The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1876, Page 4

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Owing to the action of a portion of the carriers, newsmen and news companies, who are determined that the public shall not have the Hxraup at three cents per copy if they can prevent it, we have made arrangements to place the Henatp in the hands of all our readers at tho reduced pricy Newsboys and dealers can purchase any quantity they may desire at No. 1,265 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street, and also from our wagons on the principal avenues. All dealers who have been threatened by the news companics aro requested to send in their orders direct to us, at No. 2 Ann street. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be warmer and cloudy, probably with rain or snow, followed by very cold and clearing weather. Watt Srrezt Yusterpar.—In the stock market the coal shares showed improve- ment, but toward the close some of the rail- way securities developed weakness. Gold opened and closed at 107 3-8, with sales in the interim at 1071-2. Government and railway bonds were generally steady. Coan Is Stu Gorxa Ur—except to empty stoves in tenement houses, Tue Movtton-Bexcurr scandal case was buried yesterday in Supreme Court, Cham- bers. ‘Cursed be he who disturbs its bones.” Ix Ovn Corum of ‘‘French Gossip” the readqr may learn to what straits the Bona- partists are reduced for something to grum- ble about. How To Seu a silver mine is the prin- cipal lesson taught by our court reports th's morning. See evidence in the Emma mine case. Tne Principat. ‘“Fravp” discovered by the Honse Investigating Committee yester- day wos a republican who attempted to choke a man at the polls, Jupar Buapy Gave o decision yesterday in favor of moderate fees, cutting down Mr. Shearman’s demand for $2,500 for special legal services in the Moulton-Beecher trial to $250, all that the services rendered were worth in a judicial point of view. ‘‘A sec- ond Daniel come to judgment.” Tux Brooxirs Brier trustees are at last reported to have tound the wire tests and specifications worthy of investigation. They are at least a fortnight behind the Henaxp ; but we shall be glad to see them catch up with us, an they themselves will have cause to be sorry if they do not. ‘Tae Boanp or Fink Unperwniters has come out flat-footed against the use of scenery, tlaborate decoration and colored fires in churches as hazards not contemplated in insurance policies, An interesting point arises in this connection whether brimstone is to be included under the head of colored fires. Awotner Massacre in the Indian country is reported, and the news, if true, will send a thrill of pain through the country. Al- though only arumoras yot, there appears to be good reason for believing that Major Randall and some titty Indian scouts were surprised in the big Horn Mountains and nearly every one of the force killed. The necessity for stern measures with these hos- tiles is becomina every day more apparent. The Polittent Clouds Are Breaking. “When the mariner,” said Webster, in the beginning of his most famous speech, “has been tossed for many days in thick | weather and on an unknown sea, he nat- ‘urally avails himself of the first pause |in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far the elements ‘have | anxious PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO.112SOUTH | driven him from his true course.” The oc easion to which this striking language was applied was trivial in comparison with the waves on which our politics have been drift- ing, and the thick, threatening clouds which have hung over them for the last six weeks. It has been a matter of doubt in many minds whether our institutions were not destined to be wrecked either by a civil war or by a disagreement between the two houses which would dislocate and destroy the government—a danger by no means chimerical if the Senate should recognize one man as President and the Honse another. The storm which seemed to be driving us upon'these sunken rocks has so fer abated that we are able to take advantage of of the sun” through the breaking clouds and make observations for determining the present latitude of the ship and heading | it toward some safe port. waters still beat against her sides; for as when the ccean has been vexed by a tem- | | pest the waves continue to roll after the storm has epent its violence, so popular agi- tations do not immediately subside when their causes begin to slacken. But the weather-beaten mariner who watches the: sky discovers when he may safely dismiss his anxiety. We have, perhaps, unduly prolonged this figure, but it seems so fit an image of the political situation that we have dwelt upon it for the sake of the application. To be sure, illustration is not argument; but when the facts by which an opinion is supported are derived from sources which do not per- mit their publication in detail we can only indicate them in such a way as to raise expectation and prepare the pub- lic to watch for and interpret approach- ing developments. We affirm with much confidence, and on sufficient information, that the great danger is past—that ‘the wave has passed under the ship.” There isan entirely different tone of feeling among the political leaders on both sides from that | which existed eight days ago. It is nota | change founded on anything so unsub- stantial as mere sentiment, but upon a new view of the situation growing out of and compelled by a_ better knowledge of the facts. Within the last few days the confidence of the republi- cans at Washington has been shaken in the soundness of their claims to one or more of the disputed States, and they will probably use the advantage they possess in the elec- toral certificates and their control of the Senate to secure compromise in which both parties will acquiesce. The shape into which the election is likely to pass is a failure on both sides to secure a majority in the final count, when the House, in pursuance of the con- stitution, will elect Mr. Tilden President and the Senate elect Mr. Wheeler Vice Pres- ident for the ensuing four years. Indeed, no other result is constitutionally possible if the reports of the committees now pur- suing their investigations in the South shall show that Mr. Hayes is not entitled to all the disputed votes—a result which is now generally expected. It by no means follows that if they cannot be honestly counted for Hayes they must therefore be counted for Tilden. However clearly it may be shown that this ought to have been the result it is too late for it to be accomplished now. The legal obstacles are insurmountable. Take the case of Florida for illustration. The law requires that the electors in each State shall assemble on a given day, cast their votes, prepare and authenticate their certificates and appoint their messenger. The “Tilden electors in Florida did not meet on that day, did not vote, did not make out certificates and send them to Washington. The office of Presidential electors expires on the first Wednesday of December. On the following day they have no more title to act as such than any other private citizen. If the votes of the Hayes electors in Florida are illegal no votes from that State can be counted. The necessary con- sequence will be that there is no choice either of President or Vice President by the Electoral Colleges. It may perhaps be contended that a ma- jority of the votes counted will suffice to elect, and that Tilden and Hendricks must be countedin, ‘This is an untenable po- sition. Take Florida again for illustration, The constitution declares that the person having the greatest number of votes shall be President or Vico President, ‘if such num- ber be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed.” Now the democrats would stultify themselves by maintaining that no electors were appointed in Florida. If tho Hayes electors were not appointed on the 7th of November the Tilden electors were. They were appointed, but were pre- vented from meeting to exercise their office. The votes which they failed to cast cannot be counted for any candi- dates, but as these electors were legally appointed they must be counted in estimating what is a constitutional majority. The necessary result will be that nobody can be declared elected by the President of the Senate, and that we shall have a demo- cratic President and a republican Vico Pres- ident elected in the manner the constitution prescribes when there is no choice by the Electoral Colleges. Such a termination of the controversy will have a tranquillizing effect on the pub- lic mind and abate the violence of party passions. This result, to which the logic of the situation points, can be reached only by a spirit of compromise; for if the Senate should stand out by picking flaws in the evidence, or the House should insist that Tilden and Hendricks are elected because they had a majority in the disputed States, we might still encounter the worst trouble that has been apprehended. The demagogues and bull-dozers on both sides may try to push their respective parties into such a conflict ; but we are confident, from our information, that they cannot suc- “the earliest glance | i | influence on the wisor and more conserva- The dashing | * =) duct of tho Sonthern members of the | j HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1876.--WITH SUPPLEMENT. ceed. The moderate men on both sides will come to the rescue and get the upper hand. They have already the upper hand on the democratic side, thanks to the admirable bearing and steady wisdom of the Southern members, who are doing so much to atone for the mistake of 1861 and to acquire the confi- dence of the North in the firmness of their devotion to the public welfare. They aro the controlling element in the democratic party in the House, and their influence is a | guarantee for its good behavior. The South- ern members are furnishing a shining refutation of the aspersions on their loyalty made during the Presidential cam- paign. Thoy have done more in this crisis to restore fraternal harmony between the two great sections of our common country than all other citizens have done since the civil war. Having established this solid title to renewed confidence let us hope that their section will not be any longer bull- | dozed by the federal government and that we may at last ‘have peace.” We are convinced that their conduct is not only making an excellent impression*on the country at large, but is exerting a favorable tive part of the republican Senators, The democratic attitude having become mod- erate and conciliatory through the con- House, we expect that they will be met half way by fair-minded republicans, and that as soon as the present flurry is over we shall enter an ‘‘era of good feeling,” dating appropriately from the centennial of our independence. If this unprecedented political contest is settled in the manner to which present indications so strongly point we are likely to snil for a time in calmer seas. It may lead ultimately to a break up and reconstruction of political parties like “the era of good feeling” in 1820, but the immediate prospect is a quiet administra- tion and a final relief from the controver- sies and passions inherited from the civil war. The republican party would make a fatal mistake if it should deface its great and glorious record as the saviour of the Union by obstructing this easy settlement of a dan- gerous dispute. The Johnston Pictures. The sale of Mr. Johnston's pictures has in it some indications equally favorable for the financial condition of the public and for the growth of sound taste in art. Though the hard times made meny apprehend that it would be a particularly bad time to sell, and that the sale would bea calamity as to prices, it was, on the contrary, very satisfactory. Good pictures not only brought good prices, but they sold for more than they cost, and thus proved that such purchases, judiciously made, are good investments—that to spend money on. really superiot works of art is not a merely extravagant in- dulgence of a luxurious fancy. Poor pictures went for insignificant prices, and the judgment as to quality—taking its tone from the many really admirable canvases in the sale—was naturally severe. It is ob- servable that there is a decifled change for the better in that inclination of the public mind which formerly made the fortunes of artists addicted to the grandiose in dimen- sions. Large canvases found comparatively little favor. Art by the square yard has had its day, and the culture has reached a point where happy perceptions, rende: with conscious fidelity and high technical skill, are esteemed above the splurge that was called breadth and the crude want of purpose that was thought to be untrammelled genius. It is pleasant to note that the public has faith enough in art and is able this Christmas season to spend four hundred thousand dollars on pictures, and it is a good augury for the future of art in our country that money spent on a really fine work of art is as well invested as though it were in gov- ernment bonds; while the penny wise and pound foolish plan of buying poor pictures because they are cheap is seen to be a fail- ure when the time comes to sell. Much Governed Mexico, Our advices from Mexico are somewhat startling intheir nature, for they indicate that the government has not changed hands for nearly six weeks. There is a chance, however, that this un-Mexican monotony of rulership may soon be broken, for Diaz has left the capital with his army, leaving the government in the hands of General Men- dez. As this officer is a Mexican by birth and breeding it will be physically and mor- ally impossible for him to refrain from ‘‘pro- nouncing” in case his chief sustains any reverse. ‘The object of the patriotic Diaz in moving his army is to punish Iglesias, legally the Vice Pres- ident of the Republic, for the crime of opposing the revolution. To complicate matters it hns been raining in Mexico, and both armies are in the mud ; metaphorically speaking, the Mexicans are never anywhere else. ‘ho only citizen of the Republic who seems to be of no consequence at present is Lerdo de Tejada, the rightful President, This gentleman is trying to get out of the country, and as he has with him noither an army to be fought nor money to be stolen no oneattempts to stop him. Really, tho matter-of-fact way in which these Mexicans mouth about liberty and rob the people is enough to make our own most accomplished carpet-baggers regard them with professional admiration and brotherly tenderness, A Curious s Ruscnr has followed the abro- gation of the Congressional joint rules, The caterer in tho saloons inside the Capitol astonished some of the temperance Senators and Representatives a few days ago by dis- playing decanters filled with wines and liquors on his counters and shelves, to- gether with cut lemons, bottles of bitters, glasses filled with mint, saucers containing coffee and spices, and all the other accom- paniments of ao regular bar, As this was a novel feature in the Congressional re- freshment rooms, the sale of liquors being prohibited, an inquiry into the meaning of the infraction was made, and elicited the discovery that the restriction was contained in the nineteenth joint rule, As the joint rules are void of course the caterer flads that he is no longer compelled to forego the most profitable branch of his business, Woutp Ir Nor be well for excitable poli- ticians just mow to take every day little tungstate of soda water? Governor Hendricks’ “Friends.” Every able public man has sycophants who cull themselves his friends so long as they hope to get into office by clinging to his skirts, When Governor Hendricks was expecting the nomination for President he had a larger number of them than he has now ; but even.a Vice President is deemed by the unreflecting a person of in- fluence, and self-seekers, who have no other ladder to climb upon, will naturally fight against its being taken away. There are plenty of rumors that this class of ‘‘friends” are laboring with Mr. Hendricks to stiffen him in asserting his title to the Vice Presidency. He is too wise and judicious a man to be moved by such interested advisers. He cared noth- ing for the nomination for the Vice Presidency, and his unwillingness to take it was not affected. He would have liked the first place, but did not want the second, and a considerable pressure had to be exerted upon him before his hesitation was at last overcome. The Vice Presidency is a place of dignified insignificance. A Pres- ident pro tempore of the Senate is a person of some importance, because he is also a Sen- ator. He can vote on all pending questions, and can go upon the floor and take part in the debates whenever he pleases. But the Vice President can- not engage in~ the discussions, and he has no vote except in the rare instances when there is a tie. There is so much habitual decorum in the Senate that very little ever depends on the ruling of tho Chair, whereas in the House, where filibustering is frequent, a party victory often depends on the astute- ness of the Spenker in applying the rules, The Speakership of the House is an altogether more important office than the Vice Presidency. The Speaker appoints the committees, and thereby exerts a potent influence on legislation. The Sen- ate elects all its own standing committees, so that the Vice President has no real influence on its proceedings, and merely sits in a cushioned chair and puts the questions when they come to a vote. We do not doubt therefore that Governor Hendricks’ reluctance to accept the nomina- tion for Vice President was sincere. The St. Louis Convention put him on the ticket against his positive refusal to permit such a use of his name, and it was weeks before he could be per- suaded to accept. If his party was strong enough to elect its ticket he was certain to be offered some more desirable position. The democratic party does not so abound in statesmen of his ability, experience and political strength that he could pos- sibly be ignored in filling the great positions of trust by a democratic President. But in the Vice Presidency he could add nothing to his reputation asa statesman and would find the position irk- ; some. He was prevailed upon to accept the nomination only by urgent representa- tions that he owed this sacrifice to his party, which could not otherwise expect to carry either of the important October States, and that his popularity would save one of them and prevent a stampede to the republicans in November. He did render this service, and would now probably be glad of an honorable release from the dignified inanity of the position if he could see Mr. Tilden installed as President. There are other places which he would naturally prefer if we are to have a democratic administration, and we are confident he will do nothing to obstruct the settlement which now seems probable, The Weather—Atlantic Storms. When the depression, to which we called attention on Tuesday, presented itself in the Northwest, the pressure within its area, although relatively low, was high when compared with that of the preceding storm areas, and we therefore did not emphasize our announcement of its approach. Since then its centre or area of greatest depression has made but little eastward progress, but its influence has extended in that direction to a considerable degree. The snowfall of yesterday was the re- sult. Last evening, however, the pressure fell to 29.61 inches over the Lower Missouri River, and will probably prolong the dura- tion of cloudiness and rainorsnow which now prevail over the lake region, the Middle and Eastern States. As the storm centre advances a still further fall of pressure may be expected, and it is possible that we may have a recurrence of bad weather and stormy winds, followed by severe cold during the next two days. The temperature in the Northwest continues very low and is due to the descent southward of an area of high pressure. When this area takes the place now occupied by the storm centre we may look for the conditions above referred to, The probable development of another storm recalls the importance of our sug- gestions regarding the propriety of secur- ing a regular meteorological report from every shipmaster entering our ports. It is now an accepted fact that the American continent lics on the weather side of Europe, and that all changes of temperature and barometric pressure experienced here aro felt, in turn, by onr friends across the Atlantic. The modifying influences of the great expanse of water that intervenes between our enstern shores and the western coasts of the Old World produce changes in the conditions and cause some variations in tho effects ; but it is beyond question that we contribute to Europe a mild or severe season, stormy or fair weather as regularly as wo experience either on this side. The movement of storms across the Atlantic forms one of the most important and in- teresting branches of meteorological study. While passing over the surface of the Ameri- ean continent these meteors are liable to be diverted from their regular tracks by topo- graphical obstructions, and their influence is frequently limited by the permanent bar- riers formed by the mountains, But when once freed from the trammels of the broken land surface their course across the ocean can only be affected by the conditions of the atmosphere surrounding them and by the influence of the oceanic currents. The former being necessarily variable, while for all practical purposes of investigation the latter is permanent, then little difficulty has to be overcome in determining with accuracy the courses of these storms during the four seasons. It is already known that the tendency of all storm centres in the Northern Hemisphere is toward the north- east. Storms of low energy and slow pro- gress are more likely to be affected by atmospheric obstructions in mid ocean than hurricanes or cyclones, but all obey the natural tendency to seek in their east- ward advance a line of least resist- ance by moving toward the Pole, and thus escape the influence of retarda- tion due to the revolution of the earth on its axis. By carefully noting the conditions prevailing all over the ocean—that is, wher- ever ships may be located and at times that shall be synchronous with 1 regular series of observations on this continent—it will be possible to obtain a true meteorological chart of the area between our shores and those of Europe. Even one year's work will be sufficient to determine the laws of storm progress across the ocean, and timely warning can then be transmitted of the approach of bad weather toward the English, French and Spanish coasts. Mr. Hewitt’s Charges Post Office. Mr. Hewitt’'s position in the matter of the alleged violation of his private correspond- ence in its passage through the United States mail is a most unenviable one. He has made, in the House of Representatives, a grave and exciting charge against the Post Office authorities, and it appears to be a charge which he does not desire to press to an investigation, and he now declares that He has destroyed the evidence by which it was justified and might have been estab- lished. The people are peculiarly jealous, as they ought to be, of the strict inviola- bility of the mails, and at the present mo- ment, when party feeling is in so fevorish a condition, the deliberate statement of a recognized democratic leader and Congress- men that his letters have been opened and refastened while in possession of the Post Office authorities, is calculated to do much mischief. Before Mr. Hewitt made such a serious accusation he should not only have been morally certain of its truth, but should have been prepared to prove it by unassailable evidence, and to insist on the detection and punishment of the offender. If he had destroyed the envelopes of the letters which he claims had been tampered with and the communication which gave him secret information of the commission of the offence before he brought the matter to the notice of Congress he had no right to make the charge at all. The House has very properly instructed the commit- tee now in New York engaged in the election investigation to examine into Mr. Hewitt’s charges. This is due to Mr. James, the New York Postmaster, although no person supposes that he needs any vindication from such an accusation. It is fortunate for Mr. Hewitt that he showed some of the envelopes which he claims had been opened and resealed to Mr. Hale, a republican and a gentleman of integrity. But for this his action would be susceptible of a worse interpretation than that of being attributable to political indis- cretion. Against the Cheap Ocean Telegraphy. As runiors thicken about the possible combination or fusion of the two ocean cable companies business men who have frequent occasion to telegraph to Europe would do well to consider the ad- visability of forming a new com- pany. The press, with comparatively few business men, occupy the ocean wires far more than they themselves imagine, and a new cable laid by themselves would pay handsome returns on the money advanced for its construction, besides afford- ing better accommodation at prices below what can be hoped for from a monopoly. To organize a new company will not be at all difficult among the houses who make frequent use of the cables, for they represent a far greater amount of capital than all the other telegraphers com- bined, and most of them are in a position to subscribe largely upon very short notice. The freedom with which enterprising newspapers and other business con- cerns have used the ocean telegraph cannot be restricted without great an- noyance and loss; yet under a monopoly the expense would speedily increase to an extent which would in many cases turn a paying business into a losing one. The movements of the companies should be closely watched, and prompt action should follow any definite prospect of amalgama- tion. Ar tue Trrat of the Rev. Mr. See at Newark, yesterday, for alleged violation of Church rule in allowing women to occupy his pulpit, the respondent made an elaborate defence, the points of which were that the injunction of St. Paul was not binding, in- asmuch as the apostle was not infallible; that long established custom, the refining influence of the sex, the great public good accomplished by woman in a public sphere made it both proper and desirable to allow her to exercise her gifts as a moral teacher, and that his own action was simply the exercise of his discretion, in accordance with the law of the Church: At the olose of his remarks the Presbytery adjourned till Wednesday, but it was evident that the de- fendant had the best of the argument, At tux Inquest held yesterday by Cor- oner Woltman into the cause of the death of Patrick Padden, reported in another col- umn, the prisoners were discharged in ac- cordance with a verdict of the jury. The cordial sympathy of the public will be ex- tended to the family of the deceased, whose good character scems not to have been called in question, and whose sad and sudden death was the result of a deplorable ac- cident. Tue Prorosition of the Municipal Gas- light Company, brought up atthe meeting of the Aldermen yesterday, and the discus- sion as to the feasibility of the city making its own gas, have made an impression upon the monopolists that promises to lead to moderate bids and fair prices. It is always true that Providence helps those who can help themselves, & Free Lance Ready for » Fight Colonel John 8. Mosby, the distinguished » Confederate ‘raider, does not display sa" peaceable a disposition as is manifested by the leading Southern conservatives in dis. cussing our existing election troubles. Ins conversation with a Hrratp correspondent at Washington, published to-day, he ex- presses his readiness, like a true soldier of fortune, to raise a regiment in Virginia, ‘‘in less than twenty-four hours” if it should be necessary to do so, to sustain General Grant in inaugurating Governor Hayes as Presi- dent. Colonel Mosby offers, in explanation of his belligerent attitude, the statem-nt that he thinks Hayes is fairly elected and could not, therefore, without stultifying himself, refuse to support him by fighting, But a great many Southern conservatives have, doubtless, just as firma belief that Mr. Tilden was fairly elected ; and if they should place themselves in the attie tude assumed by Colonel Mosby a con- flict of arms would be the inevitable result. It is precisely because there is so radical and honest a difference of opinion between the friends and supporters of the two candidates that threats of force are to be deplored. In the hour of secession Colonel Mosby no donbt believed in the justice of the Southern cause and in the right of the Southern States to withdraw from the Union, just as sincerely as North- ern men and Southern Unionists believed that the preservation of the government was the first duty of American citizens; but he probably regrets now that he and his Con- federate associates drew the sword to main- tain their supposed rights. At this time, when each of two great political parties ia confident in the justice of its claim to have fairly elected its Presidential candidate, and believes that it can only be deprived of the fruits of victory by fraudulent and revolu- tionary acts on the part of its opponent, belligerent threats and boastings are full of danger. Hence the position taken by such Southern leaders as Mr. Hill and General Wade Hampton seems to be both more pru- dent and more patriotic than that assumed by Colonel Mosby and General Shelby. Without discussing the question as to where the responsibility for carpet-bag rule and the drawing of the political color line in the reconstructed States may justly be placed, we agree with Colonel Mosby that four years’ fair ‘and conservative treatment of the South under the Presidency of Gov- ernor Hayes would leave that section in a better condition than four years under Gov- ernor ‘Lilden or any other democratic ad- ministration. Should Governor Hayes prove to have been fairly elected, beyond cavil or dispute, and should he faithfully carry out for four years the wise and generous South. ern policy he has indicated, the color line would be obliterated, a healthy political opposition would exist in the South as in the North, and the social ostracism of which Colonel Mosby so bitterly complains would no longer be practised. But Colonel Mosby must see that by this admission ‘he practi- cally concedes that the Southern policy of General Grant’s administration, of which he is, perhaps in the thoughtless generosity of a soldier, so ardent a supporter, has been a mistake and a failure. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Bierstadt is in Chicago. It is pronounced bull-dooze, Horace Whito is in Washington, Levy, the cornotist, is in Chicago. Schools will take a vacation tor a spell. Cardinal red robes are trimmed with white, The exchange papers are full of elopements, Bob Ingersol! is with bis old love, Jim Blaine, The “Two Mon of Sandy Bar” stranded in New Jere sey. Londoners claim that Slado had a good advertising medium. Mrs. Attorney General Taft will spend the holiaaya in Cincinnati, in Paris marriages are a8 plentiful as over, but birthe of children are fewer. Field Marsnal Halstead is looking at Ferry to sce whether be ts strong enough. Russia, by cutting away its woods, has made ita winters colder and its summers dryer. Scoop the core out of a baked apple, fill the hole with milk and sugar, and set out doors to freeze, Boston Post:—‘The New York Heraup is making up Hayes’ Cabinet. Is this a snark or a boojam?”” “Frod:'—It was Wells, ot the Philadelphia Bulletin, wlio poked around in an Irish stew trying to find the Irishman. Two murderers, a man and 8 woman, confined in separate cells of a Michigan prison, correspond on an empty flodr sack. You may momontarily beat a man with a figure of speech, but he gocs away feoling that, alter all, you are a bigger {col than he ts. If Mr. Sirakosch proposes to open Gilmore’s Garden as an International Opera House with the ‘Star of the North’? is not Polo at present the overture? ‘The Chicago inler-Ocean has a weekly pago of an swers to correspondents, which, for general informa. tion, surpasses anything of the kind we have seen, This 1s the week of the year when a man goes ten. deriy around the house louking back of pictures and into tea caddies to see What is bidaea away from him for Christmas. H, A, Chittenden, Jr., a nephew of the Brooklyn Congressman, is the strongest and most brilliant jour. palist northwest of Chicago, Ho is making a magnifie cent newspaper, Boston Merald;—This Hampton and Chamberlain business makes it more expensivo fur the Governor of North Carolina to speak to the Governor of South Carolina than it used to be."” When your steak is broiled done put it on a hot dish, sprinkle with minced parsley, salt and pepper, lay on lumps of butter, and put it into a hot oven ‘until there 1s no juice or butter visible, Goethe:—“The most original modern authors are not so because they advance anything that is new, but simply because they know bow to put what they have to say as if it had never becn said before,” “George B.’’:—Of Dickens’ works “Our Mutual Friend’’ is the most novelish, Dickens himself hiked “Bleak House” best, and, for plot, he was justified in doing xo, ‘Tho Tale of Two Cities 13 too much nog. lected by readers, for it contains the noblest character Dickens ever drew, William Walter Pholps, who made a good record as Congresem: urged for United States Seuator from New Jersey. ine two partics can compromise by choosing an independent like Phelps they will stand in no noed for apology. The choice is between McPhorson, an ignorant mao, aod Phoips, a gentle. man. In Texas a)! doctors are required under the new law governing the practice of medicine to appear belore the County Board of Examiners appointed by the Dis. triet Court and stand an examination in chemistry, anatomy, physiology and materia medica before they can collect their bills, Any one violating this law ia liable to be indicted, fined imprisoned, A young English lady aged in making @ cloak entiroly of partridge fe: In it will bo at loast 10,000 teathers of different svzea, the lower portion of 7 tho cloak being made of the tail feathers ard thon rauging up. The breust feathers come next, while the variegated plamage around the neck of tho bird encircle the white throat of tho indy, Jt will require about 100 partridges to Oli out the regular course of feathers, which are placed im inyers similar to the way in whieh they grow on tho bird. .