The New York Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1876, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ID” ANN: JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Twelve dollars per year, or one dollar per month, free of postage. Ali business, news letters or telegraphic | despatches must be addressed New York Henarp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO.112 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE OF TE HERALD—NO. 46 FLE PARIS OFFICE y 2 DE LOPE: Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. VOLUME AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND. EVENING. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. MONEY, at 8 P.M. Matince at 1:30 P.M. Charles ¥. Coghlan. BOOTIDS THEATRE, BARDANAPALUS, at RP. M. Matinee at 1:30 P.M. Mr. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes Booth. WALLACKS THEATRE. THE MIGHTY DOLL at 8P.M. Matineo at 1:30 P, M. Mr. and Mra. Flore: GERMANIA THEATRE. LUFTSCHLOESSER, at 5’, M. 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Money on call was supplied at 11-2 and 2 per cent. Government and railway bonds were, in the main, steady. Max. Hvxrey’s last lecture upon the theory of evolution was delivered last night and ably closed the series. To-day he will sail for Europe, and we wish him a happy voyage, regretting that his stay in America was 80 brief. Tae Eastern Question remains virtually unchanged. If the plagne has actually broken out in the Turkish camps with the virulence which is reported it may do more to prevent a renewal of the war than the efforts of the Powers, Tue Bascock Triax is not likely to result In General Babcock’s conviction, judging from the manner in which it has been thus far conducted. But the evidence we print to-day shows that the case may well be said to embody the romance of crime. ‘Tue Rexiciovs Question in Spain is be- coming more serious, and it is not likely‘to be merely a Spanish question in the present temper of England. The Protestant clergy of that country have already addressed the Spanish government in regard to recent in- terferences with Protestant worship. Tue Rarroap Disaster.— Another of those terrible accidents for which nobody can,ac- count occurred on the Pan Handle Railroad yesterday. ‘he full reports show that the loss of life, though great, much less than might have been expected from the nature of thé disaster. Thirty pérsons were wounded and five killed, yet four cars going at the rate of forty miles an hour were thrown down an embankment twenty-five feet high. The escape of so many from death is remarkable. was Practican Justice.—An ex-County Treas- urer and an ex-County Commissioner in Pennsylvania, both members of a plunder- ing ring, have been tried at Wilkesbarre on charges of extortion and embezzlement, found guilty, compelled to disgorge and sentenced to imprisonment as well. Strange to say, this result has been reached with very little delay. Prosecuting lawyers in Penn- sylvania are evidently less thrifty than they sre in New York, or, perhaps, the Pennsyl- vania ring men had been less prudent and saving than our Tammany and canal opera- tors in this State. If they had retired wealthy they might still have been out of jail. Tax Yzt1ow Fever threatens the whole seaboard of the South from Savannah to Bal- timore. Its ravages in Savannah are in- creasing, and no control has been obtained ofit. The disease was brought to Charleston from St. Thomas and has become epidemic there. Six new cases were reported yester- day; the people are leaving and the fall trade of the city is ruined. There are hopes that cold weather will soon end the danger. The typho-malarial fever in Baltimore is another name for the genuine disease. Tho other cities are actively en- gaged in repelling the threatened pestilence, and at Norfolk, Wilmington, N. ©. and Pensacola quarantine regulations will be jorously enforced. In the meanwhile the good work still goes on in New York for the relief of stricken Savannah, and the fund is now over fourteen thousand dollars. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. The October Elections in Ohio and Indiana, Both parties are sufficiently alive to the great importance of the elections which are to take place in these two States on the sec- ond ‘Buesday in October. If the republi- cans should carry them both or the demo- crats should earry both the Presidential contest will be virtually decided on that day. Until within the last two weeks it has been generally believed that Ohio would certainly go republican and that the result in Indiana was doubtful. While this opinion prevailed both parties were preparing to make a great con- centration of effort in Indiana, the repub- licans in the hope that the battle might be decided by the preliminary skirmish, the democrats in the fear that they would lose all if they should lose Indiana. But within the last week or two Ohio has become so doubtful that Indiana has ceased to be the chief point of interest, for the republicans could not afford to lose Mr. Hayes’ own State, even if they should take Indiana away from Hen- dricks. The republicans carried Ohio last year by @ majority so small that they thought it poli- tic at the very outset to organize the cam- paign with a view to strengthen the party in that State, which now, for the first time, takes the old place of Pennsylvania in the van of the Presidential contest. Since Pennsylvania amended her constitution, two years ago, changing her State election to November, Ohio has become the most im- portant of the October States, and the party that carries it will get a formidable start in the great national race. It was with a view to this coveted advantage that the Republican National Convention was held in Cincinnati, and it was one of the strongest reasons for nominating Hayes. But if, after all, the re- publicans should lose that State their cam- paign will be found to have been organized on a false basis. It is a damaging blow in a Presidential canvass to have it ascertained in advance that the candidate at the head of the ticket cannot carry his own State. In a ease like the present, in which Governor Hayes was nominated because he was thought to be the one man who would cer- tainly give Ohio'to the republicans, it would be exceptionally mortifying and discourag- ing to find this expectation disappointed on the first trial. It is not yet at all certain that the republican party will be put in*so bad a position ; but the fact that Ohio bas so suddenly been tranferred from the list of as- suredly republican to the list of doubtful States is calculated to excite anxiety, if not alarm, among the republican leaders. We print this morning a letter from a correspondent whom we have sent to Ohio to survey the ground and who, besides giving his own impressions, reports con- versations which he has had with Sen- ator Thurman and General Ewing, on the democratic side, and with Senator Sher- man on the republican side. Messrs, Thur- man and Ewing agree in thinking that if the election were held to-day victory would perch on the deinocratic standard. As they were interviewed separately, and as each had more confidence that the democrats could carry the State at present than that they could carry iton the 10th of October, they virtually concede that it is quite possi- ble for the republicans to retrieve their chances. The truth would seem to be that the republicans of Ohio have suffered from over-confidence, taking it for granted that the State was so safe that they d d not need to put forth any great efforts. They have been suddenly awakened to a senso of their danger, and a vigorous canvass for the remaining two or three weeks may enable them to recover lost ground. But it seems pretty clear that they have no great confidence in their ability to do so; otherwise they would not take so much pains to show that the loss of the State in October would not prevent Hayes from carrying it in November. They, of course, profess a belief that they will succeed in October; but if they felt really sure they would not need to ‘thedge.” Senator Sher- man said to our correspondent that “the October election here is always a mixed up affair ;’ but he expressed great confidence respecting the result in November. ‘Then you are confident,” said our correspondent, “about the result in November?” To which Senator Sherman replied, “I am, indeed, so far as Ohio is concerned. There isn't a shadow of a doubt of a great republican majority.” But we incline to think that if the democrats carry the State in October they will also carry it in November. General Ewing seems to concede that the Ohio democrats will support their State ticket with more zeal and unity than their national ticket. ‘‘General,” asked our correspond- ent, ‘‘where are the greenback men go- ing?” He answered, “They will vote the State ticket in October—that is. the most of them will; in fact, nearly all of them will, But in November they will be less likely to give an active support to the Presidential ticket.” We must not overlook the fact that General Ewing had a personal interest to subserve in giving this opinion. He is a_| conspicuous rag money champion and a can- didate for Congress. The Ohio members of Congress are to be elected in October, and Mr. Ewing does not wish to compromise his position on the money question. As a means of helping his personal canvass he is willing to have it supposed that he giyes but a halt- ing support to Tilden; but if the demo- erats should carry the State in October Mr. Ewing will come out as a strong Tilden man, We have no doubt at all that if the republicans afte defeated in October the State is irretrievably lost to Hayes. Such a defeat would discourage the republicans and elate the democrats, and no portion of the latter would afterward hesitate to give Mr. Tilden a vigorous support. Senator Thur- man, who has no personal interest to sub- serve, does not doubt that all the Ohio demo- crats will vote for Tilden. ‘What will the greenback men do ?” said our correspondent toMr. Thurman. His answer was, ‘They will vote for Tilden, They are still green- back men and will remain so. It will be gall and wormwood to them to vote for Til- den, but they will do so every man, or nearly every mamof thom, I think.” This expec- tation will be realized if the democrats carry the State in October. ‘Nothing suc- cveds like success.” and party spirit will | | prevail over inlivilual views if tne demo- crats carry the S.ate election. The greenback democrats of Ohio zealously support their State ticket, as they can do that without voting for Tilden. If they succeed in the State election party spirit and elated hopes will do the rest, giving Tilden the full party vote, strongly reinforced by the German contingent. We have great doubts whether the democrats can carry Ohio in October ; but if they should we have no doubt at all that the electoral votes of the State will be given to Tilden in November. The fact that the confidence of the repub- licans has been shaken in Ohio will have a favorable effect on the democratic canvass in the adjoining State of Indiana, It will not merely fnfuse new courage into the Indiana democrats, but will weaken the effective forces arrayed against them. So long as it was supposed by the republicans that Hayes’ popularity and the repugnance of the Ohio democrats to Tilden made Indiana the only doubtful October State it was good policy for the republicans to pour money and speakers into Indiana, and con- centrate all their outside strength in a strenuous effort to carry it. But they are now forced to recognize the necessity of withdrawing a great part of their campaign energies from Indiana and employ them in a struggle to save Ohio, This will oper- ate like the withdrawal of a large part of an army destined to act against a particular division of the enemy to protect an exposed point of greater importance. The Indiana democrats will be measurably relieved and their chances of carrying the State be pro- portionally improved. Our Indiana corre- spondent, in the letters which we printed yesterday, gave it as his opinion that the democrats will carry the State bya very con- siderable majority. The Sabbath and the Hell Gate Ex- plosion. The New York Sabbath Committee has ad- dressed to General Newton an unnecessary and, we regret to say, an injudicious nove in respect to the explosion at Hell Gate on Sunday. These gentlemen regard the blast- ing of the rocks as if it were like the break- ing of the stone commandments by Moses when he descended from the Mount. They think that the removal of the obstructions to the harbor on Sunday will be a blow to religion, and give reasons for their opinion which the common sense of the public will not accept. It is true, as they say, that the event will attract great crowds of persons to the vicinity, but it is not true that it will turn the day into a noisy holiday. General Newton declares that the explosion will make little noise, and we think the people will be quiet. Nor is there any more harm in a great crowd at Hallett’s Point on Sun- day than in a great crowd at Central Park. What constitutes a violation of the Sabbath is in this country to a large extent a pure matter of personal opinion, and as no one is compelled to witness this great tnumph of science on Sunday, so no one has the right to accuse those who choose to go of breaking the Sabbath. The other Ar- gument, that in other parts of the world “the fact that Sunday was chosen for the grand occasion will be understood as in accordance with the foreign usage, which makes that a gala day, and so will do nota little to impair the force of our example as a Sabbath-keeping people,” may be dismissed as apure assumption. Other nations will understand nothing of the kind, and will not care at all whether Hell Gate is blown up onaSunday ora Monday. Other nations will understand that this explosion is a work of science, not a show, and that it has no more to do with religion than the rising of the sun. It is always well, however, to respect the prejudices of all respectable classes, and if the explosion cduld be safely postponed till Monday the delay would be not improper. But itought to be obvious to every one—the Sabbath Committee not excepted—that the postponement of this event would be unsafe, True, every precaution against premature explosion has been taken by General New- ton and the experienced engineers who have aided him, yet the fact remains that there is the explosive agent. It is buried under the narrow river which divides two cities ; it is stored in enormous quantities ; its powers of destruction aye prodigious. An accident, the mere falling ofa cartridge, might destroy hundreds of lives of workmen, and destroy vessels passing the scene. It is not probable that an accident would occur, but that it is possible requires that we should not take even an infinitesimal risk merely because the Sabbath Committee is afraid of a noisy crowd or that other nations might suppose that we store up fifty thousand pounds of nitro-glycerins to make a gala day on Sun- day. General Newton is right when he says thatthe appointment of Sunday is a sheer necessity. The moment the mine is ready and the arrangements for the safety of the public are finished the electric spark should fire the slumbering mass, and when the rocks are rended and the water rushes back to its level all danger will have ended in that harmless earthquake. Toe WeatHEr.—Westward of New York the weather is cloudy, rainy or threatening at nearly all the points of observation. The low area which caused the easterly wind and yesterday’s rain is moving slowly over the country toward the Southern Atlantic States, accompanied by rain along the northern, eastern and southern sections of its rim. In the far northwest another depression has presented itself, fol- lowing closely behind the first, but has not yet developed very considerably east of the hundredth meridian. The temperature continues very high along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, which is unfavorable for the early abatement of the yellow fever in Georgia. The prevailing southerly winds along the coast will have a tendency to spread the disease to regions not as yet in- fected. The weather in New York to-day will be cool and cloudy, probably with rain. Tur Ixpran Fan The war being over and the Indians victorious they are now en- deavoring to defeat us at diplomacy. Tho old farce of treaty-making has been repeated with tho chiefs, and, as our special de- spatches from Red Cloud Agency show, they are very haughty in their demands, and sign the treaty with an eye to rations this winter and another war in the spring. . What the Presitdent Shculd Do with Robeson. The demoralization of the times and the government is forcibly illustrated in the case of Mr, Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. The House of Representatives only failed to im- peach him for want of time ; for, in view of the approaching elections and the hot weather, there was no possibility of holding Congress together long enough to complete the proceedings against him, or, indeed, for any other purpose whatever. Thesearching, vigorous and truthful report of the majority of the Naval Committee exhibited scores of breaches of the law and maladministrations sufficient to sustain an impeachment twenty times over. For various reasons, however, this report was turned over to the Judiciary Committee to report upon at the next session, Robeson considered the delay a triumph, and it was boldly proclaimed far and near through the press that the commit- tee had failed to find anything against the Secretary. The House of Representa- tives, however, ona report from another com- mittee, that on Expenditures of the Navy Department, passed a resolution of censure on the Secretary, and a demand on the Pres- ident to dismiss Naval Constructor Hanscom. This was a solemn act of one of the houses of Congress, certified, with the evidence in the case, under the seal of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Pres- ident of the United States, We have heard of noaction in the premises by the Pres- ident, although we remember the avidity with which another resolution of the House was seized upon and immodiate action taken as a pretext for sending troops to the South. A few years ago it would have been impos- sible for a Cabinet Minister to remain in office under the ban of a resolution of cen- sure of the House of Representatives, and impossible for one to exercise his functions with such a damning report hanging over his head as that now hanging over the head of Mr. Robeson. It seems, however, in these days, that the actual con- viction of crimes, formally and technically, is requisite to render a Cabinet officer unfit to occupy his place. It does not seem that total disregard of law, misuse of appropria- tions, contract brokerage or that ‘‘cunning | contrivance called Cattellism,” sufficiently taints Mr. Robeson to make it impossible for him to preside over a branch of the public service the members of which are distin- guished for their probity and honor. With all these blots upon his good name he is still permitted to wreak his vengeance and deal damnation upon the heads of the tried and faithful veterans of the navy. He has, under false pretences, cut down their pay and ostracized all those who refused to conceal the actual abuses in the navy and its true condition, A large portion of the appro- priation intended to pay the officers and men of the navy for the present fiscal year has been@sed to satisfy the demands of previous years, and to conceal this, and for purposes of revenge, he has resorted to the furlough orders. On the assembling of Congress this will no doubt be investigated, and the law, under cover of which, although by a forced construction, he has done this wrong, must be repealed, The rights, the subsistence of our officers and their families, must not be left tothe mercy of a Robeson. We advise the President to suspend Mr. Robeson until the House of Representatives has decided whether to impeach him or not. With Belknap as a precedent it would be hazardous to accept his resignation, even if offered, which is not probable, as his moral perceptions seem to be too obtuse to under- stand his own situation. It would be well also to remove those chiefs of bureaus who have had money transactions with contrac tors or who have received gifts or benefits from them, Trouble in Spain. Christina and Isabella are names identi- fied with the worst periods of Spanish his- tory, with those periods of misrule and rob- bery which alienated from the government all the elements of the nation which in a monarchy are the support of authority and rendered possible the attainment of power by so-called republican parties made up of dreamers and rogues; and Isabella and Christina are now both in Spain, and each one is characteristically the centre ofa whirl of intrigue. With Christina as Regent and with Isabella as Queen Spain was gov- erned on the Camarilla or kitchen cabi- net principle. These women, irresolute as to every wise and proper purpose, but ter- ribly resolute in the pursuit of every crooked or mischievous impulse, substituted always their whims and fancies for the considera- tion of the welfare of the nation; and the ministerial measure of the greatest value was set aside if a speculator in the Queen’s household could not see his profit in it, and the Minister himself gave way if another in collusion with some royal favorite wanted the place. It seems that with these women in Spain, though not in power—save as ‘the nearest relatives of a king are always in power—they are incapable of denying themselves an indulgence in pleasures which must make their continued stay in Spain impossible. All the priestly influences of the country, which have been kept in re- straint through the government's regard to its obligations, have surrounded these ex- queens, and through them they have so far influenced the action of the government as to make its engagements a dead letter and to compel the remonstrance of foreign Powers. Alfonso will likely find very shortly that he must choose between the quiet possession of his throne or the possession of his mother and grandmother. Mr. Boutwell’s ‘New Rebellion. Senator Boutwell is not usually counted among American humorists, but he seems to have ao ‘streak of fun” in him which breaks out whenever he touches the South- ern question. On Thursday evening, in the course of his speech here, he ventured on what seems to us the most prodigious joke of the season. He gravely attempted to make a Cooper Institute audience believe that we are in danger, not of a single new rebellion, but of a succession of rebellions. Having drawn a fancy sketch of that fearful wild fowl, the Southern young man, whom he represented as prancing about on a war steed and firing off unlimited revolvers, he asked:—‘‘Now, what have you to expect from these men except that they wi attempt from time to time te take possession of the government by force?” It is reported that his remarks were greeted with laughter, and we do not wonder at that. It is certainly either a very serious or an extremely funny assertion to make, that we are living under the danger of constant attempts by the horrible Southern young man to ‘take possession of the government by force,” of seeing him prance into Wash- ington almost any morning on his war steed, galloping up the Treasury steps and water- ing himself and his horse from Secretary Morrill’s ice pitcher. As American securi- ties did not fall yesterday we must take leave to consider this one of Mr. Boutwell’s campaign jokes. « Gallant Six Hundred! Six hundred of the best police force in New York had a pleasant time, we are as- sured, on their flying visit to the Philadel- phia Exhibition, and, as the expenses of the men were paid by the city and their pay was continued during their absence from duty, they, no doubt, enjoyed themselves to their kearts’ content. The Philadel- phia Chief of Police, who rejoices in the euphonious name of Jones, met them at the depot with a strong patrol force, as a mark of attention, of course, and not because he supposed that they required looking atter by the guardians of the peace while they were in the Quaker City. Two Philadelphia clubs also turned out in their honor, although Captain Williams’ command supposed that this portion of the demonstra- tion was intended especially for them. The gallant six hundred were introduced to Gov- ernor Tilden by Superintendent Walling, and the Governor complimented the men on the perfection of their discipline and on the efficiency of the New York Police Depart- ment generally. Being pressed for time, the Governor made no complimentary allusion to the skill with which the murderers of Mr. Rogers, Mr. Nathan and others had been hunted down and brought to punishment, or to other striking evidences of the excel- lence of the force. Nevertholess, the six hundred voices gave him, we are told, ‘‘three cheers and a tiger,” the latter being probably the latest capture from the The Allen menag- erie. When the men started on their re- turn home, as the report states, the special car containing the members of the Board of Aldermen, who had also been to the show, was hitched on to their train. Despite the compliment paid to their efficiency by the Governor the six hundred stalwart guardi- ans of the peace suffered this carload of Al- dermen to be turned loose when they reached the depot, notwithstanding the fact that the City Fathers had “‘partaken of a sumptuous repast” on the road. The The circular in which some fifty leading and representative Germans state their rea- sons for abandoning the Tammany organiza- tion and forming a democratic reform or- ganization in the city is the first movement against Mr. John Kelly's programme for taking possession of all the city offices next year. That leader has supposed that by throwing a bone pere and there to some hungry anti-Tammany politician he could silence all opposition to his secret society and his political dictatorship, but Mr. Mag- nus Gross and his associates step forward to undeceive him. The Tanimany General Committee might be just as good a head of the democratic party as the Republican General Committee is of the republican party if its usurpations and assumptions did not make it an anti-democratic, danger- ous and corrupting political machine. Mr, John Kelly might do as well as any other local politician as the head of the organiza- tion if he had not by his arrogance and ob- stinacy rendered himself offensive to the independent portion of the democracy and by his blunders proved himself unfit for leadership. For these reasons the German democrats leave him, and for these reasons half the city democracy will vote against his local ticket next November if he repeats his attempt to force ‘this: candidates” on the party, even though he should throw half a dozen well-covered bones into the anti- Tammany kennel. The people of New York want good gov- ernment in the city. They desire to see their present enormous taxes reduced ; but they insist also that the progress of the city shall not be checked ; that desirable public improvements shall be pushed forward; that our streets shall be rescued from their pres- ent deplorable state ; that our rotting docks shall be put into decent condition, and that our parks shall be taken out of the hands of speculators and politicians. Tam- many may put forward respectable names for city officers, but this is not enough. The people demand candidates who, when elected, will be independent of the per- nicious influence of the Tammany leaders, and who cqnnot be used by corner grocery politicians, Last year Mr. Kelly nominated excellent men for the vacant judicial offices, but the people repudiated them because they were John Kelly's nominees and would have been subject to his control and dictation if they had been elected. The Tammany candidates for local offices will fare no better this year if the same in- fluences are recognized in their nomination. Movement Against l'ammany. Mr. Betaont's Sreecu.—The democratic voters of Babylon were fortunate last night in having Mr. August Belmont to preside over their meeting for ratifying the State and Presidential tickets, for the speech which he made, and which we publish, al- though brief, was full of thought. Mr. Bel- mont’s political experience has been long and thorough; he was chairman of the National Democratic Committee from 1860 to 1872, and his knowledge of his party makes his voice one of authority. One object of his address was to show that Mr. Tilden, as well os himself, was always in favor of a vigorous prosecu- tion of the war for the Union, and he also pays cloquent testimony to the integrity of the Governor. A more difficult labor was to prove that Mr. Hendricks is not an infla- tionist. But the speech is a strong state- ment of the best qualities and services of the democratic party, an able argument why it should succeed, and has the high merit of being temperate in its tone and courteous to his political opponents, \ Honor the Foreign Riflemens The ambition of our riflemen being now reasonably satisfied it behooves them to do some act which will make the visit of the foreign teams pleasurably memorable to the gentlemen who have come so far only to meet a defeat. The coming of the teams from Ireland, Scotland, Australia and Can ada was in itself so high a tribute to the skill of our marksmen’ that gratification at that fact alone should make the rifle clubs throughout the country anxious to honor fitly the chivalric spirit in which the four foreign teams we have mentioned responded to the Centennial. invitation.. It was of course only possible for one of the four to have won. That this was plainly in their view when they came here we know, for it may be remembered that the chief reason urged by the English riflemen to dissuade the Scotch and Irish from sending national teams here, and which led to the decision of the English association not to send a team, was, that two of the three teams would go out already beaten. This reasoning, which looks a trifle tov thrifty in the eyes of a true sportsman, was manfully rejected by the Scotch and Irish. They came out to Amer ica to shoot on their merits, to win if they could and to be defeated if they must ; sc came the Australians twelve thousand miles; so came the Canadians over the border. In the great Centennial contest victory fell to America, as it did on Thursday last. Now, therefore, we propose that to show America’s esteem of such gallant sportsmen the riflemen of America should present a trophy to each of the foreign teams to be contended for in the first place in Amer ica and afterward in the respective countries by their riflemen under the conditions they themselves shall elect. To every member of the four teams and reserves a commemora- tive medal should be presented, and under circumstances calculated to atone. for the thoughtless muddle at Gilmore’s Garden, where there was neither order nor courtesy. We emphaiically wish that both the marks. men of the foreign teams and the countries whose flags they bear so honorably shall keep this visit in kindly remembrance. We have pointed out the only method by which this can be handsomely secured, and we look to our riflemen, with the victorious team at their head, to see that is done forthwith, Martial Law in the South, Of course the report which comes from Washington, that the administration thinks of declaring martial law in the Southern States, isnonsense. We are not living in Mexico, and the Congress of 1875 did not pass the Force bill. To attempt to inter- fere, with federal arms and martial law, in the Southern elections would be for the re- publicans to give up the struggle. They would excite a storm of alarm and indigna- tion in the North which would ‘sweep the Northern States against them. The truth is. the republican party does not deserve to carry any Southern State, unless it be North Carolina, where the parties are very equally matched, and where the republicans are as respectable and as certain to give the State a good government as the democrats. They might have car- ried a number of the other States if they had paid only a little attention to good government down there; if it had not been so long the policy at Washington to en- courage and support with the federal patron. ° age a set of graceless and unscrupulous po- litical gamblers and adventurers, to the exclusion of honorable \and honest men, who might easily have been brought into the republican party by the use of a’ little wis- dom and good management. That the South is to-day a unit, or very nearly so, for the democratic party is the fault of republican mismanagement at Washington. Every man, no matter whether he is republican or demo- cratic, who desires to see the Southern States honestly ruled must wish that they shall be carried this fall by the democrats. Tse Broxen Savincs Banx.—The report of Mr. William J. Best, who was appointed the Receiver of the Mechanics and Traders’ Savings Bank, which failed ten weeks ago, isa startling revelation of misconduct and violated trust on the part of some of the managers. It will be read by every depositor in such institutiona with interest, and ought to be a warning to all how they place their money in the control of persons who speculate rashly and wickedly and. use it’ illegaly for their own gain. In this case the depositors will receive about seventy-five per cent' of their claims, as the receiver estimates, and, after the gross mismanagement that is proved, they should be*grateful that they will get anything at al, PERSONAL iNTELLIGENCE, Longfellow loves raral dances. Emerson hates dismal pictures, General Rufus Ingalls is in San Francisco, It is easy enough to bo a retormer at ebb tide, Ex-speaker Hobart, of New Jerscy, is member of the State Se: . The man who wrote Tommy, Make Room for Your Uncle,” got $12 for the baliad, Goldwin Smith cannot, alter all, assimilate with Americans, and he 1s going back home, * ‘The editor of the Chicago Zribune says that if be did not have such iong ears he woulu try to be a rab- ‘bit, Democrats this year have a mania for nominating men who were once republicans but did not like their party. A schoolgirl marks a novel at the thin-blooded philosophy just asa fly atiacks the smallest grain of sugar. \ A mourner does not need counsel any more than an overfiowing milldam needs advice, Both require » siuice-way, The tramp ts a man who was invited to America by the promising times of the war, and ho relied upon our tariff for nis support, The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal ig getting s Little wild in its assertions, How does tt know that Belknap is going to California in the interest of Hayes! A dramatic writor suits his words to his char acters, and 18 not to bo taken as saying in his own per. son all that he puts into the mouth of an Tago or a Mephistopheles. According to Mr. Harris, our mental nature compro. honds the understanding, which “simply perceives? objects; the reason, which “compares” them, and the genius, which “unites” them ito new combina. tions. Tho Staats Zeitung, odited vy Mr, Uttendorter, in Spoaking of tho income charge sgainst Governor Tile den, said:—"If Mr, Tilden cannot give a satisfactory explanation of this mater he is not fit to be Prosi- dent.”” Americans should not fec! so badly about the outrages or the bashi-vazouks in Europa, when on their ows continent, within a hundred miles of a mucb- vauntee transcontinental railway, there are whito ‘women ant children constantly carried into barbarous slavery. at