The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1875, Page 6

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It is two years since the previous trial, when the jury and the case ought to be disposed ~ ‘Tux. Vatican shows a more conciliatory spirit toward Spain, and it is to be hoped that the same freedom of conscience and of ‘ip will be allowed in that country as is accorded to Roman Catholics by Prot- t nations. jornen Casz or EmpezztemMent has come light. This time the delinquent is Leo- Cox, the cashier of the Western Union elegraph office in Broadway, who has ap- priated to his own use nearly thirteen sand dollars of the funds belonging to company. Nothing more thoroughly irs confidence in the integrity of busi- men than these frequent discoveries of in persons seemingly above suspZcion, yet we believe that offences of this kixd mostly condoned. Buack Hr1.—Professor Jenney’s re- of his explorations of the Black Hills seems to settle two points—there is the gravel bars of what he designates y's Peak Gold Field and the Bear ‘Field, but it does not exist in such tities as to make » rush for the newly auriferous beds desirable, even if beg may be advantageously worked, is no reason why the bold savage d p&olude the coming of the gentle er, andt cannot be doubted that soon influences in the Black Hills country was open to settlers. Still, as | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, eatin. President Grant's Duty. We do not here refer to any part of the official duties of General Grant as Presi- dent, but to the patriotic obligation which rests upon him as the head of a great political party. He can do more to influence its action and direct it wisely than any other hundred men belong- ing to it; and it would be a serious calamity, not only to the republican party, but to the country, if the power of President Grant should be misapplied, The chief bond of unity in the republican party at the present time is a personal bond, the opposition to slavery and antagon- ism to the South, which was the original’ bond,’ having lost its force by the complete success of the party in accom- plishing all the purposes for which it was formed. The republican party has outlived not only its original issues but its original leaders, who ‘rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.” Lincoln, Seward, Chase, Sumner, Greeley, Giddings, Fessen- den and Hale, who stood in the front rank of | the old republican leaders, were taken away soon after the success of their principles was assured, and the great party which they organized and led to victory has passed into a new era It needs} even a wiser guidance than _ theirs, because it is no longer bound together and impelled forward by the strong public sentiment which seized upon so many hearts | during the anti-slavery struggle and the war. Whether the party is to fall to pieces or to enter on a new career of usefulness depends | on the wisdom and patriotism of President Grant. It seemed, until within the last month or two, as if the republican party was destined to go to pieces in any event ; but the recent elections have given it new chances of life. It depends on the prudence of General Grant whether these chances shall prove to be of any real value. It rests entirely with him to decide whether the republican party shall hereafter be a success for itself anda blessing to the country or whether it shall be utterly wrecked in the Presidential election of next year. The importance which we attach to his personal action rests on solid groun’s. It is within his power to control the next re- publican nomination for the Presidency. He can take it himself or he can bestow it upon Mr. Adams, Mr. Fish, Mr. Washburne or any respectable republican in whose ability, ex- perience and patriotism both himself and the country have confidence. It cannot be doubted that the best public sentiment of the country would prefer a republican Presi- dent of the type of Mr. Adams or Mr. Fish toany democrat who aspires to that high station. The democratic party professes, to be sure, acquiescence in all the great politi- cal results of the war; but it is a con- strained acquiescence, o reluctant yield- ing to is what called the logic of events. A majority of our people would prefer, other things being equal, to see the new order of things which has resulted from | the emancipation and political enfranchise- ment of the blacks remain under the friendly guardianship of those who forced this change against democratic opposition until the equality of the blacks shall have taken firm root in public sentiment and established usage. This widely diffused feeling would be an element of strength for the republican party if the country could rely on it¢ wisdom and integrity in other respects. It is in the power of President Grant either to utilize this great advantage in the interest of the party that elected him, or to throw it quite away by pursuing per sonal ends unworthy of the distinguished place which he will always hold in our history. We have said and believe that it is in the power of President Grant to secure tho nomination of the republican party next year for the Presidency for any member | of the party who enjoys public confi- dence. But if he should force his own nomination he could not be elected, whereas any other candidate possessing the joint confidence of himself and the party might easily carry off the prize. His own nomination would be fatal, because it would inevitably split the republican party and lead to a democratic split, bringing ‘‘con- fusion worse confounded” into the politics | ofthe country. If General Grant should be the republican nominee there would be a bolt and an opposition republican | | candidate. The inflation wing of the democracy, taking courage from the republican schism, would put forward | candidates of their own, and, with two re- publican and two democratic candidates, we should have another ‘scrub race” for the Presidency, like those of 1824 and 1860, when there were four candidates in the field. A political scrub race is always unfortunate and demoralizing. In 1824, when Adams, Jaek- son, Crawford and Clay had each a zealous body of supporters, the election was thrown into the House of Representatives, and the politics of the country were poisoned for the ensuing four years by wholesale slan- ders and charges of bargaining and cor- ruption. In 1860, when Lincoln, Douglas, took a different form. Instead of poisoning the political atmosphere with calumnies it deluged the land with blood. If the democratic party had not squandered its advantages by the split at Charleston there would have been but two parties in that elec- | tion, the democratic candidate would have | been elected and the bloody history of the | ensuing four years would have been avoided 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET. certainly ae a democratic President. This would be the necessary consequence of General Grant procuring his own nomina- tion, which would divide both parties, pre- vent an election by the people and perhaps lead to the election of the candidate of the inflation democrats by the House of Repre- sentatives. President Grant can tie up this storm, can prevent the escape of the imprisoned politi- cal winds by a frank renunciation of all per- sonal aspirations and a patriotic exertion of his great influence in giving the republican party such a candidate as the mass of honest citizens could vote for with pride and satisfaction. If he renounces his own claims hé will, of course, give his powerful influence to some candidate who is entirely sound and reliable on the great question of the currency, and whose char- acter is @ guarantee of official integrity. These are the great requisites in the present condition of the country. Honest adminis- tration and‘ a sound currency are the two fundamental needs, and if the people could be assured of these they would waive minor points. If President Grant will make a final and absolute retreat from the position of a candidate to that of a patriot he can name his successor, and make his | late prediction true—that the republican party will control the government for at least the ensuing four years. The advantage to the public credit and national prosperity would be incaleulable, A republican Presi- dent of high integrity and sound financial views for the next four years would establish confidence at home and abroad; whereas the | election of an inflation candidate by the democratic House, after a Presidential scrub race, would cause universal uncertainty and distrust. If President Grant should permit himself to be again a candidate the republi- can party would certainly divide on the third term question; the democratic party would as certainly divide on the inflation question, and there would be imminent danger that the worst wing of the democratic party would get control of the government. This great danger can be averted by pru- dence, foresight and self-denial on the part of President Grant. Marine Disasters and the Texas or clone, We are only beginning to realize the terri- ble power of the great cyclone which devas- tated Indianola and Galveston after wielding the besom of destruction over the West India Islands. Anxious hearts have been beating at manya sailor's home since the day in last September when the storm arose out of the ocean and commenced its dread- ful march over the land and sea Day after day we receive the distressing intelligence that a schooner or sloop has failed to arrive at her destined port and that fears are entertained that she was lost during the passage of the great cyclone, and that her brave crew will never again revisit their firesides and bring joy to the sorrowing wives and children who, hoping against~ hope itself, await their return. No tewer than five such vessels are now reported as lost during the great hurricane. They put to sea shortly before or during the storm and were overwhelmed in the open sea by the full fury of the winds and waves. In a region so frequently visited by cyclones as the West Indies there is not a sufficiently extended system of weather signals in use, Indeed, the advance of the great Texas cyclone was not known in this country until it had made fatal progress in its work of de- struction among the small trading vessels that are employed for the transportation of fruits and light goods between the United States Atlantic ports and the numerous islands in the Caribbean-Sta. The Hrranp was the first to call attention to this dreadful visitor, and warned its readers of the course and destructive character of the storm. Our articles have been so many appeals for the proper extension of the Signal Service sys- tem over the entire West Indian region, and a feeling is springing up among mercantile men which will find expression in a demand for this necessary safeguard for commerce. We are now s0 familiar with the nature and the movements of these great cyclones that the loss of a ship by reason of the want of proper warning from and to all points along the storm route will soon be regarded as are | railroad collisions or boiler explosions—the result of gross neglect. Russta Hetrs Hensery Acary.—There will be more British hysterics, more ranting | about the necessity of England in India for | the ultimate salvation of the human race, more discussions of the propriety of an early occupation of Egypt ; for the great source of all these things—the Russian operations in Asia—are again up for observation. Russia has helped herself to another considerable | slice of the no-man’s land of Central Asia. It is only a step that is thus taken in the exten- sion of her frontier; but in a march so per- sistent, so little hurried, so steadily turned to the same point, a step once in five years is enough to take her to the Indian frontier long before she will be welcome there, Breckinridge and Bell were the four candi- | little probability, we suppose, of the rescue dates, the mischief of these subdivisions | of the passengers and such of the crew of | the open boats. resulted in # stupendous civil war which | j ersin a heavy loss, so that pecuniarily they | | and oursubsequent politics have been differ- } | ont We should infinitely regret to see a scrub race next year, our grand Centen- | with four candidates again in With a republican split on the nial year, the field. ocratic split on the cur- | third term and a d rency the codueyt Would suffer in honor, | reputation, credit and political stability. | | Such a result in a civil war, as it did in 1860, but it | would pretty certainly throw the election | into the House, as it did in 1824, and Presi- dent Grant onght to see that the republican party has nothing to hope from an election by | | the House. At least one of the three highest quadrangular contest would not | Waar Is rue Penaury?—There is very the Waco as may have been driven to sea in Consequently some thirty lives at least have been sacrificed by that disaster. It is reported that the ship was not licensed to carry the dangerous cargo which was apparently the main cause of the calamity. Naturally this fact will for- feit the insurance and may mulct the own- will be heavy sufferers. But is that all? In a case where indifference to the law, or de- | | fiance of its provisions, or a gambling readi- ness to take the chances, leads to a whole- sale destruction of human life, there should be something more. Tue Storm of Wednesday had a disastrous effect on the Sound steamers, The Provi- dence, when off Point Judith, was struck by | asea, which burst in her bulkhead. Fortu- nately the only result of this was groat dis« comfiture, considerable alarm on the part of the passengors, a slight delay and a manifes- | tation of imbecility on the part of officers and crew, which, in view of the disaster to revolv@nd the bowie knife will exert | candidates from among whom the constitu- | the Metis, about two years ago, is calculated Mr. Stanley in Africa. We print elsewhere an article from the New York Times, showing an enlarged ap- preciation of the work of Mr. Stanley in the African continent. Our contemporary at- tributes to Mr. Stanley ‘the right to be recognized as the discoverer of the true source of the Nile.” It shows that Dr. Liy- ingstone and Schweinfurth and Cameron and other travellers have been wrong in their theories of the source of the Nile. ‘Stan- ley’s fame,” says the Times, “‘is safe. Hoe has found the true source of the Nile in the River Shimeeyu. Livingstone never saw a drop of water that belonged to the Nile, and the discoveries of Speke and of Baker, important as they were, have been interpreted and completed by the bold American who has finally grasped the prize which has cost so many. precious lives, and which has eluded so many gallant and persevering efforts." Dr. Petermann, in a letter addressed to our Lon- don correspondent, confirms this estimate of the discoveries of Mr. Stanley. Dr. Peter- mann, as an authority on the geography of Africa, stands at the head of his profession. He has done a great work and can appreciate the value of what has been achieved by our correspondent. The London Spectator thinks that Mr. Stanley will do as much in two years as Livingstone did during his life; for it says:—‘If he is not stopped by some frightful epidemic we shall, when he returns, know as much about the lake system of Central Africa, and origin of the Nile and Congo, as if they were in Europe.” This appreciation of the efforts of Mr. Stan- ley will be gratifying not only to journalists who value the achievements of one who has added a new fame to their profession, but to all Americans who watch with interest what our countryman is doing to extend civiliza- tion in this vast new continent. The Marine Court—A Solemn Farce in the Board of Canvassers. The proceedings of the Board of County Canvassers have been diversified by the performance of a solemn farce in which fa protesting lawyer, the Tammany Alder- men and the Corporation Counsel have played the prominent parts. On Wednes- day a protest against the canvass of the votes cast for Justices of the Marine Court in the recent election was formaily presented to the Board on the grgund that there is no provision in -the law of 1870 for the election of the three judges who held over under that law; that, if the law of 1852 is applicable, only one justice could have been elected, and a ballot containing two names is therefore null and void, and that no power exists in the Board of Canvassers to take recognition of thése ballots, or to de- clare any person or persons whomsoever elected Justice of the Marine Court. The Tammany Aldermen adopted a resolution suspending the canvass of the Marine Court returns until an opinion could be received from the Corporation Counsel. Yesterday the Corporation Counsel gravely informed the Board of Canvassers what even Alderman Purroy ought to have known—that their duty is ministerial and not judicial, and that all they have todo is to examine and verify the returns and declare the result. The Corporation Counsel, to be sure, tells the Board that their duty is to “count the ballots that have been depos- ited ;” but this mistake is pardonable on the ground of inexperience, The learned Coun- sel promises subsequent attention to the “very serious questions” raised by the pro- test. We may therefore expect at some future day an elaborate discussion of the “serious questions” alluded to, and an opinion thereon that would not shame the world-renowned Bunsby. Meanwhile the newly elected Marine Court justices will probably console themselves in the midst of these Tammany death struggles with the plain language of the second section of the Law of 1870, chapter 582—‘‘To reduce the several acts in relation to the Marine Court of the city of New York into one act and to extend the jurisdiction of said Court”— which reads as follows:— Srction 2.—The said Marine Court shall hereafter consist of six justices, whose terms of office shall be six years. The justices in office when this act shall take effect Shall continue therein until the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively elected, subject to removal in cases now established by law. The three additional justices of said Court shall be clected at tho general election to be held on the third Tuesday of May, 1870, Said justices shall take office on the Ist day of July next, and they shall, before that day, classify them- selves by lot, so that one of them shall hold office until and includmg the 3lst day of December, 1873; one of them until and including the 3ist day of December, 1875, and one of them until and including the 3lst day of December, 1877; and they shall within the same time file a certificate of such classification signed by them in the office of the Clerk of the city and county of New York, and also in the office of the Secretary of State, The only ‘‘serious question” that occurs in connection with these explicit provisions of law is how any person can be found simple enough to misunderstand them; and any serious discussion of their sufficiency that may be made by the Corporation Counsel, while it will no doubt be very learned, will certainly be very useless. Genenat Grant strengthens the reputation he enjoyed some years ago of being a politi- cal sphinx when he says, as in his recent speech, ‘‘We have an assurance that the re- publicans will control this government for at least four years longer.” The question now is, Does the President mean that the recent elections give the republican party an opportunity of electing some new man to succeed President Grant? If yes——good for the republican party ! Bk Cupan Recoenrtion.—And now it is said President Grant has determined to urge upon Congress the recognition of the Re- public of Cuba in case of the failure of Gen- eral Cushing’s negotiations at Madrid, taking the action of the United States in recogniz- ing the Republic of Texas as a precedent for this policy. We have always urged upon Congress and the administration stronger measures in regard to Cuba than those favored by the Secretary of State; but even if he should secure the independence of the Cuban Republic General Grant cannot ex- pect the American people to reward him with a third term. Some or tux Mosr Consistent if not the most discreet friends of President Grant contend that, in his recent speech at the White House, his assertion that the result of the elections insured the republican party four years of power did not mean to dis- courage his own candidacy for a third term. | tion requires the House to choose would be a | not to encourage an increase of travelling by | democrat. and the democrgtic House would i steamers on the Sound, If this was his purpose—Qad for the repub- tican party t The Management of Central Park, The Board of Park Commissioners has sin- cerely tried to give New York a good park, and has in a great measure succeeded. Mr. Stebbins, like Moses, smote the rock and fountains gushed forth; he made many a blade of grass grow where none grew before, and has thus, according to Dean Swift, done better service to his: country than if he had deyoted his time to writinga volume of songs. He bridged the chasm and raised the vale ; out of a quarry he created a garden. The achievements of the commission are only valued rightly by those who understand the difficulties, and yet while we freely con- cede that wonders have been done we are quite sure that the Central Park is not what it should be, and that much more remains to be done before it can be called worthy of the metropolis. The arrangement of the roads for carriages, equestrians and pedestrians is inferior to that of the parks of other great cities, In Hyde Park and the Bois de Boulogne the drives are wide and afford ample room; on either side of them are roads for horseback riding, and beyond these, with an uninter- rupted view of the constant procession of carriages and riders, are broad paths for pedestrians. There is nothing of this arrange- ment in Central Park; the drives, the walks, the equestrian roads are separated, and the people—for whom the Park was ostensibly made—are kept apart from the richer classes. Nor are the police regulations altogether satisfactory. You cannot get out of a car- riage in our Park to enjoy a walk beside it without being required by a policeman to get in again. Thus the poor and the rich are equally deprived of their freedom; the one can’t ride and the other is not permitted to walk. The great object of the commission should be to make the Park a compensation for the classes who cannot afford to keep carriages and horses‘and to give them the fullest op- portunity of participating in every pleasure, The rich, however, ought not to be wholly excluded. When we recall the experience of last summer we find that they, too, have been harshly treated. No man, whether rich or poor, was permitted to walk upon Mr. Stebbins’ grass more than twice a week, and then only in certain portions of the Park. “Keep off the grass!” is the great moral pre- cept of the Commissioners. But they forget that man was not made for grass, but the grass for man. No man, whether he were Lazarus or Dives, could play croquet with his wife, his sister, his daughter, his sweet- heart, or, in fact, anybody else’s wife, sister, daughter or sweetheart, because the Park Commissioners objected. The two sexes were as carefully kept apart in the Park as they are in an old-fashioned Methodist meeting house. But every- body knows that croquet is not a game to be enjoyed by old maids and bachelors in separate parties, but a harmless pastime for those young people who hope to be neither. This winter, when skating succeeds croquet, ‘we suppose no gentleman may skate with his wife, The ice is cold, but colder are the hearts of the Commissioners who thus maké, Central Park, like Illinois, a place for ob- taining temporary divorces. In this way, by mistakes of plan and too vigorous rules, the Park is made a place where the rich have a few privileges and where the poor are subjected to many need- less restraints. It is not managed in a liberal spirit ; it is not free. We suggest, therefore, if this policy is to be logically continued, that a large glass dome be placed over Cen- tral Park and that the poorer classes, if they behave themselves, be permitted to look through on holidays. Or, to execute the high moral regulations, let the ladies occupy the Park one day and the gentlemen an- other, so that the excluded sex may gloomily flatten its collective nose against the glass, like a bad boy outside of a candy shop, Union Pacific Stock—A Suggestion. A story has been industriously circulated in Wall street during the last two days to the effect that Jay Gould has received private information that the Supreme Court of the United States has determined to affirm the decision of the Court of Claims in the case of the Union Pacific Railroad. Many rea- sons render the story one of extreme im- probability. If Mr. Gould has been able to purchase any information concerning this decision in advance of its publication in open court the fact would exhibit an extraordinary want of discretion on the part of the judges, and would necessarily involve the honor of some member of the court. The pub- licity which has been given to the story would lead to official inquiry, which such a person as Mr. Gould would not be likely to court; and, besides, had he obtained the fact, it is not likely he would have so freely given it to the street, especially in view of all these consequences. It is more likely that it isa cunningly devised story to affect the market, and if that was its purpose it is succeeding. Notwithstanding all the improbabilities we have suggested, it finds many believers in Wall street, and elsewhere, As was il- lustrated yesterday by purchases of Union Pacific stock at prices rang- ing from 685-8 to 74 On Tuesday sales wore made at 651-4. We care nothing for the speculators, but the public would do well to consider these suggestions carefully and watch the movements of the market in regard to this dangerous stock. It is a stock which does not represent one dollar of con- tributed capital. Ifwe except the immense sums spent on Congress and in pro- curing Congressional legislation, it origi- nally cost little more than the ex- pense of printing the certificates, and it is ofly natural that some one should be anxious to sell all the shares which dupes can be induced to buy. Ix wae Frencu Assempiy yesterday a very important question was discussed—-the clause of the Electoral law which prescribes | the method of voting. The qnestion is a simple one—whether the members of tho General Assembly shall be elected by the serutin de liste or by the scrutin d'arrondisse- ment, A few days ago we illustrated this question by saying that it was as if we were discussing whether we should elect members of Congress on a general ticket for a whole State, or, as wo now do, by districts, Un- doubtedly the best republican practice is by the latter mothod. and in favoring it in | and sympathetic impulse. France the Ministry show themselves better republicans than the more pronounced rad- icals. American Race Horses. The complete list of American race horses that won prizes of one hundred dollars or over in the season of 1875, which we pub- lished yesterday, contains much information of great interest to the lovers of the turf. We learn from the figures that there were two hundred and seventy-three winning horses, excluding from the list all of impure blood or unknown pedigree, The aggregate of their winnings was $372,583, which gives an average to each horse of $1,364 and a frac- tion. Of course, the highest winners are not always the fastest horses, as the nature of the field determines the question of profit, and the best speed does not always have the heaviest purse to contend for. But it is worth noticing the eleven highest winners of the season just closed. Mr. McGrath's chgstnut colt Aristides, by Leaming- ton, dam Sarong, won $16,700. Then came Mr. Chamberlin’s colt Tom Ochiltree, by Lexington, dam Katona, win- ning $11,000, The third was Mr. Belmont’s chestnut filly Olitipa, by Leamington, dam Oliata, whose gains were $10,550. The fourth was Mr. McGrath's bay colt Calvin, by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, $9,150. The fifth, Mr. McGrath’s bay colt Aaron Penning- ton, by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, a full brother to Calvin, $8,480. The sixth was J. W. Harney’s brown colt Ozark, by Pat Mal- loy, dam Sunny South, $8,150. The seventh, W. Jennings’ brown colt Ballenkeel, by As- teroid, dam Schottische, $7,800. The eighth, M. A. Littell’s bay horse Wildidle, by Aus, tralian, dam Idlewild, $7,600. The ninth, \ Mr. Baldwin’s bay colt Grinstead, by Gilroy, — dam sister to Ruric. $7,390. The tenth, bay gelding Diavolo, by Jonesboro, dam Ninette, $6,435. The eleventh, George Longstaff'’s bay filly Countess, by Kentucky, dam Lady Blessington, $6,260. Altogether this is a creditable exhibition for American owners and American horses. The figures show the interest taken in this amusement, whose popularity‘is increasing with enormous strides. The English, with whom racing is an ancient institution, ante- dating the American turf by generations, every year’ train about three thousand horses. In the United States about four hundred are annually trained, but we should not be surprised 1f next year this number should be increased one-third or one-half. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Ex-Senator Fenton, who is now in Washington, will spend the winter in Florida. ‘The present condition of the Empress Carlotta, Maxi. millian’s widow, is said to be traly distressing. * Sefiior Don Luis de Potestad, Secretary of tho Spanish Legation at Washington, is at the Brevoort House. Even fame has its drawbacks, M. Thiers, on leav- ing his hotel at St. Georges, was surrounded by 200 workmen, and each insisted on shaking hands. An immense deposit of pure black slate has been discovered at Montpelier, Vt, and all the old topers are recommending it to the saloon keepers in that vil- lage. It ts @ matter of great interest to remark that the curious young lady of Charleston, 8. ¢., who has four legs and feet has just purchased a couple of pair ot skates, What a beautiful picture! Emperor William om- braced by King Victor Emmanuel before 50,000 peopte, as though neither remembered the Bismarck-Arnim intrigue. And now Gonzales wants Irish and German immi- grants to go to Samana Joined to the French and Spanish eloments already in the Republic these would make election days lively. What is international law? English legal talent is evidently seeking @ solution of the question, or why such diverse opinions at Somerset House and Downing street on the Slave Circular t_ The Gomte de Chambord, wrapped in the white flag, has gone near to the French frontier. His address to the people is ready, and he will give his views later on the scrutin de liste and the scrutin d’ arrondissement, Rear Admiral de Casembroot and Dr, Jonckbloet, Commissioners from the Notherlands to the Centennial Exhibition, arrived from Liverpool in the steamship Russia yesterday and are at the Westmoreland Hotel. Aleck McClure {s lecturing in Pennsylvania and gives the entire proceeds to the poor. It is a matter of gratu- lation that the poor of Pennsylvania are under no obli- gations to make up fc} the losses on MoClure’s lectures, The Paris Figaro reports that a man recently died in that city, named Colt, who made a confession on his deathbed that he once committed a murder in this city, was condemned to be hanged and escaped from the Tombs. / Mr. Widdleton will publish ‘his new “memorial edi- tion” of Poe's poems, with Mr. Ingram’s defence of Poo, as soon as he can put in shape the memorial pro- ceodings at Baltimore, which will also be included in the book, The value of the Cardiff Giant was ina libel suit es- timated at $50,000, Query—Whethor you can libel the owner of adead man and fix the damages at a dead man’s valde? ‘Hereafter let newspapers libel Bill Allen at their pleasure. Said a Dakota judge to tho plaintiff tn a divorce suit, “Johnny, I aint goin’ to inquire inter circumstances in this deleterious ago. You say you smashed the feller. You wouldn't 'a done it, a8 a man, without reesing. Divorce granted, ”” “Now,” said a citizen of Rawlins, Wyoming Torrt- tory, at arecent dance, “you see that helfer in a red dress; that's my wife; an’ ef yer dance with her moro ’n two times, pard, ['ll'shute the hull top uv yer hod off. What’n yer drink ?” The Princess de Bauffremont has caused a flutter in French and Belgian society. Sho was born a Belge, but became French by her marriage. Unable to get rid of her first husband in France, she became a Saxon citizen, sued for and obtained a divorce, then married Prince Bibisco, Tho Baltimore Gazette finds nineteen democratic electoral majority, and say: ho result of the elec- tions of 1875 does not affect the prospects of the two parties now struggling for national supremacy in the least, The republicans have only reclaimed a portion of their own States."” + “Light-horse Harry”? Watterson has reformed, and thus says:—'The girl of the period is at once the groseest and most transparent of hypocrites. She has the French coquetry without the French delicacy ; has the English coarseness of manner without the English solidity of mind; she has all the flippant follies of a Latin belle without her endearing blandishments ‘She flouts out on tho street with her pin-back and paper collar, ready for advon- ture and somewhat reckless of consequences, having a strong inward conviction that if the prospect prove less pleasing or profitable than the early Indications promised she can take care of herself and withdraw in safety from an encounter she inaugurated."’ Among the passengers who sailed on the Pommoerania yesterday was Dr, Giovanni Ceocarin!. He has been an active and successful practitioner In this city for up- ward of twenty years, winhing distinction for his skill in surgical operations and his accuracy in diagnosis. In 1870 Dr. Coccarini was appointed for the term of five yearsas a member of the Board of Health, During his mombership he did himeelf credit and reflected honot upon the Board. Although tn tho midst of « large practice he always found time to attend to the poor, thousands of whom in this city will miss bis kind and friendly hand. Dr, Cegearini goes to Rome to visit his father, now an invalid. The Doctor will pass the winter in Romo, This will prove pleasing intelli- gence to our many American citizens residing there, who may once more be ablo to avail themselves of hig ‘skill and experience,