The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1875, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and pfter January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the Naw Yore Henry will be pont free of postage. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage, to subscribers. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorx | Hisrawp. - Letters and packages should be properly Bealed. Rejected communications wil! not be re- turned. eC LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE-—RUE SCRIBE. Subscriptions and advertisements will be | received and forwarded on the same terms | policy of the Republic, though under im- | mans, The foes of a republic are always (am a au a lis MR mR ac AN i i ri a cei ea ik AE ooo) lt le aad NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE (4, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET, |The french Army Review—Germany and European Peace. The special cable despatches to the Hunaup from Paris describe the review of the French army at Longchamps yesterday; and as this is the second review during the administra- tion of Marshal MacMahon it is an event which deserves the attention given it. The French army was annihilated by the Ger- mans only a few years ago. Paris was captured, and the victorious conqnerors re- turned to their own country, leaving behind them devastation and chaos. Who thought then that France would recoyer so soon her former strength and not only pay the taxes of war imposed upon her by her foe, but rebuild an army out of an- archy and dissolution and seem to men- ace once more the peace of the Continent? We have never believed that this was the perial rule nothing could have been more logical. Tho interests of France are all cen- tred in peace, and in a long peace. War could only profit the Bourbons and the Bonapartists, who are worse enemies to her interests than even the intensely hated Ger- embraced in its own boundaries, and Liberty, like Cleopatra, always lays upon her own bosom the poisonous asp. Therefore we have never thought the wonderful recovery of France from the recent as in New York, VOLUME XL... AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. PaRK THEATRE, Broadway-—-EMERSUS'S CALIVORNIA MINSTRELS, ase. M OLYMPIC THEATRE, No, 6% Broadway.—VARISTY, at8 P. M.; closes wt 10:45 YM WPTH AVENUE THPATRE, Twentyeighin street and Broadway - thE BIG BO- NANZA, ata P.M, ch CENTRAL PARK GARDEN THEODORE 1h0MAs’ CONCERI, at 6 P.M METROPOLITAN THEATRE, No. 586 Broadway—VARIETY, at 32, M ToKATRE, S, at SP. M.; closes at 10:40 ce WALLA Broadway.—THE DONOVAS PM. Mesars Harrigan aod ROBINSON HALL, West Sixteenth street.—Kaglish Opera—GIROFLE- GIBOPLA, até P.M. WOOD'S MUSFUM, Broadway. corner of Thirtieth str BRINE, at 6 F. M.; closes of 10.8 —LITTLE SUN. | . 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It is a matter of regret that it was not submitted in court, to emable the counsel for the defence to reply to it; yet it is also to be ad- | mitted that if the counsel for the plaintiff had known it they might have offered it with vast effect. We give the astounding statements as | a matter of duty to the public, which is, after all, the ultimate tribunal by which the great clergyman is to be acquitted or condemned. An Or Coxriacnation.—The very destruc- tive oil fre which occurred yesterday at Neg- | ley’s Run, near Pittsburg, Pa, and which | originated and extended in despite of the | greatest precautions to prevent it, would seem to establish the fact that these establishments can never be made ordinarily safe from the devouring element. The insurance companigs | are beginning to realize this factyand many of | them refuse to take any risks thereon at any | rate of premium. Tus Yacurmve Smason has now fairly be- gun, and all the clabs have arranged their preliminary contests. The New York, the Brooklyn and the Atlantic clubs’ regattas attract the general attention of the public, and the programmes printed in the Henarp to-day will clearly iniorm the public of the particulars of these exciting events. The small clubs are also preparing for their annual races, snd June will certainly be a brilliant month in American aquatic sports. ‘Tae Harpgn Sunver of the Colorado in- terior has fortunately been arranged upon plans submitted by the chiefs of the late ex- pedition—scientists who know what is re- quired of the government, and who have defined the objects at which exploration should be aimed. Our letter from Color- ado to-day fully expisins the purposes of the present expedition, its route, and in- dicates the results which the expedition anticipates. Atavama.—We publish to-day the second of Mr. Charles Nordhoff’s letters upon the po- litical and social condition of Alabama. The financial mismanagement of that State he attributes to both of the political parties and considers the Enforcement acts t have operated injuriously to the interesta of society. The future of Alabama is, however, considered to be brighter than many observing capitalists of the North have reason to expect. Tax Hantem Fiats.—VYesterday, as will be seen by our news columns, the authorities commenced sprinkling the reeking garbage with refuse petroleum asa disinfectant. So far so well, In our desire to have the public health protected we do not wish to see this vitally important matter treated after the man- ner of the boys who try to sprinkle salt on a | bird’s tail in order to catch it, If, as we are informed, the authorities intend, after the dis- infecting has been done, to cover the garbage with three or four feet of clean earth, we shall appland even the tardy recognition ot duty. Bat first we want the work done. and thor- ohh | exampled rapidity of the payment to Ger- | nent where every nation seems to go armed, | superb, there is no military menace in the | subdue, but they cannot obliterate the Latins, , the development of her industry, the un- many of the indemnity that was claimed, in any way meant that restoration of the country meant war. Nor now do we see any reason to suppose that the rebuilding of the French army has any other significance than | that of preparation for defence, on @ conti- | like a bully, with a pistol in his belt, and where Germany holds one weapon at the head of the Pope and another in the tace of } France. Although forty thousand troops were re- viewed at Longchamps, and the display of cnirassiers, light cavalry and infantry was event. Double the number of troops | garrison Paris, but the government did not display them. It was a parade as peaceful in its purposes as any that we have in New York when the Governor of the State reviews our regiments from the City Hall. But it was also intended as some indication to the revolutionary parties in Paris and to the other nations of Europe that France is not | crushed as a military power, but that she still | retains her courage, her patriotism and her | genius of organization. The Saxon races may | a.d France is resolved to vindicate her right to a place among the great powers of Europe. | This was the purpose of the government, and | the policy deserves the approval of friends military discipline as the German Empire. Furthermore, if a great nation like Germany entered upon a new war merely because she feared that at some future time France would be disposed to menace her sovereignty it would have been a scandalous proceeding and offensive to every principle of civilization and humanity. A war between France and Germany, such as would have been inevitable had Prince Bis- marck persisted in his demands, would have wrapped the whole Continent in flames. Public opinion in England has been warlike ever since Sedan, and any Ministry who would resist the English temper would-be as shortlived as the Ministry of Fox when he believed it possible to make peace with Napoleon. Consequently the efforts of England and Russia to maintain peace deserve the thanks of the world. It seems assured that but for the direct interposition of these two countries we should now be at war, At the same time it is a striking commentary upon government as we find it in Europe that the happiness of millions of people, their prosperity and their lives, should be depen- dent upon the will of two or three rulers, Does it not show that in the progress of modern governments royalty is inseparable from war while republicanism is the surest road to peace? If the people of France and Germany could control their own destinies without the interposition of military or monarchical or clerical parties they would surely find the way of coming to a good un- derstanding so that they might live from generation to generation each working out their own mighty and special destiny without any necessity for devastating their fields every generation with prolonged and bloody con- tests. The peace that we have received from the interposition of England and Russia is not really a peace, buta respite. We can ac- cept it as nothing better until the great na- tions of Europe are governed by more pru- dent and liberal councils. Mr. Wickham’s Invitation to London, When the Lord Mayor of London invited Mr. Wickham to dinner he intended to pay him a igh compliment. It was virtually to say to him, ‘‘I know, Mr. Wickham, that your duties are onerous, yet, so profound is my confidence in your ability, I am confident that your city can spare you fora short time | and manage to exist tolerably during your absence.” The Lord Mayor undoubtedly wants to meet Mr. Wickham, or he would not have asked him to take dinner. The duty of the Mayor is to go. We can do without him for a few weeks, though not always, and the voyage to Liverpool would probably give him fresh strength and impulse to deal with our entangled local affairs. He could study the institutions of London, and on his return of republicanism in the Old World. But that the army did not fully execute | these intentions is too plainly shown by our | reports of the grand review. We are told | that impartial judges openly assert that the | military superiority of Germany cannot be disputed by the friends of France. We learn that the military spirit of the might improve our own by the ap- plication of foreign observation. It he should take Purser Green wi him the ship of State would be wonderfully relieved, quite as much as was the biblical cruiser, when Jonah was thrown out to be miraculously saved bya whale. We do not think that Providence would interfere so much in behalf of Purser Green, but then we people is not the fiery threat which | it was before the late war, and that more | | pleasure was taken in the brilliant show than | faith was reposed in the actual force it was ‘| supposed to represent. Paris was gay yester- day ; but where were the shouts of glory and | revenge that in other days made the grand | army flash an unsheathed sword in the horror- | dazzled eyes of Europe? The sword was , in its scabbard. The army paraded, not as a | menace, but as a consolation for defeat. Itis | the opinion of a French general that France | could not now safely go to war with Germany, and that if she did the battle would be lost | before it was fought. No voice was raised tor | the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine; no | ery was heard of “On to Berlin!'’ and MacMahon rode down silent lines, which echoed no longer the tumultuous shouts with | which Napoleon was inspired to challenge vic- tory or ruin. The review proved renewed military strength, but it equally displayed comparative weakness, and it meant nothing | more clearly than the desire of France for | peace. This display of forty thousand soldiers near | Paris was the most emphatic answer France could make to the recent German rumors that she was anxious to revenge her defeats at | Metz and Sedan and the capture of her fair capital. There is little doubt but that Germany intended to force the disarmament of France, and now France shows how little reason there would be for that action, She may defend | herself, but she would not presume to attack. | The peace of Europe is not threatened, but ‘rather supported, by this tranquil exhibi- tion of the militery force of France. In a | recent session of the House of Commons Mr. | Disraeli was enabled to make the formal statement that England had made representa- tions to Germany in reference to the relations between that country and France, and that the effect of this action was to maintain peace. This official statement from the chief of the English government is an amusing commen- tary upon the assertions of various foreign correspondents to the effect that the recent difficnlty on the Continent was o panic and not based upon any real fear of war. Mr. Disraeli’s statement gives credence to the report that the German government yielded to the pressure of the military party, and had resolved to demand from France thé rejuction of her armies and the cessation of her armaments, Of course a refusal to accede to this summons would have been followed by the occupation of Lorraine and other provinces of France, and, perhaps, by a march upon Paris. It was contended in support of this action that the French had not been properly punished dur- ing the last war; that (hey Lad paid what was regarded as an enormous indemnity with alacrity and ease, and that, as every effort of the French administration appeared to be directed to the reorganization of the army to fight Germany, it was better for Germany to fight while she was strong and her antagonist was weak. Of course the answer to this argument was plain enough. If France was arming so was Germany; if Germany had a right to bring every able-bodied citizen into direct military service the same right be- longed to France; if the peace of the world | required the disarming of nations there was | po country ia the world so thoroughly under are not praying for miracles of that descrip- tion. We hope that Mr. Wickham, as the Chief Magistrate of New York, will set a proper example to the other officials, and that Colonel Morrigsey, Major Kelly and Captain | Disbecker will profit by his course. Even if our honorable Mayor does not want to leave | the city he should do so as an inducement to some of his colleagues. In this important matter of emigration we can afford to lose even one good official, if the assurance is given that we shall escape the evil of the pres- ence of the others. Phases of the Trial. On the side of the accusation we had for many days a rare exhibition of patience, good temper and the capacity generally to ‘take their punishment’’ with the trained recognition that the other side had the fullest right to bestow all it could. Before the coarse and vulgar vituperation of Porter—his very deluge of Billingsgate—neither the plaintiff nor his counsel recoiled; and they stood fire equally well under Yhe infinitely more severe but more lawyer-like dilania- tion by Mr. Evarts. They were for many days intellectually martyrized, but they waited with the patient confidence that their turn would come. In this demeanor they did themselves credit; but the defence has not behaved itself equally well. Mr. Porter, on the contrary, has seized an early opportunity to lose his temper. He has taken occasion to “misunderstand” a phrase used by Mr. Bench, and under the cover of that misunderstanding has accused the opposing counsel of false- | hood, literally rising to his feet to ‘‘abuse the plaintiff's attorney.” If the statement had been a falsehood, as it was not, and if its falsity gave the right to interrupt and denounce it, which it could not do, what a rule this would have made for application the other way! Under such a rule Mr. Porter might have been | stopped a thousand times, for his long tirade was made up of mere bald denunciation, | which assumed in his favor all the facts that are in issue on the trial and all that the other | side controverts, and from their point of view, therefore, he uttered falsehoods all the time. All the abuse of the plaintiff flowed naturally from the assumption on the part of the defence of the trathfalness of their story; and, let the plaintiff's counsel, having the same right, assume in the same way the full credi- bility of the facts as stated by them, what a field for flaying, scourging, roasting with all the coals of rhetoric is displayed then! But it appears from the demeanor of Mr. Porter that if the plaintiff bad followed in this re- spect the example set by the defence, the great trial might have been interrupted by a general fight, unless Mr. Evarts, with the prescience that is characteristic of his genius, | had brought his colleagae into court in a strait-jacket. Boyxen Huww.—The Sanday preceding the centennial of the Bunker Hill fight Was im- proved by several of the more prominent clergymen of Boston and vicinity in dis- courses on the event so dear to the heart of | every patriotic American and the lessons to be derived thereirom. battle were admirably sketehed by one, while the religious aspect of the Revolution, of which it was practically the initiation, received the Attention of others. An extended raport will _be fguad ¢lagwhore, The details of the | Pe'er B. Sweeny Mast Come Homo, There has been much discussion in refer- ence to the publication of the affidavits of Jamos H. Ingersoll and Andrew J. Garvey in reference to the great Ring frauds. ‘These affidavits have beea before the people fora few days and have elicited various expres- sions of opinion. Briefly expressed, they set forth that during the reign of the old Tam- many Ring three of the city authorities— Peter B, Sweeny, William M. Tweed and Richard B. Connolly—conspired to defraud the city of millions of dollars, to fabricate un- just bills, to issue fraudulent warrants on the this uoprejudiced jndgment, which is reluo- tantly delivered, is respectfully reterred to the nearest street, and if he is not then satisfied let him go to the next. ° Burglary and Self-Defence. " Every burglar is @ possible assassin. This is not a newlyderivedrule; buta recent event gives it new emphasis, and in view ot the fate of Mr. Shute every citizen has a direct personal interest in knowing his legal rela- tions to the midnight intruder with whom he may find himself face to face in a death struggle any night, and especially in knowing treasury and to divide the proceeds of the defalcations in the proportion of twenty-five per cent to Mr. Tweed, twenty per cent to Mr. Connolly and ten per cont to Mr. Sweeny. It has been generally understood that Mr. Tweed and Mr. Connolly were engaged in transactions of this character, and although suspicion has attended the course of Mr. Sweeny his friends and a great many who respected his ability have hoped, at least for the credit of political human nature, that when the truth was known it would be found he was a victim of circumstances, and not an absolute daring, reckless thief. Peter B, Sweeny for many years was & master of New York. He is now an exilo from New York, and practically, under the presentation of the Ingersoll affidavits, a fugitive from justice. His friends have at- tempted his exeneration by saying that he was compelled to deal with ignoble elements to accomplish great results, and, without being a willingly corrupt man himself, used cor- ropt means to attain public aims, They contend that if Mr. Sweeny had not been overwhelmed by these nefarious influences he would have exterminated them. ‘They say that at the time when Judgo Barnard granted | the injunction which put an end to the power of the Ring it was his intention to make an alliance with Governor Tilden and Mr. O’Conor, destroying Connolly and Tweed, and giving the democracy into the hands of the very men who are now pursuing him as a thief and public plunderer. They recall the criticism of Horace Greeley, when speaking of the Ring leaders, that Sweeny, un- | like his colleagues, ‘was a high and towering spirit.” They have cherished | the hope that he would return in a few years to resume the supremacy belong- ing to his intellect and his experience, return a wiser and riper man and vindicate the con- | fidence of his friends, The severest blow | these anticipations have received is the ar- raignment of Mr. Sweeny upon the affidavits of Ingersoll and Garvey, and there is only one way in which this arraignment can be answered. Peter B. Sweeny must come home | and answer these charges before a jury of his | countrymen, As to these affidavits, we must remember that they come from confessed thieves, who | have become informers to protect themselves. | Nothing could sustain the testimony of such men before a jury but the strongest cireum- stantial and documentary evidence. The fact that Mr. Ingersoll says that he gave Mr. Sweeny money is nothing ; but the fact that | Mr. Sweeny remains abroad in seclusion | under such a charge confirms it in the minds | of the people. Therefore Mr. Sweeny must | come home. Thus far he has escaped indict- | ment or even a legal formal averment | of theft. Now, with his property attached | and his personal liberty threatened, his per- | | sonal honor under judicial suspicion, he must | | return to this country. He is an outlaw, a fugitive, and for him to remain abroad any | longer under these charges is to con‘ess that | he is nothing more than a common vulgar | thief, living outside of the jurisdiction of the | country; no better than Tom Fields or Harry | Genet, or Lagrave, or Sharkey, the murderer | who is now living in Cuba under the immu- nity arising from the absence of an extradition law with Spain. If Peter B. Sweeny comes home then we shall have the Ring issues tried upon a fair basis. Thus far they have not been so tried. The policy of the managers of the campaign | against the old Tammany Ring has been | | that of terrorism. Mr. Tilden and Mr. O'Conor have been animated largely | | by patriotic considerations, we admit, | but none the less by a desire to rescue the democratic party from the odium thrown upon it by Tammany misrule. Attorney | General Barlow, Judge Davis and others who | act with them have been inspired by a repub- | lican feeling rising almost to fanaticism. Consequently the campaign against the Ring has been a campaign of terrorism. Guilt has been assumed. Upon the mere assertion of | crime or hint of punishment the leading | | ‘Tammany men have fled. We have no doubt | that in many cases this flight was a just con- | feasion of shame, but it is for the interest | | of public morality that we should know | | just what these Ring leaders did It | is for the interest of justice that | there should be a trial that would | bring out all the facts connected with the | | administration of New York by the great | | Tammany alliance. Peter B. Sweeny is ina | position to demand and receive this trial. He must now come home, and, appearing | before the bar of this country, demand abso- | lute justice. In giving this advice to Mr. Sweeny we are | | willing to give him the benefit of the confi- | dence of his friends, who believe that, after | all, he was more sinned against than sinning. This confidence will die away if he hesitates | any longer about his duty. He is not simply | | @ political exile, but a ranaway thief, so long | as the affidavits of Ingersoll and Garvey are | | allowed to stand against him. He must come | | home and answer them. Failing in this, in- | stead of going into history, like Walpole and | Pelbam, as aman who bad used necessarily ignoble means to accomplish great results, he will be remembered with Dick Turpin, Jack | Sheppard and Claude Duval, as a man who used his position to rob the people, and who, in another generation and under another ju- risdiction, would have been hanged like a robber on Tyburn Tree. | a Sreeer Garpacr.—In the interest of the | public we have made a thorough inves- tigation of the infected streets of the | city and of the methods adopted by the mu- nicipal officials to remove the nuisances frofh which the entire city suffers. These reports are impartial and conclusive. The conclusion we are forced to make is that the nuisances are great and that the attempts to remove | goodness that come over them occasionally how far this fact, that “the burglar and the assassin are essentially one, is recognized by the law. Every man frames in his own fancy, and almost instmetively, some line of conduct that he believes he would act upon if he should awake some night and find himself in the position in which this resolute citizen of Brooklyn came by the wounds which now so seriously endanger his life, and most men in view of such a case are very apt to conclude that they would be beforehand with the in- truder if any one is to be seriously hurt. ‘There are several reasons against a too pre- cipitate course in such circumstances. Only a tew weeks ago a man killed a near relative by a too rash defence against a supposed burglar. It happens in this city and Brooklyn that men become intruders unconsciously almost, in consequence of the habit of build- ing rows of houses so much alike as to be indistinguishable one from the other, and having contract locks on the whole number, so that a key for one will open all. No man would fancy the notion of perforating with pistol bullets an innocent neighbor whose only crime was that he started for home a few drinks too late and miscounted the stoops from the corner down. But if the citizen is sure of the case; if waked in the mght he is satisfied there is a burglar in his apartment; if he thereupon with the revolver—that it seems he should always have within reach—shoots and kills the intruder, how does he then stand in the view of the authorities charged with the administration of justice? Is there any doubt whatever that his act is covered in the fullest conceivable degree by the theory that it is an act of self-defenee ? With the results of the Shute case betore us we see just how far that burglar was prepared to go, and recognize obviously that any course that might have been taken with him would have been justified. But must a man wait to receive a fatal shot in order to know that he is in the presence of such a danger as will justify any extremity? Must he warn the intruder before he fires in the great un- certainty whether the warning will be acted upon for escape or whether it will not give the burglar himself information where to fire? As it is the notion that his own life is in danger which is behind whatever immunity the citizen may have in killing an intruder, there is a limit to the discretion he may exer- cise; but how shall he go far enough to know that his life is in danger and not endanger it ? Perhaps he had better shoot anyway, and | take his chances with our juries, proverbially indifferent to human life. But if they should have just then one of those paroxysms of | the counsel on the other side might make it | very uncomfortable. Altogether the dilemma | is an unpleasant one for persons disposed to quiet lives and easy consciences. It seems to us that if there is any doubt whatever of the position of the citizen before the law in such @ case as we have supposed the least that can be done is to remove that doubt by legislation, and to give to the citizen the same plenary | and absolute nght over the life of a midnight j intruder that he would have naturally if the | intruder were a rabid cur. As the authorities and the police afford so little protection to citizens in any of the emergencies of crime the law should at least leave the citizen the | fullest conceivable right to protect himself. Who Deserves the Bunker Hill Statue? | The Rev. Increase N. Tarbox continues this interesting discussion in a second letter, and althougi he has to admit that Bancroft and Irving, following the narrative of Frothing- | ham, give Prescott the place of honor in the | battle of Bunker Hill, he maintains, by ad- ditional arguments, that Mr. Frothingham was mistaken. The points in favor of Put- nam are that he was Prescott’s superior in ravk; that it was by his advice that Prescott was selected to make the intrenchments on | the night of June 16; that Prescott actually | submitted to Putnam's order against his own judgment when a party of soldiers was sent away on another service with the intrenching | tools; that Putnam kept his eye on the whole | scene of operations, while Prescott gave no | commands outside the redoubt; that Put- | nam gave and enforced orders within the | redoubt itself; that the other intrenchments | were made by Putnam's sole order; that | Putnam visited General Ward's headquarters at Cambridge, and procured authority to order Stark’s regiment to the scene of action ; that he was the only person who kept a general | supervision of all the operations of the day ; | that Prescott issued no orders after he was driven out of the redoubt, and that the whole command then devolved on Patnam; that | Jongress immediately after made Putnam | a major general, but conferred no promotion on Prescott ; that when Trumbull painted the | “Battle of Bunker Hill” he introduced Putnam into his picture and omitted Prescott; and that when Warren, who outranked them both, went over to join the battle asa private soldier, | he first sought Putnam to receive his com. | mands and was sent by him to the redoubt, | whereas it Prescott had been the commander of the whole field Warren would have gone | directly to him. Ail these facts taken together make a strong argument, which Mr. Tarbox fortifies by a great variety of | supporting considerations and qnotations | from early documents. We are curious to see how such a mass of proof will be met | by the Massachusetts patriots, who deny | the post of honor to the rough and | hearty old Connecticut brigadier. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Massachusetts soil, but that is no reason why Massachusetts should monopolize the credit of an action to which Connecticut contributed Putnam and New Hampshire contributed Stark and his brave regiment. Had the officers and soldiers of these two | found recently in | adjoining States been away Bunker Hill | would not have been worthy of its great mon- Shei are imadeauate. The rasder who doubta ument and gf the fame whieh wil) andnre s0 long as tho history of our Revolution shalt be read. The Disicuttios of Religion , York, Religion is a subject to which, unhappily, most people attend but once a week. Our wish has ever been that instead of reporting such excellent discourses as we do to-day, for instance, weekly, we might be permitted to do so daily. But custom has prescribed that the clergy shall devote but one day of the seven to piety, the world insisting upon re~ serving the other six for sin. Six days for re- ligious services and one for worldly intereste would be undoubtedly better than the present arrangement, and we do not despair of seeing it accomplished. In the meanwhile the people must be as pious as they can with imperfect opportunities of religious improvement. . It ig their highest duty to make the most of tha Sunday preaching, and we commend to them Mr. Beecher’s trial—no, we do not meam that, but bis sermon yesterday upon the growth of grace and its influences; Mr. Hepworth’s excellent discourse upon the proofs of immortality; Mr. Frothingham’a thoughtful argument to show tho necessity of knowledge to the full development of feeling, in which “‘the sparks of fraternal love which are kindled everywhere by the centennial anniversaries” furnish him with a timely il< lustration; Mr. Chapin’s beautiful essay upon the observance of Children’s Day; tha views which Father McCartee advanced upon the Papacy; tho ideas of Mr. Saunders upon the faith which Abraham displayed in his proposed sacrifice of his sony and the Rev. Father Daly’s persuasive appeak in favor of a godly life. ‘These and othex sermons which we print should do much to relieve the distress which we have pointed out becanse Sunday only comes once in the week. The sinful reader, if such thera be, can prolong the Sabbath by reading ona of these sermons daily, and thus counteract the worldly influences of the Wall stroct re« ports, the pool sales, the murders and Brook« lyn affairs which a daily paper, published fox sinners, yet anxious to aid them to becoma saints, is, in respect to the wishes of the pub lic, compelled to publish. We would rather publish religious than worldly matters, but we are obliged to print the news, and that ex« plains the difficulty of which we have com« plained. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, ee Miss Annie Louise Cary ts among the late are rivais at the Everett House, Surgeon B. A, Clements, United States Army, I@ quartered at the St. James Hotel. Congressman James jaine, Of Maine, is 80~ Journing at the Filth Avenue Hotel, Senator Algernon 8, Paddock, of Nebraska, ia residing temporarily at the Windsor Hotel, Captain James Keanedy, of tue steamsulp City. of Berlin, is staying at the New York Hotei, Captain William Prince, of the Ordnance De~« partment, United States Navy, has arrived at tie in Now | Metropolitan Hotel. Mrs. Harvey, who wrote of “Turkish Marema and Circassian Homes,’ will soon pubiish her *-Cositas Espaiioias; or, Every Day Life in Spatn.’™ Prosper Mérimée, it i# said, left bebind bua another series of ‘Lettres A une Inconnue,” ad« | dressea to amother lady, which will shortly be publishea, Vice President Henry Wilson reachea this city yesterday, after his narrow escape on the train om Saturday night, and bas takeo up his residence at the Grand Centra! Hotel. ‘The well-known Frenca publicist, Victor Bonaey has writtem a book entitiea “Le Crédit et leq Banques d’Emission,” waicn discusses tae dangers of paper money ia vigorous style. ATitian of great beauty is said to have beca warret of the Moritzhaus vg the new director of the Museum at Tue Hague. 1& Was with nearly 200 other paintings which had lain there rotiiug for nearly half a century. The new and very thoughtful book styled ‘The Unseen Universe,” is from the joint pens of Pro« Professor Balfout Stewart, of Manchester. eals with the ques< tion of tmmortatty from physical side. Is ia provavle, says the Athenwum, that tue Treasury Will Mako agrant to enabdie Mr. Smith to renew his excavations in Assyria, but tie statement which nas appeared in tue newsvapers and represents the matter as settied, is prema« ture. ‘The value of coior in Journalism bas not beem adequately tested outside of China, where a Stan :~ hai journal lately doubled its sale by printing ira daily edition on vermilion paper. By announciug the death of Prince Tung-che in biue the sama feat was accomplisned, Tieasurer New bus declined a complimentary dinner tender im by the citizens ef Ind polis previous to his departure to Washington, giving asa reason that he had not yet been triea tm 80 responsible @ position and his ability ta saccessially aischarge its duties is unproved. M. Gounod was to have led tho orchestra at a gala representation at tue Graad Opera, but tne musicians protested to the istravion againet tt a8 @ breach of tne tradition restricting tne baton to one of the members of the orchestra, and consequently the composer of “Faust” aban. doped his intention, Professor Henry Morley bas undertaken a “Library of English Literature,” whieh Mesars, Cassell will publish 1a uambers. Ite design ia te illustrate the literary through their progressive development, and ta cvioms of the best specimens from the earliest times to the prevent. ‘The jury of the Frencs Art Exbidition has voted that this year no medal of honor couid be awarded in the section of painting. In sculpture toe rec. ompense was given to M. Chapa for his marbie ¢ “Youth,” ich isto form part of wae ent to the memory of M. Regnault and tue 1s of the Ecole des Beanx-Arts who fell daring | the war. “Bossuet and His Contemporaries” ts the title or a fresh Englisa book by an anonymous lady reat qualities of tue eloquent et forth, The greatest prose fted with @ wealth of jin: de bim one of the greatest poets, it is that no trausiation ot the eloquent diseourses of Bossuet has appeared, His Eminence Vardina! Cullen, who arrived in Rome from Dublin, oo the 16th of May, on import ant business connected with the Catuoite Church in [reland and the intended Irisa National Synod, has fallen il, The sudden change of temperature is supposed to have been too trying at his at- vanced age—over seventy years. He has been ordered by the physicians to leave Home at ouce and return to ireland. A machine for writing spoken words has been invented by M. H. Muppinger, The Revue maus- trielle describes the machine as being about tue size of the hand, Itt putin connection with the vocal organs, the instrament recording thew movements upen & moving band of paper in dots and dashes, The person to Whom the instrument fs attached simply repeats tne words of the speaker after him tnaudibly. Tois lip ianguage faitnratly writtes our, The Pope will, it aid, comfer the archbdish opric of Cashel, Ireland, by direct nomination ot the Holy See, on the Right Rev. Thomas Croke, D. D., Catholic Bishop @ Auckiand, in New Zealand, Dr. Croke isa nephew of the late Arch: deacon Croke, of Cnarievilie, in Ireland. He made his divinity studies tn the Roman College under the celebrated Father Passaglia. On Irish natiou- ality and Irish education he is believed to nati ad. vanced views. His Lordship resiged in Awerica pahort time ara.