The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1876, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD | BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Soa ate le 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 postage. PHILADE: SIXTH LONDON OF HERALD— PARIS OFFIC , NAPLES OFFIC p 1 Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms in New York. OFFICE—NO.112 SOUTH AMUSEMENTS THIS AF MANIA THEATRE, RK IN EIGHTY HOURS, at 8 P. M. BOOTS THEATRE, SARDANAPALUS P.M. Mr. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes Booth. Matin PIPTH M. Matin THROUGH NEV SP, pM “THEATRE, M. LIFE, at 8 THEATRE. o s. Matinee 2, M. BARNUM'S THEA M. Matinee 2 P.M. NIRLO'S GAKDEN. BABA, at 8 P.M.” Matinee 1:0 P.M RIGAN INSTITUTE. EBETION. K AQUARTUM, THE SHAUGI AM GRAND NATIONA NEW YC Open daily. BUFFALO BILL Matinee, at 2 P.M. ALL. pot, Matinee, at2 P. M. 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Owing to the ection of a portion of the carriers and pewsmen, who are determined that the public shall Hot have the Henaxp at three cents per copy if they | fon prevent it, we have made arrangements to piace tho Bsraxp in the hands ofall our readors atthe reduced price. lesire at No, Newsboys can purchase eny quantity they may No, 2 Ann street, From our reports tis morning the probabil- Wies are that the weaiher to-day will be slightly warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy, with pos- sibly light rain. Wat Starer Yesterpay.—The stock mar- ket was feverish and prices were irregular. Government bonds were firm. Gold opened and closed at 109 7-8, with sales meanwhile at 109 3-4. Money on call loans was sup- plied at 4 and 3 per cent. Some of the tailway mortgages were likewise irregular, with a slight ir Is Gnratrrrine to know ship St. Marys is doing the good work for which it was intended, the examination yes- terday exhibiting all the proficiency on the part of the boys which could be expected. These young sailors will do more to secure a revival of American shipping interests than the same number of politicians can accom- Tnx Centnat Park must not be neglected wherever the fault may rest for the present want of money. Withholding the funds necessary to its maintenance will not cure the mismanagement and inefficiency of the Board of Commissioners, Mayor Wickham has been unfortunate in his appointments, but tho law affords a suffi- cient remedy against incapable commission- ers. The true way is to proceed against them, but not to allow the Park to be de- stroyed in the meantime. Marnacs anp Drvonce are both very un- veriain nowadays, as will be seen from yur court reports this morning. Mrs. Davis, who figures as plaintiff in o flivorce case in the Court of Common Pleas, denics o previous marriage, while admitting there was a ‘‘ceremony,” and a Mrs. White, who was one of her witnesses, rejoices in a divorce obtained in the “Court of General Sessions,” before ‘Judge Hogan.” When a ceremony no longer constitutes o marriage the best possible divorce court isa police magistrate. Tax Weraturu.—The area of highest pres- sure is now oentral at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, and the barometric gradient descends westward to the lower Missouri Valley without any remarkable variations of temperature. Last evening snow fell at Fort Garry and at Bismarck, Dakota, and small areas of light rain were scattered over the country, but chiefly in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. In conse- quence of the fountain of the winds, the aren of high pressure, being now northeast- ward of New York, the prevailing wind is from that direction, and wilt continue so until the slight depression advancing from the westward passes eastward of the city. We will then experience the northwesterly after winds which indicate the approach of | another area of high barometer. A general | sloudiness and cool weather prevails to the | westward. ‘The weather in New York to-day | will be slightly warmer and cloudy or partly sloudy. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1876.—WiTH SUPPLEMENT. The War Cloud in Europe. All the impulses that have for some time swept onward in Europe the tendency to war continue to operate, and diplomacy is trammelled and paralyzed by its own rules. It is possible that the Continent will be ablaze with war while the courts are still disputing the conditions on which their representatives may meet to avert the war. Russia—not the Czar, not the Court, but the nation—is under the influence of one of those great moral excitements which drive o people toward some definite object as if with the vigor of a tremendous storm. In Russia the people have not reached that stage in the growth of thought which in most western countries has reduced Christianity to a form of opinion. They are still in possession of that robnst faith in their religion which was the leading attribute of the Puritan people, and which three hundred years ago devas- tated all Europe with wars waged on doc- trine. That enthusiasm which in the his- tory of the Crnsades scems incomprehensi- ble in these times is a vital forcein Russia to-day, and the government recognizes that the attempt to suppress it is dangerons. This spirit pursues a legitimate object in demanding that the government shall rescne the “brethren” of the Russian people—their fellow Slavs—from the oppression and tyranny of the Moslem rulers. It is esteemed agreat triumph of moral force that in our own country the very small oppression in- flicted upon the negroes of the South in- spired at the North an agitation that eventy- ally made a great wor. But if the white people of the North might jus- tifiably espouso the cause of tho ne- groes at such a_ cost, how much more naturally and justly might this have been done if those negroes had been whites—men of the same race and origin with ourselves and subject to the ferocious oppressions of men of another race! This is the case as between the Slavs of Russia and the Slavs in the Turkish provinces, In Russia a great nation is compelled to wit- ness the Bulgarian atrocities practised on men of its own race and religion, and to know that they are butchered in great part because of their religion and race. And since those atrocities, stirring the hor- ror of England through their in- humanity, inspired in that country a demand that the Moslems should be left to their fate, can it surprise anybody that in Russia, where they touch not the sentiment of humanity but the deepest passions of the people, they should give energy and even fury to the demand that the victims shall be secured by free- dom against the possible repetition of such treatment? Is it incomprehensible that a government should deem war as a trivial evil if it is necessary to satisfy this de- mand? Pitiful, indeed, is the spirit in which Eng- land deals with Russia's earnest energy. It is natural enongh on the part of English writers to assume that England’s motives in her relation to the Eastern crisis are abso- lutely pure—without any taint of self-seek- ing whatever. It seems to be equally natu- ral with them to impugn the motives of Rus- sia—to implyin all they say that the govern- ment at St. Petersburg puts forward humanity only as a pretence and furthers secret ends of its own while ostensibly act- ing asthe champion of oppressed popula- tions allied to its people. No very extensive acquaintance with the history of European politics is needed to know that this is the light in which England al- ways presents herself on one hand, and in which she sees her enemies on the other. Every peoplo in the world, of course, sees its own case in the most favorable aspect; yet there is hardly any nation except England that cannot sometimes do justice to its ene- mies. It isan evidence of the vigor and success of the press in a country where it is free that England commonly makes the opinion of Europe in reference to her own disputes, and that she has now instilled in Germany, in France and in Austria her own suspicions of Russia's sincerity and im- pressed her own opinions of England’s open honesty. There is hardly anything in print more sublimely impertinent than the words sent by cable, quoted from the Pall Mall Gazette, which picture England as tho guardian of the universe, watching Russin to detect “any overt act in the direction of her sus- pected aims” before proceeding to annihilate her. And this conception of the lofty func- tion of England in international relations and of the mean cunning of Russia is given to the public on the same day with an outline of the English programme for taking possession of Constantinople; not to hold it in the interest of England— oh, no! but only to keep it out of the hands of Russia, and possess it in trust for the future owners, their identity to be de- termined by an international Congress, England vilifies Russia before the world for half a century on the theme that Russia is only endeavoring to get Constantinople. | She holds up the desire to get Constantino. ple as the acme of national wickedness, and then proposes to take Constantinople her- self, to keep others out of temptation. Rus- sin might contemplate such a proposition with the grim humor of the wolf in the fable, who saw the shepherds eating mutton and said to himself, ‘‘What a fuss these fellows would have made if they had caught me at such a dinner !” An understanding of any sort seems im- possible between two nations so deeply at variance as to the point in dispute. Russia in terrible earnest demands the removal of the Moslems from the scene where for cen- turies they have practised every crime in the name of government ; and England, indif- ferent as to religion, cynical in politics and incapable of comprehending 4 national pas- sion, doubts the very basis of the Russian demand and treats it all asa pretence —a mere ruse to cover that traditional advance on Constantinople. In its most practicable phase the dispute of England and Russia needs skilful diplomacy to handle it with any success; but in its present condition, with national fury on one side and eontemp- tuous incredulity on the other, and with the least skilful diplomacy cver known, the hope for a peaceful issue is indeed slight. If there is any hope it is in the division of sibilities of the yet uncertain Conference. In the arguments of the London Times it is to be seen that the delusions of the Ministry with regard to Russia are not accepted by the whole country, and that opposition to that policy is not confined to the liberal party. The resolute attitude of the liberals, who oppose any national action taken in the interest of the decrepit sovereignty on the Bos- phorus, cannot be disregarded by a govern- ment which has to count upon the nation in any perilous venture. English governments can perhaps afford to despise foreign opin- ion when fully possessed of the support of the British people ; but where that support is doubtful it seems madness to venture. It is true that the national spirit is so strong in England that a war always goes far to smother any opposition that can be stigmatized as unpatriotic; but the experience of the dear triumphs ofthe Crimea is bitterly remembered. In the successful termination of that war the victors had nothing to spare; yet England had there the support of the great military power of France. To venture now alone in circumstances more favorable to Russia, and again to sustain a Power in whose welfare the people of England have no interest, is to invite calamity. Ticket Speculators. The theatre ticket speculators are like the curbstone brokers in Wall street—they have no local habitation and little responsibility, and hang upon the outskirts of business. This season, as in ali sensons, many com- plaints aro made of the monopoly they secure of the best seats and the high prices they charge. Certainly the public is plan- dered and the theatres are ultimately injured by o system which compels the theatregoer to pay two dollars for a seat which is advertived at a dollar and a half; but the evil is not one to be easily removed. The speculator depends upon crowded houses and the curiosity of the public to see a popular play. When a gentleman invites a lady to the theatre, and finds that all the good seats aro sold at tho box office, he naturally falls an easy prey to the speculator on the street, and, rather than disappoint the lady, submits to the extortion. Our correspondents have insisted npon a reform, and Mr. McVicker, who desires to protect the public during the engagement of Mr. Booth at the Lyceum, has undertaken the herculean task of driving the specu- lntors out of New York, as St. Patrick ban- ished the snakes from Erin, He proposes an ordinance creating unauthorized peddling of theatre tickets a misdemeanor. The passage of such an act is doubtful, and, were it passed, to enforce it would be difii- cult, All respectable managers would re- joice to have the speculative system abol- ished and would join in any combination for the protection of their own interests, but they need the assistance of the public. So long as people will pay a premium for the best seats in the theatre so long will the speculators have them on sale. The laws of trade control the sale of theatre tickets as they do that of greater com- modities, and the only consolation the public has for the evil is that the more extortionate the premium the better is.the play and the performance. Plans for Relieving the Water Famine. The water supply continues to excite the greatest interest among the citizens of New York, and we daily receive many communi- cations bearing on the subject which prove how diametrically opposed are the opinions of the writers. Thus, some advocate the adoption of the meteras the only remedy that can be successfully applied for the relief of the city, while others defend the salt water scheme as best calculated to economize our present supply of Croton. In support of the use of meters it is argued that we are using or rather wasting recklessly a large percentage of the water, and that if the con- sumers were limited as to the quantity served to them and made to pay for the extra consumption they would appreciate its value highly. Other cities consume less water and do not suffer any inconvenience on that account, and why should not New York be satisfied with a reasonable quantity? It is, perhaps, forgotten by the advocates of the meter and a limited supply that no safe comparison can be instituted between the wants of New York and those of other, and especially European, cities. The climatic conditions are so different in the cases of New York and London or Paris that no parallel can be said to exist between their respective requirements with regard to water, The annual rainfall of London is much greater than that of this city; conse- quently the necessity for the artificial flush- ing of the sewers is not as great thore ns here. The sewer system of London is more perfect than ours, and, therefore, is more independent of cleansing operations. The houses of London and Poris bear no com- parison to those of New York in the matter of water distribution thronghout the structures, and for one water tap that is found in the houses of either European city we have five or six at least in ours. We must not, therefore, measure our own necessities by those of people who neither know nor desire an ex- traordinary supply, and it is absurd to im- agine that the people of New York ean be brought to accept a water ration that would be deemed ample by the Londoners or Parisians. With our present system of sewer- age, which is aboutas bad as it can be, nothing has saved New York from epi- demics but a copious and what the meterites call a superabundant water supply. The experiment of limiting this is too dangerous for trial, and one which we hope will not be attempted. By securing an adequate source of supply, supplemented if necessary by steam pumps in order to meet extraordinary demands, it will cost as little to give the city plenty of water as a small quantity. The cost of meters will foot up into the millions. Why not spend this moaey on increasing our sup- ply ins of diminishing it? With regard to the oduction of salt water we have already suggested a thorough investigation of the question, and if it proves both a prae- tical and comparatively cheap plan of relief we see so reason why it should not be | adopted. Commassioner Fowren’s Tran on the | charges preferred by Mayor Schroeder, of Brooklyn, reached an important stage yes- i opinion in England rather than in the pos- | terday, the prosecution resting its case, The Political Situation. The news this morning is of considerable interest. In South Carolina the Supreme Court has ordered the Returning Board to go on with the canvass of the votes as a merely ministerial body for the present; the Court reserving its decision upon the question whether the Board has any other than ministerial func- tions. The Board at once began work, and has admitted five representatives of each party to witness its count. Senator Ran- dolph and other Northern democrats have returned home. A report comes that at Lawtonville some colored republicans set upon and beat a colored democrat, and being arrested were rescued from the constable's hands, Also a rumor that two thousand negroes had gathered in arms near the same place, This is probably untrue; but we trust the federal officers who command in South Corolina will promptly and sternly crush any lawlessness by either side. From Louisiana an important discovery is reported, and apparently on good authority. In fivestrongly republican parishes the elec- toral ticket is found to contain the names only of two electors at large and the elec- tor from the District, thus omitting the nanies of five electors, It is said that the republican leaders discovered this error some days ago, but kept it secret. ‘The event has, of course, caused considerable excitement and discussion in New Orleans. Senator Sherman told our correspondent that he did not know whether the report was true; but that as to the effect of such an omission, he thought the people voted not for President and Vice President, but for electors, and if they did not vote for an elector he could not be chosen. This seems asound view. If the reported error shall prove to have been made it may have o decisivo result upon the election. The Northern democrats in New Orleans have replied to the republican refusal to meet them in conference. They say, very effectively, that the language to which the republicans objected was precisely that used by the President in his order to General Sherman and then loudly commended by the republicans ; and disclaim all intention or desire to claim votes illegally cast, or to interfere in any manner with State laws or the legal duty of the Returning Board; they desire only to carry ont in good faith the President’s suggestion that Northern men of repute shall unite to see a fair count and give the country the assur- ance it needs. The ungracious refusal of the republicans caused much disappoint, ment in the North ; this reply of the demo, crats, by its liberal and temperate tone, will win them credit in the country. Itis a pity Mr. Evarts and General Dix aro not in New Orleans to take the lead on the republican side. The persons in charge there seem to be of the small attorney order, and not aware of the importance of absolute fair play in this case. They ought to re- member that the country really cares little who is to be President, but cares very much to be entirely satisfiod that the count is honest, . The fact that the South Carolina Return- ing Board has been ordered to count the vote seems to have been misunderstood in New Orleans as a final decision that the Board has only ministerial powers; and this has caused great excitement and given rise to a foolish notion among the democrats that the Louisiana Board would be ruled by the South Carolina decision. The action of the South Carolina Board in admitting witnesses to its proceedings has had a good effect in Louisiana, as Wells, President of the Louisiana Board, last even- ing formally invited five members of each party to be present at the proceedings of the Board. General George A. Sheridan, a prominent Louisiana republican politician, remarked last evening at New Orleans that if South Carolina should go for Tilden in his opinion the Louisiana Returning Board would give the State to Tilden and Nichols, The remark is unimportant except so far as it shows that a leading republican politician takes 1t for granted that whether Louisiana goes for Hayes or Tilden depends not on the vote of the State bat on the will of the Re- turning Board. From Florida the only important news is that the Returning Board delays to begin the canvass of the votes. This naturally, and we think properly, causes suspicion of foul play or of an intention to manipulate the vote. At Tallahassee, as at New Or- leans, the democrats misunderstood the de- cision of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The Electoral System. One merkodly interesting feature of the stubborn Presidential contest is that, after all, it is not to be decided by the popular vote, but by a system which, whatever it may have been at the beginning of the century, is no longer suited to the wants of the country. It was a theory then that some- thing should stand between the people and the government, and the electors from each State were chosen not to represent any special candidates, but after deliberation to cheose the best men in their opinion. But the nation was soon divided into two parties, and the Presidential electors became merely the instruments of their wills. The unwritten Jaw of our polities required that these elec- tors should not consult their own judg- ments, but should be simply the registers | of the decrees of the parties. This law was inexorable, and any elector who should have voted against his party would have been looked upon as worse than a traitor. We remember no instance of any elovtor who used his constitutional right as agninst his implied obligations. An apparent ex- ception happened in 1872, when the demo- cratic electoral votes were scattered among several candidates who had not been beiore the people; but the death of Mr. Greeley made this course natural. The electoral yotes could not be cast for a dead man, and the electors believed themselves entitled to express their preferences. But the system is not only proved to be awkward, but might become dangerous. The treachery of an eloctor might give the Presidential office toa man not chosen by the people. Besides this, the principle that the people should choose a President is contradicted by the custom of leaving his choice tu an awkward representation of States. In this election Mr. Tilden has more thana quarter of a million conceded majority, and yet Mr. Hayes might be legally clected by a minority. One electoral vote, representing only a majority of one voter in a State, might nullify the will of two hundred and fifty thousand people. It is clear to every right-thinking man, irrespective of the re- sult of this contest, that such a system of electing a President should be reformed, and we hope to see the subject impartially considered at the next meeting of Congress, and a constitutional amendment, embody- ing the necessary reform, submitted to the vote of the State legislatures. Startling, but, Alas! Too True. There has been much blatant complaint among the ignorant of late because certain stars did not shoot, and because a certain planet did not make a transit, as confidently foretold by some well-meaning but weak- headed astronomers, The fact is these old winders-up of the universe have been led from the sublime paths of the starry science to pan- dertothe mob. They have been known to give the vulgar a brand-new comet because vul- garity delights in astar with a gaudy tail. But even the debased taste for comets becomes satiated, and the vain astronomers, instead of attending strictly to business, begaa to work up skyentific seusations for the gaping masses who bellowed around their observatories o’ nights. Far better never to have withdrawn their attention trom the circling splendors of the golden spheres. In the hurry to get up their stump- tailed comets, brindled plancts, horned asteroids and mettoric showers, they have made such loose arrangements that not one wonder in ten rewards their base pas- sion for the cheers of the vulgar. It is not to (be wondered at, then, that these worthy but weak-headed old gentlemen should find themselves called ‘‘frauds,” “impostors” and other vile epithets by the very class they were led in their ignoble zeal to cater for. There isa certain decency about the ordinary star which forbids lending itself to mere char- latanism, and we would hardly believe the reverse of the humble but honest asteroid. Why, eccentric conduct of this objectionable kind has lately led to the kicking of a fresh young star out of the Milky Way! Asinthe world, so among the heavenly bodies, there are certain classes of vagabonds and tramps who are willing to hire themselves out to astronomers for their torchlight processions at a quarter of green cheese per night, the astronomers giving them orders upon the moon, The old gentlemen, in their chuck- ling delight over the expected applause of the fnob, occasionally forgot to notify the Man in the Mogn, who handed the cheese hunters, whom he recognized as lunch fiends, over to the authorities, and they were taken in Charles’ Wain—the heavenly Black Maria—to grison. This shook the con- fidence of the starry vagabonds, who took to roaming through the heavenly fields by day and sleeping in the barns and outhouses of respectable constellations at night. During this period they were never seen from earth except when the - barking of the Dog Star sent a startled tramp scurrying from a barn in the Galaxy to a haystack in the Little Bear. The astronomers were in despair until they learned that the emboldened vagabonds uscd to meet by hundreds in the low dives, dens and bucket shops of the First and Fourth wards of the heavens. With the cunning of Matsell tho astronomers made arrangements with Cap- tains Castor and Pollux for a raid on these places and then made a prediction, It wos a grand success. Castor and Pollux, with two platoons of “stars,” came down after nightfall on the groggeries and cleaned them out. Such a tumble of red-norel ragged roysterers fol- lowed by ‘‘stars” with fiery clubs was never seen chasing or being chased across the sky. The old philosophers were in glee and tho crowd in ecstasies ; it was resolved to keep the thing up. Year after year it was done, and Castor and Pollux were looking for pro- motion, but the meteors have become wary and again gone on tramp. With the di- vulging of this sad story of perverted in- telligence perhaps the vulgar mob will de- sist from their abuse of the artful but de- based astronomers; and let us hope that these latter will reform their lives. Tur Srnatuctrpr Case.—The decision of the British courts that they had no juris- diction in the caso of Ferdinand Keyn, whose carelessuess and inhumanity caused the loss of so many lives on the ill-fated | Strathelyde, will not save that officer from punishment. With commendable prompt- ness the public prosecutor of Hamburg has stepped in and instituted proceedings against him on the charge of manslaughter, and the result is likely to be the infliction ofasnitable punishment. ‘This conduct on the part of the German. officials will give general satisfaction and cannot fail to exer- cise an excellent effect on the commanders of vessels, rendering them more careful by impressing on them their responsibility, legal as well as moral. Captain Keyn acted | with conspicuous inhumanity on the ocea- sion of the collision with the Strathclyde, and it is to be hoped that his punishment will be severe enough to act as a warning to others of his class. Waar Gexrran Butien Turtxrs.—We print elsewhere some opinions on the present political difficulty expressed by General Butler to a reporter of tho Hrnanp yesterday. THe criticises pretty freely some of the positions of the republicans in New Orleans in regard to the duty of the Prosi- dent of the Senate; believes that Northern men can do no good in Louisiana, where j the State laws are supreme, and suggests that in the caso of no satisfactory count President Grant might call the nuxt Con- gress to meet on the Sth of March, to order a new election or make some other satisfac- tory arrangement, To put into the Presi- dency a man not fairly elected would not, he thinks, cause revolution, but general and national bankruptey. Norwitustaxpixa Commopong Nicnorsox thinks our navy is always on a war footing he qualities our fears by admitting that it is ! no more on a war footing now than it bas been in the past. Nobody need be afraid of the American navy until its war footing stendard is raised. The Hildebrand Inquest. Tho annals of misery are again painfully enriched with s contribution which cannot fail to arrest attention, and, if the facts are as they are stated, to make the stoutest hearts tremble for the safety of society. Ay we understand this story it is simply that one of our wealthiest citizens invaded the sanc- tity of another’s home, and subsequently, rather than face a trial, agreed to pay a large sum of money as compensation for the shame and ruin he had caused. He failed or refused to pay a large part of this sum, however, and exposure came at last under the distressing cir cumstances detailed in our news columns this morning. Let us look at this case in either of the aspects in which it may be viewed—with this wealthy gentleman as the betrayer of the wife of another or as the vic- tim of another's schemes. Upon either assumption it is equally discreditable, and enforces a lesson which too many of us are apt never to learn. If anything is to be held sacred it is a wife's or a woman's honor. Even this axiom, so trite and sa commonplace, we are apt to forget, espe cially because society in this country hedges itself about by no safeguards and fails to punish in a man what is social death and moral degradation in a woman, In our own city young girls and even young wives and mothers go to the theatres and to ‘midnight supper rooms attended by escorts comparatively unknown or notoriously dan- gerous. When one of them falls fashion only smiles and turns its back upon the woman, while the man is a greater favorite than before. Is this Hildebrand tragedy such ao case, or was this well known citizen, now brought into such unen- viable notoriety, his supposed victim's victim? In the one case he would be entitled to sympathy and support; in the other to the reprobation of every virtuous household in the land. We must reform our social as well as our political abuses, and the sooner we begin the better. Neither wealth nor position must be allowed to screen the guilty, and in the remarkable examplo which has just been brought to light by William Hildebrand’s suicide the © cause as well as the fact of this man’s death must be developed. It is im- possible that a witness so nearly interested in the developments of an investigation should be more tenderly treated than was Mr. Ogden yesterday, and the authorities appear to act as if it was their duty to sup- press the truth. This is unfair in either aspect—to Mr. Ogden, if he is wronged in this matter, and to the public if he has been guilty of the grave offences laid to his charge. In such a case it is only the sup- pression of the truth, orof a part of it, which can result in a wrong to any one, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Paris hotels aro {ull and the streets are brilliant, “Stewart's Castle” in Washington is ‘*for rent’? Now that there is achange smolts are growing bigger, There are now about 15,000 German Methodists ta Toxas. Paris will soon be provided with strect clocks run by electricity. Mr. William Beach Lawrence, of Rhode Island, is at the Albemarlo Hotel. The New Orloans Bulletin, an independent paper, suspends publication, The frontier of the Eastern States has been esth mated to advance nine miles a year, Pe Gamins craw! into Paris sewers to Osh for raté;Wwhich they seil to kid glove manufacturers, William Black’s ‘‘Madcap Violet” is condemned by English critics for puerility and improbability. The interest in the Eastern war has called for a new edition of Kinglake’s ‘‘Invasion of the Crimea.” An Lrishman named O’Keefo bas died in India leaw ing a fortune of $25,000,000, with no immediate heirs, Mr. Nicholas Shishkin, the Russien Minister, ar rived from Washington yesterday at the Clarendog Hotel. Worcester Press :—*'The heaviest democratic gaint im South Carolina wero where the soldiers were th¢ thickest.” Chicago Jnter-Ocean :—“The democratic countenanes was exceedingly rosy tho first day. It looks less ‘flon idy’ now, ’? General Renjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, and Senator William H. Barnum, of Connecticut, aro at the Fifth Avenue Hotol, Detrow Free Press:—'*Ben Butler says be didn’t buy avote fo was clected on the ground that he was cross-cyed and needed rost.”” New York Graphic:—'* ‘Wild geese are flying south,” the Hxratp learnediy remarks, Is this an insidiowg allusion to the Tilden arbitrators ??” Baron Blanc, Italian Minister at Washington, who has been sojourning at the Albomarle Hotel for some time past, will sail in a few days for Europe, ‘A Turk has beon sceretly keeping a harem In Paris, but the eight odalisques disturbed the neighborhood with their quarrels and led to the pacha’s arrest, From .London Punca:—“Darwinian coster (to thrifty housewife)—‘Well, fish is Gear, mam; you see it's a gettin’ wery sca’co in consekence o’ these ’ert Aqueriuns!? Norwich Bulletin:—'*A Norwich man has invented ¢ machine which wiil turn out filty broom handles a mim ute. It will be patented under the name of a ‘discoun agement :o matrimony.’ ”” The Edinburgh Keview says that George Eliot’s great characters aro Heuty in “Adam Bede,” Maggio Tulliver in “The Mill on the Floss,” Tito in “Romola,”” and Rosamond in “Middlemarch.” General A. T. A. Torvert, United States Consul Gen- eral at Paris, and Messrs: Greenbill, James G. Pollock and William Rigby, of the Irish rifle team, will sail for Europe to-day in the steamship City of Berlin, Mayor Wickham bas nominated Colonel Benjamia F. Watson, who took the renowned Massachusetts regiment through Baltimore tn 1861, for Commis. sioner of Education, Mayor Wickhain has shown good sense, Norristown /Icrald:—"Tho ladies’ periodicals are Cis- cussing the questiot “What is the proper time to take our girls out of short clothes?’ Just after a ballet, we should aay, unless they live next door to the theatre, The gifts of foreign potentates to the late Colonel Colt are all preserved at Armsmearo, in Hartiord, Among thom are Mbox of gold, set with dia- monds, trom the Saltan;a diamond ring from the preseat Czar, another from his father, anda third from Charles Albert, King of Sardinian; then there are asset of jewelled star buttqns, the gift of a Texag ranger; Turkish orders of nobility, twenty-four movais of honor from kings, queens, socictics, &c., and presents in gold and silver from the two kings of Siam. Eoening Telegram menu for opera singors:— POROLOOPLOREDIIE NE LOLELE DE DELO ROLOLE DEDEDE OOO HE: sour, Mali-Bran soup. Fist, Bass— anything cleo with scales—from the high C's, ENTREES. Oyster Pattis, Roast, ‘Tenorloin of beet—rounds of applaase, SIDE DISICE “A cold shoulder” [ro VECRTAILES. Thyme boats—a score of others too mumeroas to mention. tho critics, Gams. Grassboperas (a Western dith)—squabbdles with the staxe manager. ; MOTTO FO THE SOPRANO. “Lam sick semper whon there is any tyrannts,"” DRINKS A flat beer trom the bara, CIGARA Figarua, eed ce et tte tE bE LE BE OE EEE EERE DEL EEIERE EE: