The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1875, Page 6

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 York Hxgarp 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 Yous | Heravp. | 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 snd advertisements will be | received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. | vouuME XL. ~ AMUSEME -NIGHT. TRACKED TO Broadway, corner of T tata 1 DL , als P. M.; closes DLATH, ai? P. ‘at 1045 Mt OLYMPIC THEATRE, Pos 624 Broadway.—VARIETY, at 3 P. al. closes at 10:45 | ROBINSON HALT, Sixteenth street and Broadway.—-CALLENDER'S | GEORGIA MINSTRELS, at 8. M.; Closes at 0 P.M. THEA’ E, pose Broadway.—VABIL’ +4 Closes at 10:45 STADT TE No. 45 Bowery.—DiE UDI Closes at C5 M.” Fanny wile N WORMS, atsP. M.; TONY PASTOR'S tgs Bowery.—VARIETY, at “P.M.; closes at 10:45 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, West Fourieenth street—Open trom 10 A. M. to 5 P.M, ROMAN HIPPODROME, Fourth avenue and Twenty-seventif street.—CIRCUS, TROTTING AND MENAGERIE, afternoon and evening, atlaodt BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE, Fulton avenue.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 1045 OPERA HOUSE, r Sixth avenue.—NEGRO : closes at 10 P.M. Dan | Bryant GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth sireet.—GiROFLE-G(ROCLA, at 8 PL M.; Closes atl) 45 P.M. afiss Lina Mayr, TRE French Opera Bowe suiROFL, E-GIROFLA, joses at 10:45 P.M. Mile. Coralie Geoffroy. NIBLI Bresawey —CORD AND OR W45P. ME. Eddy. FIFTH AVENUE TH? ATRE, Twenty-eighth sureet and Brosdway —THE BIG BO. NANZA, at s P.M.: closes at 10:3) P.M. Mr, Fisher, Mr. Lewis, Miss Davenport, Mrs, Gilbert LYCEUM THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Sixth nue. ELIZABETH, at BP. M.; closes at lum) P. . Ristori. , atS P. M.; closes at HEATRE, Bos 585 Broadway.—VARIETY, at 8%. M.: closes at 10:45 | —— | BOOTHS THEATRE, Twenty-third street and’ Sixth avenue.— ats. M.; corner of HENRY V closes at li P.M. Mr. Rignoia. Froadway, MINSTRELS Bighth sireet. VARIETY, ats Broadway.—THE > 30408. MO Mr. B | ™ os BRUOKEYN | Brooxly ADE, at 8P. M.; closes at 10:30 P.M. Mr. John en. TRI IPLE, SHEET. 187: NEW YORK, FRIDAY MARCH 1. 5. } From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be warmer and cloudy. Wate Street Yesterpay.—Gold advanced » to 1153. Stocks were depressed. Foreign | exchange was steady, and money on call easy at 24 a 3 per cent. | Mexico has been on the eve of @ new revo- | Intion. It has miscarried, thanks to the | patriotism of General Rocha, who supported the government, by the last accounts. He ¥as had time to change his mind. Tue Exorisu Partiament has resolved to suspend the sessions for nearly three weeks to allow the members to enjoy the Easter holi- days. Work will be resumed on the 5th of | April, and on the 15th the government will | present the budget. VALMASEDA Repivivos.—V: ‘aimaseda, who distinguished himself by shooting the Havana students, has again arrived in the Ever Faith- ful Isle. His advent was the signal for re- joicing among the volunteers. The proximity | of Gomez, however, modifies their joy. ‘Tur Duane Srreer Disaster.—The Mayor has at last demanded an explanation from the Chiet of the Fire Department in reference to | | his neglect of duty in the Duane street disas- ter. The Mayor's action is somewhat tardy, but is in the right digection, We hope the ins | vestigation into this lamentable affair will not © be allowed to drag. Punishment, short, | rp and decisive, should be meted out to the guilty parties. | Joux Mrrcwen. —Mite! hel has again con- tested the representation of Tipperary. This time he opponent, and thongh fully one-third of the constituency, ine eluding the rich tradesmen and the Catholic clergy, absented themselves from the polls, Mitchel is thought to have secure a ma- jority of one thousand votes. It is probable that Mr. Moore, the conservative, will be declared elected by the House of Com- mons. ‘The home rulers will thus have lost one of the most important seats in Ireland through Mr, Mitchel’s very ill-advised candi- | dacy, : Tae Corsn War. —Th ground im the Cinco Villas, A battle near Santa Clara is the latest news, in which three Spanish battalions had a tough fight with the insurgents. In all those latter fights it is somewhat ctrious that the Spaniards tell us the dead are mostly colored men. Have they | not been assuring the world tor the last five years that the insurrectiin is maintained wholly by Chinamen an f rm away slaves? ‘We wonder why it surprises them that the | dead are colored men under these circum. | stances. has a conservative about Cubans hold their | of the present administration. | answer may be found in the present condition | General Grant. | a display | to attribute to him | such | Van Buren | would have met in the earlier days of the Re- Abandosmeat of Civil Service Re- form—Its Prebable Significance. The fate of civil service reform is decided at last, but the consequences of the abandon- | ment are a8 ominous as the results of the endeavor were unaatisfactory. Upon no ques- tion which has engaged the attention of the people since the close of the war have our public men exhibited so much insincerity as on this pretence of reform in the civil ser- vice. It has been the hobby of both parties as Oo Mr. Jenckes tried in vain to have his | scheme adopted by Congress, but he failed, as everybody knew he must fail, and when he retired from public life his meas- ure was no further advanced than when he first introduced it into the House. The effect | of the agitation, however, was to quicken the ontery of the opposition against the corrup- tions of the public service, and for the moment 1. : it seemed as if the democracy was to become | tho loudest champion of the Jenckes idea. Not to be outdone in this direction, in which both parties were determined that nothing should bo done, the President assumed to bring about a new era of purity by relinquish- ing his power of appointment to boards and competitive examinations. Congress passed no mandatory laws upon the subject, but gave General Grant authority to act in the matter according to his own sweet will. After a board of civil service commissioners had spent weeks and months in considering | the rules for the new order of appointments to public office the code which was adopted was put into operation by a mere Executive decree. The schoolmaster performed the functions of the politician and candidates for places in the departments and the custom houses began to be chosen on account of their proficiency in the three R's rather than in _be- cause of the value of their “party Services. | From the beginning the system was a failure, and it was not long until Mr. George William Curtis, one of the most earnest and sincere of the Commissioners, resigned in disgust, be- cause he saw the insincerity with which the new rules were administered. They were still adhered to, however, by the President, with some show of earnestness, till the meeting of Congress last December, when he announced in his annual Message his purpose to abandon the scheme altogether unless Congress adopted some practical legislation upon the subject. | This Congress failed to do, and it is now an- | nounced that the President, construmg the want of action according to his suggestion asa disapproval of the system, has directed the abandonment of the whole scheme of civi! service reform. It is a sorry conclusion to a specious pretence, and will be received by the country with as little favor as any single act The people were never very earnest believers in civil ser- vice reform by the competitive system, but | they know that there is as much reason for it | now as there ever was, and, recognizing the fact that the President has as much power for | its enforcement as he ever had, they will be apt to look for ulterior motives as the cause for its abandonment. What are these motives? We fear the of politics and the ambitious purposes of In spite of the lessons of the elections, including the recent result in New | | Hampshire, and of the rebuke of the adminis- tration policy by Congress, the third term visions have not yet wholly faded from the Presidential mmd. Indeed, these events ap- | parently have only intensified His Excellency’s aspirations. That which the people will not voluntarily bear to the Executive Mansion is | to be gained by the force of patronage and power. Already the leading men among the faithful lave tasted the sweets of Executive favor. Mr. Orth goes to Austria and Mr. Maynard to Turkey, these gentlemen being among t st prominent and earnest of the President's personal supporters. Their ap- pointment to these mi-sions taken in itself would have been a matter of small significance | had it not been for the subsequent indication | of the third term policy. Of these signs the abandonment of the civil service system is one of the most potent. Unless this action is { mere puerility on the part of His a qnality we would be very slow it can portend nothing short of a clean sweep of the office-holders not fully in accord with the administration. | Excetlency | Anything short of this would not justify | the President in a matter where he has always been his own master. The civil service ays- | tem adopted by the government just before the last Presidential election was purely an administration policy. Its adoption served a | special purpose then, and it is quite likely that its abandonment is to be made to serve a similar purpose now. With the entire | army of office-holders as his personal retainers it would be comparatively easy for the Presi- dent to pack the National Convention and overturn the will of the people. Whether is his purpose cannot be long concealed. In the time of Jackson and such a sudden change of policy so deliberately planned would have been accepted as having only one pur- pose, and the opposition fo it would have been instantaneous and universal, If General Giant, in freeing himself from the trammels | which he was so ready to impose upon his own action, seeks thereby to strengthen his | | Presidential chances in 1876, he 1s likely to find a resistance as getteral as a like attempt public. In the United States majorities, tre not made by postmasters aud customs and in- ternal revenue officials, whatever may be their influence in organizing and moniding conventions. This simple faet contains a lesson worth heeding at all times, and it is | especially worthy the attentn of General | Grant if he has abandoned his pet scheme of civil service reform forthe purpose of for- warding his third term prospects. Hitherto President Grant has attained all | his ends by remaining perfectly passive while | events shaped themselves. Within a compar- atively recent period there has been a change in bis attitude before the country. In his last annual Message there was something of a hec- toring tone toward Congress, especially in this matter of the civil service rules. Thia new spirit was snbsequently emphasized in that marvellous Arkansas Message which he sent to the Senate. In both cases there was a threat, and in the one instance the threat has been into effect in & way the fears we have already carried suggest Lexnressed. ‘Tha massive policy is apvargntly sasion served, but the purpose of neither. | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1875.—TKIPLE SHEET, to give way to a policy of aggression. The potiticians so long excluded from the ixecu- tive presence are to be restored to favor. Heads that are not good for votes are to fall into the basket of official decapitation that | they may be replaced by such as will help to carry States and districts. Patronage is to smooth the way to unparalleled political dis- tinction in the person of General (irant. At least such is the only natural inference to be drawn from this systematic and determined abandonment of civil service reform, and it has its warrant also in the events which have gone before and are to follow after. The October and November majority in States where it had long been su- preme, and for the first time in sixteen years the Lower House of Congress was found to be democratic. Both in and out of Congress there were signs of disaffection among the ad- herents of the administration. The party re- fused fully to indorse the Presitent’s South- ern policy, and the Force bill failed in tho Senate, while the House practically declared that His Excellency misinterpreted the condi- tion of Arkansas in his Message to. the other chamber. New Hampshire shows tbe first signs of reaction against the popular verdict of last fall, but, while the State was barely carried by the republicans, even this result isto be attributed to opposition to the third term idea. Clearly there must be a coup d’ état or the whole political fabric of the administration will crumble to the earth. The passive policy will not answer in such an emergency. There must be strength, reha- bilitation, organization; and these can be gained only by the operations of the political guillotine. The only thing that stood in the way of sweeping changes in every department of the public service was the competitive sys- tem which the President had imposed upon his administration. Congress had not been mandatory before, and it was not hkely it would become man- datory in this matter, even in the face of the President’s Message. Now Con- gress has ceased to exist witbout action being taken, and the civil service system is also at anend. The latter result is to be regretted, not because of the actual good the civil ser- vice rules accomplished for the country, but on accovnt of the disappointments in their failure. It is discreditable to a great people that a work thus seriously undertaken should be abandoned by the Executive at whose in- stance it was adopted, and under circum- stances which seem to indicate sweeping changes in the publio service for mere politi- cal ends. Sir John Falstaff Outdone, The Aldermen charged :with the keeping of King Kalakaua must have beard of the doings of their predecessors who cared for the Japanese Embassy in the days when Japan- ese Tommy made a sensation in New York. The bills defy all the ordinary rules of arithmetic, and the King’s suite is found to have comprised six persons of whom His Royal Highness probably never heard. Be- sides, there are very suspicious circumstances attending the bill for the dinners, ‘‘sundry } drinks’ and wines and cigars, in which the King is supposed to have indulged. Our re- porter reproduces this remarkable document, as follows: — De j—2 bottles Piper Heidsieck. a Cigars. .... Dec. bottle Hetds . 17 RLY. cigars and 1 dio: TR. V. cigars and 1 Piper Hetasiec 8 orawesrteeose s sss Suadry drink: 5 Dec. 26—Dinners 05 Drinks and cigar 70 Dinners, Wine and ciga: 15 55 Dec, 29—Wines and drinks 00 Dec. 30—Wiues aud drinks. 50 ++ $64 75 This reminds us of a similar bill rendered by a gentleman of aldermanic proportions, named Falstaff, as reporied by one William It was as follows: — Shakespeare. Item, a Capon. Tte auce.. Trem, &e Item, an Item, bread —And, like Prince Henry, we are please to learn that the Board of Aldermen is disposed to read the bill *‘at more advantage.’ The Black Hilis Expedition. The story told in another column by a Yankton correspondent is not very encour- aging for prospective treasure seekers in the Black Hills. Although Mr. Gordon and his lieutenant put the best face on the condition and prospects of their friends they are forced to adinif that their gold find in the new “El Dorado"’ was very trifling—so much go that few sensible people are likely to be drawn to the Black Hills by what Mr. Gordon relates as his personal experience. Up to the time when Mr. Gordon left his companions to re- turn for reinforcements no hostile Indians had appeared; but this is not to be wondered at, as Mr. Gordon, with commendable prudence, only stayed a few days with the pioneer expedition. It is very probable that before his return with new adventurers many of the first band will have perished by Indian bullets. Whether this occur or net, it is well to ask, Has the govern- ment no duty to perform in reference to Mr. Gordon ‘and his friends? Has not the govern- ment pledged its faith to the Indians that these Black Hills are to be reserved for their use? This being so, it is disgraceful that bands of adventurers are allowed to organize and in- vade the territory of a friendly tribe. Might | it not be well to arreat Mr. Gordon as a free. | pooter and send out a force to “bring back the plonec® colony before they involve the coun- try in an Indian war that may cost millions of dollars and thousands of valusble lives, \ because a few greedy men are allowed to trample upon treaties to which the honor and good faith of the nation is pleage d? Tax ComMMIssIONERS OF a tien AND Cor- | RECTION have done a wise act in restoring the | members of the Medical Board of Bellevue Hospital removed by the previous Commis sion. These gentlemen were Drs. Isaac E, Taylor, J. J. Crane, Fordyce Barker, L. A. Sayre, A. B. Mott and Austin Flint, Jr., who will be recognized as among the most eminent | medical practitioners in the city. Young Dr. | Flint is the only wnember of the old Board not included in the new, and his name, we under- stand, was omitted at his own request. The gentlemen who were so unjustly ejected from the Board last suummer had given from fifteen , to | to twenty-one years’ service to the hospital, and their restoration is a worthy itribhonted | Of invaluable aasisiance ta the inatituuion elections left the republican party without a ‘ Secretary Bristew's Cail for Bonds. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has relieved the uncertainty and anxiety which has rested upon the business community for the last few days by the formal issue of his call for the thirty millions of bonds, with a detailed specification of their classes and numbers. They are all of the issue of 1862, and about twenty-four millions are coupon bonds and the remaining six millions or thereabouts registered bonds. We explained on a recent occasion that the registered bonds are held in this country and that a very large proportion of the coupon bonds is held abroad. When bonds which have been exported to Europe are called in there is a liability that the gold paid for them will be sent abroad, whereas the gold paid ior bonds in American hands is likely to remain in the country, unless our imports of merchandise should exceed our exports. Wo therefore hoped that the greater proportion of the bonds called in for the sinking fund would be registered bonds. But it seems that the Secretary of the Treasury has no dis- cretion as to the particular classes of bonds which he shall first pay. The act of March 3, 1875, by which this call is authorized, pro- vides that it snall be in accordance with a section of the Revised Statutes, which directs that bonds be called in the order of their number and issue. ‘This is no doubt an equitable law. Bonds of long date always bear a higher price in the market, and if the government acts uniformly on the rule of re- deeming them in the order of their issue the reasonable expectations of purchasers cannot be disappointed. The banks of the country have reason to congratulate themselves that so small a pro- portion of registered bonds is called for, The banks are the chief holders of this kind of bonds, and we suppose that the whole amount pledged to secure their circulation is of this form, They save the eae of cutting off off coupons iy tl j-annual pay- mont, oF intetest, and if oy Dledged bonds were called in the banks would be com- pelled to purchase an equal amount of others to replace them. The withdrawal of so large an amount as thirty millions tends to enhance the price of bonds, and the banks would accordingly suffer a loss if compelled to make new purchases to secure a part of their circulation. They might be compelled to pledge five per cent bonds instead of the six per cent bonds withdrawn, in which case there would be a diminution of one per cent on the profits of their circulation, which would increase the tendency developed within the last few months to surrender their notes and thereby contract the currency. The six millions of gold to be paid for regis- tered bonds will be likely to stay in the coun- try, easing the gold market and facilitating the payment of duties by the importing mer- chants. How large a proportion of the twenty-four millions of gold paid for coupon bonds will be exported cannot be predicted. In the first instance the proceeds of the’ bonds sent home from Europe for redemption will be transmitted in the form of bills of exchange, and the amount of gold exported will depend on the price of foreign bills. If the spring exportations of grain and cotton should be large and the spring importations of goods moderate a comparatively small amount of gold will be sent out of the country. Let this turn out as it may, it will be an advantage to the Treas- ury to exchange thirty millions of dead gold, which earns nothing, forbonds on which it would otherwise have to pay six per cent in- terest. This operation is a clear saving to the Treasury, whether a considerable proportion of the gold is exported or not. As regards | the immediate business of the country, half or two-thirds of this gold might as well be in Europe as to be locked up in the vaults of the Treasury, where it is of no more use than if it were still hidden in the mines. The buoy- ant tone which this important step will give to business is legitimate, and we welcome every event which tends to lift up the com- munity from depression and despondency and set the wheels of enterprise again in motion. Lapy Morpaunt Gutay.—The remark- able divorce suit which occasioned s0 much scandal in England a few years ago has at length been judicially de- cided. It will be remembered that an effort was made to prevent Sir Charlee Mordaunt obtaining a divorce on the ground of his wife’s insanity. In order to shut out a child he had good reason to believe illegitimate from succession to the Mordaunt title and estates he persistently sought legal redress, and has at length triumphed. The appearance of the heir presumptive to the English throne | pe tet Boast of in the Transaction. ‘the inanit in the case gave the scandal unusual interest for the people, as it seemed likely at one period that the Prince of Wales would be joined as co-respondent. This expectation was, however, defeated by the Prince appearing as a witness and swear- ing positively that though he had visited the lady very frequently their relations had never gone beyond the bounds of friendship. The verdict against Lady Mordaunt isa severe blow to several noble houses in England, as her three sisters—all re- fnarkable for their ‘Deanty—are ‘married ‘to great territorial nobles. Tue Vinersitus Convention.—The public will learn with sincere satisfaction that the Virginius question is at last set at rest—let us ope forever. American diplomacy bas noth- to our flag was of more consequence than the few thousand dollars Spain has flung at the Washington government much as we give afew pence to an importunate beggar to be rid of a nuisance. Rumors have even circulated that this act of tardy and insufficient reparation was only decided upon when a bargain was struck that im return for this convention we should recognize little Alfonso as King of | Spain. We hope that this rumor is unfounded. Sach a bargain would be a dishonor to Xhis country and would be reprobated by the hon- est men of all parties. Sueraixa Mexico.—The religious Agitation | continues in Mexico, and the Protestants are preparing to emigrate. The Church party, | incensed by the expulsion of the Sisters of | Charity; are fomenting trouble, and there are | signs of anew struggle between the Church party and the so-called liberals. There is a little side revolution going on in Michoacan, , po one much bard. but a breeze up in the mountains there docs | | vartingat is ip harmony wilh tha Mavor Pumishment and Reform. We print this morning a résumé of the way our police and police courts trample upon the rights of the citizen, together with a picture of the cruelty and neglect maniteated in the pub- lic institutions of the city. No subject could be more important. Judge Flammer’s con- duct in the Stockvis case shows that the crim- inal law is administered without any regard to justice. At every stage of that case a reck- lessness is exhibited that is not only astound- ing but criminal. According to his own tes- timony at the Coroner’s inquest—testimony as remarkable in its way as any ever given by 8 judge in regard to a judicial proceeding—he could not conceive of any mistake that he had committed which he was not ready to commit over again. How often he may have done s0 it is impossible to learn. This is only one case out of many. If it differs from the others in any respect it ie in the thoroughness and com- pleteness with which it illustrates the outrages which may be perpetrated upon a man under arrest by the officiala in every department into whose hands he may falL That such @ case, showing ignorance, recklessness and cruelty everywhere, should hap- pen at all shows how necessary it is that we shall stop and correct a system which permits these abuses. Tho cause of the wrongs is a plain one. Under our system of government by commissions the details of the public business escape the knowledge and attention of the Commission- ers, while their subordinates commit all man- ner of abuses. That Mr. Stockvis was so cruelly neglected on Blackwell's Island was doubtless as great a surprise to the Commis- sioners of Oharities and Correction as to the public, There has been abundant evidence that the Police Commissioners have no real knowledge or control of the workings of their department. There is no official responsi- bility anywhere. That such responsibility shall bogi bogin, and that the constant nt violations o of the Inw which now “disgrace t the’ “metropolis shall cease, are reforms that must be speedily accomplished, though the task seems as for- midable and almost as hopeless as the at- tempts of King Arthur at ridding his domin- ions of the turbulent barons. This is not a matter to be quieted as soon as possible and speedily forgotten. Justice will not be done unless Mr. Justice Flammer is brought before the Court of Common Pleas, as prescribed by law, for carelessness and neglect of duty, his testimony before the Cor- oner establishing their habitual character. And there must be no delay in bringing the persons inculpated by the verdicts in the St. Andrew's church disaster before the courts. The officzrs of the Fire Department and of the Department of Buildings who were to blame in the matter must not be allowed to hold office longer than it will require to remove them. Both Mr. Snook and Mr. Titus ought to be taught a salntary lesson. If contractors and others are made to feel that to be cen | sured by a Coroner's ‘jury means punishment there will be fewer calamities and fewer occa- sions for censure. There never was a time when there was sucha reckless disregard of the law and of private and official duty as now, and there must be no more delay in ap- plying the remedy. Minister Schenck About to Resign. One of our Washington despatches gives substance and authority to the flying rumor of the last few days, that Mr. Schenck is soon to retire from the English mission. There is no reason to doubt that the reason assigned is the true one. It is an office which no man can afford to hold who has no other pecuniary resources than his salary. No other Ambas- | sador to London of the same rank is ¢0 slen- derly provided for by his government, and no American Minister can meet the social re- | quirements of the position in a manner con- sistent with his sense of dignity unless his | private fortune enables him to spend, without inconvenience, a large amount in addition to his salary. For ‘the last thirty or forty years, until Mr. Schenck) was ap- pointed, our Ministers to London have been men of wealth. Abbott Lawrence | was 4 Massachusetts milhonnaire. Mr. Bu- | chanan and Mr. Dallas, though not extremely rich, were men of substance, with comfort- able estates. Mr. Charles Francis Adams in- herited a large property, which he has im- proved by wise management, Mr. Motley had | an ancestral estate which he has increased by the valuable copyrights of his books. All | these Ministers valued the mission only as a position of honor, trust and usefulness, and they could afford to pay something for the honor out of their private resources. Mr. Schenck was called to maintain the social dig- nity of a post to which his predecessors had given great respectability, and he was unable to live on a scale at all approaching theirs without pecuniary sacrifices which he could notafford. He unfortunately tried to supple- ment his slender resources by a questionable | speculation, which exploded in bis hands, doing him no small damage. For his reputation’s sake he could not. afford to resign for some time after the Emma Mine charges, and was compelled to bear his burden until he had outlived them, He was forced to sell his American ‘property and spend the proceeds, and he finds himself, at last, in astate of embarrassment which con- strains him to retire ill sutisfied with himself and disgusted with the public service. Until the salavy of that mission is raised, of which there is no Prospect, only a man of consider- able wealth éan Afford to hold it Nothing is known by the public and prob- ably nothing is yet known by the government | as to Mr. Schenck’s successor. The mission went a begging after Mr. Motley's removal, and it may be equally difficult now to find a statesman who is willing to take it. The sur- mises as to its acceptance by Secretary Fish are quite improbable. Mr. Fish has every requisite qualification and could easily afford the expense ; but the exchange of posi- tions is not to his taste. Commussroner Wats, of the Dock Depart- partment, contradicts, in a card, the Albany rumor, noticed by our correspondent, to the effect that the Commissioner and Mayor Wickham, like ‘Betsy and I,"’ are ‘‘out,’’ coupled with the conflicting statement that the two are in league to secure republican aid for certain measures in the State Legislature. The contradiction wag scarcely needed; never- theless we are glad to receive positive assur- ance that atleast one old head of a city de- | lency on this occasion tndulged them, The American Cardinal. The opinion seems to be confirmed that His Holiness tho Pope will, at the coming Con- sistory, elevate Archbishop McCloskey to the rank of Cardinal. There have been many comments on this proposed action of His Ho~ liness, but the only point that interests the people is this:—Thus tar in the history of our government the Holy See has regarded America, not as a great nation, like Eugland, France and Germany, but as a missionary country, and, therefore, the Catholic Church is not to be governed by priests of the highest rank. Now, in a country where Protestants are so largely in the majority, it is of very little consequence to the Catholics whether they are governed by a Cardinal or not. We presume 1t would make very little difference in its discipline. But the recognition of America on the part of the Holy See as a na- tion worthy of ranking with the great nations of the world, and to be, therefore, gov- erned by tho highest dignitaries of the Church, is o significant fact. In this sense, therefore the appointment of Arch- bishop McCloskey to be a Cardinal isan evend interesting to all citizens, no matter what their faith may be. In addition to this, the circumstance that the new Cardinal is a citizen of New York, a native of Long Island, a man distinguished for benevolence, piety and beauty of character, makes us feel that the honors of the HolgSee have been well and gracefully bestowed. Ovrwarp Opznrne Doors.—-The Board ot Aldermen has adopted a resolution, intro- duced by Mr. Cole, ordering the Superintend- ent of Buildings to insist that the doors of all churches, schools and places of public amuse- ment be made to open outwardly. We are glad that Mr. Cole’s resvlution was promptly acted on, and hope that no time will be lost in compelling all places where the publio | assemble, either for worship or amusement, to adopt doors opening outwardly and of sufficient capacity to enable the assembled people to leave the building in a short space of time. Tue Anpany Caprrot.—No one will be astonished to learn that more stone has been used in building the new Capitol at Albany than was necessary. Had the investigation shown the contrary we should have been disappointed. So tar the deficiency seems due to the absence of economy rather than to any positive dishonesty. But the end is Zea yet. Treasurr Trove.—They went in search of hidden treasure to the Archbishop’s palace in the City of Mexico and found a human skull. Here’s a sensation. Probably some Protes- tant the priests were dining off. No common- place explanation can be received. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Subscription has veen opened in London for ® memorial to Charlies Lamp. Congressman George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, 1s at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Professor William B, Rogers, of Boston, ts stay- ing at tne Westminster Hotel. Mr. Lucius Kobinson, of Elmira, is residing tem- porarily at the St. James Hotel. \Princess Girgenti, Isabella’s daughter and Al- fonso’s sister, has gone to Madrid. United States Marshal S. B. Packara, of Loutst- ana, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. “Your tanner wili last you nine year,” and thas wiil take us at least one year into the thirdterm, It is understood in the Bismarck circle thas it the great man leaves office he will not leave polt- tics, Messrs. George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel, | of Philadelphia, are sojourning ai the Futy Avenue Hotel. Don Piatt Townsend, son o! George Alired Town- send, died suddenly at the Sturtevant House on ‘Tuesday last. Henry 1V. believed that Paris was worth a mass; but Henry V. did not deem Paris and all France ! worth @ white rag. There is a Cyclops on exhibition in Paris—a man | from Australia with only one eye and that in the middle of bis forehead, Ex-Governor John T. Hoffman has arrived in this city irom Albany and taken up his residence at the Ciarendon Hotel. Judge Theodore Miller, of the New York Court of Appeals, arrived in this city last evening and 8 at the Filtn Avenue Hotel. The “representative of an American museum’? | bid 49,000 francs at a saie in Paris the other day for an old pistol, but the Burou Rothschild weot a thousand better and got it. An English insurance company tusures for a French author the manuscript of twelve piays at $1,000 each. He always has that many on hand in his own house or at different theatres. Five editors were sentenced in Berlin the other | day for an article which Von Stu!pnagel, the Gov- ernor, didn’t like. In citivs like Be! possible to know the Governor's taste. In London lately @ man ate a whole newspsper nit is ime | in one beer shop and araw herring in anotner, | and on account of this eccentricity in diet he was fined ten shillings. treedom, “Why is it,’ asks an exchange, ‘that nearly every Senator's wife in Washington is a handsome woman?’ 1¢is simply because nearly every Sena- tor’s wife who {s not a handsome woman is left at home,—Courier-Journal. Marseilles rejoices tn Joko, @ feminine ourang outang, the most intelligent and womaniike yet seen in civilized countries, in fact, {1 ail sald of 1t be true, It would, if it should come to this coum try, be entitied to civil rights, Paris will have another monument for the Oom- munists to pulldown the next time their turu comes, It will be dedicated « on the 18'h of Marck, and will be in memory of Generals ‘Lecomte and Thomas, killed ou that day in 1871. In 1874 we had in these United States 5,830 fall- ures, with liabilities to $154,239,000; but tn i873 tne were 5,183 aud whe liabilitie $228,41 Last year, thereiore, more small failures; the big fellows went earlier. His Excellency the President yesterday signed the commissions of Godiove S. Orth as Minister to Austria, Horace Maynard as Minister to Turkey and G. W. Lawrence and George Ki. Doage w be Centennial Commissioners for Arkansas. Snacknasty Jim, Scariace Charlie, Steamboat Frank and other Modoc Indians, now in Wasting- ton on public exhibition, were at the Executive Mansion yesterday. A# they had expressed a de- sire to shake hands with the President, His Excei- ‘They had Yet they talk of Britisn no other business with bim. laeutenant General Pullip H. Sheridan, accom. panied by Colone! James W. Forsyth, of his stam, arrived atthe Fifth Avenus Hotel last evening from Washington, and will atart this morning for Chicago. He will remain in the latter city severat days, and will then proceed to Leavenworth, Kansas, and thence to New Orieans, where he expects to arrive in about @ forvnight from the present date. It will seem queer in a republic of the ‘ree aoe equal” style that the Republic just establisned in France 1s supported by one prince of the blood royal, four dokes, three marquis thirteen eounds, three viscounts and five barons, ut the Repubite estabiisned in France does not se. out with the declaration that everybody is “iree and equal,"’ a4 our fathers did, and {t# possible ane cess Hes in that very fact; for what did weil here would pot Avawer thera. a4 49 dread(uliv exhite 4 ited