The New York Herald Newspaper, November 3, 1876, Page 4

, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the . Three cents per copy (Sun- day excluded). rate of one dollar per month for any period Jess than six months, or five dollars tor six months, Sunday edition included, free of postage. r All business, news letters or telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Henavp. a and packages should be properly en Rejected communications will not be re- turned. (cE PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO.112 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. LONDON OFFICE st THE NEW YORK HERALD-—-NO. 46 F tf STREET. PARIS OFFICE--AV DE L'OPERA. Subscriptions and advertisements will be Papi and forwarded on the same terms New York. VOLUME XU NO. 308 TOLMAN AMUSEM TS TO-) NIGHT. AMERICAN INSTITUTE, | GRAND IAAL UBITION. | THEATRE i ‘HEART figs eee Me. Mr, Robert Johnston, NION SQUARE THBATRE ‘Two onrmans, nt = | HOUSE. | UNCLE TOMS CAIN, 4 i NEW YORK AQUARIUM, Open daily. BOOTH TATRE, SARDANAPALUS, at 8 . 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Each party claims, with a great show of positive- ness, that it is marching to victory—a boast equally loud on both sides, but supported by no satisfactory evidence on either. There will be no reason for surprise, let the election go as it may. It is possible, in so close @ canvass, that some slight circumstance, some sudden rumor or Koor- back started at the last moment, some unexpected and ingenious election trick in an important locality, even that some public meeting or striking speech on one side or the other, may tip the trembling balance. If any speech turns the scale in this nicely poised state of parties it is as likely to be that of Mr. Evarts as any other. His great gifts, his eminence and the indepen- dent course he has so often pursued enable him to command public attention in this final and critical stage of s doubtful canyass as no other speaker can expect to do; and there is so much persuasiveness and real cogency in his way of putting the republicaa side of the argument that he may have much influence on citizens (if there be any) who have not yet made up their minds. We do not fora moment suppose that any former democrat was deliberating whether he would yote for Hayes, but many former republicans may have stood halting and perplexed as to whether they would not vote for Tilden. Mr. Evarts’ { speech is well fitted to retain such doubters in the republican ranks. Its whole practical effect will be on this class of hesitating re- publicans, and its potency will depend on their numbers. “Whether they be few or ; many, Mr. Evarts will put an end to their wavering so far as they read his speech. In so close a contest there may be enough of them in this State to turn the scale in New York, on which the national canvass Assuming, for the nonce, that there is a possibility of Governor Hayes’ election by the final refusal of wavering republicans to desert their party, let us inquire what the new republican ad- ministration ought to do to justify confi- dence. Ifthe republican party is saved by argu- ments like those presented in the clever speech of Mr. Evarts the administra- tion will be required to fulfil the expectations which lie at the basis of Mr. Evarts’ reasoning. If Governor Hayes is elected his administration will be subject to keen and constant scrutiny and held to a strict accountability for the fulfilment of its promises. The republican party asks for space to complete certain measures of which nobody can deny it the merit of having be- gun. It has commenced the refunding of the five-twenty bonds at a lower rate of interest, and, having made consider- able progress in that important meas- ure of finance, it asks to be in- KREUTZBERG'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. WITH SUPPLE MENT. 7 ~ TORK, "FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 “1876, NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the action of a portion of tho carriers and newsmen, who are determined that the public shall nothave the Hxnaup at three cents per copy if they can prevent it, we have made arrangements to place tho Heraxp in the bands of all our readers atthe reduced price. Newsboys can purchase any quantity they may desire at No, 1,265 Broadway and } Ann street, NOTICE TO NEWSMEN. All those who will prominoutly display on their Stands a notice to the public to the offect that they are selling the Hynaup at threo cents per copy will mect with no opposition by boys or othors sent from this office, Stands on wagon roate of Kominsky Brotners, as also on Stivens’ route, supplied with ‘Hrraxps free of commission. From our reports this morning the probabil- ities are that the weather to-day will be warm and clear or partly cloudy. Waun Streer Yrsterpay.—The prices of stocks were irregular and the market was feverish. Government and railway bonds were firm. Gold opened and closed at 109 3-4, with sales meanwhile at 109 7-8. Money on call loaned at 4 and 3 per cent and shows a hardening tendency, a apse Tur Wasnincron Bans haters were decidedly interesting. Inspiration, Courier and Risk were the winner of the respective events, the first two being the favorites in the pools. Pourtcan Carcurations.—The te is little time left for Presidential calculating now, but both parties are making good use of it, The conflicting figures and estimates which we print to-day are interesting ; for what would an election be if the canvass were not exciting? Tux Governor's Procramation calls upon all district attorneys and public officers and all good citizens to prevent the illegal use of money at the polls. Let his appeal be answered. The purchase of votes and the corruption of election officers are offences which can bo punished severely under the new constitutional amendments. Tho law should be enforced irrespective of party. Wower’s Day at tas Centexnrar.—All kinds of days have boen celebrated at the Centennial Exhibition, States days in par- ticular, and they have added much to the interest of the great show. Now there is to be a “women’s day,” when the ladies are expected to take possession of the grounds. Tuesday, November 7, is well chosen in one way for this event, for then the men will be busy at the election, and the ladies will have the Exhibition largely to them- selves. But, on the other hand, it seems unkind to have this assembly of beauty and feminine patriotism on the very day when so many gentlemen will be prevented from seeing it. The ladies have done wonders to make the Exhibition suc- vessful. Not only have they built the Women’s Pavilion, and established on the grounds a well edited journal devoted to the industrial interests of their sex, but their influence is manifest in every depart- ment. trusted with its continnonce--a not un- reasonable request if it can guarantee an HERALD. FRIDAY, because the business of the country would have become adjusted to the specie basis. If the balance of the public debt had been refunded at four and a half or four per cent no change of administra- tion could prevent our reaping the full advantage of the reduction of the rate of interest. If the public credit can be put in jeopardy by a change of administra- tion it is only because the republican party has been dilatory in the execution of meas- ures which it professes to support. If it gets a new lease of power it must take good care that the same thing cannot be said of it four years hence. If Mr. Hayes is elected his administration will not be treated with much indulgence. Promises and professions will be no longer accepted for performance. Specie payments must be resumed on the day fixed by law; civil'service reform must be established in the first year of the new administration; the conversion of the public debt must be completed and put out of the field of discussion long before another Presidential canvass shall be opened; the republican party must be able to say, with truth and pride, that it has mado it impossible for a change of administration to have any serious effect on the national eredit. It ought to have accomplished as much in the eleven years which have elapsed since the war; but if it is again intrusted with power and fifteen years do not suffice, it will havo forfeited all title to further con- fidence. Russin on Turkish Debt. Russia makes an adroit move in regard to the financial interests of Turkey if the prop- osition she is credited with shall prove to really indicate her intention. By the de- posit of the revenue of the Christian prov- inces to pay the interest on such a propor- tion of the Turkish debt as they might bo justly charged with, there would be effected at one stroke a very grand reform in the ad- ministration of the country. Its wealth, which now finds its way into the pockets of thieving pachas, would be diverted thence into the pockets of Turkish bondholders. Such a reform London and Paris would equally appreciate; and this measure if acted upon will rally tothe support of Russian | policy all those in England and France who have hitherto supported the integrity of Turkey against all comers, because of Turkish indebtedness. They who feared that in the division of Turkey all sense of Turkey's financial obligations would be overlooked will be as much startled as pleased to discover that the first step toward the dissolution of Turkey—the exercise of an effective European protec- torate—will give them the first tangible security for the payment of interest that they have ever had. It will be dangerous for Turkey, on the other hand, if it be shown that her provinces become solvent in proportion as they pass from under her con- trol, for the bondholding interest is very potent in the making and unmaking of gov- ernments. The conference to follow the now actually accorded armistice will be of early completion. The republican party has taken the first decided steps toward the restoration of a sound currency in passing the act requiring the resumption of specie payments in 1879, and it asks to be intrusted with the execution of this act of which it is the futhor. This is also a reasonable request, provided the party intends what it professes. The democratic party denounces the law requiring re- sumption in 1879, and declares its purpose to repeal it if it comes into power. Citizens who believe in that law and want it enforced will naturally vote for Hayes if they have any confidence in the sincerity of the repub- lican party. Nobody expects its enforce- ment by the party which threatens to repeal it, and nobody can explain the proposed repeal on any other hypothesis than a deter- mination by the democratic party that re- sumption shall be postponed for a con- siderable period beyond the time fixed by the act of 1875. The Resumption act is a child which many . people will think had better be tended by its own mother than put out to nurse in hands that will strangle it at the first opportunity. The republican party has, moreover, been reducing the national taxes for the last two or three years, and asks the country to be- lieve that it will continue the same work with prudence, without crippling any branch of the public service, without starv- ing our diplomatic and consular agents or reducing the army to such a point as to make it worthless for precautionary purposes. Now, if the majority of citizens accede to ,these requests as reasonable tho republican party will be bound to make good the substantial part of its promises, We will not inquire too curiously whether the alarm of the republicans at the possi- bility of Governor Tilden’s election is real or simulated; but it is no credit to their party that, after all the time elapsed since the close of the war, even an election- ecring scaro can be got up on such a point. There ought not, at this late day, to be even o pretext for this kind of alarm. If the finances of the coun- try had already been placed on a solid basis by the republican party there could be no reason for serious apprehension in view of the possible result of an election. If our successive republican administrations had taken time by the forelock and the whole volume of six per cent bonds were already refunded at a lower rate of interest, there would be no possibility of arresting or ob- structing the process by a change of parties. Ifspecie payments had already been resumed there would be no reason to fear a repeal of the law for restoring a sound currency, Ifthe civil service reform were already in success- ful operation there could be no question of the sincerity of the republican professions on this important question, Not only the republican party, but the country, has rea- son to deplore the tardiness, the indecision, the neglect of opportunities with which the party in power is chargeable. Had it con- summated all the good measures it has pro- posed the public credit could not be shaken by any change of administration, There isa great difference between proposals and accomplished facts--a difference between measures begun and measures completed. What is fully done is generally let alone, If specie payments were successfully achieved there would be no steps backward, great consequence if this vital proposition is a sample of those that will be brought be- fore it. The British Arctic Expedition. We print to-day another letter from Dr. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, on the subject of the recent attempt of the British Arctic Ex- pedition to reach the North Pole. While Dr. Hayes disclaims any intention to discredit the statements of Captain Nares regarding the ice barriers which defeated the expedition in its northward voyage, he insists that these statements are based on unsound conclu- sions as tothe character of these obstruc- tions. It seems to us that Captain Nares, although in other respects an able and ex- perienced navigator, is unfamiliar with the conditions which govern the formation and the movements of polarice. It is clear that his ships have sailed through channels which were closed to Kane and Hayes by large ac- cumulations of ice, and this fact alone establishes that one on which Dr. Hayes bases his arguments—namely, thatall the ice formations in Smith Sound and the cir- cumpolar regions are liable to constant changes of volume and position. The only points where permanent ice barriers can be reasonably assumed to exist in the Arctic regions are located in the vicinity of the American and Asiatic poles of cold, and gen- erally below the latitude reached by the Alert and Discovery. Tho Pandora met with one of these at the southern end of Peel’s Straits in September, 1875, and from the ap- pearance of the ice fields separating these waters from those of Franklin Channel, Captain Young judged that the ice was a permanent obstruction. The very character of the ice that was met by Captain Nares proves that the formation of its mass was due not wholly to temperature, but also to the combined influences of the winds and of the currents that find an outlet from the polar basin through Smith Sound. ‘There is a certain limit to the fall of temperature even in the Arctic regions, and it is certain that if the ice fields could be formed by freezing eighty feet thick, and that the process was constant, the sea would be frozen to the bot- tom and the channels entirely choked by them. We regret with Dr. Hayes that the leader of the British expedition was so easily discouraged and deceived by a tem- porary barrier to his advance, for we feel certain that if Captain Nares had remained for another season he would have beer able to reach the North Pole with his vessels, Tax Inptax Wan.—The annihilation of a village of Shoshores by the Sioux, reported to-day from Salt Lake City, needs to be con- firmed. If it be true, then the Sioux have massacred many hundreds of our Indian friends, and ‘“‘Humpy,” who is said to have escaped, is as one man picked out of a thousand. The absence of details and of any authority induces us to believe that the story is, even if true in foundation, much exaggerated. But should the report prove correct, what a disgrace such o massacre would be to the government, what a conclu- sion to a mismanaged campaign against our savage enemies! New Jersey Justice is generally stern, Yesterday all of the prisoners tried at Salem for their connection with the Weeden prize fight were found guilty of manslaughter. besides those they now hold. So far they have gained five in Ohio and four in Indiana. They need to gain on Tuesday thirty more, therefore, and a republican journal believes National Debts. The civilized part of this planet now owes, according to the Westminster Review, the very neat sum of about twenty-three thousand millions dollars as national debts. Here is the account, extending from 1715 to the last year:— 1715—France. British Indi 1815—Great Britain. United States, Other America British India... 1848—Great Britat Eu re. United States. British colonic: Latin American tries . British india. 50,000,000 —————£1,713, 000, 000 1870—Great Brital + £800,000,000 . 000,000 ——£3, 910,000, 000 1875—Great Brital: + £775,000,000 E + 2,778,000,000 774,000,000 131,000,000 40,000,000 75,000,000 ———_——-£4, 577, 000,000 This list does not show all that Europe has owed and not paid, for France alone got rid of four hundred and sixty million dollars, after her Revolution, by bankruptcy. .But the present indebtedness on which the more or less civilized nations more or less irregu- larly pay interest is big enough. The popu- lation of these nations is somewhat less than seven hundred million, and it may be said, therefore, that every child born in this pop- ulation comes into the world with a national debt of about thirty-two dollars suspended about its neck, on which, as soon as it is able to produce anything, it is asked to pay interest. If the people of Europe would remember this curious fact they would prob- ably let the Turks and Servians fight out their battle and forbid a general Eurdpean war. In fact, they woulddemand a general disarmament as the most sensible course. The nations of Europe live together in the attitude of robber tribes, each of whom for- tifies itself against its neighbors and main- tains an army to prevent the pillage of its laboring people. The people of this country are exceptionally happy that they have need neither of fleets nor armies. We live under the guardianship of the American eagle, and that noble bird will not allow anybody to molest us or make us afraid. The Next House of Representatives. The present House, the result of a politi- cal tidal wave, stands 185 democrats to 108 republicans. The democrats have a majority of seventy-seven, and to overcome this the republicans must gain thirty-nine districts they will make these gains in the following States :— California. . New Hampshire. New Jersey New York. Pennsylvania Wisconsin. Hoots 81 At present it is perhaps safe to say no more than that if they make all these gains and lose no districts the republicans will, undoubtedly, havea majority in the next Congress. About next Wednesday or Thurs- day the public will know more definitely how the new House stands. Meantime these figures prove conclusively that the inde- pendent voter ought to be especially careful this year to vote only for the best men. Much will be gained for the country if neither party has what is called a ‘‘good working majority.” A majority of two or three for either side will insure us cautious and sound legislation, influenced mainly by independent members of sense and expe- rience; and that is what the independent voter wants. The Jerome Park Races To-Morrow. The last races of the season at Jerome Park are likely to be the best. The brill- iant success of the recent fall meeting, and the presence of so many fine horses at Balti- more and Washington this week, combined with this delightful weather, induced the American Jockey Club to close the racing year with a grand extra day to-morrow. Thero will be five important events, in which many of the celebrated horses of the country are entered. The selling race, with its eight entries ; the sweepstakes, atwomile dash, with Vigil, St. Martin, Virginius and Waller ; tho hack race, with six gentlemen riders, and the handicap steepiechase, in which there are seven entries, all insure plenty of amusementand excitement. Even the Presidential race which is to be run on Tuesday, for a purse of two hundred thousand dollars, the gubernatorial race or the Tammany sweepstakes will not divert the public attention from the superb sport at Jerome Park. The weather is likely to be splendid. We hope the centre of the area of low de- pression will not bo over the grand stand. ‘The autumn scenery is still beautiful, and all the beauty and fashion of New York will be present. Tho Coaching Club will attend with its magnificent drags, and after the races an additional attraction will be a gamo of polo by the Westchester Club. Thus there will be double amusement, and the contrast between the great running horses, with their immense stride and power, and the dash and spirit of the ponies will be pictur- esque. Saturday at Jerome Park will fitly crown the racing of the year. Tue Du Sommxranp Arrarrn.—The stupid imposture which for a moment threatened to disturb the kindly feelings existing be- tween the citizens of France and America has ended ina result that must disappoint its author. The frank disavowal of the calumnious statement attributed to Mon- sieur du Sommerard by the members of fhe French commission, and the promptitude shown by the French government in de- manding an explanation from its agents, are convincing proofs that the misrepresen- tations in the Figaro’s article are as strongly condemned by public opinion in France as they are here, The action of the French government in presenting as » memento to Fh Sa tS a ee Oc EE EnEIEnDUEEEEEGaND NOVEMBER 3. {876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. | the city of Philadelphia two peautiful Sevres vases must be accepted as a new proof of the desire of the French people to maintain those feelings of cordial frienaship which have ever existed between America and France, It will also tend to erase from the public mind all memory of the regrettable du Sommerard affair. The Amendments to the State Con- stitution. The year of a Presidential election is o bad time for submitting important amend- ments to the State constitution for the final ratification of the people; but it happens that two such amendments are pending now, and we trust they may not be overlooked amid other and more absorbing interests. One of these amendments abolishes the offices of the three Canal Commissioners and substitutes one Superintendent of Public Works, to be appointed by the Governor and Senate, and removable by the Gov- ernor alone. The other amendment in like manner abolishes the offices of the three State Prison Inspectors and substi- tutes one Superintendent of Prisons, Most of the corruption in State affairs has arisen in the administration of the canals and the prisons, and it is the pretty unanimous opinion of experienced men of both politi- eal parties that these amendments are the most valuable measure of reform for the canals and prisons that has ever been de- vised. We need not go into any argument on the subject, because there is no opposi- tion to the amendments, The only danger is that, in the heatof a Presidential contest, they will be overlooked and neglected. We advise all voters to ask for ballots ¢ approving of the constitutional amendments. Reaction in Spain. The unhappy Spaniards seem again on the verge of civil war. This time the danger again threatens from the northern prov- inces, which are rendered more hostile than ever to the Madrid government through the destruction of their ancient privileges. The position of poor little Alfonso is really piti- able. On the north his throne is assailed by the Carlists, and everywhere else the re- publicans are doing their best to render his reign as short and as uncomfortable as pos- sible, The reactionary policy adopted by his government since the return of the ex- Queen Isabella has deprived the throne of all popular support, and it may now be said to rest on the bayonets of the soldiers—a very unstable support, as his mother can tell the youthful King. Had monarchy in Spain shown itself progressive Alfonso might have secured a long lease of power from a people disgusted by the blundering of the republican party ; but the reaction- ary policy has reunited all the liberal ele- ments without conciliating the high con- servative party which looks to Don Carlos as its legitimate chief. This unsettled state of the public mind, even if it does not im- mediately plunge Spain once more into civil war, must render her a mere spectator of the important events transpiring in the East, in which she is deeply interested. This is what she has gained by her reaction- ary policy. Tux Great Procession of last evening dis- persed with a very creditable reputation for propriety and order... It is remarkable that amid the heat and passion of political strife, at the very climax of a campaign of such unusual energy and bitterness, the public parades should betray so little evidence of the animosity of parties. The streets are given up successively to processions of both political complexions, and the alternate crowds assemble, form in line of march and occupy the public thoroughfares for hours with a decorum which is especially commendable when we consider the numer- ous provocations to ill-behavior which necessarily attend the conduct of great masses of undisciplined men. While many of the partisan newspapers on both sides have earned atitle to be classed with the fac- tious ‘‘Eatanswill Gazette” the public meet- ings and street processions have furnished a most excellent example of moderation in tho conduct of political demonstration. The famous boast that our political strife ‘‘ceases at the water's edge” might be amended to read ‘“‘at the gutter’s edge.” Tne Weratuer.—An advancing storm centre which is now moving over the lower lake region toward the northern part of the State ot New York has produced a marked barometric fall during the past twenty- four hours. We called attention to this dis- turbance in the early part of the week, but its progress has been delayed by opposing atmospheric conditions prevailing to the eastward of its centre, These have now ceased to act on it; consequently its advance toward usis rapid. Asin several cases re- corded recently an immense rain area ac- companies the storm and extends westward of the Alleghanies as far as the Missouri River and from Canada tothe Gulf. Tho precipitation is, however, light, and will not cause any decided rise in therivers, Strong northwest winds and cold weather follow closely in the track of the storm. The weatherin New York to-day will be warm and cloudyg possibly with light rain. The mountain wall of the Alleghanies forms in this instance, as in nearly all others, a bar- rier which will probably deflect the storm centre into tho St. Lawrence Valley. Tuner Ratroap Coriistons rx a Day.— Hailrond accidents are alarmingly frequent ; there have been half a dozen within a week. On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the other day, a collision near Scranton killed several persons and wound- ed many others. Yesterday a sleeping car on an express trainon the North Pennsyl- vania road, running at the speed of forty miles an hour, broke an axle and two persons were killed and others severely injured. About the same time a local train on the Pennsylvania Railroad ran into two freight cars which had been left standing on the track in the fog, and another life was lost, A collision on the Lehigh Valley road was fortunately without fatal results. These accidents may be in part accounted for by the overcrowded con- dition of the roads, due to the Centennial travel; but that fact ought to make the com- panies see the necessity of oxtraordinary precaution, The Musical a: Dramatic Seasome This winter New York has everything in the way of amusement but Italian opera. The obstacle appears to be the Academy of Musicitself. Perhaps noone is personally to be blamed for the failure of the Academy aa @ permanent home for music, and certainly the public cannot be accused of indifference. The finer the operas, the greater the com- pany, the more liberal has been its support. Mr. Maurice Strakosch concedes this fact is proposing to build in the upper part of th city an International Opera House at a cost of two million dollars, the amount to be raised by subscriptions at one thousand dol- lars a share and the enterprise to be con- ducted upon principles which will insure success, The ground on which he proposes to build’ belongs. to Mr. Vanderbilt, who is willing to sell it for a million of dollars, and it is intended that the new building shall equal in splendor any opera house in Europe. If this project is carried out, and weare glad to learn that it is progressing well, Mr. Stmkosch will be enabled to execute all his plans without impediment, and Italian opera will ascend again its vacated throne in the metropolis of America. Meanwhile New-York must be content with the wonderful revival in every other amusement. The musical public will have Wagner in every form. The advent of Mme. Essipoff, the Russian pianiste, is as important as the visit of Rubinstein. ‘The Flying Dutchman,” one of Wagner's early works, will be produced with Miss Kellogg and Mlle. Pappenheim, and the minor musical attractions are too many to describe. /The theatres have had an immense success, due, no doubt, in part to the Centennial holidays. There are two grand ballets in New York at present, in -“Sardanapalus” and “Baba,” while ‘Life’ introduces a smaller ballet, with Bonfanti and Sohlke. Edwin Booth will appear in tragedy at the Lyceum Theatre, while comedy reigns supreme at Wallack’s, soon to be followed by Mr. Bou- cicault’s Irish drama of ‘‘The Shaughraun.” The Union Square Theatre produces ita plays magnificently and the Park is once more prosperous and merry. This does not surprise us, for the New York stage, in act- ing, scenery and appointments, is better than that of London and only inferior to the French. It is to be regretted that in thia enormous scale of amusements Italian opert alone fails to occupy its proper place, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Many bootblacks steal dogs. Indiana democrats bet only soft Mats. Dr. Fraser says that great men come in groups, When a Paterson man gets full they ball him out. There are fifty-five acres of hogs and sheep in Cine cinnati. e Plus-Mrs, Cora L. V. Hatch has another Richmond in the field. Mast in the Kentucky mountains lies on the ground a pint to the square foot. The betting on the gravel trains in Massachusetts the favorite. formerly United States Min- ister to Belgium, is at the Brevoort House. The Earl of Dunraven, of Ireland, arrived in the city last evening and is at the Brevoort House, If Tilden 1s elected everything will improve, and there will be a fine crop of strawberries in January. Baron de Sant'Anna, Port@lguese Minister at Wash- ington, and his family, are at the Westminster Hotel. Mr. Delane, of the London Times, has recently been conferring with the Princo of Wales at Dunrobin Cas- tle. Last evening President and Mrs. Grant entertained Mr. Walter (editor of the London Zimes) and his wile at dinner. A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution urgos the name of Hon. Herschel V. Johnson for the Unitod States Senate. Burglars throughout New Jersey wear masks, and yet wo heard a man say the other night that you can’t tell one democrat from another, The venerable ‘“‘ Camp-mecting John” Allon of the Maine Conterence, well known to every camp-meeting goer in New England, 1s writing his autobiography. Major Edwardes, formerly editor of the St. Louls Times, 1s devoting his leisure hours in the country te a history of tho guerilla bands engaged in the late war. A mysterious cavairymap, riding a white horse, ap- pears among the Servians, dirceting them, and then disappearing. He is supposed to be an accomplice of Dr. Slado’s. In introducing General Fitzhugh Lee at the Lynehburg (Va.) fair the other day General Early said that et the close of the war General Lee had turned his sword inte a fishing hook. Jonesy was trying to explain to Julia’s father that Sublime Porte meant a big gata. “Now,” said the old man, ‘jest you take the sublimest kind of a port out of this, will you??? Jobn H. Bryant, brother of the poet, lives in Illinois, says he would like to yote for Peter Cooper, but sup- Ports Tilden, not as a democrat, but as a man who favors retrenchment and reform. Mrs, Hynes read that a washbowl of water sprinklea with meal would catch all the mice, and sbe tried it, Hynes came home from a procession at two o’clock and took a wash. Said he, “Hayes and Wheeler! Mariah, I’ve got ’em agin.” From Punch:—“Ob, Mamma, that’s Captain Jones’ knock! I know he has come toask me to be his wife!" Voll, my dear, you must accept.him.’” “But I thought you hated him so?”” “Hate him? Ido—so much that I mean to be hy mother-in-law |’? Thero have, at the Jardin des Plantes, been some im voresting experiments as tothe effects of music upon animals. At the conclusion of a piece of music some elephants have boen known to fonale the musicians with theirtrunks. Out West hotel keopers have beon known to seize the trunks after a concert. An officer in the Freneh army has recently died who had met with Abd-el-Kader on the battle field without attacking him, which he might have easily done, Being blamed for this afterwards, his reply was—‘‘Al that time I was but second lieutenant. Had 1 killed him the war would have been over, and I would not have been captain now.’’ ‘The Saturday Review says:—‘There are mon of taste, mon whose natural refinement leads them to en- Joy contact with whatever is good and beautiful, whe yetare quite unable to form an opinion on a picture or to know whether two colors harmonize, And, 10 like manner, there are mon who, loving the science of masic with the greatest ardor, aro yet unaffected by it sympathetically, to whom it isascionse and nothing more, who are not touched by it.’” Jobn Morley says:—“Tho best thing that I can think of as happening toa ng man is this—that he should have been edncated at a day school in his own town; that be shoald baye opportunities of following also the higher education in his own town, and that at the earliest convenient time he should be taught to earn bis own living; and I never yet knew a man who was not the worse for university props and bribes.” Murat Halstead writes t+ happy youthfal days! Bitters were not them made of ‘forty-rod” whiskey and logwood, And that barrel of cherry bounce—ab, fatal cherry bounce! What childish mem ortes cling clusteringly around it! Away back througt tho vista of five-and-jifty years, to the days of panta lets and short clothes, hoops and doll babies, thor rises up to memory’s view the sacred barrel of cherry bounce.”’ A Wastington writer in the Cincinnatt Commercial says of Belknap:— Every one bere thinks him more sinned against than sinning, and we all regret that he did not listen to the entroatios of Black, Blair and Car- penter, who besought him to permit his wife to come forward and toll her story—it woula havo cxomer- ated him and entirely eriminated her; but he would not consent, ‘I will brave tho storm,’ he said, ‘and shield her from at loast its brunt,’