The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1877, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, THE DAILY HERALD, published every 4 in the year. Three cents per copy (Sunday excluded). Ten ‘dollars per ‘year, or at rate of one dollar Used month for any period less then’ six mouths, oF five dollars for six mouths, Sunday edition inelnded, f postaze. letters ‘or telegraphic despatches must be ad kw YORK Heap. ieee ‘and packages should be properly sealed, Rejected communicationg will not be returned, ener PURADELPRIA OFFICE—NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH 1ORDON OEZICE oF oF ad NEW YORK HERALD— panis'¢ OF FAC i AVENUE, eR HORS BAPLES ORFICESNO. 78 ions and aielnneee wi ‘on the same terms us in New York. forwarded VOLUME XII XLII. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. BOWERY THEATRE—Tnx Two Oxrnaxs WALLACK’S THEATRE. HELLER’S THEATRE. BOOTH’S THERATRE.—A: UNION SQUARE THEATER. GILMORE’S CONCERT GA‘! FIFTH AVENUE THEATR: GRAND OPERA HOUS CENTRAL PARK Ga! NEW YORK AQUARI Summer CONCERT, iz Honcusack. ‘SAT URDAY, u AY “a6, 18 ne TO COUNTRY DEALERS. The Adams Express Company run a special newspaper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad und its connections, leaving Jersey City at a warter-past four A, M. daily und Sunday, enrrying the regular editlon of the HERALD as far West us Harrisburg and South to Washington reaching Puaiadelphia ot a quarter past six A. M. and Washington at one 1877, From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York: to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy, with showers. Watt Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock mar- ket was comparatively dull, and there was a general advance in prices during the fore- noon, This advance included all the really active stocks, and the market closed stronger than it has done for some time past. Gold was steady at 107. Government stocks were strong and higher, while railroad bonds were irregular. Money on cull lent easily at 112 a 2 per cent, the former being the closing quotation. Straw Harts, hail, umbrellas and overcoats made Broadway picturesque yesterday. It was literally “winter lingering in the lap of May.” Germany has adopted a system of patent laws, and it is curious that until now she never had laws of the kind. Yet it is a country famous for its inventions, and it is claimed that many of the most important American mechani- cal improvements originated in German thought. Tus Rirce did splendid work at Creedmoor rday. The contest for the Leech Cup was ized by the lighest score ever made in a public match at eight hundred, nine hundred and one thousand yards, Major Jewell winning the prize by two hundred and thirteen points out of a possible two hundred and twenty-five. Tue Spring Races.—After a successful meet- ing. in numbers as well as sport, the Baltimore races ended yesterday. It was also the fourth day of the Louisville meeting, the principal event of which was the match for the Louisville Cup, which was won by Whisper. Ten Broeck, who was to have been one of the competitors, did not start. Tue Coacuine Ciun.—The first parade of our four-in-hands this season will occur to-day, and will be a brilliant and pleasant event. The coaches, led by President Jay, will start from Madison square, and after a drive through Central Park will return to the city in the even- ing. Coaching promises to increase greatly in popularity this summer, and we have already two stage lines successfully established, one to Coney Island and the other to New Rochelle. Mk. BeEcuer ON THE War.- —What Mr. Beecher thinks of the European war is of in- terest because of his influence. The opinions expressed in his lecture last evening are positive, and all his sympathies appear to be with the Russians. He believes the Turkish Empire in Europe should be ground to powder, and de- nounces England as being dlways the ally of despotism. The address will please the Czar, but Mr. Beecher will henceforth have the bitter ill-will of the Sultan. Ds.—The imaginary distinction detween stocks and bonds as used as business ns has been set aside by a decision of the «l States Court, sitting in Trenton. The ‘ourt ruled that an indictment in which the werm “stocks” was used for bonds could not for that reason be invalidated. This decision seems sensible, for while there are no absolute syno- nymes in the English language slight shades of meaning should not be allowed to interfere with business matters in which the intent is clearly understood, A Tue Corina Linrary.—Literature is not without influence on war, and an illustration is found in the effeet which the Turkish govern- ment has made upon the Hungarians ing to them the valuable Corinna Libr was captured during o' between the two countries. It is reported that this act of courtesy, or justice, hus caused Hungary to sym- pathize with Turkey, and some of the prophetic statesmen even go so far as to say that by this feeling Austria will be finally placed in oppo- sition to Russia, or else lose the moral support of the Hungarians. At any rate the return of ancient library must be as gratifying to that n tion as was the restoration to Italy and Spain of the pictures and marbles taken away } y return- which » of the wars continued on the | northeast and middle Atlantic coast and through the Middle States, attendant on the low pressure now moving eastward from the New States. They are not, however, heavy, point. In the Platte Valley heavy throughout the day, and also in the South- west, but the area of precipitation in each ease was very limited. The winds throughout the country have been from fresh to moderate and generally from the northward, except in the West aud Southwest, where they are from the south and southeast. The area of highest pressure is still over Luke Superior, whence it has extended | southward toward the Gulf. The beat area within the isotherm of seventy degrees extends trom the Atlantic coast at Cape Hatteras, south- ward of Tennessee, to the Mississippi thence tiorthward to Manitoba in a narrow neck, where it expands into mueh wider proportions, The area of eighty degrees and upward embraces | only the Southwestern States. The weather in | New York to-day wili be warmer and partly | | nine NEW YORK HERALD, ‘SATURDAY, ‘MAY 26, 1877.—TRIPLE - SHEET. Senator Morton’s Letter. A great many people do not like Senator Morton’s political opinions; but no one doubts that he has an uncommonly clear and strong head. No one catches so quickly as Mr. Morton important changes ina political situation; and when he bast- ened to give in his allegiance to President Hayes, directly after the 4th of March, leaving some of his slower colleagues in the lurch, this was evidence to thoughtful observers that he saw, what the event has shown to be true, that the time was ripe for a change of policy, and that, as he writes in the letter we print else- where, to have attempted to support the carpet-bag governments in Louisiana and South Carolina ‘‘would have been futile, and the failure disastrous.” Mr. Morton accepted the inevitable, and now he explains his course and defends the President's policy, and does both very forcibly from his point of view. He demonstrates clearly that Mr. Hayes could not, if he had wished, have pursued any other cqurse in the two Southern States than that he adopted. He puts in a strong light the dissensions of the republicans and the fact that even the republican Senate would not have cast a majority either to seat Mr. Kellogg or to support the Presi- dent in a coercive policy toward the South- ern States. No one has shown in pithier language the weakness and incapacity of the republican governments in Louisiana and South Carolina, ‘existing only in name, surrounded by enemies, living only from day to day by the presence and pro- tection of United States troops ;” nor has any one so pertinently exhibited the repub- lican divisions in the Senate on the South- ern question:—‘Five republican Senators voted against seating Kellogg, thus refusing to recognize the Packard government, and a number of republican Senators, sufficient when added to the democratic members to constitute a majority, have steadily refused to recognize the republican State govern- ment in Louisiana since 1873.” Thus Mr. Morton makes it manifest that not only could not the President do otherwise than he did, but that in the next Congress he will undoubtedly have the support of a majority of both houses for his policy. That is to say, the Southern question has passed substantially out of politics. Fed- eral interferenco in the local affairs of those States is a thing of the past. Persistence in it, Mr. Morton hints to his republican friends, has brought division and disaster to the party. But while he accepts the fact he does not conceal, but rather, as it seems to us, magnifies his regrets. The letter is addressed to that portion of his party which is hostile to the new Southern policy, and Mr. Morton shrewdly explains to these recalcitrants that it could not | be helped; that it had to be done; | but that he agrees with them in thinking it disagreeable, wrong, a misfortune, deplora- ble in every view, but yet, he repeats and in- sists, inevitable. Well, these words of com- fort we need not complain of. That great part of the public—an overwhelming ma- jority of the nation—which believes the new Southern policy to be constitutional, wise and absolutely necessary to the peace and welfare of the country need not be troubled when Senator Morton undertakes with soft. and conciliatory words to win the consent of, the ‘‘soreleads.” It is whan he turns from the past to the future that his views become most interest. ing. He has evidently made up his mind that the Southern States are going to remain for some time solidly democratic; and he thinks it prudent, and: perhaps necessary as well, to raise, so early as this, the warn- ing ery of a “solid South” and of ‘Southern domination.” His ficrce and almost fero- cious denunciationeof the Sguthern whites, and his dolorous and, we wmust add, absurd prophecies that unless there is a ‘solid North” the Southern leaders will some day repeal the consti- tutional amendments, extort pay for their slaves and pay the rebel war debt, are really a confession that Mr. Morton sees his own party going to pieces and seeks to hold them together by a danger signal. There is something of the unreasonable and un- reasoning haste of a panic in all this tirade of his. It may turn ont, as he asserts, that the democratic party will hold together in all the Southern States until after 1880. But it is entirely too early for prudent prophets to begin their vaticina- tions. When Congress has sat five or six months, when the currency, the tariff, the shipping laws, internal improvements, the civil service, have been debated and voted on, then it will be easier and safer to predict what may happen both in the North and the South in the way of party arrangements. We are far from doubting the political shrewd- ness of Mr. Morton; he can see further into a millstone than most men, but in this ease it is very clear that his wish is father to his thought ; a ‘solid South” is neces- sary to his purposes ; he needs that buga- boo to frighten the North with, and if he | begins so early to exhibit it we may reason- ably suspect that it is because its exhibition is in his opinion necessary to keep his party together. Of the absurdity of the intentions he im- putes to the Southern democratic leaders we surely need not say much, have smiled as he read his own language. The notion that ‘‘the public mind” is in danger of becoming so “demoralized” as to lead a nation already overburdened with debt to voluntarily donble that debt, is surely too much for serious consideration. fhe notion that three hundred and forty- thousand slave owners or their heirs are presently going to persuade forty ifve their slaves would be called a wild dream if any other than Mr. Morton uttered it. But when one of the most influential, one of the ablest leaders of his party gravely and en- ergotically puts forward such ideas we have aright toask whether the republican party really means to make “the South” a perma- nent issue in our politics ? whether its lead- ers have no other than this purely sectidal and entirely mischievous idea and policy ? ‘There are many reasons why a large part of the country would like to see the repub- liean party continue to rule at W, ashington, sloudy, probably with showers. But the clections of the last four years | support a party which knows how to get He must | millions of people to pay them for | ought to show Mr. Morton and the other | republican leaders that they need states- manship and a real and live policy te regain their losses. Cam they not see that in spite of their long possession of power; in spite of their superior political skill; in spite of patronage unscrupulonsly used; in spite of custom houses, and troops, and eminent debaters, and tho affection of the country for their party, and its sus- picion of their opponents, they have been steadily losing ground for four years? Can they not see that, having lost the House, in which, so late as 1875, they were able to do what they liked, they have now almost. lost the Senate? And all the while they have been screaming about a “solid South,” and the more loudly they have cried out the more districts and States they have lost. The country is tired of this ery. The American people are practical, even in their political notions, They are not prosperous, and they want a party which will restore prosperity. They have no foreign com- merce, and they will applaud a party which will enable them to revive that. Their in- dustries are at a standstill, and they seek for o party that will set the mills going again and reopen the work- shops. They have no ships, and they will their flag on the ocean again. They have long suffered from a currency of uncertain value, and they want a party that will give them one of a definite and fixed value, It is because President Hayes and his Cabinet promise the country: these things, because they have begun by giving us peace and con- stitutional government, that they are the best friends of the republican party; and we ad- vise Senator Morton to cease his outcries and support the President's wise policy in all its parts. Trouble in Constantinople. In Constantinople the Moslem fanatics are prepared to play the same sort of game with the Sultan and his government as was played in Paris in 1870 by extremists, who pretended to favor a very different cause. Between the mob that howls for freedom and the mob that howls for the repression of freedom there might seem but little sim- ilarity ; but they are alike in the impor- tant fact that each for the time practically claims to be the supreme power in the State--to dictate policies and plans to oust Ministers and Executives and appoint their successors; and the same gencral principles control them whether in Paris or Constantinople. France's efforts to resist Germany were crippled to an incaleu- lable extent by the overthrow of the govern- ment in September, 1870. On that occasion the nation did worse than ‘‘swap horses while swimming a stream;” for Mr, Lincoln's famous simile supposes that even in change one government will take the place of an- other, But in France this did not occur, No government worthy the name was really ever organized until the’ peace was made, in place of the one cast down. This fire in the rear, this assault on the nation when it is defenceless at home be- cause its forces are engaged by the public enemy, may occur in any country; but is only likely to be of considerable conse- quence where the patriotic spirit of the people has been destroyed by corruption or tyranny—where the nation is really demor- alized. There has never been a nation in Europe where this devitalization was so ex- treme as it is to-day in Turkey; for it is within the limit of numbers to say that three-quarters of the populace would prefer the triumph of the public enemy to that of the domestic robbery and tyranny that is called government. There is, there- fore, no support to the government but its armed force, and it is at the mercy of fac- tions and surprises and demonstrations of one sort or another in favor of prominent statesmen just in proportion as it fails to have handy soldiers enough to clear the streets on any occasion. The last demon- stration of the softas was in the interest of Midhat Pacha, who was exiled three months | ago and is now in London; but as it ‘has been put aside without effect it has indefi- | nitely deferred his return. It was evidently of alarming proportions at one moment, since, as our despatches show, the Sultan fled to the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus; but a judicious display of force made firing unnecessary to secure tranquillity. But the trouble remains ever ready to recur, and it is an element of danger that cannot be extirpated, unless there shall come to power a sultan of a more vigorous spirit than any recent occn- pant of the throne. The news that the Emperor of Austria is to visit the Emperor of Russia at Ploiesti may well alarm the government in Constantinople even more than the softa demonstration did, ap Cabs! What a blessing these would prove tothe weary or hurried business man who has now to jolt up and down town in the slow and overcrowded street car, or to suffer from the extortions of the hackmen! Many efforts have been made to organize a cheap transit eab company in New York, but for some reason or other they have failed. It cex- tainly could not have been through any want of confidence in the support of the public, because any pfomoter ;of such a scheme could not fail to perceive that he was aiming at | supplying a great public want. Although | | these failures have occurred we are glad to ! know that a new effort to put this laudable enterprise on its wheels is being made, and with fair prospects of success. We can | promise those interested in it that they will be heartily sustained by the citizens of New York, provided they carry out the system of cheap cabs as it ought to be man- aged. The hansom cab is almost ex- clusively employed in London for rapid transit through the crowded streets of that city when the underground railroad leads to on inconvenient distance from the | traveller's destination. In New York they would have no competition from the lum- bering street cars or stages. Light, open voitures, on the Paris plan, should be intro- | duced for summer use, They are just suited to our warm climate, and would be- come very popular for shopping parties and business men going to and from their offices | | | | tem which we hope to see shortly inaugu- rated. Popularity will be gained for it by both desirable features. The Latest War News. It is reported that reinforcements have / reached the Turkish commanders in ad- vance of ¢Erzeroum, and have in- spired them with so much confidence that they are already talking of assum- ing the offensive. Indeed, it is stated that Mukhtar Pacha is marching to retake Ardahan, and that the Turks at Kara Kilissa are about to advance along the road toward Bajazid. The first report we do not credit, because the idea is so wild that it must have originated in the brain of some individual who knows nothing of the character of the country or of the relative strength and positions of the hostile armies, or it may have been circulated to appease the softas. If the Russian scouts have approached Olti, which is some twenty- five miles to the westward of Mukhtar Pacha’s position at Bardess, the ad- vance guard of the Russians must have been close at hand and the main force advancing from Ardahan not far away. It must also be remembered that Mukhter Pacha’s army cannot leave its in- trenched position in the Souganlu passes in presence of Melikoff’s army immediately confronting it. The advance of the Turks on Ardahan is therefore based on the absurd supposition that there are no Russians nearer to Bardess than Kars. Be- sides, we have a report that the Russians aro advancing rapidly on Erzeroum, which they dare not do if the Turks were in a position to commence of- fensive operations, Indeed, both reports sug- gest a game of military hide and seek in the mountains and valleys of Armenia which is utterly opposed to the fact that neither Meli- koff nor Mukhtar Pachaare fools. Our opin- ion is, therefore, that while the Russian wings are slowly and cautiously closing around the Turkish main army at Bardess the centre has not and will not move just yet, at least until the flanking operations pro- duce decided results.. It is easy to per- ccive that the Turks are making active efforts to repel the attacks on their flanks at’ Kara Kilissa and Olti. They now confront the converging Russian columns in a semi-circular formation, with their right and left wings resting on the points named, The despatch announcing the pro- posed removal of Mukhtar Pacha’s head- quarters to Erzeroum is almost conculsive evidence that the Turks are too much occu- pied in the effort to retreat in safety to organize any advance, Batoum is reported to be in serious danger of capture by the Russians. A Turkish gunboat has had ao sharp en- gagement with a Russian battery near Nic- opolis. The battery being on low ground suffered considerably. Safe and Nearing Port. The anxicty caused by the non-arrival in Europe of the City of Brussels and her in- teresting company of pilgrim passengers has long since given place to a sense of sat- isfaction growing out of the knowledge of her safety. Already her fourth officer has reached Cork harbor, being taken off: by the Russia, and has sent out tugs to bring the disabled steamer into port. When he left his ship on Thursday she was only two hundred and seventy miles from land, and is, therefore, by this time beating along the south coast of Ireland, or probably in tow of the steamers #nt to her assistance, The Hxnaxp estimate of the time of her arrival off Cork harbor will prove correct to the day. The history of her voyage will be read with deep interest by those who feared for her safety, and the sorrow that shrouded the hearts of so many will be turned into joy and thankfulness for her preservation. How to p: Osleikate the Fourth. A correspondent, whose communication we print elsewhere, suggests that if the Mayor will forbid the use of firecrackers, torpedoes and miscellaneous fireworks on the Fourth of July the insurance compa- nies might be induced to make a grateful and moderate subscription toward sending the children of the poorer wards on excur- sions to the Sound, the Lower Bay or the Hudson River. This strikes us as a happy thought, and we shall be pleased to hear from some of the insurance men. A very moderate subscription would suffice to give a large number of poor children an uncom- monly happy, healthful and harmless Fourth of July. It is also pigaeatea that in many neigh- "The Athletic Moeting on Decoration borhoods in the city parents might use the money they would otherwise waste on fire- crackers and torpedoes in buying the children cocked hats and marching them in procession to some square near at hand, where—the police xe- straining the rowdy element—the young- sters could be regaled with rounds of ice cream and perhaps an address, This plan strikes us as excellent and practical: but there is no Iack of ways to amuse the boys and girls of New York on Independence Day. What is needed, to begin with, is a command from the city authorities which shall make it un- lawful for any boy on that day to blow his head off or set fire to his neighbor's house. Wecan have a quiet and safe Fourth of July if the Mayor will forbid the use of firecrack- ers on that day, and we have little doubt he will respond to the desires of thevcitizens in the matter if they are made known to him, How would it do for the insurance companies to lead off ina petition to the Mayor and Common Council? In Balti- more they have done this already, and the people have become accustomed to celebrat- ing the national anniversary in a sensible manner. Why not New York? Mexican Enterprises. General Escobedo is said to be on the point of leaving San Antonio for the Mexi- ean States, and the latest news is that several States are ready to ‘‘pronounce” for Lerdo, who is regarded as the constitutional President. Mr. Lerdo is now in this city, but his adherents are evidently netive on the border, and he has by no means given up the hope of regaining con- trol of the country. ‘There is some down town, We must have cheapness and convenience combined in the new cab sys- reason to believe that he has the sympathy of our government being to look with favor on the maintenance of constitutional rule in the neighboring Republic, But, after all, sympathy in such cases means but little. Mr. Evarts will probably be glad if Mr. Lerdo succeeds, but he will not help him. Meantime, as Mexico possesses in the eyes of some Mexicans an unconstitutional ruler, and as the country is in a revolution- ary condition, it can hardly be held of- fensive on our part if our troops should pursue Mexican robbers across the border and make cattle raiding and robbery a trifle dangerous. Much Ado About Nothing. Our Washington correspondent explodes in a few words the somewhat startling re- port that ono hundred and fifty prominent republicans had met in secret to form a new and poworful organization opposed to the President's policy.. The hotel registers do not show the presence of even half a dozen prominent republicans at the capital, and the secret meeting turns out to have consisted of a dozen or two clerks in the public offices who do not, for sufficient reasons, like the talk about civil service examinations. Mr. Blaine, our correspondent adds, will get his first news of this famous demonstration on his home- ward journey, and we may take it for granted that forthe present the country is safe, | There is one peculiarity about all these rumors of opposition to the President-— when anybody is accused of being the leader of the mutiny he presently and very publicly denies, Mr. Ingersoll wa3 the first mutineer, but he promptly showed himself loyal and true. Mr. Blaine was talked about, but he too seems to be well enough satis- fied. Mr. William D. Kelley was accused of having attacked Secretary Sherman, but he says he has the highest opinion of Mr. Sher- man. General Logan was supposed to be in opposition, buthe gives no sign. In fact, there is nobody to bell the cat. Day. . The annual spring meeting of the New York Athletic Club at Mott Haven on Deco- ration Day promises to be one of the finest athletic gatherings of the year. Prompt- ness in starting each event at the time set, instead of last year’s quite unnecessary de- lays, a shorter programme, care taken that too many shall not start abreast, and imme- diate and unhesitating disqualification of any one who in any of the walking races breaks into a skip or run—these are among, the points to which especial attention should be given, while no pains) sliould be spared to have the track in exceptionally fine order for good work. It would also be well, as there is wteeed that there will be no intercollegiate athletic meeting this year, to see that the invitation to paxticipate in the games be made as gen- eral as possible among the college boys. If the army and navy could contribute good men, or if any representatives from clubs would like to have a brush with our boys, this is the time toask themin. The meeting, 1s, as it should be, near the city, and we trust it will always be. The day is unusually well chosen, being alike a holiday and at a timo of year when the air is neither cold nor hot. Preparation for the various struggles is inexpensive, no costly boats or other apparatus being needed. The invita- tion is a wide and generous one, and good behavior is assured, as the many ladies who enjoyed the pretty spectacle last year can testify. All, then, who wish an afternoon's fine sport should arrange to see these manly pastimes and lend their aid in popularizing an institution the like of which should exist in every city and town, and even village, throughout our land. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Collars have frozen up stiff again. Logan may be Collector of Chicago. Christine Nilsson is in glorious health. The social language of the Bulga 8 1s Greek. The Hungarians claim the Turks as blood cousins, ‘The latest is fried liver, which has got down to hard pan. After all, gentlemen, give Mr. Tilden some credit tor patience. General Beauregard is said to dress Beauregardiess of expense. Chancellor Runyon, of New Jersoy, will sptnd the summer in Lurope. President Hayes is looking for a four-loaved clover and an old line whig. Let us remove the carpet-baggers to the Black Hills ‘and loge them on the way. A Wostern paper asks, “Why not have both the paper and the silver dollar?” Cos, Gail Hamilton takes up her qaill and says:—‘“Look out forme! Iti strike you with a feather,” The St. Louis Republican (democrat) says that Grant’s countrymen think more of him than they did six months ago. A Massachusetts Newfoundland dog drowned him- selt because he had been muzzled, The Massachusetts mind 18 pothing if not free, ~ The Buflalo Express wants to know whethor we aro in favor of silver money, Certainly, my son, pay that dollar any way you ploase. The Mobile Wegister is willing that Hayes should go over to the democrats, but is unwilling that the demo- crats should go over to him, General William T. Sberinan and Colonel John E Tourtellotte, of the Generai’s staf, arrived at the Fifth Avenue last evening from West Point, Columbus (Ga) KnguirersSun:—“The republicans have avery gloomy future before them, and it ro- joices the heart of every true Southorner to know 11,” When a man hus a vest pocket full of wet five-cont pieces it is moraily certain that he bas been tn one o¢ those stores where they sell a sort of German drink called Jager. Butlalo Express :—“The Naw York Menarp ‘PL’ will shortly issue a recipe book. We select from the advance sheets—‘Butter hot biscuits with your fin- gers; a knife applied to them causes soggyness.’ '” Chicago and St. Louis cannot agree, One charges the other with having big feet, and the other charges the one with having big ears, Let them compromise by trying St, Louis’ Arctic rubber on Chicago’s ear, Colonel James Baker says:—‘Thoro is no combina- tion of circumstances more favorable for cruelty and maseacre than that of uncontroliablogerror, A nation, like aman, ina panic, isin a state of be ska ins sanity.” Boston Globe:— “Mormonism should not bo dealt with ag a system of religion, for as such tho govern- mont has no right to take cognizance ol It, It 1s only specific practices against which laws and governmental action should be aimed,’? Barlington Hawkeve:—An ingenious girl up on North Hill, who bas never “a feller’ in the world, goads the other girls in that neigbborhood to madvess by lighting up the parlor brilliantly and then setting her father’s hat where its shadow will be boldly marked against the curtain, There 1s no need for going as far as Dr, Crosby pro- acribes or 4 vacation trainping excursion. One of the best routes is from Paterson over the Preakness Hills in THE WAR. The Sultan Flies from Constan- tinople and Returns, MARTIAL LAW IN STAMBOUL The Austrian Kaiser to Visit thr Ozar at Ploejesti. THE ‘TURKS LOOKING ‘TOWARD ERZEROUS, Delayitg the Passage of the Danube— Roumanian Independence. SERVIA AND THE POR‘E, [oz CABLE TO THE HERALD.) LONDON, May 26, 1877. There is no news this morning of any great move ment on the part of the contending armies, either in Asia or on the Danube, nor has there been any action of importance. The projected meeting of the Emperors at Ploeiesti gives rise to much comment here, but the subject which attracts most attention just now is the uneasy political situation’at Constantinople, FLIGHT OF THE SULTAN. The HERALD correspondent at Vienna says the news from Constantinople was very exciting to the people of the Austrian capital It seems that on Thursday the Sultan, atter the violent demonstra tion made by the softas, and fearmg an outbreak, fled to his Asiatic castle across the Bosphorus, Feeling somewhat reassured by the reports of his Ministers he returned to the city yesterday morning protected by a strong military escort. The conduct of the people in the streets through which he passed seemed to annoy him greatly, as group after group shouted their dissatisfaction, many calling for Midhat Pacha. Quite a number of arrests Were made subsequently and domiciliary visite were ordered. An order was issued simul- taneously with the proclamation of martial law which forbids the carrying of arms, authorizes the banishment of suspected persons without previous trial, and forbids the assembling of crowds in the streets, About two thousand softas participated in Thursday's demonstration, ‘The five sof tas who were admitted to the Chamber accused Hussein Pacha, the commander at Ardahan of treason and demanded his arraignment. Several deputies spoke demanding ministerial changes and the appointment to office of men of known capacity, In conscquence of the softas demonstration it is expected the War Minister will be dismissed, A MEETING OF THE EMPERORS. The HERALD correspondent at Bucharest telee graphs that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria hag determined to proceed to Plvejesti~on the Danube, on a visit to the Czar, who has made that place his. headquarters for the present. WORK FOR THE RUSSIAN SQUADRONS. The HERALD correspondent at Berlin states that the Russian squadrons which recentiy left the United States with sealed orders will be dived on their arrival in Europe, some going to Cronstads and the remainder to be anchored before Gibraltar in order to intercept neutral ships supposed to be carrying arms and ammunition to Turkey. LIMITS OF BRITISH NEUTRALITY. Before Count Schouvaloff leit this city Lord Derby took the precaution to address him a note defining the limits of British neutrality. THE CAMPAION IN ASIA, A despatch from Constantinople says:—“The Russians are still bombarding the forts before Kara, which are replying vigorously.” A despatch from Erzcroum says:—“Mukhtar Pacha’s headquarters will be removed hither. This does not signlly a retreat but will redress @ fault as Erzeroum ts the point of junction of all the Armenian roads and is the only place trom which operations can be directed.” It is stated in Constantinople that Mukhtar Pacha is marching upon Ardaban, the Rossians are rapidly advancing against Erzeroum, Advices from Erzeroum state that the Turks aro concentrating in the neighborhood of Olt. Russian scouts have approached Olti, A telegram from St, Petersburg says intelligence has been received from Kara-Kilisa that the, Turks, having received considerable reinforcements, intend assuining the offensive, @ A despatch from Berlin states that the Russian main army jo Asia which took Ardahan is 70,000 strong. A portion of this force baving since been detached Batoum is pow seriously imperilled. THE OUTLOOK ON THE DANUBE, A Bucharest correspondent says present indications strengthon the conclusfon that no important events will occur on the Danube until the whole front line is in position on the bank of the river. A strong corps will bo formed on the extreme right composed of tho Roumanian army apd @ division or two of Russians, This force will move up the Turkish side of tho Timok and surp the left flank of the Balkan line by ® movement on Sofia and Philippopolis. Such a flank attack would noi violate the promise not to enter Servian territory ané would unquestionably bring ® corps of 20,000 Serviant to assist it, A Russian corps crossing below Widdin would paralyze the Widdin garrison and leave tho Timok valley eolumn unopposed with a friendly country on its right from which to dfaw supplies, The question whether the Roumantap army will cross the Danube, as advocatea by the war party, is now seriously embarrassing the Row manian goveroment, and it is impossible to foresee the Cabinet's decision, The Austrian government has in- formed the Roumantan Ministers that it feels a frindly ‘nterest in the new State, and as Roumanis has now attained her independence Austria cannot see why she should cross the Danube in search of anything else, THE INDEPENDENCE OF ROUMANIA. A Vienna despatch says there is not much probas bility that any of the great Powers will raise ob Jections to Roumania’s declaration of independence, though possibly they may abstain from recognizing It till the goneral settloment at the conclusion of the war. It is stated that tho Roumanian government will shortly issue forced legal tender Treasury noted for $0,000,000, Advices from Posth report. that Row- while and up the Jersey Highlands to Greenwood Lakv, aud thence into the Warwick Valley, or toward Greenwood, of the powers at Washington, the tradition where the Hudson Hills iead to Weat Point, manta’s reply to Count Andrassy’s note respecting free navigation of the Danube was unsatisfactory. The Austrian government replied in energetic terms that eer