The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1875, Page 6

6 NEW YURK HE SRALD| ,, BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON "BENNETT, PROPRIETOR NOTICE TO SU. SCRIBERS. after January 1, 1875, the deily and weekly —On and editions of the New York Hxnaty will be sent free of postage. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. ‘Twelve Milars per year, or one dollar per Four cents per copy. month, free of postage, to subscribers. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Harrap. Letters and packages should be properly | sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. LONDON OFFICE OF THR NEW YORK | HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. "PARIS OFFICE—RUE SCRIBE. Subscriptions and advertisements will be | vreceived and forwarded on the same terms | as in New York. = VOLUM XL. A MUSEMENTS NTRAL PARK CARDEX. THEODORE yHOMAs CONCERT. a8 PM. TO-NIGHT ROBINSON HALL, Frost Sixtoenth stroet English Op Oper LITSCHEN AND YWTSCHEN and CHILP. TIVOLI THEATRE, Fighth street. —VARIEPY, at 5 P.M. 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Newsdealersand | others are notified to send in their orders to the Hxrap office as early as possible. For further particulars see time table. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that te weather to-day will be clowly, wilh rain, Persons qoing out of toon for the summer ean ave the daily and Sunday Henaup mailed to them, free of postage, for $1 per month, Wart! Srneer Yesrexpay.—The stock market was dull. Railway bonds were in fair request by investors. Money continues easy. Gold rose to 114. Tax Ractxe ar Saratoca continues, yes- terday being the first day of the second meeting. There was a large attendance and excellent sport. Srurverrcer’s American Monanciy is just now a subject of some interest to our readers, owing to the fact that President Grant has | countenanced the absurdity. We print this morning « full description of the island groups which dot the Southern seas, in order | that people may understand exactly what | this diplomatic conquest is worth. Tae Onto Campasan is exciting much at- tegtion, and it seems it is to have a new ele- ment of bitterness through the introduction of religious questions into the canvass. Nothing ean be more foolish than the organization of secret political socities to make war upon the Roman Catholic Church, and any such move- ment in Ohio is to be deprecated. ‘Twrrn's Aprzan from Judge Barrett's deci- sion, refusing to vacate the order of arrest or to reduce the bail, is to be argued on the 23d inst. These vexatious and wearisome de- lays have even a greater danger than the mere waste of time, but our courts must know that, whether or. not the case ever comes to trial they will be held to as strict an accountabil- | ity in history as have been the judges of James [L.'s reign. Toe Wan m Spay just now seems con- centrated abuut Seo de Urgel, and our de- | spatches this morning indicate that some severe fighting may be expected in that neighborhood. In the meantime the govern- ment is making a strong effort to crush the Carlists, and a new levy of one hundred thon- sand men has been ordered. The enrol- ment of troops has been going on so long in Spain that the only wonder is that such a thing as a new levy is possi) A Lica “Question of great importance touching the authority of military governors and mayors has just been decided in the Su- Court of the United States. The of New Orleans and the city authori- ties appointed by the general commanding {the department during the military ocowpa- ition executed a lease of certain property for | a term of years, Tho lease extended beyond | the time of military rule. Without impngn- ling the general principle that the contracts of the conqueror touching things in the con- quered territory cease with the military oc- eupation, the Court decides practically that a fair and reasonable exercise of military | (power must be respected, even after the mili- ‘tary government is atan end. As a general rule this prinaiple would be hurtful, but we ‘understand the Court not to make it a rule ‘and to apply it only to the peouliar circum- stances of this particular casy 3 | SPY, a 3 | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST UT, 1875.--TRIPLE SHERT. ‘A New Third Term Movement. is reported in Western journals that a | number of Chicago men have drawn up a | letter to President Grant, saying that it is evi- | dent that the democratic party mean to com- | mit themselves to inflation; that there is great | danger that they may be able to carry the country next year for this policy, and that | the only way to avert this evil is for the re- | publican party to renominate the President, they believe, is the strongest man be- They therefore, it ig said, with an urgent request to Genernl Grant to allow himself to be brought forward a candidate, and the expression of a belief | that it is his duty to do so, There is a report | \' also that a similar letter will be sent to Gen- | eral Grant by leading citizens of New York. reports revive the interest in General letter to the President of the Penn- | sylvania Republican Convention, If that er had positively declined a renomina- as being contrary to the traditions of overnment and opposed to the practice and the principles laid down by Washington and Jefferson, then, of course, such a request could meet only with refusal, General | Grant would feel bound now, as much as | ever before, to reply in the words of Wash- | ington or the even stronger language of Jef- | ferson. It is a little curious to trace the | events which lead up to General Grant's | who, fore the people. conclude, | a8 on, | letter. | On the 19th of August, 1874, the Pennsyl- vania republicans presented John F. Hart- | ranft to the republicans of other States as a candidate for the Presidential nomination in 1876: No answer from the White House. On the 26th of August, 1874, the Kansas | | Republican Convention declared ‘that the | | unwritten law enacted by the example of the | Father of His Country in declining a renomi- | nation to the third Presidential term is as | controlling as though it was incogporated in the national constitution, and ought never to be violated.” No answer from the White House. On the 12th of January, 1875, the New | Hampshire Republican Convention declared | “unalterable opposition to the election of any | man to the Presidency of the United States for a third term.” Still no word from General Grant, thongh | the Vice President and a great number of the | | most eminent and faithful republican leaders | in Congress were extremely and publicly | anxious that the President should relieve the public fears bya decided declaration that he would not on any account be a candidate and did not favor a third term. At the close of the session of Congress the sum of what was known of the President's thoughts on the question may be thus tated :-—1. He had, after the fall elections, j pointed to the fact that Dix, anti-third term | republican, in New York, had lost his elec- | tion, while in South Carolina the decided | third term republicans had carried the State. | This seemed to him to show that the third term was not unpopular. 2. It was notorious | that his intimates and favorites were all | third termers. 3. On the adjournment of | \ Congress he made a number of appointments \ and chose all third termers. 4. In the | Southern States it began to be noticed that federal office-holders were, with few excep- tions, strong third termers. Thus matters | stood until, on the 26th of May, the Penn- sylvania Republican Convention ‘resolved, that we declare a firm, unqualified adherence to the unwritten law of the Republic, which wisely, and under the sanction of the most venerable of examples, limits the Presiden- tial service of any citizen to two terms, and we, the republicans of Pennsylvania, in recognition of this law, are unalterably op- posed to the election to the Presidency of any person for a third term.” ‘This drew the Presidential badger. Three days after the adoption of this resolution General Grant replied to it, in a letter to the President of the Convention, in which, | separating the resolution into its two parts, he in decisive words declared himself op- | posed to both. The first part of the Penn- | sylvania resolution speaks of the ‘unwritten | law of the Republic, which wisely, and under the sanction of the most venerable of exam- | ples, limits the Presidential service of any citizen to two terms.” To this General Grant makes this retort:—‘‘The question of the number of terms aliowed to any one Executive can only come up in the shape of a proposition to amend the constitation, a shape in which all political parties can par- ticipate, fixing the length of time or the number of terms for which any one person shall be eligible for the office of President.” He could hardly have expressed in more per- tinent words his contempt for the ‘‘nn- written law of the Republic” about which the Pennsylvanians were babbling. But in the second part of the resolution the Pennsylvanians declared themselves, as a ‘analterably opposed to the elec- | tion to t Sri seared of any person for a | third term.” To this General Grant's retort | | is equally contemptuons. He writes:—"Un- til such an amendment is adopted the people cannot be restricted in their choice by reso- lution, further than as they are now tod to age, nativity, de.” | Briefly, the unwritten law of the constitu- tion is bosh, and @ convention cannot by | | | | | | | | | | | i convention, as | nation, | if it were tendered, unless it should come | plain duty. | now dishonored himself, | government for the its by Lonis Sibilans, prey from con- ventions to the people themselves, He will not be bound by resolutions. They, he tells them, are not bound by any ‘unwritten law of the Republic. The question of his eligibility he thus set- tles by putting his foot on the traditions of the government and treating with silent con- | tempt the utterances of those two of his illus- trious predecessors who were asked to serve athird term, And having thus cleared the ground he comes finally to speak of the condi- tions under which he would accept a renomi- “I would not accept a nomination under such circumstances as to make it an imperative duty.” Now, it will be seen that the Chicago men, of whom report speaks, urge itasaduty upon the President to accept a renomination. He has always been op- posed to inflation; the danger of inflation is very great; he only can avert it. Behold his Of course, he might reply that the republican party has among its leaders many men as sound on financial questions as he, and probably much better informed, and that any one of these should have his hearty support for the succession whenover he was nominated. But what he will answer is what the public will bo « e urious to know. The Scandal in the Police Board. ‘That was a remarkable scene in the Board of Police Commissioners yesterday. The re- marks of Commissioner Disbeeker were in themselves something astounding, but after his treachery and double dealing had been unmasked by General Smith his conduct in the Board and out of it was seen to be alike contemptible and disgraceful. How such a man as this was ever appointed to office is one of those things into which we do not care to | inquire, but that he should be permitted much longer to hold the place he now fills is impossible. His action yesterday can only result in his being ignominously expelled | from an office of which he is so conspicuously unworthy. Never before was a public official in New York so completely and disgrace- fully beaten on his own chosen ground, and in view of the exposure which Gen- eral Smith has made concerning his behavior his attack upon his colleague, though made in his own defence, was more an insult to the people of New York than to the Commis- sioner against whom it was aimed. We can | only hope he will see his conduct in the light it appears to his fellow citizens and imitate the expressed intention of Presi- dent Matsell and resign. As to Mat- sell, we thank him for his determina- tion, and we hope he will not reconsider it but put his purpose into immediate execu- tion. If he does not there is only one course | for the Mayor and the Governor to pursne, | and that is to remove the whole Board. Such scandals as that in the Police Board yester- day are not to be permitted in a city like New York. The metropolis cannot afford to be governed by such men. Mr. Disbecker must. obtain his darling wish and have “the papers pulled off him" by his relegation back to the obscurity from which he came. Unit for the office of Com- missioner of Police in the beginning, he. has the department and the city. His associates, with the ex- ception of General Smith, share in his dis- grace, and without delay these men must be expelled from their places, that the repnta- tion of the city may be saved and the work of reform and reorganization in the Police Department begin in earnest. “More Strange The Ohio democratic platform has found a supporter in an unexpected quarter. The Brooklyn Eagle cannot see any difference be- tween ‘the greenback heresy” and the ‘‘na- tional bank heresy,” and thinks on the whole “the greenback is entitled to preference.” It adds:—“‘The chief point of the heresy appears to be that if we are to have an irredeemable currency it should be a green- back currency, in the profits of which the public who use it J in whose name it is issued will partic: That this is in any degree worse than the proposition to conduct greatest good of the né greatest number is what we cannot see. Allen, Carey and Pendleton will take cour- age when they see that the inflation policy has friends even in the East. But it is addi- tional proof of the necessity of a speedy re- turn to specie payments that a journal so generally clear headed and able, and of such influence among the New York democrats, takes up a policy which it was thought and hoped had no friends east of the Alleghanies except stockjobbers, and which it was be- lieved had no supporters anywhere among sensible men. Governor TrLpEN made aspeech at Buffalo yesterday in vindication of his reform policy, especially in regard to canal management, It was an outspoken and manly declaration, and is likely to have some good results in preventing the machinations of the Canal Ring and securing the election of a better class of men to office. Governor Tilden did not hesitate to declare that it did not matter whethgr a man was a democrat or a republi- can when he was found to be a thief, and for this sentiment he will be honored, as well ag for his fearless war upon the canal thieves. resolutions bind the people. That is the | opinion of General Grant, expressed with | his customary plainness of speoch. ree | mainder of the letter, about the sacrifices he | has made and the salary and life office, are unimportant, except as they show that ho looks at the whole question from a purely personal point of view. 3 as well, that he shall be clearly understood, and we therefore place the resolution and his | reply side by side, below:— GENERAL GRANT'S DENTAL, ‘The question of the num- PENNSTLYAMWA REPUBLICAN APPIRMATION, | | Resolved, That we de- Clare a firm, unqualified ad- lierence to’ the unwritten law of the Republic, which | wisely, and under the sanc- | tion of the most venerable | of examples, limite the Presidential service of any | citiaon to two terms Executive can only como proposition to amend the constitution—& shape in can participate, fixing the length of time or the num- ber of terms for whieh any one person shall be eligible | proph It is a matter of a good deal of importance, | not merely to the President, but to the people | ber of terms allowed to one | up fairly in pho shape of a | which all political parties | And we, the republicans of Pounsyivania, are onal- terably opposed to the elec. tion to the Presidency of any person for a Ghird rm. In plain words, the President, taking ex- | for {to} tho office of Presi- dent. Cotil such an amendment | is adopted the poople can- hot be restricted in their chovee by resolution farther +) than they are now re- stricted as to age, nativity, | The question is of mach interost, oi Our Pants Lurrer gives an interesting résumé of the dangers of MaeMahon’'s Presi- dency and the intrigues for his resignation, The suggestions of our correspondent are almost startling, and are in the nature of a France finds it hard to establish a stable government, much as stability is to be desired tor aud by the french people. Tar Trosrers who have in charge the free excursions for poor children announce a pic- | nic for Saturday, but say that unless they are aided by farther subscriptions they will be unable to continue their efforts in behalf of the poor. This subject is a very impor- | tant one, and we trust it will receive the im- mediate attention of all who can assist in the effort. Subscriptions should be sent to Edward King, treasurer, No. 73 Broadway. | Tue Conprrion ov Erany is the subject of | a letter which we print this morning detail- ing the incongruities of Italian institutions. cially a8 the possible demise of the Pope may add to the complications of the kingdom, and the letter will be read by all who care to study the situation, Western | | in industry, our achievements in every | had conspicuously*declined to take any part | our Ministers to the Russian Court. At the | will be able to compare the results of a hun- | be the purpose of the managers to make the, The Centennial. We observe that Mr. Washburne, our Min- ister in Paris, and “Mr. Torbert, our Corisul General, propose to establish a “Bureau of Information” for the enlightenment of exhib- itors and visitors from abroad to the Centen- nial Exhibition in Philadelphia. If this idea is carried out intelligently it will be of great value to every interest of the Exhibition, Mr. day, formerly our Minister to Austria, in a letter commenting upon the proposed Cen- tennial, complained that the American gov- ernment, through its agents, had not been diligent enough in bringing the Exhibition to the attention of foreign Powers. He dwelt with mischievous emphasis upon the fact that, while Russia was of all the coun- tries in Europe the one with which we have been on the best relations, its government * in our Exposition, He suggested that the correspondence between our State Depart- ment and the former Minister to Russia, Mr. Jewell, might be published with advan- | tage, as throwing light upon the reasons for this reserve on the part of Russia, The absence of Russia from the Centennial Ex- hibition is, as some say, to be attributed to the ill feeling that arose between our govern- ment and that of the Emperor on the occa- sion of the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis and the recall of Mr. Catacazy. The Emperor has always felt since that visit that he had not been properly treated by the American authorities, and it is no secret that he has never ceased to make this feeling apparent to same time, while ignoring the President and the administration, the Czar has affected to feel the warmest respect for the American people. If this were a sincere respect the Czar would regard the Centennial Exhibition as not the work of the administration, but of the whole people, and allow Russia to take part in it. But the presence or the absence of Russia will be little more than a moral result, The resources of Russia are not of a character to impress the visitors to an exhibition. What is very much needed to make it an interna- tional success is just this kind of information which Mr. Washburne, through his bureau, proposes to give to the people. The great difficulty in making an American exhibition popular to the minds of foreigners is the fact that foreign nations know very little of our country. They either have an exaggerated idea of its wealth and prosperity and ad- yancement, or their opinions go tb the other extreme. What we expect to do in Philadel- phia is to show the resources of America in seience, in natural products, our progress branch of literature and art. Our people dred years of independent, civilization in a commercial and industrial point of view with the exhibitions of the older countries— of England, France and Germany. Itshould foreign department as large and varied as possible. The advantage to American indus- try will be in enabling our mechanics and artisans to compare the achievements of their own genius with the best results of foreign workmen. If it can be shown that we have failed in certain branches to do what has been done by Frenchmen and Englishmen and Germans, then it will be our duty to apply the advantages they have gained, and endea- vor, if possible, to improve upon them. We do not expect the Centennial to be much of an inducement to foreigners. An English- man or a Frenchman would much rather cross the ocean to see Niagara or the Yo- semite than to spend his time in an agricul- tural and machinery hall. The Centennial - will be an American event—an education for American mechanics and artisans. Its suc- cess will be more and more manifest as wo are enabled to present our people with a liv- ing representation of what foreign nations | have been able to do in science, in art and in industry. Genius and Trumpets. The arrival of Mr. Barry Sullivan, the Trish tragedian, which happily took place on Saturday, is set down in the newspapers as the occasion for a ‘‘great demonstration.” A committee of Irishmen, among whom we see several of those familiar names which always make their appearance in print on the slight- est provocation, has been organized for the purpose of giving Mr. Sullivan a dinner. There is to be ascrenade, ‘‘with torches,” and a procession of the Arcadian and other clubs, a regiment of soldiers and many other contrivances to attract the public mind. We are called upon to do honor to ‘the world’s greatest tragedian.” Of course there is no harm in those who manage our theatres handling the public as well as they can. ‘That great master of American quackery, Mr. Barnum, in recording his engagement with Jenny Lind, the famous singer, twenty-five years ago, laid down this significant maxim :— “The public is avery strange animal, and although a good knowledge of human nature will generally lead a caterer of amusement to hit the people right, they are fickle and ofttimes perverse.” There is no reason why the enterprising gentlemen who manage Mr. Sullivan's inter- apt in this country should not make all the money possible and handle ‘the strange animal” as expertly as possible. At the samo time it is an injustice to Mr. Sullivan and to the public to bring him before the people in this sensational manner. Mr. Sullivan is a fine actor. During his engagement in America many years ago he made a} good impression upon the people. But he is not by any means ‘the world’s greatest tragedian.” We must romem- ber that New York only last winter was honored with the presence ‘of Salvini, and that this city is the home of the genius of Junius Brutus Booth, E. L. Davenport, Edwin Forrest and Edwin Booth. These | ‘unusual honors to foreign actors do not bring any credit upon the American name. When Dickens came to this country, thirty-five years ago, he was received with an effusion of kindness which he took the utmost pains to caricature in one of his novels. When American artists go to Europe they are re- coived with that cold indifference which is | partly characteristic of the English char- acter, and of which we have no right to com- plain. They allow our artists to mind their own business. Mr, Jefferson, the finest | | now in ivcksi was not reesived with a pro- cossion nor by a committee of English citi- zens; nor will he have a serenade, nor will there be a blaring of trumpets at his coming. Mr. Jefferson is as great an actor in every respeet and of as high genius in his culling as Mr. Sullivan, The truth about the reception of Mr. Sulli- van is that it is an advertisement. It is the same business which Mr. Barnum played with Jenny Lind twenty-five years ago. So long as we regard it as an advertisement there is no harm done. But it is an injury to true art in the dramatic and other professions to reduce it down to fhe common show busi- ness, and to present our tragedians as though they were calves with five legs or six-eared sows. If Mr. Sullivan is worthy of a dinner and a serenade and a reception and a mid- night gathering with torches, let him wait until he has finished his engagement. We can see then whether he is “the world’s greatest tragedian.” Moody and Sankey. “We print elsewhere a letter from London giving an idea of what our American mis- sionaries Moody and Sankey are doing in the way of evangelizing England. There can be no doubt that these gentlemen have done a remarkable work. They have excited the deepest attention in the newspapers, in Par- liamentary debates, in all manner of public ways, hero have been vehement discus- sions as to whether their work was genuine piety or otherwise ; whether they were really humble followers of a meek and lowly Jesus, going out into the world to preach the Gospel to all the people, or simply loud and persist- ent declaimers, who mistook emotion for devotion. Books have been written about them and the names attached to these books are those of worthy Christian men. Some writers have denounced them as ribald and blasphemous, making light of sacred things and debasing the holy offices of religion. It was even believed that the ingenious Barnum had engaged them as a speculation and was about to convert England to the religion of gush. It seemed natural that the hero of the Tom Thumb triumph should be the hero of the Moody and Sankey revival. The fact that two Americans should have rocked England from centre to circumference is of itself a gratification to that sentiment of American pride which belioves that we are the greatest and most powerful people of the world, and that whether it is in a world’s fair ora patent sewing machine ora social and ecclesiastical scandal, we are always ahead. Moody and Sankey will be here in a few days and will be received with flying colors. If they can convert America as they have converted England they will do a noble task. There is a fine field in Saratogs, now that candidates for the Presidency are swarming around the springs. Moody and Sankey might really save the country by turning the hearts of the statesmen at the springs. Then we have the new Congress that will soon as- semble in Washington. The members of this body come fresh from the poople. They are innocent, ingenuous statesmen. They are open to all temptations. The common enemy of mankind lies in wait for them. There will be Indian and Treasury rings and all manner of enticements, the faro palace under a New York gambler, the din- ners of Sam Ward, the Apician feasts of Robeson. All these dangers await the states- men who come fresh from the people. Moody and Sankey can save them, and the influ- ence of two missionaries of their experience will be incalculable. The question whether this is true religion, or the best means of at- taining a true piety, is altogether another consideration. We are afraid there is as much humbug in what is called the ‘spread of Christianity” as in any other phase of our modern life. Whether those qualities which made Moody and Sankey the heroes of the hour in Great Britain will give them the same reputation in New York we cannot say. There is a tendency in the American mind to adore any successful countryman who re- turns from Europe, and with this advantage Moody and Sankey may for a time have the suecess with our people that they enjoyed in England. Dream. The Hon. William E. Forster, whose visit to America is remembered with so much pleasure, in a recent speech in the House of Commons hoped that the time would come when there would be no custom houses on the soil of English or English-speaking na- tions. Mr. Forster is the champion of the doctrine of free trade. He is anxious that, as a step toward universal free trade and that alliance between the English-speaking na- tions which is now commending itself so earnestly to thinking men of England and America, there should be absolute freedom of trade between England, Austria and the United States. How far this is to extend as to India and those dependencies of Great Britain the trade of whose population forms so large a part of her revenue he does not say. We suppose there would be some lim- itation to the importation of cloth and opium into India Free trade in England thus far has always been construed to'mean free trade in ite best sense so far as it benefits the Eng- lish, and protection wherever it is necessary for the protection of English industries. ‘This, however, is a pretty conceit of Mr. Forster's. It is one which has many attrac- tive features. We beliove in free trade as the consummation of commercial civilization. We believe the time will come when the nations of tho world will see that there can be no real protection to industry; that any attempt at protection is only a crippling of true industry and a premium upon crime in the way of smuggling, and a limitation of the true resources of a country. We confess wo should like to see the zollverein betwoon the English-speaking nations that existed be- tween the German-speaking nations before their union in one empire. The temporary advantage of such a relation would be with England. English capital and English in- dustry would throw into America a great quantity of cheaply produced articlés which would deluge our market and temporarily in- jure certain industries, But in the long run we should be able to overcome this. What we should lose in the way of cheap iron and cheap cloth we should gain in the renewed market for corn and wheat and pork and cheese, The commercial union be- Ce ne ied be of great advantage in a moral potnt of view. As the world goes on, as distances are extinguished and nations which were onee a far apart as Patagonia and Abyssinia are now within an hour's communication by telegraph and within a few days’ reach by steam, we find ourselves taking the deepest interest in English questions, while the English give more and mére space to Ameri- can events. When Mr. Plimsoll arose in the House of Commons and called Mr. Disraeli and his cabinet ‘villains’ the incident made almost as much of a sensation in New York next morning as it did in London, Step by step there grows a similarity of thouglft, a union of interest and harmony of feeling, They are based upon the fact that we are all of acommon lariguage and a common religion, and although there have been political differences and alienations, and although these still existin the minds of acrid and narrow-minded men who remember nothing of the past but its sorrow and misfortune, still the genuine manly sense, the Saxon sense of the great .nations, is growing more and more into sympathy. We are Saxon, after all. The crown and the aristocracy and the Established Church and the other ele- ments of government are nothing compared! to the great manhood that lies underneath them all. We believe that any statesman« ship that brings the Anglo-Saxons into closer, relation will be for the benefit of liberty and civilization. While we have no expectation of Mr. Forster’s dream being realized we accept it asa happy conception, and trust that the time will come when we shall have no cns~ tom houses on the soil of English-speaking: nations, when between the great countries of the Anglo-Saxon family there will be the ut~ most freedom of intercourse. y Unripe Fruit. One of the sources of disease in the city: with which the authorities may most readily deal is the supply of fresh fruit. It is one of the good results of the late development of trade that this city is supplieg with al- most unlimited quantities of fruit of every kind in its season. Melon farms, peach farms, berry farms—all these by the thou- sand direct their product to this city, and the flow of fruit hither throngh the summer is equal to the current of a moderate-sized river. No fact is more satisfactory than thia in its first aspect, for fruit is a good summer diet, and if it comes in great quantity it is necessafily made so cheap that even the poorest can get it. But some attention is still necessary on the part of the authorities in regard to the condition of the fruit of- fered for sale. Many disorders thought to be inseparable from the summer weather are in fact only insep- arable from unripe or rotten frnit and vegetables. Some evil must be taken with the good, of course ; and thé good done by the use of fruit is great. Disease is averted by this modification of the people's diet, and more maladies are averted that would afflict the people if they could not get fruit than are caused by bad fruit ; but we may have the advantage with even a smaller proportion against it. Elsewhere we give an account of the fruit supply, and especially point the at- tention of the authorities to the large quan- tity of green peaches sold in the streets. Un- scrupulous dealers will put anything on tha market, and anything can be sold if put cheaply enough. So that without an inspec- tion by the Health Department there is na remedy for this trouble, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. They solos.” Postmaster John F. Smyth, of Albany, is staying af tho Fifth Avenue Hotel Hon, J. Russell Jones, United States Minister to Belgium, is in Washington. Senator Theodore F. Randolph, of New Jersey, is #o- jou®ning at the New York Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Sartoris will leave Long Branch for England on the 28th inst. Lieutonant Commander H. C. White, United States Navy, is quartered at the Brevoort House. Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, of Lilinota, is resid- ing temporarily at the St Nicholas Hotel. State Senator Charles Kellogg, of Chittenango, N. ¥., arrived last evening at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. A.M. Holbrook, of the New Orleans Picayune, ia among the late arrivais at the New York Hotol. Director General Alfred T. Goshorn, of the Contennial Commission, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Joseph Hickson, Genoral Manager of tho Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, bas arrived at the Brovoort Honse. Acable despatch says:—Hon. Alexander McKenate, the Premier of Canada, will leave Bagland for Canada on the 19th inst. ‘ Judge John F. Bacon, of Columbia, 8. C., formerly United States Chargé d’Affuires at St. Petersburg, is ab the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Walt Whitman announces that, althongh still fecbla,, ho will utter a few more “barbaric ylwps” this eammer in the ehape of a new volume of poems, ‘The Count de Vernouillet, recently appointed Minister of France to Peru, presented his credentials to the President, in Lima, on the 16th of July, Dr. Rudolph Blum, of the Austrian Legation at Wash. ington, and Dr. Videla Dorua, Secretary of the Argentine Legation, have apartments at the Brevoort House, Evidently the family of the Sultan of Zanzibar liew around jose, Abdallah-ben-Oned, brother of oue of the Sultan’s three wives, is director of a factory at Senlis, in France. Major General Smyth will reach Fort McLeod on the Ist prox., and, afer visiting Fort Benton, will proceed tw British Coluinbia, via Kootenay Pass, reaching Victoria by the middle of November. ‘Aloarned German, Herr Maumhardt, has written book upon ‘Wood and Field Worship,” much of which is devoted to the German worship of trees and other woodland superstitions of the European races. Cammissioner Voorbia, of the polica, says the police. mon have rights “ke other oitizons,” and therefore there cannot be any discipline. Voorhis ts evidently out of place in thas offica, Ho would make a good captain for a canal boat ‘Tho Danish journals recently annonneed that Marshaf Bazaine had appeared at Copenhagen. The reason for his journey is now stated, He went to solicit the inter- vention of a high personage in that country to obtaim service in the Russian army. His efforts aro said ta have completely failed. ‘The now English translation of the dramatic works of Moljbre, by H. Van Laun, is extremely well done. The translator has searched through the English drama, and. given the scones from Dryden, Vanbrugh, Mra, Bebn, Murphy and other dramatists, which are most closely imitated from Molitre, ‘There is, after all, no such thorough fool as a thorougte rogue, Here are two English thieves who have in their diamonds supposed to be those stolen from the Countess Dudley, and they “sell” thernselves to the. police by starting atwo und sixpenny system of thefh from the public in sams ranging from $1 to $5. Andrew Johnson, four years ago, said of Brownlow: “Death bas already laid his joy fingers upon you! And yot you sit, @ poor, galvanized corpse, and laugh in the face of the King of Terrors!” And now the shriveled Parson, in tolerable good shape, site and listons at the call Governor Allen's speeches “fog hore comedian, probably, on the stage, who is | tween the English-speaking nations would | clods as thoy fail on Andy's collin, —Adanta Lerald