The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1876, Page 2

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Seymour is the Tue Frexcu Rervsticans are patriotically resolved to support the Ministry. This is a great step toward the permanent establish- ment of the Republic, because it unites in- terests which, for the good of the country, should not be in opposition. A Cenrenntan =Canprpate.—Kerr, of Indiana, is one of the few statesmen from the Western wing of the democratic party brave enough to stand bya principle in spite of afaction. Kerr is so thoroughly a friend of gold and silver that he would give us a bullion canvass. Tue Artirvpe or Serva in the Turkish difficulty is now more pacific. She assures the Powers of her peaceful intentions ; but being floating, as it were, without an an- chorage in the sea of European politics just now, her position may change again in a week, A Centenniat Canpipate.—New York, rich in candidates for the republican nomination for the Presidency, is no less so in demo- cratic candidates, as will be seen when we remind them that the learned, modest and courageous Sanford E. Church has friends who mean to urge him for this high honor. Tue Cessation or Wan In Sparn enables her to send her unemployed troops to her colonies; but it is nota little strange that she should be reinforcing her army in the Philippine Islands. Does she fear an out- break in that quarter? She needs all her spare strength in Cuba just now. Tur Svcan Crop 1x Cuna exhibits an im- mense falling off from that of last year. Che activity of the insurgents in the Central Department has had its effect, where the ruined sugar houses and burned cane fields ie all that remain to the Spaniards after sheir eight years’ struggle with the insur- tection. A Cenrenntan Canprpate.—McClellan— the brilliant, brave and high minded McClellan—would, as a democratic candi- date for the Presidency, represent the noblest elements of the war. The soldiers of the Army of the Potomac would support their old commander with military steadi- | ness and enthusiasm. Tue Monteneorts appear to be disunited | on the war question, and there is little sym- pathy betwoen some of them and their politic prince, who would like to sit on the fence yet awhile. He doubtless feels fearful of being ‘gobbled up” by Turkey, in case the sick man recovered his vigor sufficiently to smash things. A Centesntan Caxpmpate.—Tilden would bring into the Presidential canvass many omens of victory. Thé statesman who re- formed Tammany in the city and the Canal Ring in the State is just the man to reform the country. Amnesty For Ponitican Orrenpens does aot receive any sympathy from either the government or the Chambers in France, and there are strong reasons for believing that the question will be referred to the Execu- tive for such action as he may deem proper. This arrangement will result in the pardon of some of the least guilty members of the Commune, and will satisfy the moderate re- publican element of the majority, NO, 87 | Uentenniat candidates for tne rresse / dency. Having submitted to our readers a list | | of thirteen republican centennial can- | didates, corresponding in number with | the original States of the Union, we proceed | | to lay before them a similar list of democratic centennial candidates, in pursuance of the | strict impartiality which the Heraxp is wont to maintain toward political parties. The | average respectability of the democratic list is quite equal to that of the republican set. We leave the public to judge whether we | intend these lists as an encomium or a satire. In one view nothing could be more credita- ble to the country than the great affluence of political capacity implied in the fact that thirteen statesmen can easily be found in | each of our great parties who do not fall below the average standard of our Presidents | for the last forty years, But in another view | | | | the abundance might be taken as a proof that | | the standard is low when so many | men in both parties seem equally capable | of meeting it. What a favored nation it | must be which can supply, on short notice, | a catalogue of twenty-six statesmen of the first class!| Germany has but one Bismarck, | France but one Thiers, Italy had but | one Cavour, whose vacant place has not yet been filled ; Russia has but one Gortscha- | koff, England has one Gladstone and one | Disraeli; but the United States are so rich | in political ability that thirteen statesmen can | be found in each of our great political parties any one of whom is about as well qualified asany other to stand at the helm of the | government and guide its course. The mul- titude of our public men who are up to the | ordinary average of Presidential qualifica- | tions might seem to indicate that the American standard is low and that our | statesmanship is a mere handicraft. Hume said, in one of his incomparable essays, | that there were a hundred cabinetmakers in London who could make a piece of funiture with equal finish, while there was but one poet ,who could make verses with the same elegance as Mr. Pope. The point of this illustration was that multitudes could do equally well such things as require mere skill, while genius rises above competition. A statesman like Pericles or like Richelieu, or like the elder Pitt, is as safe against contemporary rivals as was Homer or Dante in poetry, or Freder- ick or Napoleon in war. If the same age or country has a dozen equally great generals, or poets, or orators, or statesmen, it is a con- elusive proof that it has no general, poet, | erator or statesman who is really great. Tho | fact that we are able to present a list of thirteen republican candidates for the Presi- dency and another list of thirteen demo- cratic candidates, any one of whom would fill the office about as well as any other, is a | signal illystration of the mediocrity of our | public men. Ifthe Henatrp had no other argument to offer for its proposed amendment of the federal constitution relating to the Execu- tive than the fact that our present system puts third rate men at the | head of the government, that argument alone ought to be conclusive. It is the shame and scandal of our institutions that the tools are not given to those who have skill to handle them. The time is long past when our | ablest statesmen reached the Presidency. In 1840 and 1848 the whig party had a Clay | and a Webster, and it elected in the former year Harrison and in the latter Taylor. In 1852 the democratic party elected Pierce, al- | | though it had Benton, Cass and Marcy in | the full vigor of their faculties. In 1844 it elected Polk. In 1860 the republican party set aside Seward, its ablest statesman, and | elected an Illinois politician from whom lit- tle could have been expected, but who, in- deed, turned out very well. The same party | elected General Grant in 1868, a man utterly | destitute of civil experience, although sev- | eral of its old leaders were still living. The | honors which our political parties have be- | stowed on mediocrity for the last forty years | have so lowered the standard of Presi- dential qualifications that it would be easy to find not merely thirteen but thirty men in each party who would | not fall much below the ordinary level of dull and barren mediocrity which it is the | custom of the country to put at the head of | | the government. Could there be a greater satire on the working of that part of our | constitution which relates to the Presidency ? | A wise system would put our ablest states- men at the head of affairs; and, besides the | other conclusive arguments for a change, the | | fact that we habitually catch up some politi- | cal nobody and make him President proves | that there is a fundamental defect in our | institutions. When every one of the list of | | thirteen republican candidates which we | printed last week has a better chance for the | | Presidency than Charles Francis Adams, | | there must be some bad flaw in our political system. A list of thirteen possible tory suc- cessors to Mr. Disraeli, or thirteen liberals with a chance of taking the place formerly held by Mr. Gladstone, would be | | absurd and ridiculons, because’ the | English practice of putting only first rate }men in the highest position restricts | the possibilities of the premiership | to one or two statesmen in each party. But | in this country, where almost any political stick may aspire to the Presidency, we can | furnish a centennial list of thirteen on | either side at five minutes’ notice, and leave | out as many of equal calibre as we include, What encouragement do our institutions hold out to the highest order of ability when third rate politicians have a better chance for the Presidency than men who devote their lives to the mastery of public ques- tions? It is no wonder that the race of Clays, Websters and Calhouns has died out, and that Charles Francis Adams is looked upon by the politicians of this generation as a warning to be shunned rather than as an example to be followed. Our public life will | tend more and more to vulgar debasement until we make those necessary changes in the constitution which the Hrratp advocates in connection with the Chief Exeentive. At the beginning of our government we had one Washington, and nobody else was | thought of for the Presidency. At present } each political party has a full baker's dozen of | candidates as like to one another as so many | sixpenny loaves, which proves that we have sunk to a dead level of dreary mediocrity. In the whole British realms it is impossible to nna even two Giaastones or two Disraelis ; but we had no difficulty in making up a list of thirteen republican, and we now present, with equal facility, thirteen democratic can- didates for the highest office in the goyern- ment, among whom it would make little dif- ference whether the choice were made by lot or by the votes of a nominating conven- tion, We insert our list of democratic cen- tennial candidates and appeal to every man of intelligence to say whether it would be | worth the toss of a copper to haveany one of this thirteen rather than any other:— 1—THOMAS F. BAYARD, of Delaware. 2—SAMUEL J. TILDEN, of New York, 3—ALLEN G, THURMAN, of Ohio, 4—DAVID DAVIS, of Lilinois, 5—THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, of Indiana. 6—WILLIAM ALLEN, of Ohio. 7—HORATIO SEYMOUR, of New York. 8—JEREMIAH 8, BLACK, of Pennsylvania. NFORD E. CHURCH, of New York. 16—GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, of New Jersey. 11—MICHAEL ©. KERR, of Indiana. 12—ASA PACKER, of Pennsylvania. 13—JAMES E. ENGLISH, of Connecticat, There is not a name in this list which does not stand higher in general public estima- | tion than did that of Polk or Pierce when nominated for the Presidency, and the aver- age ability and political standing of the whole list is at least equal to the average of our Presidents tor the last forty years. They also compare favorably, both in point of | ability and integrity, with the thirteen re- publican names which we presented last week. Any one of them would make a fairly respectable, but none of them a great Presi- dent. Itis the misfortune of our institu- tions in these degenerate days, since the spoils system was introduced by President Jackson, that we no longer train statesmen | of consummate ability. We have so long shut them out of the Presidency that all acquirements of a high order are discouraged. We have abundance of clever men in the ordinary walks of business and professional life, but none who devote themselves to ac- quiring that perfect mastery of public affairs which is the only title to the character of a statesman. The preference of the Harrisons, Polks, Taylors and Pierces to the Clays, Calhouns, Websters, Sewards, and the Adamses of our time, has demonstrated to our ambitious young men that there is an easier path to the highest political honors than laborious preparation and equipment for public life, and when Charles Francis Adams passes away the ancient breed of statesmen will have died out in this country. It can never be re- vived until we open a field for great abilities and offer rewards to high ambition, by so remodelling the executive department of our government as to create a responsible ministry, whose place at the helm of affairs will depend on their vigor and skill. In that better era it will happen here as in | England that there will never be more than two or three men of either party who will be thought equally fit for the highest post. A OCenrenntan Canprpate.—Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, would make a superb Presidential candidate, especially in theso centennial times. His name would recall the brightest days “of chivalry, and in his veins runs a fine strain of Revolutionary blood. The democrats would have the live- liest Fourth of July over Bayard they have known since Andrew Jackson's time. Dom Pedro Il. On His Way to America. Yesterday morning the Emperor and Empress of Brazil left Rio Janeiro on their way to visit our Republic under circumstances graphically described in our special cable despatch from the Henarp correspondent accompanying Their Majesties. It was a red letter day in the annals of the great South American Empire, and, although the start was marred by an untoward accident, the event will be long remembered with pleasure by the loyal inhabitants of Rio. The extreme careless- ness of the officers in command of a Brazilian transport brought about a collision | with the imperial vessel, and came near ending in a horrible catastrophe the jour- ney almost before it was begun. Happily no lives were lost, and, as the Heve- lius sustained no damage, the voyage is continued without interruption. The Emperor and Empress, although in imminent danger, exhibited great coolness and courage, and when the Empress for a moment risked receiving injury from a panic among the passengers, our brethren of the press will be glad to learn that it was a Heratp correspondent who extricated Her Majesty. Up to the moment of this catastrophe, in which the transport only was damaged, everything had proceeded ‘‘as merry as a marriage bell,” and the loyal hearts of tho Brazilians had gone out in a burst of joyous leave taking, which was a testi- | mony to the Emperor of the affectionate appreciation in which as a man and a monarch he is held by his subjects, a deep wish for his safety and return, and a committal of their sovereign to the hospitable welcome of the great nation he is on his way to visit. Dom Pedro, the wise, moderate and patriotic, will, we trust receive such a wel- come at our hands, and this will be only the more hearty because of the deadly peril he has just escaped. Perhaps such a touch-and-go with danger, pointing, as it does, the risk Their Majesties have taken in setting out on so long a journey to do the Republic honor, will intensify the wel- come, and the ladies, on reading the narrow escape of the Empress from injury and her coolness and courage amid all the con- fusion of the collision, will do their share in lending brilliance to the re- ception of the imperial party. It is a matter in which the Republic will do itself honor in honoring its guests, and when has the Republic failed in its courteous duty under similar circumstances, particularly when gallantry to an imperial lady is among the incentives ? Toe Lert mum tae Frencu Assemnty is making a vigorous effort to consolidate its strength and is endeavoring to invalidate the elections of members politically opposed to it. Thus clericals, Bonapartists and Le- gitimists are alike regarded as hostile to the Republic, and will, in several cases, be sent back to their constituents. The Left, repre- senting the majority, rules like a party as yet unaccustomed to power, but will im- prove as it grows more experienced, Red Tape and the Rose Young Out- rage. The horrid outrage perpetrated on the dead body of the unfortunate Rose Young by the police and other officials may well lead us to doubt if, after all our boasted en- lightenment, we are not retrograding into barbarism. The letter of the law which regulates official action in cases where & body supposed to be dead is found, appears to conflict with the spirit of the enactment which is really intended to be a safeguard instead of a danger. If it is not so then the commonest promptings of humanity should have led to the removal | of the poor remains of Rose Young from the slimy waters of a New York slip to the Morgne, which has been specially estab- lished for the purpose. Limited in- telligence will stand by the letter of a law and will not recognize its spirit, and familiarity with death hardens the heart to an utter indifference to its most ap- palling phases. The two combined are nec- essary to the production of a scandalous outrage such as we record, and which is without a parallel in the long list of police brutalities. If the law provides that a body must not be touched until the arrival of the Coroner, and that the lingering spark of life which may yet exist must be extin- guished before the eyes of those who might by timely exertions fan it again into a vigor- ous flame, then the sooner such a barbarous law is repealed the better and a more hu- ‘mane one substituted which shall be framed more for the preservation of life than the se- curing of the payment of coroners’ fees. According to the strict letter of the law as it now stands if a police officer finds a body hanging by the neck to a lamppost bar and apparently dead he must not interfere, he must not think of rescuing the possibly living person until he first notifies the Cap- tain of his precinct, who in the course of an hour or so may notify the Central Office and request that the Central Office shall notify the Coroner. Now, the Coroner may be arranging to attend a Tammany meeting and leaves his office early, but his clerk may send telegram to the Commis- sioners of Charities and Correction notify- ing them to remove the body to the Morgue. But the Commissioners of Charities and Cor- rection, finding that the sex of the body is not mentioned in the notification of the Coroner's clerk, and being unwilling to have their elaborate records defective in any respect, inquire during the course of the evening, “Is ita manor a woman that is hanging at Seventy-fifth street and Eighth |, avenue?” The answer ‘tA man” may be sent back ; but in the meantime the Com- missioners’ telegraph operator leaves for the night, and it is after eight o’clock next morning before he turns up at his desk. The dead-cart driver is duly notified during the next two hours, and after nearly twenty-four hours’ delay the corpse is cut down and re- moved to the Morgue without ever having been seen by the Coroner. If such a case occurred we would have no hesitation in demanding the indictment of he policeman for homicide if any evidence could be produced to show that the suicide died of strangulation. The law, if it is to be read as brutal policemen, lazy officials and greedy Coroners interpret it, certainly needs a total change, or its provisions to preserve the possible evidence of crime that may surround a body should be so modified as to prevent a possible recurrence of such an outrage as was perpetrated in the case of Rose Young. A Cenrenstat Canprpate.—What demo- erat could make a better race around the Presidential ring than Hendricks? He can ride both horses on the inflation question, and if we are to have a circus of the canvass Hendricks is the man to wear the demo- cratic motley. Reform in the Indian Service. We print elsewhere the answers of the principal general officers of the army to a question put to them by the Military Com- mittee of the House as to the advisability of putting the Indian service under the con- trol and management of the army. The answers are suggestive. All but General Howard unite in saying that it would be a great improvement, economy and reform. But General Howard's adverse opinion would have more force if he had not so scandal- ously mismanaged the Freedmen’'s Bureau, | with the help of civilians. We hope the House will have resolution enough to insist on this necessary reform. The Indian ser- vice has been for many years one of the most shamefal and scandalous jobs in the govern- ment. Every man who has studied it knows that the work can be done efficiently and honestly only by the army. It needs a permanent corps of educated, trained offi- cers, such as the army contains—men who are out of politics and whose service is their life work. We urge the friends of civil service re- form in other’ branches of the government to give their aid to this measure. They will find it, if carried, the entering wedge for a general reform. Its success will be a strong argument for them, and tlrus, aside from the economy to the taxpayers and the great benefit to the Indians, the general cause of reform of “the civil service will receive a strong impetus if this measure passes, Our correspondent significantly remarks that every lobbyist and every corruptionist in Washington opposes the change. They are wise in their generation. Mr. Jay anp Vrenna.—Hon. John Jay, ex- Minister to Austria, and one of the Henaxp's nominees for the Presidency on the cen- tennial platform, addresses us an effective and eloquent letter on the Vienna business, His case is clear and unanswerable. He asks the government to do him the justice of printing the record of the Vienna scandal. This is fair to the Minister, to the men he accuses and to the country. That scandal was a very sad affair, and the government, we fear, has hushed up a great deal that should be known. The truth must come sooner or later, and the sooner the better. Let us have the correspondence, and we can then know who are responsible for the dis- honor which fell upon our country at the | Vienna Exposition. A Ceyrenstan Canpmare.—Pennsylvania has no citizen in whom she feels more pride than Asa Packer, He is not the man to give | rior company. M. Offenbach honors this NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1876.—WI'TH SUPPLEMENT. up lor party what was meant for mankina. Moreover he has a private fortune of many millions of dollars, which in these hard times are so many millions of reasons why he should be nominated as a democratic candi- date for the Presidency. Offenbach’s Visit to America, Offenbach is well known in this country. His music is played by every band and in every theatre; it is sung, hummed, whistled, and no composer, perhaps, has such an extensive andience as he. It takes years of education to create the appreciation for Wagner and Beethoven which we find at the concerts of Mr. Theodore Thomas, but Offenbach became a popular favorite at a bound. . Napoleon had the same playful way of taking his friends by the ear. So when the famous composer visits us this year he will come to a country where there are millions of his admirers. All who know the music that has given so much pleasure will be delighted to know the man; and the as- surance from his own lips, through the letter which we print from our Paris correspondent, that he has resolved to come to America at last, will give general satisfaction. M. Offenbach’s opinions of the impediments to musical progress in the United States are decidedly interesting, but we are not prepared to accept them alto- gether. He seems to regard opera as an exotic or hothouse plant that cannot blos- som in the open air. He thinks that operatic managers fail in America because they are not sure of public support; but although that may be sometimes the case the fault is not as a rule that of the public. The Ameri- can people will pay a high price for good music, but they will not pay it for an infe- country with some very high compliments, and says that ‘it possesses a degree of wealth, refinement and intelligence that but few of the older nations can boast of.” Al- most all of our visitors come with such enthusiasm but few of them possess it when they return. We trust that the great inventor of opéra bouffe will have a more for- tunate experience, and that, as he brings a triumphal march with him, he will not go back with a dirge. A Cenrennia, Canpipate.—If Ohio is to be the Keystone State of the next canvass— as seems probable now that Pennsylvania has waived that right—what democratic can- didate could give a better assurance of suc- cess in Ohio than Thurman? Is There To Be an Investigation? graced that évery cadet will learn enginees ing and infantry tactics as well as naviga- tion. Then'when the cadets are assigned te duty they can be sent to those branches of the service for which they are best fitted. This would seem to bea solution of the whole business. The quarrel between the line and staff is unnecessary and injures the service. The way to end it is to dissolve the staff, assimilate its members with the line, so far as engineers, paymasters and marine officers are concerned, and abolish the medical grade altogether, engaging physicians from cruise to cruise as needed. A Cenrenn1at Canprpate.—Next to Brother Moody, of the Hippodrome, there is no democratic statesman who has. battled with the devil more successfully than Brother Allen, of Ohio. Allen would either win the election or convert the party in his attempt to do so. Tue Spmrr or Prery took possession of New York yesterday and manifested itself in a thronging of the various churches with seekers after spiritual food. At Plymouth church the subject of a jolly religion was ably handled by Mr. Beecher, who took oc- casion to remark, ‘‘Blessed are the men who know how to put this cushion between themselves and all the sharp corners of life.” The vitality of the ritualistic ideas was proved in the sermon of Dr. Ewer, and the difference between spiritual and worldly heroes was ably explained by Mr. Abbott, of St. Luke's, At Trinity Dr. Dix discussed ‘the loaves and fishes” in a fine Lenten sermon, The parable of the Prodigal Son was ex- plained to the congregation of the Mariners’ church by the Rev. E. D. Murphy, and Mr, Hepworth was eloquent on the subject of “The Book of Life.” Mr. Frothingham treated his hearers to alecture on ‘Moral Inspiration,” and a farewell sermon was preached at Woodrow Methodist church, Staten Island, by the Rev. Milton Relyeh, who announced his intention of going to Rome to convert that city to the Gospel. At St. Patrick's Cathedral the Rev. Father Quinn preached to a crowded congregation on the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Brother Peter Dwyer labored for the salva- tion of scampdom in Hope Chapel with some hope of success. A Cenrennrat Canprpats.—If the demo« crats mean to nominate an able, and not merely an available candidate, they will find the best type in Black, of Pennsylvania, Black would, in point of intellect and More than a week has passed since Mf~|_mental resource, be a fitting successor te Killian’s ‘‘No Seat No Fare” bill was beaten in the Assembly by the opposition of the Rail- road Committee and the singular absence of the author of the measure. In the mean- time the air has been thick with rumors al- leging bribery and corruption, and yet | nothing has been done to ascertain the truth | of the matter. Most of the members of the committee have made ‘personal explana- tions” which only tended to get them farther into the mire, and Mr. Killian announced his intention of asking for an investigation. He has not done so, and it begins to look as if he had no intention of doing so. This will not do. The people of New York have been deprived of a measure necessary to their comfort and protection by some trick- ery in the Legislature, and they have a right to know just what that trickery was. Is it true that money or the superintendency of a railroad was to be given to Mr. Killian for allowing the defeat of his bill? It has been alleged that money was used in the commit- tee to secure an adverse report. Is this alle- gation true?. A simple denial in a case like this is not sufficient, but a thorough investi- gation of the matter is required, so that the truth, whatever it is, may be established. We trust that Mr. Killian will redeem his promise early in the present week, or that in ease he fails to keep his word some other member will move for the inquiry which is so imperatively demanded by the occasion. A Centenntat Canpipatr.—We do not like to see Judges of the Supreme Court candi- dates for the Presidency, but if the demo- crats would like to nominate the bosom friend of the lamented Lincoln they can find him in Davis, of Illinois. line and Staff. The way to settle the whole quarrel be- tween the line and staff of the navy as to the question of rank is for Congress to adopt a bill assimilating all the grades of the service. In the army when cadets grad- uate from West Point they are assigned to the ordnance and engineers, the artillery, infantry and cavalry, according to their fit- ness, Now, why should not the same plan be adopted in the navy? The doctors might be made a special class. Instead of appoint- ing doctors for life let the navy department before each cruise engage competent physi-+ cians for the trip. There are many doctors fresh from the college—who have not settled for life—who would be glad of a chance for a eruise in the navy before entering upon their professional careers at home. So that the interests of the service would be pro- tected by this plan—even better than now— when we have doctors for life, who are ina constant fret because they cannot be cap- tains or commanders, Let paymasters be detailed from the line as quartermasters and commissaries are detailed in the army. Then their rank will go with their service. Let the engineers and the marine officers be appointed from the cadets at Annapolis as ‘we now appoint the ordnance and enginoer officers in the army. This would be an advantage in every way. A marine officer should be a good infantry and artillery officer. As it now is marine officers are generally selected from the cadets who fail at the academies and have influence in Washington. Engineers are taken from boiler shops and ship yards. Now in a navy where we have so many steam vessels engineering is as important a science as itis in the army. The engineerin the | army is taken from the head of his class. Why should it not be so in the navy? The most important function on a steam war ves- sel, after the commander, is the engineer. He should be an officer of the highest attain- ments. The commander should know how to direct the engines, the engineer should know how to command the vessel. A plan of this kind would settle this vexed question of rank, Let the studies at Annapolis be so Jefferson and the younger Adams. Tue Great Storm or Saturpay has caused an immense amount of damage all over the country, and particularly along the coast. Railroad travel has been much im. peded on account of the washing out of the tracks. The damage to railroads has been very .great in New England, where the storm prevailed with extraordinary force. Several landslides have occurred and the rivers are thoroughly cleared of ice by the down pouring floods. The storm was attended with considerable loss of life in New England, owing to the sudden rise in the rivers and the inundation of exposed sections of the country. Trarran Ipxas of a liberal home policy em brace a vigorous attack on ecclesiasticism, In this respect Germany and Italy ar¢ united, beth being ready to deal heavy blows at the Church in case she invades the rights of the State. But the Church of Peter has survived a great deal of hammering, and without any apparent loss of power, Derars or THE Storm in Evrorz go ta show that it was one of the most remarkable visitations on record. In Scotland and England the people experienced all the miseries of being snow bound, as if they wer dwelling in the Arctic regions. The destruo tion of life and property on the Continen was prodigious. A Cerntennran Canpmatz.—English, o Connecticut, represents the land of steady habits. If the democrats fear Jewell they have only to place English in command of their canvass. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Post traders are now called aides-de-camp, Who fs the lazy genius who wrote “$ Grant?” In San Francisco there is one divorce to three map riages. ‘The Indian and his food, the buffalo, are dying ow together. Montana ts killing off the gentle, dust-raising buffal for his robe; and {ts a regular skin game. 1n Colorado there 18 a cattle disease which takes ot a cow before she can twist her tail into a letter 8, The Wheeling (West Va.) Regis'er says the weatha has been so fine down there that telegraph poles vegas to bud, Canada wants to know how to exterminate her thisties. Get the Chicago Zribune man to browse on them. An English reviewer says that the fall in the price of silver will check the production of the American mines. Heury Clews says he isn’t roally bald-heated. It not, he certainly parts his hair very wide in the middle, Any city, even if it is no bigger than a straw hat, that can’t have its charter turned upside down during the carly spring months ought not to have any re spect for a Legislature. A fine saw in Connecticut goes into an elephant’ tusk like a tumbler into a lemonade and tarns out + sheet of ivory sixty feet long. This sheet, like Sunse Cox, covers a good deal of surface but is very thin. —Mother—“My boy, you should frivolous aelights of immature years.” Son—Say, mother, go and sit down on yourself, won't you?” When a prize candy boy in the cars laysa Packagr on your knee keep your kneo steady, don’t tremble take care of the package, and by and by when he coma along totake It away you may feel casy and swear al to yourself. ‘We warn our erudite friends of the World that it t not safe to write on classical subjects after dinner or at least after midnight. Tt is the pria: of a scholar to be accurate, ant ho «finds it almost as hard to for give bimseif for an error of haste as for a blunder The World tracos the origin of our national motto te the short poem “Moretum,” ascribed to Virgil, from which it gives the following line as a quotation; — Deperdunt proprias, est color ¢ pluribus unus, Who can imagine Virgil, or any imitator of Virgil, writing sucha hobbiing hexameter as this? It hass nondescript foot, consisting of a-sort of reverse dactyl—two shorts, followed by a long. Thr trac reading «of the last half of the line is “color est ¢ pluribus wnus,” which makes thu verse as clegan' its fellows in this tittle poem, which if not Virgil's, has all the Virgilian grace, “Quod majori eclogarum Virgilianarum varti praferam, said the learned Heyne