The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1876, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR a THE DAILY HERALD, published every in the Four cents per copy. Dave Sel year, or one dollar per | -month, free of postage. All business, news letters or telegraphic | despatches must be addressed New York | Henry. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. : , Rejected communications will not be re- ed. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO. 112SOUTH SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA, Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. WOGEIER, X2-<sovnersscreseensnanmpontanccli MD AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. TONY PASTOR'S NEW THEATRE, VARIETY, at 8 P. M. 10N. ik) CONSCIENCE, at 8 P. oR. EAGLE THEATRE. VARIETY, at 8 P. M. PARK THEATR&. BRASS, at 8 P.M. Mr. George Fawcett Rowe. CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES, ats P. M. OLYMPIC THEATRE, HUMPTY DUMPTY, at 8 PARISIAN RIETIES, ore P.M. oi) BOWERY THEATRE, BERO, at 8 P. 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Gold opened and closed at 112 1-4, with intermediate sales at 112 3-8 Money loaned at 2 1-2 and 3 per cent. Tne ForeiGn Restpents mm Cusa are told by the Captain General that they must pay the extraordinary taxes because there is no war in Cuba. The latter portion of the decree is news to the world. Tue Hartian Revoivrionists are all agog over their triumph. They have, according to their own accounts, been simply ousting a black Tammany ring after the manner of the country. Tue Disease in Mesopotamia, which is called the plague, claims a large number of victims, but up to the present we have not heard of its appearance further west. The precise character of this malady should be ascertained at once. Vox Anni wants Prince Bismarck for a witness on his behalf in his forthcoming trial for treason. The refusal of the State Tribunal to summon the Chancellor may be a disguised kindness, for Bismarck would not help the unfortunate ex-Ambassador much, ting out of dock for the season's sport. With coaching becoming a fashionable sport among us we may say an encouraging word for the yacht owners of the Seawanhaka Club, who are to sail two Corinthian races next month. Sport is taking its best form when the sportsmen do their own work. Wax Ovr rm Iowa are found thirty-five “delegates” who meet to praise the virtues of the greenback. Paper money is not a thing to be altogether despised. It recalls the trapper who, in an emergency, dined on crow; when he came into a country where prairie chickens were plenty he did not hanker after it. Tvunuer is evidently on the verge of exces- tively troublesome complications, from which she will be lucky if she can escape without calling down the vengeance of all Western Europe upon her fanatic Mussul- mans. The dismissal of the Grand Vizier in face of the rebellion in Herzegovina and the uneasy feeling arising out of the assassina- tions at Salonica is not at all reassuring to the peace of Europe. Drsnazut had a majority large enough on the Royal Titles vote of censure to save his Minis- try; but two hundred and twenty-six members of Parliament out of a House of five hundred and sixty impeaching the good faith of the Sovereign is not a good thing for the mon- archy. The Prince of Wales returns just in time to administer a loyal antidote to the people. Who would refuse a title to a prince that bags tigers and elephants ? ‘Tae Vatican is evidently préparing the qay for accepting all it is likely to get in the shape of religious intolerance in Spain by femaining silent regarding the claims for a sterner régime than the new constitution authorizes. So, at least, we read the sum- mary of thePope's letter to King Alfonso. It strikes us, however, that there is a trace of insincerity on both sides of the question. will not be more tolerant ‘ it can help, and the Vatican will open!y | countenance ay concede nothing, President Grant’s Apathy im This Po- Mtical Crisis. Tho indifference manifested by President Grant to thecanvass going on among the rivals for the Cincinnati nomination tends to produce an impression which he ought to rectify in the interest of his own reputa- tion. He cannot afford to have it thought that he is sulking over his own disap- pointment, and that his interest in the republican party ceases, as it began, with his personal hopes. His old indiffer- ence to politics had some palliation. When he was first in the army it was shared with many other army officers, and it was broken, when he had passed into private life, only by his vote for Buchanan, in 1856. When he returned to the army he permitted him- self to be considered a war democrat, and his loyalty to the republican administration which was conducting the war, snd which recognized his great military ser- vices by constant promotions, excused him from taking any part in political contests, But when he joined the republican party and was elected by it to the highest office in the government he was bound by gratitude and honor to promote its interests, for he had no right to join it except on the convic- tion that its success was consistent with the public welfare. He cannot desert it now that it has no further rewards to bestow upon him without fornishing grounds for impeaching the sincerity of his whole con- nection with it. Assuredly General Grant cannot wish to be ranked in the same category with the Vice Presidents who have succeeded to the highest office, and who, one and all, threw off their sense of obligation to the party that elected them. When John Tyler became President by the death of General Harrison he turned against: the whig party, intrigued for the succession, and used the patronage which he possessed by its favor to defeat it in the next Presidential election, after he found that he could not build up a per- sonal perty for his own benefit. Millard Fillmore, who came into the Presidency by the death of General Taylor, did not, like Tyler, veto whig measures, but, after trying for the whig nomination and being beaten by General Scott, he was willing to have his successful rival defeated, and did not lift a finger to help the canvass, although wield- ing the whole patronage of the government. Andrew Johnson, who became President after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, yielded to the same besetting temp- tation, quarrelled with the party that elected him, and did nothing for either ticket when he found that he could not be nominated himself, General Grant cannot covet the reputation of either of those pro- moted Vice Presidents. But none of them was so chargeable with ingratitude as he will be if-he ceases to care for the party that elected him. They owed their elevation to the Presidency to accident, but General Grant received hisasan intended compli- ment, bestowed not once, but twice, with singular unanimity and strong marks of per- sonal favor. If any man in our history ever had reason to be grateful to a political party President Grant rests under that obli- gation. The republican party generously took him on trust, although he had never acted with it. It confided in his sense of honor that he would not accept its highest marks of favor without a corresponding sense of obligation. But if, having joined it only when it opened his path to the Presidency, he now deserts it when it finds it impossible to give him a third term and relapses into the same indifference to its success which he showed before it offered him the glittering prize, the public judgment will be that his connection with the party was utterly selfish and that he deserves to be ranked, in point of fidel- ity, with the three Vice Presidents that “lifted up their heels” against the party that made them. If General Grant has not yet pondered the subject in this light it is time that he should. He cannot take refuge in the plea that it is inconsistent with his position to havea choice respecting his successor. Does he imagine that Washington had no preference between Adams and Jefferson? It is easy to prove the contrary, although Washing- ton was not elected by a political party, but by, the whole people. It may, indeed, be said, and said with truth, that, although Washington pre- ferred the federal candidate he took no steps to procure his nomination. But it must be remembered that our machinery of nominat- ing conventions did not then exist, and that Mr. Adams was the spontaneous selection of the whole federal party. Jefferson, who was the next President that served eight years, had a very decided choice among the democratic rivals for the succes- sion, but when Monroe's friends tried to make trouble in the party, on account of this preference, Jefferson wrote Monroe a pacifying letter, but continued to exert his influence all the same in favor of Madison, as may be seen in Hildreth’s History. Jack- son, in like manner, exerted himself success- fully to procure the nomination of Van Buren, and broke up his Cabinet because some of its members preferred Calhoun to his personal favorite. Such preferences for the successorship on the part of a President are defensible on the ground’ that he is justi- fied in desiring the continuance of his own policy, if he believes it to be right, and that he is a competent judge as to who would most truly represent it. Besides, he is bound by the same principle which should regulate the political conduct of private citizens. It isthe duty of every citizen to exert such political influence as he may have in favor of good government, and the greater the influence of a citizen the greater is his responsibility. The President is no more exempted than a private individual from doing his best to promote the general wel- fare, and he is altogether culpable if he would do less for another candidate than he would fer himself. While Presi- dent Grant thought he had chances for a third term he was active enough in trying to foster them, and had he exerted himself with equal caution and vigor for Mr. Conk- ling he could have secured his nomination. It has been suggested that President } Grant's apathy is rather apparent than real; that he is giving Mr. Conkling just enough to keep him in the field; that he intends ultimately to support the Dark Horse, and there has been considerable speculation as to ‘who the Dark Horse may be. Will it be the joint selection of the President and Mr. Conkling, the latter magnanimously sur- rendering his claims in favor of the real preference of the President? If Mr. Conk- ling finds that he cannot be the candidate himself he is a politician of too much sa- gacity to throw away his strength, but will try to utilize it and make it a means of influence in the new sdminis- tration. With the active co-operation of the President he might be able to dictate the candidate if he fails himself, If the Great Unknown, on whom they may unite, should happen to be Secretary Fish, they may se- cure his nomination if they are alert enough and play their cards skilfully. There is only one newspaper in the United States that is ac- customed to speak disparagingly of Secretary Fish, and that is about the last journal whose advice the republican party would be likely to follow. Ifthe President has any thought of unit- ing with Senator Conkling to bring out some Great Unknown he must relinquish even his apparent apathy, for a counter combination is already on foot which is sure to be man- aged with consummate dexterity. Mr. Blaine, who is Senator Conkling’s most for- midable competitor, will not permit Conk- ling’s influence to predominate if he can help it, Neither Blaine nor his friends would have anything to expect from an adminstration on which Conkling had strong claims, and accordingly Blaine has the same motives as Conkling to make an alliance which will enable him to control the nomination if he cannot secure it. If he should ultimately transfer his influence to Hayes his chances for foiling the Conkling combination would be very good indeed. So it may happen, after all, that the Dark | Horse will prove to be one of the known candidates. The Return of the Prince of Wales. Since last November we have had almost daily notes of the festal journeying through India of the heir apparent to the British throne. What wonders of land and sea, of teeming millions of dusky natives, what gorgeous architectural marvels of magnifi- cent old times that look down in calm gran- deur upon the present, what vast expanses of land broken by mountains, tilled beneath the broiling sun or lying waste in deadly jungle where the great fauna have their lairs ; what visions of sensuous richness, what splendors of Oriental pageantry he has seen ; what he has said, what he has praised, and what he has killed in the way of beasts | have been chronicled and rechronicled and | pictured and dwelt upon by the English people until the average Englishman knows more about the great British dependency than all the dyspeptic and saffron-faced old gentlemen put together that up. to six months ago frowned down anybody else who dared to say anything about India within earshot of certain old West End clubs where curry was served in perfection. Now the Prince has returned to England and the bosom of his family without having been so much as grazed by a brahman’s knife, and our special cable despatch tells us how glad the English people are to have him back again. He comes back with the diadem of the Empire of India on the shelf, where his prudent mother, Queen Victoria, had it placed for him by the Oriental assidu- ity of Disraeli, but which, we hope, he may have no chance to put on his head for some years to come. This trip has been a good thing for Albert Edward in every way. It was better to give him the chance of learn- ing something and seeing a good deal in the far East than to have him knocking around London, breeding twopenny scandals for every old woman—male and female—in Great Britain to chuckle over and wag her head at. Then, in on age where the chances for a poor prince or king to dis-, tinguish himself is so limited, it is well to be able to say he bagged an elephant or he laid out a royal old Bengal tiger in gallant style. The physical appeals to the masses, and they will easily reason that a good shot is not likely to make a bad king. That he looked at the sinuous motions of the Nautch girls will not injure him in the eyes of the people, for even the most correct old spinster will admit that most of her male relations would do the same thing—only they would not have it get in the papers—and then there is nothing so wicked in it after all. It has been a grand trip with a happy ending. {From the Tammany organ.} This was not enough. The State Committee must be made up to suit the circle that oceupics the Executive Mansion. The election followed. The democratic ma- Jority was reduced about 40,000 from the preceding Year, and the Assembly went back into the hands of the republicans with a handsome majority, What does this mean? Does it imply that the great reduction of the democratic ma- jority in this State last year is chargeable to Governor Tilden ? Scance Currescy.—The tomplaint is still heard that small change is scarce in New York and that speculators are charging from three to six per cent for currency. The process of conversion of paper into silver has received a temporary check by restrict- ing the issue to people presenting currency in' limited amounts at the Sub-Treasury. We think that the managers of the Centen- nial Exposition can doa popular thing by exchanging the currency, of which they will receive large amounts, for bills from bond Jide mercantile establishments in New York and Philadelphia. By making the transfers through thé Sub-Treasury, which would be feasible enough, the merchants could receive silver for their bills and the issue of the coin thus be measurably hastened. {From the Tammany organ, The Governur’s claim ts ha principally upon the ground that he Is the sole reformer. Any letters pat- ent for retorm to be issued should run to the demo- cratic party, embracing all the States that contributed in clecting an opposition Congress that have been and are now en; in unearthing the frauds of the last dozen years, and to no single individual, What does this mean? What is meant by “letters patent for reform?” When has Gov- ernor Tilden claimed either the priority or the monopoly which are implied in the idea of letters patent? Tae Craws or tur Law have now been stretched out to clutch as much as possible of tho six millions for which a verdict was recently given against Tweed. It will be curious to see how much the wily fugitive has lett within reach of the law, Keep off the Grass. Mr. William R. Martin, who signs himself President of the Department of Public Parks, informs us that our suggestions as to the opening of the grass plots of the Central Park to the people only anticipate the action of the department, and will be entirely suc- cessful, But he says that ‘‘in ordor to have the grass to trample upon the grass must first be grown,” a proposition which proves his remarkable qualifications for the office he fills, and holds out the promise that his management of the real estate belonging to the city at least will be a success. We fear, however, that if the matter is to be left to the brilliant genius of President Martin -our suggestions will not be followed out as satisfactorily as he «promises, He says:—“‘Under existing difficulties we are taking the best care of the grass during the present growing season, so as to insure 8 pleasant aspect to the surface of the Park and enable us to open from time.to time acceptable places where the public may have free enjoyment of the grass.” Now that is just where our suggestions are at issue with Mr. Martin's proposed action, instead of an- ticipating it. The idea of opening “from time to time acceptable places where the public may have free enjoyment of the grass” did not originate in Mr. Martin's mind. It was conceived and has been car- ried out by his predecessors, and it means that for two or three months the people, to whom the Park belongs, shall be graciously permitted to walk over the grass, here and there, in restricted spaces. We insist that this is an absurdity and an abuse; that all the grass plots of the Park should be thrown open to the public; that the Central Park, like Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and like the parks of European cities, should be used for the recreation and health of the people, and not kept to look at. Mr. Martin is very anxious that the Park shall wear a ‘‘pleasant aspect.” We are anxious that it shall be made practically pleasant, enjoyable and useful. The large space of the Central Park in- sures the grass against being worn bare, The people would do no damage, but leave the ‘‘aspect” as ‘‘pleasant” as Mr. Martin can desire, while the groups of laughing, sporting, healthful children scattered over the green would add to its beauty as the stars enhance the loveliness of a clear even- ing sky. We prefer to give up the grass to the children rather than to sheep, although the latter may be to somebody the more prof- itable use to make of it. We want to see games of cricket and base ball permitted at proper spots in the Central Park, and cro- quet played there without the stupid rule of adivision of the sexes. We want to seea bonfire built of the wooden boards on which Mr. Martin has inscribed the detestable words ‘‘Keep off the grass.” In short, we desire that the Central Park may be made a place of enjoyment to all the people of New York, and especially to the children and the poorer classes who are compelled to remain in the city during the hot summer months, We protest against the best part of the Park, its soft, green carpeting, being barred with iron railings and guarded by the threatening placards of officials, who, we might be tempted to believe, seek to preserve the grass for their own consumption, but for the con- viction that nature would lead them to pre- fer a more prickly pasturage. (From the Tammany organ.) In the State Convention of 1873, when Governor Tilden was in Europe, @ platform and declaration of principles were adopted which have been reaflirmed in ‘every State Convention since held, and one of the most prominent declarations was in favor of economy, purity and reform. We elected x portion of the State ticket that year, and prepared the field for the glorious vic- tory that followed the next. What does this mean? Will Mr. John Kelly deny that Mt. Tilden kept away from the State Convention @ 1873 because he had excited hostility by ki ig out of the party traces in his previous wat.on Tammany, and that he sent his resignation of the chairman- ship of the State Committee to Mr. Kelly from Europe because he expected to be flung out for having brought discord into the party? He had decided in 1873 to break with his party rather than relinquish reform. Pole in Japan and Elsewhere. In the Heratp of yesterday we printed an account of the game of polo as played in Japan, which account is worthy the atten- tion of all lovers of sport who wish to under- stand the possibilities of this newly intro- duced game, Mr. Griffis describes the game as he has frequently seen it played by the Japanese, in whose country it is evidently “the national game” of the mounted classes; and he describes it with an animation, a spirit and a picturesque effect from which it may be judged that the movement, the whirl, the exhilaration of the sport caught up his sympathies, and that though pleased asa spectator he would have been happier as a player. From this happy account of the game we may note a characteristic feature that is found in the play of nearly all western nations, and since it comes up so distinctly in the case of this isolated people it may, perhaps, be taken as indicating a uni- | versal human tendency. The separate sides—the two parties to the struggle— are not only assimilated to war parties, but they are called by names derived from great historical divisions of the people. In these days our base ball players struggle under colors that have no signifi- cance to popular sympathy; it is the party | of the red stockings against the party of the blue shoes, and a public that can be expected to be otherwise than indifferent to such a distinction must be credited with acres of generous interest. In every school in the land it was once the Yankees against the British, or the whigs against the democrats; and it appears that the Japanese have ac- cepted such o distinction as a permanent feature of their game. They call their par- ties by names equivalent to York and Lan- caster, or Guelph and Ghibelline, or Capu- let and Montague. As played in England and here the game of polo is different from that played in Japan. It is without such complication as must result from the large number of balls, It is played with one ball, and is, in short, the old favorite shinny, with the one change that the players are mounted on active, well- trained ponies. With this change the game necessarily has an enormously increased impulse ; the interest and excitemetit in- volyed are more vigorous, the game rises to NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET, a higher plane altogether, it is more effec- tively a mimic war, and it requires and pro- duces a skill in horsemanship scarcely to be otherwise attained. As played in England, at Hurlingham and Lilliebridge, it is o beautiful and effective sport; but we are of opinion that we may reasonably look forward to its naturalization here, and its adoption, even with additions to its excellence as played in England, be- cause we have a better breed of horses. On all the surface of the earth there is noanimal that might be thought so expressly created for the game as the one we have in the Mex- ican mustang. He is far superior for the purpose to the pony used in England. He has an energy and fire that are in the spirit of the sport. He is swift, he is tireless, he is game. He is tractable and intelligent, and in every one of these respects is better than his British cousin. (From the Tammany organ.) New York nas no claims for the nomination this year, and common courtesy toward the other States should prevent any being presented. But Governor Tilden and some of his personal friends have decided differently, and hence the controversy. What does this mean? Is it the opinion of Tammany that if the democracy of the other States prefer a New York candidate the New York democracy should thwart their wishes and decline the honor? Cheap Cabs. We publish elsewhere a sketch of the cab business in London, its origin, progress and present condition. A comparison between our hack laws in New York and those of the English metropolis will afford some idea of the abuses to which we are subjected. Yet there is no reason why we should not be as well protected, as well served. and as well ac- commodated as the Londoners are. We do not, of course, expect or demand that cabs shall be run at as low rates of fare here as theyare there. Our people are quite willing to pay double or even a little more than double the English fare. New York is not so populous as London; the people do not ride as much here as they do there, the for- mation of the city is different and the roads are excellent in London and execrable in New York. Then, cabs cost more to build here, and feed, stable room and wages are higher. But, having conceded a largely in- creased rate of fare to the New York cabman, our people insist that we are entitled to good accommodation and to the protection of efficient laws regulating the business, In London the fare is twenty-five cents for any distance not exceeding two miles, and beyond that distance twelve and a half cents a mile or for a fraction of amile. By time the fares are from fifty to sixty-two and a half cents for one hour or any part of an hour, and from twelve and a half cents tosix- teen cents for every additional fifteen min- utes or less, The lower price applies. to “four-wheelers” and the higher to “hansoms.” Now, if we had cheap cabs run at twenty-five. cents a mile, or a dollar an hour, it would satisfy the New York people and would be one hundred per cent above London rates. The fare might even be a trifle higher and the cabs would find plenty of custom. But with this liberality on the part of the public why should we not have laws requiring the con- dition of vehicles, horses and harness to be satisfactory to inspectors; imposing penalties for violations; regulating the number of passengers to be carried, the lighting of the hack lamps, &c., and insuring the safety of packages accidentally left in cabs? These are the London laws, and there is no reason why they should not be applied to New York. The Beecher and Bowen Prize Fight. ‘The great want of patriotism displayed by Mr. Beecher, Mr. Bowen and Dr. Ward has beeh punished as it deserves. It was their duty to have attended the Centennial open- ing and to have joined with hosts of their fellow countrymen in celebrating the birth of American independence. Instead of that they chose to go to Plymouth church, not to worship, but to take part in a proceeding which is directly opposite to worship—the reading of Mr. Shearman’s report. Now mark the result. The church was again the scene of recrimination and disorder. Mr. Beecher and Mr. Bowen went throygh their celebrated sparring match, and would have had a fight without gloves if they could have agreed upon a referee. Then Mr. Beecher said he was ‘charged with a monstrous crime,” and Dr. Ward oxclaimed, ‘of which you are guilty.” Then the row got fast and furious. The Doctor was ejected to the tune of tweedledum and tweedledee, and both parties, being exhausted, retired from the ring, leaving the dispute as to “which is the better man” undecided. We are weary of this blustering, evasion and cowardice, There is a mystery somewhere, or the ques- tion would soon be settled. The proceedings on Wednesday night were not creditable to the church, and any other employment would have been better. If the pastor, the brethren, the Sphinx and the Doctor had not enough patriotism to go to the Centennial they might have attended the theatre, “Conscience,” we suggest, would be an ap- propriate play. [From the Tammany organ.] Wo pow pass along to the tall campaign of 1875, Daring the summer it became manifest that our good Governor's usefulness was likely to be lost to the State | | one of his own sort, his “‘ by what Horace Greeley once stated to be the most un- fortunate thing that could happen to any mortal man— “Presidency on the brain.’ During the autumn the Governor had visited many portions of the State, and at county fairs had implored the people to send to Albany ouly members of the Legislature, without re- ard to party, that would aid him in purifying and re- forming the abases in the State. The Democratic State Convention met, and for the first time in its history the Chief Executive, by well known proxies, assumed to and did control the entire action of the Convention and named all the candidates on the ticket, for the Teasor that they Were his personal friends and s"p- porters. For some unaccountable reason this was eu! mitted to, mee What does this mean? Has Tammany opened its batteries on Governor Tilden because, if he should be elected President, he would” select the federal appointees in this State on his own knowledge, whereas a President from another State would have to depend on advice? And is it because Mr. Kelly aspires to be the controlling adviser that he breaks a recent friendship, sinks his State pride and opposes Governor Tilden? Suypay aT THE CENTENNIAL,—Nearly a quarter of a million of persons attended the opening of the Centennial Exhibition. Yet it was a working day, the weather had been bad, and thousands of persons were, kept away by the fear of the crowd. Next Sunday more than a million of people in Philadel- phia, and hundreds of thousands in this city, Baltimore and the towns of four States will have their only holiday of the week. ‘They would naturally tarn to the Exhibition, and if it were open probably three hundred’ thousand would attend. As there would be no central point of interest, no ceremonies of dedication, &c., they would find ample room in the spacious grounds and build- ings. But by the will of the commission they are excluded. What will Philadelphia do with herself on Sunday? It will be curi- ous to see the effectof the absurd restriction. The America’s Cup. The report in another column of the pro: ceedings of the New York Yacht Club at the meeting to take into consideration the chal- lenge of Major Gifford, owner of the Countess of Dufferin, for the America’s Cup, shows some want of harmony in the opinions of yacht owners as to the proper method of conducting the race. Accepting the deed of gift as interpreted by Mr. George L. Schuyler, the sole sur. vivor of the original donors of the Cup, it would appear that one vessel should have been named by the club to sail against the contesting foreigner, and that the winning vessel, with all the chances of weather, car- tying away, or any other of the hazards of yacht racing, should win. “By a large majority” the club has decided other- wise, and the winner is to’ be declared by three contests, The vessel on the American side is to be named only on the morning of the race, and will be the representative of a mongrel victory, something between & sweepstakes and a match race, in which if the Canadian boat wins it will be with added glory, and if the victory remains to our own yacht club we shall retain the “ugly mug” with no fresh laurels. It is true that Mr. Ashbury in all his plaintive appeals made no objection to this method of procedure, but it must be admitted that the true sportsmanlike and gallant manner of accepting the Major's challenge would have been one race, with all the chances, and let the best man win; which, by the way, Major Gifford has an undoubted right to claim. The absolute arrangement is not yet completed, as he has yet to send in his final agreement to the proposed terms. We are sure that the New York Yacht Club will not bs found unwilling to agree to the letter of the deed of gift, should it be claimed by the challenging party. [From the Tammany orgav.] We would not pluck a single leaf from the garland that surrounds our good Governor’s brow that he is entitled to wear; but we make protest against all efferts to set aside and crowd out prominent democrats in the State who refuse to join in the jormation of any strictly, personal party. What does this mean? Who are the ° “prominent democrats” that accuse Gover nor Tilden of trying to form a ‘‘strictly per- sonal party?” the Centennial Exhibition Shows. The President in his speech at the Centenv nial said that the Exhibition “will show* what we have done ‘‘in the direction of rival- ling olderand more advanced nations in law, medicine and theology ; in science, literature philosophy and the fine arts.” Ifhehad said that it ‘anight have shown” what we have done in these branches he would have been nearerto the truth. It is a grave deficiency in the plan of the celebration that it does not provide for international conferences upon science, medicine, law, &c. If commissions had been appointed to invite celebrated Euro. peans to confer with our leading men in the various sciences and had been instructed ta make reports 9 great deal of useful informa , tion might have been obtained and Amerie can progress at least partially shown. But the Exhibition exhibits nothing of our achievements in law, theology, science or philosophy, and, judging by the poetry sung at the opening ceremonies, it gives an entirely untrue representation of our literature. We must look elsewhere fortherevelation. Our progress in law might be found in ex-Attorney General Williams’ decisions ; in finance, in Mr. Robeson’s deposits of million with Jay Cooke & Co. at the time of their failure ; im justice, in the escape of General Babcock and ‘What | the resignation of ex-Secretary Belknap, which may end in his escape from the im- peachment by the House ; and in philosophy, in the patience with which the American people bear these and innumerable othes evils, A Famous Citizen Departed. The career of Reddy the Blacksmith, of whom death has just deprived the city, affords a good illustration of the results that follow from the rule of politicians in ous municipal government. A rowdy, thief and murderer, this man lived for years in New York, safe from the interference of the police, the terror of decent citizens and sometimes courted for his “influence” in elections—an influence wielded over cutthroats of his own stamp. After committing a highway rob bery, with violence, Reddy escaped to Cali- fornia and was brought back to New York. When he was called up for trial the vigilant law officers—politicians, of course—could not find the witnesses against him, and Reddy walked out of courtin triumph. When he indulged in» marder, his victim being had no diffi- culty in swearing him off, and he escaped the gallows, which ought to have had him long before. Indictments found against him were “‘pigeon-holed” by obliging district attorneys. Politicians sought the friendship and support of the ruffian, Tammany gave him a sinecure un- der the city government. Both parties hon- ored him about election time. His gangs of his murderous disposition and the muscles and slungshot of his compan ions made him a valuable partisan. He kept a groggery which was a resort of thievee and treated the police liberally. The law, in the hands of politicians, respected him and left him alone, and he died in his bed, without his boots, like a respectable, Chris: tian man. If he had lived until the autamn leaves color the trees he would have been of much service to Tammany. But he is gone, and he leaves too many of a similar charac- ter behind him, “No Seat No Fanr.”—Corporation Coun- sel Whitney, after what must seem an un- necessarily long delay, has answered the resolution of the Common Council of the 10th of February respecting the legal powers .