The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1875, Page 4

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M.—L'ABIME. ‘Bronk our reports this morning the probabiidies | ure that the weather to-day will be warmer and | cloudy, with rain or snow. Tux Heravp py Fast Mam. Trars.—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- | consider his opponents as candidates pre- | of Mr. Cox contend that if they have not | | that this triangular contest may result, as is | upon his | made the still more unfortunate blunder of | which will be pardoned when we remember | | that a Congressman has self-respect like | | other persons, and that he can hardly be | nections, will be supplied with Toe Hearn, free of postage. Extraordinary inducements | offered to newsdealers by sending their orders | direct to this office. Wart, Sreezr Yesrexpay.—t dull and prices barely steady. Gold opened | at 1147-8 and ended at 1143-4. Rag cur- tency is worth 87.14. Money on call 3 and 4 percent, Investment securities steady. Tue Arrack by ex-Senator Henderson on | the President and his private se:retary, in | closing the Avery case, will be read with | great interest. Sismanck holds the sword of resignation | over the Reichstag in the matter of strength- ening the penal code in its bearing upon po- litical offences similar to Von Arnim’s, and | when “the man of iron” threatens to resign | he is likely to have his way. Excianp 1s Gertixc Reapy for a further annexation in the East. The Malayans who | murdered the British Resident at Perak have roused the British lion, and that mighty ani- mal is just now sharpening his claws and filing his teeth at Pulo Penang for a pounce upon Maharajah Lela and, doubtless, his do- minions, It looks from the outside like our carpet-bag rule in the South. The murder of @ radical firebrand from the North would make a company of regulars a necessity; somehow the elections would go republican and then the carpet bag shut with a snap upon another State. The murder of Birch will lay a heavy rod upon Maharajah Lela. “Brack Prax” i tae Covers, with Jay Gould in the character of defendant, is natural enongh even at this late day, but the answer of Lawyer Shearman on behalf of Gould, that the ‘pretended contract” to which the latter was a party was ‘“‘a mere _ gambling transaction,” and intended only to evade the statute against betting and gam- Dling, is refreshing, if not decidedly new to the vublig | the democratic party or the republican | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT The Speakership. The democratic caucus will, in all proba- bility, determine the Speakership to-day. The contest has not been of a character to make us apprehend any irreconcilable divi- sion in its councils. There are none of those questions which in former times made party harmony impossible; none of those divisions of section or of interest which led to the prolonged contests against Banks and Sherman. The democrats in the House return to power after a generation of retirement. If this generation has not taught them wisdom it brings them back with eager appetites for place and authority, and not disposed to permit their quarrel to interfere with the harmonious division of the spoils. For this reason, therefore, much of the contest for Speaker has been really a contest for the chairmanship of important committees. In the organization of the House the heads of the Committees of Ways and Means, of Appropriations, of the Judiciary, of Elections, and of Claims and Foreign Affairs have as much power almost as the Speaker, and are only second to the Speakership in dignity. The pressure of legislation upon the House is so vast, it increases so much with every advance of our population, that these committees have become, as it were, small Houses of Representatives in them- selves. In the determining of the legislation of Congress they have as much power al- most as the Cabinet. By the etiquette of the House the successful Speaker is bound to sumptive for the chairmanship of important committees. Therefore the bitterness that otherwise might arise between the friends of Randall, Kerr, Wood and Cox will be tempered by the consolation that any candi- date who fails, as three of them must, will tako alargeand determining share in the patronage of the House and in the control of its business. For this reason, and for the other reason, that the democratic party controls its first Congress since the administration of Bn- | chanan, we anticipate a harmonious session at the caucus to-night and the prompt acquies- ence in its decision by the friends of all the defeated candidates. We have no informa- tion that leads us to prophesy any result. | A good part of the members of the demo- | cratic caucus have been late in coming to Washington, They most likely remained | away, not caring to take a part in the bitter | controversies of an electioneering campaign. The friends of Mr. Randall and Mr. Kerr are each contident of success. The friends | the power to elect him they have | the power to determine the nom- mation by holding the balance of | power and throwing it where they please when the time comes. It is just possible frequently the case in these contests, in the | choice of a new candidate. Some political critics fancy that the good sense of Fernando Wood has led him to give his ambition this direction. There have been mistakes in the canvass of both parties. The ‘‘friends” of Mr. Randall began their campaign on the hurreh basis, which is never a safe plan in a body like the House of Representatives, composed of thinking men, who have had too much experience with clamor and electioneering cries to be governed by them in their delib- erations. They have not been content to allow Mr. Randall's claims to rest experience, his confessed effi- ciency as a speaker and the courage and the clear insight into parliamentary law shown by his fight against the Force bill and the fact that he represents a great State and to a certain extent the backbone of the demo- cratic party. The ‘‘friends” of Mr. Kerr have supporting him as the peculiarly “honest” man of the party; as a man whose election would save tothe party a ‘half million votes” which otherwise might go to the republican side at the ballot boxes of next November. | ‘This astounding and inexplicable policy, con- taining in itself a severe reflection upon alarge part of the democrats elected to Congress, has | naturally aroused a spirit of resentment expected to vote a general condemnation of | his own party, and especially of leaders like | Mr. Randall, Mr. Cox and Mr, Wood, by electing Mr. Kerr to the chair. We have no interest in this contest what. ever from a party ora personal point of view. Mr. Randall and Mr. Kerr are nothing to us whatsoever. We care nothing about them | except so far as they may do their duty as Rep_ resentatives. Nor do we care anything about party in their struggles for authority except | so far as they may serve the country. But we | see in this contest certain elements which j excite our apprehension, and which would | give us alarm if we were concerned for the | success of the democratic party. The selfishness which prompts the can- vass of Mr. Kerr because his elec- tion will strengthen the possible chances | of Mr. Tilden for the Presidency is so ap- | parent and is so antagonistic to all sense | | of fair play that it should be rebuked. The | “friends” of Mr. Tilden do him infinite harm in making his canvass for the Presi- | | deney now and foreing members of Congress | to sacrifice their ambition to strengthen his chances at a democratic convention. The election of Mr. Kerr would be an indorsement of that Bourbon spirit which is still strong in the party, which was strong enough to elect as Senators Wallace, of Pennsylvania ; Cockrell, of Missouri; Eaton, of Connec' cut, and others, who represent nothing in the democratic party but its mistakes, and who are as much ont of sympathy with the generation in which they live as the Bourbon princes when they returned to the throne of France. We do not wish to class Mr. Kerr himself among these Bourbons. On the contrary, we do him the justice to believe that he is an inde- pendent and liberal statesman. But as the Bourbon candidate he is open to criticism, | and his election would be a misfortune. He represents in the national politics what Tammany Hall is in New York. The feeling of the democratic people ‘of this country on this question of Tammany Hall, and of secret organizations and of the in- | fluence of rings and dark lantern, Know | Nothing lodges upon politics, is gq intense that a democratic Congress which begins its career by indorsing the Tammany candidate, representing a Tammany policy, will be de- feated before the country. We cannot ex- aggerate the importance this has assumed. The democrats who look into the future will thank us for the emphasis with which we give them this warning. The cries of ‘salary grab,” the “back pay,” the “subsidy” and “rings,” effective as they may be, are nothing compared to this stigma of Tammany. So far as these issues are concerned democrats and republicans have alike made a record upon them so comprehensive that they can no longer be called party questions or party blunders. But Tammany is peculiarly a democratic institution. It began -with Aaron Burr and ripened into Tweed. It is represented to-day in the effort to make Mr. Kerr Speaker. The success or failure of that effort will largely determine, not simply the position of the democratic party in Congress but before the country. We say again, and with serious emphasis, that no democratic House can expect to win the confidence of the country by indorsing a Tammany candidate and governing its de- liberations and its caucus according to the Tammany programme. If that issue is brought into. the country, as it will be by the success of Mr. Kerr, then we see no other contingency than the election of the republican candidate for the Presidency. We cannot conceive of any action on the part of the republicans even which would do them the harm that the indorsement of the Tammany programme would do to the democracy. Even the nom- ination of President Grant, unwelcome as it would be to citizens with- out distinction of party, distasteful as it would be to patriotic republicans, as well as democrats, and bringing with ita violation of ysacred tradition of the consti- tution and a maxim of our common law— even this sad contingency, which we far from welcome and would be among the first to deplore, may result from the action of the democratic cancus to-day. The people of this country, however much they may dread that great evil, may be forced by the democrats to fly from a still greater one —namely, the predominance of Tammany inthe politics of the nation. Therefore, the election of Mr. Randall, or of some one representing Mr. Ran- dall's opinions and position, will be an assurance to the country that Tammany has | been defeated in Congress. If there should | be another result the democrats must make | up their minds to accept the responsibility of the action, even if it should lead to the re- nomination of President Grant and his pos- | sible re-election to the Presidency. General Babcock, General Babcock, the private secretary of | the President, has fallen back upon his mili- tary position as a colonel of engineers, and ; demands a “‘court of inquiry.” He makes this demand in a letter addressed to the | President. In this letter he says that he was unable to appear before the jury in St. Louis which is trying the whiskey conspirators to testify in his own behalf. He asks for acourt | martial and that he be tried upon the charges. Wedonot know whether this is | the best plan or not for deciding the issue. It would be better if an indictment could be found against General Babcock and he could be tried by a jury and before the civil tribu- nals. But he has not been indicted, and it is certainly due to him that some explana- tion should be made—not only due to him, but to the President of the United States. The questions involved in the guilt or inno- cence of General Babcock are of the gravest character. They affect the integrity of the supreme office of the land. If it can be shown that he has been cognizant of any at- | tempt on the part of these conspirators to” defraud the revenue it would be a scandal upon the American name, upon republican institutions and the fame of our President that would be felt throughout the world. If | there can be no civil trial, and General Grant consents to General Babcock's request to ap- point a court of inquiry, it should be com- posed of high military officers, whose decis- ion would meet the approbation of the peo- ple. These officers should be of rank and | standing, who are not in sympathy with the President's views or his especial pets—such men as General McDowell, General Hancock and General Sherman. They should be army officers of old standing, who would seek out the trath and publish it without fear or favor. Germany and the © The action of the German government in ennial, | voting five hundred thousand dollars for the Centennial will be gratifying to our people as | showing the interest felt by that great Power in this exhibition of American industry and | development and in our Centennial year. We | regret that the rumor, which came apparently from a credible source, to the effect that the Crown Prince of the German Empire will visit the Centennial, is not founded on fact. | In this time of international courtesies, the | tendency of nations to come closer together and to consolidate the bonds of peace by in- _ tercourse and friendly association, nothing would do more toward insuring friendship | | between two nations as great as Germany and America as the visit of the heir to the impe- | rial throne. However, considering the age of the Emperor, now nearly eighty, and the fear that at any moment he may die and leave the throne vacant, it would be difficult for the Crown Prince to run the risk of absence from the country during the interregnum. | We have no doubt that some member of the German royal family will visit America dur- ing this season of festivity and congratula- | tion. But if the Crown Prince cannot come we should be glad to see Prince Frederick Charles, who shared with him the honors of | the campaign against Austria and France. Governor Tinpen anp THE Exxcurions,— The action of Governor Tilden in calling the attention of sheriffs to the terms of the law in reference to executions in this State will meet with the approbation of the ,people. The tendency to make these executions pub- lic displays for the gratification of the morbid taste of large crowds of spectators should be arrested, Capital punishment in itself is so serious, and, we might say, so degrading a duty, that it cannot be surrounded with too many safeguards in the interest of public decency. The Negotiation with Spain. By our despatches from Madrid it will be seen that our national character is so bad that other nations require to be definitely assured that any objection we may make to the way they manage their property’ is not a preliminary to taking possession of the prop- erty for ourselves, On one occasion the wolf complained that the lamb was a troublesome animal and made the water muddy so that others could notyuench their thirst with any satisfaction, and it has been generally eon- ceded that the wolf was then making a case on which he might proceed to turn the lamb into wolf by dilaniation and the gentle methods of digestion. Only fancy that Spain has imagined this old drama anew and has cast the parts so that the wolfish rdle falls to us, and that the land of Pizarro and Tor- quemada, and Alva, and Philip IL. is typi- fied by the tender and muttonly little figure of a juvenile sheep! Our government pro- tests that the conduct of Spain in Cuba, with regard to the Cubans and ourselves as well, has gone beyond all possible endurance, and that there must be a change brought about in one way or another, either by the good will of the Spanish government or by our interference. Hereupon Spain has the im- pudence to flatter herself that we are only “making a case” for further proceedings. Such a supposition on her part implies that she believes her conduct in Cuba to be that of a humane and civilized government ; and we have no doubt that Spain does look upon all the transactions in Cuba as innocent and proper. On this first assumption is based the further fancy that there can be no legit- imate complaint against her conduct, and, therefore, that all complaint actually made has in us the interested motive of making a disturbance that will result in giving us pos- session of the island. Mr. Cushing seems to have succeeded in getting this notion out of the Spanish cranium, which is in its way a diplomatic feat of consequence and promises to lead to a satisfactory solution of the troublesome topic. Turkey and the Great Powers. The position of sufferance which Turkey holds in Europe is significantly demonstrated in the action of the three Imperial Powers— Germany, Austria and Russia—on the Herze- govina insurrection. They appear to have united in a proposal which will settle for the present the difficulty with which the | Porte is contending. This proposal | demands that Turkey shall grant certain | reforms and give certain guarantees to carry | them ont. There is scarcely a shadow of | doubt that Turkey will accept the condi- tions without giving herself very much con- | cern whether she can fulfil them. She will | submit to them nominally, because she must. Her weakness and isolation forbid any other course; but, with Oriental cunning, she knows that her very | weakness will go a long way to protect ! her from anything more hurtful thana diplo- matic humiliation, She knows that she | | would not be a mouthful apiece for the three | | Powers who are settling her insurrection for | | her, but she is also aware that there would | | be small likelihood of peaceful agreement between them oyer the extent of each bite. | Indeed, she will see that her conclusions are | | justified by the delicate manner in which | the three Powers have approached the present little difficulty. Neither Germany nor Russia could trust the other with the | drafting of a proposal touching Turkish in- terests, and hence Austria, which could | always be held in check by the other two, has been allowed to frame it. In the discus- sion between Bismarck and Gortschakoff at | Berlin the condition of the insurgent rayahs | | held a small part beside the more absorbing question as to what may happen to the Otto- | | man Empire when the day of makeshift com- | promise and empty guarantee has gone by. England is steadily preparing to take her | portion in the land of the Pharaohs, and | Gortschakoff is probably pondering how the | | old Muscovite dream of a Russian flag over | | Stamboul may become a reality. | i ichakemrphictltinetanesiatents | How We Destroy Ovr Hratru.—We print to-day a further communication from Dr. A. K. Gardner, who very pointedly examines and discusses certain of the permanent con- ditions of city life which are destructive to health, and which exist through the heedless- | | ness and apathy of the people. People take | care of everything but their own lives, with- out which, it is scarcely necessary to inform them, nearly all the other things are of trifling | | value. This is not because of any indiffer- | | ence to death, for we have repeatedly had to | | chronicle the precipitancy and panic with | | which they will fly from any obviously im- | pending danger. But the man who will ran a mile to get away froma house on fire where | heis told there is a ton of gunpowder stored | | will lie down and sleep confidently in the | bed from which a fever patient has just been | buried—so much do people heed the dangers they understand; so little do they regard | those of more insidious and to them incom- | prehensible operation. It is against these | | more insidious dangers that medical men | | have to warn the people, and our correspond- ‘ent deals with them ina style calculated to | impress the truths of medical science on the | common mind, ‘Tur Skaters are getting ready for the ice, | but the ice is not yet ready for the skaters. It does not seem to be really winter time un- | til we have seen the dainty-footed belles and | their escorts sliding gayly through space over the solidified water, with a brighter red on their cheeks than ever was applied with a puff, and until the gamin, fired to emulation, practises the art of the patineur with a single skate over the frozen gutters. ‘Tue Worxrxomen of America will welcome | the deputation of ouvriers which the Paris municipality will send, at its own expense, to the Philadelphia Exposition. This, in- deed, is arélein which the “blue blouses” will appear to advantage, and their appro- priate reception will bea task to which our labor orgattizations may set themselves, as the season for strikes is pretty well over. Coroxri Owxn having resigned his posi- tion as English Commissioner to the Centen- nial two Commissioners have been appointed in his place, Colonel Sandford and Pro- | fessor Archer will in every way reflect credit on the great nation they are to represent. Wickham to the Front. There have been mysterious rumors float. ing around New York for several days as to the absence of the Mayor. His eloquent voice, his portly presence, his face beaming with intellect and amiability, suddenly van- ished from the City Hall a few days ago. All manner of rumors have attended his depart- ure. One was that he had gone into retire- ment to fit himself for the stage, and that in imitation of his predecessor, Oakey Hall, he intended to appear upon it at the close of his career as Mayor. Another was that he had gone to Africa’ to found an em- pire on the shores of Lake Victoria Niyanza. Another that he had gone to England to re- | deem hig long forgotten promise to make a speech in Guildhall and denounce the Eng- lish tyrants in the home of their tyranny. Another rumor was that he had become so weary of public life and of the injustice done to him by the leaders of Tammany Hall that he had run away and would never more be known in history except as an instance of mysterious disappearance from office. Now we hear from Washington that the Mayor has made his appearance in the capi- tal. He hears the shout and the noise of the battle of the Speakership and rushes to the front. Wickham’s appearance puts a new phase apon the situation, It would be difficult for the members to re- sist his eloquent voice, his persuasive manners, his courage and persistency. If we only knew which candidate Mr. Wickham preferred we might easily see the result of the canvass. But might not this canvass be compromised? Why should not Kerr, or Cox, or Randall, or Wood and all the rest of them retire and let Wickham be elected Speaker by acclamation? A vacancy could easily be made for him by the resignation of some of our city Congressmen. Wickham in the Speaker's chair would solve a grave political problem. He don’t want to be Mayor after spring, and we are afraid the people do not want him for Mayor. He is too great a man to sink into absolute retire- ment. Why not, therefore, elect him Speaker? He is the man for the place. His voice would resound through the halls of legislation like the ever sounding billows of the sea, but with music in its roar, and pathos, and tenderness, and high patriotic feeling. With Wickham in the chair the dadies’ gal- lery would be always crowded ; the colored | galleries would be filled with admiring hosts, and the strangers’ gallery would be as densely packed as at Moody and Sankey's revival meetings. Might it not be that Wickham’s visit o Washington is an inspiration arising out of his fervent anxiety for the welfare of the democratic party? By all means let us have him for Speaker. Let some of our Con- gressmen—Mr. Meade or Mr. Cox—retire in his behalf. The Savings Banks. People will put their money into savings banks for a variety of reasons satisfactory to themselves ; and savings banks will, as it appears, fail, despite every legitimate pre- | caution taken to prevent such a@ con- sequence. They will fail all the more if the precautions taken to prevent this result are neglected by dishonest or otherwise delin- quent officials charged with the duty of ex- amining into their condition. But we do not believe that savings banks can fail in this State without some violations of the | laws in regard to them, or the collusion of | | the persons who should administer the law. It is a very important point in the present | | crisis between the people and the holders of | their savings that it should be clearly known | to which of those causes the recent failures are due, Another fact that should be known | is whether it is not possible to make a failure | so unpleasant to the officers of a broken | savings bank that failures will in future be | acarcely possible events, In regard to all these points public attention is now there- | fore directed to the courts. herein lies the power to shape and direct the investigations | and further proceedings ; to make them real | enforcements of the law, or to make them | mere cheats and delusions in the interest of delinquent officials and swindling finan- ciers. Which shall they be? We trust that it will not prove that the Bank Depart- ment at Albany runs the courts in this city, or manipulates or influences them in the re- motest manner in regard to these proceed- ings. That department has to account to the public for its own relation to these failures. It was its duty to investigate them before they failed, and its performance of | that duty was not such as to justify the | courts in giving itany opportunity to deal with them after failure. ‘Tue Trrevnations or THE PuymovtH Pas- _ToR are apparently on the increase. The letters from Mrs. Moulton and Mr. West were not read at the prayer meeting last evening. The disturbing documents | were referred to the Examining Com- | mittee and Mr. Beecher made a speech, Abandoning the policy of silence which he laid down for himself a few weeks ago the harassed clergyman proclaims that he is now ready and anxious for investi- gation. In this changed resolve we perceive a rebuke to Mr. Beecher from his own lips. | Inannouncing that he would not further reply | to his enemies he ventured to use the language | applied by the evangelist to Him who stood mute before Pontius Pilate. In the speech of last night we see how rash he was to think that the man, of the ‘ragged edge” letters could suffer an exquisite pain in silence as He did on whose divine shoulders rested the transgressions of all the world. Tux Usrortusate C¥%L Miners of the Schuylkill region will now begin to feel in | the bitter winter the folly of their long strike last spring. The mines in that region will shut down for an indefinite period after to- day, and the miners who threw away their opportunity of putting away a little forthe | time when work could not be had at an price will become objects of charity. Srskomeany, the murderer of his sweet- heart, has been respited from the gallows for three weeks from the 10th inst., in order to allow the doctors to decide if he is sane in relieving Standermann from the doom he has merited, will allow him to die with the year, and many will not grudge him his com- nany to the next world. | | | enough to be hanged. This, if unsuccessful | ee Se EEL Senne eer enc ee Me AD Bt ee » Let Us Have Peace. One of tho best arguments in favor of the spring election will be found in the corre- spondence that is taking place from day to day between Andrew H. Green, the Comp- troller, and Fitz John Porter, the Commis- sioner of Public Works. Into the details of this correspondence it would not be profita- ble for us to enter. The one thing apparent is that the heads of two of the most impor- tant departments of the city government are at war. Instead of uniting harmoniously to protect the city’s interest and to serve the people, they are quarrelling as to which is the more responsible for the mismanagement of the city’s affairs. It is evident from what General Porter says that Comptroller Green has a bad temper ; that he is disposed to be severe with his colleagues, Everybody knows this, but everybody knows also that the Comp- troller, under all of his temper, is anxious to save the city from ,wasteful expenditure and to protect the treasury against thieves. Everybody knows also that Fitz John Por- ter's management of the public works has not been what it should be. When we have a Commissioner who allows John Kelly and Tom Dunlap and a crowd of Tammany poli- ticians and loafers to select workmen for him, to appoint barbers and tavern keepers and cab drivers as inspectors of sewers and tha sanitary arrangements of a great city, we feel that he is incapable of managing the affairs of his place for the best interest of the city. What we want, therefore, is a man who would be bold enough to say to Kelly and Dunlap and the rest that they had bet- ter mind their own business and allow him to look after the affairs of the city, justas Mr. Stewart and Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Astor look after their personal estates. This is what is wanted, and the man to do this is John T. Agnew, who should succeed Fitz John Porter as Commissioner of Publio Works. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, M. C. Kerr, wil! you ever be 8. P. Kerr? Senator Francis Kernan and Mr. James G. Blaine left the city yesterday for Washington. 4 Senator Henry B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, arrived last evening at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, In Dublin last week the death rate represented a mortality of 28 in every 1,000 of the population. The death rate in London was 24, in Glasgow 26, in Edin- burgh 23 in every 1,000 of the population. Hiram Calkins, formerly, if not now, of the World, is Governor ‘Iilden’s candidate for Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Calkins bas no chances unless the candidate for Speaker comes from the West. Glasgow (Ky.) Times:—The man who is curious to sea how the world can get along without him can find oat by sticking a cambric needle into a millpond and thea withdrawing it and looking at the ole, Mirza-Mohammed-Hadji-Hussé-Khan, son of tha Grand Vizier at Teheran, colonel in the Persian army, and rocently on the Shah’s staff during his tour, has become a Christian, Now, be had better chango hts name, also. According to the Tageblatt of Berlin Prince Bismarck has turned his attention to the condition of apprentices of all kinds, whose condition he intends to improve by legislation and by founding a school trom which they can graduate after “serving their time.” In Detroit there is a colored man named Georgs ‘Thomas, who is able to shilt bis heart around at pleas. ure, and thedical men are startled at the phenomenon, Oh, pshaw! any girl can shift her heart around at pleas- ure, and does it every time she gets a chance, and med- ical men are not surprised unless they have been io love with her. “A rumor was lately current in Paris,” says tho Constitutionnel, ‘that Don Carlos had been seriously wounded, but the report is Inexact.’’ Don Carlos’ re cent hint that he would like to follow the example of Cortez and conquer America would suggest that he ts on the sick list, but it dogs not ae presume that be 1s wounded. A movement has been initiated t. raise the funds necessary to send an Australian team to compete in the American Centennial rifle matches. Should the move- ment succeed the best shots in the colonies will come, and from the character of the scoring at the late an- nual matches they ought to run any other represonta tives very close. 7 The Volkszeitung of Berlin states that General da Voigts-Rhetz is regarded as the successor of M. de Kamecke as Minister of War, The same journal re. joices that the military expenditure will not be cur- tailed, seeing that the gallant General had always vigor- ously supported the demands for an increase of the budget in that department. He believes in soldiors. Dr, Draper, in his ‘History of the Intellectual Development of Europe,” says that theological ideas begin in wonder, and he takes many learned and in- Acresting pages of scientific writing to prove itso. Ia St. Nicholas, a child's magazine, we read a poem which ends— Yet we must die; I wonder why. You can’t unite science and postry, anyway. ‘A Parisian policeman makes the followiug report:— | yet M— leaning against a iamppost near railroad | depot. Told bim to gosbome. He said, ‘Le serutin unimominal’ (I examine ty ballot). Told bim should lock bitn up if he didn’t move, Said he (hic), ‘Serutin uninominal.’ Told hun it was serious thing for respect- able man to use lamppost for walking stick. He replied, ‘Scrutin uninominal.’ Asked him what ne had been drinking. He yelled out, ‘Scrutin uninominal/’ Then | took bim home.” ‘The Correspondance Politique, an inspired organ ot | the Austrian government, makes the statement that General Ignatie!"s recent interview with the Saltan, ‘of which so mnch bas been made out of Turkey, has allogether escaped public attention i Constantinople. The interview was nothing more than the ordinary formal audiouce which the Rassian Ambassador was bound to seek after his visit to Livadia, It tad nothing in common with the historical intrusion of Prince Meptschikof, with which it ba: mm compared. It | was, onthe contrary, marked by courtesy on both sides, Postmaster General Jewoll, being asked by a lady for ‘a situation in the Dead Letter uffice, wrote the follow- ing witty reply:—“We have only fifty-seven ladies employed in this department, with tne exception of a few translators and experts, and not more than two changes have occurred in that force for the last six months, None of them ever marry, or die, or resign, In fact, the dead fetter division is a sort of mausoleum of buried affections—a place not governed by natural laws—for those who pass its charmed portals seem to lose all the motives and hopes and aspirations which away and govern the demizens of the outer world, —£ regret that it 1s so, but go it is.”” At the distribution of prizes to volunteers at Liver. pool Major General McMurdo advocated compulsory military service, and in reference to the supposition that there might be confusion if the volunteers were called into active service, said that such could not occur, for arrangements had been made thas would prevent such confusion, For this purpose there bad eon formed the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, the object of which was to secure unity of action among the railway companies in time of war, This corps consisted of three ‘classes-—namely—some of the most eminent civil engineers, the general managers of rail- way companies and the leading contractors in the country. Their duty was to consider problems of war, | given them by the Secretary for War, and though por- formed in seerot their services were of great value, ‘The Crown Prince of Austro-Hungary, Archduke Ra. dolph, on the Sd inst, underwent a fresh examination at Goedoelloe, In the presenee of his august father and an assemblage of distinguished personages, The sub- Jects in which the Crown Prince was examined wer Roman and modern law, civil and criminal. The ver- bal examination lasted for above an hour and a half, at the end of which the examiners congratulated the Fm- peror upon the satisfactory answers which bis son ane presumptive successor had given to thuir varied ané in some instances diMenlt questions,