The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1875, Page 6

6 ‘NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, 2 JAMES GORDON .BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ————— NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Yous Henaup will be sent free of postage. ———, THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage, ubscribers, All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Geran. 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—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. ¥OLUME XL AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. WALLACK’S THEAT No, 281 pr adway and Thirteenth | str if’ OVERLAND OUTE, at 8 P, M.; closes at 1045 P.M. 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Tae Dansury News, a siiezu y success- fal journal, published im Connevticat, and well calculated to make the hours pass lightly toa homesick American, bas been sent to our Paris office, and will be constantly kept on file. 6 y Ovn CornespoxpENT IN Sruzsra sends usa graphic and interesting letter detailing the manwuvres of the German armies. We have had full despatches about these operations, but the details will be entertaining to all who feel an interest in the growth of the mighty military German Empire which has become, in a large degree, the arbiter of Europe. Silesia is one of the glorious battle fields of modern Prussia, for it was here that the great Frederick founded that empire which nowobeys the sceptre of his descend- ants. We Parner Evsewnens this morninga graphic letter from Paris, giving a further account of the inundation in the south of France. Al- though the destruction is not concengrated into a small space, as was the case in the earthquake at Lisbon, still in extent and severity it rivals that historical calamity. Indeed, from what our correspondent writes, it must have been a season of un- broken disaster, Our correspondent thinks that a system of dykes might be devised which would prevent these calamities. The art which has piereed the Isthmus of Suez, and which is about to tunnel the British Qbannel, wizht render France safe, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.— TRIPLE SHEET. A Field for Gagnon Inquiry. It is a good thing for the country that the | new House of Representatives will be con- trolled by the opposition. The House is, of course, powerless to pass any law or redress any evil, because acts of legislation require the conenqrence of the Senate and the signa- ture of the President. There is accordingly no danger of mischief from democratic ascen- dancy in one branch of Congress, but there is the possibility of valuable additions to the public knowledge; for, although the House cannot alone pass a law, it can alone institute every investigation it pleases into any de- partment of the government, and neither the Senate, the President nor the heads of departments can screen any abuse which the House of Representatives may undertake to expose. It has authority to send its ser- geant-at-arms or his assistants to any part of the United States and compel the attendance of reluctant witnesses, and it has a similar power over papers and records. Every branch of the federal service has been so long in the hands of one political party that there is a great deal to be looked into and explored ; and it is fortunate that, as soon as the new Congress meets, the oppo- sition will have the power, and, what is more, the will to carry the torch into every dark corner of President Grant's administra- tion. Whether they find much or little to drag into publicity the effect will be salu- tary. If everything which has been done will bear the light suspicions will be dis- pelled and the country be reassured. If, on the other hand, a great mass of damaging facts should be discovered, the exposures will come in good time, since the people will next year have an opportunity to change their public servants. We fear there is too much reason for the uneasiness and suspicion which pervade the public mind. If the facts brought out before the Register in Bankruptcy on Wednesday in an examination into the affairs of the broken banking house of Henry Clews & Co. are a specimen of the things which have gone on in secret under this administration such investigations as will be in the power of the next House have been too long postponed. The appointment of this mushroom concern to replace the Barings as the financial agent of the government provoked astonishment and criticism at the time, because it was so manifestly unfit on its face and because no adequate public rea- son was given for the change. It is now clear from the testimony taken by Register Ketchum, on Wednesday, that that surpris- ing change was not made for public reasons, but in consequence of private, interested and probably corrupt solicitations. The new light shed on that strange transaction by the recent testimony exhibits Mr. Boutwell in an | unenviable light. On his retirement from the Treasury Department his general repu- tation was that of a bad financier but an honest officer. Unless he has some good ex- planation to make we do not see how he is to retain’ the favorable part of this estimate. His appointment of Clews & Co. in place of the Barings was more than a blunder, unless he can make it appear that his own judgment was overruled by the only officer whose authority was superior to his own. We should be sincerely sorry to believe that this was the case; but in the light of the new evidence we do not see any other possible extenuation of the conduct of the ex-Secre- tary. We are not disposed to lay undue stress on the fact that Mr. Louis Dent, of Washing- ton (commonly called Judge Dent), a brother- in-law of the President, was asharer in the profits. It is rather the misfortune than the fault of a President if he has relatives by blood or marriage who are willing to trade on their supposed influence. He is not respon- sible so long as they act without his knowl- edge or against his wishes. It does not ap- pgar from any evidence yet before the public that President Grant had any complicity with Mr. Louis Dent's secret transactions in bartering his influence for money. If this Mr. Dent were the President's only relative, or the only one who has made his relation- ship a source of emolument, it would not be generous to draw unfavorable inferences from one suspicious transaction. The pre- sumption would be that the President knew nothing of it, and that the brother-in-law had duped and imposed upon Mr. Clews in selling him a fictitious influence. But Gen- eral Grant has appointed so many of his rela- tives to office to which they had no claim on the seore of fitness, and some of them have given occasion for so much public scandal, that the recent unmasking of Mr. Louis Dent has an unpleasant look. This affair is bad enough, apart from Mr. Dent's connection with it. That Clews & Co. were not appointed the financial agents of the government in pursuance of the public interest is made too manifest by the late dis- closures. Mr. Clews began his canvass in 1869, and did not get the appointment until 1871. The intervening two years were spent in all sorts of underhand lobbying and bar- gaining, with a view to bring a pressure to bear on the administration and induce it to perform an act to which it was averse. There were sound reasons of safety and policy for its aversion to displace the Bar- ings. Their house is one of the most solid and best known in Europe. It had been the financial agent of the government for two or three generations. The government had never lost a dollar, and ther® was no danger that it ever could lose a dollar by intrusting its funds to their care. Their connections extended to every point | in the Eastern Hemisphere where government could have occasion to make disbursements, and the credit of their house was so unquestioned that there could never bea hitch or difficulty in any part of the world. To displace this old, tried and solid house and give the financial agency to a concern which had sprung up like Jonah’s | gourd, and was liable to perish even more guddenly than it Ae sprang u bi its confections 1 yet to establish ; which had no credit ny part of the world and awaited the factitions credit to be con- ferred by the appointment to give it financial | standing, was such an apparent, such an egregious act of improper favoritism that | everybody who watches such matters was | filled with amazement. It is no wonder that the government so long withstood Mr. Clews’ | pressure. It is now proved that when at last it did vield it was not to sound reagons, our | ; which had | | but to a winshaaai eaieckaios pressure, whose steps were as stealthy as those of @ | thief in the night. Mr. Clews began his secret operations by making written con- tracts for partition of the spoil if he should succeed. Mr. Cheever, a noted lobbyist, was one of the parties, his share of the | profits being one-fourth, which he stipulated to divide equally with Mr. Louis Deat; an- other one-fourth of the expected profits was to be given to Mr. “James Van Buren,” a fictitious name, invented to mask parties to this disgyaceful transaction who have not yet been discovered. Mr. ‘James Van Buren” is a man whose name the public never heard until it appeared in the evidence before the Register in Bankruptcy. It isa | name not to be found in any directory, and | this fictitious gentleman's place of residence was unknown to Mr. Cheever, who engi- neered the transaction. He is evidently a myth, to cover parties who would be ruined if their real names were known, Who are these parties that skulked behind a feigned name? It deeply concerns Mr. Boutwell, it vitally concerns a still higher officer, to have it proved that this mask was not worn by them, It is possible, but it does not seem proba- ble, that so important a change was made by Secretary Boutwell without consulting the President. The public will demand to know whose reluctance it was that it re- quired two years of secret effort and bargain- ing to overcome. Was it Mr. Boutwell’s, or was it the President’s ? It could have been no- body’s else ; for nobody else was entitled to a voice in the decision, It is a curious, almost a fearful, question, Which? Was it Mr. Boutwell who stood out for two years against so unfit a change until the President overruled him; or was it the President who stood out so long against Mr. Boutwell? It has become necessary that the responsibility for.that indefensible act be fixed upon one or the other of these functionaries, and that the recreant officer, whichever jt may be, should bear the load, The evidence which has now come to light in a judicial proceed- ing demonstrates that it was a corrupt trans- action, and the country has a right tp know who is responsible. This is one of the many unpleasant things which the new House of Representatives will have to investigate. We cannoy doubt that the democratic House will do this part of its duty with unsparing vigor. It is altogether the most important task which will devolve on the faithful representatives of the people. The tariff question and the currency question (on both of which the House will be power- less until there is a change of majority in the Senate) fade into insignificance in comparison with fhe supreme necessity of honest administration. We have had tariffs more or less protective since the beginning of the government, and the country has prosperéi in spite of them. The currency question is certainly of great importance, but no legislation on it is pos- sible within the ensuing two years, By that time the inflation craze will have run its course. It cannot stand against enlightened discussion. But corruption can stand against everything except the consuming public indignation which follows. clear ex- posure. It is impossible to concentrate the public mind on more than one great reform at atime, and purity of administration is so paramount to questions of policy on which honest men may differ that it seems almost an impertinence to lay much stress on other topics until the Augean stables shall have been cleansed by turning in upon them the mighty river of honest, popular indigna- tion. Every other question must, for the present, be subordinate to that of purifying the government and scourging knaves from power. The Estelle and the The yacht race yesterday between the Resolute and the Estelle was an interesting contest. As the Evening Mail pithily says, “The Resolute deserved her name and de- served the success she came so near win- ning.” ‘The sailing of the boats in a fairly strong breeze afforded a satisfactory test of their qualities and proved them both to be seaworthy vessels. The Resolute, although on the time allowance the victory went against her, has no reason to be dissatisfied with the record she made ; while the little Estelle, a perfect model of a centreboard boat, showed herself to be as good in a rough sea asin smooth water. Both boats were admirably handled, and the contest, both as to seamanship and vessels, reflects credit on the spirit and judgment of the owners, Mr. Smith, of the Estelle, and Mr. Hatch, of the Resolute. It is to be hoped that the races of to-day and to-morrow will be equally satis- factory and will add to the laurels previously won by the competing yachts. Both boats were well managed yesterday, and we notice by the reports that Mr. Langley, the owner of the Comet, who was on board the Estelle, rendered good service during the race. Mr. Langley is a practical yachtsman, who commenced with a small craft, and is now competent to sail the largest yacht in the squadron. If he has not sailed his own boat in some of the matches in which he has taken part it has not been for want of skilland capacity, but because the competing boats have been handled by pro- fessionals, who naturally have an advantage over amateurs, and it would have been foolish | to throw away such odds. With such yachts- men as Messrs. Stuyvesant, Langley and Cole- gate, however, we may hope’ one day to see the vessels of the New York Yacht Club gen- | erally handled by their owners in the annual Resolute. | regattas. The Corinthian race at Newport | last year was a useful step in this direction. | It proved that our yachtsmen are quite ready to make themselves practical sailors, and that they take as much pride in good sea- | manship as they do in the qualities of their | boats. No doubt these Corinthian races will | be continued from year to year, and that be- fore long we shall find our yachtsmen as | eager to claim credit for skill in seamanship | as for good fortune i in ow whership. | GovERNoR Trex ‘Has A sa Oraxe i in the char- ‘acter of the nominations made for judicial | officers in New York. The criminal Bench in particular he should insist on keeping pure, fearless and unpartisan, Can he | afford to allow Tammany to reject Recorder Hackett, who has proved himself to be an upright, fearless judge, simply because he |The Danger to the New York De- moeracy. For several days past we have been advis- ing the democratie opponents of Tammany Hall to forego their personal quarrels and ambitions, and to march on with the ad- vancing column of the democracy to redeem the States and the nation from republican misrule, We have done this, not in the in- terest of the democratic party, but in the in- terest of administrative reform, believing that the public good demands and that the popular heart desires the expulsion from power of the present national administration and its political supporters. That our appeal has been effective is shown by the action of “the Honorable John,” who, with the strong common sense for which he is distinguished, has promptly grasped the point of our argue ment and withdrawn from active opposition to Tammany, while avowing his continued disapprobation of the abuses which first induced him to array himself against the present Tammany leaders. It is evident, however, that the concessions for the sake of a party victory cannot come wholly from one gide, If the opponents of the present managers of the organization are willing to suppress their personal feelings for the general good the leaders, on theiy part, must evince a disposition to merit confidence by selecting for office true and tried men in whom the people can trust. Mr. Kelly can- not ask or expect that the anti-Tammany democracy will yield everything if on his part he stubbornly disregards the popular sentiment and forces upon the community a batch of his personal friends and followers fas candidates for office. There are rumors in the air to the effect that Mr. Kelly does intend to insult the democracy of New York by just such an overbearing course. Experience might well warn him of the danger of the experiment; for he has seen Tweed, Sweeny and other leaders, with far more power and capacity than he possesses, display a similar dis- regard of popular sentiment, pnd wreck ‘their fortunes through their folly. But, disregarding these warnings, Kelly seems to believe that the democratic nomina- tions belong to him and not to the party that is expected to support them. It is said that Recorder Hackett—a Judge whose praises are in the mouth of all good citizens, without distinction of party—is to be refused a renomination for the position he has filled so satisfactorily because he does not please this great Mogul. The, democracy, fighting a fight for administrative reform, and trust- ing for its success to the popular determina- tion to advance the cause of honest govern- ment and to secure the punishment of ras- cality and crime, is to stain its banner at the outset by discarding a pure, upright and un- flinching Recorder simply because John Kelly does not fancy him and wants the place for some favorite whose honesty and capacity have yet to be tested. We warn Mr. Kelly and those who act with him that if Recorder Hackett should be re- jected by them for such unworthy reasons the people of New York will take him on their shoulders and carry him back in tri- umph to the Bench he has honored, and from which one or two dogmatical dictators desire to banish him. If, therefore, the democracy if the story of Miles O'Reilly is to be told over again; if the lesson of the Register’s fight of last year is to be repeated, the fault will lie with John Kelly alone. ‘The Honorable John,” although not a candidate for office, is still ready to rebuke the insolence of one-man dictation and will wield all the more influ- ence through his self-abnegation. The Adonis of the small talk orators, the gifted O’Creamer, still looms in the opposition, waiting only some such blunder on the part of Tammany to shout his war cry, shake his tomahawk, and gather up and consolidate his forces. The republicans have indorsed the Recorder in advance and look eagerly for his rejection by Tammany to press him for- ward in the name of the people. It is scarcely credible that a leader who on some points has displayed sound judgment and a sincere desire to advance the interests of the democratic party should risk the danger of a defeat and stain his party banner by mak- ing a personal warfare on a pure and fearless judiciary. Mr. Kelly may rest assured that in these days of reform the people will prove their appreciation of courage and integrity on the Bench by giving an effective support to Recorder Hackett, and that, whether as the Tammany candidate or the independent candidate, they will re-elect him to the office he has filled so well, Tae Ory Tammany Leavers distinguished themselves four or five years ago by keeping corrupt judges on the Bench, The new Tam- many leaders seem disposed to distinguish themselves by driving good judges off the Bench. The people will rebuke the latter attempt as they rebuked the former. Tae Averion Sate under the direction of Comptroller Green of ‘lands and tenements” for unpaid assessments took place'yesterday. This whole business4s a fraud. Our people can understand how absurd it is when they see that property belonging to such men as William H. Vanderbilt, William B, Astor, William T. Blodgett and corporations like the-New York and Hudson River Railway, the Roman Catholic Cemetery and the Co- lumbia College has been sold “for non- payment of taxes.” A plot of ground next to the St. Patrick's Cathedral, at Fifty-first street and Fifth avenue, owned by the Catho- lic Church, was purchased on a prospective lease of a thousand years in default of a debt of $656 50. St. Paul's church, in Harlem; St. Thomas’ church, corner of Fitty-third street and Fifth avenue, and a public school were among the delinquents. This whole should be reformed at once. Ow Waareven Ticker Recorder Hackett may run for re-election in November the honest citizens of New York will support him. His opponents will be mainly found | among the relatives and ‘‘pals” of the resi- dents of Sing Sing. Tur Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, the leading journal of Pennsylvania, and one of the leading journals of the country, will be | on file at our Paris office for the information The Jerome Park Races. The races at Jerome Park, which were postponed on account of the rain, will take place to-day and to-morrow. © Jerome Park, as an attraction to New York, will in time rival the Epsom Downs or Longechamps. This success reflects credit upon Messrs. Belmont and Jerome, Travers and Munson, and the other enterprising’ citizens who did so much to found this insti- tution and to achieve its present Prosperity, The autumn meeting thus far has been very interesting. October has given us its best weather, and although it is unfortunate that we should have been inter- rupted with one rainy day, still we cannot expect all blessings at once. So let us hope for a good time to-day and to-morrow. The racing at this autumn meeting has been fine. The stables represent the best horses in the country, and our old experienced turfmen, who have done so much for the improvement of the horse and who have given the turf character and purpose, may nearly all be found at Jerome Park, We be- lieve that we shall come more and more to the idea of running our Derby in October. The great races in England and in France are in the spring, because the spring months are the most pleasant with them. Wit us they are agreeable enough, but enervating. ‘The season is uncertain. The year is young— we lack the fulness and glory of nature which come with the autumn, A ride from New York to Jerome Park in May isa far different experience froma ride in October, when the fresh breezes come down the Pali- sades and over the hills from the sea. The attendance at the races thus far has not been ! Repid Transit. The Rapid Transit Commissioners have agreed upon an elevated railway as the most feasible plan and as the surest con- stitutional method. About this we have nothing to say, because an elevated railway will satisfy us as completely as underground or surface. It makes no difference whether | we ride in the air or through a tunnel, so wé can go from the Battery to Yonkers or New Rochelle in twenty minutes. That is the problem to be solved, and any deliberation which looks to its solution will be an advan- tage to the people. A railway company will be organized called ‘The Manhattan Railway Com- pany,” with capital stock at two millions of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of a hundred dollars each. With this money it is proposed to build a railway from fifteen to twenty miles in length which will cost from six to eight million dollars, at the estimated rate of four hundred thousand dollars a mile. How to build a railroad that will cost from six to eight millions with a subscription of two millions of dollars is a problem. But wa are informed ‘that the Commissioners think that the greater part of the road may be built from the proceeds of bonds which the law authorizes to be issued.” In other words, we are to have the old system, which has worked so badly in the last few years— gamely, the stockholders owning the fran- chise without paying for it, while the bond- holders furnish the money. Any railway so planned will be burdened at the outset so that its successful operation will be almost impossible. If anything is clear as the re- so large as ig thy spring, Dhig._is, per: haps, because many of the’ race- going people have not returned from fheir summer watering places, and many of those who have returned are satiated with amusement and feel reluctant about spend- ing any more time away from business. Still others are busy with their fall trade and the pressing cares that come with the revival of business; for October, with its natural beauty, is a month of industry. We have no doubt there are thousands, whose hearts are with the steaming steeds at Jerome Park, who are compelled to labor at their books and ledgers and daily avocations. . We trust that there will be a good attend- ance to-day. There are special preparations for to-morrow. Many of our citizens who have drags and four-in-hands mean to visit the race on Saturday. This will add re- newed interest to the race and give variety and picturesqueness to the course, As Jerome Park grows in importance every year, and becomes during the spring and of New York should be disrupted after all ; | Arbitration.” business is a breach of propriety, and it | autumn almost a national place of amuse- ment, it might be well for those who control it, and those who manage affairs in the city, to make certain improvements. The Jerome avenue from Macomb's Dam Bridge to the Park should be macadamized. These three miles are severer upon the ‘horses than all the other distance, and it is more of a trial upon horsemen to drive from the bridge to the Park gates than over the whole of the other route. Fifth avenue should also be macadamized, so as to make the drive from Washington square to Jerome Park a continuous and well built avenue, It would be well also not to sweep the streets so clean that they become like glass. It is dangerous for the horses. Altogether we are happy to feel that the autumn meet- ing thus far has been an advantage to the people and to the turf. We trust the interest will continue without abatement, Recorper Hackerr Has Bren the ter- ror of the criminal classes while he has been on the Bench. This would have been a good reason why the old Tammany rulers should have desired to remove him, but it should not make reformed Tammany his enemy. Mar. Antnoyy Comstock, Agent for the So- ciety for the Prevention of the Dissemina- tion of Obscene Publications, addresses us a letter denying that he charged the District Attorney with interfering with his business. It is unfortunate that Mr. Comstock should have allowed himself to be placed in a false position. He is doing a work which, if, well, prudently and conscientiously done, enti- tles him to the thanks of the community. Mr. Comstock should not allow himself to be misrepresented or to lead to the opinion that he is merely a fanatic. He can make nothing by quarrelling with the authorities. Tue Wisconsin State Journal, of Madison, Wis., one of the leading cotntries of the rich and growing Northwest, and the Budyet, of Troy, N. Y., 2 prominent journal of the sult of our railway systems in America it is that the business of issuing bonds enough to “build a road isa mistake. In the first place it gives the stockholders a franchise which they have not purchased. It puts at their disposal large sums of money for which they are not responsible. If stockholders spent their own money in railway building they would be much more prudent than when they spend the money of the bond- holders, who have no interest in the manage- ment, no voice in the expenditures, and who, if the road is successful, will have ‘no gain outside of the interest on their investment. If the elevated railway is to be built in New Yor® let it be built by the stockholders. It is just as easy to raise eight millions of dollars for such a purpose as two millions. The selling of the bonds willbe an expensive, wasteful process. There will be bankers’ commissions and endless costs. Do not let us begin this enterprise by so grave a blunder. Dors THe O’Keiix wish to find out the strength of the ‘silent vote” in the city of New York? If so, let him attempt to drive from the Bench so faithful and upright a judge as Recorder Hackett. Tne News and Courier, of Charleston, a flashing, earnest journal, representing the boldest spirit of the South, will also be found at the Paris reading room of the New York Herarp. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Ralston willed that his executors should not give bonds. Little Last Napoleon is a sickly youth and plays the piano. Mr. Bradlaugh will lecture on “Five Dead Men I Have Known."” The Alta California now gives Sharon credit for everything. The Rice campaign in Massachusetts is not very hot Tt wants a little curry. * A cable despatch from Liverpool announces that Lord and Lady Dufferin sailed yesterday for Quebec on the steamer Prussian. “Greatness has its drawbacks,” thinks the Boston Advertiser, and that is what led the Free Press man discover that his lady love had a wart on her knee. “How fond you seem of that eternal old doll of yours, Mabel?” “Oh, aunt, it has been the desire of all my life to hide it from her that she’s adoll, I hope she didn’t hear you!” Dante’s house in Florence has been purchased by the local authorities, and will be restored in the style of the fourteenth century. Rent it toa man and his mother. in-law and call it “Inferno.” ‘The Resolute deserved her name yesterday, and de. served the success she came so near winning. Wé are at last having some real sailing, thanks to Commodore Garner and Mr. Hatch.—Kvening Mail. ‘Wang Yung, one of the Chinese shoemakers at North Adams, Mass., likes the republican nomination for Governor, ‘‘Lallelander Lice muchee good name, Hopee Gaston no eatee wiz chop stick.” Mr, August Belmont will sell a lot of his thorough. bred stock at Jerome Park to-morrow. Steel Eyes, Medora, Indiana, Orphan Boy, Ascot and a two-year- old filly by Kentucky will be pat up at auction, It is understood that Mr. Joseph Doutre, Q C., hat been offered, by the Dominion government, the position of counsel to act in their behalf in connection with the adjudication of the Commissioners on Fisheries, Jubilee song :— ae I oat a “es odder sho’. cate here to bingo tao" . oh yea. East, largely representing our Hudson River interests, will from this time forth be found on file at our Paris office. A Vore Taxex iN Siva Sixo or in the Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island would de- feat the renomination of Recorder Hackett. So would a vote taken in the thieves’ dens in the back slums of the city. How will it look in honest eyes if a vote taken in the Tam- many Convention under John Kelly's dic- tatorship does the same thing? Toe Meettne of the Chamber of Commerce took place yesterday, The main feature of it was an address by Mr. Elliétt F. Shepard on “the objects and influence of the Court of Mr. Shepard explained that the value of this court was undoubted; that it met the wishes of the business community, developed and it was still in its infancy enough had been done to demonstrate its and that although its possibilities were un- | ‘The common wild herb elecampane in a solution with milk will, it is said, cure hydrophobia. This weed is the basis of the gpecifics used by old woman with recipes. It grows wild over all the Northern States, The root should be dug in autumn. In medicine the extract is known as inula, Two fluid ounces or one drachm in powder are a dose, ‘The New Orleans Builetin says:—“Old negresses, who still belive in Voudouism, every Monday morning resort to the wharf near French Market, and throw nickles into the river to propitiate some unknown deity and to secure good luck during the week, Sometimes the wharf is quite crowded with the fetish worship- pers.”” Edgar A. Poe's leading idea concerned thé relation of soul and body after death, Both in his popms and in his stories he gave the fancy that the dead “body had a peculiar life of its own, In one of his poems he writea about liking and feeling his home in the grave, His own coffin at Westminster, near Baltimore, has recently been changed, The skull was lying in the* posttion in which the head lay when buried, The grave clothes and all except the bones had crumbled to dust, leaving the skeleton white and bare, The brain was in an al- most perfect state of preservation. The cerebral mass, as seen through the base of the skull, evidenced no usefulness arfl success, AMERICANS s from Salt Lake who find them. be gratified to learn that the Deseret Weekly News, of Salt Lake City, the empire of Brig- *| ham Young, will hereafter be found on file in the Paris office of the New York Henanp. Tax Prortx or New York are somewhat | too careless in regard to party nominations ; | but the stories of Miles O'R: illy, Gunther, Havemeyer and General Jones prove that they occasionally rouse titemse! slves to rebuke improper selections or the ion of popu- lar candidates by party leaders. They will | not be idle next should make war on Recorder Hackett and does not please the Mogul ef the Wigwam? | and comfort of travelling Pennsylvanians, | eoak.to deive hin trom the Hench selyes in Paris, as well as Americans who | care to know something about the news- | paper literature of the Mormon country, will | November if Tammany | signs of disintegration or decay, though, of course, it is somewhat diminished in size. The skull was intact, and the general skelutun was in as good a condition as an anatomical preparation in a doctor's office, The death ot Mrs. D. Henry, the eldest daughter of Hugh J. Hastings, of this city, took place on Saturday. She was buried in Albany on Tuesdaf, “The remains,”? says the Albany Evening Journal, “were met at the depot by a number of the friends of the family, bearing with them sad hearts and bedutiful floral mementoes of their affection and grief.” This lady’s sudden death was asad blow to the host of friends who knew her worth. Ina bereavement like this it is, after all, the living and not the dead who should receive our pity, | and our sympathies go out heartily to her family and friends. Such a fife can only have one future, if wo read aright the teachings of our blessed faith, It is those who remain who must suffer as they think of thia bereaved fireside, this darkened household, this home | from which the light and joy have gone, However, we | can cherish the memory of tho sweot and winning qualities which gave so much beauty to the life of the departed, and trust that the lesson of this life will bring 4 comfort and peace to (hose Who mourn ber loss,