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

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NEW YORK, ee From our reports this morning the probabilities @re that the weather to-day will be partly cloudy, Tux Ticnvorxz Demonstration at Hyde Park is described elsewhere, and we give the remarkable speeches of Mr. Onslow and Dr. Kenesly, who seem to have perfect confidence in the identity of the “claimant.” Taz Roman Carnortc Bisnors or Proussta have protested to the government against the Btate laws, but in vain. The reply of the Ministry embodies a rebuke which will only imerease the bitterness that already exists in the Church. Tae Larest News from Berlin and Paris is encouraging. The semi-official press pro- ARK THEATRE, at 8 P.M; closes at 1045 MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1873. ounces in favor of peace, but, then, to-mor- | We publish to-day a number of encourag- | row the official press may give another little | threat of war. Tue Conorrcarion at the Brooklyn Taber- wacle was badly seared yesterday, but this time it was not by the sermon. We should think that people who have courage enough bo hear Mr. Talmage ought to be terror-proof. A Dastxe Arzeurt to escape from Black- ber of the prisoners, among them the notori- pus “Dutch Harmon,’’ but all the desperadoes but one were captured. The escape was evi- Bently the fruit of a carefa y organized plot. | Ovr Atpanr Lerree is de cidedly interesting lo-day. Our correspondent’s account of | the sufferings and disappointments of the Legislature is actually touching. In the present fight it is plain that some of the con- testants are bound to be badly beaten. Toe Mavens have threatened ‘disturbances, but they bave made few that are serious. | Their bark this year has been worse than their bite. Our correspondence from Hazleton bo-day shows that the situation is more favor- able to peace, and the meeting of the Miners* Association, if well advised, result in guarantees which will justify the removal of the troops. We cannot agree with those who think the calling out of the military by Governor Hartranft an unnecessary measure. It is precaution made wise by experience, and the armed bodies of men who menaced the public peace have no canse for ee a Tae Powrrr.— The churches yesterday were crowded, and the fine weather which seduced go many persons from their religious duties uso deprived thonsands of others of any ex- guse for their non-performance. The influ- mace of weather upon religion is by no means animportant. A rain storm will often spoil a revival, and sinners may rewain unconverted for the want of an umbrella. But yesterday no one had a valid apology for remaining away from church, and the metropolitan clergymen preached with ronewed ardor and eloquence. We print elsewhere the sermons of Mr. Varley, at the Church of the Disciples; of Mr. Beecher, upon religion and morality; of Rev. Father Farley, at St. Patrick's Cathedral; of Dr. Armitage, on the resurrection; Mr. Frothing- | ham, on rational belief, and others which deal with important topics of theology and mornis, should | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, The Duty of the States to the Cen tenntal, It is not want of interest on the part of the people, but want of action on the part of their representatives, that has given cause for regret in relation to the Centennial celebration of American independence. The people | have from the first regarded it with the respect and affection which, |as the most * significant event in our | history, it deserves, and have decided to make it worthy of the nation. Our manufacturers, merchants, farmers, miners, inventors, artists, have shown a praiseworthy intention to be represented in the Exhibition, and to com~- pete with each other and with foreign coun- tries in the various branches of mechanical industry and agricultural productions. America has never seen a collection of works of art and science and skilled labor that can be compared to the great microcosm of civilization that will be displayed during the fall and summer of 1876 in the splendid buildings in Fairmount Park at Philadel- phia. Paris, London and Vienna have alone indicated the immensity and va- riety of this Exhibition. The West will give her gold and gems, the South her fertility of productions, the East her mechanical mar- vels, Europe her art and Asia the triumpbs of her reawakened civilization, and in the ten grand departments of the Exhibition will be more than represented the world’s wonders “from silken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon.’ Thus there is every reason to believe that the people are anxious and determined to make the celebration representative of their progress, and it is only upon this deep and broad basis of national interest and enthusi- asm that tho enterprise could be founded. We are satisfied with what the people have done already, and with what they intend to do in the year for action which remains. But there are limits to the abilities of individuals working necessarily without organization. The inventor will perfect his machines, the manufacturer study to improve his fabrics, the artist will contribute the ripest products of his genius. efforts, multitudimous and varied as they will be, need to be reconciled and united under general systems. It is impossible for many of the thousands of per- sons who intend to contribute to the Exhibi- tion their work also to sustain it with their money. The financial condition of the country forbids us to expect that the vast preliminary expenses of building and organizing should be met by collections of money from the pub- lic. That much has besn done in this way we know, and it is creditable to the patriotism do is insufficient. There was never yet a world’s fair that was fully equipped and sup- ported by the voluntary contributions of citi- zens to its stock. i If the people give the Centennial Exhibition the labor of their bands and brains as indi- viduals the Commonwealths into which they are organized should contribute all the money that is needed. The ‘invest- ment is secure; but the returns are in the future, and not a dollar can be earned till the doors are opened to the im- mense throng from all parts ot the Union, Meanwhile, money must be paid out. Itis imperative that the States should understand this. The citizen can afford to pay out of the common wealth of the com- munity what he cannot afford to pay out of his own pocket, Therefore, State action is now the grand necessity. Without such action many interests are likely to be neglected and exhibitors left without necessary aid. It is the duty of every State to appoint commissioners to represent it at Philadelphia next year. This is the least that | could be done, and it 1s little enough for a | sovereign American State to contribute lib- | eraily to an enterprise in which the credit and honor of the Union are irrevocably engaged. State action is, therefore, in our opinion, all that the Centennial needs to make its com~- plete success assured, and the evidences that | it will be freely given are rapidly increasing. ing letters from the Governors of States, in addition to others which have appeared in our columns. Governor Ingersoll, of Connecticut; Governor Grover, of Oregon; Governor Peck, of Vermont ; Gov- ernor Weston, of New Hampshire; Governor | Cochrane, of Delaware; Governor Groome, of | Maryland; Governor Brogden, of North Car- Henatp to-day, and though ; some difference in their views they are united in recognizing the importance of | the proper representation of their respective | States, and give hopes of practical legislative | aid. This would have been already given in | many cases but for the unusual political ex- citement of last winter, when United States Senators were elected in many of the States. The Centennial was forgotten in | those struggles, as indeed legislation was generally neglected. Since then the interest in the Exhibition has wonderfully revived, and those Legislatures which have not ad- journed may be expected to take the course which material considerations, as well as patriotism, require. Surely among those States which still retain | the opportunity for immediate action we may hope to find the great Commonwealth of New Ycrk the prompt and liberal leader. By the act of the federal government the whole country—New York and Boston, as well as Philadelphia—is committed to the project. The action of Congress, just before adjournment, is especially sig- nificent in this, tbat it appropriated money liberally, though for specified objects, and that the appropriation Congress without any audible dissent; and that, too, at passed & political crisis in a moribund Congress when captious dissent would have been very apt to make itself heard. The commu- nication from the President to Governor Bigler, published in the Harp recently, stated with precision the amount, $500,000, appropriated, nearly one-balf to be immedi- | ately available, and the limits within which it is to be applied. The United States, as @ political entity, is to be a contrib- utor to this Exhibition, and she chooses to pay her own expenses in being so. New York means to do the same thing, in the way of | contributions of her products and fabrics, to an enormous extent, as we have had occasion But all these individual | of the people and their confidence in the | grand enterprise, but the utmost they could | swell’s Island was made last night by a num- | oie, end Gover Bagiey, of Mishignn, all | express their opinions on the subject in the | there * is | more (han once to say, The city of Now York, as haw been demonstrated, has as much | material interest in the Centennial (perhaps more) as Philadelphia; and yet we hear nota word about our paying our own expenses, by a State appropriation. One would think it would be a relief to Governor Tilden and the Legislature to lift their eyes for a moment from the homely, material, | local matters on which they are bent—Cos- | tigan bills, canal controversies, comptrollers and corporation counsel, and all that—and to gaze through a pure atmosphere at bright, clas- sic planets moving in their coursesabove. Yet New Jersey makes us blush for inactivity and | parsimony, As to individual contributions, in the way of subscriptions to stock, we have almost exhausted our persuasive utterances, and make what we shall not describe as # final appeal (for we mean to blow the trumpet till the sleeper wakes), but a most earnest one in face of the new duty which is imposed upon all the State governments, and particularly, because of her wealth and commanding infla- ence, upon that of New York. The Value of Paul Eoynton’s Experi- mont, The failure of Paul Boynton to reach Bou- logne by five or eight miles 1s of no particular importance, The fact that he swam across the English Channel, nearly fifty miles in fifteen hours, constitutes a virtual success, . The task he undertook to perform differed from a horse race, or walking a hundred miles in twenty- four hours or hitting the bull’s eye of o tar- get in rifle shooting. Formally, he proposed to swim from Dover to Boulognein # day, and in this he failed ; but in reality he proposed to demonstrate that with the aid of the new swimming dress a man sustain himself fora long time in the water and travel long distances with comparatively little fatigue. In this attempt he was entirely successful. Our special cable despatches say that he was taken on board of the steamer against his own wish, and because the pilot refused to take the responsibility of guiding him to Boalogne in a boisterous sea andin the darkness of night. We are also informed that, in the opinion of his doctor, Mr. Boynton might have remained six hours longer in the water, and that after a swim of fifteen hours he was not tired, his clothes were dry, the temperature of his body was lowered but one degree, and his pulse was only eighty. Clearly the failure to reach Boulogne was not | not a word is said, nota finger moved. Even | APRIL 12, 1875.—TRIPLE SHERT, The Big Bonanza Again. The London Economist, recently discussing the famous Canadian oil well case, said:— «We contess we are more doubtful of the pub- lic learning anything to help them when they have again made the large surplus profits on which the class of promoters prey. If the public had been willing to learn they have last balf century; but each new period of prosperity brings a fresh crop of ‘new things’ anda fresh crop of credulous fools; and the cure for such inveterate folly will probably be most gradual."’ The advice of the Economist will apply most fittingly to the present condi- tion of our money market. Nothing would be more gratifying to the Hznaxp than to be able to say conscientiously what so many of our contemporaries are saying in reference to the current investments in ‘the street."’ It is always more agreeable for a newspaper to speak of the ‘‘good times,” the “bright pros- pects,” and “increase in values,” and to encourage the people to invest their money in favorite ‘‘securities.” It is always on ungracious thing for s journal to enter upon the discussion of any particular interests. Citizens who go into Wall street and buy and sell stocks take the same risks that other tradesmen do in their ordinary business, It is not the duty of a newspaper to inform a stockbroker whether the railway shares he purchases are sound or unsound, any more than it would be its business to tell @ groceryman that his eggs are tainted ora clothier that his clothes are shoddy. There are so many considerations entering into the real value of securities that no jour nal, no matter how well informed, can ex- press an absolute opinion in reference to their value. It would be a wrong to do s0; a wrong not only to the people but to those who are endeavoring to sell honest pieces of property. But when we find a steady, cun ning, well sustained attempt to force upon the money market a series of investments that havea bad name; when we find the whole volume of Wall street business, for weeks and weeks, tending only in one direction, and directly under the guidance of speculators who have made thename of America infamous in the money markets of the world, then it becomes our duty to give a general warning in the words of the Economist. We should be glad to see our people do an active business in Wall street. There area thousand securities that may be purchased from any respectable broker which will repay due to exhaustion on his part, particularly as the pilot took the wrong course, and we look upon the performance as being just as suc- cessful as ‘if he had literally fulfilled his purpose. As he intends to repeat the experi- ment even the actual passage from shore to shore is likely to bs achieved, and we shall not have even the shadow of failure to regret. Two things must be considered in estimat- ing the value of this feat—the endurance of the man and the assistance rendered by his dress. Paul Boynton is famous as a swimmer, and his physical powers have had more than ordinary training. It is likely that there are few men who could rival his performance in crossing the Channel in fifteen hours, for no doubt he used his paddle most of the time, and in order to make speed put forth a muscolar effort that would have wearied an average man. We must not expect, therefore, the new life- saving dress to enable its wearers to equal Boynton’s remarkable performance. But it must be remembered that without its aid Boynton would have been incapable of ac- complishing one-fifth of his task, and the usefulness of the costume has thus had the most satisfactory proof. It has been shown | that in such a dress any one can be sup- ported on the surface ot the water for an in- | definite period, and that a person of average | strength can propel himself more readily | than by the usual methods of swimming. | The life-saving apparatus should, therefore, diminish the dangers of ocean travel. The old cork jackets and ‘‘life-preservers” were seldom of use, but now the traveller can com- mit himself to the waves with the buoyant power of the fisb, with provisions for a cruise | in his knapsack, signals for night or day, his library if he likes to read while bathing, a sail to set when the wind blows toward port and an axe and knife to give battle to the swordfish and sharks. We cannot all be Paul Boynton’s, but we can “go down to tke sea | in ships” with the comfortable conviction that | this invention has diminished the danger of | drowning at least fifty per cent. Thus | Mr. Boynton has not only proved his own en- | durance and skill, but has rendered society a valuable service. We are glad that an Amer- can has accomplished this feat. Discoverers, as a rule, plant the flag of their countries on mountain peaks, but Mr. Boynton has un- farled the Stars and Stripes upon the bosom of the restless sea. | | Arkansas Politics. We print elsewhere the third letter of Mr. Charles Nordhoff, our special correspondent in the South. He gives a view of the condition of parties in Arkansas which will interest | politicians—but not these alone; for he shows | that with parties so evenly balanced as they | appear to be the negro vote 1s ot importance to both, and both are accordingly conciliating the black voter. The color line, our cor- respondent says, is broken. There are and will be both democratic and republican no- groes, and there is imminent a reorganization of political parties in which the white vote wilt be split upon new issues. It is curious to read that in Arkansas they still have whigs—whigs who have the old and nataral antipathy to democrats and will not long vote with them. Our correspondent remarks that not only is the State now at peace, but the most essential elewents for continued peace and security aro | present. This is a matter for thankfulness. Let the people and the rulers of Arkansas maintain law and order, and, whatever federal political leaders may say, the Northern people will not care how they vote or whether the | State goes repudlican or democratic in 1876. the investment. Just now these securities, suffering from the period of long depression, may be purchased at a reasonable rate. There never was a time when good investments could be more prudently made. But these are not the securities that have been bought and sold by the thousands in Wall street in the last few days. We find a railway company whose sbares were plundered by a Crédit Mobilier corporation; another railroad, covered with four or five mortgages, and drifting steadily into bankruptcy; and still another enterprise, only recently fresh from a Congressional investigation, which stamped it with fraud and iniquity. These are made the staples of our trade in Wall street. The pro- cess by which they are forced has many ramifications. When the Big Bonanza mine in Nevada—the swindle which entailed ruin upon so many thousands of citizens of that Territory—was first introduced the pa- pers were flooded with stories of its richness, of the untold millions that were rock-bound and quartz-embedded within its walls, that its products would be enough to pay the national debt. Story after story percolated through the columns of the press, uncriticised, un- questioned, unchallenged, until the people who had purchased the shares at a vast in- crease over their real value only learned that they had been robbed by a gang of ingenious speculators, The men who sold the Big Bonanza in Nevada are of the same character as the men who now control Wall street. We have no more confidence in the shares that are now bounding from point to point under the manipulations of these desperate gam- blers than we had of the Big Bonanza shares that are held by the widows and poor trades- men of the Pacific coast. So long as these transactions are confined to the gam- blers themselves we care little. So long as they cut their own throats and lose their own money it concerns us no more than a buffalo stampede on a Kansas prairie. But our fear is that the people, the merchants and trades- men who are recovering from a period of long depression, who have saved, perhaps, a little money and are anxious to invest it, may be tempted by these delusive reports and led to buy these gambling shares at the artificial price placed upon them by the gamblers them- selves. There is no pradent business man, having his earnings to invest, that would venture to that the men who control them are unworthy of public confidence and respect. They have led an ill life and have brought upon the coun- try an evil name. Their transactions in gold, their speculations on Black Friday, their tam- pering with justice, their alliance with the old Tammany thieves, their whole financial achievements for the last five years have in- jured the American credit abroad to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars. There is no American who has travelled in Europe shame he felt when reminded of what had been done by the very financiers who are to- day forcmg these securities upon the New | York market. It is a safe rule for every | honest dealer to adopt—namely, not to touch | a share of stock which is in any way under | the control of the men who have succeeded in | nothing for the last five years except to bring dishonor upon American eredit and the Ameri- oan name. | Canal. The Suez | ome importance is given by the English journals to the fact that the shares of the Suez quotation on the London Stock Exchange. | “It is this undertaking,” says an English What we of the Rorth want is peace. Sexator Gorpoy, who wes at first opposed to the Greeley nomination, now considers it | the wisest political movement in our history. His explanation of this opinion is philosophi- cal, and will be found in another column. The Greeley canvass certainly made a won- derful revolution in the old democracy, as | well aso serious breach in the republican ranks, | journal, ‘‘which is now to be domesticated in | England after having been exclusively owned in France and Egypt, and, we have no doubt, great interest will come to be felt in the stock | on account of its great English trade."’ The Suez Canal is one of the most interesting and | important works of modern times. Its results | upon the commerce—and eventually, we | think, upon the polities—of Europe and the East cannot be exaggerated. The fact that thus England ehould be practically in control had warnings again and again during the | touch one of these securities. The reason is,| who cannot bring back some story of the | | Canal Company have been admitted to a | ee of the canal is a singular illustration of what may be called the irony of diplomacy. The Suez Canal was a French scheme. For many years its construction was opposed by Lord Palmerston, partly on the ground that it could never be built and partly for political reasons, His Lordship contended that the privi- leges originally conceded to the French company were s0 extensive as to authorize the establishment on Egyptian soil of a strong French colony, commanding a position of mili- tary importance. With his traditional dislike for France and that terror of French influence which existed in the minds of all statesmen who had had dealings with the First Napo- leon, Lord Palmerston feared that what seemed to be simply a mercantile scheme was in truth a French plot for blocking Eng- land’s path to India. But the canal was built, mainly by the genius of M. de Lesseps aud the enterprise and statesmanship of the Iste Emperor Napoleon and the pres- ent Khedive of Egypt. Its practi- cal effect has been to strengthen English commerce, and over seventy per cent of the ships passing through carry the English flag. Some changes have been made in the uses for which the canal was in- tended. M. de Lesseps did not suppose it would be used by any but sailing vessels, but steamers have been built suited to it, There are new fleets of steamers of compound engines capable of going long distances with little fuel. The projectors anticipated that the annual tonnage between Europe and the East would be six million tons. It, however, has only reached two millions, but is growing. Let Us Do Both, Our Albany letters recited the complaint of some of the members of the Legislature from this city that ‘the interests of New York are overlooked” in the sudden mania which has seized the Governor and his supporters to investigate the canals. ‘No wonder,”’ said our correspondent, “that the New York demo- cratic delegation have become restless of their rights, Iwill venture to say that not three out of the whole number ever saw a ‘raging canal’ in their lives. Several hundred coun- trymen, with seventeen-inch boots, pantaloons carefully tucked up, wide-brimmed hats and tremendous appetites, have astonished the waiters of the Delavan for the last two weeks. They live onthe line of the canals, and are contractors or friends of contractors. The fact is the New York boys are sick with con- tinual talk about the canals, and they want some immediate legislation on the city they have been sent here to represent.” We can appreciate the restless feeling of our representatives in Albany,as vividly shown by our correspondent, although we are far from sharing it. We believe in the canal investigation, and think Governor Tilden has done a wise thing in forcing it upon the atten- tion of the Legislature. We would do noth- ing to interfere with a thorough and rigid scrutiny into the acts of the men who have controlled the canals of the State. Our canal system is of as much importance to the growth of the State as any interest under its control. We would do nothing to disparage the efforts of those who are reforming it, or to dishearten the Governor and his friends in their investigations. Therefore, we say, go on with the canal work, but also go on with the work necessary to be done for the city of New York. The Governor and his friends can do both things at the same time. What New York wants and expects from Governor Tilden is the recog- nition of the principle of home rule, the es- tablishment of rapid transit and a system of civil service in our municipal government. These are simple points, and although they are not within the personal control of the Governor they are within that of the dem>- cratic party. Governor Tilden may, perhaps, feel with many other democratic politicians that New York is democratic anyhow, that no matter how much her interests are neglected the city willalways go with the party. But this is a mistake, as Mr. Morrissey can tell him if he asks for information as to how Hayes, his bosom friend, was defeated at the last election. The time has gone by when New York could be treated as a pocket borough. If the democratic party neglects New York in its effort to make capital in other States of the Union it must take the consequences. The people of New York are of one mind upon this subject of rapid transit and home rule. They wish to see the city removed from the repressive influence of a lobbying Comptroller like Green, and they wish also to see an end of a system which allows Brooklyn and Jersey City to grow pro- digiously while we have come to a standstill. It is o matter affecting the interests of every citizen, and not only his interest, but his com- fort and prosperity. We are amazed that those who control the democratic party should have overlooked this. Much valuable time has been lost, the effect of which upon the people is to | discourage and annoy them. . Let us do both things at once—investigate the canals and reform New York. A Legacy from the West Indies. We had thought that the St. Domingo business was dead and buried, mourned only by General Ingalls, General Babcock and Dr. | Howe, of Boston. We have had information of an interesting character which shows that the President has not yet come to the end of his “negotiations.” It seems that some American gentlemen were in St. Domingo last month and were honored by an interview with President Gonzales. Gonzales is a statesman who a few years ago existed in St. Domingo without any visible means of sup- port. He informed thiscompany of American yachtsmen that he was determined to “‘try the | experiment of free speech, free press and as much liberty as is enjoyed in the United States, even thongh he perished, in the attempt.’’ No one had been exiled ‘but Baez, and he might come back if he felt so dis- posed.” There had been a treaty of amity, peace and reciprocity with Hayti. Further- more, @ number of St. Domingo citizens, “vietims of Baez's action while under the im- mediate protection of the United States ships of war,” have prepared a claim, amounting to five million dollars, against the United States. They have founded this claim upon Senator Sumner’s speech against annexation. ‘The government has not yet decided by whom to present this claim, having no diplomatic rep- resentative in Washington.’ It seems wo are asked to pay five million dollars because we mavo Baez a vrotection. thereby becoming resporsfbl) for tho losses and injuries occa sioned by his acts. It would be interesting to know how fw British influence is behind this movemen of Gonzales. Ever since the explosio: of the Samana Bay Company the Englis! have beon persistent in their efforts t: prevent Americans from obtaining a foot hold in St. Domingo. We do not believe in annexation, and we think that President Grant’s efforts in that direction properly failed, because they did not meet the best wishes of the country. But at the same time we do not choose to allow without a protest the interference of foreign Powers in the affairs ot St. Domingo, nor will our people cheerfully submit to any claim of this kind on the part of the government of Gonzales, Our failure to annex St. Domingo was simply because we did not care to extend our dominion over a country largely controlled by Spaniards and negroes, while we had the South to manage and home interests of a graver character attracted our attention. It would be well for the St, Do- mingo government to abandon any intention of making foolish claims of indemnity against the United States. Those statesmen of that island who are in favor of independence may feel content that they are out of the difficulty, and that there is no longer in this country any party that cares to bother about their island. It will only revive a discussion that can do no good. Drive it Home! It is generally understood that the pardon of Ingersoll means that Governor Tilden and Charles O’Conor and those who have control of what are called the Ring suits mean ta force them to a prompt and thorough issue. Ingersoll, like Garvey, Davidson and Norton, and some others of the old Ring, means to go upon the stand and become an informer. The effect of his evidence will be to enable justice to be done upon the men who were intrusted for years with the supreme government of New York, who robbed the city and made our name a scorn among the nations, We sincerely trust that tho anticipations of Gov- ernor Tilden and Charles O’Conor will prove true. Now that the release of this con spicuous criminal gives them the opportunity toenforce justice let them drive the prosecu- tions home. Let the investigation bo se thorough that not one of the men, no matter how subordinate, who conspired to bring upon New York the infamy generated under the Tammany rule, shall escape unpunished. As for the informers themselves, they are pum ished enough by their accepted infamy. As for those who are abroad, they will probably never return to this country, but live like wan- derers upon the face of the earth. But wherever there is a dollar of property taken from the city treasury let 1t be seizod and its value re- turned to the people. Let there be no half way measures in this work. Thero is enough of condoning the infamies of these men, the results of whose maladministration we meet every day. There has been enough of sympathy and cries of par don and mercy. How can we give mercy to the men who are yet rich with the hard. earned taxes of the people of New York? How can we pardon the intelligent and able men who conspired to build that monument of corruption and fraud, the New York Oourt House? How can we show grace to the malefactors who have not yet even made restitution of their booty? Therefore, we say, drive this whole matter home! The time is past for compromise, for mealy-mouthed prot- estations, for meaningless words of censure, The time has passed when the plots of the Ring leaders to save themselves can avail. Let the true meaning of the revolution which threw the Tammany Ring out of power have effect and emphasis. The men who are to prosecute these Ring suits, headed by Charles O’Conor, have the full sympathy of the people, and we urge them again to drive their work home. Tre Frencn funerals of public men arn generally notable for the orations delivered by their friends, and the address of Gambetta at the grave of the late M. Quinet shows that grief and politics are intermingled on these solemn occasions. ‘Prolonged ap. plause” would be a strange feature of Amer. ican funerals, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Professor T. R. Lounsbury, of Yale sad ry staying at the Sturtevant House. Merrivale’s new ‘General History of Rome,” ip one volume, wiil be published in the spring. “That which wo are destroying will be recon structed hy our grandsons,” said Danton tn 92, Brevet Major General Ne son A. Miles, United States Army, 18 registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Adjutant General James A. Cunningham, of Massachusetts, is quartered at tne St. Nicholas Hotel. The real name of Edward Strahan, who wrote the illustrated travels entitled “Tne New Hy- perion,” is said to be Earl Shinn. Mme. Adelaide Ristori and family arrived in this city yesterday trom Boston and took up their residence at the Ciarendon Hotel. The Dublin Stage, a vheatrical weekly, which contained lively gossip and photographs of living actors and actresses, has ceased to be published, The memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, by him self, are forthcoming irom the press of D. appie ton & Co., in two volumes of over 400 pages eaca. The learnea Dr. Schmidt's Shakespeare Lextcos | nas been half completed and published at Berlin. Nothing so exhaustive has ever before been ab tempted. Professor R. B. Anderson, of the Wisconsis University, has an elaborate work in press af Chicago on “Norse Mythology, or the Religion o our Forefathers.”” ‘The British Lords of the Treasnry have tssucd a minute, which is rather severe on authors whe are jn the employ of the Civil Service. Gentiemer connecting themselves with tae press and com municating oMcial information to @ newspapei are to be instantly dismissea. An important undertaking is a complete abridge. ment of the debates in Congress, irom 1850 (where Benton’s debates closea) to 1875, on which Mr. ©, | H. Jones, ot New York, is engaged. We Know of | mothing that needs abridgment more than the debates in Congress, unless it ts the Beecher trial. Lieutenant Colonel F. v. Grant, A. D. C., First Lieutenant of the Fourth cavalry, has made ar. rangements to resign from the service wext fall to enter into the banking business in Washington, The firm of which he becomes a memoer will ve | known as Sherman & Grant, the senior member being Jon Sherman, Jr, & neptiew of General Sherman, and who is now eogaged In business with H. 0, Cooke, Jr., a son of ex-Governor Uooke, ‘The present firm will be dissolved by mutual con- sent April 16, and the new firm organized May 1, although Colonel Grant will not give the businesa bis personal attention until after his retarn from the expedition now fitting oat under General Onster for the Yellowstone,