The New York Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1877, Page 10

10 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Pelee Ce oe taal! WEEKLY HERALD.—One dollar per year, tree of post: “orice TO SURBSCRIBERS,—In order to insure atteu- tion subs ers wishing their address changed must give @ikeir old IL as their uew address. All news letters or telegraphic despatches must beu New Yous Hexato. ould be properly sealed. Letters and pack axe us will not be returned, Rejected communi ae PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH BTRERT i LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD~ NO, 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE LiOPERA. NAPLES OF FIO ). T STRATA PACE, Subscriptions vertisements will be Jorwarded on the samo terms asin New York, NIBLO’S GARDEN. FIFTH AVENURB THE. PARK THEATRE-C: THEATRE COMIQU UNION SQUARE THEATR NEW YORK AQUARI EAGLE THEATRE—Jal INK DOMINOS. Tux Ocrores. y Buaxcux. RCUS AND MENAGERIE, WALLACK BOOTH'S THEATRE— BROADWAY THEA GRAND OPERA {10 WOOD'S THEA TONY PASTOR SAN FRANCISCO M EGYPTIAN HALL—Va! AMERICAN INS THE > RY AND MacHanics, M—Cuniosinicn DU BRYANT'S OPERA TIVOLI THEATRE—Va DLYMPIC THEATRE—Vaniery, QUINTUPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, § Important Norice to Apbvertisers.—To insure the proper classification of advertisements it is absolutely necessary that they be handed in before eight o'clock every evening. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vieinity fo-day will be cold and clear or partly cloudy, followed by risin lemperalu WALL SrrREET YEsTERDA he stock mar- ket was very dull, hardly any business being done. Gold was steady at 1025g, Govern- ment bonds were steady, States irregular and railroads strong. on call was easy at 6 a7 per cent, low as 3 per cent. JupGu Kyarp, of Hudson county, seems de- termined that the Jersey pool sellers shall not escape if he can help it. He yesterday directed the Grand Jtry to indict thei if possible. In tHe Panis 1 where printed, a view of the gay capital is given which will be of interest not only to those who have never visited the city but also to those who are so fortunate as to ha n there. erat of the late Henry Meiggs in sof the most imposing character. His ugh all the ptions are on r his remains. South American States, and subse foot to raise a monunent ov mony with the Missionary Society of the same Chureh and ends a wrangle which has existed In the change the Ritualists | k, in Indian missionary for , tells in other columns the of seven of our principal Indian the last thirty crimson stor ge experience with the Indians and his close observations of border life for so many years give a peculiar value to his opinions on this intricate and vexatious question. Tur Great Race between Ten Broeck and Parole will come off on Tuesday, unless the vather should again render postponement a eu legal holiday, and thousands of persons will) therefore, have an ppportunity of being present who could not i Being election day the poli- bly be kept at home, but they will not be missed. Tose oy Our Reapens who may be think- mg of following the interesting business of tam- Ing tigers and other wild animals as a profession will do well to read the expe re elsewhere printed of a gentleman who has followed that delightful pursuit for several years and who cherishes the pleasing expectation that some day he will make square meal for the lion and a dessert for the cameleopard, Tue Letrer of our Madric presents a rather unple in the Spanish capital. officials have not been paid the newspaper that dares tell th ed, An effort, however, is be! correspondent truth is sup- made by some reforms, and jarge number of nseless officials have been dismissed, Madrid, like Washington, is made up almost entirely of government people. Tue Crimtmsan Recorp is pretty full this morning. In the vicinity of Troy, in this State, an inhuman mother attempted to drown her four children and then herself; Henry Skinner, bbed his s i, seventeen years of age; ert has been indicted in Hudson county, for the attempted mur- der of his wife; in Maryland a negro has been couvieted of wife mu and three or four other pe s of manslaughter. The minor offences i usual, 18 HUMETOL Tue Weaturn.—Yesterday afternoon the storm which moved so rapidly over the lake had reached Newfoundland Chet ishiid and the awrence River. It en- lantic with a decided loss of and a diminution of the attendant It is thle that during its y reas across the occun it will further decrea. foree until it ne European coast, whe local intiuences combine to rec into a storm eat violence. It will | undoubtedly de: to Central and South- eastern irope juay exercise a marked inflnence on the operations in the Danube Valley. We offer this gentle hint to the be erents. Following th: 1 a great ai of high pressure is advan the westward. Its castward progress i re decided on the southern than on the northern side. Conse- quently, all the regious southward of the Jakes fair, cool weather prevails. Over the Jake district and Canada the pressure is still Jow Wut rising. There are indications of the advance of a slight dep m from Montana, attended by verylow temperature. The weather in New York and ita vicinity to-day will be cold NEW YORK The City Election. The local election this year difiers in one noteworthy particular from all others in re- cent years wherein a formidable opposition has been arrayed against Tammany. The difference to which we refer consists in the lack in this election of a warm personal in- terest in some representative candidate whose name is a popular rallying ery and who symbolizes the spirit of the canvass. It was thus that ‘Miles O'Reilly” was a name of power against ‘'ammany when that popular favorite was elected Register ; it was thus that two years ago the city canvass turned on Recorder Hackett, and Tammany got a Waterloo defeat by the enthusiasm of the people to vindicate and uphold that excellent magis- trate whom Tammany, in. its wanton arro- gance, thought itself strong enough to crush, But in this election there is no representative candidate who gives unity to the canvass and inspires it with enthusiasm by his strong hold on popular admiration. Judge Brady might have been such a candi- date had he been opposed, but having re- ceived the nomination of both sides his name has no more significance in the can- yass than if he had been unanimously re- elected last year, his continuance on the bench he adorns being precisely as secure as if the votes for him had already been cast and counted. His oxtraordinary popu- larity is not an element of the canvass and there is no candidate on either side running against a competitor who stirs public feel- ing widely on merely personal grounds. In this canvass thero is but one issue and that is merely political. The turning point of the election is simply the success or defeat of Tammany. Neither the Tam- many men nor the anti-Tammany men have any personal enthusiasm for their candi- dates. Tammany has generally succeeded when its opponents were not fortunate in having some potent popular name to aid them in infusing spirit into the’ election. The want of such a name is their weak point in this canvass. The prominent representative name in this election is John Morrissey. We do not dispute the great favor with which he is regarded by his own clique, but he is hardly the type of man to be the vic- torious standard bearer on the side whose main strength consists in the republican vote of the city. Without the unbroken support of the city republicans the coalition against Tammany has no chance ; but John Morrissey, who is the soul of the movement, is not a man whom republicans can support with any heartiness. In good truth he is a very nauseous pill for them to swallow, in spite of all the anti-‘Tammany sugar with which he may be coated. Morrissey has been too roundly and sincerely decried by all the republican journals of the city for the last ten yoars to make it a very promis- ing experiment for these same journals, which have so persistently denounced and execrated him, to make a sudden somer- sault and support him asa leading represent- ative of reform. Their readers are more likely to be disgusted than persuaded, when these journals offer to drink and invite others to drink as a health-giving beverage what they have so often spewed out as dirty water. They have, no doubt, been unjust to Mr. Morrissey in their persistent aspersions of former years, but they have made too deep and abiding an impression to exert any in- fluence now as champions of a man who has so long been the butt of their scoffing derision and loathing denunciations, It will strike everybody that « coalition against Tammany in which Morrissey is the central figure stands on a different footing from the coalition of two years ago, when Re- corder Hackett was the central figure, and from the previous coalition, when Charles G. Halpine was the central figure. No republican felt any qualms voting for Recorder Hackett; he is an up- right magistrate who does not meddle in party politics and who has rendered life and property in this city more secure by the righteous sentences which have made him “ terror to evil doers.” No republican felt any qualms in voting for “Miles O'Reilly,” democrat though he was; for his patriotic zeal during the war and his popu- lar songs and satires in support ofthe Union cause made him even a greater favorite with the republicans than he was in his own party. But what possible hold has Mor- rissey on the sympathies or the admiration of republicans? What appeal cana manof his history and pursuits make to the gener- ous sentiments of political opponents? The republicans of this city will bein no hurry to march behind the banner of John Mor. rissey; they cannot feel pride and recognize the virtues and the genial qual- with such becoming zeal and warmth in the cases of Recorder Hackett and General Halpine. Other popular names on the anti-Tam- many side in this election there are none. Andrew H. Green is, indeed, as well known as Morrissey, and he is quite as bitter and determined an opponent of Tammany. But he is popularly regarded as an uncomforta- ble and obstructive man, and whatever may be thought of his former merits as a public officer his brusque manners have prevented his gaining any hold on the masses. He has never before run for an elective office, and we doubt if the result of this first experi- ment will encourage him to submit his claims again toa popular vote. Should he be elected as one of the Aldermen-at-Large he will try to be chosen president of the body, which would inuke him a member of the Board of Apportionment and Mayor pro tempore in certain contingencies. A man of Mr, Green's standing would not wish to be a mere Alderman with no other power than a single vote, which might always be over- ruled by the majority. What he is really running for isa place in the Board of Ap- portionment, he hopes to make himself conspicuous by persistently fight- ing the Comptroller, We do not believe that a majority of our citizens desire to see Mr. Green in that position. Distasteful as Mr. Kelly is as a politician there is no reasonable fault to be found with his conduct as an officer. It would be a misfortune to 80 obstructive and truculent a man as Mr, Green in the where have and clear or partly eloudy, followed by rising teusverature, Board of Apportionment, ready to flght the Comptroller on every petty and every im- in, ities of « democrat in his case as they did | HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1877—-QUINTUPLE SHEET, portant point, and to bring the city govern- ment to a deadlock whenever he could. We do not expect his election, for the mode of voting makes the republicans certain of two of the six Aldermen-at-Large, and tho strength of Tammany rendering it doubtful whether they can get more, Mr, Groen’s name will be widely scratched in order to secure the election of the republicans on the coalition ticket. After Morrissey and Green, neither of whom can excite any republican enthusi- asm, there are no prominent names in the anti-Tammany combination. For the Reg- istership, which is the most important and lucrative city office to be filled, the coalition presents the name of a Mr. Hess, for no reason discoverable by the public beyond the fact that he is a citi- zen of German birth. The Irish vote of the city being so much larger than the German vote a candidate whose claims rest on a mere distinction of race cannot be deemed to have a very hopeful prospect. The du- ties of the Register do not connect him in any way with party politics, and citizens who care nothing for these ridiculous ques- tions of race will prefer for that oflice a man whom they know and who has been tried in public stations toa man of whom they know nothing beyond the fact that he has been nominated for no other reason than a hope that he may capture a por- tion of the German vote. Judge Loew, who is running against this Mr. Hess, is a citizen who has been tried and approved in a responsible position. While he was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas this community had opportunities to observe and estimate him, and, so far us we have ever heard, he won universal respect. We know that he is highly esteemed by the legal profes- sion, and the fact that during this rather virulent canvass no word has been uttered against him by his political opponents isa pretty strong presumption that political malice has been unable to detect any flaw in his character or find anything to cen- sure in his record. He cannot be offensive even to the Germans, and it must be the impartial judgment of other citizens that he isasafer and fitter candidate for Register than a man who has no special qualifica- tions for the office, and was nominated on mere grounds of race. We know nothing against Mr. Hess, but his misfortune is that the general public know so little in his favor. We conclude from this survey of prominent candidates that there is no nominee of the coalition who inspires sufti- cient popular enthusiasm to make his name of any great value in the canvass. The Russian Tide of Success. From the aspect of affairs around Plevna we may be certain that we shall not have long to wait for important news from that quarter. The capture of Dubnik and Telische, to the southwest of Plevna, and both on the direct road to Orchanie and Sofia, shows that the position of Ghazi Osman is practically invested on three sides. The Roumanian reconnoissance along the road to Rahova, to the northwest, shows that the allies are endeavoring to cut him off com- pletely from his supplies. The defeat of Ohevket Pacha in his attempt to retake Telische and his falling back upon a position not far north of Orchanie prove that the capacity of the Turks for feeding or helping Osman is at an end. He must help him- self. But how? In a very short time his food supplies must be eaten up, but he is hardly the man to wait for the impetus of hunger to put his troops in motion. It is now too late for him to retreat without a fight, but he might still, by a vigorous effort, cut his way to Wratza, on the west, and thence to Orchanie, or he might put all his eggs in one basket and boldly strike for Orchanie and Sofia direct. ‘here is a great difference between stopping supplies com- ing in and stopping Osman with one hun- dred thousand men coming out. Whatever his decision it must be quickly taken and acted on, for though he might withstand another assault upon the works he has so gallantly defended, empty stomachs would prove as bad as empty magazines. Whether the Russians contemplate another assault or not they certainly do not intend to let Osman get away. Out of the necessi- ties of the case, therefore, must shortly come an actin the wardrama greater than any that has preceded it. Silistria is almost invested and the troops of the Czarewitch are watching Suleiman at Rasgrad.. The fearful destructiveness of the war may be fairly gauged by the loss of life in the taking of Telische, when three thousand Russians were placed hors de combat, two hundred being officers, including every brigadier and colonel engaged. Ghazi Moukhtar in Armenia has gone further toward Erzeroum in order ‘‘to pre- pare his revenge” than he expected. He appears to have reached a strong position close to Erzeroum, but the Russians are in his front and on both flanks in force, We shall probably hear that they are keeping him busy. A Slip Between the Cup and the Lip. The politicians of Brooklyn have been sup- plied with an exciting topic of discussion to last them over Sunday. On Wednesday last the deadlock in the Board of Aldermen was broken by the sudden alliance with the re- publicans of an independent democrat, Al- derman Shannon, who held the balance of power between the otherwise equally bal- anced democratic and republican members of the Board, and the consequent confirma- tion of Mayor Schroeder's republican nomi- neos for heads of the several city depart- ments. The action of Alderman Shannon was, of course, highly praised by his new allies and as flercely denounced by his old political associates, Yesterday the Board of Aldermen met by appointment to complete the work commenced on the Wednesday previous by upproving the bonds ot the new officers, a proceeding necessary to en- able them to claim their offices, But, to the consternation of the republican mem- bers of the Board, Alderman Shannon re- fused to make his appearance to act with them in the confirmation of the bonds, and, as all the other democrats were absent, no quorum of the Board could be obtained. So the re- publican Aldermen sat disconsolately in their seats until assured of the fact that the grapes hanging so temptingly before their eyes could not be reached, and then went home in a condition of pitiable reaction, A Startling French Ministerial Pro- gramme. The conversation with the Duke de Brog- lie reported in our special cable despatch gives a rather unexpected view of the pros- pects on the French ministerial question. The assurance has been widely given that the Marshal holds the resignations of the entire Cabinet and has made overtures to M. Pouyer-Quoertier, a moderate conserva- tive, forthe formation of a Cabinet, This Cabinet, it has been asserted, would be made up from the Right Centre of the Sen- ateand the Left of the Assembly, and so be capable of commanding the support of both houses. De Broglie’s declaration that the present Cabinet will ask a prorogation of the Chamber for a fortnight, so that he and his friends might study up the chances of a conservative majority in the event of a second dissolution, if justified by events, will scatter the hopes of a peaceful solution tothe winds. We have no doubt that both to the Marshal and his Cabinet submission to the popular voice is excessively distaste- ful. Nevertheless, to govern the country in the teeth of the Chamber—and that is now talked of by the ministorialists—means o complete overthrow of the constitution, which was the Marshal's password during the late campaign. The Senate during the next fortnight is to be frightened, it appears,* by the statement that the first work of the republican Chamber would be the abolition of the Senate by a change of the constitu- tion. At the same time the Senators are to be tempted and flattered by articles in the Figaro showing that Bismarck ruled Prus- sia for four years without any popular chamber at all, Surely all this is sheer nonsense. Granting, for the sake of argu- ment, what is highly improbable—namely, that all the republican Deputies would ina joint session of the two houses vote for the abolition of the Senate, is there the slight- est chanco of any considerable number of the republican Senators yoting with them? Taking a leat from the book of Bismarch, particularly on the recommendation of the Figaro, is, we think, a little too com- ical: To do it at all needs a Bis- marck, and ‘such one we spy not through the host.” To come out of it successfully, something like Bismarck's crushing defeat of Austria would be needed. In what direction would the new Bismarck the Little look for a warpath out of his ab- solutism? At the first hint of such a policy Bismarck the Big would have a blood-and- iron word tosay. Inall this planning of shallow tricks there are signs of madness. They are the mouthings of despair. We have a strong hope that they will amount to sound and nothing more, and that the wise policy of compromise already announced will be pursued. The servant who has had “warning” is, we know, one of the beings most capable of ‘playing fantastic tricks before high Heaven.” Congress Yesterday, Everybody in the House of Reprosenta- tives yesterday seemed to be happy except Mr. Ewing, who vainly endeavored to get rid in some way of his anti-Resumption bill. Mr. Cox made one or two good natured and amusing points by declaring that there would have been no trouble at all if they had retained their old banking and currency chairman, and that the only way out of the difficulty now was through tho eleotion of a new Speaker and the appoint- ment of a new committee, which made everybody laugh except Mr. Buckner and Mr. Ewing, These gentlemen at once be- gan to explain that it was the opposition who did the whole thing—a fact which pretty nearly everybody knew who has paid the least attention to the subject. Mr. Kelley who, as may be supposed, takes a fatherly interest in the mens- ure, endeavored to oxtricate it from its unfortunate position by making it the special order next week and allowing time for its discussion ; but that required unani- mous consent, which was refused. Mr. Randall at last came to Mr. Ewing's relief, and pointed out to him the way out of the woods, which is to pass the Kelley resolu- tion on Monday under a suspension of the rules, Mr. Ewing and his elephant then disappeared. Bills looking to the remoneti- zation of silver and the coinage of the dol- lar of the fathers were introduced and re- ferred to the Committee on Coinage. An amendment to the constitution providing that the President shall be elected by a direct vote of the people was presented, but there need be no apprehension of its imme- diate passage. Assimilating Cavairy Tactics. The adoption of the breech-loader as the regulation arm for infantry has necessitated the modification of infantry tactics and formations, so as to develop to the highest degree the effectiveness of fire while reduc- ing to the lowest the exposure of the troops to the enemy’smusketry. Napoleon's favor- ite formations of dense masses of infantry and cavalry, whose weight and momentum so often proved irresistible, would now only entuil the destruction of an army employing them. A modern brigade, armed with breech-loaders and in single line, would envelop and annihilate tho famous. Old Guard as it stood on the field of Waterloo, Battles are now fought under conditions entirely different from those that prevailed even as late as the Crimean war, although during those years the Minie rifle had ren- dered the “Brown Bess” as obsolete as the crossbow. Asa result of the latest change to single rank formation in line of battle the manwuvring of troops has been very much simplified, and commanders, who formerly had to control the intricate movements of columns of masses, single lines in action or columns of fours on the march, Notwithstanding this improvement, forced by necessity in infantry tactics, those of cavalry have undergone no important change. Yet it has been apparent that an assimilation of the tactics of the latter arm to those of infantry is absolutely necessary, in order to increase at once the efficiency of cavalry and its safety under fire. Hence wo find General Sherman visiting West and Infantry now direct those of | Point yesterday to witness @ cavalry drill conducted in accordance with infantry com- mands, he propriety of this assimilation rests on the principle that, in essentials, the tactics of both arms on the field of. battle are similar, When tho battalion and the squadron are properly trained details disappear in their employment. Besides these consierations it is highly important in the emergencies created during a campaign that an officer of in- fantry or cavalry should find no difficulty in handling a squadron or a battalion as the case required. All our Indian fighting has been infantry work. Our cavalrymen dismount to assault the enemy in ravines and intrehchments. Therefore, as cavalry, they must be familiarized with the com- mands they wottli receive when acting as infantry, and the simplest way to do this is that now being’ tested at West ‘Point— namely, the assimilation of the tactics, " Si Chloroform and Burglary. Burglaries by’ ivasked robbers ‘Aré athong the sensations becoming too frequent to ad- mit of light treatment. It is to be expected that the science of theft will adopt all the latest discoveries in the prosecution of its operations. Hence when we learn that chloroform was so successfully adminis- tered to the members of a household near Newburg that the robbers had time not only to carry off all the silver and other portable valuables, but to eat a.deliberate menl in the house they were robbing, we may be more alarmed thanastonished. Their sense of security in sitting down to ‘eat, drink and be merry” was justified in the fact that not one of the fam- ily—three men and two women—who were as farmers early risors, awoke that morning until several hours after the usual time. To be sure the plan did not work in another household in the vicinity, but even there the thieves got away with some plun- der upon the inmates being aroused. The advantage which a cool-headed burglay in a room has over a man or woman just awaking from slumber is very great for the moment. He has made all his plans with a view to that contingency, and even those honest citizens whose houses most invite the burg- lar seldom make proper counter plans, The farmer has s shotgun somewhere and a revolver somewhere else, and he has a vague idea that he would shout for assistance while he was getting his weapons, but the criminal records of late years show that the expert burglar is beforehand with the citizen in preparations for keeping the latter quiet once an entry is made into a house. ‘This, too, without chloroform. The introduction of an element into burglaries which turns sleep into anmsthesia makes the burglar still more formidable. All this should quicken the perceptions of the law- abiding into taking measures for detecting the attempt to burglariously enter a house. There are many devices which would answer this purpose, and a little acuteness would make their application easy. The history of the discovery and killing of the two burglars, Mosher and Douglas, by the Vai Brunts is instructive on this point. They attempted to enter an empty house at Bay Ridge, but in doing so they set the burglar-alarm ringing in o house near by. The neighbors came out and the bur- glars were shot down like dogs, All the cunning of the burglar ends when he is faco to face with wide-awake Honesty armed with ashotgun. He must fight or run, and he generally runs. What Honesty therefore wants o’ nights is some warning that will give him time to prepare a dose of cold lead for his unbidden visitor, If Honesty has qualms about having burglars bleed to death on a new carpet let him make all the racket he can. Meanwhile we hope the good work which Inspector Murray did in the case of the Astoria masked burglars will be repeated in the case of the Newburg marauders, An Unnecessary Conflict of Juris- diction. i It is reported from Washington that a con- flict of jurisdiction is likely to arise between three committees of the House in regard to the right to investigate the Navy Depart- ment. The Committee on Expenditures of the Navy, of which Mr. Willis, of New York, is chairman ; the Committee on Naval Affairs, which has Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennes- see, at its head, and the Committee on Appropriations may all claim the privilege of making the investigation. Mr. Willis’ committee appears to have taken the lead, having notified Secretary Thomp- son of its purpose to make o thorough ex- amination of the accounts of the depart- ment under Secretary Robeson, and espe- cially into the transfer of funds appropri- ated for the pay of the navy into other channels. But Mr. Whitthorne’s committeo had several days ago voted to go into a similar examination, and as Mr. Willis is also a» member of the latter committce it looks as if he desired to steal a march on Mr. Whitthorne with the committee of which he is chairman, It will be o pity if such a conflict of jurisdiction as is fore. shadowed should really occur, especially as it is unnecessary, not required in the public interests, and may give rise to the suspicion which ever attaches to an overanxiety to control such an investigation. ‘It is pfoper that the Navy Department should be over- hauled, if only to put a stop to the scandals which have been circulated in regard to its past management. But one committee is enough for the business, and certainly there ought to be no indecent scramble over what must at best be an unpleasant task. Paipit Topics To-Day. Notwithstanding the absorption of public attention and thought at this time with po- litical questions almost without exception the pulpits of this city and vicinity will be occupied to-day with purely spiritual con- cerns. Dr. Fulton will make an exception in treating the death of Senator Morton ns a loss to the nation, as he must do politically, and Edith O'Gorman will sound a warning against the increase of Catholic power in America, But in the main our pastors will hold up the Cross and the truths thereby symbolized. Mr. McCarthy will fire a broadside at iconoclastic pulpits and prove that teaching is the main instrument in the success of religion. But this teaching must be about a living Christ, which Mr. Rowell will present, and the duty of following Him ‘ even into Gethsemane, as Mr. Hull will set it forth. The hidden springs of human action, even in a matter of doctrine, will be opened by Mr. Pullman, and a call to laborers will be made by Mr. Knapp—they must enter into a “strict communion” fold, however. Mr. Davis will soar into the ethereal, and peep into the Gehenna, to extract some practical lessons for his people from fallen angels, while the contrast between sceptie cism and soul saving will bo drawn by Dr, King. The word of liberalism will bo let loose by Professor Adler, and scenes in the life of Christ will be brought to view by Mr. Martyn. Mr. Hepworth has three ideals which he will present and then demonstrate that man cannot live by bread alone. Therule of the bramble bush, which Mr, Lloyd will discuss, may have a political bearing, but Christ's ‘‘touch me not” to Mary, after hig resurrection, cannot. Soul rest comes ta Mr, Johns,’ and: hé will explain ‘it to-day, while Mr, Hatfield brings invisible things to light and points out the dangers that surround young men in the present days, Dr. Armitage will consider Christ’s desire to eat the last passover with His disciples, Mr. Moment will exhibit a Pharisee and show that God has done all that He could do for His vineyard. Governor Robinson’s Proclamation Governor Robinson invites criticism when he calls the custom of designating a day of general thanksgiving a “hallowed” one; nevertheless his proclamation, issued in accordance with this custom, is well written and moderately brief, There seems to have been a fancy among the Governors for short proclamations this year, but that issued by Governor Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, has carried off the palm’ for brevity. It ‘cons tained less than fifty® words, or a lit more than five printed lines in “$* Henaup, and has been claimed as. the briefest on record. This is a ‘mistake, Governor Marcy having written one which read, “I hereby appoiat Thursday, the —- day of November, asa day of thanksgiving in this State.” Governor Robinson does well, however, to remind us that we have to be grateful for the maintenance of the public peace and of the supremacy of the law in the face of severe trials, and to bespeak a generous liberality toward the poor at this season. Itis tobe hoped that his words will not fall profitless, but that in our thankfulness for the blessings we enjoy we shall not be unmindful of those to whom the past year has been one of suffering and who now look forward with dread to the ap- proaching winter. Charity to the poor id thay best acknowledgment we can make to Prove idence for His bounty and mercy to oure selves. “After the Opera Is Over.” The Tweed examination has been dee cidedly*dull since the publication of the full confession of that interesting person, and not even the digression into the already much investigated management of the new State Capitol building has served to enliven the proceedings, But a scene occurred in the Aldermanic committee room yesterday which was not set down in the bills and which, if the report of an evening paper is reliable, was as characteristic as it was spicy. It is stated that at the conclusion of the examination, an unofficial conversation occurred between Tweed, the Albany wit- ness, Bridgeford, and Alderman Cowing, in the course of which the following remarks were made:— Mr. Bripcerorp—Why, Hamilton Harris !s ascouns’ drel, He borrowed money from me, and exen took part of my salary. Mr. Tweeo—You wore foolish to let him do it. Mr. Buipcerorv—Why, he would tell me he didn’t bave any money; and when that investigation was om he offered me $100,000 to help him out, ‘Alderman Cowixc—And you didn’t take it? Mr. Bripceronp—No, Mr, Tweeo—You werea damned fool Mr. Cowing’s question was natural enough since the witness Bridgeford has acknowle edged his own participation in all the rase calities he charges on the Capitol Commis- sion. But there is something refreshingly characteristic inthe emphatic exclamation of contempt uttered by Tweed for the man who refused to take an offer of one hundred thousand dollars to give such testimony ag the liberal proposer of the bribe required before an investigating committeo, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mr. Curtis is not a trimmer; he is an ahemer. A Frenohman praises Americans for carrying £0 lin Me baggage. ‘The Ohto towpaths aro lonely since s0 many consult were appointed. aiid Boarding house butter also has been advised to‘out off its mustaches. Mr. William Beach Lawrence, of Rhoae Island, is at the Hoffman House. William goats love red bill posters best. Yot even Homer Is said to have been color blind. In London cloth property taken trom convicts id hung up with bags of moth destroying powder. Those young ladies at church fuira who sell five conf pincusbions for 3 ought to be arrested tor robbing the males, “What,’’ asks the hilarious Carthage Gazelte, “can equal laughter ?’’ Stanley Matthews is about the thing we should say. - If General Butler should be acceptod by anybody we hope he will put at the bottom of the advortise: mont No spoons.’? Tho lack of a bar under the Senate will prevent @ great many men from visiting Washington this wine ter and asking tor **cold t General Willam T. Sherman and Colonei Joseph OC. Audenried, of the General's staff, arrived at tho Fifth Avenuo Hotel, last evening, from West Polo in Danbury the sign of aristocracy ts In eating with your fork, but, according to the News, It appears that some folks usoa butter knife only when they have company. Suspend a swoet potato in a jar of water go that hali the potato isin the water, It will sprout luxuriantly, and you may train tho vines about your windows during the wiuter. Worcester Press:—‘'Nine men out of ten, when you ruo against them in the dark, will say ‘Hello!’ the other one will matter tho frat syllable and leave you to complete the word,’? We confess to having called Vassar College (which is really a foe institution for young ladies) a sugar refinery, The Philadelphia Bulletin now explains toat ail tho girls answor tout suite! Mr. J. N. Matthews, for many years editor and haif- proprietor of the Buffalo Commercial, retires from bia place because he cannot agree with the republican party, Which is the republican party? A Maryland writer say: “The elf of summer, sec- ing her robe of flowors faulting dead beneath the biasts of sober autumn, gathered ber frost jewols about her and rode away to softer olimes,’’ Wo suppose sne rode-a-dendron, Friday, at noon, when Broadway noar the Astor House was crowded with geutlomon, two Turks drossed 1n their national coatume crossed to the west, At the same time two young ladies crossed through the mad to tho east toward the stroot cars, The Turks passed unnoticed