The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1877, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. a NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES CORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. THE DAILY HERALD, published every mire cents per copy (unday excluded. 1, OF a 1 one doliar per month jor any period le Rev ‘six months, or tive dollars forsix months, Sunday ee of postage. rs oF telegraphic despatches must ould be properly seated. ould be properly se: dnicatlons will nov be returned. aan te Soares Kejected commuric: pnbsteeaine acting PRIBADELPELA OFFICE—NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH Lag aN veer mor THE NEW YORK HERALD— ET SPR PRIGESAY ENUE DE Crete so OFFICE. TSTRADA F Pack. riptions and adverti aed on the sumno term rai by fore VouUME X11 AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. WALLACK'S THEAT! aa NIBLO'S GARDEN.—. BOWERY THEATRE.. GRAND OPERA HOUS! LYCEUM THEATRE.—Bvy Sias and Don Casan ne ‘Basan. ACADEMY OF MUSI Frying Dotonman, FIFTH AVENUE TH TIVOLA THEATRE,—V, SAN FRANCISCO MIN. KELLY & LEON'S MI NEW YORK AQUARIU BULLER'S THEATR! EGYPTIAN HALL.—Sxxs, GILMORE'S GARDE! PARISIAN VARIETIES. NEW AMERICAN MUSEUs PARISIAN SKATING DAT TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE! TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, TANUALE_ 4 26, hy 77 ~ NOTICE 0 COUNTRY ~ DEALERS, Tho Adams Express Company run a especial news- Paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad ana its connections, leaving Jerscy City at a quarter past four A. M. daily ond Sunday, carrying the regular edition ofthe Hxraup as far West a8 Harrisburg and South to Washington, reaching Philadelphia at a quarter past six A. M. and Washington at one P, M. From our reports thia morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy, possibly with light snow, and followed by falling temperature and clearing weather. Watt Srreer Yestervay.—The stock market ‘was without important feature save that the gen- eral undertone was apparently weak. Gold opened at 106 and closed at 1061g. The news from Washington was without effect. Money*on call Joaned at 4 and 5 percent. Government and railway securities were generally firm. Our “Frencu Gossip” should hot be neg- lected by any one who appreciates brightness. Enctanp Nerv Nor Cuerisu the idea of monopolizing suits of the Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce order. Read ‘‘A Marriage Settlement” to-day. Tue Derenvant in the Nichols divorce case Bppeared unexpectedly as defendant also in an affair over which the Court had no jurisdiction. Sronies or Disasters ar Sea have never be- fore been so numerous as during this winter. We publish a thrilling one to-day, headed ‘Cast- aways.” Tue Staten Istanp treasure hunters have mistaken their locality; they should come to New York and operate upon some of the “low” streets. ‘There's richness for you.” AxornerR Oxstacte To Rarw Transrr Re- MOVED.—Co! ioners have been appointed to condemn and fix the valuation of certain prop- erty on a street which the city does not own. STEALING THE HERALD was treated as a crime in a police court yesterday; but the learned Justice must have been mistaken, for scores of editors steal at least a portion of the HeraLp every day. Justice Is TemporantLy RePutsep in the case of tie Mormon Bishop Lee, a stay of execution having been granted ; but it cannot be possible that the stay will amount to more than a tem- porary reprieve. Tue BeNevoLeNT should remember that the charitable associations are alleviating the dis- tress of the destitute, but not preventing it; the need of individual visitation and charity is there- fore as urgent a6 ever. When Patriotism and friendly feeling come to the assistance of business interests an honora- ble adjustment seems a foregone conclusion ; gvod results are therefore tobe expected from the efforts made yesterday in New York to enable he Southern States to pay their debts. Now THAT THE SuPERINTENDENT OF POLICE has been empowered to detail officers for any proper duty, even outside the city limits, he might increase the efficiency of the force by sending out of town, for any purpose whatever, those officers who get together at street corners for a pleasaut chat at those hours of the night in which burglars are most industrious. Tue Latest DrveLormr: the great theck forgery case, given at length in our col- tmnns today, should serve 1s emphatic warnings ‘to ull business men who handle large checks and drafts. Nothing but the most ca 1 inquiry can prevent the successful culinit of many other similar conspiracies, for the amount of mouey involved in such transactions is great | enough to justify knaves in patiently forming wcliemes which can be baflled only by the sup- posed signers of the spurious paper. ‘Tus Weatirn.—A slight depression has moved from Dakota toward the lake region, causing light snow in the eastern portion. The highest pressure is now in the South Atlantic and Kast- ern Gulf States, with an area of cloudiness and very light rain in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The weather is clear west of the river. Tho tem rose decidedly yesterday afternoon westward of the Alleghanies, but slightly in the Southern States. In the Northeast, in Canada and ulong the Middle Atlantic coast it continues below freezing point. The Ohio and Cun- Derland rivers continue to fall and the Lower Mississippi to rise. The freshet wave is rapidly expending itself in the latter river, wherein the riso at Southern points is very moderate, On the 21st we predicted that the storm centre then leaving our coast would reach the British isles on the 26th or 26th. The despatches last even- iug announce a gale on the coasts. The | weather in New York to-day will be warmer und partly cloudy or cloudy, Leoemardiags portal | ne he 4iAwamsi 1a and followed by ing weather, Passage of the Electoral Bill by the Senate—Its Assured Success. Tho passage of the Electoral bill by the Senate yesterday morning by a majority of about three-fourths of the members voting brings a sense of relief, although there has been no reasonable doubt that it would pass that body by a handsome majority. The vote was 47 yeas to 17 nays, lacking barely one of a full three-fourths in its favor. We do not think this heavy prepon- derance of any consequence as & safeguard against an Executive veto, for President Grant has repeatedly expressed his approba- tion of the bill and his intention to sign it if it should pass both houses. The strong majority in the Senate is important only as smoothing the way for its prompt passage by the House. Having no fears of a veto, we are quite indifferent whether it passes the latter body by a large or a small majority. Pass it certainly will, and our informa- tion leads us to believe that it will beat least by two-thirds, and very likely three- fourths. The House is more directly amenable to public sentiment than the Senate, owing to the shorter terms of its members; and, as the strong vote in the Senate is due in great part to the warm indorsement of the bill by the country, we may expect this in- fluence to be even more potential in the House, It is to be brought to a vote at three o'clock to-day, and in our next issue we shall be able to record the fact that its, triumph is put beyond the reach of acci- dent. We have no opinion, and nobody has any date for an opinion, as to whether Mr. Hayes or Mr. Tilden will be installed as President under the operation of this bill. It is one of its chief merits that the tribunal it con- stitutes will be so impartial, honorable and so bound by s:zrict law as to baffle calcula+ tion and curiosity respecting the result of its adjudication. The bill awards the Presi- dency to neither claimant, and is so far from foreshadowing the result that extreme partisans on both sides make a violent recal- citration against it. Honorable and pa- triotic men who are also stanch partisans— like Messrs, Conkling'and Edmunds on the republican side, and Messrs. Thurman and Bayard on the democratic side--accept and advocate it because it protects the country against formidable contingencies, and be- cause they are willing to submit what they believe to be a strong case in behalf of their respective candidates to the decision of a tribunal composed of respon- sible statesmen and jurists who stand high in public confidence and will be sworn to do justice according to the constitution and laws. If Mr. Hayes has been legally elected the tribunal will so declare; if Mr. Tilden has been legally elected the tribu- nal will declare that. The most important points it will have to decide are not ques- tions of fact, but questions of law; and hence the eminent propriety of calling in the assistance of men whose high judicial station and trained capacity to decide difficult legal questions fit them above all other citizens for the performance of such duties. The legal questions which the tribunal will be required to adjudicate are intricate and difficult. Take for illustra- tion one of the least important—that which will be presented from Oregon. We, of course, do not refer to the preposterous pre- tence of Cronin to appoint an electoral col- lege and cast the vote of the State, but to the title of Postmaster Watts to act as a Presidential elector, which he did, There. can be no question that his election on the 7th of November was void, the constitution being explicit on that point. The real ques- tion is whether that explicit prohibition can be circumvented and evaded by an ex postfacto removal of the disability. Watts, although the constitution forbade his election, re- signed, on the day the college met, an office to which he had no title and to which the constitution made him ineligible, and was immediately reappointed to fill the assumed vacancy. What is the constitutional pro- hibition worth if it can be so easily nullified? It is true that Mr. Watts resigned his office of postmaster after his void appointment as a Presidential elector, but that ex post facto act could not validate his election. Whether it could legalize his subsequent appointment to fill the vacancy caused by his pretended resignation of an office he never held is one of the questions which the electoral tribunal will have to decide, If decided in the negative Oregon will have but two legal votes, and one of the possible results of such a decision might be a tie in the electoral colleges and an election of the President by the House of Representa- tives, Legal intricacies of a more difficult character will have to be adjudicated in connection with Louisiana. The facts in that State seem so favorable to Mr. Tilden that his friends are very confident; but the law will have to be considered as well as the facts, and the law is more favorable to Mr. Hayes. It is a question of State law, and it is a long settled rule of the federal Supreme Court to construe State laws in accordance with the decisions of the highest State | tribunals, The Supreme Court of Louisi- | ana has pronounced a judgment to the | effect that the decisions of the Returning Board are final. This judgment binds all State officers, but does it bind Congress? Clearly not, when it relates to the election | of its own members, for the Senate rejected Pinchback on the ground that he had not been elected by avalid Legislature, although that Legislature had been counted in by the Returning Board. But do Presidential elec- tors stand on the same footing as members of the Senate or the House? This is a diffi- cult question. The constitution expressly makes each of the two houses of Con- gress the judge of the election of its own members, but there is no similar provision respecting Presidential electors. Are they to be regarded as State | officers or as federal officers? The constitu. tion requires that they be appointed by each | State in such o manner as its Legislature | may direct, and the Legislature of Louisiana has directed that the Returning Board shall | be the final judge of the election. To pre- | dict how the electoral tribunal will decide this question would be a hazardous conjec- ture. The consequence is that the country be President Grant's successor as it was on the morning of the 7th of November. The votes of the States are to be counted in alphabetical succession, which will bring up the three doubtful States in this order:— First, Florida, then Louisiana and afterward Oregon. Ifthe Tilden votes are accepted from Florida it will be of no practical con- sequence what decision is reached in rela- tion to the other two. If Floridaand Lonis- iana are counted for Hayes the election will hang suspended on the validity of the odd vote in Oregon. View iton whatever side we may, it is a perplexing muddle, and it is fortunate for the country that the decision is to be transferred from heated partisans to a competent, impartial tribunal, in whose judgment the disappointed party will acquiesce, Russia Wants Another Conference. In view of the news from Europe it must be conceded that Russia is at least not daunted by diplomatic difficulties. It might have been supposed that she had had enough of conferences on the Eastern ques- tion, and yet she is credited with the desire to obtain another. The Emperor of all the Russias seems equally disinclined to make war on Turkey or to leave the subject alone ; and the other Powers are clearly not dis- posed to be of any more assistance to him than is absolutely necessary for their own con- venience and comfort. How Russia could derive any advantage from the acts of a new congress is not obvious, for a congress held in a strictly neutral city—if there is such a city in Europe—could not take any action different from that of the late Conference without exposing itself to the imputation that it was under local pressure at Constan- tinople. England is doubtless too well sat- isfied with the result of the late delibera- tions in tho Sultan's capital to, desire to tempt fortune by reopening the case, and as Kussia will scarcely go further if she cannot obtain the consent of England the new proposition is far from sure of happy fortunes. Spain and Cuba. Except asa desperate resource it is not possible that the Spanish government could finally end all its endeavors in Cuba by the plan reported in our Havana despatches, and though we may all believe that the time has come for desperate measures Spain does not admit it. It seems, therefore probable that the misgivings with which this story is sent forward are well founded. By this plan Cuba would be placed in nearly the same relation to Spain which Canada holds toward England. She would possess self- government, except as to the appoint- ment of an Executive for five years, at the end of which period she would also choose that officer. It is to be hoped that when peace with Spain does cpme it may come in such a shape, for this plan would give to Cuba all that can be valuable to her in independence and would deprive her only of what would be danger- ous. Mexico and all South America illus- trate sufficiently that Spanish American States need a point of support that is out of their reach—some steadying influence, such as a slight dependence upon a metropolitan country. It has always been hoped by the Cubans that they would find this want sup- plied by the United States, but the danger to our freedom and tranquillity of electoral disputes in mongrel States is sufficiently great with those we have, and there is no disposition to increase the number. The City Real Estate, Comptroller Kelly has sent to the Legisla- ture, in response to a resolution of inquiry, alist of the real estate owned by the city, together with a statement of the leases granted and rents reserved by the munici- pality. The exhibit does not speak well for the thriftiness of our former rulers. Out- side of the large and valuable pieces of land given for church and charitable purposes at nominal rents for ninety-nine years, several of the leases bear the ear marks of favoritism or worse and the suspicious date of the old. Ring rule. The Comptroller thinks it advisable to sell such portion of the public property as. is not occupied for certain specified purposes. The ques- tion thus raised by the Comptroller is open to a great deal of discussion, but it is scarcely worth while to consider it at this time. The fact that during the existing depression, and for some two or three years to come, every person who can hold on to real estate will do so, in the certainty that better prices will be realized ata future time, is sufficient to prove that it would be unwise to part with any city property now. As to whether it will be expedient to sell hereafter is a ques- tion that need not now be discussed. The New Opera House. We hope that the negotiations which have been entered into between Mr. Strakosch and the Central and Hudson River Railroad Com- pany for the purchase of the lot between the depotand Madison avenue will reach aspeedy and prosperous conclusion. The location is admirably adapted fora large opera house. It is central, easy of access from all parts of town, and its nearness to the railway depot would enable many people living up the river and in the interior of the State to at- tend the performances and reach their homes easily and quickly. It is in the heart of the fashion and wealth of the metropolis, a desirable point to remember. Mr, Strakosch,” owing to the prompt manner in which the wealthier classes of New York have come forward to swell his subscription list, is in a position to conclude all pecuniary arrange- ments at once, and nothing now remains wanting but the final consent of the com- pany. Nor is it likely that the latter will refuse to agree to a plan which will be so advantageous to themselves and to their regular passengers. Even if the railroad company should re- fuse to come to terms there 1s no necessity for Mr. Strakosch to despair. There are many eligible if not quite as good sites in the upper part of the city, and, during the present depreciation of real estate, landlords are not likely to resist the offer of a tenant who, like Mr. Strakoseh, comes with the purchase money in his hand. But, if there is any cbstacle in the way, there are many other sites almost, if not quite, as good, An excellent one may Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth streets, where the skating rink is now situated. This would be well suited for a theatre, and it is not too far up town. Mr. Strakosch prom- ises to have the proposed building completed before next October, and the citizens of New York will then have a home for opera in no way inferior to the most magnificent of Eu- ropean edifices, Let the enterprising im- presario continue his efforts and he will deserve well of the inhabitants of this city, who will, no doubt, show their appreciation by supporting his new undertaking. Senator Conkling’s Great Speech. The Hxnatp this morning completes its verbatim report of the concluding part of this remarkable exhibition of eloquence, acuteness, research and logical cogency, being the only journal that has printed it without abridgement. Wehad intended to print the whole of the second day's effort yesterday, but by some mischanco the telegraph failed to do its duty promptly enough to enable us to give the Inst half of Wednesday's argument, and so we complete it this morning, It is the most powerful and extraordinary exhibition of parliamentary reasoning that has been witnessed in the Senate since the days of Clay and Webster. Senator Conkling has now reached precisely the same age Webster had attained when he made his cele- brated reply to Hayne, which is re- garded as the chef d'auvre of his eloquence. Whether Mr. Conkling will ever go beyond this great culminating display of abilities nobody can tell, for although most men’s minds have fully ripened at the age of forty-eight, a few con- tinue to grow till considerably past sixty. Whether the brilliant New York Sen- ator, of whom his State is so justly proud, will ever surpass or even equal the present great effort, will perhaps depend on accident and opportu- nity. True eloquence, as Webster said, exists in the subject and the occasion as well as in the man, and in our parliamentary life it has not often happened to the same states- man to meet and match ‘an occasion im- portant enough to afford full scope for the highest order of abilities and makeaspeech destined to become historical. Fisher Ames made one such speech on the British treaty; Webster made one such in reply to Hayne; Mr. Conkling has made one which will be remembered beyond his -own time. He has securely established his title to the highest place among our par- liamentary speakers of this generation, and is not likely to be surpassed unless he should surpass himself. But the credit of eloquence is his secondary praise. He has risen above party and acted as o patriot; but this nobler praise is shared by several others, who, though strong and able, have not approached him in his effulgent display of intellectual re- sources. New York, with a feeling of gratified pride, congratulates herself and her peerless Senator. The Election of Judge Davis. The Senatorial contest in Illinois was de- cided yesterday on the first ballot by the election of Judge David Davis, who received 101 votes against 99 cast for Mr. Lawrence and other candidates.- There is little doubt ot Judge Davis’ acceptance. Indeed, the fact that he allowed his name to be men- tioned in connection with the Presidential election was sufficient indication in advance of his candidacy for the office of United States Senator; that, while entirely free from political bias in his judicial character, he preferred the excite- ment of active political life to the calm, dispassionate atmosphere of the Su- preme Court Bench. The election is re- markable, since Judge Davis will be the first Justice of the United States Supreme Court to resign that high office for a seat in the United States Senate. His retirement from the Bench will give the appointment of his successor to President Grant, who will thus leave behind him at the close of his term of office—should no other vacancy occur—four of his appointees in the Supreme Court—Justices Strong, Bradley, Hunt and the new Judge. President Grant will, no doubt, bestow the vacant judgeship on a republican. This will, however, have no political significance, since no person has ever been advanced to tho position of a justice of the highest court in the nation who has suffered his judicial action to be swayed or influenced by politi- cal considerations. The absolute impar- tiality of the Supreme Court judges is un- questioned, and the independence, dignity and grave responsibility of the position are satisfactory guarantees that their de- served reputation will remain unimpeach- able. Out of the present nine judges, including Judge Davis, only one, Judge Clifford, owes his position to a democratic President. Yet the decisions rendered by the present Court in the Enforcement act and other cases have proved its entire free- dom from political sentiment. The nation has, indeed, learned to lean with such entire con- fidence on the calm impartiality as Well as on the judicial ability of its highest court that no person thinks of inquiring as toa judge's former political associations, Judge Davis made an excellent judge and will make an able and useful Senator. The Usury Laws. The usury laws belong to a past age, The time has gone by when people failed to recognize the fact that money, like any other commodity, is worth just what it will command in the ‘market, and that its price must be regulated by the supply and de- mand. Appeals to prejudice, biked on Shakespeare's conception of the character of Shylock, are out of date. Besides, when Shylock found some difficulty in obtaining the letter of his bond, he was ready enough to beg the return of his money, without interest, and the most avaricious loaner would soon put out his money at three or four per cent when he discovered that he must do so or suffer it to remain idle and profitless. The present usury laws offer an inducement for their evasion which few money lenders care to re- sist, and the borrowers are made the victims under the plea of the risk incurred. They are inconsistent, besides, with all sound commercial principles and with the sense of _ Lis as compleicly in the dark as to who will| be found on Madison avenue, between | the business community in New York. It is time they were Daeaian pines the dunt boaks, and, as a bill to repeal them bas been introduced in the Assembly-by Mr. Cowdin, it is to be hoped that their days are num- bered. The ‘World's True Heroes. Several years ago a great publisher called @ young acquaintance to the side of his dying bed and said to him, ‘‘Never make the mistake of supposing that the world’s great people are those who are most prom- inent, Although I have known hundreds of distinguished men and women ‘I have found the truest goodness and heroism only among poor, obscure, imperfect, weak mem- bers of classes of which society knows nothing and cares less.” The story of ‘A Demented Godiva,” published in the -Henaxp of yesterday, gives point to this assertion. A poor woman, as innocent in her apparent shame as her famed proto- type, proved to be the sole sup- porter of an insane parent, although the woman herself is demented. The case may be an extreme one, but it does not stand alone on the record of nobility of the poor. In foul city tenements and in wretched country huts there are hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who, destitute of money, education, genius, intellect and even physical strength, are wasting painful lives for the sole benefit of those dependent upon them, and receiving in return an accumulation of agony caused by the insufficient. results of their labors. Every one jostles them daily in our crowded streets ; shabby ‘in dress, stooping in gait, halting be ungrammatical in speech, and uninteresting in feature, except when anticipations of new miseries are too great for the face to hide, or when the blankness of despair shames the peacil of the greatest artist. These people never beg; they are almostas silent asthe fates they are conquering even while they them- selves are being overborne; they are utterly let alone by the rich, the cultured, the in- telligent, of whom was once written the ter- rible words, “‘Eyes have they, but they see not.” And yet, suffering, friendless, hope- less, joyless, exceptin the dim realization of their own unselfishness, they uncon- sciously preach sermons compared with which the greatest pulpit efforts are idle words, They put to shame the heroes of Church and State, and convict society of its most enormous and most inexcusable crime. Aldermanic Wisdom and Car Heat- ing. Aldermen Guntzer and Bryan Rielly, the majarity of the committee appointed to in- quire into the expediency of an ordinance compelling the city railroads to heat their cars during the cold weather, reported yes- terday against putting the companies to any such expense for the benefit of the public. The brace of City Fathers are thus in entire accord with the wealthy railroad corpora- tions, and no doubt feel very substantial sat- isfaction at finding themselves in such good company. They have arrived at their con- clusions by somewhat curious ways; but then the ways of Aldermen are generally curious. First, they were ‘‘greatly disap- pointed” to find that while the rail- road officials and inventors of heat- ing ‘apparatus appeared before them, the ‘persons who daily use the cars” were absent. From this they sagaciously inferred that the ‘‘travelling public” is per- fectly indifferent on the subject. Of course it never occurred to them that the ‘‘persons who daily use the cars,” not being Alder- men, have to work hard for a living, and could scarcely afford to kick their heels at the door of the chamber in which the pro- found statesmen of the committee were clos- eted. Neither did they remember that “frozen out” car passengers may have given the Aldermen credit for sufficient ‘sense to understand the popular sentiment on the snbject. But this is notall. The two Al- dermen during their investigation have studied the laws of hygiene, and ar- rive at the conclusion that it is more conducive to health to ride in a car warmed by the ‘natural heat of the human body,” and necessarily closed against all ventila- tion, than in a car supplied with artificial heat at the bottom and with a thoroughly free ventilation at the top. We have no doubt the president and directors of the Third Avenue Railroad Company entirely concur in these views. Alderman Cowing, the third member of the committee, makes a sensible minority report, in which he sets forth that car heat- ing, although called an experiment, has been successfully tried in other cities, and proposes that the railroad companies shall be required to heat ten per cent of their cars at once, with the intention of compel- ling them by ordinance to heat the re- mainder if the experiment proves satisfac- tory to the public. It is to be hoped that the Board will adopt this fair and sensible proposition, even if the majority of the com- mittee should be ‘‘left out in the cold.” PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Schuyler Colfax is lonturing in Wisconsin, Hon, James B. Beck has returned to Kentucky. Mre, Fred Grant wears white, dotted with silver. Phebe Cousins, the St. Louis lawyer, has pretty eye. brows. Mr. Thoodore D. Woolsey, of New Haven, is at tho Everett. Y Professor Benjamin Sillinfan, of New Haven, ts very ilk Chicago Tribune:—“Tho popular song on 'Change is ‘As Wo Go Margin On.’ Mr. John P. Usher, of Kansas, who was Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln, is at tho Fifth Avenue. Mr, E. G. Squier, whoso recent work on Peru has compelled so much praise from the critics, {8 now living as a scholarly focluso in Brooklyn. ‘The Richmond, Va., gitl is slonder, likes seatimen- tal novels and poems, gushes and flirts; is outspoken and pert, and is not satisied without many admirers. Dr. Allivone said that there havo been no men ot genius since tho days of George III.; but the Doctor said so before the St. Louis Globe-Democrat began to steal its personal Intelligence from the Heraup. Bishop Butier constantly fearod that he would be- come insane, and the book he wrote on the ‘Analogy of Religion’? was in the worst lish style that ever appeared; yet Christianity always falls back upon his ideas for support In emergencics. Some provincial papers aro edited by men who, while they write about Bulgaria or Gladstone or Gambetta, do not give deep and carnest discussion to local affairs, Day after day we take @p many Oregon, Colorado and Marne journals which do not contain one line of editor- tal writing about the political or social affairs of those States, One of the maxims it by the HeRaLy as early :slory yoars ago was that peoplo like to read about what they have seem, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. RUSSIA’S NEW MOVE. Rumored Effort for a Euro. pean Congress. HOPES OF ENGLAND'S CONSENT. Republican Successes in the French Chamber. THE COMTE DE CHAMBORD AGAIN. Chureh and State in Italy—Kossuth and the Hungarian Elections. THE PRESIDENCY IN ENGLAND, | (Bx CABLE TO THE BERALD.] Lonpon, Jan. 26, 1877. Whether we are to have peace or war in the East fsa question about which there is still some slighi degree of uncertainty, notwithstanding the rejec tion of the Conference proposals by Turkey; bu: those who believe most firmly in the certainty a war are scarcely rash enough to predict its advent before the Balkan passes shall be clear of snow. But as the generals cannot have work to do before spring, other than the work of preparation, the diplomatists are apparently to be kept busy for some time longer, and the air is again filled with rumors of fresh negotiations. RUSSIA WORKING FOR A EUROPEAN CONGRESS. Russia is reported on good authority to be quietly sounding the European Powers on the -ad- visability or expediency of convoking a European congress for the settlement of the Eastern strife, No formal or definite proposition is made, but the Russian diplomatists are simply feeling their way, 80 as to be able to ascertain whether the idea would be likely to meet the approval of the great Powers or not. THE CZAR'S PEACEFUL INCLINATIONS. ‘The Czar is reported to be greatly disinclined toa single-handed aar with Turkey and would ac- cept of any compromise that would enable him to retire with honor from the negotiations. Whether this is one of the mapy rumors circulated by Russian agents with a view to gain time or ta avoid shocking the moral sense of Europe by a too precipitate declardtion it is impossible to discover just now, but there can be but little doubt that the apparently conciliatory and moderate attitude of Russia for some time past has largely influenced public opinion in Europe in her favor. HOPES OF ENGLAND'S CONSENT. It iseven said that Russia hopes to obtain Eng- land's assent to the idea of the European congress, and ifsuch a proposition were actually made there seems to be little doubt that England would receive it with favor. England’s interests certainly would be best served by the preservation of peace in the East, and her statesmen will make every reasonable effort to prevent the outbreak of hostilities. FIGHTING FOR TIME. A Russian confidential circular containing @ pro- posal for the European congress is expected in diplomatic circles soon, and whether the idea should prove acceptable or not it would have the effect of partially reopening the negotiations. A winter campaign in the Balkans would necessitate agreat amount of useless suffering and expense, and the Russian army will, in any case, be much better prepared to take the fleld in the spring. ANOTHER VERSION OF RUSSIA’S POLICY. ABorlin correspondent says it is understood that after Ignatieff has presonted his report Russia will address a communication to the Powers explaining her position and appealing to. their conse of honor te resent the affront offered to all Europe by the Porte, either by collective action or by empowering Russia to actfor them. If this effort fails Russia will next ap. poal to the allied empires, Should they not make satisfactory response, then, it js affirmed, she will act alone. FINAL RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS, A Berlin correspondent reports that the Russian governmont has given orders to prepare for calling out the Third division ot th jerves, which includes all ablo bodied men. It has also ordered the railway com- panies to furnish exact lists of tho rolling stock, rails and other material at their immediate disposal and has requested railway directors to recommend foreign firms which are likely to supply railway material promptly. DEPARTURE OF THR AMBASSADORS, A despatch from Pera says Sir H. G. Elliot, the British Ambassador, has embarked, The suspicion that Genéral Ignatieff will negotiate soparately with the Ottoman government is unfounded. He bas re- fusea to receive communientions trom the Porte dur. ing the absence of the English and other foreign rep- resentatives. All tho Chargés d’Affaires have been instructed to avoid political negotiations and confine themselves to the ordinary business of their lega- tions. THE MARQUIS OF SALISRURY. A despatch from Athens says the Marquis of Salie bury has arrived thero oa his homeward trip, WHAT SIR 8S NORTHCOTE THINKS. In rogard to the European situation the English Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his speech at Liver. pool, expressed the opinion that the moment was ove of anxiety, but it was not one for anxiety that should prevail over hope for a satistactory result, THE COMTE DE CHAMBORD AGAIN, Peoplo would soon forget there was such a person in existence as the Comte de Chambord, if 11 representative of the right divine did not oc issue a ifesto’’ to his devoted foilo Presse, of Yaris, says the good old man js once mon engaged in the preparation of one of these periodical documents, and that it will soon be given to the world, REPUBLICAN SUCCESS IN THE CHAMBER, Tho Chamber of Deputies yesterday clected the Budget Committee, The succorsfal candidates are, ‘without exception, republicans and the mojority Gam veitisi, The clection of M. Gambetta as President of the committee is assured. ‘THK ITALIAN CLERICAL ABUSES BILL, A telegram from Kome says the most important clause of the Clerical Abuses bill makos it penal to pub. ‘lish writings proceeding from any clerical authority consuring the laws of the State, The speoches of the Pope are evidently aimed at in this provision. The clerical journals aro furious, KOSSUTH AND THR HUNGARIAN DEPUTATION, A Vienna despateh says Kossuth infurmed the dep» utation of Hungarian electors who waited upon him at Turin that he did not time to return to Han, future period to take the oath of allegiance tothe King of Hungary atter the looked for improvement of the free institutions of Hungary had been effected,