The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1877, Page 4

‘NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. see AR ae JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. SHE DAILY HERALD, every day tn “Biren crrge, analy enue ee tal ~¥*4 py Bg five dollars fersix mont! goes jay SAI beans em hewn letters or telegraphic despatches mast erctgats and peckages should bo properly seated. Helected comme ee eet a ce toterae. LPHIA OFFICE-NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH ‘RI $ 1Bxbos POETICE, OF THE SEW YORK HERALD— pani aes OFFICE AVENUE DE L’OPERA. FIC! siya TP STRADA PACK. vertisements hig 9 = received and on oy pools ‘erme asin New York. BROADWAY THEATRE.—Uscur Dace tare Canim UNION SQUARE THEATRE.—Miss hvrzon. ing Dutcumas, EAGLE THEATRE.— MoOuLLovcn. PARK TURATRE.—Twv Gexi GEN KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS. NEW YORK AQUAR! HELLER'S THEATRE. EGYPTIAN HALL.— TI DIGIFATION, at, Vanurry. GILMORE’S GARDEN,—Graxo Equestaian Festrvat. PARISIAN VARIETIES. THEATRE COMIQUE.—Vaniutr. PARISIAN SKATING DAILY, BROOKLYN RINK. TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE. —Vaniere, ‘TIVOLi THEATRE.—Vaniery. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.—Waren Covors, WITH SUPPLEMENT. New_York, SATURDAY, JANUARY a7, 1877, NOTICE 10 COUNTRY DEALERS, The Adams Express Company run a special news- Peper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections, leaving Jerscy City at a quarter past four A. M. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition ofthe Hznatp as far West as Harrisburg and South to ‘Washington, reaching Philadelphia at @ quarter past six A. M. and Washington at one P. M. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be warmer and clear or partly cloudy. Watt. Srreer Yesrerpay.—Gold advanced from 1061g to 10614. Money on call was abun- dant at 3 and 4 per cent. Stocks were heavy and lower, with a further decline in the coal shares, Government bonds were firm and rail- way bonds steady, with the exception of the St. Paul issues, which were notably weaker. Now let us have peace, indeed THe QUEEN or THE GENII made a successful ‘Bppearance in court yesterday. Ssee repart. Serious CompLarnrs were made in court yes- terday against the management of a lifo insur- ‘ance company. Tue Duntwous Convition of the bridge at Macomb’s Dam greatly adds to the excitement of sport on the road. Our San Fraxcisco despatch gives the par ticulars, as related by one of the contestants, of ‘the late triangular political duel in Mexico. Our Copan Letrer shows that Spain is still deludiog herself with the impression that the throwing away of men andmoney is putting down the insurrection. AN ADMIRABLY PLANNED DECISION ina property case before Judge Dutfy yesterday came to naught in a manner utterly unexpected. See “A Decision by Instinct.” Navan Orricer Cornet has been sworn in, and swearing by some of the present attachés of his office is expected to begin a8 soon as the new official takes his desk. Tue Nicnors Divorce Cas& continues to ab- sorb the attention of many people who would be more honorably employed if reading dime novels or sweeping the streets. Tne Watt Street Prayer Mretine has caught the spirit of “the street,” and appointed a committee to see that no one shall speak or pray unless he means business. Now there is a chance of success. Tue Sun-Commitrer to the Citizens’ Com- mittee on Municipal Reform is a very strong one, and justifies the hope that the coming conferences with tho Mayor and Comptroller will end in eomething better than talk. ComprrouLer Ketty’s Repy to the Assembly Committee’s recommendation of a limit to our city debt will be read with interest, as embody- ing the views of the officials most familiar with the city’s finances and Now Twat Cuaracte: »y has been made the fashion by the author of “Daniel Deronda,” amateurs in this noble science will find fitanhjects for contemplation in the groups around the soup houses and the office of the Superintendent of Outdoor Poor. yHERE @ letter from Man- it the interminable ‘“Dan- ischeffs.” We desire to inform this gentleman and all others that for further advertising we shall charge forty cents a line in the regular ad- vertising columns. ‘Tuere Is A WEALTH oF Sarcasm in the title of ‘the bill introduced in the Rhode Island Legisla- ture “for the relief of officers of the United States and to prevent their interference,” &c.; but if such an act should pass all respectable federal office-holders in the land will want to emigrate to Rhode Island to ger out of hot water. Soutn Caroitwna agein goes for Hayes, this time by decision of the Supreme Court of the State. Now, if would-be electors will only take the thrice-repeated hint and givo their blasted hopes permanent burial, instead of exhuming them every few days, they will carn a quality of public gratitude which no actual clector ever en- joyed. r i Tas Weatner.—The depression in the like tegion yesterday made very little progress east- ward, causing light snow at Montreal, light rain at Burlington, Vt., and cloudiness in the eastern Yake district and Nova Scotia. region and over the Gulf States, and light rain at Indianola, The temperature has risen consider- ably in the Northwest. The Obio River has continaed to fall and the Lower Mississippi to rise within the past twenty-four hours. The fall in the Cumberland at Nashville has been seven fect fone inches within the same time. Clear weather An area of high | pressure in Texas bas caused cloudiness in that | ly prevails westward of the Alleghanies and northward of Texas, The weather in New York to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy or eoeamt. WEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT, Timely Aid for the South—Southern State Debts. The meeting of solid men of New York, consisting of eminent bankers, merchants and citizens, held in the Clearing House on ‘Vhursday, and reported in our columns yesterday, must be regarded—if we may borrow a phrase from the first of American orators in one of his speeches on the Bank- rupt law in 1840—‘‘as a green spot in the midst of the fiery deserts of party strife, on which all may meet harmoniously and anucably.” There was no political par- tisanship in the Clearing House meeting, as is attested by the selection of the venerable William Cullen Bryant as its presiding officer. It is a noteworthy circumstance that this meeting was held in the very midst of the exciting and absorbing debates in Congress on the counting of the electoral votes, and that there was quite as large @ proportion of republicans as of democrats favoring o liberal and mag- nanimous treatment of the Southern States, In spite of the late heated Presidential can- vass, in spite of the grave snd alarming crisis which arose out of the uncertainty of the result, it has been possible to secure a can- did and friendly hearing for the distressing financial condition of the South. The Southern States are staggering under an accumulated burden of debt which they have no resources to meet. The bonds of some of theso States are quoted in the Stock Exchange as worth only'ten cents on the dollar. On some of the Southern State debts the accumulated interest equals, or nearly equals, the principal. ‘They do not intend to repudiate their obligations, but it is found impossible to raise taxes to meet them. Itiseasy enough fortheir Legislatures to levy taxes, but the people are so impover- ished that it is found impossible to collect them, When the property liable to taxation | is advertised for sale there are no bidders. In many cases it is not worth the accumu- lated taxes of three or four years; and even when it is the people of the neighborhood are unable to pay the purchase money, and generally refuse to bid because they may be themselves in the same condition next year as the unfortunate owners. When there are no bids the owners are left in possession, and a feeling of mutual danger and mutual charity prevents the people of the vicinity from adding to the distress of their suffering neighbors. The consequence is that taxes are not paid except by that part ofthe community who are not pecuniarily embarrassed ; and as the State governments must necessarily go on the whole of the cur- tailed revenue is exhausted for current ex- penses and nothing is left for paying inter- est on State debts. These States are no more able to meet their accruing obligations than a private insolvent debtor is to give punctual satisfaction to his creditors. In circumstances so distressing and humiliat- ing what shall be done? The insolvent laws have no application to State governments. Ifthe defaulting State governments stood in the same position as an insolvent private debtor the way out of their embarrassments would be easy and simple. When a citizen becomes insolvent he surrenders all his property for distribu- tion among his creditors, gets a release and begins anew. But State governments cap- not make such asurrender. Their only re- source is the taxes they levy on the people, and when these cannot be col- lected they have no available income. But, although the insolvent laws cannot be ap- plied in form in the case of State govern- ments, it would be: wise to carry out their spirit and substance. These laws are pre- sumed to be founded in justice—justice alike to insolvent debtors and their creditors, But as a readjustment of the Southern State debts can be accomplished only by the consent of creditors, it is pertinent to explain why the interest of the creditors but with a considerably reduced rate of interest. Bonds of long date always bear a higher pricoin the market than bonds of short date. A large reduction of the pres- ent rate of interest would afford immediate relief to the distressed States and enable them to make full compensation to their creditors when they shall have recovered their prosperity. The great point is to ease the Southern governments dur- ing the ensuing eight or ten years. When they once get out of their present embarrassments their credit be as good aos that of the Northern States; for they are rich in resources, and their long bonds of thirty or forty years would be # valuable security. If bonds were issued to run for forty years, bearing three per cent interest for the first ten and five per cent for the ensuing thirty years, an equal exchange for the present State bonds would be a capital bargain for the creditors and a great alleviation of present burdens, The Southern States have no dis- position to repudiate, but only to make some equitable arrangement which would tide them over their present embarrassments and give them time to develop their resources. We are confident that some satisfactory arrangement will be made under the aus- pices of the friendly committee to which The Electors! 111 Safe—A Resplen- agent Triumph. ‘This wise and healing measure passed the House of Representatives yesterday by the splendid majority of 191 yeas to 86 nays—-considerably more than a two-thirds majority. It had previously passed the Senate by 47 yeas to 17 nays—also consider- ably more than a two-thirds majority. The bill is therefore safe against even the remote contingency of an Executive veto—a con- tingency which was morally impossible after President Grant's repeated declara- tions that he would sign the bill if it should pass both houses. It has passed by such majorities that it is safe against a veto; but we have no doubt at all that it was the President's sincere intention to approve it if it had passed by ever so small a majority. This is the most mag- nificent triumph of moderation and patriotism of which the country can boast in all its annals, Our wisest states- men and most venerated jurists have been predicting for the greater part of a century that the supreme trial of our institutions this subject has been referred. The Southern States have not been brought into their present unfortunate condition by their own free action. Previous tothe war and even at the close of the war their debts weresmall. They have been piled up moun- tain high by the .carpet-bag governments forced on the States against their will. They do not wish to repudiate even these dishon- est debts, but only ask for some fair ar rangement, just to their creditors, which will enable them to tide over present diffi- culties. The President’s Part in the Great Suaccess. Every incident in the history of the Electoral bill is to the credit of the nation; and in a time when the charge has been made that there is no motive but private interest, and no common principle of pub- lic life but corruption, the conduét of the two houses on this measure presents the evidence of the capacity of our public men to act on convictions of the right in defiance of the pressure of mere party spirit—to separate themselves completely from the belittling conceptions of fac- tious divisions, and to act together for the public good with the impulse of a generous and patriotic spirit. But the rela- tion of the President to the bill seems more particularly worthy of commendation than that of any other man. He gave to it the moral support of his approval at a mo- ment when it was of infinite value to the measure to have it known that it was sare of his signature. Since the bill has passed both houses by s vote of over two-thirds in its favor this fact—which seems to put it beyond the power of the Executive to harm it—may detract in some minds from the merit of the share the President will have in the great solution by signing it ; yet it must be remembered that his known favor, which broke the unity of the opposition that the republican party seemed at one moment dis- posed to make, was a very important ele- ment in the great vote thus obtained. It will be a satisfactory feature in the history of General Grant’s career that though at certain times he became unaccountably separated from that sympathy with the national purpose which in the gloomy years of the war was his greatest inspiration, yet in those critical periods when a great occa- sion came he was always found equal to it, and in the last great exigency found an 6p- portunity for a commanding exhibition of the most exalted conception of public duty. The New Opera House. would be promoted by a liberal compromise. They must consider, in the first place, that the State governments cannot be sued. Neither principal nor interest of any State debt can be recovered except by the voluntary action of the State Legislature. It must be considered, in the second place, that an insolvent State government is as powerless to meet all demands against it as an insolvent individual, and that when cred- itors cannot avoid a loss it is for their ad- vantage to make a friendly adjustment with honorable debtors. In the third place, the creditors of the Southern State governments must consider, in their own interest, how wise and discreet it would be to consent to the application of the same principles which underlie the insolvency laws, which aim to do equal ‘xstice to the debtor and creditor class. If the creditors of the Southern State governments should bo so short- sighted and remorseless as to withstand any adjustment they would expose themselves to a manifest peril. If these governments are hard pressed, if they are pushed to ex- tremities, they will be tempted to raise moncy on new bonds at hard rates of interest secured by pledges of specific parts of the State revenue. Whatever is thus pledged to new creditors would diminish by so much the resources of the State for paying exist- ing bonds. It is for the interest of present creditors to forestall such arrangements, and to secure for their own claims a fair distribu- tion of the State revenues for their payment in part, if the States are unabie to pay the whole; just as it is for the interest of private claimants to forestall action in favor of preferred creditors who ab- sorb all the assets and leave nothing to be distributed among creditors who are not preferred. We are confident that the hold- ers of Southern bonds will see the force of this consideration, and will admit that they have been wisely advised by the New-York bankers and merchants who have made a voluntary proffer of good offices in the in- terest of both parties. What would be a fairand equitable adjast- | ment may safely be left to the committeo of five bank presidents appointed by the Inte | meeting. with banks which novor deal in Southern bonds, and they may be regarded as impartial umpires. Various plans might be suggested from which ao selection could be made; but it seems to us that one of the fairest would be an exchange of the present State bonds for other bonds having a period of say forty years tu run, the samein nomina) amount ‘These gentlemen are connected | It is to be hoped that whatever misunder- standing may have arisen between Mr. Stra- kosch and the gentlemen associated with him in the projected erection of a new opera house may be happily arranged. New York needs the opera house, and its erection is only a matter of time. While the site se- lected by Mr. Strakosch is undoubtedly the best and most convenient it is not the only one. Should the Harlem Railroad from any cause refuse to sell ata fair price the plot of ground selected by Mr. Strakosch there are others available in the immediate vicinity, and these undoubtedly will be used. The public need, therefore, be under no apprehension that any possible action of the Harlem Kailroad Company can deprive them of the opera house projected by Mr. Strakosch. There is enough ready capital and several vacant spaces are available. It is to be hoped, however, that an amicable arrangement will be reached with the Harlem Railroad for the sake of those living out of town. Mr, Strakosch has been favorably known in connection with operatic management for some thirty years, and under his experienced manage- ment the projected opera house cannot fail to prove successful. The proposed site 15 in the centre of districts inhabited by the wealthiest and most refined people of New York, who would thus have their favorite amusement brought to their doors, Who Shall Pay? Nearly a quarter of a century since there was o proposition before the Board of Edu- cation of this city to erect a public school in Thirty-seventh street, and an eligible site was found on the Luckey estate. But there were minor heirs; the estate was in the hands of the executors of » Inst will and testament, and it was doubtful whether, under that will, the executors could give a good title, ‘This not abstruse prob- lem was submitted by the suthori- ties to the Corporation Counsel of those days, Mr. Dillon, and the response | was that they could not. Neverthéless, | althongh the Board ot Edneation and the exeentors might both have considered them- selves instructed by this opinion, other ad- | vice was probably taken, and eventually the land was conveyed to the city. Now the minor heirs, informed -as to their rights, | demand in the courts the restoration of their property, sold in defiance of the will, and they will apparently recover against the city; but between tho Board of Education would come whenever the Presidential elec- tion should turn ona few disputed votes. We have at length reached that great trial ond have gone through it un- harmed. ‘‘The wave has passed under the ship,” not only withouta wreck, but without a severe strain of its timbers, The vessel has outlived the storm and floats in smooth waters, The result of this extraor- dinary Presidential election will beas peace- fully accepted and acquiesced in as if there had been an undisputed majority for one of the rival candidates. We have new grounds of confidence in the perpetuity of our free, popular institutions. To have preserved them through the dangers of a great civil war was an assuring triumph, put to have averted the danger of another civil war by the patriotism and wisdom of Congress is a crowning proof that republi- can government is equal to all the exigencies of national life. The question who is to be ouz Chief Magistrate the ensuing four years sinks into insignificance in presence of this grand demorstration that the peo- ple and their representatives are equal to all emergencies, and that party feeling is so easily hushed when a great peri] confronts the Republic. The passage of this bill by such overwhelming majorities is one of the sublimest events in our history, surpassing the wonderful uprising in 1861 by the fact that fewer men then sacrificed their parti- san predilections and laid their political passions on the altar of their country. Nobody can predict who will be our next President; but everybody must concede that whether it be Mr. Hayes or Mr. Tilden both houses of Congress and the whole country will acknowledge him as the right- fal incumbent of the office. We are certain to have peace, and there are the best rea- sons for supposing that we shall have pros- perity. Either candidate will be compelled by the force of circumstances and the logic of events to treat the South with magnanimity, and both are unalterably committed to sound views of the currency. Whichever may be declared elected we are sure of a moderate and conservative Chief Magistrate, who will feel that we have passed out of the era of sectional strife and animosities and have outgrown the finan- cial statutes passed for carrying on the war. Local self-government in the South will not be interfered with by either, and, all the is- sues of the war being finally buried out of sight, the government will be devoted for the next four years to the rehabilitation of commerce and industry and to questions connected with a new epoch in national af- fairs. We congratulate Congress on its wise and statesmanlike action in this great conjunc- ture. We congratulate President Grant on his noble emancipation from party prejudices and on the strong moral support he has given to this bill by his early declarations that he would promptly sign it, thus abating party opposition and facilitating the passage of the bill. gratulate the joint committee, and especi- ally Senator Conkling, its most illus- trious member, on the successful re- sult of their patriotic labors. We con- gratulate the country on its from a formidable danger. And finally we congratulate our respected fellow citizens, Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hayes, on the certainty that the title of the next President. will be accepted as valid, and that both branches of Congress will co-operate with him in measures for promoting the tranquillity and the business interests of the country. We con- relief Aldermanic Vacuity. The proposition to heat the cars has been “sat on” by a coroner's jury of Aldermen never, certainly, did the picturesque and startling conclusions of ‘‘crowner’s quest | law” outdo the Aldermanic verdict. ‘Three conclusions” | mittee, which was liberal, when | would have been quite enough for any ordinary occasion ; and the commit- tee recommend that the Board of Health be requested to see that the cempanies are notified to adopt ‘‘as regulations” the said three conclusions. These conclusions, therefore, become of the greatest practical consequence. We are of opinion that be- and the estates of those exceutors the city should have a remedy. adopted our suggestion—warmed their cars decently and said no more sboutit. These are the conclusions :— First—The front door of every car must be securely fastened, and never opened from the time the car starts until it reaches its destination. Second—Clean straw must be provided every day for the bottom of each car. Third—The ventilation must be 80 ar- ranged that impure air may be permitted to escape from the car by some arrangements that will at the same time prevent the ad- mission of cold air. These rules are to be ‘insisted upon.” They must be enforced by the Board of Health, and we trust the peculiarities of the last rule will not be overlooked, for a vacuum in a street car would be pleasant | addition to its actual delights. Russia’s Diplomatic intercourse will within a few days be entirely suspended between the great Powers of Europa and the Ottoman Empire. England, Germany, Austria, France and Russia will withdraw their | ambassadors, and the interests of the sub- jects of these nations in Turkey will be remitted to minor functionaries. Commer- cial agents and even diplomatic agents of minor degrees of dignity will remain on duty; but the higher officials, who theoretically represent the persons of the several sovereigns, will in every case be recalled. It appears doubtful whether this indication of displeasure and great dissatisfaction with her course will and is correspondingly flattened out; and | were reached by the com- | one | have as much effect upon Turkey as it might if she were animated by those refined sensi- bilities which are perhaps’ part ot a higher culture than hers. Exclusion from the brotherhood of nations does not distress a Power whose conception of the relations of States to one another resolves itself into the primary inquiry as to the excellence of the artillery they respectively possess. But Russia is evidently more concerned as to this point than is Turkey herself, and her memorandum indicates her anxiety. If Russia were certain that the Powers would adhere resolutely to the position taken by the suspension of diplomatic inter- course she could have no further doubts as to her own course, and her armies would be at the gates of Constantinople by May. But she still apprehends that a demonstration of her own will may once more rally other Powers in support of the now abandoned Sultan, and hence she wisely and adroitly pursues the policy of securing from them declarations of indifference by demanding whether they do not mean to enforce the plans they lately put forth. Ben Hfli’s Election. The election of Ben Hill to the United States Senate from Georgia will give much satisfaction to the people of all sections ir- respective of party divisions. The opposi- tion to the successful candidate came from the extreme Southern element, and grew ont of the conservative position occupied by Mr. Hill on questions that have for the past two years, and notably since the Presidential election, agitated the country. The qualities which won for Mr. Hill the respect and admiration of the best citizens of the Republic made extreme and violent parti- sans his enemies. His defeat in the Sena- torial struggle would have been the triumph of the radical element in the North, as well as of the fire-eating element of the South, and his election therefore takes the charac- ter of a national victory, The United States Senate has secured some valuable new members through the recent, elections. Mr. Lamar was chosen Senator from Mississippi to the next Con- gress some months ago. Mr. Blaine, Mr. Hoar, Judge Davis and Mr. Hill are Senators whose influence will be felt, and whose pres- ence will add to the ability and dignity of the body. The freedom from partisanship, and the calm, independent minds of at least four of the number may become of sons anticipate, a reconstruction of political parties. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, So Olive Logan has been defeated for the Senate, The red robe of the Cardinal de Richelieu is at Bor- deaux. After a long sleigh rlae order beetsteak and fried onions, Boston $150.” Goethe:—"There are two peaceful powers—justice and fitness.’”” Coffee and black bread are the staple diet of tho Ger- man peasant. Mr. Reuben E. Fenton, of Jamestown, N. Y., is at the Fifth Avenue. It is said that Secretary Zach Chandler mismanaged the canvass for Hayes. In Meriden a new twenty-two pound baby has an eighty-five pound mother, Mr, Carlyle has never, in theory at least, raised his voice in favor of av incapable ruler. Mr. Lafayette 8, Foster, formerly United States Senator from Connecticut, is at the Kvorett Ole Bull is said to have a turn-up nose—Swedish turp-up.—Paterson Press, Noso, sir; its a Norweg-un, LaCrosse Free Press:—'‘Solitaires are well opough in diamonds, but when it comes to pancakes man reaches for clusters,” Southern papers are beginning toshow a want of confidence in those democrats whom they call ‘our Northern allics.”” Some New York dandies are happy and jolly until | they begin to ehrink. Then they yo down like the Ashtabula bridge. ‘The Paragraphers’ Association will have their first meeting in July within the Mammoth Cave, as a sort ‘of yawning sar-chasm. When Conkling goes for Sherman the latter fecla like an icicle on a water pipe, He doesn’t know whether to hoid on or thaw off, When Dr. SciJiemann was a broker in San Francisco he used to dig down into a cocktail until he found the piece of lomon, and then ho felt all-overish, ‘The mfant daughter of the Japanese Minister is named “Sfum.’’ Soon it will begin to suck its “sfumi,”? and then the New York Commercial will make a pun, A physical recovery of Palestine concerns the ebil- dron of Israel mainiy; an historical recovery of Pales- tine affects the whole commanity of Christian men. AConnecticut man claims to have tho sled that | Governor Hayes used when a boy, He ought to re- | turn it, for the Governor might want it to slide ont, Massachusetts men are exact and conscientious, | One of them the other day died rataer than take four soda crackers for a cent while another town was giving five. *¢ Conservative republican papers talk as if Judge Davis should not sit upon the clectoral commission ; and a few decent journals suggest that if he 1s going 10 accept the [illinois Senatorsbip he should at oneo re. sign, so that as a judge he may not prevent the present President from appointing a successor, even a repud- liean, Tho idea seems to be that it would be degrading Advertiser:—“Ode to & washerwoman— fore the horse car companies get through with them they will wish they had auictly tpat he might act like a common tricky politicians especial value should there be, as some per- TELBGRAPAIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. THE CHANGING EAST. Russia Assuming a Bolder Tone and the Porte Growing Moderate. WHY -RUSSIA JOINED THE CONFERENCE French Ministerial Changes—Gambetta on Terms with the Cabinet. |THE CLERGY AND THE CHAMBER IN TTALY. Trouble Brewing in Spain—The Basques and tho Conscription, : (BY cABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpon, Jan. 27, 1877. The wearying Eastern question appears to be as suming a new phase. Wuring the Conference Rue sia was conciliatory and moderate beyend all ex- pectation, and the Porte assumed an attitude of bold independence that recalled to some extent the memory of days gone by when the haughty Sultans could afford to speak defiantly to the Christian Powers. Since the break up of the Conterence Russia appears to be growing more belligerent in tone, while the Porte, on the other hand, would seem to be desperately anxious to grant reforms— “of its own free will,” ot course—and to make peace with the revolted principalities. A RUSSIAN CIRCULAR EXPECTED, A telegram from Paris says it is expected that the Russian circular upon the Eastern question will be issued 1n a few days. WHAT THE MEMORANDUM WILL CONTAIN. A Paris correspondent gives the following details of the proposed Russian memorandum:—‘Russia will remind the Furopean Powers that in consequence of the refusal of Austria, France and England to partici- pato in this programme Russia entered upon more direet individual intervention, and that the Czar at Moscow announced his Intention to act alone, if necessary, to exact by force from Turkey what Russia knew beforehand could not be otherwise obtained.’” WHY RUSSIA JOINED THE COXFERENCE, The memorandum will state that Russia agreed te join the Conference because of her profound re~ spect for the pacific wishos of Europe, and so as to permit the Porte to show the full extent of its refrac toriness and ill-will Russia agreed to reduco her de- mands toa minimum. Henceforth Russia thinks her- selfentitiea to reckon on the continued collective efforts of Europe, whose accord for common ulterior action has not been destroyed by the conclusion of the Conference. ANOTHER PROGRAMME COMING. The memorandum concludes by stating that Russia proposes shortly to submit a programme to which she hopes to obtain the adhesion of the Powers. THE AMBASSADORS LRAVING. A telogram from Constantinople says that Sir Henry Elliott, the British Ambassador, loft that city yestor- day. Baron Von Werther, the German Ambassador, and Count Zichy, the Austrian Ambassador, will sail today. General Ignatieff’s departure fs still retarded by tempestaous weather in the Black Sea, MORE TURKISH “RREFORMS."" It is said that the pienipotentiarios who wore de- tained at Constantinople after the closo of the Confer- ence rendered important service by persuading the Porte to inaugurate reforms of its own free will instead of yielding to tho advice of the war party to force on a rupture with Russia by immediately attaeking Servia. ‘THe PORTE IN 4 GRACIOUS MOOD. It is stated that the Porte intends introducing, of its own accord, all the reforms demanded by the Powers at the Conference. CONCILIATING THE REVOLTED PRINCIPALITIES, It is asserted that Midhat Pacha has addressed a cone cillatory despatch to (he Princes of Servia and Mon- tenegro proposing a direct understanding with the Porte before the exyiration of the armistice. The Turkish ambassadors have been ordered to communt- cate this step to the various Cabinets, Midhat Pacha has also ordered the provincial governors to maintain friendly relations with the foreign consuls and regi- donts, and take measures to-prevent disorders, INSTRUCTIONS TO RUSSIAN OFYICERS, A despatch from Bucharest says it is asserted that the Russian War Office 18 preparing circulars to inform commanders of the army entering a friendly country that the inhabitants must bo treated like their own countrymen, and any offence againatthem will be severely punished, This injunction rofers to Rou- mania. PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION, A later Bucharest telegram says matters seem to have taken a serious turn, Rassian pioneers have arrived on'the Danube and are examining sites for bridges. Work on the Roumaniao rallwuy and the summer residence of the Prince has been stopped ag war Is believed to be imminent, BYPECT OF RUSSIA'S KOUNDING OF THR POWERS. A correspondent at Vienna says Russia, before make ing a formal proposal for common action, has sounded the various Powers. None of them, however, seem at present prepared to go beyond the moral pressure which they havo already exorcised by withdrawing their ambassadors from Constantinople. AUSTRIA WILL NOT ACT WITH RUSSIA. This is especially true of Austria. If Russia entor. tained the idea that Austria would now be moro dis posed than sho wag at the time of Soumarakofl’s mis- ston, not only to sanction but eventually to participate in coercive measures, sho has probably been undo. ceived by this time. SERVIA NOT PERMITTED TO MAKE PEACE, It issheer delusion to expect that Russia will allow Servia to make peace separately while the possibility of war between Turkey and Russia existe. Servia will not dare to do £0 against the will of Russia, * PORCING RUSSIA TO DECLARE TRRSKLP, A Belgrade despatch confirms the report that Midhat Pacha has proposed peace negotiations to Servia, The correspondent adds tbad this fino stroke of diplomacy is to force Rusgia’s hand. The Servians will not dare to refuse the Porte’s overtures unless Russia openly promises to support Servia, Hence Russia will be compelled to declare horsolf or jose the assistance of tho Sorvian army andServian territory in case of war, FRENCH MINISTERIAL CHANGES, The Bien Public of yesterday says that should the Duc Decazes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, retire from the Cabinet In consequence of disagreements with M. Simon, President of the Council, M. Simon will take the foreign portfolio and M, Bardoux will become M:n- ister of the Interivr, HONORS FOR GAMBETTA, | .M, Gambetta has been re-elected President of the | Budget Committee, He made a speech denying that | the republicans are disunited, He urged the necessity of the maintenance of a complete agreement and de+ clared that he would act as a friendly, trusting fellow. worker of the Mintatry. GAURDING AGAISST THE RINDERPEST, An official decree promulgated yesterday prohibits the importation tnto, or transit through France of horned cattie, sheep or goats from Germany, England, Austria, the Danubian Principalities or Turkey. Ime for a justice of the Supreme Court to hold his office so | portation from other countries 1s allowed, subject to rigorous preliminary inspection by the sanitary | authorities, | DISTRESS IN PONDICHERRY, * | Distrowsing accounts are reevived of scarcity im