The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1876, Page 7

Q rey NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, penny wise and pound foolish. It is to the interest of the State that arriving immi- grants should not be a burden to it, and it is to the interest of the immigrants that ad- equate protection should be provided for them. The interest of the immigrants is, in the long run, the interest of their carriers. October Sermons. With the first Sunday in October we may generally expect to see all our prominent clergymen back in their pulpits, dispensing the Word of God with renewed fervor. Most of them are gled to be back, no matter in what pleasant places their lines have been ast through the summer. The change of the season brings a change of heart. What seemed a warm aud wearying labor when the summer sun was pouring its fierce rays through the chancel windows and the - thinned congregation sat piously perspiring in the pews becomes, with the advance of the skirmishers of Jack Frost from the Northwest, an in- viting task, The clergy have culled and placed carefully away simile and metaphor drawn from the woods, the forests or the waves just as their careful girls have been press- ing fern leaves and gathering mosses or sea -shells to bring back in their city homes the memory of summer when summer is no more. Their faces are browner, their eyes clearer and their hearts brighter. Like ao tay that comes warm and rich through colored glass, though the air without is chill, the sermons of October give forth a mellow tadiance that finds its way to the heart through the eyes of thesoul. Inthe sermons which we present elsewhere the freshness ind vigor of our preachers are mirrored. Mr. Beecher returned to his. flock yesterday with a sermon on the Comforter. Chick- sring Hall was opened by the Young Men's.Christian Association, with Rev. Mr. Colcord as the preacher. Mr. O, B. Froth- ingham gave his first.sermon of the season on Ideal Religion at Masonic Hall. The Catholic clergy, fresh from their brief vaca- tions, dwelt fervidly on the greatest of the commandments. Generally through the city churches there was an awaken- ing, and the lovely weather, with the other attractions, combined to fill the sacred edifices as they have not been filled in months. It-was, and we say it without dis- respect, the fall opening of religion. The children of pomp and Vanity have had their openings; and why not the children of grace? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Hallet Kilbourno is in Colorado. Bancrott is visiting Mr. G. W. Childs, Many American gtris in Nevada smoke opium. Governor Hayes supported Jenckes’ Civil Service bilk The German ts co longer enthu: The graves of British soldi in the Crimea are to be proserved. Mark Twain presided at a republican meeting on Saturday night. Plimsol, M. P., was enthusiastically received by the sailors of Norway, Germany will order 90,000 American frevolvers for its cavalry and artillery. In England the large towns are constantly erecting publicaquariums and winter gardens. Sir Francis Hincks arrived in the city yesterday from Montreal and is at the Windsor Hotel. We really need a change in politics: lected collar buttons will be only eight cents a quart, The jolly campaign song away out West is— Blue Joana Williams can’t como in, The color’s good, but tho cloth’s too thin, ‘Miss Olive Risley-Seward is at Colorado Springs, Col., where she expects to spend the winter with her father. M. D, Conway says that the exposure of Slade, the mediunt, will drag down Professor Crookes and Dr. Waliace, ‘A Jew writes that in the synagogues of the Anglo- Jewish community in London there is neither interest por enthusiasm. At the Paris opera a lady with a low-neck dress would be un object of ridicule, merely because sbe would no jonger be in fashion. M. Necker found that a magnificent supper which ho gave in Paris procured him more reputation than all his financial measures, Alexandre Damas describes bis break‘ast as a plate bt soup warmed by himself, whilo Buffon took a crust of bread and two glasses of wine. Mr, Longfellow asked the English poet’s permission to use come of his poems in the series of ‘Poems of Places,”’ aud Tennyson refused it, “To think,” said Tweed, as he walked aboard the Franklin, ‘‘that I must return to a country where Bob Ingersoll doesn’s beliove in a hereaiter!"” Detroit Free Press:—Ex-Postmaster Jewell snys he won’t rotire to a farm and drop out of sight, Ho means to buy a gravel road and set up a tollgate, “Daniel Deronda” says:—‘‘What I have been most trying to do for fifteen years is to have some under. standing of those who differ from myself.” Mile, Aline Montaland, being too fat to act, submitted 40 235 hours of shampooing without siccess, and sho still creaks the boards at the Paris Varictés, It isclaimed that English workingmen are boing drawn {rom the country to London to live upon the re sources of trades unions, which are almost exhausted, 1o the Bois do Boulogne the other day was a. mar- plage procession on velocipedes, each gentleman hay- Ing a lady behind him, the leading man playing a violins Mr. Raskin has come to the conclosion that the British workingman ‘‘has priae in doing ingeniously the worst and least he can,’ and that this prido in- ereuses more and more, Protessor Huxiey, in trying to prove that man de- ecended from the same race as the donkeys, examined tho head of the Chicago Times editor, and said they * nad the same ears and ears ago, Queen Victoria, while in Scotland, sometimes has picnic.teas at Dee-side, herself sitting upon a stone or stump; and she daily rides im.an open carriage, baving an oatridor on a white horse to clear the way. Ex-Governor William Allen, of Obio, says that when man is dead he has as much blood in his voins as ever, only it is not in circulation, and he makes that asimile for the financial condition of the couniry. Concluding its account of the recent accident on the Atlantic Air Lino Railway, tho Virginia State said:— “Thoy would be fortunate railroads that could always assure us of accidents with like flattering results." Agentleman, on walking ous one Sunday evening, meta young Scotch peasant giri, whose parents lived near bis house. ‘Where are you going, Jenny ?” said: he. “Looking for a son-in-law for my mother, sir.”” Colonei Harrison, of Indiana, son of ox-President Harrison, and republican candidate for Governor, is a little man, with a flowing, brown beard, and without sontimont, who interests people in a matter-of-fact bas given a ‘splendid site’ to build a Roman Cathohe charch at Gibraltar; will the Spanish government give pver so modest a sito to buila a Protestant church at Madrid?” Londoners who do not like granite pavement, be- cause it ruins horses, are charmed with sevoral sec- tions of wood and asphalt of one year’s existence; but they will not be charmed with them after about one year more, “My friends,” said a returned missionary, at one of the late anniversary meetings, ‘Jet us avoid sectarian bitterness, The inhabitants of Hindostan, where 1 have been laboring tor mauy years, bave a proverb that, ‘Though you bathe a dog's tail in oil and bind it in sphots, yet you cannot get the crook out of it.’ Now, a man’s sectarian bias is simply the crook in the dog’s tail, which cannot be eradieated, and I hold that every one should be allowed to wag bis own peculiarity in peace,’ ‘which she has been waging under the flimsy cover of CABLE NEWS The Eastern Problem No Nearer a Solution. The Servians Furiously Attack the Turks and Are Repulsed. RUSSIA BREAKING COVER Spain Negotiates Another Cuban Loan. THE EASTERN WAR. GENERAL TCHERNAYEFF'S PLANS. Loxpow, Oct. 2, 1876, The Standard’s Belgrade despatch reports that the Servian forces between Alexinatz and Neligrad are esti- mated at 120,000 men, with 140 guns. Tho only aim and result of Servia’s accepting the armistice was to secure time for General Tchernayeff to assemble an army in that quarter and surprise the Turks, it boing his intention to cut off Fasli Pacha’s army from Nisch, drive it ‘nto the mountains in the Kruschevatz dis- trict, and there destroy it, MORE SERVIAN LOSSES. As has already been reported, tho effort of Thursday ‘was unsuccessful. The Servian loss on that day was at least 2,000, A FURIOUS SERVIAN ATTACK, The Standard's despatch {rom Deligrad states that the Servians have furiously attacked the Turks and been again repuised with the loss of 1,500 men, ONLY THR BRGINNING, Another battle is imminent. A despatch to the Standard from Belgrade says Gon- eral Sumarakoff, the Russian Envoy, is not coming to Belgrade, as was expected. The Russian inundation is steadily crowding out the Servian eloment. 18 RUSSIA PLAYING DOUBLE? Preparations are making in Belgrade and on the bor- der of Russia inconsistent with the pacific declarations of the Cabinet at st, Petersburg. SHE MUST COME TO THR FRONT, There are good grounds for supposing that Russia will soon openly take the responsibility of the war the Servian flag. THE PEACE COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET. ConsTaxtinopLe, Oct. 1, 1876. Contrary to expectation, no meeting of the Extraor- dinary Council was held to-day to decide upon a reply to the peace proposals of the European Powers, SPAIN AND CUBA. ANOTHEB LOAN FOR CUBAN WAR EXPENSES, Lonpox, Oct, 2, 1876. Reuter’s telegram from Madrid-announces that public adjudication-was made last Saturday for the loan of 15,000,000 pesetas required for the expenses of the Cuban war. MOODY AND SANKEY. THE DISTINGUISHED BEVIVALISTS OPEN THE BELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN IN CHICAGO—A VIGOR- 0U8 ONSLAUGHT ON THE AMERICAN HEAD- QUARTERS OF THE PRINCE OF DARENESS. Cnicaco, Oct, 1, 1876, The Moody and Sankey meetings opened at eight o’clock this morning, all arrangements for the great tabernacle being complete. Seven thousand peopte greeted Moody’s first appearance. Many city pastors were on the platform. Sankey sang with a good voice and effect, and the choir was harmonious. Dr. Good- win, of the First.Congregational church, prayed with tervid emotion. MR. MOODY’S SERMON was characteristic and directed to Christian workers, the text being taken from John, xi., 39—‘Jesus said, tako yo away the stone.”” The point of the discourse was the duty of Christians to rid their hearts of what- ever rendered thom unfit for the Lord's use—price, Sen unbelief, projudice and séctarian dig: otry. ‘After the benediction of Bishop Cheney there were great hanashakings and hearty greetings. AFTERNOON SERVICE, Half an hour before the time for the afternoon ser- vice the Tabernacle was full and there wero enough of people in the street to fill a dozen churches. Mr. Moody preached from the text, “He that reapeth re- John. iv.. 36. His discourse was a torrent of Gospel enthusiasm. Rev. Drs. Kittredge, Chamberlin, Goodwin and Thompson led an overflow mecting in Farwell Hall. At the evening meeting in Farweli Hall twolve per- sons presented themselves as scoking Christ. ‘The sermons every evening this week will be ad= dressed to Christian: PROMINENT’ OARSMEN DROWNED. A SAILBOAT BUN DOWN BY A MAIL STFAMER, Hauirax, N. S., Oct. 1, 1876. Obed Smith, bow oarsman of the champion four- onred crew, who distinguished themselves at Philadelphia, end Mark, his brother, were drowned this morning. ’ about half-past three o'clock, in Halifax harbor, They wore going home in their schooner boat of about sixteen tons burden, witn some coal and winter stores on board, when they were run down by the mail steamer Nova Scotia, bound in from Baltimore. A woman named Tuke,'a passenger with them, was rescued. The Smiths were not seon alter the collision, and it is sup- posed they sank with tho boat, RIOT AMONG THE MOULDERS. Troy, N. ¥., Oct. 1, 1876, About tnirty riotous union moulders overcamo the watchman at M. L. Tilley’s non-union foundry this morning about two o'clock, and carried off patterns valued at $1,000, The rioters were fired upon by the watchman, but without effect. The patterns can be re- placed. ASSEMELY . NOMINATION. Euaina, N. Y., Oct, 1, 1876, Dr. L. W. Bailey, of Millport, was yesterday nomi- nated by the republicans for Assombly trom Chemung county. BURNED TO DEATH. Tror, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1876. Edward Chichester and wifo were burned to death to- day by an explosion of alcohol which was being used ‘eparation of varn! The mixture was put ‘king pan on a kitchen stove, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. * War Departarst, Orrice oF tnk Cine SiGxaL Orricer, Wasiixorox, Oct. 2—1 4. M. Probabilities, During Monday for the South Atlantic and Fast Gulf States higher barometer, cool northerly winds, back- ing to warmer westerly and generally clear weather. For the West Gulf States rising followed by falling barometer, southerly winds shifting to warmer easterly or southerly and clear weather, For Tennessee and tho Obio Valley, rising followed by failing barometer, westerly winds, backing to south- erly, and warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather. For the lake region, falling barometer, fresh and brisk westerly to southerly winds, warmer, partly cloudy weather, and possibly occasional light rains, For the Upper Mississipp! and Lower Missonri val- leys, failing barometer, southwest to southerly winds and warmer, clear or slightly cloudy weather. For the Middle States and New England, rising, succeeded during the day by slowly falling barometer, cool northwesterly winds, backing to warmer south- westerly and clear or partly cloudy weather, The Obio River will continue siowly falling. ‘of San Francisco, A BLIND MUSICIAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND IN- THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changos in the temperaturo for the past twenty-lour hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as ’s pharmacy, 1875, 1876. 65 60 Averago temperature yesterday. . Average temperature for corresponding date last sevoee 30% | Pp AMUSEMENTS. GILMORE'S GARDEN. This popular resort, which closes for the scason as & concert garcen to-night, was well filled last night by as motley a crowd as ever Sunday sent forth on pleasure, The excise farce, of late quite an addition to the Sunday night programme, was periormedas ususl. From am: terious corner iD tho canvas granite grotte on the Fourth avenue side there issued a plashing strei of lager beer, which was harvested lasses and distributed on the north side of the bh bar proper uo beer was_ sold, and to beer at all was vended. The program! and attractive, ond the several soloists of tbe were well received. To-night a grand programme 1s offered— me as rendered on the evening of Mr, Gilmore’s beneflt—and with it closes one of inst- tutions ‘gated and evon made happy summer life in the great metropolis, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, This is the last night of Mr. Gilmore’s Season. The Edwin Forrest Home at Philadelphia will be opened to-day. “The Two Orphans” will be produced at the Union Square Theatre to-night, with Miss Kate Claxton, Miss Sara Jewett, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Frederick Robinson and Mr. Parselle in the principal parts, To-night Mr. Strakosch will begin his short season of Italian opera at the Acatemy of Music with “‘Norma.’? altie, Palmieri will sing for tho first time in Now York, apd Mile, Persiani and Signor Palmieri will also make their first appearance here. A Swedish vocal quartet have arrived in’ this city, and will make their début at Booth’s Theatre in the Sunday concert which Messrs, Max Maretzck and Fryer will give October 8, The quartet consists of Amanda Carlson, Ingeborg Lopyron, Inga Ekstriim and Bertha Erixon. They are natives of Stockholm, OBITUARY. cert JAMES LICK, The death of James Lick, the California philantbro- pist, is annousced by telegraph this morning, the final scene in bis life having taken place in San Francisco yesterday morning at one o'clock. He had been gradually sinking, and death resulted from the mere decay of nature. His remaing are lying in state at Pioncers’ Hall The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon. James Lick was born at Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, Pa, August 20, 1796 He went through the usual routine of study that then prevailed in the interior towns, and in 1819 be. gan his business r im the establish- ment of James Hicksey, a piano manufacturer, ot Baltimore, In 1820 ke undertook to ongage io business for himself in New York, but not having suficiont capital he abandoned this idea, and sailed for Buenos Ayres, where he began the piano business, entering at the same time into various speculations, From Buenos Ayres he went to Valparaiso, whero he remained four yeare. Then, Tecelving good advices from Pera, he dctermine¢to settle in Lima, Ten years later he made up his mind to dispose of his property in Peru and take up his resi- dence in San Francisco, He reached that city at the endo! 1847, and began purchasing real estate. The gold fever did not lure him away. Seeing vast streams of population approaching that way he Invested all his money, buying vacant lots and erecting thereon dweilings and business structures, In 1852 he bought property near San José and erected a flour mill.on it, which, for solid, expensive work and finish, has not been oqualled by any mill in the State. The wood work was of mahogany and the machinery of eription, Thoentire cost of the construc- ),000, It was called “Lick’s Folly,” but it turned out the finest flour in California, and Lick’s brand commanded the market, Round the mill be planted, with hisown hands, a splendid orchard of fruit trees, which intho carly days was of self s fortune. While Mr. Lick bas been reluctant to sell any of his reni estate, he hus been lavish in his gifts. The land on which the hall of the Pioncer Society now stands was presented by him. Many who read this will romember the small, spare figure of Mr. Lick, attired in a suit of bi olten renowed—consisting of a swallow. pantaloons—not of the most fasbionable cut—and a tall collar, supported by a wealth of neckerchiel, The style of his garments never changed with the fickle fashion. Quite a number of clorgymen of San Fran- cisco, among them the Reva, Williams, Stone aad Steb- bins, have been at his room on several occasions, but his conversation at such times has nevor tnelined toward religious topics, His v.ews were confined to that plane of rationalism of which Tom Paine was the best exponent, and they were thoroughly ingrained in his cburacter. A freethinker closely crowding four store was hardly impressible as those within the ecclesiastical pale in the dew of their youth. ‘His talk with the friends admitted to his presence was on the news of th day aud such points as related to his tmmediate busi the Lick Hous? was om in 1868, but “as originally nnished was small and din; It afterward became necossary to extend it, und Mr, Lick determined that the new dining-room should be in all respects worthy of the hotel So he sent an agent tocx- amine and report upon tho similar accommoda- tions ot the principal hotels of Eastern cits d the result was 01 tf the most elegant dining the country, ing to find mechanics suili skilled to mi mirrors that done by bis own workmen under his immediato supervision. The crowning point in Mr. Lick’s life and what made his reputation world wide was the cession of his immonse property to seven trustees for benevolent and scientific urposes, The principal objects specified woro 3700.00" for an immense observatory, to ‘found and endow the California school of Mechanical Arts; $250,000 for a group of bronze statuary representing the history of Se $100,000 for an Old Ladies’ Home in San Fi $160,000 for batiding and maintaining freo nat $150,000 for a bronze monument to Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,”’ $25,000 in gold to tho Protestant Orphan Home of San Frandisco, $25,000 in gold to found an orphan home in the city of San José and $10,000 to purchase xcientific and mechanical works for the Mechanics’ Institute Mr Lick afterward changed his tind in regard to the method of dispensing his money, and althouh the changes made jo bequest wero mainly in detail, the under the original pian tendered their resignations, asking to bo relioved. ‘These differences of opinion have led to many unpleasant incidents, but the grand aim of the old xentieman’s life not beon altered. Since the last change im th charitable tund the deceased bad frequ himself better satistied with the condition of affairs, but has maniicsted considerable concern at hearing nothing from his son, John Lick, of Fredericksburg, Lebanot county, Va., to whom both letters an grams had been sent, requesting bis resignati of the trustecs. All the rest of the old Board have | tendered ther resignations, though they have not yet been confirmed ‘by the Court. The trustees say the business is in such shape that no complications can ensue in carrying out Mr. Lick’s charitable designs, though there me fear expressed that the action of John Lick implies his intention of contesting ters in the courts. ‘The total value of the trast fund 18 estimated at about $5,000,000, JOSEPH WARREN, Joseph Warren, edit-r In chief and one of the prin- cipal owners of the Buffalo Courier printing establish- ment, died of congestion of tho lungs at seven o'clock on Saturday evening, atter a few hours’ ilinoss, Mr. Warren was born m Waterbury, Vt., July 24, 1829, and was graduated at the Vermont University, For the past twenty years he had been editor of tho Courier, | and was we.i known throughout Western New York as aleader ot the democracy. Ho held several important local positions, among them Superintendent of Educa- tion, nd at tho time of his death was President of tho State Press Association. He was also a member of the State Democratic Committee and was the recognized leader of that party in Buffalo. His death has cast a gloom over the political horizon 1m Buffalo. é W. H. A. KEANE, M. P. W. H. A. Keeno, M. P. for St, John city, died at his residence in that place yesterday after a short ill- ness, aged seventy-three years, A’ HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. FANT CHILD AND THEN KILLS HIMSELY—THE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. Shortly before twelve o’ciock last night a horrible tragedy occurred on the top floor of No, 201 West Thirty-third street. Julius Blank, aged thirty-cight years, a uative of France, by occupation a professor of music, shot his wite Mary, aged twenty-cight years, in the head with a large revolver, inflicting a mortal wound, He thon canght up his little child, Amelia, aged three and one-half years, and placing the deadly woapon close to her head, firod, causing almost instant death, Before the child had expired he onded the terribie deed of blood by blowing out hisown braing, The noise of the pissol shot attracted ‘the attention of , who rusbed jo only to flad yay dead in pools ig ‘but nothing could be done for the ber of the jated family. Her wi ‘wax, however, quickly removed by an ambulance to Bellevue Hospttal. ‘The causes that led to the terrible orime and tho de- a ‘th aroat the nt writing unkLO wn, jv person found who witnessed the shoot- ing, and a8 sr only surmise insanity afford od murderer was toually birds soa supporied hi italy by. givin in an 62 | mane” lessons. Capt Washburn, of Too tech inet, and his Led bg OA at investigation, and Pots § an sogugee he} OCTOBER 2. 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. Prospects of Civil Service Reform Under President Hayes. Fears of the “Ins” and Hopes of the “Outs.” Anticipated (Call on Senater Conkling to Take the Stump. sega REPUBLICAN ORATORS WANTED IN THE SOUTH. Concentration of Scuthern Oftice-Holders at the National Capital. ——_-—_, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasuixotoy, Oct. 1, 1876. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM UNDER PRESIDENT BHAYES--WHAT THE ‘‘INs” HOPE FOR AND TRE “‘OUTS” EXPECT—OHIO'S INFLUENCE IN THE FORTHCOMING ADMINISTRATION—CAB- INET MAKING BY THE WELL INFORMED. The political outlook is being more and more care- fully scrutinized from this point as each day goes by, and the officials aro being worked up to a degree of zeal which stimulates them to doall they can to aid the general cause, Conversation with several of them de- velopes the tact that not only a spirit of devotion to the republican party, but a strong hope of continuance in office should Governor Hayes be elected President, impels them to strain every effort to manifest their party devotion and influence. More encouragement hss been given of late toa hope of permanency among office-holders on ac- count of the revived agitation of the civil service sys- tem, which had long heen ignored before its deccaso by several of its strongest advocates among the offi. cials, and it is represented that political pressure was at one titne so great that evon President Grant had to disregard its provisions. But it is said that, notwith- standing Governor Hayes’ strong letter and frequently xpreséed adhesion to tie doctrine of civil servico, as soon a8 be shall be installed as chief executive Onio ana her leading political! magnates will claim the lion’s sharo of patronage and receive it. Those who know Governor Hayes well nevertheless say that he is@ man easily led, and that he will be controlled and directed by a coterie of offi. cious Obio politicians who, even now, as illustrated in their interfegenco with his visit to President Graot, which is well known, havo already thrown out their antennw and commenced to weavo asilken net to cap ture all the household forces and patronage of Gov- ernor Hayes’ expected administration. As an exception to this sort of calculation on tho part of the gamesters who have boldly started this in- trepid game of hazard it is at present conceded that under the next four years of republican rule Secretary Morrill, of the Treasury Department, and Attorney General Taft, of the Department of Justice, will con- tinue to represent the strength of the repubdli- can Cabins In the former instance it is said to have been so guaranteed by tacit understanding whon Mr. Morrill, then Senator, with a fair chance of re-election, consented re- luctantly, alter long del:beration and consultation with his friends, to become Secretary ot the Treasury. In the other case Judge Taft is a well known intimate friend of Governor Hay: nd besides that hails from the samo State, All of Judge Talt’s original influence will remain, and Mr, Blaino will throw his strength— 80 tho political world hore has it—for his predecessor, Mr. Morrill. This will be in the line of civil service, and may dampen the ardor of many a statesman now making almost superhuman effort in the campaign to help elect Goveruor Hayes so as to base a claim for a Cabinet position. But they will in most cases be dis- appoicted, if, in fact, they will receive full considera- tion at all. i ANXIETY CONCERNING MR. CONKLING’S AB- SENCE FROM THE STUMP—THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR'S SENSITIVENESS AND SCROPLES TO BE RELIEVED BY A SPECIAL INVITATION FROM GOVERNOR HAYES TO TAKE PABT IN THE CANVASS. For some time past a great deal of anxiety has been felt among administration circles that Senator Conk- lng might take part in tho campaign by speaking at the principal points in the leading States, Since the recent announcement that Mr. Conkling was going to speak in Utica atan early day a sense of reliet has becn felt by his-friends, as well as those who criticise him, perhaps, too harshly. Noone could understand why he had not already been prominent among tho great speakers, and unfriendly reasons were assigned for it, principal among which was that ho had become personally disaffected and did not like some of the company he might fallin withon the hustings, conspicuously Messrs. Blaine and Schurz. But apart from all this, which 1 contradicted, Mr. Conkling, when recently here, said and showed that ho was seriously indisposed, not being able to bear strong light upon bis eyes, a condition of painiul disability and inconvenience resulting, he stated, from malaria The principal republican manager are anxious that Senator Conkling shall be heard in the West while making some of his masterly and overpowering arguments. This was submitted to him and he replied that he did not think it was ncces- sary to obtrude himself, and thought, in addition, that he might be misapprehonded in the suspicion that he had some preset or futuro ulterior motivo of his own to subserye, He mauilested great delicacy on this point and was immovable, adding that he did pot think he could aid materially in the effectiveness of the West- ern campaign. In order to obviate all these misgivings of the New York Senatorg arrangements havo beon mado by lead- ing republicans, without Mr. Conkling’s knowledge, to have Governor Hayes invite. him, if his health will permit, to take part at once in the canvass through the Western States. Communications to this end have been already addressed to Governor Hayes and other officials, which will result in the car- rying out of «plan to relievo Senator Conkling of his sensitiveness and scruples, and enable Governor Hayes to show him a marked high courtesy and appreciation. This will secure additional strength of good fecling in certain distinguished quarters and add strength tothe campaign goncrally, as well as reiiove the managers of misgivings aod internal annoyance, which bave already provoked some inimical comment, THX SOUTH IN WANT OF REPUBLICAN CAM- PAIGN ORATORS—FEARS OF THE OUTRAGE PERPETRATORS—THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF THRIR ABSEXCE—REPRESENTATIVE M'DOU- GALL, OF NEW YORK, AGRERS TO STEM THE STORM, During the deliberations of the National Executive Committee it has been tauntingly said that among the republian speakers who #0 strenuously volunteer daily to make speeches for Hayes and Wheeler, none have been found willing to go into the Southern States, This has been repeated outside and so much fear and alarm manifested even hero by the outrage makers within the past week that it has come to bo regarded as almost certain death to co down into the for- Didden districts of the South, In this panic, however, an exception has been und and Representative ©, A. McDougall, of New York, has agreed to take the stamp in South Carolina, and wil! proceed at once upon his as: ments. The only other notable instanco is that of Colonel Shaughnessy, of Mississippi, who is canvassing the Clinton and adjoining district for Congress. The general impres- sion prevailing here is that a !ifo insuranee company would not take a risk on any man’s life now going there for political purpores from the North. SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS CARRYING ON THE CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON-—DI8GUST OF THE PARTY LEADERS AT THEIR PRESEXCE, ‘This city is now alive with leading so-called Southern republican politicans and fedcral office-holders of such here and esteem bim highly | | they ou Worthington, of Charleston. Those who are “holding the fort” forthe republican party are very much dis- gusted at their presence and importanings, and say quite freely with indignation that they ought to be at their posts in the front ranks fighting for the republi- can party, instead of forcing the national and State | executive committees to send them North on the stump, It is contended that they could do much more good in that line at home in the Southern States, where ttobe, Assoon as the President returns tho fall force of all the political and administration machinery wili be put in order to force the fighting; and theso Southern republicans expect consolatioa then and a compliance wish their requosts for aid. THE QUESTION OF TROOPS YOR THE sOUTH— DIYFERENT VIEWS OF REPUBLICANS REGARD- ING THE PRESERVATION OF THE NEGRO VOTE. No extraordinary movements of troops has as yet been ordered nor havo sny changes in command taken place. This week will, however, it is thought, be marked with important events bearing on (he coming elections in the Southern States stould PresidentGrant, as is thought nov unlikely will be the case, give a fa- Vorable hearing to the exciting stories circulated of the condition of affairs in the South and the need of troops ,t0 secure a peaceable election and protect the lives of republicans from the white liners. Another class of republicans aro in favor of no intor- ference, but profer to let the thing, so far as colorea Voters are concerned, regulate itself, They say the nogroes will go into the democratic party and be a d.s- turbing element there, as, indeed, they will bo any- where, They say that the colored voters have never appreciated their white republican brethren, and were the first to initiate the color line. Atall events, troops will not be so easily obtained as at first appeared from Attorney General Taft’s circular would be likely. THE OBNOXIOUS ORDER OF SECRETARY ROBE- SON—OPINIONS AND PROTESTS OF NAVAL OFFICERS—THE ATTEMPT TO FIX THE ODIUM ON THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE A FAILURE—HOW ADMIRAL PORTER WAS RE- LIEVED FROM ITS TRRMS—VIEWS OF REPUB- LICAN LEADERS. The obnoxious order of Secretary Roboson, No. 216, furloughing all officers of the navy not on duty on September 1, continues to make great trouble and ox- citement among officers of the navy. So so- vere will it be upon some of them that the) will not ve able to support themselves and families on their halt pay, It comes excessively hard on many who havo entored into yearly contracts and in- curred other expenses. They flad themselves now un- ablo to meet their honorable debts, which is a great calamity and abhorrence, to @ navai officer especially, Jt is understood, however, that President Grant Will take an carly opportunity to direct the Secretary of the Navy to withdraw tho odious order atonce. The ludicrous side of the affair is shown inthe fact that Mr. Robeson, with the spirit of a demagoguo, calculated to bring the demo- cratic House of Represoniatives into contempt by issuing such an order and aseribing its unacceptablo provisions and workings to thedemocrais, Buta largo number vt naval officers being aemocrats, hayo cast about for a better reason than this, assigning to Mr, Robeson’s order its true na- turo and responsibility. They say that thero was no necessity for getting out the order fm the first place, because the department could havo gone on paying the naval officers their regular pay until the meeting ot | next Congress; besides propriations mado would last, go to Congress in «a few months Jater asking for any honest deficiency, and Congross could not or would not, in tne face of the country, even if 0 disposed, dare refuse the necessary appro- priations, Mr. Cox is reported by an attaché of the Navy Department to bave said recently ot Long Branch that the intention of Congross was not te reduce the officers’ pay nor to interfere with them in any way, but merely to cut Mr. Robeson down to such an extent as to make it impossible for him to spend money politi- cally for the republican party during the Presidential campaign. Butso far from tho cutting down in their pay having been regarded as attributable to the demo- cratic party, the older officers say that Congress directed no such thing and the responsibility must rost with the republicans. So generally is this felt to be the case, that the Republican Executive Committee are understéod to have asked the interforence of the Prosi- aent for the annulling of the order. Several leading republican politicians are said to bave joined in this viow, by saying that the republicans cannot submit to any such thing as interfering with the navy especially when there are other interests, such as contracts, which can bo placed in temporary deference to tho claims of the officers of tho navy, whieh are more prossing and needed. On the whole, between the democrats and republicans Sesretary Robeson is likely, having stumbled, to be the only one who will suffer in popular estimation. Mr, Robeson’s friends here pro- fess to’sec that ho has made a terrible blunder. Ad- miral Porter did not, it is said, merely write the com- plaint in his own behalf to President Grant, but asked to have the whole order, No. 216, revoked. In reply the President yielded, and sent an order at once caus- ing the act, so far as |t portained to Admiral Porter, to bo’ caucelled, Having merely glanced at the communieca- tion and supposing it was, trom its wording, a request to be released personally from its operations, he at once ordered 1 to be done, General Sberman and Secretary of War Cameron recommended such action to be taken and of course gave it additional strength, It is contended that by tho laws of Congress, at any rate, Admiral Porter could not bo placed on half pay because they provide that no matter how he i# om- ployed his salary shall be $13,000 per annum, the po- sition of Admiral having been made for him and ccas- ing with his death. until then the ap. | and they could GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasnixctom, Oct. 1, 1876, PROMOTIONS IN THE MEDICAL CORPS—LONG- DELAYED JUSTICE TO THE DOCTORS—RESULT O¥ THE LAW PASSED BY THE LAST #ESSION OF CONGRESS. The promotions in the Medical Corps of the army, under the recent Jaw of Congress, have been made to tako effect from tho Ist inst., and the membors of that branch of the public service are much pleased at this recognition of their just claims, and tho iden of at last having the medical staff upon an oqual footing with tho other staff corps of the army as regards rank, &c. The American Medical Association, at its session in St. Louls during 1873 appointed a *committee to momorializo Congress in regard to the injustice done the medical corps of the army, and since then numerous petitions have been laid before the Senato and Hou of Representatives from prominent physicians in all sections of the country, praying for legislation to remedy the injustice complained of. Under tho old law there were but two members of tho corps allowed the rank of colonel and two the rank of lieutenant colonel, all other surgeons and as- sistant surgeons in the army holding the rank of major, captain and first lieutenant, and unaor that law a medical officer having once attained the renk of major bad, on account of tho dispropor- tionately small number of such officers of higher rank, no further reasonable hope of promotion. Under that law there were no less than twelve medical officers of tho rank of major only who bad sorved thirty years and upwards, while in all the other corps, whether of the staf or lino, the average length of time to at- tain the rank of colonel was less than twenty. five yonrs from the date of their orginal commissions, and the average length of service to attain the rank of lieutenant colonel was less than twenty years, AS @ consequence, when old ago at length overtook the medical officer in the discharge of his duties, ho was retired, in the vast majority of cases, with the rotired pay of a major, while the majority of his brother officers in other branches of the service, who had served as lung, wore retired as colonels, Congress, at its Jast session, passed the following act, &e, That the aumber of assistant surgeons now allowed Jaw shall bo reduced to 125 the office of medical are and after how to the allowed by iaw, there shall be four « rgeons with the rank, pay and emoluments of colonels, and oight «1 Cee Soe oe ae, ns oluments of lieuten- colonels, X,, eneity trom the ‘mesical” & ' this act cual ry now in aeprie any mediesl officer or PB mo of bis commission in the United Sietes Arwy. In accordance with this Jaw the following promotions ‘were made:—Lieutonant Colonels Robert Murray and Charles Sutherland and Majors Joseph J. B, Wright promimence as Collectors Casey, of Now Orleans, and | and John M. Cayler to be colonels, The two colonels ww already on the fist under the old law ore Assistant Sur feon Gencral Churies H. Crane and Chiet Medical Par- veyor J, H, Baxter. Majors Charles scCormick, Charles H, Lamb, William J. Sioan, Wilham 8. Kiog, James Simons, Charles C. Keeney, John F, Head, Lewis A» Edwards, Joho F, fammondand Elisha J, Builey to be Lieutenant Colonels, two of the above rank being authorized by the old law and eight addi | tional ones by the oct above quoted, The list’of ma Jors is now heaced by Major George E. Cooper, and the | captains promoted tothe grade of major to fil the Vacancies caused by the above promotions are Jamet J. Woodward, William H, Forwood, Eli MeClellan, | Samuel A. Storrow, Wiliam D. Wolverton, Albert | Hartsuf, Charlies R. Greenteat, DB, Kuickerboeker, J. Ve. oD. Middleton, Jobn HH, Jwneway, Henry &, Tiltow and Samuci M. Hortom No promotions to the rank of captalp | from the list of first lieutenants will be made as pres ent, The taw requires that they shall serve at least three years before being promoted, and those now holding tho rank of first lieutenant were appointed in | 1874. Assistant Surgeon John J. Meehan, who held the rank of major, has resigned, to tuke effect Octo- ber 1, and upon the accoptance of his resignation | | Captain J.C. G. Happersett will be promoted | to mil the vacancy. ‘The number of assist- | aut surgeons is wow 12), leaving five va- cancies in the corps. Appheants for these places will have to pass a competitive examination be- fore the Army Medical Board in session in New York erty, There are but four medical stoi ekeepers now in the service, viz:—Henry Johnson, George T. Beall, A. V. Cherbornier aud F. O’Donohue, Although that office is abolished by the act above quoted it ts provided that the act shall not deprive any medical officer or stores keeper of his commission, and they, therefore, romain in office, THE MEANING OF THE TERM ‘ARTICLES IN | BULK” CIRCULAR FROM THE TREASUBY DE- PARTMENT. The following circular defining “articles in bulk” une der section 2,990, Revised Statutes, has been issued from the Treasury :— Treasury DeraRTMeNt, Wasuxctox, D. C., Sept. 25, 1876, To Coutxctors ov Customs axp OTHE: Questions having arisen at some of the principal ports reiative to the meaning of the term “articles 1m bulk,’ as used in tho twenty-ninth section of the act ot July 14, 1870, and in section 2,090 of the Re- Vieed Statutes, relative to the entry of dutiable mor ebandise tor immediate transporta ion to an interior port without appraisement, the following general rules aro prescribed for the information and guidance of oflicers of the Customs :— First—Tve commercial signifieance of the term “in buik’’—~viz., that it bas reivrence to such articles ag are usually packed or stowed in the importing vessel th a loose state as contradistinguisied from “package govds” or those enclosed in boxes, barrels, bundies and the like—is, in view of the intent of the act re- ferred to, deemed by the department as necessarily qualiied ‘by the condition annexed to the privilege by the terms of the act itsell—viz., that such an examina. tion of the merchandise maybe made ay will sausty the Customs officers that Lue same corresponds with | the manisest and invoice. Second—While, therefore, the department holds generally that only such merchandise as is. either en- Closed in boxes, barrels or other outside covering, OF wrappers duly tnarked and numbered, or put up in sep- araio and distinct bundles or packages also duly marked and numbered tn such a manuer as to admit of satisiuctory identification, is enutied to the privileges ot the act, it, nevertheless, reserves the right to designate irom’ time to time such particular articles commonly shipped in bulk as may, under suitablo conditions, be deemed fairly within the scopo and in- tent of the act, Thurd—In accordance with the views above expressed the department hereby designates railroad and bar irou, | when the number of rails aud bars ts duly specified tn the consular invoice aud foun. on examination to be correct, a8 entitled to tae privilege of immediate trans. portation as aforesaid; provided, howover, that there shall not be any noticeable disparity in the size and weight of tho respective rails or bars. L. M. MORRILL, Secretary, THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUB OF GENSRAL M'PHERSON. 1 Tne citizens of Washington have shown substantia interest in the ceremonies connected with the unvell- ing of the statue of General McPherson during this month. Invitations have been sent to all of eral, McPherson’s classmates, including those who — in the Confederate army, among them General J, & Hood. FIRE IN WORCESTER, MASS. Wenstae, Oct. 1, 1876. Michanics’ block, owned by H. M, Drosser, wag totally destroyed by fire last night. To following are the principal losscs:—H. M. Dressor; $7,300; insure 5,900, Kingsbury, $1,i00;" insurance, T. Siy, $2,300, insurance, $1,750, H. J; Bates, “$1, 000; insurance, $ COMMODORE VANDERBILT. 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