The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1875, Page 6

6 . NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ‘JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and efter January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Yous Henarp will be went free of postage. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year, Four cents per copy. ‘Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per gnonth, free of postage, to subscribers, All business or news letters and telegraphic | despatches must be addressed New Yorr Henarp, Letters and packages should be properly wcaled. Bejected communications will not be re- turned. SLONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. (PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. Subscriptions and advertisements will be preceived and forwarded on the same terms in New York. | PVOLUME XL....-.+-. a aed NO, 274 AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT, THEATRE COMIQUE, be cag Broadway.—VARIETY, at 5 }. M’; closes at 10:45 WoOOD's MUSEUM, m roadway, corner of Thirtieth street.—THE ARKANSAS | PPRAVELLER, at 5 P. closes at 10:40 P.M, Matinee 2P. M—OLIVER TW é METROPOLIT. jWNos. 685 and 587 Broudway. THEATRE, RIETY, ot 8 F. M, LYCEUM THEATRE, fourteenth street and Eighth nveuge—Prench Opera ufle—MADAME ANGOT, P.M. ARISTAN P; TIE: Wixteenth street and Broudway TY, at 8 P.M. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, Eez Prgrs House, Broadway, comer of Twenty-ninth street, AMERIC. STITUTE, Whird avenue and Sixty: eet.—Day and evening. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twonty-third street and Sixth avenue.—THE FLYING CUD, a3 P.M. Mr. George Belmore. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Fs Brosdway.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:45 PARK THEATRE, lway and Twenty-second street. —THE MIGHTY DOL- ats P.M. Mr. and Mrs. Florence. GILMORE'S SUMMER GARDEN, Piste, Barnum's ‘Hippodrome “GRAND POPULAR CON- ERT, at 8 P.M. ; closes at 11 P.M. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, |. Sad West Fourteenth street.—Open from 10 A. M. toS TIVOLI THEATRE, ON RBighth street, near Phird avenue.—VARIETY, at 8 P.M. ‘ FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, rent cighth street, Broadway.—OUR BOYS, at 8 | . M.; closes at 1030) COLONEL Si PARK THEATRE, Wrooklyn.—VARIETY, av 5 P. M. ; closes ut 10:49 P. ML BOWERY THEATRE, [Bowery.BELPHEGOR, at 8 P.M, E! T. Stetson, —— | HOWE'S & CUSHING'S CIRCUS, | Fights avenue sad Forty-ninth street—Per‘ormances day | evening. GERMANIA THEATRE, "Fourteenth street, near Irving pluce.—MONSIEUR AL- MPHONSE, at 8 P. M. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ee place and Fourteenth street. AROUND THE ORLD'IN EIGHTY DAYS. of 8 P.M closes wt 11 FM. | DARLING'S OPERA HOUSE, twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.—COTTON & REED'S | NEW YORK MINSTRE! lowes at 10 P. TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER = = pipeameeiceieeoeoe From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be cooler and | cloudy, wilh areas of rain. 1875, Tur Fast Mam, Tratss.—Nersdealers and | the public throughout the States of New York, | New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as tell as in the | West, North and Southwest, along the lines of | the Hudson River, New York Central and Penn | sylvania Central Railroads and their connections, avill be supplied with Tux Heraxp, free of post, age, by sending their orders direct to this office. Wat Singer Yesrenpay.—The markets showed some strength’ in Lake Shore and ‘Western Union. Gold was steady at 117 1-8, | at which price currency is worth 85.38. | ‘Money on call was quoted from two to three percent. Noalarming rumors assailed the street. A Russian Enorxrer is making a tour of | Canads and the United States, inspecting | American canals and railways for his govern- ament. He can learn here how to build such ‘works and how not to manage them. Tire London Globe announces that Englan’ | dogs not contemplate an incraase of her naval force in Chinese waters. She has | enough vessels in the neighborhood to meet j ‘sny emergency that may arise. A Ssratt Baxp of marauders, passing for | Communists, have been raising trouble in Arlalusia, and a body of government troops has been sent to hunt them down. It is to be | thoped that the soldiers’ horses may be fleet and their sabres sharp. | Tre Asanican CarprvaL.—Cardinal Me- | Closkey was installed yesterday at the | Church of the Sancta Maria Supra Miner- | The Speech of the President. The recollection of perils, sufferings and anxieties endured in common and of notable deeds performed by a general effort is one of the strongest cements of friendship. The general who has long commanded an army and has led it to battles fought under his own eyes and to victories in which the bravery of the soldiers supplemented the skill and plans of the commander cannot meet his old comrades face to face without emotion, and we do not wonder that General Grant's reticence broke down yester- day at Des Moines when he met the survivors of the old Army of the Tennessee, which he formed, trained and many cherished memories in common with him. Such ao meeting, even though ex- pected and appointed beforehand, could not fail to move all whom Providence has pre- served to take part in it, and especially the President, of whose striking career the men he saw before him formed an important and interesting part ; and who, perhaps, remem- bered that he is soon to retire from the ac- tive stage of life, in whose most stirring parts those there gathered were his com- rades. Thus itis not surprising that the man | usually so reticent spoke, and it was to be | expected that he would, knowing that his | words would be eagerly read by his country- | men everywhere, use the occasion to speak of the future of the Union which he and his | comrades did so much to preserve, and which, if dear to all of us, may be supposed in an especial manner dear to those who fought for its maintenance. Indeed, the speech of General Grant had in some meas- ure the solemnity of a farewell address, and we regret that he did not make it longer and more comprehensive ; that he did not take the occasion to express to his countrymen his opinions and to give them his advice upon all the questions which are engaging their attention. If the President done this perhaps his ad- dress would have lost something which will strike many of its readers painfully—some- thing less in the words than in the spirit which seems to inform them of pugnacity, as of a soldier standing with arms at ease, but yet regardful of an enemy. Surely this was unnecessary. Surely it isa pity in such an address to hear the great soldier and Presi- dent, in a kind of defiance, suggest that ‘we are not prepared to apologize for the past,” or to speak of not ‘‘denying to any, who fought against as any privilege under the government.” fore the people. Those who fought against the Union, now that the war is over, have pre- cisely the same righfs in itas those who fought for it. They are our fellow'citizens under the constitution: no more and no less. There is no more question of denial than of apology. sity of disseminating intelligence, of keep- ing secure ‘‘free thought, free speech, free press, pure morals, unfettered religious sen- timent and equal rights and privileges for | all, irrespective of nationality, color or re- ligion,” he has certainly the hearty agree- ment of the mass of his countrymen, some of whom will remember with pain what we here allude to with reluctance, that he has himself on some occasions attempted to ance by removals from office. That we should ‘encourage free schools, and resolve that not one dollar appropriated to them shall be applied to the support of any sec- tarian school ; that we should ‘‘keep Church and State forever separate ;” that “neither State nor nation should support institutions {of education he evidently meant to say] save those where every child in the land may get a common school education unmixed with atheistic, pagan or sectarian teachings.” | All this is sound ; it has in advance the sup- port of the great mass of the American people. But the words spoken there and | by him jar upon the sense of pro- priety. They were uncalled for. They are unfortunate, because they will give the profane reason to suggest that the President was really, under the form of an address to his old comrades of the war, making a stump speech for the Ohio canvass, | where the republicans have wantonly and without any justification brought in as one of the political issues opposition to Roman Catholic interference in the schools, Surely, on such an occasion and from such aman as théPresident, suspicion, defiance, opposition, are out of place. He could have urged good wili—confidence in the future. He could have‘exalted the future of our re- united country and its vast possibilities. He could have shown the importance of our political experiment, not only for ourselves, but to the whole human race. He, the victor on many glorious fields, speaking to his old comrades in arms, could well have said some words in praise of the bravery, the heroic conduct of those fellow-countrymen who fought against us. He could have justly and and their acceptance of a change in their social arrangements which is the greatest ever imposed on a defeated people. He could have recalled that noble and pathetic inaugural address of Lincoln, delivered on the eve of his martyrdom, breathing so much loyalty to the Union, so much charity and . kindness to the South. vam, in Rome. The impressive ceremony | out that, though the time has been as yet too avas witnessed by a large number of persons, | short to heal all wounds and to recover all including many Americans, and the Cardinal subsequently received the spectators in the hall attached to the church. Taz Harpen Svnvey.the Henatp’s special correspondence from the Hayden | survey presents an interesting picture of the | Moqui towns in Arizona, and graphically | describes the appearance, manners and habits of the people. The letter of our cor. | respondent will be found to contain much | attractive information. is abwut to return to the Spanish Premier- ship With a conciliation Ministry. The main point $f his policy is alleged to be directed toward the conciliation of Germany by con- triving a marriage between King Alfonso and 8 Gernian princess, His intrigue will meet with opposition from those who favor the losses, it is already certetn that time is doing its kindly office, and that all over the coun- try, with a surprisingly few and sporadic exceptions, peace and order reign, and the great experiment of ‘government of the peo- ple for the people by the people” promises a new snccess and renewed prosperity to a nation freer and more securely free than ever fore. We criticise the President's speech with extreme reluctance. He appears to forget pa aeaiacneene that he is the President of the whole nation; | Spanish IntRrcves.—A story comes by | that what he says will be closely scrutinized, way of Paris that Sefior Conovas del Castillo | and that he could in his high pogitign dg a | | Yery great deal to allay suspicion, to sink dis- cord, to effuce hostilities and grudges; to foster brotherly concord and a mutual effort | by the people of all parts of the Union | | for its common prosperity and glory. | This is his duty, and in this | he seems to have failed. We should commanded, and whose members have s0 | These are not questions be- | In all that the President says of the neces- | generously praised their submission to defeat | consent of Russia. He could well have pointed | rules which apply to such utterances, would | present. On the contrary, we believe the | American people may rejoice over great dan- gers past; over a momentous change happily and generally accepted and accomplished; over enemies who are friends and country- men once more and who need only time and a manly consideration on our part for their disappointed hopes and the changes forced upon them to make them rejoice at their | failure, We believe that with only moderately | good government we may securely look for- ward to a period of great national prosperity and happiness, and of liberties seeurer than ever before—that we are at the beginning of the greatest era of our national history. It isa pity that the President does not | believe this also. The “Kane” Regatta. Our yachtsmen were unlucky yesterday in sailing the ‘‘Kane” regatta. The weather was inconstant and flayed sad tricks with the vessels. Of the sixteen yachts that proudly unfurled their sails there were only eight which went out into the sea. Commo- dore Kingsland’s pretty vessel, the Alarm, went ashore on the West Bank, but received no special harm. The Mohawk, Vice Commo- dore Garner's celebrated yacht, was becalmed and did not pass the Hook, Thesame misfor- tune befell the Resolute. Outside there was a heavy head sea, which carried away the masts of the Peerless. These misfortunes, small and great, made the day one of inter- est if not of enjoyment. We can hardly call it a regatta where one-half of the yessels fail to take part from causes beyond their control. As the turfmen would say, it was a “dead heat,” and we should have another meeting, if for no other purpose than to show what our yachtsmen can do with an autumn breeze and an autumn sea, The only first class schooner that went over the course was the Atalanta. There were two second class schooners—the Comet and the Estelle—the former Winning. None of the first class Le sloops sailed the course, while the Sadie was the only second class sloop that was fortunate enough to Kane, who gave the prizes for this regatta, enterprising liberality, and his zeal for the interests of the club, deserved all the honors that can rest upon a yachtsman’s flag. Our yachting clubs were never in a more prosper- ous condition, and especially the New York Club, under the command of Commodore | Kingsland. The New York Club has now a fine club house at the anchorage on Staten Island. This is like the club house at Cowes, the rendezvous of the Eng- lish squadrons, and it is owing largely to Vice Commodore Garner, whose efforts on behalf of yachting deserve special recognition and honor. The Trouble in Servia and Bosnia, Upon the occurrence of the revolt in Her- zegovina the heads of the Bosnian villages were seized by the Turks as hostages. They good behavior, but were released on the pay- ment of heavy ransoms. Government, there- fore, under the pretence of taking precautions to preserve the peace, simply practised brigandage on a large scale against these punish the exercise of free political utter- | people, and, to secure themselves from in- | definite repetition of this process, they abandoned their villages and took refuge, first in the mountains and then over the frontier, and their departure from their vil- lages, which was called insurrection, was thus merely flight. Ayparently this explana- tion applies to all the Bosnians, as well those on the Austrian frontier as those in the in- terior. The consuls who have investigated the sources of the trouble now find that these men are not willing to trust the Turk- ish promises, and that, therefore, the insur- rection cannot be quieted except upon the pledges or guarantees of the great Powers, which the rayahs declare their readiness to accept. It is not necessary to suppose the presence behind this obstinacy of Russian influence. It is the natural caution of people often betrayed by faithless authorities, who have taken a position from which they can only be drawn by pledges in which they can have confi- dence, or from which otherwise they must be driven by force. Hitherto Servia, though restive, has been restrained by the intimation that a hostile course on her part would necessitate an Austrian occupation of her territory, and our despatches to-day state that the representatives of the foreign Powers demand a cessation of her ambiguous policy. It is doubtful if this apprehension will longer suffice, however, if the Turks carry out their threat to occupy a point regarded as Servian territory, which will, it is said, be regarded as intentionally forcing an issue. This may stir to flame the smouldering fire; and if Austria occupies Servian territory then in | fact the present status will have passed away and a new one can only be reached by the Its basis will probably be such an administrative reform in European ‘Turkey as will de-Islamize all that part of Islam. Tne Episcoran Coyxvenrion Yesrenpay listened to Bishop Potter's annual address, which was mainly devoted to urging the duty | of continuing the labors of the missions and other enterprises of the Church, notwith. | standing the depressed financial condition of the country. There the Bishop, but it people have not enou | other to put it in ci _ But the | Church deserves confidence and yields a re- | turn for all that is given to her. Tho Bish- op’s argument is financially sound, and the missions can no doubt be well supported | without inflation. The review of the prog- ress of the diocese made by the Bishop at the last Convention rendered it unnecessary to repeat the details now. The financial re- ports were all satisfactory. ‘Tux County Boarp or Frezuoupsrs of Jer- | sey City are endeavoring to turn out of office the keeper of the Hudson County Jail, who happens to be a female. Board has stood by the jaileress, but the At- | torney General of the State has been ungal- | lant enough to declare that, asthe law alludes | to the jailer as “he,” a “she” has no right to is money enough, says n confidence reulation. Montpensier alliance, as well as by the ene- be sorry to believe the country in so | the office. So the lady will probably be com- mies of Gorman influence, The story has a yery Spanish ayor hopeless and dangerous a condition as this L Bresidentisl apeceh, judged by the common polled to find some other occupation than locking up Jersey criminals, do so, We regret that Rear Gomiodore | was not more fortunate, as his generous and | were not, however, held as hostages to secure | locked up here because | in each | ‘The counsel to the | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. The Autumn Races. The autumn meeting at Jerome Park promises to be a season of unusual enjoy- ment, if this glorious weather holds. We do not see why our Derby should not be run in the autumn, why we should not make Oc- tober the chief month in the racing calendar, This seems to be the purpose of our turf- men. We feel sure that if the horses could have their say they would prefer autumn for their contest to an enervating day in spring. The spring days have a beauty which is not to be contemned, and we can understand why in England and France they should be chosen forracing. England and France do not have the American October. That blessing, like the Beecher trial and the Star-Spangled Banner, Providence has denied them. We should be a law to ourselves in this, and make our racing meetings to suit our season. October is our coronal month. Then nature rises to her full majesty. Then is the time when we can completely enjoy the ride to Jerome Park, one of the finest drives in the world, before which those to Longchamps and the Epsom Downs must surrender their world-wide fame. And if we only had a Comptroller who did not feel that “municipal reform” was municipal strangulation, how much more attractive the Green cannot last forever, and after Green we shall have the Westchester end of our city made worthy of the metropolis. Green is always a tempting subject as we pass along, but our concern is with the races. The stables are full, and some of the horses are so remarkable that, if all is truth that we hear, an one. them would make a better comptroller than the present incumbent, Mr. Donahue’s hurd- lers, we know, have more sense, more conscientious devotion to duty, and more skill in their performance than two-thirds of the men who will be nominated to of- fice by O'Kelly or Van Shafer. We would match Deadhead, for instance, any day against Judge Quinn, either for | hurdle-leaping or for a down-town can-' j yess. And much as we | respect the O’Morrissey, especially since he took to hearing Moody and Sankey, and has sold | his gambling shop, we believe that, in a fair race for the Senatorship, Ascension or Calvin or Galway would give him weight and lead him to the winning post. The value of these horses is that, like O’Morrissey, when they go in they mean to win and not to throw their backers. Already more than one hundred and twenty horses have arrived. They are in fine condition, There was a rumor a few days since that, like the | democratic politicians in Ohio or the | Loring men in the Massachusetts | Convention, they had the epizootic. Some of them coughed as violently as Pig Tron Kelley. But they are all well now. The horses, not the politicians, will make arunon Saturday and the succeeding days | that will teach a lesson in running even to | the inflationists. L. P. Lorillard, J. B. Pryor, John M. Davis, E. Snedicor, Jeter Waldron, J. Pincus, Price McGrath and D. McDaniel have all good stables, filled with horses that will stand investigation and in their behavior under trial respect public opinion. This is agood deal more than we can say of Grant and the present administration. IE SESS OS ‘ Shirking Responsibility. There isarumor that the presentment made | by the Grand Jury yesterday in regard to the | increase of crime in the city and its causes grew out of evidence placed before the jury with a view to secure the indictment o¥ cer- tain heads of departments for misdemeanor. If the report be true the attempt does not reflect credit on those who must clearly have been its promoters. The law provides in what manner unfaithful or incapable munici- pal officers shall be removed, and the failure of the proper authorities to exercise the power when removals are demanded in the public interests is of itself a breach of duty amounting to malfeasance. There should be no attempt to shirk the responsibility or to shift it on to the shoulders of a grand jury. Astupid attempt was made some time ago to procure Comptroller Green’s indict- ment. Of course it failed. No person pre- tends to believe that Mr. Green ever did a criminal act while in office. At the same time he is incapable, obstructive and arro- gant, and the city would be benefited if its financial management were transferred from his hands to those of a competent financier. He should have been removed long since on these grounds, just as a busi- ness man would discharge a cashier or book- keeper who had proved himself unfit for his position. . The same may be said of the Police Com- missioners why bold over from the former administration. The appointments made by the late Mayor Havemeyer were at once ridiculous and disgraceful to the city. Ex- perience has proved that they wero danger- ous also, for under its present management the force has become so demoralized and in- efficient as to excite general alarm, But it is not necessary to go to the jury room for | relief. The Mayor has the power of removal, | and in failing to exercise that power firmly ! and promptly when it becomes his clear duty to do so he makes himself personally re- | sponsible for any evils that may result from | his timidity or neglect. Jusr So.—The Orange Lodge at Toronto | has passed resolutions protesting against ‘Catholic processions on Sundays, accom- panied by bands of music and the sprinkling | | of holy water, as ‘calculated to inflame the public mind and. lead to strife and disorder.” | | Just so. We are better without such | | processions, whether on Sundays, Twelfths | of July or St. Patrick’s days on this side of | the Atlantic, But, then, when they do take | place, why does not the ‘public mind” that | | is “inflamed” by them stay at home and | keep out of their way? | ‘Turner Appears To By Some Prosrecr at | last of an arrangement between the Pennsyl- | | vania Railroad Company and the Jersey City | authorities by which the railroad tracks will be raised, so as to afford protection to the | lives of thoge who use the streets of the city, | The company submitted their plans for an elevated track, but the city makes objection | to the closing of Greene and Washington | streets, contemplated in the proposition, It | was agreed, however, that the city shall ap- | point an, enuinger 49 confer with the raiload | New York's share of tho,State tax. approaches to the Park might be, But even | | States Supreme Court. engineer and agree upon the details, and it is believed that the conference will lead to a satisfactory result, . The Failure of the Third Avenue Savings Bank. The old, old story is told again in account- ing for the failure of the Third Avenue Savings Bank. The funds of the bank were unwisely locked up in securities which were of very doubtful value before the panic and have since become little better than waste Paper, The bank has been in difficulties before and has been subjected to “runs.” In 1872, to save itself temporarily, the bank disposed of most of its good securities, retaining only those that were questionable, and leaving itself in a crippled condition. It has managed to live since then, although not harmonious in its councils, and at last ‘it goes to Albany, makes an application to the Attorney General for the appointment of a receiver and closes its doors. This is the story. Of course it was natural that the con- cern should break down at last, and it is con- soling to know that its dissolution is so com- pletely in order—that the rottenness of the institution can be so clearly traced back to “before the panic”—that we need be under no apprehension of any extended ill conse- quences as a result of the failure. The only sufferers will be the poor creatures who have intrusted their hard-earned savings to the rotten bank, and all of these united can have no effect on the great moneyed interests or create even a passing ruffle on the surface of the “street.” : But, then, certain questions will su; it go 19 $e copoun ind. If Bi “Gohserh knew itself to be virtually bankrupt two or three years ago by what right did it continue to induce the public to believe in its soundness, and where was the honesty of accepting deposits fro poor people who cannot afford to lose their few dollars so well as the directors of the bank can afford to lose their thousands? What security can there be for the unfortunate depositor if our sayings bank laws permit a bankrupt insti- tution, loaded with worthless securities, to continue its business for three years and laws, indeed, to blame, or is the evil due to the neglect or incapacity of those whose duty it is to enforce them? There must certainly be fault somewhere, and the re- sponsibility should be fixed where it be- longs. Better that all the savings banks should be wiped out of existence than that stitutions which can use the money of the industrious poor for two or three years only to postpone the day of bankruptcy. One thing is certain—the management of this bank has not been such as to claim pulsic confidence, and it seems outrageous to make one of its old managers or officers the receiver. Charles Francis Adams. There was no disinclination in the Massa- chusetts Convention to have done with Grantism, and even to give formal notice of its difference with the administration on sev- eral points of public policy. But though they were ready for any rebuke of Grant they evidently had no quarrel with Vice President Wilson. Indeed, it was that gen- tleman’s ‘‘tea party,” and the whole enter- prise was in his hands. Now Mr. Wilson is clearly of opinion that there are plenty of ways of expressing disapproval of the ad- ministration without going to the wild extremity of nominating for office the best men in any community. That is not precisely his notion of reform in the republican party. He wants to kill Grant politically, of course ; but he wants to kill him with men who are at least no larger intellectually than Wilson. If Mr. Adams had been nominated by the Convention he might have been elected Governor of Massa- chusetts ; and an original republican of his character elected Governor of Massachusetts, in the present conditions, might have ap- peared to the next National Republican Con- vention a figure of Presidential proportions. It would not square with Mr. Wilson’s views of the future to have this happen. Hox. Fernanpo Woop requests us to deny the statement of the New York inflationists that he is ‘raising money for the democratic canvass in Ohio.” He has neither raised nor given a dollar ‘‘to assist the election of Allen.” It is a strange condition of affairs to see a democratic leader in New York denying with emphasis, and as thongh it were a serious imputation upon him, that he had “given one dollar” to assist a brother democratic leader in Qhio, If Mr. Wood does not think the election of Allen worth ao dollar of democratic money what does he think of the election of Hayes? And if our New York democrats all feel this way now how will the Ohio and Indiana and other democrats in the West feel when the New York delegates appear at the door of the coming Democratic National Convention? Would it not be amusing to see these bolting democrats shut out by Western votes, and Uncle Dick, at the head of a paper collar rag money delegation, ad- mitted? Tur Next Movement of the horse car com- panies, led by the Third avenue line, to de- feat a rapid transit road will, it is said, come in the shape of proceedings in the United owner on Third avenue is to apply for an in- junction to restrain any company from building such a road. The next Legislature shonld apply some disciplinary legislation | to these grasping corporations. Tax Pextopican Ram on Siaxs hung in violation of law is said to have commenced, The laws, however, appear to be more loose | and obstructive than the signs, and the end of such demonstrations is generally the pay- ment of afew penalties and the continuance of the nuisance, Tum Assempty Comitrer on Crue con- tinued to investigate the management of the Penitentiary yesterday, The fact that young boys ‘when committed to the Island are sent | among hardened criminals should attract at- tention. The evil, which has too long pro- vailed, cannot be too speedily remedied. Txx Boanp or Auprrmen yesterday adopted resolutions condemning the unjust action of | the Board of State Assessors in relation to | talk shall have the address of thoir parents cowed om extend the circle of its victims? Are the | depositors should be left at the mercy of in- | A non-resident | lcee9 Telegraph Rates. On Monday next the Anglo-American ‘lek egraph Company will increase its charges ‘to one dollar per word, At prosent the rate is twenty-five cents, This isa difference that must necessarily be of very considerable con- sequence to all that portion of the public which uses the cable freely. To have to pay four thousand dollars where you formerly paid one thousand is of consequence to every- body, and the burden isnone the more agree- able because it is imposed by the mere stroke of a pen in London. But what is the cause? Will it cost any more to cable words next week than it costs now? Will labor be any dearer? Has any~ body made a terrible corner in the raw ma- terials of electricity? No, It is the one word “monopoly” that explains it all. Some days ago the Direct cable was in operation and the rate went down to twenty-five cents. Now the Direct cable is crippled and the rate goes up to one dollar. This rich com- pany put its rates down to crush a com- peting line, and now it puts the rate up again to make the public pay for the opera- tion. One dollar a word is an enormous and exorbitant charge for the service. ‘Twenty- five cents is anample rate, and this offensive exhibition of the power to levy this ex- travagant toll on commercial, financial and other interests is the strongest evidence of the need for more cables. : The Grand Jury’s Warning. The presentment made yesterday by the Grand Jury of the Court of General Sessions is not a pleasant document to contemplate. That body, which possesses extraordinary facilities for eliciting facts concealed from the general public, deems it its duty to declare that the citizens of Now York, in cone sequence of the inefficiency of tho police force as at present constituted, are not secure in the possession of either life or property ; that cool and deliberate murderers escape without detection or punishment; that the Excise laws are not properly en- forced ; that there is no combined and har- | monious action between the Excise and | Police Commissioners ; that violators of the law, when arrested by the police, are dis- charged or held to bail so insufficient as to insure their escape, even though the evi- dence of their crimes is full and ample. These facts were all previously known to our citizens, but brought thus formally and sol~ emnly before the public eye in the shape of a presentment by a Grand Jury they become more impressive. The picture drawn by the Grand Jury may induce the people of New York, on the eve of an election, to reflect on the sort of city government they have secured as the result of their last verdict at the polls. Layine Ovr a Bia Piece oy Worx.—The Washington Chronicle proposes “a restoration of prosperity" by the help of the govern- ment, and mentions the following plan:— The first step in advance to attain this desirable con- } dition of affurs should be taken by the government, | under the direction and with the assistance of Con- | gress. By opening new resources for industrial pur- | suits, in aiding the completion of the Northern and | Southern Pacific Railways, the water highways, roc- } ommended by Senator Windom’s committee, a through | line of water communication from the Mississippi and | | | Missouri to the Paciic Ocean, through railroad con- nection with the Mexican Republic, and from thence through Central and Sonth America, until an unbroken line ig accomplished from the United States to Chili, which, if we had to-day, there need not be any scarcity of employment, but on the contrary as great a demand | for more industrious hands. Such 1s the road to | national prosperity—casily attained by a unity of feel- ing of mutual confidence between the people and their government—between the administration and Con- gress. “All this can be effected without inflation oradding much to the public debt,” adds the Chronicle. Query: How much? Tue Freepman's Banx.—It is gratifying to know that the Commissioners of the Freed- man’s Bank have declared a dividend of thirty per cent to depositors. The claims must be audited by November 1 to entitle the creditor to his dividend. The Commis- sioners hold out hopes of further payments, and advise depositors not to dispose of their claims at a sacrifice. A Sare, two tons in weight, fell to the sidewalk while being elevated to the first story of No. 177 Broadway. Fortunately, no person was killed. A heavy penalty onght to follow such an accident, even though un- accompanied by fatal results. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Indge George F. Comstock, of Syracuse, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Bishop Thomas Atkinson, of North Carolina, is 0- Journing at the Grand iotel. Rear Admiral James Aldon, United States Navy, is rogistered at tho Gilsey House. ‘The first edition of the “Lacy Diamonds” was ex- hausted on the day of ite tssue. Commander Henry Wlison, United States Navy, ts quartered at the Westminster Hotel. Professor T. B. Lounsbury, of Yale Colloge, arrived last evening at the Sturtevant House. Senator A. T. Caperton, of West Virginia, has taken up hts residence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Brevet Major General George A. Custer, United States Army, has arrived at the Hotel Brunswick. General Lester B. Faulkner, of Dansville, N. Y., is | residing temporarily at the Hofman House, Rear Admiral Fabius Sianiy, tates Navy, has taken up his quarters at the St, Lieutenant George W. Tyler, of the British iron-clad Bellerophon, is stopping at the Breyoort House. Judge Harvey Jewell, of the Court of Conmumissioners of Alabama Claims, is at the Fit, Avenue Hotel. State Engineer Sylvanus H. Sweet, of Albany, is among the late arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel, Associate Justice Ward Hunt, of the United States Supreme Court, has apartments at tne Fifth Avenue Hotel. M. Drouyn de Lhuys and M. Magno were both tp- vited to the tmpertal council @t Arenenberg, but de- clined, Tho German papers state thatthe Czar has granted the sum of 25,000 roubles for the foundation of the proposed Siberian University. Mrs, Helen Hunt has been in town for some days. She is, her many admirers will be glad to hear, much better in health than she has been for some tre past, Yoh Sha Tang, a member of the Commission having charge of the education of Chinese youth in this coun- trys arrived at the Astor ffouse last evening from Hart- ford. A. J. Seviaginzef, a Ruscian civil engineer, is ta ‘Toronta He ts inspecting the canals and railways of the United States and Canada for the Russian govern- ment. Mr, George P. Lathrop, whove fugitive poems are | woll known to thé magazine readers, will publish @ | volume this fal!, through James R. Osgood & Cu., en- | titled “Rose and Kooftree,” Patti has received the gift of a trowel in precious metal, with which she jaid the cornor stone of a Lom- don hospital. It was paid for by the ponuies of the patients, most of whorn are deaf, Invention of a Paris policeman. He has got | thoroughly tired of the worry over children found in | the streets, and proposes that all children too young to their dothes, Vv 9] c=