The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1876, Page 4

‘occurrence. 4, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. ae THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year, Three cents per copy (Sun- day excluded). Ten dollars per year, or at rate of one dollar per month for any period less than six months, or five dollars for six months, Sunday edition included, free of tage. | All business, news letters or telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York sRALD, Letters and packages should be properly Bealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO.112 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA, Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms as in New York. 0, 295 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NIBLA BABA, at8P.M. Matin now CROSS THE CONTI liver Doud Byron. E THEATRE. Matinee at 1:30 P, M. HEATRE, 0TH 5 Matinee at 1:30 P, M. BC ARDANAPALUS, at 8 I ir. Bangs and Mrs. Booth. 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Gold declined from 110 7-8 to 1101-8 and government bonds were weaker in sympathy. Railroad bonds re- main comparatively steady. Money on call was supplied at the close at 2 1-2 and 2 per cent. The price of the Henaup to-day and hence- forth will be three cents. * Ovr Exposure of the petroleum plot yes- terday excited great interest among busi- ness men, and to-day we present a mass of statistics showing the magnitude of the business and the necessity of curbing the selfishness of the monopolists. The price of the Henaxp to forth will be three cents. lay and hence- Even Gnrexce is preparing for a general levy and the reorganization of the army. A good many years ago the Greeks were accus- tomed to take a hand in nearly every fight on either side of the Hellespont; but the oracles have been silent so long that the moderns are better off when they avoid war or even a semblance of it. The price of the Henatp to-day and hence- forth will be three cents. Tuer 1s A War or Personarities between Judge Hoar and General Butler in their cane vass in the Seventh Massachusetts district. The Hoar committee has already issued a manifesto, part of which we print, which re- flects the character of the campaign on one side. As General Butier is not deficient in the use of personal epithets we may expect # lively answer from him. The price of the Hxzaup to-day and hence- forth will be three cents. We Prrst this morning two versions of the Caimhoy affair, one of them being the official report of the United States Marshal and the other a private letter of an eye- witness. Between them it is not diffi- cult to extract the truthin regard to the One ortwo deductions, how- ever, are worth stating—-the impolicy of holding joint discussions during the present heated condition of political feeling and the impropriety of Charleston politicians at- tending in such large numbers these joint meetings in the negro districts. The price of the Herawp to-day and hence- forth will be three cents. {un Cuvarness or Lire in the city is well illustrated in a murder case now on trial in the Court of Genoral Sessions, As the erime was developed by the testimony yes- terday, as will be seen by our court reports this morning, it was a murder which was simply the result of the disregard of the sacredness of human life consequent upon the uncertainty of the law and of punish- ment where o murderer is concerned. If the testimony is trustworthy the crime is clear, and yet the legal definiti.n of murder the first degree is so hedged about that ae im such a cose conviction is doubtful. NEW YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, OCTUBER 21, 1876.—WITH The Herald and Its Readers—A New Step in the Old Direction. In the very first number of the Hzrarp it asked attention toa programme which has been carried out for the long period of more than forty-one years. The prom- ises of its first leading article were made to be kept, and not for mere buncombe, like those usually put forth in a prospectus, We will insert a brief excerpt from pledges which can be recalled after nearly half a century without being put to shame by any failure of fulfilment during solong a period. On Wednesday, May 5, 1835, the Hgraxp said in its first leading ar- ticle:—‘‘In débuts of this kind many people talk of principle—political principle—party principle as a sort of steel trap to catch the public. We mean to be perfectly under- stood on this point, and therefore openly disclaim all steel traps—all principle, as it is called—all party. all politics. Our only guide shall be good sound practical common sense, applicable to the business and bosoms of men engaged in everyday life. We shall support no party—be the organ of no faction or coterie, and care nothing for any election or any candidate from President down to a con- stable. We shall endeavor to record facts on every public and proper subject, stripped of verbiage and coloring, with comments, when suitable, just, independent, fearless and good-tempered.” This thoroughly onti-humbug proposal took with the public of that day, and as soon as they realized its downright sincerity they began to pour in subscriptions ata marvellous rate. The idea has con- tinued to take from that day to this, and the genuine anti-humbug little bark which then spread its sails has been favored by brisk winds and popular gales which have wafted it on a prosperous course thus far on its eventful voyage. The Henatp has been so great a favor- ite because it has always hit the temper of the popular mind, which has a keen relish for truth fearlessly spoken, for enterprise, dash, audacity in assailing shams, skill, industry, promptitude in gathering news and courage in presenting and discussing it. We have had many controver- sies—sometimes fierce ones—controversies with men in power and with pretenders and charlatans out of power, but we have always retained the confidence and piqued the curiosity of our vast body of readers. Strong in their unfailing support we have never had a misgiving, certain that so long as we print a newspaper which the public is eager to read the want on the one side and the supply on the other will insure the stability of the market. Ina country where there is no government censorship or suppression it would be as impossible to dam Niagara as to interpose obstacles to the circula- tion of a newspaper which suits the popular taste. Among the last things we ever expected was a difficulty with the usefal class of mid- dliemen who live and thrive by act- ing as agents in distributing the Heratp. The fact is that we created their occupation in this country. By the old plan every newspaper employed its own carriers, and besides the profits of pul... tion it retained also the profits of dis- tributing the journal after it was issued from the press. The Hzrarp, accessible to new ideas from the beginning and willing to “live and let live,” first established the practice of admitting middlemen to share the profits of distribution, and laid the foundation of what has grown up to be an immense and profitable business for others. In the tenth number of the Hrratp it explained to the public this method of distribution, then a novelty in this country. “The distribution of the Henarp,” it then said, ‘is conducted on a plan different | from that of the large morning papers, * * * «The London plan, which we have partially adopted, is the most convenient for a great and growing city, and the exist- ing papers will have sooner or later to adopt it toa certain extent.” We ask no gratitude for having introduced a plan which has served our convenience as well as the profit of the middlemen whom we created, but this seems a fit occasion for reminding them that they are a class which the Hraup brought into existence. We have always regarded them with favor, have sought to maintain a good understanding with them and wish their prosperity; but they must -be content with their own business, and not attempt to manage ours. We have reduced the price of the Henanp because equity to the public requires that when the prices of all other things go down that of newspapers should decline in the same proportion. There is precisely the same reason and the same jus- tice that the cost of distributing newspapers should foliow the general rule os that newspapers themselves should bo sold at a less price. To this tho middle men object ; but they might as well attempt to resist the law of gravitation as the great law of trade which has forced down the prices of labor and of all commodities. It is not the Henavp that they are fighting, but a law of trade, which is also a law of nature, toa law which every class of employments is compelled to succumb. Their vain re- sistance is a ‘kicking against the pricks.” It is absurd for any one class to think it can maintain itself at the old level when the tide on which all business floated is ebbing. All prices must sink with out of the inflation tide. the going Whether the newsdealers submit or resist the result is equally inevitable. There is no more justice in asking the pub- lic to pay an unfair price for the service of carriers than for the journals they distribute, We have received many communications from the newsdealers and insert the follow- ing as a specimen :— Fivra Ave Mr. James Gonrvox Bexxntt: Dean Sin—| am afraid that if you continue to charge the trade two and one-hall cents for the HEKaLp the circulation will diminish rather than increase. Tho trade in general are very much dissatisfod. Carriers dectare they will not doliver the HEKALD to residences, Newsdealers say they will still charge four cents or oniy buy a few Henatos and forco Times, Tribunes, Worlds and Suns instead. 1 have beard more swoaring about the HeraLo to-day than I ever beara about a paper betore ainco 1 have been in the business (over thirty years). More money is made on the Sun, which nelis for two cents, than on the Henao at three cents, The World, Lost, Express, Commercial, all three-cent apors, charge newsdeniers two cenis, When the Hunanp was three cents before two and one-fourth cents was the price churgod. 1 think the trade woula be fied at that, Butif you want to ruin the oiner dailies chargo two conts, and if you want to hurt your own circulation you certainly will do it if you con f Horet, Oct, 20, 1878, to charge two and one-half cents, Very respectfully yours, GEORGE L TYSON. The case of the newsdealers is skilfully stated in this letter, and from their own point of view it may seem just. But they seem to forget that the most important party in this matter is not the middlemen who stand between the Heratp and the public, nor even the Henan, but the public itself. Our determination to give them a cheaper paper is so obviously in their interest that we are sure of their support. If they are obstructed in getting the paper they prefer through a particular set of middlemen they will get it in some way. The appeal which this correspondent makes to us to put the price of the Henarp so low as to cripple or destroy its contemporaries is repugnant to our sense of justice and to our uniform treatment of other city journals, The di- versity of tastes in this great community supplies a field wide enough for all, and nothing has ever been further from our wish than such a monopoly as is here suggested. The New York © journals are not tame patterns of one an- other; each has its distinctive merits and excellences which adapt them to the wants of different sections of the public, while there is also a large class who read several journals from a wish to view events in all the various lights in which they can be presented. There is a_ ficld of usefulness and profit for all, and the public is a great gainer by the honorable rivalry which is the best stimulus to enterprise and excellence. We have merely done a little in advance what all must soon do, and our correspondent does not seem to consider that the whole journalism of the city, as well as the whole public, have an interest identical with that which is renresented by the pres- ent action of the Herarp. It is inevitable that every branch of business must yield to the general situation which imposes a uni- versal reduction of prices. The Hgnaup has taken this step after full reflection ; has taken it neither too soon nor too late ; it will firmly adhere to it because it is not a freak of caprice, but the acceptance of a new busi- ness situation which all classes and em- ployments will be compelled to recognize, and if any do not float down with the tide they will be stranded on the shore as the penalty of their obstinacy or want of fore- sight. The price of the Henaup to-day and hence- Sorth will be three cents. Next United States Senate. The terms of twenty-five United States Senators expire on the 4th of March, 1877. They are Messrs. Goldthwaite of Alabama, Clayton of Arkansas, Saulsbury of Delaware, Norwood of Georgia, Logan of Illinois, Wright of Iowa, Harvey of Kansas, Steven- son of Kentucky, Morrill (or rather Bluine) of Maine, Boutwell of Massachusetts, Ferry of Michigan, Windom of Minnesota, Alcorn of Mississippi, Hitchcock of Nebraska, Cragin of New Hampshire, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Ransom of North Carolina, Kelly of Oregon, Anthony of Rhode Island, Robertson of South Carolina, Cooper of Tennessee, Hamilton of Texas, Johnston of Virginia, Davis of West Virginia, and Howe of Wisconsin. Of these nine are democrats, who will, without doubt, be succeeded by democrats. Clayton, West, Alcorn and Robertson, re- publicans, will almost certainly be replaced by democrats ; the vacancy now existing in Louisiana will be filled by a democrat, and Hamilton of Texas, independent, has a democratic successor. As the Senate now stands forty-two republicans, twenty-nine democrats and two independents, the change above noted would, if no others were made, leave it very nearly balanced—thirty- eight republicans, thirty-five democrats and one independent. But the following States also elect new Senators this winter:—TIlli- nois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Wis- consin. Of these, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and perhaps Michigan, are among the doubt- ful ones. If two of these should send dem- ocrats the Senate would stand thirty-six republicans and thirty-seven demoerats, with one independent. It will be seen, therefore, that it is by no means impossible that the next Senate shall have a small democratic majority. If the republican managers continue to make arbitrary ar- rests in the South they will probably so greatly alarm the North as to fling even the Senate into democratic hands. The price of the Henatp to-day and hence- Sorth will be three cents. of the Hurricane and the Western Storm, The latest advices from the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts inform us that the movement of the hurricane now in progress has changed from a westerly to a northerly and possibly northeasterly direction, pro- ducing strong gales and heavy rains on the coast, These cyclonic disturbances rarely pass far to the westward of Florida in de- scribing their peculiar parabolic curves from the tropical sei at of September, 1875, being one of th exceptions on record. ‘the present has evidently been deflected from t ast, and is now moving rapidly northeastward, and will pass right across the track of outward and inward bound European steamers. While the storm centre is probably a considerable dis- tance seaward the coast lines coming within the circumference of the hurricane will suffer in proportion to their proximity to the centre. There is also a probability that as the hurricane approaches the high barom- eter now moving off the New England coast the force of the wind will increase consider- ably and as the barometric gradient grows steeper. In the West the storm area moving toward us has assumed considerable propor- tions and is accompanied with much rain and high local winds. The pressure at the storm centre has fallen to 29.10 inches, and consequently the atmospheric inflow is very great, especially on the eastern side. Cloudi- ness, with rain and an increased tempera- ture, will be experienced in New York to- day, due to the movements of the hurricane and the storm in the West. Progress The price of the Henaup to-day and hence- Sforth will be three cents, . — 2 The Crisis in Europe—England’s Atti- tude. England’s relation to the Powers on the verge of war is more fully developed by the report we give to-day of the decision reached in the Cabinet council held on Thursday. The determination to occupy Constantinople with thirty thousand British troops if Russia invades Turkey, and, if the Powers oppose this, to occupy Egypt, shows that the official mind is in asound condition, inasmuch as it has one thought for Turkey and two for England. Con- stantinople isin this crisis the apple of England's eye. To the fate of that great centre the greatest of commercial nations could not be indifferent, and it is nowhere believed that England could do less than re- sist to the utmost its transfer toa Power not friendly to England’s dominion in the East. There is, we believe, no doubt that the occasion will be given for this occupation. Russia will invade Turkey. That seems to be indicated beyond tha possibility of doubt by the news that the war party is dominant in Russian coun- cils ; that the sentiment of antipathy to Tur- key and the adhesion to the hereditary policy has such thorough possession of the national mind that the Emperor is forced to forego his own inclinations, which are for peace. Passion, therefore, is behind the Russian movement—passion, enthusiasm and con- viction that the hour has come for the fruition of hopes cherished and vainly fought for by the dead and gene generations. These are powers not readily stayed, and they will carry the Russian armies over the Pruth. Then will come the occasion for the occupation of Constantinople by Eng- land, and the point whether the Powers oppose that movement will be of su- preme interest, as will also the course the Powers may take in regard to that fact and to the alternative or additional point of England's policy, the occupation of Egypt. First, it will be inquired whether England occupies Constantinople with a view to her own interests or in de- fence of Turkey. They justly urge in Ber- lin an idea also presented in these columns afew days since—that Russia in the inva- sion of Turkey simply supplies the force which compels a delinquent to assent to the law as made and agreed upon between all the other nations. She executes the common will and not her own purposes, and must be credited with sincerity and honest intentions. Every nation, therefore, which agreed to the note that Kussia goes to en- force is morally a party to the act that Rus- sia executes ; and England not only agreed to that note but framed it. Furthermore, she informed the Sultan that it was her ulti- matum, and this was so clearly understood in Constantinople that the Grand Vizier offered his resignation because he could not see any safe issue for his government, either from the refusal or acceptance of the English note, and gave his master the chance to find bet- ter advice elsewhere. " If, therefore, England is morally a party to the war in support of her own ultimatum how can she be a party in support of the Sultan against that ulti- matum? But if England goes to Constanti- nople on her own account sh® sets the ex- ample of selfish indulgence and closes the door to any complaint she may make if Rus- sia should also pursue her own purposes. Events at the seat of war in Servia seem to indicate that the Turkish commander has not yet heard that he may shortly have a Russian army in his rear. When, some days since, it suddenly became evident that in a few days the tramp of Rus- sian and English armies might be heard in Europe, the world forgot the relation in which the Servian and Ottoman troops stood and the comparatively small battles they might fight, the poor defeats they might suffer and the little victories they might gain. Attention is recalled to that scene of operations by the report of the movement of the Ottoman army at Saitschar, interpreted as an attempt to reach Paratjin. Paratjin is in the rear of Deligrad and about two marches nearer to the Servian capital. Saitschar is on the Timok and is the ex- treme left of the Servian line of defence. An Ottoman irruption at that point would turn Alexinatz and the defences at the Banja Pass or any other defences on that line; and the way would be open to Paratjin and thence to Belgrade. In order, therefore, to prevent the successful march of the Mos- lems from Saitschar to Paratjin the Servians would have to abandon their elaborate forti- fications and fight an open battle—a trial for which they are certainly much better pre- pared now than they were before the advent of their numerous Russian volunteers. If the Turkish movement compels a battle on these conditions we shall hear of stirring events before the arrival on the scene of the new belligerent. The price of the Henaup to-day nnd hence- Forth wilt be three cents. Hard Times in India. It is not only the fall in the price in silver which causes the hard times and severe com- mercial depression in India. They are just discovering there that opening new channels for commerce, though sure to be profitable in the long run, is equally sure to make trouble at first. The Suez Canal has proved disastrous to many mercantile enterprises in India. It has deranged long established customs and routes, has changed prices, and for a time no doubt it will cause much vexa- tion. So the extension of the electric tele- graph has necessarily alterod the manner in which hundreds of prosperous old mercan- tile houses have been accustomed to plan their ventures. It may comfort them there to know that we in America have undergone a similar experience; indéed, San Francisco has hardly yet recovered from the hard times consequent on the comple- tion of the Pacific railroads. This was cele- brated in California as one of the most im- portant events of the century; but for atime it half ruined the merchants of San Fran- cisco, These had for years before imported their goods by sea, and supplied from their warehouses the great commerce of the coun. try lying eastward as far as Utah. But when railroad trains began to carry freight across the plains Chicago captured at a UPPLEMENT. for the commerce even of Eastern Cali- fornia. The result was disastrous to the San Franciscans for a time; but the wiser of them saw that they couid easily afford to lose a local trade if they could get in ex- change for it ashare of the vast commerce with China and South America, and it is for these prizes they are now striving against vexatious laws hampering the free and use- ful interchange of commodities. The price of the Henaup to-day and hence- Sorth will be three cents. Where Is Our “Twid?” Where is the Franklin and where is our “Twid?" Have they taken a northwardly passage from Vigo, defying the tides and winds, and are they now bearing down upon us from the neighborhood of Cape Race, or, as is more probable, have they dropped down south of the Azores, and are they now coming up to us with the stream from some point north of the Bermudas? Will they be caught in the hurricane which, starting from St. Thomas, has passed over the West Indies and is following the course of the Gulf Stream, threatening to strike Bermuda? Will howling winds and angry seas give the captive ‘‘boss” some foretaste of the tem- pest that awaits him in New York and re- mind him that the way of the transgressor is never one of peace? Are the torments of sea sickness preparing -our returning “Twid” for the lesser agonies of an apartment in the Tombs and a cell in Sing Sing? Above ll, will the good ship Franklin arrive safely in port, will its lusty passenger turn out to be in reality the missing ‘‘boss,” and will he reach New York before the election? These are questions of deep interest to the politi- cians. The whispered rumor has gone forth that developments are to come with ‘‘Twid” that will blow the democratic Presidential candidate, Governor Tilden, out of water. The illustrated papers have given us in ad- vance pictures of Tilden’s consternation at Tweed’s arrival. On the other hand we are assured that Governor Morgan and all the old Albany politicians are praying for ad- verse winds and short coal for the Franklin. Let us hope that our ‘“‘Twid” will be safely with us within the next five days, so that Sheriff Conner’s wish to get his hands once more on his old Ludlow street boarder may be gratified, and the people may get at the bottom of the startling disclosures which the returning ‘‘boss” is said to be ready to make. The price of the Heraup to-day and hence- Sorth will be three cents. Our Water Supply—Facts Worth Noting. The officials of the Department of Public Works, who control our water supply, claim that the storage capacity of the lakes in the Croton watershed is greater than all the pos- sible demands of the city can exhaust. Of this there can be no doubt if it is only pos- sible to utilize the quantity of water which they contain when full. But, unfortunately, the lakes are not full, nor can we draw on their stored waters except to a very limited degree. The measure of their capacity for the supply of New York is governed by the levels of their several outlets. When these are situated only a few, feet be- low the surface it is of no _ service to us if the basin below that level contains billions of gallons of water. Take for instance a lake having an area of one hundred acres. Its average depth, when fall, is, say forty feet, and the water it con- tains equals 1,049,796,000 gallons. Now, if the level of the bottom of the outlet is only ten feet below the highest water level the actual quantity of water that can be drawn from the lake, as a storage reservoir, will be only 262,449,000 gallons, or one-fourth the entire quantity. The remainder cannot be obtained without expensive pumping en- gines. Here is an important consideration worthy of public attention, as it furnishes a clew to the mysterious exhaustion of our storage lakes in the Croton Valley. We have been doing business on an imaginary capital. When we desire to draw on our reserves they are beyond our reach. Is it not time that a thorough investigation should be made of this vital question of the water supply for New York before an epidemic brings death to furnish us with reliable facts and figures? ‘The price of the Henan to-day and hence- Sorth will be three cents. Not a Very Civil Answer. In Louisiana, during the political cam- paigns of 1872 and 1874, United States Mar- shal Packard caused the arrest of citizens in different parts of the State, often at a great distance from New Orleans, and had them brought to that city, where, being strangers, they were unable to get bail, and often had to lie in jail for weeks. It is easy to imagine that great inconvenience and suffering were thus caused to persons most of whom were never brought to trial, but were set at liberty after the election. ‘This was, in fact, Mr. Packard’s way of intimidating demo- cratic voters, many of whom ‘‘took to the woods,” and lay in concealment for weeks when it was given out that they were to be arrested, though they were guiltless of offence. This year the Democratic State Com- mittee, apprehending that similar political arrests would be made, wrote a civil note to the Attorney General of the United States, requesting, as a matter of justice, that he would give orders that persons arrested should be brought by the deputy marshals tosome Commissioner or other officer near their place of residence. The request seems reasonable enough ; and one would think that Mr. Taft would have at once given notice of compliance. But the answer, after saying that a circular letter of instruc- tions has already been sent to the District Attorney, adds only :—‘‘[t is not practicable for the Attorney General to take charge of ‘details incident to arrests in the various States. He can do no more than give gen- eral instructions, believing that the United States officers in the different localitios know their duty, and under a sense of that duty and their own responsibility are disposed to perform it.” If the Attorney General him- self happened to live five hundred miles from New Orleans and happened to be ar- blow the trade of Utah, and all the Enst- ern cities competed with San Francisco bitrarily arrested and carried down to the city, to lie in jail for want of bail while his family at a distance was in distress and suf fering, he would not find much comfort in these curt words in reply to an appeal foo common justice. The price of the Hrnawp to-day and hence Sorth will be three cents. Ohio and Indiana Congressmen. Indiana chose at the recent election four democrats and nine republicans to Con- gress, In 1872 it chose three dem- ocrats and ten republicans. In 1874, the year of the political tidal wave, it chose eight democrats and five republi- cans. Leaving out 1874, when all the elec- tions had exceptional results, it thus ap- pears that the democrats still gain a Repre- sentative over the year 1872. It is notice- able that while the republican Congressional majorities are generally small, and in no case over 2,500, the democratic majorities are in three districts over 5,000. The four democratic districts give their members a total of 18,725 majority; the nine republican districts give their members a total of only 12,539 majority, leaving the democratic ma- jority on Congressmen 6,186. The majority for Williams, Governor, is 5,119, Ohio chose at the recent election thirteen republican and seven democratic Congress- men. It chose in 1872 the same number on each side. In 1874 it chose eleven repub- licans and nine democrats. Both parties stand, as toerepresentatives, therefore, as they did in 1872, The republican majority by Congressional districts is 6,326. Compared with 1872 the democrats hava, therefore, gained this fall in the two States one member of Congress. It is possible that, had they put forward men of sounder principles than Holman and Landers in the districts now represented by these two, they might have cartied them also. Both were conspicuous and aggressive enemies of a sound currency, and both, happily, are de- ' feated, which is a benefit to the country. The price of the Heraup to-day and hencee Sorth will be three cents. Tux Inpran Camparon.—The reports which reach us this morning from the Indian country do not show any well defined plan of campaign for the winter, but they indi- cate what is of much more importance—an intention to deal sternly and rigorously with the returning braves. General Crook, it seems, is on his way to Red Cloud with his command, and Colonel Merritt, the de- parture of whose scouting expedition was: reported a few days ago, is reported to be moving toward the same destination by way of Spotted Tail. These movements show something like comprehension of the real situation. The seat of war now is on the reservations and not in the hills. A little honesty at the agencies and some severity with the savages who are returning from the. warpath is the only way to prevent useless and disastrous campaigns like that of last summer. It is refreshing to find so much sense in the management of Indian affairs at last, and if the policy that is indicated in our despatches is faithfully pursued it. cannot fail to have the most beneficial re-_ sults, The price of the Heraup to-day and hence: Sorth will be three cents. Poor SiapE is becoming a victim. Three new summonses have been issued against” him. Evidently his English persecutors ara’ determined that he shall suffer, and his only’ chance of escape apparently is through’ spiritual aid. The price of the Heraup to-day and hence forth will be three cents.” PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Princess Gortsehakof! 1s at Baden-Baden, Ex-Senator Doolittle is at the Centeunial, Meteors have been flashing across Fogland. General 0. 0. Howard 1s on his way to Idaho, La Liberté likens Gladstono to Peter the Hermit, Hayes bas been advised to resign tne Governorshiw. Ex-Governor Bross, of Illinois, is speaking in New Jersey. The price of the Henaup today and henceforth will be three cents. Keen, a bicychst, did a mileia two minutes ana Ofty- six seconds, General Joseph FE, Johnston, of Savannah, is at the New York Hotel, Choiora is aggravated by aslight shower and checked by a heavy rainfall Congressman Samuel J. Randall, of Philadelphia, ts at the Hoffman House, The Paris Exposition of 1878, warned by the Centen- nial, will Dave a medical staff Queen Isabella has had ber photographs distributed among the soldiers of the Spanish army. Chiol Justice William B, Richards, of the Sapreme Court of Canada, 1s at the Westmoreland Hotel. Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jorsey, has a strong element in his party working against his re-election. Rev. Dr. Stebbins, the most popular preacher ot Sar Francisco, is to marry a wealthy lady ot his congroga. tion. A Louisiana democrat lost his arm by the explosion of acannon; and now he offers 350 reward for the dia mond sleeve button. The Earl of Rosebery and Mr. F. H. Baring, of Lon. don, arrived from Liverpool in the steamship Russis and are at the Brevoort House. A London street sweeper stabbed his mistress, ani his defence before the court was that she put the din ner 01 table without its gravy. Lord Stratford de Redclifie, who so long kept Czw Nicholas at bay, writes to the London Times advising! peace in which Turkey would receive all the benetits, A correspondent wfites that when anybody is ra: over in St. Petersburg the carriage is confiscated, th horses are taken for the use of the fire brigade, and th driver 1s (sometimes) flogged by the police authorities A poor man, who on Wednesday was looking ‘abow town to borrow some money, found a pocketbook con: taining $200, Seeing an advertisement of tho losa in the Hxratp he returned it to the owner, and reluo tantly received $59 for his troubie, From the Evening Telegram:—‘We love the mill tary,” and think that every regiment should have» proper regimen. The Hardee men of the long tharcl and the bivouac fire deserve the most ration-al treat ment when the bugle gives notice for the plate-tane to begin, Being conscious of the fact that the quartet master's department of Uncle Sam's service is not rm on the most luxurious basis we furnish a ‘‘meas” men which will do admirably tor extra occasions :— Qrennrenenreernenne sere nerere serene ressee ce envi sers 3 SIOUX, A la Mousquetaire, Dram fsb, with muscle sauce, well veaton, Pike, to be taken cold. Sword fish, Torpedo fish, with bg lng otbor strong powder. Pinck, at discretion. Cutlets, Hoart, stuffed (with courage), ROAST. Spare ribs of sitting Bull, VEGETADLES, Boats (sustained by theenemy), Any others that: can bo skirmished up. POULTRY. The goose (siep), of courso—mustered sauce, GAME, Peco nenenenar es DEDELE REE DD lau, DRsseRT, ‘ Fruits of victory. Gunpowder tea, WINKS, eee te PE DOLE EL OLLE LE LEDELELEDE DELILE EEL EET: Bcccatoesveoence Any sort, The ‘more grapo’’ the bett | Geceneracterearseecassersoosensctocsoavscos storte ee ~.