The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1873, Page 4

BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, ———— Volume XXXVIIMI...........000eeeeee 0+ NOs 195 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Mins. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Jack axp tux Bran BraLk—A Comepictta. D'S MUSEUM. Broadway, corner Thirticth st— poe Dione. Afternoon and evening. | CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Summen Nicurts’ Con- CERTS, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOmmNCE AND ART. DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 683 Broadway.—Scizxcr ax Art. WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE NEW OF YESTERDAY. 'To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “OUR CROP AND TRADE PROSPECTS! SUM- MER REFLECTIONS FOR FUTURE AO- TION’—LEADING EDITORIAL ARTICLE— Fourru Paas, IMPORTANT NEWS FROM KHIVA! THE KHAN SURRENDERS VOLUNTARILY AND BE- COMES A VASSAL OF THE CZAR! HE ISSUES A DECREE ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE KHANATE! 10,000 PERSIAN SLAVES FREED—Firti PaGs. MORE SPANISH REVOLTS! THE POPULACE RISING IN ALL DIRECTIONS! MUTINIES, RIOTS AND GENERAL DISAFFECTION! 5,000 PEASANT RECRUITS FOR THE CARLISTS—FirTH PaGE. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN ITALY!—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—Firru Page. 4N AUDIENCE GRANTED BY THE CHINESE EMPEROR TO THE FOREIGN AMBASSA- DORS—TENTH Paae, A TERRIBLE MYSTERY! THE DEAD BODY OF A WOMAN FOUND, ALMOST CONSUMED BY RATS AND MAGGOTS, IN A DESERTED HOUSE IN EIGHTY-SEVENTH STREET! HER RICHES AND POSSIBLE MURDER! BEGIN- NING OF THE INQUEST—TENTH PaGE. ATE STODDARD’S DIARY AND SINGULAR CAREER! A POLICE OFFICER IN IMMI- NENT PERIL FROM THE SAME HAND THAT KILLED GOODRICH! KATE’S PASs- SIONATE ATTACHMENT TO HER VICTIM AND DESPAIR AT ABANDONMENT—Firta Pace. WHE CONNECTICUT COLLEGE COURSE AND 4 THE CREWS! DIRECTIONS FOR INTEND- ING VISITORS! THE BENNETT PRIZE! THE GRAND STRUGGLES PROMISED IN THE REGATTA—FiFTH PaGx. XMIDSUMMER SERMONS! THE ISSUES OF THE HOUR AS TREATED OF IN THE METROPO- LIS AND ELSEWHERE! KATE STODDARD'S FATE! THE FISHERS OF MEN—E1GnTH PAGE. HE TIGRESS TO START TO-DAY FOR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE! HER TRIAL TRIP! PER- SONNEL OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW— r THE SWISS FESTIVAL—SixTH PaaE, \AN EXCITING SCENE AT A HOTEL DINNER TABLE! MARITAL INFELICITY IN KAN- 8AS! A HUSBAND SHOOTS DOWN HIS WIFE'S ALLEGED SEDUCER! THE LATEST PLATONIC ATTACHMENT—Sixta Pace. MHE PRESIDENTIAL THIRD TERM! OPINIONS OF OUR AMERICAN CONTEMPORARIES ON THE DANGERS FROM C#SARISM—Tsigp PaGk. AMERICA AND THE MONETARY STATUS! WHY ENGLAND HOLDS THE REINS OF FINANCE! UNITED STATES SECURITIES! THE ENG. LISH CUINAGE! OUR RAILROADS, IM- PORTS AND EXPORTS—Nintu Pacs. GAMBRINUS’ SUNDAY WORSHIPPERS—Ninra PaGE. THE HOMES OF THE DANGEROUS CLASSES IN PHILADELPHIA! A VISIT TO THE LOW DOGGERIES AND FILTHY, DILAPIDATED ROOKERIES WHERE VICE REIGNS TRI- UMPHANT—SixrH Paces. DOINGS AND SAYINGS OF THE NOTABLE PER- SONS AT THE SEASIDE CAPITAL! THE PRES{DENT’S BAYS AND VISITORS! SEO- RETARY BELKNAP AND THE NEWSPAPER MEN—SIxTH PaGE. * POLITICS AND POLITICIANS—WORKS OF THE LITERATI—Tairp Pace. Sram anp Cusa—Tue Same Oxp Srory.— For the hundredth time we hear again that Spain is going to accord constitutional rights to Cuba and will abolish slavery. The tele- graph is kept in operation day after day and month after month, repeating from Madrid or Havana the same old story, though differ- ently dressed up to make it look less weari- ome and more plausible. But nothing is done worth speaking of nor will be done. Under every form of government in Spain ~Cuba has been governed by arbitrary power. Constitutional rights have never been known ‘there. No government in Spain dares venture to abolish slavery and grant political freedom the Cubans. The slave oligarchy and the «plundering official satraps forbid that. The » “wonder is that Spain has the audacity to mock the world with such fraudulent pretensions. Tax Amentcan Parss on Czsanism.—We give to-day some extracts from our more im- mediate contemporaries in regard to the sub- ject of ‘‘Casarism,” or the third Presidential term proposed for General Grant—a matter that has been discussed in the editorial columns of the Hxnatp for some days past. It will be seen that the papers we quote from are divided in opinion on the question, but it is generally agreed that the leading republican who now hold office under the federal administration are bent on securing, for their own self-aggrandizement, the nomi- mation of Grant for a third term in the Presi- dential office. While some affect to treat the ‘matter lightly others see its momentous im- portance, and with an earnest and honest zeal the ambition of thoge who would force such # dangerous element into our “spystem of government os the third term ‘Tax New Scuxpvzz of railroad rates in Illi- mois, it is said, will work a reduction of about five per cent in the tariff for freight. Thus is the great farmers’ movement quietly working out its mission. Horzrct. Nuws From Inetanp—Perfect diet from Dublin to Londonderry on the an- of the Battle of the Boyne. No parade in Belfast, Tum Boston Post cries aloud for the Masaa- tts democracy to be “up and doing.” ‘what—prenaring for another funeral? While a large portion of the business com- munity is seeking that rest and recuperation during the heated term of Summer which an active life and too generally an overstraining of mind and body call for, the crops are grow- ing and maturing and the millions of toilers in the fields are preparing materials of wealth for commerce and renewed activity in the Fall and Winter. It is an appropriate time, there- fore, to review the situation of the country and to look at the prospect before us. A great railroad magnate, when approached at Sara- toga a few Summers ago on a business mat- ter, replied that he had left business behind him and attended to none there; that, in fact, he went to Saratoga to enjoy himself and to attend to the ladies, This septuagenarian was then courting his present wife, and was married shortly after. Many others are in the habit of laying aside the cares of business in Midsummer for health and pleasure, and to attend upon the Jadies, whether married or ex- pecting to be married. Still, our merchants, tradesmen, stock speculators, as well as the great railroad chiefs, are not apt to lose sight entirely of the main chance, In their leisure they watch the current of events, contemplate the prospect, discuss probabilities and prepare for future work. The stock and gold specula- tors are, to a certain extent, an oxcoptional class. They live in excitement and are not happy out of it, They are heard shouting as lustily in Wall and Broad streets when the thermometer stands over ninety in July as when it approaches zero at the depth of Win- ter. The rise and fall of stocks and gold are as exciting to them as horse racing is to tho professional turfmen. Yet some of these, even when worn down—and theirs is a fearfully wearing business—seek the seashore, the moun- tains or the spas, though they may hold the magnetic telegraph wires in their fingers to keep en rapport with the market. One of the remarkable things of this com- paratively inactive period is the steady price of gold. It has stood for some time at a frac- tion over fifteen per cent premium, and fluc- tuating very little from dayto day. The price of stocks, too, has been well kept up, taking the list through—all tending to show the absence of any great and general disturbing element in the market, There appears to be no serious perturbing cause at present or proximate to affect the stock and money markets or the course of commerce. The world is at peace, with the exception of certain local disturbances abroad. The great political changes that have recently taken place in France and Spain, and those that are fermenting at the base of society in all the countries of Europe, produce no alarming or great influence upon the general currents of commerce. They are barely felt in the inter- course between America and Europe. Nor would greater changes or more serious disturbances abroad have more than a temporary effect upon the trade generally, values or well being of the United States. Close as commerce in this age binds one nation to another this country has such enormous and varied resources that it is more independent than any other. War or any other extraordinary event abroad might disturb the market and values for a time, but not long or greatly, for both capital and emi- gration seek a refuge in this prosperous and happy country. But while gold and the money market are comparatively steady un- der the influence of general peace and woll- established currents of commerce, how is it that the gold premium has not declined? How is it we have not approached nearer to @ specie basis and the general money stan- dard of the world? At one time the gold premium was reduced to ten per cent or be- low, now it is over fifteen, and not long since it was above eighteen. Looking at the wealth, resources and prosperity of the country, and atthe creditand constantly available specie means of the government, this isa puzzling anomaly, and can be accounted for in no other way than that the national finances have been wretchedly managed. Look at France, at her enormous debt before the war with Prussia, at the cost and sacrifices of that war andthe war with the Commune, at the indemnity of a thousand million of dollars paid in about two years, at her loss of valuable and revenue-producing territory, and at all her troubles, and yet the suspension of specie payments was scarcely more than nominal. Eight years after our war goldis fifteen per cent premium. The difference in the con- dition of the two countries in this respect is remarkable, and shows how much better they understand financial management on the other side the Atlantic. It is more agreeable to look forward to than back on the failures of our financial dabblers, and we shall, therefore, notice the material prospects of the country. First, then, as to the cotton crop—the crop of that great staple which goes far to pay for our luxuries, to keep the government well supplied with revenue and to promote commerce and every branch of industry. It is generally admitted that the crop will not be less than that of last year. The average planted was greater, but reports from different parts of the Southern States represent a loss in the yield from too much wet weather and other causes. Such reports, however, come every year and are apt to be rather exaggerated. Planters and farmers generally are disposed to croak if their crops are not exceptionally good. Last year the crop exceeded the estimates, and it does almost every year. It is rather too early to make a reliable estimate within two or three hundred thousand bales, more or less, but there is little doubt that the crop of 1873 will be larger than the one last year and will be, probably, between three and three-quarter millions and four millions of bales. This, as far as the proceeds in cash which it will yield are concerned, would be as good a crop nearly as one of five mil- lions of bales, for the market price in- variably rises or falls with the supply. While an abundant supply, however, might not bring more in money, or little more, comparatively to the planters and the country than the shorter one, the public and trade would be benefited by the largest crop, for that brings more work for the mills and cheaper cotton fabrics. If the present price should be maintained—and that is predicated mainly on the prospective supply—-the crop of 1873 will be worth about three hundred millions of dollars. Not the least gratifying fact to be considered in this is ihe great help the South will obtain to restore its damaged fortunes, for whether the cotton be sold abroad or at the North the Sonthernara will got the money or credit, partial drought and other drawbacks. ‘There is no reason to believe that the average surplus for exportation over what is necded for home consumption, and, no doubt, mar- kets will be found forthat. Besides, our manu- factures are increasing and now enter largely into competition with those of England and other older manufacturing countries. Though our gold production has fallen off, that of sil- ver is augmenting, and the precious metals will continue to furnish a considerable amount toward adjusting the balance of trade. In every point of view as regards the products of the soil, mines and manufactares the prospect is good. Here, then, is the foundation of an ever- augmenting trade and increasing prosperity. Extravagant as our people are and luxuriously as they live, production and the growth of wealth keep up with importations and con- sumption. And when we look at the balance sheet of imports and exports, and even at the drain of specie to Europe, we should not lose sight of the three or four hundred thousand emigrants that come here every year and the money they bring as well as their wealth of labor. Everything looks encouraging for the fature, and with the close of the Summer season we may expect a steady and healthful revival of business. But what about specie payments or an approximation to them? There is no good reason why this country should remain year after year in the anoma- lous situation of suspension. There is nothing in the condition of the country or means of the government to justify that, We are but the shuttlecocks of the bankers and money brokers of Europe, when we ought to be independent in our financial affairs, Woe neod and ought to have a solid financial basis— ® monetary system—that could not be shaken by foreign bankers or by a few millions, more or less, of gold. We know hot if Con- gress and the Treasury Department have the ability to extricate the country from this slough and demoralized condition. At all events it is time that the people began to move in the matter and that something should be done. Prosperous as we are, our progress must be retarded by the continuance of an unsound financial system. The Scum of Philadeiphia—Our Cor- respondent’s Exposure. To go through the letters of our correspondent at Philadelphia, one of which was published yesterday and another to-day, is like reading the frightful descriptions of the slums and de- graded population of Paris by Victor Hugo or Eugene Sue. These revelations are calcu- lated to startle quiet and respectable people who have imagined, probably, that this land of liberty and plenty was exempt from such gross depravity. The Philadelphians espe- cially, who are in the habit of boasting of the morality and cleanliness of their city, will wake up with a sense of horror and shame. Thoy may not thank us for making the ex- posure, but having heard of the profound degradation of certain localities and among a portion of the community of Philadelphia, and seeing that the local press either had not the enterprise or did got care to expose the social ulcer, we resolved to exploit their slums for them. It is unnecessary to re- capitulate the fearful details, for our readers have them in full in other columns of the paper yesterday and to-day. One fact stands out prominently, calling for the serious consideration of our radical philanthropists who have devoted much time and care to the negroes. Philadelphia has been long regarded asasort of elysiam for the blacks—a place where they could and would develop all the virtues and rival the whites in civilization. Nowhere have the negroes been more petted or had better opportunities to rise in the scale of civilized life. Yet what a dark pic- ture is presented of a large portion of these people! Unhappily the degradation is not confined to them, but it prevails among them more than in any other class. Of course there are many respectable colored people in Phila- delphia, as there are some very degraded whites. In all great and populous cities—in New York and others, as well as in Philadel- phia—there are what has not improperly been termed “the savages of civilization ;" but there is less excuse for their existence in the United States than in the vast cities of the Old World. More attention should be paid to these social ulcers; more and better educa- tion is needed ; our municipal authorities are too indifferent and lax in their duty. We hope the exposures made will bring not only re- forms in Philadelphia, but in this city and other cities as well. The French Line of Steamers. The efforts at present being made by the General Transportation Steamship Company to increase the carrying facilities between France and this country merit some notice, Although the company do not carry omigrants in any of their splendid vessels they have become famous for their passenger accommo- dations and well served table. They take the southern route adopted by the Cunard line, and make the passage in between eight and nine days. The latest addition to their line, the Ville du Havre, is a magnificent vessel, perhaps the best fitted ocean steamer for cabin passengers in the world. Three sister ships to the Ville du Havre are being con- structed for this line, and it is shortly in- tended to make the trips weekly, instead of fortnightly, as at present. French capitalists are taking a step in the right direction in fostering direct steam communication with America. The vast amount of freight carried across the ocean should certainly not be allowed to remain, as at present, almost monopolized by England. American capitalists should be stimulated by the success of the French line to have a sharo in the profits of the transatlantic carrying trade, Apart even from this view, there is a national aspect to the matter which deserves attention—namely, that a strong mercantile navy adds to the power of a country more even than a great navy of war vessels. The nation which, like England, controls its own carrying trade, sends abroad tangible evi- dences of its strength and greatness in every ship that floats her flag in a foreign port. These generate confidence, while a war vessel dropping in or out of harbor only inspires a fecling anywhere between fear and respect. The French line has twenty-aix steamers, only four of which ply between Havre and New York, calling at Brest. It is regrettable to think that no American company can boast anything like this. Consequences of the Capture of Khiva. A despateh from St, Petersburg gives us some important news relative to affairs in the now conquered Khanate of Khiva. It de- scribes principally the bountiful condescen- sion of the Russian commander in restoring the Khan to his throne after the latter had declared himself the vassal of Russia. Tf, in complete astonishment at his head not being caused to adorn a pole, the Khan immediately issued an emancipation proclamation we must accept the result as indicative of the fact that Russia is succeed- ing in her deeply laid plan to admiration. Among the slaves were ten thousand Persians, whom General Kaufmann is about to send home out of captivity, as Oyrus, the Persian, sent the Jews home from Babylon. One good turn deserves another. What disposition tho Shah is likely to make of these manumitted subjects, or how he is likely to be pleased, depends, we suppose, a good deal on the state cf the ex- chequer at Teheran. But the great question of Russia's ulterior intentions is left carefully untouched in the news from the Russian capi- tal. The submission of the Khan of Khiva as a vassal of Russia seems a stroke of fortune, if it is not the result of that careful diplomacy which has hitherto preceded and attended the advance of the Russian columns in Asia. Pledged to the punishment of Khiva, Russia was almost profuse in her professions that punishment was the unique object of the great and costly expedition. Judging from her own course in India and China, England was cynical about these professions. The courts of Constantinople and Teheran be- came the theatre of English intrigue for the nonce, the dangers of a per- mament Russian occupation of Khiva were dwelt upon, and England, with her eye on a possible dangerfrom beyond the Himalayas, sounded a note of alarmat home. The volun- tary acceptance of Russian vassalage by Khivoa, if the bargain can be kept, practically’ settles the subject of Russian ownership there in a manner the most unassailable and satisfactory to Russia. The liberation of the ten thousand Persian slaves will be a sop to the Shah, and while a cheap favor to Russia must prevent any very animated protest from Persia as to the changed aspect of affairs. Weare not informed whether the Russian columns are now about to march away from the Khanate they have conquered. Is it not, however, prob- able that this grateful and obliging Khan may ask some of them to remain tor his and his country’s protection? We have heard in the world’s history before of just such won- derful coincidences between the desires of a conquered chieftain and his conqueror. What will, what can England say to this? The best informed among the English weeklies give out rumors of an alliance between the Shah and the British government which show the uneasiness of England. If the Shah chooses to regard the state of affairs in Khiva with complacent tranquillity, by what right can the English presume to interfere in matter which, however they imagine it concerns them, is, in the plain sense of the term, none of their business? Yet strongly suggestive grumblings are heard fn Anglo-Indian circles on the subject that show how little the question of right enters into the decisions of conquering nations, in spite of all the sugar-coated bosh they are in the habit of talking. These grumblings plainly indicate that Persia is to be in the future a debatable ground between the two Powers, most probably to Persia’s great misfortune. The English proposition, stripped of all verbiage, is simply that if Rus- sia conquers and holds the Khanates, England must dominate in Persia—whether by a pro- tectorate or conquest—to be decided by the circumstances. The two great robbers in the name of civilization have apparently set their hearts on the same territory, but for different reasons. Russia wants it for herself; England only wants it because Russia wants it. It will, indeed, be a splendid irony on the pos- turings of royalty if, after having féled and staffed the Persian monarch all over Europe, from St. Petersburg to London, that London and St. Petersburg should advance from oppo- site sides to crush the Shah and his kingdom into a cocked hat, metaphorically speaking. This, however, looks like one of the great, if remote, consequences of the capture of Khiva. The most immediate to Russia will be a push- ing forward of the vanguard of her trading posts all over the territory, which the terms of the Khan’s submission virtually acquires to her. In the midst of this conflict of great in- teresta it is pleasant to recur to actualities. The Shah is still being féted and fooled—if his eyes are shut—and there is marrying and giving in marriage between the Guelpks and the Romanoffs. Smile at the pretty picture, O republics! The Races on the Connecticut. The time to which so many young men have long looked anxiously forward is at last close at hand, and before nightfall of Thursday, if nothing unlooked-for happens, we shall all know who is to carry away the bright little flags and the honor of being the best college oarsmen in America. Never before was there such preparation; never before were ten trainers called, and they including about all our best professionals, and in some respects we are glad to learn that they probably never will be called again. The awakening among the colleges, which will bring this week eighty-four men to the score, has, ap- parently without being noticed, caused also the largest number of men to go into severe and systematic training at one time ever known in our land; and surely they could, many of them, scarcely have hit upon a way of doing themselves as little harm and as much good, and by their example, too, many a weakly neighbor. Some men are hurt by row- ing, essaying too much, usually before their backs are strong enough for the work. But far more are benefited, and already, thanks to this pastime and base ball, our students are as a class improving perceptibly in , carriage and physique. From the letter of our special correspondent to-day it will be seen that the chosen course is hardly as well fitted for the struggle as the local press thereabout would have us believe; and es at this time of year many of our rivers are apt to be low it would be well before | another July comes round to- seek Out some lake, broad and properly sheltered, where all can have abundance of room and where fouls shall be about impossible even to such a crew as that which could not the other day see a ferryboat ; and as Saratoga Lake has been tried and has proved admirably suited to its pur- pose, the great spa of America may yet have an aquatic reputation of another sort and one it had never expected. Meanwhile, as s0 many colleges have got on so far, itis probable none will turn back; and if they prove this week that eleven crews can row abreast and not entangle it will speak exceedingly well for the good judgment of our students as well as their good intentions, and give us ground for the hope of every year sceing the really magnificent spectacle of all this fleet speeding swiftly away together over the measured miles, instead of in the straggling and un- neighborly fashion that any other plan would require, Yeosterday’s Pulpit Themes. From the batch of sermons condensed which we present to-day it will be seen that very few of the regular pastors were at their posts yesterday, and their pulpits were con- sequently supplied by strangers and friends. Among the few faithful shepherds who still remain with their flocks is Dr. Ormiston, who improved the occasion with reflections on the secret sins of life which lie hidden deep in many hearts and only await favorable oppor- tunities to manifest themselves. We shall never know, until the great Judgment Day shall reveal it, how many fearful crimes have been averted by the hand of death. We are too oft inclined to look upon death as a destroyer, a king of terrors, an enemy to our race; but it has carried away, pos- sibly, the germs of many an awfal crime, of many a dreadful calamity to our- selves and others. How many deaths, men- tally, has the poor creature suffered within the last three months who is now confined in prison as the murderer of Oharles Goodrich ? And how much better it would have been for her had death cut her off ere the passion which culminated in crime had developed itself. Another of the watchful shepherds is Rev. Dr. Ewer, who seemed to be impressed with the fact that, ‘according to the New Testa- ment, those very things which are considered as blessings in an earthly sense are considered the opposite in a heavenly sense.’’ Pride, for instance, through which man has lost heaven; victory in an argument or on the battle field; the acquisition of wealth or honor or position— to none of these things is there a benediction attached. But neither is there a malediction attached. And there are many good things suggested, if not commanded and com- mended, in the New Testament, upon which blessings are not pronounced. And while the Scriptures urge and more heartily commend the best things they do not de- nounce nor decry those things which may be only second best. Humility is preferable to pride, meekness to effrontery; but diligence in business and conquest in controversy are not condemned, but are applauded both by precept and example, Christianity and the Christian life do not mean to walk the earth, crowned with thorns and bowed down in sor- row always. The glory of the Lord is to rise upon it anda crown of sunshine and of glory is to encircle its brow. We have no sym- pathy, therefore, with that type of Christianity which sees nothing lovely or loveable in this life and which is always journeying through 8 vale of tears, with many a cloud overcast. Another one of the faithful few is Dr. Par- tridge, rector of Christ church, Bedford ave- nue, Brooklyn, who assisted his people to balance their accounts with God that they might know how much every man owed to Him. As the God of our salvation He has an account current with each one ofus, and the debit and credit are kept by an unseen hand in the Book of Life. On the credit side of the ledger the Doctor considered how few are the miseries compared with the many merciesof life. And this is everywhere true and always true, though men are sometimes so blinded that they see only the misery, but not the mercy. Mr. Hepworth no longer leads his disciples, but has assigned this duty to Rev. Mr. Ly- man, who yesterday analyzed and set forth the elements contained in condemnation, and held up the sternness of the court of public opinion, before which so many men in our day are condemned or acquitted. By and by the law which men are now breaking will turn and cut them. But if a man makes up his mind to repent Christ is on his side, and faith is strong enough to make him take up the hatchet of will and strike at the roots of his past sin, The sin is forgiven and the con- demnation passes away. Dr. Adams’ Presbyterian pulpit was like- wise supplied by stranger—Rev. Dr. Dar- ling, of Albany—who held up the heroic Apos- tle Paul as a moral hero and preacher. The two distinguishing characteristics which marked and ennobled his career were his un- shaken confidence in his personal acceptance with Christ and a thorough knowledge of him- self and a firm conviction of his own indi- vidual sinfulness. These traits, in an emi- nent degree, would make a hero of any man, and much more of such a man as Saul of Tarsus. Rev. Mr. Camp set forth the great truth that wo best answer the Sayiour’s invitation to fol- low Him, not by promises, but by walking in His ways and keeping His Commandments. This was the way the disciples answered it, and this is how He expects every one of us to answer it practically, day by day. Dr. Samson clearly indicated to his hearers that success in life cannot be attained unless men have a fixed aim and a steady purpose. And according to the admonition of the Apos- tle Paul we must apply the same rale to re- ligious life and be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, if we hope to triumph at last, Rev. Father Farley preached in the Cathe- dral on the Parable of the Lonves and Fishes, as illustrating the anxiety of the people to hear the gracious words which fell from the Saviour’s lips and His interest in their tem- poral as well as their spiritual welfare. The great apostle of Plymouth church has left the heights of Brooklyn for those of the Hudson, and yesterday his place was occupied, but evidently not filled, by a preacher far more orthodox and, in some respects, far more able, though not so popular as the gifted pastor of Plymouth. Dr. Eddy, one of the secretaries of the Methodist Missionary Society. anveared there yesterday. and drew some practical lessons from. unbelief which so completely overcame the latter, In Lefferts’ Park Dr. Hiscox gave the people gathered there some reasons why God is not ashamed of those who serve and hones ie Sone ny epee set See From Poughkeepsie there comes to us am admirable paper on the study of the Bible. I6 was prepared and read by Rev. Dr. Thomp- son before the International Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association in that city. It will well repay perusal, for it is full of excellent thoughts and timely suggestions. Dr. Posner, at Long Branch, was over- whelmed with the fearful fact that ‘all about us men are going to hell with locomotive speed, and the pulpit seems powerless to prevent it.” True. Let the pulpit return to the simplicity of the Gospel and leave vain philosophy alone, and it may succeed. Bon Voyadn 1o tHe Troness.—To-day the third vessel fitted out by the United States government sails for the Arctic Seas. The Polaris was the pioneer, and, al- though we cannot call her mission wholly a failure, we can hardly term it a success, The Juniata sailing for Disco does not contemplate any explorations in that mysterious region be- yond Cape Union, but simply proceeds north- ward on a mission of succor and co-operation. Adopting the suggestion of the Hzraup, the Navy Department purchased the Tigress because she is specially fitted for naviga- tion among the perilous icebergs of Baffin’s Bay and Smith’s Sound. As to the value | of Arctic explorations opinions may honestly differ, but as to the duty of succoring those who have gone there under the order of the government it is plain and simple. We are therefore glad to record the departure of the Tigress to-day, and she goes with our heartiest wishes that she may bring home the survivors of the Polaris. Commander Greer, Lieutenant Commander White, and Lieuten~ ants Berry, Sebree and Wilkins are officers of fine education and of great moral and physical endurance, and will move about in the Arctis waters with good jadgment, and will, we hope, return home successful. An Uptown Mysrzry.—While the Stephen» son and Kiistner murders in Jersey and the Goodrich murder in Brooklyn divide publia interest in the homicidal respect, a horror comes to us from Yorkville, which may or may not have the element of murder in it, An elderly maiden lady's body was found yesterday in a fearful state of de composition in Eighty-seventh street. 84 retired were her habits that not until eh¢ had been invisible about her house fot five weeks was any suspicion aroused that anything was wrong with her Whether her death was natural o1 otherwise is at present doubtful, but the fact that, in a great city like New York, where one woman’s absence for a day or a nighi will often set a neighborhood in commotion, this retired creature, who had inhabited s house for five years, could disappear for fout or five weeks without causing a ripple of com ment, shows what extremes touch insensibly the mystic round of life and death. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mr. and Mrs. Whipple Metcalf, of Cumberland, R. L, celebrated their golden wedding last week Among their guests were Rev. David Benedict, who married them, and Mr. and Mrs, Richard Car rique, who acted as groomsman and bridesmaid, A pastel portrait of Dr. Franklin was obtained in Paris, at great expense, by our late Minister te France, John Bigelow, and there are reports of the existence of a duplicate in this country. It isin the possession of Dr. D. R. Franklin, of Newburg, N.Y. Ex-Governor Charles J. Jenkins, of Georgia, wat chosen at the meeting in Commencement week @ the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Union College to de liver the annual oration before it im 1874. Gover nor Jenkins is @ graduate of the college of the class of 1824. The Khedive is a party to the depletion of the Jardin d'Acclimatation, in Paris, of its ducks, He recently sent there two large white Egyptian pell- cans, which are now known to be duck poachera, one ofthem having been caught with two of the ducks in its maw. The Celt would seem from the following to be prevalent in the South and Central American re pubdlics. Queen Victoria has approved as Peruvian Consuls at Belfast and Dublin, Don Charles 0’Con- nor and Don Hatton R. O’Kerny; and as Consul for Guatemala at Gibraltar, Don Hector Cavanna. The Earl and Countess of Denbigh, on the recent anniversary of the accession of the Pope to the Pontifical throne, entertained the Duke of Norfolk and other aristocratic Catholicsin London. Dur- ing the dinner a congratulatory message was sent to His Holiness, who returned the party his apos- tolic benediction. General du Barail, the French Minister of War, thinks that war benevolently furnishes soldiers with better quarters in another world than they enjoy in this. For, said he ina recent debate, “It you take away from the troops their faith in an- other life you have no right to exact the sacrifice of their existence.” A Western farmer, it is reported, refused to look at a simple sewing machine recently, as he always “sowed wheat by hand.”’ He is said to be related to the man who did not want a threshing machine on his farm; “for,” said he, “give me a harness tug or a barrel stave, and I can make my family toe the mark according to law and Scripter.” An ocean anecdote, apropos of the “Inmak crime,” is related as follows:—‘‘Here we are now, within a quarter of a mile of land,” was the joyfal announcement made by the captain of an oceam steamer to his grumbling passengers. ‘“Whereft Which way is it?” were the eager exclamations which followed. “Anywhere down below there,’* said the captain, pointing toward the bottom ofthe sea, ‘The lead gives us just 220 fathoms of water, and the land comes slap up against the brine.’* Just as the City of Washington came “slap up” against Gull Rock. CHINA AND JAPAN, Treaty Ratifi jon in the Guildhall ef Tientsin—British Guildhall Almost Eclipsed in its Prandial Glory. The Japanese-Chinese ratified treaty was ex- changed at the Shanse Guildhall, Tientsin—a large, fine building, situated in the northera suburb of the city—on the 30th April; Tanesm: Soyeshima, the Ambassador, and all his suite, together with several naval officers belonging to the Japanese iron-clad Riojokan on the part of the Japanese government, and Li Hungchang, the Viceroy of Chibli and Superintendent for Foreign Affairs at the northern ports, and all the local territorial authorities and other Chinese high local officials om the os of the Chinese government, being resen' : After the treaty was exchanged a breakfast waa given in the same building to the Ambassador and all the Japanese officials by the Chinese Viceroy, an entertainment which, the Chinese le amir! F peop! sur' in ifices all other entertain- lita lat Use aha oer St viously given in Tientsin, It is said that Li Hung- was conside! hed at his first in- terview with the voy to find a gentie- Man dressed in In deference ta = indication the plates in foreign bion—kni' forks, and dishes haing used, ‘snd forelen wines drauke