The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1877, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1877. NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. 2 csc TUB DAILY HERALD, pullished every day in the year, ‘Three cents per copy (Sunday excluded). Ten dollars ps Year. or at rate sf one dollar per month for any riod than ty A reg! or tive doll: nat tor six months, ‘edition included, tree of posta: All business. news letters or elegraphic despatches must be New Yore Hrratn, Id he properly sealed. itt not etarned, 0. 112 SOUTH SIXTI TRE, LOxbON OEEICE, OF OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— Bg is oF FFIC: SAVES rt DE I’OPERA, APL Rune QUTICe 30. sorte oil be (pclae jons an nents will be recely for Werdedon she some tertas ss in How VOLUME XLU-. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. | GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—Uxore tux Gasticut. LYCKUM THEATRE.—Bacros. _ NIBLO’S GARDEN.—Azunixe. BOOTH 8 THEATRE.--Dax't. Daccn, TONY PASTOR'S THE. TIVOLI THEATRE. —V, KELLY &@ LEON’S ML BTBINWAY HALL— NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY. 6, NOTICK TO COUNTRY DEALERS, The Adams Express Company run a special news- Paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections, leaving Jersey City at a quarter past four A. M. daily and Sunaay, carrying the regular edition ofthe Hxrap as far West as Harrisburg and South to ‘Washington, reaching Philadelphia at a quarter past six A, M. and Washington at one P. M From our reporis this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York: to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy, possibly with light rain or snow. Wart Street Yesterpay.—Stocks were active but irregular, with considerable strength shown in several of the old favorites. Gold declined from 106% to 10619. Moncey on call loaned at Zand 6 per cent. Government and first class tailway bonds were in demand and firm. Vanpersinr’s Gotpen SecretT—Mind your own business. Tnieves’ Lccx.—Some of the mail pouch rob- bers had to ask the Court for counsel, being too poor to supply themselves. Nartorat Exoveu.—Judge MeCunn’s will needs legal interpretation, its author having been a lawyer as well us a judge. Our Exmmir of the city debt is delightful teading for thoso who value greatness for its own sake—and have no taxes to pa Caan Novenists ‘Font Suy of the romance of mar- tied life, but it will out in spite of them, as ‘Love ‘Tried by Fire” conclusively shows. Tae Troors aT ATLANTA have been ordered North, and the Georgians cannot be half so glad about it as the soldiers themselves are. Tux Rawroap Coynuttee of the Board of Aldermen, which should order the heating of the street cars, is not yet appointed, and the compa- 1 nies endure the delay with a patience which is ] simply saintly. Even rm Dyixo the Vanderbilts are remark- within twenty-four hours of each other, of the old Commodore and his older sister has seldom or never been recorded. Touv Horpers or Bank Stock will not sleep any more peacefully after reading “A Lesson to Bank Directors” in our court reports, and the dor how to detect corporations given to ways that are dark. Concressman Fievp, just clected by demo- crats, praises the republican Senator Conkling, and nobody accuses him of treason. If this sort of thing is allowed to goon party whips might a4 well be sold to mule drivers and partisan pol- iticians will have to work for their living. Field must be suppressed. ; f - Tne Weatr As the western depression moves eastward an increasing cloudiness takes of the last few days. Very little rain or snow fell yesterday in the northern part 4 the United States, and only at widely scattered points. The high pressure is moving off the coast. of New Jersey and Long Island, leaving the course to. In the South the area of low barometer, which we announced several days ago as ad- vancing from the Gulf, has now reached the Louisiana and Texas coasts, and heavy rain has fallen at New Orleans and Vicksburg. » probable that the storm will commence its move- ment toward the Atlantic coast to-night, and will for it. The temperature has risen decidedly westward of the Alleghanies and along the South Atlantic coast, but continues low in the St. Law- ‘weather appears in our columns today. The weather in New York to-day will be warmer and partly alondy or clondy, possibly with light rain or snow. Lar I Bz Srorren. tions fight made against rapid transit by the Sixth Avenue Street Railroad Company has drawn attention to the eharter of that corporation, which contains a clause by which the city may at any time take of the road on paying ten per cent " gbove its actnal cost to the company. ‘There can be no doubt that the Common Council and the Mayor have gre» power over the street railroads of this special provision in the Sixth Avenue charter. ‘The Board of Alder men, under section 17 of the cit ebarter, has absolute suthority, among other things, “to regulate the use of the streets, high- ways, roads and public places by foot passengers, gauimals, vehicles, cars and locomotives,” and in any fight drawn on by the selfish determination * of the rnilrond companics to obstract the aceon. - plishment of « great public work demanded by _ the voice of the whole people those corporations wonld find their interests seriously damaged. ‘The Sixth Avenue Company is backed up in its to rapid transit by the great Avenue Company and by “Aldermen cannot too soon ination to put a stop against the public in- able. So strange a coincidence ns the decease, | kame story will lead would-be investors to won- | the place of the clear blue skica and a compara- | tively high temperature succeeds the bitter cold | open to the wlvancing depression already referred | It is | then follow the track we have already announced | rence Valley. A bricf synopsis of last year's | Finances and Taxes—City and State. The pre-eminence of New York in our great sisterhood of States is owing to the commercial importance of this city. New York is the Empire State—that is to say, the first State in the Union in population and wealth--only because the commer- | cial metropolis of the Western Hemi- sphere is located within her limits. Reduce this metropolis to a city of the third or | property outside of New York city would | immediately shrink at least one-half. Terri- torially New York is but a medium sized State, and she is far less rich in mineral resources and in agricultural fer- | tility than several other States of inferior wealth and rank. The greatness of the State is caused by the commercial importance of the city, and if the truth of this state- ment were not obvious it would be worth while to prove it for the benefit of our legis- lators at Albany. But as it needs no proof we simply call their attention to the fact and ask them to give it its proper weight in the finance and tax bills which they adopt dur- ing the present session. The average rural legisiator fancies that the best way to promote the interest of his constituents is by causing the city to con- tribute as much as possible and the agricul- tural counties as little as possible to the ex- penses of the State government. For many years the city has had reason to complain of gross injustice in the distribution of public | burdens as between itself and the country. The city has been compelled to pay one-half of the State taxes, besides suffering still greater detriment from absurd methods of taxation, which inflict a greater annuai in- jury on the city than the whole amount of our inequitable proportion of the State taxes. Our system of taxation, which is fitted to drive away capital and impede the growth of the city, is fastened upon us by the narrow rural ideas on this class of sub- jects which prevail among members of the Legislature. The mind of the legislator | from the rural districts appears to be capa- ble only of grasping the idea that the me- | tropolis is the centre of enormous wealth ; | that its fine buildings and handsome resi- | dences are of immense value ; that its capi- talists are millionnaires who ought to be | made to bear a heavy proportion of the taxa- tion required for the support of the govern- ment. But the country members do not seem to understand that the commerce built up and the importance gained for the whole | State by this concentration of wealth-and | business capacity at the seaport is the main source of the prosperity of the ara dis- | tricts, and that to drive away capital and en- terprise from the city by unjust and illiberal | legislation is to paralyze and impoverish the whole State. For the last six or eight years the motives have been strong for shifting as much as possible of the burden from the rural dis- tricts to the city. It is not in the nature of any community to be‘much in love with taxation, and the burden of State taxes has | been exceptionally heavy and oppressive for. | the last few years. The large bounty debt created during the last years of the war had but ashort term to run, and the taxes laid for its early extinguishment have made an uncomfortable addition to the ordinary State expenses, By an unfortunate concurrence of circumstances this extraordinary burden has | pressed most heavily at a time when the | State treasury has been deprived of one of | its most important resources. The State | constitution requires between two and three million dollars to be set apart from the sur- | plus revenues of the canals and applied to | the reduction of the State debt and State ex- | penses. So long as the canals yielded such | asurplus the canal income was a great re- | lief to the taxpayers. But of late years the canals yicld but asmell surplus over ex- penses, and the people of the State lost this great resource at the time when the bur- den of the bounty debt pressed most heavily. It is not very surprising that in such a period of exceptionally high taxes the | rural districts have sought to shift as much ofthe burden as they could off from their own shoulders upon the owners of property in the city of New York. But the county debt is now substantially extinguished, and State taxation will hereafter be dimin- ished about one-half. In view of this relief we appeal to the rural members of the Legis- lature to treat the city with some approach to justice, The burdens on the rural tax- payers will hereafter be light, and there is no reason why they should not bear their fair proportion of State taxation. The fact that this city is compelled to pay | about one-half the expense of supporting the | State government and meeting the State debts, though a valid ground of complaint, is not the grievance against which we have the strongest reason to protest. | rural legislators are doing all in their power to ruin the city bya blind adherence to | antiquated methods of taxation, which are driving capital and enterprise out of the | necticut. enough adapted to earlier periods in the history of the State. In the early part of this century agriculture was our chief inter- est, and our system of taxation was adjusted to the condition of an agricultural com- munity. But in the progress of events com- merce and manufactures have become the } man shall continne to wear the garments of | methods of taxation are not merely unscien. | tific but suicidal. They cripple the growth | of the city, and will cripple it more and more until there is athorough change of Absurd laws are (lriving bank pital, manufacturing capital and the | owners of mortgages out of the city to seck refuge under more enlightened laws. ‘The consequence is that flour built up in contiguous States at the expense of New York, and great additions are made to the value of real estate and other taxable property outside of the State. By wise legis- lation a vast amounteof banished property could be attracted to this city livery square foot of land on Manhattan Island is increased in value in proportion to the amount of business ‘capital concentrated here, and it is bigh time to protest against fourth rank, and the value of New York | Ignorant | State to take refuge in New Jersey and Con- | The present system was well | predominant interests of the State, and our | legislators still insist that the full grown | childhood, although they fetter ali his | | movements and disable him for the per- | formance of his duties, Our present shing towns are | | the SRN narrowness and folly of our rural legislators at Albany. We know how yain it would beto make an appeal to their sense of justice, and we shall | attempt nothing so hopeless. But we have some hope that appeals to their interest may not be quite futile. Nothing is susceptible of clearer demonstration than that the value of property in the interior of the State de- | pends on the prosperity of the city, | and the proofs are equally convincing that the growth of the city is obstructed by asystem of taxation that drives away capi- | tal. The business of the city is so seriously | threatened by the diversion of the grain trade that the time has fully come for insisting that the New York Legislature protect the value of property in all parts of the State by removing legal obstructions to the prosperity of the city. Incendiary Stars. We have no intention to reflect on the fortunes of superannuated members of the theatrical profession when we introduce this subject to our readers, for we deal with a strictly astronomical question, It is one which, perhaps, demands grave considera- tion from those who are disposed to invest largely in real estate, or who have ambitious designs of founding dynasties or leaving tall monuments to their memories in fashionable cemeteries. It less than, Is the permanency of our planet | threatened by celestial conflagrations which are daily demolishing some of our choicest stars, and are likely, sooner or later, to in- volve the sun itself in destruction? Profes- sor Schmidt, of Athens, is satisfied that a certain star in the constellation Cygnus has suddenly taken fire and burned itself out like a cheap candle, with a good deal of sputter and much flame when the tallow begins to run. His announce- ; ment of this astronomical calamity has started all the wound-up s¢ientists of the world, and we hear on every side most star- tling theories announced as to the probable duration of suns, planets and even of the earth we dwellon. Professor Rutherford, whose views we present elsewhere, talks quite calmly of the annihilation of this sphere of ours, just as if the question of the Presidency was already settled and we had rapid transit in New York. Pro- fessor Newcomb, of Washington, almost car- ries us with him on a journey from the earth to the sun, and boldly points out all sthe queer confusion that is taking place on that centre of light and heat ; and, lastly, Profes- sor Proctor shows such a startling familiarity with things celestial as to impress us with the idea that he has made aon extended tour among the stars and noted the peculiarity of each, particularly those that rank among the ‘‘burned out” planets, For our own part we are perfectly content to let each bright particular star take care of itself. If incendiary comets or other vagrant wanderers of space will go jostling things about in the far away regions of the constel- lation Cygnus, or even burn the tail off Ursa Major and upset all celestial propriety by winking at Virgo herself, we are entirely sat- isfied by Gemini, Interoceanic Ship Canal—The Nica- ragua Route. One of the favorite commercial dreams of the last thirty or forty years, and the most fascinating and magnificent of them all— a dream destined to be some day trans- formed into glorious reality—is that of di- viding the isthmus which connects the two grand divisions of this Western Continent and dispensing with long, dangerous voyages around stormy Cape Horn. This dream is suggested by the barest inspec- tion of a map of the world, and its realiza- tion has been postponed only by the cost of the work and the small population of the Western coasts of America. But the time is nearly ripe for this grand undertaking. The Pacific Railroad has given such an impetus to the growth of our settlements west of the Rocky Mountains and to the trade with Eastern Asia, and engineering skill has within tho last few years accomplished so many great, though minor feats, with satis- factory prospects of pecuniary profit, that this majestic and crowning enterprise cannot be much longer deferred. The de- pressed condition of business throughout the world may cause postponement for a few years more, but one of the first great enterprises likely to be undertaken on the general revival of prosperity is the construction of a ship canal connecting the waters of the Carib- bean Sea with those of the Pacific Ocean, It is important to improve this interval in perfecting the’ explorations and surveys | and making the treaty arrangements which will render the embarkation of capital | safe when the time comes for beginning the | work. Since the negotiation of the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty in 1850 a ship canal has been an object of lively interest to our people, and our government has cansed several surveys | to be made in order to discover the most feasible route. The most satisfactory of these surveys is the most recent. The | ablest engineers in our national ser- | vice have been employed in the task, | and the resnlt of their labors is a strong preponderance of opinion in favor of the Nicaragua route. Secretary Fish is accordingly arranging a treaty with the Nicaraguan government for securing advan- tages, with a view to future action. One object of the treaty is to secure perfect pro- tection to capital devoted to the enterprise, | andanotherto establish a region of neutrality around the canal. The Nicaraguan govern- | ment is to grant a belt of one hundred miles ‘on each side, which is to be neutral terri- | tory in case of war, and the waters fora con- siderable distance from the either end are to have the like charac- | tor of neutrality, It is expected that other nations will come into the arrangement and that all the commercial | ships in time of war within the distance of a hundred miles from either end of the jennal. It is to be hoped that all such preliminaries may be settled in this period | prosperity revives eapital may be boldly ond safely embarked in this great enter- prise, is nothing | harbor at | | Powers will bind themselves not to molest | | of commercial stagnation, so that when | Ceecanilog for War. The order issued in the Prussian army is | a significant part of the day's news. It for- | bids officers on the active list from taking | service in the Russianarmy. This implies that there is some more or less active move- ment of that sorton foot with Prussian officers, and that all others may take service except those on the active list. It also im- | plies that the authorities in Berlin, though resolved not to spend a thaler | of German money unnecessarily, nor to venture in the quarrel between Russia and Turkey ‘‘a single bone of a Pomeranian soldier,” are yet so uncertain | of the direction events may take that they deem it necessary to keep their actual army in thoroughly effective condition. It is not | in the remotest degree possible that any strictly German interest can be involved while the war retains the character of a con- flict strictly between the two nations, But there may bea revolt in the.Polish prov- inces of Russia, which Germany, out of re- gard to her own tranquillity, would doubt- less be willing to suppress. Austria may also forget political discretion so far as to be led away by the Hungarian enmity to Russia. In either of these contingencies it would be proper to have the Prussian army ready. In this, as in nearly every incident re- ported from day to day in the foreign news, the common presumption is that the nego- tiations will end in war. Indeed, the Con- ference may be regarded as a body called to endeavor to prevent a war otherwise inevit- able, and, so far as now appears, to have | failed in its mission. Turkey, under the influence probably of English advice, is convinced that her military resources are fully equal to a conflict with Russia, and is disposed to make the experiment. In former collisions of those Powers Russia, when successful, has had so little to spare that a knowledge on the part of her opponent of her real con- dition might have induced a persistency that would have changed the result, and the collapse of Turkish power has been due never to the want of warlike spirit, but al- | ways to the failure of the organization of really great military resources. With her struggle directed, as it evidently will be, by highly educated and capable English offi- cers, there is little reason to believe that Turkey will fail through any of the causes that have effected her failure hitherto, and the war, if it begins, will certainly be a well sustained conflict. No adverse decision has yet been made by the Sultan's government on the proposi- tions of the Conference, and this is, so far as it goes, a favorable sign; but the likeli- hood is that the Grand Vizier, encouraged by English opinions of Turkey's military resources and sustained by the unyielding element of Moslemism, has determined not to accept the scheme of reforms proposed in their actual shape, and the Conference cannot so far abandon the position it has | taken as to modify them to such an extent as would make them acceptable. Illustrations of the Excise Law. A few wecks ago the papers published an account of a fight between two men in a | notorious Bowery saloon, during which a number of shots were fired, unfortunately without taking effect on anything but the walls and furniture, The doors were closed and fastened inside by the interesting patrons of the place, in order that the fun might be uninterrupted, and the police were compelled to break their way in to stop the fracas and arrest the parties, A day or two afterward another licensed den was entered by officers and found elaborately fitted with “panel” cupboards and other secret hiding places, all of which were well stored with stolen goods, the proceeds of burglaries and shoplifting. At an early hour yesterday morning the frequenters of the first named Bowery saloon indulged in a free pistol and knife fight on the sidewalk in front of the house, and at least one man was severely wounded. The present Excise law requires that the Commissioners of Excise before granting a license to sell liquor shall satisfy themselves that the person applying for the same isa respectable citizen of good moral character. If a license should through deception or oversight be placed in the hands of an im- proper party it is made the duty of the Commissioners to revoke it. We are not sure what may constitute a good moral character in the estimation of the present Excise Commissioners, but we should scarcely think that the proprictor of this | Bowery saloon and improvised shooting gallery can come up to their standard. Why does he enjoy a license? Why is his disreputable den allowed to exist under the cover of the Excise law, to the terror of the | neighborhood and the peril of the public? The proposed new Excise law seems to be objectionable in many of its features, and | designed to make the whole licensing busi- | ness afarce. It is less stringent even than the present law in its provisions regarding the good character of the persons receiving licenses. If we are to have any new legisla- tion on the subject it should seek to make the Commissioners more directly responsible for the good conduct of licensed houses. But it is clearly an offence on the part of the Commissioners under the existing law to license such places as this Bowery saloon, which is notoriously the resort of thieves and ruffians, and Mayor Ely should apply the remedy. If we live faithfully up to the laws we have we shall do well enough, with- | out trying new and doubtful experiments, chusetts Senatorship. | A report from Boston published to-day in- dicates that the failure of the republicans | to decide by a positive expression between | the respective claims of Mr. Boutwell and | Mr. Hoar for the United States Senatorship | has inspired some hope of mischief making on the part of the democratic minority in | the Legislature. Protessor Seelye, Governor | Ballock and General Butler are spoken of | as probable candidates, the success of one or the other of these being, of course, de- | pendent on a union of his special friends in the republican party with the democrats, This scheme is predicated on the supposition | that there is a determined hostility between | the supporters of Mr. Boutwell and those of | Mr. Hoar, which isnot the caso. The question | | a8 to the Senatorship will be settled ‘in j ! uniformly a stranger? Not that there are | cows may get on,” | gold filigree work, of peculiar shape, resembling a | now is counted ont of the contest of the District | retired major general, | Sickles bas recently been in the diplomatic service | without resigning bis military commission, and aiso caucus, ‘and one of the prominent om | dates will be chosen. ‘The chances are sup- posed to favor Mr. Hoar, who, although he ; has less experience than Mr. Boutwell, wonld make a good Senator, Professor Seelye has positively decided to abandon polities, Governor Bullock has no par- ticular strength in his party. General Butler would have the decided opposition of the friends of both Mz. Boutwell and Mr. Hoar. ‘Phe General has won a grand vic- ; tory in his Congressional fight, and will | make as prominent and entertaining a figure in the next House as he has in those of which he has formerly been a member, The Policeman's Body. No observing man as he passes through our streets can fail to notice that many of our police are not very dangerous-looking persons. Nota few are too old for any ser- vice worth calling active, and many are so burdened with flesh and short of wind that run at a decent pace for a quarter of a mile oreven for single block would not only prove difficult and hazardous, but very likely fatal. Clumsy-footed almost as ao class, their occupation of standing about or moving at a snail’s pace but adds to their in- effectiveness for a sudden emergency, and such emergencies are just when the | public expects them to be equal to { their work of protecting life and prop- erty. At any moment, without the slightest warning, any patrolman in New York city may be forced to face danger as imminent and great as soldier ever encounters on tho | bloodiest field. Pitted against him are bold, desperate characters, many of them heroes of scores of barroom brawls, or cracksmen, trained to their work by long experience on | both sides of the Atlantic, always armed and seldom without confederates within easy call. Give one of these ruffians a start of Wire block or even of ten feet, and what does: he care for one of these unwieldy, paunchy, broken-winded lubbers, even though he has on his back a revolver and bludgeon, to the skilful use of which he is not good men on the force and many of | them who. would prove ugly antagonists to | the bravest men that breathe; but who of these will deny that at least five hundred policemen in this city are to-day physically unfit for their places? Commissioner Erhardt is, we believe, Chairman of the Committee on Discipline. Now he can makea name. Let him at once initiate and press with his known energy a simple system of drill which shall speedily bring every officer, not to the top of his con- dition—tit to run a five mile race or fight a hundred rounds—but into half condition, nearly as good, for instance, as that of thou- sands of gentlemen here who are partial in their odd moments to athletics, as that of a: West Pointer or of any blacksmith. Let every man who, after a reasonable time, fails to reach this condition give way to one who is fit to fill the place. It will not now take the burglar long to know the sort of man he has to tackle ; the policeman will use weapons less because he has found he does not need them ; a repetition of the ’63 riots will be an experiment too foolhardy to ever ngain attempt ; and we may justly then | ask the other great cities to search and see if we have not a police force which, if not the finest in the world, we may at least well be proud of. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, San Francisco ts full of bay windows. Mme. Mantilla wears myrtie green silk, and a white hat. The Spectator thinks that intollectual doggedness in women 1s rare. A young lady may dine im an ivory cashmore, trimmed with pink silk. Raw-chester Democrat:—“For our part, we think John Cochrane sbould have been made Empress of India,” Itis sald that Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, was never much relied upon in his native State, Even the barkeepers don’t trust him, Dio Lewis has returned trom California to Massachu- setts, and it astonishes the Boston waiter girl to hear him order two fingers of mush and milk, St. Louts Aepublican:—* ‘Young man,’ sald ho sol- emniy, ‘I’m sorry to seo you smoking tobacco,’ and the young man assured him that he wasn’t—that it was a Connecticut cigar.”” It was a year ago that a pretty young bride began to follow the occasional recipes for cooking that have ap- peared in this column, and with such success that she has just married her second husband. Philadelphia Bulletin: —*'Those auburn-haired young ladies with noses suggestive ef acold morning, and who misged fire during the leap year just passed, now sadly sing, ‘It may be four years and it may be for ever.’ Nover tell a woman that she has a daub of buckwheat batter alongside of ber eye, for, ten chances to one, she will give just one little thug in her chair and teil you that she doesn’t imtend to be a nigger wench and slave her life out over @ nasty griddle -— thero, now! A Washington lady got angry at a young naval officer because be reminded her that he had once par- ticipated with her in a dance in which there was a kiss- ing forfeit, A woman does not get half so angry when she 1s kissed as when sbe is told of it, The rule is pucker up or shut ap. Judy :-—Wirst Gentloman—You say Lam a vagabond ? Second Gentloman—Yes, sir, do, First Gentieman— And do you conscientiously believe I am a vagabond? Second Gentieman—-Certainly, First Gentleman—It is well you do, because if I thought you didn’t believe it | would give you such a thrashing as you never be- fore had in your life! An engine on the Central Railroad, aftor travolling | along at the rate of five miles an hour, stopped at a station and one of the passengers, a countryman, went forward and asked the engineer what that thing was In front of the locomotive. “That is a coweatcher," said the engineer. ‘‘Well,”’ said the man, “you had better take it off and tie tton the rear car so that the The man has missed a great treat who has not risen carly on a winter morning, and, turuing the slats, peered out into the pearly twilight with its shadows of dun blue, and seen the soft oval of the eastern sky brightening, and the rose-ptuk of sunrise blushing as it Kisves (ne snow, aud caught a sight of his wile shovel- ing a path out to the milkmau, and then hustied back into bed for another nap. At the reception at the White House on Monday Mmo, Mantilla wore a necklace which is the only one of the kind ever manufactured. 11 18 a broad collar of yoko, It 18 studded with large pearls, rubles and tiny briliants. The jewels once formed part of the cottec- tion of the King of lialy. The necklace was purchased in the Italian department of the Exhibition, and was eclected specially because of its unique design. Beening Telegram: "Ws ted in the Washing. | ton despatches that the reason why General Sickles | Attorneysbip in this city 1s that ho gould not draw two salaries, and Is unwilling to give ap lis pay asa But is it not possible to artange @ little matter of that kind by some oificial | huggermugger? Weseem toremember that General | ‘TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. ; TURKEY'S ATTITUDE. The Porté Still Refuses to Accept the Proposals. INDIGNATION. Constitutional Concessions to Alsace-Lorraine. SLAVIC EXTRADITION WITH SPAIN. The German Imperial Bank Report. {BY CABLE TO THE HERALD. ] Loxpos, Jan. 6, 187% The Henan correspondent at Vienna telegraphs that a note hag been forwarded by Genera! Ignatieff, the Russian Plenipotentiary, to Midbat Pacha, concerning the programme of the Conferenge, In the note den- eral ignatief! appeals to the patriotism of the Grand Vizier and urges on him the acceptance of the propo- sais of the Conterence. The Porto still persistently retuses to comply with certain demands, The refusal adds to the great uncertainty of the result of next Mon- day’s sitting, THE CRISIS OVEK—ENGLISH OPINION. The Standard’s spocial {rom Constantinople, atter reviewing the proceedings in Thursday’s sitting of the Conference, expresses the opinion that tue dangerous part of tho crisis is over. THE CRISIS NOT OVER--!RENCH OPINION. The Paris Moniteur, which ts in close relation with the French Foreign Office, however, publishes the fol- lowing paragraph:—"‘We regret to stato that the disposition of Turkey was not tm- proved in ‘Thursday’s sitting avd leaves very litulo hope of an arrangement by diplomacy. Although the Conterenco meets axain on Monday, if the situa. tion is not modified, it may even now be stated that the task of England is ended.” BERVIA IMPATIRNT. The Standard’s Belgrade despatch says the Servian government continues to arm and demands that (tha armistice be abrogated, a8 Servia cannot bear the pro- | longed uncertainty which makes |t imperative to ceep her people :n arms. RUSSIA RNCONNOITRRING THR LOWER DANURR, Russian officers are reconnoitering the Lower Dan- ube to find crossing places, and ships are betng con- tracted for to aid in the crossing. SLAVIC INDIGNATION, A Constantinoplo despatch says the Austrian Slave thero are becoming more and more incensed against the Russians im consequence of the project of General Ignatielf, the Russian plenipotentiary, of annexing old Servia to one of the provinces into which Bulgaria, ac- cording to Russian proposals, is to be divided. News has also been recoived confirmatory of the deop indigna- tion of the Greeks at the proposals of the Conterence which tend to subordinate the Greeks to the Bulga- rians and sacrifice the Turkish-Greek population to the Slavs, The hope is unanimous that Midhat Pacha, the Grand Vizier, will beable tocarry out the reforms single handed. ROUMANIAN RIGH Tbe Ronmanian Senate, says a despatch from Bucharest, has adopted a resolution declaring that the rights of Roumania shall remain intact, and calling upon the government to maintain them in a manner worthy of the State, NEGLECTRD MODIFICATIONS. , This afternoon's Pali Mall Gazette says \t has reason to believe that the modifications of the European pro- posais whieh a Simes special {rom Vienna this morning Teports were adopted ut a confidential meeting of the European Pienpotentiaries on Tuesday last, which were detailed in a previous despatcli to the United States, were not mentioned at the sitting of theConfer- ence on Thursday, GERMAN OFFICERS AND THR RUSSIAN SERVIOR, A despatch to the Pall Mall Gazette {rom Berlin says Emperor William has issued a special order forbidding German officers on the active list trom entering tho Russian army. GERMAN CONCESSIONS TO ALSACE-LORRAINE. ‘The Federal Council ot’ Germany has made an im. portant constitutional concession to Alsace-Lorraine, having agreed to a proposal that measures passed by the Provincial Board of Representatives, if approved by the Federal Council, shall becomeylaw without the previous approval or cognizance of the German Parlia- ment. ‘THE IMPERIAL BANK OF GERMANY, A telegram from Berlin states that the Imperial Bank of Germany has reduced its rate of discount for bills to four per cent and for advancos on securities te fivo per cens. Tho specie in the bank has decreased 10,631,000 marks during the past week, PRENCH PREFECTS DISMISSED. The announcement is mado from Paris that ata Cabinet Council to-day Minister Simon announced the dismissal or transter of twelve profects, EXTRADITION BETWEEN SPAIN AND THK UNITED STATES, ‘The information comes from Madrid that the Extra- dition Treaty between Spain and tho United States has been signed. It applies to all criminal offences except those of a political nature, THE CORTES PROROGUED. Tho Cortes has been prorogued. - No dato ts assignee for its reassembly. THE GRAIN TRADE. A leatdng Liverpool grain circular says:—Tho grain trade, feeling the influence of the holidays, has re. mained quict during the week upon very limited transactions in wheat, Tho market was scanfily sup- plea with farmers’ samples and prices are qaoted as high as is, a 28. dearer, Foreign also occasionally improved, business, however, lacking animation and millers buying only for the supply of immediate re- quirements. On the spot and tn the neighboring markets since Tuesday transactions in wheat and flour havo been at rotail without quotable alteration. Maize bas hare dened. Tho supplies of grain aro up to a moderate a ge for the last three days, and were nearly all whoat, consisting of Californian and East Indian de- scriptions, ‘The fresh import of tlour is yery small, with few buyers in attendance. Wheat rules goneraily dail this morning—white soris ata reduction of 1d. a 2d. per cental. Common reds are also rather cheaper, but extra qualities are scarce and exceed ‘Tuesday's rates, Flour is siow of sale, the turn being in buyers’ favor, Corn moves with difficuity and is barely ob- tainablo in the limited business doing. PaRsia's GRAIN SUPPLY, Tho Official Gazette announces that the English Min- ister at Teheran telegraphs that in consequence of an apprehended ecareity exportation of grain trom Bushire and the Versian Gult is prohibited, THY WEATHER, ather to-day is fatr, The BOSTON JEWS AND SUNDAY LAWS, Boston, Mass., Jan, 5, 1877, The Supreme Court of Massachusetts bas sustained tho lower Court in its decision that Israolites must be held amenable to the laws of this State regulating tho observance of the Sabbath. The caso grew out of an attempt to keep a store open on that day. BOGARDUS' “LATEST VI ICTORY. Sax Fravcisco, Cal, Jan, 6, 187% A pigeon match between Bogardus and Dr. W #, Carver was shot yesttrds birds, English rules, 90 yards, The match resulted In Bogardus killing 26 and Carver 25, A match at 20 birds, Prairie Club cuies, 2 that General Babcock, although on the active !1st of the army, contrives to fii at the same time several profitable civil positions ” yards, resuited—Bogurdys, 18; Carver, Five paits were shot at under the Prairie Club rules, 18 yaras, and os ulted—Bogardus, 8; Carver, 7. -