The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1876, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR THE DAILY HERALD, published every fey in the year. Four cents per copy. elve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage. : All business, news letters or telegraphic despatches must be addressed New lore Berar. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. . Rejected communications will not be re- ed. PHILADELPHIA OF FICE—NO. 112SOUTH SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO., 46 FLEET STREET, PARIS OFFICE—AVED DE L'OPERA. Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. FAGLE THEATRE. VARIETY, ot 8 P. M. Matineo at 2 P. M. Miss Minnie Paimer. PARK THEATRE, geees, at 8 P. M. Matinee at 2. M. George Fawcett wo, CHATEAU MANILLE VARIETIES, PARISIA. ‘etsP.M. Matinee at 2! VARIE Bi ‘ON HAND, at 8 P. M. T OPERA HOUSE. 27. M. TART VARIBTY, a8 P.M. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, PIQUE, at SP. M. Matineo at 1:30 P.M. 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Goy- ernment and railway bonds steady. “A Fravp.”—The career of Tammany at Utica only confirms the opinion senten- tiously expressed by John Morrissey, that the whole machine is ‘‘a fraud.” Tue Manxets.—The English grain market promises to be well supplied in May. The latest cotton and financial conditions of London and Liverpool are reported in our eable despatches. In ree Brier anv Srmurep Muu between the Honorable Johns at Utica Morrissey won the belt 2s champion of the heavy weights. Tue Natioxan Insurance Convention yes- terday completed its business and finally adjourned. The proceedings of the annual session are important and interesting to a vast number of citizens. Tse Apaussion or Tammany into the Utica Convention was the admission of John Kelly and “a building.” This is all we have now of Tammany Hall. Tae Mixonrtxy Report upon the Senate and Assembly apportionments of the State is given in full to-day, and may be compared with the majority report, which has been already published. Tae Trovsres 1x Bannapos appear to be over, but it is a pity that they could be sup- pressed only by loss of life. The despatch from Governor Hennessy is not clear as to the necessity of firing upon the people. No Fam-Mixpep Democrat could listen to Mr. Kelly’s speech at Utica without feel- ing that Tammany’ Hall is controlled bya council of donkeys under the command of a mule. It is only ‘John Kelly and a build- sg.” Trae Amentcan Groonapuioat Soctrety listened last night to an instructive lecture upon “Hindostan,” by Major A. G. Con- stable, a report of which we present to-day. We are glad that the fund for the erection of @ new building for the use of the society is nearly completed. “Joux Keuix axp a Bvrtprwa.”—The Honorable John Morrissey says that Tam- many Hall in New York was composed of ‘a building.” He might have said, John Kelly | anda building. Looking at his opponent, and thinking of the Fourteenth street dark | lantern lodge, he might have added, “I | don’t know which is the building and which John Kelly.” . Tue Late Banszy WouutaMs' Fuxenat.— The description we give of the obsequics of the late Barney Williams yesterday is fult of evidence of how much he was esteemed as an actorand beloved as aman. His own pro- fession was unusually earnest in paying re- spect to his memory, and the Church of St. | | weeks in advance of the democratic, and | Stephen was crowded with his friends, Mr. Williams leaves an honorable reputation, and the eulogy pronounced upon him by Bother Lowery was fully deserved, Presidential Politics. The Presidential election of 1876 bids fair to be one of the most singular that has taken place since the organization of the govern- ment, but its peculiarity does not consist in any coloring it is likely to receive from the Centennial anniversary. There is even less of the historical sentiment than there was a | year ago when Lexington, Bunker Hill and Mecklenburg were celebrated with a warmth of enthusiasm which seemed to pervade the national heart. But this year the present asserts its supremacy over the past; the absorbing interest of a Presi- dential contest eclipses the memories of the Revolution, This may be partly owing to the introduction this year of an affair so en- tirely modern, and, in this country, so novel as a grand international exhibition of art and industry. To engross public attention with the latest phase of modern improvement obstructs the play of historical recollections, and an exposition in which the people of all countries are to participate is not favorable to an order of sentiment which can haye no life except so far as it is peculiarly national and founded in the traditional associations of the American people. If the newest modern opera had been performed last year on the battle ground of Bunker Hill by the most accomplished singers of the world it would no doubt have been an attractive feature; but it would have blurred all the memories which the celebration sought to revive. A thing so modern and cosmopoli- tan as an international exposition is equally out of keeping with the tone of historical sentiment which befits a national anniver- sary designed to strengthen a feeling which foreigners cannot be expected to share. Aside from this want of consonance be- tween the modern and the historical and be- tween the cosmopolitan and the national tone of sentiment, it is unfortunate that the cen- tennial of our independence happens to fall in the year of a Presidential election. A “| heated political canvass which kindles the passions, jealousies and bitter party animosi- ties of our people is not propitious to a re- vival of that common feeling of patriotism which ought to be excited by the ser- vices of the fathers of the Republic, If there were public virtue enough to hush parti- san strife during this interesting anniversary the Presidential election of 1876 would be indeed a noble and inspiring spectacle. What strength and animation would be im- parted to patriotic sentiment if this Presi- dential contest could be conducted in the true spirit of the anniversary! Whata heal- ing effect it would have on the public mind if the centennial year could be an ‘era of good feeling” between our political parties and between the South and the North! If all our domestic dissensions could be dropped beside the graves of our ancestors; if, by acommon patriotic impulse, our people would unanimously support a Presidential candidate whose name and ancestry are asso- ciated with Revolutionary memories ; if we could make a new departure, in ‘the spirit of '76,” what a renovating effect it would have on public morals and pride of coun- try! What is wanting is not a citizen around whom the whole people could gather with just confidence, but the unselfish and pa- triotic spirit which is willing to sink party squabbles in a magnanimous exhibition of public spirit and love of country. It is too evident that nothing of this kind is to be expected, and that the Presidential contest of the centennial year is to be waged with the same intense and selfish partisanship which debases and vulgarizes our ordinary party struggles. The centennial contest for the Presidency is curious and remarkable, not by any pecu- liar hues it borrows from the anniversary, but by the shifting uncertainty of the politi- cal outlook. There is such a lack of con- centration in both parties, such a bewilder- ing division of public sentiment, such ups and downs in the prospects of candidates, that the canvass thus far resembles the toy called a kaleidoscope, in which every turn of the instrument presents a variegated new image. This Presidential canvassis like the whirl of eddying waters just below a cataract, in which nobody can detect traces of the current they will afterward assume, It is still uncertain in what settled channels the Presidential streams will flow. There are in- dications that the eddying waters may gather into a Conkling current on one side and a Tilden current on the other, but so much depends on the chapter of accidents that it is not safe to make any predictions. Just at present Conkling and Tilden are the fore- most candidates on their respective sides. Each has the great advantage of going to the national convention of his party with the strong support of the Empire State. Each has the prospect of powerful allies outside of New York, Tilden being as sure of the democratic delegates from New England as Conkling is of the republican delegates from Pennsylvania. Each has a vague hope of support in the South and other parts of the country, but neither knows what changes may intervene to disappoint his hopes. It is, nevertheless, a great deal j for a candidate to get a long start of all his competitors in his own party so early in the race, and this is the advantage of the two New York candidates. But ‘there’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip,” and the most that a board of political underwriters would venture to in- sure either to Mr. Conkling or Mr. Tilden is the ability to dictate on their respective sides the nomination which they may not get for themselves. Each of them has more reason to fear the Dark Horse than his avowed competitors, and it behooves each to keep his forces so well in hand that no can- didate can be nominated without his consent and aid. The weak points in Governor Tilden’s canvass are the operation of the two-thirds tule, the jealousy of the West, the division of his party on the currency question, and the fact that the last three democratic candi- dates have been taken from New York and have in every instance led the party to defeat. Itisalsoto be considered that the democratic party has an obvious interest in | not committing itself to any candidate until | after the republican nomination. The re- publican Convention is to bo held two | the problem at St. Leuis will be to find the strongest man to put into the field against the Cincinnati nomi- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, nee. A wise general shapes his cam- paign with reference to the plans of the enemy if he is able todiscover them, and the St. Louis Convention will have the full ad- vantage of this information, in consequence of the later date at which it assembles. The democratic party would relinquish all the advantages of making its nomination in the full light of what is done at Cincinnati if it should commit itself to any particular can- didate before the Cincinnati selection is known, The strongest man to run against Conkling might not be the strongest against Morton or Blaine or Bris- tow. It is not probable that there will be any decisive democratic concentra- tion before the adjournment of the Cincin- nati Convention. Governor Tilden's pros- pects, favorable as they seem, must there- fore hang in doubt and suspense for the ensuing seven weeks, within which there may be changes which nobody can predict at present. Senator Conkling’s prospects are envel- oped in uncertainty from a different cause. The weak point in his canvass is the too halting support he receives from the Presi- dent, who prefers him but does not work for him. It would be unworthy of President Grant to feel any jealousy of Mr. Conkling’s rising popularity and strength, nor can we discover any motive for jealousy in a case where the success of the candidate would in- terfere with no aspiration of the President, but would, be a conspicuons proof that his power and influence survive his political hopes. The slack and halting way in which he supports Mr. Conkling does not so much betoken a want of inclination as a want of skill. If the President would advise with an able politician like Senator Cameron and adopt the measures he suggests the Conkling movement would steadily gain strength up to the day of the Cincinnati Convention. As President Grant is already known to prefer Conkling he cannot expect to keen the good will of the rival candidates, and it would be better for him, every way, to make his assistance vigorous and effective. A Risx- Angap.—Our eager friend the World in its pursuit of Davenport must not allow itself to appear as in any way defend- ing the outrageous election frauds of the Tweed régime and lamenting that theso frauds were suppressed by the command of the President. When an elephant hunts through the jungle for the tiger sometimes it tumbles into a ditch, and sometimes the tiger seizes it by the trunk. And the hunt comes to an end disastrously to the ele- phant. Have Americans Any Rights Which the Secretary of State Is Bound to Respect t We hear from Washington that Mr. Fish does not propose to do anything in be- half of Steinberger, on the ground that, as Prime Minister of Samoa, he was not an American citizen. We question if this position is tenable. It looks like another excuse of the Secretary to escape from the responsibility of protecting Ameri- cans all over the world. It may be, and no doubt is, very true that Steinberger, the Samoa chieftain, is an adventurer and all that kind of thing, but, in point of fact, he is an American citizen and is entitled to the pro- tection of the American flag—a flag, let us re- mark, that should protect all who owe it duty, whether adventurers or fools, whether at home or abroad. Samoa is an island not at all under the jurisdiction of the British flag. Why, then, should a British naval officer arrest an American, imprison him and send him away? Suppose Steinberger was a fool. Has not an American citizen a right to be a fool without incurring the resentment of a British officer? Suppose he was an ad- venturer. Does not our government protect its citizens, whether adventurers or not? These are the pertinent questions to be asked of the British government. Mr. Fish does not certainly aim to have his adminis- tration remembered as the only one under which Spaniards could shoot Americans and British captains throw them in prison with impunity. The principle in Steinberger's case is dear to every American, and Mr. Fish is bound to look jealously into the causes of his arrest and imprisonment. It is nota pleasant thing, however we regard it. Trpew at St. Lovis.—When Tilden goes to St. Louis the New York delegation will support him in these terms:— The nomination of Samuel J. Tildon to the oflce of Prosident would insure the vote ot New York, and would be approved throughout the Union. This presentation of the name of Tilden is so modest and appropriate that it cannot fail to win the respect of democrats in all parts of the country, no matter what their State preferences. The practical value of it is that Tilden will have the power to name such a man as Bayard or Thurman, should it be necessary to stem the tides of inflation from the West or contraction from the South. Tilden is master of the situation, Whoever wins ho will be victorious. Tar Apvent or tur Bro Exproston at the Hell Gate works has prematurely shattered the nerves of the good people of Astoria, because they fear that they will be sent heavenward without the decorous ascension robes in which the just are supposed to mount the skies. We hasten to assure them that there is no danger whatever from the great blow-up. The theory of Newton is sufficiently clear to warrant our faith in the power of terrestrial attraction in keeping our friends safe on terra firma during the feu de joie which will celebrate the removal of the | principal obstruction to the entzance of the Es a § 2 Fs = g z 2 Tus Hoxonante Jouxs.—The set-to be- tween the Honorable John Morrissey and the Honorable John Kelly at Utica was con- ducted with due regard to the laws of com- bat. It was a fine lesson in the manly art of political defence. But Morrissey knocked | his opponent out of time when he said :— T tell you, gentiemen, they haint got no organiza tion, They have come here and they have handed you a list of papers. The whole of the delegates on both sides is a fraud, What we like about Honorable John Mor- rissey is that when he strikes from the shoulder he means to send his opponent to ) grass. We read that these words were ap- planded. No wonder, for they are true and ringing. Mr. Kllbourn’s Release. Mr. Matt Carpenter denies that the United States Senate should have crimi- nal jurisdiction over forty millions of people, and in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia yesterday Judge Cartter decided that the House of Representatives has not jurisdiction over one person who defies its orders. Mr. Carpenter's declaration was merely made for effect, for the forty millions of people do not think their rights imperilled by the im- peachment of Mr. Belknap or any action which is likely to be taken init. But the case of Mr. Kilbourn is different. The House claimed him as its prisoner, and de- nied that there was any legal author- ity by which he could be removed from its control. Judge Cartter differs with this opinion and granted the writ of habeas corpus, but remanded him to the custody of the United States Marshal for trial under the indictment already found against him. Of course the democratic mem- bers are indignant at the deliverance of Kil- bourn from their hands, for under the de- cision of the Judge he was at once able to get out of prison on bail. He can walk about the streets to-day and stand in the gallery of the House, if he chooses, and smile placidly upon the democratic majority. This is cer- tainly very tantalizing to that body, but it is doubtful whether it has any means of re- dress. There is no precedent for Kil- bourn’s case, and Judge Cartter had a good legal argument to justify his action, Kilbourn is ‘in a different position from that of other contumacious witnesses, and it is a question whether the fact of his indictment did not take him out of the jurisdiction of Congress and place him under that of the courts. Butthere are many nice points in the case, and we sup- pose the disappointed democrats of the House will make the most of what they con- sider an outrage upon Congress. They should not give too much time to the affair, however, for they have questions of much more vital importance to detsrmine than the disposal of Mr. Kilbourn. Tue Hoxonanie Joun struck the clinching blow in the Utica match when he called upon the Convention to organize the party in New York by Assembly districts and to ignore Tammany Hall, whose creatures, like Dunlap, follow Kelly as: blindly as they fol- lowed Tweed, and as they would again if the bediamonded Boss were to return to the power he wielded in the days when Kelly was Sheriff. If this is done there is no rea- son why this city should not give an over- whelming democratic majority. As it now stands Spartacus Morrissey may raise the banner of a revolution which may throw the Presidential canvass into the hands of the republicans, Let There Be Light. A few days ago the Hznatp presented to its readers an account of some very remark- able experiments made by General Augustus Pleasonton, of Philadelphia, upon plants, animals and persons in disease, by means of blended light. ‘The results attained were so rapid and startling that the General was led to investigate these phenomena, and, if pos- sible, to account for them. By the received theories of modern science he professes to have been unable to do so. He has been forced, by the prosecution of his inquiries, into theories which the Hxnatp gives its readers to-day. Not once in a century is so universal an assault made upon theories which have almost become axio- matic. Newton's law of gravitation; Secchi’s teachings with regard to the sun as the source of heat as well as light; the theories of Humboldt, Tyndall, Helmholz and an army of other great scientific men are im- pugned. In the place of these General Pleasonton would substitute one which makesall the physical phenomena of the universe referable to the sole agency of light and magnetism. His arguments, be they sound or unsound, are very ingenious, and the theory, whatever its other merits, has at least that of extreme sim- plicity. Whether- or not General Pleasonton, in attempting to account for the phenomena already detailed in the Henatp, has pushed his theorizing too far and trusted too little to the slower but safer process of induction, isa question which will be answered by the scientific world upon the appearance of General Pleasonton's forthcoming monograph. It is sufficient here to say that, since the propounding of the Darwinian theory of the origin of species, no doctrines so completely subversive of ro- ceived theories have ever been broached, which, backed as they are by a goodly array of illustrative facts, both merit attention and make reading ofa highly entertaining kind. Moratssetr as Sparracus.—Suppose the Honorable John, like Spartacus of old, re- fuses to be led any longer behind the car of a democracy which will not treat him and his friends as equals in a State convention, and revolts in the canvass for the Presidency? It will make things lively in the fall. John Kelly cannot carry New York without the aid of Morrissey unless he sells out to the republicans. ‘Tax Oprorrunity or THz Nationan Ama- eur Oansmen To-Day.—The Executive Com- mittee of the National Amateur Oarsmen should, at their meeting to-day, fix upon a series of races at Saratoga to be rowed early in August. They now purpose having their annual gathering on the Schuylkill late in that month. But the two need not clash. Indeed they can aid each other greatly; forthe Philadelphia racing is short distance work only, while long distance work, practically impossible there, is that for which Saratoga is exactly suited. The fact is that a mileand | a half race is a novelty in this country, and the winner of it is usually almost certain not to be likewise first where he has twice as far to go. But the three-milo stretch has long been the American standard racing course, and the amateur championship, especially of this association, should be won over a track sufficiently long to thoroughly test stay as well as specd. This is no year for ex- perimenting. We must show the best rowing we can do, Tux Hoxonastx Joux Tzacuixo tHe Hon- onaste Joux.—John Kelly showed his igno- rance of New York when he said he only knew the politics of two of tho candidates who ran for office last fall, He was trying APRIL: 29, 876—TRIPLE SHEET. to make the Convention believe that these candidates were republicans, with the excep- tion of Mr. Hackett. But the Honorable John Morrissey took him off his fect when he showed that a majority of the gentlemen elected on the judicial ticket were democrats, good sound democrats who follow in the footsteps of Jefferson, and do not belong to a dark lantern Know Nothing secret lodge. The election last fall was that of the true democracy. Tilden at Utica. The Democratic Convention at Utica did the wise and conservative thing when it con- tented itself with this expression as to the Presidency:— The aemocratic spectiul deference to thoir brethren and with a cordial appreciatio: democratic statesinen, bul cal principles and public trust Samuel J. Tilden to the eMfce the vote of Now York, and would be approved through- out the Union, The effect of a resolution like this is to make it easy for Governor Tilden, should he find that he has no chance of receiving the nomination, to withdraw and name some one who, like himself, would command the con- fidence of the nation. In this way, by bear- ing in mind that there can be no democratic success without conciliation, that success at the best isa sore problem, and that true statesmanship is that which never throws a chance away, Tilden can control the conven- tion at St. Louis. If he does not win the crown he wins what is more precious toa patriotic man, the power of swaying the councils of an administration. This was the victory won by Seward. The Utica Conven- tion followed the advice of the Hezaup, and thus gave Tilden more strength than would have come with # direct instruction in his behalf. Education and Ventilation. Parents may well feel anxiety regarding the dangers which threaten their children in our badly ventilated schools. There is not a father or mother in New York who is not interested in the thorough overhauling of the sanitary arrangements of buildings wherein their little ones spend so many hours each day. For this reason we desire to enlist their co-operation in securing the reform of a system which has been fruitful of somuch evil A popular movement of this kind will leave no grounds whatever for the pleas of economists who would shave down the school estimates at the expense of the health of the pupils. The people who support the schools should at least be guaranteed protection for the children who attend them. Our public schools are justly regarded as among the greatest of our insti- tutions, but owing to mechanical defects in many of the buildings the benefits of the education received by the pupils are neu- tralized by the loss of health and ability to apply the advantages gained to useful ends. The defective sanitary condition of many of these schools must also react on the mental powers of both teachers and pupils, because it is impossible to expect that either can withstand the depressing influences that surround them. Parents should visit the schools which are attended by their children and insist on the adoption of every precau- tion necessary to the preservation of health. A few thousands of dollars intelligently ex- pended will remove many of the causes of complaint. The people of New York will gladly furnish the money if the Board of Education supplies the intelligence. of New York suggest, with re- io ‘Stal other Cuma anp Japan.—We print an interest- ing letter from Japan this morning. Our correspondent shows the existence of abuses in the East which should be corrected. Ap- propriations for special purposes are devoted to personal purposes. ‘‘Interpreters” are paid a salary who have no knowledge of the lan- guage of the country. Money given for jails is expended for household accommoda- tion of consuls and ministers, Altogether, from what our correspondent says, the Com- mittee on Expenditures in the State Depart- ment may learn some interesting facts by taking testimony in China and Japan. Morartssrx.—We are afraid our people do not know how much of a man we have in the Honorable John Morrissey. Every six months or a year the Honorable John comes up to the front with a surprising display of vigor and com- mon sense. His speech at Utica was the feature of the Convention. It was not as scholarly or as grammatical as Mr. Seymour's. In fact, it rose above the limitations and exi- gencies of grammar. But it was a much more practical speech than that of Seymour or Kernan. As for John Kelly, when John Morrissey was through with him, throwing up the sponge was a nominal office, Tne Imrsacument or Betxxar.—After a long debate between Mr. Carpenter, for the defence, and Messrs. Lord and Hoar, on the part of the managers for the House, some progress was made yesterday in the impeach- ment trial. The Senate made some decisions as to the preliminary argument upon the jurisdiction of the court, and its orders are to be discussed on Monday. The effort of the counsel for Mr. Belknap to secure further de- lay was unsuccessful. This will gratify the country, which looks upon the trial as a nec- essary evil which should be ended at the earliest possible day. Such ascandal ought not to be prolonged. Joun Kettx beat eight good democrats last fall, two of whom have obtained office by the death of incumbents. John Mor- rissey elected seven democrats. Which is the practical democrat of the two? Rarrp Taansrr.—The settlement of the order upon the amended injunction in the suit against the Gilbert Elevated Railroad allows the company to proceed to some extent in the construction. A more en- couraging fact is the passage in the Assem- i bly of Mr. Husted’s bill, which confirms the | powers of the company, explains doubtful points in the original act, and so destroys’ the ground upon which the injunction was obtained. We trust to see the bill at once accepted by the Senate, Oswatp Orrexponrzr shows what he thinks of Tammany by throwing the nomi- nation to the Convention at St. Louis in its face. Mr. Ottendorfer evidently desires to belong to an something more than ‘John Kelly and a building.” ‘The Most Needed of All Reforms. The most necessary of all reforms in thie country is the reform of the civil service, The whole government, in every branch— city, State and federal—is rotten and com rupt. Wherever the prying eye of an inves- tigator reaches he discovers thieves plunder- ing the people, and it is not too mach to say that the country would be rich to-day, in spite of a costly war and bad laws, if it had that restored to it which political robbers and thieves have stolen from it in the last ten years. Nobody doubts this, but everybody asks where the remedy can be found or where the reform shall begin. What is worse, when- ever an attempt is made to begin a reform in the public service the politicians of both parties at once cry out, ‘Not here! Do not touch this! Begin somewhere else!” Thus, in the House of Representatives just now there is vigorous opposition made, in both parties, to the proposition to transfer the Indian service to the War Department, and unless the friends of honest and economical government rally and make their influence felt this important measure, the real and practical beginning of a general reform im the civil service, will fail. It should be un~ derstood that every one of the higher officers of the army is in favor of this transfer, though many of them say that it will unduly burden the army, that every friend of the Indians who can speak from actual experi ence among them—such men as Mr. Welsh and ex-Indian Commissioner Parker—favors it, and that every notorious Indian con- tractor and member of the Indian Ring bit- terly opposes the change. President Grant attempted in the beginning of his adminis- tration to place the Indian service in charge of the army, and gave the following excellent reasons for this policy in a message to Con- gress:— While he had givon the management of a fow reserva- tlona to the Suciety of Friends, allowing them to select agents, he said, ‘*for superintendents and Indian agents not on these reservations officers of the army were selected. Tho reasons for this aro numerous, Where Indian agents are sent there troops must be sent also. The agents andthe commander of troops are independent of ench other, and are subject to orders from different departments of the government, The army officer holds a position for life, the agent one at the will of the Presidont. The former ji per sonaily interested in l'ving in harmony with the Indian and in establishing a permauent peace, to the end that some portion of lis life may bo spent within the Inmits of civilized society; the latter no such per> sonal interest. Another reason is sn economic one, and still.another, the bold which the government has upon alife officer to secure a faithful discharge of duties in carrying out a given policy.” The Indian Ring at once became alarmed at these words, and checkmated the President by causing the adoption of a law prohibit ing army officers from holding civil offices, which law was passed mainly to disable the President from employing army officers as Indian agents and superintendents, And there the matter has rested until now. The proposed transfer will effect a saving of at least five millions, and probably not less than eight, in the Indian and army expendi- tures; it will prevent Indian wars; it will secure honest and just treatment to the Indians; it will destroy one of the worst nests of corruption in the federal service, and it will_give the country an ex- ample of the use and importance of per- manence in the civil service which cannot but help very greatly toward a general re- form. Are the rogues and their ignorant tools to be permitted to defeat this reform? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Popo said:—''Gentle dulness ever loves a joke,” Paris, Ky., is called the hossest town in the State, Richmond, Va, claims the Count Joannes as her dramatic son, ; A large stock of seal furs are sent from Oregon this year. Sam Bowles wants an investigation of public print ing every five years. The Richmond Whig wants us to give it a little French. News Verrons. Professor Tyndall has been offered a baronetcy because he wrote a troatise on “Sound.” The cuckoo ts singing in the English moadows, and G. W. Curtis enlivens American journalism, It ts so cold in Northern Minnesota that the frozen whiskey paperweights bave not yet thawed out, Colonel Caroy Stocking, of Connecticut, who receatly died, in his sixty fifth year, was only threo teet high, Judge David Davis first yelled in Maryland, threw stones in Ubio and got rich in Illinois, Still he isn’t happy. Poe's “Gold Bug’ having been translated inte French, the story will soon roappear hore as ‘The Oroide Cockroach, ’* During the rinking season in England the fashions for ladies have included a tight skirt and a pair of gai ters reaching to the knee. Moody has a home worth $7,000. This is all very well, and ho need not be ashamed of it; but he ought not to run down $7,009, Mark Twain as Potor Spyk, on the Hartford stage, has proved so great a success that he is expected to ape pear in Jumping Frog opera. The Cleveland Herald eces that the Washburne movement has its quiet, secret agenties in all the ‘States where there are ‘favorite sona.’” Mr. Harrison, the man who shrugs his shoulders and has a mighty secret about Blaine, should immediately go upon the stand and tell all he knows. Mrs, Elizabeth Cady Stanton is to lecture in Kansas on “The Women of Washington,” A Kansas paper calls her ‘‘tho brainiest woman of the country.” Danbury Vews:—“ ‘I would not, for any monoy,’ says Jean Paul Richter, ‘have any money im my youth.’ That's the way we fecl. We would much rather have it now.”” Tne Adrian (Mich.) Times says that Bristow would satisfy the Germans, What we really need in this country 18 a candidate against whom the Germans have no objections, ASouthern paper says:—‘‘Your pale stadent is am insignificant personage alongside of # florid, prize- fighting bruiser.” How was little Johnny Davenport alongside of Tammany’s strikers? By the way, ifthe Senate forces the Belknap case te trial why not call Minister Wasbburne to teil the character of one of the witnesses who at a dinner giver by him in Paris figured rather conspicuously ? ‘The San Franctaco Pet, Senator John P. Jones’ pa- per, says that the only candidate who can conciliate the liberal republicans is Bristow. Considering that there are about seventeon liberal republicans in the country they ought to be conciliated, Norristown Jferald:—‘‘We have often felt, afer a bard day’s work, asif wo should like to read afow chapters in a Scandinavian Bible, and now here 1s the work, printed in 1550, offered for sale in New York, and we haven't $1,000 to spare to purchase 11."" Profeasor Hayden says that im one of the prohistorte Aates villages of Arizona his party found nearly 200 potrified cats last tall, Colonel Stevenson, the business manager of tho expedition, has given some of the largest specimens to the Smithsonian Institution, Pipe Major Campbell, of the Twonty-sixth Camerone fans, English army, has written a work on the bagpipe, The cbarms of that remarkable instrument are Seb forth in eloquent terms, Any musical aspirant, desire ous ot depreciating real estate in his neighborhood, should buy the insirument aud the book, aud come mence practice at once, An eagle which, at rost, measures only about three feet from the smile to the bustle, will, whea ta motion, expand its wings over a space of neoriy eight feet. Thus the anti-Bourbon Bristow is not very big juss how; but there are ornithological friends of his who think that when ho begins to flap lis wings throug the air he will touch Plymouth Rock with one tip ead and California's seal rook with the othes.