The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1876, Page 4

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Presment Grant's Crecunar in regard to Cuba is still agitating the European govern- ments, and from the careful consideration the question is receiving the answer can scarcely fail to be signiticant, whatever its tone. In tHe Spanien Ei tons the Ministerial party have a large majority, and if the young King fails of support in the Cortes it will be because he is sacrificed in the house of his friends. But stranger things than this have happened in Spain. Tur Resvut of the Senatorial elections in France is not yet known, and may not be published for some days yet. This may be satisfactory to the French people, but it would be too suggestive of the manipulation of the returns to satisfy the average Ameri- ean voter. Wasrtixc Croron Waren has always been a erying sin of our people, and now, owing to “this practice, a scarcity in the supply is threatened. We trust Commissioner Camp- bell’s communication to the public, intended to avert such a calamity, will receive proper vonsideration from householders. ‘Tue Reve or War is that the victory be- longs to both sides—on paper; and the Turks are not behind other nations in mak- ing the claim. Now it is the garrison at ‘Trebinge which overcame the insurgents, and, not, as before, the insurgents who over- came a part of the garriso: Tunrrey is in a fair way of having fresh troubles—all the result of oppression and bad government. Great cruelties toward the Armenian Christians are reported at the same time that Bucharest is preparing for the con- tingency of war. In the end these compli- tations must destroy the Ottoman Empire. . Tar Cexrenstat Arrnoruravioy Bra. has passed the House, and we presume there is no doubt of its passage by the Senate, Pre- vious to the passage of the bill in the House yesterday Mr. Lamar made a speech which will add to his own fame and be received at the North as an expression of good feeling on the part of the South, to be reciprocated vy many kindly words and acts, Anorner Deraviten.—Boston has devel- oped another saintly sinner. This time it is the Rev. E. D. Winslow who is the offender, defaleation and forgery to a large amount being among his crimes. The story of his forgeries and frauds is told at length in the Henan this morning, and will be found one of peculiar interest because of the promi- nence of the criminal and the boldness of Xis offences. Tar Amenican Cexrensrat is just now ro- ceiving great attention in Europe. The Ger- man Reichstag has passed the bill in aid of the Exhibition to its second reading, and the French commission to examine the works of art offered for the Centennial has selected six hundred and seventy pictures, besides sculptures ond engravings. Among the French paintings are many on themes from American history, and the gallery can scarcely fail to be one of the great features of | the Exhibition. ‘have, been NEW YORK a for the Presi- | Republiens Can dency. The rumors and speculations which the | Washington “correspondents of the press of | this city—regular, special and occasional— within the last few days, may remind one of | that comparison of Swift’s in the dedication of the “Tale of a Tub” to “Prince Pos- terity,"in which the great satirist under- takes to inform that renowned patron and judge of literary merit that the then present age abounded in works of genius of all kinds, although to particular- transmitting for publication | Ohio; then for Conkling, because he is a favorite at the White House and presumptive heir apparent of the burne, as Grant’s best and earliest friend, who has been ont of the country and done | nothing indiscreet, and, to crown all, ‘“be- longs to a lucky family.” But who dees not | see that this multitude of rival candidates, plotting and wire-pulling to circumvent and countermine one another, and every one of them preferring the success of General Grant to that tor—who is so politically blind that ize them was a task too slippery for his abilities, since the multitude of books fell into oblivion almost as soon as published, many of them “strangled in their cradles before they had learned their mother tongue to beg for pity." The author, therefore, told Prince Posterity that his assertion must not be discredited, because the literary works of that age were not tobefound. “IfI should assure Your Highness that at this instant | there is acloud in the zenith in the shape of a bear, and another toward the horizon with the claws of a leopard, and you should ina few minutes go out to in- spect them, ‘clouds there might be, but you would say that I had mistaken the topog- taphy and zodgraphy of them.” For this reason he would describe no particular an- thors or books in so shifting-a scene, To transfer this satirical comparison from the literary sky of Queen Anne's reign to the political sky of our own dear country in its centennial year, we may venture to assure posterity that this interesting epoch does really abound with noted statesmen and Presidential candidates, although it would be hazardous to make out a catalogue of them, lest the names be so soon forgotten and their pretensions so quickly vanish that we should put our credibility at hazard by asserting that they ever existed, If we had gone out to gaze at the political sky two nights ago and survey the ‘ topog- raphy and zodgraphy” of those fleeting clouds called Presidential candidates, we might have found a great number just at that moment with very distinguishable shapes. In the zenith there hung a dark Presidential cloud shaped like the swarthy j Yulean, and _ lame as that god of the | forge working his heaving bellows and kindling a lurid ré4 flame, which shot up in the likeness of a bloody shirt. Consider- | ably lower, toward the northeasterif horizon, was another considerable cloud, of a yellow- ish tinge, which looked as if sinking ‘‘down the sunless realms of space.” This Presi- dential cloud seemed to have been torn by a recent gust, on which it had striven to rise and displace the Vulcan of the zenith from the forge, and stithy where he was pursuing his ingenious manufactures. Its shape was like the tawny skin of a lion whose wearer had acted that part in a recent great commotion of the political menagerie. There were at the hour we mention two others of these clouds faintly borne upward in the western quarter of the sky ; one seem- ing to carry in his hand a long-reaching seburge for the chastisement of all who have dealings with illicit spirits, and the other to have been formed out of exhala- tions from the Ohio, with a prodigiously inflated paper balloon hanging beneath it in a lower stratum of the atmosphere, a recent breeze having wafted up the cloud to a greater height than the paper balloon. At the same hour-—that is to say, at nine hours thirty-one minutes eight seconds in the evening, January 24—there was seen another of these clouds, in the likeness of the curled Apollo ‘scattering the golden radiance of his hair,” which was made brighter by the mighty Orion, which seemed to be eclipsed by this golden, this majestic Presidential cloud. “Orion, hunter of the beast | His sword hung gleaming by his side, ‘And ou his arm the [aforesaid] lion's hide,”? This last surprising phenomenon, how- ever, this new ‘occultation of Orion,” was invisible to common eyes, being described only from the ‘Tall Tower,” where a young political astronomer sits with ‘looks com- mercing with the skies,” like Melancholy in Milton’s ‘‘1l Penseroso.” It was well worth his while to ‘‘outwatch the stars” in the ‘‘Tall Tower” and win the tame of announcing to a wondering world so magnificent a spectacle as an eclipsing cloud in the shape of golden- locked Apollo directly over the face of the mighty Orion, whose obstructed beams yet made the cloud resplendent. But Apollo's bow—a pretty long one if we have not forgotten our classics—seems to have been borrowed by the tenant of the ‘Tall Tower,” when he made this announcement. Such was the aspect of the political sky, such the cloud figures outlined against it, when the Signal Bureau was beginning to make up its weather report night befgre last, But, as Byron sung tn the Alps—‘The sky is changed, and such o change! O Night!” The occultation of Orion hardly lasted while the astronomer of the ‘Tall Tower,” in temporary possession of the long bow, was recording his observations. The golden- haired Apollo-like cloud passed from the face of the mighty hunter, who again shines hide on his arm, ‘‘begirt with many a blazing star,” and pursuing his unhalting ascent to- | ing Orion, that he is above the shifting, fleet- ing clouds of the lower sky, and keeps on his steady march, while t are blown and drifted about by every political wind, their shapes changing, their dimensions expanded and then contracted, their “topography and zoigraphy” presenting ever varying appear- ances—one now spreading and gathering as if about to cover the whole face of the sky, and then blown nearly out of sight by the currents of the atmosphere, and | permitting the ruling constellation to come forth again to view, and the political as- tronomers and meteorologists to compute how far it has risen in its ceaseless course during the transient obscuration. ‘This political parable or allegory needs no interpreter. President Grant has a great and manifest advantage over all his rivals, and it is not necessary to go to the stars for his horoscope. Morton is talked of as a can- didate with growing prospects one day, Blaine the next ; then snecess is predicted for Bristow, because he is a reformer; then for Haves. can carry because he | the wisdom of his own teachings forth with steady radiance, with his gleaming | sword still hanging by his side and the lion's | ward the meridian. And there is this great ad- | vantage in the higher station of sword-wear- | he cannot see that these shifting cloud candidates, instead of impeding his march are unwittingly preparing the way for his triumph ? He is constantly gaining strength while they are striving to foil one another, Te will go into the National’ Con- vention, if he decides to go there at all, with twice as many delegates to back him as any other candidate. He will then hold a fortress against which his rivals will dash themselves to pieces. It is a famous military maxim, “Divide and conquer ;" but General Grant's rivals are performing the first part of the task to his hands, leaving him nothing to do but to come jn at the last hour aud conquer, Italian Opera in New York. This evening Mlle, Titiens will repeat the tithe réle of the opera of “Norma” at the Academy of Music with the same cast and accessories with which the work was given on Monday night. We trust that the good for- tune of her initial performance will come to her also and that her success will increase with each successive appearance she is to make during the short season for which sho is engaged. At the same time we cannot overlook the fact that works like ‘‘Norma” at their best, even, but more especially when cast and sung as this was on Monday night, are not the kind of opera for which the New York public is anxious and is willing to pay. It is true the orchestra was passably good, and the chorus was better than is usual on such occasions ; but these may always be obtained in New York, and it would have been discreditable had it not been possible to speak of them in terms of kindness, Apart from these and from the “great artist who bore the burden of the evening's entertain- ment, therd” was nothing in the perform- ance that calls for commendation and much that suggests a regret that a better policy was not adopted. The tenor was totally in- adequate to a great tragic réle, and Miss Beaumont as Adalgisa was excellent under the circumstances, but she is not yet sueh an artist as the requirements of Italian opera demand when it is fitly and worthily represented, All these considerations force upon us the conclusion, which will be gen- erally accepted by the public, that the opera Mr. Strakosch is now giving us is not opera at all in any proper sense, but only operatic concert, adorned by the embellishments of the lyric stage. Even aos such we welcome it, but the very success which attends it only goes to prove that the American public office-holding element; and then for Wash- | of any other competi- | General Babcock's Case. We cheerfully publish the letter addressed | to us by Major Gardner, of West Point, who was appointed judge advocate for the court of inquiry to investigate the case of General Babcock. We do not discover that he im- pugns the substantial accuracy of the state- ments of our Occasional Washington Corre- spondent to whom he replies, except in a single particular. The significant and sug- | gestive order of the facts as unfolded by that | correspondent remains unchallenged, there being no question that they followed one | another in the same succession and at the same dates which he gave. That is to say, Mr. Henderson’s speech was de- livered six days before the ‘true bill” was found against Babcock by the Grand Jury; its substance was at once spread all over the country by the press; no mark of censure was meanwhile visited upon its author, but in the very hour that the de- spatch announcing the indictment was re- ceived at Washington a swift direction went back to St. Louis that Mr. Henderson's ser- vices were no longer needed. In the mean- time—that is, between the date of the speech and the date of the indictment—a court of inquiry had been ordered at General Bab- cock’s request, its members had assembled at Chicago and its Judge Advocate had called on District Attorney Dyer for the evidence against the inculpated officer. No part of this chain of circuystances is contested by Major { Gardner, either as respects the truth of the | facts or the order of the dates. It is true, however, a8 Major Gardner conclusively shows, that our correspondent was misinformed as to the tone of the Judge Advocate's despatch to St. Louis call- ing for the evidence. Our correspondent did not, however, profess fo give exact tran- seripts of any of the despatches, but only their substance, and he was quite in error as to the spirit and temper of that of Judge Ad- vocate Gardner to District Attorney Dyer. It was by no means a curt, peremptory de- mand. On the contrary, it observed all the forms of considerate, official decorum, alike in substance and language, and, with a copy of it before us, we are bound to say that if is in no respect open to just criticism. _Had Major Gardner confined his letter to tho rectification of this mistake as to his own personal and official conduct we would have made no remarks on his letter beyond giving him the full advantage of the correction. But as he goes somewhat at large into a dis- cussion of the relation of the court of inquiry to the civil prosecution we think it right briefly to review his positions. He main- tains that, up to the finding of the indict- ment, there was no sort of relation between the court of inquiry and the proceedings before the Grand Jury. This is true enough as respects the official action of the military court itself, but not true in any other sense, Neither General Babcock, who demanded the court of inquiry, nor the President, who ordered it, could have had any doubt that an indictment was probable, or at least would be, attempted, after the inculpations con- tained in Mr. Henderson's address to the will sustain a higher class of performances, and that perfection of ensemble and mise en seéne is the way to the prosperity and per- manency of Italian opera in New York. It is impossible to review the history of operatic ventures in this city without find- ing that the same stumbling block has been in the way of allour managers. Either they have made money rapidly or lost it in equal ratio. In a word, opera with us has always been a speculation instead of a business, Under such circumstances failure must be inevitable or success merely phenomenal. In theatrical management we have seen the same thing from year to year, and that, too, in spite of the fact that the admirable man- agement of Wallack’s Theatre has been for nearly a quarter of a century an. illustration of the value of the application of bisiness principles to the business of a theatre. Good plays, well mounted and well cast, are the simple vehicles which have brought success to that model house. The public goes to Wallack’s because there is a certainty of an excellent play excellently acted, and the same public would sustain the opera with a like alacrity if there was the same certainty atthe Academy. Mr. Strakosch can find no better proof of this than in his own ex- perience. When he brought a worthy com- pany to America, including among its mem- bers artists like Nilsson, Campanini and Ca- poul, he found his doors beseiged whenever he chose to open them. If he has since failed to profit from the lesson which he was the first to teach with Practical effect it has been because ‘jhe has had* greater respect for the traditions of operatic management than for his own experience. He must not imagine, however, that because he is willing to forego the lesson is lost upon others. Some manager will yet pé found who will apply true busl- ness principles to operatic management, and when such a managér takes the Feins he will be able to hold the New York public with as firm a hand as Mr. Wallack has held them now these many years. Let us not mistake the issue which is forced upon us by this Titiens opera season, It is the success of operatic concert en- forcing the greater success which awaits real Italian opera. We want in 1876-77 a repeti- tion of the famous season of 1873-74, and we want it not for its own sake alone, but as the foundation for permanent Italian opera in this country. A great company at the Acad- emy will be welcomed and sustained, not by the New York public only, but by the music loving people of every city in the land. Mr. | Strakosch can do for the lyric what Mr. Wal- lack has done for the dramatic stage ; but if he fails to do it some other manager will be found to profit from his opportunity. Savincs Banxs.—It is understood that o resolution will be offered in the Assembly at | an early day ordering the Committee on Banks to institute an inquiry into the man- agement of the Banking Department by Superintendent Ellis, with a view of ascer- taining whether proper measures were taken to prevent the recent disasters to the depos- itors in the broken savings banks of this city. In some of the cases it is alleged that the banks continued to receive deposits long after it was known they were insolvent. An inwestigation is necessary to show whether the interests of the public in these institu- tions have been disregarded by the Banking | Devartment and the Suverintendant, jury. It was what the whole country ex- pected, and on reasonable grounds ; for the prosecuting officers would ‘have been inex- cusably derelict if they had not pressed an investigation. It was in the face of the moral certainty that General Babcock’s al- leged connection with the whiskey frauds would be laid before the Grand Jury at St. | ingaresalt could never be reached. Butthere Louis that he made haste to ask, and the President promptly granted, a court of in- quiry. The country could not fail to regard it as an indelicate proceeding, liable to be construed as an attempt to fore- stall and head off the action of the Grand Jury. Itistrue that it could not have had that legal effect, but it tended to bring a relaxing moral influence to bear on the Grand Jury and the prosecuting officers. If the Judge Advocate's call on the District Attorney for the evidence had been complied with the evidence would have been with- drawn from the Grand Jury, and, so long as it remained in possession of the military court, the proceedings against General Bab- cock in the criminal court would have been arrested and blocked. It will be difficult to convince the public that a result of this kind was not in the contemplation of General Babcock when he demanded a court of in- quiry in the face of an impending indict- ment. Advice to Presidential Candid. There will be trouble in the preliminary Presidential campaign this year, for when the conventions meet the number of candidates will probably | larger than that of delegates. To make the best selection would require a session of several weeks, and the labor would be as great as that of deciding upon the Mexican claigns, 8,__Indeed, a, it would amount to pre- cisely Pthe same thing as investigating the whiskey frauds. Wo, therefore, propose that the Presidential conventions shall not be held this year. This would be perfectly con- stitutional ; it is not forbidden either in the preamble or the eighth section of the constitution. Instead of conventions of delegates let the candidates meet and frame the respective tickets themselves, It may be objected that they could never agree, and we admit that by the ordinary methods of ballot- are other plans which might be adopted. When Greece had repelled the Persian in- vaders her gencrals disputed as to which of them deserved the palm of valor and agreed to decide the question by ballot. ‘There- upon,” says Herodotus, “every one gave his vote for himself, cach thinking himself the most valiant; but with respect to the second place the majority concurred in selecting Themistocles.” To Themistocles, therefore, the chief honors were awarded. Here is one plan which is worth a trial. There is no doubt that Morton, Conkling, Fenton, Logan, Jewell, Frelinghuysen, Chandler, &c., would each vote for himself first, but suppose they should all’ unite secondly on Bristow or upon Hayes? In this way the republican party might obtain a tolerable ticket. But here another difficulty arises. It will be said that the Grecian plan allows the Presidential candidates the privilege of thought, and that, as the judgment of poli- ‘ ticians is invariably wrong, the country cannot, in regard to its own safety, permit HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. tr reasoning. We grant this danger, Dut it can be averted by another method of selection. Why should not the candidates decide their claims by a friendly contest at euchre— every player losing a certain number of | games to retire? Of course it will be said that this would give Logan a political ad- vantage ; but this might be balanced by allowing Fish and Conkling the privilege of selecting high; low, Jack and the game, or whist. Most of the candidates understand whiskey poker, which is said to be entirely fair, unless the player is indiscreet enough to devote more attention to the end than the means of that noble game. Then there is a very _ scientific game called California Jack, which Senator Booth might prefer. ‘Set back” would soon settle some of those gentlemen who are too ambitious for a front seat? In’ brief, there are a number of games which the candidates might agree to play, always excepting the French game of “Imperial,” which Grant could not introduce without causing a general disturbance. But per- haps the best method of all would be the selection of candidates by tossing up a cent—the tails being gradually cut off and- the heads retained. This would probably | give the most satisfaction to the people, as the two rival Presidential tickets would then be decided by chance—and a chance is what the country wants, These ideas are respectfully submitted to | the Presidential candidates of the two great parties, We should be glad to hear from Messrs, Grant, Morton, Conkling, Bristow, Hayes, | Blaine, Jewell, Fish, Dix, Fenton, Lo- gan, Sherman, Kelley, Booth, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Anthony, Washburne, &c., &c., on the republican side, and from Messrs, Til- den, Thurman, Bayard, Adams, Hendricks, Hancock, Lamar, Randall, Hoffman, Gas- ton, Cox, Kerr, Knott, Wood, Walker, Gen- eral Jackson, &c., &¢., on the side of the democrats. If any of these gentlemen have new games to suggest we shall print them with becoming deference, for we are quite aware that there are a. great many games played in Washington which we have never been able to understand. “Morton and Blaine.” We find the ticket named above proposed in some of the Western journals ; it seems to be the net result of the last two weeks of de- bate in the House of Representatives. The sight of it will probably make Mr. Blaine shiver. It sounds like a studied insult to him, and yet we do not doubt that the proposition is made in perfect good faith, for it is entirely logical. To that part of the republican party which expects to carry the Presidential campaign on the policy of sec- tional hatred and unconstitutional interfer- ence, on the ‘bloody shirt” in fact, Mr. Morton is and always will be the favorite, the man in whose ruthless will and ignorant fanaticism they justly have the greatest con- fidence. No other man in their party, un- less it is General Grant, has given such constant and repeated pledges; has shown himself so ready at all times and at all hazards to carry out a dark and violent policy in the South. No other Northern re- publican has been so steadfast or so close an ally of the worst carpet-baggers in the South; none has so often defended their bad cause, or has shown himself so perpetually in ac- cord with them. Hence, for that part of the Northern and Southern republican party which seeks to perpetuate its power by an appeal to the worst passions, by crying out “rebel” and “murder,” Mr. Morton is the foreordained candidate. In that field he is master. If they pay Mr. Blaine the poor compliment of asking him to be second to Senator Morton it is not because they trust him entirely; in spite of his recent outbreak about Jeff Davis they do not believe in him. He is an intelligent man, and that is something against him with this class ; he is a man of moderate views, and this makes him an object of suspicion to them ; he has never brought personal bitterness into political relations, and that is, in their ver- nacular, to be “weak.” They do not forget, moreover, that he was known last winter to have been opposed to the Force bill, as well as to General Grant's violent Arkansas policy.* For all these reasons Mr. Blaine is no favorite with this class of republican politicians, and that they think it judicious to offer him the second place on their ticket is an evidence, first, of his strength in the party, and, second, it is concession to the moderate wing of the party. Of course it is an offensive suggestion to Mr. Blaine and to his friends and admirers. But we ask them to reflect whether he, has not himself to blame for it. He has recently stirred up a very acrimonious and long-con- tinued debate in the House, in which the “bloody shirt” figured largely, The sober conclusion of many ‘men was that he was making a bid for the support of a faction whose confidence he had lost last winter, So the leaders of that faction seem to have understood him, and he has now their reply. “You have done admirably,” they say; “we are satisfied with you; behold your reward— you shall play second fiddle to Mr. Morton on the republican ticket.” Mr. Blaine’s friends ought to warn him that that is about as faras he can get on that line. If he chooses the ‘‘bloody shirt” policy he must play second to Senator Morton, and he must make up his mind to give all his own strength to the Morton side; for if that policy is to rule in the Cincinnati Conven- tion it will take Morton and Blaine both to beat General Grant. A Tale of the Street Cars. The packing process on the street cars is well illustrated by an article which we print this morning, giving statistics of the passen- ger business of the Third avenue line. Ina little over an hour thirty-five cars brought 1,832 passengers to the depot at Sixty-fifth street from Harlem and Yorkville, Of these 1,062 were standing on the front and rear platforms or hanging to the straps. It will be seen from this that the packing business begins at Harlem Bridge, and notwithstand- ing additional cars are put on the line at Sixty-fifth street, it is scarcely diminished even there. According to our statistics of the morning in question only 555 passengers who were standing when the cars arrived at the depot were provided with seats, while 576 of these poor victims were required to stand all the way down town. Bat this | thom to form a ticket by any process of At every corner cars which are overcrowded at starting are boarded by fresh victims, and the passenger who wishes to alight finds it almost impossible to make an exit, while those who remain find it difficult to breathe, so closely are they packed. This condition of things has been going on from month to | month and year to year almost without pro- test. People submitted quietly to. the oat- rage, and despaired of a remedy, but even these uncomplaining victims will be sur- prised at the aggregates of the figures we pre- sent and the amount of suffering that must have been the result. A more disgraceful condition of railway management cannot be imagined and must not be permitted much longer to exist. The remedy is more and better cars and aseat for every passenger, The people of New York are determined that these outrages shall cease, and if neither the | companies nor the Legislature will guaran- tee theni their rights there is nothing left but for Bergh to interpose his authority for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Commodore Perry in Japan. A Japanese corvette is at San Francisco, and there was a visit to the man-of-war by dis« tinguished officials of both nations. As amat- ter of course there were speeches after the lunch, for no true American can cat without talking; but the remarkable part of it is that. the post prandial address of Captain Ito, the Japanese commander, was the best thing that was said on the occasion, Indeed, it was quite a gem in its way. The toast was “The Success of the Japanese Nation and +e Pro- | gress in, Civilization,” and in reply aptain: Ito said in substance :— Tthank you on benalfot my nation for tho senti- Ment conveyed in the toast, When Commodore Perry came to Japan he Knocked at the door of the natioa and no one answered. We were asieep—we could not see. He knocked again and we awoke and let him in. When fully awake and we saw the light we auswered the summons and let him into our confidence, We have seen the light and have followed it to the best of our ability. We hope to follow it yet further, as we see it in a good light, » Jothing could be finer than this—-mora’ | generous @F more thanly. But it has in it a lesson for other nations besides Japan, and it recalls to the Western Powers a memor- able and worthy example of the true method of carrying Western civilization into the East. Commodore Perry went, to Japan bearing not the sword, but carrying to an isolated people a knowledge of the Western world, The results of that peaceful mission are astonishing ; but not the least astonish. ing part of them is the fact that in a very few years a Japanese officer should bear such ample testimony in American waters to the value of the services of Commodore Perry in Japan. We commend this little incident ta naval officers of every nationality who ar¢ ready to batter down Chinese and Japanese forts on the slightest provocation and ta teach civilization from the mouths of shotted cannon. Tae Arrams or THe Biexcker SrRert Rarznoap are being sifted in the courts since the recent appointment of a receiver for the road, and the most deplorable mismanage ment is revealed. The public, as well as the stock and bond holders, have been made ta suffer in consequence of the alleged intriguea and corruption. The line is one of the most important in the city, and every care ought to be taken to compel its management in the public interest. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Feather fans are fashionable. Ohio democrats hate Tilden, Cattle are getting scarce in Texas. Maino’s lumber trade is depressed. Mr. Ferry’s private secretary is Z, Moses, Rubinstejo, the pianist, 1s becoming blind. Mrs. President Grant wears seal brown silk. Mrs. Secretary Chandler wears deep cardinal silk, Senator Francis Kernan was in the city yesterday. Parson Brownlow favors Humilton Fish for Presi- dent. Senator Thurman does not manage his party im Ohio. Senator Sherman favors Goveraor Hayes for the Pres- idency. Bull Run Russell will write up the Centennial for the London Times. The girls of Santa Cruz are never allowed to be atone with gentlemen. “Nonpareil."—The cancan was invented by a boy who tied two kettles to a dog’s tall. Mad dogs infest Eastern Connecticut, is said to be a remedy for hydrophobia. Mr. Ruskin proposes to spend all his money in build- ing a model village noar SheMeld, England. Caiifornia winters are slowly changing; there have recently been some nipping frosts near Sun Francisco, In Virginia, as well as in Tennessee, there is a slow, quiet, almost unconscious movement, to revive the old whig party. Some Iowa papers suggest blue-breasted Beiknap fot Vice President. It is said, Lowever, that even in bat tle he never ran well. Mark Twain's success depends very much upon his faculty for having only one fanny idea in an article and for sticking to his text, Novel readers are, after a dull season, to be rewarded for patience. Allatonce come Wilham Black, George Eliot and Wilkie Collins, Virginians of the old school are inflated by Colonel Tucker's eloquent speech, which Murat Halstead calls “the Virginia reel in Congress. "’ The Buffalo Courier, which 1 authority in musical maiters, comparcs Rubinstein with Byron, and Von Balow with Wordsworth and Tennyson. The news report from Panama of the 16th inst. ‘says:—Don Ramon Fallarino B., of this city, and for- merly a resident of New York, has been soatanied Peruvian Consul in this port Mail advices from South America, by Way of Yanama, confirm a previous report that the imprisonment of General Mitre had been ordered by the Argent aue thorities. Cause unknown. ‘The St. Louis Republican says that not less than 1,700 men and woman in the United States, at the present time, professionally practice what are termed the aria of astrology as a means of livelihood. ‘A Russian correspondent writes to the St. Louis Globe- Democrat that there is to be @ great European war, witb, on one side, France, Austriaand Russia, and oa the other Germany, England and Turkey. Great crowds of emigrants are pouring into California and pouring out again. The San rong ag ont vain, selfish and provincial, persist in writing rose: pink descriptions of California life that cannot vo Elecampane that women are getting a monopoly of neuralgia so much of their heads is exposed to the air. Yet was it not Gait Hamilton who loved to tread the meadow pansies while the winds tussled her flowing hair? Governor Tilden has invited the members of the Homm@opathic Medical Society of the State of New York to a reception at his residence in Albany oa ‘Wednesday, February 2 Tho twenty-fifth annual moeting of the society will be held in the Common Council Chamber at Albany, February 1 and 2. Professor Denton said at St Paul, Minn., that the mound builders were Mexicans, who came, North for Superior copper, and that the American Indians are descendants of Asiatics, who came over when America and Asia were connected by land. What has Mr, B George Squier to say? M. Ernest Rénan writes from Palermo to Paris:— “What is history itself but the most ironical and,in~ congruous association of ideas? Everything has ite value as a souvenir, and the monuments of the past must be accepted as the past has bequeathed them t@ is scarcely the worst feature of the casa | va Our duty is aimnly to premargn them,”