The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1877, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND. ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. puaneenaaen THE DAILY HERALD, published every day én the year, ‘Three cents per copy (Sunday excluded). Ten doliars per year, or at rate of one dollar per month jor any period less than’ six months, or five dollars forsix months, Sunday tree of postage. ™ letters or telegraphic despatches must ww York Herarp. Letters an pachagee ‘should be properly seated. Rejected communications will not be returned. ~eavtannnrd aaa PETLSRELPaiA OFFICE—NO, 112 SOUTH SIXTH ba sat “OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— NO. FLEE’ ET. ARIS OF FICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. STRADA PACE. APLES OF FICE—NO. Subseri; dad’ and advi ‘on the same terms as in New York. VOLUME XLII..+.++++++++seeeeeeseeee: AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. PARK THEATRE.—Lep Astaay. WALLACK’S THEATR: BROADWAY THEATR: EGYPTIAN HALL.—8: GILMORE’S GARDEN. PARISIAN VARIETIES. NEW AMERICAN MUSEUM. AND EQUESTRIAN FrstivAL. THEATRE CUMIQUE.—' STEINWAY HALL—Syur CHICKERING HALL.—Graxp Concert. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—Bonexran Grew. WITH SUPPLEMENT. “NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1877, NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS, The Adams Express Company run a special news- paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad ana its connections, leaving Jerscy City at a quarter past four é M. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition ofthe Heratp 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 reports this morning the probabilities fare that the weather in New York to-day will be gold, and partly cloudy or clear. Wai. Sreeer Yesterpay.—The Stock Ex- change was unusually excited, and large transac- tions were made in Western Union. At one time the market was very strong. Gold opened at 1061, and closed at 106%g. Money on call was supplied at 5 and 4 per cent. Government bonds were firm and railway mortgages steady. Mors Promise of that new opera house—the site has actually been bought. A Porvtar METHop of increasing the fees of ‘architects is outlined in ‘“Blackmailing Contrac- tors.” Ir THE Woman's Srory in “A Novel Injunc- tion” is true there is one man alive for whom no buman being can have # particle of sympathy. Desrerare Lovers will do well to ascertain just how much satisfaction the lovelorn Sing Sing teacher has obtained from his self-inflicted ‘wound. ‘Tae Execution or Racianp in North Carolina tiatified the law's demands, but at the same time showed the utter powerlessness of the law to rec- tify a terrible wrong. Is Tuere No Penauty for wasting Croton ‘water in the ways discovered by inspection of ‘Warren street buildings? If not there should ‘be one devised at once. Tue AvperManic Deap1iock in Brooklyn re- mains unbroken, and yet the people of that city eat, sleep and enjoy themselves as if city futhers ‘were entirely unnecessary. Tue Trovstes of a public school teacher are touched on in an article published today. Judg- ing from the reticence of the officials it is a clear case of mysterious disappearance. Tne Trepen Ixcome Tax case has at last come before the courts, and mere taste will dictate that trial by newspaper shall cease during the legal consideration of the question. Ir Ovr Reapers would learn why theatrical man- agers pay one hundred dollars for an eighty-cent book they must read the funny story told in another column about stage rights. The law is usually so dry that to find a humorous case is more of a novelty than ‘The Danichefis” appears to be. Tue Assessment of office-holders for political purposes, about which officials have never heard @ word, was the subject of some sworn testi- mony given in Washington yesterday. Now for one of those virtuous and skilful denials which make the party manager the envy of all men who long to avoid trath-telling without lying. Tut Apuity of the average Alderman to ac commodate refreshments has always been con- ceded, but mathematical demonstrations of the fact have heretofore been wanting. Our court reports to-day, however, contain some accurate figures bearing upon this subject, and showing that the special Aldermanic ability of New York has been shamefully underrated. Ovn Royran Visrrors, the Russian Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine, were yesterday entertained by Commodore Creighton and his pfiicers at Gosport Navy Yard. ‘Tho ice being now broken our visitors will find that American hospitality is as generons and hearty as it was whgn the first Russian squadron came to our shores. Let us hope that our visitors will enjoy themselves right royally. ‘Tam Weatnen.—A rapid extension of the northerly margin of the Gulf depression toward - the coast of South Carolina, and the consequent Jandward drift of vapor in the vicinity of New York, induced by the prevailing northeasterly swittds, caused yesterday's snowfall along a very limited extent of the Atlanticcoast. The snow and sleet arca embraced New London and Washing: twn, but did not extend tar inland. The Gulf “depression has made very slow eustward prog: tess, and is now extending over the South At antic States and the Gulf coast, where rain “prevailed yesterday. In all the other regions the coaaney is high, with partly cloudy or clear weather and low tempera- ture. The latter condition is particularly in the Northwest. The Ohio “River has fallen steadily but slowly, and the Lower | Mississippi‘ has commenced to rine as the freslot southward, A storm centre is the Pacific coast. Suow fell yester- © day at» few points in Caneda NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. The Future of New York City. We do not suppose that anything very re- markable will result from the conference to take place to-day between Mayor Ely and prominent citizens. An interchange of views between the new Mayor and repre- sentatives of the property holders and busi- ness interests of the city will, no doubt, be of some assistance to Mr. Ely in estimating the publie sentiment which may promote or obstruct his measures, and may also give him valuable hints as to what steps may now be wisely taken for improving the government and fostering the growth of this metropolis; at any rate, it serves to call attention to a great and impor- tant subject, and our readers will accept it as an excuse for suggestions relating to this great seat of commerce. The points on which we desire to fix atten- tion are few in number, but of fundamental consequence as landmarks of a sound muni- cipal policy. The thing most to be depre- cated is the narrowness of view which re- sults from surveying a great and complex subject on only one of its several sides. To illustrate what we mean we will select two ideas, each sound in itself, which are more likely to be brought into conflict to the injury of the city than any others—namely, the idea of economy and the idea of improvement. Asa- gacious and foresecing policy must reconcile the two? No two ideas come into such easy collision. Improvements cost money and bring a burden or a mortgage on property; and yet it would be a false and mistaken economy which should arrest all large schemes of improvement and merely pro- vide for immediate wants. In the present temper of the public mind, resulting from the depression of business and real estate, retrenchment of expenditures will not want advocates, and we will begin our statement with a glance at the otherside of the question. We assume that this city has a great destiny, provided there is some- thing of statesmanlike breadth in its mu- nicipal policy. But such a policy must look beyond mere facilities for the transaction of business, paramount and indispensable as these certainly are. The metropolis must furnish means of enjoying fortunes as well as of acquiring them, and whatever adds to its social attractiveness is a solid element of prosperity. It isalready the most agree- ‘able place of residence on the Western con- tinent, and there is. mo reason why it may not grow to be one of the most desirable in the world for people of wealth, taste and culture, Since the opening of the Erie Canal, which gave the first decided impetus to the growth of the city, how many great fortunes have been made here in trade by persons who went to Europe to enjoy their wealth! We must acknowledge our debt to European capital and European houses for aid in promoting the growth of the city and building it up as a great centre of trade, nor can we blame their owners for retreating with their wealth to the more pleasant capi- tals of the Old World. But had they all pur- chased land and erected fine mansions on this island, what an immense contribution it would have been to the value of our taxable real estate! We are not so Quixotic as to expect that this will ever be very different, or that ties of nationality, language and early association will be broken, and we allude to the subject merely to illustrate a tendency to acquire property in one place and enjoy itin another. Our vast and prosperous country abounds in flourishing cities where enterprise and busi- ness capacity find great rewards, and there will be a constantly growing tendency for wealthy families from all parts of the American continent to fix their residence in New York, or to spend the whole ora part of every year here, for the sake of our parks, our drives, our places of amusement, our social entertainments, and the advantages of intercourse with s large circle of cultivated people. There will be hardly any limit to the future value of real estate in the upper part of the island when it comes to be competed for by people of great wealth from all parts of the country. A narrow and niggardly policy respecting tasteful public improve- ments wonld be penny wise and pound foolish. Another class of improvements comprises docks and facilities for commerce. In rela- tion to these we suppose there can be no dif- erence of opinion except as to the proper rate of progress. The present time is not favorable for heavy expenditures of any kind; but, on the other hand, the city should move steadily even if slowly in furtherance of measures to keep and extend its trade. Money expended on docks and terminal facilities will come back sooner than that devoted to parks and public drives, although both will be repaid tenfold inthe end. The city must not at- tempt to go too fast, but it must never halt in its ceaseless rnarch toward imperial great- ness in commerce and metropolitan attrac- tiveness as a place of residence. A true economy will not block the wheels of prog- ress, but will take good care that improve. ments are not made a cover for swindling, either on a great or a small scale. It is the duty of every municipal administra- tion to be vigilant and resolute in pre- venting necessary improvements from becoming gigantic jobs, as they have so com- monly been in the past. But no adminis- tration must be unmindful of the great destiny and future magnificence of the com- mercial and social metropolis of the Western Hemisphere, which should be an ever-pres- ent idea in the minds of our citizens and our constantly changing rulers, Among the great measures of economy which should be practicable with sagacious management is a reduction of the in- terest on our heavy city debt. This is a subject on which a compari- son of views between the Mnyor and the eminent citizens who are to confer with him might be instructive and profit- able. We are paying an average rate of about six and two-thirds per cent on our large municipal debt at a time when invest- ments in federal bonds yield only five per cent. The credit of this city ought to be nearly as good as that of the federal govern- ment, and on bonds having thirty or forty years to run the city should be able to bor- row at as favorable rites as the United States, We appreciate the obstacles to the ; conversion of the city bonds, and should be glad to have the subject discussed in the conference to-day with a view to find whether, in the opinion of bankers and capitalists, these obstacles are insurmount- able before the maturity of existing bonds. With regard to matters of ordinary ad- ministration we do not expect much fruit from the conference, because most of the gentlemen assisting in it have had but little experience in municipal affairs, and good administration depends on personal energy and an incessant attention to details. The municipal government is more in harmony with itself than it has ever been before under the present charter. The Mayor, Comptrolier and Commissioner of Public Works are all honest and capable men, and as there will be no mutual obstructiveness among them we are prepared to expect a great increase of efficiency and a reasonable approach toward economy. Rassia’s Policy. It is reported in Europe that Russia will issue a circular somewhat more peaceful than might have been anticipated in view of her military preparations and the resolute language of the Ozar in his re- ply made some months since to the people of Moscow. But times change, and Em- perors change with them, and the purpose that was good in November may very prop- erly be modified in January. It would be hasty, therefore, to fancy—thongh there seems a tendency in this direction—that the failure to plunge precipitately into war is not to the honor of Russia. If the report prove true it is quite compatible with all proper national pride; but we need hardly point out to our readers that the in- tentions of the Russian Cabinet may be as point upon which the news gatherers are not so well informed as they are upon several more open to com- mon observation. Russia has at least this fact before her, that the condition on which she threatened immediate war no longer ex- ists. It may recur when the armistice ex- piros if Turkey is then so ill-advised as to push ruthlessly her interrupted operations against Servia. But there is no Slavic State at this moment menaced with annihilation by Turkish arms. There is therefore no palpitating appeal to Russian sympathy or force, and the Emperor may act deliber- ately. European opinion might even regard | as. precipitate a course which did not con- template as worthy a moment's thought the reforms that Turkey proposes to apply of her own motion in the Christian provinces. Perhaps these reforms will be as unreal and shadowy as have been others promised in previous crise: of Turkey's fate; but it is porsible that the case may for once turn out otherwise ; and the Power that has the moderation to wait and see cannot forfeit the moral advantages of its position by that course. It is Russia's cue to keep in relation on this subject with the common opinion of Europe. She s now in actual accord with all the Powers as to the diplomacy of her relations with Turkey, and it would bea blunder on her part to sacrifice this relation to a too intense consideration of the case as seen only from her own side the line. The English Opera. While the International Opera House, on Madison avenue, is still like the palace of Aladdin, yet certain to be built and destined to become the home of music in America, we still have operatic entertainments which do much to meet the public desire. Oneof the delightful events of the season will be the return to-night of Miss Clara Louise Kellogg with her admirable company to the Academy of Music, This charming vocalist has in the last three or four years greatly added to the merit and popularity of Eng- lish opera. She has extended its répertoire, strengthened the company and produced new works of value. It is only to be re- gretted that the stay of the Kellogg troupe will be so brief. But four performances are announced, in each of which Miss Kellogg will appear. ‘The Bohemian Girl” will be sung this evening, and on Wednesday night “Faust.” On Friday night and on Satur- day afternoon Wagner's -‘Flying Dutch- man” will be given for the first time in this city. To Miss Kellogg belongs the honor of this important production. Tne Bank and Insurance ments. The Legislature has now been in session over twenty days, or one-fifth ofthe hundred days supposed to be sufficient for the trans- action of all necessary business. Every member of the Senate and Assembly has heard of tho tumbling down of a number of savings banks in New York and the sufferitigs of their thousands of de positors, The case of the Third Avenne, Savings Bank, where fraudulent loans, robberies by clerks, false entries and per- jured statements enabled the managers to rob its victims, is, or ought to be, familiar to every legislator in Albany. The fact that some life insurance companies, con- ducted on dishonest principles, have re- cently closed their doors when they could carry on their fraudulent game no longer, and that other similar institutions are likely to follow in the same track, is also well known at the State Capitol. Yct one-fifth of an ordinary session has been suffered to pass away and no Senator or Assemblyman has made an effectual movement toward fixing the responsibility for these publi outrages, bringing the offenders to justice or securing the much needed reform in the departments which are supposed to enforce the banking and insurance laws and to pro- tect the people from imposition and rob- bery. We invite Governor Robinson's attention to these matters. The Insurance Depart- ment is without a head. The Superintend- ent of the Banking Department is holding over, his term of office having expired. It would be the duty of the Governor under any circumstances to send the names of capable and honest persons to the Senate for both these offices, leaving to the republi- can Senate the responsibility of rejecting the nominees, The mischief eaused by the incapacity or unfaithfulness of both the Banking and Insurance departments is widespread, and it is scandalous that the public should have been left so long with- out protection. Depart- Senator Morton's Speech. That Mr, Morton made no impression on the Senate yesterday was owing to the dis- adyantages of his position ; not to any lack of ability. Ifanybody could have made the opposition to the Electoral bill seem reason- able and respectable Mr. Morton would have done so; but it was a task too difficult even for his great abilities. The chief dis- advantage under which he labored was the intrinsic weakness of the side he has. espoused. Another disadvantage was the fact that he stultified himself by abjuring views which he had been advocat- ing with great zeal, earnestness and tenacity for the last two or three years. If there had been a change of audience his situation- would not have been so awkward; but there was no change of audience except in the galleries, and even the people of the galler- ies must have known how grossly he was contradicting himself. His fellow Senators, who are to decide the question on which he spoke, are the very same who have time and again listened to his vehement arguments and appeals in favor of a plan almost identical with that which he now opposes. The Senators must have experienced a mingled feeling of amusement and pity or amusement and con- tempt at seeing this lame giant ‘‘wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow” in their presence, falsifying his deliberate convictions by a blind impulse of party zeal. If he had made this great sacrifice of consistency in a cause likely to win he could have gone through the performance with a better grace; but being conscious that the Senate, the country and the Presi- dent were against him and that he was lead- ing a forlorn hope, it is no wonder that the trial proved too great for his strength and that he broke off his speech in the middle, pleading ill health. The first assault on the Electoral bill has, therefore, proved a dead failure, and where Morton fails there is little chance of success by other assailants. Mr. Morton's speech isa violent partisan tirade, quite unworthy of his talents and altogether beneath the dig- nity of the occasion. Only specimens can convey any idea of his parliamentary in- decorum. In parrying the charge of incon- sistency, on the ground that his former opinions were hasty and promptly ex- pressed, he said:—‘I am no ad- mirer of political reticence; ef the political owls who keep silent and look wise until they think they are out of the woods and then give a prolonged hoot.” He accused the republican Sena- tors of want of courage, and paid them this tasteful and urbane compliment :—‘‘Geolo- gists tell us: that there was a period in the earth’s crust when there were skulless vertebrates. Now we have got to the period when there are vertebrateless skulls.” These extracts illustrate the tone and tem- per of the speech, and its argument was in keeping with its temper. To adopt this manner on so important an occasion was a confession of weakness, and, very naturally, the speech produced no impression, The Senatorial Elections. The struggle over the United States Sen- atorship continues in Illinois, and the sub- stitution of Mr. Anderson on the democratic side in place of Governor Palmer does not seem to have drawn it any nearer to a con- clusion. On the twenty-eighth ballot Mr. Logan received ninety-seven votes and Mr. Anderson eighty-seven, leaving sixteen scat. tering, when the Legislature adjourned until to-day. The long delay is not regarded as favorable to Mr. Logan, although his friends are said to be very con- fident of their ability to gain eventually the small number of independent votes neces- sary to his election. In New Jersey the democratic caucus last evening nominated Mr. John R. McPherson, of Jersey City, on the first ballot, and this, no doubt, insures his election by the Legislature, the demo- crats having a majority on the joint ballot, although a very narrow one. Mr. McPher- son has been in the State Senate, is a busi- ness man and is said to be popular in the rural districts of his State. The republican caucus adjourned without making a nomi- nation. Had the republicans been in a ma- jority in the Legislature it is scarcely proba- ble that they would have hesitated to re- nominate Mr. Frelinghuysen, who has made a good Senator, and whose action on the joint electoral committee well deserves recognition, There is said to be some prospect of a close contest in Kansas, the principal candidates being Governor Osborn and Mr. Harvey, the present Sena- tor, although there are many other aspirants. The greenback republicans are reported as anxious to make a stand for that exploded person, a greenback politician, while the democrats, who are in a minority, reserve their strength in the hope of placing their votes where they may do the most good. In Georgia, according to our special despatches, a desperate, but it is to be hoped an unsuccessful fight is being made against Ben Hill, The voting in the Legis- lature commences to-day, and Atlanta is snid to be full of excited politicians, who seem bent on degrading the canvass by the introduction of personalities. Mr. Toombs has, of course, figured prominently in this phase of the contest, and it is said that Mr. Schley is likely to seek a personal difficulty with Mr. Hill. It is to be hoped, however, that the hot blood which boils up in the preliminary proceed- ings will cool down when the voting com- mences. Mr. Hill has displayed discretion and judgment in his treatment of the del- icate questions agitating the country. Should the combination against him prove sufficiently powertul to defeat his election to the Senate the country will at least have the benefit of his services for another two years in the House of Representatives, Warm Feet and Pure Air. Various propositions for heating the street cars, 30 as to provide proper warmth for the passengers while at the same time preserving their health, were submitted to the Aldermanic Committee yesterday. As we have before said, the Aldermen must now have become convinced that it is possible to heat the curs and to secure a much purer atmosphere by means of thorough ventilation than can be expected when windows, doors and ventilators are reanired to be alosely j shut. It isa matter of indifference what plan may be adopted so long as it is one which will fully secure the desired objecte— warmth and ventilation. There are, however, some points which should be observed in framing an ordi- nance requiring the companies to make this concession to the health and comfort of the public. The heat should come from the bottom or flooring of the cars, so as to keep the feet warm, and the ventilation should be in the top or dome, so as to keep the head cool. The manner of heating should beset forth in the law, other- wise some companies might place a steam pipe over the passengers’ heads and air holes under their feet in order to prove the discomfort and unhealthfulness of warm cars, Let the Aldermen pass the necessary law, with proper requirements in its pro- visions, and the companies will be forced to give way. As the principle of car heating is now known to the Aldermen, as its practi- cability is established, and as the wishes of the people have been plainly expressed, there should be no further delay in the pas- sage of a law which will compel the compa- nies to concede what avarice alone opposes. The Electoral Count and Our State Legislature. The resolutions offered in the State Senate on Thursday last by Mr. Woodin on the elec- toral count, based upon that portion of the Governor’s Message which invited the atten- tion of the Legislature to the questions grow- ing out of the recent Presidential election, will be called up for debate and action to- day. The resolutions are eminently just and patriotic, and as abstract propositions would no doubt receive the assent of all fair minded legislators. Their posi- tive assertion, that the ‘awfully certi- fied” vote of the electors pronounced by the State authorities to have been regularly appointed ‘‘shall be received and counted as the vote of the State,” might, indeed, be open to objection as seeming to justify and legalize the “trick practised in Oregon, by which a democratic elector, al- though not receiving a majority of the votes actually cast in the State, has been “law- fully certified” as elected by the proper State authorities. Aside from this their tone and spirit appear to be unobjection- able. But since the resolutions were drawn and offered by their astute author the situa- tion has materially changed. A wise and patriotic joint committee of the two houses of Congress, embracing some of the most distinguished members of both bodies, has agreed upon a method of counting the electoral vote which is acceptable to the country and is likely to be concurred in bya majority of the repre- sentatives of both political parties. Mr. Woodin’s resolutions therefore become now unnecessary and out of place. They might well be superseded, in view of the fortunate result of the joint committee's deliberations, by asimple resolution indorsing the Electoral bill and approving the action of the senior United States Senator from New York, whose efforts have been so conducive to the propi- tious result. Mr. Woodin’s resolutions in- dorse the opinion of Henry Clay, that, ‘an- less the two houses (of Congress) agree upon a different method, the President of the Sen- ate would proceed to open and count the votes,” and as ‘‘different method” has now been proposed their author will, no doubt, cheerfully assent to the amendment we sug- gest. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Sugar cane came from China. Let your children eat all the salt they want. Primitive nations generally eat what they revere, In the Sandwich Islands the Chinese are called cockroaches, Carlyle thought that the Crimean war was a piece of tragic stupidity. William Black calls Professor Fawcett a ‘‘sort of political Shelley,” In Texas wild turkeys aro $1 a dozen and whiskey is fity cents a drink. General Bob Lee’s monument will evidently be built tong before Washiugton’s. ‘The cold weather has hastened tho effoct of pulmon- ary complaints in the South. John S. Dwight has been elected President of the Harvard Musical Association. London shop windows do not contain their usual display of goods, om account of hard times. - General Horace Binney Sargent, of Boston, is re- elected commander of the Massachusetts Grand Army. New Bedford boasts a Scotchman, grandnephew of Robert Burns, and who has several garments worn by the poet. When a man despairs of the world he may listen with profit of soul to the melody of the child songs of Schumann, A Boston beggar has been living by picking crumbs from saloon tables and eating them. The stock fail- ing he took poison. A Massachusetts man of fine education has become so addicted torum that the other night he drank a quart of pure alcohol. Renan will deliver an address upon Spinoza at the Hague, February 21, on tho occasion of the 200th an- niversary of Spinoza’s death. Courierville-Louts- Watterson: —‘‘Beecher says he has ‘Weish blood in his veins. Perhaps that is why he is charged with llwnestylwvddhidiog.”” It you go to Texas to grow up with tho country you may buy 100 acres of land for twenty-five cents and be shot withinten minates, Thi nation. show a strong trace then traditions—that !s to ray, in the mummer, 1es which precede the Christian fostival.” Senator Anthony continues to improve in health, and It is expected that be will be present in the Senate when the vote on the Electoral bill shall be taken, By arecent Greek law the shepherds are forbidden, ander heavy fines and imprisonments, to cut down trees on the mountains or to light fires in their hollow tranks. Senator Bogy, of Missouri, who has become a demo- cratic tree lance, is a descendant of the early French pioneers the Mississippi Valley. is a lawyer and a railroad mane Among the applicants for positions on the Bost on police force on Wednesday was a man whe, three years ago, paid taxes on $40,000 of the city real estate, but now needs the position to support bis family. Matthew Arnold believes in the criticism whose busi, noss itis “simply to know the best that is known and thought in tho world, and by in {ts tarn making this known to create a current of true and fresh ideaa,’’ “Poctor Royle, with some plausibility, suggests that when Helen, in the house ot Menelnus, gave Tel- emachas ‘Nepenthes,’ she administered some prepara- tion of Indian hemp which she had received from an Egyptian.” It is, says a London paper, from the inexhaustible source of the sea, swollen by full moon tides, drivén up by the easterly wind, and thus heading back the unusual quantity of rain that is rushing down the val- ley, of the Thames, that the floods which have swamped South London have been fou. Pall Malt Gazette:—"The Russian scholar and man of science knows well that the most argent duty of Russia, and the only one of which the fulfilmont will save her from speedy dissolution, is not to overcome neighbors a little lower in the scale of good govern- ment than herself, but to improve her own instita- tena.” TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From -All Parts of the World. RUSSIA'S NEW DEPARTURE She Abandons Her Menacing Positior for the Present. FRANCE AND GERMANY. China and the Paris Exposition of 1878. (BY CABLE TO THE mERALD.1 Lonpos, Jan, 23, 187%, The HERALD correspondent at Paris telegraph: that it ts understood in diplomatic circles there that Russia is going to issue @ circular on the subject of the recent Conference. In this cir cular the proceedings of the Conference will be reviewed, and it is said that Ruseis will quietly withdraw from her warlike position, It remains to be seen with what grace the retreat wil) be made. The Cabinet at St. Petersburg has de- termined to throw the onus of the failure of the Conference on Europe, and intends to leave Eastern: Christians to the doubtful security of moral pres sure from without. THE NEW DEPARTURE NOT PERMANENT. This new departare in Russian policy is not to be regarded in any sense as permanent. It looks hke an expedient by which to gaip time, and only postpones the final settle- ment of the Eastern question, The agency of moral pressure, notoriously inefficient to combat Mussulman prejudices, is also mentioned as @ possible insurance to the rights of Turkey’s cred- itors, The effect of the announcement of Russia's new intention has been to improve Turkish stocks and securities. SALISBURY’S PRPARTCER, The Marquis of Salisbury, witn bis family and seere- taries, left Constantinople yesterday for Brindisi by the Austrian Lloyds’ steamer Cores, calling at the Pirwus and Corinth. His lordship will goto Mentone ‘until shortly before the opening of Parliament, whea he will return to London. PRESENTING THE CHARGRS D’APFAIRES. Adespatch from Constantinople says the ambassa dors of the European Powers visited Midbat Pacha, Grand Vizier, and Safvet Pachu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to-day to present their chargés d’affaires, FRANCE AND GERMANY. A despatch from Paris says:— “It is stated in official circlos that Prince Hohen+ lohe, the German Ambassador, has lost no opportunity of assuring the Duke, Decazes that Germany regards the attitade of France in regard to the Eastern com- plications with the best feolings, notwithstanding the attacks of the German press. The good understanding Detween the two governments has been at no time in terrupted.”” THY FRENCH EXPOSITION OF 1878. Tho Chinese government have given official notive of their intention to participate in the Frénch Exhibition of 1878, ‘TUE TRANAVAAL REPUBLIC. ‘A despatch dated Cape Town, January 2, says:~ “Tolographic intelligonce from the Transvaal Republic announces that Secocoen: is desirous of peace and that a missionary has been requested to negotiate with him, No further news bas boen received respecting the movements of the Zulu King Cetewayo, who was last reported to have refused to permit the occupation by British troops of the territory in dispute between him- selfand the Transvaal Republic, and to have assem- bled 8,000 warriors in the disputed territory.” AN AMRRICAN SHIP LOMT. The Slandard says \t is now beyond doubt that the American ship George Green, Captain Wilcox, has lost with all on board. An inquest has beon held at Kingston, Devonshire, on a body which has been ider tified as that of the captain’s wife. OUR ROYAL GUESTS, THE RUSS{AN GRAND DUKES AND THEIR SUIT} ENTERTAINED AT GOSPORT NAVY YARD— THEIR VISIT TO THE NORFOLK OPERA HOUSE, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Norroun, Va., Jan. 22, 1877, This morning the Grand Dukes Alexis and Con- stantine, accompanied by Admiral Boutakoff aad staff, in full service uniform, left the flagship Svetlana, on the tug Lumberman, to pay a visit to Gosport Navy Yard, The distinguished party soon landed at the north wharf, and were formatly received by Commo- dore Creighton, ,commandant of the yard; Captain Fillevrown, executive officer, and a large throng oj other officers, who escorted the visitors to the elegant residence of the commandant. As the party landed the entire marine battalion of the yard and the guards from ‘tho Ranger, Essex, Alliance and Worcester, under command of Captain George W. Callier, were drawn up in line, with their pieces at a present, and artillery salutes were fired from the Powhatan, Worcester and Syotlana, while from the fore of the Worcester and other United States ve js the Russian ensign was prominently displayed. The display was very brilliant, despite the storm that prevailed. UNDER BRIGHT BYES, At the commandant’s residence # very handsome reception was given the visitors, the ladies of the officers of the station vying with the gentlemen in extending to their distinguished guests all possible courtesy and attention. Some thirty or forty officers belonging to the navy, arrayed in their elegant service uniform, attended the reception and paid their re- spects to the royal visitors. INSPROTING THE YARD. After the hospitalities at the commandant’s house the Grand Dukes and their friends were taken under the guidanco of Commodore Creighton, Captain Fille- brown, Captain Lewis and Lieutenant Rieter and shown through the ordnance buildings and machine shops and around the yard, PARTING SALUTES. Military honors were again tendered as the visitors Passed to their taz, and atter a general handshaking and polite adieus the distinguished party steamed off to They expressed themselves as 1m- mensely pleased with the civilities and hospitalities at- tending thotr inspection of the great naval establish. ment at this point. aT THE PLAY, To-night the royal party and the Admiral and secre. taries occupied a private box at the Opera House and ot Adeiaide Neilson as rand Duke appeared in s handsome dark English suit, and thete was no special display of richness in the dress of any of the party. The build- ing was crowded, and hundreds of lorgnettes were in- cessantly levelled at the box in which sat the tuture Czar of all the Russias, THE OFSICRRS OF THE BOGATIR ENTERTAINED BEFORE SAILING FOR HAMPTON ROADS. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] Bravrort, 8. C., Jan. 22, 187%, The Russian corvette Bogatir, Captain Schaffroff, sailed from Port Royal this afternoon for Hampton Roads, Many of her officers visited Charles' jaring the corvette’s stay at Port Royal to attend the theatre and races, Before sailing the officers of the New Hampshire gave tho Russian guests an clegant break. fast, when toasts of the most friendly character were given and responded to by tho Russians and Ameri- cans, The former were greatly gratified with the cor- dial reception they met with hore by the officers of the squadrom yi