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FOUNDED BY. HORACE GREELEY
NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 3L
THE NEUS THIS MUHNING.
FonK.iiiX?The three men under arrest iu Liver
Jtool linve lieen committed for trial on ii eharge of
iiitiiiii.latin/jni'ors und of cnniiiial libel. ___z_ At a
mee ti mr of tha Irish National Lnagaa yesterdny in
Dublin Mr. Sexton discussed the Pope's circular ;
tbe amount of Peter's Pence is rapidly diminishing.
s - Thc Emaetor and Empress gave another re?
ception in Moscow yesterday. ?? Fighting la
Ecuador is reported. - . Several men were se?
verely burned by aa explosion of powder iu a town
iu Quebec.
Doanarnc,?Memorial Day was generally ob?
served iiitou.hout tho country.-Ltyaehhara,
Va., siiHered from a dlaaaUtmi Iii". -? The Hun
lau-K.iiu"dy boat-race was BOBtpoaed uutil to-dav
on account of naagl water. =^? fha aaaaal meet
ing of the Universally PabUahiag House was held
at Beela >.
Cm ano Sf ni khan.-A panic occurred jreater
day at Hie New-York aiiclioratte of llie East 1'iv-r
Bri'lge ; twelve persons were killed and a lar^o
nuiiilier lijund. ? - Then was a treat crowd
at .Jerome Park; George Kennej, BootJaeh, Btratb
epey, Dan K. ami Lih- Moreaai won the raeea
Dor-nrat umi lay wasobsei ved liva paiud'-of thefi rand
Anny posts, mid n meeting was heit! at the Aoad
emy otaMaaac la thearaalag, '-a?: Tale defeated
Princeton at bamhaO. = The yachting aaaeoa
opened arith regattaa ot tho Atlantic, Beawaahaka
and other clubs. -The Manhattan Beach
Hotel was form.illy opened.
Thk VVY.ATilt*R.-litiiUT\K local observations in
tlicale clou.lv weather an.l light rains, with slight
changes in temperature, pos-ul-lv fallon ttl l,y jatnly
cloudy or lair weather. Temperatare reeterdafi
Highest, T.\\ iowest. 5!>-; average, 07 .
* _
Persons kwttag town .for thc seaion, and summer hov
Ottmto. OOO hoot Tn Daily TKirn ni: moiled toVttWt,
JtmafkUim, inr "^1 <H) i>cr month, thc inbiri tt liiniichanged
ot often an d'sued. The Daily Iriiunk will bc sent
to ant/ oOartm in Europe for $1 UO per month, whick in?
cludes tht ocivn ('Oafoiyr.
Tl ie pa ra tlc of the Ntitional Guard anil thc
Grand Annv Posts J0Bl*-Hl_j was more inter
futiiiK than tor somer years past. Moro veterans
ainl soliliets turned out than usual, owinj* ])i ob
ably to the cool weather, which made marah
iU-T rlea9iint. The display of Howers was
eDiiifwh.it l emin kable considering tho back ward
Bprin;.. The inhabitants of the city generally
crowded to the ,-tieets through which the pro?
cession wont and watched it during the two
hours it took to pass a given point. Then they
aeemed to consider their duty to the dead sol
fliers of tiie 1'nioii fulfilled and tamed their
attention entirely to pleasure-seeking. Hecora
tion Day bec-ine an ordinary holiday. As
?nell it was immensely successful; and was
marred only by the great disaster or. the
Bridge. The observances throughout the conn
tr* were everywhere of the customary kind.
The meeting of the Irish National League in
Dublin yesterday was of special interest owing
to the statements ot Mr. Sexton. What he saul
may be considered as the ollici.il utterance of
theliish leaden ia regard to tim Pepe'e letter
to the Irish Hisliops. The communication if
declared to indicate a perilous and intolerable
intervention in tbe future political course of
tho Irish people ; but a lum of what Mr. Pui
lieU would like to have his friends do u given in
the praise awarded to the -dignified silence "
of the priest*-. Thia means that tha people ara
to g-v?> freely to the League funds aril to the
te?tiuiouial, but to make no fu?s about it.
Meanwhile the Pope seems to lie gettiug ready
to test the loyalty of all churchmen anew.
The contributions of Peter's pence have fallen
away and an appeal is to ba made to the
Vislinp-t to stir up the faithful to give more
_re?*ly. If the rosponu is generous it will be a
Bufncieut answer to tho assertion that the Po*te
has weakened himself by his atritu.e toward
Irish affairs.
Fine porcelain and tine lace ara so closely
related from au artistic point of view that
Hr. Kobert P. Porter an.ta.-Uy follows up his
letter on the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works
by one about lace-making at Nottingham,
England. It ia refreshing to read of such
prosperity as surrounds thc lace-weavers of
that busy town. It is in striking contrast
with tbe misery and'squalor of the operatives
in tho coal and iron distiicts of England and
Wales, who are so conspicuously the victims
of free trade. Thc ewe of this pleasant dif?
ference is not far to seek. England bas no
rivals in this Nottingham industry, and low
wages for tbe lace-makers are not yet neces?
sary to enable the manufacturers to hold their
own. If factories for machiii.-ni.ide lace were
established in this country and .-utlicient pro?
tection to rendel the work profitable was afford?
ed by om- titrilT laws, this pleasant side to
lace-making whifli Mr. Porter describes might
be altogether changed in time.
Senator Sherman, in his pleasant country
home at Mansfield, Ohio, still keeps a sharp
watch OB the drift of politics about him. The
views of so shrewd an observer ure of especial
value when ail'iirs aro pretty badly mixed, as
they are in the Buckeye State just now ; and
they will be lound on another page of The
TBIBUM- in our Ohio letter. Mr. Sherman first
of all is confident of Republican success this
fall. The party is entirely on the side of sound
public morality on the liquor question, and lie
thinks its attitude is certain to be appreciated
by the naaaa of voters. Even in the cities,
where the Republican vote was reduced last
fall, Hie party will regain imii'li stifiigtu, be?
cause the issues are so much plainer than last
year. The tax law is recognized even by many
liquor sellers as essentially fair. Concerning
candidates, the Senator believes the drift tobe
toward aludge Foraker. In his opinion either
Judge Foraker or Mr. Turney would auswer
all tbe requirements of the nomination.
The season for out-door sports in lids neigh?
borhood was brilliantly opened yesterday.
There are always more or less games of difler
enf kinds earlier in the spring ; but Decoration
Day gives a formal start to all kinds of con?
tests and awakens an interest which lasts tho
season through. Tho principal even! ot tho
day, of coins*-, always is the racing at Jerome
Park. This drew a brilliant crowd of fashion?
able tuen and women to the race course, and the
day perhaps was thc moat successful among tho
many noteworthy opening days at the park. The
lacing itself was excellent, only two firs-t fav?
orites won; but thora were no surprises and
the winners were all well backed. Ne\t in im
pr.itance on the ?porting list Tere the cruise*
of the yachts on the II.iv and the Sound. The
fleets of four clubs sailed over the waters of the
Piny, while two skimmed ovei tho Sound. Thu
best sailing w.is done in the Bl iv by thc centre?
board yachts tho IMischief and the Gracie, ol
the Atlantic tleet. They demonstrated again
the superiority of the tvpical American yachts
over the cut tors of the Scaw unlink- Chili, which
are modelled on the English patton. The
third great cortie ol' amusement was at the
Polo Granada, where baseball experts bad tho
Bold. Enormous crowds'.vero present thereto
witness gamea between the Yale and tho
Princeton nines and two professional clubs.
THE FIERI BRIDQR DISASTEE.
Althoogti the Brooklyn Bridge is a great tri?
umph ol' engineeing skill asa whola, it is
already apparent thal in some of the detafla of
its construct iou it in sadly defective. The ac?
cident which occurred yesterday, within a week
from thc opening of the structure to the public,
demonstrates this. The rush of travel at 1
o'clock was fruin Brooklyn. At the steps in the
footpath, over the anchorage, tho crowd nat?
urally moved more slowly, and was denser
there than behind. Just what priinaiilv caused
the panic which ensued innot entirely clear.
As nearly as can bo learned, however, some
rullianly young men, who thought the people
in front of them did not move quickly enough,
began to push. Thc descent of (the footway
gave a force to the movement, which il would
liol have had in a level place, and the pressure
at the stairs became fearful. Women and clnl
dien cried out and tho men shouted. Just at
this fatal moment a woman and a girl fell on
the steps. The results tiiat billowed were in?
evitable, diable to pause, the niiirs- ut the
stairs begun to tumble upon those who wei r
already down. Confusion and terror spread.
Some thought the Bridge was giving way, and
s_, before the few policemen who were scattered
about tho structure could control the crowd,
twelve people were killed and many more wen
injured.
Two question.-, will como up in evety mind :
Could not the Illidge have bren so constructed
that there would huve been no steep de-cent ol
narrow steps! Could not the Bridga hara been
so policed that such a crush aa that af yester?
day would have been impo.-sible ? To tho lay
mind there seems no reason why if steps were
necessary at that point they should not have
been of easy slope with broad treads and not ol
tbe periloua pitch which those now iu use have.
Ex paripa oe had already ahown that this was a
place of peculiar danger. Why weie not the
most thorough precautions taken to guard
against a enuh and a panic just at that point I
The Illidge management had already had
ample warning of trouble. The enormous
crowds of last Friday and of last Sunday had
shown tho officials what to expect. It is out of
all reason to say that proper policing of tho
Illidge with a well-drilled, powerful and uuin
eroaa force would not make any such disaster
as that of yesterday impossible. The peril of a
blocka.lo at tins particular Spot should havo
be. ii foraeeen and the means to prevent it
should have been thc clue) object of attention
from the earliest hour yeaterday.
The trustees nnd the men whom they have
put in charge of the stiucturf* have brought the
Illidge to a maguiuctnt completion. Bat if
they are to be judged by yesterday's fatal
blunder (hey are wholly incompetent to take
care of itiiowth.it it haa bocomo tho mighty
highway between two great citirs. They
must mend their wavs or retire. The people of
both cities, knowing full well that such a
tragedy as that of yesterday might readily have
been prevented by proper care and proper
foresight, will certainly hold tho management
lc a severe accounting fur their tract
fl ORE YINu A BOX' T FA mos A', e.
The President's wise decision to consolidate
the Internal Revenue districts and dispense
with tho services of thirty or thirty-live col?
lectors Iiur not unnaturally created a cammo
tion among the office-holders. Washington is
Mid to be lively with friends of the threatened
collectors who are awaiting the President's re?
turn to demonstrate to him that any reduction
will ruin the party. Several Congressmen are
also ou hand, declaring themselves amazed
almost beyond utterance at such an unprece?
dented proposition. That the President of his
own free will should deliberately throw to tho
winds -some of the most important patron?
age"' in the party so astonishes them that they
doubt his clearness of mind.
Protestations of this patriotic and compre?
hensive character were to be expected. There
are many Ilepublicans, mostly office-holders
and di spen bc ra if office*, who ore convinced
lhat tt patrcnrtpe " ia thc bulwark of a political
party and its sole dependence in elections.
They fail to perceive that ? patronage " alone
has never availed tu save cither a party or k
loader from merited defeat All the patronage
in tlie eoaatry could not save tho Third Term or
its defender! from political olilivifin. It will
uot be able to save tlie Republican party either
if that party refuses to heed the demands of
tin* people for Hie reduction of expenditure
and civil service ref omi. By devoting itself at
tbe laat session of Congress to reforms which
bad been demanded by the people the Republi?
can leaders retrained largely the ground they
lnitl lost in the preceding campaign, and they
have only to persevere in tlie same course to
make success certain next yrar.
President Arthur's proposed reduction is on
tlie (taine line ; it is a wise, politic and patriotic
act, and will bring lin* party more votes than
all tbe revenue ollicers in tho country ever
thought of controlling.
TBBEATENED I ROS TROUBLES.
It may lie assumed that the iron-workers
wlio propose to strike work this week do not
intend to cut their own throats. Industrial
suicide, however, does sometimes occur. Men
occasionally fancy that they are wise in resisting
a visible und tangible present loss, when it
turns out that this very loss, if manfully sus?
tained, would have saved them from incoinpar
aldy glenila disasters. Tbe iron-workers of
the Wnat bave been rceoiTing high wnjjos.
They have accustomed tlicm-.clves and their
families, and adapted their modes of life and
their personal habits, to this scale of iiicoiiif,
and it seems to them utterly impossible to live
on Maaliei wages, even for a time. Rut bow
will it suit (beni to deprive themselves of nny
wages whatever, for nn indefinite period I
iii eat lad.Ul I iee du sometimes sustain a pro?
longed and tremendous reaction. Kven if no
widespread disaster should result from a long
stoppage of works, it may be well to remember
that great tndnetrteedo sometimes move from
old to new centres, anil that these revolutions
arc often brought about hf strifes between em?
ployers innl employed. The manufacture) of iron
does not necessarily lind its permanent head
qnartereat Pittsburg, for example. It is at
least eoneeirable thal Pittsburg workers ii),iy
wakeap sante day end find that new menin
Eastern or Southon or far Western towns aro
lining tin- work that they need to do, and that
there is no plaee et all loft for then.
These au* mere possibilities, it is true. Bat
the las! long strike ? 'ert.linly give a great im?
petus to wt.il. somewhere beyond Ihe influence
ol that disturbance. More iron wm made
somewhere else, nnd that for months, M the
records prOTO, uiul it found ti in irfcel B itii those
to whom Pittsburg iron bad previously been
?applied. After tho atnko ceased, il was gap
posed that prices could be maintained. But a
groat decline followed. Thia was In part be
cause strikers iii AA astern milla bad stimulated
an increase* of production elsewhere, and
those mills, when they began work again, bad
to roiifioi.t new competitors. The consequence
is that some Importna! establishment! bare
gone into bankruptcy. New works can bc
erected, withe ni long delay, in se rent] regioni
tv hero recent developments bave furnished g
new sapply ni cheap iron. For example, Vir?
ginia has vastly incl.-a-cl its production of ex?
cellent and cheap ; ig-iron within tha past year,
one new furnace, the larges! in the United
States, having just gone into blast. Suppose that
the English capitalists who have put a million
or two into that enterprise should sec Ht next to
put ui) winks fi r the manufacture und blushing
of the Iron?with cheap labor, cheap iron an.l
cheap fuel itt hand, would not Much au estab?
lishment malu-a difterenoe ultimately in the
market for Pitteborg iron? The taino thing
might be done in Alabama or 1 ennetsee, has
been done in Colorado*, and is likely to be don.*
whenever -.trikes at Pittsburgniakesupplies
from that region uncertain.
The pig iron eoeta nore money at Pittsburg,
and at sonic othei places where disturbance is
threatened, than it does in many locilities.
liol.lera of the raw lni-tal havo luther obsti?
nately held up the pries*, inaieting that Ikey
could not uiloid to make inm for Ieee teeney.
lt may bo that they enano! ; the stoppage of
work at mhih * furn sons supports timt claim.
But a long etrikr, by diminishing the demand
lui pig iron within a large district, anti that at
ii time when the market ls already much de?
pressed, and when new and cheaper iron from
other SjOMters ls seeking n market, may
CBUSe suspension Bf work at not a few estab?
lishments, ls it quite clear that these will
start np again, whenever tho striking Workmen
gd randy to work / Their market may mena
ft bile ge! Blind with other iron, ami BQCMtomod
to a lower runge ol prices. Thou, when Pitts?
burg, for instanoo, has become dependent in
part upon ii diataui point fer its supply of
metal, the establiehment of manufactures at
that other point will oller clear nnd decisive
iitl vant ii lti-s.. Thus ifl a thousand ways which
can bc anticipated, a prolonged interruption of
inilits'rv at ;iny gr.-at centre may surprisingly
accelerate ti transfer of trade and industry from
that centie to some other,
of course the woramen eau move more Busily
than the mills. Hut the men uro very apt to
stay beeanaethe mills stay. They calculate
that gfter B time, nt all events, thees same mills
must resume work and require bunda While
the men ivait, the business which has k<*pt tho
mills alive can be imperceptibly carried nfl bj
rival cities, never to rethrn. Such things ale
possible, iii d have actually occurred. This
present condition of the iron industry is pre?
cisely that iii w iii.-ii such large changes in busi?
ness occur most easily. It is recorded thut
more than 7,<?iH> miners, who quit work in one
of tho great strikes in tin* anthracite region, ex?
pecting to resume again in a few days oi
weeks, never lound employment Bguln in min?
ing anywhere, but were linally obliged to seek
difterentemployment ai the We-,:, lt ts aito_
gether possible that a prolonged si niggle
about wages in tba Pittsburg iron mills, occur?
ring in the present state ot dade, may result
in bo wages at all for thousands of the iron?
workers engaged therein, until they seek u
living in some other employment. Those
who resolve to throw a great industry into
disorder need extraordinary wisdom to decide
whet h.-r they BN bringing disaster upon them?
selves. _
FOREIGN TRADE.
Tiie official report of foreign commerce for
April does not show BB large an B?COBS of ex?
ports as some expected, but there is ncverthe
U s nu exeeoi nf 93,830,1.68 oa nsnuiheiifllse
aeeooat. To this may propetlj bo added
9465,002, the excess of exports over imports of
siller?lor this metal is no longer of any u^, i0
us as money, and becomes of uso only when ex
petted with other surplus products. The ex?
ports of nieicliaiiili.se were $'J,00s,212 larger
than those of April, 1***m2, but were neverthe?
less the smallest in any month since July but.
Thc imports, however, fell 9*9,331,4 11 below
those of April, 1**M2, and about 99^700,000 be?
low thoBe of last March. It ii not quite encour?
aging that nierchundUo exports fall so low this
season. A year ago the barns were empty, ami
the stock in elevators was greatly reduced?
iu fact, the stoak of crain iu tiie country uruba
bly became ?maller ;before July 1 than it had
been at any time for twenty years. That ex?
ports are not materially larger now than they
were then must be attributed in part to a lack
of foreign demand resulting from larae ex?
ports In November, December and January.
About $'-',000,000 of gold came into the
country and went out again during the month
of April, so that tbe excess of imports of gold
for tho month was only f261,ISA As thero is
a large sura duo each month on account of in?
terest, besides differences of freight-money, in?
surance and undervaluations of imports, it is
evident that the United States would have
been in dobt to other countries on tho whole
transactions of tbe month, bad not securities
been sent to this side. No doubt Ibo amount
of stacks brought here fot sale in April and
since May 1 has been fully iw largo as tho
difference iu nicrcl.andlso and specie account,
and it may be assumed that the very large ex?
cess of exports during the six months ending
March 111, amounting to $120,201,0:10 ou
merchandise account, was needed to cover in
dcbtednes? created during the previous year of
shoit crops. That the foreign accounts are now
nearly balanced may be inferred from tho rate
and comparative steadiness of foreign ex?
change for some time past. Assuming that the
movement of merchandise, specie and securities
will nearly balance each other in June, we b1ih.11
probably enter upou tho new fiscal and crop
year with a slate nearer denn than it haa been
for a loug ti mo.
Me I )0.\ A I.I> 1>0 DOES.
A few weeks ago TiikTuiim'SK alludod to
Senator McDonald, of Indiana, as a free-trade
candidate for tho Presidency. Some of his
friends resented tho classification, and denied
that he was in favor of free trade. We offered
him tho columnsof Tm: Tuiium. in which to
dellnc his turill attitude, but he did not accept
the oller. We inferred from his silenco that
he was developing a coyness on the issue, and a
recent letter ol hie to tho Editor of lat World
shows that the inference was correct. The
Senator, like the other statesmen of his party,
is preparing to dodge on tho tari ft question,
ile has not changed his views, but he bas fottud
out thai the leone ia loaded.
He writes to I lu Wurdi that the " tariff issn,
"connected with the general subject ol revenue
"reform will neceosaril) be an important ones
** timi in al! future political contests uutil it is
-Bottled upon tho dootriaea of the Constitution
"and the principles ol' sound political econ
"amy." That means free I rude or protection
according to tho point ol rica ol'the reader.
Mr. Mri inna!.1 does not say what his point ol'
view is, but ho hints at lt by saying that " when
the public mind comes to be enlightened n it
will ba aatiafied only with a tarin for revenue
which doea nut exceed the .lem nols of revenue.
Clearly he in a free-trader, bm afraid to a\<>w
hie position. Dors be think the public mind
.aube ?* enlightened" by tbe'ambignoua ut
tetati.es ofa lot of fie tr.ul.* Democrats who
an- afraid Of their own opinions .' A cause
which fails to Inspire ita followers "with any
courage nu..st bfl a pretty poor cause.
.1 STRANGE 8TORI IS COURT.
The legal tribunals dava sappUsd French litera?
l-re with Biany of its dramatic surprises and ro?
mantic plota, bat a -tr.mg.r storr wss never told
tdiuis rehearsed in tbs pleadinn <>f tbe Mistral
cass. Pilly roars ago thara dwell nt St. ivVmv. In
1 't io rna I-, a rich wool mci. inuit, w In<>u tabill - bad
acQBired a reputation lo all tbe eitiea of ths Conti
in-lit ann were highly sstssaaad -ron In Englaad.
1 !?? lia.l smas-ed a treal forton**, bal saw bo reason
ahy it shoaid aot ba doubled andei prudent man
..g- incut in another gent-ration. Accordingly he
tonk pains to i/ivo Ins ? ti, JoBB Mii
tral, a thorongfa baal noaa edncation in
ia. tinv ami ware ho Baa, and tinnily aaa!
hun oat mi tin- road as a cniiiiiiiTciai traveller to
visit thf .luff citu's whare woolleoa won told,
Wini** returning from st. Petersburg tins light
bsarted son of romantic Provence caught a glimpse
ol i Polish li. aiitv. Willu'laiine Dombtowska, and
straightway thooghta "f bnsineaa activity and
worldly prudence vaalahsd, Tha wooing was coo*
daoted with a Boothera ardor sad freney of tim*
patience that ai Itt-.1 the Northern maiden's inuit,
ai,il th. | wera married forthwith. The bridegroom,
haring neglected his bBataaaa ami axhaaatad his
remlttaaeeej bow flaw lt to Inform bia father that
bia jiiiinii y has beea delared for aentlmental
considi-rations anil to su.se-t that a geaeroBS sup?
pl;, of mooey should be aaa! to him ao aa to enable
him to take his bride hoaaa At the -ann' time he
waa frank soonah to admit thit his marriage waa
not a fortunata oae from a worldly point <>f riew,
at ins wifi/s only riehes were a lovely faoe and a
true heart, while little ttiat was good could be aald
al."ut lier family.
in tbeafl explanations no BBSWBS was Blade,
.Mun- argea! appeals for naanej and sssietaaes
followed, and finally tin* luther was entreated
to have mercy on Ins mm and to
help him to return lb Fr-iiee, even If only tn he
?asl "ll torr*, ir for tin-.niue of loving anti marry?
ing a beniititiil woman. Nu response wss made to
ih.--. friuitie lolieitatlooa. Tbe wool merchant,
hav nu sternly lesolvsd to ilt-.iivvii hu son, iras
anxious to keep hun as tar away as possible _:nl to
avoid diaagreeabla seem i ai borne, ile preferred to
have his neighbors believe that Ins son had die 1 on
tin- Continent ruth.?!? than li ive them goaaiping
shoat si diagraeeful s marriage, Jean Mistral, <"ii
* ne eil hy hi-i father's cuni silence and
neglect that ins mian to trance depended
upon Ins own exertions, contrivnl to porohsss
a lame hor-e and au old cart and to Mt out npofl
bia weary Journey from Poland to sunny Prorenee.
Wilhelmine contd play fairly well on the guitar,
and he, like every Pn in lillian with Southern blood,
had a musical voice, and l>v dint of their united ac?
complishments they taeeesded in picking np bera
aud theta ob the road a tom pennies, which suiiir.d
fm food and lodging, lt was a wearisome journey,
oi enpytag many weeka^ bat Fiance wm reached at
laat, and from Taraa ion a repentant letter was dis
patih-'i to M. Mistral, reciting tha prodigal's return
and the BdaaciM ol' tho way, and
beggiag that a place should bs ssstgasd
to hun even anion. tile hired sTvants.
Die next day poor Jean entered his native town,
which had once rung wiih his praises. Footsore
mei clothed in rag*, ho was leading tbe wora-oat
bone, and iii the rattling cart his brillo was scated,
weary and di k .insulate, her gaiter at her feet,
lu tha outskirt*) of the town the proed woo
merchant aim awaiting their arrival. The prodigal,
Baaing hie father a long way off, ran forward ami
threw iiiiii-?*-i i gi bbl fest, bat was met by tha words,
?? Betas him; tm ia mad !" ht Mistral's servants, who
were CO-Oesiod nearby, sei/.ed lum, and despitS the
li,in 11 eu |'pea ls uni entre alu., ot the a il e. earned lum
to lu- nhl hoine, whence, after beiag aloeely gaarded
for several days, BS wat eoauaitted to an insane
asylum. A? his counsel now plemls the flam in the
civil tribunal of Tarascnn, the unhappy wife, de?
spairing of ettectin. her husband's releaj** and re?
duced to Uestit iitiou, soou disappeared from the
town. The prisoner himself, after vehemently
asserting his sanity for years, lapsed into silence
-ml despair. His father's death broaght BO change
in hi-i condition. A nephew wheel lad the estate,
nnd the rightful heir wan still adjudged to be in?
sane. Forty-live years hiive passed fliaCfl he re?
turned in rags to his father's house, and poor Jean
still languishes in his madhouse -m-on.
PEBSONAL.
According to The Atloatt CoatUtotiom, senator
brown, of Georgia haa nn income from all sour.es
of considerably wore t han tj'iloo.uoii a year.
The ?tstement that President Joshua I.. Cham?
berlain, of Ilowdoiu College, mon in a critical con?
dition, and would have to undergo a second and a
third suigha! operation, aupssrs to hart- been aa
founded. His surgson says he ls f_**>***f
splendidly, bli strength is returning, and his wonna
is rapidly and permanently healing.
Signor Kaggi, who executed the great statue of
Lord Beaconsfield, is now at work on a monumental
statue of the late Dr. Tait, Archbishop of Canter?
bury.
Uenjamin E. Bunker, who died a few days aao at
Norwich, Conu., was a grandson of Benjamin E. C.
Bunker, who owned Dunker's Jilli at tbe time of
tbe battle.
Iinmediately after M. Dolaunay'sdecoration asa
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, the members of
ths Couii-dle-Francaise presented hie with a
superb set of Alfred de Musset.s complfte works,
eleven volumes, sumptuously bound in bluo morocco
by Michel.
A bnndred Hungarian counties and boroughs
bave sent addresses to Kossuth on the occasion of
his eightieth bit thday. Tney all breathe a spirit
of enthusiasm, inspired by the contemplation of
the glories of the past; but his replies are full of
melancholy forebodings for the futare, as from tue
mind of one out of harmony with tbe present.
Mn. Mary Threkeld Bishop, wife of ex-Governor
Richard M. Bishop, of Ohio, whoso death has been
announced, wsa sixty-six years old. She was mar?
ried to Mr. Uishop at the axe of sixteen years, and
they wen* making preparations at the time when
her fatal illness heyan for celebrating their golden
wedding on Juno 17.
American contributions are being solicited to the
Fielding Memorial Fund, the object of which, as
previously annonnceJ, is the erection of a monu?
ment sud bunt of the famous novelist in the Shire
Hnllof Tannton. Somerset, Kngland. Mr. Lowell
bas promised to unveil the bust. Mr. Arthur King?
lake, of Haines Hill, Taunton, is in general charge
of tbo matter.
Dom IJedio, of Brazil-tbe senior sovereign of the
world, by tbe way, in tenure of office, having now
reigned more than btt\ -two years?is going to visit
England again, aud keepers of public institutions?
museums, libraries, etc -are praying tbat a change
may have been Wtoeght in his habits since his last
visit. He used to make appointments to visit such
places at. say. Ti or li o'clock. Ths custodians sup?
posed, of coin-He, that he meant that hour in tho
afternoon, but when the time came they found to
their dismay tbat he tm ant in Hie morning : and
he was always punctual, to thc minute.
Om- evening, winn neither of them had a son
in hts pocket. Betane said to Jules Ssiideau:
" Sandeaii, I must have twenty fiancs, to go to the
l>u. hess of S-Vs ball. Murder a publisher, if you
like; assassinate a banner, if goa caa; bat gel ate
tin- twenty francs." Without B word Sandeau went
out?it was midwinter?and pawned hts overcoat.
Returning, he handed Balsas the proceeds, twenty
francs. ?? Sow," saul Balzac, ** oblige me by lending
m. your overcoat." "I cannot*." "Vonnie dla
ohliginff. " *-*toi>; hero," said Bandana*, bandin
him the pawn-ticket. " Forgive BM ; I am B lunts. '
cried Balzac, snd threw lnmielf weeping mto
"s.iude.iu's arms.
Maxima du ('amp tells some amusing stories to
illustrate baudelaire's morbid dssite fer notoriety.
? >t, the occasion ot Baudelaire's dial \ islt te Puris,
Du Camp invited him to take some refreshments,
and asked whether he woulu have bordeaux or bur?
gundy. " I'.ith," was tho reply, and bo drained a
Lottie of each at i draught, casting meanwhile
furtive glances at hia heat to see whnt/iBipiesslon
the eccentric proceeding inado upon bim. Hut Ou
Camps countenance remained unmoved. Baude?
laire went away in chagrin But he soon visited Ou
Camp airain, and this time v>itb hit- hair uyed u
vivid green. But again Du ? .mic aiie.tod to regard
tho freak astfaemost Batumi and commonplace
thing in the world. Atlas! Baudelaire cried, ina
fur; of despair: "Don't you aotice anything pecu?
liar in the color of mv hair f " " N"thiog what?
ever," wits the deliberate reply. "I have seen at
least Bftypeople with green "hair to-day. Ifyra
hud di i'd \ .mrs a bright blue, that, I Bootees, .would
have struck ms as something out of common. Here
baudelaire bounced from Ivs chair, crushed his hat
over hu ears. Bung hlaistl! from tin* room, end
neclared to a irieivl whom I.e met on the stairs tbat
Max..ne I >u (Ump was altogether tne mos*: disagree?
able man in Pena
r.ii-]u\, May 30.?A dispatch to Tin .lott mat irom
\\ tlli imstown Bays the repot ts of the illness of tbs
K-v. Mark Hopkins are exaggerated. Thia after?
noon he wai rtttingup, .ami expressed thu hope that
bs would he able to be out >.f ui.ors In a day cr two,
t'nv'i ivtiM tn., May 30.?Alphonso Taft, United
states liiuiater to Austria-Hungary, and Eugene
.Schuyler. I'tnted Stales Minister tu (.ince, S, ivia
an.l Ronmanin, were presented te ths sultan to-day
liv (ieiieial Wallace, lbs DulteU States Milliliter to
Turkey.
1'iti.vit'i.*.. t, K. L, May 30.?flo vernor Bourn was
ohio to preside in tho Senate to-day.
G ES URAL SnlLS.
In the little Ohio village nf Northern Liber?
ties there liven ii USBTQ WtWSS reai name ls .I.-hn Daniel,
bat who vindicated tin* ether .lay lils title te ins famiitur
sobriquet ol -Hop vied Julia" In u most unet[)i>etetl
sod surprising manner. As he was walking down tho
stied his right '-ye uetually did pop out of Its socket aud
droop npon hi- sheck. He sank to ibo ground lu an
otoo) ot 'cur. mt.-ring screams ..f grief and despair,
Win e thus i Dglkged tut* eye popped back Itu i p.ac* sud
ti rt ri il < os nor us well as ever.
There is t<> be a gathering of all the Rouma?
nian k'.vi'sl.v in th" country st Utica in July to tin hoooc
to their l'u.-en. whose uu:ii>* ls Mary Lovell au.l ivlmis
now wttu a na vt iu soap at Philadelphia, ai leant this
ls what her m.u, who is the oilier of the baud, gays.
Ace.inion; ro his itofj I-aeon Mary, who hus lust arrived
in thi- ei.uiniy t i look after ttie welfare of lier subject.***,
ls recognised by ell the waadertag tribes of Romaanla.
she ls t.vetity-.iix years old, and succeeded te the
sovereignty upon tbo doete of ber mother, Queen Anne.
liiaii.t years Ugo.
The distribution of medals among ihe Burri
VOrSOf Hie recent campaign In Kgypt bal BOOB BOOB
i.v'i.i. Tiie total Bomber of mediis Issued ie 44,000,
in ti it required rn toa mid u hair ?,f silver to make tiiom.
Uni hive ail been engraved with the milnes of th.- rc
clplt nts ny workmen smptoyedis ths Beyal Arsenal m
Woolwich, uiul -I.ni th. nee to ul! pints of Hie world. In
addition to sctuol wldlsrs sad Milora the saptatas of
all tlie ia. rvi,ant ships employed as transports during
tho campaign, many other persons whe rendered sssist
snooofi. Hint ni- another and numerous relatives of
deceased Midlers hove i-ec.ived itu- nsittlsls.
It was, of course, ut once upp neut to every.
bod) thai the word -'psciiutt," which bat taken tha
l.lace Ol "cine " among PSTtslailS lodeuoti- tli.it a pSSSOB
ol thing IS ail tho fashion, was of (Jenn ill Origin ; but lt
now appears that uo lets a psCSOUagS titan liisinaick
himself wai ih" nu-un of putting the awkward syllable
in cm ii.allon, ir h.* did not actually ctln lt. lie n-c I lt
In c tr. e; sat mn with it Bossies Prim-ess vvliosi) Paris
solon lit it favorite retort ot foaBtOU, and when sh,* iisked
him what ll meant haaot only explained the word bat
advised her to set lt going la tbe Freneh capital she
follows i his advice, sud thc re-ult i. that "pechatt " u
tn-(hiy Hie iin.st Important BdJectlVS lu the vocabulary of
I'.trni.
During the laat decade thirteen men hare
.lied lu tireat Itiitiiln leering property worth more than
__l,(M)o,()i-(>. Of these by fur tbs richest was Hanni 1,.
N. ds I."tli.chii'!. who lefl at3.7tW.000i Thetn-xt larges!
mun ??_*. xl.no.i.ooo, left by John l'<*iii>, non, of Liver
poul. PurtOgthe same period tlfty-slx men died leaving
mare limn a ooo. ooo, and i?o IsbtIbi Basra thea
a2S0,000. Daring tits preceding decode tea parsoas
loft eton tban Xl.oOO.ooo, Ifljlhios mero than
gSOO.000, and 161 mme thoa xjr.o.ooo rite spectator,
whleh compilei tin* statistics for iritadeportee. Beafassss
nu surprise at the gguree, ssylag: "That ls bb lanmau
minmi, inlllioiiiiiilros of M per cent, among half-mlll
lonnslresof 6 percent, and amongqnartermlilionuaires
Of ls por eui; aud we expected the numbers to be
doublo.l. ,
"Alas for the rarity of Christian charityI"
Hie hinpston Freeman is unfeeling enough to tleclnre, on
th.* autliority of a enid hieoded lnrormant, that the
fluming sword which f.-il from heaven upon ths peaceful
village of Accord. In Ulster County, ls nothing more nor
lesa tbuua terrestrial weapon fashioned several years
ago by B hlaakSBBllB, mid a very poor blacksmith at that.
Tue films Balms of the blade are said to have shrunk,
though size ls mill lu strongest point, arid the mysterious
and exquisitely wrought hieroglyphics are now declared
lo be the vulgar work of a small poach manipulated by?
an unsklliul hand. "The miserably shapodsword." add*
TU freemon, " is supposed to have been made by a
(un,um employed by Hell several years ago, and lt ls
said lt was the second one he ever mads. Those who have
se-ui lt tht uk lt should have beeu tbe laat. Pasted on ths
wall of Mr. Bell's residence ls sn offer of pi ,000 from
some man i.y the name of Hassell at Nnpsaoeh, but aa
tho only Hutmill g| thut vlllags having the ability to
raise flf(K)0 in wish can get a much better sword made
ii his touaeeo knife factory, and can tret the hieroglyph?
ic* put on without using a common bluoksralth's punch,
that 'offer' ls hardly bona fide." It would bo hard to
Hud ii more painful exhibition of tbat spirit ot scepticism
which deforms IMS mst uuartor of the nineteenth oca
int p.
SENATOR SHERMAN AT HOMl?
?
HIS VIEWS ON OHIO POLITICS.
PBOSPECT OF A FULL RKPCBUC-X VOTE?TH*
LIQUOR QUESTION?NATIONAL ISSUES.
[FROHA- OCCASIONAL CORBK8PO*a*DS*a"I OF lill: TRIBLTU'
Mansfield, Mar 28.?A breeze fropi the hiba
rnstled the green-roofed orchards and bore the per*
fume of lilacs into the open windows this afternoon
at Senator Sherman .country borne on theouUkirta
of Mansfield. The Senator eat in his library. A
sense of duty hud drawn bim tbcre. Hut the letter,
strewn table jar red on a nature freshly attuned ta
the harmony of birds aud flowers, and, wheeling an
arm-chair to the window bis eyes took in dreamily a
vision of wind-swept lawn and apple treen in wilona
pruning ho bad lately taken supervisory part. Tho
twittering of birds, the rushing aud growling of a
pair of shepherd dogs at play, the horses welcoming
their bucket-bearing grooms, and the soft contact
of the Hardener's boo with the unwarned soil mads
sweet accompaniment to bis musings. Mr. B?lt_.
ley, the private secretary, awaited on the front
porch the Senator's pleasure with smiling com*
placency. Tbe dreamer's conscience was faintly
battling his inclinations in the nrm-cbair, the co-11.
science leasing out towards tbe table, aud the in
clinatlon8 fastening like roots in the cushion and
around tbe chair legs. A visitor's arrival waa
a bone thrown to conscience. "Let n.a
show yon over tho place," the Senator
eagerly exclaimed, just after the greetings,
and sweeping up with one hand a bunch of papers
for Mr. lialtzley, with the other he reaches out for
a capacious soft bat. Then leading the way out btv
hind tbe house, past the white barn, with ? pleasant
salural! nm for the coachman anal hostler aad a kintt
hand for tbe glad approach of the shepherd dogs, hs
?tops at a rustic retreat at tiie edge of the knoll,
within his grounds. Below are strips of upturned
soil and meadow laud reaching to hills five miles
beyond that feed the headwaters of the Scinto and
tho Muskiuguni. Smoke in the lowland to the right
betokens the industries of Mansfield crowding close
to three lines of steel roadways that give them
market. The lower watershed of Lake Erie beging
with blurts far away to the north. The view is all
in front. Orchards dense iu foliage make walls of
green at the sides, and the ground slopes upward to
the house behind.
The Senator is just now above all things a farmer.
He loves to sit ou the front uorch and watch tho
lawn-mower rattling among tbe trees that shut ont
tho highway, titty yards beyond; to ask
alter the grapea in bia garden; to linger over tbe
atrawherrjr-bed, whit.,- with blossoms, ami to
commiserate arith the stalks of asparagus over their
timid and sickly birth ; and then to the lookout oa
the knoll where he caa BM the cloud shadows at
play on the distant lnll.sides and close his hand?
over shrub blosr-otns. purple and sweat, with MM
fragrance of pineapple and strawlierry. "Hike to
get oat here," he saul, "ft ia a great relief to es?
cape for a little while the drudgery and annoyances
of public life. For live or six years I havo neglected
this spot. It needs freshening up. But I am very
fond of it. It has beea my home for twenty of the
ti 'liv yens since 1 moved into this section of the
sta'e. Ifaaefield ia loeated aa what is called'tho
b.iel, linne of uhio.' v7e are 900 fast above Maana*
Tht weather n vcr* leaves us without a br,'. .-,
although the sun iu summer tune is not idle."
" Von do not literally overlook Columbus, as re?
ports have been Baying you were to do T"
"Uh, uo."
" But you will visit there T"
"At convention time f Yes. I expfct to. I shall
naturally ba interested in watching proceedings."
"Hoes your information lead you to look for
Judge Forakers nominationT"
"That seems to h** the drift of feeling."
"Speaker Hodge say* they talk in Cleveland ol
urging the cainiiii.icv of State Treasurer Turuey for
the seend place BB the ticket."
"Thc two names would be very strong, with either
one in either place. Mr. Turnoy could uot tako tint
stump, but he would bring to the ticket support
from a populous and influential class; a class whoso
votes either party would be proud to have?tho
workingman. That will be our aim: to nominata
n strong ticket, an.l having a good cause thero need
be no fear of the result."
"How do you suppose the operation of th" Scott
law will affect the canvass should the Supremo
Court sustain itt''
"Itsoperation must bo beneficial. It will close
two-thirds of the saloons in the State. We must
exi*ect dissatisfaction in the cities, but the great
body of the people favor temperance measures.
They know that this law must conduce te moral
good. Then the interests which were antagouistio
to the Hepublican position last veal cannot ?lim?
men their former strength, .hey have uo cause)
now except a selfish one, while our position cannoft
be assailed on any such ground. The winter'*
Ugtalatioa was intended for the moral welfare of
the State, aiM will bo so recognized. 1 feel v*ry
sure tbat the majority of voters will not hesitato
between a side whose victory would en?
courage and give free rein to thoso
engaged in this f rattle and our side,
which aims at restriction and temperance. Tho
lshiie, I have no doubt, will draw out a full Repub?
lican vote. The vote last year was very lignt."
"Had yon noticed that it waa acaTte. by *a.00t)
than thc poll of 1*>-1 f"
"Yes; but in issi thero was no canvass worth
speaking of. The Deoaoerate aron hampered by a
areakeaadldate, and Gat?aid? sickness and death
added to the disinclination to mawe a fight. Not
more than three CB four important ?peeclies were
made la the campaign. The first one. I think, waa
made by nie, and by au unfortunate coincidence, ou
the very night that Garfield died."
"l)o you think the vote will equal that of tbe
Footer _.wtag campaign of 1870, winn it aaa "M-'f
?.170.0001 "
" Perhaps so. That was a very full vote for tho
State election, although at the general election in
1B80 there were cast 53,000 votes more. Hut party
Beal ran high in the election of 1**79 ami beth unics
brought out unusual m length fora State election."
" Have you tried to anah ze last year's vote willi
a view of locating Kepubliciu defection and
apat hy f"
"That would b,> dilllcult, although to the 1P.U00
Democratic majoritv Cincinnati contributed 10,000
an.l Cleveland 0,00(1. Both were reversal!.
It doesn't require muoti figuring tn
locate or analyze that. Leaving eal
Cincinnati. Cleveland. Dayton and Columbus,
the Republicen majority elsewhere throughout tin*
Btata was about as usual for an ott year. Tlo
Democratic following this year lu those cities will
be -Bach rodeoed, wa thlah, booaaaa af thc natara
of tho issues. Last fall's vote indicated snnplv ..
transfer of public sympathy in certain localities
upon a certain issue. It was a spasmodic change,
but the situation having agata become uormal, or
rattier having shifted ia OBI favor, because of the
position and BOtiTCS af the two parties, to which I
referred, I think we may reasonably look, if not f?r
a rev. .sal el lad rear's results in the cities, at least
for such modilieatioti as willi au assured heavy
country vote will bring us success."
"Do you thi.ik that the liquor tax law asa
purely legal or constitutional proposition will with?
stand assault I"
" It will, of course, be assailed on that ground. I
think it will bo difficult to separate its moral and
legal bearing- ia the minds of tbo people. A tax is
not necessarily a license. A law chat imposes a tux
upon a certain business and permits a person paying
tbe tax to enter the business is perhaps susceptible
ot the construction that the tax is in the nature of ?
license. But fairly lt seems to mo that tax and
license are not inseparable. Hero isa tra tile that
people think ought to be taxed. We cannot author?
ize any MM to enter into it, but under this law wa
can prevent any oin-going into it unless upon pay?
ment of tbe tax. Hence we cannot license, but w?
can tax. The distinction is one that must appeal
to public sentiment. Tho mass of the people reeo_?
nl/e the importance of a restrictive law. aud if tba
countituiiiinaliiy of this law, trained willi the vie*
ol restriction by means of a lae. should tte affininrn*
I am satisfied that voters will sustain the par if
that passed tho law."
" Is there likelihood that National issues will ea?
ter piomineutiy Into thc canvaas I"
"Certainly. We shall not only make strong