The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1876, Page 4

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Mats KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, at8 P.M. wok ih From our reports this morning the probabil are that the weather to-day will be cloudy and warmer, with, possibly, showers. y YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 18 During the summer months the Henanp will be sent to subscribers in the country at the rate of tacenty-five cents per week, free of postage. Watt Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock mar- ket was irregular, active and feverish. The decline was sherp, but followed by a slight reaction near the close of the day. Govern- ment bonds were strong, railway bonds com- paratively steady and some investment shares weaker. Gold opened at 111 7-8 and closed at 1113-4. Money on call was sup- plied at 2 and 1 1-2 per cent. Taz Brooxuxn Yacut Cuvs squadron have been spinning away pleasantly along the Sound toward Newport, where they ar- rived yesterdzy. On Tuesday the yachts had a lively raco, in which the Madeleine and Niantis were winners. Ovr Cestennrat Tzam.—Suppose we send Centennial Dix, Uncle Sammy Tilden and Grandfather Peter Cooper as our Centennial Rifle Team to shoot at Philadelphia in the match with the foreigners. These venerable and illustrious men are all good shots, and their presence in this match would show an interest in the contest that would be gratify- ing to our friends across the water. Tue Waoyner Frsrivat.—The King of Bavaria has invited Kaiser Wilhelm to the great musical festival at Bairenth. Should the Emperor accept the musician of the fu- ture will take up the baton with an air that will throw all former majestic ivory wand- waving into obscurity. If his Imperial Majesty can stand three whole days of Wagner he will have won a new title to fame. Comaronists Parpoxep.—President Mac- Mahon has signed the pardon papers of one hundred and twenty-seven Frenchmen con- victed of participation in the events of March, 1871. This number, large as it seems, is not a twentieth part of the number of men sentenced to various terms of im- prisonment, either in person like Rochefort, or in contumaciam like Cluseret. It would be better for the future of France if these’par- dons could be made more general without affrighting that hare among political enti- ties—the conservative Frenchman. Tue Custer Monvument.—We are glad to see the fund increasing for a monument to the gallant officers and men of the Seventh cavalry, who rode to death with Custer at their head in the fight on the Little Big Horn. There are now nearly four thousand dollars in the hands of the treasurer, Mr. August Belmont. We hope to see the columns of figures advance more quickly hereafter. The watering places | should soon be heard from. In moments of luxurions ease, when all that can satisfy hu- man wants or desires is at hand, the purse should more readily expand under the press- sure of emotions that honor a deed as brave as that of the Spartans at Thermopyle or the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Tue Ixptan War.—Our latest advices from General Crook’s camp indicate that the In- dians have determined on giving the troops battle in force once more. They have with- | drawn from before the camp and are be- lieved to be hiding their families in the fast- nesses of the mountains, and in every way providing for a stubborn fight, with the pos- sibility of getting away in case retreat becomes necessary. This is one of the reasons why a stronger force should be sent against them than has been prepared. We shail hope for the best from the movements soon to be made, particularly as Terry will co-operate, ind there may bea fresh body of troops to pursue when the main body has broken up the enemy. Geyenat Gorpon’s Revenve Brix is civil service reform ina nutshell. It does not contemplate the complicated and cumber- some machinery which was part of General | Grant's attempt, but it provides against the use of the patronage of the government as a reward for partisan services, and makes in- segrity and worth the important qnalifica- sions of office-holders and office-seekers, In | she past the civil service reformers ap- | prouched the question of reform as if it was something very like an offence to hold office. | No such ideas enter into General Gordon's dill, but its purpose rather is to make both office-holders and office-holding worthy of respect. The measure is one which ought ‘© pass, and no fitter tribute to the sincerity of the professions of both parties on this subject can be afforded than for a republi- tan Senate and democratic House to adopt | this measure without delay. Politics in the South—Federal Inter- ference with State Action. We print on another page a noteworthy letter from New Orleans lifting the curtain on the polities of Louisiana and showing that Grantism is ‘‘scotched but not killed” in the Southern States. The nomination of the notorious Marshal Packard as the repub- lican candidate for Governor is itself a proof that Grantism ‘‘still lives,” but the methods by which it was accomplished and the plans for electing the candidate, as unmasked by our intelligent correspondent, show that the danger is not past of again making that State the victim of intimidation and fraud. The two leading competitors for the Guber- natorial nomination were Packard and War- moth, The tactics by which they sought to circumvent each other make a curious chap- ter of secret political history. We wish at present to fix attention on a feature of their contest which throws light on their estimate of the republican chances for carrying the State, According to the narrative of our correspondent both Packard and Warmoth spent money freely in purchasing the votes of colored delegates, and it isalaughable feature of the contest that these worthies compared lists and found that a number of the delegates had impar- tially sold themselves to both. But the sig- nificant cireumstanceis that both candidates thonght the nomination worth purchasing | with money, which proves that neither of them is without hope that the republican ticket may be voted in, or, at least, counted in, which practically amounts to about the same thing. The letter of our correspond- ent shows on what this expectation is grounded. In the first place, the same Returning Board which perpetrated the enormous frauds of 1874 is still in office, and is ox- pected to render a similar service for a suffi- cient consideration. In thenext place, Kel- logg still acts as Governor, and stands ready to use his power of appointment and removal to promote the success of the republican party. In the third place, Packard, who got the nomination, holds the office of United States Marshal and intends to utilize his power of making arrests to intimidate the conservative voters of the State. His plan of operations, as set forth in our New Orleans pulous character of the man. He intends, just before the election, to arrest individuals in all parts of tho State on the oaths of his deputy marshals, who are tools selected to do his bidding, and take them to New Or- leans for imprisonment, and he counts on the concerted absence of the federal | judge to keep them in confinement until the election is over. It is to be hoped that the exposure of this infamous plan may defeat it. But the fact that Pack- ard and Warmoth both thought the repub- lican nomination worth purchasing proves that neither of them despairs of carrying the State. No two men understand the po- litical situation in Louisiana more thoroughly, or are greater adepts in the art of managing elections by fraud. It is therefore proper that the conservatives be put on their guard and warned against the reckless intriguers who are plotting against a fair election and an honest counting of the votes. With the election machinery and Returning Board in the hands of their opponents they need to exert all their vigilance. A democratic vic- tory in Louisiana is not so certain as the friends of Governor Tilden have supposed, and they must not be lulled into a false se- curity. The Presidential election is likely to be very close, and if it should so happen that the electoral votes of Louisiana would turn the scale the peace of the country may be put in jeopardy by a dispute as to which party is entitled to them. It will not do tosay that the unsettled state of affairs in States like Louisiana and South Carolina is not a proper subject of national attention. The separation between federal and State politics is broader in law than it is in fact. Itis absurd to shut our eyesto dangerous facts because they happen to be at variance with a precon- ceived theory respecting the nature of our government. ‘There is a marked incon- gruity between the original theory of our institutions and the practice which has grown up under them. At an early period the federal government drew the State gov- ernments into its vortex and engulfed their independence. Our State elections, and even our pettiest municipal elections, revolve around questions of national politics. To illustrate by a recent conspicuous instance, the Ohio election last year, in which only State officers were chosen, turned on the currency question, which is within the ex- clusive domain of the federal authority. The Hayes party and the Allen party alike ran the State canvass on a purely federal issue, and it struck nobody, in Ohio or out of Ohio, that there was anything inconsist- ent with ordinary usage in subordinating the politics of the State to a question with which no State government has anything to do. Some of the States have sought to rescue their local affairs from the federal vortex by holding their elections on a different day; but this has only intensified the evil. The State elections held in ad- vance of the Presidential election are looked to for indications of the drift of public sen- timent on national questions, and the conse- quence is a prodigious concentration of out | side influence by the two great national par- ties to carry such State elections with a view to their moral effect in federal politics. In spite of abstract theories, in spite of the intentions of the framers of the constitu- politics is almost perfect, and we hardly ever elect the mayor of a city or even the super- visor of a town without reference to his opinions on national questions. The federal offices are constantly used to influence State polities, of which we have a conspicuous ex- ample in the Custom House of this city, which, in republican and democratic hands elections, ch being the practical working of our stitutions shall the federal influence be ex- erted within the States for evil only and not also for good? If it is permissible to make federal questions dominate over State que tions in the interest of political p&ties is it not also permissible to exert federal in- | fluence for the promotion of peace, order letter, is consistent enough with the unscrn- | byeadhman 2 dpraniagen/iwe pte hy hee | further than from the cause of the decline in alike, has always been a potent force in our | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1876. ' bottom of it. and tranquillity inside of State boundaries? We concede that in mere law and strict con- stitutional right the federal government has nothing to do with the internal affairs of the States. But we all know as o matter of fact that the politics of the States follow in the wake of federal politics and are completely controlled by them. This absolute domina- tion resembles that of what is called fashion in social life. ‘There is no legal right to pre- seribe the form of a bonnet or dictate the cut of a garment, and yet fashion reigns su- preme over the attire of men and of women. Our fashions in politics also operate outside of law, and the control they exert is equally absolute. It would be absurd to ignore the influence of our established political oustoms, which are “a law unto themselves.” In point of fact custom, and not law, controls our politics. Nothing in this country is more firmly rooted than the custom of subordinating the politics of the individual States to federal politics, and this control is none the less real because it is outside of the constitution. It would be absurd to hold that such influence is allowable for mere party purposes but can- not be exerted to ‘‘establish justice and insure domestic tranquillity,” which are among the declared objects of the constitution. We are accordingly of the cpinion that | Mr. Tilden may very properly, in his letter of acceptance, express his sentiments re- specting the relation of the two races and the general state of affairs in the Southern States. In his annual messages to the Legis- lature of New York he did not hesitate to discuss at great length the question of the currency, with which he hud no concern in his capacity as s State Governor and with which the Legislaturo he addressed had no concern; and it would be odd indeed if as a Presidential candidate, in a letter meant for the whole country, he should not dare to give his views on a question of euch grave national consequence as the state of affairs in the South. The solidarity of na- tional and State politics is a fact which can- not be denied, and no candidate for the Presidency should hesitate to speak out and tell the country plainly in what direction his extra constitutional influence will be ex- erted if the people should clothe him with that high trust. Governor Tilden’s duty seems clear and simple in relation to the Southern States. He may properly declare that he will not permit such abuses of the federal power to control State elections as have been prac- tised and are again in contemplation in Louisiana, but he should also declare with an emphasis which will make itself felt that the whole moral influence of his administra- tion and its whole legal influence, so far as the constitution and laws clothe him with any authority, will be exerted in the interest of justice and equal pro- tection to both races. His legal power of interference may amount to little, but his moral influence as the Chief Magistrate of the country and his political influence as the dispenser of the federal patronage in the Southern States will make his will of more force than legal enactments, and he ought to leave the country in no doubt as to the way it will be exerted. His election depends more on Northern than on Southern votes, and there are hundreds of thousands of Northern citizens who would gladly vote for him as a reformer if they could be satisfied that the rights of both races in the South would be protected with equal zeal in the event of his election. ‘The Silver Bill. The silver agitation in Congress is a sort of midsummer madness. So far the iniqui- tous measure known as Bland’s Silver bill has failed to pass; but it hangs a portentous danger over the country and threatens nearly every interest with destruction. Singularly enough, it is the first born of inflation, and is even worse than additional issues of green- backs, for it would give us a new species of legal tender of less value than the greenbacks themselves--a legal tender which would be receivable for customs duties, for which greenbacks are not receivable. While we have an irredeemable legal tender currency | a gold note would bo bad enough, because it would only tend to discredit the legal tenders, but a silver note in addition to both the others is something inconceivable. Does Congress know that silver is a commodity worth. only what it would fetch in the mar- ket—a commodity which has depreciated in value sixteen per cent since the 1st of Janu- ary? As well might we think of making iron or zine or platinum tho basis of a coin note. Wheat and corn and whiskey and molasses would be equally available if they were not more perishable. Within the last few years silver has receded from its high place among the precious metals, and if the production of the mines continues as great as in the past it will soon be bought and sold in the market like lead and iron and the other -useful minerals. England and Germany are both recognizing the necessity of demonetizing it, the cause of this being the wonderful productiveness of the American mines; and, singularly enough, at the very moment the world secs that it has lost the place it once held by the side of gold, our astute American statesmen are fall- ing madly in love with it, not only as a circulating medium, but the basis of a new currency. They not only want to make the depreciated silver dollar a legal tender, but a better legal tender than that for which the eredit of the government is pledged. Ina design of this kind something more than stupidity or demagoguery must be at the It is easy enough to perceive what that something is, and we need not go | the value of silver to the men who will suffer by the decline to find it. Mr. Bland’s bill is a sop to the inflationists, but its real pur- pose is to succor a few desperate speculators and bolster up the silver interest of Nevada and California, When commerce or manu- factures demand silver bars it will be easy enough to buy them at their market price, | but at any time it would be a great outrage to compel people to take dollars in coin notes based upon half the value of the faco of the note in silver. ‘Imm Exrnapitioy Draptock.—The debate in the House of Lords has given a text for the Pall Mati Gazette to preach a sensible ex- tradition sermon on. It approves the Ameri- can view of the obligations under the treaty. Stanley’s Recent Discoveries. In the special despatches which we pub- lished yesterday from another parcel of let- ters received in London from Henry M. Stanley, chief of the African Exploring Ex- pedition of the New Yorx Henaup and Lon- don Telegraph, an outline is given of the continuation of his explorations and their results on the west side of the great equa- torial lake, Victoria Niyanza, and in the great divide between the Victoria and the Albert lakes, from June, 1875, to April 24, 1876. From these despatches it appears that our intrepid and industrious explorer had thoroughly completed his appointed work of the circumnavigation of the Victoria Lake and the determination of its area, coast line, bays, islands, tributary streams and bordering mountains and plains ; had twice crossed the divide from lake to lake, and had traversed its southern section, pre- viously unexplored, to the dividing ridgo or plateau between the basin of the two great Nile lakes and the basin of Lake Tangan- yika, and, descending that watershed on the southern side, was within a few days’ march of Ujiji on the date of his last despatch. We are advised that Stanley's reports of these explorations embrace geographical and ethnological discoveries of the highest im- portance, and we anticipate details of sur- passing interest, particularly in the narra- tive of his researches and discoveries in the southern division of that magnificent equa- torial area of the Upper Nile basin, of which, to the outside world, nothing hitherto has been known. That experienced, ablo and courageous African explorer, Sir Samuel Baker, with a powerful army column in the service of the Egyptian Khedive, narrowly escaped destruction with his command by the ferocious and warlike savages of that re- gion. He escaped only by persistent and skilful fighting for many days in succession, and was compelled to retreat before com- pleting the reconnoissance he had under- taken. Stanley has penetrated and passed through those hostile regions from which even the indomitable Baker was turned back, and it is within those savage domains that he has been rewarded for his perseverance in the wonderful discoveries of which we are awaiting his full reports. The remarkable mountain, Gambaragara, on the elevated slopes of which, with their temperate climate, he found a tribe of pale- faces, marking a different race of aborigines from any of the black-skinned natives of the plains, is probably a peak of the same range as that to which M’tumbiro Mountain, which we have on many maps of Equatorial Africa, belongs. If so, however, it is a moun- tain which preceding explorers have seen only from great distances, and upon the sides of which Stanley and his party will henceforth be recorded as tle first foreign intruders. After revisiting the almost sacred ground to him of Ujiji Mr. Stanley's plan of operations was to return for a thorough reconnoissance of Lake Albert and its shores and drainage ; but we dare say that he will not have re- turned before determining from actual ob- servation the destination of Livingstone’s great interior river, the Lualaba. From what he has accomplished we know that he is not an explorer who will leave any unsettled problem within his field of research to infer- ence or conjecture. The Weather. An extended barometric depression is advancing from the westward, and we may expect a decided increase of tem- perature by Saturday morning, with cloudiness and local rains. The isobare of thirty inches of pressure was almost mer- idianal yesterday morning from the lakes to the Gulf, the prevailing winds along the line being easterly and southerly. It is proba- ble, therefore, that when the low barometer is deflected to the northeastward by the Alleghany mountains we shall experience a repetition for some time of the condi- tions that produced the recent heated term, but these cannot be of long duration. The | region which is at present the scene of the Indian campaign has been swept by high winds during the past three days, which” will favor the destruction of dry grass should | the Sioux attempt to burn our troops ont of | their encampments. By this time the hot | weather in England will begin to abate and rains will probably accompany the decrease of temperature, In the Gulf of Mexico vio- lent thunder storms may be expected to prevail, which will extend tothe Gulf and South Atlantic States. The weather on the Pacifie coast has been fair and*cool. The temperature at San Francisco yesterday was only fifty-seven degrees, with a strong westerly wind blowing toward the heated interior. The True Way to Settle the Troubles H in South Carolina. The argument that the troubles in South Carolina are only to be reached by the inter- ference of the federal government is wild and revolutionary. If Governor Chamberlain has any authority in South Carolina let him | exercise it by tha arrest and trial of the authors of the Hamburg massacre—Sitting Bull Butlerand his Sioux. This is the way to settle these troubles. 1t was in this way | that the Ku Klux societies in Arkansas wore suppressed by a Governor who resolved that murder and assassination should have no place in the politics of that State. Let Chamberlain, who has been in the army and knows what is necessary to perform the du- ties of a soldier, go into this Hamburg dis- | trict in person with the militia of the State? and arrest and try the men who were guilty of an outrage which has brought down the condemnation of Mr. Lamar and other inde- | pendent Southern men. He has no business | in Washington in conference with the Presi- dent or the Secretary of War. His place is at home with his people and at the head of | tho militia of the State. ‘he Governor has | done so much to entitle him to the respect of his people by his vigorous war upon the Moses and Whipper Ring that we do not like to think that he will fail now. Ho has no interest higher than the pacifica- tion of his State and the enforcement of the law. Axorugn Tvnxist Revorurion is fore- shadowed in our special despatch from London. The softas or clerical students from the mosques and their leaders, the ulemas, who hayo taken the same position | ported in a letter which we print this morn- “ing, is of a character to reflect great dis- | in the Turkish body politic formerly held for a while therein by the turbulent Janis- saries, and by the Pretorian Guard in the tottering Roman Empire of the West, are dissatisfied with Sultan Mourad. He is sick; indeed, a malicious report lately circulated ascribed his indisposition to the effect of potations that no true child of the Koran could countenance. This is not of much moment, the principal interest lying in the character of his probable successor. Ahmed Effendi is described as a man of strong will, enlarged experience and considerable educa- tion. To him the sword of the Khalifate would fall in case Mourad is overthrown as his uncle Abdul was, and it is well worthy of consideration what might be the influence of aman at once able and determined on the fortunes of the beset Osmanlis. The Democratic Canvass for Governor, The democrats have nothing to gain in this State by seeking a strengthening plaster for Tilden in the way of a candidate for Governor. There was an idea, which attracted foratime by its novelty, that it would be a charming illustration of harmony for the democrats toname Mr. Seymour for Gover- nor. It was then learned that Mr. Seymour did not wish the office, would not take it, and had no desire to enter again into public life. Then it was proposed that he should be taken by force, in the old Roman-Sabine fashion, and compelled to remain on the ticket. But the moment the people saw this in its true light the question arose, ‘‘Is the Governorship of this grea® State to be forced upon any citizen, however eminent, simply to answer the exigencies of a campaign for the Presidency?” The more the matter was studied the more it became apparent that such a nomination would weaken rather than strengthen the canvass. So we may consider Mr. Seymour as out of the field, and at liberty to pursue those agricultural, piscatorial and social aims which are the delight of an honored seclusion. ‘The democratic campaign in this State, we may as well say to our democratic friends, is not to be strengthened by any tricks or expedients. There isno man in the party who can go into the fight as a strengthening plaster for Mr. Tilden. Mr. Tilden does not need such aid. He is by all odds the most influential and eminent democrat now in the State, and requires no help from friend or rival. What he needs is harmony ; good organization ; such a ticket as wili bring out the last vote in the party. For that reason he should go outside of the New York fac- tions which disgraced the State at Albany. He should take a man for Governor who has youth, vigor, character and a proper stand- ing with the democracy—a man of executive capacity, who in the Governor's chair would carry out the reforms which have given his own administration its brilliancy and strength. Ho could not expect this from Seymour, more especially as that gentle- man’s administrations never showed an overweening desire for reform. Sey- mour was a party Governor—fair, re- spectable and moderate. If Mr. Til- den does not wish to see his work fall to the ground, like water spilled on the sandy beach, he will nominate a candidate who will carry out old reforms and suggest new ones. Such a candidate pre-eminently is Manton Marble. Mr. Marble is well known throughout the State in his capacity as a journalist as the head of the leading dem- ocratic paper in the country. His repu- tation is that of a man of courage, culture and conviction. The democratic party should rejoice to elevate tothe highest place in the State the man who has stood by the | democratic colors through so many yeurs of defeat and discouragement. Let Governor Tilden throw away any idea of expediency, of rewarding personal friends or of making the candidate a strengthening plaster for himself, when he is so strong that he does not need one, and, in naming Mr. Marble, give New York a candidate of whom all parties will be proud, and whose election would gratify every citizen who has a pride in his State. A Consular Tyrant. The conduct of General Partridge, the United States Consul to Siam, as it is re- credit upon the country and our consular service. Partridge seems to have been a sort of consular tyrant, who not only lorded it with a high hand over the American citizens who came within his jurisdiction, but even treated the King to whose dominions he was accredited with disdain. Wishing to come to Philadelphia as the Commissioner of Siam he threw the Commissioner whom the King had chosen into jail in order to embarrass his departure, and otherwise behaved in a way to prevent the articles intended for the Centennial Exhibition from being sent at all. Other acts of tyranny, including the imprisonment of a number of mis- sionaries, for so-called contempt’ of his authority, followed, and his son, | who is vice consul under him, is said to have behaved in 2 way equally discredit- able and disgraceful. It seems almost in- credible that the representative of the United States in a foreign country should behave as General Partridge is said to have behaved ; but our correspondent informs us that the Consul’s conduct has been investi- gated by Commander Mathews, of the Ashuelot, and so we may assume that the State Department is in possession of all the facts. If these are as represented Secretary Fish’s duty is plain. Partridge must be dis- missed at once and brought home to answer for offences which it is hard to believe any American official could commit. In this case a consul seems to have set up as a petty satrap in a foreign country, and the spec- tacle which his actions present is one that could come, it would seem, only from ao madman or from one singularly unscru- | pulous. Tar Bervevt Tracepy.—-We publish else- | where the other side of the story of. this | tragic affair as given by ex-Judge Fullerton, who appears to be well informed on all the details. We can oniy repeat, in reference to this version of the Berdell-Murray tragedy, that a social reform is sadly needed when such things can be. ‘The root of the evil lies deeply planted in lust, covetousness and dishonesty, which combine to form a fruitful soil for the growth of crime. Giving the “Cops” a Faneral. Yesterday morning an imposing funeral procession defiled up Second avenue from the Church of the Nativity. In the hearse were borne the remains of Sergeant McGiven, a police officer who in twenty- three years of service had obtained a charac- ter for acuteness and courage second to none in the force. He was fatally stabbed week ago while capturing a runaway pic! pocket. There was genuine sorrow in the heart of every one of the three hundred policemen who followed the remains of theiz gallant fellow servant who died in doing his duty. A look of regret was on the face of every law-abiding citizen who saw the sad procession pass, and words of sym- pathy fell from every side. But behind this sorrow there was a demoniacal chuckling, “not loud, but deep.” It came from the throats of a class more numerous and daring than most of us believe—the fellows in crime of the thief who killed McGiven. If it was accompanied by words at all they were such sinister ones as head this article. Where law and order receivea blow there are always ruffians to rejoice, but in this case few outside the police and the thieves themselves know how an act like that which brought death to the brave sergeant may become the parent of a series of similar murders. ll officers may not be as brave as McGiven. Men who stand in the place of guardians of life and property may not care to run the same risks as the sergeant ran, This is why the thieves and burglars chuckled yesterday as the sad procession, with the remains of the mure dered policeman, went through the city. Intimidation by the criminal classes has gone too far. Their audacity has not been met with equally stern repression. We hava as brave men on the police as ever breathed, but we have too many who keep out of the way when danger is in the wind. Our car conductors, who know the pickpockets well, have been frightened by the daring of the gangs on one side and the listlessness of the police on the other into silence, when an alarm would prevent robbery. ‘The funeral of yesterday should prove a turning point. It should nerve every police officer into a watchfulness and activity that will thin the number of these scoundrels until our civil- ization shall not be affronted by the sight of gangs of pickpockets operating in daylight and carrying off their booty at the point of the knife or the muzzle of the pistol. There is public spirit enough to stand stiffly by the police in such an endeavor, for it is a matter touching our lives as well as our property. The law should be sternly dealt out. The gangs can be broken up and, their members cowed into relinquishment of their bloody resorts to escape the consequences of their crimes. When a citizen or police officer ig killed let the thieves have a funeral too, Mr. Trxpen’s Lerrer.—We are informed that Mr. Tilden’s letter accepting the nomi- nation of the democratic party for the office of President will be printed in a day or two, This is a wise decision on the part of the Governor. He knows what to say and how to say it. He knows as well as any man in | the country what is required of him as a cara didate for the Presidency. It is a sign of weakness to wait for Hendricks, for Con- gress, forany one in fact. The delay has already injured his prospects. Let him write his letter and take command of his canvass and show the democratic party and the country that he means to command the canvass until the close of the poll. The country expects this from Mr. Tilden, and we are glad to know that its expectations are , to be so soon realized. Roumanra Growine Restrvz.—It looks ag though it would require very little to fling the Moldo-Wallachians into the fray which is at present threatening the- peace of all Europe, as well as furnishing fighting for the Turks, Serbs and Montenegrins. Rou- mania is a pawn of Germany in the great Eastern game of chess, as Montenegro and Servia are pawns of Russia. That Russia has, so far; left the latter principalities ta the risk of capture does not assure anybody that she has lost interest in their fate, and although Germany might for a time act sim- silarly with regard to Roumania if Prince Karl declared war, the iron hand of Bise marck would be felt before the fight was over, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Fred Douglass is at Martha’s Vineyard. Ocean Grove is seven miles from Long Branch. Moody and Sankey will go to Martha’s Vineyard, General Burnside {is at his home at Bristol, RL. Newburyport is two miles from the ocean @md on @ pill, Emerson:—‘‘A strenuous soul hates cheap sue cesses.” Chevalier Ernest de Wattegg, of Vienna, is at the St, Denis Hotel. Admiral Leon Dejoie, of the Haytian Navy, is at the Motropolitan Hotel. Salisbury Beach 1s the hardest and longest beach on the New England coast. Goeth The best result to be derived from history is the enthusiasm it kindles. ” From Jay Peak, over Lake Memphremagog, you may see the St. Lawrence River. If every man would ouly take the advice he gives te other people he would be happy. Harriet Prescott Spofford has a summer home os Deer Island, near Newburyport, Sir Jopn Hodgson, the City Engineer of London, England, ts travelling in Canada in a semi-official char. acter. Wrap your trout in brown paper, put him into the ashes with a few live coals atop, and in fifteen minutes he will be ft for a king to cat, Mep who ‘go West’ to pick up gold im the streets of San Francisco hire out im the wheat fields, and, settling down, obey the philosopher's injunction. Punch:—Mt, ——, “Don’t you think, love, that you'd beter give them alonger invitation than ¢ week?” Mra ——, “My love! They'd all come,” Fun:—Little Girl, “Oh please, sit, ve brought your shirt ‘ome, but mother says she can’t wash it no more, ‘cos she was obliged to paste it up agen the wall and chack soap suds at it it’s so tender!"” A Southerner, writing from Cape May to his home paper, wonders why a prudish girl who will dance with no one but her brother will run along the beach, waked asto the knee,” and kicking sand at her bean. A minister in a Scotch seaport town was deseanting bofore a large audieacs upon tho periis of unrepentant sinners as they drifted down the stream of time. ite compared them toa teinpust-tossed bark, bowing undes the hurricane, every bit of canvas tora from its spars, and driving furiously upou adjacent breakers. At the climax of bis skilfully elaborated metaphor the minis- ter shouted “And how, O how, shall the poor mariner be saved?” An old salt in the gallery, with his whole soul absorbea in the scone, sprang to his feet and fereamed, “Lot him put his helm hard down, and bear ‘Up against (he waves,” |