The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1875, Page 4

« NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. | NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Yorxr Heaatp will be sent free of postage. THE DAILY HERALD, published every | day in the year. Four cents per copy. An- nual subscription price $12. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yore Henap. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly | sealed. LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. peek dareanee SE mers | VOLUME XLeeswses. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. UM THEATRE, ‘ourteenth streetand sixth avenue TWIXT AXE AND | CROW ate Men cloces ac Wie at. “atte Rousby. LLAC! Broadway.—THY te Gaeacs ATES. M6; closes at | 10:40 P, M." Mr. Bouci woop Phirteih street THE FLYING are Aarts closes iets M. OUR COL. ORED BROTHER, at 8 P. 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M.: STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street CONCERT, at 8PM. closes at 10:30 | M. ‘Theodore Thomas GLOBE THEATRE, | Broadway.—VARIETY, at $F closes at 10:30 P.M BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE. LONDON ASSURANCK, at 8 P. M.; closes at 11 P, M. Mr. John Brougham, Mrs. B. Conway. WITH SUPPLEMENT. NEW YORK, MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 1875, | | From our reports this morning the probabilities | are that the weather to-day will be slightly warmer, with light snow. Ovr Lirerary Department to-day contains several interesting reviews of valuable new books. | Tue Awévan Report of the Health Officer | is presented in another column, and its sani- tary recommendations are especially im- | portant to the metropolis. Tue Sxatrxc at THE Park yesterday was unusually fine, and thousands of persons in- dulged in this healthy amusement. Surely that was better for morality than a day spent in dissipation. Ice rm tHE Rivens interfered seriously with | the ferries yesterday, and the uncompleted | Brooklyn Bridge on either shore seemed to | look down with complacence on the river it is destined to conquer. — | Is Misucnvasrss the principal republican candidates for the Senatorship are Mesars. Dawes and Hoar, and by the democratic caucus either Mr. Charles Francis Adams or his son, John Quincy Adams, will be probably selected for the honor of nomination. Sr. Jony’s Guip is admitted to be one of the noblest of our city charities, and how great is the work before it this winter, and how much reason there is for sustaining it our report of the sad scenes at its office will show. It is the last hope of many of the de- serving poor—of those who are ashamed to _ beg and who are destitute of work. Tae Ixpran Question again comes before the public in the sixth annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners, which we publish to-day. Even the war last summer has failed to convince these gentlemen of the unwisdom of the government's policy, for, in defiance of raids, massacres and battles through all the West, they argue that it has | been successful. Some of their propositions | are important, and especially that for a Terri- torial government for the Indians. If this would tend to break up tribal jealousies it | might be well, The alternative of supporting the Indians till the race becomes extinct, or providing for them the mesns of remunerative \aber, is well stated in the report, | carried off a favorite child the parents, who | think | to be a victim while contesting parties play | a great act of justice and magnanimity, even | republicans now or by the democrats two | Congress. It is certain that this Congress | san ought not to be weighed for a moment | her to be the football of party politics for the i | there is no time to be lost. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. How Shall Leuisiana Be Relieved? The Hezaup, while making allowance for the force of party temptations, deeply regrets the prospect that Louisiana is to be left, for two years longer, the helpless victim of a usurping government sustained by the federal army. The party politicians, on both sides, are looking forward to the Presidential elec- tion; but the Hznaxp, caring nothing for par- ties, except so far as they may secure the pub- lic interest, desires to seo the iron heel of despotism lifted from the prostrate State at once. We deprecate a continuance of the present state of things fora single unnecessary day. If a ravenous wild beast had seized and had followed him to his den and saw the child palpitating under his paws, would chiefly of methods of release and make it their first care to rescue their child, Must Louisiana continue their game for the next Presidential election? Early redress can come only from the repub- lican majority in Congress, and we should re- joice to see them perform in this conjuncture though it might insure their continuance in power and extinguish the rising hopes of the | democracy. If the republicans in Congress could rise to a broad survey of the situation, if they could exercise foresight and magna- nimity, if they could be made to see that fair- ness and justice will be the winning cards in the next political contest, they would rectify the blunders of President Grant | and lose no time in making Louisiana a self- governing State. If the democrats are true friends of that oppressed community they should be willing to make it easy for their | political opponents to lift up the prostrate State. The practical question is whether these great wrongs shall be redressed by the years hence; and all who care more for the interests of Louisiana than for the success of the democratic party must prefer to see the grasp of military despotism loosened at once. But if Congress adjourns without striking off the military fetters the democrats are entitled to the full advantage of so stupendous a mis- take, unless they obstruct and defeat a practi- cable scheme of relief. Bearing in mind that the paramount object lis the early emancipation of Louisiana, and not the success of the democratic party, and | bearing also in mind that more than two years must elapse before the democratic party can be ina position to break the chains and set the captive free, the Herarp has a strong desire that this crushed and prostrate State may receive justice from the present will not censure the President for the military interference with the Louisiana Legislature, which he disavows; itis certain that it will | not direct him to withdraw the army from that State while its affairs are so unsettled; | certain that he will continue to support the usurping government unless Congress takes some action; and if the democrats care more for Louisiana than for perpetuating her wrongs to serve as a party cry they should | put no obstacles in the way of substantial redress, even though offered by a method which their own party would not adopt. We concede the advantage of having this in- flammatory topic kept alive during the next two years, but consideration so purely parti- against the rights of Louisiana. We wish that both republicans and demo- crats in Congress might rise above party con- siderations and restore to Louisiana the | great blessing of a government which rep- resents her people, instead of leaving | next two years. But redress now must be | redress by a republican Congress, whose sen- | timents are divided between justice to Louisi- | ana and fealty io the President; and in this division of sentiment the democratic members | can turn the scale. It depends on them | whether Louisiana shall have early redress or | writhe for two years longer under an odious | usurpation. Now, as the President professes | his willingness to accept the guidance of Con- | gress on this subject, why waste precious time in denouncing and pursuing him, instead of | adopting a practical remedy? Only six weeks | remain before the close of the session, and If there is no | legislation things will remain as they are. stickler for strict medical science as to leave s prescription which he knew the patient would throw into the fire. The democrats must con- sent to such redress for Louisiana as this Con- | gress can be persuaded to adopt ; and if they insist on administering a medicine which they know will not be taken they virtually consent to let the disease take its course, It would be better for them to aid and strengthen con- siderate republicans in applying some imme- diate remedy, even though not the best, A new election is the only remedy which has any chance of adoption by Congress, and even this has no chance unless the democratic members will consent to it. The republicans are divided between it anda full recognition of the Kellogg government. Practically, then, there are only these three courses—first, to leave things as they are; second, to indorse the Kellogg usurpation, and, third, to provide for a new election. There is no choice be- tween the first two, since they really amount to the same thing; but the difference be- tween them and the third is wide If a new election is ordered it will be for a Governor and Senate as well as the lower house of the Legislature, which would give the people control of every branch of the State government, without further complica- tions; whereas a Congressional recognition of the last election would merely give a con- servative lower house and expose the State to a violent conflict between the several branches of its government, As the conservatives un- questionably carried the State in November | they could more easily carry it now since the | recent stupendous outrage. Of course the election should be put under some other superintendence than that of General Grant and the army, which is a point worth fighting for, not only by the democrats, but by all lovers of fair play. But if the management of the election can be committed to impartial hands it would be a practicable and substantially equitable solution, and in the present state of parties redress can find admission by no other door. The democrats in Congress must take the responsibility of deciding between this remedy and none. Practical and Sensational Preaching. The services in the churches yesterday were mostly of a devotional character, the sermons generally being plain, practical discourses. The only exception to this rule was the address of Mr. Talmage on a subject against which it is to be presumed his flock are not to be specially warned. At the Church of the | Disciples the Rev. Mr. Hepworth preached on the mysteries of prayer, his analysis of the subject being one of the most interesting of his recent discourses. The Rev. William R. Alger, the new pastor of the Church of the Messiah, took a subject so nearly akin to Mr. Hepworth’s that his sermon is a fitting sup- plement to the other, the peace of mind of which he spoke being only attainable through | prayer. At St. Patrick’s Cathedral the sermon was by the Rev. Father McNamee, who preached on the unity of the Church, and by way of contrast we print a synopsis of the dis- course of the Rev. Chauncey Giles, who said that every gate wkich opens will show us some new truth. The subjects of the other | discourses are the key to their substance. At St. Stephen’s the Rev. Father Byron preached on the power of the holy name of Jesus. The Rev. James M. Pullman offered some thoughts for troublous times at the Church of Our Saviour. The Rev. Mr. MacArthur, of Calvary Baptist church, pleaded for the education and support of preaching, and Mr. Bc echer defined from his own stand- point what constitutes Christianity. In these old-fashioned discourses the teachings of the churches are nearly always well and in some instances beautifully expressed. Some of the sermons are models of Christian thought and teaching. Unfortunately, those which are best adapted to do good are less likely to re- ceive attention than that which paints the | gates of vice in flaming colors. Perhaps Mr. Talmage may think it a good thing to ‘open scribe in his lurid rhetoric the ‘‘banqueting hall of a libertine’s and adulteress’ perdition,” but he ought not to forget that his sermon is not likely to take a single Magdalen from the streets and may send some there. Itis a tri- fling with awful responsibilities in which our reports this morning show that few of our | clergymen will indulge. The Pennsylvania Scmatorship. | The President will continue to uphold the | usurpation by his authority as commander-in- | chief of the army. The people of Louisiana | | will be misgoverned, plundered and degraded | for the next two years as they have been for the two last. If there is any chance, how. | remnant of this short the session, \¢ | we should be sincerely sorry to see it squan- | dered by & refusal of the democratic members | to co-operate with such fair-minded republi- cans as admit the existence of the wrongs | which it is the duty of Congress to redress. It is, unfortunately, too evident that the most direct and efficient remedies cannot be applied. If the democratic party held control of the federal government it woutd simply | withdraw the army and leave the people of | Louisiana to their own solution of the prob- lem. But no man of sense believes Congress will adopt that method, and it would be futile to insist on it in the face of certain defeat. | | kind of a Senator Mr. Wallace would make | Next to the simple withdrawal of the army the shortest way out of this complication is a recognition by Congress of the conservative Legislature which was elected in November. Since the recent report of the Louisiana | sub-committee no candid man can doubt | that the conservatives carried the State in a fair election and were defrauded of their victory by the iniquitous Re- turning Board. We admit that it would be logically absurd for Congress to order a new election. The only purpose of an election is to ascertain the will of the people, and there being no longer any reason to doubt that their will was authentically declared against the | Kellogg government in November Congress ought, undoubtedly, to recognize that resuit and accept it as the proper solution of the difficulty. But we all know that this Con- gress will do nothing of the kind, and that it wonld be a mere waste of breath to advocate so reasonable and logical a remedy—as much so as to advocate a mere withdrawal of the army. A wise physician prescribes | the best medicine he can get his patient to take, even though he may know another whieh would more quickly cure the disease. We learn from Harrisburg that the vote in joint session of the Legislature will be very close, and ‘that hopes are entertained that a republican may be elected to the Senate in | the place of Mr. John Scott. This can only be effected by the illness or treachery of | ever slight, of redress and justice during | a few democrats. When we remember that the democrats have been accused of conscript- ing even dead men to vote in the interest of their party it is not likely that they will allow sick men to baffle them in the very moment of success. The State of Pennsylvauia was car- | ried by the democracy last fall, the Legisla- ture was captured and the election of a demo- crat to the United States Senate should follow as a matter of right. The nomination of Mr. | William A. Wallace by the democratic caucus | should be in honor equivalent to his elec- tion; for, as the Philadelphia Press said recently, ‘This nomination has been compelled by the logic of democratic history in this State for the past ten years." What we are ignorant. We know him simply as the active, adroit, experienced leader of a | party; but as he is the choice of that vic- torious party ths possibility of his defeat cannot be easily comprehended. Still, we learn that a few members of the democratic caucus have refused to vote for him in joint session of the Legislature, and that the re- publicans have strong hopes of electing | Senator Scott, or Mr. John Allison, at present | connected with the United States Treasury Department. Democratic members who would consent to turn the triumph of their party into defeat would deserve the symps- | thy of all good-natured men. They might almost as well be witnesses in the Beecher trial. is sure, for if anything is clear in the present condition of Pennsylvania politics | “it is that the democracy have fairly won repre- sentation in the United States Senate. The country would look upon the election of a republican with astonishment, and democrats | everywhere would inevitably ascribe it to treachery or mercenary motives. We have no | personal nor partisan feeling in the question, | It would be sheer folly for him tobe suchs | but we think that the democratic lecialatar the door of ghastliness and horror” and de- } That they would never be forgiven | ‘who would aid by his vote, or permit by his silence, the election of a republican to the Senate, after the decisive democratic victory of last fall, is likely to receive a brand which will be indelible for life. The democracy of Pennsylvania are entitled to representation in the Senate, and it is plain that they can only lose it by the absence or the perfidy of two or three democratic legislators. Vice President Wilso President Grant. Vice President Wilson has again spoken of the republican party with the firmness of a physician who knows the disease and is not afraid to apply the remedy. His letter to Mr. Samuel Bowles is one of those can- did declarations which the people approve and which the administration would do well to heed. The party, he thinks, is suffering from the third term cancer, and he appeals to the President to excise it. This is true, for it has long been felt that the republican party has not cheerfully borne the domination of General Grant, and the reluctance of the President to explain his position on. the third term—an event which largely led to the overthrow of the organization in many of the States—has not been forgotten. The leading men speak with bated breath, but firmly, of the selfishness of the President, his ignoring the interests of the party, his ten- dency to make his administration a personal matter and to regard the republican organiza- tion very much as he regarded the armies under his command, as having no other mission but to obey his will. Mr. Blaine is one representative of this spirit of independence, and has the honor of having saved his State of Maine ina season of crushing, cumulative disaster. We see his hand in Mr. Hale’s resolution for a new election in Louisiana and we see it in the appointment of Messrs. Foster, Phelps and Potter as a committee which would not become a mere tool of the administration. Now Mr. Wilson has rendered his tes- timony to the general mismanagement in oa bolder and even more efficient way than Mr. Blaine. He would have General Grant at once disavow any purpose of being a candidate for a third term, and thus remove the principal cause of republican distrust. He would have him change his Cabinet, and , appoint men in whom the people can believe, and he would have him adopt a policy that would not irritate the South nor alarm the North. If these things were done Mr. Wilson believes that the republican party would resume its place in the confidence of the nation. But will they be done by the President? We think not. If he did not now intend to run for a third term he would surely say s0, tor honor and gratitude both call upon him to speak. He will not change either the Cabinet or his policy. If the republican party is to be saved it must save itself, we think, and not wait upon a late repentance of Grant. A deathbed remorse will not save the party from the results of a life of hesitation and complicity with Presidential wrongs. There is some hope for it in such blun- ders as the rejection of Carl Schurz by the democracy, and in the aroused conscience of such old republican leaders as Henry Wilson. The spirit of inquiry and_ rebellion seems to be moving upon the face of the republican waters. It would not surprise us to find that the time for calm submission is past, that the leading men are beginning to think ‘for themselves, that the apathy which submitted to the third term iniquity is at an end, and that, admon- ished by defeat and by the signs of what may be irretrievable disaster, the republicans will throw aside the military fetters that have bound them and enter upon a new and inde- pendent path. American Communism. It is rather surprising, unless one has given attention to the subject, that so many curios- ities of social economy exist and flourish on American soil. This great Republic seems to be the natural shelter for eccentric develop- ments of all kinds. It gives a warm welcome to all those communistic vagaries which find it difficult to grow and thrive under European conventionalism, and offers them the wide prairies and free air of the West in which to lay the corner stone of any kind of Utopia. Nearly every Northern State is dotted by little groups of men and women who are not willing to wait for the logic of events to produce the millennium, and who take the matter into their own hands and make for themselves what they fondly dream to be a social paradise. ‘The more thrifty and sagacious of these sects, the Shokers, are, as might be expected, under the protecting care of New England. That Grecian section of our common country is will- ing to extend its sympathy to any kind of insanity which has method enough in its madness to become of practical value. It can endure, if not encourage, the wholesale manu- facturer of wooden clocks and patent medi- cines, because the revenue from these products is by no means to be slighted; but when a community starts on an ideal basis only, with notions of the marriage relation which would not pass muster in the cabin of the Mayflower, it must seek a more genial clime than that of the Granite Hills. The recent experiment Advice to start for the West, under the plea that the air is too bracing and the winters are too long for the summer-land doctrine of affinity. New England is a little loose in its theories, but somewhat careful abont its practice. Radical- ism of thought is not only tolerated but inspired there, but radicalism of action finds its trne home elsewhere. will gather to listen to the logic of a great social change, but if enthusiasm carries the matter beyond a logical statement Beacon street frowns and the Radical Club goes into | convulsions. It is on the Pacific slope, in Iowa and Ohio | that the Inspirationists, the Separatists and ample opportunity. There they flourish for a while at least, and are then lost sight of as a piece of froth floating on the wave is resolved into a few common drops of water, which mingle with the ocean. German mysticism | has made this contribution to the museum of | our social curiosities, and German emigrants have given the first start to a large majority of these societies, The ordinary North American | brain is not metaphysical, and would find it hard to originate a plan by which all social distempers are to be eradicated. When, how- ever. the nlan ia made. Americana foster and at Valcour will probably pack its trunks and | The élite of Boston | the everything-clse-ists find good cheer and | nourish it, partly, perhaps, to see what sort of monstrosity will be evolved, and partly from a spirit of fair play, the result of our large- hearted institutions. Our soil has become the natural refuge for all the social and political malformations of the Old World. The madness of every race finds a home and a hearty wel- come here. We are more than tolerant to the Perfectionists, who have grace enough left to ssy that they are aiming at s sin- lessnesa which they have not attained, and who illustrate their creed by demanding s general community of persons as well as of property ; to the communities of. Bethel and Aurora, whose insanity runs between the same banks, and even to the Mormons, who slightly modify the general assertion of per- sonal right by taking to themselves as many wives as their income will allow. A very interesting problem is thus pre- sented to the student of social science. Were ours @ smaller territory, and were the people less active, great evils might result. The dose of poison, however, which would kill the child or the invalid, is innocuous to the giant. He may have two or three convulsions, but. easily manages to absorb or throw off the foreign material. The digestive power of our institutions is great, Not all the social vagaries which fill our land can give us the dyspepsia. Certainly nothing argues so well for our gen- eral robust health as the power to go on our rational way rejoicing, almost ignorant of the act that at least a dozen communal societies are practising their extravagances at our very doors, The Beecher Case. Everybody is thinking about the Beecher case and reading the reports of it, and watch- ing the extraordinary results of the trial. We are willing to repect the resquest of Judge Neilson not to make the case a subject of com- ment during the trial. There are certain phases of it that should not beforgotten. We have already reached the beginning of the second week’s proceedings, and if the progress so faris any indication it will probably as- sume the dimensions of the Tichborne case. Mr. Moulton has not yet concluded his direct examination, and some days, we suppose, will elapse before the counsel for Mr. Beecher finish their cross-examination. Mr. Moulton is an important figure in this drama, and his testimony—although comprising much that is known to us from ‘‘statements” and publica- tions—is of unusual interest. Mr. Moulton shows a great deal more ability than he has generally been credited with, and he is far from being the mere tool of Mr. Tilton or Mr. Beecher. His replies are those of a counsel, and we sometimes wonder in reading his answers whether he is examining Mr. Fullerton or being examined by him. Altogether, friendship seems a dangerous business in Brooklyn, And, in fact, so many things are dangerous in this trial that it seems to us that a resident of Brooklyn should impose upon himself the duty of silence—should never write notes or talk, for the lightly spoken word of to-day, mean- ing nothing, will become the ominous testa- ment of guilt or innocence in the future. Another point in this trial is the dramatic phases of the prosecution and defence. Mr. Beecher has appeared every day, surrounded by his family and friends and citizens of dis- tinction. Flowers have been showered upon him, and his way from his home to the Court House has literally been strewn with roses. Among Mr, Tilton’s daily duties is the opening of bouquets and reading notes on “tinted paper,” and breathing an incensed atmos- phere. In other words, this trial is rapidly becoming a party contest, lise the trial of Warren Hastings. Mr. Beecher fights for position and Mr. Tilton for salvation. Mr. Tilton does not mean to be thrown aside as the victim of Mr. Beecher’s selfishness. Mr. Beecher does not mean to be the bridge over which Mr. Tilton will march to fame and for- tune. Whatever the end there will be two parties in Brooklyn—the Beecher and the Tilton parties. It is not atrial but a play— plaintiff, defendant, judge, jury, all seem con- scious that they are taking part in the most extraordinary drama of modern times. The | verdict will simply be an incident of the play. What that verdict will be no one seems to care, for we are all deeply concerned in the development of the plot from hour to hour. The Defeat of Carl Schurz. The democrats of Missouri have thrown away a golden opportunity in refusing to re- turn Carl Schurz to the United States Senate. Mr. Schurz is not a democrat in a strictly partisan sense, but he is better than a demo- crat, being one of those republicans who long ago gave up ambition, patronage and admin- | istration favor for the sake of principles | which to both parties should be eqnally dear. On all national issues he represents the best ideas of the democracy and has consistently advocated them on the floor of the Senate. But there are other reasons than these which should have compelled | his nomination. Mr. Schurz is one of the | great orators and great thinkers of the coun- try. He has an unimpeachable record for integrity, and none of our public men have a more splendid record for ability and energy. Any State would be proud to have him as its representative, and Missouri had especial rea- son for this pride. He has served that State faithfully; but now, by the want of apprecia- tion or foresight, his services as Senator are lost, not only to Missouri but to the nation. It isto be regretted that the democratic caucus at Jefferson City lacked the largeness and magnanimity to retain this tried states- man in the national councils. Massachusetts preserved her influence in Congress by a wiser policy. She sent Sumner and Wilson | to the Senate, and kept them there. We regret the defeat of Mr. Schurz, espe- | cially because it seems to be an evidence that the democracy of Missouri are wanting not merely in gratitude but in wisdom. They could have claimed the confidence of the country by re-electing Mr. Schurz; they have | again to earn it by electing General Cockrell, Their first use of their power isto throw away the services of a great statesman and to try an experiment. No censure of the new Senator is implied in this criticism ; but that | he is an experiment must be admitted, and we can only hope that he will be a successtul | | | | | | | 1 one. But statesmanship, experience and true | | genius for politics have been retired from the Senate by a democratic act, at the critical period when such qualities are most needed by the party and the country, and this logi- cally appears as great a blunder ss if the | prisonment. English liberals had forced Mr, Gladstone to retire or the tories should insist that Mr. Disraeli should resign. The Louista: Situation in Brief The report of the New Orleans committes proves beyond a doubt— First—That the last election in Louisiana was, in the words of the committee, ‘full, fair, free and peaceable.” Second—That it resulted in the election of a democratic majority of twenty-nine in the lower House of the Legislature. Third—That the report of the Returning Board was fraudulent, unjust and contrary to the very law under which it acted. This carries us to the assembling of the Legislature. Here we find these facts undis- puted: — First—The Returning Board had prepared a list of one hundred and six members, of whom, under its manipulations, fifty-three were republicans, as was supposed, and fifty» three democrats. Thus this Board attempted to set aside the will of the people of the State. Second—One hunéred and six members met on the 4th of January and proceeded to choose ‘a Speaker, the republicans present actually taking part in the proceedings by nominating o candidate for Speaker and voting for him, by accepting ap- pointments as part of a Committee on Credentials and organizing with this committee and by their votes in the House on the Speakership giving a quorum, which the democrats then present would not alone have had. Wiltz received fifty-five votes, Hahn (republican), two, and one was blank; and fifty-six is the constitutional quorum. When the members were sworn in fifty-one democrats and five republicans tooh the oath, making an indisputable and regulas quorum of the House. Third—The Legislature was thereafter dis: persed by United States troops. Fourth—The republicans prdceeded to om ganize, but—here is the important and vital point—they had and have no quorum, and cannot, therefore, actas a Legislature, They may adjourn from day to day ; but, um der the Louisiana constitution, can do none of the acts of a Legislature. Fifth—Hence Louisiana has to-day no regularly organized and competent lowes House of Legislature. It cannot have a quorum, even on the report of the Returning Board. Sizth—Hence the pretended ae of Pinchback is a fraud and void. Seventh—And, finally, nothing is in the way of the assembling and constituting of a legal House except federal bayonets. If Con- gress will remove them the Wiltz House, the only regular one, would at once assemble, Waar tae Governoa of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Carolina has long been favorably known, but what the Vice President said to the President is likely to become equally famous and as generally approved. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, The Dryeh (Welsh paper) hus been purchased by T. J. GriMiths, of Utica. Captain Randle Jackson, of the British Army, is fegistered at the Fifth avenue Hotel. The German universities had in 1874 1,700 pro» fessors and teachers and 16,000 students. Commodore Edward W. Carpenter, United States Navy, 1s quartered at Barnum’s Hotel. Mr. John T. Raymond, the actor, returned to tois city yesterday and 1s at the New York Hotel. Major V. Sanchez and Captain L. Moraguez, mill: tary agents of the Spanish government, are stay- ing at the Hoffman House. Mr. H. B. James, Chief of the Customs Bureau ot the Treasury Department, is residing tempo- rarily at the St. James Hotel. c. Y. Wheeler nas sold bis half interest in the Burlington (lowa) Hawkeye to Frank Patton, who now oesomes sole proprietor. A Western editor asserts that itis “no use try ing to publish a nonpareil newspaper in a long primer community,”’ which wil be readily under- stood by the tuittated. Miss Thackeray’s new story, “Miss Angel,” is commenced in the February Harper. In the “Easy Chair” Mr. Curtis discourses delightfully on some of the club houses of this city. Two additional “Morgues’? have been con. structcd at Paris, as the establishment behind Notre Dame was insufficient to accommodate the people ‘found in the river.’’ Hugh Nisbeth, editor of the San Francisco Scan dinavian, expects to accompany the Swedish Arc- tic expedition and get back from the North Powe in time to represent Sweden at the Philadelpuia Centennial. Nathan P. Johnson, of La Grange, Ohio, whose death recently occurred in the seventy-fourth year of his age, had been a subscriber of the Al- bany Journal from the date of its frst issue, more than forty-five years, Le Frangais says that several journals have stated that the celebrated “Violin Player,” by Raphael, has deen lost, but the factis that it has | never left Rome, though the public are not allowed tosee it, Itis reported tuat it will ere jong be | sold along with a few paintings forming the collece tion of the Sciarra Palace, Lady Dudley, whose jewels, estimated at $250,000 in value, were recently stolen at a ratlway sta. tion, 18 a sister of Lady Mordaunt, defendant ina famons dtvorce case. Lord Dudiey was made an earl by the whigs for satisfactory votes. His in- | come averages $1,500,000; but last year, owing to the great increase In the price of coal, was $5,000,000. And now “Lucrezia Borgia’ must be recon- structed. Herr Gregorovius has written ber life learnedly in two volumes, aiter laborious investi- gation, He finds that she was an estimable pere son, who would not have been known from other women if she had not been the Pope’s daughter. Buther history and her Spanish blood coincide wonderfully. Mr. Talmage has coilected his sermons on theatres, bad books, strong drink, &c., which Harper & Brothers will soon issue in book form. A sermon on the “Social Evil’ in Brooklyn, includ Ing a review of the Beecher-Tilton case, will be added to the volume, and will be delivered from the text, “A lock of Delijah’s hair.” “Sports Toast Kill’ 18 the title of the volume. Jobbery in China, with a bad result. In a recent number of the Peking Gazette is a minute of the trial of Li Kwang-Chao. The culprit endeavored to secure official favor and a big “job” by making some generous proposa's relative to the supply ct timber to be employed in reouilaing the Summer Palace, which proposals he subsequently was ane able to carry out. He played a high game and lost, and now awaits execution alter a term of tine if we could only deal thus with jom bers bere! But then what saould we do with the heads? ‘The tradition runs that Brougham once asked Jeffrey tor £1,000 upon a promise to work off the debt in a year, and did it, writing the whole of one number of the Edinburgh Review. That may, of | course, be fable, jor this story of Brongiam's “wr.ting the whole of an Edinburgh Review is vold of several writers. Shirley Brooks, itis suid, wrote the whole of one week’s Punch, Christopher North wrote the whole of one Blackwood, Gilvert & Becket wrote all the articles in one day's Timea, but brougbam’s capacity for work was equal te an Edindurah Review.