The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1872, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, if AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Home—Tur Critic. FTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.— ARHOLE A?! Siatinee at g—Hicin at Law. ST. JAMES THEATRE, Twenty-elghth st. and Broad- way.—McEvor's New Hinrxsico. Matinee at 2. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Performances afterndon and evening.—Ox Hap. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Brorner Birt anv Me—Cativonnia; on, Tax Heatnkn Cui ee. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tue Batter Panto- Minz oF Humety Dumety. Matinee at2, BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth a@venue.—ENOCH ARDEN. ey - LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—Woop- ueicH. Matinee at 2, ACADEMY OF MUS) OreRA—TANNUAUSER. a UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Mth st. and Broagway.— Naval ENGaGEmaNTs—Tus WnoxG MAN I Tus Rignt Pace, , Fourteenth street.—Genwan PARK THEATRE, opposite City Hall, Brooklyn.— Winsixc Hann. SAM SHARPLEY’S MINSTREL HALL, 535 Broadway.— Sam Suagriey’s Minstaens. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Necro Eccestnicitizs, BuRLEsques, &¢. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Ganpex Instrowentan Concent. i LYRIC HALL, 6th av. Instnuweyrat Concur, PAVILION, No. 688 Broadway, near Fourth strect.— Lapy Oncussrea. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Be 1 AND Ant. jr 42d st.—Graxp Vocan axp QUADRUPLE SHunT. New York, Wednesday, May 29, 1875 . CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD, PAGE. , 1—Aavertisements. 2—Advertisements. 8—Advertisements, 4—Advertisements. Se-News from Washington--The Bar Association— The Reformers’ Review: The Committee of Seventy Sum Up the Labors of the Past Legislative Session—The Herald's Shaft Breaks; Great Excitement Among the People of New York and the Neighboring Cities— The Louisiana Factions, G—Prospect Park Fair Grounds: First Day of the Spring Trotting Meeting; Fine Attendance and Pleasant Events—Horse Notes—Art Mat- ters—The Eee Reformers—The Quak- ers—The Naval Academy—Decoration Day— More Murder—Methodist General Confer- ence—The Stephen Literary Union—The Resi- dent Alsacians, V—Revolt of the Laborers: The Men and the Hours—Amusements—Pennsylvania: The Ab- stract Reform Party of Philadelphia—The Greenville, Tenn., Scandal: A Libel on Ex- President Johnson—New York City News— Miscellaneous Political Notes—The National Democratic General Committee—Mr. Greeley's Movements—Red Cloud's Mission to Washing- ton—The Thomas Monument Fund—School Teachers’ May Reception—Indian Commis- tolen Property Recovered—Attempted —Fire in Twelfth street—Struck with D. S8—Editorials—Leading Article, A Political Earth- quake at Madrid—Startling Disclosnres by the Deposed Sagasta’’—Amusement An- houncements, S—Editoriais (Continued from Eighth Page)— Spain: The Fallof the Sagasta Ministry; Its Cause and Consequences—Cable Telegrams from England, France, Austria, the Philjipine Islands and Cuba—The Treaty: Delay of the British in Accepting the Si ndea Govern- mental Hopes for Its Rejection—The Church Conventions—Miscellaneous Telegrams—Busi- ness Notices. J0—Proceedings in the New York Courts—Queens County Alleged Murderess—The Evans-Bretts Murder—Melancholy Suicide—Love and Jeal- Dangerously Beaten by Unknown Par- ‘he Board of Apportionment—Street euntng—The German Schuetzenfest—sick- ness and Death at Sea—Marriages and Deaths. 41—Financial and Commercial: Advance in Gold to 14; A See-saw in the Market; Pacific Mail Advances to 76 and Erie Falls to 64; The Subsidy Bill Signed by the President; Stocks Lower all Around, with a R: at the close; Governments Firm; South Carolinas Dow Foreign Exchange Up—Real Estate Market— | A Brooklyn Raid on New York Thieves—Fire in Williamsburg—The Unknown Drowned— Seizure of Obscene Literature —Custom House Sleight-of-Han ertisements, A%—Huston’s T Proceedings Before the Ecclesia: ret Court—Capital and Intelligence — Advertise- | ments. 13—<Acvertisements. 14—Advertisements, 15—Advertisem te B6—Advertis TO THE PUBLIC. ees Whe Herald Presses in Working Order Again—A Word to Our Advertisers and Subscribers. It is hardly necessary to call the attention of our subscribers, advertisers and readers to the fact that our presses are in working order again, for the appearance of the Hrnaxp this | morning shows that. The interruption and | inconvenience caused by the breaking of the shaft in our press machinery, the night before last, wero relieved in part by the kind con- | sideration of some of our contemporaries. Through availing ourselves of the offer of the presses of the World, Tribune, Sunday Dispatch and Standard, we were able to issue the paper yesterday morning. But with this aid we could only publish about fifty thousand copies anda double sheet. Even then thg paper had a deficient and quaint appearance, like that of an untimely offspring. Our readers noticed it at once and wondered what had happened. It was the theme of general remark. From this one can imagine what a blank there would be if the great independent journal of the coun- try were suspended by any accident for a day only. To make amends for the limited issue yesterday and the disappointment to our ad- vertisers, we republish to-day the advertise- ments that appeared yesterday, besides pub- lishing those that were necessarily left out. And as some compensation for the limited amount of reading matter that only could be given them, we issue a quadruple sheet to-day, though our readers are aware we do this fre- | quently in the ordinary course of our business. | dn fact, our advertising and news columns are generally so crowded with matter that a quad- must soon become neces- sary. The public will beas gratified as the Proprietor that the Henatp, after the tempo- rary inconvenier tuple sheet every 2 caused by an accident, ap- | os NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, A Political Earthquake at Madrid— Startling Disclosures by the Deposed Sagasta. The Henaxp correspondent at Madrid sends us some singular and startling intelligence from that sensational capital in the special cable despatch published this morning. A fow days ago the report reached us of the fall of the Sagasta Ministry, but the immediate cause of that leader's retirement was not explained. A political crisis is more common than a bull fight in Spain, and sometimes not half so in- teresting ; hence little was thought of this latest revolution in the Spanish administration, and it was generally supposed by those who gave any attention to the matter that ina few days, after two or three others had tried their hands at Cabinet making, we should find the old fox back again in his Ministerial den. We now learn that Sagasta’s overthrow was of a more serious character than has been supposed, and that it was followed by disclosures on the part of the Ministry which have occasioned a shock somewhat similar to an earthquake in politi- eal circles in Madrid. In order to fully under- stand the situation it must be remembered that Sagasta is bold, unscrupulous and ambitious, and that he held the positions of President of the Council, or Premier, and Minister of the In- terior. The latter office is one of extraordinary power, and in the hands of such a man as Sagasta may be made an effective and danger- ous political machine. It controls the public works, and through the appointment of in- spectors can be made to have great influence over the elections, It seems to have been run, under its late head, much after the fashion of the old, Tammany machine in this city; mov- ing large gangs of government employés here and there at election time, wherever their services were most needed; placing thieves, bullies and cutthroats on the pay rolls, in order to secure their services at the polls and elsgwhere when required; making use of the public money for political purposes, and tampering with elec- tion returns whenever it was safe or prudent to do so, At the last elections it is notorious that where corruption failed fraud was resorted to in order to secure the return of as large a num- ber of ministerial candidates as possible. With these facts before us the startling character of the disclosures now made can be better under- stood. m When the government presented the budget to the Cortes, a few days ago, the discovery was made that twenty million dollars had been diverted from the Colonial Department to the Department of the Interior, and that the ex- penditure in the latter department did not appear to be accounted for. The opposition at once demanded an explanation of this large deficiency, and were answered by Sagasta that the money had been expended in the secret service of the government. It is evident that the Minister of the Interior, like his famous American prototype, was dis- posed at first to rely upon his supposed power and to ask his assailants what they were going to do about it; but the attack was pressed home, his explanation was pronounced unsat- isfactory and particulars of the account were imperatively demanded. Thereupon Sagasta declared that the money had been paid out to political spies in the service of the government—or, it would rather seem, from the character of tho distlosures, in the service of his particular department of the government—and he produced and dis- played to the astounded Cortes the informa- tion secured by this alleged expenditure. The documents spread by the retiring Minister before his interrogators, and which had been secured through the efforts of his spies, in- formers and agents, comprised letters of prom- inent political leaders and of deputies general, together with reports of their secret meetings, all of which implicated the writers and participants in treasonable practices. Every prominent Spaniard, says our special despatch, is represented by this evidence to be engaged in some conspiracy, and Madrid appears to be one vast nest of polit- ical plots and intrigues. Serrano is charged with conspiring for the succession of Alphonse, the son of the ex-Queen Isabella and some- body, to the Spanish throne, and his associa- tions in former years appear to give consis- tency to the accusation. General Del Rey, recently the Minister of War, is said to be in- volved with the Carlists, and as they are now in arms openly against the government he is thus made directly answerable for the crime of high treason. Zorrilla appears to have been ompromising himself with the Internationals, who are even more terrible to royalist imagi- nation than the turbulent Carlists. A move- ment of the republicans is alleged to have been discovered looking to an improved edition of the Paris Commune in Madrid, one of their main objects being the plunder of the bank. Castelar, it is sai been modestly de- sirous of confining the robbery to the coin, probably as being the most easily disposed of find the least likely to lead to the detection of the parties implicated, while Margal, in favor of what is vulgarly called “the whole hog,’ yrges the purloining of the bullion as well. These revelations may well be deemed sen- sational and terrible enough for one occasion, but they are neither the whole nor the least alarming of the developments. Sagasta’s spies do not appear to have been partial in their in- vestigations, for royalty itself has not escaped their prying eyes. King Amadeus has been found, doubtless through his private correspondence, to have expressed his loss of confidence in the capacity and honesty | of his new subjects, and to hsve asked the | advice of his royal father as to the prudence | and expediency of calling Prussian generals to his side to take charge of the Spanish army. This is the feather that suffices to break the camel's back. Spaniards may intrigue, plot and conspire, for it is their nature and their prerogative to indulge in suck pastimes; Spaniards may rise against any government under which they may happen for the time to live, and may fight against each other to their heart's content, for the proud Castilian blood Pears again with its full columns and large issue, | | Ancupucuess Scrnta of | the Emperor Francis l yesterday, will exercise on the 10-pc » 88 Will b eud to Tae Deatu or tH Austria, mother of Joseph, which ocenr & very decided influc situation of th facts which we from Vienna. litical the atch i seen | our news de. will not be denied the right of revolu- tion any more than it will yield the privilege of stilettoing on cnemy in the back. But when a foreigner who has been placed by them on the throne | of Spain pronounces them a nation of fools and rascals, and contemplates ruling them by the aid of Prassian generals, we can readily imagine how fiercely the mustaches of the Spanish dons will curl up to their flashing eyes, and what an indignant outery will be raised from one end of the country to the other. The disclosures made by Sagasta are cer- tainly suggestive, as well as astonishing, The first inquiry that suggests itself is, what can have been the object of the Minister in col- lecting this information, and for what purpose can he have designed using it? As we have said, Sagasta is ambitious and unscrupulous, and it can be readily surmised that his jealousy of other prominent and able leaders, joined with the uncertainty of his relations with the King, may have induced him to arm himself with weapons against the former in case the danger of their supplanting him should arise. But why hunt up evidence of the monarch’s infidelity to the nation over which he rules? Was it for the purpose of obtaining the power of terrorism over Amadeus, or could Sagasta have contemplated a coup d'état on his own account, and have supplied himself to that end with proofs that would seem to warrant the arrest of ruler and leaders at one swoop? Such a man seldom moves without an object, and it is scarcely probablo that the information he professes to possess was gathered without design in the mere ordinary working of a secret service system. The disclosures now made seem to have been precipitated by the loss of power and the decided action of the Cortes, and it would seem as if Snagasta, disap- pointed and enraged, had resolved to cast the firebrand of these developments into the midst of the opposing factions, in the hope, it may be, that a conflagration would follow, in the confusion of which he might manage to secure a prize for himself. While the reports of spies and informers are notoriously unreliable, for the reason that they are compelled to make evidence if they can procure none or to lose their employment, it seems incredible that these char; could be openly made by the Spanish ier with- dit having some foundation. It is evident now that political disaffection is general throughout Spain and pervades all parties. The Italian King is a failure. The Carlists are in arms, and although we hear constantly of their annihilation the next day brings infor- mation of new risings. Tho republican fac- tions are all opposed to Amadeus, more or less, and at best he is only tolerated by any party. Even the leaders who were instrumental in calling him to Madrid are now set against him. He has not brought peace and order to the nation, and hence thera is no compensa- tion for that wounded pride which naturally revolts against a foreignruler. In such a state of affairs it is quite probable that the different political chiefs may be beating round to dis- cover where they can find strength enough to enable them to bring about a change for their own advantage or in the benefit of their own particular views. Whatever personal objects or designs Sagasta may have had in setting his hounds upon the track of his rivals and of his King, it is more than likely that the substance of the disclosures he has so suddenly made is true. What will follow? Can such accusations be suffered to pass unnoticed? Can the indictment against the young King be allowed to fall to the ground? Assuredly not. The throne must be protected against conspiracies if it is to stand; the people must protect themselves if their liberties dre endangered by the mon- arch they have so strangely placed on a foreign throne. If Amadeus contem- plates calling Prussian generals to his aid his next step may be to surround his Spanish throne with Italian bayonets. He is playing with a treacherous and a dangerous people, and precedent warns him of his peril. He must by this time have learned that Spain is a Castilian Mexico—let him avoid the fate of Maximilian. In accepting the Spanish throne he announced that he did so only to promote the good of the country. That hope is destroyed, and he should now abdicate and return to Italy. The disgrace of failure rests not upon him, but upon the unstable, unre- liable people over whom he attempts to rule. Better that he should shake the dust of Madrid from his feet than that ho should seck to govern a foreign nation by the aid of imported troops. When their throne is again vacant upon the Spaniards themselves will rest the responsibility of establishing a govern- ment. If they fail to do so, and plunge into anarchy, the fault and the sufferings will be their own. If the republicans, or the better portion of them, should prove strong enough and firm enough to ob- tain control, they may yet make a good gov- ernment and bring peace and prosperity to the nation. It is at least worth the effort, and to secure such a result the leaders should bury jealousies and personal ambition in & common grave. At all events it seems impossible that Amadeus can much longer continue to rule over Spin after the disclosures now made, and the yext news from Madrid will be looked for with interest and curiosity. The British Parliament and the Race r for the Derby. peg ss tl The session of the ‘Bnglish House of Come mons was enlivened last night by the occurrence of an animated debate on the congenial national subject of horse racing. Premier Gladstone, having ridden his favorite hobby on the Wash- ington Treaty and indirect damages stakey question to what he regards as an agreeable and profitable winning post, has determined | to enjoy a veritable relaxation on Epsom Downs by witnessing the race for the Derby. The great turf event comes off to-day, so the Pre- mier moved that the Parliament adjourn from yesterday to Thursday, in order that the members should be able to attend the famous equine contest. The motion was opposed by Tom Hughes. The author of ‘Tom Brown's School Days’? and of the “Scouring of the White Horse’’ championed the cause of the social reformers. He endeavored to draw the national mind back to the bearing of its first religious standpoint. He pointed to the fact that the Legislature de- voted two hours only to the observance of As- cension Day, while the Chief of the Ministry proposed to give four and twenty hours to the Derby. He asserted that the English race- course had introduced an insidiously corrupt system of gamblingin the land. He professed his admiration of the more manly sports of international boat racing, cricket and the like. Mr, Gladstone's motion was carried, despite the opposing reasons, by a vote of 212 to 58; so that Mr, Hughes’ effort was rendered fatile by the popular reverence for the traditions of the turf. pretty much ag was that of the late MAY 29, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET. canonical and creed reforms and disciplinary changes in the Established Church by the ut- terance of the Parliamentary satire of ‘This brown jug, which now foams with mild ale, was once Toby Phillpote’—as thirsty a soul as e’er cracked a bottle or fathomed a bowl.” The Prosperity of Frauce—The French Republic and Republican Prospects in Europe. Our news from France day after day fur- nishes convincing proof that the nation is rapidly recovering from her late misfortunes, and that at no distant day she will resume her proud position among the nations of Europe. Not in modern times, at least, has any nation been so completely crushed and so apparently brought to ruin. After Sedan, but particu- larly after the heroic though wasteful efforts of the Government of September, it was the uni- versal belief that recovery, if at all possible, could only be brought about after many years of toil, endurance and patient perseverance. The total cost of the war, all things consid- ered, seems likely to amount to eighteen hun- dred millions of dollars. Add to this that the spirit of the people for a time seemed crushed, that the whole machinery of government was wrecked, that the army was demoralized, that a fixed and permanent form of govern- ment has as yet been found impossible, and it will not be deemed wonderful that in the gene- ral opinion of mankind the power of France was broken for many generations. It is now scarcely a year and a half since the war ended, and, although the nation has not yet decided on the form of government which is to be permanent, France has so far recuper- ated that her ultimate and final recovery is by universal consent admitted to be a question of only a few briof years. Of the war expenses six hundred and forty-five millions of dollars have been raised by permanent loans, two hun- Grad pud_sixty-Ave guilligns have been bor- rowed from the Bank of Franéé and two hun- dred and forty millions are chargeable in va- rious ways to the budgets of the next few years, The permanent burden upon the nation which all this implies, and the consequent tax it will entail upon all kinds of industry, it is impos- sible to over-estimate; but the nation which, in such circumstances, can make so herculean ‘an effort, and with so much success, is not to be lightly esteemed or likely long to be held in abeyance. France, in fact, is rising from the dust, and it is not at all unreasonable to con- clude that, taught in the school of experience, she will come forth from all her trouble and take her place among the nations, greater, more united, more self-reliant, more powerful than ever. It was not without good rea- son that President Thiers, in the speech which he delivered fn the Chamber before the Easter holidays, could review the general situation with pride, and among other things expatiate with manifest delight on ‘the new birth of our glorious army, always faithful to its duty, always faithful to the law.” It is admitted by all competent judges that the new army is in splendid condition. It is known that the peasantry who for twenty years were taught to believe that their prosperity was due to the empire, and particularly to the wisdom of the Emperor, are beginning to feel and admit that the empire was perhaps less a necessity to them than they were a necessity tothe empire. It is undeniable that Paris is rising again beautiful from its ruins, that the shop-keeping classes are doing a splendid and profitable trade, and that all ranks and classes of the people, in all parts of the country, are beginning again to enjoy the fruits of pros- perity. If it be true, as President Thiers has asserted, that France ‘wants peace and does not think offwar,’’ and if this continues to be her fixed purpose, the most sceptical will be without reason to doubt that the French peo- ple will at no distant day take their place among the proudest of the peoples of Europe. It would be foolish to say that this compara- tively rapid recovery is due solely to the supe- rior manner in which affairs have been man- aged since the close of the war. The resources of France are as great as the spirit of her peo- ple is indomitable. Recovery might not have been hindered by the restoration of the empire or retarded by the re-establishment of the taonarchy; but we must take things as we find them, and it is impossible for us to refuse to admit that under the present provisional gov- ernment—which, if not republican, is certainly more republican than monarchical or imperial— the recovery of France has been at once certain and rapid. It is by no means certain what is to be the form of government which must at no distant day succeed the present, A pro- visional government cannot last forever. In spite of the prosperity which is shared by all ranks and classes signs are not wanting that the people are already impatient of delay and anxious about the future. The great bulk of Frenchmen are probably indifferent about the particular form of government if only it se- Cures to them peace and guarantees to them prosperity. It is undeniable, however, that the republic is growing in favor. In its pres- ent imperfect form it has worked well and Performed woiders. In 4 more perfect shape, with proper men at its head, it would undoubt- edly do better. All the elections which havé taken place for the purpose of filling up vacan- ciesin the ranks of the Assembly have revealed a growing republican sentiment on the part of the people. The members of the Left, alive to this fact, are making most vigorous exertions for the reconstruction of the Assembly by a general election or by partial elections. It is their conviction that every fresh call on the people will be a republican gain. Sooner or later the reconstruction of the Assembly will be a necessity, and, all things considered, the pre- sumption is that the complete or partial recon- struction of the Assembly will bring advanced and pronounced republicans into the fore- ground and result in a fresh republican experi- ment. The legitimists are not to be thought of in any approaching contest. The Count de Chambord will accept the throne only on cer- tain conditions; but on these conditions the throne will never be offered him. The Orlean- ists, mainly, we think, through the folly of tho Count de Paris, have lost their opportunity. No one can blame the Count de Paris for re- specting the rights of his cousin; but if the Orleanists waive their rights until the death of the Count de Chambord, and until the elective principle and the principle of divine right both centre in the Count de Paris; sufficient time may be found not only to estab- lish but to consolidate the republic. France has not yet forgotten, nor will she soon forget, the Bonapartes; but for tho proseut no one desires learned Bishop of Exeter (Phillpots) against | or deems possible tho early restoration of the empire. In these circumstances, if the repub- licans play their cards wisely, the game must be admitted to be in their hands. A republic in France, well launched and well guided and resulting in success, is the one thing which is wanted to stir up the slum- bering republican sentiment in the other na- tions of Europe. Spain waits her opportu- nity, and looks hopefully to France for encour- agement and support. dissatisfied with the progress she has made towards national unity and consolidation, has @ warm republican heart beating in her breast, and a flourishing republic across the Alps would soon nerve herarm and arouse her to action. A republic in reconstructed Germany is pronounced by some a remote possibility, In this view we do not concur. Those who remember 1848 know how warm and how gene- ral then was the republican sentiment and how strong was the republican arm. The con- dition of Germany to-day is more favorable for agreat republican effort than it was in 1848. The progress of German unity has | been a republican gain. The governments are fewer, and the barriers, consequently, to a united national effort are less, The republic in Germany may not be near; but German intelligence will, sooner or later, de- mand it, anda healthful and peace-loving repub- lic on her border would encourage the demand. Were the contagion beginning to spread Aus- tria would find herself impotent to offer re- sistance, and even Russia in due time would be compelled to succumb. The Scandinavian nations are naturally lovers of liberty and equal rights ; and Sweden and Denmark would not be slow to follow the common example, In the event of a great wave of republican sen- timent passing over and revolutionizing Europe, Belgium and Holland would disap- pear from the map of Europe. The one would be lost in France and the other in Germany. As for England, she is rushing already with railroad speed towards the republican goal. What is wanted, as we have said, to revolu- tionize Europe is a good example. In the United States the peoples of Europe behold a successful experiment, a glorious example. But they need an example nearer home. That example can best be presented by France ; for France, in spite of her fall, is still the pivotal nation of Europe. Believing, as we do, thatthe successful establishment of the republic in France will be the salvation of France and the commencement of a happier era for the peoples of Europe, we wish the experiment early and complete success. Let the better day | dawn. It cannot dawn toosoon, for the night of oligarchical tyranny has been long and dreary. Let the peoples triumph. Let right, not might, prevail. The Recent Tugb: Explosion. A terrible warning was given to the owners | and captains of the numerous tugboats that ply on the river and bay in the explosion of | the Epsilon on Monday. Ordinarily a defec- tive boiler is the cause of these frightful disas- ters; but in this case the calamity is said to | have its origin in carelessness and neglect, | allowing the water in the boiler to run low | while the fires were in full blast. It is hard to | imagine how an engineer can be so remiss in his duty, knowing that he must be the first | victim should the imprisoned giant over which he is sole keeper escape from his iron cell; yet it is, we are told, not uncommon for engineers and firemen to let the water supply take care of itself, and thus brave death in its most dreadful form. The boiler of the Epsilon was considered one of the strongest on the river, and was inspected a few days ago with satis- factory results; therefore nothing but gross carelessness could have caused such a fright- ful disaster. The question naturally occurs whether engineers of ferryboats and excursion steamers are liable to similar forgetfulness of their duty, and whether the thousands that venture their lives on the river may not be | sacrificed at any moment by such criminal | recklessness. Steamboat owners should, there- | fore, exercise considerable caution and judg- ment in the selection of engineers. It :is bad enough to have rotten boilers, without the addi- tional curse of incompetent or rash engineers, Carelessness is not confined to tugboats, but may he found on some of the principal railroads. About the same time that the Epsilon blew up a collision occurred between two trains on the New Jersey and New Jersey Central Railroads, crossing at Elizabeth, in which there was a hairsbreadth escape from frightful loss of life. A broken brake and a misunderstanding ‘in regard to time caused the collision. Thus on land or water we find nothing but criminal | recklessness, by which human life is constantly placed in jeopardy. Conductors and engineers are solely responsible in many cases, and as their duties arg ‘plainly marked out for them | they shontd not forget that thei own livés are at stake ag well as those entrusted to their care. The Labor Movement, For some weeks a peaceful struggle has been in progress in our imidst which promiggg to modify considerably the relations of ating. men and their employers. With a perti- nacity seldom exhibited by popular bodies, except in the pursuit of great social ideas which have taken firm hold of the people, the trades men of this city have year after year | made efforts to force the adoption of the eight- hour system. Until the present moment those efforts have been made in vain; but it would appear that the time has at last come when the workingmen are about. to achieve a final triumph. In some trades the employers have accepted the terms proposed by the men, and the success so achieved has encouraged | h | athome and being used to just the kind of other trades to claim similar advantages. So far the movement has been conducted with a discretion and forethought creditable to | the good sense both of the men and their em- ployers. words were spoken by hot-headed advocates on both sides, but no attempt has been made to interfere with the free action of individuals. The men on strike have done wisely in eschew- ing all violence or intimidation. By their judicious conduct they have attracted an amount of popular sympathy which would have been turned against them had any resort been made to bludgeon arguments. They can- not do better than continue in the way they have entered upon, and whether final success attends them or not they will at least have secured the good will of their fellow citizens. In some instances ill-considered | | | —_—_—_————~». their rights they are fully jastified in resorte ing to them. It might bo better if there existed court of arbitration, where disputes of this nature could be settled; but until some system of tho kind is organized strikes and locks-out must continue to be the only effectual mode of settling differences between capital and labor, As labor is @ marketable commodity those who control it have a perfect right to sell it on their own terms, or not sell it, just as they please. The talk about the immorality of strikes is, therefore, all bosh, and their adop- tion or rejection is simply a matter of expedi- ency. The influence of labor in the affairs of the world is rapidly increasing, and whatever difficulties may have to be overcome there can be little doubt that eventually the working classes will succeed in modifying considerably the present relations of labor and capital. I¢ is well, however, for the advocates of the rights of Isbor to remember that capital also has rai trap that it is not at all desirable sul @ tyranny of workingmen for that of the capitalists. Both will find their best interest in the just allowance of what is due to the other. By this meang only can conflicts be avoided which must of necessity inflict loss and suffering on both the and the employed. supers The Approaching International Strug- gle—New York Versus London, We have all along endeavored to keep ous readers promptly and fully informed of every- thing of interest pertaining to the second great Anglo-American amateur rowing match, and in a recent issue our London correspondent has brought us all the latest details of how both parties are getting on. Despite abundance of coarse and stormy weather the Atalanta men have settled steadily down to their work, and seem to be acting with commendable judgment in all they have to do, unless we may except the matter of procuring a boat for the race, and, even a more serious thing, competedt and careful coaching. Pleasant as is the idea of rowing in an Ameri- can-built boat only, and so keeping up the na- tional distinction as markedly as possible, it would seem to us wiser to have obtained the very best boat and oars that money could buy, no matter whose handiwork they were. They may rely on it that their rivals will do all this, and that the latter see already what they should have discovered long ago—namely, that this is a contest between men, and men at liberty to choose their tools and their method of using them, too, and that, if national pride is to be consulted, asin a race of such prominence it unquestionably is, it will be far more gratified if its guardians win fairly and surely, no mat- ter for such a trifle as. who built their ship, than if they lose because they would only row in an American bottom. Nearly four yeata ago Harvard, by an equally nice distinction, threw away one of the very best chances crew ever had, the right, when she had onca fairly and clearly won the lead, of reaping the benefit of such winning; and her blunder can never be remembered on this side the water- save with regret. Then, again, wo are told that neither crew ia being coached. This is a little surprising with the London men, even though they have been long since coached so much, but with the Americans we cannot fail to regard it as a grave mistake. Probably no crew that ever rowed would not have been much benefited by careful coaching, and generally none are so ready to admit this as they who could go best without it. But if, as our correspondent says, “the hold’’ of the Americans ‘‘on the water ia light,’’ “there is a perceptible hang on the feather,’’ and ‘the stroke is short,” surely here is ample room for careful instruction. A “rapid” but ‘feeble’ style, with ‘automatia regularity,"” are all well enough to look af, but we hold that the party of men who take it on themselves to stand so very prominently before the public eye, and who assume the special care of a matter that touches the pride of two great nations, and which must seem, whatever the truth really may be, to go far to- wards determining whether England or America can boast of the more enduring men physically, we hold that these men have no right to omit the resort to any proper and be« coming means that may be reasonably expected | to aid them to the effecting their purpose.;, It is plain, and must have been all along, to any one who has read or heard what the, press of either this country or England haa had to say ‘about the contest, which is set down for four o’clock in the afternoon of the Mon- day of week after next, on the Thames water, that it is to be a race between light, almost | under-sized men, $n the one side, and men who will average well up towards “heavy weights” on the other. If any one aonb that the chances do not lie with our side him consider whether, if he could to-day have the choice between having our representad tives some fifteen pounds apiece heavier, in« stead of lighter than their opponentg—otl things being equal—he would not quickly vota fhat way. But other ing are not even equal;, for, besides having the heavier mon, England sends to the fore three of her rowers whose names are and have been for almost a dozen years deservedly among the very foremost in her amateur rowing annals; men who have won, not one or two, but many closely con tested races ; who have rowed together two or three times as long as their rivals—an experi- ence that always tells, as the Ward brothers can testify—and who, if they could not tem days ago steer well without a coxswain, know every inch of the course, for it is the one they, live on; while in the matters of climate, being excitement in store for them shortly, and in many another thing besides, it is easy to say whether or not there is good ground to think that the chances are with them or the Atae lantas. And whom do the Londoners take for the fourth thwart? Not one among all the hun dreds of their past membership, but a new man, fresh from a place in the twice victorious Cambridge ‘Varsity boat—one who after re- peated trials wins the place from Tinné, the giant of the Oxford crew, that defeated Har- vard, and who (Tinné) stands six fect two and a half inches in height, and weighs nearly two hundred pounds, even when trained. It ia pretty clear that John B. Close is a rare, good man, and it is equally so that the Londom It may not bea desirable thing to have re- | Rowing Club are striving with all their might, course to strikes, and no doubt their frequent recurrence has a tendency to unsettle trade, |} aud leaving no stone unturned to win what manifestly be far the most important raca but as no other means are at the disposal of | they will have ever row sd, the workingmen to extort what thev consider | The conclusion that forces itself upon us iq