The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1877, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. A ettisitneimesam THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in Three copy (i ‘excluded). Ten dollars Taree me ee PPE, aa? par nth for any period sea Se meee or ee jars tor six montl ‘Ali business, nows letters or telegraphic despatches must Denddressed New YOR WERALD. a seated, tors. ares shou! rope Kejected communications will not be returned. —— > PRILADELPETA OFFICE—NO. 2 SOUTH SIXTH LONDON ‘OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— _ 46 FLEET STREET, PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. NAPLES OFFICE—NO. 7 STRADA PACE. scriptions and advertisements will be received and for- warded on the same terms ux in New York. VOLUME XD parereeeeecearr ees AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. ‘WALLACK'S THEATRE. Daves. NEW YORK AQUARIUM. 1% Two Onruans. wp Equestriay Prstival NTENNIALSCHNURREN, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. The New Political Broil in Louisiana. President Grant is acting with great pru- dence in the present Louisiana difficulty. So long as he declines to interfere for any other purpose than to preserve the peace his course will be generally approved. It is true that the Supreme Court has declared that the United States are not called to per- form police duty in the States, but there can be no reasonable objection to the troops in- terposing, in the character of bystanders, to prevent citizens from cutting one another's throats and to put a stop to lawless violence. InaState where there is an undisputed local government even this degree of interference would be objectionable; for it is the duty of every State government to preserve local order. But in Louisiana no competent au- thority has yet decided which is the legal government, and no reasonable blame can be imputed to the President for his deter- mination to maintain the peace so long as he takes no part in the political controversy. One mistake is often the parent of many others. If President Grant hnd been as wise four years ago as he has since been ren- dered by experience we dare say he would AN FRANCISCO MINSTR: KELLY & LEON'S MINSTIH EGYPTIAN HALL.—S: COLUMBIA OPERA HOl THEATRE COMIQUE.—V OLYMPIC THEATRE. WITH SUPPLEMENT. RY 1, 1877, _NEW_ YORK, NOTICK 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 Sunday, carrying the regular edition of the IeRap as far West as Harrisburg and South to Washington, reaching Philadelphia at a quarter past six A. M, and Washington at one P. M. 10 COUNTRY DEALERS. — From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy, possibly with light rain or snow. Watt Srreer Yesrerpay.—The stock spec- ulation was attended by considerable irregular- ity; but at the close there was a reaction from the lowest prices of the day. Money on call loaned at 7, 6 and 5 per cent. Gold sold at 106 # 1061s a 1057, and finally at 1061, Govern- ‘ment and railway bonds were moderately active and steady. A Lerrer Eytitire “The Sheriff's Cormo- rants” will be understood by a great many suf- ferers. Tur Orv Exrerient of trying to catch “the tiger” asleep has been tried again, with the usual results. See report. Tne Pay or tHe Lanoners in the parks has at Inst been reduced, and croakers will have a short breathing xpell. Tus Rerort of the work of the Life Saving Service in 1876 is an encouraging document, both with regard to economy and results. Query.—If two policemen cannot arrest one man without assistance from their clubs is it not time that an invalid corps should be formed from the police force? Cartan Grirris, of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company, suggests a new system of fog signals, which is so simple that readers will natu- rally wonder why it was not sooner thought of. A Cuarce or Murver by flogging is made against Keeper Shevlin, of the Kings County Penitentiary. Whether it is true or not it will probably bring out some facts concerning insti- tutions of a class which the people are as curious to know about as if they were madhouses. Tue Story cr A broken home, given at length in another column, is but a sample of hundreds | which are well enough known, though they may forever remain untold. Crirnination and reerim- ination are, as usual, the staples of the narrative; but behind it all looms up the great, sad, terribly evident truth that “marriage in haste” is work- | ing unspeakable woe among people otherwise estimable. Tr Is Anovt Time that the police put a stop to the mendicancy of helf drunken men who annoy pedestrians on Park row. These men are not only persistent in their demands, but they are actually abusive if not successful in obtain- ing money. While so much actual want exists in the city it isa shame that these undeserving beggars are permitted to infest our streets. Captain Murray having caught the masked bur- glars so cleverly might now turn his attention to this matter. Cartas Howeate’s Prax or Camparen | against the North Pole is receiving considerable public and legislative attention, owing to an awakened interest in Arctie exploration. The failure of the Nares expedition is conceded by the leading English journals, and is attributed to | an overhasty estimate of the difficulties that | bar the way to the Pole and the neglect of the simplest sanitary precautions. Captain How- gate’s proposition certainly provides against any such over-prudential exercise of judgment on | the part of the leader of an American party, and if carricd out would afford the “colonists” ample time for studying Arctic physics. Given time and the men to dare and do, the distance | and difficulties would in all probability melt away before their efforts like the frozen barriers of the ‘‘Palwocrystic Sea” during an open season. We print to-day some further arguments in favor of the scheme, which will be read with interest. Leas THe Weatner.—The Western storm centre dominates the weather at present all over the | country east of the Rocky Mountains. Rapid changes in the conditions in the Mississippi Valley occurred during yesterday, resulting Yn the partial filling up of the depression which {s central in the lake region and the develop- ment of the low pressure further West into a decided storm, The barometric gradient from the Atlantic westward is, however, not steep, and the winds are consequently moderate, except in the immediate vicinity of the centre of dis- turbance. In the morning snow fell from Grand Haven, Mich., to Nashville, Tenn., with a very low temperature from the Gulf to the Jakes, Later in the day the temperature rose decidedly in the Mississippi Valley and lake region, and also on the Atlantic coast. Snow is now falling from New York to Bismarck, Dakota, and northward of Tennessee, It is probable that # heavy precipitation will attend the storm centre as it advances eastward, The highest pressure is now in Nova Scotia and the lowest in the Mis- gouri Valley. The weather in New York to- day will be warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy, not have taken his first steps in favor of Kellogg. But having imprudently assisted to put Kellogg in power in 1873, and thereby recognizing his title, the President has felt bound to stand by him during his term and to comply with all his applica- tions for assistance. Ata later period the President discovered his mistake and sought relief from the responsibility ho had as- sumed. He laid the subject before Congress in a special message and asked legisla- tion for his guidance, telling Congress at the same time that he should persist in his first policy unless they should require a different course, Congress did nothing, and as silence im- plied sanction after their attention had been so urgently called to the subject, the Presi- dent seemed excusable for making no change of policy with reference to that State. But President Grant took good care not to get into another scrape of the same kind. He refused an application from Texas, re- fused an application from Arkansas, refused an application from Mississippi, and in each of these cases the result attested the wisdom of his new policy of non-interter- ence, The three last named States havo been as yuict and orderly as any three in the Union since he left the people to set- tie their own political disputes. Had ho interfered the history of Louisiana would have been repeated in each of them. As soon as it was understood that the President would take no part in their local quarrels their State governments passed under the quiet control of the majority, and order has been preserved unbroken ever since. But in Louisiana, where the mistaken policy of interference was persisted in, there has been a constant series of disgraceful disturbances. We are glad that the President, after supporting Kellogg until the end of his term, refuses to intermeddle to settle any more political questions and limits his action to the mere preservation of the peace during the dispute as to who is Governor Kellogg's legal successor. The matured views of the President on this class of subjects were expressed with great clearness 1n the correspondence which passed in connection with the Mississippi difficulty in September, 1875. Governor Ames made repeated and urgent applications for federal assistance, which were refused with strong symptoms of impatience and annoyance. The President was then at Long Branch, and the correspondence on the part of the federal government was conducted by Attorney General Pierre- pont under the President’s instructions, On the 14th of September Mr. Pierrepont wrote to Governor Ames embodying ex- tracts from a telegram he had just received from Long Branch. In that telegram the President said to the Attorney General:— “The whole public are tired with these au- tumnal outbreaks in the South, and the great majority are now ready to condemn any interference on the part of the govern- ment.” The President further said:—“I would suggest the sending of a despatch to Governor Ames urging him to strengthen his own position by exhausting his own re- sources in restoring order before he receives government aid.” Mr. Pierrepont proceeded to say to Governor Ames:—*‘You see by this the mind of the President, with which I and every member of the Cabinet who has been consulted are in full accord.” ‘I suggest that you take all lawful means and all needed | measures to preserve the peace by the forces in your own State, and let the country see that the citizens of Méssissippi, who are largely favorable to good order, and who are largely republican, have the courage and manhood to fight for their rights.” The President did not swerve from | these sound views, and when Ames found that the federal troops would not interfere he yielded to the force of circum- stances and made a voluntary surrender of his office to escape impeachment. There is | no good reason to doubt that persistent non- interference by President Grant in Louisiana at the present time will be followed by a dissolution of the Packard government, and that peace and order will thereafter be | easily maintained by the State authorities. The Presidential question is so closely connected with the late Louisiana election that General Grant deserves especial praise for rising above party considerations on this occasion. The question whether Packard is Governor involves the question whether Hayes is entitled to the electoral votes of the State. On the face of the returns Nich- olls and the Tilden electors had a large ma- jority. Ifthe parishes and precincts thrown out by the Returning Board ought to have been counted for Nicholls they ought also to have been counted for Tilden. A recogni- tion of Nicholls as Governor would carry with it an admission that the State belongs | to Tilden, and that he was elected President. On the other hand, a recognition of Packard as Governor would imply an opinion that the electoral votes of the State belong to Hayes. President Grant has properly re- fused to commit himself to either side, and makes no attempt to forestall or influence the action of Congress the electoral votes. It wonld be a manifest breach of decorum for him to nossibly with light snow or raia- in counting | both houses are now engaged in investigat- ing. If it were a mere question of the Gov- ernorship of Louisiana it would not be in- cumbent on him to exercise so much cau- tion ; but the decision of that question vir- tually decides whether the electoral votes of that State belong to“Tilden or to Hayes. Under some circumstances it is the right and even the duty of the President to decide who is the legal Governor of a State; but he is destitute of any authority to decide what are valid electoral votes. And when this latter question is involved in that of a State Governorship, and so involved that the election of a President depends on the decision, the whole subject should be left in the hands of those who are alone competent to decide the greater of the two questions, President Grant is acting with irreproachable wisdom and decorum in taking no sides on the minor question until Congress shall have decided the greater one. The» Assembly Committees. The Speaker of the Assembly announced his standing committees yesterday, and there was, of course, much disappointment, as there always is, on the part of those who failed to obtain such positions as they coveted. The chairmanships of the prin- cipal standing committees are eagerly sought after, and not always from the purest mo- tives, They are too often used as the pass- keys.to the plunder of the session; for the member who has it in his power to smother or push forward a bill at his pleasure com- mands the attention of the lobby. Asa rule it would be prudent for a Speaker to ignore the claims of all who evince over-eagerness to secure such prizes, especially if he desires to preside over an honest body and to insure good legislation, The work in the commit- tee rooms is in truth’ the model on which the legislative ship is built. It is to be hoped that Speaker Sloan has, in the most important cases, made judicious selections ; but there is much new material in his com- mittees, the quality of which must be proved by time. The fact that he is reported to have displayed much independence and to have angered the usual over-zealous inter- meddlers is at least a promising indication that his intentions have been good, and that if he has made any errors they are only those of judgment. Loose Screws in the Insurance Machine. The Hezaty’s articles on the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of which is given to-day, indicate something worse than bad management or possible fraud on the part of the company’s mana- gers. They point toa neglect of duty by the State officials charged with that in- spection which is supposed to be the prin- cipal check upon recklessness and malver- sation. A single line of mortgages, pre- sumably carried as assets, proves to be prac- tically fraudulent, and the ease with which these almost worthless documents have been foisted upon the inspectors as securities 1s good cause for suspicion that there are plenty of other cases of the same kind, not only in the affairs of the com- pany alluded to, but in those of all other corporations which have found it advisable to make a handsome front out of rotten ma- terial. To verify every proffered security before acceptance is in all other lines of business considered not merely proper, but necessary to a degree that admits of no ex- cuse for neglect; yet no State official seems to know the truth about these New Jersey mortgages. A charge of a similar nature, though not so glaring in its specifications, is made against a prominent Connecticut company, although proper official attention to duty would have made the charge itself impossible. The gravity of these cases gains special moral significance from the peculiar nature of the investors proper. The expense of life insurance is generally incurred by men and women to whose families the policies carried are the only provision that can pos- sibly be made for the future. No moneys ever invested are harder earned than these ; in most cases they represent an amount of self-sacrifice which is without parallel in the history of investments. If State inspec- tion is a mere farce, and if custodians of insurance funds are as irresponsible as any chance acquaintance in whose hands money may be placed, the policy holders should at least be allowed the scant justice of know- ing the truth. Warming the Cars, It is to be hoped that the action of the Aldermanic committee on the subject of heating the street cars will be something more than a farce, and lead to a practical relief this winter. The presidents and officers of the railroad companies have shown much indifference and nonchalance over the matter, and the people cannot ex- pect any concessions from them that are not forced. It is idle to argue as to the practi- cability of this or that scheme for warming the cars; it is clear that the roads will do nothing, however simple, for the accommo- dation of the public unless they are com- pelled to act through the power of the Common Council to “regulate” the use of the cars, They know that the people must ride, and they intend to make all the money they can ont of the passengers and to spend as little as possible on their comfort and safety. The Third avenue line, which pays over fifty per cent on its legitimate capital, might well take the lead in affording some decent accommodation to its passengers; but it seems more desirous of swelling its enor- mous profits than of gaining this enviable distinction. If the cars cannot be heated this winter they can at least be made warmer than they are by the use of weather strips, repairs and clean straw. The cold drafts which every person who rides in the street cars has felt from the windows are the main cause of colds, rheumatism and such ailments. In most of the cars there are holes and cracks in the sides and flooring through which the wind whistles at its will. These should be thor- oughly repaired, the windows supplied with some sort of weather strips, and a sufficient quantity of clean, dry straw spread for the passengers’ feet, Of course these improve- ments or comforts would be attended by | some expense; but the Aldermen will be powerless indeed if they cannot force this much concession to the public health and prejudge @ question which committees of | comfort from the favored corporations, Midhat Pacha’s Polfpy- Midhat Pacha is reported to have remon- strated with the Marquis of Salisbury on the folly of Europe’s continuing to annoy Turkey on the subject of reform, and to have hinted at the possible danger to Europe of this unreasonable, not to say impertinent, conduct. As a Grand Vizier, possessed of the capacity to put the case of his country before the world in a new light, Michat is a success, Hitherto it has been thought rather a folly that Turkey should continue to annoy Europe. There have been times when it has even seemed certain that if the nations of Europe could, fora day or two, so far disregard their mutual appre- hensions as to agree upon a common course of action toward the Otto- man Empire it would thereupon become extremely dangerous for Turkey to in- | dulge herself in the aforesaid folly. But behold ! Six first class Powers all assembled by their representatives in the Sultan’s capital ; the most imposing council of dip- lomatic medicine men lately assembled in any city is there, and every individual State is in full agreement with every other as to the demands to be made upon Turkey. But: have been thoroughly applied. By the adoption of a narrower policy in other cities in communication with the South their trade was driven hither and added to ours. Inasmuch as there was no interruption to communication by rail with Southern cities that were devastated by the fever, and yet no spread of the fever in the North, all the re- strictions of quarantine appear to be super- fluous, in some years at least. Bive Per Cent. Comptroller Kelly, having invited bids for a quarter of a million of short currency bonds of the city, bearing five per cent in- terest, received offers for over half a million, at rates varying from par to 100.27. From this it is evident that for five per cent long bonds he would receive bids at a good premium for investment; yet the bulk of our large city debt bears six and seven per cent, and we have gone on renewing our five years, without making any attempt to {| cut down a rate of interest that is eating us out of house and home. There is no good reason why New York city should pay any more for the use of money than is Turkey bluntly tells them that their de- a bea ge aed mone Pe Sehios mands are all nonsense ; that they had bet- credid ss heanatante: If the United ter clear away with themselves and cease to annoy her, and that if they do not it may be the worse for them. In this situation there is such an effect of farcical solemnity as one might conceive if a corpse should sit up and discuss with a coroner's jury the propriety of the jury's presence in his house. It is the present policy of the Turkish government to demand the relegation of all the negotiations to the ground of the An- drassy note; to reject entirely the recom- mendations which Europe has agreed to make; to nullify the labors of the Con- ference actually in session, and to propose the initiation of a new series of intermina- ble deliberations, starting with the innocu- ous generalities laid down by the Austrian Premier. This is not an unnatural course in the circumstances, Ottoman authorities might well prefer to start a negotiation on their own affairs at any other point than one upon which all the great States of Europe are in agreement. But it is hardly to be thought that the Powers represented at the Conference will look upon themselves as merely in the drift of Turkish whims, and the important question of the hour. is as to what action they will take if the Conference adjourns without the accomplishment of any purpose, It would seem as if they had already gone too far to recede now. They have undertaken to settle, from a deliberate view of the danger of Europe and the ne- cessity of the preservation of peace, some important points of the relations of the Sultan to his subjects, and regard to their own dignity must prevent their permitting a case they have thus taken up to slip through their fingers without any settlement whatever. The Condition of the Strects. It would be unreasonable to expect the Police Commissioners, who control the Street Cleaning Bureau, to keep all the streets of the city clean and free from ob- stractions when we are visited by such a fall of snow as that of last week. At such an exceptional time the first necessity is to clear the railroad tracks, as the immense body of travel cannot be stopped withont suspending all the business of the city. People must go to their stores, their places ofemployment and their labor, and even the unavoidable delay caused by slow trips occasions serious inconvenience. The rail- roads cannot clear their tracks speedily after a heavy storm without piling the snow in banks at the sides of the tracks, and even if they should be compelled by legislation to remove these heaps subsequently some time would necessarily elapse before the work could be done. At present the rail- road companies are under no such obligation, and the snow banks they raise are left for the street cleaning authori- ties or the thaw and the sun to dispose of. It would take an army of employés anda vast sum of money to gather up and cart away all the snow and ice in the city at such atime, and these the authorities cannot com- mand. Still, with the force and the means at their disposal, the Police Commissioners | can do something for the relief of the pub- lic, and the complaint is that for the last week they have done nothing. President Smith, in a letter to the Mayor, sets forth the difficulties under which the Street Cleaning Bureau labors, but he ad- vances some which do not exist. As the Corporation Counsel and the Board of Ap- portionment have decided that the appro- priation for street cleaning for the present year is available for the expense of remov- ing the existing obstructions of ice and snow there can be no good rea- son why the Police Commissioners should hesitate to use the money for that purpose. They can atleast apply as much of the fund as will clear the principal avenues and relieve some of the main busi- ness thoroughfares. This they should do at once, and on their own responsibility. As the law imposes the duty of cleaning the streets on them and noton the Board of Apportionment it is unreasonable to request the latter body to declare by resolution what streets and parts of streets shall be cleaned. This is precisely what the Police Commissioners are required by the law to do, and they should do it without any fur- ther delay. The Health Offcer’s Report. In the past scason three hundred and sixty-three vessels arrived at this port from ports at which yellow fever was prevalent, and on ninéty-nino of these there were cases ofthis malady. But there was no inter- ruption to our trade with those ports—it was greatly increased with some of them— yet no cases of the fever occurred in this city save such as came by rail from infected cities in the South. This good result was due to arrangements which may be re- garded as the application to the case of common sense rather than medical science. By the provision that vessels from such cities should not carry passengers the sources of difficulty were reduced to those of cargo and crew; and as crews can be dealt with far more freely than passengers can the really principal need was an effective States government can get all the money it wants at fourand a half per cent the New York city government ought to be able to borrow at the same rate, If our whole debt could now be placed at five per cent inter- est the taxpayers would save a steady drain— averaging our present rate at six and a quarter per cent—of about one million five hundred thousand dollars. Although we cannot without the consent of the bond- holders consolidate our existing debt and replace the present bonds with long bonds bearing four and ao half or five per cent interest, we can at least bring down the rate of interest on renewals and new issues. This will be a good work for Comptroller bonds year after year, for the past four or | Kelly to undertake, and before his term of office closes we may probably have but a very small portion of debt bearing the pres- ent exorbitant rate of interest. British Jealousy of Our Sea Serpent. England has long envied us the exclusive possession of the most wonderful snake of modern times, In the London Zoological Gardens they plume themselves on their reptiles, and in the dominions of the Em- press of India there are specimens that the ophiologist contemplates with respect. But with all these on their hands, as it were, the British people have grown green with envy in the contemplation of the oft recurring chronicle of the great American sea serpent, who disports himself in the ocean com- monly within a marine league or two of this continent. It has thus always been within the power of any New England skipper to completely ‘lap over” the whole British people, and to flatten out the roundest and amplest opinion of themselves possessed by any chance group of Britons. But the remarkable report of a marine monster seen on the English coast indicates that England has come to the conclusion that something must be done in regard to the sea serpent, and seems to indicate that she has resolved to make believe she possesses a superior member of the same family. It is said that aship was seen to suddenly disappear, as if by an explosion; and then a man on the lookout saw near her another ship of%h queer build, which turned out to be no ship at all, but a living monster that had, it is to be imagined, destroyed the first ship witha twist of its playful tail. Nations do not credit this chronicle as yet, but it exhibits the desperate efforts that may be made by an envious fancy. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Going to the inauguration ? Sumner hated mathematics, Saivini will no longer play for money. ‘The lecture doos not flourish in Chicago. Mrs. Ralston will hereafter reside tu Paris, Ex-Mayor Cobb, of Boston, will winter in Sicily. C.ara Morris will spond two months tn California. General Joseph E, Johnson is lionized in Washington, M. Jules Simon is the Humpty Dumpty of French legislators, Senator Alcorn, of Mississippt, is sixty-one, and was vorn in IHinois, Toby Rosenthal, the San Francisco artist, will return home trom Munich in May. Miss Coleman, dauzhter of the late Robert Coleman, is the wealthiest lady in Washington, Codfish 1s said to be good for diphtheria. That is the reason why 80 few people are sick on Friaay. Quoen Victoria is not for war, although the soldiory are, This shows that the bairpin ts mightier than tho sword. music, drawing or German unless its parents request in writing that it do so, Said Jones sweepingly, “When you are in Rome ao ag the Romans do;’’ ard Johnéon replied, “When you are in gin do as the Injins do.’’ San Francisco 18 almost wholly built of wood; but the material, redwood, though 1% will burn brightly will not hold fire where there is a little wetting, The Chicago Tribune says that however wicked that city may be it raises up lay preachers who aro espe- cially active and powerful in tne service of the Lord, ‘The original of the. crude but strong spirtied picture of “Yankee Deodle,” depicting two drummers and a filer, is in Boston, and was painted by A. M. Willard. Detroit Free Press;—“A Des Moines man wouldn't shovel the snow off his roof becuase the Lord put it there. The Lord caused the roof to break in and then the man had to move.” out her usual novel. won't give her readers but fifty-one books this year,” Elizabet Deroc, an old Dutch lady of Chicago, who saw Napoleon at Delft in 1800, says that he rode a white horse, took off his hat to the people, and ata banquet ate only white beans, for fear he might bo poisoned. The mother of a young actress presented herself to the manager of a Paris theatre in a state of intenso indignation, “Pretty goings on, these!’ she cried, “Your flower girl brings # bouquet of flowers to my daughter, an innocent child of seventeen, and says ont loud, right before the whole company, that if she will go to supper after the performance she will find fifty jJouis under her table napkin.” The manager sternly replied, “I will gee about that this moment That flower girl shall march out of this theatre before she isaday older, She has no business to spenk so loud!” Evening telegram:—""ExX-Atlorney General E, Kock- wood Hoar, Mr. ‘ts’ cousin, sent a letter tothe dinner of the alumni ot William College, at Boston, on Monday evening, saying that he ‘regarded that col- Joze as ono of the frontier posts of civilization against Now York.’ The people of that part ot New York | which adjoing the Massachusetts county whero this college is shuated have been accustomed, om the con- trary, in recent yours, to regard itas one of their bar- riers against the ehromo-civilization of that very neighborhood where Judge Hoar resides, which was the home of Winslow, the forger, and has just elected Ben Butler to the next Congrees by a Inrge majority. In the Chicago public schools a pupil need not study | | sultative powers only. | tablishment of a | a European as Norristown Jerald:— “That prolific writer, Mrs, | Henry Wood, was sick last week ona unable to grind | Unless she works overtime she | Seale TELEGRAPHIC. NEWS From All Parts of the World. RUSSIA STILL ARMING. The Conference Meeting of the Plenipotentiaries. SMALLPOX IN LONDON. Eleetion of Officérs in the French Senate. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpox, Jan, 11, 1877. Tho day for the meeting of the Conference 18 at hand, and the menace of a final disagreement still ro- mains. Russia seems to have but little faith in an amicable solution of the difficulty and continues bor warlike preparations, No assurances aro given that the Porte will depart from the stand taken at the last meeting, and the probabilities aro that this last at. tempt at a satisfactory arrangement of the Kastorn diMculty will prove no more succossful than tho previous one. RUSSIA PREPARING FOR WAR. ‘ A despatch from Belgrade reports that Serviacon tinucs the work of armament. Tho first class of the reserve has been called out, and will bo stationed at Giadova and Negotin, Russia has purchased 100,000 Remington rifles for Servia. General Nikitine has sent adjutants to Radojevatz, Gladova and Negotin to propare plans for tho march of the Russian army corps coming via Roumania, It is considered in Bel- grade that the Conferenco has miscarried, and a speedy declaration of war by Russia 18 expected. The Russian Consul at Bucharest has been sum- moned to Kicheneff, A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE. ABeigrade despatch siys Goneral Nikitine and staff left Belgrade by steamer Weduesday morning. It is asserted that he has gone to St. Petersburg to report on the condition of Servia, but tho correspondent considers this improbable, and suggests that the General has possibly gone to the Lower Danube in connection with some unexpected move- mentthere, Nearly all the Russian officers and sol- diers have left Servia, M. Murinovios is expected to return from St, Petersburg on Friday, It is confl- dently asserted that be will form @ Cabinet with the avowed invention of negotiating an immediate peace: A strong party favors this idea, CONDITION OF THY RUSSIAN ARMY. A special despatch from St. Petersburg says it Ia officially reported that there are only 1,451 invalids in tho mobilized army oft Russia and no epidemics pre- vail. RUSSIA'S INTIMIDATING PROCESS. A correspondent reviewing the situation concludes that Russia to gain time has no objection to reverting to Andrassy’s note, lt is duubtful how long this Turkish expedicnt will be effectual. Russig vegins ts realize that sho must mobilize a larger army to coerce Turkey, not for war, but to support diplo- matic action, The knowledge that her present mobitized force is insufficient has produced no pacifi¢ sentiments, Mobilization is fast extending to the East and North of the Empire, It is probable that tho Russians will soon cross the Pruth, This step would not signify immediate war; it would, on the cpntrary, be taken as a theans ofavolding it, by fright- ening the Turks into compliance with Russia’s da mands, STILL A NOPE OF PEACE. Tho Post makes tho following announcement very prominently :—*'We have reason to believe there is still some ground for not despairing of a pacific issue Within tho last few days urgent representations have been telegraphed to the Porte, which have at least se- cured attention.’ THH WORK OF THE CONFERENCE. The Council of Ministers, held yesterday at Constan. tinople, came toa decision relative to tho course to be taken by the Turkish plenipotentiaries at the session of the Conference to-day. What the decision is has not yet become known. It appears certain, however, that the Conference will continue sitting, A DISCUSSION POSSIBLE, A correspondent writing from Vienna considers that to-day’s meeting of the Conferenco will be a great step in advance, as a basis will then bo found in the Andrassy note on which discus- sion will be possible. The postponement of the mecting from Wednesday to Thursday also shows plainly thatthe Turks aro preparing for a compromise. According to one report this compromise will be based on the Andrassy note, Another report is that the Turks will propcso that tho Powers relinquish the de- mand for special reforms in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria; in return for which concession the Porte would allow an international commission to su- perintend the honest application of the constitution in those provinces. Whichever of these vorisons is true therocan be little doubt that tho Turks see tie time for yielding has come. GERMANY’S PROBABLE ACTION, A despatch from Pera says:—'Should the Porte per- sist in upholding the constitution as the only admisai- ble solution of the questions at issue Germany will threaten to retire immediately from the Conference, Unless the Porte gives a definitive reply to the European proposals within a certain number of houra the ambassadors of tho six Powers will immediately leave.” IGNATINF’S LETTRR TO MIDMAT PACHA. A despatch from Constantinople says:—‘General Ignatief, the Rus-ian representative, in a confidential communication to Midhat Pacha, on Satarday, urged the acceptance of certain points of the conlerence proposals, and indicated the meang of evading others, Ho advised the acceptance of an international commission with con. Ho suggested the appointment imstead of the os- gendarmerie, and the appointment of a Bulgarian instead o Governor of Bulgaria Hoy guaranteed Russia’s assent to the proposals thus medi- fied. He denied, in the course of his letter, that Russia incited Servia to make war. It has been remarked that General Ignatief’s att) tude toward the Porte has been more conciliatory the Inst fow days. SALISHURY TO INTERVIEW THR GRAND VIZIER, A despatch from Constantinople says that the Mare quis of Salisbury will have au interview with Midbat Pacha to-morrow. REARMING THE BULGARIANS. The arms taken from the Christian inhabitants ot Balgaria at the time of the insurrection are now boing restored, ROUMANIA’S INDEPENDENCE, Roumania’s resolution to throw off allegiance to the Porte is understood to be contingent upon the latter attempting to enforce the application to Roumania of Article 7 of the new constitation, Atologram from Constantinople reports that the Turquie (nowspaper) stutes that in consequence of Rou- mania’s measures the Porte has officially declared that tho now constitution was puroly internal, not af. fecting the rights of a principality guarantecd by ins ternational treaties, THY FRENCH SENATE'S OFFICERS, Tho French Senato to-day re-clectet tho Duke d’Audiffret- Pasquier I'rosident of that body. Count Rampon, of the Left Contre, was elected one of the Vice Presidents, in epite of the opposition of the Right. instruction foreign of officers of MORK PREFKCTS TO RE DISMISsRD, ‘The Moniteur announces the impending dismissal ot twenty-eight sub-profects, THE NCEE CANAT, Ata mecting of the shareholders of the Sucz Canal Company, held yesterday in Paris, a convention with the maritime Powers, which binds the company t@ Are they right, or is Judge Moar’ On whieh side of system of desinfection, which appears ta sho line do the barbarians really awoll?”’ expend 1,000,000 trance annually for the improvement of the canal and terminates the long-standing dimculty i