The New York Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1877, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD , BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Thee cents ‘ver copy ibunday excluded), Ten dollars per , Or at rate of one jar per mont a jess iSew Sis euthe, or five. dollars for six montie, Sunday editio: luded, tree of post: 5 “Ai buavneen news letvere or telegraphic despatches must Le addressed Bi RK HERALD. ‘Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be returned. —— + PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH EET, LONDON ‘OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— NO, 46 FLELT STREET, 3 VENUE DE L'OPERA. Subecri forwarded on thi AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE—EvANGELINE, BOWERY THEATRE-—Rovine Jack, GRAND OPERA HOUS! BOOTH'S THEATRE—B» COLUMBIA OPLRA HOU: TIVOLI THEATRE—Vanixty. TONY PASTOK'S—Vantertr. a 187 TRIPLE . WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, =— = — — NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. In future all advertisements presented for pub- Ucation after etght o'clock P. M, wilt be charged double rates, From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be cloudy and cooler, with heavy rain and brisk but variable winds. Watt Street Yesterpay.—The stock market was fairly active, and there was a slight rally in all the principal stocks. Gold opened at 10534, adyanced to 1057, and closed at the opening price, Government and railroad bonds were higher, the former being in good demand, Money on call was easy at 2 per cent, and at the tlose the rate declined to 1 2 1g per cent. Tue Brissvicie Swi. Mixx merchants are pot in a very blissful mood this morning. They were all arrested yesterday. Svnscrrrrions to the stock of the Cab Com- pany are rolling in. Ten shares were ordered yesterday by telegraph from Massachusetts. Sirtrxc But has become disgusted with the present administration and taken up his resi- dence in Canada. It is to be hoped he has gone to stay. Severan Excentent Succestions to the au- thorities and others upon whom the public are in a great measure dependent will be found in the “Complaint Book” this morning. A Decision involving the powers of the Health Department, and of considerable importance to the owners of property, was rendered in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday. Art Least one kidnapped child has been recov- ered. Last April a little girl disappeared in Philadelphia and a search in this and other cities resulted in failure. She was found yesterday in 8t. Louis. THIRTEEN Persons were killed by the tornado at Mount Carmel. There was one miraculous escape. A little boy who was carried over church steeples half a mile in the air lives to tell the story of his experience. Tne Masonic Graxp Lopce.—The Masonic Order, all over the country, will be interested in the proceedings of the annual meeting yesterday ofthe Grand Lodge of this State, which are elsewhere fully reported. Tur Poor Setters do not propose to surren- der to New ey law without a struggle. Yesterday their establishments were in full operation in Hudson county, which so provoked the judicial authorities that fresh warrants will be issued to-day for the arrest of all concerned. Tne Westcnester Potro Civup closed the amusements at Jerome Park yesterday after- soon. with half a dozen interesting games on the club grounds, The threatening weather pre- vented a very large attendance, but those who braved the elements were well rewarded for the risk they ran. Co.cector Artuur yesterday defended the management of the Custom House before tho tommission, replying particularly to the charges and criticisms of Mr. Barbour. In this way we can get at the real facts in the whole controversy and the government will be able to introduce re- forms where reforms are needed. Tne Jrnomy Park Racrs.—The attendance yesterday at Jerome Park was good aud the racing was splendid. The favorites won four times in five. Fugitive, the favorite in the first race, was an ensy winner, and in the second, for the Westchester Cup, Tom Ochiltree sustained his high reputation and carried off the prize, Tho Maryland Stakes went to Zoo Zoo. Shylock won the fourth and Trouble came off victor in the Grand National Steeplechase. Tne Friexps of the Molly Magmres who have been sentenced to death are endeavoring to secure a commutation of their sentences, The families of the doomed men are of course entitled to the sympathy of the public, but mercy to the men who have been guilty of so many horrible crimes is cruelty to those upon whom they and their associates have for so many years warred, The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons must act firmly and decisively. Our despatches this morning seem to indicate a disposition on their part to yicld to the pressure brought to bear on them in favor of the culprits. Tue Weatier.—The disturbances that have taken place in the regions west of the Alle- ghanies have produced a very general rainfall froin near the Western Gulf const to the Middle States and chiefly in the Ohio Valley. A distinct depression is now central in the Inet named dis- trict and is gradually moving northeastward toward New York and the New England States. Northward of Nova Scotia the depression of Monday has moved very slowly, with light winds and generally clear weather. Another depression is approaching the Upper Mississippi | Valley from Montana and Manitoba, attended by an area of decidedly high temperature. The Isotherm of 70 degrees curved southward yes- torday in the Mississippi Valley as far as Cairo, but trended northward sharply along the west- ern shore of Lake Michigan far beyond Fort Garry. A portion of Nova Scotia was also in- cluded within the area. The highest tempera- turo was in the Eastern Gulf and South Atlantic States. The weather in New York today will he cloudy and cooler, probably with heavy rain and brisk but variable winds. NEW YORK HERALD, WED: The New Policy Toward Mexia. The vigorous measures for pursuing the Mexican marauders across the border, ad- vised by Secretary Evarts and adopted by President Hayes and his Cabinet, is assailed by some of the democratic organs as an alarming violation of the constitution. There are two questions to be considered — one, whether the policy of Mr. Evarts is proper and justifiable in itself, and the other whether, supposing it to be a correct mode of proceeding on the part of our gov- ernment, the President has a right to exe- cute it without specific action by Con- gress. As the assaults on this policy have thus far been directed, not against the right of our government to adopt this mode of redress, but against the right of the President to act without a new and express sanction by Congress, we will discuss this point first. Prima facie, there is a strong presumption that the policy in question is legal, in the fact that it was advised by so eminent a lawyer as Mr. Evarts. The pursuit of trespassers beyond our frontier without express authorization by Congress is certainly not without precedent. There is in our history one very memorable and conspicuous instance. We refer to the pursuit of the Seminole Indians across the Florida line by General Jackson when Florida still belonged to Spain. That was done without the previous consent of Congress by an administration of remarkable caution and ability. Mr. Monroe, who was then Presi- dent, was one of the most scrupulous re- specters of the constitution that has ever filled that office, John Quincy Adams, his Secretary of State, brought as much learn- ing to such questions as any of his pred- ecessors or successors, and almost every member of that Cabinet was a man of mark. It was with the unanimous consent of that Cabinet that General Jackson was ordered to pursue the troublesome Indians across the frontier into territory belonging to Sain. The Seminoles had their home in Spanish, as the cattle raiders have theirs in Mexican territory. They made incursions for rob- bery and murder as the Mexican bandits do now. Spain was under an obligation to restrain them, and neglected to fulfil the ob- ligation, as Mexico is bound and fails to re- strain her marauders. President Monroe did then, with the full consent of his Cabi- net, precisely what President Hayes, with the unanimous support of his official ad- visers, has now determined to do. If the constitution was not violated by the policy advised by John Quincy Adams it is just as little violated by the policy advised by Sec- retary Evarts. Precisely the same objections were raised then as are paraded now, and they were urged with great vehemence. ‘Then, as now, the point of the accusation was that the President had usurped the war power which belongs to Congress. It was main- tained that to violate the territory of another nation is an act ot war which the President cannot authorize without a plain infringe- ment of the constitution. The subject was taken up in Congress ina fiercely aggressive spirit. Resolutions of censure were intro- duced, and, after a heated debate of more than three weeks, the administration and General Jackson were sustained by a large majority, although Mr. Clay and many other able men spoke on the side of the assail- ants. The defenders of the administration main- tained that to chase the Indian marauders across the boundary was not an act of war. To be sure, the President cannot employ troops for any purpose without authorization by Congress ; but there isa standing law which empowers him to use troops to repel invasions and every hostile incursion into our terrivory is an invasion. The Supreme Court has decided that ‘‘the President is the exclusive and final jndge whether the ex- igency contemplated has arisen” ‘(Martin vs. Mott, 12 Wheaton, 19). ‘The President has therefore complete legal authority to employ troops against hostile incur- sions into our territory. The statute is not limited to incursions directed by a foreign government. Its language is, ‘‘Whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any for- eign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be law- ful for the President of the United States,” &c. It was the intent of this statute to en- able the President to employ troops in a recess of Congress or at any time to give full security to people residing on our frontiers against perils to their safety. And our highest judicial tribunal has decided that the President fs the final and exclusive judge of such exigencies. To pursue marauders across the border and punish them in foreign territory is not an act of war. President Monroe, in his Message to Congress explaining the order to General Jackson, said :—‘‘The right of self- defence never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and individuals ; and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power its obligation is not the less strong.” ‘In pursuing these savages to a line in the woods it would have been the height of folly to have suffered that line to protect them,” “The power of Spain had ceased to exist over the territory and protection was sought under her title by those who had committed on our citizens hostilities which she was bound by treaty to have prevented, but had not power to prevent.” ‘To have stopped at that line would have given new encour- agement to these savages.” ‘In authorizing Major General Jackson to enter Florida in pursuit of the Seminoles care was taken not to encroach on the rights of Spain.” It is obvious that these quotations are as perti- nent to the present question as they were to the crossing of the Florida frontier by the troops of General Jackson. Secretary Evarts has merely adopted a policy toward Mexico which his predecessor, Secretary Fish, foreshadowed in advance, Anybody who will take the trouble to look through the volumes of Mr. Fish’s diplo- matic correspondence will see how constant a topic were the troubles on the Rio Grande border. He incessantly called on the gov- ernment of Mexico to do its duty and stop these raids, The reply was that if a Mex- ican force were sent to the Rio Grande the soldiers would all desert. Mr. Fish then proposed a convention with Mexico by which she should consent to the crossing of our troops to capture and punish the marauders, The Mexican government replied that it could not make such a treaty without the consent of its Congress, and that the measure would be too unpopular to have any chance of success. Mr, Fish thereupon gave a significant intimation that unless the thiev- ing, murders and arson were stopped the United States would cross the river and punish the criminals without Mexican con- sent, The imbecility of Mexico in restrain- ing her own citizens constantly tended to this vigorous solution, and Mr. Evarts has wisely judged that the time for trifling is past. The new administration agrees with him, and the necessary military order has been issued. There is no intention to seize a part of her territory, no design against her authority and independence, but only a determination to protect our own citizens. We have gone beyond the point at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue, and can no longer permit Mexico to keep a door open for trespassers upon our rights to escape justice, In our pursuit of robbers and murderers we shall not trouble tho innocent, and the moment our troops suc- ceed in punishing a marauding party they will forthwith retire within our frontier and leave Mexico unmolested until a new raid oceurs. All proceedings of this kind will end as soon as Mexico makes up her mind to do her duty and relieve us of this annoyance. . The War News. The report of the battle at Malajat is one of tlie stories that if it were confounded with recent war stories generally would have to await confirmation before being fully accepted ; but it is worthy of note that reports which tell of crushing defeats of the Turks by the Montenegrins are nearly always true. Rumor seems to trouble her- self very little with that remote district, and only the naked report of hard facts is ever heard. In this story there is the usual absence of particulars. But the Montene- grins in the mountains facing the forces coming down from Mostar perhaps found their rear menaced by a Turkish column from Novi-Bazar. Turning upon this it ap- pears likely that they surprised its march. From the extent of the Turkish loss the. column must have been roughly handled. On the other hand, Sulieman Pacha claims to have inflicted a sharp defeat on the Monte- negrins and occupied several of their posi- tions. We would attach some credit to this news, but we have not forgotten the story about the recapture of Ardahan. Our despatch from Rustchuk indicates that views of the difficulty of bridging the river have not been exaggerated. At that point the river is two thousand yards wide, but artillery in the Turkish batteries on the hills behind Rustchuk can send to the bot- tom the pontoon boats of the Russians at Giurgevo, on tho opposite side of the stream. These batteries cennot be less than a thousand yards from the Rustchuk bank, and are thus three thousand yards, or a trifle short of two miles distant from the boats they damage. This is very good practice, certainly, on the part of the Otto- man gunners. These shots may very likely turn out as noteworthy accidents as the one by which the Russian gunners sent a bomb- shell down a monitor’s funnel. The arrival of the Czar at Ploejesti is now anxiously awaited, and extraordinary pre- cautions continue to be taken to insure his safety while travelling on the Roumanian railroads. When the ruler of “all the Russias” takes command of his army we may look for exciting news from the Valley of the Danube. It is evident from the tone of the London Times on Turkey's chances that the possi- bility of English intervention is now very remote. Indeed, the appearances indicate that Englishmen have made up their minds that the ‘‘Sick Man” is at last in a very bad way, and they want to know What is in his will and, above all, to get the custom of his heirs and successors in the estate, The Western Tornado, At 3:25 P. M. on Monday tho thriving town of Mount Carmel, IIl., was full of bustle, and its inhabitants and visitors had no thought but of selling and buy- ing or transacting the other business which occupied their attention at the time. At 3:35 P. M. Mount Carmel was in ruins, Fierce flames, fanned by the howling winds, were devouring the wreck of stores, dwell- ings, schoolhouses and churches, and the streets were strewn with dead and wounded. A tornado had struck the town within the ten minutes and worked all this ruin and death in its midst. Such a sudden and awful calamity has seldom visited any part of this country, and finds a parallel only in the instances where violent earthquakes have in a moment destroyed cities in South or Central America. Although the catastrophe at Mount Carmel, a full account of which is given to-day in our special despatches, was as unexpected as it was dreadful, the cause which produced it was not so. At least the readers of the Hxratp had repented warnings of its approach. On the 29th of May the indications of the development of tornadoes in the West became so strong that we predicted that “local disturbances may be expected in the central districts and the West during the next few days.” On the 30th we again called attention to these dangers. Again on the 81st we specified the district in which they would probably occur. On June 1 and 2 our warnings were repeated even more emphatically, because the indications be- came stronger that violent tornadoes would pass over the region referred to, Hence it is probable that the very sufferers from this fearful tempest had read the Henauv's announcement and commented on it. Now, we do not refer to this for the purpose of claiming credit for a pre- diction fulfilled, but to show that threat- ened districts can be warned of the ap- proach of danger. It is as easy as necessary to warn an inland town as it isa seaport of the approach of storms. We therefore sug- gest to the Signal Service Bureau that this be done for the future, A storm signal hoisted where all can see it will be as im- portant to the farmer and business man as been in this latest instance we do not see why warnings should not be telegraphed at once to the threatened points. The Enemies of Rapid Transit. The enemies of rapid transit are the ene- mies of New York. Who are they? Mr. Purdy, member of the Legislature from Westchester, speke out last night at the rapid transit meeting. He asserted that of the twenty-one members of the lower house from the city of New York only four, Messrs. Ecclesine, Mitchell, O'Hare and Langbein favored rapid transit; and, he added, the city had not one friend among its Senators. Mr. Ecclesine con- firmed this statement in general terms. Here, then, is matter for the consideration of the people of New York. The measure which they have most at heart, which is most vi- tally necessary to the city's growth and prosperity, which is needed to give to the families of the workingmen comfortable and healthful homes, this measure found but four friends among the twenty-one persons elected to represent and care for the inter- ests of the city in the Assembly and not one among the five Senators. The meeting last night was called to hear from members of the Legislature what were the impediments placed in the way of rapid transit in the last Legislature. Well, if the people of New York want to know, they need only read the reports of the speeches. The enemies of rapid transit—the enemies of New York therefore—included seventeen members of the Assembly from the city, and all its Senators; and standing behind these, according to the testimony of Messrs. Ecclesine and Purdy and Judge Fithian, the horse railroad corporations, and the steam railroad companies which run into thecity. ‘WhenI saw,” said Mr. Ecclesine, ‘‘well known Albany corruption- ists, known to be inthe service of the horse carcompanies, daily and hourly in conference with certain members, dining them, sitting by them, and sending them notes, and when I saw these men afterward voting against measures intended to further rapid transit’”—well, Mr. Ecclesine remarks, he drew his own inferenc®. Mr. Purdy’s testi- mony and Judge Fithian’s was to the same effect. If, therefore, it is true, as Mr. O’Conor wrote, that rapid transit ‘will give health- fal and pléasant homes in rural territory to toiling thousands, and greatly diminish in- temperance and vice,” we know whom to blame, and whom to hold accountable, that these blessings are denied to our laboring population—the horse car corporations and the recreant Senators and Assemblymen. If it is true, as Alderman Cowing said, that if we had had rapid transit ten years ago we should now have two hundred thou- sand people who have. left the city in dis- gust, we know whom to hold responsible for this loss—the horse car corporations and seventeen Assemblymen who were false to the intorests of the people who elected them. If it is trae, as Mr. S. E. Chnrch said, that the want of rapid transit costs New York thirty-five millions of dollars a year, in loss of time, while statistics show that New York has gained less in population in the last ten years than any other city in the United States, we now know who has brought upon us these losses—the horse car corporations. While New York has gained but eighty per cent Jersey City has gained 477 per cent in population. There are fifty thousand vacant lots in the city above Fifty-fifth street, and ten miles of vacant water front, For lack of rapid transit the prosperity of New York has been seriously checked and its growth has been brought almost to a stop. It is useful to know who is responsi- ble for these things. The meeting last night was large and en- thusiastic. The resolutions adopted give due credit to the few members of the Legis- lature who were faithful to the city’s imter- ests. We wish they had also named those who were false to them. A committee of fifteen citizens was appointed to watch rapid transit affairs, and to call future meetings of citizens if necessary. We hope every one will read the remarks of Messrs. Purdy and Ecclesine and of Judge Fithian. What they said deserves the careful atten- tion of every inhabitant of New York. General Grant’s Reception. General Grant seems to have seen all that is distinguished in London last night at Mr. Pierrepont’s. All the Cabinet, except Lord Beaconsfield, who is ill ; all the diplomatic corps; all the notables of Parliament, in- eluding Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright ; many literary lions and a large number of noblemen were present. And yet, the report says, there were nearly as many Americans as Englishmen. General Grant shook hands with every- body. He has done a good deal of hand- shaking in the last eight or nine years, and has several times been lamed by the pro- longed torture, which he probably thought he had escaped when he left the White House. He may as well resign himself to his fate and shake hands all over Europe, only to begin over again when he gets back home. Fourth of July in the Boara of Aldermen. The presentation of a memorial from the underwriters against the use of fireworks on the Fourth of July flung the Board of Aldermen into hysterics yesterday. Mat- ters could not have gone much worse with the venerable City Fathers if the boys had invaded their room and fired off rockets, crackers, squibs, snakes, chasers and dou- ble-headers there and then. We present our condolence to Alderman Cowing—his eloquence might have prevailed had he not been bottled up by points of order. But after all some good came out of the confusion, for it was discovered that there is already an ordinance prohibiting the firing of almost every known kind of pyro- technic weapon at any time within the city limits. As with the tramps so with the fireworks—there is no need of o new law. All that is required is to enforce one that has been on the books for the last thirteen years. The ordinance re- lating to fireworks will be found elsewhere. It was passed December 24, 1864, and it pro- to the sea-going mariner. When the evi- dences of danger are so plain as they have hits the firing of rockets, crackers, torpe- docs and squibs within the city limits, un- NESDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. der a penalty of five dollars for every offence; and the selling or firing of “snakes,” ‘‘chasers” and ‘‘double-headers,” under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offence, We should like to hear what the Mayor and the police have to say about this ordinance, A delegation of fireworks manu- facturers yesterday waited on the Mayor to protest against the passage of an ordinance prohibiting the use of their wares. We are not without sympathy for these gentlemen ; but after all the safety of the city also needs to be looked after, and as we have a prohibi- tory ordinance the question is now not as to the enacting of a new one, but as to the enforcement of a law already on the books. Getting Rid of Rubbish. The bill providing for the sale of the lateral canals, which was left in the Gov- ernor’s hands at the close of the legislative sessioh, has received the executive approval and is now alaw. Under its provisions the useless Crooked Lake Canalis to be aban- doned at once, although, as no provision was made by the Legislature for its main- tenance this year, it would have been practically abandoned without the law. The Chemung Canal is to be abandoned at the close of the present season of navigation ; the Chenango Canal extension on the Ist of May next, which makes the present season its last, and the Genesee Valley Canal is to be disposed of on or after September 30, 1878. The law makes, perhaps, too liberal reservations in the case of reservoirs and feeders and carefully protects local inter- ests ; but its main object, the release of the State from a heavy and objectless burden, makes it acceptable with all its imperfec- tions. Some apprehension has been ex- pressed that the delay in the abandonment and disposal of some of these useless canals may afford the next Legislature the oppor- tunity to further postpone the operation of the law; but os Governor Robinson re- mains in office three years it is not at all probable that an attempt to cling any longer to the condemned laterals would be success- ful. The State may now be regarded as well rid of those unprofitable works. A Chance for the Hack Drivers. Mr. Kavanagh, who has been active in promoting the enterprise of the Metropol- itan Cheap Cab Company, and who speaks for the English stockholders, says in a let- ter tothe Herazp published to-day, ‘Let me for once and all say that I am very de- sirous of having the present hackmen not only as drivers but as shareholders, so that our patrons may receive more civility and attention, and that the drivers of the cabs may have a personal interest in the welfare of the company.” As Mr. Kavanagh repre- sents a large amount of stock it will be the fault of the present hack drivers if they fail to enter into the new project and to reap their share of the profits it is certain to realize. They should learn by experience the wisdom of abandoning opposition to this improvement and enlisting in its sup- port. The horse car companies have lost their chance of reaping the advantages of rapid transit. Instead of fighting that great public necessity they should have used their position and wealth to become its champions and owners. They should have sympathized with and aided the people, in- stead of opposing their interests and en- deavoring to impose upon them at every turn. When labor-saving machines were first introduced farm laborers were ready to destroy them by violence; but they soon found that their work was lightened and that they were enabled to make more money than they did before the introduction of machinery. Both rapid transit and cheap cabs are inevitable. The horse car compa- nies’ opposition will be swept away by the former, just as the opposition of stage lines was swept away by the horse railroads. If the hack drivers avail themselves of the chance now open.to them and become in- terested in the cheap cab movement they will progress with the times and reap with others the advantages of the new and prom- ising enterprise. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Jeff Davis is poor, General Sherman bas gone to Harrisburg. 8. B, Mills will summer at Greenwood Lake, Theodore Tilton has just come out of tho Yosemite, Carpenter is painting Anna Dickinson as Anne Boleyn. Vice President Wheeler will summer inthe White Mountains, Colonel Fitzhugh wonders why it is that old Grant is getting all the dinners. Camden Post:—'*Wo can’t all bo born in Ohio, but we can cuss those who are,”” Senator Conkling’s recent investment in Washing- ton roul estate was $206,000, ACansda woman cut her throat with a chip, and so had the dead wood on herself. The Philadelphia Times mourns because the Mor- mons did not kill Elijah Perkins, Tne Grand Duke Nicholas says he shortly hopes to have a b’czar in Constantinople. Bunting js fashionable; and if you want to getgrnar. ried and bay a baby bunting, you may. Senator Jomes G. Blaine, of Maine, arrived from West Point yesterday at the Filth Avenue. General Nathbaniol P. Bauks, of Massachusetts, was at the Windsor yesterday on bis way to Washington. R. M. Pulsifer, proprietor of Boston Herald, is on his way home from an extended tor of the Wost, The Venus of Milo having had her arms restored to ber can now scratch matches, as she seems inclined to do, We daily receive many items {rom outsiders for the P. nd desire to say that most of them are even worse than those printed in the column, Evening Telegram:—'' Riverton, N. J., nas had a sen. sation in the birth of a four-leggod chicken. Sox tists are going down thore to seo if it isn’t a now style ‘of mozquito.’” Danbury News :—“If the salt in the ocean should bo spread over the Jand it would cover it to tho dopth of 900 feet, but it would kill business, So it is just as well, perhaps, to leave it where it ts.”” A Southern negro on the scaffold for outrage and murder said, “1 tell youl am with my Jesus. Don't do as I havo done; bat, if you do, put faith in the Lora; He is merciful and will forgive, Till now Ho bas made my yoke easy.” Boston Commercial Builetin:—“A young gentieman who ventured West in the prevailing fashion of neck. ‘wear was iinmediatoly utilized by the thrifty gran gers, who smeured his lofty shirt collar with coal tar and set him up as a grasshoppor trap.”” The Russian Duke, at Paterson, yesterday morning, wag talking with Jackson about the beauties of Amor- fea, Said Jackson, **Whon I went to Skat les across the Shawangunck Mountains, | came back by the way of Chautauqua, Conshohocken, Susquehanna, Wissa- hikon apd Cattaraugus, but 1 found no scenery pret. tier than that around Pascack, Pequanac, Hackensack, Sucasunna, Packanack, Wagaraw, Hopatcong and Acquackanonk.”” The Pussian looked in amazement atthe attercr of these simple words, gasped ‘‘vitch,”” and died calmly, THE WAR. Arrival of the Czar at the Russian Headquarters. TRACKED BY FATE OR FANATICISM The European Powers Asked to Watch the Fight. GETTING READY TO CROSS. Shelling of a Russian Pon+ toon Party. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpoy, June 6, 1877. Tho Hznaxy correspondent at Vienna tele graphs that the Czar left Jassy yesterday afternoon for Ploejesti. In order to guard against any attempt on His Majesty's life during the journey safety trains were run before and behind the imperial train, These precautions were rendered necessary by the existence of a conspiracy to wreck the imperial train on its passage to Ploe- jesti. A later despatch announces the Czar’s arrival at the Russian headquarters about midnight. TRAIN WRECKERS. Thé numerous accidents which have oc curréd on the Roumanian railways, since the advance of the Russian forces began, are supposed to have been the work of the conspirators. ALL WILL BE S2TTLED. On next Thurdday a grand council of war will be held, when the future plan of action will be decided on. All the Grand Dukes will participate in the proceedings of the council, and it is confidently expected that an immediate forward movement will be de» cided on. COME, LOOK AT US, The Emperor of Russia has decided on inviting all the foreign Powers to send di- plomatic representatives to the Russian headquarters so that they can keep them- selves thoroughly posted on the progress of events. SHREWDNESS OF THE CZAR. By this arrangement the Ozar will be kept informed of every change of sentiment in the European governments, and will bt able to feel the political pulse of Europe as the war proceeds. During the stay of the Czar at Bucharest a state of siege will be pro- claimed, the better to enable the authorities to deal with any conspiracy simed at the life of His Imperial Majesty. FATALISM OR FACT. From the constant precautions taken to ward offan unseen danger it is evident the Russian authorities are in possession of reliable information in reference to the con- spiracy against the Czor's life, which is said to be of socialistic origin. IN DISFAVOR. Prince Milan, of Servia, is not looked on with much favor at the Russian head- quarters and will not visit the Emperor Alexander. He will remain at Belgrade, but will probably send some of his Minis: ters to pay his respects to the Czar at Ploe- jesti. BEGINNING OF THE HOT WEATRER, The weather in Roumania has turned very hot and is having a very bad influence on the health of the Kussian troops. This bad effect is especially noticeable among the troops camped in the swampy lands on the banks of the Danube. Sickness begins to prevail to an alarming extent and unless the Russians can soon succeed in crossing the river to the healthier southern bank the hospitals will be crowded. THE SINEWS OF WAR WANTING. The great difficulty with which Russia will have to grapple in this war is the want of money. The Russian finances are in a very embarrassed condition, and for the last fortnight the troops have not received their extra war pay, at which there is con) siderable dissatisfaction among the soldierr GETTING INTO DEBT. Already the difficulty of meeting the wa expenses is proving a heavy drain on th Russian resources, and there seems to be inability to meet engagements promptlr. The payment to the Roumanian railwa/s for the transportation of men and material has fallen into arrears, and some twee million francs are now due without mub prospect of being paid. JEALOUSY AMONG THE CHIEFS, Disagreements have arisen between te Grand Duke and General Niecfojschetky which have rendered it necessary for jhe Czar to assume the suprome command. THE MOUCHARDS. The arrival of a number of the Russan secret police at Bucharest is announed This is probably merely a reinforcement TURKISH COUNCIL OF WAR. From Pera the Henatp corresponent telegraphs that a council of war was (eld on Monday at the Serakierate, at whiclithe Sultan presided. MUZZLING THE PRESS. The Minister of War has issued ordes to the local journals forbiding them topub-