The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1876, Page 5

THE SECOND PLACE History and Importance of the Vice Presidency, How Death May Affect the Destiny of the Country. REMARKABLE —-WNTORICAL =—_ INSTANCES. What Became of Eighteen Vice Presidents. Electoral Vote for Vice President from 1789 to 1878. Tho iizraLp has on many recent occasions called Attention to the importance of having the right man aominated for Vice President. Thus far the higher office has engrossed attention almost exclusively, and few people appear to have given a thought to the fact that what has happened may at any moment happen again; that the accident of death, to which overy man is at every moment liable, tay snatch away the hand the neople shall place at the helm, and devotve the care and safety of the ship of State upon the second officer. True, there ix little fear that the last ovent of that nature— the cowardly assassination of a Vresident—will again ovour; but the grim spectre that stalks among us, ac- cording to the decrees of nature, knows no difference between the White House and the hovel. Nearly forty years ago the old whig party saw their first and only President inaugurated, Thirty-one aays afterward, whilo they were yet drunken with the wine ofvictory, death arrested the revelry, and the nation saw for she first time an unexpected vacancy in its highest of- ce, Nine years later, with less suddenness, General Taylor left his place to the Vice President. What bap- pened at Washington on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, is too painful to dwell upon. iti Besides the impressive force of these lessons there are the manifest propriety and duty of naming as pure and as stronga man for the second as for the first place. Itisdueto the nominee for President, it is duo-to the people, and it is demanded for the strength- enlog of the ticket, Be sure the people will scrutinize names this year as they never have before. They will tequire of both parties men of high and pure character and recognized ability. There are such men now be- fore the country, but allare after the Presidency—not one seems to tnink of the second office, much less manifest a willingness to accept it, The republicans might shake the two B’s—Blaine and Bristow—up ina hat, and draw to see which should be President and which take tho second placo; but the one who came outlast would flatly refuse to run, though the Vice Presidency is quite good enough for either of them. And so of a score of would-be candidates in both Parties; it is aut Casar, aut nullus, and the Vice Presidoncy actually goos a-begging, In order to shed new lizht upon this office, and in the hope of attracting attention to its great importance in many directions, we present herewith a mass of facts concerning the men who have been Vice Presidents, the votes they received, who of them became chief executives, and other matters concerning the position 4nd its occupants that cannot fail to be of present in- terest. THE FOURTH OF MARCH. How came this out-of-the-way day to be our politica, New Year? It is not generally known that the origin of this arbitrary dating of the political year aud fixing it as the time for the termination of the official life of Senators and Representatives and the manguration of Presidents was the truit of accident rather than design, In the days of the Congress of the Confederation and after the adoption of the constitution by nine States— the requisite number to make it the organic law—tnat Congress made laws to provide for the organiza. tion of the new government The constitunon Mself prescribed the first Monday in Deeomber as the time for the assembling of Congress, “anless that body shall by law appoint a different day;” but thero is nothing in the constitution abou, the 4th of March as the time when Congress should end, Senators go out of office and Prosidents be ini gurated. Inthe Twelfth amendment, adopted after an act of Congress had fixed the 4th of March, that period is referred to, but with che sole object of putting an end at thatdate to any struggle in the House for the election of a President—that giving the Houso about three weeks for the work in case there was no election by the people. The Congress of the Confederation, eleven States only being represented, at first fixed upon the first Wednesday m January as the time for choosing Presidential electors, the fifst Wednesday in February tor the electors to meet and the first Wedne: day in sarch as the time for putting the new gove: ment in operation. ‘This action was taken. September 13, 1788. It bappened that the first Wednesday in March, 1789, was the 4th day of the month, Congress should have met, but did not get together antl the niddie of April, and Washington was not inaugurated on the 4th of March, buton the 30th of April, on the iteps of old Federal Hail, in Wall street, facing Broad, this city, Where the Suo-Treasury now stands. ihe bsequent adherence to the 4th of March (not the dirst ednesday) has no better authority than this act of the Continental Congress, intended to be temporary and for the special purpose only of starting the regular government, Which had and has perfect authority to Ox the beginning of its year as it sees at. THE PATE OF VICK PRESIDENTS. Eighteen diferent men have been chosen Vice Presi- flenis. For the lirst ‘our elections it was the practice to give that office to the one having the second largest vote, presuming tat vote to be a majority of all the elect. ors, Under this rule John Adams was chosen tor both of Washington's terms, and at the third election «Was made President, Jelferson served during Adams’ only term, and succeeded to the higher office, Atier that the electors were required to specify in ther bal- lots their preferences for President and Vice, aud thenceforward, counting Burr as the last who got tie office by coming second 1 the face, fifteen men have filled the place, only a smgle one of whonwevor reached the Presidency; that was Martin Van Buren, borne ou the mighty shoulders of Old Hickory. So the Vice Presidency is not much to brag of as a point for pro- motion. Ol the fifteen Vice Presidents under consideration four died while in office—viz., George Clinton, who served under Jeflerson and Madison; Elbridge Gerry, during Madison's first term; Wilham KR, King, elected with Pierce, was ill in Cuba, sworn in by our Consul at Havana im pursuance of a special act of Congress apd died the day after reaching his home in Alabama, never having entered upon bis offive; and lastly, Henry Wilson, the last Vice President elected, Of the eleven left three oceupied the highest office through the accident of deatb. President Harrison ‘as inaugurated March 4, 1841, and died April @ month afterward, John Tyler, of the firm of 't.p- Fecanoe and Tyler too,” became Presivent, and. easily succeeded in playing the mischief with the party that elected im. His name gives us the participle “tylerizing,”” = meaning _party aposta General Taylor took . office Mure 4, 1849, and aied in July of the next year, leaving the Piice to Millard Fillmore, easy, tneilicient man, irom whom nothing Was expected and nothing came The assassination of President Lincoin put a bull in a shina shop, and « very lively bull at that; but the his- tory of Andy Johnson 18 too well known to require pecial notice. Lastly, Henry Wilson, on whom great dopes wore placed, an@ who seemed almost sure of at cast a good chance for the succession, was taken Ss leaves eight Vices to be traced. The first is he assassin of Hamilton, a boid, restiess, ug Tawmany demagogue. But jor that fatal duci thera is no reason .o suppose that Burr could have been kept out of Washington's chair, Daniet D. Tompkins was Governor of New York, a powerful Tammany brave, member of Congress, kc, He was one of the young men selected, with a hundred or more, by Tammany in the Fifth ward of this ciy to be a houseowner, #0 as to be qualified to vote when only property owners could vote jor State Sepators, That one house of 100 owners gave Tammany the ward and her poiut. Tompkt at an advanced age on Long Island. Jonn ©. Call what might have happened if Adams had died or the fiery little navai officer hud put a builet throagh Presi- dent Jackson, is something to think of. But Jackson lived to strangle the great Nullifier, and put secession back halfaceutury. Next we have Richard M, Joun- son, of Kentacky, who was vrowdly charged, during the canvass of 1436, with practising miseegenation aud having abused his office, He was nomimated for asecond term, but Kentucky whiskey was no match for hard cider, and he went down wiih Van Buren mm the hurricane, George M. Dallas was Minister to Great Britain, and filled other honorable positions, dying at bis home in Philadelphia, we believe, Jonn ©. Breckinridge went wth the South—so much for bit. Last of the cight is Schuyler Coltax, whose political tysiem was paralyzed by coutact with the Crédit Mobi- er, snd who is noW known chielly as a lecturer on wemperance, Among thoee voted for, but not chosen, are some strong pames-—Joln “a Join Hancock, John Rut- ledge, Samuel Adams, Thomas Pinckney, Oliver Elis- a worth, Char‘es Coatesworth Pinekney, Rufus King, Jared Inyersoll, John Marshall, Richard Stockton Robert Goodloe Harper, Richard Rush, Nathaniel Macon, Nathan Santord, John Sargeant, Francia Granger, Tavleton W. Tazewell, Tueodore Freling- huysen, Wiliam A. Graham, Willam L, Dayton, Ed- ward Everett and Herschel V. Johnson, ROUNDANOUT VOTING POR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. The choice of President and Vice President of the United States by colleges of electors in the several States was first proposed in the Convention for the formation ot the constitution by James Wilson, a dele- gate from Pennsylvania. After much discussion the plan was adopied, and its operation was regulated by act of Congress, March 1, 1792. The clectors must ve chosen within thirty-four days next preceding th first Wednesday of December in the year in which an election for President and Vice President is to be held, They must be equal iv number to the Senators and Representatives in Congress from the State: but po Senator or person holding place of trust under the fed- erai government can be such clectos. Electors have been chosen in tour different modes—trst, jomt ballot Of the State Legislatures; second, concurrent resolit- tion by the two houses; third, by direct vote of the oplo in single districts, the two answering to the Juited States Senators being on a general tick throughout the State; fourth, by general ticket bear- ing as m: ny bames as the State has votes, All these methods have been tried in New York and most of the other States, and tinaily the last bas been almost uni- versally adopted. South Carolina alone adhered to leg- islaive appointment up to the breaking out of the sebellion, The singie district system seems and is the fairest jor getting the expression of the people; but it was unpopular with party menagers, who wished to throw the power of a State solidiy, just’ ag we find peo- y ow insisting that States shouid vote as units in party national conventions. The eflect of the single disirict system was forcibly shown in the contest of - 1824, when New York gave 26 votes for Adams, 5 tor Crawford, 4 for Clay andi tor Jackson, Four or tive other states split up tn the same way. i Each State was at liberty to choose its Presidential electors atany time betore the specitied thirty-four days, Hence we had New Hampshire leading off early im March, and State after State dribbling along all sum- mer. When Legisiatures selected electors they were sometimes chosen as much as eleven mo: betore their duties were to be performed. This was another source of vexation to poiitician: so in Jan- uary, 1845, Congress passed an act for untformity, which provides that electors of Presidént and Vice President shall be elected or otherwise chosen on the ‘Tuesday next alter the first Monday of November in the year in which elections of President take place. The effect of this law has been to consolidate State elections also on that day, and now neariy thirty of the thirty-seven States do their annual or voting on that especial day or the Monday betote. The electors meet iu their several States—usually at the capital—on the first Wednesday of December and vote for President and Vice President, one of whom must not bean inhabitant of the same State, go it is impossible to have both officers from a single Suate, (We may here say that the qualifications tor Vice President must be the same as those for President; wWerelore no loreign born citizen can be Vice President, Having voted, official record is made, one copy sent by special messenger to the President of the senate at Washington, one copy mailed to Lim, and one copy flied with the Judge of the United States Court in the district where the voting takes place. ‘That ends the duues of the Electors. COUNTING THE VOTES—ELKCTIONS MY TUK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The Senate and House of Representatives mect on a day lixed—the act of 1792 made 1t the second Wednes- day in February, and that, we believe, 18 adhered to— when the President of the Senate, occupying tne Speuker’s chair, opens the certilicates and the votes are counted, A clear majority is necessary to an election, Should no oue have a majority, then, from those having the highest—uot —ex- ceeding three persous, the House shall immediately choose by ballot one to be President. on such Occasion the members do not vote direcily, but by States, euch State having a single vote, in which case Rhode Island and Delaware have just as much weight as New York and Oluo, HOW THE VICR PRESIDENT MAY KECOMS PRESIDENT. Here comes in 4 provision very litte known, It 1s well understood that in case of the death, disability or removal of the President the Vice President filis the place, as ‘Tyler, Fillmore and Johnson have done; that if the Vice President acting as President fails, then the President pro tem. o the Senate steps in as Senator Wade did, nominally, while Andrew Johnson was belore the Senate on impeachment; that in case all these officers give out the Speaker of the House must take the ‘This w not quite all. If the election of President volves upon ihe House, and that body should tail to agree before boon of the 4th of March, then the Vice President elect becomes President de jure et de facto. The House itself expires at that me, and can ballot no longer. No such case has occurred, but it 1s not impos- sivle, In February, 1801, the House had to decide be- tween Jefferson and Burr, there being a tie in the elec tural vote, ‘The contest was flerce and prolonged for several days, Jefferson at last winuing. Haq the strug: je lastea (wo weeks longer that Congress would have gl died = by” limitation, = and, as the jaw then stood, John Adams would have held over unul there could be a new election. But im 1825, when the House was again cailed upon to choose between John Quincy Adums, Jackgon and Crawtord, a protracted meeting of that sort would have made Jobn C, Calhoun the actual President for tour years, SEPARATING THE VOTES. The original constitution proviced that electors should vote tor Presiden: and Vice Presiaent without requiring them to speci h.man they vesired tor aither oilice, So it hap; Sahat a Staie would send dm her votes for Smith Sones for Presivent and Vice President. But bow to place them? Confusion reach- edits height Tn 1797, when 142 electors made out to cust 275 votes. By Juck or sae hee to Joba Adams was credited with- just enough votes to elect him, and Jeiterson, bavitg the mex’ bighost, was accorded the seconu place, as Was tbe cuslom. To remedy this doubituiness the twelfth amendraent to the constitution was pi am October, 1503, and rushed’ along and satified withis eleven months, = This amendment requires the electors to vote separately for the two officers and 0 speciiy in the returns, Since that date there has been no difficulty in knowmg the yreat man trom his adjutant. The summary of past elections herewith given shows soine curious voting, and recalls many names now aimost jorgotien . VOTES FOK PRESIDENT AND VICK PRESIDENT, * At the first election Washington was chosen Prest- deut by 69 voies—unanmousiy, For Vice President, John Adams had 34, John Jay 9, Robert H. Harrison 6, Johu Kutieuge 6, John Hancock 4, George Clinton, 3, Samuei Huatingion 2, James Armstrong 1, Edward Telfair Land Benjamin Lincoln 1, There appears to have been two Jess voles tor Vice President than for President, 20 Adams had a bare majority. In 1793. Washington was unauimously re-elected— having 182 votes. Adams was re-elected Vice rresi- dent, having 77 votes; George Clinton had 50, Thomas Jellerson 4 and Aaron Burr 1, In ~ Adums was chosen President by 71 only of 140 votes—a Light squeeze, Jeifersun, who made a hard fight for the first piace, had to be content with the second. He bad 68 votes, and according to the record ‘thomas Pinckney had 68, Burr 30, Samuel Adains 15, Oliver Ellsworth 11, George Clinton 7, Johu Jay 5, James Wedell 3, Samuel Johnson 2, Goorge Washington 2, Jobn Henry 2 and Charles Pinckney 1 At the jourtn election, in 1801, Jeflersen and Barr wero tied, euch having 7) votes, and: the choice de- volved upop tue House. That body resolved to com- mence bailoting on Wednesday, February 10, aud to attend to uo ocher business nor to Adjuurn unt a choice was eflected. Seats were provided on the iloor Jor the President and Senators, but«uring the act of balloting the galleries were cleared of spectators and the doors closed. On the first baliow New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgima, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee (8) voted for Jet son; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ruode Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Soutu Carolina (6) voted jor Burr; while Vermont and Mary- land, whose representatives were divided, voted blank ‘The bailuung continued and the House remained in session, nominally without adjournment, for seven days, darmg which 104 members were present. Some of tuem were so iufirm or indisposed that it became necessary to provide beds, aud one member, who was quite 1, was attended by bis wi: The deadock was at last broken on the 17th of February and the thirty- sixth ballot, when Delaware and Socth Carolina voted blank, and Vermont and Maryland went for Jefferson, thereby electing him. As a mater of course the Vice Presidency devoived upon Bure, In 1805 Jeffersou was re-siected, having 162 of tho the 176 votes, 14 going for Cuaries Coatesworth Pinck- ney. George Clinton was chosen Vice President by tho satne as Jeflerson’s vote, the other J4 going tor Rufus King. In 1809 Madison, for President, had 122 of the 175 votes cast; Pmekney had 47 and Chnton6 For Vice, Clinton had 113, Rufus *King 47, Madison 3 and Ja:nes Monroe 3, . Maaisou was rechosen in 1813 hy 128 out of 217 votes, the other 89 going for De Witt Ginwn For Vice Elbridge Gerry bad 131 and James Ingersoi $6. At the exghth Presidential election Monroo had 183 - out of 217 votes. For Vice Daniel D. rompkins had the same, 183; Jobn KE. Howard 22, James Ross 6, Joun Marshall 4 and Robert G. Harper 3. Tp 1821 Monroe got every electoral vote (228) except asingle one trom New Hampshire for John Quincy Adams. The Vice Prosidency was ax easily sevled, Tompkins being rechosen by 214 votes; Rictard Stock: ton had 8. Daniel Rodney 4, Robert G. Harper 1, Ricvard Rush 1. But the tenth contest for the first oflice showed that the “era of good feeling’ was over. Three new mon were betore the peopie—Jackgon, Clay and Crawford— and for the first time since Jefferson and Burr tussied there was a lively canvass. I required 182 votes in the elcotoral college for a choice, Neither of the men could muster that number, and the election weut to the House. In that body but one ballot wastakep. Adams got 13 States, Jackson 7 and Crawiord 4 Clay not be- ing one of “the three highest” was not voted Jor, and his friends weat for Adams. For Vice President Jobn G, Calhoun had 182 votes, Nathan Sanford 30, Nathanicl Macon 24, Andrew Jackson 13, Martin Van Buren 9 and Henry Clay 2 In 1829 Jackson was clected, having 178 votes to 83 leo, having 171 for Adams. Caluoun was re-elected votes; Ri Rush, 83; William Smith, In 1833 Old Hickory was re-ciected by 219 votes; for Clay, 40; John Floyd, 115 William Wirk % Van Buren was elected Vice, having 189 votes; Jon Sar- geunt, 49; Wilham Wilkins, 30; Henry Lee, 11, and Amos Eilmaker, 7. Van Buren ‘ollowed in the tootsteps”.of Jackson in 1837, having 170 votes; William H, Harrison, 73; Hugh L. Wiito, 26; Daniel Webster, 14; Willie P. Mangom, jor the first time since tbe second high- President, the choice of that officer devolved upon the Sevate.’ The electoral voes for Vice ave Richard M. Johoson 147, Francis Granger 77, Jobn Tyler 43, William Smith 23—Jobnson having exactly ihe same as ail the others, Johnsou was chosen it the Senate without effort, on the first ballot, Smitl being counted out by law. Log cabin days, in 1841, gave us Harrison, the short- lived, for Presidént, by 234 votes to 60 for ox-President Van Baron. with the beginning of its triumphs But im voting | the whig party secured the elements of destruction in their Vice President, John Tyier, who bad 234 votes, sume as Harrison; Kk. M, Jobuson, 48; Littleton W. Tazeweil 11, and James K. Polk, 1—an ominous one for whigyery. ‘That ominous “one” was elected President im 1345 over Henry Clay, the whig “Henry of Navarre,” the vote being for Polk, 170; Clay, 105, For the first time since Presigent and Vice were separated the vote for the latter office was strietiy partisan and unbroken, George M. Dalias had l’olk’s 170 and Theodore Freling- buysen had Clay’s 105, This was the whig party's most gatlant fight, and, though their banners were shaken out again—especiaily in the eflort to nominate Clay in 1848--there never was much of them as a ight- Ing organ'zation. Tu 1849 the “Man on Horseback” appeared in the rson of “Old Zach"’—the other short-lived Presidett. le Was chosen by 163 votes; Lewis Cass, 127. For Vico the same voue on both sides—Millard Fillmore, 163; William 0. Butler, 12% In 1853 the vbscure New Hampshire lawyer, ‘Poor Prerce,"’ ran quite out of sight of the Hero of Chip- pewa, und the ‘Man on Horseback” wi into revire- ment until summoned to the front by the great rebel- lion. Franklin Pierce got 254 votes and Winileld Scott 42 For Vice William R. King had 254 and Wilham A. Graham 42. ‘The eighteenth contest gave us James Buchanan for President, he baving 173 votes to 114 votes for John C. Fremont and 8 tor Fillmore. And again the vote for Vice was “regular”—John C, Breckenridge, 1) iam L. Dayton, 114; Andrew Jackson Donelson, 8. Abraham Lincoln” was tne fourteenth President, chosen at the nineteenth quadrennial election, While he did not have a majority of the people's votes he had 180 of the 308 elecioral votes; Breckinridge had 72, Joho Beil, 39, and the “Little Giant,’’ Stephen A. Douglas, 12 For Vice Hannibal Hamlin, 180; Joseph Lane, 72; Edward Everett, 39; Herschel V. Jonnzon, 12. Lincoin was re-elected before the close of the war by popular acclaim, having 212 to 21 for George B. MecCicllan. For Vice (and President to be, through foul assassination) the republicans got Androw Johnson 212 ‘Votes—same as Lincoin’s—while the 21 democrats went for George H. Pendleton. In 1889 General Grant had 214 of the civctoral votes and Horatio Seymour 80. For Vice Schuyler Collax had the same as Grant, and Francis P. Blair, Jr, tho same as Seymour. At the last election General Grant had 300 out of the 866 votes—the first full vote since 1860, ‘Che death of Horace Greeley, in November, 1872, afew days before the meeting of the electoral epileges, demoralized the democrats, and their voting was informal and scatter- ing. Kiar: 4 gave Thomas A. Hendricks 42; B. Gratz Brown, then candidate for Vice President, 18, and 6 wore scattered, A PATRIARCH’S PERIL, COOPER'S CANDIDACY AND CHANCE—A SPLIT AT ST. LOUIS ASSURES A SOFT SUCCES3—GOVER- NOR ALLEN INDORSED AND PRAYED FOR— DAVIS UNKNOWN AND BANKS UNCERTAIN—NO HOPE IN THE REPUBLICANS—TILDEN WEAK IN ESSENTIALS—A TALK WITH A POSSIBLE PRESIDENT. 4 “With a split at St. Louts,”’ sald our venerablo fellow citizen, Mr. Peter Cooper, as he rearranged his air tight cushion in his easy chair and fannod himacif vig- “swith a split at St. Lonis and the election of President thrown into the Houso of Representatives, I regard my possible selection as President of the United States with positive alarm. And yet,” con- tinued tho aged patriot, as a mild zephyr from the southwest wind gently lifted his silver locks and brushed them out upon his shoulder—‘‘and yet I am ready for the sacrifice, It's hard to givo up the com- forts and conveniences of a home in exchange for the push and tussle of a life in Washington, but I will respond to the call of my country. For her sake 1am ready to give up life itself, So probable 1s the success of tho SOPT MONEY TICKET : that I am most anxious, it I can retire with honor, to have Governor William Allen, of Ohio, substituted in my place, The people don’t know that man cnough. In the early days, whon these principles were but little understood, Bill Allen was firm avd uncompromising. He was able, bold, clear, defiant, enlightened, farseeing and thoroughly well informed on this great eubject of financo—so little comprehended, even aow, by many who write and talk with most pretence. The HrxaLp of to-day gives the world a good idea of Governor ‘Allen, It could not be improved on. ‘At dinner to-day Judge Proctor Knott, of the House of Representatives, said he knew Governor Alicn weil, and that he is one of the ablest and purest of men. All accounts agree in rep- resenting him as a singularly able man, with foresight, good sound judgment, and practical, Allen is aman of tremendous nerve. He is firmuess personified, and if he were President the people would understand that they had a man atthe heim with a will of bw own and a conscience behind it.’? Revorter—You appear CONFIDENT OF A SPLIT at St. Louis? $ Mr. Coorsr—Yes, sir, 1 do, Wé can hope for noth- ing trom the republicaus. They are joined to their idols) Hard money is their god, and an absurd divinity it is, to be sure, I wonder if they ever read Ben Frank- lin, Ben was a great manin his way. And how ad- mirably ho put this very matter years and years ago. He said:—*Gold and silver are not int insically of equal value with iron. Their value rests chieily in the esti- mation they bappen to be in among the generality of nations, Any other weil founded credit 1s as much an equivalens as gold and silver. Paper money, well founded, has great advantages over gold and silver, being light and convenient for handling large sums, ‘and not likely to have its volume reduced by demands for exportation. On the whole, no method has hitherto been formed to establish a medium of trade equal in all its advantages to bills of credit made a general legal tend Of course the republicans see no wisdom in thiz, They have found a convenient war cry, and will douptiess hold to it, So I place them en- urely one side. They will nominate their candidate distinctively asa hard money man. For hit the hard money republicans will vote, of course. If there shall be at the same time an unobjectionable soft moucy mau in the field for whom would the soft money re- publican be most likely to vote in this crisis? Aud Titls 18 A CRIS. Iv isa crisis which m: make a patriot tremble. We are drifting to bankruptey, thence to starvation aud thence to revolution, Revolution im this country imeays much more than it canim any other (ur peo- ple showed by their terrible energy in the rebellion that their fighting was work, not play. There are elements in our composition which make War most borrible and wouid give to revolution a characier |i bas never known elsewhere, Weare so badiy mortgaged now that if goht we could not halt pay our debts. Our people are starvil it 18 no fancy preture. 1 wish it were, People are starving and worse is yet to come. And that “worse,” what is it? God knows it is ouly at such a ime and in such a crisis that] would consent to give up my life to what I fear 18 now, in the near fature, a call to Washington, Rerortsa—Thea you expect the hard money dele- gates will NOMINATE GOVERNOR TILDEN? Mr. Coorrr—i do Ido. Me. Tilden isa good man, but be 18 lacking In essential elements for success in this contest. First, he has no war record, Now, no democrat need Lope to be elected wo bas no warrecord. The North will msist on it, ior oovious reasons, The Souih are wise enough to demand it, for they are anxious wo do away With iil-feeliag between the secuons and to resume pleasant associations, The republicans expect to make a great handle of the anti-revel feeling in the canvass, and the South naturally desires to avoid just that point, Now Mr. Tilden wasn’t heard of dur- ing the War except, as I told him, when he made a re- port which pat the rebels in a much vetter light than they were belore, Second, be isn't known enough out- side of Now York to make his name a power with the masses, For instance, he did good service in the de- molition of the TWRED RING; but we all know, and, if he were nominated, the coun- try would know, he came in at the eleventh hour. The Citizens’ Associmtion had done the work, aud if Sands had not been captured by toe Ring alter they | found out his Weak spot tue overthrow would have | come long betore itdid. Why, we paid Sands $10,000 a year lot seven years, but wien we undertook to Taike that loan for Tweed and Sweeny and the lov of tem {went to him and demanded his resignation on the ‘spot, Young Daly, atterward = made judge, came in and joined with mo in the mand, and we got it then and tuere. The treason of Sunde put back the victory, and Mr. Tilden came into Hine m tine to join the hurrah and get his reward. He will be a weak candidate, The soft money men won't accept him. The three tickets will go betore the peo- | pie. There'll ve no choice, Aud tuen I see, with dread and apprehension, that, a8 General Butier said in the HeRALD on Saturday, the sott money ticket will sweep the House. I it have Governor Allon on that ticket, and yet, if Heaven wills itso, Lam ready to be sacri- KerorteR—Not much of a pacrifice either, is it? Peter Cooper President and $50,000 a year isn'ta very awful fate, Mr. Coorzer—Well, Mr, Allon ia twenty years younger thanlam. As for tl 50,000, f SHOULDN'T TOUCH THE MONEY, I should give it away or turn it over to the Cooper Union perhaps, Revorrer—Are the strikers alter you much? Mr. Coorxn—folerably, or rather intolerabty. I get letters and applications (rom everywhere and every- body. A great many NEWSPAPERS WANT MELP incarrying on the great principles of soft money doctrines. They are mainl, irom the West but some are noorer home, It’s a remarkable javt, bat there isn’t a newspaper in New York tuat advocates our cause. The HERALD is always very courteous in printing facts and news about us and our progress. {don’t intend to send these applicants any money but I send all of them ay sanpane and ‘our docaments for their comfort and instruction. | got levers irom all sec- tions of the country giving information about organiza- tions and be.ore lovg dqnonsirations will be made. TAK LABOR UNIONS, are taking @n active interest im the matter, The NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY. JUNE 12, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET, Bricklayers’ Union are heart and sou! in the move- ment, They tell me they see the folly of strkes and | hope to be able to carry their points Hereafter without recourse to that absurdity, The laboring men of the country seem to have confidence in me as one of them- | selves, aud that may make, it dificult and mexpedient to substitute Governor Allen iur me, but} fervently hope and pray to effect that end, I see by the Hermano that Ben ‘Butler suggests the name of Davis | and Banks as a good soft money ticket. I don’t know Davis, and Banks was not provounced enough, | think. my cry is stil for Alien, While politicians are pottering about place and 50-cailed statesmen are dickering Jor ollice the nation staggers ov toward bankruptcy. Nauonal bankruptey* aud universal bankruptcy are as certain as fate, unless some unioreseen fortune turns the tide of events. Aud | what bas caused itali? When we look into the history | of the past for the real cause of those periodical panics that have brought financial ruin on ro many of our people we dnd that on all those occasions, as in the present paralyzed condivion of the trade and commerce of the country, the main ditiieulty has origiated in the unfortunate Dnancial vy adopted by the general | government, A poticy that 1s producing tor our peonie what the policy of the British government bus brought about for the people of that country, where the real estate of the whole of. England has, in @ comparatively short period, been transferred from 165,000 of the past, to 40,000 landowners of the present,’ Aud this where the most rapid increase of ‘wealth perhaps in the world 1s also attended with the worst and most unequal distribution, and where, in- ‘stead of a diffused happiness ang universal prosperity, the rien grow richer and the poor poorer by consiant vacillations in the measures of value. Our own gov- ernment, insiead of taking the whole subject of money and currency entirely in is hands, rovided tor vy the constitution, allowed, for a time, local banks to mauluply apd continue until their notes, which were fo pay specie on demand, became mere and the best iormed and most prudent merchant found it impossible to distinguish those that were redeemable, or convertible into gold, from those that were not. The chartered Bank of the United States, in the first lour years of its oper- ation, waved $40,000,000 of paper with only $100,000 in specie to redeem its notes. Banks evaded the law by issuivg paper that they were unable to reveem. The reason of this lay in the fact that the demand tor cur- rency at times was far in excess of the quantity that could be reabsorbed into gold when the currency was no longer needed, Rerorter—And vf you as the soft money candidate should be ol i, You would do your best to make Jegal tenders the PERMANENT CURKENCY of the country, the volume of which should not be in- creased nor ditninished, except as per capita, with the population of the country ? Mr. Coorxn—Precisely so, And the very first result would be a restoration of confidence, without which it is impossible to barter or trade. And then the tide of immigration would begin again, because we could offer a better reward for labor, As it 18, no ove comes and many go away. RerorTex—I! Governor Allen is not acceptable to the Convention, or if being acceptable would not accept the nomination, you will continue a candidate ? Mr, Coorrn—Yes, sir, 1 have not sought it, Itt fraught with annoyance and distasteful prominence but i shall stand, IT daresay tho papers and the poli- ticians will abuse and defame me—not truthfully, but falsely—but I owe a duty to my country, and, although it may cost ine my iife, }am ready to meet the emer- gency. LABOR DELEGATE will attend the St. Louis Convention with monster pe- tutions signed by thousands and tens of thousands of nates, und all the customary machinery will, of course, ‘be putin motion, [t will be atime of excitement and turmoil, and the end will be a non election, Then the House will meet, and the soft money candidate will be chosen. Rerortex—And his name is P. Coopor ? Mr. Coorzr—Dour me, | fear so! God knows I pray against it. 1 oarnestly pray for Governor “Allen, but if it must be Cooper, Cooper is prepared ! THE GOSPEL TENT. OPENING OF A MEMORIAL PAVILION FOR SUM- MER REVIVAL SERVICFS, Last night was the opening night of the mammoth Gospel Tent in Thirty-fourth street, west of Sixth ave- nuc. This tent is to be used during the summer months for religious services. Long bolore eight o clock every seat in the pavilion was filled ana crowds of people bad to return home for want of room. The spectaclo re- minded one of tho Moody and Sankey revivals at the Hippodrome last winter, although the tent has much less accommodation than the former. place. The enterprise was undertaken by the members of the Church of the Holy Trinity, at Madison ayenue and Forty-second street; and it 18 intended to afford oppor- tunity for worship ‘to all who will come, be they resi- dent’ or stranger in the city, Rey. Dr, Stephen I. Typg conducted the servi last night, and Mr, Theo- dore E. Porkins led the ging. Many prominent clergymen in the city have signified their intention of assisting Dr. Tyng, and it is reported that Mr. Moody will return hither for temporary service before the close of the season, At eight o’clock last evening when the services opened thero were about 2,000 people prosent, ‘and the choir nambering eighty persons, male and female, Durst forth with that well known hymn, ‘Hold the Fort,” the whole assemblage joining with one accord. After the singing of the hymn Rev. Dr, Chapin aeliv- ered a short but effective prayer, and then . Dr. Tyng desvered the sermon. His text was trom Exodus, xi, 4—"Then a cloud covered the tent of the congre- gation, and the GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE TABERNACLE.” He said :—Into this tent spokon.of in the Scripture, which was a symbol, the people never went. Only the priests who performed the sucritice entered it, It was Jooked on as the dwelling place of God and was at tended with pecaliar reverence. In this day, however, is and symbols have passed away, the teniplo 18 wide open and the people are the priests, This tent we are in to-night is a me- morial; that was a type, When the Lord Jesus Christ came 1 the fulness of time every church building or tent became the sign of Curist, In Washington, im the | Patent Office, are a number of little models—promises | of what is to come, Kymbola of what is to be. The types have passed ‘away and the substance now re- mains. The tabernacle was a type looking forward; this looks back to the work of Corist. In the eighth chapter of Hebrews, cond verse, we read of the true tabernacie which God pitched, not n 5 and tn the cighth chapter of Revelation we read of the old tabernacie. God being our teacher, it was inteuded as an early prophet tending toward ‘Christ, When the children of Israci were released trom bond- age and Were trying to fud a shelter, God appeared to | them in a pillar oi fire. This was the cloud that con- cealed the sun by day and at night was full of hight This cloud, when tesettled, was the sign that there the tabernacle was to be reared, and when it uted up that TUR TABRKNACLE WAS TO BE LIFTVD UP. The people wandered trom one part to another at the bidding of that cloud, the sign and symbol of Divine Providence—God going before aud protecting them. ‘The providence of God lias gone beiore us, my beloved brethren, and protected us, and let us always avail ourselves of that benificent protection, and let us avail ourselves of this opportunity of coming nearer and nearer to Him, for now is the acceptable time. The reverend gentieman conciuded by saying that | Fervico would be continued witbout intermission every Sunday doring the hot season and as often during the week os possible, and by calling onall, of uny and every devomination, to come and praise God under the mem- rial tent. Alter tho singing of the hyma, “The Great Physician now is near,’ Rev. Dr. Chopin offered prayer, A large part of the congregation then left, but tho greater part Funai for @ prayer meeting, which jasted bal! an our. LADY RADCLIFFE AND ARTHUR ORTON, TICHBORNE CONVICT CHARGES PERJURY AGAINST ‘‘CUSSIN KaTE.” | [From the London Telegraph, Juno 1.) Just before the rising of the Westininster Police Court yesterday Mr. E. Kimber, solicitor, made an ap- | plication to Mr, Woolrych for a summons against Dame | Katharine Mary Elizabeth Radcliffe (Lady Radetifte, the Kate Doughty ot the famous trial) for wiltul and corrapt perjury, inasmuch as that ‘she did falsely, wilfully and corruptly swear in the Court of Queen’s Bench, on the 23d of June, 1873, in a trial pt bar of | ‘Rogina va. Castro, alias Orton, alias Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne, Bart.’ th he had never ridden or walked out 10 the grounds of Tiwhborne House with Sir Roger Charlee Doughty lichborne alone, and that | sho always had a servant with her; and also, on the 20th of June, that she had corruptly sworn, before the same court, on the samo ifial, that she had never been at the Lovers’ Seas alono with tha saul Roger Charles Doughty Tiebborne.’’ He had several witnesses in fame of his appheation and proposed to exammne them. ’ Mr, Woolrych said he could not hear them. Ho should require written miormations in the ordinary way, and then ho would eutertam the subject, Mr. H. B, Harding, secretary of the Chief Central Committee of the Lichborne Release Association (the | president of which i Mr. Anthony Jonn Wright Bid- | dulph), bogged to by allowed to say a few words on the matter, Mr. Kimber objected to his being heard. ‘He (\tr. Kimber) was the representative of Lady Tichborne, and she was the only party aggrieved. Me, Woolryct observed that he would listen to what Mr. Harding had to say. Mr. Harding said the application was being made against the express wish of the claimant and bis friends, and it was wade solely at the instance of Mr. Kimber, wo had been following Dr, Keneaiy about the country and making a great noise, Mr. Kimber protested against this interruption, He objected to that court being made the medium of any z TRE represented Mr. Anthony Bid- ir, Kimber, remarking that he was not a protes- al Man, oUjected to Lis boing s.card, , Woolrych asked Mr. Harding what position he occupied in the matter. Mr. Harding replied that he was meroly asking the Court not to entertain the application ay vexatious, Mr. Woolryes rejomed that he could sot hear him. Af the applicaut would make the m ormations in wrung | in the ordinary way, he would look over them and sve Ai there were grounds for issuing process. r. i jing said he was sorry that he had no locus standi, bat he begged the magistrate to read the let he held th bis hand, addressed to a member of Parl ment. The letter was as follows: — May 26, 1876, sio M | running. T that the more I am determined to prosecute Lady Radcliffe the more likely ix Sir K. T. to come out, even without taking proceedings Let it be known, therelvre, as widely as pos- what may, shat Is my Exot doveraination. a of law and justice it hus no hypocritical society * lessu influenced the proceedings. Mr. Woolrych said he could not look at it at present. Mr Kimber then eame into court with four persons, named Caroline Skeats, Cuaries Guy, Sr. ; William Hill and Chafles Guy, Jr., who had all’ pat. their marks | (being unable Lo write) to the statements bearing ou the charges made by Mr. Kimber. Upon Charles ¢ being asked whether bts information was true an i} was his mark, he replied, “Yes; and a hundred umes | | Mr. Harding added that that was the motive that | mber said he would leave the tiles of the Daily aph bearing on the case for the guidance of the | magisirate, | Mr. Woolrych replied that be could leave them if he | pleased, | Mr. Kimber then asked fora summons to the Solicitor to the Treasury to produce the snortband notes. He had been to the Treasury and there was no obstacle, but be would rather have a summons. Mr, Woolrych decided that the application was pre mature, adding that he would look over the rina | tions to see whether they justified him in issuing any | process, and then 1t would be a matter for tuture con- | siderauion, Tue parties then left the court, THY SULTAN OF TURKEY—AN IMPERIAL NEST- | EGG--ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD—MOB LAW IN TURKEY—ABDICATION OF | ABDUL-AZIZ—RISE OF A NEW OTTOMAN KM- PIRE—A CALIPH O¥ BAGDAD--PROSPECTS OF THE MOHAMMEDAN TURKS, Constantinorie, May 30, 1876, What 1s called the Eastern question is now compli- cated by a dynastic question, which has arrived at a very serious aspect, ‘ ABDUI-ATIZ, KMAN, the present Sultan of Turkey, styled Refuge of the World and Shadow of God, thirty-second Soidan of the race of Osmun, has never passed for a man of even or- dinary intelligence, His Majesty bas the appearance and many of the qualities ofa brewer's draymun, He ix heavy breeched, round shouldered, slow of thought and of | foot and be takes his drink surlily. But he is an Ori- ental, and al) Orientals are more or leas wily. Both the present Sultan and his predecessor, Abdui-Medjid, of happy wwemory, who resembled nothiog on earth so much as a hwrdresser’s block in a shop window, therefore agreed in this particular, that they tully un- derstoou the prudence of laying up a nest-egg for their private use in case of emergency. In the year 1850-51 1t already appeared probable that Sultan Abdul-Medjid would be the last of his race who would pave a chance of reigning at Constantivople. | Princo Montebikoff told His Highness (ho was not an emperor then) very trankly that he had better look out lor acomfortabie hotel at St, Petersburg and end his days there as a pensioner of Russia. Lord Palmer: ston kept the poor, fecble creature on pis throne, and he was in due time succeeded by his brother, Abdul- Agiz, now in the samo predicament as tho abject creature who died of dissipation and stimulants some years ago, The late Sultan is said to have hidden away about $10,v00,000, No one ever knew what became of it after his death, Tho present Sultan is satd to have a sceret hoard amounting to about ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but it {s variously estimated, some persons putting it as low as $40,000,000. Perhaps it is something less than the former sum and more than the latter; and, whatever may be its precise amount, no one can doubt that the Sultans both showed a wise discretion in providing for a rainy day. But they should have held their tongues about their savings, for the Sottas having now got wind of them have insisted that His Majesty shall at once deposit $25,000,000 in the public treasury and reduce his civil list to $5,000,000 annually, They have meay of enforcing these hard demands, and the upshot of the business is that absolute power may now be said to havo coased in Turkey, Mob law, as far a8 can at present be discerned, has taken its place, and it means that the world is now probably witnessing the Inst act of tbat magnificent historical spectacle which began with Othman and Payazid. It is an anachronisin for a Mobammedan prince to rule by help of only 3,000,000 of Lis co-re- hgioniats over some 18,000,000 ar 20,000,000 Christians, and it is high time that such a scandal wore put a stop to for the sake of poetical justice, Whether the Christians will be any the better for a chunge of mas- ters ts quite another question. The enforced ABDICATION OF THE SULTAN | and tho despoiling him of the hoard which he has in- cautiously bragged about will pot put an end to the Eastern question, It will only bring it forward in another aud more urgent form, It has been seen over and over again, by the emigration from Algeria, Tartary and Caucasus, that Mohammedans will not submit to Christian rule if they can help it, and from the hour that the mosque of St, Sophia is again turned into a Christian church tho followers of the Prophet will go back to the Asian deserts and mountains from which they came to the conquest of nearly half Europe four or five centuries uga. Another and more powerful Ottoman dominion will then probubly be founded at Bagdad, and if the Cali- phate, of which itis rumored that the present Sultan | ts to be deprivod, gets into the hands of some red- handed cluef of Koordistan or Arabia, we may yet havo unexpected news of the Osmaniis. | THR MUSSULMANS IN AStA, It is not likely that clouds of undisciplined horsemen can ever again overshadow Europe as they did in the Middle Ages, for they stand no chance against dis- ciplined armies, as was proved at Mohumrah; still thero | are elements in the East for the formation of an Em- pire as vast as that of Darius, 1t is not unlikely that the motley populotions of Persia, Cabool, Candahar, Afghanistan, Syria, and the fugitives driven out of Khbokand and Bokhara might all be umted into one nation by a resolute soldier of the type of Genghis | Khan or Timur-lenk, and the numbers of such a peopic might be stili farther swelled by the malcontent Mus- suimans of British India, The question only remains to answer whether a Moslém conqueror ts likely to start up in the present century, The Indian mutiny revealed several Asiatics of iron will and clear sequence of ideas, It was long doubtiul if the name of Nana Sahib would go down to history as tho monster of de- | pravity ho will assuredly be called by British writers, or as the liberator of India, a title which would hove been certainly given to him by all the poets of Asia had he beaten Lawrence, Havelock and Clyde. It is true that no Mussulman has acquired pre-eminent sili- tury distinction im this generation, but itis at least | equally true that no Mussatman haw had a’ fair chance of handing troops by the only method he un- derstands, All the high commands in the Turkish army and navy have been given to Chriatiins, Slade and Hobart and Boriase bay d the fleets of Turkey; Omer Pacha, Bom and Lakeman bave led her armics. | THE SMITA AND THR SWORD. Moreover, there las of late years been introduced into | European wartare « rose-water style of “lighting which | is not atail m accordance with the conquering tradi- | tions of the Osmanit, The benner of the Caliph was carried triumph intly to the walls of Vienna aud to the | pluus of Tours, The most warlike of the Christian | races were unable to beat back the onset of the war- | riors of the Crescent, and even the battio axes of the aders were no match for «he cimeters of these ter- nims fut the Tarks have never studied war Prussian point of vic one ot the fin and their mods of conducting it diflors materral the doctrines pat forth by the Convention of Geneva and the Congress of Brussels, Eastern warfare is not only self-supporting, but it is fierce and ruthloss toa degree not yet imagined by newsp»per correspondents who have never seen victorious Asiatics, Perhaps the dethronement of the present Saltan and the distribu. tion of his hoard among the couspirators instramental in bis downfall may erely the prelude to a new Awd strange serics of historical events such as are at present contemplated neither by amateur aiplomatists hor irritated boudbolders, THE GOOD TEMPLARS' SPLIT. THE QUESTION OF THE NEGRO LIKELY TO Tt- | VIDE THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH ORGANIZA~ TIONS, The London correspondent (June 1) of the Western (Englund) Morning News, is responsible tor the follow. ing: ‘Tuere is likely to be a very considerable split among the Good Templars, Brother Malins has telegraphed from the United States that after along d sion herd at louisville, Ky, Inst week, the Grand Louge | hag refused to accede to the demand of the British rep- Fresentatives that oegroes should be admitied. There. Was Loo great a preponderance of Southern votes ior the demand to be grat The result 1 that the rep- ‘awn and const a Vrovisional international Supreme Court to supersede the Right Worshiptul Grand Lodge, Some of the Canadian Grand Lodges have followed the exam. ple of our feilow-countrymen, and the authorities of the now international body are arranging for the con- MY DEAR Sin—I send you copy of @ lottor I yesterday wrote Mr. Biddulph, w! io some respec reply te vours, From what | bave heard this morning I am satistied | great fame, and no one grudges him either, } at the Standard, LONDON GOSSIP, MME. NILSSON'S CONCERT IN AID OF A GREAT METROPOLITAN CHARITY —MYDICAL MATTERS— AN AID TO SURGICAL SCIENCE—A GRAND CON@ TEST IN COSTUME; ENGLISH TASTE IN DRESS—CONFESSION OF A CLEVER DBAMATIO CRITIC—THE PICTURE OF THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE. Loxvon, May 29, 1876. That art oftener helps science than science helps art was again exemplified last week by the great suceess 0 Mme. Christine Nilsson’s concert for the benefit of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, of which the Prinee of Wales and other members of the royal family are patrons, Being a patient of Dr, Morell Mackenzie Mme. Nilsson naturally became interested in an insti- tution which owes its existence mainly to bis enorgy and influence, and as sarely as May comes round so surely does the Swedish prima donna enlist the ser- Vices of great artists in behalf of her benevolent entor- prise, Established in 1863 the throat hospital has since then reegived 1,307 poor persons into its wards, and has attended 45,000 outside patients, Beginning maiuly yall dispensary the hospital quickly developed me the pattera on whiet similar institutions have bee established, affording the means by which men already engaged in practice may bo rendered faniiliar With all the Intest improvements in that department of | medicine or surgery to which itis devoted. Entirely free to the necessitous poor it rightly exacts a slight monthly payment, graduated according to means, from such as are not destituie, A worthier institution can hardly be imagined or a more hard-working com, mittee, Thanks to their efforts, $45,000 have already been raised tor the purpose of erecting a new building, Fifteen thousand dotiars more are required. Having obtained $5,000 from Mime, Nifsson’s concert it is hoped that a grand dinner, presided over by Lord Cowper, to be given next month at St, James’ Ball, waly realize the deticit, Who in New York is doing as wach for tho infant hospital, founded on similar pria, ciples, by one of Dr, Mackenzie's followers ? THE PILYSICIAN, Morell Mackenzie is an interesting man. Standing at the head of his profession, with a worldwide repu- tation, you would naturally sappos® bin ty be a van- efable gray beard, and American physicians who visit him in London are greatly surprised to be greeted by'a handsome dark-haired man of forty-two, Combining the persistency of a Scotebman with the tact of a Frenchman and the dash of a Yankeo Dr. Mackenzie vontrives to geb more work out of himself and his as- sistants than any Englishman I know of, Being por- sonally sympathetic he makes iriends of all his pa- tients—that is all who are worth having as friends~ consequently he is making a great fortuno as well as Mech of his success 18 due to his skill in the use of the luryngde scope THE INVENTOR, ‘And do you know who invented this simple and most beneficent instrument? The great maestro di canto, Manuele Garcia, brother of the famous Malivbran and of Mme. Viardot. Yours ago this universally clever man de termined to muke a profound study of the larynx, im order to teach singing sctentiicaliy, and the first negaae sity, of course, wax to be able to see the throat r ali conditions. ’ Frustrated in the beginning by sence of any reflecting Instrument, he vet of a circular bit of looking-glasa, The thought father to the deed, His litle vention not only ald him to master his subject, but, under the grander name of laryngoscope, has been of imevicul- able benetit to mankind. Fortunes have been made by its use, while, as usual, the inventor bas not even reaped the barren reward oi gratitude, Keenly alive to this injustice Dr, Morell Mackenzie bas started the idea of a testimonial to a benciactor, but. ag yot it has not taken substantial form, Dr. Louis Elsberg bat agitated u similar testitnonial in New York, with what success I do not know. Manuele Garcia is a wouder- fully aciive man of seventy, Whose keen black eye haa all the nre of youth, and Waose vivacious mind 13 ade light to every one with whom he comes in contact, ‘AS ateacher he has no superior, and as a compunion he has lew equals, Such old uge makes youth insipid, A NEW MEDICAL JOURNAL. Apropoe of medical “scopes” a new medical weekly jhas been started in London It is culled the Medical Examiner, and its object is reform. Among olwer mat- ters which this welcome publication takes to heart 14 a compulsory Stace examination for aul practitioners, whicit examination shatl be conducted puvlicly, as in France and Germany, so that the medical public may juuge of the fairness, temper and capacity of the ex- ‘aminers, as well as of the knowledge and’ proficiency o1 the candidates. It will advocate the abolition of com. pulsory atiendance on lectures, aud will insist upon tnore ‘practical methods of testing the knowl-dge of candidates. “We care not how or where you obtain your information, but our examination shail be xo searching that only those who have the requisive knowleuge shall receive our diploma,’ is the language this reformer demands of the p-ofession, It will pub- + lish records of cases from all hospitals, and will seek to raise the characte* of tbe special departments of the general hospitals by impartial investigation into their Operations. It aiso will insist. upon the payment of the medical stafls of all hospitals, This Medical Kzam- Aner promises to excite no little commotion among the faculty, and as there are vo less than 70,000 physicians in the United States, it is quite possible that many of them may be interested in the welfare of the very last coutrisution to the art of healing, THE QUESTION OF COSTUME, One English peculiarity | uever can understand, } although | have brought what is cailea my iniellect te bear on it many times, and that is, why this lovely 4 and, distant but ten hours from Franco, should hat so little tuste ,in dress? It we Americans lived next door to Paris, we'd take the very tongues out o} our neighbors and talk better French than the arusts ot the ¢héatre Frangais. And when it came to dress- ing! We'd put Worth and Hentenadr, and Faust and Beer, and everybody cise to the blush, Englishmen dress admirably; but there seems to be somuthing 1 this climate which objuscates the female eye. 1 have been more than usually iinpressed by the fact, since seoing a “great cestume contest and exhibition” at the Alexandra Palice, at which the London costumers competed. Out of 146 dresses, including promenade, reception, dinner, ball, wedding, morning, deep mourn: mg and yachting toilets—ranging from §10 to $136—there was hardly one for which Td havo been grateful os a git. Tho materile were often beautiful, but the style set my teeth on edge. Yet the names of these costumes were grand. There were the ‘Princess Mary,”’ the “Jano Grey,” the “Eve,” as though our original mother had ever worn a silk and wool broché, price $80; the Jagmar,” the “Beatrice,” ‘England's Queen,” drab royal Spanish Court alpaca, gros grain and café aw lait, “Queen of India,” brown silk; “Queen of the Hills,’ traveiling dress, and 136 more, equally impos- ing. The white satin Wedding costumes were par- ticularly hideous, At best, white satin tsa trial to the fairest, softest face, and when it is put together @ VAnglaise, it 18 as hard in its effect as washing boards, If any woman contemplating matrimony meditates committing hersel! to white satin lot her pause, Creamy white sitk is influitely prettier, DRAMATIC CRITICISM, T had a confession from a clever dramatic critic re- cently, from which a moral may be drawn, “Years ago,’ he said, “I wrote a criticism which [ thought ‘was particularly smart, and I showed it t» George Honey, expecting to be praised jor it. ‘It you knew more about your business you'd be less sharp and more just,’ said Honey, afier perusal Tors had a great effect upon me, and -being unoccupied at the time, 4 dotermined to go apon the stage temporarily. I gota provincial engagement. and thon. acted several weeks Tassure you the little experience J obtained oebind the foothghts did me an incalcatable lot of good, and now | know how to treat débutants,"” Disraeli’s dictum that “eritics ~— are those who havo failed in art’? is moro epigram | than fact, A pity. ‘tis ‘tisn’t trae A little knowledge is not half as dangerous as ignorance, Think of a man—I suppose it Wasa man—ranoing awa} with the Duchess of Devonshire! If she wore alive should not be surprised, but bemg very dead and re duced to paiut and canvas it seems bad taste. An abject American deciares the theit to be, using his own ‘moliifinous language, “a put up job.” He kaows that the Duchess is carefully stowed away, and will bo found fn a few days, when all London and the provinces wit! flock to seo her, Is not this inference awful? There are people who seo nothing Dita “put op job’ im wl solar system. Where os the bump of revere going to? THE FUND. The Board of Trustees of the Mitchel Memorial Fan¢ have finished their labors, and presented to Mra. Jobs Mitchel a check for $9,231 44, the total amount cob lected. The secretary of the board, Mr. Jobn Mallally, wrote « handsome note to Mrs. Mitchel, informing hes of the action of the board, and received in acknowl edgment a very pretty note, trom which we quote the following passages :— “Let me assure my country people that I° know too well the gratotal recognition ever accorded by them to | those who, however huinbly, bave at any time at- tempted to forward the wational independence and prosperity of Lrelaud to nee any such proof as this that they continue (rue to their best instincts, How- ever, as it was thought proper to gi testimonial its present shape, | would have considered it an uu- gracious act on my part to have interposed any oo- jection.” CONCERT FOR A NEW HOSPITAL. Tho project of establishing a hospital for chronic diseases begins to take definite shape. The prime mover is Dr. Honry A. Hartt, and he has the tndorse- ment of more than S00 physicians of this city. This evening, at Chickering Hall, there wilt be givea a prand concertin aid of the project. Among the artists will be Mies Thursby, Mr. G. Gottscuaik, or di White, violinist; Mr. W. F. Wilhame on the orgag, Mr, George W, Colby at the piano, Mr. Apion siitution of anumber of negro lodges intoa Grand Tadyo insure a crowded house ihe re. nowned harp player; the Young Apolio Clav a and many other distinguished performers gramme is remarkably interesting and will dowd)