we shall hear less of those broils, thefts and outrages which aro now so prevalent on the street cars of the city. “Tx TIMES LIKE THE PRESENT IT 15 IMPos- SIBLE, OR AT LEAST EMINENTLY IMPROPER, TO LAY DOWN A POLICY TO BE ADHERED TO RIGHT Or WRONG THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATION OF rour yeans. NEW POLITICAL ISSUES, NOT FoRE- SREN, ARE CONSTANTLY ARISING, THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC ON OLD ONES ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, AND A PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER SHOULD ALWAYS BE LEFT FREE TO EXECUTE THE WILL oF THE Prope I At- son, and as the local paper flies the names of | WAYS HAVE RESPECTED THAT WILL. AND ALWAYS snaun.''—Hetract from General Grant's Leller of President, and also appears to be the orvan of | Acceptance in 1868, ““L'WE OFFICE HAS COME TO MB UNSOLICITED. I CoMMENon Irs DUTIES UNTRAMMELLED. I BRING ‘TO IT A CONSCIENTIOUS DESIRE TO FILL IT, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE WHOLE PEoPLe. * * * I SHALL ON ALL SUBJECTS HAVE A POLICY TO RECOMMEND ; NONE TO ENFORCE AGAINST THE WILL OF THE Tee ae From Grant's Inaugural in The Weather Reports for Farmers. Now that the season of active agricultural operations has arrived the farmers will bo interested in the weather reports, which, although originally designed for the benefit of commerce, now cover the wants of agricul- ture. The husbandman is as much concerned to know the vicissitudes of heat and cold, snow and frost, and especially in summer, of droughtand rain, as the seaman in the prevision of the fiery cyclone. The interoceanic and continental character of the United States, the extension of telegraphic circuits over its wide domain, and its commanding geographical position, by which its chief signal officer can now watch the fluctuations of the aerial ocean over sixty degrees of longitude and forty of latitude, mark this country as the best possible theatre for meteorological research and for a successful system of storm warnings. But the vast interests of agriculture far outweigh those of our foreign commerce ; and, ever since the institution of the Weather Bureau, the rural communities, especially in the West, have earnestly asked for its extension and adaptation to their peculiar needs. So strongly did - these needs press upon the people west of the Alleghanies that, previous to the création of tho national weather system, a local or State system of the same kind was inaugurated in Ohio and operated for a short period. It has been found in England and France that the daily meteorological re- turns have been anxiously sought after and utilized by all classes of tillers of the soil. The foreknowledge of a long and blighting drought, which may sometimes be obtained, or that of a period or single day of rain, may enable the farmer to economize the time and wisely direct the labor of his employés, to tho improvement of his crops and the saving of his pecuniary outlay. The Signal Service re- ports now contain all the information regard- ing the atmospheric conditions necessary for the intelligent agriculturist, and except for the fact that the paucity of stations and the lack of means for communicating telegraphically with many rural districts cripple its useful- ness, there could be nothing more desired in its daily bulletins. No branch of the public service has, in so short a time, won the ap- plause of the public and met the expectations of the people so fully, and it is to be earnestly hoped that Congress will give it at once an ample and liberal endowment. Tae Doctors Wo Do Nor Dirrer—Gner- LEY AND Grant.—Grant said, in his letter of acceptance, in 1868, ‘‘a purely administrative officer should always be left free to execute the will of the people. i always have respected that will ond_nlwoys shall.”’ In his inaugu- ral, in 1889, Grani éafd, *Y bring to the office & conscientious desire to fill it, to the best of my ability, to tho satisfaction of the whole people.”’ py Greoley, in his letter of acceptance, in 1872, says the President ‘must neither overrule by his veto, attempt to dictate, nor presume to punish’ tho action of the people through their representatives in Congress, and adds: — “With the distinct understanding that, if electod, I shall be the candidate, not of a party, but of the whole people, I accept your nomination." It is evident that on these material points the opinion of the democratic republican can- didate, Grant, and the republican democratic candidate, Greeley, are identical. You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choice. Grant 1n '69:—‘I BRING TO THE OFFICE A CONSCIENTIOUS DESIRE TO FILL IT, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE." Greevey my '72:—‘“Wirn tHE DISTINCT UN- DERSTANDING THAT, IF ELECTED, I SHALL BE THE PRESIDENT, NOT OF A PARTY, BUT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION.’’ Ir Wn Be Cvntovs to Opsenve How Cuosety Grant's letter of acceptance to the Philadelphia Convention will resemble Gree- ley’s letter of acceptance to the Cincinnati Convention. Both will be prepared to abide the will of the people as expressed by the action of Congress, and both will be candi- dates of the whole people, aud not of a party. The only difference will be that Grant’s share of the people, if he does not allow the politi- cians to destroy his chances, will be nearer the “whole” than Greeley's share. THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Meeting of the Commission Yesterday in Philadelphia—Walting for Authority to Ralse $10,000,000, PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 1872. The National Centennial Committee met in this city to-day, but transacted nothing but routine business, The Commission now await the action of Congress on the bill authorizing the organization of a stock company of $10,000,000, Until something definite Is done by Congress the Commission cannot go on with its work; they have no money at prereant or prospectively. The House passed the a yesterday; the Senate is expected to do so to- jay. "Tho Commissioners met in the Common Council Chamber, Commissioner Bond, of Alabama, pre- sided, Twenty-two States and Territories were represented, Several communications were pre- sented, and the Commission adjourned until to- morrow. . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Boston, May 22, 1872, The United States steamer Tallapoosa, from Phila- delphia, arrived to-day, Naval Order. WASHINGTON, May 22, 1872. Passed Assistant Surgeon George R. Boush has been detached from the Onward and placed on waiting orders. pass ARMY ORDERS, WASHINGTON, May 22, 1872, Under authority conferred by an act authorizing the Secretary of War to correct an army oMecer's record, approved May 10, 1872, the name of Second Lieutenant Samuel Ross, of the Seventh infantry, is placed on the retired list of the army, with the fullrank of Brigadier General, to date from January 1, 1871, aSicieditl eri THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL JUBILEE. Boston, May 22, 1872. The International Jubilee Committee to-day re- ceived a cable telegram announcing the engage- ment of Madame Peschka Leutner, of Letpsic, the greatest of German sopranos. Also that the Irish x bulary Band has been secured, and that Soe iors has given permission to the band of the Garde Reépublicaine, organized from the noted band of the Garde Impériaic, to come to Bos- ton, Mr. Strauss and his orchestra will leave Vij enna on Friday of this week, and may be expected here by the 10th af June, rrr a AMUSEMENTS. Enoch Arden at Booth’s. The announcement of the production of a\éraihe founded on Tennyson's exquisite poem, drew qutite @ respectable audience to this house on Monday night. The simple beauty of the story, with ita deep fund of human feeling, must lend a certain attraction te any drama based upon it. No effort of the most unskilful playwright could possibly destroy the interest of the poem which will make its appear- ance through the tawdry garb of words which the ordinary dramatio genius always insists in piling on, The version presented on Monday night ts from the pen of Mme. Julle Marguerite, who has certainly not improved the interest of the in preparing {t for the stage. With a wealth of material such as seldom to the hand of the dramatist, the aisiogue never rises above the com- monplace, except when it soars into the regions e¢ etic extravagance. In the scenes between Enoch rden and his wife a little simple dialogue, such as would become their station, might be made ex tremely Yonchings but it is impossible to repress @ smile when we listen to the inflated rubbish which tbe author puta into the mouth of his heroine, In- dependent of this there is no real connection be- tween the different parts of the plot. Five acts are strung ether in a loose and disjoluted manner, but the whole drama could with advantage be com- pressed into one good act. ‘The introduction of the comic business, {n the shape of a village chorus, is scarcely successful. It broaches too much on the burlesque, and that of the heaviest kind, Nor has iteven the merit of being to recommend it, The setting of the plece 1s not as complete, as is usual in this house, and in the early acts the English vil. lagers are presented to us in a nondescript garb,” for which there ts no justification, Mr. Adams, who plays in the title re, 1s evidently pains-taking, an@ has a decided inclination to do the henvy man when- ever the opportunity olfers, At times ‘his readin; is good and effective, but it is uneven and uneq He abounds in action and “saws the air” wite de- cided eneriy. He does not rant, and that is some. thing in his favor, which we take fully into considers ation. The manner in which he is con- stantly falling on his knees, trying to look like Moses on the mount, is not at all impressive, but just the contrary. In fact, the whole conception is weak and prosy, relieved here and there with touches of human feeling, but con- stantly marred, even when at best, by over e1 hasis. In the first scenes, where Mr. Adams ay ears like one of Byron’s freebooters, his rendet of the sailor rdle 18 as unreal and unlifelike as ii could be. There is not a vit of desh and blood about it, but much of the kind of salior that we meet im prints and sentiment! novels, but never elsewhere, Where he has no longer to support the distinctiv character of the son of tie salt water he is more his element, sea water evideutly not being his, ‘There are traces and scintillations of talent throu; the representations, but that is the most we can say for it. The other players were as usual, whic! being translated, means very bad. Bangs at first was boisterous, then moonsick, in which phase we: lost sight of him, The last scene is beautifully, painted, and iscertainly the most attractive feature of the performance. Bowery Theatre, With characteristic generosity the management at the “Old Drury” has set apart the present week for the benefits of the princtpal artists of the estab- lishment who have been continuously engaged dur- ing.the season, That their eiforts have been fully appreciated by the patrons of this time-honored establishment is evident from the substantial re~ cognition now given in their behalf. Last night the stage manager, Charles Foster, had a regular bumper, two his own productions—‘“‘Bertha” and tho “Old Straw fan of New York’’—proving a decided attraction, Miss Fanny also appeared in the must- cal sketch of “Jenny Lind.’ To-night J. P. Wintel will have his share of the public patronage, an to-morrow Mrs, W. G. Jones, a very painstaking artist, will be the recipient of a well deserved teg- timonial of a similar character. Manager Freligh, with his usual enterprise, has in pierecaton an equestrian drama, ‘The Heathen hinge,” which wlll be produced on Monday night with all ee surroundings calculated to gratify the curiosity the many sterling patrons of the theatre. of Theatre Comique. For genuine variety this popular establishment has still maintained its wonted reputation, notwith- standing the many counter attractions of a similar kind throughout the city. It is evident that the managers are on their metal in order to keep pace with the general demand for novelty all round. ong the yariqus features of interest at the fomiqué are the usual gxconprlg ‘epresentations tly all the various departments of the shoW, business, and judging from the Crowded houses which night greet their charac- teristic performances, there is reason to belleve that such a class of entertainment js. stilt Ratrong hod off thé public. Laughable sketches, comic songs and dances contribute to put the audi- dence during the early orn of the evening in the very best of humor} dnd fhén follows the drama, entitled “Dan Donnelly,” which is presented mainly with the object of depicting the famous struggle ot the great Irish prize fighter on the curragh of Kil- dare, who is personated by Barney Aaron. It is replete with refreshing incidents, and is duly ap- preciated. The Comique will be closed on Saturday and reopened next month, when Manager Hart will roduce “Chicago, Before, During and After the Piro,” for which preparations are now in progress. in ne: THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, The Board of Indian Commissioners are now in session at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. They had @ protracted conference last evening with General L. A. Walker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with reference to the proposed sale of portions of several Indian reservations and other matters pertaining to the service requiring their supervision. The following members of the Board are in attendance :—Commissioners F. R. Bounot (chair; man), of Pittsburg; George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia; William EB. Dodge, of New York; Robert Campbell, of St. Louis; Edward §. To- bey, of Boston; J. D. wane of Maine; John V, Far- nell, of Chicago; A. 8. Nathan Blshop, of New York, and J. K. Cru, Secretary, of Washington, The Com- mission of Indian Affairs, in connection with the Purchasing Committee of the Board, consisting of Commissioners Stuart (Chairman), Campbell, Far- nell and Dodge, are now engaged in making the awards for Indian goods, for which there was spirited competition, sixty-six bids having been re- celved. The awards are all made aftcr a personal examination of samples by the committee. Com- mittees of the Board will vistt many of the Indian. agencies during the present summer, and will eo their personal supervision to importaut matters pertaining to the service. FATALLY SHOT, Sergeant Townes, of the Twenty-cighth precinct, yesterday afternoon reported to Coroner Herrman that Patrick Kiernan, nineteen years of age, living at 613 Greenwich street, who was shot in the neck in the grocery store 611 same street, with a pistol in the hands of Christian Cordes, the proprietor, on the 12th inst., is now lying in Bellevue Hospital in@ dying condition, Dr. Mitchell, the attending physt- cian, believing that Kiernan cannot live more than twenty-four hours, Cordes, who was arrested at the time of the assault, fs now in eee awaiting the result of Kiernan’s injuries. His ante-mortem statement will be taken, tf he 1s able to make it, when Coroner Herrman calls, Their Commitment by Justice Coulters McCaffery Said to be Insane. Joun MeCaffery and Frank Swift, who were ar | rested on Monday nightin the Nineteenth ward, charged with attempting to collect money by falsely representing themselves as police. men, were yesterday arraigned at the Yorkvil Police Court. Jacob Mendelbaum, f3 t Sixty-second street, was present, an necesdary complaint on which they’ were held. Last week an application was made by tha friends of McCaffery to Justice Bixby, at the above Court, to send him to the asylum on the ground of insanity; but the application was refused, suMcient evidence not having been given to sustain the charge. jie vak ON THE TRACK OF A MURDERER. Captain Gunner, of the Nineteenth precinct, yes terday called on Coroner Young and gave him information to the effect that they had arrested & young man in that precinct whom they had just cause to believe ts the person who killed Charles B. Dorian in Jones’ Wood, last fall, during the cele- bration of the Scottish games, ‘the name of the prisoner was not given. SMALLPOX IN BROOKLYN. ‘There were sixty-seven cases of smallpox and twene ty-three deaths reported In Brooklyn last week. Not- withstanding the continnance of the ee matady, and the acknowledged eMeacy of vaccina- tion, the Health OMcer, Dr. Cochran, was ereruny, compelled, reluctantly, to part with the line. of the eMeient corps of vaccinators, there being no funds applicable to the payment of such services. Tae ehelbe reprettnd. In face of tho fact that the “snake thongh canght has not yet been killed: in other words, the vaccination has not been snfl- clently widespread to avert the danger which still lurks in several sections of Brooklyn. A SKULL FRACTURED. aged twenty three Jamea Sweeney, years, & was found yesterday afternoon at the satlor, orner of James slip and Water street, suffering froma severe cat in the head, Upon eing con- 5 the Fourth precinct station house ho could not account for the wound. He was remo’ to Park Hospital, where tho attendant nhvatolaa pronounced his skull fractured,