The New York Herald Newspaper, November 5, 1875, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Yorx Henatp will be tent 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, to subscribers. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Henarp, N 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. ov Sy SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, Nog ogre House, Broadway, corner of Twenty-ninth street, SP. M. 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GERMANIA T) Fourteenth street, near Irving plac BIGE, at 8 P. } a METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, No. 128 West Fourteenth street.—Open from 10A. M. toS. P.M. COTTON & REED'S NEW YORK MINSTRELS, Qpere House, Twenvy third street and Sixth avenue, at 8 P.M. ; closes at 10 P. M. SHEET. TRIPLE NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1875, , From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be slightly | Political Consequences of the Late Elections. The first thing prudent military command- of both sides. As the State elections of Tues- strength between our two great political publican States, making the result of stone of its political character. There are two States which we find it difficult to class— North Carolina and Wisconsin. According tothe last returns, Wisconsin, which held an election on Tuesday, chose a republican Governor and a democratic Legislature; and North Carolina was pretty evenly balanced in August, if we reckon by the strength of | the two parties in the Constitutional Con- vention. We put North Carolina on the re- publican side because the republicans had a popular majority of fifteen thousand, al- though they did not elect quite a majority of | the delegates, owing to the manner in which the State is districted. Tho Presiden- tial electors are voted for on a general ticket, and it is proper to assign the State to the re- publicans since they had a popular majority. We also, but with more hesitation, put Wis- consin in the list of republican States, be- cause it seems to have elected a republican Governor, by the same rule which makes New York a democratic State for the reason that it has elected the democratic State ticket with a republican Legislature. We will first insert the list of democratic States, with the number of Presidential electors to which each is entitled :-— Alabama, Arkansas. California. . Connecticut - parties previous to the national can- | vass of next year, we will in- sert lists of the democratic and re- the latest election in each State the touch- | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. | Ohioand Pennsylvania is both the latest and | the most egregious exhibition of that suici- | | dal flightiness of temper and shallow arro- | assured that they might safely venture on for the Presidency they supposed would be The consequence | of their stupidity has been to give back these | two great States to the republicans and | put a dripping wet blanket on the prospects of the national democratic | party. The ‘‘tidal wave” was like alcohol, | and the Ohio and Pennsylvania democrats | drank of it to maudlin intoxication. In | consequence of this drunken inflation folly the democratic party has lost in 1875 a great part of its wonderful gains in 1874. Will the party learn wisdom now? We have no doubt that it will, because even Mr. Pendleton and his followers must see that the possibility of electing a democratic Presi- dent is staked on the vote of New York, and that New York has become so doubtful | equivalent to an election. that the least squinting to infla- tion in the democratic national plat- form or the slightest bias toward inflation on the part of the democratic can- didate would give New York ta the repub- licans. The democratic party may at last be wise, but the question still remains whether it will not be wise behind time. Can it re- cover the confidence of the country after it has so often abused its opportunities and made every dawning prospect of success an occasion of new blunders? The country, which has so often turned toward it with hope, looks upon it with doubt and distrust after so many disappointing proofs of polit- ical folly. The people yearn for a party which will rectify abuses and give them good government; but they will hold their judgment in suspense until the nom- Georgia. . Indiana. . BRaoaacd peporey | ! | Mississippi | Missouri. | Bowne ohaka The republican States, with their respective | electoral votes, are as follows: Colorado. i | 7 | Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada . . New Jersey North C: | | | | Pennsylvaniag. Rhode Island. 4| South Caroli at Vermont 5 Wisconsin. 10 | Republican electoral votes 181 The striking feature of this comparison is the near approach to equality in the strength of the two political parties. It shows that the next Presidential election is to be one of the most close and doubtful, and therefore one of the most strenuous and exciting, that has ever occurred in the history of our poli- tics. As things now stand, judged by the latest elections in all the States, the demo- cratic party would elect the next President by the slender majority of seven in the electoral colleges. But that slight majority will easily be wiped out if the republicans carry Ohio next Octo- ber, the moral effect of a triumph there three weeks in advance of the great contest being worth at least fifty electoral warmer and clear or partly cloudy. Tux Henarp py Fast Man, Trarmxs.—News- dealers and the public throughout the States of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as in the West, the Pacific Coast, the North, the South and Southwest, also along the lines of the Hudson River, New York Central and Pennsylvania Central Railroads and their con- nections, will be supplied with To Henaxp, free of postage. Extraordinary inducements offered to newsdealers by sending their orders direct to this offic Wart Srnrer Yesrerpay.—Stocks were lower and the market feverish. Gold ad- yanced from 114 7-8 to 1153-8. Rag cur- rency is worth 86.68. Money closed easy at 2 and 3 per cent, after rating at 4 and 5 per cent. Tue Temrcuta Inpians appear to have interested the sympathetic feeling of the people resident in the countics of Southern California, and they are petitioning for the purchase of a reservation for them, Tax Exposures or tie Inpran frauds continue to be of a character to attract public | attention. Some suppressed documents are brought to light to-day through the corre- spondence of the Hzrarp, which will be of | importance in the investigation which must | soon be made of the management of the bureau. ‘Tur Juny mw tue Case of the deaths occa sioned by the explosion of the locomotive boiler at Bound Brook, N. J., yesterday re- | year. But the “tidal wave” only tempted | This finding was in the face | turned a verdict declaring that no person was to blame. of evidence tending to show that the boiler was old and unfit for use, Tax Excrremenr Oven the nnburied bones of the unfortunate Joseph Guibord rose to fever heat in Montreal yesterday when the | police force gathered on parade at the Cen- | tral station in preparation for the long post- | election eer ; ; \s stitution of a small rebel general for one | Morning in an account of proceedings in the | workings of the Tammany Society which we | of the most poned funeral. It soon beeame known, how- ever, that the corpse was to remain above | ground for afew more days and the crowd, | which had anticipated o wake” on a novel seale, gradually broke up and loft the streets of the city in their normal condition, Tur Aonicurrunan Statistics of the State of New York, which we publish to-day, will be found interesting and instructive, It ap- pears that the wheat crop in New York has decreased, while the number of acres under yultivation has increased. In buckwheat, tye and potatoes, however, New York takes the lead, and in dairy products she comy well with any State in the Union. The sta- tistics presented to-day show the compara tive agricultural products in 1600 and 1570, yotes to the party which shall carry that State. The republicans have merely to keep what they won last month to give them the ascendancy in Ohio in October, 1876, and carry off the Presidential prize. They have only four electoral votes to gain to give them a majority, and a triumph in Ohio next October would bring them at least ten times that number. But if they should lose Ohio in the preliminary skirmish the election of a democratic President would be inevitable. The signal democratic reverses of the pres- ent year will prove a fortunate chastisement if they should teach the party a little needed wisdom. There is nothing so marvellous in our politics as the inability of the democratic party to bear prosperity. Ever since the close of the war its head has been turned by every indication of approaching success. It has uniformly forfeited its chances because it has had no sobriety of judgment when fortune has seemed to beckon it. It fancied itself strong in 1868, and the use it made of that great opportu- nity was to commit itself to Mr. Pendleton's repudiation scheme and to Mr. Frank Blair's crazy nullification of the reconstruction measures. The consequence was an utter prostration of its hopes by the triumphant election of General Grant, which was a foregone consequence from the day when the Democratic National Con- vention put forth its platform and ticket. The prospects of the party were remarkably bright and hopeful after the splendid series | of snecesses in the State elections of last the party into the commission of new blun- | ders. In its sanguine and overweening con- | fidence it rushed into fresh mistakes, which have cost it nearly all it gained. Its first | conspicuous blunder was the rejection | of Mr. Carl Schurz in the Senatorial in Missouri and the sub- | gifted statesmen of the | country. Mr. Schurz would have been a | beginning of next summer. inations shall have been made and the platforms declared next year. The numer- | ical strength of the two parties is in such a state of equipoise that it will require very lit- tle to turn the scale in favor of either. We rejoice that they are so equally balanced in the last elections which precede the assem- bling of the two national conventions in the Neither party can afford to blunder in so critical a conjunc- tare. The increasing body of independent voters will decide the contest when the scales hang so even; and the necessity which each party will be under of bid- | ding for their support should incite each to put forward its best man and make such a declaration of principles as citizens of sound judgment can approve. The next Presidential election will not be a | sharp conflict of clashing policies; for the country is nearly unanimous on every topic which will be touched in the party platforms of next year. The contest will probably be decided by the personal merits of the candi- dates in point of ability, integrity, experi- ence, public services and popular magnet- ism. It is fortunate for the country that neither party can presume on its strength and put forward mischievous principles or a vulnerable candidate. The present equality of the two parties is the most hopeful sign of the times. The Negotiations in Europe. _ Evidently there is a negotiation of grand proportions on foot just now between several of the Cabinets in Europe; and by the scraps of fact that drop out from time to time the curious may speculate on the magnitude of what is kept secret. It is probable that the fate of Turkey is tolerably well determined already between the parties to this nego- tiation; because Turkey has no friends; no- body has in her welfare an interest that they can afford to fight over; she is in the way of several of her neighbors; and the Power whose commercial obstinacy formerly as- sumed the mantle of public honesty and vir- tue is no longer an obstacle to those equally selfish but more sincere nations who con- ceive and declare that the division of the Ottoman Empire is one of the plainest ob- ligations of statesmanship. Turkey had friends till very lately—financial friends. Britain was interested in her so long as Lombard street had Turkish loans with which to victimize a gullible public, and so longas Turkey could borrow, even on Lom- bard street conditions, she had a possible vi- tality. Buta Russian intrigue has secured that measure of repudiation which has cut Turkey off from support in that quarter. She is left therefore to her neighbors—for division, The first incision is to be made by Austria, who is appointed to draw up an outline of the political deportment to be required of Turkey. If she fails to live up to the terms presented the alternative will be occupation. Naturally the terms will be such as she can- not possibly live up to. England's declara- tion touching Egypt is her cry of alarm at the rapid movement of this complication—the late assertion of a claim for part of the spoil. Italy, France, Austria, Russia and Prussia have all to consent before England will be per- mitted to occupy Egypt, and every one of them has some interest against it; while if Egypt passes into the hands of a Power op- posed to England in the East her commer- cial supremacy will be in danger. Perhaps the occasion with regard to which the Khe- dive filled his army with American officers is not distant. The mankind. audience at the break- fast table will doubtless be interested, this Marine Court yesterday, in a suit between o farmer and a Teutonic dealer in the lactic John Kelly's Gloom. We are afraid that the election has affected the spirits of our Tammany dictator, if we ers do after a battle is to muster their men | S*8Ce which untit the democratic party t© may be governed by the reports from corre- and ascertain their effective strength for | PFofit by success, The frothy rhodomontade spondents and reporters endeavoring to in- future contests. A disinterested spectator about the “tidal wave” beguiled the Ohio _terview him for the benefit of the people. or military critic who attempts to forma | and Pennsylvania democrats into the delu- | Mr, Kelly is unhappy over his defeat, as judgment would wish to examine the foster | sion that the success of the party was 50 might be expected ; but he makes a mistake in attacking indiscriminately every influence day were the last considerable trial of | °"¥ ‘esperate experiment for controlling the that opposed him, He shows an absence of a | next national convention, whose nomination | | that poise and self-restraint which becomes | a truly great leader. This is because Mr. Kelly has only come into leadership late in life and has not learned the trade, which is a | trade as much as any other calling. This he | could well understand by studying the careers | of men like Palmerston, Disraeli, Thurlow | Weed and Thiers. Ho would learn that | leadership does not require simply honesty | of character and natural ability, but a com- bination of peculiar qualities—patience, courage, sagacity, firmness and self-denial ; how to be moderate in victory and cheerful in defeat. Mr. Kelly from the moment of his accession to power has been in a hysteri- cal condition. He has forgotten that great maxim of leadership, that it is always best for those in command to exercise the mini- mum of authority, and never the maximum except in emergencies. John Kelly’s mistake as leader was like that of Robespierre and Danton, who also came into power without previous experience and who fell after a few months’ reign. Robespierre was an honest man, like John Kelly. Robespierre never made a speech without talking about himself, like John Kelly. Robespierre was constantly apostro- phizing the French people because they would not be governed by his infallible will, just as John Kelly apostrophized New York the other night, and ‘‘left it to its fate” be- cause it had presumed to elect Mr. Hackett and Mr. Phelps, Robespierre believed the only way to “establish discipline” was to behead his opponents. This has been John Kelly’s plan with his revolutionary Commit- tee of Discipline, which has sent democrats to the block just as Robespierre sent his col- leagues to the guillotine. Robespierre, based upon egotism, vanity, ignorance and pride, fell because he was opposed by the common sense and honor of the French nation. John Kelly’s system, resting upon the same influ- ences, has fallen because it is foreign to the feelings of New York. Another of Mr. that he summoned counsellors, Take any of the men who have been in his immediate confidence, and there is not one who could do more than earn his living as a cab driver or a penny postman if he were left to his own re- sources. His associates have been flatterers who see nothing whatever of the great world beyond them. Kelly gave them place and they gave him incense. It was only necessary, they thought, to flaunt the legend ‘Honest John Kelly” before the eyes of the people of New York to secure victory. The people of New York saw two things. First that the one man, Kelly's mistakes is his mind to destroy had been, up to within a few weeks of the election, an accepted and respected member of his own party, holding as close a relation to him politically as Dan- ton held to Robespierre. They saw, secondly, that, while John Kelly made a noisy merit of his freedom from the Ring associations, and from the old influences that controlled Tammany, he owed every political distinc- tion, his election to Congress, and twice as Sheriff, and the vast sams that came to him “from that office, to the friendship and support of the old Ring. But no one thinks unkindly of John Kelly. He has gone throngh this canvass without much damage, and beyond an occasional criticism in a political paper has re- ceived courtesy and forbearance. People would not bow down to him. They would not surrender their manhood. They would not run away from his “Committee on Discipline.” They would not make him a demigod. They re- garded him as a bold, obstinate, nar- row-minded, stubborn, well-meaning man, badly served politically ; an adventurer who found himself in control of an organization which he had not the genius to manage. It would be best for his own peace of mind and for the discipline of the party if he retired from that place and gave it to some more competent leader, if one can be found. But in no sense was the fight against’ John Kelly a personal one. That assump- tion in itself is the most conspicuous mark of egotism. John Kelly has nd reason to complain of the esteem in which he is per- sonally held by the people of New York, but the democrats have every reason to com- plain that he as their leader, who had vic- tory in his hands three months ago, who opposition and elected eight out of the nine candidates on the county ticket, preferred to throw away the canvass and destroy the fair hopes of many well-meaning, honest demo- crats rather than surrender a single preju- dice or abate a single hostility. Virainra Crry.—The reports we have here- tofore received from Virginia City have indi- cated that the means of relief for the sufferers have been coming in freely and that the de- | pression evident immediately after the fire was rapidly passing away. Now a different story reaches us by way of San Francisco, The suddenly severe weather has increased the sufferings of the destitute citizens, and an earnest appeal is now made for outside |help. Itis to be hoped that it may be re- sponded to promptly. Sr. ‘Tasttaxy.—Tho into the publish to-day will afford some idea of the arbitrary powers within the reach of the chief ornament of the party if it had had the Auld, whlch is published in another column, | leaders of that organization, Tho question good sense to re-clect him and take ground | The investigation before the seat of justice | that now agitates the minds of the politicians that he could have stood upon, and he would have brought to its support a large body of intelligent citizens in many States whose developed facts which will not enhance the opinion of the milk consumer of the honesty of either the farmer or his customer. The is, Who will be the next ambitious aspirant | for John Kelly's forfeited place? It is thought | that some outside or anti-Tammany democrat pride of nativity would have been gratified | most startling of these is that which points | may obtain the leadership, but they will all by honors bestowed on the foremost repre- | to ® possibility that somo day whole families | qo well to take a lesson from Mr. Benjamin sentative of the German people in America, Without stopping to particularize other blunders of the same kind, we hasten to the most stupendous instance of the inability of the democratic party to act with sobriety and moderation when smiled upon by for- tune, The of the indescribable infatuation democracy of the two great States of | of may be poisoned through the ignorant experi- ments of such men in the prevention of sour- ing in milk by the use of chemicals or drngs, The adulteration which results from pilfer- ing at railway stations is less dangerous and exist only the imagination the farmer, as an original falsehood invented for the protection of his own repu- tation, may in Wood, who, although one of the most el ive workers for the result that has been achieved in the recent election, dec that he has no relish for a place where ‘there is nothing but hard criticism and open rebellion to be encountered.” The thought will no doubt occur to many minds, | Why go into Tammany Hall at all? Why not to his side weak | other cities and counties have, and abandon a name that has so unsavory an odor as that of Tammany? The anti-Tammany democracy can organize under the authority of the reso- lution of the democratic State Convention of 1871. Why then should they burden them- selves with the title of Tweed’s and Kelly's exploded organization ? A Cold Wave from the Northwest. The Signal Service meteorological observa- tions of yesterday indicate the approach of a wave of cold from the Northwest, which threatens to be of extremely low tempera- ture. The thermometer at Fort Garry and Pembina fell to two degrees above zero, with a barometer of 30.15 inches, making a fall of twenty-eight degrees in thirty-six hours. There is a low barometer over the Middle Mississippi Valley, and drifting toward us, which will bring clouds and rain in New York, with a rising temperature and north- easterly winds until the passage northeast- ward of the depression. Then the northwest wind will set in, bringing intense cold, and converting into snow all the vapor in the at- mosphere, There is a prospect of the early, perhaps temporary, closing of canal naviga- tion during the passage of the cold wave pre- dicted. The indications over the meteoro- | logical field of the United States and Canada show an’ abnormal condition of the at- mosphere, Yesterday there were two dis- tinct barometric depressions—one over Texas and the other over the vicinity of Cape Hat- teras. A great wedge, as it were, of dense cold air has been forcing itself between them, driving the eastern depression into the At- lantic and the western one to the southwest. The points along the lines of contact between these high and low areas have had heavy rains, especially at Memphis, where the rain- fall was 1.69 inches in eight hours. The bitter cold that carries terror and suffering to the homes of the poor is fast approaching us. All eyes will turn on the wealthy for aid during the coming winter. ‘There is no nobler use to which wealth can be put than the relief of suffering humanity. Let us hope that the cold of winter will not freeze the hearts of the charitable citizens of New York, but that they will become the gener- ous stewards of God’s bounty to their suffer- ing fellow men, It Cannot Be Dropped. We note in a contemporary that the bank-. ruptcy proceedings in the case of Mr. Clews, so far as the claim of B. H. Cheever is con- cerned, will be dropped ‘‘by the consent of both parties.” As our readers will remem- ber, Mr. Cheever brings a suit against Mr. Clews for a share of the profits accruing from the appointment of Mr. Clews to be the | financial agent of the American government in London. Mr. Cheever proved that he had made an agreement with Mr. Clews before the appointment to the effect that if he suc- ceeded in obtaining it he should receive a certain share of the profits. Mr. Clews ad- _ mitted that he had made such an agreement might have walked over the course without | | election in Virginia indicates that the color | line as between conservatives and radicals is | Recorder Hackett, whom Mr. Kelly made up | and that he had also agreed to pay another part of the profits toa person named Van Buren. This Van Buren cannot be found, and it is believed that he is a myth, that he was chosen to cover some other party who did not care to become prominent in so sus- picious a trangaction. Mr. Cheever has the right to drop his case against Mr. Clews if he chooses, but the mat- ter itself cannot be dropped. The fact that the financial agent of the government in Lon- don was appointed by a bargain, on its face corrupt, is a matter that should come to the attention of the democratic House of Repre- sentatives. This whole business of the ap- pointment of Mr. Clews as financial agent is one of the most suspicious that has come to light during the present administration. We can understand very readily why prominent | parties, if they had any hand in the proceed- ings, would be glad to induce Mr. Cheever to withdraw his suit and “have the matter dropped,” but the public sentiment of the country will not be so satisfied. If Mr, Cheever should drop his suit and close the inquiry, which we are informed is his inten- tion, the first duty of Congress on assembling im December will be to appoint a committee to examine the whole matter. Tue Tamp Avenve Banx.—Now that the election is over and we can bring our mind to graver topics, we think there should be an inquiry into the Third Avenue Savings Bank of the most thorough character. The failure of this bank is a disgraceful proceeding. If our savings banks were properly managed such a failure would be impossible. It is due to the other organizations which control so many millions of the people’s money, especially of our poorer classes, that the Third Avenue business should be carefully investigated and that the men, if there | are any, who have misused its funds and brought distress laborers, should be punished by the law or by the public execration which would follow their exposure through the press. Tae Coron Live iw Vincrv1a.—The recent destined to be broken, and that henceforth the colored citizens will stand with their votes asa balance of power party between rival conservatives. This is a natural result of the preponderance of conservatives in the State, and of the quarrels and jealousics which always manifest themselves in a party largely in tho majority. This year many “independent” conservatives—that is to say, conservatives running against the nominecs recognized as regular—have been successful through the support they have rece ved from the negroes. This mixing up of the colored | vote with the party in the ascendancy in the State will do much toward breaking down the distinct “color” line, and drawing the negroes and the whites into political affinity, Tux Exposures ty Redanp to the bad treat- | ment of the inmates of the Flatbush Insane Asylum, published in the Hrranp to-day, will attract general attention, erday was ‘The evidence by members of the Ladies’ isiting Committee and by nurses in the Asylum, It tends to show that there is much need of reform in the Asylum, More testi- mony is to be taken to-day, found to exist should be remedied promptly, for there is no duty more impqrative than that of protecting those whose afflictions ren- | have an open democratic organization as all | der them incompetent to protect themselves, upon so many worthy | Any abuses | Mr, Jenckes and Civil Service Reform. The death of Thomas A. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, recalls the fact that he was the author of civil service reform in this country, and that whatever vitality the movement possessed was due to the zeal and ability with which he pressed his famous measure in Congress. Mr. Jenckes was not a great man or a great statesman, but he suc- ceeded in doing what few public men in this country have done—linking his name with a great popular measure in the inception of which he showed both statecraft and politi- cal wisdom. If we look back over the list of American statesmen who have died within a comparatively recent period— Mr. Sumner, Mr. Fillmore, Mr. John- son, Mr. Breckinridge and General Blair—we cannot fail to recognize the fact that none of them originated any great meas- ure of State policy. They followed rather than directed public opinion, and when they differed with the ruling sentiment of the country they failed in their endeavors, Mr. JencRes was not their equal, either as a leader or a follower, but choosing a single theme for himself he made it an issue in American politics, almost by his own un« aided efforts, and struck a blow at political patronage which has already done much to undermine and destroy the old Jacksonian theory that ‘to the victors belong the spoils.” While Congress could not be induced to pasa Mr. Jenckes’ bill, or, indeed, any bill of similar purpose or import, both parties have already recognized and adopted the prin- ciples of that measure, and civil service re« form will continue to be an issue in our poli« tics so long as appointments to office ara made to subserve party ends. In the death of aman capable of originating a measure which has already had so great an effect upon public sentiment and which must continu to exercise a strong influence for good wa recognize a national loss, and it is due to Mr, Jenckes’ fame to say that few men of his time rendered more effective or intelligent service to their country. — Tue Progress or THE Panpora is graphi- cally described in the interesting letter from the Heraup special correspondent which* we give in another part of the paper. The charms of the Greenland ladies are done ample justice to, and it is pleasant to find that even among the dreary Arctic regions woman's heart glows with a refreshing warmth. Tho description given of the hop on board the Pandora, where the ladies danced in breeches, and the pleasant coaling scene in company with pretty Esquimau lasses, will fire many a gallant youth with a desire for Arctic travelling. It has its pleasures ag well as its hardships. British Dreromatists often make theme selves ridiculous in zeal for their sovereign 9 but Sir Harry Parkes, who represents Her Majesty in Japan, is about the most absurd Minister in the whole list. It seems from our letter from Tokio this morning that the Emperor of Japan is called Ko Tei, the name for King being O, There being no gender in the Japanese language, the good Queen Vic~ toria was called Nu O, or ‘female king,” whereupon Sir Harry demanded that Ko Tei should be the appellation of Her Gracious Majesty as well as of the divine ruler of Japan. Tue Comprar of the Herzegoviniay insurgents submitted to the six consuls, which we print this morning, will give an idea of the blessings of ‘Turkish rule. Even if there is exaggeration, the picture given of the condition of the unfortunate rayahs is gloomy in the extreme, and it is but natural they should revolt against the government that keeps them in such misery. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. The Princess of Milan only paid 190,000f. “for hep wedding trosseau—$38,000, The municipal government of Rome has presented General Garibaldi with a goid medal. Congressman Samuol J. Randall, of Philadelphia, arn rived last evening at the Hoffman House, Grand Duchess Catherine, of Russia, is travelling ig Germany and France as the Countess Nirau. Prince Chlodwig-2u-Hohenlohe schillingsfarst, Gen man Ambassador at Paris, has gone to Finland. Mr. James R. Partridgo, United States Minister to Brazil, has taken up his residence at the Windsor Hotel, ‘The Hungarian General Edelsheim has been decorated by the Emperor of Austria with the Grand Cross of the Tron Crown, Sampson, the ex-city editor of the London Times, has been engaged at a large salary to write the financial article of Baron Grant's Echo, Senator Booth, of California, was welcomed by hig old friends yesterday, at Salem, Ind., his native place, but declined a public reception, “He was milking the river and fellin,” is the Rochester Democrat's epitaph on the milkman whe was drowned in that city the other day. Herr Bibel, the famous socidlist of Leipzig, main tains that in ten years from now the cause of Com munism will be triumphant in Germany. Rochelort’s new novel, entitled “Les Dépravés,” hag for its chief aim and plot to show up the infamics and rascalities of the police under the Empire of Napoleon ir. “Es lebe Herr Thiers!" “Es lebe die Republik ie says a@ German correspondent, were the constant oxe pressions of the Arcachon people in welcoming the aged French statesman, M. Mauricio Levek, editor and proprietor of the Bt Mincro Mexicano and Commissioner on Metallurgy and Mineralogy from Mexico to the Centennial Exhibition, has arrived tn this eity. Maine has ten ex-Governors living, and all residing iq the Sthte, Their names are Crosby, Kent, A. P. Morrill, Hamlin, Williams, 1. P. Morrill, Washburn, Coburn, Chamberlain and Perham, Four are over seventy yearg old. Austro-Hungarian military reporters must have greag tongue facility. Goddlld-iszasegeh-veces, Gymoriner. pilis-csaba, Seapary-schach-magloder, are the expres. stops of line formation used in the recent reports from Pesth. Joaquin Miller, who is evidently avout thirty-six years of age, dresses tastefully in a plum colored slouch hat, black coat, dark yest and light pantaloons, He wears several diamond rings and also diamond shirt-buttons, Swindlers have been using the name of Miroslav Hubs mayer, tho Heraogovinian leader of the insurgents, to collect the funds of relief committees under protence of sending them to the insurgents. Hubmayer wishos he “had them in the mountains.’ Governor Hendricks emphatically denics having said im his Philadelphia speech that the success of the Cone tennial enterprise depended upon a democratic victory in Ponusylvania, and that the tenor of his remarks wat to turn the Centennial Exposition into a partisag affair, Says an English correspondent of the Now Orleang Picayune:—"1 saw the Empress and Prince Imperial yesterday; she seemed to me to have grown olde since last year, but sho is still beautiful. ‘Tho Prima Imperial is tall and well made, His likeness to bia fane is daily more striking; he has especially Napoleed, | 111.'s dreamy, thoughtful look,” .