The New York Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1876, Page 6

; é ? : « ' % SPA a RS A OR SS FN 6 NEW YORK K HERALD] BROADWAY Al AND ANN ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR —_——-—___ THE DAILY HERALD, jndlished every day in the year, Four cents per copy. Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage. All business, news letters or telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorx | Henap. Letters and packages shculd be properly | sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- tamed. PHILADELPHI SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE OF TI E ‘EW YORK HERALD. TREET. PARIS OFFIC. DE L'OPERA. Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. VOLUMF. XII. = AMUSI MENTS TO-NIGHT. PARISIAN VARIETIES, acer. M. FIFTH AV. B THEATRE, PIQUE, at 8 P.M. GLOBK THEATRE, VARIETY, at 8 P. M. q GRAND ae § THE apes la Dont Benefit at 1:30 P.M. MUSIC. ett. MINSTRELS, ADEMY OF NORMA, at 8 P. x Gertrnd KELLY & Lis a8 P.M, zs PARK zy ATRE, : UNCLE TOM’S CA! SPM. Mr. G. . Howard. 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We are likely to have many gouvenirs of regard and respect from friendly European nations when our centennial year is over. Fortunately we have plenty of /toom to spare for all such. Avsornen Conmonist SenteNceD To Dir.— After so many years that have elapsed since the days of the Commune the civilized world is startled by the announcement that another Communist must die for his mis- deeds during that bloody civil strife in France. Why has not the criminal been promptly punishe for his offence, and has not the time arrived when the policy of mercy should be applied in cases where justice has been so tardy in striking? These fre questions deserving consideration just now in France. A Hrxt 70 Boss Ketxy.—If tho Boss wants to bent Tilden let him keep Tammany in the background. Tur Worsrxemen's Derrcatroyx France to the Centennial threatens to fail for want of the necessary funds to pay ex- penses. Surely France will spare a few thou- sand francs to send her workmen's delegates | to the great centre of display of industry at | Philadelphia and maintain her reputation for generosity and progressive ideas which have always marked her history. It is trifling with a great element of national strength for the purse holders in France to withhold their contributions from the | delegates fund after the assurances that have - been given of an adequate supply of money. Prison Reronm.—The mecting of the Na- tional Prison Reform Association which takes place at Steinway Hall to-morrow evening promises to result in a number of important suggestions that must lead to the removal of many of the abuses that now disgrace our prison management. Three general subjects ‘will be discussed under several sub-heads, which are given in detail in to-day’s Heraty—Criminal Law reform, the Peniten- tiary system and the Preventive system. With such a programme we cannot doubt that a vast amount of useful information will be gathered and given which will tend to the amelioration, to some extent, of the horrors of prison life, while removing many of the existing causes of crime. We Ane Arnarp ao dak lantern Know Nothing crowd of Tammany Indians will not have a commanding influence upon a con- ‘vention of honest, self-respecting democrats who think that Tammany is a synonym for gorruption. Maxrwo Gomez, the Cuban General, is re- ported to have made an attack on Ciego de Avila, with a force of sixteen hundred men, on the night of May 26. only four hundred men, it is said, bravely defended the post and succeeded in driv- ing the enemy off the field with heavy | loss. If wo reverse the condition of affairs as to the numbers engaged and losses we will get much nearer the truth than the despatch from Havana would lead us, Cooked telegrams from Spanish sources in Cuba are not wholly unknown to the public since the commencement of the insurreec- tion, and we now regard all news from that quarter with suspicion, Until a further ~ gonfirmation of the alleged Spanish victory reaches us wo are compelled to believe that Maximo Gomez is making it very hot for the Dons in the Central Department of Cuba. NO. 112SOUTH | ¥Fnox | ‘The garrison of | _ NEW YORK _ HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 5, ‘1876,~-TRIPLE SHEET. Winslow Indefinitely Remanded. The remand of Winslow to custody until | some indefinite day after the 15th of June | may be taken, we trust, as evidence that the | British government sees the untenable character of its position, and that it is now merely taking time to effect a graceful and | respectable retreat. ‘The fact which has leaked out in England as well as here, that | in his last despatch upon this subject Lord | | Derby abandons his former base, which was | the act of Parliament of 1870, and tries an- | other tack, shows not only that he feels the | weakness of his argument, a British Minister acts have at last taken the trouble to read the act, and have found there, as we pointed out a month ago, a sec- tion which expressly exempts the treaty | with the United States from the operation of the act. The facts of the case are very simple and not liable to dispnte, The treaty was made in 1842. Since then the uniform custom of | the British, as well as the American courts, has been, wherever it was necessary in the rendered criminals not only for the specific offence for which they were extradited, but | for others. In some cases even British | courts have tried surrendered criminals for offences not mentioned in the treaty and not extraditable therefore, as, for instance, in the case of Heilbronn, which we cited among several others a month ago, where the man, surrendered by the United States for forgery, and acquitted before a British court, was then immediately tried and convicted for larceny, which, under the treaty, is not an extradition crime. We notice in some of the English journals a suggestion that the attention of the British Foreign Office was not called to this and other cases of the same kind; but we trust Lord Derby is not going to plead neglect of duty as an excuse. That would betoo much. It would be to say to the United States, ‘We will break, when- ever we please, the rule we are now setting up against you;” and even then the plea | would be worthless, for there are several cases—those of Burley, surrendered to us for robbery, and tried here for an attempt to kill; of Caldwell, surrendered to us for for- gery, and tried here for bribing an officer, and others of the same kind, which would show, if ignorance or carelessness were pleaded by Lord Derby, an amount of it which would make the British government ridiculous, It has been suggested in this country fhat unless some limit is fixed as to the trial of persons surrendered under extradition trea- ties the right of asylum for political offend- ers may be endangered; but the answer is that there is no pretence or excuse of this kind urged in England; no political offender is in question ; nor has there ever been any dispute between the two governments on this point, though we have had two treaties, that of 1794 and the present one, in neither of which is any reservation made about political offenders or the right of asylum. Our government would probably consent very readily to make a reservation in any new treaty; but the surrender of Winslow is claimed not as a hypothetical case, but under the plain stipulations of the treaty of 1842, and in consonance with the established interpre- tation of that treaty, as admitted by Lord Hammond, Under Secretary for Foreign Af- fairs, in his evidence before a special com- mittee of the House of Commons, on this very question, when he said, ‘‘We admit in this country that if a man is bond fide tried for an offence for which he was given up | there is nothing to prevent his being subse- quently tried for another offence, whether | antecedently committed or not.” That an act of Parliament cannot alter the effect of a treaty was admitted in 1866 by Lord Derby himself, who then, as Lord Stanley, said in | the House of Commons concerning an at- | tempt to change the limitations of the Extra- | dition Treaty with France, ‘In a case like | | this international courtesy demands that the treaty: shall not be materially altered | without communication with the other party.” In the same discussion Lord | Cairns, now Lord Chancellor, said that the | act “proposed to introduce a new ingredient into the bargain which did not exist at the time the bargain was made." He added:— “To put such words into an act of Parlia- ment which did not exist in the treaty would only be offering a gratuitous insult to | the foreign Power to whom it applied with- out securing any real advantage.” The right of political asylum is sacred. No administration in this country would be allowed to palter with it. But it is not here in question, for neither Lawrence, | whose case excites so deep an_ in- terest in England, nor Winslow, is a political offender. In any new extradition | treaty we should hope to see a special reser- vation made of political offenders. It is creditable to the two governments—our own and that of Great Britain—that, in the ab- | sence of any stipulation in the treaties of 1794 and 1842, no serious dispute has ever occurred on this subject. But the act of Parliament of 1870, which was intended to guard the right of asylum, does so in a clumsy way, needlessly obstructive of jus- tice. Tho truth is, it was framed not by | lawyers, but by eminent philanthropists, and their sole aim was to protect political refugees from other European countries, Hence the provisions of it which give an | accused three different tribunals to whom he may appeal, and any one of which may set him at liberty; and hence, also, the rigid provision that the sur- rendered person shall be tried only for the offence for which he was surrendered, and being declared innocent must then have full opportunity to make his escape from the country of his detention. How this obstructs justice may be easily seen. Suppose a man surrendered for an attempt to kill, On his way to England his victim dies, and he be- comes a murderer, The character of the offence is changed ; ought he to be released ? So it would seem if the British demand is founded in reason. Or take agnin the case of Lawrence, His surrender was demanded on several extraditable charges—more than a dozen, we have heard. By the ingennity of | his counsei and the anxious care of those | who in England are supposed to be concerned with him in his operations he ‘wes surrendered on only a singie one of the but also that | those ‘Crown lawyers” under whose advice | admistration of justice, to hold and try sur- | | ERY ain of which were brought ae regu- lar form before the British authorities. Is he, by the adroitness of his defenders, to | escape justice? Is this necessary in order to | Protect therightof asylum? Or take another mutinied and killed the captain. They were surrendered on a charge of murder; but the | only witness who had seen the fatal blow struck and had beheld the dead body of the | captain disappeared. Was it necessary or just to set the criminals free? They were, in fact, we believe, tried for mutiny or for assault with attempt to kill, and convicted. If the act of Parliament had declared that @ person surrendered under an extradition treaty might be tried for any crimes or offences mentioned in the treaty, and none others, we should think this reasonable, and should hold it wise tochange the present treaty to that effect. But even in that case, while the treaty remains as it stands, its terms cannot be altered by the legislative act of one of the contracting nations, nor the manner or conditions of its enforcement | suddenly changed ; and this seems to be the real point at issue. We trust Secretary Fish has, in the despatch which is now on the way to London, put an end to what has be- come a tedious discussion, and required a definite answer to the demand for Winslow. The Bulletin for Cincinnati. The republican canvass is interesting. Blaine's demise makes the road easier for certain candidates and more embarrassing for others, As the field now looks Conkling leads, with the Galena horse gaining. Blaine is distanced and already limps off the track. Mulligan’s blow hamstrung him. Bristow falls behind. The people do not fancy a sentimental, detective candidate. But as the struggle between Conkling and Washburne deepens the chances of the dark horse seem to improve. So far as New York is concerned the nominee will be Conkling or nobody. This would throw the candidate beyond the Alleghanies, and after Washburne the strongest is Hayes. The Western politicians are better man- agers than our New York men. They know politics. With them it isa business. They are men of convictions. They believe in their section and stand by their candidates. If Conkling should defeat Washburne the chances are that Hayes will win. So far as Conkling and Washburne are concerned either would make a good candi- date, and, if elected, a good President. Conk- ling represents the courage, the discipline and the@incerity of the party. His nomina- tion would be an unequivocal indorsement of the administration—the triumph of the regular army. The success of Washburne would be that of the reform element, of the disaffected wings of the party, of those who believe in republican principles and fear making the administration personal. The Bulletin for St. Louis. The democratic canvass at St. Louis is now of secondary importance, as much depends upon what the republicans will do at Cin- cinnati. But, at the same time, there are cer- tain features of interest in it as far as it goes. If Tilden should find his canvass a failure, either through a mutiny in the West or the adoption of the two-thirds rule by the Southern, vote, why would it not be wise for the Governor to cross the ferry and find his dark horse in the historic county of Mon- mouth? New Jersey is a rattling, glorious, trne blue, sterling little State. She was the Bel- gium of the Revolution, and if there is any | sacred soil within the Republic it is the soil of Monmouth, Princeton and Trenton. It was in the Jerseys that Washington won vic- tory, independence and fame. Jersey pa- triotism has borne its natural fruit in Jersey justice, os our murderers in the Tombs would discover if they chal- lenged the judgment of a Jersey jury. In the war for the Union Jersey came to the front under generals like Kearny and a governor like Parker. During that pro- longed and fierce contest her banner was always in the front. The highway, and in some senses the suburb of the two great cities and States of the Union, New Jersey represents the best elements of Philadelphia and New York—of the Quaker and the Knickerbocker. Why would it not be well to go into New Jersey if a Great Unknown is needed at St. Louis and see what kind of mettle there is in Parker? Bayard and Tilden keep their lead for St. Lonis. Seven years of Grant do not ptedis- pose us to Hancock or any captain, however renowned. Hancock's chance will come with the next war. Hendricks means revo- lation and repudiation, and Allen's chances are merged in those of Grandfather Peter Cooper, who is already in the field onan Allen platform, while the Ohio statesnian has not even a nomination. As to Bayard, there isno nonsense more degrading than the averment that his war record would harm him. His course was that ofa gentleman anda patriot. All this talk about ‘‘war records” is contemptible and unpatriotic, We fought the South and won, and let us have an ond of the Southern question in polities. Bayard did nothing during the war to forfeit the esteem of any gentleman inthe Repubiic, North or South, Sunpay at THE Exatprtion.—If our Phila- delphia correspondent is correctly informed | the closing of the Centennial Exhibition on | Sunday is becoming more and more unpop- ular. The reasons given are plausible, Sunday is the’only time which the majority of our people can spare from business and employ for recreation or study, and they feel, under this restrictive law, like the | young prince who wept becanse he had lost aday. The only practical objection to the rule is that the opening of the Exhibition on Sunday would impose additional labor upon exhibitors and employés. Yet this, we be- lieve, could be easily removed. The in- creased profits would enable the managers to employ extra labor, and many of the ex- hibitors would be very glad of the oppor- tunity to show their goods. The post oflices, the hotels, the drug stores, the street cars, the barrooms, the restaurants, are all open on Sunday, and the Exhibition ought to be governed by similar principles which con- cern the convenience or the necessities of the public, .. that they have been injured by the President | | and recent case, where a vessel's crew had | The Death of Abdu)-Aziz. A general ripple of incredulity will meet the official Turkish announcement that Ab- dul-Aziz, the lately dethroned Sultan, com- mitted suicide, like Seneca, yesterday morning by opening the veins of his arm. There was so wide an expecta- tion that, in accordance with what might be called Ottoman etiquette, the dishonored Abdul would be treated to the twist of a bowstring about his throat, a carving. by yataghans plied by willing hands that lately were proud tosmoeth the royal carpet for him, or a fling at night with a sack for a shroud into the glittering waters of the Bos- phorns, that the wise will wag their beards, }or chins if they have no _ beards, and say, “I told you so.” So great was the expectation of his sudden demise that the Qneen of England, whose ministers had a hand in Abdul's un- doing, hastened to beg his nephew, the new Sultan, that the bowstring ceremony might be omitted in the case of his uncle, That Abdul-Aziz lived long enough to be settled in a gilded prison, the palace of Tcheragan, with its ‘fine water view and all tho modern Turkish improvements,” was flourishingly announced as another triumph of British diplomacy; but for all that the life-blood of the unfortunate Abdul trickled away yes- terday morning as miserably as if it ebbed from the veins of the meanest cur that yelps around Stamboul. It had, however, a stream direct from Mahmond, the Conqueror who raised the Crescent above the Cross in Con- stantinople four centuries ago. Admitting the suspicious look of the case— and he would be very bold indeed who took @ bare official announcement for the truth of the matter—there were some motives for Abdul-Aziz to die by his own hand, Like all despots who have outgrown their popularity—and for many years he had none—he had become morose, sullen and isolated save to the creatures who ministered to his sensual pleasures or his costly whims. With the growth of the popular discontent he applied all the energy spared from his voluptuous indolence to the hoarding of money. He was never a man of action ; the expression of his face was half weariness and half insensibility ; and when the day for action came, when the menacing softas from the mosques and the rabble from the streets clamored around the palace for s new Grand Vizier, he had neither the means at hand nor the energy to stamp them out as bloodily and effectually as did his father Mahmoud IL the janizaries just fifty years ago. He was as self-helpless as Clarence that was drowned in the butt of his favorite Malmsey. There could be no darker mind. in the world than filled the frame of Abdul-Aziz, as, with all the passions of the overthrown pampered tyrant writhing through his native imbecility, he staggered from his throne urged by rebellious hands to | a prison though it was a palace, leaving power, pleasure and the crafty golden gath- erings of years behind. All that life was worth was behind him, and not even the place for his foot a yard before him was assured, Would it be marvellous, then, with the fate before his eyes of his grand uncle Selim IIL, who was murdered by the jani- zaries after being deposed by them, that he should deem his murder at the hands of the softas so likely that he took counsel of de- spair and killed himself to escape butchery, if, even, his act wanted that noble Roman weakness that cried ‘‘Life is ended when our honor ends ?” His dethronement was undoubtedly the work of England. His death or murder fol- lowing so closely thereon cannot, however, either agree with her desires or benefit her plans. Whatever remnant of power re- mained in his name his death has given to Russia or to the enemies of the backers of Mourad Effendi. This may not be much, but no Power in Europe has now any influence to spare that bears on the Eastern question, The reign of Abdul-Aziz represents an ineffectual struggle to implant reforms upon the Turkish system, ending in the disgust of the monarch and founding the unpopularity which his own course sab- seqnently deepened into the discontent that overthrew him. To the Turks his successor is supposed to be the opponent of all that Abdul-Aziz attempted. In the hands of England Mourad will, however, be pushed to repeat the attempted reforms that Abdul failed in, and hence with the fanatical Moslems he will soon be as unpopular as his uncle. The death of Abdul-Aziz takes place when Europe is seething from end to end with excitement, when the wildest rumors of coalitions obtain belief, when Austria is timidly hesitating whether to join England or Russia, when Russia is holding Servia and Montenegro in leash ond looking even to Greece and Egypt for allies, and when Germany with her enormous war power stands as an arbiter waiting to cast her sword in one or other of the scales, and stay or precipitate a fight of Titans that will shake Europe till the fabled war upon Jove Olympus, with its crash of hurled moun- tains, will no longer be a figure to invoke when one would picture in a phrase the terrors of a mighty fray. The ghost of Abdul-Aziz may look down from the bosom of the Prophet upon a blazing pyre in which the throne of Islam shall be burned before the eyes of all Europe in arms and to the thunderous music of its guns. Ir Tae Friexps of Tilden mean to nomi- nate him let it go out to the West that Tame many is opposed tohim. The Western dele- gates have an idea that Tweed is still Grand Sachem, and they will be apt to think a Tam- many opposition the best indorsement an honest man could obtain. Governor Parker as a Presidential Candidate. We print an interesting conversation with ex-Governor Joel Parker, who acquired a bright and enviable reputation as a demo- cratic war Governor, and is now the favorite candidate of the New Jersey democrats for the St. Louis nomination. His war record would neither help him nor harm him in the South, for the electoral votes of the Southern States will be given almost unanimously for any candidate whom the National Conyen- tion may nominate. 1f Governor Parker's admirable war record will make him more popular in the North that is a strona reason ae the South should prefer him, for they would feel more sure of justice from ny democratic President than from the most moderate republican. The South wants the democratic party to succeed, and if the patriotic war Governor of New Jersey would conciliate the support of re- publicans who are disgusted with their own party the South would be better pleased to see him nominated than a democrat whose opposition to the administration ef President Lincoln would lose him votes. All the re- publican weapons drawn from the old armory would fall harmless at the feet of Governor Parker, who is, moreover, a per- fectly upright and fair-minded man, and has always been highly esteemed in his own State by citizens of both parties. Whatever may be thought of Mr. Parker's chances, he has put the canvass in one of the points of view from which it will be wise for the dem- ocratic party to look at it, Tue Nomination or Barstow would in- sure a Jonathan Wild canvass. Chinese Immigration te the United States. i The bitterly hostile resolutions and ad- dress adopted by the immense mass meeting held in San Francisco in April have called out a defensive reply, in the form of a memorial to the President, which we print in another place. This memorial is signed by the presidents of the six Chinese com- panies and by the president of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association. It re- lates to what is already the most disturbing public question on our Pacific coast, and a question which may become of deep interest in other parts of the country. It is stated in this memorial that the Chinese immigra- tion commenced about twenty-five years ago, and that. up to this time there are only 150,000 Chinamen in the United States, 60,000 of whom are in California, and 30,000 of these in San Francisco. The Chi- nese merchants pay customs’ duties to our government amounting yearly to $2,000,000, and, although public sentiment does not en- courage investments, Chinamen own real estate valued at $800,000 in San Fran- cisco alone. They also pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes for the support of the local government. The great body of the Chinese immigrants are represented to be industrious and frugal, and it is claimed that they have performed the greater part of the rude labor on the Pacific Railroad and other similar works, and that they are largely engaged in mining industry, If this were the whole case it could not very well be disputed that the Chinamen are a valuable addition to our population. But it is alleged against them, on the other hand, that they are addicted to de- grading beastliness and immorality, and that their pagan practices and filthy vices poison the social atmosphere in every com- munity where they are found in large num- bers. Asa rule they have no wives, but large numbers of Chinese women are brought over, who live by prostitution, corrupting American youth, as the men corrupt chil- dren and housemaids in families where they are employed as servants, The memorial virtually admits that there is considerable truth in this charge; bnt it contends by way of offset that it is the fault of the local police authorities that the houses of prostituticn exist, and hints that these officers are bribed to connive at places kept open for the gratification of white men. It asserts that when a few years ago the Chinese merchants tried to send the prostitutes back to China, and succeeded in getting a large number on board an outgoing steamer, a San Francifico Inwyer, employed by unprin- cipled Chinamen, caused them all to be brought ashore on a writ of habeas corpus, and the Court decided that they had a right to stay. This sort of recrimination has little force as an argument, for the dens of shame in all cities are supported by the men they demoralize, and are often aii to bribe off- cers into connivance. The right of these job to come here rests upon a treaty, and is as perfect as that of persons of European birth, The treaty and our own laws ought to be so modified as to keep out the most objectionable class. Several changes are necessary, but the most important is a regulation forbidding Mongolian women to be landed at any port of this country, without evidence that they are the wives or daugh- ters of male immigrants, and the signing of a bond by the officers of the steamship, with a heavy forfeiture if the women so admitted do not reside with the husband or father in the ordinary family relation. Another change which it might be expedient to make, al- though there is no pressing need of it as yet, is a limitation of the Naturalization law, | exeluding persons born in China, No alter- ation of the treaty would be required for this, because the treaty expressly exempts | both governments from any obligation to naturalize the citizens of the other. Con- gress can, therefore, change the Naturaliza- tion law on this point without infringing the treaty, which only secures the right of admission and residence. Tue Nomrsation or Bristow would be possible if we were to have a convention of detectives at Cincinnati. Srneet Discrprixe.—We trust that our city rulers will not permit our cab and car- | riage drivers to go around at night with un- lighted vehicles. Our streets are narrow ‘and not brilliantly lighted. As we are always tearing down or building up they are at times very dangerous, The neglect of simply carrying a lighted lamp is seen in the fact that accidents are always occurring in the metropolis, This arises from the selfishness of carriage owners or the negligence of carriage drivers. The police should stop every vehicle that violates this precaution and punish the offenders, It would be a much better busi- ness than making raids on music saloons and beer gardens, Tax Remon obtains credence that Boss Tweed, Dick Connolly and Bismarck Sweeny have no confidence in Tilden; think his nomination would be a blunder, and cor- dially indorse the position of John Kelly. | We publish this news for the information of the bors, The Great Victory Over Time. The arrival of Jarrett and Palmer's transcontinental express at San Francisco at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock yesterday morning, bearing copies of the New York Hznatp of Thursday last, is one of the greatest triumphs over old Father Time that the age has recorded. A journey of three thousand three hundred and sixteen miles in eighty-three hours and twenty , minutes, or a fraction less than forty miles an hour, inelnding all stop- pages and delays, is an accomplishment that marks a distinct era in railroad travelling, Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the journey is that it has not required any other appliance to complete it than those already in use, except the injection of that quality which to-day we call enterprise, and which Chris. topher Columbus illustrated for his belit- tlers when he crushed in the end of the egg over three centuries ago. The same track, engines, cars, fuel, water and offi- cials were used to lessen this journey by three days that had combined to keep the time of transit from ocean to ocean twice as long during the past seven years. Tho head to arrange the details before- hand, and which commanded _ the ready service of a thousand trained hands, was what made the trip from Jersoy City to Oakland a marvel among the achievements of the rail. -To all concerned in it, from Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer down to the Chinese laborers in Weber Canyon, a debt of gratitude is due which the warm instincts of the American peoplo for all that smacks of material progress will promptly recognize and pay. ‘That it is but the extension on a su- perb scale of what the Hzratp, humbly ful- filling its duty to the public, has done in the way of fast trains over shorter routes, detracts nothing from the brilliant feat of the gentlemen at the head of the present suc- cessful transcontinental express. In starting the Henaxp special fast trains to Philadelphia and Saratoga we but transferred to the ser- vice of our readers what had already been the almost exclusive right of railroad mag- nates in a hurry to travel from point to point, To some of the long fast dashes made upon the New York Central, a record of which will be found elsewhere, we would refer our readers. In such occasional feats the Henatp saw its chance to make them a permanent benefit to the community, and the fast mail train to the West was the first broad application of this open secret to the Post Office service. What is to-day a won- der in the transcontinental journey will not easily be surpassed or even equalled for many a day, but as it has shown that the thing can be done, we hope to seea regular train soon attempt to emulate the time of Jarrett and Palmer's express, and so shove back further into the Dark Ages the time when the old emigrant road across the Plains was strewn with the graves of men who started with a horse and wagon, and when the pony express seemed a revelation. Ir Bristow were President the detective service would be the most important under the government. The Jerome Races. The Jerome Park opening was unusually brilliant. It is hard to fear hard times ag we think of the splendor of the attendance on Saturday, the beauty, the wealth, the fashion, the display. We are glad to note this general acceptance of the turf as the royal amusement. An indication of the growing interest in outdoor enjoyments and athletic sports is seen in the fact, that while last year there was but one drag in the Jerome Park, on Saturday there were seven or eight. In other sports there is the same interest which marks the Jerome opening. Colonel Kane's coach still runs to Pelham, and next season we hope to have a half dozen coaches run- ning into the delightful suburbs which sur. round New York. The new game of Polo— new to us, but with a celebrity which extends from London to Bombay—has taken root, The yachtsmen are making ready for the billows ; the boating men are preparing for their friends from over the sea; the cricketers and base ball players are ready with ball and bat and wicket ; the marks- men are cleaning their rifles, and, altogether, we look forward for a busy season. We are glad of this, as we are glad of any- thing that gives us manliness. We give too much time to the almighty dollar, too little to the almighty body, in the development of which we are sure to find a truer national character. It was the glory of the Greek and the Roman that they never sacrificed themselves to the pursuit of gain. England to-day, with her wealth and resources, feels a keener interest in a boat race on the ‘Lhames than in the fall of the Grand Turk. Here England shows her wisdom. We, too, shall be wise if we follow her example, and remember that God made the air, the sea and the fields for our uses, and that we should seek health and manhood in their, enjoyment. New York in the Canvass. . Itisa peculiar and in some respects a gratifying fact that the leading candidates on both sides are from New York. The democrats present Tilden, the republicans Conkling. They are both men of intellec tual ability, of rare force und honesty. Eitha would do New York honor in the Presidency. More thar this, we have a fine lot of states men in reserye on both sides. The repub licans have General Dix, William M. Evarta George William Curtis, John Jay, Hamil ton Fish, Edwin D. Morgan and William A Wheeler, any one of whom would adorn the White House. The democrats have 8S, E, Church, John T. Hoffinan, Horatio Seymour, Henry ©. Murphy and S. 8. Cox, who have all been named for the Presidency. This does not include the fine stock of nursery plants, who come forward vigoronsly. It would not surprise us if, when these planta are all grown, we were to have three or four hundred candidates from New York in 1890, without including Mayor Wickham or Stewart L. Woodford. Nor must we forget that New York has @ candidate already in nomination in the pes son of Grandfather Peter Cooper. Mr. Cooper is in the field, and if elected will pers form the duties of the office with dignity and vigor. There will be no salary grab, no Emma mine scandals, no soldier.mhhin~