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

; ‘ 2 ' ; ' ‘NEW YORK HERALD oe BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. er ae NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and infter January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions «f the New Your Henatp will be Bent frve of postage. é cement HE DAILY HERALD, published every Alay in the year. Four cents per copy. Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage, to subscribers. All business or news letters and telegraphic Gespatches must be addressed New York Henan. 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. VOLUME XL AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Third avemue and Sixty-third street.—Day and evening. BOOTHS THEATRE, Comet street and Sixth avenu nglish Opera IGNON, at 3 P.M. Miss Clura Louise Kellogg. ‘ OLYMPIC THEATRE, Foire bret. —vasizry, atS P.M’; closes at 10:45 E MIGHTY DOL- GILMORE’S Yate Barnum’s “Hippodrome. CERT, at 52. M.; closes at 11 F R GARDEN, ND POPULAB CON- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, | 6 West Fourteenth street.—Open from 1 A. M. tod TIVOLI THEATRE Eighth stroct, near Third avenue. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Presa street, near Broadway.—OUR BOYS, at 8 . M.; closes at 10:30'P. M. COLONEL SINN’S PARK THEATRE, —VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:40 P. M. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—ON HAND, at 3 P.M. Jobn Thompson. HOWE & CUSH cIRevs, Figen we und Forty-ninth street.—Pertormances day evening. DARLING'S OPERA HOM: Bey third street and Sixth avenue.—C BW YORK MINSTRELS, at 8 P.M. PEON & REED'S joses at 10 P.M. THEATRE COMIQU: Eee" Broadway.—VARIETY, at 5 . M.; closes at 10:45 USE’ h st MAZEPPA, at & Kate her. Matinee at 2 P.M; closes at 10x45 P.M. PM TONY PASTOR'S, Ros, 585 and 587 Broadway.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M. M THEATRE, Righth avenue—French Opera 8PM. 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Tue Canat Fravys.—The Canal Investi- gating Commission has published its sixth report, having reference to certain improve- ments on the Champlain Canal. It consti- tutes a scathing commentary on the manner in which canal officials have been wont to perform their duties, resulting in robbery of the State and imperfect and useless work apon our great water highways. Ex-Governon Fenton anp tor Lmenar Henrsy.—Ex-Governor Fenton, in a letter to the Chairman of the Republican State Com- mittee, published elsewhere, reviews the political prospects of the State and gives his reasons for abandoning the liberal republican party. He does not say, as many have, that he is unable to find the liberal party ; but eases his political conseience—strange thing—with the assurance that the republi- can party has become liberalized. Tue Guoceny Trape,—In another column we print a résumé of the grocery trade in the etropolis, from which it will be seen that ne of the market is generally healthy fie tka »rospects for the winter excellent. The habeas ‘ailures not had avery de- pressing effect, and dealers express the \ : belief that their a, imate result will be to the de, es rule un- advantage of the tn usually high, especially . but there is a good demand, aw hinuance there will doubtless & supply. Tur Covar Mantua, in te Vanovarp has resulted in the repri for canned fruits, 1 with its eon- also a full SE OF Tha British Navy is preserved by an iron disci- | pline which makes no allowance for neglect or thonghtlessness that ends in disaster. Pun- ishment is meted out with inexorable im- | partiality to anygBritish seaman, from the Admiral to the common tar, who fails in his - fiuty or in the vigilance and good seaman- ~ phip exacted of all who sail under the Union PY NEW YORK H#EKALD, MONDAY, VUTUBER 11, 1875.—TRIPLE SHKET Stanley at Victoria Niyanza. The remarkable letters of Mr. Henry M. Stanley, to which allusion was made in these columns yesterday, in connection with the editorial article of the London Daily Tele- graph announcing their receipt in England, have reached us at last. Our readers doubt- less have awaited them with as much impatience as we have felt in regard to them, and they will be read with avidity as the most important contri- butions to African exploration and discovery which have yet been made. Neither Speke nor Baker—not even Livingstone, the most persistent and successful of African travel- lers—has enriched geographical inquiry with results at all equal in value to these narra- tives. Mr.‘Stanley’s letters are in themselves the best commentary on his achievements and upon the wisdom of the joint expedition of which he is the chief, His style is simple and straightforward, and he writes as vigor- ously for the English and American public as he battles with the naked savages of Equa- torial Africa. It is impossible to present both of these letters in this issue of the | Henatp; but the communication which we print this morning will serve as the best introduction to the one that is to fol- low, exhibiting, as it does, the pain and peril through which this contribu- tion to our knowledge was achieved. Already famed for his patience and perseverance, his skill and snecess as the finder of Livingstone, these letters will add largely to his reputation and give to the commander of our expedition the highest place among the great men who have penetrated the savage jungles ofthe Albert and Victoria Niyanza. His nar ratives, though rich in both these re- spects, are not mere stories either of adven- ture or discovery, but a history of manly struggle and high endeavor fit to be classed with the grandest epics which the imagination can conceive. The letter which we print this morning is sombre with suffering and sorrow. It con- tains scarcely a line which does not show a weary hand and an aching heart. But it will be perceived as a noble attribute of Mr. Stanley's story that it exhibits neither des- pondency nor exultation. His misfortunes and the suffering and death he was com- pelled to witness seem to have nerved him for the trials which are to come and to have inspired him for his work. Setting out upon his expedition from Zanzibar with over 300 followers, 154 died from fever, dysentery, hunger and battle before the real purpose of his explorations had begun. Two of his Euro- pean companions—Frederick Barker and Ed- ward Pocock—died of the fever while on the march, the one during his absence from the main body of his foree and the other al- most without premonition or forewarning. The death of these young men, in an un- known land and with the savage war-cry of the African natives sounding in their ears, must have been a blow the severity of which it is impossible to appreciate at this distance from the scene and with our inadequate con- ceptions of the surroundings and the situation, King Arthur expiring in the arms of the last of his knights, the bold Sir Bedivere, was not a fitter theme for the laureate’s muse than would be the story of these two young lives sacrificed to science and duty in the jungles of Equatorial Africa. In his letters to the parents of his deceased companions, which we also print this morning, Mr. Stanley bears ample and sorrowful testimony | to their heroic and manly qualities; and in not forgetting to console the living while so far away with the dead, at a moment, too, when he was wearied with marching, sur- rounded by dangers from which most men would shrink and almost overcome with grief, he has done himself infinite credit both for his humanity and his forgetfulness of self in min to the sorrows of others. A strong purpo' i sa stout heart and } vigorous frame sary to endure all the struggles a and disappoint- ments this Ictter reveals; and the fact that Mr. Stanley has withstood every foe so long, has dared and overcome every danger and has crowned even the beginning of his work with the most important geographical discovery of the age, gives us hope not alone that his greatest trials and difficulties are past, but that he will be able to meet and overcome every new danger, and complete his mission by the achievement of still more brilliant triumphs. Apart from the sombre elements of Mr. Stan- ley’s story, there is something exceedingly picturesque and dramatic in his experiences. His rapid march from the sea to the Niyanza was in itself a drama more striking in outline and richer in color than anything cither literature or the stage has yet had from the imagination of Jules Verne. His three days’ fighting with the treacherous and avaricious Watura was | as splendid a battlepiece as any found in the pages of history. It was, as it were, one man contending almost unaided and alone with the tribes of a whole continent, and it will t rved that his victory was as com- plete as his courage was unbounded. man’s march to the sea or Sheridan’s down the valley of Virginia was not more destructive than Stanley's torch among the villages of = Iturn. A single arm dared and punished a continent, and valor justified the expedition when neither bounteous gifts nor gentle per- snasion could purchase the approval of ig- norance and treachery. The story of this splendid achievement, so simply and so modestly told, though it is a part of Mr. Stanley's tale of suffering and sorrow— twenty-one of his followers dying in battle with the bribed and treach- erous foe—is a bright and beautiful picture of his patience and heroism, and our | veaders will find in it relief from those | sombre features upon which we have already rand and | *. dismissal from command of Captain Dawkins | peas. of the ill-fated ship. The- efficiency of the | laid such stress. It is an episode as remark- | able in its way as the battles of Arminius with the legions of Varus, and will be re- ‘ed as long as the story of African explo- ontinnes to be related. ration * i iheiiitae from the personal and emotional | aspects of Mr. Stanley's letters to the cansid- ‘entific value we find in | eration of their se. ; inexhaustible field for this subject alone an. panegyric and compary.9™ Ta speak ing of this subject, whtua mowst be left for another day, when wo shall be able to lay Mr, Stanley’s second letter before Our reader. WA GANG do better than gauote | again the words of our ally in commenting upon the achievements and success of the | leader of this expedition. the graph says, “attaches to communica- tions thus almost providentially received from the sombre depths of the African jungles. They are bought for science at the cost of the lives of devoted and brave men ; they come to us through hairbreadth escapes and untold anxieties ; they are written by a hand burned by fiery suns, and composed by a brain full ofall the constant cares of an expedition which demands the gifts of a soldier in unison with almost every other quality which makes a man.” With this we are compelled to dismiss the subject, but, as we said before, the letter itself will be its own |, best commentary, A Note of Warning. The enemies of Tammany industriously spread abroad the charge that John Kelly desires to pack the criminal, prosecuting and judicial offices in the city with his own favorites for some ulterior object. No one pretends that Mr. Kelly is likely to commit an offence that will bring him within the reach of district attorney, recorder or police magistrate ; but it is alleged that he desires to control the machinery of justice for the purpose of increasing his political power, and such an ambition is inconsistent with the public good. If Mr. Kelly should refuse to renominate Recorder Hackett for the judicial position he has filled so satisfactorily he will give color and warrant to this damaging accusa- tion. The democrats have a perfect right to nominate a District Attorney from their own ranks in place of the incumbent of that office, because Mr, Phelps is a republican, and if the democratic nominee is an accept- able man he will be entitled to the support of his party. But they have no right to throw Recorder Hackett overboard, because he isa democrat and has won honors for himself and has reflected credit on his party by the manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. The question is not whether the person nominated on the demo- cratic ticket in place of Judge Hackett would or would not make a good Recorder. A re- form democracy has no right to drive from the Bench a Judge of proved fearlessness and integrity, especially at a time when crime is as rampant as it now is. Such an act would be full of evil consequences, both in its dispiriting effect on the judiciary and the encouragement it would give to the criminal classes. As a party movement it would be fatal ; for it would confirm the story that the criminal courts are hereafter to be used as a political power by the Tammany leaders, and would arouse the people of New York to the defeat of the Tammany nominee, Evangelization, It seems to be taken for granted among tha evangelical clergymen of this vicinity that the coming labors of Mr. Moody and his co- adjutor, Mr. Sankey, in this country are to be followed by a generous outpouring of the Holy Spirit, through the influence of which sinners are to be brought out from the dark- ness of the byways and hedges into the glori- | ous light of the Gospel highway. The pulsa- tion of quiet yet eager expectation is every- where perceptible, and many of the more prominent clerymen are preparing the minds and hearts of their hearers for a participa- tion in the great work. It is a hopeful sign that the pastors of the regular churches are realizing that there cannot be too many instrumentalities at work for the spread of the Christ spirit among men, and that instead of the cold, captious spirit with which the evangelist or revivalist has here- tofore been met among the more cultured, the true meaning and end of his work is so much better understood that he now meets with a hearty godspeed upon almost every hand. Among the more prominent of these pastors who discoursed upon this them terday were President Porter, of Yale Col- lege, and Mr. Beecher, who treated the sub- ject much in the same spirit, encouraging the moyement and answering the arguments of its opponents. Mr. Moody himself preached one of his characteristic sermons at Northfield, where his labors seem to have been abundantly blessed. Already his influcnce is felt throughout the land, and everywhere co- laborers are springing up to. aid him in his great work. The latest example of this is found in aa apostle to the railroad men, whose oc- cupation is such as shuts them off from the means of grace toa large extent. He ad- dresses them in their own vernacular, and, while we do not wish to reflect on them as a class, it is to be presumed a little reforma- tion among them would do no particular harm. Mr. Moody, it seems, has not yet decided where will be the scene of his next labors. It will, however, be in Brooklyn or P! delphia, both of which cities are laying claim to his immediate services. The Time for Action. The Board of Apportionment will soon be called upon to fix the amounts necessary for the expenses of conducting the various depart- ments of the city government for the ensuing year. There has been a large and apparently an unjustifiable increase in the expenditures of some of the departments within the last fifteen years, The Comptroller's Office in especial has grown to be enormously ex- travagant. In 1860, under Mr. Hawes as Comptroller, the Finance Department cost under ninety-four thousand dollars, In 1864, under Mr. Brennan, it cost one hun- | dred and fort ight thousand dollars. In | 1868, under Connolly, it cost two hundred and seven thousand dollars. In 1870 it cost about the same, and in 1874, under Mr. | Green, it cost three hundred and six thou- | sand dollars, Thus in fourteen years the | expense of keeping the city accounts has more than trebled, or has increased by the amount of two hundred and twelve thou- sand dollars. Other departments are open to similar criticism. The Board of Appor- tionment should apply the pruning knife at once and with firmness. The estimates of half from thofe of last year, and the city gov- ernment should be compelled to exercise the | same economy in the management of its business as is vised by a business man. The Ohio Election To-Morrow. The speeches to be made this evening will close the most animated political canvass that has ever taken place in any State except in the year of a Presidential election. There are two reasons why this Ohio contest has been so strenuous and has excited universal interest outside the State. One of these reasons is that since the change of the annual election in Pennsylvania from October to November Ohie is the only great State which will afford a preliminary test of the strength of parties in the Presidential year. The consequences of victory or defeat in a State of the first rank a few weeks in advance of the Presidential election are tremendous, and very often decide the contest, as the October election did in 1872, In October of that year Governor Hartranft was elected in Pennsylvania by a majority of 35,627; but a month later President Grant received a majority of 137,748 in the same State—a re- publican gain of 102,121—by the effect of, Vie- tory on a subsequent election, Ohio next year will take the -place 50 long held by Pennsylvania as the key of our Presidential contest ; and as the party which carries the State this year will have the best chances of carrying it again next October, when the control of the national government may be virtually decided in Ohio, | the control of the democratic org: | crats of Ohio when “rey the departments should be cut down one- | it is not surprising that the canvass which closes to-day has been so vigorous. The second bf the reasons to which we al- lude has had a still more enlivening effect. The bold revival of the inflation issue, which had been dormant since President Grant's veto, gave the republicans an advantage which they were not slow to seize. They saw, or at least thought they saw, a great op- portunity to rectify their own record and de- moralize their opponents. We incline to think, after closely watching this singular canvass, that the Ohio democrats ‘builded wiser than they knew” in constructing their platform. One undesigned consequence is the cure of the republican inflationists, and the commitment of the republican organiza- tion to sound views of the currency. Party spirit is more potent than argument, and the effect of the Ohio platform has been to enlist republican party feeling on the side of good money. For the conversion of republican inflationists there is no other part of the Union where the birth of the ‘rag baby” could have had so great an effect. It was the kindred Ohio heresy of repudiation that made the first election of General Grant so triumphant in 1868,. What was then called “Pendletonism,” or the payment of the gov- ernment bonds in greenbacks, was the main cause of the overwhelming democratic defeat in the first Presidential election after the close of the war. The Pendletonism of 1875 is so identical in its origin and so similar in its nature to the Pendletonism of 1863 that it has been an easy task to array the republi- can party in opposition to it. Another effect of the democratic folly has been to win back distinguished liberal republicans like Mr. Schurz and Mr. Fenton, whose steady opposition to inflation makes it easy for them to advocate the election of Mr. Hayes. It is true that a few prominent republicans continue tp urge inflation, but they exe men who have lost the confidence of the party, like General Butler, or who never possessed it, like Mr. Wendell Phillips. The Ohio canvass has done good in forcing one of our great political parties to abjure inflation and put itself on the right side of a great controversy. The effect on the democratic party has been less marked, but is on the whole salu- tary. Atone time it seemed to be purely mischievous. When the Pennsylvania democracy adopted the Ohio platform it looked as if the inflationists were rising to ation. But the emphatic hard money platforms subsequently put forth by the democracy of New York, Nebraska and Massachusetts proved that the party could never be united in advocating inflation, and within the last ten days the Ohio democrats have essentially changed their position. They have been forced by a strong current of public sentiment to aver during the week which has just passed that they are merely anti-contractionists, and not inflationists. Let the election to-morrow go as it may, in- flation is dead as a practical issue in our politics. It has become of little consequence in the general politics of the country whether Governor Allen is re-elected or not. Let the Ohio election go as it will, the Presi- dential contest will not be fought on the cur- rency question. Another reason why this question will be pushed into the background may be found in the probable action of the democratic House of Representatives next winter. The House will be chiefly occupied in investi- gating the secrets of President Grant’s ad- ministration, If it should make astounding discoveries in this fruitful field, as it proba- bly will, every other question will be eclipsed by a popular cry for reform, Tur Cnrer Ixriatrion Organ in Ohio, the Cincinnati Enquirer, has, within a few days, renounced its aggressive inflationism and declared that ‘too much money would be almost as great an evil as too little.” This sudden change of front is so remarkable that we insert the passage:— “Unlimited inflation’ {s the term poked at th tly. Nobody proposes unlimit h money would be ‘The main thing is to stop force: mul little. tion and contraction, and do away with the nal bank monopoly. A vote for Wiliam Allen hese precisely this, | Full discussion having produced this great change in the very citadel of inflation, we | think the result of the Ohio craze will be healthful and salutary. Besides forcing the | republican party to renounce and oppose in- | flation, it has drawn out such declarations | from the democracy of other States as rendor it impossible for the democratic party to be united on the Ohio platform, and constrains the Ohio democrats themselves to make a change of base on the eve of the election. Governor Trupen is wanted in this city. is a fearless and honest judiciary, especially in the criminal courts. If the Governor allows John Kelly to defeat the renomination difference to this most valuable of all reforms, and the people will turn up their noses at bie | | canal crusader The best reform for the people of New York | of Recorder Hackett he will prove his in- | Our Native Drama aud Native Dramatists. The truth about this discusston of “native drama” is that we have no native dramas, or few indeed worthy of that name.” We have no school of comedies, for instance, like those written by Alexandre Dumas, or Scribe, or Sardou. We have none like those of Robertson, or Tom Taylor, or Stirling Coyne, or even Sheridan Knowles, Yet when we look for the elements of dramatic interest in our society America is as rich as France or England. A writer like Sardou, who is more of a stage carpenter than a dramatic author, will take an old subject of French history, ora social scandal, or a political idea, and clothe it with brightness and pageantry and stage effect, and send it running for a season, even in critical Paris, A writer like Robert- son could take a society topic and weave around it the daintiest fancies and make it the talk of London. If we except Mr. Bouci- cault—and we can scarcely call him an American dramatist—we have no dramatic writer who has given us aschool. Mr. Bouci- cault is uneven in his works, as all may note who have seen “The Shaughraun” and “Belle Lamar,” probably the best and worst of his creations, His best work is Irish. Our dramatists have run to caricature. Where we have a successful play it comes not so much from the work itself as from the actor. Mr. Jefferson created the character of Rip Van Winkle. The play had never attained any prominence until he took up the part and recreated it. Mr. Forrest did the same for “Metamora.” Mr. Owens made character of Solon Shingle. Without him the play is nothing. Mr. Raymond has done the same with his little sketch of Colonel Sellers, Without Mr. Reymond the play would not last a week. If the ‘Mighty Dollar” amounts to anything at all, which we question, it will be simply because of Mr. Florence, And yet ther® is no department of literary labor where the returns are so quick and large as the drama. ‘Two or three years agoan American wrote a foolish, wretched dialogue for the spectacular play of the ‘‘Black Crook.” For this bit of work that might have been done in a week by any fifth class local reporter he received quite a fortune. Mr. Howard made a large sum out of “Saratoga,” a play that was nothing, It is not, as one of our correspondents has argued, the fault of the’ managers that the native drama is not encouraged. They would only be too glad tg find an American play if anybody will write one. They do not keep theatres open as a nursery for struggling intellect. They do not pay money to allow every poetaster or stage-struck writer to test his fancies on their boards. But a good comedy will not only be a fortune to the manager, but to the writer. Why do not some of our really clever writers—Russell Lowell, Bret Harte, Whit- tier, Longfellow or John Hay—attempt some- thing in the way of a comedy ora drama? Tennyson, after thirty years’ brilliant and steady poetic work, has given us a drama which a high critic speaks of as in some re- spects Shakespearian. Why cannot some of our really great writers who share with Ten-¢ nyson the first position in English literature imitate his example and give us soniething worthy of their genius and of our literature ? Rarm Tnransrr.—The fable of the tailor who ran twenty miles to request a great general, at the head of an approaching army, to change his line of march, as it lay through said, tailor’s cabbage patch, is recalled to mind by the conduct of the tradesfolk re- siding on the line of the proposed rapid transit route. Plans over which engineers have worried for years are to be (so Phillips thinks) upset to conserve the interests of a few storekeepers and land- lords. From the statement in our report it is evident that the Third Avenue Railroad Company will make a fight at Albany next winter against rapid transit. Elsewise why this protest Mr. Phillips is preparing. Phil- lips may plant his cabbages, but as the line of march lies throngh his patch it is safe to as- sume he will be no more successful than the poor tailor. Tue Tasmany Leavers affect to deplore the increase of crime. If they were sincere in this they would rejoice in the opporturtity to renominate Recorder Hackett, who is more dreaded by criminals than any other Judge now on the Bench. Tue Murprner or Mr. Noz.—From the strong circumstantial case made out against John Dolan by Dorsey, the detective, it would appear that he is the long- sought murderer of Noe, Any one accustomed to the tricks of crimi- nals knows how to value Dolan'’s story con- cerning how he came into possession of the watch. Every thief caught with stolen property on his person was presented with the same by some obliging stranger who, im- mediately after exercising lis generosity, disappeared. It is to be hoped that the police department will work out to a conviction the valuable clew furnished by Dorsey, and thus help us to forget its brilliant record for bungling. Tue New Yorker Journal, a bright political paper; the Handel-Zeitung, a financial organ of prominence and character; the Galary, one of the best because one of the most pro- gressive of our magazines; the Home Journal, representative of fashion and society; the Evo @ Italia, the organ of the Italian popula- tion in New York; the Patent Right Gazette andthe Free Lance, whose names indicate their purpose, have all been sent to our Paris office to be filed. As we have said, it is our | purpose to make our Paris office the most coimplete reading room for Americans in | Barope, and theso additions to the list will show our readers that we are redeoming this pledge. eb A Sensrpie Coarrrion.—It is understood that the republicans and the anti-Tamman ites will unite in renominating John Hackett for Recorder. be indorsed by all the other independent organizations in the city. As it is now evi- dent that Tammany will persist in throwing Mr. Hackett overboard and nominate a less independent man there will be o#ly two tickets in the field. This being the case all honest voters should support the Recorder for re-election, and so retain him in the posi- tion he has so long filled with honor and This nomination will | Hackett should not receive an overwhelming vote and be elected by a decided majority. The Pulpit. Aside from the evangelical movement which attracted so much attention in our pulpits yesterday the subjects discussed were: of the usual character, Dr. Vincent ‘spoke: on the.ever-living question “Who is Christ?” an answer to which he sought to find in His life.and teachings. Dr. Frothing- ham, at the Masonic Temple, delivered a semi-philosopLites\! disquisition on the “Need of the Hour,” which he evidently did not think was a revival of the evangefi- cal sort. At Sk Andrew’s church Dr. Curran preached’ on “The Immntability + of the Catholic Church,” which, as he stated, relates to the doctrines tanght by Christ and handed down by His apostles. Father Hayes, at St. Ann’s church, spoke wf the charity which suffereth long and is’ kimi, while at the Russo-Greek chapel Father Bjerring discoursed on the doctrines of tie Greek Church and its relations to the: Mnglican churches. Mr, Hepworth spokelowmently on the claims of Christ as presented’ lay Him- self. Kindred themes were presemted at the other churches, extended reports -of ewhich will be found elsewhere. A Serious Blunder. « Judge Pershing, of Pennsylvania, is mate? ning for Governor as a “reformer.” If heiay’ elected it will be on the theory that the gov--' ernment of Pennsylvania is so corrupt that* it needs an honest man to reorganize it. Y6t | Judge Pershing, although a candidate for a political office, now holds a high judiciat: station. In response to the natural inquiry’ of a reporter, published in anothor journal, as to whether he thought of resigning his place on the Bench, the Judge said that he would not do so unless it was necessary to ‘defend his character from assault.” Now, in our easy manner of conducting affairs in America, we have been careless about the Bench, In New York it has been proper for judges to take part in political conventions, to preside over primary meetings, to do a great many things which are inconsistent with a careful administration of justice. Judge Pershing, by remaining upon the Bench, may plead a hundred precedents, but the whole matter is wrong. If he were a conscientious reformer he would have shown his fidelity by throwing up his commission as Judge when he ac- cepted the nomination as Governor, It would bea much better plan if our judges were to adopt the rule that they would under no cireumstances run for any office while they sit on the Bench. Since Judge Per- shing did not take that supreme and noble step let him do what is next best—resign his position as judge, and not drag the ermine through the mire of a political canvass. Syaarny For THe Fans Riven Srarkers.— A significant meeting of workingmen was held yesterday on the Bowery, at which reso- lutions of sympathy with the Fall River strikers were passed. One of the strikers who waited on the Mayor of Newport said that gentleman was not as black as he had been painted. After many eloquent words of soothing sympathy for the strikers, and as many barbed ones for the ‘*cotton kings,” a collection was taken up and practical charity did its part of the work. Tae Mintxe Districrs or PENNSYLVANIA have again been cursed by faction fighting and incendiarism. The Molly Maguires are, as in former cases, the original cause of the trouble. A magistrate is accused of par- tiality to an Irish drunken man who fired of his pistol in the street, and with being rather severe on a Welshman accused of a similar offence. The English and Welsh become furious in cons¢quence, and bad feeling and rioting are the results. The Welshman’s throat is cut and his friends show a disposition to tako the law into their own hands. More respect for law and a little less national hatred would be a bless ing to the mining population. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Schuyler Colfax is to be one of the judges at a baby show to be held at Niles, Mich. Senator Aaron Hi. Cragin, of New Hampshire, is re- siding temporarily at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ‘A Kansas judge has decided that aman and wife can go toany place of amusement on a ticket that saya “admit one,” as by law they are considered “ono.” The Rev. Cyrus Foss, D. D., will be installed as President of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., on the 26th inst, The services will be held in the college chapel, Anna Connett, a pretty girl over in New Jersey, was acquitted of the charge of burglary, whereupon she threw her arms around the Judge's neck aud kissed him, And now all the married Jawyers around Plain- | fleld are candidates for judge, Warren Hastings’ elephant, which is a hundred years old, is being fed up to be ridden by the Prince of Wales when he visits Lucknow, India, This makes. the ele- phant swing his trank in the air ard wag his valise, as | he did in childhood’s happy hours, Joan of Arc, tho famous French heroine, had her | portrait painted by Power, a Scotchman, iu 1420. The picture bas been discovered. Much the same interest | is manifested for her in France as in New England is | manifested for molasses cake, because it is inade of Ore | Jeans. Tearyson smokes only the best Virginia tobaceo, and | habitually in clay pipes, which ne breaks after ono use. It was while smoking a light dudheen that he: | wrote those inspired lines describing a fire in an ico house—‘Thus 500 tons of ice wero soon reduced to ash writes:— I am a Pennsylvania democrat; my party in Ohwo favors inflation, in New York it favors contraction. What shall I think?’ If your pantaloona bag at the knee hurrah for Billy Allen, but if your feet that you have to get out of bed to turn over ‘rab for Sammy Tilden. Th New York Times thinks, in leading brevier, that, woman’s dress, her personal beauty imparts about all there is to her make-up, This isan wsthetical and careful way of putting the moral fashions into | print; but it is a physical fact that a quarter ofa row of pins will make a woman's personal beauty crop out anywhere, A Francisco man wants some genius to invent a hot air labor-saving engine for the house, one that will run the sowing machine and sprinkle tne grounds, The fact ie that right near here, in Yonkers, there is a man inventing jastsuch a machine. Tt gets up carly to make the Gres, spits on its hands when !t spanks the baby, and, by a strap which runs into the second story, it picks op a pillow and smashes @ mosquito against the wall, Wendell Phillips eays:—‘The element that Mr. Rice | | | brings in is not higetates:nanship, though it has been weil oxercised; not his record, though it is « fair one | for an American politician; not his social position; not | nis bustuess capacity; they don'tcare for any one of | those elements; the arvicle they want to buy and he has to sed is his respectability, That is the reason why ho triumphed over his other competitor, bocauge in that article he Was deemed to hpye Just Wen per cont uae ada intextity. ‘Chere is no reason why Recoxdax | vantare” °