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4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. 3 3 SCRiBERS,--In order to insure atten- flon subscribers wishing their address changed must givo old xs well as their new address. ‘All business, news letters or telegraphic despatches mast tere and serge ould be rly sealed. al prope! communications will not be returned. ——__>-__—— rus? Hla OFFICE—NO, 112 SOUTH SIXTH 2ONDO! OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HBRALD— NO, 46 FLEET STREET. ZAR OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. APLEK OFFICK—NO, 7 STRATA PACE. 8 and advortisements will bo received end ‘on the same terms sein New Tork. (Soeesee VOLUME XLII...--- ateressseerersereeNO, 907 oe AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. GRAND OPERA ROUSE—Uncis Tox’s Castn, BOWERY THEATRE—An Six. NIBLO'S GARDEN—Massanierio. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE—Exciren Oran, PARK THEATRE-—Crusnsp Txaceptan. SING Stam BAGLE THEATRE—Mertamona. GERMANIA THEATRE—Eisx Kxsorvre Frav. THBATRE FRANCAIS—Arnierio Exexciszs. GILMORE’S GARDEN—LoNpoN Crgcus AND Muwacurre. BTRINWAY HALL—! Tuomas’ Concert, EGYPTIAN HALL—Va AMERICAN INSTITUT! THE NEW AMERICAN MU COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE—Va NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1877, Important Notice To ADVERTISERS.—To fnsure the proper classification of advertisements tt is absolutely necessary that they be handed in before eight o'clock every evening. _ From our reports tus morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be colder and clear, or partly cloudy, with northwesterly winds. Watt Srreer Yesrerpay.—The stock mar- ket was very dull, and there was nothing of any interest to record. Gold was quoted at 1025, all day. Government bonds were strong, States steady and railroads irregular. Money on call was quoted at 5 a7 per cent, with the highest rates after three P. M. Tuzre Wit. Be a Meerine of the Queens county hounds at Hempstead at one o'clock to- day. Owixe To THE Storm the races which were to have taken place at Jerome Park to-day have been postponed until next week. Brooxiry’s Savines Bank deposits and de Positors have increased as compared with a year ago. Tho aggregate deposits amount to over fifty million dollars. veh Beanie ean al Tne Leapive Bustness Fines of the city are responding generously to the appeal of the Seventh regiment for their new armory. All ought to be represented on the roll of honor. A Trio or Brokers from this city-—Leigh- ton, Bernard and Potter—undertook to teach San Francisco some lessons in stock jobbing, and have been locked up for their trouble. A Cotorep Lawrex has created a sensation n Georgia by applying for admission to prac- tice. What a godsend it will bo for the anti- administration republicans if some stupid judge rejects him. Tue Boxts in which the silk smugglers did their illegitimate business are to be put in evi- dence, The jury would probably be better pleased if counsel would put in the silk and allow each man to help himself. ° A Cirr Jupaz, has decided that it is not nine o'clock until the clock has ceased to strike, and issued a mandamus to compel the registration of a voter who was remorselessly cut off by the registers at the first stroke of the bell. Dom Pepro is credited in Brazil with an in. tention to reform the whole administration of the Empire, and all the rings and combinations are, of course, alarmed. Brazil, it seems, needs reform as sadly as somo other places. Connecticut is wisely trying to send some of her best men to the State Legislature. Lafay- ette S. Foster, formerly United States Senator, President of the Senate after Mr. Lincoln’s assas- sination, has been nominated for the Assembly. Ir Is To Be Horxp some arrangement will be made between the cigar manufacturers and their employés by which the latter will not be driven from their homes and tho suffering ooca- sioned by the strike immeasurably increased. The differences between the contestants ought to be compromised as soon as possible. Tne Saors’ Boanpixe House KEErers are gencrously arranging for a reduction of sailors’ wages. Without discussing the merits of the question, what have these harpies to do with the business? A large number of them live by cheating the unfortunate men who fall into their hands. Why do they not reduce their outrageous prices for board } Mr. Joux Kewsy’s letter to Mr. 8. D. Bab- eock on the city finances will be read with in- terest. The principal new point in it is that of tho claims against the city, amounting to about twolve millions of dollars, it will not be com- pelled to pay more than one-fourth, which would leave the debt, less the sinking fund, con- siderably below one hundred millions, Barrery C of the United States Third or tillery have nearly finished their overland march from the mining regions to this city, being now in the vicinity of Elizabeth, N.J. The com pany had to pay as they went, particularly in Pennsylvania, where vouchers on the paymaster were politely declined, the preference being given to the greenback or the dollar of their fathors. Tus New Portcy of the State Department in compelling our consuls to send reports in re- gard to the commerce und trade of their respco- tive stations has been the means of communi- cating some valuable information to the busi- ess public through the columus of the press. The report from Leeds, presented this morning, | to Congress can possibly puss withont dome fs exccodingly suggestive. English manutac- turers, it appears, aro beginning to give up the idea of competition with the United States, aud doubt that even free trade would =| Yevive their declining trade, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Changing Political the United States Senate, Accidental events as well as the progress of public sentiment favor the democratic party. The death of Senator Morton dimin- ishes the slender {nd waning republican majority in the Senate, and his democratic successor will be an addition to the strength of the other side, Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, who is under indictment for felony, is likely to lose his seat by expulsion, and his successor will be a democrat, Senator Davis, of Illinois, who attended the Senatorial caucus of neither party, will prob- ably act with the democrats in questions where they have right and justice clearly on thoirside. Ifthe democratic claimants from Louisiana and South Carolina are admitted to seats the long republican ascendancy in the Senate is gone and the democratic party will have a majority in both branches of Congress. It is certain enough that the democrats will control the Senate during the last two years of President Hayes’ term, and there seems almost an even chance that they may gain this advantage in the Forty- fifth Congress, This possible change in the party composition of the Senate is of 80 much interest that it may be worth while to look into it The following classified list contains the names of all Senators entitled to seats on the day of Mr. Morton’s death, with ghe single omission of Senator Davis, of Illinois, whose independent position does not permit him to be arrayed on either side :— Republicans, Democrats. ALLIBON, lowa, aRusTn0xo, MO, Astaony, RL Batury, Teaa, Buaing, Mo, Barnum, Cona, Boorn, Cal. Bararo, Del, Bruen, Misa, Brow, Ky. Borxaipr, BL, CockRst, Mo, Cammnon, Pa Cons, Texas, Cauxnox, Wig, Davis, W. Va Carrer, Col, * — Dewsia, Md. Eatos, Conn, Curistiascy, Mich, Gana, Arke Coxx1axa, N. ¥, Covoven, Fla, Gorposx, Ga. Dawns, Moss, Grover, Oregon, Donsry, Ark. Harris, Tono. Kpuvunps, Vt. Hensvonp, W. Va Ferrr, Mich, Hits, Ga Hamu, Me. Jonxstos, Va Hoar, Mass, Joxna, Fin, Hown, Wis, Kerxas, N, Y¥. Inoatus, Kansas, Laman, Miss, doxgs, Nev, McCreser, K; Kintwoop, lowa, NeDoxarp, 1 Martrurws, Onio. SicPHeRson, Maxey, Texas, MoMrutax, Minn. Menrimoy, N. 0, Mitrcus.., Oregon, Morriut, Vt. Morcay, Ala, Morton, Ind, Raxvourn, N. J. Oauxssr, TIL Raxsom, ©. G. Pappocx, Neb, *Saunseury, Del, Patrnnsox, SC, . Tuvrman, Obto Pion, Kansas, Wannace, Pi Rouwins, N. H, Wuyts, ald, Saroxst, Cal. Wirasrs, Va—33, Saoxnens, Nel Snarox, Nev. Srxxcer, Ala, ‘Teiuxr, Col. Wanuxiot, N. H. Wrxpom, Mino,—30 By the death of Senator Morton and the certainty that the Governor of Indiana will appoint a democratiosuccessor this slender republican majority of six is reduced to four, and to three as often as Judge Davis votes on the democratic side, If Patterson, of South Carolina, should be expelled tho republicans will have only a majority of two on critical occasions and of only one after Patterson’s democratic successor is seated. With Sharon, of Nevada, absent, as he feels at liberty to be o great part of the time, the republican majority would be annihilated as soon as Patterson is re- placed by a democrat, and the Senate would be brought to a tie on politi- eal questions. But a tie would not destréy republican control, since the Vice President, who is a republican, has a cast- ing vote whenever the Senate is equally divided. But it must be remembered that there are three vacant seats, and that the filling of these may reduce the republicans to an absolute minority, when the casting vote of the Vice President cannot help them. Loyisinna is not represented in the Senate at oll, and South Carolina has but one Senator. These three seats beléng, of right, to the democrats, and if the demo- cratic claimants are admitted the repub- lican majority in the Senate is hopelessly gone for the whole of Mr. Hayes’ term. If the republican Senators are unscrupu- lous enough they may perhaps maintain their ascendancy during the Forty-fifth Con- gress by admitting Kellogg from Louisiana andjkeeping the other unfilled seats vacant, But this would be a hazardous experiment. Judge Davis would certainly vote against them in any attempt to perpetrate a mani- fest injustice, and perhaps also two or three republican Senators who strongly approve of President Hayes’ Southern policy. Ifthe President was right in recognizing the democratic State governments in Louisiana and South Carolina the democratic Senators from those States ought to be admitted. It is only necessary that two republican Sena- tors—say Mr. Christiancy and Stanley Matthews—should vote with Judgo Da- vis and the democrats in filling the contested sents to establish a clear democratic ascendancy in the Senate, Tho foregone certainty that the democrats are to control the Senate during the Inst half of Mr. Hayes’ term tends to discourage unscrupulous party zeal, and it is quite possible that tho filling of tho vacant seats may reduce the republicans toa minority in the present Senate. When their very slender majority can be maintained only by a reckless partisanship which overrides justice, and may be lost in any event by the refusal of barely two republican Senators to go all lengths, the party is practically bankrupt in the Senate of the United States, If. merchant were reduced to such an ex- tremity his credit would be ruined, This narrow and vanishing republican majority in the Senate is a great political \ fact which President Hayes cannot pru- dently ignore, The usefulness of his nd- ministration depends upon a rensonable support by Congress. He is in a very dif. ferent position from that in which General Gront stood during tho first six years of his administration when he had strong repub- lican majorities in both houses. Beyond the mere routine of executive duties President Hayes can do little for tho advantage of, the country without the permission of his — politicni oppo- nents, During the last half of his term certainly, and for the first half possibly, he will have to depend on democratic votes to get his appointments confirmed, and no public measures which hoe may recommend ocratic approval. If, therefore, he desires to promote the public wogl he must aban. don Complexion of | not clearly for the public advantage, and by adopting this simple rule he may win ap- proval for a useful and perhaps even a brilliant administration. As he is pledged against seeking or accepting a second term he has no strong personal motive to sway him from a course diotated by high patriot- ism, and if he recognizes the opportunities put in his way by this unique situation he may leave our public affirs in a far better condition than that in which he found them. It is too evident that President Hayes’ political party cannot help him, If he ex- pects much of it he will lean upon a broken reed, For the last half of his term it will have no power in either branch of Congress, and even for the first half it is powerless in the House and fatally crippled in the e. This state of things opens a grand opportunity to the Prosident if he is saga- cious enough, has moral elevation enough, and political courage enough to improve it for the benefit of the country. He can do what none of his recent predecessors have had any possibility of accomplishing. He can emancipate himself from all party tics, can rise superior to all narrow partisan views, and give us, for once in this generation, an administration conducted with an eye single to the public good. A successful partisan administration would be quite out of his reach even if he pos- sessed the vigor of the late Senator Morton combined with the political tact of Senator Blaine. There isan insuperable barrier to his success as a party chief in the great and growing democratic. strength in Congress. There is but one successful course open to President Hayes, and that lies in the direc- tion of reforming the abuses which have grown up during three gonerations of party control of the government. A sublime and beneficent mission if the President could be brought to see it! Asa party President Mr. Hayes’ hands are complotely tied ; but os a President of the people, seeking only their advantage and appealing only to their candor, honesty and intelligence for support, he has an opportunity to dis- tinguish his administration from those of our long line of party Presidents, who have been constrained by personal ambition or party necessities to do things which the judgment of impartial men could not sanc- tion, President Hayes is morally and po- litically free, and since his own party is powerless to help him and the democratic opposition shows no disposition to thwart him he may leave a great mark on our public life if he rises to the full height of his op- portunities, , The French Compromise. The Cabinet compromise may now be looked on,as assured, since the present Ministry will cease to hold office on Tues- day next, the day before the opening of the new Chamber. The question, therefore, «which will overshadow in immediate in- terest the local elections of to-morrow is, What will the new Ministry be? It will probably be the outcome of a temporary fusion for certain purposes of the republi- cans and the royalists, and will be aimed at nullifying the gain of the imperialists. The loss to the republicans in the lato elections was, for the greatet part, Bona- partist gain. MacMahon has apparently discovered what cuckoo eggs the government had been hatching in the shape of Bonapart- ist candidates, They threatened, indeed, to turn all the other birds of the Marshalate out of the nest and keep possession them- selves, Indeed, to hold his place secure, the Marshal will not be averse to such a union as has already been indicated. Doubtless he is becoming satisfied that the coup of the 16th May was in vain. No satire that any repub- lican could pen upon that dangerous piece of business could equal that seen in the fact of all the Orleanists and most of the legiti- mists taking fright at the prospect of meet- ing some hundred and ten Bonapartists on their own side of the Assembly. Yet the Marshal and his Ministers only reap what they have sown. The canvass on the gov- ernment side was one in which a promium was put upon insincerity. All they asked for in government candidates was a nominal devotion to the most shadowy kind of conservatism, coupled with a hearty dislike of republican ideas, Naturally, the light-fingered gentry who flourished under the Empire were prompt in fulfilling these easy conditions for government support, and their politi- cal dexterity soon enabled them, with the aid of their old colaborer, M. de Four- tou, to elbow a great number of the royalist applicants out of the field. Once nomi- nated, they applied the government ma- chinery to the suppression of republican sontiment with a skill which other conserva- tives of cleancr antecedents could not hope to imitate, This is the history of the Bona- partist gain. Tho sonts gained by the legitimists were won through the hold of the old noble families upon rural dis- tricts, where also the clergy rotained their power. But it was seen on every side that the Republic was invincible, With all this coming more or less clearly before the Marshal’s mind we shall not be surprised to see him view with favor a movement to forma new Ministry repre- senting republican thought through such moderate men as M. Grévy, but tohed down by the moderate conservatism of such men as the Duke d’Andiffret-Pasquier. The new Cabinet may not, therefore, be strongly republican asa whole, but it will not be reactionary, and abovo all it will be anti-Bonapartist. So far it will be o élear gain to France. What Grant Says. In our despatches will be found an ex- pression from General Grant of warm eulogy upon the character, capacity and public services of Senator Morton. Not less than this earnest and sincere declara- tion was to be expected from the ex-Presi- dent for one of his resolute supporters, since it could not be believed that a change of skies would chango that spirit of tena- cious regard for adherents and friends, still less qualify his admiration for a man of em- inent patriotic services, Another expres- sion is coupled with this, in which General Grant does jnstice to himself by the denial of an aspersion first printed in tho gossip every thought of being o party Prosi- | of a London newspapor. It was reported dent, He gust attempt nothing which is | that he had spoken to some acquaintance in an English club words in disparagement of the character of the late Mr. Vanderbilt, and of his son Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, At the time this story was current we expressed our doubts of its truth, We did not believe that General Grant had spoken words that could only have been inspired by a spirit of vulgar gossip spiced with ill nature, and we are glad to be able on the authority of the General himself to nail this invention. Philadelphia to the Rescue. By the news from Washington it appears that some Pennsylvanians there have ‘‘ex- pressed the wish” that Senator Usmeron may “lay aside all personal feeling, and, for the honor of the State of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia in particular, move in the Senate that Mr, Welsh be confirmed.” To request this of Senator Cameron is, of course, to request it of Simop, since the place in the Senate is a family property, held in trust only by the occupier of the seat. Philadelphia requests of Simon Cameron— First, that he should “lay aside all per- sonal feeling.” In plainer terms, that he should cease to be himself and become some other man, Next, that he should do this for the honor. of the State of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia. Can any man give any reason why the Camerons should thus honor that State and city? What has Penn- sylvania or Philadelphia ever done for them? They hove gained all their successes in despite of both. But the last request is even more prepos- terous, It is that the Olan Cameron should “move in the Senate that Mr. Welsh be con- firmed.” Softly, friends, In your Quaker way and with your watery, milky, magnesia-like notions, you have quite overlooked the fact that there is a great deal of human nature in some men, and that Simon is one of them, Request that he shall go in drab and talk small to a triumphant rival! You seem not to know him. The lion, dying, throsteth forth send heh And wounds the earth, if nothing clse, with rage To be o’erpowered; and will he, pupil-like, Take bis correction mildly, kiss the rod, And fawn on rago with base humility? Not much. Philadelphia may be sure that Simon will not take any humility or peace principles in his, He will fight. In the Church Congress yesterday Mr. Welsh spoke onthe subject of charity, and played into Simon's hands thereby almost as clearly as he might if he had written o book. He said:—‘* The State in its broadest and highest sense is but an organized charity.” Now that is just what the Com- munists say. Is Mr. Welsh of that school in politics? Let the Camerons inquire. A Remarkable Storm. The cyclonic disturbance which passed over the country yésterday must be re- garded as one of the most remarkable that have been recorded for some years. It rarely happens that o storm can travel over fifteen hundred miles in twenty- four hours, or an average of sixty-eight miles an hour. But this storm has moved at that rate of progress since Thursday evening. During its course eastward it has undergone several changes of a peculiar nature, When its approach from the east- wand side of the Rocky Mountains was first indicated it presented itself in the form of an elongated barometric trough, which extended north and south from Manitoba to the State of Texas. This condition be- came clearly defined as the depression approached the Mississippi Valley, and in the forenoon of November 1 the storm began to be attended by general rains. The area of precipitation had extended on Thursday evening from Dakota to Louisiana, with snow in the former district and os far east- ward as the Middle Ohio Valley. On Thurs- day night the trough became compressed, so to speak, by the dense atmosphere behind it, and the trough grew narrower at the southern extremity until that portion of it was filled up, leaving the northern end as an irregular depression extending from the Ohio Valley northwestward to Lake Superior. Heavy rains still attended the storm which was now assuming the character of a true cyclone. On yester- day morning the centre of disturbance hnd moved northeastward into the lower lake region, still preserving its elongated form and _ direction from southeast to northwest, and being attended by very heavy rains and gales, The area of precipitation extended from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic and from the Gulf to Dakota. Yesterday afternoon about three. o'clock, the contre of the storm in the St. Lawrence Valley passed the merid- ian of New York city, and the local wind suddonly shifted to the westward, with a considerable increase of velocity. The observations made during the progress of the storm aro exceedingly interesting, as published in our columns to-day, It will bo noticed that the pressure de- creased to a remarkable degree in the vicinity of the storm centre and rose again quite rapidly bohind the storm. The damage caused by the gales has been very great, and it is to be feared many shipping disasters will be recorded. Re- ports from various points are given elae- whore, At present the wenthor is clenr- ing westward of the Alleghanies, ex- copt in the lake region, the highest pressure being in tho West and Southwest, As the movement of tho storm centro is northeastward, and therefore from us, the weather in New York and its vicinity to-lay will be colder and clear or partly cloudy, with northwesterly winds. Boucicault on Comey, Mr. Boucicault, we are happy to say, and ne our readers will see by his communica- tion, acknowledges the justice of our several observations on the great topic of comedy. He accepts as the best thus far given our elementary definition of acomedy as madeup of » French play and a pair of scissors, and proceeds thereupon to tell us what comedy was in the ages of the other great drama- tists—his predgeessors, This carries us o few steps nearer to the solution of the great doubt by clearing und defining the field be- fore us. It gives us somo light on the truo divisions to be observed as great realities in the history of the stage for the purposes of this debate or literary joust, There is first the period distinguished and illustrated by the labors of Boucicault; thereis the period of Molidrd and thero is the period which, for want of a worthier name, is classed as the period of Shakespeare. In these three stages of its history comedy is itself the same. There is no difference save in their origin between the comedies of Shakespeare, of Molidrd and of Boucicault, Against this broad inference we would our- selves protest as an outrage to the genius of Boucicault; but it is his classification, not ours; and if man will be thus modest and commit a kind of intellectual suicide—if he will throw up the sponge—who can restrain him? As this theory runs, although there is no difference in the nature or essential attributes of comedy in the three great periods of its history, there is s difference that has relation to ita origin. The come dies of these great authors differ only as to the languages from which they are traus- lated. In the age of Molidre all comedies were tran: d from the Spanish. Shake- apeare's comedies were translated from the Italian and Boucicault’s comedies are trans- lated from the French, Mr. Boucicault Sriticises our definition as not coextensive with the subject, because it does not notice this feature of the variety of language; but itshould be observed that wo dealt with comedy only as exhibited in the grandest of these three periods—the stage of its evolu- tion from the French. Our author, in recognizing the propriety of our demand for an authority to deter- mine the great point, proposes that the case shall be judged by the Harvard professor of English literature. That seems to ignore the Italian, Spanish and French aspects of the case. But why not have ao first class tribunal? Would it not be well to add professors from Yale and Columbia—sny the chairs of English literature, belles-letires or modern languages? In case these profes- sors should decline to serve we suggest that the Electoral Commission might be revived for the occasion, as the members are still all alive, save one. They know what a comedy is, Charles Sumner’s Life and Letters, “The Life and Letters of Charles Sum- ner,” by Mr. Edward L. Pioroe, the friend of the deceased statesman, is one of the most valuable and interesting books of American biography ever published, and will take its place side by side with the “Life, Letters and Journals” of George Ticknor, In other columns will be found 8 long review of the work in question, and we are certain our readers will thank us for the glimpse we give them of the rioh lite- rary treasures between the covers of Mr. Pierce's two handsome volumes. Mr. Sum- ner’s biography is of exceeding interest, for the reason that, in addition to being one of our foremost statesmen, most cultured of scholars and greatest of orators, his inter- course with the leading men of his time in Europe, and especially in England, was closer and more intimate than that of any living or dead American, His opportuni- ties in this respect were extraordinary, and they were improved by him as few men could have improved them. To enumerate the list of distinguished ~men and women ho knew would be simply to“call over the names of all who were illus- trious in literature, statemanship, science, art, the law and the Church in England thirty years ago, which was perhaps the most brilliant period in English literary history. Like himself a large number of the men with whom he lived on terms of the nearest intimacy are dead, while some of them, Carlyle and Lord Houghton, for instance, are still living. The principal value of Mr. Sumner’s literary remains lies perhaps in the record of the impressions made on him by these distinguished scholars and statesmen. Of all the Amori- can statesmen of the last quarter of a cen- tury his circle was the widest os his scholar- ship and attainments were the brondest and most complete, Lincoln, Chase, Seward, all filled as large a part of the public eye in ourown country ashe did, but noone of them was so well known abroad by those who are worth knowing, and to whom to be known means something. Until the work that has been done for Mr. Sumner shall have been done for the late Mr, Motley no American biography will surpass in interest that of Mr. Sumner. Congress Yesterday. Mr. Ewing mado another effort yesterday to send up his silver inflation balloon in the House, but it was held down by the guys and stays of parliamentary rules, and after floundering around for a short time it was carted off into the committee room for re- pairs, The performance of Mr, Ewing is becoming really amusing. He has been placed in a vory ridiculous position, ond there is no way in which he can extricate himself from it, He has pledged himself to make his balloon go up or burst, but it will not do cither the one or the other, It he would only turn it over to some one else ho would beall right, but there is noone magnanimous or gen- erous enough to take it, and tho prospects aro now that it will romain on his hands for weoks and weeks, andit may be to the end of the session, Outside of this balloon busi- ness thore was nothing of importance in Congress. Mr. Atkins reported the Army Appropriation bill, which amounts to a lit tle over twenty-five million dollars, Mr. Morton's death was announced in both branches and committees appointed to at- tend the funeral. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mince ple 18 cut in princesse style The Turk never hums; ho sings by tho bushel. That noble oll Roman punch, Zocb Chandler, now has & Siamese newspaper. The reason Nowton Booth nover married ts because ho does not believe in whipping childrev, tu ‘The Czar Is afraid that the Danube will freeze ovor 80 that he cannot pick water lilies any moro, Sclover is wiking Pacific Ruliroad to a Sonate com- mittee, His plan is said to hang by the collar. President Hayes isa Solomon, He tells the repub lican mothers to take each her halt of the baby. Three pairs of English pheasants have been put on Goat Island, San Francisco Bay, for propagation, The Boston poets are discussing “What Is tho best uso for a Woman’s mouth?” Silence, young men. Right Hon, Hugh C, &. Childers, M.P, of England, arrived at the Brevoort House yesterday from Vana The Danbury man, who waves oxtrava hy advii you to buy awhite whale for your girl for Christmas, Mutton ts nover of bottor flavor than it Is in Novem- bor, when it may be caten with late frosh green beans and white turnips, FRANCE. The De Broglie Ministry Offers Its Resignation ALL DOUBT AND UNCERTAINTY. Will ‘MacMahon Yield or Will There Be a Coup d’Etat? Grant Denies the Statement that He Has Disparaged Vanderbilt. GRIEF FOR MORTON'S DEATH. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD) Panis, Nov. 3, 1877. General Grant continnes to occupy a large share of public attention here not withstanding the gravity of the political crisis. The fact that heis an ex-President of a Republic which has existed for a huny dred years is used by the republicans as a crushing answer to the monarchists, wha claim that there cannot possibly be any stepility in the republican form of govern. ment, and this, coupled with his celebrity as commander of the Union army, makes him ‘‘the.observed of all observers” in the republican capital of France just now. GRANT AND VANDERBILT, In on interview with General Grant yoss terday the conversation turned on an intere view published in the London World, and copied into the Hzraxp, in which the Gens eral is represented as casting reflections om Mr. Vanderbilt. He requested your cor respondent to state that the interview pub. lished by the World is absolutely false, and that he has never givon expression to the statements contained therein, MISREPRESENTED BY AN INTERVIEWER. General Grant was very indignant at this misrepresentation and gave expression to his feelings in very strong language. He said he had never made use of an expression in any way disparaging to Mr, Vanderbilt” to any person connected with the London World, or to any one else. On tho contrary, he hnd ever entertained feelings of respect and friendship for the Vander- bilts, father and son, and had invariably expressed himsolf to that effect whenever he had occasion to say anything of them, THE HERALD'S VIEW CORRECT. He also referred to the Henaup’s editorial on the gubject, and expressed his satise faction that the World's pretended intere view was discredited. se. GRIEVED AT MORTON'S DEATH, The General expressed deep feeling at the sad news of Senator Morton’s death. He said that Mr. Morton was one of the wore thiest and most illustrious Amoricans of ree cent times, and spoke in terms of the high- . est praise of the energy, activity and ability he displayed during the country's trials, But for Mr. Morton’s ill health, he said, he would have appointed him Chief Justice after Mr. Conkling had declined the ap- pointment. ° GRANT VISITS THE PARISIAN CEMETERIES, In the course of the day General Grant drove out to see the cemeteries, and spent some time examining them. He was greatly struck with the exquisite taste displayed in decorating the graves, and yesterday being the ‘Jour des Morts,” had an opportunity of secing the Parisians in one of their best moods, LE JOUR DES MonTS. On that day business and politics aro fore gotten and thousands of citizens, clad in holiday attire, throng the cemeteries to strew flowers on the graves of departed rela~ tives ond friends. The heart of many @ rabid foe of ‘‘clericalism,” too, is softened on that day, and heartfelt prayers are offered for the souls of the ‘‘faithful” dead ones. THE FRENCH MINISTRY RESIGNED. A great sensation has been produced in conservative circles hero by the announca- ment that the Do Broglie Ministry has at last resigned, Tho air has been thick with all kinds of vague rumors for somo days past and the public mind has beon strained to a high degree. WHAT NEXT? It is delieved in well informed circles that the resignation is only intended to tako effect on Tuesday, the day preceding the meeting of tho Chamber. All is now confusion and uncortainty. The conserva tives are literally at sea, and no one knows what may happen next. DECISION OF THE LEFT. During 8 dinner at the house of Emile do Girardin the other evening when the principal members of the Left, who are in the habit of meeting there, were present, a decision was unanimously arrived at on the point that the Left would not make any concession to Marshal MacMahon. That if he refused to tho submit to the will of the people, as already expressed, the repub+ lican Deputies themsclyos would make an appeal to the nation to depose the Marshal, TUE MARSHAL'S POLICY, In the course of a conversation subse auently with one of the rinainel: