The New York Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1875, Page 8

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Mr. Joba Gilbert, Miss Ada Dyas. PARISIAN VARIETIES, Fixteenth street und Broadway.—VARIETY, at 5 P.M. DARLING'S OPERA HOUSE, fwenty-third street and sixth avenue.—COTTON & REED'S SEW YOKE MINSTRELS aS PM; closes at 10 P.M. ATRE COMIQUE, THE. eS 54 eet: —VARIETY, at 5 2. M.; closes at 10:45 SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, So House, Broadway, corner of Twenty-ninth street, WP. AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Chird avenue and Sixty-third t.—Day and evening. BOOTH’S THEATRE, third stree Sixth avenue —English Opera— souwras MIAN GIRL, at P.M. Miss Clara Louise ise Kalloge. 13, 1875, From our reports this morning the probabilities tre that the weather to-day will be clear or vartly cloudy, with frost. ‘Tue Henatp py Fast Man, Trars.—News- iealers and the public throughout the States of New York, New: Jersey and Pennsylvania, as cell’ as in the West, the Pacific Coast, the North ind Southwest, also along the lines of the Hud- son River, New Yorke Central and Pennsylvania Central Railroads and their connections, will be vupplied with Toe Heraxp, free of postage. Extraordinary inducements offered to newsdealers by sending their orders direct to this office. Wat Srazer YEsTERpay. —Rag money was worth 85.84. Gold closed at 116, after early sales at 116 1-2. Stocks were weak and lower. Continued decline in Missouri Pa tific was the feature. Money on call was tasy at 2 1-2 and 3 per cent. Tae Sraarrs or MaGEtiay, it is feared, will cause a war between Chili and the Argentine Republic. The conquest of Patagonia onght to be next in order. Tar Races at Jerome Park yesterday were well contested, and though the attendance was not so great as usual it was excellent when the disagreeable weather is considered. Tue Tasmany Canprpate for District At- torney is practically a republican. He is the partner of Francis C. Barlow, and was for- merly in the office of another prominent re- oublican lawyer and politician, Jupcr Lawrence, of the Supreme Court, ‘in a decision reported in another column bolds that the voluntary enlistment of an tlien in the militia of this State is as binding ts the act of a citizen, This is right. The »bligation is one which no foreigner need vasume, but, once assumed, it should be en- forced. Tue Grapute, an illustrated daily evening newspaper, which has successfully founded s new school of journalism in New York, and she Arcadian, whose editor informs us that “high-echoed thoughts” may always be found ‘‘seated in the heart of courtesy,” have been sent to our Paris office, and will be found on file. Poor Ketizx 1x His Tammany Cosveytion was like a bull in china shop. Wherever he put down his clumsy foot there was a breakage of china, When he arraigned Recorder Hackett for voting in favor of pay- ing the ‘fraudulent account” of Tracy, the Tammany keeper of the Ludlow Street Jail, Tracy himself sat under his eyes a member of the Convention that rejected Recorder Hackett, and, by the grace and favor of poor Kelly, a shining light of the Tammany Gen- eral Committee. NEW YORK The unto Election—Defeat of the In- Mationists, The most important and exciting State election since the close of the civil war has resulted in the defeat ot Governor Allen and his associates on the inflation ticket, and the election of Mr. Hayes by a majority of not less than fifteen thousand. This is a blow from which the inflationists will never recover. It may be looked upon as a fortnnate deliverance from a great political danger, ‘‘All the tears lie im an onion’ which the dem- ocrats of New York will shed over the defeat of their party in Ohio; for although the progress of democratic victories is ar- rested, and a further humilistion awaits the party in Pennsylvafiia, the democracy are not 80 hopelessly damaged as they would have been by the re-election of (overnor Allen. But although his defeat is a /osser evil to the democratic party than his election would have been ion platform the rejoicing over this c: will all be on the side of the republicans. They have recon- quered a great State, they lost two years ago, and, what is more ‘mportant, they stand before the public as the successful champions of a sound currency, gaining a great moral as well as a grent political ad- vantage. ‘They are fairly entitled to the credit of having rescued the country from a great danger, and their success will have a decided influence on the subsequent elec- tions of the present year. For the sake of the country everybody should rejoice that inflation has nothing to show but its dead on the battle field. + It is not difficult to trace the causes of this satisfactory result. The most important is the stupendous miscalculation of the Ohio democrats in presenting the inflation issue, al- though in the eyes of demagogues this seemed atthe outset a dexterous manwuvre, The on an i which HEKALD, WEDNESDAY, _ OCTOBER 13, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. public obligations is correct (a Lat made only for the sake of argument), and even from that point of view it exhibits their policy as detestabl® for even gambling debts are paid by men of honor, and they would be ostracised from the society of gentlemen if they repudiated them, At the very worst the inflationists can- not consider the promises of the government as more destitute of obligation than gambling debts, and it is infamous to repudiate even these. But outside of in- flation circles the public engagements are not put on any such level. In the estima- tion of the sound part of the community they are pledges of the public faith which must be sacredly kept. The Ohio inflationists have brought odium on their party by mak- ing it chargeable with a willingness to dis- honor the government. This disreputable canvass and disastrous election have blighted the fairest hopes of the democratic party. With its worst elements led by a demagogue like Governor Allen, with Governor Tilden running the party in this State to promote his ambitious personal aspirations, and the prospect of a bitter quarrel and bandying of recriminations be- tween their followers, the immediate pros- pects of the party are not brilliant. The democratic defeat in Ohio carries, as its in- evitable consequence, a democratic defeat in Pennsylvania, and a diminution of the dem- ocratic majority in New York by the new hope and courage that will be infused into the republicans. There is but one way to re- trieve these misfortunes. There is no salva- tion for the democratic party but by making administrative reform the paramount issue, and reuniting the party in a_ stren- uous opposition to the abuses which have prevailed in President Grant's admin- istration, It was absurd to raise any other banner than one inscribed with reform ; but basis of this calculation was the well known fact that a portion of the Ohio republicans favored inflation, and a large accession to the democratic strength was expected from this source. That this estimate seemed plausible to the republicans as well as the democrats was proved, first, by the feeble and halting declaration on the currency in republican platform, and, secondly and more forcibly, by the re- publican alarm in the early weeks of the can- vass. So great was the alarm that the repub- lican party tried to shift the issue to the school question; but, having no success in this attempted change of base, they returned with vigor to the proper battle ground of the campaign and thenceforward weakened the democrats every day the con- test continued. As soon as they boldly grap- pled with inflation their prospects began to improve, and during the last ten days the enemy staggered and reeled under their well- dealt blows. The first effect of the bolder tactics was to consolidate the republican party on anti- inflation ground. This effect was as much due to party spirit as to sound reasoning, the party pride of the inflation republicans dis- posing them to listen with favoring at- tention to arguments whose force could not be resisted when not obstrueted by prejudice. Previously infla- tion had not been a question between the two political parties, but a non-partisan question dividing both organizations and a sectional question between the West and the East. But when the Ohio canvass began to grow warm, and the attempt to make it turn on the school question failed, there was nothing left for the re- publicans but to come to close quarters with the inflationists and to be bolder in the fight than they had been in their platform. They had no difficulty in turning the whol cur- rent of party feeling on their side against rag money, and as soon as they were sure of their own voters the only thing necessary to success was to bring them all to the polls. According to the accounts there was a larger vote in Ohio yesterday than was ever before polled in the State; and a full vote was all the republicans needed when they were once past the danger of desertion on the currency question. They are indebted to the democrats for the extraordinary fulness of the vote. The issue presented by that party was exciting enough to overcome public apathy, even if there had been but little speaking, and the extraordinary activity of the democratic canvass operated asa chal- lenge, which was taken up by the repub- licans in every part of the State. No canvass was ever energetic and thorongh, and the interest which was aroused aided the republicans from the day that they felt assured that they would not be weakened by inflationist desertions. In the last days of the canvass the democrats were as much alarmed as the republicans had been at the beginning. They made a futile change of front in the face of the enemy in the final stages of the battle by declaring that they did not advocate inflation but only resisted contraction and a forced resumption of specie payments. If they had not quick- ened the emulation of their opponents by so bold and active a canvass they might have carried the State by republican apathy. The practical effect of this ostenta- tious activity has been to stir party feeling to its profoundest depths and bring the whole republican strength to the polls, This unprincipled and mischievous can- vass has inflicted prodigious damage on the democratic party. It has stripped it of the wonderful prestige it gained by its brill- the more iant series of victories last year, and its gains this year in Maine and California, and has arrested the inward flow of its tidal wave. It has divided, disorganized and demoralized the party, bringing its leaders into open conflict, creat- ing a state of war between the democracy of the East and the West, arousing jealousies and recriminations which it will be difficult to allay, and which will destroy the party if they continue. It has practically united the republicans on the currency question, whereas they were beforo as badly divided as the democrats. It has identified a large section of the democ- racy, including the party in the great States of Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a policy as odious and dishonorable as the re- pudiation of s gambling debt by an indi- vidual. This comparison concedes in behalf of the inflationists that their estimate of the we trust it is not too late for the democracy to be consolidated on that basis. The inflation issue has united the republicans on the currency question and widened the breach between the democrats. The only hope of the party lies in the action of the House of Representatives when Con- gress assembles. If the House devotes itself to investigations and exposures, if it sueceeds in dragging a great mass of hidden corrup- tion to light and covering the administration with disgrace, the democrats may yet fight their way to power as the champions of reform. There is no hope forthe party on any other issue. The Gambling Spirit. Astudy of some of the money columns of the New York papers is an unwholesome occupation. We cannot better understand the condition into which our business has fallen than by a glance down the long list of ‘stock sales” which are published every day. Here are thousands of “shares” sold from month to month, representing interests which have no sound value. We glance through these columns and are surprised to find how few of the shares suld are of true value or in any way represent the business interest of the community. On the contrary we have large sales at ‘seller 3” and “buyer 60” and ‘‘on call;” in the main not busi- ness transactions, but gambling speculation. Reading the accounts we find that ‘a few of the large buyers are closing up their interests.” We are told that the reason one stock has fallen is ‘that there is an unsettled feeling in financial circles.” Again, there is “a most plausible rumor” that a road has not earned its dividends. We are told that a ‘noted bear is credited with buying.” Another writer informs us ‘‘that the absence of many of the operators at the races favored the success of the bears.” We notice still fur- ther that eminent bankers ‘whose names were maliciously used by the rumor com- mittee of Wall street, despairing of redress through the tardy action of the Stock Exchange, have employed private de- tectives,” ond that the ‘matter is to be submitted to the Grand Jury.” It is difficult to exaggerate the condition into which our Wall street affairs have fallen. Wall street is no longer governed by honest business men, but by gamblers. Good, true yalues are no longer bought and sold. On the contrary, we have “puts” and “calls.” The literature of Wall street is the literature of gamblers. A “put” is ‘as much a gam- bling experiment as a game of faro or rou- lette. Until there is a burning out of these interests, and a thorough cleaning of Wall street; until men like Jay Gould, who have neither conscience nor humanity, and who are vampires upon the business in- terests of New York—until men of this kind, with their pretensions, their frauds, their schemes, their infamons trifling with the public credit, are driven out of trade, we shall have no honest, healthy business pros- perity. Reconper Hackerr knew ‘poor Kelly's malignity when, after administering to him ascathing rebuke for his insolent demand to be allowed to fill the Criminal Court with his political tools, he added, ‘Possibly I may hereafter invite political animosity by this determination, yet while privately my sympathies are most ardent in their demo- cratic tendencies, I should be recreant to my judicial independence and sense of duty if I answered otherwise than I have now done.” But the people of New York will take care that Kelly's “political animosity” does not sueceed in driving an upright and fearless Judge from the Bench, poor Tar Comptarst Aoaixsr District Arron- wey Puewps of failure to indict an alleged defaulter which Mr. George Wilkes has made to the Governor is assuming unexpected pro- portions. If the facts are as alleged we can- not see how Governer Tilden can escape the duty of removing tht District Attorney from his office. A refusal to indict an offender ig @ very great offence in a prosecuting officer, and if Mr. Phelps has failed in his daty in even a single case he ought not to escape the penalty of such unwarrantable conduct, Jaconus VanpeRpir and Jonx Kevry ore both of astripe. They want to have their own way. But the people sometimes step in to prevent them. The New York and Staten Island ferry line will continue to run its boats despite the Jacobus Vanderbilt monopoly, and Recorder Hackett will con- tinue on the bench he adorns in spite of the John Kallw dictatorship, / Poor Kelly and His Speech. The address delivered by poor Kelly in the Convention at Tammany Hall preceding the nomination for judicial offices is a re- markable illustration of the condition into which our New York politics have fallen. Here is a politician every dollar of whose money was obtained out of the public treas- ury, who has given his whole life to polities, who has been constantly seeking or holding office, who presumes to dictate to the people of New York not only the names of their candidates for the offices, but to throw from the Bench and from high station officers who have served the people with honor, courage and fidelity. We do not re- member to have heard o more ar- rogant speech. We marvel that even the delegates to this Convention, at least those who are not lost to all sense of self- respect, did not rise and leave the hall in which they were treated more like slaves than like the representatives of a proud political party. But poor Kelly had his power and was resolved to wield it; so he not only imposed upon these docile, acqui- escent, subservient ‘delegates,” the men whom he had resolved to nominate to office, but made a virulent personal attagk upon an officer who for a long time has held the chief position in the administration of criminal justice in New York. If our people are unanimous on any one point it is that John K. Hackett is an honor tothe Bench. As Recorder his administra- tion has been a terror to evil doers, He has held his high place without yielding to blandishments or threats. As one of our contemporaries well remarks, he will be elected by a large majority, although every thief, robber and cutthroat will vote against him. The general opinion in favor of Mr. Hackett’s renomination was overwhelming. ‘This was shown in public expressions, in all circles of society, in the newspapers without distinction of party, and more especially among those members of the demo- cratic party who believed that the suc- cess of the Presidential ticket would depend largely upon the victory in New York. If poor Kelly was a patriotic demo- erat, if he had seen in this canvass some- thing higher than the mere dispensation of a few local places, if he had believed in the triumph of the democratic party in the next Presidential election, he would have risen superior to all personal considerations and given us candidates that would have assured an overwhelming snecess to the democratic party and to New York her proud posi- tion as the Empire State of the democ- racy. As it is, if the leaders of the anti-Tammany organizations, and -espe- cially the republican party, could have dictated the course of their opponents, they would have directed poor Kelly to do precisely as he has done. His whole nomination canvass might haye been the work of General Arthur or District Attor- ney Bliss directing the movements of their enemies in order to make their own victory secure, The administration party, which otherwise would have been a mere fragment of New York politics, is now strong enough tocommand its own nominations and to make suchan alliance with outside demo- cratic fragments as to defeat the democratic organization in New York. The country will see not alone that Tammany has been beaten, because in the mysteries of New York poli- tics the country is not deeply interested, but that the democratic party has received a shock which will paralyze its influence in the coming campaign for the Presidency. Mr. Peckham’s Letter. Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham, who is a chronic candidate for office, whose name comes bob- Jing up at every convention in some shape q@ other, and who is either secking office tom Tammany Hall or secking fees from Comptroller Green, has been induced to yrite a letter arraigning Recorder Hackett. This letter is a painful production. It shows that Mr. Peckham is endeayoring to ride two lorses, He does not want to offend poor Telly, because poor Kelly has references to five, controls the courts and dispenses pat- wnage ; he does not wish to accuse Recorder Tackett, because in his soul he knows that the Iecorder is free from any taint of corruption q misdemeanor in office. Evidently Peck- Im has been put under a severe pressure. @ letter looks as if it had been written er and over again, scratched and re- ratched, the adjectives carefully weighed, e nouns pruned down, and all so changed at it could only be the work of an-anxious in who had poor Kelly driving him on je one side and was controlled by his mse of right on the other. We have pity | jr Peckham or for any man in this position, nt this is the fault of becoming a vassal. If ckham were an independent lawyer he ould have said about Recorder Hackett hat is now said by every other member of Bar—he would have paid a tribute to | e courage, the honesty and the fair dealing the Recorder's official life in a direct, id, manly way. He would have said that, |» dge Hackett has been the safeguard of | ery honest citizen, the terror of every ief. He would have told the Convention at no act would create more, rejoicing in ng Sing than the defeat of Judge Hackett the Tammany Convention. He would ve reminded his hearers that Tammany as beaten in the height of its power by avemeyer and Gunther and Halpine and mes, when its leaders, with much more ex- rience but not as arrogant as poor Kelly, ntured to trifle with the will of the people. nt Peckham was unequal to any such occa- n, and his letter is a foolish attempt of a litician to keep on both sides of the ques- m-—-to serve two masters, the domineering dof Tammany Hall on the one side and conscience on the other. uu =Proviston Market.—Elsewhere we Int some account of the provision market ijthis city, collected by Heranp reporters. ces of meats—fresh, salted and smoked— tinue high; the tables given show that y are considerably higher than last year. re does not appear to be an imme- @ prospect of lower prices. It may be ed, however, that, with the exception eats, the price of food is now’ generally n or nearly down to the rates that ruled | and his linen and his clothing. Consequently The Age of Mystery. We have been interested during the last few weeks in observing the sense of deep mystery and secrecy which has fallen upon our generation. Americans in times past were always a frank, open, conversational people, willing to talk about their affairs, discussing public men and events with can- dor and without reserve. We have never been disturbed by a police system like what we see in France hovering over every man’s life and taking diligent note of the minutest events in his conduct. Nor have we been oppressed by any sense of caste or distinction between social classes like what we see in England: This recent spirit of secrecy and mystery and reserve is envelop- ing the country to such a degree that we really seem to be little more than a con- federation of Masonic associations, Nothing interested the people for some time more thoroughly than the probable action of the Tammany Convention. The people were anxious to know who were to be their judges and rulers for the next term. Our reporters went to John Kelly and other leaders—nothing but a shake of the head, silence and mystery! Politicians were naturally very anxious to know what the re- publicans and democrats meant to do in the canvass, whom they would nominate and what steps they would take for victory. Our reporters visited Collector Arthur and Mr, Shafer—nothing but a shake of the head, silence and mystery! A day or two since it was reported that the Mayor had asked the Board of Police Commissioners to resign. The fact that we were no longer to be hon- ored with a Matsell and Disbecker in these high stations naturally enough alarmed the people, and as public servants we sent our reporters to the members of the Board to ask them how true it was that they had been asked to resign—nothing but a shake of the head, silence and mystery! Disbecker knew nothing, Voorhees would say nothing, and our reporter sought the august presence of the Mayor—all was silence and mystery! For two or three weeks we have been with- out a Secretary of the Interior. All we know is that the Assistant Secretary is, according to the mewspaper despatches, ‘reforming everything.” Naturally enough the country is anxious to know who is to preside over one of the most important departments of the government. The President is off study- ing the geology of the Rocky Mountains. Correspondents seek for information as to the name of the new Secretary—only silence and mystery! Jewell don't know, Fish won't speak, and Grant, as is his habit, says nothing. Rumor flies from name to name like a bird upon the wing, and our last au- thentic intelligence is that the mysterious person who is named for this office will be in Washington and take his oath this week. If this were an Oriental country, if our gov- erning powers were sultans, we could under- stand the reserve which is shown by the men who have influence and authority. But is it not, after all, an insult to the people, this affectation of secrecy, this declining to talk, this silently, sullenly agreeing upon names for public places and tossing them to the people at the last moment as though a bone were tossed toa beggar? Have we not the same rights in the government of the nation? Has not the humblest,citizen in the country the same concern as the President in the name of the new Secretary of the Interior? And has not the modest taxpayer in New York as much right to know who is to be the next Recorder as John Kelly or John Mor- rissey? Is not this feeling of reserve, this affectation of secrecy and silence, an evidence of the growth of that spirit of Casarism or of the few ruling the many irresponsible and for their own gain, which we have observed with pain in our country for the last few years? Who Are These Ment We look down the list of candidates pre- sented to us by poor Kelly for the .most im- portant positions in the gift of the people and naturally ask who are these gentlemen who claim the suffrage of the people? Judge Freedoms is a well known magistrate, whose record justifies the wisdom of the people. Judge Loew, whatever his merits, was never celebrated for his judicial qualities. His reputation depends more upon the success of his brother Charles as o politician than upon his administration of justice. As for the rest nobody ever has heard of them. Judge Spencer returns to the Bench with a fair reputation; but there are probably two thousand other lawyers in New York who have as much claim to this position and who would administer its duties as ac- ceptably as Judge Spencer. If we go to the other parts of the ticket we see no name that at all represents the political or social influ- ence or the greatness of New York. “In other words, poor Kelly has nominated a ticket of pigmies. Beginning his political career in New York as leader of Tammany on the principle of bosom friendship he has forced his creatures into places and means to have no one in office who would not willingly, as a part of his official duties, take care of his boots the ticket falls dead upon the people. The Germans do not care anything at all about it, because they really have no representation among the candidates, save a professional German or two whose nationality is only used for political advancement. The Irish cannot welcome it, because no leading mem- ber of that race has any recognition what- ever. It is simply the expression of poor Kelly's personal will, and the people of New York, who, however indifferent they may be to politics, are not cowards or slaves, will strike it when they come to the polls in November. Hosprrat Bruratrry is one of the forms of abuse to which we have frequently called attention, and the testimony of Mrs, Hayi- land before the Senate committee was only cumulative evidence of the truth of past charges. It is inexplicable that the Board of in Tectmaay Hall, ene never ERLE them by even suggestively interfering with the in- slependence of the court in which I have the honor to be a judge.” The People’s Candidates. The Republican County Convention has deserved well of the people of New York by its independent and patriotic action yester- day. Meeting the popular sentiment in an earnest and sincere manner it has pledged the party it represents to a disregard of all political — prefer. ences and considerations ina purely judicial election, and to the support of can- didates who can command the confidence and respect of the citizens without regard to party divisions. It thus stands in direct opposition to the Tammany Convention, which, controlled by one man, avowed its determination to place active parti- sans in nomination for the judicial offices and throw overboard judges who had proved their fidelity and e@apacity through long years of service. As a fitting initiation of the movement thus happily in- augurated the Convention nominated by ac- clamation Benjamin K. Phelps, the present District Attorney, and John K, Hackett, the present Recorder, for re-election. A resolution had previously been adopted declaring the desire of the Convention and of the party to unite all good citizens in the support of a pure, independent and able judiciary, and the nomination of Recorder Hackett by sa unblemished and honorable a public officer as Collector Arthur was a gracefal compli- ment to the services and character of that upright and fearless Judge. The ticket headed by these nominees wil) be assuredly elected by the people. The evident desire of Mr. Kelly has been to place warm political adherents of Tammany Hall, and especially of his own régime, in all the courts and in the office of the District Attor- ney. The best word that could be said by the democratic organ in favor of the Tammany candidate for Recorder this morning was that he was a lifelong democrat and the chairman of the Tammany General Committee of his district. This attempt ta embrace all the civil and criminal courts and the criminal prosecuting offices within the influence of a political organization having within it all the vicious elements of the city is calculated to excite suspicion and alarm. It is full of evil portents, even though the motives that prompt it may not be intentionally bad. In endeavoring te drive Recorder Hackett from the Bench, and in naming a confessedly weak man, easily controlled by his party friends, for District Attorney, Mr. Kelly has invited a criticism of his work which may be even more severe than he deserves. The result of the election of his ticket would be to deprive the city of the services of tried, fearless and capable officers, and to place the two most important positions in the criminal juris- prudence of the city in the hands o) inexperienced men but warm partisans. It is the interest of every good citizen to oppose and defeat such a result, and the action of yesterday's’ Convention renders it almost certain that the people's candidates will be triumphantly elected. Aw Excise Commissioner makes a very funny witness. Commissioner Marshall tes- tified yesterday before the Assembly Com- mittee on Crime in favor of Bourbon and rye whiskey as the best liquor ever drank, and upon this liberal basis he attempted to ex- plain the system of the Board in receiving money from applicants to sell liquor to allow them to sell for a time without license, Commissioner Stiner followed with the decla- wanted a license ought to have it. When it is remembered that the Board of Excise is very proud of its investigations into the character of the liquor dealers the humor of this testimony becomes all the more ap- parent. Poon Kerry Is Suocken at the idea .of so pure an organization ‘as Tammany Hall nom- inating as one of its candidates a member of Health should be unable to obtain humane and efficient servants. Reconprn Hackerr, in resisting poor Kelly's attempt to control the patronage of the Court of General Sessions, speaks to the blundering ‘‘Boss” in this plain language:— “Ihave been Recorder nearly eight years, re the war. We except, of course, fancy ds and extra qualities, and speak of the gleral consumption, and have never before received any such inti- mation even by implication. Whatever may have been the volitical sins of former leaders the old Board of Supervisors. Yet he made Jemmy Hayes a candidate last year and in- sists on making John Fox a candidate thig year. Both these old Supervisors were the activé supporters of Tweed and Hank Smith; but then both of them voted for poor Kelly's hanging and slwving bills and for all his extra fees. Tux Courts are again invoked to delay the Tweed case, and the lawyers are to earn more fees before the issue is tried upon its merits. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Secretary Belknap has returned to Washington. Senator Conkling will speak at Albany next Monday. _ [Bret Harte will reside in New York during the winter, Wendell Phillips is evidently the right man inthe money place, John Davis, son of J. ©. Bancroft Davis, will be married to Senator Frelingbuysen’s daughter in Newark next Thursday. Out West they are now praying, “Give us this day our daily quinine.” Swinburne is writing a Greek tragedy. It begins— “Och! Molly MeGlone,”” Lady Bugg is dead. She was a promising Kentucky filly, and ‘flew away home,”* J, Sterling Morton will be editor of the Chicago Times while Mr. Storey is in Europe. The dairymen of Now York wilt have @ building at the Centennial, and—cheese it! Hon, Alexander H. Stephens, whose death was feared, has been relieved, and is considered out of danger, John McCullagh says that the story of Ralston’s disai- pation was untrue, and that the great banker never had @ Wagon that cost $500, This time Mr. Phillips is called “the Lucifer of American politics,” He has been considered a match for many people before to-day. Professor Tice, the weather prophet, is fanning up another little zephyr. . This time it is to blow great guns on the 26th of December—Christmas! Detroit Free Press:—The French landiords fear Colonel Forney, believing from his talk that he owns eighteen iron-clads and controls Congress, The Boston Traveler says:—‘‘It is now positively as. serted that General Bartlett has ‘dqlined the domo- cratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor.” ‘The Shenandoah Herald says that ‘collin notices are not so plentiful as they were.” The fact is that im these hard times fewer poople can aiford to die, President Grant and party arrived in Chicago yester- day afternoon and were driven to the Palmer House, where the President held an informal reception. Old Matthew Vassar built his college without closets, He said every girl could have two nails in her room— one for her school dress and the other for ner best dress, Ex-Senator Lyman Trumbull writes:— 1 consider administrative reform and the timiting of the federal government to its constitutional powers a8 the para. monnt iaaues of the day," ration of his conviction that everybody who -_