The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1877, Page 4

eyes NEW YORK HERALD ’ BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, sauna HE DAILY LD, published every én the year, r. OF at Jar pec mont! an; an ce them. or Ave follnes” for nix onthe, Sunday tree telegraphic despatches must LD. ed. ies i ele a DELPHIA OFFICE-NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH DON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— iS OFFICE AVENUE DE L'OPEKA AVLES OF PICE—NO. 7 STRADA PACE, iptions und advertisements will, forwarded un the same terms as in New ¥ VOLUME XIII ——— Severo AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. TNION SQUARE THEATRE—Tae Damcnerra. received and be ‘ork. GRAND OPERA HOUSE—Two Onruaxs, BOOTH'S THEATRE—Firru AvaNcR. GERMANIA THEATRE: PARK THEATRE—Ovr Boanvine Hovsx, BTEINWAY HALL.—Essiro: sencene Ov MUSIC—Itatian Orena, '2P.N. Atume, COLUMBIA OPERA HOUS' THEATRE COMIQUE—Vant TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE—Vamierr. NEW YORK AQUARIUY, _ TIVOLE THEATRE—Vanixry. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTI EGYPTIAN HALL—Sexsati BROOKLYN RINK—Exnterrio NO. 868 BROADWAY— PARISIAN VARIETIES. WITH SUPPLEMENT “NEW YORK, SATURDAY, F 24, 187, NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS, train over the Fetneyivante Halirond and ste connections ba quarter past four A. Ni.. daily and ular edition of the HxRaLD as tar South to Washington, reaching ast six A. M. and Washington at | Snuday, carrying th West as Harrisburg Philadelphia at « quai one P.M. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York today will be colder, cloudy and clearing, possibly with rain, and probably with high winds. Watt Srrrzt Yesterpay.—The market was very active and there was a general decline in almost all the speculativeactive stocks. The coal stocks suffered particularly. Gold opened at 104%, rose to 105g and closed at 105. Gov- ernment stocks were steady, while railroad ‘bonds were generally firmer. Money was easy at 3 and 31, per cent on call. 4 ‘Tre Vanpervi.t Huns seem to prefer hoping to fighting. They will certainly find it cheaper and abtut as productive. Founp DrowxED, with a whiskey bottle in his pocket. The public will form ita own opinion of ‘who killed “the man on the wall.” Gevennor Hares is learning what it is to have New Year’s Day come once in twenty-four hours and last all day, and he is not stuck up about it either. It Now Transrines that cigar makers in Cuba give their goods to smugglers on consignment, and themselves take tho risk of seizure. No wonder that the Custom House officers cannot let the Havana steamers alone. Tue Unstrep Sratss is learning by sad experi- ence that forgiveness is not trustworthy means of reform. The ex-convicts who wero pardoned that they might give evidence in the New York crooked whiskey cases are as reticent as a Presi- dent before inauguration. Mr. TitpEN obtained some indirect sympathy yesterday from a man who spoke from experi- ence. Mr. Blaine’s own annoyance of last year prompted him to rise above his party level and deny the right of Congressional committees to meddle with the pocketbooks and bank accounts of candidates for office. Axomer Brow at tHE Sritz Doc.—Evi- dence presented to a committee of the Massa- chusctts Legislature seems to show that the Spitz dog is venomous even when not inad. Physi- cally there is nothing improbable in the theory. ‘When the bite of so mild an animal as the com- mon skunk causes death, as it invariably does within certain climatic boundaries in the United States, a bad tempered family of dogs may be suspected of any degree of iniquity. Tur Weatner.—The storm centre has moved southeast wardly to the Carolina coast, attended Dy on extensive area of rain and snow, which embraced the lower lake region, the Mississippi Valley, the Eastern Gulf and the South Atlantic Btates. The highest pressure is now in Northern Dakota and Manitoba, but the barometer Js folling rapidly in Montana and British Columbia. Brisk winds have prevailed on the morthern and western margins of the area of low pressure and will probably increase to dangerous gales on the Atlantic coast during to-day and to-morrow. .Our warning of yesterday was, therefore, timely. The temperature has fallen decidedly in the Northwest and ‘will be lower on the Atlantic coast as the day advances. High winds ond possibly @ “norther” may prevail on the Texas const. ‘The weather in New York to-day will be colder, clondy and clearing, possibly with rain, and prob- ably with high winds. Ten Dock Derartuent or New York proves, on investigation, to be one of the most ivé and extravagant of tho numerous | of thecity government. The Commer | cial Association has been diving into the maddy of tho department bookkeeping ‘and brings to the surfaco some very dam- aging facts. We print today extracts from the report of the committee of inquiry containing astatement of expenses for the year 1874-75. It wppears that nearly tyo and a half millions were expended in that time. Pier No. 1, like Penelope's pieco of tapestry, although always rapidly approaching completion, is not yet completed. The committee supplies | » thin coat of whitewash to tho pres | ent Commissioners, but is sorely puz- | gied with the accounts. It cost fifty | thousand dollars to collect pier rents | and two hundred and seven thousand dollars for the general expenses of the department? during the year 1874-76, Even the redoubtavie Mr. Sqacers could not resist exclaiming at this exhi- Dition of economy, “Here's richness.” Bt the committes hus not yet quite sounded the depths, aud we hopo it will not rest satisfied until ed, root and branch, » system te strangle ofr commerce and i | Hayes NEW YORK HERALD, ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. a cee art Oregon Given to Hayes—Will te | Democrats: Filibuster? What all good judges have regarded as a strong probability since the action of the Electoral Commission in the case of Florida has become an accomplished fact. The de- cision announced yesterday giving all three of the clectoral votes of Oregon to Hayes and Wheeler determine the Presidential question so far as the power to determine it lies with the commission. There remains, to be sure, one other State which may be referred to that tribunal, but there cannot be the slightest shade of a doubt as to what the decision will be in the case of South Carolina. Even the committee of investiga- tion, sent to South Carolina by the demo- cratic House, came to a unanimous con- clusion thatthe Hayes electors were really chosen in that State. After render- ing decisions adverse to the democrats in each of the three States where there were grounds for contesting the certificates it is a matter of course that the.commission will overrule the democratic objections to counting South Carolina. (The Presidential election is, therefore, virtually decided, if the Electoral law is carried out in good faith and the com- pletion of the count not obstructed by dila- tory action on the part of the democratic House. Unfortunately, it is in the power of the House to defeat the purpose of the law and prevent an election by protracting the proceedings until the 4th of March, now only a week and one day dis- tant. Next Saturday, March 3, will be the last day of the session, and there will be no difficulty, if the democrats are so in- clined, in blocking the count, on one pretext and another, until the clock strikes twelve onthe 4th of March, when this Congress will be dead. We do not abandon our hope, nay, our strong belief, that the ma- jority of“the democracts will act a manly, patriotic partand keep the pledge they made in voting for the Electoral law. They have an intractable element to manage in their own party, and may think it expedient to slacken the reins for the ensuing two or three days, with a view to tighten them more effectually when the malcontents have run themselves out of breath. If the democratic caucuses which are to be interposed shall serve as safety valves to let off the high-pressure party steam at the moment when a fresh supply of pitch is flung into the furnace and give time for the new passions to burn themselves out, a brief delay may be of some advantage. But at this late stage even a few days of excitement and suspense will have a disquieting effect in view of the easy practicability of defeating an election altogether in literal compliance with the forms of the law while flagrantly violating its spirit. The methods by which this miserable and miscreant game of faction might be played with success are too obvious after what was done on Saturday last and Monday last. It will be remembered that the Louisiana decision was reached late in the day on Fri- day, as the Oregon decision was also reached at a late hour yesterday. On Friday week the Louisiana decision was com- municated before either house had ad- journed for the day; but yesterday tho Representatives got an intimation of what the Oregon decision was to be and tooka recess in advance of its onnouncement, thus precluding any official knowledge of the decision until the House reassembles this morning. This trick facilitates a now recess to-day, which will stave off a meeting of the joint convention until Monday. When it meets on Monday objections will be made to the Oregon decision and the two houses will separate to consider them. After the Senate has retired the House will repeat its dilatory tactics of last Monday and take a recess until Tues- day before debating the objections. The Oregon votes will not be counted in joint convention until Tuesday afternoon, when the close of the session will be alarmingly near, and the excitement growing out of un- certainty and suspense be inflamed to a high pitch. During the afternoon of Tuesday the counting will go on in regular order un- til South Carolina is reached, when objec- tions will be made to the Hayes certificate by the democrats and to the Tilden certifi- cate by the republicans, and the case be referred to the commission in pursnance of the Electoral law. Time will be given for argument both by the objectors and by coun- sel for both sides, and, although the case is free from doubt, the decision of the commis- sion cannot be reached before Wednesday afternoon. If the House should then pursue the same tactics it adopted yesterday it will take a recess before the decision is an- nounced and another recess on Thursday morning, which would put off the next meeting of the joint convention till Friday morning, when hardly two days would re- main for completing the count. Under the law objections may then be made to the South Carolina decision, when the two houses would again separate to consider them. The House could then take another recess till Saturday before debating the South Carolina decision, and shove the counting of the South Carolina votes into Saturday afternoon. ‘There would then remain six Statcs to be counted, and although none of them can be referred to the commission, objections could be made to Rhode Island or Vermont on the ineligi- bility of particular electors, and if the two houses should separate to consider objec- tions on Saturday afternoon they would not meet again in joint convention before the expiration of this Congress, 'and tho Presi- dent of the Senate would be transferred to | the Executive Mansion. It is thus clearly possible to play this des- perate game with success; but will it be done? Wethink not. We do not believe that Speaker Randall, vigorous partisan as he is, will consent to it, and withont his co-operation it cannot succeed, There will be a prodigious exhibition of party rage and remonstrance, with a view to make party capital hereafter ; but no party leader so wble and sagacious as Speaker Ran- dall will consent to seo all the fu- ture prospects of the democracy utterly | wrecked by an egregious act of bad faith, which would excite alarm and kindle indignation among the business classes of the whole country. Business interests, so long prostrate, so impatient of delay, £0 eager for recovery, cannot afford the excite- ment and agitation of another fierce and dis- turbing Presidential contest. If the demo- cratic party forces a new Presicentinl election on the country this year it will be buried ‘deeper than ever plummet sounded” beneath the’ waves of public indignation ond scorn. No political party could survive so stupendous and reck- less a blunder. If the democrats are so blinded by party rage as to launch the re- viving business of the country anew on the stormy sea of political passions they will convert hundreds of thousands of active sympathizers into open enemies. The democratic party would be split into frag- ments which could never be reunited: “Rule or ruin” is not a motto which the democratic party can safely adopt in the present temper of the public mind, and we are confident that the wiser and more conservative portion of its lend- ers, who deprecate the wild impulses of their lunatic brethren, will get the upper hand and insure the peace of the country. The decision of the democratic caucus last night to meet in joint convention to-day and then take a recess till Monday shortens the foregoing programme of possible pro- crastination by one day, but still leaves it in their power to defeat an election. Seandals in Paris. Patti and Caux have not proved exceptions to the rules that the man who marriesa prima donna commonly lives to regret it, and that the prima donna who marries a titled ad- venturer to secure social distinction makes necessarily a bad bargain. Fortune hunters of this sort are common enough anywhere; but the possession of a class of ‘‘gentle- men” who marry artistes that they may live by the industry of their wives is peculiar to countries that jeer at us for our devotion to “the almighty dollar.” Our brilliant coun- trywoman did not please her well advised friends by this match, and we belicve she did not very greatly pleaso herself. It was a marriage into which she was led by intrigantes, and not by any vanity of her own with regard to titles, From our special despatch it appears thata scene of some violence must have occurred between husband and wife in St. Peters- burg, and that the husband was unmistak- ably and grossly in the wrong, as the order was given by the Emperor to put tho Marguis de Caux over the frontier, which would not have been done in the case of any ordinary matrimonial explosion. Proceedings for separation have been ini- tiated in the French courts. Separation is easily enough had in that country, but it is different with regard to divorce, and it is donbtful if the courts would nullify a mar- riage on account of a blow. The reported offer of twenty thousand dollars to the Mar- quis indicates atrue appreciation ofa noble- man’s sensibilities. Offenbach, it will be seen, is brilliantly advertised by the charge that he has laughed at France, and by his triumphant refutation. The Cable War. It is announced by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company that its rates after the 1st prox. will be one shilling sterling per word. This is in pursuance of the pro- gramme reported some weeks since as an alternative series of operations against tho Direct Cable Company. If the plan to ab- sorb the Direct Company by the process of consolidation could not be carried it was intended to prosecute hostilities by the old scheme of putting traffic down to what shareholders and directors are pleased to consider ruinous rates. This it is thought will inevitably compel the opposi- tion to come to terms. ‘This reduction of rates is, therefore, in some sort an evi- dence that the monopolists despair of the other part of their scheme, The attempt to compel consolidation does not seem to them hopeful, and they resort immediately there- fore to the alternative measure of low prices. What will be the effect? Will the general advantage to the public of low rates be fol- lowed by the ruin of the opposition com- pany and the consequent strengthening of the monopoly and increase of tolls to former exorbitant rates? We do not believe it will. Of course the Direct Company will reduce rates also; but it is actually stronger than the combination against it, and can stand the fight better than its enemies. Wanted=—Divorce Amendments, We have popularly supposed that the doors which lead into divorce courts and give both hope and memory to all who enter were fastened more securely in our State than in any other. Yet it has recently ap- peared that in at least two essentials those | doors swing more easily here than in In- diana or Connecticut. In this city are three tribunals and seventeen judges who may each try and determine divorce cases, Any person, whether a citizen or not, may, irre- spective of any period of residency, demand this divorce jurisdiction, provided the evidence complained of exists in this locality. Nearly every sister State fixes upon one court specific jurisdiction in divorce suits, and also provides bond fide residence to a divorce suitor of at least one year. It is, however, now declared by em- inent lawyers that citizons of any other coun- try, who chance to be merely travelling in this State, may assert an intention to reside in this city and so become a divorce liti- gant—ns, for example, was donc in the cases of Mme. Lucca and some other artistes, who are merely starring about the country, with headquarters in the metropolis, and whose husbands reside abroad. Unless the Legislature guard these quos- tions of citizenship and residence we may reasonably expect very soon to witness even centennial couples visiting us from Ispahan | to Peru, and while sojourning in this city first imitate ‘pious Dayid w before the Ark his grand pas seul ex d much re- mark,” and next, by some after arrangement, collusively or secretly secure a convenient divorce. The Legislature ought also to pro- vide that the jurisdictional process in such cases should be publicly inspected. well, perhaps, to seal up the evidence when it is privately taken, yet even this safegnard is susceptiblo of statutory regulation. Here is an excellent opportunity for our bacheior Mayor to suggest to Senators some pleasant [ The Undesirable Change. It is | reforms in divorce law, unless, forsooth, our merry executive believes in the fable of the monkey and the trap as applicable to those | who are not bachelors. A Notorious Ruffian. A few nights ago a notorious ruffian, with a natural hatred of the police rankling in his heart, rushed from his saloon armed with a revolver and commenced firing upon a patrolman, who had cautioned the driver of a hack not to leave his horses unattended at the door, and upon other policemen who came to their comrade’s assistance. Fortu- nately none of the men were killed, al- though two of\ them were hit, and their assailant was finally knocked down and carried to the station house. If the perpe- trator of the felonious assault had been an unknown man he would have been promptly tried, convicted and sent to the State Prison. But Joe Coburn is no unknown man, He has fought in the prize ring and been a_ notorious ruffian about town for a number of years. In the good old Tammany Ring time he was accustomed to hang about the Street Commissioner’s office on Broadway, ready to do any job his patrons required of him. He then held a sinecure office, and was paid a handsome salary by the taxpayers of the city. He became familiar with many of the scoret doings of the politicians, and since those halcyon days he has been more or less in the service of the political lead- ers. He belongs, moreover, to the frater- nity of low type gamblers, bruisers, brutes and thieves which wields so much influence with office-segkers of all grades in the city. So as it was this distinguished ruffian who rushed into the streets and made a murder- ous assault on the officers to whom the peoplo look for protection half a dozen legal gentlemen are employed to defend him, he is represented as an ill-used victim of police tyranny, and the courts are appealed to in every shape to give him the opportunity to run away or to postpone his trial so as to aid his eventual escape from punishment. It is to be hoped that no leniency will be shown in this case, but that the ruffian will be put on his trial at once, and if found guilty will be punished with the extremo sentence of the law. Such afellowis a curse toa civilized community. There is about him -nothing but the brute and the law- breaker; for hehas not even the redeeming quality of courage. Hois entitled to justice, certainly; but he should have justice and nothing more. The public should be pro- tected against him in the future, It is alleged that strong political influences are being brought to bear on the judges to in- duce them to release him and to postpone his trial. The names of all who interest themselves in his behalf should be made known. Judge Brady yesterday very prop- erly referred an application made before him to admit Coburn to bail to Judge Suth- erland, and it is to be hoped that the latter Judge will insist on the prisoner's immedi- ate trial. The Commissioner of Public Works has, under the existing laws, the power to order the construction of sewers in the city wherever necessary, and the cost of the im- provement becomes valid and a lien on the property interested, without any action on the part of the Common Council. The Board of Aldermen on Wednesday adopted reso- lutions favoring the repeal of all laws con- ferring this power on the Public Works De- partment, and asking that all such improve- ments shall be placed under the control of the Common Council. The people have not sufficient confidence in the Board of Alder- men to approve the propesed change. The sewerage of the city is one of its most vital interests. Its entire control should be in the hands of the Commissioner of Pub- lic Works and his engineers, and not subject to the caprices, igno- rance or jobbery of the Aldermanic Board. In theso improvements, however, as in all others, the owners of the property which is to be subjected to assessment should have ample notice of their projec- tion and an opportunity to be heard before the Commissioner, the Mayor and the Cor- poration Counsel, or in a court of law, be- fore they, are carried out. No private in- terests and no Aldermanic jobs should be suffered to interfero with the proper drain- age of the city, but every property holder should be entitled to be heard before any work is done any portion of the expense of which he is called upon to pay. An Explanation Needed. It is to be hoped that the captain of the ship City of Montreal may have a good ex- cuse for his abandonment of the wrecked bark Maria without an effort to rescue the crow. When the ship discovered the Maria drifting nt the mercy of the waves a tremen- dous gale was blowing, and the heavy seas, it is said, prevented her from nearing the wreck. It may be possible that the City of Montreal lingerod near the spot and did her best afterward to discover the Maria, although without success, But at present it looks as if the captain preferred his owner's good opinion to the call of humanity, and did not feel disposed to incur the delay of a rescue, If so it was a heartless picce of business; but there may yet bo some explanation which may soften the seemingly brutal features of the story. The captain ot the Montreal should, for his own sake and the sake of humanity, give whatever extenuating explanation ho can of his apparently heartless conduct, State Prisons Under the Now Rualo. The work of State Prison reform, which was to be anticipated under the new system inaugurated by the last amendment to the State constitution, has already commenced at Sing Sing. The newly appointed War- | den, being familiar with prison discipline. | immediately on entering upon the discharge of his duties dismissed seven keepers and one guard whose services were altogether unnecessary, and proceeded with the work of investigating the capacity and characters of the remaining employés. ‘The State Prison management has lagged behind the other public departments in the pathway of reform, and has been both incapable and The dishonest. The annual exponses have been inexcusably high, escapes have been com- mon, and the whole system has been subject to abuses. Tho new Superintendent is 80 familiar with prison discipline that he may well be expected to terret out all abuses. ‘The greatest abuse of the old management will, however, be probably found in the contract business. From this has come the main portion of all illegitimate profits of officials. The contract labor of the prisons ought to make nearly all of them self-sup- porting, and to this result the efforts of the new Superintendent will no doubt be directed, Little Hell Gate, To paraphrase one of the expressions of the lamented Lincoln, posterity will re- member little that we say about Little Hell Gate, but much of what we do, The prop- osition to fill this useless hole with city refuse is one which, if acted upon, will pro- vide work for all the scientists of a coming age. What are the “finds” of bone caves and the kitchen middens of the prehistoric lake-dwellers compared with the treasures which coming Huxleys, Marshes, Darwins and Schliemanns will exhume from the Island Ward of the prospective New York? Savans will not then wrangle over ugly flint arrow- heads and stone hatchets, but will arrange competitive collections of disused yet graceful hoop skirts, castaway beer bottles with their instructive inscriptions, discarded hats of styles as numerous as the woes of the South, and shoes of such differing shapes that the variations of the human foot will afford food for the disputative mind as long as time shall last. Scientists will not then be com- pelled to reconstruct the animals of to- day from a single bone, for the most desultory digging cannot fail to dis- close the remains of numerous cats, those sweet singers of Gotham. If modern so- ciety does its duty the Spitz dog will be there to prove that in the nineteenth cen- tury New York was overrun by dwarfed descendants of the Arctic wolf, and near him will repose in its original outlines the form of the car horse, whose rubber-like muscles and pachydermatous covering must forever bid defiance to the tooth of time. Even the food of the New Yorker of to-day will be satisfactorily determined ; for age ond interment can never alter the nature of the rejected boarding house steak, the lunch counter pie or that waxy ball whose outside resembles the old-fashioned potato. Let the authorities remember that with posterity, as with ourselves, Satan finds some mischief still For tdle hands to do, and so provide for the scientist of tho future so much harmless occupation that he will not have time to tilt against society and re- ligion. Bap ror Canapa.—Our neighbors of the New Dominion seem also destined to ex- perience the unpleasant disposition of troubles to come in battalions. They are informed now by official announce- ment that the subsidy paid by the British government to the Allan line of steamers will be discontinued from the 1st of March. Between the discontent of one section of the Dominion in regard to the failure of the Pacific Railroad scheme, and the discontent that will doubtless follow if this withdrawal of assistance shall interfore with the regular- ity of their steamer service, tho people over the border may be excused if they indulge their irritability in a grand international growl. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Twas Evarts thus. Not for Joe Bradicy. Tom Thumb likes tho result. Clara Morris ts in San Franci3co, Oglesby 18 the Gabriel of the Senate, Cronin has ordered a biuo glass nose. Boutweil and Fenton look like second cousins, Kernan’s beard is like a white ring round Saturn, Robceon ts as full of color as a rogewood sideboard, A cardinal red parasol has appeared !n Wasbington, Conkling’s baldness creeps round the ambrosial curl, Garfiold is as calm and cold as a patent leather boot Blué glass windows do not smash when cannon aro fired, Senator Anthony breaks his bread carefully into gs soup. ‘ David Dudley Fiold’s eyes are the color of a pair of solssors. Sargent docs not patronize the Senate bar, but he is a partisan, Mark Twain Is willing to say that ho Is a better man than ho ever was. An eloping wife needs a careful watch, because sho is a detached lever. When Sonator Sharon eats he holds his head back tn a regal California way. Sam Bowles says that Lora Lytton has too much talent and too little sense. Has not William S. Grcesbeck’s nose the angle of an excited interrogation mark? Christiancy has a musical voice and he is going to buy a jewshurp for the boy. Senator Tim Howe talks likea man getting breath enough to jump a five-rail fence. Chief Justice Sanford KE. Church, of the New York Court of Appeals, is at the St, James. Burnside always looks like a solid man to the front and licks a postage stamp as if there was no Lent, M. Offenbach says that every cannon charge on the centennial Fourth of July cost a quarter of a million. Thurman speaks ins round, heavy voice, like your grandmother’s telling you not to save ap your moucy for tho Fourth of July. Shakers bury a dead brothor or sister ina simply Planed coffin, with a white cloth over it, and there is no ostentatious, tearful funeral. Prolessor Seelye, of Massachusetts, is an objector without constructive genius or power, and it ts a ques- tion whetber mero critics aro of any use. In Prussia the sociulist party is gaining strength; in England the Felix Holtees are acquiring contidence; 1 Russia the peasants ere making history, which no Polish guorillas can destroy, and even in Boston the Christian religion ts being planted, Passaic “City,” N. J., is incensed over the appear. anco of Mra. Oliver in ono of its puipits, Passaic is a place where the men who go into the cars leave the doors open, ask every man who Is reading to give up n it so that they may play whist, and let the samo man’s wife stand up Iu the lady’s cabin of a ferryboat by stealing her seat. LITERARY A “History of Cambridge, Masa,’’ by Lucius R, Paigo, 1s in tho press of Hurd & Houghton, New York. J, B. Lippincott & Co, will printa briliant nove from the French of Daudet entitied “The Nabov,”? Joel Munsell, of Albany, whose elegant typography has enshrined so many contributions to American history, las in pressa volume devoted to our ubor- igines entitled “The indian Miscellany,” to be edited by W. W. Beach. A. D, F, Randolph & Go. have justready Mr, Will. jam CG. Prime's new book on the “Holy Cross,’ being a sketch of the entire history, gathered out of old au- thors, of the wood known as the true cross, 4. B. Lippincots & Co, will soon print “The Two Amoricans,” being an account of sport and travel, with notes of men and manners in North and South America, by Sit Rose Price. Mrs. Botham-Kdwards’ ‘Year in Western Fraoce” bas just appeared from Longman’s pross in London, and is bighly praised, CHIT-CHAT. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. PATTI & CO. SEPARATE. The Prima Donna Nestles Under the Czar's Protection, OMAHONY’S OBSEQUIES.” The Reception of the Dead Fe- nian’s Body in Cork. THE EASTERN GOBLIN. The Rutsians Have Already Bridged the Pruth. (8x CABLE TO THE HERALD, ] Lonpon, Feb. 24, 1877, It ts @ relief to offer something this morning different from the usual Eastern bugaboo, and to know that the scene shall open in this letter in the gay French capital instead of in frigid St. Petersburg or noxious Stamboul. Paris is excited over two scandals, which form the leading topic of eonversa- tion in all circles. The first of these commands the most attention, because it interests the greater mumber of persons. It is a scandal pure and simple—a family row of the most time-honored kind. Adelina Pattt has definitively broken with her husband, the Marquis of Caux. Some journals of Paris, such as the Figaro, for instance, declare that the tenor Nicolini‘is the cause of the trouble. The Figaro goes so farasto say that Nicolini and Patti have eloped together. This is all ridiculous gossip. The story sent by the Associated Press agent is wholly untrue. It was written from tdle gossip gathered in the cafés. The true version is that the final quar- Tel took place in a box at the opera house in St. Petersburg. The dispute led to very high words, but it is untrue that Caux struck the Diva. Patti left the opera house at once and drove direct to the imperial palace. She was accorded an immediate audience with the Emperor, from whom she obtained an order upon ‘the Chief of Police to sqnd the Marquis of Caux out of the country. To use an expressive Americanism, Caux was at once “bounced.” He left the Russian capital, “for the West,” on the first train. WOMAN'S WORST ENEMY. On the following evening, at the opera, when Mme. Patti made her appearance, the ladies in the audience—true to the strange psychological fact that a man’s faults are soonest forgiven by women—manifested their displeasure at the prima donna’s conduct in seeking the Marquis’ banishment. The ladies oc- cupying boxes in many instances went so far as to draw the curtains. In two boxes on the first tler, in ful view of tho stage, all the ladies arose and went into tho corridor while Patti sang. But the higher circles of St. Petoraburg soolety approved of Patti's prompt proceedings and have pronounced decidedly in her favor. TANTNAE ANIMUS COZLESTIBUS IRA? Meanwhile the Marquis was speeding toward Berlin, another dreadful examplo of the persecu- tions of the Czar. On reaching the German capital Coux telegrapbed to St. Petersburg offering an ami- cable separation, but received no reply. A genuine surprise was in store for him. Arriving at Paris last night, he found that his spouse had employed the lightning against him and was a day ahead in legal proceedings. He had no sooner left the train than he received a summons to appear on Tuesday next before the tribunal of the Seine to show cause why his wife should not be granted a legal separation from‘him. This puts the boot on the other foot. The summons was issued at the direct request of Mme. Patti, addressed to one of the most prominent members of the Cabinet. Adeline is expected to arrive betore Tuesday. “WITHOUT PUBLICITY.” It is said that she will offer the Marquis 100,000 francs ($20,000) to get rid of him, and it is pretty generally thought that he will accept the terms and sign the papers at once. In that way the scandal of a public inquiry miay be covered up; but if the Marquis declines to settle on those terms the gay capital will certainly be treated to a trial which will be exceedingly rich in criminations and re- criminations, Itis aiso reported that the above offer has already been made to Caux and that ho has declined it. We shall know more when Mme, Patti reaches Paris. POOR OFFENBACH AGAIN. The other Parisian scandal concerns our copn- try's friend and admirer, M. Offenbach He awakened yesterday to find himself in a fair way of becoming exceedingly unpopular. He is charged | by a radical journal, on the authority of the French | Senate, with ridiculing France and the United | States on board the steamer when on his way back from New York. The nervous leader of orchestras and author was in a dreadful fury and paced up and down the Boulevards for an hour, humming the “Mar- seilies Hymn.” He would doubtiess have been “marchonging” until now had not auditors and witnesses to his speech on the steamer fortunately presented themselves and published letters in the evening journals wholly disproving the accusations, “No Frenchman more French than Offenbach,” say the letters, “No foreigner a greater admirer of America,” This fuss is exceedingly funny in view of the harmiecas nature of the man and of his book. O'MAHONY’S FUNERAL. The body of Join O'Mahony reached Queenstown at daybreak yesterday, on the steamship Dakota, from New York. A local committee proceeded down the harbor in a tender and received the corpse of the dead Fenian. An address of thanks was then presented to the American deputation which brought the body over. The cofin was then conveyed to the pro Cathedral where mass for the dead was celebrated at eight o'clock. Owing to the early hour of landing there Was no demonstration. The body remained at the Cathodral until last evening, when it was taken from Procession, was placod on bonrd a spocial steamer which brought it to Cork. On its arrival there it was quickly removod to the Mechanica’ Inatle. its temporary resting place, and, escorted by o large