The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1876, Page 4

if question of one or two men. We are certain NEW YORK HERALD | : BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ‘ ssets anette THE DAILY HERALD, published 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 York Hxnarp. Letters and packages shculd be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. —e PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO. 112SOUTH SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. | Subscriptions and advertisements will be | received and forwarded on the same terms | as in New York. VOLUME XII AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, oer.M. OLYMPIC THEATRE, wer. M. BOWERY THEATRE. WOMAN'S REVENGE. SP. M. CHATEAU at 8 P.M. Matinec a Wool MOLLY MAGUIRES, at UNION SQUARE THEATRE. THE VORES FAMILY, at 8. M. TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE. VARIETY, as 8 P.M. M ; SIAN VARIETIES, PA SP. M. Matinee at 2 H FIFTH PIQUE, at 8P.M. Fai WALLACK’® THE THE MIGHTY DOLLAR, at 8 P.M. GILMORE’S: GARD. GRAND CONCERT, at 8 P. WITH WeW YoRK, THU From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be parily cloudy, with thunder storms at frequent intervals. During the summer months the Heraup will Le sent to subscribers in the country at the rate of iwenty-sive cents per week, free of postage. SUPPLEM E Notice to Country Newspgaers.— For | prompt and regular delivery of the Henaup ly fast mail trains oraers must be sent direct to this office. Postage free. Watt Srrzer Yesterpay.—The stock mar- | ket was dull and prices irregular. The sales | Aggregated only 85,500 shares. Gold de- clined from 112 3-8 to 112 1-8, Government | and railway bonds were inactive but steady. Money on call was supplied at two per cent. Tue Last Rirzs of friendship and respect will be paid this morning to the late Colonel Lefferts, whose remains will be borne to the grave followed by the regrets of all who snew him. Tuer Ang Havine a Littie Revo.ortion in Hayti just to keep their hands in. Tho | principal force of the rebellion is General | Nord. He has failed, however, to accomplish anything and is about to retire perhaps in a fishing boat into honorable exile. Turex Ixprvipvars, Tiep or Lirr, have attempted to go out of it by suicide during ourCentennial celebrations. They desired to cross the threshold of another world instead | of venturing over that of ‘‘another age.” What a cowardly business this one of suicide is, after all! Men who are afraid to live are really not fit to live. Tux Intsh Ririemen are stated, after all, aot to have definitely selected their team for the Centennial match. This is, however, a small matter, as the data for making the selection are ample, and it can only be aj of a strong team from Ireland, and that is the main point our riflemen are anxious to be assured of. Comnapeg Syrany of the Grand Army of the Republic attempted to capture a section of a battery of artillery, in New Jersey, on | the Fourth of July. The artillerists turned " their guns on Comrade Syfany and blew his nose off. Military moral: Never attack ar- tillery in front without strong supports of tavalry and sticking plaster, and a few spare aoses in case of disaster. Tue Heatep Term has been attended with many sudden deaths, which were | joubtless caused by the exhaustion induced py the extraordinary high temperature and the incautious use of cooling drinks. When pverheated it is extremely dangerous to drink ice-water, for the sudden cooling of ‘the stomach forces the blood to the brain | and heart with such rapidity as to induce | apoplectic symptoms and congestion that may prove instantly fatal. A Four Morven, without the shadow of a provocation or even an object, save that of | gratifying a drunken fury, has stained the | Centennial celebration at Rochester with the blood of a police officer who attempted to | arrest an intoxicated man for firing a revolver into a crowd on the street. The de- tails of this horrid deed are given in to-day’'s | Henawp, and cannot fail to arouse the deep- est sympathy for the unfortunate victim and indignation against his brutal slayer. Poor Scunorpen’s Lirs has been sacrificed | to make sport for a gang of young ruffians in | Union square, who thrust a pointed stick into his eye and brain. He appeals to us from his grave for vengeance against his murdorers. If the law does not protect life | from the assaults of these prowling gangs pf miscreants our citizens will be forced to arise and clear the city of their foul presence atone sweep, and even kill them, if neces- sary, like the wild beasts whose savage | instincts they seem to share. Tne Hiarer Law which sheds its celestial | radiance into the soul of that most humane | of mortals, an average police sergeant, | ‘aused one named Weston to lock up a poor n for taking a helpless invalid to the hos- ‘on a wagon that was not numbered ing to the requirements of the city es. Itis apity that such a spirit and charity should be permitted oticed in a mere police station, Commissioners will elect such | ter of the law to the rank of ‘ip. He would bean or- life, sudden | by NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT, jattle with Details of General Crook's the Sioux. We print in other columns a spirited and graphic description of General Crook's fight with the Indians under Sitting Bull near the headwaters of Rosebud Creek in Wyoming Territory. Our correspondent, who has a quick eye, a clear head and steady nerves, was sent to General Crook's camp as soon as it was known that the expedition had been planned, He accompanied it in its march, was present in the thick of the battle, became himself a combatant by the force of circumstances in one stage of the en- gagement, and has furnished the first in- telligible account of the antecedents, cir- cumstances and consequences of that unfor- tunate encounter. The fitness of the epi- thet “unfortun.te” will appear further on as adeduction from the facts reported by our correspondent. He does not assume to be a critic of the movements which he de- scribes; he merely presents, with the strict fidelity of a photograph, a lively picture of the events which fell under his observation, leaving his readers to draw their own infer- ences.’ But the interpretation lies so ob- vious on the surface of the facts that readers will need little assistance in reaching cor- rect conclusions. It is too apparent that General Crook has won no laurels as the commander of an ex- pedition against the Indians. ‘The battle was a surprise, and the one thing which the whole history of Indian warfare proves that it isthe supreme duty of a commander to guard against is a surprise. After more than a hundred years’ experience in fighting these wily warriors, and after the many sig- nal disasters which have been suffered by surprises, it would seem that commanders of such expeditions should this time be sufficiently on their guard against this chief source of danger in Indian wars. General Crook had no idea of fighting a battle until the enemy were unexpectedly upon him in full force. He started out with the inten- tion of making an undiscovered march and | falling unawares on the village of the Sioux, routing and destroying it by a sudden onset. But on the morning of the second day after leaving his camp he found that the Sioux were perfectly informed of his movements, that they had come forth to meet him, that they lay in ambush at a point selected by themselves, and that they were strong enough to intercept his march, give him a check, inflict serious losses, compel him to retreat to the camp from which he had set out, and await reinforcements before at- tempting a new advance against the cunning | and stealthy foe. The pretence that he seriously crippled the Sioux in the engagement ig too flimsy to be accepted. He crippled them only to the extent of their losses in the battle, which were small in proportion to their whole numbers, General Crook was acting on the offensive, Sitting Bull on the defensive. The offensive movement was a failure and the defensive movement a success. To be sure, the Sioux did not pursue General Crook in his retreat; but this only proves that they preferred to fight with the advan- tage of ground selected by themselves with reference to their peculiar mode of warfare. They preferred to trust fo a new ambush if he should make a second advance. But he concluded after his unexpected check and forced retreat to retire to his camp, some forty or fifty miles distant, and call for reinforcements. The inevitable effect of a battle with such results is to embolden the Sioux and to shake the confidence of the Crows and our other Indian allies. fused to accompany him in a further ad- vance after the battle shows pretty clearly what kind of impression the events of the day made on the minds of Indian warriors. They had evidently lost faith in General Crook and his army, or they would not have made excuses and left him without guides, The description of the battle proves that it was not only a surprise at the beginning, but that it was badly managed in its prog- ress. Owing sometimes to misinformation, | sometimes toa lack of quick military per- ception, General Crook kept giving the most unlucky orders. The following pas- sage from the narrative of our correspond- ent exhibits one of these unfortunate blunders :—‘‘Colonel Royall was circum- scribed by orders in every one of his move- ments, and the disaster attending the retreat would have been much greater had it not been so skilfully directed by him. On the | left of his line was a lofty, crescent-shaped palisade, toward which, early in the morn- ing, he deployed his skirmishers. Had the order to fall back been a little later this would have been occupied. It would then have been impossible for the Sioux to have circled around to the rear, and a fire could have been turned upon the last high point held by them, which would have compelled them to hide behind it, while the cavalry could have charged up the hollows and reached them before they could have realized their predicament. ‘Then the soldiers could have dismounted and fired such volleys as would have ended the fight and made it a chase.” Such was the bad effect of an ill- | judged and mistimed order to retreat. Another surprising exam ple of blundering is furnished by the order given to Captain Mills to advance through the canyon with his battalion, supported by another battalion, and to leave the engagement which was in progress and go and destroy the Indian vil- lage. This would have been a strange order at that stage, even if the location of the In- dian village had been known. But the order was made ridiculous by General Crook's sud- | den discovery that the Indian village lay in exactly the opposite direction, when an ad- The fact that they re- | jutant and one orderly were sent galloping | after Captain Mills to countermand the order, overtaking him after a chase of five | miles! Another circumstance which reflects no credit on the manner in which our troops were handled is the fact that only about one-fourth of them were in the severe fighting, three times as many troops being in other portions of the field where there was hardly any firing. evident that, besides a surprise—itself a proof of incompetence--the battle was un- skilfully fought. We are sorry to be com- polled to express an unfavorable judgment engaged | It is too | occasions impartial criticism is a public duty. The excuse offered for General Crook is that he was misled by his Indian scouts. But why did he depend on the Crows alone? Why did he not employ a number of inde- pendent scouts, keeping each in ignorance of what the others were doing, in order that he might sift their reports by comparison ? Washington, who understood Indian warfare the best of any man of his time, held that surprise is the one thing to be guarded against, and that a commander who suffers a surprise is inexcusable. One of the few occasions on which he lost his self-control and gave way to an uncontrollable outburst of anger was when the news came to him that General St. Clair had fallen into an ambuscade in his expedition against the Miama Indians. The news was brought to him by a special messenger while he was at dinner with com- pany. He went out to speak with the mes- lenger, returned to his seat and went through the dinner with perfect composure and im- mediately attended Mrs. Washington's draw- ing room, speaking courteously to every lady. When the company had gone and Mrs. Washington had retired, leaving the President and his Secretary, Mr. Sear, alone, Washington broke out again and again in terrible explosions of wrath. “Yes,” he exclaimed, ‘“‘here on this very spot I took leave of him ; I wished him suc- cess and honor. ‘You have your instruc- tions from the Secretary of War,’ said I. ‘I had a strict eye to them and will add but ono word—Beware of a surprise!’ You know how the Indians fight us. I repeat it, Beware of a surprise.’ He went off with that, my last warning, thrown into his ears. And yet, to suffer that army to be cut to pieces, hacked, butchered, tomahawked by a surprise— the very thing I had guarded him against— O God! OGod!" (throwing up his hands and shaking with emotion) ‘‘he’s worse than a murderer. How can he answer it to his country? The blood of the slain is upon him, the curse of widows and orphans—the curse of Heaven!” It is clear from this pas- sionate outburst that Washington thought a commander who permits himself to be sur- prised by Indians is without excuse. Tho check experienced by General Crook does not, indeed, compare with the disaster to General St. Clair's army, but the fact that a surprise is not absolutely fatal is but a small extenuation of the fault of being mado the victim of one. If General Crook is to serve further against the Indians it should be in a subordinate capacity. The War Cloud in the East. ‘We are on the eve of portentous events in theEast. The fate of Turkey as a European Power seems trembling in the balance. Although a certain mystery seems to per- vade the councils of the great Powers of Europe, yet it is difficult to suppose that Servia would declare war against Turkey without counting on the moral and material support of Russia. As we have before said, the first blow struck by Servia means a menace from Russia to England. Servia, as we are aware, is nominally a dependency on Turkey. By the Treaty of Paris she was only allowed to retain an army of eight thousand men; but as no pro- vision was therein made for irregular troops she has now a militia of reserves of well drilled troops of one hundred and twenty thousand. It is also known that latterly she received at Belgrade sixty thousand Snider rifles, with a large provision of ammunition. A very respectable contingent of this army has already crossed the frontier. On their departure they were blessed by their bishops, and went forth amid the wildest enthusiasm ofthe people, with Prince Milan at their head, to fight the cause of the Cross against the Crescent. They have met the Turks already in a series of engagements, but without any decisive results so far. The Montenegrins have also joined the forces against Turkey, taking the Turkish army somewhat in the rear. When we reflect that the humbling of Tur- key would possibly put Constantinople and the Dardanelles into the possession of Russia, and at the same time give Austria a powerful and dominant neighbor as well as seriously interfere with England in the quiet possession of her Indian Empire, we may well consider what grave consequences may arise from this step of Servia. Russia has in reality no good feeling toward Eng- land ; she has never forgiven the destruction of Sebastopol nor the humiliation of the Treaty of Paris. That treaty, at the first op- portune moment presented by the invasion of France by Germany and Gladstone's feeble administration, she tore up with disdain, thus inflicting a severe wound on the self- love of the English people, who found that all the efforts they had made in the Crimean war—the heroism displayed, the blood so gallantly shed and poured out like water— were vain and useless sacrifices. It was, indeed, by some superficial and Utopian observers hoped that the intermar- riage between the two royal families might have led to a better feeling and laid the | foundation of a political union, but so far have these hopes not been realized that even this event appears to have created further estrangement. The Duke of Edin- burgh in England is extremely unpopular as a prince, and his wife is always coldly re- ceived in public, having got into an undig- nified quarrel with the Queen on a question of precedence. The only check on Russia's action is in chequer, She has a debt, domestic and for- eign, of $1,125,000,000, Her five per cent loan of 1870 is quoted at 4, and she will find it difficult to raiso money for a length- ened campaign--one that would eventually bea life and death struggle for Turkey and accompanied by all the horrors of barbarous fanaticism and religious enthusiasm, We must wait for further developments. Aus- tria cannot, and England will not dare to, assist the ‘Lurk ina direct war with a Chris- tian people whose avowed object 1s to rid themselves of the yoke of Islamism. We | feel assured that any such attempt on the part of Disraeli would break up his govern- ment, as he would lose his two best support- | relations with ail these countries? ‘ * | widening our markets. the present impoverished state of her ex- | eye this shrewd Minister will secure the inde- pendence of Egypt, as foreshadowed by us; and, once the highway to India is secured, England will not mix up in the fray otherwise than to get material guarantees for her own interests, An American “Continental System.” The resolution introduced in the House of Representatives some time since by General Ward, of New York, for the appointment of commissioners to ascer- tain if we cannot re-establish trade with Canada on more favorable terms, opens up avery large and important question, to which we should like to see the attention of Congress seriously directed. We ought to control the trade, not only of Canada, but Mexico also, and not only of these, but of all the Central and South American States. To some of these we are already their largest customers, but we sell them comparatively small quantities of our products. Yet they are not manufacturing countries, and we are. We buy some of their raw products, but our mistaken laws keep out many others and compel them to seek European markets, where they are allowed to exchange their products for the manufactures of those coun- tries. This, in spite of the fact that by nearness, by political sympathy and by com- mercial advantage, if only our laws were more liberal their trade would naturally come to our ports, Our own country is at this time in a peculiar situation. We are suffering from a plethora of production. With the help of the most ingenious mechanics and artisans in the world and of an almost universal application of the best labor saving ma- chinery used by any nation we have so far advanced our power to manufacture raw products into finished articles of consump- tion that we cannot ourselves consume all we make, At the same time, by reason of | the war and of mistaken laws, we have lost our foreign trade. Hence our surplus manu- factured products remain on our hands and demoralize our markets and check produc- tion and ruin manutacturers and throw thousands of workmen out of employment, The surplus is not large, but so long as it remains here and is not sold it clogs the home markets and prevents a resump- tion of steady industry. We produce, it is estimated, only about fifteen per cent more cotton goods than we can ourselves consume; no more than Chili alone would take of us, perhaps, if we would take her copper, wool and other useful raw products. But while this fifteen per cent remains here surplus our cotton mills can- not work regularly, but only spasmodically, and subject to severe losses ; and this makes the lives of thousands of operatives precari- ous and unhappy. What we need is to open new markets ; and fortunately, if we did but consider, we have almost boundless markets, to which we are more favorably situated than any other manufacturing nation. We are the only people on the two American continents who have brought manufactures to perfection or who possess the machinery, skill and capital necessary for these pursuits. We ought to supply Mexico, with its ten millions of peo- ple ; the Central American States, with nearly three millions ; Brazil, with about twebve millions; Chili,.with two millions, Peru, with two and a half millions ; Vene- | zuela, with: a miilion and a quarter, and all | the other South American States, not to speak of Canada. None of these countries manufacture upon a large scale. All pro- duce articles which we need, for we can either consume them or can turn them into other forms by the help of our skilled labor and resell them. We have thus a constituency of about fifty millions, besides our own population, be- tween whom and ourselves there ought to | be the most intimate and mutually profita- ble commercial relations ; to whom we ought to be able to sell our manufactured goods cheaper than England or any other European | country can sell, and for whose raw products | wehave abundant use. Can Congress do any- thing wiser or better calculated to give a re- newed stimulus to our industries than to take measures to establish better commercial Every- body acknowledges that nothing has done so much fer our own prosperity as the free interchange of commodities between the dif- | ferent States of the Union. It has, in fact, | so stimulated our industry and the skill and ingenuity of our artisans that to-day we make more than we can use within the limits ofthe Union. We need wider markets; we need more people to sell our goods to. But fifty millions of consamers live upon the two American continents with whom we may trade if only we permit ourselves to. They are our neighbors; they do not compete with us nor we with them; they want what we make; we need what they raise. Why should we not try to include the whole of North and South America in a grand customs union and thus secare this trade? It can be done; | it is a task for statesmen, and it wouldemake | the glory of those who do it, for it would | give a stimulus to every branch of industry, | not only in this country but in all the | countries which should be included in such a union. We hope General Ward will ask for a broader commission than that now peti- tioned for, and that Congress, seeing the necessities of the country and the prostra- | tion of our industries, will try to give us in | this centennial year a continental policy—a measure in which protectionists can agree | with free traders--for the question is one | of reviving our prostrated industries by As Extrapition Cass, in which an Austrian subject is the accused, came up for trial yes- terday before the United States Commis- sioner. The evidence was clear enough of the prisoner's guilt; but technical objec- tion was made by his counsel against his surrender. However, the prisoner is re- manded to await the action of the President. Here is an instance of American love of jus- tice that may well receive the attention of Lord Derby. Tue Picture or a Ferrypoat Prot calmly looking down on the drowning struggles of a boating party whose little craft had cap- sized, without making the least effort toward a rescue, is something that does not reflect | on the Sabbath. | ers in the Earl of Derby and Sir Stafford | credit on the ferry company that will employ of any military commander, but on such | Northcote. We feel disposed to think that such a cold-blooded monster, Breakers Ahead. It is difficult to see how Governor Tilden can avoid serious complications in dealing with the rival democratic organizations in this city in the State and municipal elec- tions. There will no ‘doubt be a contest for seats in the State Convention between the Tammany and anti-Tammany democrats, notwithstanding the decision made at Utica when the St. Louis delegation was chosen. Then the Tammany delegates were admitted as regular and the anti-Tammanyites were ruled out. But it is claimed that Tammany, by opposing at St. Louis the unanimous choice of the Utica Convention and disre- garding the virtual instructions of that body, has rebelled against and placed itself outside of the regular State organization. However this may be, it is certain that the anti-Tam- many democracy of the city will send a com- plete delegation to the democratic State nominating convention to contest with Tam- many the New York seats in that body. As John Kelly and his followers fought Gov- ernor Tilden with personal vindictiveness at St. Louis, as the rank and file still denounce his nomination in unmeasured terms, not- withstanding the pretended acquiescence of their leaders in the action of the National Convention, and as the anti-Tammany democrats Inbored zealously and effectively at St. Louis for Governor Tilden, it can readily be seen that the Governor and his friends will have a delicate and difficult task on their hands when they are called upon to decide between the contest- ing delegations. Besides, the Tammany and canal rings will renew in the State nomi- nating convention the fight they lost at St. Louis, and will do their utmost to defeat the nomination of any Tilden man for Governor or for any other State office. Should the Tammany delegates be ex- cluded they will have the pretence for which they seek to oppose the State ticket and thus make it easier to slaughter the democratic electoral ticket as well. Should they be admitted, to the* exclusion again of the anti-Tammany democrats, the latter will be something more or less than ordinary politicians if they remain enthusiastic in their support of Governor. Tilden. The municipal convention will also have its dif- ficulties. If Kelly should persist in retain- ing his leadership in the Tammany organi- zation and in dictating a city and county ticket to the democracy there will, no doubt, be another combination against him, and the Tammany candidates may be beaten worse than they were last year. As Tammany is known to be opposed to Mr. Tilden the or- ganization will have none of the prestige and strength that should attach to it in a Presi- dential year. These troubles ahead must be foreseen by the Governor, and it is certain that it will tax his acknowledged shrewdness and sagacity to overcome them. Tue Cenrenni1at Commission are to have another struggle with the Sunday question to-day. They have, perhaps, by this time seen reason to alter their determina- | tion to keep the doors closed on the Sabbath, and so deprive the poor artisans and their families of the only chance of seeing the great fair without the loss of their pay ns well) as their expenses. If there was anything immoral or debasing in a few thousand people wandering among the massed products of civilization we might see some reason in the course of the commis- sion. As it is the artisans are thrown back on the liquor stores and beer saloons for their amusement, and that is certainly not more ennobling than a walk through the Grand Hall. If the Commissioners saw that their grounds were hotbeds of immorality on week days they might well close them on Sundays, but those who have witnessed the orderly throngs at the Exhibition will not see what harm these people would do there Tue Grand Counc or THE AMERICAN Auitiancr, representing twenty-nine States of the Union, and embracing, it is said, the O. A. U., the Patriotic Order of Americans, the Order of American Mechanics and many other similar secret societies, met yes- terday in Philadelphia to discuss pol- ities in connection with religion. The special despatch to the Henatp, published elsewhere, gives some of the particulars respecting this Centennial Con- vention. It would seem that politics and religion are to receive particular attention during the Presidential campaign from gen- tlemen doubtless well qualified to discuss the one and observe the teachings of the other. Evidently this Convention cannot assist in electing Grant this time, at least, afthongh it was generally understood earlier in the year that such was the object of their organization. Lmenrty 1x Bostox.—In another column will be found the indignant statement of a citizen of Boston of an outrageous encroach- ment on his liberty, made, not by the min- ions and hirelings of the tyrant, George ILL, but by the Boston police. It is not predisely like the outrages and oppressions that led to the battle of Bunker Hill, but it is, in general terms, of the same nature, It seems that a citizen of expansive spirit wished to cover the front of his house with the bunting of patriotism and the police warned him that these “signs” of his glori- | ons sentiment must, under a city ordinance, not protrude more than nine inches from the wall of his house. From which it would appear that a century of experience has taught Boston how to restrain herself. Nine inches for patriotism, and the flag of the Union classed as a “sign !" Prxcnpack will get the pay and mileage which the republican Senators proposed to give him as a sop for the final slaughter of his hopes. Ashe never took his seat, and the votes of republican Senators declared that he was never entitled to it, we regard the passage of the resolution as a defiance to public opinion and an outrage on the decency of legislation. We do not see much alteration in the honest tendency of the republican “strict party vote” since Hayes succeeded Grant in the idolatry of the roast beef patriots, Tue Post Orrice Approrntation Bunt passed both houses yesterday. It effects a saving of nearly three million dollars, with- out, it is stated, impairing the efficiency of the service, The Centennial Abroad. We note with especial gratification the celebration of the Fourth of July in the vae tious cities of Europe. We have received despatches describing the most notable re: unions of our citizens in foreign lands, and the same hearty patriotism marked them all. From time to time an American has been met with abroad who was not ashamed to speak slightingly of his country, but when we make allowance for the effect of foreign splendors upon the weak, the vain and the suddenly rich, and the sometime unpleas- ant stories of flourishing corruption in the United States, we have been more inclined to pity than condemn such a citizen. We have no doubt that the breaking up of the Tammany and whiskey rings made several of these Americans feel a little higher in their boots, and that the steady growth of popular ideas of government in Europe has made them think there was something worth loving in the Republic after all. Added to this came with the 4th of this month the supreme test of time. Hence we donot doubt that wherever in Europe last Tuesday even two tourists met in a little stuffy hotel in an _ out-of the-way town they “joined” in the cele bration of America’s centennial. Even if the tourist had not a fellow citizen within a hundred miles it can be relied on that he ‘ewent it alone” and did something extra in the way of festivity to show the benighted beings around that he had something ine tensely joyful on his mind. There was one foreign celebration of the centennial that was certainly unique. That was in Ireland. There were not, so far as out information goes, any American citizens, native or adopted, present, It seems to have been a purely spontaneous homage by a pecs ple discontented with their present rulers toa government which represents their ideal of freedom and to a land which has opened ita broad arms to millions of their race whom bad laws and harsh administration thereot have driven from their homes. ‘There is something touching for Americans in this, even if we regard the demonstration in which thirty thousand people took part as only another form of protest against English rule. The cheers given for Russia when the East- ern question was touched on by one of the speakers indicate that England will have another good reason for keeping out of war on a large scale. Bap News ror Smoxers.—The smuggling of inferior tobacco into Cuba, which is said to be carried on under the pretence that it comes from Porto Rico, has doubtless af- fected the quality of some Havana cigars, and the publication of the fact will make people who only know a good ciger from a bad one by its price extremely sus- picious. Rumors, indeed, have reached us from certain German pleasure parks that good judges have been lately unable to decide between the cigars at five cents and those at twenty-five which were sold there. Furthermore, it is bruited that a cigar dealer, taxed with the spuriousness of j his labels from ‘Henry Clay” to ‘Victoria Reina,” has taken refuge in the subterfuge that his cigars were ‘‘shust so good as im- borted, anahow.” If ourown trusted cigar merchants thus deceive us, what are we to expect from foreigners who have no love for our flag? These aresad centennial thoughts, ‘Tue Sanat yesterday passed a bill grant ing certain parties the right to construct telegraph cable to Asia. We hope the re ceivers of this privilege will prove some thing more than speculators who will peddle the franchise they receive. The | more cables we have the better, but we do not quite fancy the idea of granting a monopoly to anybody, and we are glad that the Senate reserved the power to alter or revise the bill at any time. Mans. Hovss, who shot and killed her hus band last Friday, is out on bail to-day. This before the Grand Jury has taken up her cas¢ and in face of the verdict of the Coroner's jury. What is the matter with Jersey justice! Five Faran Cases or Sunsrroxe yester- day--a terrible record. All the unfortu- nates were young,ranging in age from twenty- one to forty-three. It is better to suffer thirst than to drink ice water this weather. Tnx Berxxar Trav will be commenced to-morrow, and there is some prospect that it will last all the summer. This does not prove at all that the proceedings will be sum- mary, but the very reverse. San Francisco celebrated the Centennial with unusual magnificence. A procession four miles in length testifies to the enthusiasm with which California's metropolis did honog to the nation's birthday. INTELLIGENCE, PERSONAL Where is David Davis? Von Biilow went trom London to Paris, Sexton, the billiardist, used to black boots. Olé Ben Wade prefers baff for his summer clothes, Blot always said that breakfast meats should never be hot. A Caiifornia doctor broke bis leg by trying to stamg ‘Sn a tignt boot s you go into Savannah you smell salt as if you waover heard of oysters, Dr. & Irenwus l'rime, the Juan Fernandez of com monplace, i# in Northampton, Mass. Clara Louise Kellogg sang the “Star Spangled Ban nor’? at New Hartford, Coun., on the Fourth, Speaking of her daughter-in-law a California woman said:—‘Sometimes [ thought her jaws were hung on hinges.” * J. Mont, Bailey, the Danbury News man, will mace Dis first appearance in Danbury, His engagemonts to lecture are already numerous. Politicians ought to spend most of their oratory and money in New York and Ohio. A little money, withs out much talk, ought to carry Louisiana, ‘The Niagara babel of hackmon's cries is no longer heard. The drivers of hotel busses are behind a chain and are modestly cool. Everything is quiet. Susan Holmes, of Providence, R. I., is only eighteen years oid. She dresses like a boy. She once drove a coal cart, but she bas been to sea several voyages, It was w descendant of one of the old Jersey Dutch families who, finding the dog chasing the chickens, said of his nopeful sun, ‘Jane, Jakey has tied do dog loose. "” Danbury News:—'When a man is out of employment we like to see bim in an undertaking wareroom, If shows that (he eternal fitness of things is in good working order.’? Congressman Jere, Haralson, of Alabama, was tho slave property of a Mr. Walker, was only nineteen years old when the war ended, and his oli owner is no- where to be known, Such ts lite, The French oyster plantations have proved wonder- fully successial. Those at Morbihan, which in 1872 yieided only 8,928,000 oysters, Inst year brought up ‘21.286.800, and have produced this season 27,214,000, ¢ —