The New York Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1876, Page 6

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Money was supplied on call at 5, 4, and, at the close, 3 percent, Government and railway bonds were firm. Gesyenat Anson G. McCoox, tHe Rervn- trcan Nominee for Congress in the Eighth Congressional district, is of the Ohio family that made so conspicuous a record dur- ing the war. He is a gentleman of char- acter and ability, and, should he be elected, will represent the district with credit and dignity. His nomination and that of Mr. Morton in the Eleventh ‘are exceptionally strong ones. They represent, personally, the two elements that were so essential to make the war for the suppression of the rebellion successful. General McCook as a soldier responded to the first call for troops, was at the first battle of Bull Run, and re- mained in the service until the close of the war. Mr. Morton, as the head of one of the great banking firms of the country, threw all his influence on the sido of the govern- ment, and contributed largely toward the support of its credit, Both nominations are good ones. Evznr Democratic Exrement in this city has at last united in favor of Smith Ely, Jr., for Mayor, and now the contest has nar- rowed itself down to the candidates of the rival political parties. Anti- Tammany was first to succumb to the logic of the situatign, and this morning we print the correspondence between the committee of the New York county democracy and Mr. Ely determining the ds of the surrender. It is evident from the letter of the anti-Tammany com- mittee that part of the ticket nominated by Tammany Hall was ao bitter pill to the county democracy; but all minor objections are overlooked, partly because of the neces- sity of a united support of the national and State tickets, but mainly because Mr. Bly isa fit candidate for Mayor of this im- “perial city. The Germans, too, have yielded “heir opposition, and will support Mr. Ely with enthusiasm. All this makes the con- fest one of which the result is already cer- Jain, and all that remains to be done is to | determine the majority. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1876.—TRIPLE Mr. Evarts’ Speech. Mr. Evarts did not make quite the sort of speech which the merchants who gave him the invitation may have expected, but such a speech as we foreshadowed in our article of yesterday from our knowledge of his views and the tendencies of his mind. He passed over the question of Southern claims with a few brief allusions, making a speech which covered all the principal topics of the canvass without giving prominence to the particular one which has excited so much recent alarm. He showed by arguments, which all republicans will think convincing, that the public credit and every pub- lic interest may be more safely con- fided to the republican than to the democratic party, but he was careful to say nothing which could be quoted abroad as an attack on the public credit in the event of Mr. Tilden’s election. Had it been an or- dinary political meeting, instead of one called by the merchants of the metropolis from fears as to the safety of government bonds, listeners to the speech might have gone away without remember-- ing that Southern war claims was one of its topics, so slightly and cursorily did he touch upon that point. And yet he made a far more useful and convincing speech in the interest of the republican canvass than if he had echoed and exaggerated the sentiments of the invitation, Mr. Evarts is too wise and patriotic to take a narrow view of this political contest, and too independent to make any declara- tions which do not accord with his own judgment. He gave reasons enough, and reasons which his audience must have thought cogent, for continuing power in the hands of the republican party ; but he laid no undue stress on any one head of dis- cussion, In the course of his very able speech he went over the whole range of topics appropriate to the canvass. He compared the personal character and record of the two candidates, indulging in some witty sallies at the expense of Governor Tilden and paying a noble and eloquent tribute to the mili- tary and civic services of Governor Hayes. He discussed at length the ques- tion of the public finances, giving due prominence to specie payments. He made civil service reform a leading topic, and, indeed, left out nothing essential to a comprehensive survey of the political situation. This broad method of treat- ment, which made the credit of the bonds merely one of several questions on which the judgment of voters must be formed, is more serviceable to the repub- lican cause than an attempt to mag- nify the importance of one feature of the canvass. Like the skilful advo- cate that he is, Mr. Evarts has a clear perception of the strong points of the republican case, and does not hesitate any more than he would in the case of a private client to act on his own superior judgment, We need not follow Mr. Evarts in his per- sonal comparison of the two candidates, but some of his arguments founded on the history and policy of the two parties wero very striking. The chief accusation brought against the republican policy is the heavy weight of taxation it has imposed on the people since the war and its rapid and burdensome reductions of the public debt. On financial grounds this criticism may have some foundation, but Mr. Evarts showed that the policy of paying the public debt at so surprising a rate was at- tended: with great political advantages. It had the great merit of teaching the coun- try its strength. It demonstrated to the world that although the South had been ex- hausted by the war the North had not, but that its resources were ample for every national object. It proved that we had not come out of the war weak and prostrated, but might have continued it indefinitely if the South had been able to proceed. It was not so very unwise to give that demonstration of our ability to cope with another rebellion if another should arise. There could be no doubt on that point when, besides paying the heavy current expenses of the government and the interest on the colossal public debt, we were able to reduce, and did actually reduce, that debt at the rate of a hundred millions of dollars per annum. Besides getting rid of so much debt and diminishing the annual burden of interest, the republican policy convinced the South that it would be vain to undertake another rebellion against a government possessing such gigantic re- sources, and convinced Europe that the country had not been essentially weakened by the war. The support thus given to the national credit abroad, the confidence it inspired in our strength at home and the utter discouragement it was calculated to infuse into the adherents of the lost cause were great and manifest advan- tages, which overbalanced the inconvenience of discharging the debt at so rapid a rate. This strong argument has never before been presented in so striking o light as it was last night by Mr. Evarts, andit meets and par- ries the main accusation of the democrats against the republican party. Had tho South been left to suppose that the North had been as completely impoverished by the war as themselves, they might have looked forward to a possibility of renewing the con- test; but all such hopes were extinguished in view of the prodigious financial ability of the country in the years which followed the close of the war. In the same manner the belief of foreign nations in the stability of the Union and the permanence of our insti- tutions was immensely strengthened, when they beheld our ability not merely to punc- tually pay the interest on our vast debt but to make reductions in its amount which were without any previous parallel in the history of the world. It insured us against any renewal of the rebellion and against any attempt of foreign nations to take advantage of our supposed weakness after the war. On another branch of the financial ques- tion Mr. Evarts was equally clear, although his arguments were not so original. The republican party is under a distinct pledge to resume specie payments on a given day, and this pledge is the law of the land. The whole republi- can party support this pledge without any dissent; whoroas {the whole democratio party demands the repeal of that law, and a considerable proportion of the party are op- posed to resumption. at all. Mr. Tilden professes to favor resumption, but not at any particular time, not in any way which would displease Mr. Hendricks, not ina way which wonld lose him the democratic greenback votes, Mr, Evarts covered Tilden’s pretence that the fixing of a day is an impediment to resumption with pungent and de- served ridicule. Mr, Tilden, who has passed his pretty long life as a bachelor, might as well say that ap- pointing a wedding day isan impediment to marriage, and assign the frequency of the days fixed for his own marriage as the reason why it had never come to pass, Few intelli- gent people will disagree with Mr. Evarts when he says that such an argument is con- trary to common sense, Civil service reform was another of the topics vigorously discussed by Mr. Evarts, and he made it more probable that it would be accomplished by Governor Hayes than by Governor Tilden. Not only is Hayes’ letter of acceptance more explicit and satisfactory on this capital point, but he is in a better condition to fulfil his promises. As the federal offices are now filled with re- publicans, all that his party can ask of Mr. Hayes is that he will weed out incompetent or dishonest incumbents and then make con- tinuance in office depend on merit. But Governor Tilden could not satisfy his party by merely turning out the inefficient or faithless officers who have abused their trust and letting the others remain. The demo- cratic party would feel that it had won a barren victory if this method should prevail, and Mr. Tilden would not be permitted to follow it, even if he were so inclined. Another great topic on which Mr. Evarts insisted, and in which he had the full con- currence of his audience, expressed by en- thusiastic applause, was the greater safety to the freedmen and their rights un- der Governor Hayes. It is certain that the republican party, who conferred upon them liberty and political equality, will protect them in the enjoyment of this lib- erty and equality, but it is neither certain nor likely that the democratic party would practise the same vigilant guardianship. Why should the country exchange certain- ties for uncertainties, assurance for doubt? This question conveys the drift of Mr. Evarts’ argument on all its separatg heads. It is certain that the republican party would continue to maintain the na- tional credit, as it has steadily done for so many years; ‘it is not certain that it could be safély trusted to the democratic party. It is certain that the re- publican party is unequivocally pledged to the resumption of specie payments on a fixed and early day; it is not certain that the democratic party would ever fix a day or would take ahy effectual steps toward resumption at all. It is certain that Governor Hayes would carry out civil service reform in its true spirit by removing only incompetent or faithless officers; it is not certain that Governor Tilden would not make a clean sweep on party grounds. It is certain that Governor Hayes would give efficient protection to the freedmen; it is not. certain nor probable that Governor Tilden would display any zeal in their behalf. It is certain that there would be no shock to the public credit if Governor Hayes should be elected. It is not certain that the public credit would not be shaken or impaired by the election of Governor Tilden. Mr. Evarts is therefore very strongly of the opinion that the experiment of a change ought not to be made. As President Lin- coln once said in relation to the removal of a general in the midst of & campaign:—‘It is never safe to swap horses while swimming a stream.” Mr. Evarts thinks that the party which saved the Union, emancipated the slaves, inaugurated civil and ‘political equality, established the public credit, paid off one-fourth of the national debt, has made large reductions of taxes, and is pledged to early resumption of specie payments, had better be left to continue the work it has so well begun and has conducted with somuch success rather than trust all these great interests to a party which has not regained the confidence of the country. Green’s Temporary Disappotnt- ment. If there is anybody in the world of whom Mr. Green has a poor opinion it must be the body of independent contractors. The independent blind men, we believe, would have stood manfully by him if it had not been, first, for thé weakening of the inde- pendent contractors, and, second, for the unaccauntable delay of the independent organ grinders in coming forward to the support of Mr. Green. The Comptroller will semember, we trust, that in this strugyle of his for the chief magistracy of the wtty we did what we could. We told him perpetually what he onght to do, We urged him to urge the organ grinders to advance to the charge, We furnished him with copious lists of other independent organizations. We warned him that to the success of his in- genious plan of battle constant reinforce- ments of independent delegations were necessary, and that if he could not get the Independent Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to support him he ought by all means to get the Independent Coloniza- tion Society to come forward. No longer ago than last Sunday wo suggested to him that he should summon the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the Irish Emigrant Society; should inveigle with his bland and artful smile the members of St. Patrick's Mutual Alliance, of tho Father Mathew societies, of the Knights of St. Patrick, the Limerick Guard, the Ros- common League of Friendship, the Emerald Social Club, the Connaught Benevolent Association, the County Cavan Benevolent Society, and so on. In fact, we may be said to have 6verwhelmed Mr. Green with tho soundest advice he ever got; and not only this, we never on any occasion flattered him that he would be elected. When he receives the letter respectfully asking him to with- draw from the candidacy we beg him to reflect. He must now see that he ought to have taken the Hxrat’s advice. The demo- crate did, and the result Ts that they will elect their candidate for the May oralty. The Mayoralty—The Two Candidates. It is a melancholy reflection—for Mr. Green, we mean—that there are but two | candidates for the Mayoralty of New York. If he had only takén the Henatp’s advice, and kept up an unintermitting flow of inde- pendent delegations, there is no telling what might have happened. As matters have gone Mr. Green's great opportunity is adjourned ; but not adjourned without day. On the contrary, two years from now we shall expect him to emerge like a phoenix, and, brushing off the ashes, call for the sur- viving contractors and blind men to lead in a new charge. Meantime we have to content ourselves with two candidates, Messrs. Ely and Dix. Of Mr. Ely we have already given an opin- ion. It was a fortunate hit for the demo- crats to nominate him. He is in every way a capable man for the place. An old citizen, an old and respected mer- chant, aman long and intelligently interested in city affairs, with experience in their administration in a time when few city officers passed like himself unsullied through the trials and temptations of the Tweed régime. We have a right to expect of Mr. Ely ® good and capable administration of the city’s affairs. As forthe republican candidate, General Dix, he is a respectable old gentleman, who seems to us to have been over-persuaded by zeal for his party, and by the long and con- firmed habit of holding office, intoa step which we are persuaded he will regret. Gen- eral Dix has been Adjutant General of this State, Secretary of State of New York, member of thé State Assembly, Senator of the United States, Postmaster of New York, Secretary of the Treasury, Naval Officer at this port, Minister to France and Governor of New York. He has held offices so high and responsible, and has arrived at such an age, that he might well have claimed exemption from the parado and struggle of partisan politics. We do not undervalue the importance of the office of Mayor of New York; on the contrary, we hold it to be one of the most important and honorable in the country. The Hzraup has not failed of ifs duty as a metropolitan jour- nal in demanding that the fittest and most capable men only should be put in nomina- tion for this place. Nor do we forget that other eminent public men have accepted places lower than they had long held. Madi- son became a justice of the peace after he had been President; John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives after he left the White House; Mr. Horatio Sey- mour was roadmaster after he had been Goy- ernor. But these and other eminent citi- zens took these places by the unanimous desire of their neighbors. They did not seek them as partisans, nor consent to enter | into the heat and fuss of a political cam- paign to get them. There comesatime in the life of a public man when it is unseemly for him to be a partisan. He has served his country in various positions, he feels that he has done his duty, and though he may have been a partisan in his earlier and hot- .ter days he now retires and looks on. If then the unanimous voice of his fellow citi- zens calls him out from repose to any place, high or humble, he may accept; but he would rightly shrink from taking a merely partisan nomination, and think it a stooping from his just eminence to seek that at the hands of a faction which he would feel could come fitly to him only as the gift of all his fellows. It is not immodest, we trust, in us to say that if the democrats are to-day in a good position in regard to the Mayoralty this is because they took the advice of the Hzraup to nominate a first class man for the place and to unite in his support. Only a good nomination could produce harmony in their ranks. What they see to-day—the with- drawal of all opposition by Mr. O’Brien and others to Mr. Ely—they could not have hoped jor had they nominated a fourth or second rate man. We offered equally sound advice to the republicans, but, alas! they would not take it. The Kastern Trouble. Only the Ottoman government could resist for a day the pressure that is behind the de. mand for an armistice, and we can only con- ceive of the resistance of that government as flowing from the incapacity of Orientals to comprehend the logic of European politics. Certainly when governments like Russia, England, Austria and Italy join in the de- mand that a third rate Power shall act ina definite way there is no option for that Power. It it were the Prussia of other days its answer would be ready in an hour. But the Sultan is between difficulties. It is with him ‘‘a fronte precipilio a tergo lupus.” Ho has to dread the consequences if he defies the will of the Powers; but if he naecepts their will he has to dread other dire results, for he must offend other wrathful elements. His danger in the acceptance of the armistice is that as he must appear to concede to the will of the infidel he m seem to the Moslem people recreant to the cause of Islam. How short a shrift may be made of a Sultan against whom the fanatical leaders of the Ottoman scum may choose to raise their voices the world has lately seen. It is not known how far the Ottoman army would obey its officers against the people who quote texts from the Koran—how much of the devotion it has shown in Servia is due to discipline and how much to fanaticism. It is there- fore uncertain whether the government has any support whatever for its determina- tion to act on any resolution disagreeable to the men ofthe mosques. These consider- ations have induced other governments to proceed temperately; to give time, that the Sultan might arrange his assent, sons to give it a satisfactory appearance at Constan- tinople. But he has misunderstood the clemency thus extended and used the oppor- tunity to gain victories that make it more difficult for him to yield. As this difficulty is his own creation he can have nosympathy in it from foreign capitals, Canpinat Axtoneui1.—The impending demise of Cardinal Antonelli will be the first of very important changes in Romo ; for it is hardly possible that the Pope will long outlive the rupture of the intimate as- sociations of many years that will thus be caused, His great age has frequently ex- vited the world over his reported illness, | and he has seemed sometimes to survive as SHEET. if the laws of naturo had lost their force in his case, But the critical event now apprehended will depress too greatly the vitality that has hitherto carried him through. The naming ofa successor to the moribund secretary will, in the present troubled Political relations of the Papacy, be also of almost as great consequence as though it were the naming a successor to His Holi- ness. Some Congressmen. All, or nearly all, the Congressional nomi- nations have now been made in the States which choose members of Congress next Tuesday. The list is a long one, and on both sides of it are found some excellent names and some quite the reverse. The next Congress will have very important work to do, and it is necessary that the people should select their delegates with care and with much less reference to party lines than is usual. In Massachusetts, for instance, General Butler, Dr. Loring and ex-Governor Claflin ought to be defeated. None of the three is sound on the currency, and all deserve defeat as much as Messrs. Holman and Sanders, democrats, who have just been beaten in Indiana, to the great advan- tage of sound legislation, As the Heraup is the organ of the independent voter we subjoin below some suggestions to this class of citizens, which occur to us in looking‘over the list of nominations. To begin with Alabama, we hope for the election of Mr. F. G. Bromberg, who is the independent democratic candidate in the First district. He served in the last Con- gress with credit, and showed himself there @ friend of sound currency, of civil service reform and of all good legislation. In Florida the republicans have renominated Mr. W. J. Purman, who ought to be defeated. In Illinois the Fourth district has two re- publican and two democratic candidates. Mr. William Lathrop, independent republi- can, has planted himself squarely on sound principles, and we hope for his election. In the Seventeenth district Mr. William R. Morrison, democrat, ought to be, and prob- ably will be, re-elected. He is one of the ablest men in the present Con- gress. In Louisiana we hope for the re-election of Mr. Randall Gibson, democrat, a thoroughly able man, and of Mr. Charles E. Nash, colored republican, who has won favor from both sides in the present Congress by his sensible course. In this city we hope for the re-election of Gen- eral Elijah Ward, who would be one of the most useful men in the next Congress, when we shall have legislation on commercial sub- jects, with which he is familiar. We trust Mr. Clarkson N. Potter and Mr. L. P. Mor- ton will also be elected. The Third dis- trict of North Carolina ought to re- turn once more Mr. A. M. Waddell; the Sixth of Texas ought to re-elect Mr. Gustave Schleicher, and the Fourth of Wisconsin Mr. W. P. Lynde. There are doubtless many other good men on the lists of the two parties. We have named but a few. This year an uncommonly large num- ber of the Congressional candidates are new men, or men unknown to general fame. We advise the independent voter to disregard entirely the bonds of party in voting for Congressmen and cast his vote and influence for the best man. The next Congress will have work to do which will require unusual intelligence, knowledge of public interests and unselfish devotion to the general good. Conviction of a Forger. The conviction of Charles R. Beckwith for forgery in the Court of General Sessions yesterday is an event that will give much satistaction not unmingled with pain. It was a case peculiar to the present epoch. Beckwith was a young man of irreproach- able character and undoubted ability. He had the control of an immense business and was implicitly trusted. Taking advantage of the confidence reposed in him he used theopportunity to defraud his employer, and, it is presumed, to grow rich upon the results of along series of forgeries. The crime was unmistakably fixed upon him, and yet we are told the verdict of guilty was a surprise to him and his friends. They relied upon his good character to shield him from pun- ishment, and hoped to avoid conviction by pointing to an unspotted business career of many years. Even his private life and his unostentatious surroundings were appealed to as discrediting the direct proofs of guilt. How, it was asked, could this young man have amassed this large sum of money and yet succeed in avoiding all signs of its possession? It was claimed for him that he never lived above his means, nor even up to them. These things were opposed to proofs which could not be controverted in any other way, and it is surprising they failed to enable him to escape. But, after all, there is nothing re- markable in sucha course, except in the method employed to amass a for- tune which was hoarded as if it had been gathered by years of toil. Mr. Beckwith had no temptation to steal except that which came from an insatiate de- sire to he rich. It was to such a temptation as this that he yielded, and he pursued his scheme with all the boldness of legitimate speculation, hoarding his gains as so much money earned, but carefully putting them out of sight, so that they might not excite suspicion. The case is one which has a very important lesson, and it is to the punish- ment of crimes like this that we must look for clearer notions of business integrity in the future. Mires anp tHe Ixptans.—General Miles is justifying by his activity the confi. dence placed in him by the Lieu- tenant General. If Sitting Bull imagined he could winter anywhere within striking distance of General Miles’ post on Tongue River he must have been unpleasantly dis- appointed. The want of cavalry must pre- vent General Miles from inflicting as severe punishment on the redskins as they de- serve, but his attack will have the effect of rendering then apprehensive of the future. They can no longer winter se- curely in the sheltered valleys of the streams that empty into the Yellowstone, and must wander north if they wish to be safe from the avenging hands of the white man. The departure of General Hazen with four com- panies to occupy Fort Peck is step in tho right direction and one that should have been taken long since. An Exceptional Race Day. The extra racing announced for Jerome Park on Saturday promises to be the race day of the centennial, and if the present Indian summer weather continues it will be a fitting close to the first decade in the his- tory of the American Jockey Club. In looky ing back over the racing at this famous ané fashionable track it scarcely seems possible that so much should have been accomplished within so short a time. Already a long list of remarkable events attests the enterprise of the club, and many féte days exhibit the popular interest in these events, Previous to the establishment of Jerome Park by the American Jockey Club there was no fashionable course anywhere in the neighborhood of New York. The Paterson track was about the only one which had any charm for people of fashion, and it was toc far away to be largely patronized. Jerome Park consequently was a matter of necessity quite as much as utility. The public, and especially the fashionable public, had long desired such a place of resort, and the two meetings of each year were hailed with delight from the very start. In two years from the beginning the course was almost as well known as it is now, and it is say- ing a great deal in recognition of the management of the club to say there has been no diminution in the favor with which the Jerome Park races begun. The two meetings of the present year were as brilliant as any which preceded them, and the extra day, with its five promising events, is not only a fitting close to the season, but, in a measure, a celebration of a decade of unexampled good fortune and prosperity. If this splendid weather continues we may well anticipate a spectacle in every way worthy of the occasion. Fashion cannot fail to crowd the club house to watch the speeding horses on the devious track, the splendors of silk and satin contrasting with the brilliant autumn leaves, the whole bright scene and the balmy air blending into a harmonious and pertect picture of a mimic world. Such an event as that of Saturday may well beckon the devotees of fashion and cause them to look forward to it with une usual anticipations of pleasure. The Price of the Herald. It was plain from the beginning that the public would take sides with the Herarp in its policy of compelling a reduction of the price of the paper at the news stands to threa cents, the sum fixed as the price at which the paper was tobe sold. When the price of a newspaper is fixed at three cents it is only natural that its readers should insist upon receiving it at that price. For a time the newsmen were of opinion that they could reverse all this and compel people to pay four cents for the paper when its selling price was only three cents. Many of them have persisted in this foolish policy, but in most instances they have been compelled to yield or lose their business altogether. A customer who is overcharged for an article at once withdraws his trade from the dealer, and many of the newsmen have felt the effects which follow such action on the part of the public. It will be seen from the letters which we print this morning that the complaints of overcharges for the Hzrarp are now mostly confined to places at a distance from New York. At the Calvert station in Baltimore and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ten cents is the price asked. This is simply ex tortion. On the Pennsylvania Railroad the price of five cents is still main- tained. This too is extortionate, and it will not be long until public opinion will compel a more decent regard to an equitable price for such a commodity as the Hzrarp. In Morrisania there are only three news dealers, and these have combined to charge four cents, regardless of the wishes of their cus- tomers, Should another dealer go into the business these conspirators will lose their trade immediately, and it would serve them right. This process has had much to do with compelling the leaders in this city to yield, and it will work well everywhere, When the public and the Hznatp unite in reducing the price of the paper it is not in the power of the newsmen to prevent it, and it will not be long before the uniform price of the paper everywhere in the neigh- borhood of New York will be three cents. Preswerr1at Etscrozs.—We print this morning a complete list of the electoral tickets for all the States. It will be ob- served that Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Towa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wisconsin havean independent greenback ticket in the field. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Plaid stockings are coming into fashion. English peas are being planted in Florida, Joaquin Miller will go West in December. Josh Billings will go to Indiana after election.. Mrs. Nollie Grant-Sartoris wears steel gray silk. Cardinal bows may be worn on slippers or shoes, ‘The Count de Gibacoa arrived from Paris yesterday, Bayard Taylor will remain in New York during tht winter. Duke Gwin has come East to remain until after election. _ Count A. d’Oultremont, of Belgiam, is at the Alboj marle Hotel. Mr. David Chadwick, M. P., of England, is at the St Nicholas Hotel. Tho Virginia peanut crop is as plentiful as Wood- ford’s adjectives. Thackeray always Jooxed at a man as a possible character for a novel. Said a country gitl recently, “Is epéra bouffe any- thing like a donation party Sad Modeis for the statue of Byrom are arriving in Lon- don from all parts of Europe. Alexander Mitchell is rogarded as Tilden’s Western choiee for Secretary of the Treasury. Red Indian corn planted between vine rows will keey the phylloxera from the vine, Hon, Alexander McKenzie, the Canadian Premier, and lady left bonie for Philadelphia yesterday, In London a clab of gentiemon ts forming for a tour ot the world. Thoy willcharter a large steamer and ‘will start in the spring. Lord Derby's secretary marks his newspapers with different colored pencils to indicate the pecaiiar sub- jects of which the papers treat, Raght Hon. Hugh C. EF. Childers, of. P., President of the Great Western Railway of Canada, arrived from Liverpool yesterday, ana is at the Brevoort House, Commissioner General Charles do Bielsky, Ivem Yankooliv and Alexander Ognobischin, of the Russiaa Centennial Commission, are at the Albemarle Hotel. Miss Isabella Riehardson, daughter oi Judge Rieh- ardson, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, now a Juage of the Court of Ciaims, will bo married early in November to Alexandor P. McGruder, of the United States Navy.