The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1876, Page 6

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Owing to the action of a portion of the carriers and pewsmen, who are determined that the public shall nothave the Hxratp at three cents per copy if they cup prevent it, wo have made arrangements to place tho Heraxp in the bands of all our readers at the reduced price. desire at No. 1, Néwsboys can purchase any quantity they may 4 Broadway and No, 2 Ann street, From our reports this morning the probabile ities are that the weather to-day will be slightly warmer and a tly cloudy or putty: Wat Steuer Yesrrnpay. “Stocks were erratic and closed at lower prices than on the previous day. Gold opened at 109 1-2, declined to 109 3-8 and closed at 109 1-2. Government and railway bonds were gen- erally firm. Money on call loans was sup- plied at 4 and 2 1-2 per cent. To-Dars tx IveRsany of the capture of Fort St. George from the British by a party of American patriots. ‘‘Washington and glory” was their rallying cry. It is one well worth remembering just at present. Tur Ertscopan Convention or New Jrr- BEY met yesterday and was well attended. ‘The annual address of Bishop Odenheimer, which was very impressively detivered, con- gratulated the Church on-the good work performed apes the past y* As THE “CHINESE have erected their temples in our midst we do not see why they should not also fly their kites, espe- cially when that amusement takes the form ofa religious observance. We do not mean, of course, that on this account the Chinese kite is to be considered #he emblem of a bird of prey; for it is only a symbol of the ex- alted spirit aspiring to celestial happiness. Wrii1am M. Twerp has not yet arrived to glad the eyes of the anxious officials of New York. The Franklin, with the big prisoner on board, was spoken yesterday not eighty miles from Sandy Hook, and the ship of war was making haste very slowly. What is the matter? Does the government possess any knowledge of Tweed's prefer- ence with regard to the Presidency, and keep him away for fear of complicating matters still more? Just imagine Tweed xdded to the Louisiana board of canvassers, Nawxs as Trape Manxs.—The suit brought sy Edwin Booth against Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer to restrain the latter from using the aame of Booth to designate their theatre is watched with interest by professions outside of the theatrical. In this connection may be tevalled the long warfare of the Farinas wgainst persons who rivalled them in the manufacture of the eau de cologne which gave them a world-wide reputation. The allegation that there are other Booths im the world beside the tragedian is paral- leled in the fact that the rival mannufac- yarers of cologne were known to search the sountry where people of the mame of Farina are plentiful for one of that ilk with tho Christian names of Johann Marie. Such a one when found was given a small stipend tor the use of bis name. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1876. —TRIPLE SHEET. Mr. Potter’s Dangerous Theorie: In publishing Mr. Potter's exceedingly in- genious letter yesterday we accompanied it with a merely expository article, which, with- out either indorsing or condemning his tenets, aimed to set forth precisely what they are without weakening or di- luting them in the restatement, We felt it the more incumbent on us to practise this fairness, because we dissent in toto from his views and wished our readers to see that we fully appreciate the ingenuity of the reasoning which we repudiate, We are con- strained to say that we think it specious but not solid, and that, while recognizing its lawyer-like subtlety, we regard it as defi- cient in that breadth of view and ‘‘saving common sense” which distinguish a states- man from a lawyer. It will never do, in discussing questions | of so much gravity, to disregard the practical | consequences of our reasoning and of the | recommendations to which it leads. Sup- pose, then, the Senate and House assembled to watch the counting of the electoral votes. When the State of Tennessee is reached a‘ member of the House objects to the counting of those votes. The two houses separate to debate and determine the question, each for itself, and they reach opposite conclusions. Mr. Potter himself admits that the House has no more right to decide for the Senate than the Senate has to decide for the House. One resoives to count and the other to exclude the Louisiana votes. Does Mr. Potter expect, or can anybody expect, that the Senate would yield its deliberate opinion toa menace by the House that it will deciare that there has been no choice by the people, and that it will proceed to elect a President? Nobody can be so weak a judge of human nature as to think anything of the kind. | The election turning on the votes of that one State the Senate would recognize Mr. Hayes as President and the House would recognize Mr. ‘Tilden. The Senate would confirm the nominations of President Hayes and take no notice ot those sent in by President Tilden, It things pass into this condition we shall have either a civil war or a series of arrests and trials for treason—more probably the latter. The existing appropriations will hold out until the Ist of “July, and Mr. Tilden, being unable meanwhile to ap- pointor commission any officer, would have no means of action, while Mr. Hayes would be in possession of the whole official ma- chinery, with the strongest motives to crush out opposition by energetic measures while the appropriations might last. Is this a de- sirable state of things, even for Mr. Tilden himself? Is it desirable for the coun- try? Whether desirable or not it is inevitable if the Senate shall recognize one man as President and the House shall recog- nize another. All the means of administra- | tion being in the hands of the President acknowledged by the Senate he will have every advantage against a Presi- dent who cannot appoint a_ single officer and whom no _ officer will | obey. If President Tilden calls an ex- | tra session of Congress the Senate will pay | no regard to it, and the House alone can perform no act of legislation. He would, | therefore, be powerless every way, while his rival would hold the reins and control the government—at least so long as the appropriations lasted; and as to appropriation bills, the Senate has the same power to prevent their passage as the House. We are confident that all right thinking citizens deprecate such a situation as is inevitable if the House assumes to elect a President in defiance of tho Senate. We appeal from Mr. Potter as an | astute reasoner on constitutional technidali- | ties to the sound sense of Mr. Potter asa citizen and his wisdom and foresight asa statesman. We are sure that on cool reflec- tion he will perceive that nothing could be more mischievous than the course of proce- dure which he has marked out in his very able | and ingenious letter. He is too well versed in the ways of men to believe for a moment | that the Senate would not resist such scheme as his to the utmost. He under- stands too well the mechanism of our gov- ernment to have any expectation that Mr, Tilden could administer it against a Senate which repudiated his title. There is another mischievous practical consequence of Mr. Potter's doctrines, which, though not so immediate, is sufficient of itself to condemn his theory. We have only to suppose a President in office running for a second term, and having a majority in the House, to comprehend the full danger of | such constitutional doctrines as are advocated with so much lawyer-like cleverness by Mr. Potter. A President who is a candidate for re-election with a devoted majority ini the House of Representatives could infallibly secure another election if Mr. Potter's logic is sound. The consequence is the same if we substitute a third term for a second. Had itso happened that President Grant had been a candidate a third time, and had it also happened that his majority in the House was as strong as that of the demo- cratic party now, nothing but Mr. Potter's theory of the constitution would have been needed to insure his third election in spite of the people, and as many re- elections as his ambition could crave, so long as he might havea majority of the House in the session next preceding the ex- piration of his term. This consequence of such a claim as that now set up by Mr. Potter was foreseen at an early period and exposed in language as forcible as anybody could employ at present. On the occasion of counting the electoral votes in 1821, the eccentric but clear-sighted John Ran- dolph said:—‘You undertake to reject votes, To what will this lead? Do you ever expect to see the time when there shell be in the Presidential chair a creature so poor, so im- becile, not only not worthy of being at the head of the nation, but not worthy of being at the head of a paltry corporation—do you ever expect to see in that office an animal so poor as not to have in this House retainers enough to reject the vote of any State which, being counted, might prevent his continuance, and their continuance, and that of their friends, in office?” Few men ever had a keener penetration: into human motives than the gifted John Randolph, of Roanoke; ' | but we do not ined his agsistance to see that a President in officc seeking a re-elec- tion would always succeed with a subservient House, if Mr. Potter is a correct expounder of the constitution, We reject and denounce any theory whisk leads to such absurd, such dangerous consequences. We tought the third term with too much vigor to show any quarter to a doctrine which would enable a President to re-elect himself whenever he had a majority in the House. It seems to us that Mr. Potter's dexterous technical reasoning is refuted when we show that it leads necessarily to such dangerous consequences. If a physician makes an in- genious discourse to prove the value of a medicine we need not go into any learned refinements to detect the source of his fallacies if we are able to demonstrate that whoever swallows that medicine needs to make hia will at once if he is ever to have a chance of making a will at all, If a medicine kills the patient it is ridiculous for the learned doctor to show by refined medical reasoning that it was theappropriate remedy. As it is the business of a physician to cure his patients, so itis the business of a statesman to save his country from perils ; and when deadly poisons are cried up as remedies it is not necessary to go beyond the fact that they infallibly kill or shatter the constitution of the patient, Learned experts might think it worth while to go into the niceties of science and refute the false reasoning step by step ; learned and unlearned alike must recognize the danger of administering a large dose of arsenic, and the protests of plain people are as well warranted as those of chemists and physiologists. The practical adoption of Mr. Potter's theory would lead to civil discord and to the ultimate sub- version of our institutions, and such consequences are sufficient to refute and ex- plode it. If we were writing merely for lawyers we might adopt a different method of reasoning ; but the mass of the people are only bewildered by legal refinements and subtleties. We prefer arguments adapted to the understandings of plain people, especially when they are of sucha character as to carry equal conviction to experts. Not even Mr. Potter will dispute tat the Senate would scorn and reject a President elected by his method, nor that the logic of events, in such a case, would lead us either to a civil war, to a preventive use of hemp, or to a prompt abandonment of pretensions which rested on the separate action of the House of Repre- sentatives, Mr. Potter has the chivalric generosity to declare that his letter merely expresses his own views, Governor Tilden knows better than anybody else how much reason he has to be grateful for this act of devoted friendship. Mr. Potter puts him at entire liberty to disclaim and disavow these alarm- ing constitutional heresies. We respectfully ask,him to do so, Do Not Worry. We are sorry to see that our German neighbor, the Staats Zeitung, takes a very dolorous view of the political situation. It seems to see the ruin of our liberties near at hand, and thinks the American people “‘in- { capable of fulfilling the mission inherited from their fathers ;’ we ought, it believes, to “confess that in spite of our good-re- solves we are no longer capable of self- government.” It concludes that ‘the down- fall of our proud Republic is only a matter of time, unless this depraved nation can gather renewed strength out of its deepest humiliation.” All this is very sad; and the worst of it is that the “depraved” American people will | be very apt to laugh at this new Jeremiah. As for ourselves, we take comfort from such a parcgraph as we yesterday copied from the That powerful and sensible journal wisely says:—‘‘Better submit to wrong for the time, however gross, than appeal to any but legal, constitutional and peaceful reme- dies.” That is sound and by no means de- praved American doctrine. The American people are not fools. They do not mein to Sun. | allow civil war, for they know that they | have a remedy for all possible evils without . If not it should do so at once. that. A physician who should declare that the only cure for his patient was to cut his head off would at any rate get no large prac- tice in this country. We beg the Staats Zeitung to make its mind easy. Our liberties are safe. Even if wrong should be done now the people will take a lawful, peaceable and constitutional revenge two years hence, But there is as yet no wrong done. Cheap Cabs. The Cheap Cab Company does not pro- gress as rapidly as it ought to progress in view of the promising character of the enterprise. A large amount of sub- scriptions has been secured, but not suffi- cient to enable the company to organize and proceed actively with its business. The capital should be all subscribed betore a start is made, and should be ample to enable | the company to proceed with its work on a | grand scale without the fear of being crip- pled for want of means. With a sufficient capital there need be no apprehension that the investment will not pay handsomely. We do not know whether the company has yet made any arrangement by which the present small owners of hacks may come into the new association on favorable terms. The pres- ent hack owners will be thrown out of em- ployment when the cheap ctbs come into use, since they cannot hope to contend against a large capital, and the company will soon enjoy a practical monopoly. It is only fair that the man who makes a living for his family out of one or two hacks should be offered a liberal chance to become interested in the association that will deprive him of the means of support. A generous proposi- tion that would take into the business the present small proprictors would give the new company an impetus that would be beneficial at this time. ~ Coan Contrnvrs To Sex at low rates et the great sales. Yesterday a large quantity was disposed of at very moderate prices com- pared with former figures. It would be very satisfactory to the public if the reduc- tion of the price of this necessary article could be experienced by purchasers at the retail yards. Cheap coal should be brought home to the consumers and would react to the benefit of the producers. but | The Political Situation. South Carolina furnishes the ‘doubtful State” sensation for to-day. The Supreme Court of the State yesterday issued an order to the State Board of Canvassers command- ing them to certify to the election of the members of the Legislature as appeared from the face of the returns, leaving the judicial functions pertaining to the status of the individuals appearing so chosen to the legislative body. The order also called on the Board to show cause why they should not revise the aggregations of votes for Presidential electors—which were founded on the reports of the county canvassers—by comparing them with the precinct returns also in their possession. This was calcu- lated to give the democrats hopes of reaching a result favorable to their calculations, By asudden stroke, however, the Canvassing Board cut their way out of the legal net by issuing certificates to the Hayes electors and to the republican members of the Legisla- ture, throwing out the vote of Edgetield'and Laurens counties on the ground of fraud and intimidation, The Board then adjourned | without day, pleading that by the law they must decide within a period which expired yesterday. This is very sharp practice. If the Supreme’ Court cannot support its authority, which the Board have defied, the vote of the State must be counted for Hayes. ‘The throwing out of two @emocratic coun- ties gives the State and the Legislature, which carries a United States Senatorship with it, to the republicans. The audacity of this act betrays great desperatioa. If undone in the course of justice it will stgnd as a monu- mental infamy. Evenif the Court fails to reach the Board the electoral vote of the State will be little better than stolen goods, which will {aint the receiver as well as the sharp practitioners who purloined it. Can the republican party afford to take its first instalment from the doubtful States with the highest judicial tribunal of South Caro- lina crying, ‘‘Stop thief!” after its nimble carriers ? In Florida the *question of the powers of the Governor to canvass the electoral vote comes up to-day before the District Court, involving also the issuance of a mandamus tothe Board of Canvassers to include the counting of the vote for President in their Jabors. Attorney General Cocke sends us his opinion on this matter. It is this repub- lican official's view that Governor Stearns has no powers in the premises. A de- eision on the arguments to be heard will not be reached before to-morrow, it is thought, and an appeal to the Supreme Court is inevitable, so that nothing definite can be expected before the beginning of next week. The ‘visiting statesmen” were evidently busy yesterday helping their respective sides for to-day’s contest, as we have no manifestoes to present to-day. The count proceeded yesterday at New Or- leans without remarkable developments. Eight more parishes were counted, with re- sults varying but little, it is said, from the democratic figures furnished a week ago. The Death of Patrick Padden. To the law, that great instrument of human justice, imperfect as humanity itself is imperfect, every now and then some in- nocent man falls a victim. Jean Valjean, in “Les Misérables” of Victor Hugo, for the small offence of stealing a loaf of bread when a youth, was pursued by the law for life, his repentance discredited and his plans of benevolence destroyed. The story may be an exaggeration, but its moral should be heeded. It is sad enough that the law should sometimes be the uncon- scious instrument of injustice, but it is worse when, without its authority, the in- nocent are punished for imaginary crimes. The case of Patrick Padden, who was shot the other night in a boat on the East River as a river pirate, may prove to be an unjustifiable -homicide. There is as yet no evidence that he was a thief. He had been engaged in a legiti- mate business. He had been a sailor all his life, and was known to be a hard worker who supported a wife and nine children by his labor. His dying words were:—‘‘Iam no pirate. Ialways worked for what I got, and I worked hard for it.” That he had not stolen anything when he was shot is proved, and it seems that he was killed on suspicion that he might steal. I¢ he was a thief his purposes were thwarted; but if he was innocent—what then? Only a desolated house ; a wife deprived of a husband, children made orphans, the good name of a poor family darkened. It is pain- ful to think of the scene in Mrs. Padden's humble home when the tidings of her hus- band’s terrible death were brought to her. Innocent or guilty, there was no relief for her and her 6hildren. No atonement could be made. It is true that there is no class of thieves more dreaded by the captains of vessels anchored in the rivers of New York than the river pirates, and that a suspicious boat in the night is assumed to be an enemy. Therefore the impulse to fire upon a boat under such circumstances is natural. But if it shall be praved that Patrick Padden was innocent, that no crime had been cow- | mitted, that neither the lives nor the property on the vessel were threatened, then a heavy responsibility rests upon his slayers. We trust tho affair will be thoronghly investi- gated, and if Padden was guilty let his death be an example to evil doers ; if ho was innocent it should be made a warning to thos» who use the pistol on suspicion only and without evidence that it is needed. Tue Weatuer.—The lake region is now that in which the lowest barometer prevails. The depression has moved very slowly eastward, accompanied by cloudiness and rain, which extends as far southward as Pittsburg and eastward to the New Eng- land coast. Following it comes an area of high pressure, with low tem- perature, which by contact’ with tho western edge of the depression has pro- duced snow at Pembina, St. Paul and Al- pena, Sleet has fallen at Parry's Sound, Canada. The thermometer ranges in the Missouri Valley from fifty-three degrees at Leavenworth to sixteen degrees at Bis- marck, and shows some: decided variations within a small area of territory. As tho centre of the depression moves up the St. | Lawrence Valley, which course it will prob- ably follow, we shall experience southwest- erly winds and cloudiness, followed by cool and partly cloudy weather and winds from the northwest. The weather in New York to-day will be élightly warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy. A storm centre is evidently approaching from the westward of the Indian Territory, and will probably be noticeable by this evening at points west- ward of the Mississippi. The Emperor of Rus: 's Views. In the light of Lord Loftus’ report of his interview with the Emperor of Russia it ap- pears more than ever unfortunate that Earl Beaconsfield attended the Lord Mayor's din- ner. Lord Loftus saw His Majesty Novem- | ber 2; received from him personally an ex- planation of several points of consequence in Russia's policy; wrote out his remem- brance of the conversation; read his report of this conversation to Prince Gortschakoff, and received from that statesman the as- surance that it presented with substantial accuracy the views of the Czar. Dates are here of some consequence with regard to the attitude of Russia. His Majesty's very pacific and reassuring declarations were made to the British Am- bassador on the 2d inst.—that is to say seven days before Earl Beaconstield’s speech was delivered at the Mansion Honse. As the publication of the Czar's views follows at a convenient distance the Prime Minister's defiant sentences, and foilows also some warlike preparations which were, in fact, ordered subsequently to the interview with Lord Loftus, the appearance is given that the Czar yields. before the resolute demeanor of England. It is but just, therefore, to note that his words were more peaceable when Had the Czar’'s words been known in Lon- don on November 9 the Premier could not have spoken as he did, unless with de- liberate purpose to inflame the public mind and unsettle every bourse in Europe. As it cannot be assumed that the Premier had any sensational intention it is to be de- plored that he was not then informed as to what the Czar had said seven days before. Any correspondent of a first rate newspaper who ‘had ‘been favored with an interview such as Lord Loftus had, or who had otherwise become possessed of such im- portant declarations as these made by the Czar, would have telegraphed every word of his reportto his paper, not merely from St. Petersburg to London, where the cost is moderate, but to this city, where it is immoderate. It seems a pity that the gov- ernments of rich nations are not conducted as libeyally as newspapers are. If the situa- tion created by the acrimonious words which have been spoken on either side since—and which could not have been spoken if the Czar's declarations had been wired to Lon- don—shall result in war, with an expenditure of a thousand million dollars, the British taxpayer may gloomily refiect that all that could have been prevented by an outlay of five hundred dollars on a government despatch. i Although the Czar’s warlike speech at Mos- cow was made several days later than his assu- rance was given to Lord Loftus it is to be con- sidered that that speech was a sort of counter defiance to Earl Beaconsfield. It was an ex- plosion of wrath under the most natural irritation; an unwise notice of un unwise provocation. It represented, therefore, a mood likely to pass away; but the words now published and no doubt spoken by the Czar present his opinions deliberately formed and calmly expressed of the relation of his gov- ernment to the crisis in Turkey, and it ig to be hoped that as the irri- tation subsides all parties may return to that calmer stage of the deliberations which preceded the Mansion House speech. Between the Czar’s declarations made to Lord Loftus and the decision of a recent Cabinet Council in England there is plenty of room for peace. Tho British government declared that as between Russia and Turkey merely it would not interfere, but that it would defend Constantinople. The Czar says he does not want Constantinople and will not go near it, but may occupy Bulgaria. Russian and British troops, therefore, cannot come face to face if these positions are ad- hered to, and when Turkey finds that she must meet Russia alone if she is disposed to meet her on the Danube she will accept any alternative condition. If the negotia- tions can be restored to the ground of these declarations peace will be preserved. The Negroes as Voters. It is commonly assumed by prominent republican leaders and journals that States like South Carolina or Louisiana must necessarily be republican becatse the blacks there are in the majority ; that is to say, they assume that the colored voter is unmoved by reason and necessarily supports the republican ticket. Now, if this were true, it would be a public calamity, and would show that the colored man was unfit to be a voter; for he has now had nearly ten years’ training in political duties, and ought to be am¢re or less reasonable being; ought at least to be affected by appeals to his own interests. But the facts aro all against the re- publican assumption; many causes have conspired to alienate the respectable and in- telligent colored men in the South from their usually corrupt and selfish white re- publican leaders. We will enumerate only afew. The failure of the Freedman's Bank, inflicting distressing losses on a great many industrious blacks, has led many to leave tho republican party. The high taxes im- posed by republican rule in such States as Louisiana and South Carolina have induced a great many colored property owners to go over to the democratic ranks. The constant turbulence of these States, compared with the orderly condition of Arkansas and Ala- bama, has led many colored men to seck similar quiet by giving the local gov- ernments to the democrats. They have dis- covered that negroes have all their rights in democratic States and are more prosperous than in the republican States. Again, dis- appointment at not receiving from General Grant, after many years of waiting, the celebrated ‘forty acres. and a mule,” which republican politicians in the South so frecly promised, ~ has embittered many ignorant plantation negroes against the republican party. The fact that | employers of labor, impoverished by pub- war seemed less imminent than at present. - lie robbery, could not sfford wages td labor has had its just influence; for in some parts of Louisiana dozens of costly sugar plantations are not worked because their owners cannot afford to run the risks of a crop with the prevailing high taxes. It must be remembered that all these pleas against the republican party were inces- santly and properly urged upon the colored voters during the past canvass, not only by the whites but by men of their own race, Thirty colored speakers, prominent and in- fluential men, canvassed Louisiana on the democratic side, while on the repub- lican side such influential colored leaders as Pinchback were silent and absent from the State. Nor is this all. We are not to forget that in the course of years the relations between the races have become more kindly and confidential, and thus the natural and just influence of intelligence and property was brought to bear upon the colored voter. Whether the three disputed States have cast majorities for Tilden or Hayes remains to be ascertained. But if they or any of them have gone democratic it would be ab- surd and mischievous to claim that this would be prima facie evidence of fraud or intimidation. On the contrary, it ought to be expected as the result of natural cad proper causes, causes so numerous tel strong that except for the federal interference during the canvass we should have confi-' dently expected suéh a change, and even now the presumption lies, it seems to us, in favor of the democrats rather than the .re- publicans. A Sensmntz Determination.—The Jacksom Democratic Association of Washington has acted sensibly in declining to participate in the proposed democratic celebration at the national capital next Wednesday and in ad- ‘vising its abandonment. ‘The association fears that, in the present excited state of the public mind, a political celebration claim- ing to be held in honor of the election of a Presidential candidate whose success is not yet assured might lead to some trifling dif- ficulty which could easily grow to the dimensions of a riot and bring suffering to many innocent persons. ‘The proposition for the demonstration probably originated when the election of Mr, Tilden was re- garded as beyond peradventure. It would be very unwise to carry it out, now that the result is still in doubt. It would seem like an attempt to forestall the action of the States whose returns are yet incomplete, “and would not help the democratic cause. It is to be hoped that the democratic leaders will profit by the advice of the Jackson Association and abandon acelebration which, under existing circumstances, would be ridiculous if it were not dangerous, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Swinburne js thirty-cight. Inscets are imported im seeds, Doré cau even draw a bow on a violin. Ex-Minister Schenck is in Washington. Py Even some of the young ladies want a fair Count, Blue suspenders are now called Tuden supporters, Chicago Journal;—"*This ts a canvass-back election.’® Mr. M. H. Grinnell arri from Eerope on Monday, Bitting Bull says that he will see the right man ine augurated. Senator Chaffee, of Colorado, is in Chicago, en route to Washington. Fashions are changing, and evon masbrooms are gathered and plated. The Marquis de Chambrua and family, of France, are at the Union Square Hotel. Romance still lingers on the Pacific slopa High- waymen continue to rob stages, Dr. Netto Teixeira, ot the Braztlan Centennial Come mission, ts at the St. Nichclas Hotel Hon. Edward Pillsbury, the newly elected Mayor’ of New Orleans, is at the New York Hotel. William O. Avery, recently pardoned by the Presi. dent, has returned from Jefferson City to Washington, Mrs, Dion Boucicault and Misses E. and F. Bouci- cault are stopping at the Prospect House, Niagara Palis. Senators George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, and William H. Barnum, of Connecticut, are at the Filth Avenue Hotel, The iron young lady who sits under the left wing of the eagle atop of the new PostOffice front has as- sumed an academic posture, Among English critics Gay and Bryant’s popular history of the United States is considered to be half popular and half something else. The ghouls who tried to rob Lincoln’s grave of all that was left of our martyred President say they will havea change of venue on trial, Atthe shooting party of the Baron Alphonse de Rothsehtid, the last week, the Count de Paris, with the presence of the Countess, belped to bring down 600 pheasants. The Havana cigar having proved to be a fraud io England, as well as in America, the Algerine cigar has been introduced into England at half the old Price, and with twice the old flavor. Ifa man with whiskers all around under his throat puts his programme on one seat in front of him, and his hat on another, and his cloak on another, be sure thas he 1s a preacher, and isn’t worth flirting with, Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist:—“If the radical cone spiracy, by any chance, should succeed, we know for a certainty that future 8 will record that the trae {freedom of the Republic perished by the bands of raq- foal conspirators in {ts centennial year, and that the last stand for constitutional liberty failed at Appomat tox Court House.”” Stoddard’s book:—‘If the history of the Shelleye could be written in full we might know what ancestor was repeated by this immortal member of the family, He acems to haye inberited efopement from his grand. father, Str Bysshe, who eloped with two of his wives, and who is said to have been born in Newark, N. J., and to havo practised there as a quack doctor.”” very able article in the Sun to the effect that i gp Sab ban received 185 votes or more he must be declared elected, and that the democrats must submit, was evi- dently not Inspired by Tilden. There is a slight differ- ence between the moral of this article and Clarkson N. ravingia the Herat. Our democratic lead- ers differ. Tilden and Potter are for revolution. The Sun ts not.” Cardinal Antonelli once resided in Paris, where, with that liberality of sentiment which made bis religion all the more beautiful, he gave nice dinners One day the Empress was talking in a doorway with the Duchess — of M——, who made way for the Cardinal, ‘Pardon, Monsengueur, nos couturidres mettent tant d’étofe dans nos robes, que-—"" The courtly Cardin the Duchess, glancing timidiy at her bust, * reste pas pour le corsage.” Bvening Telegram menu for faro bankers :— | Sas lalp -SGRaRRamRe Seg amare one te te 8 Chicken Hazari sodp—-Dice Box Stews. PIs, Suckers—Gudgeons— Anything that bites, ENTER ES. T’Rump Stakes with Whister Sauce—Chips of! Beet—Stutfed Hearts, Roast. Tiger. SIDE visite, Cuts from a Cold Deck, with Capper Sauce, VRURTANLES. Greens—Cabbage Hea ‘Boston’ Baked Beans, RY, All Sorts, Weil Plucked, GAME. 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