The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1875, Page 6

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Tas Beecner Casz.—Mr. Beach has closed his argument We print this morning the afidavits of the witnesses whose evidence was published in the Hznaxp s few days since. A motion was made to reopen the case to admit this evidence. The Judge reserved his decision. We trust Judge Neilson will see his way to admit this evidence. If true, it decides the case. If untrue. the parties who swore to the affidavits should go to prison. A Carnorsc Anmr.—The representative of the Pope in Madrid is pressing his advantages with the new Spanish government. Tho last point is that the government should recognize the army officially as ‘Oatholic.” It is thought that the King will concede this point. Considering that the Migtest attribute of the Head of the Chuzgh is that of “Prince of Peace’’ it would rf toour secular mind that the less the Pope bas to do with ‘Catho- lic’ armies the better for the weifare of the Catholic Church. Rewicrovs Contnoverstes.—We are afraid of this despatch from Berlin about riots caused by the altramontanists in the town of Rhein, East Prussia. The Extreme Church influence in Germany has never been strong enough to lead to open outbreaks. If there are any dif- ficulties they arise from the efforts of the Prus- sian government to enforce the unpopniar | religious laws. The worst comment that can | be made upon the modern German Empire is | that it is necessary to strengthen it by religious oppression. The world will really believe in ® united Germany when they can see Ger- many strong enough to tolerate under its flag all religions. Commaycemzst Dar is commemorated in our colamns this morning in many narratives of varied interest, These Commencement days should be festivals in our modern life. They celebrate the new generation going out to do battle in the great strite that lies before them. It is the new generation treading in the footsteps of the one who goes before— even of our own. And as we read these speeches and take part in these ceremonies and hear the voices of these light, cheery soultitudes, eagerly hurrying into the combat, we feel as though they were the echoes of the futare; the steady, firm tread of the men who are to do our work when we are gone—to do it well or ill as God may give them strength. | May God's blessing rest with them, and may all their years be as sunny as these Commence. | ment days, with their endeavors, their | achievements and their high-mounting hopes! | | | Republics, | France who accepted this republican declara- The Republic in France. As might have been expected, the Assembly in France have encountered stormy woather | in discussing the bill defining the powers of the President, The great difficulty in found- ing # republic in France is in the adjustment of the habits of the French people and the | traditions of Freach authority to the new state of affairs, The French have been for a thousand years under royal drill, ‘The genius of French jurists and statesmen bas been de- | voted to disciplining France so that it might be an obedient vassal of the crown. Conse- auently centralization has become so fixed that the nation responds to the will of the ruler in Paris aa the electric wires respond to the touch of the operator in the central office, The effort of the republicans bas been to destroy this centralization by giving au- thority to the departments, to the com- | munes, to the assemblies, and by limiting the power of the chief magistrate, The effort of the royalists has been to make the Presidency as much as possible a copy of the throne. These royalists conceded the Republic under a strong duress, and now that they have founded it their effort in pass- ing the laws upon which it is to be run is to retam every emblem of the monarchy or the empire, We observe that M. Louis Blanc, tho austera and illnstrions historian of the one of the conspicuous figures of non a few months ago with protests, reluc- tance and only under the urgency of hia | associates, has opposed the Dill becanse | “it gives royal prerogatives to the President | and tends to the restoration of the mon- archy."' With all our respect for M. Louis Blane we should take his criticisms upon affairs in France with a caution which foreign observers of our institutions should pay to the criticisms of men like Wendell Phillips. The issue Louis B.anc discusses ia very much like what was discussed at the foundation of our government. We had this same question of a Presidency in name or a Pres- idency in fact, Some of the wisest and purest men in the time of the Revolution were as anxious to make tho Presidential office as strong, overmastering i bee definite as the royulists in France. | Others, | ground of Louis Blanc, The question for a like Thomas Jefferson, took the long time definitely marked the earlier politi- ca! divisions of the Republic. Mr. Benton in his “Thirty Years’ View" refers to a conver- | sation that he had with the celebrated Rufus | King, one of the noblest characters in our his- tory, the friend of Washington and one of the first Senators in Congress from New York, who was high enough in the confidence of Washington to receive the nomination to the office of Secretary of State. Senator Benton in 1826, just before the death of this worthy and illustrious citizen, says, in speaking of Mr. King:—“In one of our conversations, and upon the formation of the constitution in the Federal Convention of 1787, he said some things to me which, I think, ought to be re- membered by future generations to enable them to appreciate justly those tovnders of our government who were in favor of a stronger organization than was adopted. He said:—‘You, young men, who have been born since the Revolution, look with horror npon the name of a king and upon all propo- sitions fora strong gevernment, It was not so with us. We were born the subjects of a king, and were accustomed to subscribe onr- selves ‘His Majesty's most faithtul subjects,'’ and we began the quarrel which ended in the Revolution, not against the King, but against his Parliament; and in making the new gov- ernment many propositions were submitted | which would not bear discussion and ought not to be quoted against their authors, being offered for consideration and to bring out opinions, and which, though behind the opinions of this day, were in advance of tnose of that day.’ These things were said chiefly in relation to General Hamilton, who had sub- mitted propesitions stronger than those adopted, but nothing like those which party spirit attributed to him. I heard these words, I hope, with profit, and commit them, in the same hope, to after generations."’ It would be a fatal blunder for the French republicans to allow any difference of opinion as to the powers of the President to paralyze the efforts of those who have succeeded after so many misfortunes in securing to France this beneficent form of government, M. Buffet, in discussing the bill in the Assembly on Tuesday, said, properly enough, that ite conditions ‘“‘were necessary to place the Ex- ecutive in Larmony with French customs and | traditions.’’ We do not believe in strong governments of any kind, and especially under a democracy. The change from a gov- ernment like that to which France has been accustomed for centuries to democracy on the | principle of Switzerland or America would be so violent that it would necessarily end in ruin. M. Thiers, speaking of the difficulties surrounding his Presidency and defending what seemed to be a temporizing policy in dealing with the Republic, said that | we must eat the artichoke leaf by | leaf, This advice will hold good to- | | | | day. What the republicans in France want is a Republic. Time will surely harmonize the conditions and customs of the French people with the new form of government. The difficulty with all republican experiments | im Europe thus far has been that the men who led them were too enthusiastic, and although honest, almost visionary. They | simed to do ina day the work of years. It was the aspirations of the early republicans at the fali of the Bastile which ran into the wild ways of the Reignof Terror and brought down that beautifal fabric of free govern- | ment into shameful and irretrievable ruin. We had the same trouble in Spain. The fanatics under the lead of Pi y Margall en- deavored to realize in 4 month all the dreams that had been lingering in their memories for a lifetime, Thus far the French republicans have avoided this rock, because they have been controlled by as conservative a states- man as M. Thiers, and as wise & politician | as M. Gambetta. It will be the effort of the imperialists and monarchists to ruin the Republic upon some such rock as this bill for the public powers. They can only suc- ceed by exciting men like republican party. The success of the Republic in France is menaced by many animosities. The sur- rounding rulers do not like it Republi | men, the Irish made the contest for places on | bull's eyes will be looked upon as first class | coming struggle at Dollymoant is certain—our | riflemen will have opponents worthy of them, | nouncement that the République Francaise, a | senting personal business interests, is a bet- Louis Blane | and those who act with him to break tho | canism in France means ultimately republi- canism in Europe. If this great ingenious | and enterprising people can succeed in identi- fying themselves with democracy and in founding a government that can live through the battle and storm as our own government has lived its influence will be felt in every royal household in Europe. Consequently we must not be surprised at any phase the opposition to democracy may assume. There are conditions within France, a standing army, an established Church, hereditary peerage, all of Which are naturally opposed to @ system which limits the army, dissolves the ties between Church and State and abolishes hereditary titles. In a country so susceptible to foreign influence as France, and whose home policy is controlled so largely by diplo- macy, we can understand how urgently Ger- | many and Russia, and even England will op- | pose the Republic, If they cannot directly antagonize it they will attempt to freeze it out of the European circles. They will give it an il namo; they will deny to France the prestige and influence that was formerly accorded to Napoleon and the Bour- bons. The only way by which these difficul- ties can be avoided is by patience and modera- tion and justice. What the Republic wants is time—time to adjust France to the new condi- tions imposed upon it; time to recover from the heavy burdens of the recent war; time to renew ber industries and adjust her system of taxation; time to show the world that republi- canism in France does not necessarily mean anarchy; that the Republic after all is the surest safeguard for religion, morality and society, and that great as France has been under her kings and emperors, she has a still loftier greatness under the rule of her people.. Therefore, as our readers will see, the con- troversy in France is not a vital one. It is as difficult for the French people to accustom themselves to the spirit and forms of a repub- lic as it was for our fathers, and the fact that there are conspicuous French republicans who believe in a strong Presidency should not militate against their patriotism or give us concern about the fate of the Republic. They are taking in France the same grounds taken by men as venerated as Alexander Hamilton and Rufus King. The Coming Rifle Match. Some idea of the natare of the contest that will take place on Friday next at Dollymount may be formed from the fact that such skilled marksmen as the Irish Henry Fulton and Mr. Rigby have tailed to secure places on the team that is to uphold the honor of Ireland in the international contest. It is evident that the Irish marksmen are sternly bent on regaining the laurels lost in last year’s con- test at Creedmoor. Nothing is being allowed to stand in the way of the best men coming to the front. Unlike our Creedmoor marks- their team ao strictly national affair, and by inviting free competition have secured the very best men available for the work to be done, Should the men composing their team shoot in the match with anything like the accuracy they have displayed in the course of the competition it will require great efforts and very good luck to defeat them. We do not fear but that our men will | do credit to their country; but the men they will have to meet at Dollymount seem to be very niuch more formidable than those who took part in the international contest at Creedmoor last year. Three of the highest scores on record have been made by gentle- men seeking a place on the Irsh team. Two hundred and eighteen out of a possible two hundred and twenty-five is something un- paralleled in the history of rifle shooting, and this is the score by which Mr. Johnson won his place on the Irish team. This score is equal to forty-three and a half buil’s eyes out of a possible forty-five, and could scarcely be surpagsed jf the gun yere fired from a) fixed rest. The two next highest scores are | two bundred and eight and two hundred and three. The former score made by Mr. McKenna is, os nearly as possible, equal to the splendid score made by Major Fulton on the old targets during the international match at Creedmoor. So wonderful was this score | that riflemen were inclined to believe that it | would not be equalled for many years, if ever. Experience has, however, shown this to be an error, and it may be that the nflemen of the future are destined to achieve such skill that nothing less than a succession of marksmanship, One thing in relation to the | and at whose hands even defeat would not be without honor. France anp rue Oxntenstar.—The an- Paris newspaper, the organ of Gambetta, has given one thousand fraves for the purpose of sending delegates to the Philadelphia Cen- tennial Exhibition is extremely gratifying, not sc much irom the amount contributed, but as an evidence of good feeling toward the Republic by the republican party in Paris. The value of the Centennial Exhibition will | be in knitting those ties of personal friendship | and sympathy. As the widow's mite in the | coffers was of more value than the rich man’s gift, so single contribution like this, repre- | ter illustration of the success of the Cen- | tennial than if the government of France had | appropriated a million ot francs. | Tue Case or Twexp is still unsettled. His | lawyers are strenuously endeavoring to res- ene the Boss from the custody of the law. Weuld it not be well for the eminent counsel to advise their client to return to the city some of the millions which he stole from the | | treasury? This brazen thief must not be | made a hero, nor must the lawyers, whose | ingenuity is stimulated by the payment of | large fees from the stolen public money, be | permitted to cloud the essential fact that Tweed is the monumental thief of the age, and that restitution must come before mercy. | Mopean Civuization.—We observe in a French paper an account of a bull fight in | Spain, in which two men were killed and o } | very likely to ‘fire the public heart."’ third so badly injured that he is not expected to live, It is strange that an amusement like this should linger in a country as civilized as Spain; that it should become really one of the institutions of the nation, and that these | crnel and horrible accidents, instead of les- sening its influence, really add to its at- tractionss Terwilliger Wanted—The Rottennoss of the Police. The Assembly Committee, engaged in in- vestigating the cause of the increase of crime in the city, are in want of Terwilliger. According to the evidence given by Ser- geant John R. Groo, the amiable patrolman and ex-ward detective who bears the name of Terwilliger can give the committee some valuable information on the subject of panel houses and the manner in which they are run. Groo professes to have kept a diary while a sergeant in the Eighth precinct, then under the charge of Captain Williams, and this diary contains some interesting data in which Terwilliger is. concerned. If Groo is to be believed Terwilliger, then the ward detective in Captain Williams’ precinct, was principally engaged in the collection of a sort of tariff or infernal revenue tax, levied on the keepers of panel houses and places of a simi- lar character in that precinct. The sergeants were instructed, says Groo, to report all panel house robberies to Terwilliger, and not to enter them on the blotter or investigate them, as the rule required, The robberies reported while Sergeant Greo was on duty were thus treated, and according to the mem- oranda purporting to have been kept by him, some fourteen cases placed in the hands of Terwilliger were hushed up; no arrests were made, and in some instances the felony was compounded, Terwilliger also, if Groo is to be believed, was the recipient of little con- siderations from panel house keepers, varying from five to fifty dollars, which account for the friendly settlement of the difioulties, and which Groo infers went into the pocket of the Captain. Now, Groo appears to have had difficulties with Captain Williams. Per- haps he found the precinct, as he says, an unpleasant one to servein. It would have been safer, 80 far as his own recordis concerned, if he had reported to headquarters the facts he now discloses, According to his story, he did not do so, but submitted to be removed on the complaint of the captain against whom he possessed all this damaging evidence. This may induce the committee to accept Groo’s story with some caution. But Terwilliger is the man they want. He was a close friend of the captain. He must know all about the cases mentioned by Groo, and as he is still on the force—a patrolman up town, we are told—his attendance can readily be secured by the committee. ‘These developments made before the Assem- bly Committee, only lift one end of the veil tat hides the rottenness of the Police Depart- ment. Everybody has known for some time that the pane! house thieves and other law breakers ply their infamous trades with the knowledge of the police, and pay for the privilege of breaking the law without being called to account and punished. Indeed, the Police Commissioners recently transferred the several police captains to new districts on the very ground that they were suspected of col- lusion with the lawless classes in their old precincts. We are now told that an ex-Police Commissioner was a constant visitor of Oap- | tain Williams’ precinct and was on closely familiar terms with that officer. Some of the present Commissioners have in like manner their cronies among the captains. Such asso- ciations cannot be productive of good or free from suspicion. They probably account for the evident disinclination of some of the Commissioners to drag the rascalities of their subordinates to light and for their efforts to smother or confuse investigation. The pres- ent inquiry will do good if it is to be hon- estly and energetically carried out. Its first work must be to get Terwilliger’s evidence and the evidence of the panel bouse keepers themselves. It will then be important to inquire how it is that Groo, who confesses to a sort of complicity with the alleged misdeeds in his old district, is still on the police force? Why Terwilliger is still a pairolman? Why Captain Williams still has | s command? Why the Police Commissioners, who appear to have been aware of these ras- calities, have not long since instituted an in- vestigation into them and discovered the evi- dence 90 speedily and voluntarily produced before the Assembly Committee? If Groo's | story be true, we must look beyond Terwilli- ger and beyond Williams for the true cause of the increase of crime. The investigation must travel from the Eighth precinct to Mul- berry street. Doos anv Hor Wearuen.—For yet another season the great canine and canicular problems are before the public. will begin to rage and the dog star will be mentioned; foreground; brought forward to prove that hydrophobia is a delusion, ‘and that it would be better for society if there were more of it; and, finally, the Aldermen will ordain that all loose dogs shall be impounded and otherwise legally | dealt with, and in turn will be denounced for ignorance and barbarity. We regard itas a very satisfactory ignorance, however, which in the doubt and apprehension that naturally surround the disease of hydrophobia in dogs and men results in giving us the certainty of not encountering, in every tew miles of our streets, from ten to fifty wretched and own- erless curs. It is clear enough legally, we | suppose, that the owner of a dog which bites & person is responsible in damages; but who is responsible where the owner is not found? Presumably it must be the city, which by its negligence permits these curs to roam the streets, And the only way the city has to protect itself is to clear the streets of these useless and mischievous creatures, Norra Caroma Powrtics.—The Republi- | can State Executive Committee have issued a long address to the voters of North Carolina | denouncing the democratio Legislature for having called a convention to revise the State constitution, The people of other parts of the country cannot be expected to take much interest in «# controversy so purely local, especially aa it does not yet appear what changes the democrats intend to make. One | of the complaints against them is that they do not avow their objects, Until the quarrel assumes # more intelligible shape it is not Tur Amenican Rirtz Tram yesterday re- viewed the army in camp at the Curragh of Kildare, near Dublin. The special cable de- spatches to the Henaty narrate the particu- lars of the cordial reception of our champion ahoten Bergh | muzzles will come into the | learned veterinarians will be | | | The Approaching Contests at Saratoga. It is pleasant to note the satisfaction among rowing men and lovers of fair play generally over the plan to be introduced at the ap- proaching University race of portioning off the course into parallel lanes, each a hundred feet wide, thus giving the many crews abun- dant room, By this plon the boat that strays into another's water can be detected at once and the blame laid where it belongs, and the bow oarsman who cannot steer his craft within bounds is unfit to be intrusted with his very responsible position. Whoever con- templates a run to Saratoga to see the great race will have the comfort of knowing that at last the day of fouls is over, and that, if his favor- ites do not win, they must lay the fault at their own door. We would take the liborty ot offering one or two other ideas which seem to us to commend themselves to the good sense of the rowing éommunity, and which, as they will probably be adopted in later years (for the contests are scarcely yet out of their infancy), had better be taken advantage of now. All who have witnessed these races will remember that the plan adopted for dis- tinguishing the various crews has been to require each to wear as a part of their head- dress the favorite color of their college. Even in former days, when there were but two competing boats, this distinction proved very inadequate, and until within a quarter or half mile of the finish, especially if the sun’s rays at all interfered, it was almost impossible to distinguish the crews, except to such specta- tors as could appreciate the different styles of rowing. Bat in these later years, when the number has swollen to more than twelve, and the crews save in head-gear, dressed to all appearance alike, and when of necessity it is hard to make the seven colors of the rainbow distribute well among so many; when, too, in the great heat and labor of the race, the rower is very apt to tear off this hot and useless head covering and throw it into the bottom of the boat, it is easy to see that in the intense flurry and excitement of the last half mile the average spectator cannot from his place on the grand stand tell with any accuracy one crew from another; and when the boats are at. all close together, as in such a race many are sure to be, the confusion of last year in this respect will be found a regu- lar if not necessary feature of «what without it would be such an interesting and beautiful spectacle. Now, instead of doff- ing their shirts arid donning these handker- chiefs, as they did last summer, let them re- tain the latter, and on the bow of their sev- eral craft raise a graceful little flag. It need be but a foot long and its staff of silver or burnished steel may be as light and graceful as the shell itself, When the boat comes home, instead of a few handkerchiefs swaying sharply back and forth, soaked-and partially discolored, the motion of the boat will throw the flag out full and free, telling its story a mile away. And again, why need each col- lege wear but a single color, or, at most, two? Instead of differing with Harvard as to which owned the crimson, what could be more ap- propriate for Union, for instance, than the beautitul little tricolor, the red, white and blue? Anda moment's thought would soon arrange other combinations equally effective. It is proposed, we believe, that the oarsmen this year, as last, row without shirts, Will not this plan offgnd against propriety or decency? We are glad to see that the gentlemen in charge of the foot races propose to insist that the contestauts shall wear the usual costume. It can work no injustice, and the racing shirt is such a mere tissue of gauze at best that it can hardly incommode contestants enough to make five seconds’ difference in their time. Finally, it will also be remembered that when the crisis came last July and the boats were just starting the oficial timekeeper could not or would not serve, and only through tho courtesy of Commodore Brady, who happened to be on the judges’ boat, was the time ob- | tained atall. A very simple contrivance will meet this need in the future, Leta wire be stretched across the lane of each boat just at the finish at such a depth that as the boat crosses the finish line its bow shall touch this wire, Let the wire connect with a chrono- graph so arranged as to catch the time of each touch, and with indicating inks on the instrument adapted to the color of each college. The times of the various boats can in this way be taken and recorded even down to a quarter of a second, and an end had to the frequent uncertainty that bas existed as to just how quickly the rowers had done their work, We would commend this plan to the | Saratoga Rowing Association. The President's Summers at the Sea- side. President Grant's assailants obstruct their influence when they arrsign him for parts of his condact which are proper and justifiable, like his absence from Washington during the hot weather of summer. Such indiscriminate malignity is self-defeating, since it tends to | undermine confidence in those who adopt so unscrupulous ® method. of warfare. It was | the constant practice of our earlier Presidents to be absent from the seat of government for a considerable part of the year. We will men- tion Jefferson first, not because he began the practice, but because he was the first Presi- dent inaugurated after the removal of the government to Washington and becanse the law which Grant is accused of violating was in force throughout the two terms of his | Presidency. Now, Jefferson regularly spent about two months of every year while he was President at Monticello, as anybody may see by looking into the volumes of his corre- spondence and noticing the place at which hia letters are dated in the summer and autumn months. Ho defended the prac- tice ina letter addressed to Madison from Monticello, September 1, 1807, explaining why | he had interrupted the daily post between his | home and Washington. ‘I'he principal rea- | son,” he says, “was to avoid giving ground | for clamor. The general idea is that those who receive annual compensations should be constantly at their posts. Our constituents / might not in the first moment consider, first, that weall have property to take care of which | we cannot abandon for temporary salaries; second, that we have health to take care of which cannot be preserved at Washington; third, that while at oar separate homes our public duties are fully executed, and at much ateater personal labor than while we are t- a ell A At gether, when a short conference saves a long letter.” (Jefferson's Works, vol. 5,’ p. 181.) Aletter to the Secretary of War a few days before (August 28) shows how the. heads of departments were scattered: —‘I send this letter open to the Secretary of State, with a desire that with the documents it be forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy at Baltimore, the Attorney General at Wilmington, the Sec- retary of the Treasury at Now York, and finally to yourself.” President John Adams, who was acouse tomed to spend about five months of each year at Quincy, likewise defended the prac- tioe in his correspondence. Ho said, in @ letter to Uriah Forrest, dated Quincy, May 13, 1799 :—**The people elected me to administer the government, it is true, and I do administer it hereat Quincy as really as I coulddo at Phil~ adelphia. Nothing is done without my advice and direction when I am here more than when Tam in the same city with the heads of de- partments,” In a foot note to this letter his editor, Charles Francis Adams, remarks :— “In absenting himself from the seat of gore, eriiiieiit during the recesss of Congress Mr.’ Adams did no more than his predecessor, George Washington.” If President Grant ,is violating the law by speftding his summers at Long Branch his transgression is excused by & great weight of respectable precedents, The law cited in condemnation of Presi+ dent Grant is this:—‘‘All offices attached ta the seat of government shall be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere, except as otherwise expressly provided by law."’ This is wide of the mark, for the rea- son that the Presidency is not an office ‘‘at tached to the seat of government.” If it were every temporary absence of the Presi« dent from Washington would devolve his du- ties on the Vice President. There is nothing either in the constitution or any statute mak« ing provision for the President's absence; buf the statutes do carefully provide for the abx sence of tae heads of departments by preé scribing who shall perform their duties when they are absent, These offices are ‘attached to the seat of government,"’ and the law re- quires them to be kept open at Washington ® prescribed number of hours daily through- out the year, except in prevailing epidemics, when the President may cause thom to ba removed temporarily to some other place. But the office of the President is not thus to- calized by any statute, and could not be con< sistently with the eonstitution, which makea the President Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and thereby authorizes him to direct its operations in the field in person whenever he thinks proper. The Prest dency is an offico created by the constitux tion, and no mere statute can limit or localize it by attaching it to the seat of government, The Vice President can dis« charge its functions in case of ‘‘removal’’ o£ of “death,” orof “resignation” or of ‘ina« bility to discharge the duties;" but there ia no provision for the case of absence, because the military powers of the President may be exercised in person wherever there is an army to command. The example of Jefferson should satisfy democrats that Grant has not violated the law, for the law on this point has not been changed since the beginning of the century, Our democratic friends are ‘‘barking up the wrong tree” this time. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, “Oase referred to Terwilliger. No arrests."’ George Bizei's widow is tue daugiter of Halévy, Postmaster General Jewell leit Cincinnati for Coiumous last uight. Generai Thomas Ewing, of Onto, is sojourning at tae Futh Avenne Hotei, Mgr. Roncesti, Legate of vi Pope, is expected it Montreal in a 18. ited States Navy, is quarterea Toe Em of Austria wil md the bathing season at Etretat, near Dieppe, France, Mr. Roberts HM. Prayo, of A.Dany, is among the late arrivais at the Piste Avouue Move Mr. H. t, Crosby, Che (lord 01 $e War Dipark, ment, fs staying at the H man House, M. Bartie’s tough giass can be made more cheaply than the ordinary brittie glass in use. Congressman Gilbert O, Walker, of Virginta, arrived from Boston yesterday at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Mr. Kéwin Booth arrived in this city yesterday evening and took up his residence at toe Hofman | House, Ex-Confederate General Longstreet ts at St, Catherime’s, Ont., aod is stopping at the Stephen son Bouse. Mr. R, R. Bridgers, President of the Adanti¢ Coast Line of Railways, is stopping at the St. Nich olas Hovel. Naval Constructors Isaiah Hanscom and Robert W. Steele, Unitea Scates Navy, have arrived af | the Union Square Hotei. Secretary Delano, having recovered from his recent illness, arrived in Washington yesterday morning and resumed his duties at the interios Department. The news trom Ireland is that the soorcs of the American shooters are satisfactory, As they are always beaten we d) not doubt that the scores are satisfactory—to the Irishmen, Dr. Workman having resigned the superinten- dency of the Toronto (Vanada) Lunatic Asylum, tne government has appointed Dr. Charles Gowan, of Worcester (Kn in nis piace, “Mr, Patkin,’’ said the broker, “the worid looks diferent to man when he has dottle of cham- oe in him.” “Yes, sir,” replied the clerk, “and he looks different to the world,” Pisohietto has @ \ittie dialogue between Uncie Sam and General Grant, The President says:~— “No, uncle, Icannot accept a third term; or only on circumstances not. likely to arise.” “Such, for instaace, as that i would vote fur you,” says Sam, Mr. New, who was to succeed Genera! Spinner, is tn doubt whetner he cares for tne piace. No wouder, He was appointed because he was the only man who dido’t care what sors of men were put in nis office; but since bi will be pecuniarily responsivle for woat ¢ he sees the case in a different light, Professor Cnaties F. Hartt bas oeen commis sioned oy tke Brazitan Minister of Agricultare to form @ geographical chart of the Empire, com- mencing with tbe coal feids of the south. Seilor Euas T. Packeco Jordan is his second, and Messrs, 0. A. Derby and Richard Lataven have been en. gaged as assistants, It 18 all very well to show that the law of the land bas no knowledge of Long Branch as the seat of Presidential functions; but them What I* th» law compared to the personal convenience of a maa uke Graptr po you wans kim to make more sac. riftces? You had better be carefui or he may resign, and then what Would become of the country? Queen Victoria has ereated three fela marshals, The frst is Sir Jonn Forster Fitzgerald, the seo~ ond the Marquis of Tweeddaié, aud the third His Royai Migtness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Sir Jow Forster Fitzgerald and the Marquis of Tweeddale stand Orst aod second respectively in tity On she list of generar oF Tne Marquis of iw of seventy years’ service, jd medal for the vattie ot Vittort . He served in tha Alstionn War Of 1515, and Wee again wounded.