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Ac.mt?. _ iu MIVY _ CO. ?>HttAr.!?ATM A "RTTiA Qi'ALrnt atc."* ?upetloT to any Champ*-"** Imported Into thla conntry. a?noxr oiciia. _ ??le Arent In the I'nlted hUtee and Canaoaa. Isaac smith's WriaTBtlBBl 8U_ Vmbn Ua will be ?pprei la;.'. -?um..?'. i -. Hoi.tOAV i'KK.st NTS in oIbCBBI IfOBCBO?BUBI yip?i and Qloar holder* : a!?o fine Aniher OaaAl at pr.ri-? to etnt ibe tiinoa i.Mlim,^* Brooine nt, uuilrr Occidental ll< t... FOUNDED BY HORACEOREELEY. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1870. 77//; .YA M'S 7///.S- MOBNI1SG. Forkiov? The railway antlmriiipi ostimate |bt loos BJ IBA 1 Bf llridge accitlfiit ut st-vt nty-fivo lives. ? Prralta and liity insurvento of i. rank linvo Hurrendoritl in Cuba. ~- An ulUauca lotwcou the Cicrmau SH-utliato and Kurtsiau Nihiiista it aaid to have bet'n dn? tovertMl. - It i?T*port+><l that the Czar pn>p?isi s to hand OVBfl tBB mtorual attaint of ;ho country to Lin eldcut son. Di du Bl i< .? General Grunt u ns entertained at dinner in WaehtnoTou yesterday by Mr. Levi P. Mor? ton ? '1 lu re is soine alarm in Wanliinitton about ama'l-pox. Governor Garcojon, of M uru\ ii. feiuli il bis ronrso in i 8lh>e< li ut ltelfust : Mayor ) a-h, ot AlUBBta. hoa written Inm a letter, urtrinc that troops be not called to the Capital. The ... - i by the lire at Huston ure bow cntiniated at one million dollars. ?i? Mal? TmiAMiriT Wendell hat? naini'd his staff. ??? Mr. Huydi'ii lasBatoi aRain in his own defence yoo terday. - General Grant will not leave WbbV luirton till Friday. City am? Scbvrban.?rresid- nt Hnyeo iu a talk with a Tkiiu .nk reporter yesterday expressed the belief that ibero would be no violence in Maine. :? 1 ? Swindling firms in Wall Streef hare been expmid and their mail matter will be stopped.-1 J. Lloyd llnifli made an ae-is-iiiiii iit with liabilities of lK3Wi,O00.?=== The >iiil-.iiiur Fund Coiniui'i-.ioTiers adojitetl tlie Hpinola stoam-beatiUK acheino _____ William Howard was re-arrested, rrr? Bankers com? mented on the proposition to issue 31. per cent bonds.-Gold value of the legal-tender ailrer dollar |41_P| grain."*). hT.C'.I rtuti. Stocks active, rxi iti'd and higher, SliBlBfl buoyant. Ihr Wiathkr.?'Ibibcnk local oh*ei vat ions imli rate cooler, partly cloudy or clear weather. Tliei motneter ye?terday: Highest, 41J: lowest, D.">- ; average. Itr. _________________ There steins to be little expectation in Maine t'iat QoYCnMf Gaiielmi will Hiibinit the pKiposed <ju. /-tions to the Sitpieim- Com I. Is he rtaily t?> ussutue the heavy it'>pi?n>ibility which will rot upon the mini who defeBtl this pcMeM solution of a RTWYt dimcult.N T The fltst fears of the tlepree of loss sub tained by the Boston tire are, happily, not realized. It is now Mt__Mte4 that tins will not much exoeotl fl.OOOlOOO^ nnd both the hiiil<liii?a and stock- were well in siiie i. The details IBflftrtlf tho ll-TOi-BfCB. Low? vi r, have not all bOM ?BAefW_l Tkal qBosttoa i tatwail ? the BBthorahip of the Maine fr.niii is still lur from h? irnr BBttled. Genera! HuMer crii'ft out, while Mr. T illen remains silent, but it is only to deny that the fraud is Iii? ?ilfsprmi:. Solomon's t?m fails, Oft no doabl SokMBOB*! wisdom woultl, in the jireBfine ot the whole Maine business.* The leturns from the collections of Hospital Saturday und Sunday an- not vet OOBiploic. but the, total BOCBBI BMBflpTB, MpMhlly when it is coiisiib red that a Uvt?? proportion of the |(10.0CH1 so fur reporteil WBI <-ontributed in LauiUotiie .-.ums by indiviilu.il subscriptions. Judgment should not be passed, lioweve:, upon the succtiss of the effort until the result is fully known. _ The 7.e;d with which Conti oiler Kelly has pushed the Spinoltt scheme to tear up the atroeU for the benefit of u private company is not likely to add to his pofmbuity. As to Aldernian HoagbtBa'l ? n!i-imi nt under the Spiuola banner utter feftwlBf fought in the oppositi ui, there are ?huiMlcss rouviiii imr reasons for the change. wimm did a New York A!d?rman ever ?? over to the ttkm aide without convincing reasons f It appears that William HoWBrd, who was B-nsinl for buriflary ChristBU M0mtB? and whoBe pitiful Bt-iry excited nmeh |i.uti.,il syinpathy, ia a burglar recently releas?<l fn>m piison, and not an hom-t ear jM'Uter out of work. Tina disagreeable news will be a slitxk to the benev oleut people who hav?; int?resled them? selves, in the ease, Hiid mmj ? he. k the outdow of charity to PBNBM who bett?-r desenre it than tin* ingeniously inventive burglar. Jhesptedy OXposuu ot the fals'!i?io.l, I.owimt, may have Buved the city from un eruptioa of etarviug burglar-. 15 ' though Howard liinisi If uiay not Iii'IU pity lli' ie BBOBM to In; BO doubt that those d? p? tub-tit on him were BCtBBltJ si lb til g for vaut of food. J'r?s;d i Iii.? lit ver ili.-plaved his che? r ful optimism more ronspicuouM.y than in the Ulk BpOB Mm Mai n Ii iinl uiiieh- is re? ported el| a.'.i ?B n??! Mdj uo*h? i< - to the Opinion that the band will tail bCCBBBO publie mttMH will In- o\era hi Innngly again.i it, bill now -<? far as '?? believe thai the very men whom Goveinoi Qarcelou and hit colleoiruei have counied into office will decline to take their ill-gotten seats in tho Legi slat lire, will declare Uiat they bthmg "in equity" to the Republicans who WM? elected, and will retire in their favor. Inasmuch tf the day of assembling is only ? little more than a week distant, and not one of Um Fiisionists who have been counted in has manifested such a righteous pur? pose, it is difficult, even with a la ige faith in human nature, to believe that they will do anything of the kind. Not even the three men necessary to defeat the plot have declared themselves. Still the President's uudiminishfd ubility to think well of his fellow-man is by no means an unpleasant thing to contemplate. The terrible disaster at the Tay bridge has sent a thrill of horror through all England a. d Scotland. There seemed every reason to believe that the loss of life was even greater than was supposed at first. The tickets vcre taken up in the train at the last station before cut-ring tln> bridge, and the train, which in? cluded four third-class cars, was then crowded. Probably the estimate of n loss of 300 lives was obtained in this way. This figure was at tirst accepted by tho rnilroad authorities, bnt they have now reduced their estimate, for rea? sons which are not explained, to a loss of 75. The great bridge which has been virtually ii? -tioyed was regarded as one of the greatest wonders of modern engineering. Its two nubs of iron spanned an angry arm of the sea?and the Bea has conquered. Half a mile in length of this great structure tell, whether with tho train upon it or before ihm lulll entered the bridge it will never be possible to prove. Tho cars had to fall eighty right feet, in either case, before reaching the water, and there is every reason to suppose that the trail plunged into the abyss at full speeo. The imagination refuses to picture the horrors to tho-e f?"ir score human beings of that brief, swift and awful descent. Happily it must have been brief. It is scarcely n>rcssary to s;iy that not one of those on board BOCBped alive; not one could escape alive, Booing tii..t they were Hung in huge oof liiis into a deep and raging sea. When the suddenness and the completeness of 'heir ex? tinction m considered, this must be regarded as one of the most singular and most dreadful Bccidenu of recent times. ARBITRATION IS M nsi. We ire not sanguine of any decisive rosoll from the correspondence between ex-Senator Morrill and Governor Garcelon, but whatever may come of the proposition to submit cer? tain points of the case to a judicial intcrprctu tion, it is satisfactory at all events that the proposition has been made. .Mr. Mori ill's letter to the Governor is a model of good sensi und decorum. Bj his careful ye: easy politeness he has done everything in his power to make the course he suggests so nprecuhle to the (Jovcrnor that not only will it involve no snc liliee of dignity Ml the port of that starched and bristling Chief Magistrate, but it will offer him the simplest way of escape from mi unplca-ant situation. We do not see how the (?overnor can help accepting the invitation in the same frank spirit in which it is made. If we are doubtful of a satisfactory result it is because we believe the authors of the Maim fraud must hoTO prepared thcmsi 1 vi s befoiehand for just this contingency. It is but too clear that the arrangements for count? ing out were made in advance, and made by an expert ; and it is not to be expected that I scheme so elaborately and astutely planned will be abandoned, in the very moment of - 0! Mb merely in deference to the protests of outraged public opinion. Governor Garcelon, it will be observed, has thus far consented to refer only those points which have not boon already decided. But, as Mr. Morrill perti? nently remarks, the question of w hat has been decided is one upon which lawyers in >-t In - qiiciitly fail to agree ; and il an equitable de eisioo. is desired, the most j'nporiaiit points submitted to the Court should pel haps relate to the applicability of rules already Inid down to the particular cases now under dispute. If the Governor determines whether this or that controversy must he governed by !'n- or that decision, he n-serves to himself the principal part of the dispute. It is also to be borM in mind that an executive not may I?! grossly unjust and yet warranted by statute. Tin law necessarily cb?thcs Canvass? ing Boards with coiisidt ial>lc dncictionary powers, and it is a well understood principle that the Coiiits will not dictate to executive officers how they ought to use thi ir discretion, but will assume that they act according to tin ir best judgment and their conscience. In some cases it is believed that the canvassers exceeded their authority. In many instances, p? ihap- in the majority, it is admitted that they had legal power to throw out the re? turn-, but it is contended that they exorcised that power unjustly, for insufficient reasons. It is ptobiMv too much to expect that the ( i?iiit will pronounce .m opinion upou these alleged ODOilN of authority. Finally, after the h_dgei have ipohon?if they do sp<-ah?it is not char how an effect is to be given to their iIllings. Mi. Sulinger reminds ns that the Board of Canvas-ei s is Jimtlu* oficio, and cannot undo the wrong it has perpetrated. The certificates have already 0000 delivered. It roBBahu Cor the LegiaLataxeitaelf to accent or reject too eandtdetee who wie counted in. This is undoubtedly the position which a gn at many Democrats will he likely to take in the event of an unfavorable opinion from the Su? preme Court. But Mr. M null BJBu-01 the Gov? elin?] that there an precedenti lor recalling a certificate impiepeily iOTOOd, and recalls the fact that there are several disfranchised towns in which nobody has been BWarded I certificate. In any event, an authoritative interpretation of the b_W will be of value to inform the con? science of the Legislature and of the individual candidat. B, Whatever the outcome, as we said before, a reference to the Court is greatly to be desired. It will dehne tue po.-ition which the Kepubli eaa party must occupy in this cn-is, ind it will check an agitation that may lead to the most deplorable results. If it should prove, more? over, that the laws ot Mann-, instead of pro? tecting the h.dlot-hox, are efficient only as traps tor voteis, then there is no lime to be lost in mending them. WHO MOULD til IURA lit The St. George's Society of Philadelphia ha-, it appear-, been oveiruil lutcly witbap pbcitiins for help fiom iron and metal woikeis from the North of England, who had come over hen i vp'cting to find employment ready to their hands, bringing only money enough to support them for a few days. They mb-UI) went direct to Phfladorphia. m the gica; manufacturing centre, ami the demand toi skilled laborers theie was soon supplied. The Society has scnt large numbers of thcsc.incn to Pitt-burg and the coal regions, in hopes that work could be found for them. The pwb_d.nl oi the Society, Mr. Wuterall, has found it neceoanry to write a letter to The \ Lom?o? liii.fn discouraging such rash eniigra tiou. aud otaliug that tho late increase oi plus- 1 peritr In manufacturing pursuits in the States does not justify tbo immense in* flux of skilled workmen from Europe. No man. be ad vise*, should come wltbout money to enable him to travel for a few weeks in search of employment. The most significant fact noted by Mr. Waterall. however, is that farm laborers do not apply lor help. " We never have an applicant," ?ays the Secretary, " who can plough or milk " a cow." This in spite of the fact that the proportion of fanners and agricultural lalvorers to mechanics who have emigrated from Eng laud to this country is as nine to one. Not only do onr#vast tracts of waste, land offer work to nil farmers who choose to come, but there is employment ready for farm laborers nearer the sea-board. The committee sent out to examine into the chances of success for English tenant farmers have, we learn from The London Tint*, recom? mended the region lying on the Picific Rail? way and Manitoba to all intending emigrants during tho coming Sprint?. Lack of railway transportation will for a time prove a drawback to successful fanning throughout tho Western British territory on this continent. Even the English farmer who comes to Canada will not long be satisfied with keeping his own family and stock alone on bis land, though that may seem much to him now ; he will want to throw bis products into the Eastern and even the foreign market, to compete with the Western farmer, who has tho great couduits of trade ' centring at Chicago and waiting for him. While on this subject wo may note that the opinions upon our tunic in England of Colonel Shaw, United States Consul at Manchester, which Thk Tkiih'XK recently gave, for the benefit of our exporters of beef, dairy products, etc., are strongly supported by the English papers, which hare copied them from our column*. Colonel Shaw recom? mended that shipments should be made to responsible houses in England which would keep the shipper ndvised of the condition of the market, and hence supplies would come when wanted and not by chance, as at present. The Pa? mfa? lla:rtte (which is not apt to prophesy suc? cess to nny enterprise undertaken out-nie of England) indorses this advice ns sound, and says : " What will be the growth of import! " into England of American meat, butter, '* cheese and fruit when American exporters "wake up to theii own interests and take the " English market fairly in hand T They will "not long remain blind to the injury they do " themselves by their present mode of dis? posing of their goods. They are learning at "last that there is another trade than that " in wheat in which great profits may l>o "reaped, and they will be curiously iintine to " their own character if tlicy allow the. present " hiixluincv.s to remain in their way." This contirmation from an unprejudiced and probably unwilling source of the views of our correspondent is worth consideration by our readers. Tub Tium kk, in urging the foreign market upon the notice of farmers two years ago, was denounced as visionary I and unpractical by timid men. But it appears now to have understated rather than exag? gerated the width and practicability of the held. _ A HVOK Ml IS Di r. The disclosures made in Tin: TBIBUNI this morning of the extent of the swindling that bus been practised by certain bogus Wall Street firms, mu-t cause | sensation in many communities. The public has grown accustomed during the past few months to seeing the stock market flooded with the money of thousands of foolish persons, who were eagerly reaching out their hands from nil quarters of the country for a handful of the fabled profits of Wall Street. Thea revela? tions of Anthony Comstock show us be? hind these another great army of dupes, who pour their money out toward Wall Street, never dreaming that every dollar of it goes into the pockets of the swindling firms with which they are dealing, / and never for a moment susrM'cting that not a single dollar is invested in tho stocks in which they are assured by return mail they have liecotrat interested. The details given of thil Delat ions lnisiiitare astonish? ing. Sawdojt am' lottery swindles, in their greatest prosperity, could not hope to e.lul such profits us these. The whole business partnership which united a num? ber of these houses is exposed, by which it is shown that one swindler, who was interested in all of them, was to realize in ten years uearly 02,000,000 as his share of .the booty; and the value of the business is sufficiently shown by the stipulation that if H partners should fail at any time to pay him the monthly sum stipulated, he should have the business bark I One of these houses is shown, by an examination of its books, to have received fron deluded persons ull over the COnntrj the sum of $20r>,000 in the eight months ending with last month. The ma? chinery of the swindle is simple and clumsy ; that it should have achieved such sin cess is another proof of the irresistible human pas? sion for being fooled, j Wall Street, like ninny another great insti? tution, bears the burden of sins not its own. .Many a dupe of these bogus houses has no doubt cursed Wall Street in his heart, and become a loud enemy of the money power. It is to the interest of all hoiieel dealer-- in stocks that this business should be broken up, and tho result now reached is largely due to their effort*, con? tinued for several years. The decisive blow will be struck to-day. The whole business is carried on through the mails, and to-day nn oidcr will be iasoed by the Postmaster-General stopping the delivery of letters and money orders to eight of the e linns who-e names will be found clscwhcie. liiis success will gratify cveiy botJeel dealer in stocks, and will be an espe? cial relief to those houses whose names the swindling linns have, in 10X00CaaCa, imitated. TEA KXOUi 8 AMD Ml:. VOORHk l \ If has MOOBlid desirable to Mr. Voorhei I to have the ExodUl investiL'atcd. Me cannot l>c li. ve thai i general begin of the laboring claatj ;i< any peri ol the ooontry, can take place W thout some improper instigation and wror'gtul motive. Perhaps he hopes to ptove thai st leading Republicans have COOSpired to induce, the colored people to this move? ment, in OtdeC to alarm the employers of the South mi l make tbaoj less solid in Democ? racy. But if that were true, and if every dollar of the aXpODH ot tiansportiiig the col? ored travellers from a land of oppression to <<:<?? Ol libel ty had bean taw tri bated by North? ern politician-, what would lhen- be wrong m their uet I In reality, the Southern laborers appear to be moving on their own account, and with 'means saved by themselvcH, und there is no trace, of political agency in the holding of any meetings or the circulation of any subscript ions to defray their cxjtcnseH. They go, ull the evidence thus fai tends to show, because they want to go; because they are not satisfied with the treatment which tbty receive where they are, and please to exercise the rights of freemen in migrating to some other locality. Or perhaps Mr. Voorbees hopes to show that there is a deliberate plan to remove from the South thousands of colored voters, who are staunch and unflinching Republican*., to the doubtful Northern States, in oider to turn the scale in such States at futuro elections If this wore true, again, what of it? Is it a violation of nny written or unwritten law, in this cnunlry, to advise men to settle in a re? gion where their votes will count, and where they will bo respected because of tnc influ? ence they can exert, rather than in a region where they are virtually disfranchised! If Mr. Voorhees will look at the matter coolly, he will see that every citizen of this country has a right to settle where his vote will count most, und every other citizen has a right to adviso him to do so. It would be a good thing for some Northern States if, instead of the ignorant and vicious and unmanageable persons who fill uot a few places of industrial importance, 50,000 willing and teachable col? ored workers could ire induced to offer their services; and it would be all the better if faithful Republican voters of dark skin could thus be brought to illumine tho moral dark? ness of some Democratic strongholds. Hut there is not the slightest proof, thus far, that any such object has governed the movement of the colored people. Several thousand have gone to Kansas, u State which is sufliciently Republican without any help, while not more than 800 families, it is stated, have thus far round new homes iu Indiana, where the elec? tion of such a demagogue as Mr. Voorhees proves that great moral and mental darkness exists. Senator Voorhees will discover, if he nukes the investigation thorough, several things which it will not be convenient to his party to have officially atated. Ho will discover that the colored people of the South are going away iu largo numbers because they have been sub? jected to such treatment, industrially and politically, as has never been patiently endured by any free men in any land. They have been cheated and plundered, and in a thousand ways oppressed, and deprived of such educational nnd business opportunities as they had I li^-ht to desire, and robbed of their legitimate politi? cal influence, in order that white Democrats mi lit pocket all the profits and hold all the power. The colored men have sense enough to see that they can do a great deal better elsewhere, and they have been patiently sav? ing money until thousands of them are ready to migrate. Mr. Voorhees will find that he cannot atop them, until he can substitute a Democratic de-potism for a free Republic. Moreover, he will discover thai the colon d people prefer to live in thrifty, industrious, civilized and decent communities, nnd therefore, as a rule, they do not pre? fer tho Democratic strongholds. Keen political managers would doubtless have advised as many ns possible to go into districts of darkness and DeBOCraey. Hut the colored people are looking for new homes, where tiny can have a fair chance in the race of life; where their work will be paid for as well as the work of white men if it is as good, and where the' votes w ill count just ns much a> the votes of white men of equal intelligence. It is not strange that few of them, who are shrewd enough to remove at all, care to settle in neighborhood! where men like Mr. Vooihees are considered great states? men. ______________ POL I TIC A L PRE AC HI SC.. The Maine pulptts rescu tided last Sunday with vigorous rehiikes of the course pursued by Dr. Oareelon and his Council. When a clergyman really makes u|i his mind to bundle professionally a flagrant case of political iniquity, ho usually does it with? out cIovVh. it must be adar'tted thai the Maine min? isters did not nnneo their words, nnd the rejKirts of their sermons, if be read them, must have made Dr. Gurcelon a tit subject for some of the more soothing of his own BedielMe> It must have been a sense of l'l ievous wrong which prompted men whose mission is on" of peaea even tO hint at " open systematic war." Some of the clergymen did this ; others were equally indignant in their notions of redress. There are those who think that political im? morality should be exempt frmn (leiic.il rebuke. Tbe late Mr. Cheats was nf this opinion, and highly eulogized his pastor, the Key. Neheuiiah Adams, D. D.i for abstaining altogether from the discaasioa of politics in the pulpit. During the hot slavery excitement we had two schools of clergymen? those who preached against the institution, and those who delivered sermons with the design of showing why they did not preach BBBinal it. Un? fortunately, so far as a mere matter of pea* c and hurmonv, tliere was not much between these two i las-es ol clergymen to choose. If those who de? nounced siavety created Ill-feeling, so did those who refused to denounce, it. The truth fs. it was the morality of the mutter which made all the lulling Slavery being a sin, why not attack it in church OA well as eNewberef '1 Iiis was the question which ardent SMI were continually asking; and tho answer* which they received did nothing to allay their right.is wrath. It toil it i< ml preaching he undesirable, all the mitre* should politicians bo careful how the? do things which preachers must conscientiously characterize. If Governor (fan elon and his ansetupuleUS crowd of advisers hud been less anxious to count their Ii lends in and their foes out, if they had respected the Constitution and been content with an appeal to the judicial tribunals, the sermons of last Sunday would never have been preached. But when a trrcnt piocc of public wickedness In threatened, the ministers of the Gimp-1, being human beings and Mrmbf of society, will not he muzzled. To ask tbeSB to bo dumb may or may not be iisknikr loo much; but dumb they assuredly will not be. It is no discredit to a clergyman that Im lias a keen sense of right sad wrong, "Then this is outraged he will, if be has ni 'Tal courage to speak out, he plainly heard from. If there is to he no such thing as con si ieiiee in potttten, ehareh members and ehoreb goers ought to have nothing to do with them. But are we yet quite ready to give up the religious por? tion ol our political ooustitBeaoisa f IRRORB IS "OFFICIAL" FIGDRK&, The extreme difficulty of securing accuracy in the preparation and printing of election returns is well illustrated by two facts ihoWU in the issue of what is known as the "official canvass" of tho Mats of New-York this year. This canvass con? sists of the Certificate of the Board of Canvassers and the m i oiii) anying detailed voto cast in each county ns finally determined by them. This certifi? cate as to lhe office of Governor shows that .Mr. Cor? nell received 41H.?IJ7 votes; that Governor Robin? son received 37"?,7UO votes; that Mr. Kelly received 77,">?*??; vote.; that Mr. Lewis received 'JO.Vsil votes, and that Mr. Mears re. ivc<] 1,11(7 \ot,.?. The whole number of voles cast is reported by them it 901,68s. The above figures in the detailed vote make a total of HtiO.Olti, or 4.8811 less than tho total number remitted. Accompanying this table is a list of the ?'scattering" votes for Governor iu each county. This " scattering *' vote is divided into three classes : " defective " votes. " sentti ring " proper, and "bl?nk" votes. Footing up the Various <i.untie-, tho "defective " votes trejioiind to number 1*088; the '?scattering'' number J.IOL'; the "blank" l.UIS; or a total mi l - is. rheaa, added to the rotes returned |0I I o h regulal i?amlid.ileforlioven.or. make a total ot mil,.", 1 i, or '.* voles more thaa the total number returned by lie-St-,tc Board of Canv.issets. It tH impossible to reconcile the ills, repuney, and the unlv iiiten in e possible lithat there M an erroi in J the official summary by conntle* of tho totol vote to that extent. Bat this fs not tho only error In tho nfflclnl can? vas*. In tho voto for Governor, tv* canvassed M offl clally ? and printed. Mr. John W. Mear* is certified as having received in Cortland County " .")!???*' votes. He received hnt 50 votes, as is shown by the r.unity returns. Thofoititig of Mr. Mean's rott ll 1 rectlv printed by tho State Canvassers as 1.117 votes, but if lie hail rereived 500 votes in Curt laud his total vote should be t.977. What other errors in the " official canvass" tkoti may be as to other State officers need not now be investigated. These fnets will serve as illustiations of the difficulties which the BdHof of TUM Tuttu vK A i.ma nac constantly meets in his efforts tn pre OOOl with entire accuracy the results of the elections in the Union. The officials of New-York State make as few errors as those of other States. It is hardly too much to say that no returns, from official or other sources, can be safely accepted as absolutely correct, and that all require tho closest revision. Tho errors pointed out in this paragraph, and many others like them, will be cor? rected in The Tiunt .vr Alman ac for 18HO, which will bo issued within a few days, which will seek to present the fruits of the most careful labor in these departments, and which will be more than ever worthy of the confidence of the public as an authority on the subject to which U relates. It is to be hoped that Mr. Robert Mitchell, of Cincinnati, will never have occasion to regret the Christmas presents which he made last week to his family. These consisted of a very considerable por? tion of his property, and were bOOtotTOd upon his children and grandchildren. Possibly Mr. Mitch? ell's attention has been called to the numerous law suits growing ont of contested wills, and he has Judiciously determined that there shill be no sueh squabble over his estate. If so. wo cannot help thinking him to bo a wise man. We know that there is a prejudice against these ante-niortem dis? tributions ; and there have been some lamentable cases of fathers who, liko King Lear, have given all und havo themselves come to want. Hut wo take it for granted that Mr. Mitchell has acted judi? ciously as well as generously ; that he knows to whom he has given ; and in any case has kept enough for his own necessities. The lovers of elegant literature will be glud to hear that the publishing house of Uou.hton, Osgoott aV Co. did not aoflar so naob la too Bojrtoo lire a. Um lir-t account of it seemed to indicate. It would have been a public loss if their stereotyped plates h oi been destroyed, but tin s. , with the printing machinery of the house, were at the office in Cam MdgOi So the books which were reall r destrovid can soon be replaced by reprints. '1 his is a consola? tion, as the prosperity of respectable book-pub li .tiers and book-printers is a matter of general con? cern, Garcelon suspei ts he is sitting on a hornot's nest. Springer once more calls public attention to his own dimensions as A statesman. He says if he had been QoToroorof Maine ho would not hOTOdoOC what G in i Ion did, but if he had done it he should stn k to it. That is sound Dei roerstic principle. Morality has nothing to do will, it. It is simply a ipiestion oi backbone. Springer would much rat DM i lie called a successful burglar, apparently, than a man afraid of his conscience. Montgomery Blair has been quiet for a fortnight. No w onder l?den stock is looku.g up. The Maine theft was deliberately planned weeks in advance. I he next raid by the DoCBOCratifl gain, of burglars will lie upon the Presidency. Thai is already planned. Congressman Miles Boss, of New-Jersey, with the Bendcipb and Parker ho-mis right under his soae, bus the cruelty to say that Tilden is tin-only man whom the Democrats can or will nominate for the Presidency. He says lie is convinced of this l>v evi? dence wlih h he has received from all p uts of the country as a member of the National Democratic ( ominif tee. 'there is abundant evidence to sustain this opinion accessible to every reader of BOWaWO pi rs. The bitter denunciation of Iilden by the journals of his own party has totally ceased. All the booms which have been started to push the bar? rel out of the tield have disappeared. The barrel alone remains. Whoever was the author of tho Maine crime, there is no doubt about who did the dirty work of accom? plishment. The main honors for that belong to K. P, Pillabnry. Alter be has had his due, Garcelon and his Council will come in for ageuerous share. Iletidrirks ll wriggling again. The old story of the promises w hich were made to him in 1H7? is re? vived, und is kiven out as a great secret, ncvei In - fore revealed. It has been told a dozon times already. As ho gives it now he only consented to accept the s?.ml ptl.m the understanding that he should have the tirst in Ism). II.? says Til den's agents at St. fauns, Dorsheim er and others, told him thai Iilden only wanted OBS term und would use his iiitluenrc to make Ib-mlricks his suc? cessor. Well, what of thatf TUdea eaa cay trab? eBou?fa that ha baaa'l had his one term ytt. h thut isn't a sufficient excuse, he can say that his agents had no authority from hiratOBtBBa Micha promise. Moreover, whatever view he may take of thesubject "ill make no difference to HoBdrivka. If Iilden were dead, i BOM WOUld nut DC B gboat Of a ehanoa for Btndneka m-xt year. There is not a Democratic politician In the country eapabk of forming an opinion on the subject who won't tell him that. _ The Wtrltfi conundrum about Seymour's ability to carry this State against Grant next year has re? vived several unpleasant hy-goiios. One Democratic brother is unfriendly enotiirh to say that Seymour's chances would be slim if The World should rpfuial its perfOXManca of Inch and call for his withdrawal from the ticket a few days before flection. It in impossible to feel anything but pity for the head at flu-In art of the man who could heave a brickbat like that at a brother's nose. A Western admirer of the Bold Brigand of Maine says : "The irou-willed Garcelon stands family upon the Constitution ami the laws.'' He does?tramples on them, in fact. _ There seems tob?? a longing in the D??raocratie party for somebody to steal its capacity for 'dumb-ring. The trouble in Maine will come to a head one week from Wednesday, when the liQfjJalatllia Will meet. _ \\ Idle condemning the Maine Democrats for their performances. Mr. Joint (juiney Allans has a wo id of rebuke fur the Republicans. "Tho conduct of Mi. Senator Hlaine and Ins bulldozing commit tee, who have been hanging about Augusta for the past month, is simply disgusting." That mIBM M DC the current Democratic opinion, and it is not unnatural. If Mr. Hlaine and his "bulldozing oonualtteo'1 had kept quiet, the tin it would have boofl made bi fore the public kin-w it, ami no protest would have boon possible, Mr. Adama iweallathe expert OBOOOf ih?> traditional personage who said: " i h?-v stripped mentnl lashed me on the bare back with a rawhide till I was la-rloi-lly disgustetl." It seems to be tacitly admitted by the Cilmntv Croakers that resumption won't fail this rear. FMB&OSAU Colonel Thomas Scott's first c-say in railroad business was made as a station agent at lloli.lays burg, Pelin. Mr. Ramsey, tho new Secietary of War, is de. scrilied by a writer in The Timm, of Chicago, as tall and very heavy, with gray hair and ahmt side-whis kcrs, large blue eyes, and brand,good-humored fae?.. He bm a blaff and kindly way ol Miking, ami re? ceives the callers it his new office us if he were glad to see tllelll. A monument to Kultelais is to be erected in his native town in France, ami nearly fifty sculptors an-1 iiinpeting foi tho order. An exhibition of mo?l els is now being held in Pans. One ol the bot de? signs represent* the great satirical writer with a manuscript in one hand, which he hall i-mu , al. w ith a comic mask held in the other. Congressman W. P. Frye?whoso brother-in-law and family physician, as Tun Tumi nk stated the other ?lav, is Governor Garcelon?wrote this tele? gram of excuse to tho lalluit dinner in Boaton on Batardayi "All bail to aa aoawat Ooracpot like Tulbot. Cannot greet In in |ntnoiiiiIIv. Do not wish toe.i ?u M?h. Indignation has PTOreOBM uppct ite." John We.de;. % re I ? oi u. li.iu seal Is BOB the plop Ortj nl a i ..II. i t..i in Kugluiid. It is engraved with a Roiuaii ? ins. st.Hilling on ii small mound or elova j ii IB) and sin mounted BJ a ll vr-poinwd eeleatial or "martyr's crown." Tho motto which snrroanii* It )? inscribed in F.nglish and in Roman type: ?? Be tiiou luithful unto death." Tbe same collector owne th? arm-chair of Dr. Witts; it ia one of the quaint old diamond-seated < hail-. Martin Luther's betrothal ring ha* conic into tb* pos-CNSioti of a DH?aeldorf jeweller. A HlsnsOa iiolilcman wan the last owner, and it* authcri'i. 11v in fully at tented by document*. The ring is of gold, ami ben* the inscription :" Dr. Martiuo I.utle r.i. Catharinu v. Mora. I f Juni, 15-5." It U ratcly carved to represent I lie Passion of Our .-aviour. In the middle is the Crmslxion, and an either site are ahown the hammer, ntils, ladder, sponge, hyssop, etc, I he h ail of the High Tru st also appear*, and a group of Roman soldier*, and mere it a tiny ruby to represent* drop of rue n o d blood. Mr. John T. Hoffman, iu a private letter to an Al? bany gentleman, quoted ill J he Aifj"", mm t nt Gamhctta is an admirable and most liignilied pre. siding oim er ; " but," adds Mr. Ifolfman. " I do not think 'Old Salt' himself, or tbe 1 Uah!'.. mm I F.agle,' formerly of Westi bester and now of K?m It land, could keep the French Chamber of De put lot In order. I hey laugh?they jeer?tney clap? iheyShSSI and sneer, and nteirnpt in every poanibio way. ? ? ? It was, taken nil in all, a prs>r cxhl* bifion of intellect mil and oratorical power, but to tun it was inreresting, for it gave me a chance, to nee and siiid.v some ot tho ' great tuen' we rend *o much about. Mow true is the old saving that ' Great nu n, like great mountain*, ?cm smaller as you gat nearer to them,' " Two year* ago, wlien Judge IngalK of Troy, waa assigned by Ooyernor Robinson la tlie place of Judge Daniels, In the General Term of the .Supreme Court In this (the Firsti Judicial Di-tri't. fl.e de? mand for hi* refentfon In hi* own district was so strong that the Governor found It difficult to iuaist upon the assignment. Judge Ingalls finally MBM to New-York, and sat with Chief-Justice Davis ami Justice Brady for two years past with great accept, ance to thu New-Yoik bar. When it was InMBOd recently that there was a possibility ot Ins return to Troy, Chief-Justice Davis, Justice Ilia lv. the If oil. John K. Porter, the City Attorney and ninny other prominent gentlemen urged Judge lngulls to aamnin here at least for uiiotlmr .year. Aa ant Mal und pcr sisfetit effort was made to seen re his retention, but it was nnsneeessfal, the Judge insisting that hi* own district had prlOf claims upon him. Judge In* galN, during hi* two years' n aideOl t in this city proved binweti a most leurned. conscientious and industrious Justice. Mo rendered an IVSnge of about 170 opinions annuully. many ol tbcui in vory iutricati i it.es. lilt, in:a ma. PARK TBC A1R1S - F AIB F A X. Another of the plays of the fruitful Mr. Bartley Campbell was made known ben* last night, at tho Park Theatre. This piece is iu five acts, and is en tilled " Fairfax,"?the name being that of one ot m principal characters. The action begins in a. squalid hut. on the batiks of the Southern MM* sippi, and is coiitiuitcil and completed in and around u mansion on the St. John's River in Flor.da. The time is lN?H-'OO. The persons are conventional types; the plot is built on an old model; ami thu piece is written in ciTiimvo and straggling prose. The dramatic object sought to be accomplished is the investiture of a woman with circumstances which impede her progress to present happiness, through the menace of an exposure of an alh and dark ami painful secret in her past life. After this structural pattern thousands ol stories have been written and thousand* of plays have been fashioned. Such freshness a* animates the pel wart use of this ancient scheme is found iu the scenery and accessories of its exhibition?the place, the atmo? sphere, the social torn?ai d, to some extent, in the dramatic treatment. An air of the free, picturesque, romantic, and possibly adventurous Iif; of the Sout? em plantation is, in other words, diffused over if, and, at several points in its movement, the skill of the aiitlmr has embellished it withelfective situation and climax. There would be more substance iu the work, a better reason for its existence, and a firmer ground of sympathy with its development of trials and pains,?to say nothing of moral weight, and some sort of practical meaning applicable to human expcneni e.?if its heioine had really ever done a dark deed, or incurred any reproach, or ever stood in need of forgiveness, or ever been burdened with any secret of the least possible importance. " There's notblng, eitber irood or bad, liut thinking makes it so."? yet, as the facta of her career are made known, jt simply appears that she has been married to a worth? ies* niau, who, when drunk, tried to shoot her, and, in an ensuing struggle between them, accidentally shot himself. The occurrence was seeu by a tramp, who, at a critical moment tu her subse? quent experience, turus up to aeeuao her of murder, and thus to prevent her, temporarily, from c n tractiug a second marriage. In brief, the piece ia the theatrical display of complications consequent upon a preposterous lack of frankness and common aanan, and of the dissatisfaction resultant from de? layed nuptials. There are mind* for which such a spectacle may chance to possess au absorbing iuter c-t. Some people are ea-dv planned. It surely is not needful here to recite all the incidents that go to make up the drama. The reader will sufficiently perceive, from these general remarks upon its drift, that it is oho of the many pluvs which, starting from a confused basis, ,-nani afu-r startling situations through tho medium of illogical mechanism; aud that the wish to see "how it will turn out" is the sole motive that any sjiectator can have lor following its course. T. is statement implies the still deeper explanatory fact that M attempt bet been made to impress by the characters themselves, apart from what they sutler and act. In the higher order ot fiction it is not unusual to find that even I trite experience is made significant,?that ia to say. instructive, or pathetic, or ennobling, or in some way interesting,?by means of qualities of charac? ter in the persons who are implicated in any given mesh of events. In this drama, Mrs, MeVFejoM who wishes to marry Mr. I'airfnx, Mr. Fun-fax who Irishes bo marry Mr*. Maiiajsld. .We. IFntetef latent who first accuses Jfr?. Mairiyoll of the murder of her husband and after*.*, aids admits tiiat the sine t lug was accidental and that the tinlameuted Vtrit nold is still extant. Dr. 'inulord who with his little eye saw Mm ruvihi die and is able to state that yel? low fevet was the cause ot his demise? these and ill the other individuals who participate in this (ale of " the sunny South," which might equally well be a tali of the moony North orthe starry East, arc little more than so many" names. The lady, i ndts-d, seems capable of taking her emotional troubles with much inward disturbance and much loud and emphatic) volubility, and the gifted lair/ax is seen to be loaded t" tin* uiiiz/Ie with sentimental gab. But, all tho persons of the piece, taken together, have not character SSMMgh among them to make one Isnf l.i.mpkin. one Hob Acre*, one Mildman, one Ckalcotn, one Luther Liclri, one Mabel lane, one 11 ruler tiru;* bra air, OOS anything that anybody can lemeiiiber, when at last 11 eir copious stream of talk has purled aw ay into blessed silence. Nevertheless, as already said, tlieie is a good tone of actual lite about the piece, and there are moments of diaiuatic < ft' ct in it, deftly devised and neatly handled; while the text is lleckcd, here and there, with bright l ie s, an I while every part of the work is stitlusisl with that earnest sincerity whi* h isso eminently char? acteristic of it* author. Mr. Hot lev Campbell always means well. It is a splendid basis?this sunn- sincerity of purpose, steadfast pluck, and trank w illmgnes* to dash pell-mell into draiuatio etlorl!?on w hich to build up I he stately structure of a nnml that -hull iS ripe in kui.vlcdge of the world, fresh iu invention, and ch ar in its SSBMf)** lion -.iml strong in its cxerci?e of the method- in which to use a lim* and lirm artistic faculty. "Fan fax" is a useful play.?in a i>eii.id sootpofstlTefy harten of newdasnesnnf the bi tter class.?bur it amount* to nothing more, and if i* ehiesty mrtnMs as a stepping?tone to better tMngn It wil*} cordially received last night, being syaaatiU) ctcd Of the regular stock company of the Park Th ilie, the chief members of which were hailed Vi Ith the kindly welcome that always awaits theatrical favorites iu their own home. This is a thoroughly well-organized i ouipauv. a d the actors i .boicd so faithfully that they made lie* pi i c seen much stronger than H rcall*. is. Ihr. c.?M-up.iy bejweeu Frederic RobiusSO and Afc I Booth, iu act third, though fantastic to the lost de gree, was invested by i hem with a passionate -in cei.tv thai could not lie resisted; and at the close of this act the autbor waa called before the cur taiu to receive a warm greeting of the