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

o NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New York Henaxp will be gent free of postage. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorke Henarp, Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. 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 as in New York. VOLUME XL ae AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, ‘Nos. 585 and 587 Broudway.—VARIETY, at 8'P. M. GILMORE'S SUM. late Barnum’s Hippodrome.—G OERT, at $ P.M. ; closes at Li P. GARDEN, ND POPULAR CON- TIVOLI THEATRE, Eighth street.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway.—LIVING TOO = and A BUNCH OF BERRIES, at 8 P.M. Vokes L PARK GARDEN. CENTRA! THEODORE THOMAS’ CONCERT, at 5 P. M. THIRD AVENUE THEATRE, ‘Third avenue, between eth and Thirty-first streets: — VARIETY, at 8 P.M. ROBINSON HALL, West Sixteenth street.—English Opera—LITSCHEN AND FRITSCHEN and CHILPERIC, at 5 P. M. woon’s M Broadway, corner of Thirtieth closes at 10:45 P.M. Matinee at GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Fighth avenue, corner Twenty-third street.—AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, as8 P. M.; closes at 11 P.M. TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1875, THE HERALD FOR THE SUMMER RESORTS. To NEwspEALERS AND THE PuBLic:— The New York Henaxp runs a special train every Sunday during the season between New York, Niagara Falls, Saratoga, Lake George, Sharon and Richfield Springs, leav- ing New York at half-past two o'clock A. M., arriving at Saratoga at nine o'clock A. M., and Niagara Falls at a quarter to two P. M., for the purpose of supplying the Sunpay Henaxp along the line of the Hudson River, New York Central and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern roads. Newsdealers and others are notified to send in their orders to the Heraup office as early as possible. For further particulars see time table. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be hot and partly cloudy, with local rains. Persons going out of town for the summer can have the daily and Sunday Henatp mailed to them, free of postage, for $1 per month. Wart Srreer. Yestexpay.—Stocks were ‘firmer, Western Union and Rock Island being the leaders of the market. Gold was steady at 113 3-8. Money unchanged. Tae Wan rm Sparm.—The Spanish authori- ties seem inclined to force the fighting, but there is as yet no indication that their efforts will result in the complete overthrow of the Carlists, Tue Henzecovrs1sn Wan threatens to be- come religious in its character. In that case ‘we may see all the Catholic nations of Europe engaged in another crusade against the Turkish Crescent. Taz Roman Carnomic Cuercy in Posen, who hold State appointments, have sub- mitted to the laws of the German Empire. This is a victory for Bismarck, but it does not add to the tranquillity and peace of Europe. The State can never enforce the obedience of the Church. Caxat =Fravps.—The Commission ap- pointed to investigate the canal system have made a second report, which will be the basis of further proceedings against Belden and the rest of the persons implicated in thé mis- management of the affairs of that important department of the State. Governor Tilden has ordered the Attorney General to take in- stant action. Governor Titpen anp tax Rivas.—Gov- ernor Tilden has given his views upon the reform questions of New York to our Saratoga correspondent with a frankness and decision which will command the respect of the peo- ple. He has broadly defined his purpose, and has declared his utter indifference to the political machinations by which it may be opposed. The Governor has simply to keep on in this candid and just policy to defy all the secret and open enemies of State reform. In this war against the plunderers of both par- ties the leader of a grand reform should know neither republicans nor democrats. Tor Temp Term Qvesrion.—That the President has never said anything which would prevent him from accepting a third term isasimple matter of history. On the contrary his own letter to the Pennsylvania republicans indicated that he was prepared to take one more term if the good of the people should require that sacrifice of his personal feelings. General Grant is perfectly willing to ruin himself if in this way he may save tho country from disaster. Attorney General Pierrepont, we are well ware, has denied that the President will take another term, but we prefer the Presidential authority to that of any of his personal attendants. I will take the ghost’s word,” said Hamlet, “for » thousand ” Our letter from Long Branch con- tains much very important and interesting ‘fnformation about the third term possibility, @erived from one of his personal and political friends, and the public may properly assume that in this case the straws show how the » ‘Presidential wind is blowing NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. The Color Line in Politics. Professor Langston, an able colored man, in a recent speech in Ohio, urges the colored people everywhere to adhere to the repub- lican party. So far as Ohio is concerned wo have no fault to find with his advice, for the | republican party there in the present cam- paign stands upon honest principles and op- poses a very dangerous as well as dishonest financial policy, which deserves the help of all good men to defeat it, But Mr. Lang- ston’s advice is general ; it will be quoted everywhere in the Southern States, and it will help to perpetuate there evils which the wisest and best white men are trying to cure, and of which it is quite clear that Mr. Lang- ston has no knowledge or conception. He has evidently no personal knowledge of the cotton States, where the negro vote is the most powerful If he had he would be far from giving such advice as we find in his speech; for he is, no doubt, an earnest friend of his race, and an honest citizen, desirous of good government. The colored people in the cotton States are, for the most part, lamentably ignorant, which is not their fault; they are easily mis- led by bad men, who either cajole and flatter them or impose upon them. Political dem- agoguery of the lowest kind has, probably, never gone further anywhere than among the negroes in those States. The attach- ment of the negro to the republican party, which is natural and very strong, is made use of by designing whites for the basest purposes and in the most au- dacious and shameless way. ‘To ‘mass the negro vote” is, unfortunately, not difficult; and in many States and in hundreds of counties it is so massed by men who use the predominance it gives them to rob the com- munity. It is notorious that if a white man will only call himself a republican and stoop low enough he! can easily control the colored vote, no matter how bad his. charac- ter, what his political antecedents, or how wicked his purposes. It is no uncommon oc- currence to see a republican convention, com- posed almost entirely of colored men, nomi- nate to responsible offices notorious thieves, and even persons who are at the time under indictment for public robbery and breach of trust. It isno uncommon thing for colored speakers in a canvass to threaten the lives of negroes who should dare to vote any but a straight republican ticket In Southern Louisiana to this day colored field laborers are summoned from their work to attend po- litical meetings ‘“‘by order of General But- ler.” We have seen a printed notice, circu- lated by a white republican candidate for a local office, ordering all colored men to vote for him, and signed “‘U. S. Grant, President;” and another in which the prosecuting officer of a county threatened every negro who voted against him with the penitentiary—and he received the solid colored vote, There are hundreds of cases where men notoriously corrupt attain and retain office, by the hetp alone of the colored vote, in spite of their known ill deeds, because they assume the name of republicans. Nor is this all, for it is a common occurrence, in strong negro counties | in the South, for colored demagognes to sell the votes they control to the highest republi- can bidder ; and even to go about, before elec- tion, asking men to become candidates for im- portant offices, in order that they may make a better market of the voters. In those parts where the colored leaders control so large a majority that they put themselves forward for office it is notorious that only the most ignorant, debased and corrupt succeed. For instance, a negro treasurer of a Mississippi county did not know how to read, and was killed a few months ago while in office by another negro for a disreputable intrigue. The negro State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the same State is a known thief, who was covered with indictments but afew months ago. Yet at this time he is struggling for the control of the republican party in Jackson and Vicksburg, and honest republicans can only with difficulty keep him down. A negro State Senator in Louisiana, who wields great influence in the politics of the northern part of that State, is the open ally of men convicted of a shame- less robbery of the school fund. Another negro, member of the State Board of Edu- cation and lately member of the Legislature in the same State, actually gave a written re- ceipt fora bribe Such is the character, too often, of the negroes as well as the whites who come into power by the help of the colored voters and under the plea that the republican party must be supported by the blacks, and that, of course, they are the republican party. Honest republicans, white or black, have very little influence in the conventions where these are composed mainly of colored men. They are powerless against the ap- peals of a demagogue who flatters the ignor- ant negro and in the same breath casts sus- picion upon the motives of the honest ad- viser. If Professor Langston and Mr. Fred- erick Douglass will take the trouble to visit Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana they will see that it is a real and serious calamity that the colored people stick so ignorantly to the so-called republican party there, and they would be the most earnest to advise them differently. What Mr. Langston ought to tell his people in the Sonth is tc vote only for honest men, no matter what they call themselves or to what party they be- long; to seek the advice of white men whom they know to be sincere and true, and whom they already trust in all the relations of life, except in their politics. The negro voter, not with design or out of malice, but ig- norantly, has, in a considerable part of the South, opposed his vote to all the interests of public virtue and honesty and to the rights of property. He has been taught by demagogues that if he has the majority he may do and authorize whatever he is told the republican party—which means in many such localities simply a ring of thieves— proposes. It isa serions matter to see men like Pro- fessor Langston and Mr. Douglass giving their influence to perpetuate such abuses and flinging themselves ignorantly upon the side of bad men. The negro in the cotton States, by so constantly and readily giving his vote to such a class, of course injures not only the community, but himself. He arouses toward hia color hatred and fear ; and as he is really both very ignorant and very timid he ex- poses himself to retaliation. We advise Mr. Langston. before he gives ferthar odwiae to | his people as to their political conduct, to go | down into Mississippi, Louisiana and Ala- bama and inquire of honest white and black | republicans what is the true state of the case. | He will hear a story that will shock him and | make him regret his Ohio speech, ——— ees Moody and Sankey. The success in England of Messrs. Moody and Sankey in their efforts to Christianize that benighted nation has been so great that the magnanimous American people can only rejoice in their return for selfish reasons. They feel, however, that these elo- quent and earnest evangelists have but im- perfectly completed their work in England ; for why do we hear reports of the fail- ures of great houses, of men running away from their obligations, like Alex- ander Collie; of greed and avarice and dishonorable behavior, of murders and outrage and innumerable phases of crime, if these gentlemen had fully succeeded in their purposes of evangelization? England may be better for their efforts to benefit its people, yet so much evil has been recently reported that we fear that Messrs. Moody and Sankey abandoned their labors too soon. But they do not return to the United States too soon. Since their departure for the | Old World the New World has been in- creasing in sin and recklessness. Wall street has been almost entirely surrendered to gamblers, who have only spared the general public lately because they find a better field for their peculiar talents at Long Branch and Saratoga. It is impossible to preserve the balance of virtue throughout the world. Some portions of the earth must suffer in order that others may be benefited, and all that England loses in the departure of Messrs. Moody and Sankey we expect this country to gain. If we should be bold enough to advise these gentlemen we should suggest that they should first go to Saratoga, where the floating population is supposed to be in a very great need of religious informa- tion, and secondly, to Long Branch, where the President has attracted some of the ablest politicians, and, therefore, some of the worst sinners in the Republic, They will certainly have this summer ample oppor- tunity for the exercise of their remarkable gifts as the managers of religious revivals, and their only embarrassment will be the selection of the best field. It is said that they are disposed to rest, but while they are idle the spirit of sin will be active. Why should they convert foreigners and neglect their own countrymen ? The American people are disposed to wel- come kindly Messrs. Moody and Sankey. They wish to see what these famous apostles will do. They have certainly achieved a popular success abroad, and they will be severely, but fairly, judged at home. Customs Reform. A new system of collecting the revenue from persons entering American ports has been adopted. The aim of the new regula- tion is chiefly to put an end tothe genteel swindling in which travellers have in too many cases been tempted to indulge. Every one entering from a foreign port will in future be compelled to take an oath in refer- ence to the dutiable goods in his possession. Should any one be caught swearing falsely his goods are to be confiscated, and the de- linquent fined three times the amount of the customs dues. This seems rather a slight punishment for perjury. Why not send persons guilty of false swearing to the State Prison the same as any other detected per- jurer? There seems no good reason why any exception should be made in favor of smugglers, and we see no reason why they should be more privileged to swear falsely than other people. The best cure for the cheating carried on by unscrupulous travel- lers would be the adoption of the English system of examining luggage. If the trunks of passengers were examined together by one man, so placed that no five-dollar bill transac- tions could take place, Uncle Sam would be greatly the gainer. Small fry revenue offi- cials would lose a great part of their per- quisites, and travellers would be obliged to honestly pay duty on their goods, “News” from Central America. It is not without a feeling of regret and impatience that we read, under the head of “News from Central America,” a statement of this kind:— Paxama, August 1, 1875. In San Miguel, Salvador, where the recent fanatical mobs took place, order has been re-established. Presi- dent Gonzales had about fifty of those engaged shot in squads at the different towns between San Miguel and the capital, causing the padres, who occasioned the out- break, to witness the executions. Many of the criminals confessed that they were assured by the padres that they might rob the rich, provided they gave a part to the Church. We cannot understand why correspondents, especially those intrusted with a mission so important as furnishing the news to all the papers, should indulge in such silly and im- possible trash as is contained in a despatch of this kind. The idea that a clergyman of any church, Catholic or Protestant, would deliberately instruct his penitents that they “might rob the rich provided they gave a part to the Church,” is a slander of the worst kind. These slanders come from political animosity. It is not the first time that we have observed them in despatches from these constantly excited countries of Central America. We allude to them now to express our reprobation of this whole fashion of news giving and to express the hope that those who are intrusted with the business of in- forming the press of Central American events will not take advantage of their position to throw into general circulation scandals im- possible on their very face and only calen- lated to wound and annoy good Christian« people. E:ourrey Huxpnep ann Forty-seven boys and girls were yesterday given a holiday under the auspices of the Poor Children’s Excursion Fund. The cost was about seven hundred dollars, or less than forty cents for each child. For this small sum 4 great deal of good was ac- complished. It is understood that unless the friends of this most deserving summer charity strengthen the hands of the trustees by prompt subscriptions the picnics will be discontinued. It is to be hoped that the thousands of poor children who are still looking forward to their annnal day of pleasure will not be disappointed. Money sent to Mr. Edward King, No. 73 Broadway, will be promptly acknowledged, ‘ Governor Tilden’s Recent Speeches, Perhaps no American public man ever grew so rapidly into prominence in the mere discharge of the duties of a State Governor as Mr. Tilden has since his inauguration. Al- though he Has been but little more than seven months in office he looms up as one of the two or three most distinguished leaders of the democratic party and occupies a larger share of favoring public attention than Sena- tor Thurman, Governor’ Hendricks, Senator Bayard or any of the trusted democratic chiefs who have long held conspicuous pub- lic positions. The explanation of this rising | strength of our democratic Governor which will be made by his personal admirers is that he is not only a politician but a states- man, and that he is shrewd and sagacious in both lines of effort, That he is a dexterous politician is beyond question, but his title to the higher character of a statesman must undergo further tests before it will be con- ceded by the country. His journey to Buf- falo and back is the calculated move- ment of an astute politician who coveted an opportunity to deliver speeches and make himself conspicuous. His careful avoidance in these remarkable speeches of every issue on which the demo- cratic party is divided, and on which a cour- ageous expression of opinion would injure him with the democracy of the West, is cau- tious and adroit, but betokens the politician. He evinces the qualities of a statesman in keeping clear of merely partisan issues and in his strong appeal to that universal moral sense which is shared by the honest men of all parties. Instead of erying up his own party, apologizing for its errors and claiming for it a monopoly of public virtue, he makes a virtual confession that it has rotten mem- bers which need to be lopped off, and ap- peals to honest republicans to assist him in his crusade against public plunderers and robbers, This is a level to which ordinary politicians never rise, and although a selfish motive may lurk at the bottom it is a more enlightened selfishness than is often ex- hibited by ambitious men. Whether it will ultimately strengthen his Presidential chances or not, it isaline of effort which time-serving politicians do not adopt, and which deserves public encouragement. Even if Governor Tilden is disappointed in his Presidential aspirations his mode of conduct- ing his canvass deserves high praise and will exert a wholesome influence upon our politics. Governor Tilden’s chief anxiety, as dis- closed in his late speeches, relates to the choice of the next Legislature. He professes comparative indifference as to its party com- plexion provided it consists of honest men who will give him a vigorous support in his measures of reform. He is willing to accept republican allies in his warfare against the thieves of both parties. » He wishes the pub- lic plunderers stricken down in whatever party livery they may appear. This is as right in principle as it is sagacious in strat- egy, but it is still a method of playing a Presidential game. If it should be the mis- fortune of Mr. Tilden to get at loggerheads with the next Legislature his chances for the democratic nomination will be extin- guished. The democratic State Convention for appointing delegates to the National Con- vention will be held about the time of the adjournment of the next Legislature, and it is of supreme importance to Governor Til- den that his surprising popularity passes undiminished through the great strain which will be put upon it next winter. His experi- ence with the last Legislature gives him some ground of apprehension, and his nervous anxiety respecting its successor is perfectly intelligible. All the corrupt rings in the State, which he has ‘‘ scotched but not killed,” will be active in the Assembly and Senatorial districts in attempts to control the nomina- tions of both parties. If they succeed in electing a Legislature which refuses to co- operate with the Governor and defeats his favorite measures the New York delegates to the National Convention will not be unanimous for Tilden, and a solid delegation in his favor from this State is an indispensa- ble condition of success. He has sufficient foresight to perceive where his canvass hinges, and his journey to Western New York and th: vigorous speeches for which it furnished the occasion have been adroitly planned to promote his Presidential chances. His con- stant exhortation in all these speeches to elect an honest Legislature who will support his measures have an ulterior view to the maintenance of his popularity through the next session, near the close of which his fate as a Presidential candidate will be decided by the choice of delegates to the Democratic National Convention. If the democrats should lose the State in the approaching ean- vass, or if, carrying it, they should elect a Legislature hostile to the Governor, he would be so thwarted and damaged in the course of the session that his Presidential hopes would go into a total eclipse. He has sagaciously taken time by the forelock in coming before the public in those excellent speeches along the line of the canal. He has bearded the Canal Ring in its chief dens, and boldly ap- pealed to the honest men of the whole State to support him in his war against public robbers. Aristocracy in a New Phase. We are informed that the colleges of Yale and Harvard have resolved that hereafter they will not take part in the annual boating contest which has recently been an event of so much interest to the conntry at large. Neither Yale nor Harvard have been as suc- cessful as they had expected in these strug- gles, although on each occasion they made practically as good a display as their com- petitors. We do not know the reasons that led them to withdraw from the an- nual competition. We suppose that there is a feeling of pride on the part of the stu- dents. They feel that they belong to a superior class of scholars, and that Harvard and Yale have too high a standing to be huddled in with a dozen other colleges of lesser wealth and probably not so exalted a position, Perhaps, also, they may wish to establish in America a contest like that be- tween the Oxford and Cambridge boating clubs, which has been for several years a feature in London, and so lay claim to a pre- eminence like that which Oxford and Cam- bridge possess in England—that of being the representative colleges of America. Of course, if the young men of Harvard and Yale do not care to row with the young men of Columbia and Princeton, it is their own concern. But we believe that the withdrawal of Harvard and Yale from the association will bea mistake. It will-have, in the first place, asectional aspect. Harvard and Yale are New England colleges, peculiarly Yankee seats of learning. The West, South and Mid- dle States will naturally feel that their claim to be exclusive and highly placed is super- cilious and unjust, One of the advantages of the last regatta at Saratoga was the fact that there were representatives from so many sec- tions of the country. When it closed there was an invitation extended to some of the Southern universities, so that North, South, East and West should alike meet on the waters of the beautiful lake in the persons of their young men. The Southern colleges accepted the invitation, We understand that a crew from one of them will take part in the next regatta. Now, the retirement of Har- vard and Yale, colleges peculiarly Northern, imbued with extreme Northern sentiments, representing all that is Puritan in our s0- ciety, at the exact time when the Southern colleges are entering into the lists, will be misunderstood and will have a bad effect. It is unfortunate also to introduce this spirit of exclusion into our college life. We havea great many colleges in America, some of very little value we fear. Our own preference would be to have them concentrated into five or six great universities. We believe that as we progress in our educational system this will be the result. We shall have universities at Cambridge and New Haven and Princeton and Detroit and Richmond and St. Louis, and in California, perhaps, that will rival in wealth and capacity for culture and the possession of trained officers and the depth, and variety of their education the oldest col- leges of Europe. But this can hardly be ex- pected in ourgeneration. Each section will nurse its own college and each State will re- gard a university as‘necessary. But cer- tainly no such aggregation of power, no such concentration of educational influence, will ever result from such acts as the withdrawal of Harvard and Yale from the companionship of their fellow colleges. The people of the country at large will be more apt to resent that step as an assumption of superior pride on the part of Harvard'and Yale, and turn their attention with more interest to the other colleges which are less sectional and which feel that they have their work to do as well as their élder sisters in Connecticut and Mas- sachusetts. The Proposed Statue to Byron. The Toronto Nation, an interesting and valuable newspaper, in discussing the prop- osition to build a statue to Lord Byron and the speech which Mr. Disraeli made in pre- siding over the meeting recently held in London for that purpose, fears that such a monument might be regarded as condoning the evils of Byron's teachings. ‘‘His scepti- cism,” it says, ‘if it can be dignified with the name, belongs to the lowest and worst element of the Revolution. It is morally the Mephistophelic scepticism of the mocker, hay- ing its origin in egotism and closely allied to rebellion. His profanity is redeemed by no philanthropic visions, by no transfer of allegiance to a more just and benignant power.” The Toronto Nation trusts that “this late canonization of Byron implies no dereliction of morality.” It makes a distinction between the atheism of Shelley and the mockery of Byron by showing that Shelley was really “a very religious man who, unfortunately, mistook the devil for God and God for the devil.” It argues that, apart from certain minor aberrations, ‘‘the philanthropy of Shelley is identical with that of the Gospel, and, therefore, with the social basis of Chris- tianity.” As for ‘Byron, those who worship the poet set up his monument in London ; those who care for the man would set it up at Missolonghi.” If the claim of Byron to be honored among the great men of the generation, especially among the English speaking na- tions, is to be measured by tests of this char- acter, then there will be no monument to his memory that will carry with it the respect of Christian people. The judgment which the world passes upon Byron is of a different character. He is, without. question, per- haps, the greatest writer of English poetry since Shakespeare. His name has become a part of the nineteenth century, and it will give a glory to that century long after we who belong to it and those who flourished before usas Byron’s contemporaries have passed away. If we look at the character of Byron we will find much to lament. His works contain many passages that deserve oblivion and not monumental praise; but the com- mon sense of the world will in time expel the baser part of such work and pre- serve the real gold. If we were to criticise Shakespeare as our Toronto contemporary criticises Byron we might find many pas- sages which could be censured as se- verely as we censure Lord Byron, Wo agree with Mr. Disraeli that the personal character of Lord Byron should not enter into the estimate the world places upon his works. Personal character is of the earth, earthy. It dies with the body which it animated, while genius lives and will live on forever. No one knows whether Homer was a good husband or a true friend or a gentleman of high instinct, and we presume that no one cares. He is happy in the oblivion which surrounds his person as well as in the immortality which surrounds his works. So with Shakespeare. There is no famous man of that day of whom so little is known. We have only two or three scraps of his writing, and that confined to simple signatures. We are in doubt as to how he spelled his‘name, We have no satisfactory picture of him. So far as we know not one copy of his plays in manuscript is in exist- ence. The details of his personal life are so meagre as to be almost fabulous, and yet he lived in the full light of a brilliant age, sur- rounded by friends. Cervantes, his contem- porary, who lived in another country, is much better known to us, who are aliens to his race and his language, than our own great poot. And yet Shakespeare, no doubt, would feel that ho is blessed in the oblivioa which sur- rounds his mere personal life. What we honor in Shakespeare is what wo propose to honor in Byron—that God-given genius sent to strengthen, exalt and purify mankind, to bring our hard, busy natures into relation ee ~ with a higher and better life. We owe » thousand things to Byron in the way of beauty and poetic impulse and love for lib- erty. The Byron that it is proposed to honor is the Byron whose genius is to-day a house- hold word wherever the English language is spoken, and whose works have attained a reputation in other nations surpassed only by that of Shakespeare, whose fame hag been chronicled by Lamartine in France, by Goethe in Germany and by Caste-, lar in Spain. He is one of the few poets whose fame is world-wide. Hoe honored England by his birth, Italy by his genius and Greece by his death. Such a man is not to be measured by his limitations or his frailties. The statue which celebrates his fame will homor his highes qualities, those which only will be remem bered as the world rolls on, We have scam. dals enough of our own time, and we shall probably have them in every generation, without brooding over the unhappy details of the life of Byron. We trust, therefore, that the monument that is proposed to his honor in London will be speedily erected. We further hope that America will do her share not only in building a monument to Byron in the city of his birth, but in building one in the city of New York, the metropolis of the country he was always proud to celebrate. More Music. The success of the two principal music gar- dens in New York—those under the control of Mr. Thomas and Mr. Gilmore—suggests one or two reflections, These gardens have been the leading attractions of the city dur- ing the heatedsummer months. They arean exception to that rule which has so long seemed to govern our legislators and those who cater for our amusement—that during the midsummer New York should bean aban- doned, desolate, dusty city. Wehave always felt that New York, properly governed, might be made as attractive in midsummer as it is in midwinter. Certainly the success of these musical gardens shows that our people in mid- summer are as anxious for amusementas they are about Christmas time. Among the at- tractions of the great capitals of Europe are musical gardens. We have two, when we might as well have twenty. Neither the gar- den of Thomas nor Gilmore fully satisfies the wants of the people. They are ex- periments, The fact that they are successful should lead their projectors to do better the next season. Thomas’ Garden is too far from the line of population, It lies on an uncomfortable railroad. The journey to Thomas’ is os dreary as a trip to Philadelphia or Albany. Yet, as a musical entertainment, there is probably nothing better in the United States. Thomas him- self is a fine artist. He has selected a good orchestra. He has never pandered to the lower tastes of the people. He has lifted the standard of his art to the classic height. He has taught the people while interesting them. He has shown us the merit in Wagner and Beethoven, Liszt and Schubert. What was formerly an. evidence of classic study in music is now an ordinary accomplishment. Our street boys, instead of singing ‘Shoo Fly,” aspire to “Lohengrin.” A visit to Thomas’ Garden is education as well aa amusement. Its manager has made him- self in many ways a public benefactor. The Gilmore Garden, on the other hand, is more convenient than Thomas’, more pleasantly arranged and the music may be said to be more popular in its character. Gilmore's Garden is not as comfortable as it might be. It is temporary, tawdry in its adornments, while the music is not always of the highest standard. For musical purposes Gilmore’s Garden is too large, and there is a general impression that people visit it as much for beer and for conversation as.to listen to the band. Nevertheless, the success of these enter- prises shows that the people of New York would willingly support six or eight musical gardens arranged upon the same plan, per- haps not so ambitious in their character, and scattered in different parts of the city. We might have one in Washington square and another on the Battery. Union square and Madison square are attractive locations. There could be a band in Stuyvesant square, and a fifth, perhaps, in Gramercy Park, with others in the Central Park at either end for the accommodation of the inhabitants of the lower section as well as those of Harlem. We see no reason why our public squares should not during the summer months be open for these innocent, instructive entertainments, Why should these beautiful resorts be aban- doned at night to drowsy policemen, street walkers and sleeping tramps, when by a little arrangement of lights and a cheap structure in the way of a platform and covered room there could be the opportunity of spending two or three delightful hours every evening? We want more music in New York. If the gracious descendants of the Irish kings who now control the destinies of this mighty city would only stop their fool- ish and degrading quarrels and enable us to enjoy our public parks during these long summer nights, as is permitted to Paris, it would be an advantage and a blessing for which they would reveive the gratitude of the people. Mn. Moratssrx geneMlly objects to being interviewed, but has yielded to the desire of the Hznarp that he shall express his opinions to the public. We give the “peculiar ex- pression of his ideas in the letter of our Saratoga correspondent to-day, and it is evident that he has no idea of surrendering the control of the New York democracy to his great rival, Mr. Kelly. Poon Mary Pomenoy.—Yesterday the monument to poor Mary Pomeroy was dedi- cated in Jersey City with appropriate cere- monies. The services wero attended by an immense throng, and the recapitulation else- where will be found profoundly interesting to all those who remember that saddest domestic tragedy of recent years. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Professor John Forsyth, of West Point, is residing temporarily at the New York Hotel, General Anson Stager, of Chicago, is among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Gira Yano, Centennial Commissioner for Japan, ia sojourning at the St. Nicholas Hotel, P Mr. George 8. Bangs, Superintendent of the Railway Postal Service, is rogistored at the St James Hotel, Mr. Lawrence Barrett, the actor, arrived at the New York Hotol last evening from Boston and will leave to night for San Franciago,