The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1876, Page 4

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Ww THE MIGHTY THEATRE, Fe oune gt asoete dite Onarga probatd! ss wre that the weather to-day wilt be warmer and partly cloudy, possilly with a thunler storm. During the summer months the Henarp will te sent fo subscribers in the country at the rate of terenty-five cenis a per week, free of. pooge, Watt Srimer Yesrenpay.—Gold opened and closed at 111 3-4. The stock market was dull but firm. The carrying rates for money were 1 and 21-2 per cent. Govern- ment and railroad bonds were steady. Tur Racine at SanaToca yesterday was made delightful by charming weather, o fashionable gathering, a fast track and ex- citing sport. Tux Worktncmes's Demonstration yester- day was a comp rative failure, but there was a spirited conversation with the Mayor re- | garding their demands, and the case was fully augued in all its aspects. Paws wants direct cable penanieeson! with New York, and we trust sufticient capital will be found for the purpose. If only asa precaution against accident a new direct cable is desirable. In THe Senate yesterday Mr, Sherman oc- cupied most of the day in combating the financial views of Governor Tilden. The stump, it seems to us, would have been a fitter place for the Senator's effort than the Benate Chamb: Tue Discussion or Exrrapition has been postponed till the next session of Parlia- ment, owing to Mr. Disraeli's reluctance to have the blunder of his administration fur- ther exposed at this time. The Ministry, in the end, will have only a choice of humilin- tions—either to send us Winslow, Gray and the rest and beg our pardon or to submit to defeat in Parliament. A Cortos Coxrenence was held in London yesterday, at which resolutions were adopted looking to more systematic and trustworthy methods of conducting the trade. The questions discussed and i41se resolutions adopted affect the interests of two hemispheres, and the conference is likely to lead to greater results than are to be expected from an informal meeting of the kind. Tur Rorren Trtxcrarn Porx which fell at the corner of Suffolk and Grand streets a few days ago, killing a woman who was passing at the time, seems to have been without an owner. ‘There are many other rotten telegraph poles in the city, and we should like to see the question of their ownership tested. Police or the Board of Health must remove them wherever they are found regardless of their ownership. In the meantime we hope the owners of the pole which killed Mrs. McGuire may be discovered, and that a suit for damages will follow. A Discrack tro Ovr Crvtaicatrox.—The Rochester Democrat reports that tho scalp and war costume of Yellow Hand, a Chey- enne chief, have arrived in that city and are on exhibition at no prominent cigar store in Rochester, ‘where they have attracted the attention of a large number of people.” There are “the scalp of the noble Cheyenne, headdress, shield, blanket, Bowie knife, whip and bridle.” ‘This was sent to Rochester by one of our fighting people who killed Yellow Hand and scalped him. The publie display of this Indian's scalp is a disgrace to civili- tation. We have to fight the Indian, un- fortunately, but let us do so as Christians and not 9s savages. Serozant McGr 8 McnpEReR was yes- terday sentenced to the State Prison for life, upon a plea of murder in the second degree. While it is plain that this course was the best to be pursued under the cir- sumstances the reasons assigned for it by the prisoner's counsel and acceded to by the | Assistant District Attorney and the Recorder will seem strange to people who still believe in the old definition of murder. It is evi- dent, from the doctrine of ‘‘premeditated killing” laid down in this case, that murder fs no longer murder in the majority of cases under the laws of this State. Yf King’s act, which followed the recognition of the ne- | cessity of killing Sergeant MeGiven in order to effect his escape, was not premeditated killing the law ought to be made to define whether seconds, minutes or hours are necessary for the “premeditation” which constitutes murder in the first degree. Our law of homicitle has been so refined that it is becoming impossible to convict ot the higher grado of the offence, and this eas only another illustration of the allegation that “banging is played out in New York.” Either the Board of | ation in Europe. It is difficult to understand the news from the seat of war on the Danube. The de- spatches all read as if they had been written by partisans or stockjobbers. Turkish credit has taken the same position in the money markets of France and England as Erie was wont to hold in the money markets at home. One cannot resist the impression when reading news from Belgrade that the writer was not insensible to the effect it would have on Lombard street, One day we hear that the Servians have all their own way; that Russia is behind them; that the Grand Duke Vladimir, or some other grand duke, is in their ranks; that Kauffman, the conqueror of Khiva, has joined them; that there is an intense Slavic feeling throughout Russia that will not be controlled, but in- sists upon swaying the Czar against his will into war. This budget is allowed to have its proper effect, when the scene changes. The Servians are in despair. Prince Milan wants to make peace. The Turks are carry- ing everything before them. The insurrec- tion is in collapse. In fact, there never was any insurrection—only the ambition of the young prince to become king of a new king- dom to be created out of the principalities. As for the Turks, they are burning and de- stroying everything, and all that diplomacy can do is to interfere between the defeated insurgents and the triumphant sovereign Power, Even this morning we hear, on the one hand, that M. Risties, the Servian Premier, is preparing a note, in which he will assert that the atrocities of the Turks may pave the way either to mediation or } war to the death, and on the other that he rejects all offers of mediation. If we look upon this war on the Danube as simply the contest between the Prince of Servia and the Sultan it will have little in- terest tous. We are cosmopolitan in our sympathies and@our curiosity and take a profound interest in the affairs of our friends over the sea. The German and the French war was as much to us as our own campaigns on the Potomac, and even when Don Carlos was making his for- lorn and unavailing fight in the Navarre mountains we made a study of the lying despatches, which were as much models of mendacity as those from Belgrade, in the hope of discerning the truth. But itis hard to feel an interest in Servia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and that belt of strange nationalities which acknowledge the sovereignty of the Porte, but are really the dividing line between Islam and the Cross. We might be disposed to look at the contest with religious eyes and to pray for the success of the Cross over the Crescent, even as our fathers prayed for the success of Sobieski. But we learn from Rome that all Christian sympathies should go out to Turkey; that the Cross under which the Servians fight is not the true one ; that it is a Greek, not a Latin Cross; and that the true faith has had too much courtesy .and protection from the Turks to justify the faithful in aiding to destroy their Empire. Between the Greek Christians and the Turks the Holy See would prefer the latter. This is a puzzling circumstance to Ameri- cans who strive to understand the Eastern question, and who, remembering the cen- turies of strife between Christian and pagan for the possession of the Holy Sepulchre and the glory of the true faith, expect from Rome the same support which cheered God- frey and Richard the Lion Hearted. But the policy of the Greek Christians toward the Catholics has been harsh, while that of the Turks has been tolerant, and naturally enough the Holy See would prefer the triumph of the heretic who tolerates and protects the true faith to the schismatic who views it with enmity. The attitude of the Holy See toward the insurrection will have a deep moral influ- ence upon the world. It takes the conflict out of the range of religious wars, and this is a matter for congratulation. The two other Powers who have a deep interest in it are Russia and England. We can under- stand the’policy of Russia when we look at the policy and the progress of that Empire since the time of Peter the Great. The policy has been consistent, conservative, nnpaus- ing; the progress has been steady and onward, There may have been defeats and repulses, but the mighty Empire has always advanced— to the west, until she envelops Finland and Courland and commands the Baltic ; to the east, until she controls Khiva and men- aces Persia and British India. We find her trying to pierce China and take an island from Japan. Russia has always advanced, and the aim of her policy is now what it was when Peter laid the foundations of modern Russia; when Catherine united with Frederic to partition Poland; when Alexander offered to divide the sovereignty of the world with Napoleon on the raft of Tilsit ; when Nicholas sent his armies into the Crimea. She means to win Constanti- nople and to become a southern as well asa northern Power. Napoleon recognized the possibility of this when he said at St. Helena that in fifty years Europe would be republi- can or Cossack. During these fifty years no Power has advanced so much as Russia. We regard Germany as a mighty Power, and the German Empire as a new force in the govern- ment of the universe. But Germany is the aggregation of other Powers, the bind- ing of the rods around the lictor's axe; the utilization of forces that had been in abeyance. More than all, Ger- many will have to fight for the integrity of her new Empire with the Power which she thought she had crushed six yours ago, but which shows every day new and surprising sources of strength. So longas Germany and France stand with unsheathed swords it woull be idle to call the German Empire anything but an experiment, other hand, has grown. in the Crimea, ‘That into a victory by at her government She was defeated defeat she turned once reorganizing system, by strengthen- ing the resources of the Empire and win- | ning the support of the peop! cipation of her serfs. by the eman- check until Prussia had defeated Napoleon, and at once organized her armies on the Prussian pian. She saw England the mis- Russia, on the | She held Austria in | tress of the seas, and she began to build a | which would challenge that suprem acy of the finest iron-clads in the world, and in the navy a navy which now contains some construction of which she has spent eighty | is rapidly becoming the first military and H one of the first naval Powers in the world. This marshalling of men, this building of ships, this steady, patient advance—what does it mean? The destruction of the Turk- ish Empire, the expulsion of the Turk from Europe, the oceupation of Constantinople. All this time what does England say? So far as she has spoken she has opposed Russia. Even as discreet a Minister as Mr. Disraeli avowed that one of the reasons why he wished to make the Queen an empress was that in India he might oppose the imperial pretentions of the Czar by those of his own sovereign. When Austria, Russia and Ger- many proposed certain reforms to the Sub- lime Porte England declined to accede, thus showing the world that she would prefer anarchy in Turkey to reform dictated by Russia. That refusal has produced a cool- ness between the two countries, and more especially since the declaration of Lord Derby that, while England could: not pre- vent the Turk from committing suicide, she would not stand by and see him murdered. This deolaration was accompanied by the movement of the English fleet to Besika Bay, which was an intimation to the Turks that if Russia crowded them there was aid athand. It was a movement of this kind, little more than twenty years ago, which presaged the Crimean war. If the policy of England means anything it is that, rather than permit ony interference in Turkey or in Servia that looks like the advance of Rus- sin toward Constantinople, she will go to war. Such an act on her part would lead to ® general war in Europe. We have no fear of such a contest now, although peace depends upon the will of the Russian Emperor. It is a mistake to suppose that England is not ready and will- ing to fight. She is both ready and willing, and is in no sense afraid of the Northern Colossus, even if he has Germany as an ally. England has resolved to maintain her Indian Empire, and on that point she will fight the Russians as pertinaciously as she fought Na- poleon. It would be foolish to speculate upon the results of such a war. In the first place there is no war, and in the second place war is not, so far as human eyes can see, at all imminent. This Servian insur- rection will be allowed to burn itself out. It was thought when it began that Servia was simply the head of the lance, and that at the proper time Russia would be as the body of the lance; but thus far no such fact appears. Russia may be feeling Tur- key. This insurrection may be what mili- tary men would call a reconnoissance in force. One effect has been to show the utter helplessness and prostration of the Turkish Empire. In the fall of Abdul-Aziz and the miserable career of his successor the world sees a spectacle of debauchery, misgovernment, crime and _ imbecility which history does not parallel. Eng- land, which has given hundreds of millions to sustain Turkey, now finds that not only is her debt repudiated, but that the money has gone to build iron-clads and palacts, to buy concubines and wild beasts to satisfy the appetite of a de- graded voluptuary. These developments have made a profound impression upoa Eng- land, where we see a party growing stronger every day opposed to any terms with the Turks. The failure of the Khedive strengthens this feeling, and far-seeing men advise as the only way to protect India that England should take Egypt. The purchase of the Suez Canal wos a step in that direction, and it would not surprise us to learn at any time that England, under some pretence like the protection of her Turkish bondholders, had made a treaty with the Ottoman by which Egypt became a part of the English Empire. From this view of the case the in- surrection in Servia is worthy of careful study. It may burn out of its own accord, like an isolated flame, or it may spread until all Europe is wrapped in the blaze of a desolating war. Mr. Stanley's Letters. We continue this morning the publication of Mr. Henry M. Stanley's valuable letters from Central Africa detailing his adventures and discoveries in that strange country. In the first of these letters Mr. Stanley tells us of his visit to the Albert Niyanza and the difficulties which prevented his explorations, He also confirms the story which Mukamba, King of Uzige, told Livingstone of a race of white people living in the mountains of Cen- tral Africa. Some of these people accom- panied Mr. Stanley in his expedition to the Albert Niyanza. It is a surprising story, but in no way unlikely. The Aztecs were a different race from the American Indian and were as much a white people as their Spanish suc- cessors. Africa was much easier of penetra- tion by Caucasians than Mexico or South America, and it would have been even more remarkable had no evidences been found of the existence of the race in Africa. This discovery has a peculiar interest, but the chief value of Mr. Stanley's letters is in the proof they afford of the success of his ex- plorations. He has already undergone many dangers and overcome many difficulties, but his determination and foresight have always served him in time of need, and we may look forward with confidence to the completion of his work. Mr. Marpie’s Sptenpriy Reconp.—On one point Mr. Marble would, as candidate for Governor, add strength tothe democratic ticket—namely, his views on money. He has expressed himself with his accustomed clearness and ability on this point :—‘The existing law promises specie resumption for January, 1879. If the (Congressional) cau- cus decides to recommend the repeal of this promise there is no tongue so persnasive as toinduce the people to believe the demo- cratic party sincere in its demand for re sumption. We must adhere to the day, and do better than the republicans in showing the means, or run the risk of being believed no better fitted than the republicans to re- pair the country’s financial system." This is much stronger ground than that of Tilden in his letter of acceptance, or even in the St. Louis platform. We have no doubt Mr. Marble would have couched the platform in these words, but there were compromises necessary to conciliate the West. No com- promises ere necessary to concilinte New York. Mr. Marbie would go into the can- vass with all the prestige of an unassailable millions of dollars in seventeen years. She | position on the money question. The Indian Question. Every now and then we have a suspicious despatch from Washington about the Indian question. The Indian Ring manages’ ite press department with ability and never loses an occasion of arousing our feelings. The latest despatch informs us that ‘great dissatisfaction is felt that Congress has given neither the Secretary of the Interior nor the Commissioner of Indian Affairs au- thority to adjudicate matters with the Indi- ans before the next session of Congress in case the hostiles should become subdued and willing to agree on terms of peace. No appropriations have been made to enable the department to meet the expenses which might be incurred in taking the necessary steps to this end.” Furthermore, says the despatch:—‘The Indian Department officials are desirous that Sitting Bull and his fol- lowers shall be well whipped before they shall be allowed to propose any terms for their future peacoful management and con- trol. Commissioner Smith has taken broad and practical views of the settlement of the Indian question, and is giving his attention toa careful study of all its complicatiens, and he is determined that the power of the national government shall be felt by the In- dian as well as the white people of the country. His peace policy is more in ac- cord with the War Department than has ob- tained in the views or line of action adopted by his predecessors.” The meaning of this despatch is that the chiefs of the Indian Ring are afraid that Con- gress, in response to an outraged public opinion, will take away all the power over the Indians from the Interior Department and give ittothe army. Our readers can only form a faint idea of the power of this Ring and the influence of its members over Congress. Thus the House passed an act transferring the Indians to the War Depart- ment, A juster measure was never passed. But it was defeated in the Senate, and rather than consent to it the Senate was willing to defeat one of the most important appropria- tion bills of the session, This talk about the Indian Department making peace with the hostile Indians, or doing anything toward a humane solution of the question, is folly. We owe all the wars on the Plains and in the Yellowstone region to the corruption and incapacity of the Indian Department. While the English authorities in Canada have kept peace with their Indian tribes we have kept ours ina state of continual irritation and war. We have robbed them. We have vio- lated treaties. We have starvedthem. For- tunes have been made out of rotten tobacco, chicory coffee and mildewed cloth. At one agency—Standing Rock—the incapacity and villany of the agents of the Indian Depart- ment assumed such ashape that the Indians were compelled to eat their ponies and dogs. The brother of the President was one of the agents in this nefarious business. Wherever the department has had anything to do with these Indians it has robbed and be- trayed its charge that its agents might amass fortunes, In other words, the whole business of the Indian Department has been to cheat the Indians, madden them with rum, supply them with arms and ammuni- tion, drive them out on the warpath and then send for the army to fight them. As soon as the army had secured a peace they resumed their nefarious practices. We are glad to hear that Commissioner Smith is taking ‘‘broad and practical views of the settlement of the Indian question.” We know nothing about Smith, and have no doubt he is a Christian statesman; but the country wants none,of his ‘‘views,” and it looks upon the department over which he presides as a sink of iniquity. We trust Congress will not give Smith or his depart- ment a dollar. We are tired of that In- dian Ring. The true peace commissioners are Sherman and Sheridan. The idea of a commissioner who never saw an Indian, most probably, except on the stage or in the parlors of a hotel, a mere civilian, sitting in Washington and dividing contracts and patronage between quarrelsome Congress- men and their friends, knowing anything about the practical working of the Indian question is a farce. The army should take charge of the Indian. There is no man so tender and considerate as the soldier. There are no two men more capable of handling the Indians than Sherman and Sheridan. They know when to use humanity and when kind- ness, They are men of honor, character and high intelligence. Let us intrust the whole question to them. We think the House should remain in session for six months rather than permit the Indians to remain under the control of the Indian Ring. Let us have an end of this corrupt Indian Department and allow the Indians to pass under the co! of the army. The Nature works on such a grand scale that we look forward with the liveliest interest to any extraordinary exhibition of her power predicted by science. Whether it be the progress of the great cyclone from the equa- torial seas, the violent eruption of the giant volcanoes, of which the forewarning comes in earthquake shocks, or the periodic dis- play of meteors in August and Novem- ber which scientific observation has taught us to expect, we watch for the phe- nomenon with increasing interest until we experience its terrors or enjoy its beauties. The meteorites, vulgarly termed shooting stars, which become visible at this season and later in the year, have been the subjects of historic record from the — earliest times; the Chinese claim to have re- corded their appearance many . centuries before the Christian era. However, although often observed, the meteors con- tinued to inspire awe in the minds of all peoples, civilized as well as savage, until quite recently, When an attempt was made to solve the mystery of their source and nature. As- tronomical observations have accurately de- termined the earth’s orbit in relation to the | centre and other members of the solar sys- tem. This course once established, it fol- lowed, a8 a matter of course, that meteorolo- gists would carefully note what might be termed the loca] effects produced through the different stages of our planet’s progress. As regards the appearance of = moe- teors, by a “careful comparison of the times of these displays with the dates | noted of the earliest observations, scientists discovered an unaltcrable relationship ex- | isting between the events, and the periodicity ‘NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. of appearance was established. This en- ables us to predict, with almost a certainty of verification, the appearance of meteors in August and November of each year. In the present month we have been nightly ex- pecting them, and already we have been rewarded by the sight of a few possessing remarkable brilliancy. It is asserted, and with considerable weight of scientific argu- ment, that at certain stages of its orbit the earth encounters the fragments of former stellar bodies, which from some cause un- known have been destroyed by a great ex- plosion of the planetary mass or by collision with other stars, ‘These fragments are sup- posed to hang in space, but yet under the influence of the counterposing attractions of the sun and the planets, and therefore, fol- low the orbit of their original combined mass. As the planes of the orbits of the stars of our solar system do not coincide, that of the earth must intersect the path of this nebulous collection at this season, and the fragments in space come within the influ- ence of terrestrial attraction. Friction with our atmosphere while falling toward the earth undoubtedly creates the heat that pro- duces the brilliant effects we notice, and thus for a limited period during two months the midnight sky is illuminated by the fiery movements of these visitors from another world. Sports at Newport. After a:successful tour in Great Britain the celebrated lacrosse team of Canadian gentlemen and Iroquois Indians are again on this side of the Atlantic and have ac- cepted an invitation to exhibit the Canadian national game of lacrosse at Newport. The days for playing are Wednesday and Satur- day, and the grounds of the Polo Club have been selected for the exhibitions. From their first appearance in Ireland in May last, through Scotland and in England, these Cana- dian amateurs and attending Iroquois met with cordial receptions, and so much was the game everywhere appreciated that thousands turned out to witness every performance. When these experts, who have mastered every detail of the sport, made their appear- ance at Hurlingham Park, the representa- tives of the fashionable world of London were present. To the vast majority of the spectators that greeted the team at their public reunions the game was a great novelty, but the Hurlingham and subse- quent performances so fayorably impressed many with the sport they have since estab- lished lacrosse clubs, and in all likeli- hood matches will soon be played by the new organizations. Following closely the gratifying exhibitions about London the palefuces and redmen, upon invitation, played a private match before the Prince and Princess of Wales, and, lastly, they ap- peared before the Queen and Court, who were highly pleased, and the general opinion of the company was strongly appreciative of the merits of lacrosse. The game is ancient among the Indians. Under the care of the white man, however, it has been transformed from a rough pastime into a skilful and scientific accom- plishment, and those who saw it tem years ago would hardly recognize it now. At each end of the ground on which the game is played stands a goal about six feet high. Each of the players has for his weapon of action a ‘“‘crosse,” which is over four feet long, very light, and made of tough ash or hickory. It is curved like.a crozier, and from the peint of the curve or crdtkto about half way of the handle there is spread out a network of catgut or thongs of moose ‘skin. On this piece of netting the ball is caught in a variety of ways and borne or thrown by the player in the direction of the goal. Whilea player is making off with the ball the members of the opposite team get in his course and do their utmost to knock the ball off his crosse; hence many exciting and stub- born contests. One standing rule is that the netting must be perfectly flat and not bagged when the ballis onit, Thisincreases the difficulty of carrying the ball at a racing pace. The ball is of sponge indiarubber and weighs about four ounces. No player except the goal keeper can touch the ball with the hand, and tho players cannot catch hold of one another, strike or trip, but they are permitted to ‘‘shoulder” when endeavor- ingin a scrimmage to get the ball. One delightful feature of the game is its extreme simplicity. There is no room for perplexity as to the state of the match. Whether you arrive early or late you can at once become interested in the sport. No telegraph has to be watched and no score sedulously kept. To enjoy the game you have only to watoh the players as they pass under your eye, The Canadian team ‘is composed of well formed men, lithe of limb and swift of foot, and are an excellent match for their oppo- nents. Some of the Indians are extraordi- narily clever and marvellously slippery, and when on their mettle give their pale-faced brethern all they can do to escape defeat. There ate good reasons for believing that the exhibitions of lacrosse at Newport will prove as attractive as they did at Hurlingham Park. The Weather. _ An extended rain area accompanies the advance of the storm centre from the Northwest. The Mississippi, Lower Mis- souri and Ohio valleys share in this gen- eral precipitation, and it is probable that by to-morrow the western and northern por- tions of the Middle States will feel its presence. In the far West, and particularly in the region of the Big Horn Mountains and the Upper Yellowstone River, violent alter- nations of temperature have occurred during yesterday, the mercury falling in the morn- ing at Cheyenne to 34 degrees, and at Bis- marck and North Platte to 48 and 49 degrees respectively, and rising again as rapidly toward evening. This sudden change will act with very dangerous effect on the troops operating against the Sioux, inducing pneumonia, pleurisy and other inflammatory diseases in weak constitutions. It must be remembered that these poor fellows have left their camp on a fifteen days’ hunt after the Indians, and are therefore exposed in the open country to this sudden inclemency of the weather. It is to be hoped that the commanding officers will take measures to protect their men and horses against the assaults of an enemy even more dangerous than Sitting Bull. The weather in New York to-day will be partly cloudy and warmer, and we may bo visited by another thunder storm similar to that of last Monday. General Butler's Financial Remedics, General Butler's letter consenting once more to become a candidate for Congress ia one of the most adroit performances of his fife. He is all things to all men if thereby he may secure more votes. On tho tariff question, for instance, it is amusing to see how he makes himself the champion of the special interests of his district without com- mitting himself either to protection or free trade. ‘‘A judicious adjustment of the de tails of this legislation,” he says, speaking of a prospective revision of the tariff by the next Congress, ‘‘is very important to the in- dustrial interests of your district, which I hope I may be able to represent with effect ; certainly, with every interest of my own in- tertwined with your own, I shall be impelled by every motive to carry out your wishes in that regard.” In view of such acomprehen- sive appeal to their selfishness the people of General Butler's district will not be slow to understand that the kind of revision of the tariff which he will favor will be a revision exactly suited to them and to him. We con- gratulate them upon the fact that his inter- ests and theirs are ‘‘intertwined.” But his manipulation of the greenback question is even worthier of his reputation for adroite ness. Everybody supposed he was an inflne tionist, and now it turns out that he is among the most enthusiastic of contractionists. Specie resumption, he thinks, cannot be enforced by law, and so we presume does everybody else, but he is ready to pass laws which will bring about specie resumption. His pana- cea seems to be a reduction of the rate of in- terest on the public debt and the converti- bility of greenbacks and the national bank currency into government bonds at a lower rate of interest than is now paid. There is much good sense and good policy in this, but its fallacy consists in the deduction he would have us draw from his reasoning. The conclusion he wishesthe voters in his dis- trict to reach is that this simple process would make the paper dollar equal in value toa dollar in gold. General Butler forgets, however, that the greenback is already con- vertible as he would make it convertible and that it will now buy a better bond at a higher rate of interest than the one he - would afford. It isa different kind of con- vertibility that is needed—convertibility into gold—and he must be aware that the problem of funding the national debt at a lower rate of interest is a different question altogether. General Butler's rémedies ar¢ fallacious, and we are afraid we shall be com- pelled to look elsewhere for the doctrines which are to save the people from bank. ruptcy and ruin. Mr. Blaine’s Speech. Senator Blaine opens the canvass in his own State with unnecessary virulence, thereby doing himself more harm than the political enemy whom he would injure. His speech at the district convention at Augusta on Wednesday was not only in bad taste, but it was singularly inappropriate, coming from one who has just gone through the fiery ordeal to which he was subjected. Doubtless Mr. Blaine would have us believe that the charges against him had their foundation in political malice and were intended only for political effect, but, forgetful of the charity he asks, he fails to accord it in turn. His in- sinuation that Governor Tilden will use of his abundant private means to carry the Maine elections in September will not be believed by any, and it is not possible that Mr. Blaine himself believes it. Why he should so‘, forget the attitude in which he stands ber e country as to utter such a foolish slander is not easily explained upon any otis hypothesis than that his illness has deprived him of much of that acuteness and common sense to which he owed much of his prominence. It cannot be that Mr. Blaine is trying to scathe others because he is him- self not unscathed, or that he attacks Gov- ernor Tilden’s integrity because his own would have been attacked had he been Goy- ernor Tilden’s antagonist,in the Presidential battle. But whatever view we may take of his motives his speech is equally unworthy, Sympatuy ror Dr. Rurvs Wacconzr Furxt is now in order. His divorced wife asks the Supreme Court to compel him to pay her alimony out of gains as a spiritual medium at the same time that she exposes his evil practices and brings his ‘‘business” into disrepute. In the meantime poor Flint can- not make a living for himself out of the dupes for whom-he has been in the habit of answering letters by a spiritual hand. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Sigel bas again retreated. ‘Willham Callen Bryant is at Cummington, Mass, Chief Justice Waite ws at the White sulpbur Springs Va. Mrs. Partington Shillaber is recovering from rhea _ matisin. Sir William Hackett, of England, is at the Ciarendos Hotel. There is much gambling during the hard times in Chicago, Thunder storms are most frequent over polluted rivers or lakos. Governor Thomas A, Hendricks lott this city for Phil adoiphia last evening. Mmo. Ia Marquise de Montholon arrived in New York from Paris yesterday. Punch’s cartoon on vivisection oucht to kill all oppo sition to the experiments of science. The Turkish government favors the Roman Catholir to the detriment of the Greek Serbian, Mr. Evarts is of opinion that the earliest name ofour Minister to England was Munson Edwards Picrrepont ‘Tho freedom enjoyed in Vienna ts no crfterion of libe erty throughout the Austro-Hungarian dominions, Ita lady goes to Saratoga she will not wear a hat; she will hide her pretty head] under a fashionable par. asol. O'Donovan Rossa is lecturing in Now England in or. der to obtain skirmishing funds for keeping apa guerilja warfare with Knglana. It is time the cabling of news regarding M. Durnot, whoever M. Durnof may be, was stopped. The only provocation for it seems to be to afford an opportunity of contradicting what has been asserted the day before and introducing this gentleman to the American pubite, “Daniel Deronda,” per English advices, turns ou. te bo the son of a Jewess formerly a creat singer, now, by ber second husband, a princess. Grandcourt war knocked overboard, and Gwendolen refused to throw him a rope. ie was drewned. She loves Deronda and Deronda loves Mira, The Atheneum pronounces the plot a failare, The Atlanta (Ga) Times:—“Kit Carson, Jr, who is at present in this city, proposes to leave soon for the West to engage in the Indian campaign. He thinks Sandwich Island Frank, and not Sitting Bull, is the planner of the redskim campaizn. The Indian position is a splendid one to stand acampaign of almost inded nite length against heavy odds, and with but one-fourth of tho regular army opposed to them, as at proseat ‘Shey can repeat the history of the lave hed an a large, scale”?