The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1877, Page 4

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SAN FRANCISCO MIN KELLY & LEON'S MI HELLER'S THRATRE—P TATION, EGYPTIAN HALL—Sxxsationat Vaninte. PARISIAN VARIETIES. COLUMBIA OPERA Hi TONY PASTOR'S THEATH: NEW YORK AQUARIU: TIVOLI THEATRE—Vanirry. ‘Vanier, NOTICE TO cou The Adams Express Compary run _a@ special newspaper train over the Pennsylvania Kailroad and its connections, Jenving Jersey city at a quarter past four A. aI.. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition of the H¥RaLD as far West as Harrisburg and south to bored tai reaching Philadelphia ut « 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 decidedly warmer dnd cloudy or partly cloudy, with brisk southerly to easterly winds and possibly rain, followed by increasing winds. Isterestinc 10 TeMPERANCE Men.--Three million barrels of beer were made in and around New York last year, aud the demand is in- creasing. Bive Grass having cured rheumatism many sufferers wonder whether it might not have a softening effect upon the joints of boarding house roast turkey. Ovr Crry still supplies the world with the men who create the greatest sensations. The would-be assassin of Governor Packard was a New York dry goods salesman. Tuose GENTLEMEN who are confident that cold weather is over, and who want to give away discarded winter clothing, are invited to call at the Night Shelter, corner of Tenth street and avenue D. Our Sprcran Canc Desratcnes will cause many a sigh of regret that the dead Fenian chief, O'Mahony, cannot sit up in his coffin and behold the honors that are to be accorded to his remains by faithful Irish hearts and hands. Tae Emigrant Runner comes to the front in our columns to-day and presents his usual ras- cally appearance. It seems that the Mayor's Marshal determines who is fit to be licensed as runners. Cannot the Police Department make up an album from the Rogues’ Gallery and give it to the Marshal for reference ? Our CorrEsPONDENT IN Eeorrrt tells of a gov- ernment official who saved two hundred million dollars while in office. The details of his business methods explam why the Khedive has been called an extortioner while he was really the greatest sufferer from his Finance Minister's greed. Tat Froripa Mystery, the smoke of which comes not from political fire, is described else- ‘where with as much accuracy as the known facts justify ; but as the Herap expedition is now on its way to the scene of the disturbance a more satisfactory account may be expected before Jong. AyorneR Rear Apmirat Gone.—The death of Rear Admiral Davis increases the length of that “retired list” which is made up by a power whose decisions are always just and final. The rapid sueeession in which prominent naval heroes have fought their last battles within a few weeks must remind the country of how apidly the years have flown since the dark days -when these men, then in the prime of life, made Aame for themselves and peace for the nation. We Pusuisuep a Letrer yesterday from Mr. Andrews defending Justice Kilbreth from the charge of undue leniency toward Sergeant Thomp- gon, the head-punching member of our Police Department. We are gratified to know that the Justice acted with becoming severity and prompt- ness. Mr. Andrews says in his letter that his purpose is not so much to punish the officer as to check what has become an outrageous cus- tom. This is all very well, but we intend to see ito it that Sergeant Thompson and Officer Cano- ‘van receive the punishment they so richly de- serve. Thatis the best way to check the out- Tue Weatner.—The western storm centre has already reached the lake region, and the dis- turbance has developed considerable energy during its advance. An area of snow and rain ‘extends eastward of Lake Michigan as far as Rochester, and strong winds prevail on the south- ‘ern and western margins of the areaof low barometer. Tho storm of Thursday last still hangs over Nova Scotia, attended by an area of rain and enow, and the high pressure which in- tervened between it and the western storm has ‘been dissipated; so that it is probable that a union of the two disturbances will take place dur- Ing today. This will result in a great storm in the Atlantic, which will reach the coast of Europe probably by Saturday next. We warn shipmas- ters of an approaching gale on the coast which will prove dangerous from Cape Hat- teras to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The temperature has risen decider throughout the western and central districts, cially in the latter. The highest pressure is now in the Southern States, but indications continue of a depression southeast of Florida. This may pass to the northeastward with- out reaching the coast and add to the gers of ocean navigation during the coming week. The Upper Mississippi has fallen three fect at Keokuk, but at other points there have been no changes. The weather in New York to- day will be decidedly warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy, with brisk southerly to easterly winds and possibly rain, followed by increasing owinds, respe- / NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEMENT? | Things that Are Nobody's Business— Suggestions to the Mayor. A few days ago we pointed out to Mayor ' Ely whata splendid reputation he might earn for himself and how much good he might confer upon his fellow citizens by close attention to trifles, show also that he need not waste his time in grand schemes of reform if he sought to improve the administration of city affairs. It is with the same object that we now wish to call his attention to the numberless mat- ters that seem to be nobody's business under our system of municipal government. If he will only make these matters his special business we promise him a career of usefulness which will be rewarded by last- ing fame. i The Common Council has from time to time enacted ordinances for the regulation of public traffic in the streets, for the abate- ment of nuisances and the suppression of disorders of various kinds. Yet we suffer just as much at present from ill regulated street traffic, from dangerous nuisances and from social disorders as if we never hada legislative department clothed with any authority by law, Why? Because it be- came nobody's business to see that the proper officials carried out the pro- visions of the municipal laws, and noe body volunteered to doso. Whose business is it, for instance, to compel the horse car companies to obey the ordinance of the Common Council recently passed regarding the increased comfort of the stroet cars? We venture to assert that there is not the least probability that any attention will be paid by the car companies to that order un- less somebody in authority makes it his busi- ness to enforce it. It is now some weeks since tho farcial ordinance was passed, and yet the scientific Board of Ill Health has not yet, perhaps, satisfied itself whether or not clean straw is more hurtful than cold feet. By the time that we are ready for our summer clothing this wonderful Board will have reached some conclusion. The Police Department sold garbage to con- tractors for filling uptown lots, and it became the business of nobody in the department to see what was done with the vile compost. The Health Department did not interfere. It was none of its busi- ness what was done by or under the Police Department. But in the meantime the hor- rible work went on, endangering the lives of a large community. In like manner it was nobody’s business to inve8tigate the causes of the foulness of the Croton water last fall, and it was not until the Hrraxp called pub- lic attention to the dangerous condition of the water supply that any notice was‘taken ofit by the Department of Public Works. When at another time the engineer of the department deemed it necessary to inspect the boilers of the High Bridge pumping en- gines it was apparently not considered any- body’s business to notify the public when the water was to be cut off and turned on again, and the results were a water famine and a deluge up town. Surely some official jurisdiction must ex- tend over the navigation of the Hudson and East rivers within the metropolitan limits; yet we hear every day of ferryboat collisions, steamboat racing and other evidences of the absence of all restraint on malicious and reckless persons engaged in our river ser- vice. Whose business is it to look after these and prevent such outrages against public safety? We imagine that the author- ity which issues ferry licenses and grants ferry leases can regulate the manner in which the transportation of passengers shall be managed and rendered tree from danger. When new buildings are being erected and the streets and sidewalks are encumbered with piles of material; when lime is slacked and mortar made in the open thoroughfares, covering passers-by with clouds of dust, we are at a loss to know whose business it is to protect the public from such outrages. Is it the Department of Buildings or that of Pub- lic Works, the Bureau of Encumbrances, the Health Department, the Park Department, north of Fourteenth street? Is it possible that there is no redress for persons suffering inconvenience or injury from this nuisance? To whom must we appeal? If a heavy fall of snow occurs and the horse car companies clear their tracks for their own convenience by heaping the snow into the gutters and along the sidewalks until all chance of its removal by melting and drain- age is destroyed, whose business is it to in- terfere and compel these corporations to re- move the snow from the street, or at least to pay some part of the cost of doing so? Has any department the necessary authority to give us free streets, and if so, why are the thoroughfares of New York encumbered to- day by the snow that fell in December and the early part of January? It is possible to enumerate hundreds of instances in which the public suffers from the neglect of its in- terests because it is nobody's business to attend tothem. This neglect gives us filthy streets, encumbered sidewalks, bad pave- | ments, defective drainage. It causes a waste of water and produces water famines. It permits extortions by cab drivers and an insolent disregard of public rights by horse car companies. It overcrowds our wharves and piers and denies us the most moderate | accommodations for trade. It fosters a sys- tem of bribery by which encroachments on public rights and evasions of our city laws are permitted and winked at. Yet, notwithstanding all these abuses, and in spite of the secret but vigorous op- position of the pensioners and placemen who fatten on the city treasury, much can be done toward reform by Mayor Ely if he will only think and act for himself and for the people who have elected him to office--- if he will only keep his eye on these trifling matters that are nobody's business and see that they are promply attended to by the thousand and one official drones who, in theory at least, are under his direction. He must not bewail his powerlessness, for an honest, energetic and rigid Mayor can make all these well paid officials do their duty by perpetually rapping them over the knuckles in public for their shortcomings. Vortified by an honest sense of duty, and backed by the overwhelming force of public opin- ion, he can accomplish everything tor us, We do not hesitate to say that there is not a guilty official in New York to-day who is not trembling at the possibility of in- Lvestigation, and striving with desperate Our aim was to- j by the Superintendent and Anditor. arguments and plausible misstatements to avert it. On the other hand there is not an honest man, be he commissioner or clerk, who would not rejoice ata tearing away of the veil of doubt that covers alike the in- nocent and the guilty. Let the Truth Be Brought to Light. Before the death of Ryan and Oschwald, the alleged murderers, the Henanp made strong efforts to secure them a new trial for the crime of which they had been convicted. The evidence against them was purely cir- cumstantial; the public mind was not satis- fied of their guilt, and a brief delay in the execution of their senterice could not de- feat justice and would certainly be prefer- able to the hanging of two innocent men. While a reputation for the swift and sure enforcement of the law, on which New Jer- sey prides herself, may be creditable toa State, it may sometimes operate unjustly by demanding a conviction whenever a crime is committed, and thus reversing the rule that an accused person has a right to be regarded as innocent until proved to be guilty. A life once taken cannot be restored, and in capi- tal cases, whenever a reasonable doubt of the justice of a sentence exists, the sternest judges wonld scarcely oppose delay until the doubt could be removed. . These were the considerations that induced us to advo- cate a new trial for the unfortunate men who died last Thursday, one by his own hand and the other on the gallows, For the sake of humanity it is to be hoped that Ryan and Oschwald were justly condemned. Governor Bedle was doubt- less firmly convinced in his own mind of their guilt. But the ablest and sharpest lawyer may be mistaken on a question of circumstantial evidence, and we regret that the Governor did not see fit to convene the Court of Errors, so that the accused might have exhausted every means of establishing the fact, if Officer Brock did not die by their hands. The men are now in another world, guilty or innocent; but the effort to ferret out the truth should not on that account be relaxed. The Jersey authorities should, for their own sakes, follow up any clew that can lead to the dis- covery of the truth. Governor Bedle, in justice to himself, should strive to clear up the painful doubts that exist as to the actual guilt of the men his official action hurried to their graves. The letter pub- lished in last Thursday’s Hzraup seems to be worth investigation. If genuine it might easily put a capable detective on the track of the real murderer. We have the original in our possession, and it is at the service of the Jersey authorities whenever they desire to thake a proper investigation, Quarantine Legislation, It seems to be carrying legislation to o very ridiculotis extreme that a law should be made at Albany to compel the Health Officer at this port to remove his tools when he has fumigated an infected ship ; yet such a bill is actually before the State Senate. By this measure it is to be made a misdemeanor if tho Health Officer or one of his deputies does not per- sonally superintend every process of dis- infection, and equally a misdemeanor if he does not at the conclusion remove from the veasel every vial or gallipot or substance or fluid that may have been in use. For every such misdemeanor the culprit is to be fined, but not more than two thousand dollars, or to be imprisoned, but for not more than one year—which limitations are reasonable and considerative. It would be hard to give a man twenty-one years ona case of that kind. Having passed this law it is to be hoped that the Legislature will take up the whole subject of the lesser organization of life in the same spirit. It might be made punishable with propriety for any painter to negligently leave his little kegs of white lead about when he has painted a house, for this substance is poisonous; and if people should mistake it for condensed milk and use it in their coffee it would be fatal—in time. Carpenters, also, who forget and leave around their sharp chisels, with which the ingenious youth of the family may operate on one another's eyes, should be held re- sponsible. Paviors and sewer builders who leave their crowbars in convenient areas should be looked after, for if nervous women believe that these crowbars are firearms and lie awake o’ nights in anticipation of ex- plosions they will get their very ‘death o’ danger” from it, and perish in conniption fits. The Vacant Office. The Governor has not yet nominated a Superintendent of Public Works, and it is to be hoped that his selection for this office will be as good as those he has already made for the other important vacancies. The whole management of the canals will pass into the hands of the new Superintendent under the bill defining the powers and duties of that office. He is to be the purchaser of all materials required to keep the canals and structures thereof in safe condition for good navigation; to divide the canals into sections and appoint foremen to the several divisions, whose duty it shall be to oversee the mechanics, laborers, patrolmen and watchmen engaged in the re- pair or management, and to do all other work heretofore pertaining to the office of Canal Commissioner. intendents of canal repairs and of division, resident and assistant engineers are abol- ished, and the Superintendent of Public ' Works is authorized to call upon the State Engineer to assign an engineer for any work that may bo necessary, the services to be paid for as performed. Provisions are made for the payment of laborers and employés by paymasters, to be appointed The salary of the Superintendent is fixed at six thousand dollars a year, and his assistants are to be paid three thousand dollars each, with travelling expenses for all. A clause in the bill makes it cause of removal if a superintendent or a subordinate oflicer uses his position to promote the political interests of any party, and prohibits the employment of extra hands on the eve of an election unless their services aro absolutely needed. power in a single head, and witli a thor- oughly competent person in the office of Superintendent the new system seems bound to secure efficiency and economy in our canal management, The offices of super- ; It isa complete concentration of | | Submitting to the Resalt. The democratic caucus held in Washing- ton on Saturday evening made it clear that the party will stand by its pledge in spite of disappointment and a deep sense of in- justice. No serious resistance will be made to the completion of the count and the in- auguration of Hayes, because it is now manifest that such an attempt would not only fail of its object but split and destroy ; the democratic party. All the best men in | the party will keep faith and maintain their honor, as they have expressed this intention with so much emphasis that the opposition to the work of the commission will dwindle to mere angry protests. - Most of the great sections of the country will be quite satisfied with this result of the Presidential election. In the New England States the electoral vote, whose honesty is not questioned, stands as follows :— Tilden, 71 Connecticut... 6 Hayes being the overwhelming choice of the New England States they will give his administration a warm support. Going from the extreme East to the extreme West the electoral vote in the Pacific States stands thus:— Tilden, None, TOtAl.csesesereeseee 10 Mr. Hayes will accordingly begin his term as President with the confidence and favor- ing good wishes of the Pacific States, which gave him all their electoral votes. Coming back to the great Commonwealths which are classed as the Western States we find this to be the state of their electoral vote:—- Hayes, y ‘Tilden Ee Indiana. ...e.0sseeeeee 1S Michigan. Pap 5 Minnesota, ~ 5 Nebraska, . - 3 Ohio,... . Wisconsin. 10 Total... 88 It is obvious, therefore, that Mr. Hayes will be acceptable to the West, and that an attempt to withstand his inauguration or weaken his influence would not be sup- ported by that great section. We come now to the old slaveholding States, all of whose electoral votes, 138 in number, would, if honestly counted, have been given to Mr. Tilden, excepting the seven of South Caro- lina. If any section of the country could be tempted to put itself in an attitude of resistance it would naturally be the South, which voted almost unanimously for the democratic candidate, But in point of fact it is very much owing to the high sense of honor and immovable good faith and loyalty of the South that democratic opposi- tion is restrained to mere protests. Thus the great section which has the most reason for dissatisfaction, whose wishes have been thwarted and its electoral votes nullified, is foremost in counselling patriotic submis- sion. The South sets its face against fil- ibustering or factious opposition, and counsels its democratic brethren to give President Hayes a fair trial, That he will be pretty generally accepted in the North is evident from the fact that of the 231 electoral votes of all the Northern States Mr. Hayes receives 166 and Mr. Tilden only 65. Mr. Hayes is the choice of eighteen Northern States and Mr. Tilden of only four. If the democrats will rise above the heated political atmosphere of Washington and cast their eyes abroad over the whole country they will look in vain for any section of our great country that will refuse to recognize Mr. Hayes as the lawful President of the United States, 5 6 An Alleged Albany Job. The old Congress Hall story is being re- vived by some of the Albany papers, and the charge is made that certain public offi- cials receive a direct benefit from allowing that property to be used as a hotel by its present tenant without exacting payment of even the nominal rent placed upon it by the State. Congress Hall is a well known Albany hotel, located next to the old Capi- tol, facing the park at the top of State street. When the construction of the new Capitol was decided on the plan contem- plated the removal of Congress Hall, and at first it was proposed to pull down the build- ing at once. The property was purchased by the city of Albany and transferred to the State in 1865. It was found that there was no immediate necessity for the removal of the building, and o portion of it was rented to the present tenant at a low rent, while another portion was fitted up as an Executive mansion for Governor Hoffman. It is charged that the expenditure for this latter purpose was ex- treme, and considering the practices of those days the charge is probably well founded. At the close of Governor Hoffman's term the whole building was rented for hotel purposes, and the rent fixed at seven thou- sand five hundred dollars a year. It is now alleged that nothing has been paid to the State by the tenant, and that the default has been overlooked because some of the State officers and Senators have been allowed to board at the hotel at a very low rate. The scandal should be sifted to the bottom. At the same time it is notorious that Congress Hall has been a check on the extravagant charges of other Albany hotels during the legis- lative session, and no doubt tye effort to compel its removal is partly attributable to rival business interests. There is no good reason why the building should not be kept standing until its destruction becomes necossary or why it should not be used as a hotel. But the rent ought to be paid by the tenant, and such portions of the build- | ing as may be needed for State use should be reserved, so that the State may not be put to the expense of hiring offices when it has plenty of rooms of its own, Ler tue Mayor Onraxn tHe Streers,— From the remarks made by Mayor Ely, in conversation with one of our reporters on Saturday, we infer that he is quite willing to assume the responsibility of trying to have our streets’ properly cleaned. We hope he will be afforded the opportunity, Our desire is to commit this important task to the Mayor, | re We have had such unsatisfactory work from all the commissioners and inspectors charged with the work in the past that we wish now to try the experiment of letting one man (and-he the head of the city government) undertake the task. If the Legislature will authorize Mayor Ely we have no doubt he will keep the city clean for one-half the money it is now costing, Will Assembly- man Cowdin substitutesome measure like this for his own scheme of transferring the street cleaning from the Police Department to the | Health Department? | | The Governor's Appointments. n The nominations made by Governor Rob- inson last week for the three important offices of Superintendent of State Prisons, Superintendent of Insurance and Canal Ap- praiser will meet with general approval. The nominees have been selected on account of their fitness for the several positions and not from political considerations, and the fact that they are not acceptable to the lead- ing machine politicians is decidedly a point in their favor. Mr. Pillsbury, who has been confirmed by the Senate as Superintendent of Prisons, brings to the discharge of his duties an experienct almost indispensable in the initiation of a new system in prison management, Mr. John F. Smyth has been for some time the Postmaster at Albany, and is said to be a most capable busi- ness man, besides being a gentleman of unassailable integrity. The State is for- tunate in finding a citizen of the char- acter and ability of Judge Sturges willing to serve in the capacity of Canal Appraiser. The Senate confirmed the two latter nominoes, but an objection delayed the transmission of the confirmation to the Governor until next Wednesday. It is to be hoped that as soon as Superintendent Smyth enters on the discharge of his duties— for it is not probable that the confirmation will be recalled—he will at once institute such an investigation into the life insur- ance companies as the law requires and the public interests demand. If the existing statutes are properly enforced by an honest and capable Superintendent we shall soon be relieved of such fraudulent institutions as the Continental and Security companies. The Way of Life. The coming of the Lenten season was not specially alluded to in the pulpit yesterday, though many pastors presented those truths without which Lent would seem a meaning- less ceremony. Dr. Armitage called atten- tion to the honor of the preacher's calling. Mr. Frothingham, preaching on the authors of unbelief, made some strong points, the truth of which even his theological oppo- nents will be compelled to admit. Rev. Silas Henn, of England, showed how the contesting theories of faith ond love are identical. Mr. Hepworth held up before the faithful the three great jewels which every Christian should desire ‘and seek after. Mr. Herr drew the lines of distinction between believers and unbelievers, aud supported the doctrine that God helps most the persons who most come to Him for assistance. At the Cathe- dral the solemn mysteties of the exposi- tion of the blessed sacrament prompted the display of much loyal affection and imposing ceremony, the venerable Cardinal participating. Father McCau- ley philosophically explained the na- ture and object of temptation. Rev. F. A. Noble, of New Haven, preaching for Mr. Beecher, analyzed the needs of the world, and proclaimed Christ as the only influence which could satisfy them. Dr. Talmage predicted a speedy return of busi- ness prosperity, and then addressed com- mercial travellers as members of a class which will do more than any other to make business morals whatever they will be. If even half of his advice is followed the com- mercial travellers will astonish their oldest acquaintances. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. “We are seven.” Sardou has nouralgia, Do tribunals tribulate? Eels should bo fried with onions, Strauss has two musical brothers, Minnesota grasshoppers are hatching. Wo wish some men had a blue glass pocketbook. The Unitarians of Boston believe in one man power. , There is considerable Hayosing in that Electoral College. Senator Anthony walks with hie hands clasped bo- hind bim. Eloping women are said to belong to the hooking laddy company. Mushrooms used for mere flavoring in fish stews should be minced. That schoolmaster Moon, of New Jersey, seems to have been a “full”? Moon. Hon, George W. McCrary, of Iowa, is spoken of for Attorney General under Hayes. Snow ts six feet deep in Nova Scotia, and in Mary- Jand tho farmers are ploughing. Spring is coming. Robins have begun to Hght up the codar trees of New Hampshire, The seven democrats on the tribunal voted for Til- den, but they were not partisans. + Miss Emma Abbott wears too heavy and dark a dress for her truil figure and thin, pale face. Senator Newton Booth, while speaking, tosses his hands like a maiden scattering flowers, A Lowell man was killed by hot water, but this is not an argument in favor of hot whiskey. During the campaign tho democrats used to make a joke about; yes, it was about ‘wait Til-den.”” Slices of fish dipped in egg and milk, or either, and breaded, may be fried and served with tomato sauce. Many newspapers are deriding the idea of using clubs, Still clubs seem to be trumps on the Wrexny HERALD. Senator Allison, of Iowa, writes to a home paper that the commission is alter all amenable to tho two houses of Congress. Congressman Thompson, of Massachusetts, who beat Ben Butler, has a large jaw and reboarses with a tom cat two nights n week, Lyman Trumbull is a reserved grindmotherly male, who looks as if he had a lot of lump sugar laid away in the closet for the children, Now fans are of pale pink silk, with black chalk etching. The mountings are of smoke pearl, with incrustations of coral pink pearl, ‘The Emperor Joseph, travolling in Italy, broke down his carriage, and ata village blacksmith’s worked the bellows while the blacksmith forged, Norristown /erald:—“A man in a big ulster, with a heavy mufller around his neck, hid tho tips of his ears frozen yesterday morning while looking at his horse | being clipped.” A scotch minister, preaéhing from the story of the Prodigal Son, said that the fatted calf was one which bad been prized and loved in the famfiy for many, many years. Punch:—‘‘Aunt Mary—Why don't you read, Tom, instead of lollicg about? Tom—'Got nothing to Aunt Mary—There’s your first prize in Monsteur Jolivet’s French class—a most delightful book! Toim--How can I read that? it’s in aided by the logal vigilance of our citizens. | Frenehi”” TELEGRAPHIC NEWS | From All Parts of the World. THE EASTERN ~ SITUATION, Another Ministerial Change in Tur. key—The Sultan Il. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS, Egypt and Abyssinia—A Mas< sacre Reported. THE SPANISH FUEROS Preparations in Ireland for the Funera) of John O'Mahony. [BY caBLE TO THE HERALD. ] Lonpon, Feb. 19, 1877. The transfer of the remains of Colonel John O'Mahony, the ex-Fenian leader, to Ircland is ex+ citing a good deal of attention here, and the Irish nationalists are availing themselves of the occasion to make the funeral a demonstration against British rule in Ireland. The preparations are on a very extensive scale, and the whole population ot Ireland and the hundreds of thousands of Lrish residents in England and Scotland, are excited ta fever heat. There can de no doubt that the funeral and the reception of the body in the various towns vhrough which it will pass on its way to interment will be one of the most significant outbursts of pop- ular feeling which has taken place th Ireland for many years. HOPES OF THE NATIONALISTS. The advanced or extreme nationalists call to tind that the funeral of Terence Bellew McManus, who died tn California and wag buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in November, 1561, was the thing of all others which infused life into the Fenian movement and brought masses of men together who had pre- viously had no opportunity of exchanging political views, and no eifort will be spared to make the O'Mahony obsequies serve a similar purpose. This fact 1s also well known to the authorities, and cone sequently the affair ts regarded by them with no inconsiderable dissatisfaction. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEMONSTRATION. The fact that Dr. Denis Dowling Mulcahy, one of the most uncompromising of the ex-Fenian prison- ers and a man of no mean ability as a speaker and writer, bas been chosen by the Irish- | American nationalists as the chairman of the delegation accompanying the body to Ireland, ts looked upon as an indication of the decidedly pronounced character intended to be given to the demonstration, and the enthusiasm shown by the mass of the people in the preparations is looked upon as convincing proof that the federal doctrines of the home rulers have taken no real root in the country. ACTIVELY PREPARING. Committees have sprung up as if by magic in every town in Ireland, and along the line of route the preparations for the reception of the body are being pushed with the greatest possible zeal. Ad- dresses are being prepared, and there is hardly a town in Ireland which will not send a delegation to take partinthe funeral. In all the great cities of England and Scotland the enthustasm is, if any- thing, greater than in Ireland, and numerous dele- gations will be sent to Ireland on the occasion. RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE AFFAIR, The Catholic Bishop of Cloyne has consented to celebrate a requiem mass on the arrival of the re- mains, as his predecessor, Dr. Keane, did in the case of McManus, and yesterday at Queenstown prayers were otfered at mass for the repose of the soul of the deceased Feniap. Considerable curiosity is manifested as to what action Cardinal Cullen will take in the matter, as he has not yet replied to the request to allow the remains to lie in state in the Cathedral in Dublin. As the pro-English opinions of the Cardinal are well knownit is expected he will give a lat refusal, which will be the signal for an outbarst of indignation that will give a crushing blow to ultramontanism in Ireland, HOW THE REMAINS WILL BE RECEIVED. The Dakota is expected to arrive on Thursday next, and the landing of the remains will be the occasion ofa tremendous ovation. A tender hag been placed at the disposal of the Cork Reception Committee by Messrs. Scott & Co., and the body will be transferred to the pro-Cathedral, at Queens- town, escorted by a grand torchlight procession. It will then be transmitted to Cork, where it will He in state until Sunday, the 25th, when it will be removed to Dublin for interment in Glasnevin, except O'Mahony’s relatives express awish to have him buned in the family church- yard at Kilbehenny. Should Cardinal Cullen re- fuse to allow the body into a Dublin church It is ex. pected that it will be at once taken to Tuam, where Archbishop MacHfaie will give it all the honor the Irish people can desire. THE FUNERAL ORATION. , The funeral oration will, {t 1s expected, be de- livered by Charies J. Kickham, of Mullinahone, ‘Yipperary, the well known writer and ex-political prisoner, but as he ix entirely deaf and 4n very bad health he may be unable to do so. In that case, the oration will be delivered by Dr. Denis Dowling Mul- cahy,, of Newark, N. J., Who accompanies the re. mains. THE SULTAN ILL Adespateh from laris rays that Le Temps confirms the statements which ba been current that the Sultan is il, and says it ts feared that he is suffering from paralysis of the brain, TURKISH MINISTERIAL CHANGES, A correspondent at Vienna says a despatch has been received from Constantinople, announcinggthat Edbem Pacha has been requested by the Sultan to appoint an- | other Grand Vizier, THY NEWS CONFIRMED, A Berlin despaton says the dismissal of Edhom Pacha seems,to bea fact, and Mahmoud Damad, the brother-in-law of the Sultan, becomes Grand Vizier, with a policy aiming at tho abrogation of the constitu. tion, Edhem Pacha will continue to assist him, as the new Vizier is ignorant of any foreign language, A CRISIS AT CONSTANTINOPLE, A correspondent at Vienna reviows the various ra- mors from Constantinople, and says tho nows thence foreshadow: oriols crisis, AN POLICY TOWARD AUBTRIA. The same correspondent states that Russia, altor