The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1877, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, TH! Y HERALD, ject the E DAIL! aaah every “tn ‘in the year, news seus orte or Teil despatches mast istire ana pack geachould| sbould be Properly sealed. antcations will not be returned, ra : IA OFFICE-NO, 112 SOUTH SIXTH 1OXDON QERICE OF 31 THE NEW YORK HERALD— VEN iE DE L’OPERA. 7" 7 STRADA PACE, advertisements will be received and sare terms usin New Yor! voLUME XLII... “AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. QRAND OPERA HOUSE—Tae Prixcess Rorat BOWERY THEATRE—Jnz Two Onruans. WALLACK'S THEATRE—Rosepacr. HELLER’S THEATRE.—Paxstipicitanion, BOOTH'S THEATRE.—Axos Cuan. UNION SQUARE 1HEATRE—Suixe. GILMORE’S CONCERT Ga ‘Summzn CONCERT, WITH SUPPLEMENT. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, may 25, 1877 NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS, The Adams Express Company ran. train over the Peuusylvania Kallroud Jeaving Jersey One et 8 quarter-past Bunday, carrying the rexular edition of the Wort as Hesrsbare mad. South to. eases reaching ‘ushington at Pintadatpbta ate quarter past six A. M. and From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York today will be partly cloudy or fuir and somewhat warmer, fol- lowed by a decided increase of temperature. WAL. Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock mar ket was less active than it has been for the last few days and there waa considerable fluctuation in prices. Government stocks were firm all day and railroad bonds were quiet and irregular. Gold opened at 1067 and closed at 107, the greater part of the business done being transacted at the former figure. Money on call lent easily at 11g a 2 per cent. Tue Wasnincton Rine deserves watching igain if the charge be true that it has gained possession of the new paving contracts over ower bidders. As the latter’ will appeal to President Hayes for fair play the matter will be justly examined. Sour Carona yesterday observed Thanks- giving Day for the first time since the war, and it is gratifying to learn that the people at last now believe that they have something to be thankful for in earnest. Business was generally suspended, and the novelty of the celebration made the day the more enjoyable. CreEDMoon.—The National Rifle Association opened its spring meeting yesterday under un- favorable weather conditions, but with un- damped enthusiasm and dry powder. There were seven matches, and the shooting was gen- erally excellent, some of the scores being brilliant when the rain aud wind are taken into consideration. Femace SuFFRAGE.—Thirty ladies who would be glad to vote, but eapnot, and who have called themselves the National Woman’s Suffrage Asao- ciation, met yesterday to discuss the sixteenth amendment to the constitution, which, when passed, will give them all the rights they claim, The proceedings were peculiar and the oratory inharmonious though eloquent. We suggest that if these ladies could only agree among themselves their cause might make more rapid progress. Cueap Cans.—The strong efforts now being made by the newly organized Manhattan Cab Company to establish a cheap cab system in this city will meet with the support of the pub- lie, for the projectors are well known and enter- prising citizens and the scheme contemplated is practicable. Not only cheap but good cabe are wanted, so that New York will have the same conveniences as London or Paris. The meeting yesterday is an assurance of success. Tur Passencens of the ill-fated Dakota ar- rived in. this city yestetday, and were doubtless Pejviced to see port atter so long a voyage. On board of the steamship was a young Euglish missionary brivging out clothes for the Indians, but who distributed them among the needy steerage passengers. This was a sensible act, aud It would be well if more of the goods intended for the ungrateful heathen were similarly inter- cepted onthe way and put to better use. Tue McCartuy Triar.—Some people might call the contest now going on in the Bleecker Street Universalist Church a tempest in a tea- pot; but this would be very wrong, for it is of deep importance to the persons interested. It is true that it is hard to discover of exactly what the Rev. Mr. McCerthy is accused, or what he did, but ecclesiastical wickedness is different from the sins of the laity. What would be par- donable in a layman might be terrible in a preacher ; and thus when we learn that the wick- edness of the clergyman consisted not in what he said, but in the manner of saying it, the mystery is explainec. But church quarrels are always interesting, and this trial is not an exception to the rule. Tar Weatner.—The area of high pressure from Manitoba has now overspread the entire central region between the Rocky Mouvtains and the Alleghany range, the highest burome- ter“being over Lake Superior and the territory northward. The low pressure is gradually leay- ing the North Atlantic coast, with clondiness and rain from Long Island to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. The northwest winds on the coast of the Middle States have risen from brisk to high, but are moderating considerably this morning. West of the Missouri the pressure is again falling, with indications of rain and storm. The winds in this region are from the south- east and south. The isotherm of 70 degrees extends from Tennessee northwestward to St. Paul, Minn., and thence sharply to the south- westward. The highest temperature is in the Western Gulf States. In the Northwest, how- ever, a considerable heat area bas advanced and joins the southern area of equal temperature in the Upper Mississippi Valley, where a narrow thermal band represents the connecting link be- tween the two. Smaller areas of high and low temperature occur in the lake region, due tolocal causes, but in the spaces between them strong | winds prevail, blowing in each case from the higher toward the lower pressure. ‘The weather in New York to-day will be partly cloudy or fair and somewhat warmer, followed by a decided increase of temperature. Local storms are prob- able for the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- gouri valleys, NEW YORK Adjournmetit “of the Legislature. When the new amendments to the State constitution went into operation last year it was supposed, or at least hoped, that the larger compensation given to members of the Legislature would elevate the character of that body by drawing into it men of ca- pacity and efficiency. There was no reason for disappointment that the good effect was not pérceptible in the Legislature of 1876, for when candidates were nominated in the preceding autumn the amendments had not been ratified by the people, and it was not known whether members would receive three hundred dollars or fifteen hundred dollars for their services during the session. But . the | Assembly chosen Inst November was certain ‘to receive five times the old compensation, and the Legislature of 1877 onght to have consisted of a better class of men, The long, wearisome and fruitless session which ended yesterday has disappointed that ex- ‘pectation, if such an expectation was enter- | tained. It has been imbecile and barren beyond the most worthless of its prede- | cessors, No Legislature which ever assem- bled in this State had greater reason on the day of its adjournment to adopt the peni- | tential language of the liturgy and say, “We have left undone the things we ought to have done, and done the things we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us.” This has been the longest session we have had in thirty years, and the emptiest we ever had. Its barrenness in practical re- sults cannot be excused by paucity of im- portant questions. There were subjects of great pith and moment with which it was the duty of this Legislature to deal, but it leaves them all, or nearly all, in the same state in which it found them. It was its duty to reapportion the State and give all its parts a fair and hdnest representation in accordance with the census of 1875; but it has adjourned without passing an appor- tionment bill. This-neglect of duty is all the more indefensible and scandalous by the failure of the last Legislature to obey ives gaat : | son "Witt CRN’ an "extra sed¥ibn to pass an | only exhibitions in the sain at certain apportionment bill. How can he expect this same Legislature to mend its ways? Men do not gather grapes of thorns. With Mr. Alvord and his tactics in the Assembly there would be little likelihood of a bill which the Governor could sign, and the extra session might be a waste of time and patience, whereas in the next Legislature the democrats may have the apportionment entirely in their own ‘hands, Czar Sultan im Arms It is significant of the spirit with which Russia enters upon the war that is related to a century of national aspiration that the Czar is to take the field and to assume in person command of the Army of the Dan- ube. As the Czar is not known to the world as the possessor of wmilitdry talent this is not analogous to the assumption of command by sovereigns who were'also great soldiers—like Frederick the Great and Na- poleon ; yet it is an important fact as indi- eating the intention that the nation shall feel and see that the ruler, the government, and the Court have no other thoughts or purposes at heart pending this struggle than such as are related to its conduct and conclusion. If the Sultan also ‘assumes command of the Ottoman armies, as it has been reported he will, the standard of the Prophet will go with him, and the fanatical fury of the Moslem will be as deeply ‘stimu- lated as the resolute fervor of the Russian. Perhaps the impulse thus given on either side, as well as the experience of the respec- tive sovereigns, may shorten the war. It will be observed that one more demonstra- tion of the softas has been made in Constan- tinople, this time assailing the Ministry be- fore the Parliament. With this element of the men-of the mosques thus acting as the real power behind all other powers in the Moslem capital the possible limitation of the struggle becomes far less likely than it seemed at one period. An Asylum for Homeless Dogs. We are glad that thig idea, which had its birth in the brain of Mr. Bergh, the an explicit command of the constitution. When a duty is not performed at the time required by the constitution, the earliest opportunity should be seized to discharge the overdue obligation. It was also the duty of this Legislature to pass the necessary laws for giving effect to the constitutional amendment which substitutes a Superin- tendent of Public Works for the Canal Com- missioners; but we are to go on still another year under the old system, which has been such a fruitful source,.of- abuses and mis- management, It may be said that this is partly the fault of the Governor, but ya.do not think so, . In .his Message at the begin. ning of the session he asked for prompt.ac- tion, in order that the new system hi be organized and: set; in motion hefore the season approached for. opening: the year’s business on the eansls, He recom- mended o simple law fixing the salaries and sureties of the new officers at once, and leaving other details for mature con- sideration. Instead of this the Legislature waited till near spring, and then passed a erude and clumsy act, which the Gov- erpor vetoed for very solid reasons. The Legislature then passed, at alate day when it was necessary to be making active pre- parations for the-opening of the, canals, precisely the simple kind of bill which Governor Robinson bad asked them.to enact at the beginning of the session. It was:then too late to organize the new system for.this season’s navigation, and the Governar die clined to make an appointment whi would have introduced confusion into the business of the year. Another great subject on which it was the duty of this Legislature to act was rapid transit, and on this also it has done noth- ing. Still another subject of first class im- portance was remedial legislation for this city, but although there wos a great deal of fussy activity nothing has been done for our relief. One very good bill was framed, but it was so mutilated and disfigured by ill-digested omendments that the Governor was justified in vetoing it in the form in which it came to him, although with sev- eral forcible he assigned some lame and ridiculcus reasons. for his negative. The dilatory and unbusiness-like Legislaturegot this measure into its final deformed shape at so late a.period in the session that time was not left after the veto to repuss its good features in..a more carefully drawn bill. The Governor was not averse to wholesome legislation for the city. He had admitted its necessity in his Message by saying that ‘‘in some respects the gov- ernment of the city of New York is in almost a chaotic condition” and proceeding to point out the necessity for changes. The Legislature botched this part of its work, and deferred its botches to so late a period that no time was left for framing better bills. Besides these great and necessary meas- ures which have utterly failed by legisla- a multitude of minor but still important subjects on which this ‘‘congregation of in- capables” have fallen short of the reasonable demands of the people. What have they. done for the pro- tection of depositors in savings banks? What have they done to secure better management of life insurance com- panies? ‘What to relieve banks from the unjust taxation which is driving capital out of the State and killing the goose that lays the golden eggs? What to render theatres and public buildings more secure in cases of sudden fire? What to prevent the cor, rupt use of money in elections? The Gov- ernor forcibly called attention to these and other neglected subjects in his Message and made recommendations which public senti- ment approved, but he scattered his good seed on stony places where it took no root. Instead of transacting with intelligence and efficiency the proper business of the session, this derelict Legislature has passed all sorts of unconstitutional local bills and all sorts of wasteful appropriations, produc- ing already a heavy crop of just vetoes, with ing the thirty days allowed the Governor for examining the bills lettin his hands at the adjournment. a bad record for the next election, tive bungling and procrastination, there is | | might in the evening enjoy their fireworks probably a still greater crop in reserve dur- | The republicans have made , Tt | Lseems doubtful whether Governor Robin- apostle of mercy to the brute, is about to be realized. People who object to it on the ground that mere sentiment diverts the stream of charity from its proper object, suf- fering man, to the lower animals, forget that in providing a place of refuge and security for hungry and homeless dogs an important step is taken toward preserving the citi- zens of New York and their children from the dangers of hydrophobia or severe injury from dogs in -the streets, One of the most melancholy looking objects imaginable is a hungry, ‘home- less and -perhaps - ovplian ‘dog* prowling pléng’ thé gutters’ in search” ‘1; ett: The niute appeal- which’ the’ animal makes:to’ our “sytapathies is‘really toaching, and particularly sowheér without tren a’ grdwl, Ke’ seizes us> By the lég in oider ‘to emphasize his‘ silént témplafut. When the digestive organs of a dog are out of practice for any considerable time his ideas become confused, and he cannot dis- tinguish between meum and tuum. In this state Re is dangerous. If, therefore, an asylum: is open to him where he can recover his mental Balance under gen- tle restraint, and while recovéring get something to “eat, #” great® pablic’ dan- get is averted. The néf ‘profits of the recent bench show of dogs, amount« ing to over twelve handred’ doflars, lias been handed to Mr. Bergh in’farthetahce of his humane purpose. We would” wiiggest that, as the new institution’ is! Iikely+to har- bor dogs of every species, an excellent and instructive exhibition might be created, which, by the payment of an admission fee of five cents each, the citizens of New York ean render self-supporting. As a place where valuable dogs that have strayed from their owners may be recovered the asylum would save much trouble and expense; but the chief practical benefit will be the removal from the streets during the summer of all the homeless dogs that now infest them. The Day We Are to Celebrate, The American eagle presents his respect- ful compliments to the people of New York, and suggests to.them that his feelings will not be hurt if they should omit this year | some part of their usual sacrifices in his honor. He admits that the small boy loaded down with firecrackers, and popping away’ ali day, isa nuisance and ‘a danger to the rest of mankind, and that as we aré begin- ning our second century in good order'the patriotic small boy can be dispensed with: He suggests that as this is an era of consoli- dations it might be well to concentrate the fireworks, and thus effectiveness while decreasing their danger. He respectfully represents that by such a in the city could have almost as fine a show of fireworks in the evening as has usually ! been got up by the city authorities in the Park; and the children, having spent the day harmlessly at a circus, or in the Park, or on the Buttery, or on some excursion, without danger to their own lives or the lives of grown people and without the great risk of setting fire to the city. Why not? Aftera century of promiscu- ous and irregular pyrotechnics it is surely time for reform. There is no ward in the city in which, if the people put together the money they would otherwise waste on firecrackers and other dangerous explosives, they could not secure a really admirable and interesting exhibition in some central and safe location, and under the auspices of experts, who would take care that nobody got hurt and that no house was set on fire. What to do with the day? Well, it would dono harm if the idle citizens should as- semble in their wards to hear some one read the Declaration of Independence, But there are many other pleasant ways to spend the day. There sre steambont and barge ! excursions on the water; there is theCentral Park; there are cheap excursions by rail into the country; there aré Coney Island and Long Branch and the shores of Staten Iuland, and other places where the air is fresh. It is not absolutely necessary for any one:to spend the day in making himself }-a nuisanceandn danger to the rest of the city. Haw.viqupd.it do for the city suthor- ities to entirely forbid the use of fireworks of all kinds during the dey, and to permit increase their | judicious concentration of effort each ward | | | ed and in the hands of experts par i yo purpose? We should like to hear what other people think of this mat- ter, and invite readers to send in their sug- gestions: they shall have place in our col- umns, New Homor to an Ex-President. The London despatch which we printed yesterday stated that Lord Beaconsfield’s Cabinet has decided. that General Grant shall be received with the marks of.consider- ation bestowed onex-sovereigns. ‘This isan unusnal compliment both to its immediate recipient and to the country of which he was so recently the chief ruler. The- gov- ernment and people’ of the: United States have reason to be pleased with it as a mark of respect to.our national dignity .as well as a personal distinction to the most eminent of our citizens. Now that General Grant is out of politics free indulgence will be given by his countrymen to their natural pride in his career and their abiding gratitude for the brilliant services which make him to this generation of Americans what the hero of Waterloo was to the last generation of Englishmen. Previous to his first nomina- tion for the Presidency he was altogether the most popular citizen of the United States, and since he has ‘passed through the ordeal of party strife and detraction that sentiment returns with all the force of a first love which for a while did not run smooth, There is no true American who will not delight to see him honored abroad and the country honored in the person of its late President, It is because General Grant has a name that will always live in ‘history that the British Cabinet avails itself of his visit to |: establish a new-precedent in the etiquette to be observed toward American citizens who) have retired from the. Chief Magistracy. Had General Grant possessed no other title |, to distinction than the mere fact that-he has been President of the United States it would not have been easy for the Queen's govern- ment to break the usage by which our ex-Presidents have heretofore been treated as private gentlemen. We do not doubt that the Queen herself is glad of so. good an occasion for deviating from the former rale of ‘etiquette, She has always cherished a lively and grateful sense of the reception bestowed on the Prince of Wales on his visit to this country in 1860, when his rank was suitably recognized by official courtesies from President Buchanan and the. enthu- siagm of our people was:unbounded.. She has had until now no opportunity for repay- ing those courtesies in kind, and it would not. surprise us to see them requited with great: brilliancy.. Whatever tends to pro- dace kindly feelings and pleasant memories between;great ptoples is’ an snternstonel denebts. :. «7 "? $0 Woiumbia Challenge Cormell, “a tolerably certain that Cornel) means to decline a race with Columbia this season, ‘Various reasons are assigned, such as that the best oars of last year do not want to row; that they never agreed to Green- wood Lake; that funds are scarce; that Ostrom cannot give the time, and so on. All or any of these may be;reasons, but they look more likemere excuses, A few months &go Cofnell was making urgent negotiations for a race in England ten times as expensive as Pils Hoine contest need be, requiring twice 8% many men, and in every way suggesting the .trath’ of the old adage that: ‘Where there’s Will there’s a way.” Ju England the crew which won univer- sal respect and sympathy was that which, beaten for nine long years, never once fal- tered, but over and over again manfully faced the foe, Now, suppose the winner had in any of these years refused the vanquished an opportunity for, another meeting, would it take long to guess how that winner would stand in the estimation of every lover of pluck and fair play the world over? Bad counsels are prevailing at Cornell, and it will not take much work of this sort to very. per- ceptibly dim her brilliant record of the past two years. ‘The way Columbia pressed her in 1875, and the unmistakable drawing up on her by Harvard last summer on the home mile will be given their full weight, and the wonder will be whether Cornell is not, after, all, staying out to uvoid: danger,‘attercthe: fashion: of the Beaverwycks in disband=: ing promptly after stumbling into the position of champions ofthe world. If: this) impression, is not correct she should try:tos contrary she might also offer a much better explanation than has yet been given why she did not mect the Yale four on the Schuylkill last fall. Columbia can settle this question quickly and conclusively. Six good weeks yet re- main. Let her at once challenge Cornell to a four-oared race, to be rowed at such‘time in July, and at such place as the Iatter likes and for any distance she pleases. This will raise the issue with entire fairness, and then either a race must come or better ex- cuses than have yetappeared. If both sides are wise they will have the struggle, as do the great English universities, on the waters of the metropolis of the country, where many thousands may watch it with intense in- terest, quick to detect and ready to commend everything worth commending, “For Campaign Use.’? A colored man named James Laws has been shot in East Feliciana, greatly to the evident delight of Mr. Packard, who, the New Orleans Repubican reports, has sent an account of the case “to General Butler for campaign use.” We were in hopes that the killing of negroes ‘‘for campaign use” had ‘come to an end; and we do not, in fact, be- lieve that the case of poor Laws will be worth a cent for political purposes. The paign use” of the black mon, and it has not forgotten the notorious Eliza Pinkston fraud, nor the hundreds of other and sim- ilar frands by which its sympathies were worked upon in a shameless way by men like Packard. Governor Nicholls will, we have no doubt, see that justice is done upon the murderers of Laws, If he does he will doa great deal more than Packard and Kellogg ever did in Louisiana; for under Kellogg's ‘tule the negro was slain entirely for ‘‘cam- paign purposes.” Some of the republican remove it, and while giving reasons to the?! country has gota little tired of the ‘‘cam- | ‘aD, FRIDAY, May 25, 1877.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT, statesmen are spoiling for a good ‘old-fagh- ioned negro massacre in some Southern State, and theirimpatience because the killing does not come off is very dismal. Might it’ not be well for Mr. Packard to write a letter appealing to. the Southern whites to delay no longer, and expressing his opinion that unless some negroes are speedily killed there will beno “campaign” to tite them in? Pilgrims to Rome. Our special despatch from Rome tells a pleasant story of the reception yesterday by the Pope of a large number of Americans, ) with addresses and. gifts. from various groups of the people here to the head of the Church, In this manifestation of the good will of the faithful on this side the water is to be seen a phase of the relations of the Pope tothe people that is worthy attention. Some hundreds of Americans, fresh from the somewhat hard if very. energetic char- acter of American civilization, rejoice in this visit and its incidents as in a kind of holy romance that will glorify their lives while they last. It seems scarcely possible for any European people in these days to re- gard the Pope of Rome apart from political considerations and complications. But in this country, despite the in- sone fury of ‘demagogues to manu- facture ‘school questions” and similar tests of party fealty, there is no politics in the relations of Catholics to the head of their Church. Their relation is one of pure faith and of a strictly sacred character; and if this were true of the people in Europe as it was once, and as it is still of people on this side the water, at least three great gov-_ its would be less disturbed by so- ed ‘‘ultramontane” troubles. It appears to us that this difference between the faith- fal on two sides of the ocean is altogether f our side, and presents a feature spirit of democracy that His Holiness i ‘did not ‘sufficiently consider in his rather crude lecture to us on our materialism, The Remains of Custer and His Comrades. The War Department has decided that the remains of General Custer and the officers who fell with him in the famous battle on the Little Big Horn shall be re- moved to a more accessible place of rest. Colonel Sheridan has already left for the scene of the battle, and it is estimated that the task may be finished in little more than a month, The graves of the sixteen gallant officers are side by side, and each was carefully marked at the time of burial for future identification, Unless the Indians have desecrated this rude sep- ulchre there will be little difficulty in trans- ferring the remains to Fort Leavenworth, where, in ‘the national. cemetery, they will repose in security, The body of General Custer will be taken to West Point,.in..ac- cordance, it is said, with a wish he often expressed. The only exception, we believe, to the removal is in the case of Lieutenant Crittenden, whose father has desired that the body of that young soldier shall rest where he fought so bravely, Thero are good reasons for this action of the government, It is the duty of the nation to commemorate the event, as well as the locality, and many of the relatives and friends of these officers would prefer to have them interred at the Leavenworth cemetery instead of the. now almost inaccessible wilds of the Indian country. No tomb could be found more appropriate for Gen- eral Custer than that at West Point. But nothing should be done in such a matter without the approval of the relatives of the dead heroes. Their wishes should be re- spected, and, no doubt, will be by the government, The question is purely one of sentiment, and some may feel, like General Crittenden, that the most honorable grave for a soldier is on the battle field where he fell, With this right of relatives understood, the decision of the government will be approved. But the bones of hundreds of men as brave will continue to moulder in that fatal pass. It was not possible to identify all who perished, and one tomb must enclose them forever. Whatever honors may be paid the slain at, West, Point or, Leayen- ual yYespect should be rendered to tlie x men who rode with Custer todeath. A monniiént should be built in that lonely valiey’ diid dedicated to the memory of all 5 folighit so nobly, from the fearless and léader to the humblest trooper in his command, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mr. Theodore D. Woolsey, of New Haven, is at the Everett. Senator Wiliam W. Eaton, of Connecticat, is at the Now York. Doudan calls M. Victor Mugo “that Michael Angelo tm terra cotta. ”? Children consume more food in proportion to their years than adults do. Agricultural laborers from Australia are migrating in large bumbers to Manitova, A society for Palestine exploration isto be formed in Germany on the English plan, If your fat im frying is too cool your food will be soaked; if too hos it will be charred, Red wine should be of the temperatare of the dining room, where it may bo kept for aday before using, Coffee should be roasted and ground at home just vefore it is used, and should be of mixed varieties, Count de Suzannet, secretary of the French Lega. tion, arrived at the Clarendon yesterday from Wash- ingtoa. Thomas Haghes believes that the Church of England should be reformed and bea national blessing, but that 16 should not be disestablished, The Eequimaux and the Fuegians, at the extreme north and south of the American continent, agree in Baving no private property and nochieis, Heary W. Longfellow, the poot, is residing with Henry K, Brown, the sculptor, at Nowburg, N. Y., and will speak io the Unitarian Church in that city on Sunday. Paul Janct thinks that becaase France is not mysti- cal and loves exact ideas, baving sentiment for maa and homanity, she will ne accept a philosophy like Sptnoza’s, which too much absorbs man in the great whole. Cook’s insanity is a peculiar phase of insanity oo- curring among French cooks, It is caused by the car- onic oxide given off charcoal stoves, The pationt be- heves himaelt to be the victim of persecution, The Principal symptoms are vertigo, oppression, ballucina- Mons of sight and bearing and syncope. ‘ is country of Mr. Michael m of Million, Guiet & Co., of Paria, will be glad to hear that be has lately ‘been made a Knight of the Legion of Honor for con- spicuous services as a ju 4 superior merit as an exhibitor at the Inte Center 1, This ie the highest distinction to which @ manulacturer may aspire in France, THE WAR The Czar to Assume the Supreme Come mand of the Army in the Field. GERMANY AND ITALY aULEED, i fh hin Struggle in Asia Approathing-—- Activity on Both Side A CRISIS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Attitude of the Grecks'aild Albani ans—Roumania and Bervia, GERMANY waTcuxa POLAND. [sx capte to THE ieeginey Lonpon, May 25, 1877. The Russian army of the Danube will soon be honored by the presence of the Ozat,’and the troops, who scarcely needed a stimulant to make them fight their traditional enemies, the.per secutors of their Slavonic kinsmen and co- Teligionists, will be worked up to the highest pitch ofenthusiasm at the idea of fighting under the eye of their sovereign. Reports. of the. intention..ot the Czar to witness the passage of the Danube have been recently published and were generally accepted as true. The fact. 1s: now fully confirmed by the HERALD correspondent -at Vienna, who telegraphs that His Imperial Majesty is about to assume the supreme command Army of the Danube, The Imperial headquarters will frst be fixed at Ploejesti, and wil afterward:be moved according as the army advances. Tlie Czat Willbe accompanied by nearly all the grand dukes of the imperial famliy who are not already with the army in the fleld. GERMANY AND ITALY IN ALLIANCE. The HexaLD correspondent in Vienna also teles Graphs that it is believed In the best informed diplo- matic circles that an alliance between Germany aud Italy is on the point of being concluded. Italy 19 evidently disinclined to see the Mediterranean con- verted into an English lake, which it would virtue ally be if England should get complete possess sion of the Suez Canal. The nationg ot Southern furope . naturally feel jealous ‘of the preponderance of ~ British Annuénce not served by Englands possession of dibraltar and Malta, to say nothing of the virtual control of Dardanelles, The possession of the’ ‘suez Canal by England: would, therefore, arouse the indignation ot the Mediterranean States and throw them jntu the arms of Russia. Itallan statesmen are known to cast a wistful eye on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, and, therefore, there is every reason to believe im the probability of the reported ententé cordiale ber: tween Italy and Germany. NEARING THE GRAND STRUGGLE, "A Conmtanttnople aeypatett’ sys: —Mntelligan we view Erzeroam announces thet the Russians ere ex, tending their left wing ine southerly direction, De tachments of Cossacks have been seen near Van, Taick Pacha has formed a camp at Abagha, The Rup sians are reported to be within a few hours’ match of ',, Constant skirmishes" occur between the Tarkish and Russian advanced posts, A Persian camp, com- posed of 10,000 infaatry and 2,000 cavalry, 18 stated to has been formed at Selmast, near the Tatco-Persian frontier, with the object of defending Porsian neutrality. A simultaneous attack apon the Rus slang is expected to be made on Friday by Mukhtat Pacha and Hassan Pacha. ACTIVITY OF THE BELLIGERENTS IN ASIA. Atelegram dated Erzeroum, Thursday evening, re- ports that the Russians attacked K: in Wednesday, Two assaults were repulsed. There was heavy firing on both sides, which contiuued yesterday evening The result is dhkhown, Another despatch from Erze- roum, Wednesday, says the Russians again bom- barded forts Fahmaz and Karadagh, two outworks at Kars, on Tuesday, The Krupp guns in the forts re- plied well, A Constantinople despatch say$:—‘‘Ac- cording to intelligence received hero, the Russians are at Olti, and are advancing upon Erzeroum from that. and various. other points. Tho Rusman left wing ape, Pears to be moving In the direction of the Eu; eet. Valley.’? Another telegram Tromi Erzeroum! di Wednesday, says:—'Mukhtar Pacha fs again Sevind a flank movement upon Tzakirbabada, The;darks hitherto encampod at Kera-Kilisa have fallen, back, upon Toprak-Kaleb, Groat concentration of Turkigh, troops is being effected near Erzeroum.” i * OPERATIONS IN CIKCASSI Ay. ASt. Petersburg despatch states that the- ‘Turkey: after bombarding Fort Adier, landed a corps of Cir- cassians from seven transporte. This part of the coast is denuded of Russian troops. The Rossians near Sukum-Kaleh maintain their positions and await re~ inforcements, The Turkish report that the Bussisns had made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the Place is unfounded, J A despatch from Constantinople reports that the Ot- toman troops and insurgent Circassians have advanced irom Sukum-Kaleh, about forty miles in the interior. TURKISH GENERALS AT LOGGRBMEADS. A Kischeneff despatch bas the following:—“Tarkish deserters say there are dissensions between the Turk- ish Generalissimo aud Aehmed Byoubd Pacha, second ia command, The latter wishes tO.cross the Danube and invade Roumania, bat Abdul Kerim Pacha, the Gene eralissimo, insists apon purety defensive tactics,” TURKRY’S INTERNAL TROUBLES, Advices from Constantinople report that & body of soitas proceeded to the Chamber of Doputics yeater~ day to demand the dismissal of the Mintsters, The Chamber received a deputation of five softas and dis cussed their potition. ‘Tne debate became oo stormy that the President was obliged to suspend the sitting. The softas then marched to the Palace, It is believed some of the Ministers will re mm of private telegrams rohibited, aniess the despatches are written in the Turkish languago, The Turkish official statement of the occarrences of yes terday represent that the deputation which visitea the Chamber consisted of natives of Ardaban residingin Constantinople, who, alarmed by the captare of theis city, came to offer to make every sacrifice, and to in- vite Parliament to bestow the utmost solicitade upom ‘the state of the army in Anatolia The Chamber as. rea the deputation that the government was faliy ituation. Mahmoud Damad Pacha has been ope: at Constantinople as a traitor during a public discus sion relative to the advisability of recalling Midhat Pacha Midhat’s recall is seriously discussea, ATTITCDA OP THR GREEKS AND ALBAMAXS, A correspondent at Athens, reviewing the attitude of Greeco, says:—‘‘In this small democratic State the policy of the nation Is not decided by the governmens nor by the Chamber, but by the whole peopla. The policy of a majority of the Greeks is now pretty clearly defined, While things remain in the | present uncertainty they will observe an expectant altitude and prepare, Should the Russians advance tapidly they will declare war against Turkey in order | $0 create a Greok question and show practically by @