The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1876, Page 4

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Cwing to the action of a portion of the carriers and newsmen, who are determined that the public snall Bothave the HxRaxp at three cents per copy if they ean prevent it, we have made arrangements to place tho Hera.y in the bands of oll our readors at the reduced price. Newsboys can purchase any quantity they may desire at No, 1,265 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street, From our reports this morning the probabii- ities ave that he weather ‘ay wt be cold, vartly cloudy or cloudy, possibly with light rain or snow, Trxpex’s Masortry in New York is 32,989. Dut of 1,018,221 votes cast only 1,987 flut- ‘ered their paper wings for Peter Cooper. New Crvuncnes.—The Catholics yesterday at Hartford, Conn., dedicated their new Ca- thedral with imposing ceremonies, and yes- terday the Baptists held the opening services in their new church at Fifty-third street, in this city. Full accounts of the interesting exercises will be tound on another page. ‘Tue Boarp or CHosen FrerHoupens, by which select title the masters of Jersey City’s public expenditures are known, appear to have a habit of overpaying the city’s creditors in a manner that recalls the steward inthe Bible. Jersey City poli- tics-are, as a general thing, unfathomable as the Schleswig-Holstein question; but here is something to hang to. Wauat Ex-Goverxon Curtis thinks of the situation in the doubtful States may be gathered from an interview published in another column. His opinion of the Lonisi- ana Returning Board is not very cheering, but he thinks the democratic majority too great to be entirely whittled away. His reasons why negroes voted the democratic ticket are suggestive. Ovr Fortton Trave.—A summary of the Secretary of State's report on the com- mercial relations of the United States with foreign countries for 1875 is printed in to- day’s Henarp. It shows the balance of trade still against us. The causes which operate to depress commerce appear to have world-wide effect. America’s share in this depression is not, héwever, by any means excessive. Yesterpay's Sermons were, like the weather, far from dry. The storm had no perceptible effect in thinning the congrega- tions at the various places of worship, and the ministers, perhaps in appreciation of this fact, vied with their hearers in honoring the Lord of Hosts. A great many of the subjects chosen were of the apparently dismal side of religion. Father Farrelly, like other Catholic divines, dealt with the Day of Judgment. Rev, Mr. Chadwick preached on ‘The Good there is in Evil.” Mr. Hepworth con- sidered the bruised reed. Mr. Frothingham dilated on the advantages of unpopularity. Mr. Beecher besought the Christian to “prove all things.” Mr. Henson, at the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, examined Obristian development, and Father Dina- han, O. P., gave a glowing exposition of fraternal charity, | we advise him not to stop there. cratic Party. The democratic party has been singularly fortunate in this State this fall. It has elected a Governor for the State anda Mayor for this city, both of whom are citizens of mark and distinction, men of honor, public spirit and undoubted capacity. Both are committed by all their antecedents to pure and economical administration and to the exercise of their powers for the benefit of the people and not of their party allies. Both take hold of power with the new year, and we wish to point out to them and to the influential .democrats with whom naturally they will advise that they havea remarkable opportunity to serve at the same time the people of the State and city and their own party interests. The country is at last thoroughly awake to the necessity of a reform in the civil service. It has seen for many years, and never more conspicuously than in the recent political canvass, the office-holders used to influence political action and the country burdened with the payment of men who gave their time and skill to party management. A reform of this great and continually grow- ing abuse is imperatively demanded. The people require that appointments to office shall be made for fitness and fidelity, and not as the reward of partisan services ; and they require further that the occupant of a subordinate office shall not be turned out if he is capable and honest, but shall hold his place regardless of his political opinions. It seems to us that Governor Robinson and Mayor Ely have an unusual opportunity to gain public approval for themselves and their party by using every effort and all their constitutional powers in aid of this re- | form. Governor Robinson will, at the opening of his administration, have the duty of se- lecting two of the most important State officers, the Superintendent of Public Works and State Prison Inspector, who take the place of two boards under the constitutional amendments. The high character and long experience in State affairs of the new Gov- | ernor leave us in no doubt that he will make excellent selections for these places. Indeed, this matter could not be in safer hands. But He ought | to lose no time in scrutinizing the character and fitness of all the State officers over whom | he, together with the Senate, has the power of removal and appointment. Some of these are democrats, more are republicans ; many are capable and honest officers, some per- haps are neither, and some, no doubt, are superfluous, The fact that the Senate is re- publican will not, we hope, deter him from recommending removals. where he finds im- proper persons holding office or resisting changes where the public interests would not clearly be benefited. In the present temper of the public neither party will ven- ture to oppose measures of reform, and no Governor of New York for many years has had so good an opportunity as Mr. Robinson will have to institute and establish a reform- atory policy. Whatever the politicians may say or do the people of the State, regardless of party lines, will zealously support him in all he does or attempts in this direction, for everybody knows that the public service needs to be purified and established on a per- manent and sound business basis.. What is true of Governor Robinson is equally true of Mayor Ely. He has n great and singular opportunity to benefit the city, and he will have the support of all good citizens in his efforts, We do not doubt that he will use his ‘‘patronage” for the public interest. But this, at present, is only a negative virtue. We advise him to go further; to’ examine carefully the civil service of the city ; to prune excrescences ; to remove idle, incapable and corrupt men ; toinsist on the abolition of sinecures ; to retain and make secure in their places capa- ble and faithful public servants; in short, to use all his influence fearlessly to estab- lish here in the administration of munici- pal affairs the same system which he would insist on in his own private business. If in pursuing such a policy Governor Robinson and Mayor Ely should find them- selves confronted by the opposition of politicians, no matter of what party, they need not fear or hesitate. They will have the support of all honest citizens, and of the most influential—indeed, the only influen tial—presses. They will gain reputation by fidelity to the people, and can lose it only by submission to the politicians. The democratic party is fortunate tbat it has the power to lend the way in this ur- gently needed reform here inthe most pop- ulous State and in the principal city of the Union, and no less fortunate that the two officers whom it has just chosen are men who favor such a reform, and have the abil- ity and strength to carry it out. If Mr. ‘Tilden should become President Governor Robinson and Mayor Ely can do very much in this direction to strengthen his hands, | to enable him to resist partisan pressure and to keep the public attention -fixed in his support. If Mr. Hayes should become President the democratic party cannot wish for a better opportunity to gain the public confidence than it will find in the energetic action of the Governor and Mayor of New York toward reforming the civil service of the State and city. The public no longer doubts that economy and purity in administration, whether of city, State or federal government, can be obtained only by fixity of tenure in the subordinate public offices, and by con- ferring these minor places only tor capacity and integrity. But this is not all. The recent political canvass has proved conclu- sively that a serious danger menaces us, | unless we relieve our political struggles from the pressure of office-seekers and office- holders. It is these two classes—small in numbers, but virulent in temper—who in- fuse such bitterness into our political con- tests. Eliminate their zeal, their intrigues, their unscrupulous efforts, and a Presiden- tial election would be a quiet, almost a tame affair; for neither could maladministration proceed to such lengths, nor would the party in power be tempted, or be able if it wished, to compel the whole force of its office-holders to its defence. We repeat, the democratic party in this State has a great opportunity betore it, the greatest which any party here has had for many years. If Mr. Hayes becomes Presi- dent is is clear to everybody that he must either give up civil service reform or incur such opposition within his party as will probably break it up. Mr. Tilden, as Pres- ident, may have no better fortune. But in this State and city this important and, in- deed, vital reform can be established with- out injury to the party, but, on the contrary, with a certainty that it will win public favor and support by its efforts, We congratulate Governor Robinson and Mayor Ely in ad- vance upon their opportunities and hope they will begin at the beginning by gratify- ing the people with a promise on this sub- ject in their inaugural messages. ry at Vienna. The Marquis of Salisbury at Vienna is re- ported to have stated that England does not oppose Russia in principle. The upholding of the sovereignty of the Porte is England’s aim; but she does not consider this will be invaded by Turkey giving guarantees to the co-operating Powers for carrying out the re- forms demanded of her by Russia, This may. be taken as a notice that Great Britain will not oppose the reforms in the condition of the Porte’s Christian subjects, but will keep her objections for what may be stated from the English point of view as the mate- rial aims of Russian policy. Upon this point we have a despatch stating that Russia and England are agreed upon the irritating “material guarantees,” with some trifling exception in Bulgaria, Unfortunately noth- ing is trifling in this matter, and, hopeful as the situation may appear, we do not see that either of the great contestants has re- layed its warlike preparations. While, therefore, the peaceful efforts are making, each Power must look keenly to the eventu- ality which the conference seeks to avoid. The city whence the above quoted definition emanates has been the latest scene of Eng- land’s endeavor to put her championship of the Mohainmedan Power in a favorable light. We fancy Lord Salisbury will not have grown much hopes there on the prospect of an Anglo-Austrian alliance should the worst come to the worst. The letter from that city, which we publish elsewhere, will convey to our readers a pretty clear idea of how impossible it is at present for the much- mixed Austro-Hungarian Empire to make an active alliance with anybody. The atti- tude of Hungary to Turkey, growing out of its hatred of Russia, is in itself embarrassing to a Power anxious to obtain a little territory at Moslem ex- pense; but, apart from Francis Jo- seph’s obligations to Russia, he must shape his policy almost wholly with the view of not offending the master of the Kaisers in Berlin. So long as Germany and Russia are agreed Austria will have her policy shaped for her, and at present that seems to be keeping quiet. Lord Salisbury will probably proceed to Constantinople with this impressed on his mind. Andrassy may tender him the right hand, but must give the left hand to Gortschakoff and allow both to take what comfort they can from the shake. Meanwhile the Russian war ships have sailed from Naples, destination un- known. The Weather Prophet. “About this time expect rain.”— Old Alma- nac. ‘A southerly wind and a cloudy sky proclaim it a hunting morning.”— Old Song. “A ring around the moon brings rain.”— Old Farmer. Such sayings as these not long ago were the only weather predictions we had, and as they were rather vague they were never either exactly wrong nor exactly right. No one could accurately say just how the stormy winds would blow, nor when the rain would fall upon the umbrellas of the just and unjust. But now a new system has been established. The Benevolent Order of Weather Prophets has undertaken to furnish us with authentic prophecies as to what the weather will be days beforehand, and thus to save the country much anxiety and trouble. By these prophecies the prudent citizen carries his cane or umbrella, the farmer gathers in his crops, the lover ar- ranges his wedding and the children their picnics. Such revelations are more useful than predictions abont the end of the world or the approach of the millennium, though they are not as majestic and im- posing. A géod weather prophet believes himself infallible, and rejoices in the fulfilment of hisauguries. Rather than be disappointed when he announces a storm he would gladly walk miles in the rain, that he might have the satisfaction of saying ‘I told you so” to the world. There is nothing so gloomy to him as a clear sky when he has predicted a falling barometer and partly cloudy weather. In such cases he is the centre of an area of depression which makes him an object of compassion. If, trusting to the thermome- ter, he proclaims that the next day will be warm, he will be seen gayly walking down the street inthe morning without an over- coat or even gloves, and it is possible that probably he may wear white pants and a straw hat. ‘Quite warm,” he will remark to his’ friends, though the mercury may almost fall to zero. The weather prophet would rather be frozen than admit that he is incorrect in his predictions. But, like all other prophets, he is rarely with- out.a good explanation. Dr. Cummings has repeatedly named the date of the end of the world, but when the world rolled on as usual he was never without a fair excuse for the grave disappointment. In like man- ner the weather prophet is never at a loss; tho meteors are deflected by mountains from their paths, or tornadoes fali innocent vic- tims to the fury of the vindictive Gulf Stream. In short, the weather may often be wrong, but the prophet is invariably right. But there are good and bad prophets, just as in old times there wore the oracles of Beelzebub, prince of the powers of the air, and the prophets of Israel. There are sev- eral thousand weather prophets in the United States, and some of them seck to penetrate the future beyond the power of mortal vision, Altogether they are a scien- tific and valuable body, and it is astonish- ing with what accuracy the network of sig- nals and the comparisons of the Central Bureau at Washington enable them to an- nounce the movements of winds, the ap- proach of storms and the rise or fall of tem- perature. It is not surprising that Mr. Proctor, the astronomer, should have de- clared our signal servico the best in tho world, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, \ The Uregon Electors, The democratic Governor of Oregon re- fuses to issue a certificate of the election of Watts, a postmaster voted for as a Presiden- tial elector, who would have been entitled to the certificate had he not been ineligible. In the similar case in Vermont the State canvassers decided that their duties were merely ministerial, and Sollace, the ineligi- ble postmaster, reccives a certificate of elec- tion on the presumption that he will not serve and that the other electors will fill the vacancy witha republican, But Governor Grover, of Oregon, intends to give a certifi- cate to Coghlan, the democrat receiving the highest number of votes, and on the strength of this certificate Coghlan will seek to act with the Electoral College and cast his vote for Tilden and Hendricks. The republicans will attempt to prevent this by judicial ac- tion; but they may not succeed, and in that case Mr. Tilden will have a majority of the electors on the face of the certificates sent to the President of the Senate to be counted. Such a contingency would necessitate a change of programme on the part of the re- publicans. It has seemed to be their inten- tion, of late, to take the ground that the cer- tificates sent from the several States are con- clusive evidence of the choice of electors and that neither the President of the Senate nor Congress has any authority to go behind them. This would be a safe position for the republicans if the electoral votes of the three disputed States sufficed to elect Hayes. But it would avail them nothing if Tilden should have a majority in the other States. If the Electoral College of Oregon gives two votes for Hayes and one for Tilden the only possibility of defeating Til- den lies in rejecting the one democratic vote from Oregon. To do this the republi- cans will be forced to change their tactics and to discard the doctrine that the regular certificates received by the President of the Senate are conclusive. But if Congress can go behind the Oregon certificates they can also go behind the certificates from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, and the republicans will be equally at sea whether they maintain that it requires both houses to reject an electoral vote or only one. If it requires the consent of both the House will decline to reject the disputed Oregon vote and Tilden will have a majority. If one house alone can reject votes those of the three disputed States will pretty certainly be thrown out. With so much depending on one vote the proceedings in Oregon will be watched with lively interest. No Privateers. It was telegraphed from Europe the other day that some Americans had already made application tothe Russian government for letters of marque, and were prepared to fit out armed cruisers to prey on British com- merce as soon as war should be declared. In his mind's eye the unreflecting patriot in whose bo-om the memory of the Alabama still rankles saw an opening chance to get a new hold on those “indirect damages,” and contemplated visions of havoc by com- parison with which the achievements of the Confederate cruiser were so small that they might be readily forgotten in a not distant future. There is no doubt that if privateers could be accepted by Russia the seas might swarm with most efficient and well-armed craft that would do great harm to English com- merce in ease there should be war between the two countries, and England would find her whole navy so occupied with the war proper that she could do quite as little to pursue privateers as our government did when cruisers against our commerce issued from British ports. But England and Rus- sia are not yet at war, and if war should actually ensue there will be no privateers, as the enterprising Americans in Russia have doubtless already learned. Privateering is abolished by the law of Europe, and Russia is one of the nations whose accredited repre- sentatives signed the declaration abolish- ing it April 16, 1856. There is only a very slight chance that enterprise will have o great field in that direction. The abolition of privateering is one of four points agreed upon by the Powers es having a common obligation ; and if one otf these points is violated by any Power its enemy would be released from the others. These are—that a neutral flag covers an enemy's goods, except contraband of war; that neu- tral goods, with the same exception, are free in an enemy’s ship, and that block- ades must be effective. These are points through which an arrogant commander of an armed ship might upset the whole agree- ment between governments, and it is not improbable that an offensive violation of any one of these would lead to a resort to privateeting. The three rules of the Ala- bama treaty bind our government to do its utmost to prevent the use of American ports for the equipment of privateers; but our government might prove as little able to wrestle with this difficulty as other govern- ments have been. Ant Sropmnts anp THE AcADEMy.—Now that the National Academy of Design has succeeded in reaching asound financial con- dition it is fitting that greater facilities should be offered to art students than can at present be found within its walls. Owing to the want of funds the directors some time ago felt themselves justified in the tempo- Tary suspension of important classes of in- struction, compelling the advanced students in self-defence to organize an ‘Art Students’ Pega” In doing this the students showed an energy and earnestness above all praise ; but however well intentioned the efforts of private societies of this kind may be they cannot hope to advantageously supply the place of the National Academy of Design. We hope, therefore, that the directors of the Academy wiil show their interest in the de- velopment of art culture in America by tak- ing again their natural place as the helpers and instructors of the rising generation of artists, and in this way proving to the public that they are well worthy of the very gener- ous support they have received from the public during the past summer. Opgrations on THR YeL1owsTonr.—Tho account published in another column of the military operations on the Yellowstone shows that the duties of the soldier are as hazard- onsas they fre unpleasant. The country lends itself to ambuscade, and the wily red 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. | men are not slow to use every advantage the | ground offers to inflict annoyance and loss on our troops, The steadiness of the in- fantry, combined with the superior range of their guns, make them formidable adver- saries, and the red men have already learned to give them a wide berth ; but the absence of cavalry prevents effective punishment of the red enemies, yet the moral influence ex- ercised by the infantry must in the end convince even the wildest Indian that a con- test with the white man is hopeless, and must end in submission or extermination. Disgraceful Tampering with the Lou- isiana Retarns. Since the droll adventure of ‘honest Jack Falstaff,” so divertingly represented by the great dramatist, there has been no escapade quite so amusing in its wickedness as the one reported in our columns yesterday from Louisiana, The enormous lies told by the fat old swiller of sack as to the number of men in buckram he so valiantly encountered, and his secret hacking of his own sword to give plausibility to his story, did not put him to greater shame when his nimble falsehoods were exposed by Prince Hal and Poins than must be felt by the: republicans of Louisiana at the way they have gotten up this evidence about the Ku Klux in buck- ram whom they encountered at the polls. Falstaff's hacking his sword to give color to his unconscionable lies and his magnifying the two men in buckram with which the fat knave began his tale to eleven before he got through, was not more ridiculous than the “bull-dozing” tales of the Louisiana Falstaffs and their fabrication of evidence to support them. There is this difference, however, that the fat old sinner in Shakespeare was caught in a trap set by his fun-loving young companions, whereas the Louisiana knaves who pretend to have fought so many Ku Klux and bull-dozers have themselves set the trap in which they are so ridiculously caught. The problem how the apple got into the dumpling, or how the carved wooden image got into the narrow-mouthed glass bottle which enclosed it, cannot rival the problem how a protest against an election return, dated November 25, got into a sealed letter whose postmark shows that it was mailed November 18. Que diable allait il faire dans cette galére? How the devil did the protest get into the envelope seven days after the latter was sealed and mailed and five hun- dred miles from the place where the protest was dated? There can be no doubt at all how the thing was done, considering that a little hot steam will soften the gum of a sealed envelope, and that it can be opened and reclosed as easily as an apple can be put intoa dumpling. The date of the protest shows that it was bogus and was surrepti- tiously prepared and enclosed in New Orleans, In this exquisite Falstaffian performance our noted fellow townsman, Mr. E. W. Stoughton, supplies the quick turns and nimble excuses by which a vain attempt is made to parry exposure. Bunt Mr. Stough- ton’s readiness of wit cannot help the thing through, When the members of the Returning Board were abashed and nonplussed the prompt Mr. Stoughton suggested that it was ‘‘a clerical error.” No doubt it was; but where and by whom was the clerical error committed? Mr. Stough- ton is also said to have suggested that the protest was prepared and signed in De Soto on the 25th, the day the return was opened. But Falstaff was never more promptly re- fated than Mr. Stoughton was by Mr. Cave- nac, who told him that “De Soto is five hundred miles from New Orleans,” show- ing that Mr. Stoughton is not very strong in the geography of Louisi- ana. “A clerical error” no doubt it was, but a clerical error perpetrated by the forger of the protest, who in the haste with which he did his clandestine work unwit- tingly put the stamp of fraud upon it by giving the date when it was written, instead of dating it back to correspond with the document it accompanied. Such a clerical error would not have been committed in De Soto seven days previous, but it was the most natural thing in the world in New Orleans, where the fraud was perpetrated in haste and the unconscious writer put down the actual day of the month. Senator Sherman is to be commended for his honest expression of opinion that the protest was smuggled into the envelope in New Orleans, ‘‘He said that there could be no question but whut the returns had been tampered with and opened here. Tho evi- dence was conclusive that the Supervisor or some one else had opened them and placed in the package the affidavits.” But, after this honest avowal, we are puzzled to conceive how Senator Sherman could have added that he “doubted if it was done with criminal in- tent.” How such a fraud could have been done with an honest intent passes compre- hension. It is the duty of all the republi- cans present from other States to denounce such frauds and warn the perpetrators that they will ruin the party if they do not make an honest count of the votes, If they elect a President by such knavery they will soon realize the truth of a very old maxim, that “the triumph of the wicked is short.” : Potan Exprorartion has attracted the at- tention of the public since the return of the British expedition from the Arctic sens. The failure of that attempt and the reasons assigned therefor by Captain Nares have caused much discussion in England and America as to the possibility of reaching the Pole by the Smith Sound route. We print on another page the opinions of an English whaling captain who, on the strength of many years’ experience in the Arctic seas, insists on the entire prac- ticability of attaining latitude 90 north. He says, however, that it is impossible to do so by Smith Sound, and advances some strong arguments in support of his theory. Cxurcn ann Srace.—The address of Pro- fessor Blackie, delivered before the Greek class in the Edinburgh University on this theme, will well repay perusal. It meets the Puritanical opponents of the theatre squarely on their own ground. Coming from a profound scholar and # devout Christian it will give the ignorant desk thumpers who object to all theatricals but their own a particularly fine-tempered Scotch file to gnaw upon —— — $< ——— The Weather. The local conditions are unfavorable, and it is probable that the weather will not clear up for several days. Off the coast of Nova Scotia the pressure continues very low, being recorded at only 29.19 inches at Plais- ter Cove last evening, The depression which passed over the lakes on Saturday and the Middle States yesterday has merged with the coast disturbance, forming now one area of low barometer, of which the isobas 29.60 extends westward to the lakes. Another depression is central in the Upper Missis- sippi Valley, and will probably reach Lake Michigan during this morning. From pres- ent indications this will also unite with the Nova Scotia disturbance, causing a further decrease of pressure and the probable development of a great storm. in the vicinity of Newfoundland. In the South the barometer has fallen considerably, so that at present there is nota point in the United States or Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains, except in southern Florida, where the barometer registers the mean pressure of thirty inches. This remarkable phenomenon is so rarely observed that it presents a tea- ture of our meteorology worthy of the closest examination by scientists, It is almost cer tain to be followed by high winds and the development of Atlantic storms, which will be felt severely onthe European coast, The temperature is almost uniform northward of the thirty-fifth parallel as far as the upper lakes, with an increase toward the South. west. Rain prevails in the West and snow and rain in the Middle and Eastern State: and @anada. The conditions indicate s “norther” for Texas and cold winds on the Atlantic coast. The weather at New York to-day will be cold and partly cloudy or cloudy, possibly with light rain and snow. Sourn Canorixa’s Rerurnine Boanp still remains in jail. Gunpowderish rumors float northward from the Palmetto State, and affect the equanimity of the authorities at Washington. The situation is grave, but the signs of any violent outbreak are wanting in definiteness. We advise all parties to keep the peace. It is stated that the republicans have subscribed the amount of the fines imposed by the Supreme Court on the members of the Returning@Board, who might be tempted to purge themselves of contempt if they thought there was any chance of their being called on to pay these fines themselves. The tactics of this party are a curious study at the present time. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Banks is sixty. Mark Twain is engaged on a new play. Los Angeles, Cal,, has 12,000 inhabitants, Major Pangborn, of Jersey City, is in Washington, Ex-Govornor Palmer, of Illinois, was born in Kem tucky. Thero will be five German-Americans in the next House, ‘M. Dufaure holds that the “falsification” of wine ig acrime Mr. Cox says that hig election to the Speakership is assured, Mr. Beecher drew very large audiences while in New England. New Hampshire doughnuts are being trotted out fot overshoes. Will somebody please say that this 1s snow joke of the season? Richmond democrats say that there will be no fights ing in that city. General Benjamin F, Butler, of Massachusetts, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Montgomery Blair says that Wade Hampton is one of the greatest men of the age. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat wants to know who tt the ideal Congressman. Guocss it 8 old Race Tacker, with Butler clinging to his bair. Ex-Governor Gaston, of Massachusetts, declines be a candidate for Mayor of Boston. Count Frederick Posse, Centennial Commissioner for ‘Sweden, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. The British Quarterly thinks that Herbert Spencer and his “‘Philosaphy’’ are greatly overrated. Norristown Herald:—The girl of the period—Elec. tion Bet,—Ezchange, We thought her name was Louisa Anna. President Smith, of Dartmouth College, has been suffering from a slight attack of pneumonia for a few days, but is recovering. Baron Blanc, Italian Minister at Wasbington, re- turned to this city yesterday from Philadelphia, and is at the Albemarle Hotel. The St. Louis Republican, a democratic paper, ap- peals to republicang, asking them to let the democrats have everything their own way. Springfield (Mass.) Republican :—“The quantities of flowers whicn Tilden is receiving daily are rather sug- gestive of a funcral—or a wedding,”” Mr. Robert M. Reynolds, United States Minister te Bolivia, arrived trom Aspinwall in the steamship - Acapulco yesterday, and is at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Augusta (Ga) Chronicle:—“‘The postmasters scem to have gotten the radicals intoa pretty muddle, The obituary of the party will read:—‘Died of too much postmaster.’ ”’ Colonel Bee, a farmer of California owning 317,00" acres of land, says that as workmen the Chinese ar faithful, while discharged soldiers are bummers; bul he admits that he himself sometimes gets tight, Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, was a country boy of Warren county, in Now York, and went to Omaha ta practise law in 1857; has been Governor of Wyoming and succeeded the blatant Parson Tipton as Senator, Senator Conover, of Florida, is only thirty-six. He was a Now Jerscy boy, and having served as assistant surgeon during the war and having been sent to Florida, bas remained there with hig little carpet bag ever since. At Los Angoles the venerable Pio Pico, away back in 1852 or 1853, staked $60,000 on a horse race and lost, Saddle ana bridle were taken off the winning horse and ho was turned out to grass for the rest of his daye by the grateful winn Dr, Schliemann bas just discovered a grand subter- ranean chamber filled with gold and silver plate at the Supposed tomb of Cassandra, Fastened to one of the jowel caskets was fuund ag ivory pawn ticket covered with dolicate Greck characters. The silver springs just discovered in Oregon are ro- markable, The waters are impregnated with liquid silver so that an iron bar floats on thesurface, A hunt~ er recently rowed across one of them and found $15 worth of precious metal in the basket work of his canoe, A girl stopped at Toledo, where she said sho had been betrayed into a mock marringe and deserted. A kind family took her in and loaned the wretched girl $35 to take her to her parents’ ho nd pardon, Upon inquiry it was discovered that there were no such parents. Colonel G. Greenwood has written an important book doscribing & tree-lilter and telling how to transplant large trees with success. He chooses trees from twenty to thirty feet high, and cuts all large branches close to the stem; the ground to the depth of three feet is loft to the roote, the small fibres being cut away. Samuel Choate, of Portland, for twelve years a fire- man on tho Maine Central Rujiroad, isin luck. He has had to pick out a scanty living for himselt since he ‘was three years old, when bis father was thought to have died of a fever in California, But now the olf gentleman comes back rolling in wealth and is te take his son home to San Francisco next week. Saturday Review:—Gir.s, it would seem, are by fature more inclined to untruthfuiness than boys; but this inclination is really very ofton the result of moral cowardice, a defect which it may be said is as commom to boys and men as to gitls and women, Among men the practice of falsehood is, pernaps, not more rare than among women, but it is apt to take a less harmfal form.” * ‘