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é NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. wished every day in the year. y excluded). Ten dollars per par wouth for any period less jiars for six montha, Scoday THE DAILY HERAL! ree cents per copy id! wt rate of one d graphic despatehes must void operiy sealed. will not be retarned. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—-NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH ONDON. HE NEW YORK EERALD— | FE LOPERA. or OT RTRADA PACE. ions and advertixements will Le recetved and ‘an in New York. AMUSEMENTS ‘TO-NIGHT. RELLER'S TH NEL Vaetanaonite FirTit AVENU MONA WALLAG: OLYMPIC THEATE UNION SQUARE TH NEW YORK AQUAL KAGLE THEATRE—Aim GEKMANIA THE. STADT THEATRE—Agcuine, NIBLO'S GARDEN—Anouxo tux Wort, BOWERY TURATRE—Cxoen tue Gasuemg, BROADWAY THEATRE—Troopes Down, GRAND OPERA HOUS BROOKLYN PARK TH! BOOTU'S THKATRE-—Frtit STEINWAY ITALL—Conceut. COLUMBIA OP BRA LOU: THEATRE PARK THZATRE—OvR Roaring House, TONY PASTOR'S TUEATIO —0A TIVOLE Th EV NEW AMERICAN MUS I MARCH 7, NOTICE TO COUNTRY Express Company run newspaper nusylvania Railroad and its cougections ty at a quarter pas ALM. dally and ho regular edition of the iimtaLp ne fur d South to Washington, reaching ter past six A.M. and Washington Philadelphia wt a qu at one P.M. From our reports this morning the probabilities wre thatthe weather in New York today will be warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy, possibly with rain, strong and active. There was a pretty gen- eral advance in the prices of nearly all the active speculative stocks. Gold opencd at 10473 and strengthened up to 105, at which price it tlosed. Government bonds were strong and higher, while railroad bonds were irregular. Money was easy at 3 per cent on call. Os Anotien Pace Ex-Shepherd Cowley, of the Children’s Fold, rises to explain, Ix Srire or Doxerut. political predictions our government bonds are going up—a certain indication that the country will not do likewise. Mex Wno Go Tr Hentine frequently get {nto a bad box, but our mournful tale this morn- ing explains how a bad box got into the hunter. Irv Tim GovernmMENT can always get as good prices for cigars as it did yesterday the regular dealers will be glad to set it up in the auction business, To Tun Exp” is a good rule to Lent us to anything else, so stified in reading with keen in- ul ions. Ir “Loox W It applies as we! ladies will be terest our “Vi Tne Announcement of the decrease of diph- in New York will be received with satis- ion; but one abstract from the diphtheria map, under ‘Dangers of Malaria,” will neverthe- a In Turse Days of rigid economy a free exhibi- tion such as that given by the Ilorticultural So- tiety yesterday i pleasing to the pocket as it is to the eye—which means that the pleasure is absolute. i MISSIONER Ernarpt’s decision that the frightening of horses is not a legitimate method of celebrating political victories was in- dorsed by all of his associates yesterday, and the public will ratify it. Caring at Carstvats is silenced in advance by the announcement that a crowd of children erade merrily to-morrow night for sake. ‘That they will do it well conclusion, and no one will h cause to regret the spectacle but those who fail to behold it. Owners or Prorerty near the Boulevards made a strong protest yesterday against paying for other people's pleasures, but they did not ex- plain why the expense of the improvements should be shared by the city—i.e., other tax- payers who reccive even less benefit from the new roads than the complainants themselves. Tar City Dest.—Ninety millions is the figure at which Comptroller Kelly puts the netual indebtedness of the city, reducing by forty millions the sum of one hundred and thirty millione stated as the apparent debt. Evidently the Comptroller does not regard this as a stag- gering load for the financial and commercial metropolis of the continent, aud he believes that with fair play from the State in taxation and the coming of better times we would be able to show how readily the city can relieve itself from its obligations. ‘Tux Wearuer.—Tho storm centre which wo announced as advancing from the West has now reached the upper lake region, attended by high winds and an area of snow and rain, While yet in the Missouri Valley region the storm vortex in- duced a heavy gale at Cheyenne, where the wind *attained a velocity of over forty miles an hour, "This depression is the same that we noted ou the Pacific coast several days ago. Its progress cast- ward is unusually rapid, and we may experience its effects during to-day in a backing of the wind to the southeastward, with inereasing force, and cloudiness with threatening weather, followed The indications by a gale on the coast. which we have y announced of aw dis- turbance in the Galt continue, and it is probable that its morgin will reach the coast during to“lay ov tonight. The area of “high pressure which wis central in the Southern ed to the southeast and will prob- ther disturbance east of the West 1 The temperature fell yesterday in and along the Atlantic coast. It has risen is central and southern districts, but has fallen very low again in the Northwest. The rivers have generally fallen. The weather in ’ New York today will be warmer and cloudy | or partly cloudy, possibly with rain New Cabinet—Mutiny in the Republican Camp. There is a big row in prospect between President Hayes and the chiefs of his own party. He will have an opportunity to show what kind of stuff he is made of within three days of his inauguration— a period not Jonger than the days of grace allowed on a commercial bill of ex- change. The old republican leaders dislike his inaugural and are enraged at his Cabinet selections. inaugural passively enough if its author had thought fit to make up a Cabinet to please The them. But he attests the sincerity of his declarations by the composition of his Cabinet. He is destined to find— nay, he already finds—that it is mnch easier to sketch out an inaugural ad- dress and make of advisers in the retirement of a small rural town than it isto maintain his sentiments and his selections against the strong wills and crafty opposition of old stagers in poli- This outbreak of the party leaders gives Mr. Hayes an oppor- tunity to show whether he is a vassal ora President, A vassal he will surely be from the beginning of his administration to its end if he allows himself to be bull-dozed by these arrogant and dominecring party chiefs who have determined to rule him or to humiliate him. They are prepared to go to any extremity; aro resolved to reject his proposed Cabinet without seruple choice tics. vehement * or remorse unless hoe will consent to re- model it in accordance with their wishes, If he shows the white feather now in the j face of this fierco opposition he will bea mere puppet in his own administration. If ho yields he will be only o nominal President; will not be even a_ peer of the party leaders, but only their bull-dozed vassal. The temper and quality of the man will be brought to an immediate test. If he has genuine strength of character and tolerable tact and skill the bull-dozers cannot subdue him; but if he lacks that indispensable requisite for his position, a steady, invincible will, he is destined to be cowed and subd@ed. We trust that President Hayes will exhibit courageous firmness and at once clear his decks for action. The battle is to be fought onthe confirmation of Mr. Evarts and Mr. Schurz, the republican Senators threatening the rejection of both if he persists in his purpose to send in their names. Whatever he may think it expedient to do in relation to Mr. Schurz, he can- not afford to abandon Mr. Evarts. The success of a battle depends very much on a skilful selection of the ground on which it is to be fought. President Hayes can fight a strong battle on Mr. Evarts; whether he can afford to risk a battle on Mr. | Schurz isa question for him to consider. Mr. Evarts is pre-eminently fit for the posi- tion for which he has been selected. Formany wecks before there was any evidence that Mr. Hayes intended to offer Mr. Evartsa place in the Cabinet public opinion had designated him for Secretary of State with a unanimity which betokened universal recog- nition of his claims on the score of merit If the President stands firm in his preference for Mr. Evarts he be supported by the ap- proving public sentiment of the country. If the fight the President is sure to win, If he insists on both Evarts and Schurz the victory will be more doubtful. and erratic course during the last five years has brought upon him the hostility of both political parties. The demo- cratic Senators would vote against his confirmation as well as a majority of the republicans. bility of his getting through if his name is sent in, and it would be bad strategy for the President to make a fight on a man who has no political standing in either party. But Mr. Evarts always republican; he never and qualifications. will is made on Mr. Evarts Mr. Schurz’s vacillating We cannot see any possi- been a coquetted has has with the democratic party; he has never swung like a pendulum between the two political parties; he rendered a signal ser- vice to the republicans by his match- the Commission, ai, all, sunal qualifications for the office are so superior to those of any other republican whom the President could select that his If the President gives up Mr. Evarts he can make a stand on nobody and the bull-dozers wil) dictate his Cabinet. The vigorous, trenchant speech made by Senator Blaine yesterday was an open declar- ation of war on the Southern policy of the Blaine is a keen observer both He would hardly less arguments before Electoral above his per- nomination cannot be defeated. President. of character and events. have comwitted himself in this unequivocal manner if he did not expect to succeed, Having convinced himself that there will be a successful opposition to President Hayes’ Southern policy, Mr. Blaine has de- termined to lead it. If the President quails before Blaine he will be a cipher in his own administration. ‘These are the times which try men's souls,” or at least tho times that will try the soul of tho new Presi- dent. Unflinching vigor of purpose in this crisis will save him from insignificance and contempt; but if he bends before the storm the party chiefs will They would have accepted the | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDA hereafter rule him with a rod ofiron. If he submits to be bull-dozed now he will never dare to say he has a soul of hisown during the four years of his term. The country wiil watch the events of the next two days with intense interest. Herald Storm Warnings Europe. The great storm in Europe on the 19th of February, and which was predicted by the Hexratp on the 15th, has been one of the | most destructive that visited the British and | French conste for many years. Our de- spatches by mail bring particulhrs of the | | tempest, selections from which we print to- day. The accuracy of the Hemarp predic- tion was proved in such a terrible manner | that the English and Irish journals concede to our meteorological labors a decided tri- umph. Of course doubt filled the minds of nearly every one who received our cable- gram onthe 15th, because the weather was unusually fine and there were no local indi- | cations of achange. An erroneous impres- sion also prevailed in some quarters that the Henarp simply cabled predictions of the storms on the European coasts which had been made in Washington by ‘the Signal Service Bureau. While we accord to “Old Indications” all the credit which his ex- traordinary success in predicting the weather in America deserves, we claim for the Heraxp alone all that which attaches to the success of our storm warnings for Eu- rope. Thecalculations on which these pre- dictions are based are its readers and of international commerce. Our meteorological department is conducted entirely independent of any other in tho United States. Our predictions for Ameri- can and foreign weather are based on our own deductions. We make special obser- vations through the agency of our repre- sentatives, as in the case of those conducted daily in New York harbor by the Heraup yacht. ‘The success which has attended our labors has been marked by the happiest con- sequences, as we have in almost every in- stance forewarned our readers of approach- ing storms and changes of weather, and thus enabled ample preparation to be made therefor. It is fortunate that the shipmas- ters of Liverpool prudently resolved to ac- cept the Heratp’s warning and remained safe in port. The captain of the Marictta alone refused to heed it, and lost his ship, with four of his crew, within sight of the harbor he had rashly left. As the Herarp storm warnings for Europe have now be- come an established and successful feature in the science of meteorology, we believe and trust that they will prove the means of saving many lives and much valuable property. Interesting to Astronomers. Vulcan again intrudes with his question- able character among the scientists, and de- mands recognition with all the effrontery of a Tammany ‘‘worker” after election, He probably claims extra distinction because he is nearer to the great centre of the heav- enly ring than any other of the sun’s satel- lites, and on that account is disposed to re- gard our poorsphere as a mere outsider. But if Vulcan's character is not exactly known to our astronomical police it is sus- pected, and, as he is expected to turn up again this month in one of his old haunts, M. Leverrier, of Paris, who is a star de- tective of the highest reputation, asks all his brothers of the force to turn out and as- sist him in ‘working up the case.” Armed with single barrel telescopes, they are ex- pected to keep an eye on a region known as Sol’s disk, and report to headquarters at once if the vagabond planet is seen. Vul- can may not appear this month, but the public must not by any means imagine that his dodging is one of the ‘ides of March, Charity and Cleanliness. The practice of charity is the greatest of the duties imposed on man by his Maker. It is an attribute of the Deity, and should govern all our relations with our fellowmen. Cleanliness is next to godliness in the esti- mation of the virtuous, so that with the two man can achieve much toward perfection in life. New York is a charitable, if nota cleanly, city. Her hand is ever extended with many generous impulses to help the poor and needy, but seldom to grasp the broom and clean the streets. Consequently we witness a godly charity on every hand, but ungodly dirt on every side. This should not be. He who offends against one of the commandments breaks all, and to leave any imperative duty unperformed neutralizes the good accomplished by the most zealous recognition of all the others. Now, we desire to show how a city filled with godliness can also achieve the next best thing, cleanli- ness, and by combining charity’ with street cleaning confer a great boon on the deserving poor while benefiting the whole | community. We expend annually a sum of | over seven hundred thousand dollars for | cleaning the streets of this city. But the streets are not cleaned, though the money is spent somehow. Wealso, inthe bonds of the Lord, spend a very great sum for the relief of His poor; but we are compelled to wit- ness the degradation of those who are forced by necessity to eat the crumbs from Dives’ table. ‘The poor we will always have with us, but we do not see any neces- sity for keeping the dirt also, Every dollar spent on street is apparently thrown away, and every dollar given in charity to hungry laborers is destructive of their self-respect and renders them still more unfit to cope with ill fortune. Why not apply our street-cleaning fund to char. ity and our charity to cleaning the streets? Already a worthy congregation up town has applied to the city authorities for the privi- lege of employing the poor on their relief books at cleaning the streets of their parish, and for a mere percentage of what it costs in proportion for the neglect of the streets of that district by the Police Bureau. It seems to us an excellent idea. If such a plan has no other result than clean streets it will be a highly commendable one ; but if we can relieve our poor and get clean streets besides with the same money it is the solu- tion of two great problems that now vex our community. We recommend the Mayor to consider it seriously and to try the experi- ment without dclay. Let district inspec be appointed, and every man who applies for reliof can have if provided be is willing to work for it, cleaning made exclu- | sively by the Hexarp for the benefit of | | which would be an undoubted improve- Now for the Others. Mr. Joseph Coburn will be provided with board and lodging at the expense of the State in the pleasant and healthful village of Sing Sing, on the Hudson, for the next ten years. During that period he will bea more useful, a better behaved and a more law-abiding man than he has been for the last decade. The extreme sentence pro- nounced in this case was well deserved, and will be generally accepted as a useful lesson to a dangerous class which has heretofore been too successful in evading the penalties of violated laws. Ruffianism will be less rampant in the city while one of its high priests is doing penance in a chain gang. Now that Coburn has been summarily dis- posed of it will be well for the authorities to deal as promptly and as severely with Sergeant ‘Thompson and Patrolman Suili- van, who are accused of committing brutal and uncalled for assaults on private citizens. The “railroading” process practised with such good effect in Coburn’s case spould be put into operation in the case of these uni- formed bruisers if they are guilty of the offences with which they are charged. If a ruffan who assaults a _police- mah is brought to switt punishment and a policeman who assaults a citi- zen is suffered to escape, the people will soon lose all respect for the law. Coburn is a lawless character, from: whom ruffianism might be expected. ‘The police are paid to protect life and property and to preserve the | peace. When they commit outrages against the law the offence is aggravated by their position, Coburn is a notoriously bad char- acter, and this is said to have helped him to a severe sentence. Thompson is alleged to bear a good character, but that makes his offence the more inexcusable, Coburn, by nature, knew nothing more than to be a brute. Thompson has sense and character enough to teach him that brutality is a crime against society. Both Thompson and Sulli- van when they act os ruffians not only break the law but violate a trust. They are the sworn preservers of the peace, and one of them is o high officer of the police force, next toa captain in rank. The people are more interested in the punishment of these policemen, if they are guilty of the charges made against them, than in the punishment of a recognized ruffian. They are entitled to fair trials, but they should be tried at once. Commission Report. The Muanicipal In another part of the paper will be found a sufficiently ample account of the report and recommendations of the commission appointed to consider the evils of our mu- nicipal system, and to propose some scheme of government for tho city that would obvi- ate or correct these evils. In its general conclusions on this important topic the eommission substantially agrees with the greater part of the criticism of our local mis- government that has been made on every hand for some years past. It comments on the greatly increased expenditure; the in- competent and corrupt public servants; the removal of power from the reach of the peo- ple, who would limit and correct it. These are the commonplaces of the subject. The commission proposes a scheme of | which these are the main points :— First—The delegation of the entire busi- ness of local administration to the people of the cities, free from legislative interference therewith, reserving to the State its fanc- tion of making the general laws under which the local affairs are to be adminis- tered, and also a supervision of the manner | of administration. Second—The appointment of a chief exec- utive officer, clothed with the authority of | general supervision and with the unfettered | power to appoint the other principal execu- | tive officers, except those two (the chief | financial and chief law officers) whose du- ties immediately affect the matter of the public expenditures, and with the power of removal, subject, however, to the ap- proval of the Governor. Third—A Board of Aldermen clothed, as now, with a'l the legislative powers, except such as relate to taxation and expenditure, and elected, as at present, by the people. Fourth—A separate body, called the Board of Finance, to be elected by tax and rent payers, with such powers only as relate to taxation, expenditure and debt, its prin- cipal functions being to determine the amount ofthe annual expenditure and to appropriate it toits various objects and pur- poses, The assent of this body is made requisite to the appointment of the chief financial and law oflicers. In other words the body recommends a return to our system of municipal govern- ment as it existed before the system of com- missions appointed at Aibany, with the addition of a body especially chosen by the taxpayers only to have the supervision of all the financial concerns of the city—a recom- mendation which recognizes that the great source of evil with us is the corruption of great expenditures, and holds that with that evil remedied we will get on well enough. How About Little Hell Gatet The public are desirous of knowing what disposition has been made of the proposi- tion to fill Little Hell Gate—if our hydra- headed city government is going to inaugu- rate a great improvement or a great nuisance at the upper end of the metropolis. We have already informed the officials that we shall demand guarantees that they will execute this work in a safe and proper manner, and that the guarantees must be more sub- stantial than promises and good intentions, We are inclined to regard this undertaking, ment if properly carried out, as a test of the ability and sincerity of certain public ser- vants in their dealings with their employers, the people. They had better satisfy every demand of public safety from the be- ginning to the end of the business; for they cannot hope to rely any longer on that staff of support whieh they found in public indifference to their acts, Great populations, like great bodies in physics, move slowly, but when they do move their force is irresistible, We are satisfied that the people of New York are now thoroughly awake to the danger that is likely to arise from permitting irresponsible officials to plunge the city into debt Y, MARCH 7, 1877.~TRIPLE SHEET, while rendering her name & byword for uncleanliness, neglect and misgovern- ment. If these high salaried citizens who rule us pro tem. do not see this as we see it they cannot complain that they were not duly informed about it. We trust, there- fore, that out of the many heads of depart- ments that have the filling of Little Hell Gate under consideration there will come some little wisdom, and that the work, if done at all, will be done properly. The Commissioners of Emigration protest against the filling of Lit- tle Hell Gate, presumably on the ground that it wili involve the creation of a danger- ous nuisance close by the institutions under their charge. We hope that the fears of these gentlemen will be quieted on that score, and that steps will be taken to render the work one of great advantage to the pub- lic interests without endangering in the least degree the public health. A New York Novel. Anovel descriptive of American society is hard to get, for there is a certain newness about this country which is hot sympathetic with romance, London and Paris have backgrounds in the past, upon which such writers as Dickens or Thackeray can paint the figures of the present with superb effect ; but in New York everything is in the fore- ground and fiction is too much like fact to be interesting. Every effort to create a novel of metropolitan society must be judged with reference to these truths, and the great difficulties of the task should be considered in the verdict. Measured from this point of view the novel of “All for Her,” which is criticised in another column, has an unusual merit. It is an effort to picture New York as it is— the rivers, streets, clubs, churches, stores, theatres, the newspapers, and pre-eminently the Heraup—and the people are photo- graphed in a story which rests upon the old elements of love and crime, The work has been done with considerable ability, but much of the interest which will be taken in the tale will be caused by the mystery of the authorship and the description of promi- nent ladies and gentlemen in our society, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Broadway gamins peddle blue glass, Davenport, the actor, has rheumatism. ‘Winslow the forger’s wife supports herself by s ing. Essipoff has had the returning board of her piano fixed. Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, is a zealous Meth- odist. Senator Gordon secms to be the Warwick of the South, Many aman would go fishing if he bad the Industry to get bait, 4 Englishmen aro buying American watches and biankets, Victoria refuses to permit high-neckod dresses to be worn at court There have been two generals of the army—Wash- ington and Grant. Deacon Richard Smith went to Washington to sco Hayes inaugurated, The Earl ot Dunraven will sail for Liverpool to-day in the steamship Abyssinia, Hayes slobbers over sometimes when he meets a big cow without knobs on her horns, Glick says: ‘The ofiice of music is to warm and enhven the expression of the idea of the poem.” The Aiméo Vibert, a well-known noisette rose, will do well in smoky atmospheres like those of Cincinnati or Pitusburg. Ben Hill was a shallow-pated egotist when be said that be alone could have broughs war, but that ho brought peace, “The students of Harvard College,” saysthe Woman's Journal, *‘do not kaow how to bebave themselves to public places." Francis Turner Palgrave will stand for Professor o¢ Poetry at Uxford, the position formerly held by Mat thew Arnold, Rhode Island wants a baseball club, but Massa- chusette retuses to permit the pitcher to stand in that State. It prefers the jug. David Dudley Field lengthened out like the tow. line of a Mississippi steamer, and the more he length- ened out the thinner ho gre’ When Zach Chandler buys a neckerchiet he measures it from the end of bis Guger to the Orst Knuckle to see whether it makes a full halt yard. Dr. Redfield a that ifthe frauds of the democratic party were reduced to honesty the popular vote tor Tilden would not be very big. Au English woman tn man’s clothing enlisted ina regiment to which her husband belonged; but refused to undergo the preliminaries usual for recruits, aud so ‘was detected, Some of the democrats would rather see the whole country ruined thao to confess that Hayes \s President, It is altogether likely that they once belonged to the republican party. The best cows and the best milk are said to como trom Orange county,New York. Beebe came from there; and he treated Congress as if it were a country variety show, where he belongs. « The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris,in his Lenten pastoral, states that marriages with nicces and sisters- in-law, tormerly almost or quite anknown, havo lately increased !n melancholy proportion. During the course of the recent Fi ih Arctic expe- dition the beard of Commander Albert Markham, while he was on a sledging party, turned white, but became dark again after he had been on board a month. 430,” observed a friend to the father of a pupil who had carried off a prize atthe Paris Conservatory, “your son basearned his spurs?” ‘*Yos,’’ replied tne prac- tical sire, and now he has got to to earn his boots.” Robert Schumann to Franz Brondel 1349:—Young Mr. Von Balow asks for a couple of lines to you, which I gladly give; for be 18 a very good pianist and also a cultivated man, who improves on close acquaintance.” “Jf Lcould have my way,” cried the aged Neal Dow ata Portland fheeting the otbor night, ‘+l would make it banging tor the first offenge, for that’s what it bas gottocome to"? And what dread!ul crime does he reter to? ‘The sel‘tng of a single glass of cider! A Now Milford (Conn.) maiden, who found herself in unpleasant company alser accepting an invitation to take a sicigh ride with a young map, dropped her handkerchief on the road, and, when he gotout to pick it up, applied the whip, and drove home without him. two French ladies are conversing ou the qualities and demerits of their own fair sex. Said one, with a twinkle in ber beautiful blue eyes, “! have never known but two women who were really perfoct."’ “Who was theother?”? asked her companion, with a smile on her five thin lip. Evening Telegram :—“Assuming that the Washing. ton reports are true which assign Evarts, Sherman, McCrary, Schurz and Koy to five of the seven Cabinet porttol and indicate Dick Thompson, of lodiana ‘and John M, Forbes, of Massachusetts, as favorites lor the othor two, this distribution of these great offices leaves out altogether the velement of the republican party which was derived from the democrats. Mr. Key and Mr, Schurz are tho only representatives of strict constraction, homo rule and free trade princi ples amgng tbe seven, aud neither of thom 18 a repub+ Hican, Jf President Hayes makes up Cabinet thus ho will deny any representation whatever, except as Mr. Schurz and Mr. Key may be considered as afford- ing it, tow section of republicans to whom President Lincoln conceded a majority of his original secretaries, including Chase, Cameron, Welles and Blair, Messrs, Evarts, Sherman, McCrary, Thompson and Forbes, ail are of whig extraction, alzo aro President Hayes himseli and Vico President Whoeler, The President may find ton Jato that this was a matter which desorved his prayertal consideration in the constraction of bis Cabinet much more than the mastor of throwing sops _to Blaine and Morton.’ TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. IGNATIEFF AND THE POWERS Journey of the Imperial Envoy Toward London EUROPE'S EYES UPON HIM, The London Press on President Hayes’ Inaugural Address. PITY THE POOR POSTMISTRESSES [Bx CABLE To THE HERALD.) Lonpon, March 7, 187%. It seems to be very clearly established now that Genera! Ignatiem’s mission will definitely settle the question of peace or war in Europe. As a conse- quence, the Russian statesman’s progress toward London is waiched with growing concern. The storm will burst or the clouds will be dispelled after the Russian envoy takes his departure from the English capital. Lord Sansbuary was under the impression a few weeks ago that he was war-maker for Europe; but now it seems that General Ignatietf holds much the same position toward the nations of Europe that Judge Bradley lately held toward the States of America. War will unmake and make kings, princes and dukes as readily as avote of 8to7 made a President; and that General Iguatic® holds the power of war or peace in his hands cannot longer be doubted. “AN OPINION AS I3 AN OPINION.” As a consequence the English papers are trying to imitate that feature of American journalism which they especially condemn; they are attempting to “terview” Ignatieff. AS 1s generally the case wherc the executor of a commission has little heart in his work, tho correspondent for a London daily tails to have a talk with the Russsian ambassador. Instead ofthe master he catches the valet—uo, I believe, to be accurate, that he encounters the General’s private secretary, This gentleman yesterday declared io Borlin to a Slandard correspondent that Russia would neither disarm nor agree to peace ualess tho Porte grants the reforms which ‘are demanded and the necessary guarantees, Although the popular excite ment has abated since last summer, the government and the people take it tor granted that somothing must be done. Russians recognize more and more the advantage Russia derives from the triple alliance. Tho relations betwoen Berlio, Vienna and St, Petersburg are on the best footing. GENERAL IGNATIBFF'S MISSION. Apropos of the fact that Genoral Ignatieff dined with Prince Bismarck last night, the National Gazette, of Berlin, publishes what it claims ts an aatheatic communication, derived from an intimate friend of General Ignatief, in the course of which it ts said that the prevalent opinion in St Petersburg is that Turkey, despairing of obtaining an alliance against Russia, will consent to the concessions which are de- mandea = Russia will, if possible, avoid Wa: but, if ft 1s unavoidable, will prosecute it with tho otmost energy, and hopes that the other Powers will observe @ friendly neutrality. Whether General Ignaticff said this or not will proba- bly never be known. He left Berlin at eight o’clock last night, en route for Paris, The Pali Mali Gazette comments unfavorably on General Ignatie"s mission. It thinks England cannot consent to an arrangement which would simply Gx the time for s general scrimmage over Turkish territory unless Buropo agreed to give Russie hor own way there whea the time came. RUSSIA'S UNCERTAIN POLICY, An imperial order, dated March 3, has becn published in St. Petersburg, directing the formation of a corps of grenadiors and eight army corps from the divisions which have been detached from the military districts of St Petersburg, Wilna, Warsaw and Moscow. The organizations of these corps should not, it ts claimed, be Interpreted as a war measure, but merely as au ap- plication of the law for the reorganization of the Rus- stan army. ASt Potersburg telegram denies the re- cont rumors that Russia is cadeavoring to concludes separate arrangement with the Porte by the oer of pecuntary assistance. WHERE (8 FIRGos? Two very conflicting statemeats regarding Rouma- nia’s dispute with Turkey reach London from Rustcbuk and Bucharest, respectively. The Grst reports that tho Governor of the Vilayot, of the Danube telegraphs officially that the mixed commission bas ascertained that tho last afr: between the Turks and Roumantans actually occurred on the Island of Pirgos, belonging to Turkey, not on the Noumanian island of Gouracam\j, as was at Orst claimed. A violatioa of Ottoman territory by the Roumanian troope 1s thus clearly established, The Roumanian members of the commission refused, upon various pretexts, to sign the protoco! certifying this fact. The second report ts that tho mixed commission’s inquiry was without re- sult, as the Turkish members refused to visit the island of Gouracamij. As to Pirgos, Roumania claims the island as her territory by position and treaty stipula- tions, THE LONDON PRESS ON PRESIDENT BATES, ‘The inaugural address of President Hayes, which was published 1n full yesterday, bas created a very favorable impression here, The Times says the groater part of it was of a character that mighf have been well received by men of all partios. The Daily News says ‘‘of course general principics do not help much to cool angry passions which have veen seething for years, but thero is a timo for the ent of principles, as woll as of details, and it is fair to remark that, a8 far as they go, the prin- ciples President Hayes enunciates are excellent” The Daily Telegraph says:—“Mr. Hayes' comments on the election ordeal which put such a severe strain on the constitution, are such as become a President, who, from the moment he takes the oath of office, should belong to all parties, On the whole, we do not imagine that even his \candid opponents will complainof the toue and temper of the address, which deals with questions of tho highest moment primarily to America and indirectly to all the world. Mr, Hayes speaks with tho dignity and frankness becoming the }, Cliet Magistrate of a great people, and points the way to ends whieb, if they can be accomplished, will re+ dound to his honor aud that of his country." ‘THB COUNT DE CHAMUORD ON FRANCK’S PETCRE, The Paris iegitimist journals publish a speech mado by the Count de Chambord at Goritz to a deputation from Marseilles, The Count protested aguinst tho assertion that he bad relinquished all hope of saving France. He declared he would maintain bis right un- swervingly and wag resolved to do his duty when the propitious moment arrivod for direct personal action, Ho charged the deputation to make known the firm resolution with which he was inspired by his love for France and by the dangers throatoning her. INTERMSTING TO POST MISTRESSES, The country post mistresses must at once lav

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