The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1875, Page 6

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 Youx Hznaxp 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 Yor | Benaxp. 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. PARIS OFFICE—RUE SCRIBE. Subecriptions and advertisements will be received und forwarded on the same terms | ‘us in New York. TOLUME XLececccscccccccceccccsenccevessero NO, 135 AMUSEMENTS THIS APTERNOON AND EVENING. | FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, street and Sroaaway.—lHE BIG BO- ei JA, ats 2. M.; closes at 10:01", Mf. :30 Matinee at 1:! ‘ BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE, pe avenne.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10x45 . M. Matinee at2 P, M. ETROPOLITAN THEATRE, Ro, 58 Broadway.—PEMALE BATHERS, at 8 F. M Matineo at 2 P. M. ROBINSON FA oy. one eo yARIETY at SP. M Matinee ata P.M. Twentnanira cicee ana’ Sixth avence, ney street and’ Six ne. — ats os 3, ol Miss Clara Piatet P. ove at 1 P.M Batines at 1:50 P.M. LYCEUM THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue—GIROFLE- GIKUFLA at BY. M. Allie. Geoftroy. BAN FRANUISCO MINSTRELS) a roadway, ‘ner Twenty-nintn reet.—) RANgRRELS ars Pi. closes at 10 P. Me Matinee at | BROOKLYN THEATRE, TWO ORPHANS, at 8 P.M. Misses Minnie and Conway. Mati: at2P. Mw i WALLACK'S THEATRE, roadway. Tue LUSH Uetiieas, ataP. Mz closes at | W P.M. Miss Ada Dyas, Mr. Montague. Matinee at “80 P. MA HAPPY PAIR and THE KIVALS. BOWERY OPEKA HOUSE, | ign Bowery.—VAKIETY, at 8 £. M.; closes at 10:45 | : WOOD'S MUSEUM, Bree sty, corner of Thirticth streoL—MAZEPPA, at 8 a WY ced at 10:45 P, M. Miss Kate Fisher. Matinee GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street —s 0 UBRETTENSTREICHE, at8P.M | Beneft of Cleua:us Merten. THEATRE COMIQUF, 0. BM Broadway. —VARIETY, at 8P. M.; closes at 10:45 M. Matinee at 2 P.M. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, ‘West Fourteenth street.—Open from 10 A. M. to 5 P.M. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Bo. 64 Brondway.—VAMIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10.45 P.M. Matinee at2 P.M. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Bichth avenne and Twenty-third street—TWELVE TEMPTATIONS, ats. loses at 11 P. M. TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 15. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy or clear. | Wart Srnzer Yesrerpar.—The stock mar- | ket was irregular and prices were again lower. Money on call, 2} and 3 per cent. Gold advanced to 116}, and large shipments are engaged for to-day’s steamers. Foreign ex- change was a trifle lower. Tue Concress or Baxxens which is to meet at Saratoga during the summer is a very im- portant project, especially as nothing is to be done in regard either to business cr politics. Pleasure is to be the great object of the meet- ing. See ance Waar Prrrorts To Br a candid statement of the condition of tne Erie Railway is printed in another column, and as it is the first report of President Jewett it will attract general attention, partially from this fact alone and partly on accortnt of the boldness with which he treats the subject. Tae Amentcan Tram are getting everything in readiness for their armed invasion of Ire- land, and have already accepted at least one invitation to exhibit their appetites and diges- tion in the Green Isle. General McMahon is to be the referee on the part of the Ameri- cans and General Shaler has been agreed upon by both teams as umpire. Pnorgsson Gessxrn writes an interesting letter to the Henatp on the sulphur beds of the island of Saba, in the West Indies. It may seem almost diabolical to rejoice over fresh discoveries of brimstone, but for a long time the supply has been somewhat limited in comparison with the demand, and, besides, the more abundant it becomes the less use there may be for it. Aupermay Retty's resolution, adopted by the Board, calling for an examination and report by the Commissioners of Accounts of ti! moneys drawn as salaries or compensation by Commissioners of the Park Department, or of the Central Park, up to January 1, 1875, is weful at this particular time. We are likely o have commissions for rapid transit and ther purposes, and it will be well to show how unselfish and patriotic the Central Park Commissioners have been. The example will be a salutary one, so let us have the report as speedily as possible. Taerr Is a Monat in the execution of the wegro Frazer, at Camden, 8. C., yesterday, which ought not to be pa uta word of comment. The murder of which this poor wretch was guilty was incident to his sec- tion and the people to whom be belo: the scenes of religious frenzy which attended his execution could not have been enacted ong the sermi-barbarous ed over with ged, and negroes Under such circum. stances and among sach a people public exe eutions can only lead to revolting scenes like | that whieh is reported in our columns this NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1875.—~ Peace or War on the Continent, It seems that the visit of the Czar to Berlin has been that of the peacemaker. It is diffi- cult tounderstand the real meaning of these mysterious imperial errands. Too often the despatches that are vouchsafed to us by the cable are intended to cloud rather than make clear the truth, For a long time, at least since the withdrawal of the: Ger- man troops from the French soul, there has been an apprehension that there would be a renewal of the war. The reasons for this fear were inspired by the course of the Germans. They found that instead of crushing France by imposing a treaty of indemnity and annexa- tion unheard of in its severity they bad really given the people new life by teaching them discipline, patience, thrift and courage. The Emperor of Germany, himself one of the proudest monuments of the royal system, and opposed to every movement that looked toward a diminution of royal splendor, found that in des‘roying an empire he had created a republic, and that no amount of internal commotion or outside menace could destroy this Republic. In every point, except in the evanescent glory which comes trom successful campaigns, the Germans have really lost in their war with France. They had, won five milliards of money, but it had fallen upon them like rain upon the sand, leaving only barrenness, At the end of the payment Ger- many was as poor as ever, and the real benefit of the indemnity inured to England and France. They had won Alsace and a part of Lorraine; but of what use were these two French provinces, whose uneasy, restless condition made them a source of constant an- noyance to the Cabinet at home and a living protest against German influence in all the | nations of the world? Not only had the policy of Germany created this Republic, but it had, by introducing re- ligious questions into its own internal affairs, divided its people upon the one point which men never discuss without passion, We do not pretend to read the mind of Prince Bismarck or to know what he meant to gain by a war with the Roman Church. It certainly seems to us to have been a wanton | and foolish undertaking. It has resulted in dividing Germany as irrevocably as the North | and South were divided upon the question of | | bill people who wish to see the work done slavery before the war. We can understand how Prince Bisn:arck might have aimed to | emulate the exemple of Frederick and place himselt at the head ot the evangelical religion | | in Europe and in alliance with the Protestant | Powers, and in that way appeal to the sym- pathy of England and America and other | | Protestant countries. Naturally he would | seek to repeat the triumphs of his, predecessors in dealing with the Catholic nations of _Enrope. The controversy between Bismarck and the Catbolic Church always seemed to us | to be a paraphrase of the conflict between | Luther and Leo X Luther represented Ger- | man nationality in antagonism to Italian | nationality. This reformation, considered from | the broadest point of view, was more of a politieal than a religious success. The mis- | take which Prince Bismarck has made in fore- | ing this war upon the Roman Catholic Church | is that he deals with the nineteenth and not | the fifteenth century. The spirit of enlighten- ment and progress of thought, while it has diminished the power of all religious systems by limiting the influence of | priests, has at the same time brought with it a larger toleration. It was easy enough to generato religious war in a country governed by soldiers and monks on the one hand and inhabited by ignorant | peasants on the other. It was easy enough to | lead vast armies of uneducated fanatics into | Syria and Palestine to die in defence of the Holy Sepulchre. But what was the purpose | of those times is a sentiment now. Prince Bismarck erred in this, that instead of aniting Germany against the Pope gnd the Catholic Church be has divided it by jarring that sense of fair play which was wounded by the | persecution of the priests and the bishops. | Consequently there seemed no possible way to release Germany from her self-imposed embarrassment but a war. We cannot but look with alarm upon the danger the peace of the world has eScaped. It seems that the r -y party in Germasy had resolved upon demanding from Franee certain guarantees in reference to the purpose of her armaments. In the event of that demand being refused they counselled the instan invasion of France and the occupation of Paris. This accom- plished, it was then proposed that there should be an indemnity so large that it would take twenty years of the French resources to pay it. In addition to this there would be a prolonged occupation of the countries bordering on Belgium and Alsace, a reduction of the army in France and a | guarantee signed by the great Powers that they would compel France to respect the basis of peace. Such a proceeding would be, of course, in the eyes of tbe world, a wanton violation of justice and right. The Germans had a plain answer for this. It is an answer that it would be difficult to deny. They reasoned clearly enongh that all that Frence wanted with soldiers was to fight, and that the only Power they cared about fighting was Germany. Therefore they argued that if war were to come better now, when they are dy, than five years later, when France is “If,” said the Germans, ‘‘we have to sew this, contest, let us it when we have the assurance of victory, and let us not make peace until we have put France under bonds so strong that she cannot break them nor rise above them."” Upon this theory we understand’ the nature of the de- mand npon Belginm to amend her laws. We can perfectly well comprehend the story that the Prussian Chancellor had resolved to ad- dress a pote to France asking for a disarma- ment orfor a new treaty giving Germany guurantes that there could possibly be no war. If France did not give this guarantee then Bismarck would be perfectly willing to the other great Powers—Russia, Italy, igland and Austria—unite in a treaty of ance with Germany, guaranteeing to her hat she gained by the war with France, equiring the latter, upon the penalty of fighting the combined nations of Europe, to dissolve her armies and accept the conditions of the treaty at Frankfort. do Naturally enough, a policy of this nature | would end in war. The Ozar, upon whom morning, and we sre sure that religious ex- | Prussia has so largely depended, declines to | citement "nder the scaffold can result only in evil, be bound by it. From the London Times we | learn that the Ozar has told Germany that | speots, but whoever disturbs the peace of Europe will be the enemy of Russia. In other words, that if Germany wantonly invaded France for the purpose of reconstructing a treaty of peace upon the basis of dishonoring and destroy- ing one nation he would regard the act as a war against Russia. The military party of Germany might consider 9 war with France as an undertaking quite within their reach ; but awar with France, Russia and Austria, and the public opinion of the world arrayed against them, isa task far beyond even the reach of Prince Bismarck or Count Von Moltke. This action of the Czar seems, from what the Times says, to have been sustained by England, and, therefore, we see Germany put under the strongest possible pressure to prevent her breaking the peace. This is an agreeable solution of a very serious problem. The truth is tbat the only Power in Europe whose interest is to make war is Germany. It is the development of that policy of ‘blood and iron’”’ which Bismarck bluntly avowed ten years ago and which policy has cost his country three wars. We can well understand how the great Powers of Enrope would not tamely consent to be moved hither and thither by the will of any statesman, no matter how gifted or re- nowned. The Czar, in the attitude of peace- maker, has won for himself the respect of the world, and, if he maintains his present posi- tion, will give Europe the assurance of peaco for many years to come, The New Rapid Transit Bill. The bill introduced yesterday by Mr. Husted is likely to attract unusual attention from the fact that Governor Tilden is under- stood to have been consulted in its prepara- tion and to desire its passage. The wishes of ovr people have been so long baffled that they are ina mood to accept almost any law on this subject which is not likely to prove a dead letter. All their solicitude centres in one | point—to have a rapid transit road built with- out farther delay. For our part, we think the Common Council bill, in the shape in which it went to Albany, altogether better than the one introduced by Mr. Husted. But the Com- mon Coureil bill has been loaded with amend- ments that render it practically worthless, and between it in its amended form and the new should prefer the latter if it is offered in good faith and can be passed at this session. But can it pass? It is not to be considered in the Assembly until Monday evening, and the Legislature is nearly ready to adjourn. Unless the Governor and Mr. Husted have satisfied themselves that it can be put through in short metre they are inexcusable for broaching it at this late day, when, if it does not pass, it will only serve asan impediment to the success of any other bill that there shall not be any unneces- sary risk of human life at sea. The effort of rival lines to beat each other's time is one of these unnecessary risks, and perhaps it will go far also to explain the loss of the Schiller and the grounding of the City of Brussels when we have all the facts of those accidents. The Approaching Celebration at Char- lotte. The interesting letters which we publish this morning from our own correspondent at Chorlotte will convey an adequate idea of the extensive scale of the preparations for the patriotic commemoration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on Thursday next. There will be a gathering of distin- guished men from all parts of the country. All the State Governors have been invited, and quite » number of them have accepted the invitation. Those who decline do so in courteous, appreciative letters, recognizing the interest of the occasion. Among the emi- nent men not holding official positions to whom invitations have been sent are Charles Francis Adams and Robert 0. Winthrop. To repeat the language of our correspondent, “not only will Charlotte be dignified and illumined on the 20th by the gathering within her limits of eminent statesmen, scholars, jurists, divines and other personages of note, but there will be a grand outpouring of the people.’’ There will be an immense proces- sion, great civic and military display, two set orations, and, of course, a superb dinner, with the usual accompaniment of patriotic speeches, It is apparent that the controversy relating to the rival dates will have no effect on the celebration, which will not take place on May 31, buton May 20. So far as an enthusi- astic popular demonstration can suthenti- cate a historical fact the reality of the meet- ing on May 20, 1775, will be amply attested. If the celebration proves nothing else it will, at least, prove the unshaken belief of the peo- ple that May 20 is the true date. There can be no reasonable doubt that that date has come down by tradition, and the people of North Carolina have undoubting faith in the tradition. We have a suggestion to offer as to this dis- erepancy of dates which we submit to the judgment of critics. We should have somo confidence in it as a clew to the solution of the problem if it had not so entirely escaped the acute and ingenious scholars who are enlisted in this controversy. If it can stand the ordeal of discussion it will clear up the whole diffi- culty, and it is so simple that it seems almost to establish its truth by a mere statement. But as it has occurred to nobody before we suggest it with diffidence, | in the hope that some of our abie correspond- Mr. Husted’s bill has some resemblance to that of the Common Council, and, so far as it differs, it differs for the worse. Both contem- plate the appointment of commissioners to | survey and select routes and determine the mode of construction, which is a very proper method of proceeding. But by the Husted bill the power ot appointing the commission- ers is vested in the Governor instead of the Mayor, which is an undesirable change. This community would have as much confidence in the Mayor's appointees as in the Governor's. It is a plain violation of the principle of home tule to make the Governor the directing and supervising authority in a local public work. It Governor Tilden’s preference of this bill to that of the Common Council rests upon its concentration of power in his hands his approval is more intelligible than creditable. Why should any Governor who has not an inordinate thirst for power desire to control local improvements in ail the cities of the State? But if we can get rapid transit by this means and not by other means our citizens will be willing that even this bill should pass. They hope it is not offered asa trick and a measure of obstruction. It is an | attempt which nothing can justify but suc- cess, and we repeat that Mr. Husted is inex- cusable for offering snd Governor Tilden for favoring it unless they are sure it will become a law at this session. It is a more practicable measure, as presented, than the originally excellent Common Council bill as disfigured and deformed by the nullifying amendments. As the present Governor happens to be a resi- dent of the city he would probably select capable commissioners, and it would be a bright feather in his political cap if he could claim the credit of supplying so urgent a public want as rapid transit, Our citizens will care little whether the laurels deck the brow of Governor Tilden or Mayor Wickham if they realy get rapid transit, although they cannot give their moral appro- bation to the Governor's political jealousy and his infidelity to the principle of home rure By all means let us have rapid transit by some method, and if we can secure this great result we will not be very fastidious as to the distribution of political honors and the pro- motion of individual prospects. If Governor | Tilden has influence enough to get this new bill passed, and means business when it has passed, we will forgive his exorbitant ambi- tion and his trampling upon home rule ; bat if the bill he favors shall turn ont by its de- feat to be a mere measure of obstruction his incensed fellow citizens of this metropolis will be apt to denounce him as false and treacher- ous to their interests. In addition to the wreck of the steamship Schiller, with the terrible loss of life which was its consequence, we hear every day or two of other disasters at sea arising from similar causes. The steamer City of Brussels, of the Inman Line, grounded yesterday in a fog off the coast of Ireland, but fortunately she floated at high water, and being uninjure@ pri ded on her voyage. From Australia we have reports of the loss of an Americ bark with all on board. At the same hear from Syd- ney that the first of the direct line of steamers time we between that port and London was to sail April 10, and that every effort would be made to beat the time of the mils carried by the Oyphrenes by way of San Fran- cisco, Tt is desire like this that many of our ocean disasters are trace- able, and the managers of steamship compa- nies ought to know that with the travelling public safety is preferable to speed. Naviga- tion has not made the progress in the direc- tion of security we have had @ right to expect from the advance in other re- at least we can demand to a | home of Phil Sheridan will be read with deep | ents will discuss it. The difference in the | rival dates is just eleven days, or the difference | between what was called a hundred years ago “old style” and ‘new style."’ For the British dominions the style was changed by an act of | Parliament in 1752, which enacted that the 3d | of September of that yearshould be called the 14th. Although legal documents at once | conformed to the change the popular practice | (so powerful is custom) continued long after- | ward to recognize the “old style.’’ Dates | were thrown into such contusion and rendered | so doubtful that, for a generation or two after the change of style, the dates of letters almost uniformly had “O. 8." or ““N. 8S.” in- | serted immediately after them, to free the | date from ambiguity. To illustrate, by one | example selected out of many, all birthdays | were confused. George Washington was born | February 11, 1732, and, until he was twenty years of age, he never supposed he had a different birthday. If his nurse had been called to testify to the date of his birth in her | old age she would have given that date, | and she would have been supported | by the record in the family Bible. But, in | consequence of the change of style, we cele- | brate February 22 instead of February 11, as | the birthday of Washington. The conflicting | dates given for the Mecklenburg meeting may | be perfectly reconciled by supposing that the | old men who testified to the 20th reckoned by | the old style, which had not gone out in popu- } lar practice at the beginning of the American Revolution. The two conflicting dates are in fact the same date, if we regard one as “old style’ and the other as “new style,”’ as everybody will admit as soon as it is stated. | “May 20, 1775 (O. 8.),"" and “May 31, 1775 | (N. S.),”" are precisely the same date, What- | ever may be thought of this solution, the coincidence is at least curious. As an illustra- tion of the strong popular repugnance to the change of style we will remind the reader of one of Hogarth’s satirical pictures, in which that | inimitable humorous artist represents an ex- cited political mob as representing their griev- ance by the ery of “Give us back our eleven days.’’ A Pictare of American Lite, The letter we print this morning from the interest. It isa picture of a lowly, humble | life, which has gained its Instre from the celebrated General whose fame will always irradiate the little town of Somerset. In a country like ours, where we are democratic to | the last degree; where we have neither titles | ‘nor entailed estates nor hereditary advan- tages ; where any career is open to the talents and the will requisite to achieve it, the early lite of a man like General Sheridan is fall of instruction. We see what is possible to the poorest citizen. Here we have a plain, simple | laborer, a peasant from far-distant Ireland, | who comes to America, with his young wife | and child, to try his fortunes in the New World. He represents the class which have | for centuries suffered under the harsh | rule of Pngland. He comes a refugee from a stern, cold and cruel destiny. He becomes a | laborer, carrying stones for the builders. But he is honored and remembered by his neighbors and friends for his integrity and purity of lite. Opportunity enables one of his children to | obtaiy an education and enter the service of his country and to find which makes bim, even in his youth, one of the most celebrated men of his time. ‘Thero is not aa | Irishman, like John Sheridan, of the thou- sands who came like him to seek a livelihood in America who will not rejoice in the fact that our institutions enabled the child of his loins to bring honor to his name and his house. There is not the son of an Irishman | | who will not read with eager eye and glowing | cheek how this young man broke away from | @ career TRIPLE SHEET. those ‘twin jailers of the daring heart, low | birth and iron fortune,” and gained an im- perishable name, As an illustration of the true nobility pos- sible undef democracy this sketch of the fatber of Philip H. Sheridan, and of the Gen- eral’s own earlier life, will have more than the interest of a romance. For, after all, what romances compare with those that are em- bodied in the lives of some of our greatest men? Our institutions are full of comfort to the lowly. Lincoln springing from his back- woods log house, Grant attaining renown never dreamed of in his tannery, Sherman leaving hie real estate desk and his horse car railway presidency to become the commander of our armies, and Sheridan ascending from even an humbler station to hold the rank once held by Washington; these are ex- amples full of encouragement to the ambitious and the brave-hearted. The hfe of John Sheridan was spent in effort and ob- scurity. While his brilliant son went on from victory to victory until the world was ringing with his deeds this plain, humble farmer kept on in the even tenor of his way, watch- ing his cropsand possessions, scarcely hearing the uproar that surrounded his son and hoping only that the cruel fortune of war would spare him to comfort his old days. So he lived and so he died. The respect of a people will follow him to his quiet repose in the little village churchyard where he sleeps by the side of his children; for they will see in his life what is possible in America to the humblest station, and they will honor his memory and his name because of the illus- trious captain who has given that name an immortal renown, Barnum’s Latest and Greatest Achieve- mont. Our well informed London correspondent telegraphs us a peculiar and interesting story in reference to the movement in London of Moody and Sankey, the great American revivalists. The career of these gentlemen has certainly been a marvel. Mr. Moody is a New Englander about forty years ot age, who was atone time in business in Chicago and so remained until he was burned out by the fire. . While in his mission work he was at- tracted by the beautiful voice of one of his congregation, Mr. Sankey, . Pennsylvanian. Mr. Sankey has rare musical gifts, and a partnership was formed between the two, Moody taking care of the oratory and his colleague of the singing. They visited Eng- land in the summer of 1873 and began their labors. Whether Mr. Barnum’s interest in this work was aroused before they went to Europe does not appear. But that indefatiga- ble showman is aiways on the lookout for fresh novelties, from Joyce Heth to the woolly horse. He would not be long in availing him- self of the advantages such a combination would afford. Our correspondent informs us that one of the motives that led Mr. Barnum to take an interest in Moody and Sankey was the too powerful religions attraction of the Pope’s recently appointed cardinals. The presence ofa cardinal in London and America consti- | tutes a novelty the effect of which cannot be overestimated. No religious event has pro- duced so widespread an impression, for in- stance, as the conferring the berretta upon Cardinal McCloskey. All New York has been running wild after a real prince, with a real red cap, from Rome. Religious imagination has been largely influenced by the novelty and attractiveness of the ceremony and the un- usual splendor of the embassy which came from the Pope. Count Marefoschi’s advent in New York society will long be remembered. He is a real count and represents the splendor | of the oldest court in Europe. We can under- stand the importance of such an influence coming suddenly upon a socicty like ours. The nomination of Cardinal Manning has had | a similar effect upon the older society of Lon- don. Jgholic noblemen, headed by the et 3 aie Duke of Norfolk, have vied with each other | | Hove. in contributing to the pageantry of the new dignity. The cry of “Vaticanism,” so adroitly raised by a statesman as eminent as Mr. Glad- stone, has had the effect ot intensifying the zeal of the Duke of Norfolk and his follow- ers, and there is no knowing where the move- ment would have ended but for the timely in- | Docesiber, terference of the two Americans who are now in England under the sagacious and discreet patronage of Mr. Barnum. The result of Mr. Barnum’s adventure has been successful in every way. The pecuniary results of the work have been very great, and | we learn from our correspondent that Barnum has excited a degree of enthusiasm in Eng- land that must be gratifying to all Americans | who regard with pride the success of any of The result of this | their fellow countrymen. movement will be watched with deep interest and attention. It would not be surprising to see the most extraordinary results accrue from the last and greatest achievement of the most remarkable showman of modern times. Great religious movements have frequently been moved by lesser causes than the specula- tion of Mr, Barnum, and the question now arises whether the influence ot Moody and | Sankey will be more effective than that of the | nominations of the new cardinals. Service Reronm read before the Tae Exrenment or © is the subject of a paper jus' | American Social Science Association at Do- troit by Mr. D. B. Eaton, one of the most pronounced advocates of the system recently abapdoned by the administration of President Grant. Mr. Eaton has no hesitation im assert- ing that the defeat and abandonment of the civil service rules were without justifiable excuse, involved the breach of a public pledge and are a national disgrace. While we regret the facts we can hardly agree with Mr. Eaton in these sweeping conclusions. From the beginning the American people manifested no real sympathy with the move- ment of Mr. Jenckes and who followed after him in promot- service. Had the people been in earnest in promoting the new system Congress would not have dared refuse all the aid necessary to make it success'ul. The difficulty in the way was the fact that in a government like ours the people are jealous of an official class and do not care to invest the civil service with a life tenure. We are afraid that the most earnest advocates of: the new system do not bring to the practical operation of the civil service rales that comprehensive statesman- ship without which they cannot hope for tite success of their theories, and until their sys- tem harmonizes fully and completely with the of those | | ing the competitive system in the public | genius of onr institntions they may call thels failure by whatever hard names they may choose, but will not be able to enlist the sym pathies of the people with their cause. Jefferson Davis at Last. We congratulate Jefferson Davis upon his speech at Houston, Texas, in which he called upon the old Confederate soldiers to give the same devotion to the Stars and Stripes that they had shown to the flag of the lost cause. The influence of a man like Jefferson Davis upon the people who once followed him, if properly exercised, will be of unspeakable benefit in the pacification of the country. We have always felt that it will be-remem- bered to the discredit of General Lee that at the close’of the war he sank into a policy of apathy and silence, and did nothing ta reconcile the people he had commanded to the new order of things. Mr. Davis could scarcely have done this, considering his treatment by the federal government for a long time after the war. This made it impossible for him to do anything but con- tent himself in prison. We can well par don the feeling of resentment in the heart of the proud and disappointed man which has led him into many indiscretions since the war, but Jefferson Davis has won too great a place in history for him to throw it away by any foolish encouragement of the old spirit of rebellion. He lives in the past. He has written his name with the few who will be remembered for all time. The history of the Confederacy, forlorn as it is, willalways be a romantic episode in the history of America. Its de- feat will attract the sympathy ot millions who respect valor and who mourn over misform tune, There is nothing left to Jefferson Davis and his fame but to give the remainder of his years to pacifying the people, to extinguish- ing the embers of war, to the encouragement of patriotic affection, and bringing the old rem- nants of the Union together in a more solid and lasting embrace. We accept his speech at Houston as an earnest of this spirit and congratulate him as well as the country upon this evidence of timely, if late and reluctant patriotism. ‘i Tae Cunsincuam Munpze Taut in Newark receives @ painful interest from some testi mony which indicates that the police of that city when apprised of the intended crime counselled the confederate of the criminal to lead him on and ses how far he would go. This is a trifling with the administration of justice that can only lead to the most baleful results, and no good intentions on the part of the police can excuse or palliate it. It is the first business of the police to prevent crime, not to tempt men into committing it, and the Newark officers have been guilty of an offenoa scarcely less grave than murder itself. Tur Dante Convicrs who seized loco- motive at Sing Sing yesterday almost made good their escape, but are unlikely to evade capture. We have a full description else where of this remarkable exploit. Anr in England and France forms the sub« ject of two interesting letters which find their way into the columns of the Heraxp this morning. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, ea ree Secretary Robeson left Washington last night fos New York, Luxmebayee {s the name of the favorite wife of the Guicowar of Baroda. Commissioner Pratt will take charge of the Im ternal Revenue Bureau to-day. Governor Henry Howard, of Rhode Island, ® residing at the St. Nicholas Hotel, General Francis Fessenden, United States Army, is registered at the Winasor Hotel. Assemblyman James ©. Brown arrived from Alpany last evening at the Metropolitan Hotel. Messrs. George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, aye at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Congressman George M. Landers, of Connecti- cut, has taken up bis residemce at the Winasor Judge Advocate General Charles Buches, of Governor Tilden’s staff, has arrived at tue Sturtee vant House. a Mr. Cletnent Hugh Hil, late United States Assist ant Attorney General, 13 sojourning at the Bre- voort House. Trolladynjaw, in Iceland, “erupted” terribly in there were a lew earthquakes of the latest styies. EXx-Commissioner Douglas has decided to open a law office in Washington and practice before the Supreme Court and the deparvments, Twenty-one letters Of Robespierre, said to be of @ startling nature, have been jound among the manuscripts in tne French national library. More tytanoy! Englishmea want to stop the sale of whiskey in Ireiand, What was the little difficulty about the “Wearing of the Green” to this? General O'Grady Haey arrived at Octawa, Ont, yesterday and will be sworn in as Administrator of the Government in the Senate Chamber to- morrow. Susan B. Anthony passed through St. Louts last evening on her way trom New York to Leaven- worth to see her dying brovher, Colonel D. R, Anthony. A cable telegram from Paris under date of yes terday, 14th inst., announces that M. Jonn Le moinne has been elected a member of the French Academy. Prince Amadeo of Italy is engaged in writing a history of nis reign in Spain, and ts assisted by his wife, the Princess Marie. The work will be en- titled “Souvenirs of a King.” AtshemMeld, England, they have found s new objection to pigeon matches “in the interest of morality.” They stimulate theft, Two thousand pigeons were stolen there in one year. As*the Chief Justice of England now makes speeches at public dinners which are called “nis defence,” the Kenealy agttation has at least had the success of putting him on trial before pubbe opinion. Count de Paris has aeclined propositions made in England for the pablication there of his history of the war in the United States, becanse he “would rather his history should be transiated ana pub lished vy Americans.” "The French Ministry has had a conference with leading Journalists, with a view to revision of the jaws regarding the press. Hi the journalists urge the repeal of special laws, and the punishment of press offences like others by the common law oj the country. An English lady, writing from India, says:—“w¢ dined the other evening at Mr. W.’s with Mr, Or- ton, a brother of the claimant. Heisso hke am that if i haa believed in bim until then J shoud have done so no longer. They are aimost exacty alike, but this one is not so stout, Colonel Frederick rant left Washington lest night to join the Yellowstone expedition, which leaves Bismarck on the 20th inst. His visit to te capital Was for the purpose o! arranging his busl- ness «fairs preparatory to resigning iis commis. | sion in the army and entering the banking house of Sherman & Grant, The “manly art” seems likely to recover some hold on public opinion in England. Tt was in tee prize ring that the lower classes were taught some notion of fair piay and generosity, and it i# thought thac the suppression of that source of \m struction has some relation to tne indulgence of brutal ferocity against women,