The New York Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1875, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, NOTICE TO sl On and after Janunry 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Yorx Henarp will be | sent free of post THE DAILY H day in the year. per copy. Twelve doll per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage, to subscribers, ALD, published emery Four cents All business or news letters and telegraphic | ed New Yorke despatches must be addre: Herarp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. peers LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFIC YO, 61 AVENUE DE, nts will be | L'OPERA. ' Subscriptions and advertisem | | received and forwarded on the sume terms } BOOTH'S THEATRE, et and Sixth avenue.—RICHARD IIL, | rry Sullivan. | Twenty-third st arse MM OPERA HOUSE, enue.—COTTON & REED'S at 10 P. M. Twenty-third MINSTRELS, at OLYMP No, 624 Broadway.—\ All closes at 1045 P.M. GARDEN, D POPU CERT, ats i’. 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War Srnxer Yesrrepay.—Several of the | fancy stocks recovered from recent depres- sion, Gold declined from 116} to 116}. Foreign exchange was dull and the foreign | market quiet. Bowapartisr Iytrrat 1€ proposed conference at Arenenberg has been aban- doned and the strictest silence is maintained in regard to the affair. Poor Tunxex is the theme of a very inter- esting letter from Vienna which we print this mo The subject is both enter- taining and important at this time, when the rebellious subjects of the Porte are mak- ing so much stir. A Cornzsponpznt complains of a nuisance on the Church street carsy created by the utitude of children on that road nr platforms. His e the consideration of suggestions should hay the company. Troms axp Gam ‘agreed upon a cor union cannot fail to stren and may lead to the mo quences before the expiration of the Septen- | nate. reported to have This en the Republic, important conse- | amme, | derness. | from ocean to ocean. | gestive. | To the European mind ! ‘wne Suasanead 1 Exhibition. } hibition at Philadelphia next year are gong forward with great activity, and if present promises are kept the occasion will be worthy feast in honor of the nation itself. The United States are like a young man who has estates, and these Centennial fétes are to be our majority festivities—the evidences that we are a nation in everything which pertains to national existence. The products of our soil and the productions of our factories, the wealth of onr mines and the accumulated in- dustries of the Continent, the worth and in- telligence of our people, are all to be revealed to the world as the glory of these Ce tennial days. It is the development an¢ growth of an empire which are to be placed on exhibition, The New World sends its greeting to the Old, and asks all mankind to come and see what has been accomplished here since the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. Every day brings re- sponses from nations older in arms and arts and richer in culture than our own, and these answers are tributes to achievements more remarkable in their way than the slower processes of European growth. One hundred years ago the Continent was a wil- Now a new The thirteen colonies which revolted against Great Britain have ripened into thirty-seven sovereign States, and in the next half century twenty new sovereignties will probably be added to our galaxy of stars. Wonders have vealed of which the far-secing Columbus or the adventurous De Soto never dreamed, and the greatest of these are the free com- | monwealths which form the Republic. Each | of them has in itself the resources of an | empire, and all of them must have a future ! of which their present condition is only sng- | It is partly the mission of the bition to reflect this fu- ture, and in t: view of the case that event acquires a new significance and enforces new duties upon the people and the We fear that the theory of our government | been re- Philadelphia ates. | is but little understood, and that the impor- tance of the States as members of the Union is far from being appreciated, m other lands, | erica is a vast country, mostly wildernes very wild even at its best, only partly civilized and badly governed. Massachusetts and Ohio in them- selyes are scarcely considered as of so much importance as Hungary or Herzegovina. The newer sovereignties of the West and the Northwest, from Michigan and Minnesota through to the Pacific coast, are unknown even in name in countries where Belgium is a power and the relations of the Khedive and the Porte are watched with breathless inter- est. Except in their entirety the States are terra: incognita. This want of knowledge of the component parts of the Republic should not be allowed to continue much longer, and it will not long continue if the States are all fitly represented in the Centennial Exhibi- tion, State pride can find no more virtuous | or beneficial expression than through the completeness and excellence of State representation at Philadelphia. We are. not pleading merely for the display of the best of which each State is capable— Louisiana of her sugar and rice, Mississippi of her cotton, Tennessee of her corn, Penn- sylvania of her coal and iron and Nevada of her gold and silver—but for such fulness, both in contribution and arrangement, and such completeness in varicty and ‘detail, that a visit to the Exposition will be almost equal to a journey through the States. This ideal is only attainable through the liberality of the Legislatures and the wise and timely ac- tivity of the State officials and agents. Only ten months remain for the completion of a very great work, and four of these must be given to discussion rather than preparation. It is not often that words are as important as action, but in this case they will not be wasted if they are employed in urging the importance of the occasion and strengthen- ing the general interest in the undertaking. | We are aware that the people are looking for- ward to the Centennial as a season of national jubilation, but both States and individuals must learn that more is neccessary to make it thoroughly successful than a pilgrimage to Philadelphia in 1876. There must be State aid and generous personal effort if the conn- try, and especially the States, are to reap all the advantages which may be derived from the American Centennial. While we recognize the earnestness with which the President and every member of the administration have assisted in this undertaking, we trust that in no respect it will become an administration movement. The Centennial is in every respect national, and in no aspect must it be allowed to be- come partisan. The republican party must Armory Arcu: probably a good | argument which is urged by Colon Clark | that in order to maintain the efficiency of the Seventh regiment it is necessary to pro- vide an i for the org: uptown. Just at this time, however, we aro doubtful of the policy of erecting ‘‘a building worthy of New York. Tue Arrirupe ov Servia in regard to the insurrection Herzegovina is becoming | more interesting, The party of action in the Skuptchina in strength, and Prince Mi for more act casures, Servian sympathy is very strong against Turkey, and may be made very useful to the insurgents in Herze- govina. Massacnvserts Pourscs always have a, liar interest t © of the dramatic elements the politici usually infuse into the preliminary canvass. convention excites more attention than the election, and, notwithstanding General But- ler is not in the field this year, the approach- ing convention at Worcester is just now a lively topic. Our letter from Boston this in ving morning shows Dr. Loring the favorite can- | beyond that of a favored guost, and this we | Murray's gambling house in Eighth strect is | didate for the gubernatorial nomination. He has been in training as long as one of his own horses, but patient waiting and constant effort axe likely to bring bim his reward. zation further | not be permitted to seize upon it as the heritage of fifteen years of power and so dwarf its significance and its influence for | good. It is a cause too sacred for party | politics in any form or under any guise to seek a part init. A national senti | fitly have only a national expr | this can be gained by making nationali simple test of the direction of the Exhibition, In the action necessary to be taken by Con- gress and the States and in the appointment of commissioners and agents to manage national and State trusts no political tests whatever should be applied. No man should | this celebration either because he is a demo- | erat or a republican, but those of all parties and from all seétions most conspicuous as citizens of the Republic are the persons best fitted for this work of exalting the nation. It must never be overlooked or forgotten | for a moment that the Centennial is a popu- The republican , lar movement, all national and State aid | | even being secondary to its grand purpose, | | and the people will not consent that it shall | in any way have an official stamp about it, | We would even deprecate the President | taking any part in the inaugural ceremonies are sure is the only position General Grant woulll wish to occupy on the occasion. At the same time there is danger of an attempt \te pervert the Exposition to political ends. just come of age and is entering upon his | on extends | | Portland, Baltimore, San Francisco. As the Presidential election occurs during adoption of such a policy is very great. It is for this reason that we speak of the danger now, hoping that timely warning will pre- in every way of the event which is to be com- vent any such result. We look forward to why the Convention might not have com- memorated and of the century of progress of the Exhibition as an event which shall make | pleted its business last night, as the Com- the Republic, The idea of this Exposition is the American people more united in senti- | mittee on Credentials finished their investi- a grand conception. It is not so much the ments of fraternity and nationality than they | gation in the afternoon and made their re- celebration of the birth of the nation as a have been in the last quarter of a century; | port. There would have been no sense in and the only thing to preyent complete unity is in this danger of political or partisan machinations. ; The Centennial has only two really great purposes—to show the world’the progress of acentury of republican government, and to lead our people still more proudly to cherish their institutions, plished our nationality will be cemented, not only in the respect of other nations but in | our own hei H The Western Postal Service. | The Western newspapers are discussing | the new Post Office lightning trains now in operation between New York and the West. “This trip,” says the Cincinnati Enquirer, ‘has demonstrated that the Post Office De- | partment has been compelled to follow the | lead of the New York Hrraup in bringing | the great States nearer together.” Very soon | we shall have a fast line to the South, by which the morning New York mail will reach | Washington at noon, in time for the opening | of the sessions of Congress. The Postmaster yeneral informs us that this system of light- ning trains will not be an additional cost to | the government. Great credit is due to that | officer for his enterprise in carrying out this lan, and we cannot fail also to note the | public spirit of Commodore Vanderbilt and | the chiefs of the other railroads for thus aid- ng the government. As more than one-eighth of the entire mail | matter of the country originates in New | York and more than three-sixteenths in New | England the necessity for fast trains to the | West will be apparent. One problem with us has been that of rapid transportation. In building up this Republic we have scattered ourselves so far apart that what appears on its face an element of strength is really one of weakness. We have great cities like Chicago, St. Louis, ‘Detroit, New Orleans, We have great States like Massachusetts, New York, California, Missouri, Texas, Illinois, | | | | | | of themselves rich and populous, but inter- vening and surrounding these settlements we have unsettled regions which cannot, even with our wonderful advance in popula- tion, be within the range of civilization for a century or two to come. Consequently the problem has been to bind these populous sections of the Union so closely together that we shall have the unity and strength of com- | pact nations like France and Germany. Far-seeing men have feared that this isolation of the different sections might be a source of ultimate weakness. An English writer, before our civil war, ventured the prophecy that the end of the Republic would be a series of confederations. The policy | which brings together the sections of the Union, which makes business more expe- ditious, which lessens time and space, is in all respects commendable. From this point of view, laying aside the other manifest advantages, we commend the action of the government as patriotic and wise. The way to strengthen the Union is to bring its sec- tions closer together. A Reply to Mr. Wendell Phillips. Elsewhere we print a reply to Mr. Wendell Phillips’ recent letter in favor of an in- flated currency from a Scotch gen- tleman now travelling in this coun- try. Our correspondent is struck with the singular fact that he hears here argu- | ments in favor of inflation and other eco- | nomical heresies which have been exploded for a generation in Europe, and he wonders that a people generally so keenly alive to their interests are capable of being deceived upon questions which are well settled among other civilized nations and allow themselves to suffer now from causes which the history of other countries, if they would read it, would at once show had produced similar disastrous results there. It is one of our misfortunes that the public men of the present generation grew up in the midst of an absorbing discussion of the slavery question. All their thought and study were directed to the examination of this question, and they are for the most part, in common with the people, lamentably ignorant upon the subjects which now claim their attention—the currency and com- merce. It seems a pity that a nation cannot profit by the experience of others; but it is with nations as too often with individuals, each must learn for itself, often in the bitter school of experience. We shall come out of our present troubles wiser than we went in. Beecurr and Movnroy.—It is commonly thought that the trial of Mr. Moulton on the charges brought against him would be a mere repetition of the case of Tilton against Beecher. That is a great error. Very im- portant differences between the two lie on the surface, and more important ones. lie deeper. Mr. Moulton, as a defendant, would have in his favor all those presumptions that formerly were in favor of Mr. Beecher, and that undoubtedly had a great effect in his favor. But the graver differences would be j in regard to witnesses. In this case Mrs. | Tilton would not bear to either side such a | relation as formerly kept her off the witness stand, and Mr. Moulton would not have those family reasons for not calling several other witnesses which certainly restrained peace policy may be set aside | 46 geked to fill any position connected with | the plaintiff in the former case. Gronata Potrrics.—In a letter which we print this morning Mr, Nordhoff gives an | The interesting review of Georgia politics. republican party he describes as moribund— few whites, except federal office-holders and those looking for federal offices, support it. The democrats are involved in dissensions among themselves, and in the next election there are so many candidates for the demo- cratic nomination for Governor that an inde- pendent candidate is pretty sure to be run, OapTaryn Van Dusen’s Farone to close | established with great clearness by the testi+ | mony of Inspector McDermott. We shall be | careful to note what action the Police Gom- | missioners take in the mation Tf these ends are accom- | The Democratic State Conventh The preparations for the Centennial Ex- the Centennial year, the temptation for the | The political midwives at Syracuse are hav- ing so easy a time with their patient that we cannot quite understand the delay in the ex- pected birth, There is no apparent reason | occupying the whole day yesterday in inquiring into the claims to contested -seats, when it was a foregone conclusion, | reached before the Conyention organized, | that the Tammany delegates were to be re- | ceived as regular, A tedious sham investi- gation of claims which had been decisively rejected in advance by the power which con- trols the Convention would have been a humbug not less useless than ridiculous. As everybody foresaw, the Committee on Credentials decided against the anti-Tam- many claimants. It would have been a waste of time to prolong an investigation whose result was fixed before the committee was appointed, It reported unanimously in favor ofthe Tammany delegates, and, as a matter | of course, the Convention ratified the report. | The way was thus smoothed for a speedy | transaction of the proper business of the | Convention in the evening session, which might easily have been done if there had not been some hitch in the programme. The “master of the poet and the song” who stood behind the scenes to regulate the con- cert should have had no difficulty in regaling the spectators with the preordained harmony. We presume the cause of the delay may be traced to the consultations of the Committee on Resolutions. The hard-money plank en- countered adverse winds in that committee, Some of its members spread inflation sails and threatened to make a row in the Conven- tion unless this part of the platform was hewed and trimmed to fit the ideas of the Ohio and Pennsylvania democrats. A de- bate and a row on this subject in open Con- vention is what the party cannot afford, and so the Convention was adjourned until: to- | day, in the hope of harmonizing the commit- tee and preventing a scandalous scene in the | Convention. The mere formalities of organ- | ization, which formed the chief business of | the day, require no comment. The President “Disturbed.” It is reported from Washington that the re- sult of the Maine election has ‘disturbed the | President's calculations,” and that Mr. De- lano will consequently resign after the Ohio | election. What the Ohio election or any other has to do with Mr. Delano’s resigna- tion it would be difficult to tell, unless it may be that the Secretary, who is not the kind of a man to resign a good place, has threatened to make things unpleasant for | General Grant and the republican party if | he is forced out of the Cabinet now. There | have been rumors that he had said un- pleasant words to the President, and his recent meeting with Mr. Marsh shows that his temper is spoiled. The President, being o military man, probably thinks that in these days of repub- lican adversity the true way is to ‘‘stick to- gether,” and he is so far right that, as any one may see, the party has just now no spare voters. Even the votes of Mr. Delano and | his son John may be of importance in Ohio next month, and on this account it may be advisable to keep them both in office | until after the election; for if they are now sent adrift they will be apt to lose interest in the country, and per- haps stay at home on election day. Mean- time, however, further whitewashing would seem to be useless, The fall rains are com- ing on, which will wash off the whitewash; and everybody—every farmer, at least—knows what Mr. Delano would look like, with most of the whitewash washed off by a heavy demo- cratic shower. What Mr. Delano needs to make him a presentable member of the party is a good coat of paint, or rather ‘three coats and a finish,” as the house painters say. A mere ‘priming coat” would not “cover.” It is a little sad that the Presi- dent's calculations should be ‘‘disturbed” so early in the campaign. But we doubt if he is seriously disturbed. The Maine election has put out of the way the strongest of his rivals for the nomination next year. It has given the republicans a fright all over the | country. It may be said to have brought | perceptibly nearer that crisis in the condi- tion of the country which, according to the famous letter of resignation, may make the renomination of General Grant so expedient that he would feel compelled to accept. So far, whoever may be hit, the President is not hurt. “Our Boys.”—The new rule of law in re- gard to stage rights which the courts of this State are enforcing has had another illustra- tion in a controversy between Mr. Wallack and Mr. Daly over the right to produce Mr. H. J. Byron's comedy, “Our Boys.” The right to produce the comedy was sold by Mr. Byron’s agent to both managers, Mr. Daly | being the first purchaser and his purchase being ratified by the author. The Supreme Court virtually accords the right of produc- tion to Mr. Daly by refusing to enjoin him | upon the merits of the case, and we are led to infer from this decision and the decision in the ‘Rose Michel” controversy that this right will be protected by the courts. It is an interesting question whether these rulings will be sustained in the courts of higher | authority. Joun Kye, a German grocer in Orchard street, is clearly a victim to the lactometer. Mr. Kneib retails milk and the lactometer is | an instrament employed by the Bouard of Health in testing its purity. The instrament | showed Kneib’s milk to be impure, where- upon the lawyers attacked the lactometer and found it to be altogether untrustworthy. | In spite of this Kneib was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions yesterday and fined one hundred dollars. There is to be an ap- peal, and the lactometer instead of the lacteal 1s to be tested. Tne Action or THE Suenwr, in seizing the furniture and properties of the Park Theatre just as the performance was aboutto begin, on Wednesday evening, cannot be too severely condemned. A delay of a few hours would not have prejudiced the claim against | the manager, especially as the public: had | some rights in “The Mighty Dollar,” as well las the plaintiff | | its face a beneficent and wise institution. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1875--TRIPLE SHEET. The Italian Opera. We publish elsewhere an interview with Max Strakosch, the celebrated impresario of Italian opera, The-fact that no announce- ment has been made for opera performance this season has given rise to much specula- tion. We can scarcely be called a metropo- lis unless we have the Italian opera. New York has had so many fine singers and well appointed companies during the last few years that a taste for opera has been created, This taste craves gratification. It might be that hard times and the necessity for pinch- ing expenses will interfere with the opera. But we never yet have seon a people who were so poor that they did not wish for music. Mr, Strakosch shows that in the capitals of the Continental countries the opera is subsidized by the governments. This is so in Madrid, Paris, St. Pe- tersburg, Naples, Venice and Vienna. Although there is no subsidy paid by the British government, still the aristocratic and wealthy classes practically endow the man- agement by subscribing for a certain number of season tickets. Mr. Strakosch tells us that these subscriptions amount to as much as six thousand dollars a night. There is no way, he argues, of competing with opera houses thus endowed. In New York we im- pose an additional burden upon the manage- ment by allowing the Academy stockholders to reserve the best seats. The right to oc- cupy these seats during any season, success- ful or unsuccessful, is implied in the owner- ship of ashare of stock. As Mr. Strakosch shows, if these seats were at the disposal of the management it would add nearly a thou- sand dollars to its nightly receipts. So far, therefore, from endowing the opera by govern- mental aid, as is the case on the Continent, or guarantecing its management against failure by large subscriptions, as we see in London, we really impose a tax upon it. Mr. Strakosch miakes a clear case. The Academy stockholders are among the people most interested in Italian opera and who feel its absence. It would, therefore, seem to be a proper matter for consideration whether it would not be wise for them to waive their rights, or, if not to do this altogether, to make a certain concession to the manage- ment asan inducement to further operatic } enterprises. The stockholders might pay a | certain tax on their seats so as not to forfeit all their rights of ownership, which they should enjoy as well as other owners of prop- erty. Something must be dono to revive the opera, It seems like passing into the rank of a second class city for the metropolis to have a winter season without the old familiar opera announcement. But before we can make the opera a success we shall have to revise our whole system. Perhaps the best means of beginning the reform would be for | the stockholders to waive their rights, or a | portion of their rights, asa subvention to managers, like Mr. Strakosch, who would only be too glad to bring us good companies and perform good operas if ‘they could have a reasonable assurance of success. Army Reunions. P The surviving members of the Army of the Cumberland are having a pleasant time in the charming town of Utica. The reports of the meeting show enthusiasm and fervor, and a natural desire to recall the memories of their campaigns. It seems only yesterday when we | were reading the bulletins of the battles of the Army of the Cumberland. Yet more than ten years have passed. The harvests | cover the fields which were then reddened with the blood of a brave soldiery, During these ten years we have come much nearer to a harmonious reunion. We cherish nothing of the war but its glory; we have no feeling | but respect for the valer of the men who fought against us. The exultation with which our fellow citizens at Utica recall | their triumphs is paralleled by the joy with which the citizens of Virginia are about to honor the memory of Jackson by erecting his statue in Richmond. As time passes on and the events of the war become more and more historical, as the minor events sink out of sight and the great colossal features come to view, and we are enabled to comprehend the real meaning of the awful and inscrutable decree which determined the war, these meetings and celebrations and erections of monuments will have a higher ‘meaning. We suppose that it isin human nature to cherish the memories connected with an event as tremendous in its consequences and import as the civil war of America, It might be churlish and almost unpatriotic for us even to seem to criticise these “reunions” of the old armies, but we could wish that they were more national in their character. The danger of organizations like the “Grand Army of the Republic” and “the military | loyal leagues” and the ‘‘societies” of the dif- ferent armies is that they may be diverted to political purposes, In Amefica, where poli- | tics take so prominent a part, the tendency of most organizations of this character is to | become political. The “Grand Army of the | Republic” when it was first organized was on Yet it has beeome, by various processes, a mere tender to the republican party. The true | soldiers can do themselves no more injustice than when they invite from the country the criticism that their reunions aro really politi- cal conventions. There is, moreover, a higher consideration. | Mr, Sumner did himself honor when in Con- | gress he objected to perpetuating the mem- | ory of any event connected with the civil | war upon the walls of the national Capitol, ‘That was an act of far-secing statesmanship. Wo confess that we look with regret upon any action either on the part of political bodies or government assemblies that may | even indirectly perpetuate the animosities of | the war. If these army socicties gathered to | celebrate the downfall of the Confederacy or to exult in their triumph over a discomfited rebellion, to vaunt their military prowess, it | would be a mistake, not only on their part as | soldiers but as citizens, It is characteristic of the true soldier that when ho sheathes his sword he is anxious to put it away. He does not brandish it in time of peace. It would be well if our societies and dif- ferent armies of the Union would, instead of meeting together to celebrate their battles, have a reunion of the soldiers of both sides, The men who fought for the North or South should respect in each other the chivalry and | and to confirm the ‘tidal wave” succy sojourning at the Hoftin: the North and the South, We had such ag event at Boston in the welcome given to Gm eral Fitzhugh Lee and his comrales fron Virginia, That example might well be fol lowed in 1876. . Police Homicides, In view of the frequent unjustifiable us of the pistol by members of the polic« force all over the country it would be well ii some simple and intelligent rule of conduet were laid down for the guid»nce of police- men. They should first be taught that in all cases where the pistol was brought into play they would be held to strict accountability before the law for its use. At present there seems to exist an impression among the po- lice foree that, by virtue of their office, they have a right to shoot down whoever offers them the slightest opposition in the discharge of their duty. This monstrous proposition is not only held, but acted upon, by the or- dinary policeman, and the result is seen in the frequent officers of the law. If police boards would take the trouble of seeing to the proper in- struction of the men. intrusted with the guardianship of the public peace many of these crimes would be avoided, for it is charitable to believe that. policemen some- times act rashly from a mistaken sense of duty, and, were a rule of conduct laid down; it would diminish if not remove this dan Such a rule ought to. state explicitly in w class of cases policemen might con themselves justified in. having their firearms, This would leave the police- men full liberty in dealing with (4 gerous classes, and would net as a protect to the eit ens generally. Axornen View or It.--The qyestion whether the election in Maine is so..con- firmed a rebuke to the administration, «nd especially to Mr, Blaine as. to force his r-- tirement from the canvass for the Presidency ot on Si last fall is now widely discussed. Dove election in Maine mean the absolute n fall of the republican party?» If the demo- cratic tidal wave were still sweeping on, uni if men were open to the same, influences which carried New York and Ohio into the democracy by a large majority, should not Maine have gone democratic? Does not the ‘fact that this State has been saved for the party even by a reduced majority show that, perhaps because of these inflation tollies of Ohio and Pennsylvania, the tidal wave is be; ginning to go the other way? Tne Prans ror Rapp Transrr are not yet determined, but we trust no insurmountable obstacles will be found. An elated. road being agreed upon, the character of the structure can be easily settled, and the sooner this is done the nearer will be the realization of a much needed convenience. Tue Assautt on Dr. Sanps, at Newport, is a piece of brutality that must not be allowed to go unpunished. A quiet resort like New- port ought to be safe against crimes of this kind and we are pleased that such anearnest effort is making to detect the highwaymen who committed the outrage, How would a national convention like Blaine sow? He could be had on easy terins, Congressinan Samuel J. Randall, of Philadviphia, is House. General Poter V. Hasner, United States Army, 1s registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Madrid apprebends’ that some general will “pro. nounce’’ for the restoration of Queen [sabgiia, Mr. James F. Joy, President of the Michigan Ceutral Railroad Company, 1s residing at the Windsor Hotel. Sir Charles Hartley, the eminent Englisa engineer, arrived at the Hotel Brunswick yesterday from New. port. Pay Director John S Cunningham, United States Navy, has taken up bis residence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Count Kearney, of Ireland, arrived bere yesterday in the steamship Abyssinia, and is staying at the West minster Hotel. The Comte de Paris has been appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Chief of the Staff of the Fourth division of the Territorial Army. Senator Key, of Tennessee, says that his wife's grand{ather was a German, therefore “Teutonic blood dows in his veis."? Figaro reports that a distinguished engineer believes that the tannel between France and England can be completed for $30,000,000, Mr. A.J. Cassatt, Vice President, and Mr. Frank Thomson, General Manager of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, are at the Brevoort House, in Germany every railway station is now supplied with surgical and medical apparatus. This blunt con- templation of the insecurity of life on the train is start- | ling, but practical. The Marquis Beuso de Cavour, nephew of the famoug Minister, has just died, The name and family of Cavour ave thus become extinct. The Marquis was the posses. sor of his uncle’s papers, i Edouard Delacroix, aged twenty-nine, died in tho sea at Boulogne-sur-Mer, just as Ralston did at San Fran. cisco, having been taken with a t—apparently apo- plectic—while swimming, Rear Admiral L. M. Goldsborough (retired), who has been itl with rheumatic gout for the past two weeks, is again dangerously sick, and but little hope of his recovery is entertained, It is reported, in well informed political circles, that Mayor Wickham has tendered the position of Fire Com- missioner to ex-Assemblyman Daniel Young, an old | and confidential friend of His Honor, It is proposed in France by the telegraphic adminis- tration to encourage the introduction of private wires | and to offer such inducements that no great factory and no rich man's house in the country will be without its wire, The International Law Association, sitting at The Hague, has passed a resolution declaring desirable an | international code relating to bills of exchange. A com- mittee was appointed ’to prepare a draft of the ogde for next year’s conference. ‘Travellers in Brittany Ond a queer item in their hotey bills—“bedbug poison.” If they grumble the landiord | shrugs his shoulders and regrets vhat he did not know that Monsieur would prefer that the insects should not be poisoned at his expense. General Klapka haa declined an invitation from. Herzegovina to take command of the insurgent forces, ‘All the Hungarians were well treated by Turkey, and could scarcely fight against ber or for @ cause that must have its syinpathies in St, Petersburg, Mrs, Boucicault witnessing at Drury Lane Theatres in London, # full dress rehearsal of the play of the “Shaoghraun,” casually expressed her regret that sha. did not play the character of Moya The manager re- pled that the puble would fect an equal disappoint. ment, when the lady immediately undertook to study and appear in the piece at twenty-four hours’ notice, France is taking her ‘revanche” out in statistics, They count now that during the war there came into. France 1,000,000 Germans, but there were only 100,000 Frenchmen killed; therefore, nine Germans in ten fired away for seven months and never hit any one, and the tenth fellow never tired but one effective shot, Bendet combined in himself the avocations ot aeronaut and acrobat Not eutisfied with any ordin. ary trapezo he made hia balloon ascension and per. formed on a trapeze attached to his balloon, ‘His last performanco was given August 19, at Halle, in Germany. His neck joint was what gave way whon he gallantry ond devotion whieh alike marked | giuok the earth, commission of murder by, 14)