The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1876, Page 4

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M. are thal the weather to-day and fair or partly cloudy. ing the ‘probabilities During the summer months the Huraup will be sent to subscribers in the country at the rate of twenty-five cents per week, free of postage. Terry 1s ToneatEeNep with an attack, our latest despatches showing that the Indians Bre concentrating for a great battle. It is valor rather than numbers upon which he will have to depend for success. A Srxevran Stony of the late war, not heretofore published, is printed in our col- amns this morning. The boldness of the at- tempt to destroy the Mississippi fleet, which came so near being successful, is not the strangest part of this history. It is scarcely possible how a story of this kind could be so long concealed, and yet it will be seen that in every detail this remarkable episode is narrated. A Sprcran Dxsrarcu from the mouth of the Rosebud details the progress of Colonel Otis’ command from the start of the expedi- tion to reinforce Terry until their arrival in eamp. The command comprises nearly four hundred men, and will be a welcome addi- tion to Terry's force, especially as the march to join Crook is about to begin with the Indians concentrating for a battle \before it is completed, and, possibly, before it is begun. Tne Snootixc Poricy seems to be the pre- concerted plan among burglars and thieves when arrested or interfered with. Two such cases recently occurred in Brooklyn, and the killing of Sergeant McGiven is another case in pomt. Nowa story comes from Long Branch that two police officers were shot at that place, one perhaps fatally, by burglars whom they had arrested. Speedy punish- ment is the only way to prevent the crimeg of such desperate crimi ImpurE Croton WatER conveys a danger to every household. Why cannot the water be purified by filtering before it is admitted into the distributing reservoirs? The con- struction of extensive filtering beds of gravel below the collect ponds would de- crease the danger considerably. This and the cutting off of the surface drainage, by which a vast amount of impurity is con- veyed to the ponds, would entail a large ex- penditure, but not more than that of which every citizen would willingly pay his share in order to get pure, healthy water. Tue Rovmanrans have formed a new Ministry, and considerable interest attaches to the development of its policy toward Turkey. During a crisis like the present one in the East great significance attaches to any changes that may occur in the personnel of the governments of the States sdjoining the theatre of war. The ancient foe of the Servian, the Greek and the Roumanian is struggling to retain his foothold on the soil wrested from these peoples, and his diffi- culties may at any moment com@ to be re- garded by the two latter as affording the long desired opportunity to right many cen- turies of wrong. Thus the Turk stands on ground made slippery with the blood shed in his conquest of it. Tue Sunpay Law is the occasion of much sensational abuse by the police. Last night #s many as thirty arrests were made at Gil- more’s Garden, the place and the occasion being chosen because of the talk the action will create. It is unnecessary to repeat what we have so often said in regard to the uselessness of this thing. Nothing can be more harmless, ona Sunday night even, than # glass of beer to good music, and the police will not be able to justify their action to the public unless they show that both the beer and the music are bad. If half the zeal that is shown in following up the wretched bar- keepers was exhibited in the pursuit of thieves we would be able to look with moro pleasure upon tho efliciency of the Police Department. Comprnotizn Guzex, when he has any- thing to say, says it without an effort to conceal his meaning, and, consequently, his opinions of the Park Commissioners will be read with interest. It is weil known that many of the laborers employed on the parks have been turned out of office and others put in their places to satisfy political favorites. During the last two months decapitations have been frequent. When these facts are taken in conjunction with Comptroller Green’s charges that most of the force em- ployed by the department is clerical, and that it will be necessary to restore Tomp- kins square to what it was before work was begun on it at all as a preliminary to put- ting it in proper condition, public faith will be shaken in the course pursued by the Crmmissioners. The Indian Question—Impending Bat- tle on the Rosebud. We print this morning important news from the Indian country. One despatch announces that the Indians are concentrat- ing in front of Terry for a general battle. Another conveys the information from Gen- eral Terry himself that he hopes to make his adyance on Thursday. While we are waiting, therefore, for what we trust will be decisive news from the Indian country, we may urge upon the thoughtful consideration of our statesmen a duty which they, without regard to party, should accept and decide—the duty of solving the Indian question. The first phase is the suppression of the Sioux rebel- lion, and we trust Terry willsucceed in doing so. An Indian war is always disagreeable, but in the present case it is not to be avoided. It is no longer a question of right or wrong, but of the protection of our frontiers and the opening of the Western countries to civilization, Whatever sentiment we may cherish about the Indians we must put an end to the career of the roving tribes on the Plains and in the country of the Yellow- stone, The old legend about treaties and reservations isatan end. Experience, and in many cases bloody experience, has taught us that an armed Indian is sure at some time or another to be an enemy. ‘The conditions of Indian war are so terrible that the mere prospect of an uprising of these tribes is certain to throw a settlement into a panic. As General Sherman said with so much force, in his con- yersation with the House Committee on Mil- itary Affairs the other day, it would bea shameful thing if, after inviting emigration from other lands, we were to permit a com- pany of emigrants to be butchered. There is no duty so important tous asa nation as the building up of these Commonwealths in the West. Now that Colorado leaves her territorial probationship and takes her place in the family of States we must give our at- tention to the new Territories—Montana, Idaho, Dakota and others—which are in a ripening condition, and sooner or later to be ready for the honors of sovereignty. So long as the Indians are permitted to roam at will in these Territories so long will our civilization be at the mercy of Sitting Bull and his confederation. The time has come to change that relation, and the massacre of Custer and his command should stimulate us to enter upon the work with promptitude and firmness. This is in no respect a party question. Democrats and republicans are united as to our duty with the Indians. For this reason the leaders of the two parties should enter into the work with conscientious energy. In the first place we must give all the needed power to our military commands. The country is well satisfied with Sherman and Sheridan in council, with Terry and Crook in the field, and what they ask will be granted. We now see that our military authorities underrated the Indian strength. What was regarded in the beginning as a picnic in the Yellowstone region is seen to be a for- midable and aggressive war with the most powerful confederation of Indian tribes on the continent. We sacrificed Custer and the Seventh cavalry to learn that lesson, and since that deplorable event we have done all in our power to reinforce our troops and overcome the enemy. If such a blunder is repeated it will be the fault of our mil- itary authorities, for the disposition of Con- gress is to give Sherman and Sheridan as many men as they want. It is even now a question in many minds whether we have troops enough in the Territories to overcome Sitting Bull. He has many advantages. He knows his country. He has the Brit- ish Possessions as a base of supplies and asa retreat in case of disaster. He is on his own ground. His men have given their lives to war. He may unite his forces and attack us in detail, or, if we are too powerful, divide into small bands and elude our troops. We fight the Indian with every odds against us. The wilderness, which isa wilderness indeed to us, is an open book to him. He knows every hill, ravine and stream. The forbidding secrets of these wild lands all have a meaning for him. We depend upon civilization for the means of waging our war. We cannot make a day's march without aids which he would despise. Tho clouds as they drift over the sky, the tufted, grassy plain, the trail which only Indian eyes can see, the column of smoke from a camp fife, aro all so many advantages to him. The Indian can ride by night and by day, live on roots and in- sects, endure hardships, and has undaunted courage. He neither asks nor grants quar- ter. His mind burns with a passionate ha- tred of the white race. He knows how this broad continent was once his dominion, how the pale face came and robbed him of his hunting grounds, how he has been driven from the homes and graves of his ancestors, how every treaty with him has been broken. He broods over centuries of wrong, and he sees no other alternative but to destroy the invader or be destroyed. There is not an Indian in the West who does not hate the whites. If / any of them are at peace it is from cupidity or fear. Some of them, like Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, have seen us in our homes and know the madness of any warlike venture, They accept fate, but their hearts are with their brethren on the warpath, and while they are at peace themselves they are only too glad to send out warriorsand arms. One of the chiefs who fought Custer is Kill Eagle, who was friendly enough until driven tothe warpath by the perfidy of our Indian agents. Another is a son of Red Cloud, who remained under our protection until the summons came, when he could not resist the instincts of his naturo. What the country expects from General Sheridan is not a war. of extermination. It is not wise to talk of “teaching the Sioux a lesson,” or of ‘avenging Custer,” or of revenge or retaliation. ihis would be to make war with an ignoble purpose. We want to break up the Indian bands, destroy Sitting Bull's armed league and bring every Indian within the jurisdiction of our govern- ment. War is only to be waged so long asit is necessary to accomplish this result, If Sitting Bull and his bands came in to-morrow we should urge a policy of peace. All threats of punishment and military execntion—of dealing with him as England with the Sepoys—are unworthy. England was deal- ing with a people of comparative intelli- gence, numbering millions, who might rise again and menace her Empire. It was neces- sary to teach them a terrible lesson. We are dealing with tribes of savages who killed Custer and his men according to their rude laws of war. Our duty is to take these bands, disarm and dismount them and put them under military control. The whole Sioux nation, taking the largest estimate, is not larger than one of our city wards. We could put them on a tract of land not larger than Rhode Island and keep them there. So far as was possible we should teach them to be civilized—to sow and plough and weave. If that was impossible, at least with the elders ofthe tribe, then we should feed children. We must never lose sight of the fact that our whole policy with these In- dians has been wrong; that we have never respected their rights; that we have allowed thieves to prey upon them; that we have never seriously tried to elevate them. We have been so busy with our own affairs, with the building of cities and Com- monwealths, that we have forgotten all about the Indians, and have permitteda solemn, chivalrous duty to devolve upon yagabonds who robbed him, and who now devolve upon us the duty of fighting him. This is the immediate duty, and we trust it will be promptly done. Unhappily, af- fairs with the Indians have come to such @ pass that we must fight them. Let thero be no hesitancy in that work. It is mercy to the Indian and economy to ourselves to throw an overwhelming force upon Sitting Bull and end his military power in one cam- paign. There isno way of treating with him. We might as well send a flag of truce and peace commissioners into an In- dian jungle as within his lines, We must fight him, and the more speed- ily and thoroughly we do it the better. It is not a war of glory. It is a war which every humane man regards with pain, and the sooner it is over the better. But in this lull of politics, while we have a little breathing space, and while with anxious, hopeful hearts we wait to hear from Terry and Crook, could not our politicians lay aside their wrangles and give some attention to thé Indian? We have tried the Indian Department, we have tried the peace policy. Both have failed. There are too many jobbers and thieves to profit by war to permit any fair dealing with the red men, Let us now turn the whole business over to Sherman and Sheridan. These men as the chiefs of the army are our best commissioners. While it is their duty now to suppress an armed force it would be not only their duty but their pleasure to take care of the Indian and see that he had all the opportunities and advan- tages of civilization. No man is so tender as the brave man; and, while the com- manders of our army would be unpausing in their military operations, the moment that peace was assured they would treat the Indian with justice, forbearance and hu- manity. Thorefore we think that the con- trol of the whole Indian nation should be turned overtothe army. William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan are the true peace commissioners for the settlement of this appalling problem. Governor Chamberiain’s Letter. Governor Chamberlain's letter to the Presi- dent, which called out sucha vigorous reply, is a surprisingly modest and unimpassioned document. There is nothing in the letter to call forth bitterness from any source unless “killing niggers” is a commendable act and the Hamburg affair worthy of imitation. There is every appearance, as Governor Chamberlain charges, that these mas- sacres are meant to intimidate voters, and therefore are political. In the Hamburg affair no good reason has been assigned why a mob should undertake to disatm an inoffensive militia company; and the people of the North will inevitably be- lieve that murders like these are the means which the Southern whites adopt to carry elections unless some better reason can be assigned for the émeute than has yet been given by General Butler and his associates in the affair. So many events of this kind have occurred in which we are told the ne- groes were the aggressors, while only negroes were killed, that the country is anxious to know what these repeated massacres mean, and whether the ‘bloody shirt” is, after all, even bloodier than Senator Morton has rep- resented it. Governor Chamberlain is mild, too, in his demands regarding the disposition of troops in South Carolina. While we deprecate the employment of troops unless the State au- thorities are helpless, yet if a force is kept in the State at all it ought to be placed where it will do the most good. Affairs like that at Hamburg, if they are to be repeated, make troops as necessary as the rebellious ideas of Sitting Bull; and if such massacres are encouraged the white men who promote them can only expect the treatment that is accorded to other savages. Conrrxvous Warm Wraruzr will prevail during the coming week, probably with oc- casional thunder storms in the vicinity of New York. The northwestern area of low barometer has moved eastward over the upper lakes, and a widespread rain area has continued central over the Upper Missis- sippi Valley and the lakes, with smaller de- tached areas in the States of New York and Louisiana. The pressure all over the country to the west and south of New York is high, and we consequently may look for warm southerly to southwesterly winds and another heated term. The terrible conse- quences of incautious exposure during the recent warm weather should be a warning to thos® disposed to neglect the precautions necessary for the preservation of health and life in such a season. To-day the weather will be fair and very warm. In View or THE Success of our own Ex- hibition we can look forward with satisfac- tion to the realization of the hopes of the French people of having another great ‘‘Ex- position Universelle” in 1880. ‘The progress of Fratice since the disastrous war that laid her at the fect of Germany has been the most extraordinary in history, and all civil- | ized peoples will rejoice at any and every evidence of her recovery of the great station she once hald among tha nations, them and try what we could do with their | The Resumption Act. The vote of the House repealing the act providing for the resumption of specie pay- ments in 1879 was unfortunate. The atti- tude of Mr. Cox in moving the repeal and forcing the vote under the previous ques- tion will not add to the fame of that shifty politician, The course of Mr. Cox has led to the impression that he isa hard money man'‘in the East and a soft money man in the West. He evidently had no heart in his work, but acted untier the pressure of dem- ocratic necessities. The only argument for the repeal was that something should be done to conciliate the inflationists in Indiana. Hendricks had written a let- ter demanding it, The repeal is not necessarily an inflation measure, but it is a step in that direction. It is the triumph of the policy of Hendricks over the policy of Tilden, and it shows that the reso- lute leader of the Western democracy means that his wishes shall govern the campaign. We are told that the Resumption act was menace to the business interests of the country; that there could be no prosperity while it was in existence. Surely this argu- ment never met the approval of reasonable men. The Resumption act was a promise to pay specie for our legal tenders at a cer- tain time. Even if Mr. Tilden were to be elected President -this act gave him nearly two years in which to redeem its pledges. Was this time too short? The friends of Mr. Tilden do not say so. Parke Godwin is one*of the ablest of his supporters, and he has said publicly, as a reason why Mr. Tilden should be elected, that in three months the new President would have our finances in a healthy condition—in such a condition that, if we understand him correctly, resumption would be an ensy task. If this is true, if three months are all that is needed to ar- range the finances, why should the demo- crats repeal an act which gives Mr. Tilden nearly two years for the work ? The repeal of the act is, we repeat, a con- ssion to the Hendricks wing of the party— the mad inflationists of the West, who be- lieve in the communism of rag money. Now, if the democrats begin a re- form campaign with one concession to the spirit of repudiation, when will they be called upon for other concessions ? That is the question which all friends of the national credit will ask. In passing this act Congress made a pledge. It said to every holder of a government note that on a certain day it would redeem that note in gold. Was thisan unreasonable pledge? The late Mr. Chase did not think so, for eight years ago he said :—‘‘The only way to resume is to resume.” He knew the finances and the resources of the country ; he knew all about our loans and our issues of notes, because he was the author of them. If an authority so illustrious thought that resump- tion was possible in 1866 why should we decline to name a day for resumption ? Why should we revoke this solemn pledge with- out ot least making an effort to re- deem it? The democratic House has been in power since la:t Decem- ber. It has had abundant opportunity to deal with the question. What has it done? It is controlled by the friends of Mr. Tilden—by the men who will control it should Mr. Tilden win the Presidency. Will they vote against resumption now, only to vote for it two years from now? We do not think so. The men who repealed the Resumption act on Saturday believe that re- sumption is a mistake, that we need more greenbacks, thgt illimitable paper issues will ease the country. They are not men to abandon their belief, and Mr. Tilden cannot resume without their aid. It would have been much better for Mr. Tilden to have held his party to the promise to resume, and, in the event of his election, used all the powers of the government and his own great ability to redeem the promise. If he failed then the act could be repealed. It is really ao weapon in his favor if he means to bring back specie payments. Now the democratic party proposes to throw that weapon away and go over to Hendricks and his friends, who do not mean to resume so long as it can be avoided. We do not doubt that the action of the House will, as Mr. Hendricks said in his brief letter, aid the democracy to carry some districts in Indiana, and perhaps the State. Butso would a bill directing the Treasury to issue a thousand millions of greenbacks. The whole business is bad, very bad. It isa blow at the credit of the country. It shows a willingness on the part of the democrats to make terms with the in- flationists. It may be that in this degrading effort to carry Indiana Mr. Cox and his friends may lose New York. The Sermons Yesterday. The spirit triumphed over the flesh yester- day in leading thousands to the temples of the Lord, for the weather was awfully hot and the temptation was strong to shirk the religious obligation of going to church for the luxury of staying at home and doing noth- ing. Indeed, the presence of a large congre- gation at the Thirteenth street church, to hear the Rev. Mr. Wood's sermon on ‘‘Self- Denial,” was evidence in itself that the virtue is practised by modern Christians, But there is a powerful attraction about the old, old story which draws us from self to God, and we never tire of contemplating the beauty of Christ's character, although we often have heard it described as it was by Mr. Love at the Calvary Baptist church yes- terday. ‘The Transfiguration of Christ” formed the subject of Rev. 8S. H. Tyng, Jr.'s address at the Church of the Holy Trinity. The same subject was eloquently discussed by Father Colfon, at St. Stephen's church, the preacher giving free scope to his skill at word painting. The Christian doctrine, as it is taught by the various sects, furnishes an unfailing supply of subjects for sermons, which was drawn upon yesterday with more than ordinary good judgment; but the higher principles of morality were not neglected, and many sound lessons were taught on the relations that should exist between men in the ordi- nary walks of life. The necessity of faith was shown by Dr. De Puy, and the solemn warning to man, ‘Work out your salvation with fear and trembling,’’ was repeated by Mr. Matthows to all who regard the attain- ment of salvation as an easy task. Al- petal ie) eatin tia Rd AINE EMBO DE! Ws hn aL EARS A aOR ON 036 together we ‘have no reason to regret the absence of so many of our local divines, who are now recuperating in the country, when their places are so well filled by clergymen from other cities, who treat us to the presen- tation of old and familiar ideas in new forms. The International Rowing Races at Saratoga. The international racing at Saratoga to- day and Wednesday will bring together many of the very best amateurs of the coun- try, and both for its own merits and espe- cially as’ forerunner of the approaching meeting at Philadelphia will attract much attention, particularly among rowing men. In the longer distance than at Philadelphia, which will better test the endurance of the crews than their speed, there may be win- ners this week who will be beaten there ; but in any event, when such scullers as Courtney, Riley, Yates, Kennedy, Ackerman and a good stranger or two from Chicago all back into line there is sure to be hard racing and fine sport, while the pair-oared race also promises to be intensely exciting. But the principal contest is expected on Wednes- day. Then the famous Atalantas of this city, who a year ago twice swept the field and became the champion amateur oarsmen of America, and then rashly ventured to the home water of the Argonautas of Bergen Point, and were beaten, are to meet the lat- ter, each meanwhile having improved, and the Argonautas éspecially having done an unexampled winter's work. But one of the three crews against them—the Showaccac- mettes, of Monroe, Mich.—have come with such a reputation for splendid timo on their home track that it will be no surprise to many should they leave everything behind them. If they do then either Captain Gulston’s English four must row faster at Philadelphia than it has ever done in Eu- rope, or the amateur rowing championship of the world stands in an excellent way to remain for a while on this side of the Atlan- tic, the notorious English stroke to the con- trary notwithstanding. Folly in the Senate. We regret the debate in the Senate on the Hamburg massacre. It was an unnecessary debate provoked by Mr. Morton for political ends. Mr. Thurman, cautious and able as he is, was indiscreet enough to fall into ‘the trap. Mr. Thurman should know that the republicans mean to use the Hamburg affair for all it is worth. Nothing would gratify Mr. Morton and his friends more than to have it debated. The effect of such a debate would be to aid the republicans. Mr. Mor- ton is a much more adroit debater than Mr. Thurman, and in debating power the republican Senators far overmatch the democrats. If Mr. Morton could put ‘Mr. ‘Thurman in the position of ex- tenuating or defending or even belittling the Hamburg massacre, the effect on the country would be disastrous to the democ- racy. This was the meaning of Mr. Mor- ton’s speech, and we are surprised Mr. Thurman did not see it and allow the reso- lution to print ten thousand copies of the President's Messago to pass without saying a word. This whole Southern question must be treated with the utmost care and firmness by the democrats. Nothing is easier than to arouse the old war feelingin the North. That isthe main hope of the republicans. It was a mistake for Mr. Tilden in his letter not tohave expressed his horror as a Chris- tian man and a statesman at this occurrence in South Carolina. It was a mistake for Mr. Hendricks to say, as he does in spirit if not in terms, that these bloody events would not cease until the democrats had power in the South. These are points that will be used against Tilden and Hendricks in the campaign. If, in addition to this, the dem- ocrats give Morton, Conkling, Logan, Ed- munds and the rest a field day in the Senate on “Southern outrages” it will be an im- mense gain to the republican canvass. For, as our democratic friends will allow us to re- mind them, their canvass is in a peculiar position. We think & majority of the people would like to elect Mr. ‘Yilden and try what a change would do forthe country. There is a longing for change—to be free from military Presidents, to see all the rings broken, to have a general clearing up of the old mansion, In this desire many re- publicans share. They would like the republicans to go out of power now for a time in order that they might return with renewed strength four years hence. The way to secure that vote is for the democrats to inspire confidence. The only objection to the election of Tilden is the fear that the Southern men would overturn affairs in the South and the West- ern men force inflation. While the country would trust Tilden could it trust the men who would elect him? This is the question that will be asked from now until the elec- tion. Upon their answer will depend the result, If there is any doubt Hayes will win, as a man of honor and ability, who has covered himself with pledges of reform, The tendency of such a debate as this in the Senate and of votes like that of the House against resumption is to alarm con- servative people and to drive from the sup- port of Tilden the very men without whom he can never be elected President of the United States. Geyznat Terry's Commann, according to the testimony of General Sherman, will be twenty-five hundred men when he is fully reinforced. According to the despatch which we print this morning from the camp on the Yellowstone his present force cannot ex- ceed fifteen hundred men, He has twenty companies, aside from the Indian scouts and the men necessary to manage the Gatling guns, and these will not average more than fifty men each. A little arithmetc will reveal a very unpleasant state of affairs. These companies ought to be filled to their full complement without delay, and the military authorities will be very much to blame if, from failure to do this, defeat over- takes cither Crook or Terry. Tue Ant Derantaent of the Centennial Exhibition is only becoming complete. The colossal statue of Washington has just ar- rived and will be in position in a few days, and the art catalogue is now revised and complete, Onur Philadelphia letter this morning gives some interesting information in reward to this part of the Exhibition, Why Not Mr. Conkling? Mr. Conkling’s friends in New Yors-:re, we believe, preparing for him a new defeat and humiliation in laboring to procure tho nomination of Mr. Cornell as candidate for the Governorship. Mr. Cornell isa man of une exceptionable character ; but is not, as even his friends will acknowledge, a great man, Compared with Mr. Conkling or Mr. Evarts he sinks to the second rank. Now, it is not a good time this fall for seo ond ratemen. The election will be close; the party which carries New York will carry the country, and neither party can afford to take many risks. Hence the Henaup, which is equ@lly solicitous for both, which seeks only the good of the country, desires to see both parties put forward their best men for all the offices to be filled. Under ordinary circumstances, for instance, we might have advised the democrats to nominate for Governor the elegant and service- able Mr. Dorsheimer. He has done a great deal for Governor Tilden and would, no doubt, be glad of the nomination, which would be a reul compliment to him, But it is not a time for trifling, and hence we have, with pain, felt ourselves obliged te advise our democratic friends to provide a comfortable back seat for Mr. Dorsheimer and send a stronger man to the front. So with the republicans. They will blunder if they put up asecond rate man. Mr. Cornell, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Woodford, even Mr. Andrew D. White—all these are men very good for ordinary occasions; but for this time we advise that they be laid aside for Mr. Evarts or Mr. Conkling. The republicans ought not to forget thai in electing a Governor for New York in November they are putting forward a Presi- dentia] candidate for 1880. The Governor to be elected this fall holds over for three years. He has ahandsome salary anda hand- some house at Albany and a good deal of real power in the largest and richest State in the Union ; and if he is a great man, like Mr. Conkling or Mr. Evarts, he will be al- most inevitably the most conspicuous among the Presidential candidates, and will lay down his office of Governor just in time to make his claims and his services felt by the country when that begins to think of the Presidential nomination. This is an impor- tant consideration, not to be overlooked if the republicans are wise. But, besides this, it must be evident to them that they cannot afford to risk the lose of the State. It is their true and only safe policy to put forward their strongest man, If Mr. Cornell can probably carry the State, his chief, Senator Conkling, would much more surely carry it. If Governor Morgan or Judge Robertson could probably carry it, Mr. Evarts would: be much more sure ta do it. Hehce we urge once more that the true policy is to nominate Mr. Conkling o1 Mr. Evarts. Either one would make a no table canv: If, however, the republicans give up New York, then anybody will do. ‘Tur Senvians have been gaining some suce cesses in, Bosnia, which make up somewhat for their reverses in the valley of the Timok. Already they havo initiated a guerilla war- fare against the Turks which cannot fail to increase the difficulty of the Ottoman move- ments in the revolted districts. It must be remembered that the Servian army was wholly inexperienced in warfare at the commencement of the campaign, and is even now to a great extent off cered by men who have had no military training beyond that acquired in the army on a peace establishment. The fighting qualities of a really warlike people improve even with deteat, and, although the Serviang have been forced to retire behind the Timok before the pressure of numbers and supe- rior discipline, there is yet a chance that they will suddenly turn on their foes and inflict on them such a serious defeat that the fortune of war will again lean in favor of the Slaves. An Aannement has been reached at last by the conference committee on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, the result of which is a victory for the Senate. The amount of the appropriations is five millions, the sum determined upon by the Senate ag that to which it would agree. Now, per- haps, Congress will adjourn and give the country a rest. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Chicago trade is very dull. Rev. 0. B, Frothingham is in London. San Franciscans are eating nectarines, Belknap might have saved counsol fees, Professor Seclye is home for the summer, In England the stylish bevorage is snowed milk, General Tom Ewing, of Ohto, will run for Congress, At Qcean Grove the cottagors do not carpet their floors, i Mrs. John Russell Young 1s at the Aquidneck House, Newport Rear Admiral Henry K. Hoff, United States Navy, ie at the Everett House. Young jadies in blue flannol in Wisconsin swim across half-mile-wide lakes, It is asserted that Edwards Picrrepont’s original name was Joshua Munson. At the domino parties in San Francisco some of the wearers play the double deuce. Near the Sandwich Islands the temperature affects tho water for 200 fathoms in depth. Longfellow:—‘“‘The sunshine of life is made up of very tow beams that are bright all the time,” The Chinamen tavor Hendricks bocause thoy do not want paper handkerchiefs to go out of fashion. The potato bug 18 good bait for trout, Three or four trout turned loose in a patch will clean out the pests, Hon. Green Clay Smith, temperance, of Kentucky, will talk anti-cocktails this dry weather in Connecticut, Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukeo, nas fitted up the most perfect memorial room at Mount Vernon, In the bar room political fights this year the repab licans seem to have the eyes and the democrats the nose, Some of the speculations of the Inte W. C. Ralston are likely to turn out better than his enemies believed they would. Lady Thornton, wife ot the Rritish Minister at Wash. ington, arrived atthe Pavilion Hotel, Sharon ‘Springs, on Saturday evening. Oakland, Cal., opposite San Francisco, aspires to be the great grain exporting port of the Pacific, and w= likely to gain ber wish. It ts understood that tho National Democratic Com- mittee will meet at the New York Hotel immediately atter the adjournment of Congress. Iv is claimed as a sign of Liszt's suporior genins that he smokes in the presence of his lady visitors, Aman may not be a gentleman and still be a great pianist, Punch:—'Curate (reproacnfully)—"And I'm afraid Vou've taken more beer to-night than 1s good for you, Giles.’ Inedriated Ruastic—+Sure-ly, sir, | dare saye I could a’ carried 1t hom’ easier in a jar!??” John Morley's next essay will be on Robespierre, a Subject which be is supposed to be qualified to write upon; but he must surpass his articlo on Rousseaa im order to make something readable, ) f