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_"0UNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
NEW-YOKK, WEDNESDAY, DEC. VA.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.
Foitric.N.?Joseph Toole WM hanged in DiiMin
yesterday fur Um murder of Kenny. . The
Croivii Prince visited the Pope. -? The Mipple
mentary Tonqaifl credit lull was voted in the
Chandler of Deputies. ? ? ? The trial of niue dyna
lniteurs in Edinbiirir ivan coiitiniied. =_s I'aly led
Gamier in ethe hilliard match in Ffcaaee.-Sir
Johu Hawley Glover has been appointed Governor,
of Newfoundland.
Congress?Tho Senate yesterday was reore-fiii
Ireriby theeleetion as officers of that betty ike BOBBI'
tieenot the Keiuililican caucuses-; the report of the
Committee on Kales was further considered, ivith
tmt action. -.-= The House was not in session.
Domes UC?The Railroad Commissioners beean
an inquiry yesterday concerning the buming of the
Bleeping car Tolano. . Six men were severely
injured by the explosion of two boilers in Pittsburg
yesterday. , Five members of tho Kti-Klux
Klan confessed tlieir guilt at Al lani a. (ia., and
"were sentenced to imprisonment, s : The ti-hiii_
"Buacks George H. Pierson and Helen M. Dennison,
?With twenty-two nun, are reported to have been
lost. = The Democrat ie State Convention of
Louisiana BM t at Uaton Boaga yesterday and ap?
point ed a Committee on Credentials. __=_ Fossil
tracks and icniainsof getpt interest wen-discovered
Bt Portland. Conn.
City am, St iiti'iiw.?Tnt-*. Tribink to-day
gives figures from HE contracts let by Commi
Bioner Thompson on unbalanced bids. ? __? Tho
Board of FiTtilBBtf and Apportionment yesterday
appropriated |00,000te the Special Orand Jury's
Work of investigation. _- The death of Root
Keiser was declared by the Coroner .jury to be a
suicide. ~__: Geueral di Cesnola was eiOS8-s_
Biniued further. ?:?r Tho Republican Central
Committee adjourned sine die. - Tho trial of
tho De Meli divorce DOSS was continued. _____
Superintendent Walling produced tho police rec?
ords showing th it Justice Murray desert* d on the
Becond day of the riots in 1KC3. *?? There was a
Blight panie in Grammar School No. 53._. Tho
PhoTbe Panllin immest was contintKHl at Orange.
-Captaiu Gordon, charged with abducting
Addio Hresnan, was found guilty. *-r:___ Thfl exam?
ination into tho alleged conspiracy against the
, Legion of Honor was resumed. :- -.- Gold value of
the legal-tender silver dullar (412>2 grains), h.",..'t'i
?<iits. -. _= Stocks, after opening uctivo and
higher, were dull, lluctuating and lower, and closed
veak.
Tiik Wkaiih-.u.?Titint-vi: local -observations in?
dicate cloudy weather, with chances of snow, fol?
lowed by fsiir or de ir and colder weather. Tem?
perature yoTtei'ilay: Highest, -IO"; lowest, L'I**';
average, 'Ay-'^.
As often as occasion has iceni ired, of late, tho
teachers in our public schools havo shown
Hinch tact and thinness in tho way they con!roi
their pupils. In Grammar School No. 53, yes?
terday, the sudden illness ()f one of the in
?tracton brightened the children terribly ; but
tlie other teachers checked ihe panic quickly
and easily. Later the univ.tl of an anxious
mother, who announced excitedly that the
building Wilson fire*again canaedalarm,but
this w;is as coolly allayed ai before, To stand
two such t(Tts ta one day speaks well for the
teachers and bl the system ol Iii _ di ill in
tvhich the children are trained.
?
Bartholdi's statue of ? Liberty Enlightening
the World" is now entirely finished, according
to ii dispatch from the couunittee in Paris, sent
te General Gnni day before yesterday. The
announcement should stimulate to renewed
-ftortsthe New-York committee which hsis th,>
Pedestal Fund in chaine. Money enough
has Inn, r,cived, wc believe, to pay for the
foundation lol the pedestal on Hcdloo's Island;
and the Loan Collection will probably net a
handsome sum to he added to the amount
?beady '? ''and. Hut then we shall bc far short
of the $250,000 required to pay for the entire
pedestal.
The French Deputies have voted 20,000,000
frauen to cai-ry ou tho Tonqnin expedition.
This action, together with the Cabinet _ " energy
in defending the honor of Frauce," haa caused
M. Ferry to plume himself iniinenaely. lie inti?
mated yesterduy that, if too many questions
were asked, tho Deputies would havo to look
around for other men to carry on the Govern?
ment. M. Ferry secnis to he going u little too
fast. Judgiug from the debatea in tho Cham?
ber in regard to the Tonquiu credit, tho Depu?
ties have little confidence in the Ministry j
but they wc th.it Franco is in a bad position from
wltich she can bc extricated only by standing
by the Uovei-iiieut at present. Tliiaia a vastly
different attitude from the one M. Ferry is
ptoasffl to assume that the Chamber occupies.
-*
Tho authorities of Orange,.?. .1., who have
been investigating the Pniillin molder, seem lo
have discovered clew- well worth following up.
The fact that the man Franck, who recently
tried to commit suicide, was not met hy anyone
on the road near the s-eeiie of the clinic at the
time he says he was then and which must have
beeu about the hour when thc deed wsis done,
i.s against liim. lint the matter onghl to be
investigated more vigorously. Thc coroner's
jnry meets now and then, hears a little evi?
dence, and adjourns lot a week. This is ex?
actly as it ought not to lie if the officers of thc
law expect to make ("it a ease against Fianc1;.
Moreover it ls cruelly unjust to thc scensed man
that he is not allowed to present his defence
Be baa not been proved guilty yet, and lie lia-.
rights that a good lawyer would lone the au?
thorities to respect.
-?
Poole, who was hanged yesterday in Dublin,
in probably (he last man who xviii have to pay
the penalty for complicity in the PhoBniz Park
marden. His connection with the tragedy was
something like O'Donnell's; he helped to kill
Kenney, who was inspected of having
given information to thc police about thc assas?
sination ol' Cavendish and Burke. Wc have
yet to lean thc fate of the other guilty Irish
men who Int rayed their fellow-scoundrels in
the Phoenix Park aft'air. The Hritish colonies
refused them a, landing, and at last accounts
the English Government had not found an
asylum for them. Then caine the excitement
about the killing of Can y, and under cover
of |that, they have managed to disap?
pear. Thc hanging of O'Donnell and Poole
adds to their chances of a long life, wherever
they may be.
.I//,-. THOMPSON AND THE GRAND JUEJ
Commissioner Thompson resembles William
M. Tweed, his predecessor in the Department
ol Public Woiks, in other things besides his
fondness foi the system of imbalanced bids in
city contracts. In boldness and effrontery he is
little behind the Chief ol the old Ping. After
Tm: Titnti m. has proved from the official
records that the sums appropriated for
his department have been misused in an
outrageous manner, he _ces before the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment and insists thal
his excessive estimates onghl nol to be
cut down. And because thc President of
the Tax Department shows a disjiosition to
?resist any such waste of public fund-,
Mi. Thompson takes the word out of hi> month
with i sneer,
The Commissioner of Public Works can
probably count on the hearty support of Mr.
John Reilly for his most exorbitant demands.
Mr. Bellly has been elected to an office thc
emoluments of'which arc understood to be
$100,000 per year. Naturally he is in a gen?
erous frame of mind. And In has always
shown himself the allj of extravagance and ex?
cess in municipal affairs.
But thb other members of the Board of Esti?
mate and Apportionment have shown mon
respect for public opinion and more concern for
the bardens of the taxpayers. In the lace of
the proof which we have given of ihe lni-ii-c of
thc public money in Mi. Thompson's depart?
ment, it is their plain diitx to sciiitini/e his
figures with the utmost care and to cut doun
his estimates to the lowest sum for which tbe
necessary work of thc department can be
carried on.
The Special Grand Jory ol the "vcr and
Termini r has also a plain duty to perform.
The contracts of the Public Works Department
must bc thoroughly overhauled, ami all the
operations ol that department ihiitI be Investi?
gated exhaustively, An "Appropriation of
$20,000 has been made in order that the Jury
may employ such expert assistance n- may
Ix needed. This will not be available lint -1
after January 1, Hut ii beginning might ix
made now. Thc jurymen can lind Jill the
books and papers from which Tua Tribune's
figures have been copied in the proper depart
incuts. Thej need not wait for experts to show
them the fraudulent character of the un?
balanced bid contracts. Then let them look
behind the contracts. Let them find out the
men who aie back of tia in, .'ind what their
relations are to persons lo positions ol trust.
In order to get at all the corruption existing
in the municipal departments, they will of
?course nei d expert accountants of a high ordei
of ability and of perfect independence and
honesty. But they cm .find out ii great deal
before tho 1st of January if they set them?
selves diligently .at work now. r
We hope that such arrangements may'.be
made ia tlit- Court of Over and Teriiiiner tliat
this Grand Jury may present all its reports to
the Justice who gave the charge, This is only
proper and befitting. The chief Justice in?
structed them as to the work they wen to do.
To lum their .reports should be made,
PAECEUJaNQ ULT territory.
Curious confirmation of the opinions ex?
pressed yesterday about the war of Western
roads appears in a Chicago dispatch. It states
that tho triple alliance between the Union
Pacific St. Paul and Hock Island has a purpose
definitely expressed in the eontracta which
binds each of the three companies not to build
extensions to interfere with either of thc
others, KaturaOy, the three companies which
make this territorial compact would be glad to
have the other roads?the Burlington and Quiney
and the Northwestern?join their new pool,
snd bind themselves in the same way. Put it
is equally natural that the Burlington and
Quiney* which haa already ,l Hoe to Denver,
with blanches tapping tho Union Pacitlc, and
connection willi tho Denver and Bio Claude
and by means of that with thc Central Pacific,
should hesitate to bind itself not to Interfere
with the Union Pacific. An attempt to make
a division of territory bit ween these two com?
peting lines would involvo some difficulty. It
ia alao natara! that flor Northwestern, having
already spent money in building a line to Dead?
wood, should hesitate to bind itself not to
continue that line to Ogden. Every effort to
lock up competing roads within strict territorial
limits, beyond which they are not to seek li allic
ol accept connections, has been fun nd ex?
ceedingly diilicult, and Mich compact.-! winn
made havo been apt to result in constant
wrangles.
But the people of tho Union Pacific, (Bock
Island and St. Paul roads are not unreasonable
on their sido. If they aro willing tojagreo with
each other, territorially and as to.ratcs, there is
no reason why they should not prefer to do bo,
and discontinue agreements with roads that are
not willing. Uenco somo concession will have
to bo made by both parties, in order to avoid a
competition that must injure both, and tlie
sooner such concessions aro mado on both
Bides, tho .sooner both will get tho benefit of tho
valuable business for which they aro lighting.
Thus it is not strango that although tho pro?
posed pool meeting yesterday adjourned with?
out action, a Chicago dispatch pronounces the
prospect for an carly settlement brighter than
it has boen. Tho parties have reached a point
at which both can see that concessions by both
will eventually have to be made, lt is reported j
that a new plan has been privately considered,
which will be submitted at a meeting later this
week, and it is thought likely to be adopted
But whether the ronda are now ready to agree
on concessions, or are not yet ready, they all
know that COnffiesionS are inevitable.
It is often said that tho building of com?
peting roads is evidence that Government
restraint or control is necessary. Bul this
reasoning goes on the Assumption that com?
peting lines aro always harmful to the public.
When Shrewd men put their money into tho
construction of a new railroad, there is pre?
sumptive evidence thal the traffic is large
enough to rapport both the old and the new?
lines, if not at once, in the near future,
lien make mistakes at times, even when they
invest their money after the most careful in?
vestigation. Put all experience goes to prove
that Government would make more mistakes.
THE DEMO! HATH LAST DITCH.
The extremely painful time luis arrived in thc
history of the Democratic party when it feels
(ailed upon to abandon thc last of its distinc?
tive "convictions."
How many of them it has abandoned during
the last quarter Bf ? century ! Thc fact la, that,
it has only got on at all as it has sm Tended its
" convictions'- and collie upon Kopublican
ground. Its convictions on slavery, itsconvic
tionsoa emancipation, its convictions on thc war
being "a fiiilurc, " its convictions on the green?
back, its wai ictionson the draft, its convictions
on payiniTthc debt iu depreciated currency, Ks
convictions on the (?(institutional amendment-,
its convictions on resumption?-all these it has
Surrendered. Tree dade was its last ditch.
And now, wiih quantities of mental reserva?
tions, it sm renders free trade and announces tbat
it will do business at the old stand as "a tariff
reformer."
Is thc surrender bona tide, or merely for reve?
nue only ? It is Impossible to answer Ihis ipics
tion, since, m yet, there has been no authoritative
Democratic definition of ? tariff reform. No
two Democrats egree as to whal it is. Tho
I general opinion seems to ba that a tariff re
j foi niel is a t;n ill-for-icvciiiie-oiily nisin in a ten
, tative disguise. If this general opinion be cor
J reel, then of course ihe mu render is fl sham
1 Now ;ind then a Democratic editor, eager that
bis party shall both bave ita cake snd eat it. or
rather that it maj successfully ride two horses,
\ argues that a tariff for revenue only is not to be
1 confound* d with .free trade. But up to date no
1 nielaphysicisin has arisen who has been able to
| point out the material difference between the
two. The masses seem to beBeve that the dif?
ference is m.! greater than Ilia! which exists be?
tween tweedledee alni tweedledum.
.Mc Carlisle's attitude n<-.i candidate fnr tbe
Speakership would argue that the report of the
surrender was unfounded. But his attitude
since be gained the offlce is calculated to pro?
duce the impression that tbe surrender, if it had
not already taken place, had at hsist been de?
termined ii|.on by the leaders, i'ii the other
hand, os sagacious and flank an exponent of
Democracy as The Sun scouts the idea that there
bas been a surrender, ..(hiing that thc fact thal
there has not been bids fair to make shipwreck
I't Democratic prospects in the mar future.
i >ne thing is certain, however; and that h. that
the inabUityof the masses to agree nponthe
"convictions^ which Demoreaey holds nponthe
tariff is rery bad for thc Demoreaey.
Honesty on the tariff aa on other things is the
best policy. I or ;in avowed free trader thi re la
respect. There cannot be foi ? freetrader,
who, wanting the courage of his convictions,
pipes out that be is a tarifl reformer,
///;; ROTTEN i >>s ii; it i SYSTEM.
Owing to the scandalous im thuds of trans?
acting the boniness of the Public Works De?
partment,! burden of million- ol dollars bas
within comparatively a few years been lm
]??!.. il on the taxpayers. Such a system
should not be -permitted to continue another
day. But uudci existing laws ko long a-. Com?
missioner Thompson remains in offlce thc city
will Miller. It ought to be the tint duly of the
Legislature to provide relief. The law which
permits Commissioner Thompson to expend
at will 11,000,000 a yeal from the issue <-i
Croton Water Bonds should I"- repealed; and
the work of providing the city with an ^ad?
ditional water suppl) left entirely in the hands
of the Aqueduct Commission, All contracts
should have the Approval ol the Board ot
?Estimate,oi som, I.ody other than the person
who makes them, befera the city becomes
liable on them ; and UO eontlai'lol -lioilld ha\e
the lij-'ht to recover bom the city a greater
BUm than the total amount of liis bid. Thc
preparation of false estimates should be made
a misdemeanor, The fraudulent (999 sjetom
ought to be swept away; ami Commissioner
Thompson should be held n iponsfble for any
Infraction of the provisions of the existing
statute in regard to contracts,
With a few changia of this character In the
laws a considerable improvement would
follow. The need of it is Strikingly manifest
from the facts presented In Tim: Tmbi Kl to?
day In regard to 89 unbalanced bid contracts
let by Commissioner Thompson. For receiving
basins the prices vary from our cent to .s-.ii*
cadi; and for rock excavation from one cent
to ,*30 fl cullie yard. For the same kind of
?sewer theprici tpaid vary (rom$fl nato ism ko
a lineal foot, Bach facts as theo need no
comment,
DIVORCE da v is tun ago.
Satin day is divorce day In Chicago. This
day la, for some rea-.set apart In the various
courts tor divorce business, und ibo reporters
are always on hand. They give tho quotations
of >the divorce market, which is usually brisk,
record the salient Incidents of the day in a
Ince/y and entertaining fashion, and so make a
picture of this phase of Amelie in iib, whieh is
Interesting and suggestive) and which some
perhaps would iiml amusing,
'Mi .Saturday la-t, for example, Justice
Hammer, who had married Alli) rt Bingham
and Mary E, Bingham only two years ago,
appeared aa attorney for the wife In an ap?
plication for divorce. u I appear in tho eaae bi
a dual capacity*" ho remarked in a Jocular
manner to Jndge Gardner, and that cheerful
magistrate replied, * That is nil right, but it
seems to bm as if you were rather monopolising
the business." These pleasantries having put
mattera on a footing of general good-hmnor,
the Wife took tho stand and testified that
dining tho two years since she was married tho
husband had done nothing to support her, and
that during the three mouths that they had
lived together he had choked and othenviso
abused her. The. di cree was granted. So also
in tho ca.se of Mrs. Leverett, who went upon
the stand in " a gay costume," and u smiling "
as she began her story, und "conveying tho
impression," sajl the observant reporter, ? that
she had been tho victim of a practical joke, and
that she enjoyed it for all it was worth." Sho
had been married ft littlo more than two years,
and her husband had deserted her after a few
months, lier littlo child was with her, whom,
as she explained, she had called simply Oliver
Twist, without any Levorett. If he was to
have any other name it would be Lane, her
maiden namo. Thc judge granted tho decree, J
and. as the party passed out, young Oliver
"created some merriment by exclaiming in
meaningless and lisping syllables, ' 0, Pa.'" In
one of these ca.ses of desertion, tho judge was
not fully satisfied by tho evidence: Maria
Wheeler became a wife la November 1879, her
husband leaving tho same day for Oakland,
California, saying that when he found work
he would send for her. He had never done so,
but after ji few months wrote that they might
better live apart, and that she could get a
divorce. The judge was not content, however,
with the evidence.
Not all thc cases were of the same cheerful
character as those just cited. Tilde were some
painful stories told of cruelty and neglect.
Thc proportion of divorces granted was not so
large as usual, however, and the newspapers
seemed disposed to regard it as, on tho whole,
rather iin unsuccessful day. Hut times of de
preesioa must be expected in every industry,
and WO doubt not thal by another Saturday
thc bench and bar and the newspapers will
have regained their cheerful tone, and the
divorce business will be BS lui-h BS usual.
JUSTICE Tn 77.7,7.'}' BELMONT,
It is sar prising how circumstances conspire
acainst Terry Delmont, Thc dist ineuishing charac?
teristic of that promising you ncr man is his modesty,
which is due alike to his native rclincment nnd the
influences and SSBOfllsthBlS "f SB illustrious HlMISfQ
And yet, 1 i.v.some m.*) Iitfiicniihination, circumstances
are always cont ri v in^ tn glfS him an appearance of
juvenile cum cit and impudence, which is utterly
foreign to his real nature. .Just now ever ssalous
Mends sn making him, in spite nf himself, Beaadi*
date for Chairman of the House PofSJgfl Ilelatio.'is
Coiiiinittee against 8, B. Cos, Mr. Cox is a states
man who occasionally breaks into capers, which
neither we nor the rest of his true friends can sin?
cerely approve. Put bs bas dona excellent public
sits les in his time. Hs bogsn his caner iu CoUgWSS
winn Perry Belmont eras still lending Biarblesto
his p!a\ mates, at ten per cent a month on the origi?
nal >eOBt, and Belling them an inferior articlo of
molasses candy at prices Esr above the market rate.
Mr. Cos hus a special knowledge! f forelegs matters,
and, of all tbs Democrats In Congress, is probably
tbe one be-t qualified to be bead of that >eomiBitt.ee.
Everybody knows that it la ludicrous to mention
Perry li< Imonf against him. p_ot yoong Mr. l'?l
inont Lie,w-s it well, and yi t his Injudicious friends
ure forcing him Into sm ii s position of rivalry n ith
Mr. Cox, i nd making bim appear to bc such a for
ward and froward and generally impertinent snd
self-;.", liing youth, thal distinguished Democrats
ha v.- sai I that tiny would Bot serve on tl.mm it
tee w i'h bim if be ia made chaim an. This must be
tery trying. Fi would be sin] nure so if (Speaker
Carlisle shunt,! disregard Ml
? I. n that Mc < un should lie mi de chairman.
Tben thi i I t ter of the I> moora t ic C
Committee of tbe Roans, 1' ls Bell known that
there iras si aniv< ra il desire among the Democratic
members, on ae< nun! of Perry Belmont's ripe experi?
ence as a statesman, and his ability as a parliament
arv tauter, as shown in ih.it terrific tourney In
which he nell..I-. d Mr. I'.ls.im with a penholder,?
s universal desire, we repeat, to make him Chair
maul .? Committee, r.ut be wonld not
hear of it, and withdrew Just aa far as he could,
whichwaaonlj sa far aa tha office of Secretary.
Jinghi- friends insisted lhat he must take, and
i, in theil maladroit s bj . they sui i ceded only
in giving the impression that he waa anxious fer
this place for the aake of notoriety and Infli
lt r. i!i\ seems aa if Perry Belmont wonld never
how just how modes! beean be.
Y"! anotheraci nh ul befeh aim. Ceneral Kosecrena,
who was inside ch.iiiinan. gave Mr. Belmont thc
othei day si call for a caaena. Just sit iln, moment
Perry's incurable bashf ulm w overcame him ?
ph ti ly ihsit he could imt l-siie I he call, and hi- ciie
miea spread aboat tba remoc that he bad -aid be
did nol issn be saw no nco isitj for a
'I hus do miafortnnea sccmnnlate npon the head of
b yoong man who.alj smbition la to get aa in
into tin'lise kirnuiiid .'It lie (in, .'.nd pull the back?
ground after him, whereas tbe public ia rapidly
grow iiii,' tothink of him as th) brazen .-neill Hoy of
politics, always ready to elbow older and better
e.i a int nf tin- way, ao that ba eau push into the
front rank ol the dov.il. Laat year bia friends
-hnvi .1 him foi-waili in linn wa) Into the posittoa of
a candidate for _overnar. Thej likewise crowded
lie dinner npon him, from which, in his nu nie t
way, he could only escape bj running ol) io Phila?
delphia, Here for onee thej shared hi i .peculiarity,
for they were too basbfni to cotue forward and pay
Un bill till they were med for it.
Under the Mat.f Juatiee which crowns tba
' ity Hall '.loiiil yesterday in cloBe conversation
Hu<bert ii. Thompson, Commissioner of Public
Works, sud Colonel John IC Fellowe,one of the pi .
ecuting officers of the County of New-York lids
letion anggeated to the observer the reflection
that i' might be prophetic of a meeting of theae men
when tbe bar of a criminal coori shirald separate
them and the demands of J oat id be fulfilled.
Wa have bad itrikea of workers snd strikes of
?railroad nun, strikes of sewing ?irN ami telegraph
operators. Hut bow, ii seem a, we are to bave s
strike of Kinga, 1 be Khedive ol Egypt declan i hs
will abdicate If Oreel Britaia dm', imt put down
Kl Mahdi. T_S mau han some sense. What use ji
tin re In being a raise if il mau cannot have !hiiik'-t
bis own wayl Ungi have wanta and necessities
ss well ss Siiiisili-i ic-ipniitcrs, ?? walking deleg itoa,"
and the working-pMple who rapport theminidlo
11 ? -. [f a worker cannot live like sKing, let hun
strike. Also, if s King cannot bave his own way,
and manage his emploj err'e busim sa for hun, let lum
strike, England hires the Khedive, ami pays lum
big wa (es t.> do nothing. How he proposes Vi run
in- employer's hnainosa. orstrike,
speaker ( arlialfl tells s reporter that there arc 56
members whodeairs plaoeson tbe Commorce Com?
mittee, The Commerce Committee oonalata of 18
numbers ; td K"'s Into Bfl A tim. - and 11 over. And
j-et there bs those who look witb feelings approach?
ing to envy upon a Speaker.
Tin: Tkiium: yesterday raferred to iii" peculiar
.behaviorofoertain newspapers In thia uity, which
Brake louil professions of devotion to reform, hut
which have so far failed to discover that there is any?
thing wiiii h needs mforming In the Department of
Publle Works, although Tua TaiBUira has puned
beyond the .shadow of s doubt thsit it is the most cor
rapt of munieipal departments. These newsoapera
yesterday Ignored sltogether the meeting of the
YuiiiiK Men's Democrat le Club, beld on Monday even
big. That meeting waa one of.isiml Importance.
I lui 'uh look ap .the question ofholdingspringeleo*
tions fur the choice of munieipal officers, and this
s j- dlseussed hy s aumberofprominent Democrats,
These refeim newspapers have often niven s good
deal of space to min !i less Important meetings of
thiselub. Vcstei'day they had not a?wonL Was
this bi ties of extremely forcible renata"
tinni sonesmiag tba eOeRuption in .Mr. Thompson's
deportment was presentedf Or was it merely a
coi in ld"-lu < /
A recount of tho vote in Ohio on tho Prohibitory
ttiii.'iulmeiil ls in PfOgrSSS, and Important errors in
tho returns havo bssa found. The t Unkind I ut,br
expresses tho belief that tho Hinciidiiieut may have
bssa csirrieil, but whether tho erroneous returns
worn made hy carelessness, ignorance, or with fraud
ulent intent to defeat ths measure, docs not appear.
It issiniii,inni-d, BOWBVSr, that tho coiiiit is to ho
i-itendcd to evsty poU-Bgdistriot la ths Mai-., 1,0
uau-o tho errors already found BM so laigB, It may
be suspected that somo Deiuocratio politicians uro
uow anxious to escape tho dilemma in whieh they
are placed, with saloon men to punish them if they
do uot repeal tho Scott law, uud taxpayers to pun?
ish them if they do.
For ono thing, we protest that our lats candidate
for Speaker of a Deiuocratio House, Mr. Cox, shall
not bo set aside for any such person us Mr. Belmont,
lint, for another thing, wo insist that Mr. Cox is uot
the Member for Ireland, hut a Member for New
York, a part of the United States of America. Th<
notion that All Ireland is going to rise up and
smash things, ii this man or that be not put into t
particular office, luis gone about far enough. A mar
who makes it his business to forgot that he is ac
American citizen, in order perpetually to remembei
that he was born in some other land, has no busi?
ness to ask anything from tho Oovernment of thh
country. To do him justice, the average American
citizen of Irish nativity does not caro a singlo whiff
of a pipe whether ono man or another gets oflice.
Ho votes " the regular ticket," as ho has a right to
do, but all tho fretting and threatening about
political positions is dono by tho squad of dema?
gogues who trade on their pretended position as
Iri-hmen of inlluenco. Some of these persons ap?
pear to have become heated in behalf of Mr. Cox,
and have done him an injnry.
Some French statesman has proposed to repeal
tho law by which the trade of French colonies was
opened to all countries. It does not seem unnatural
if France le vies a protective tariff for itself, that
it should wish colonies to havo the samo system.
At present, the performance is just tho reverse of
tho British: England proclaims free trade, and En?
glish colonios protect themselves. Moreover, when
berated for what they do, they reply that they
know what they want better than the Parliamen?
tary representatives of British manufacturers?and
of unhappy British workmen.
It is gratifying to bo told that the report of the
Dunville "Committee of Forty" is to bo analyzed
and answored. Tho resolution adopted by tho Re?
publican National Committee at its meeting in
Washington, on tho motion of .Secretary Chandler,
expresses the sentiments ef all Republicans as to
bulldozing and fraud in the Southern States. It has
not received all the attention it deserved in tho
North?much less in the South. Wo take the liber?
ty of quoting it here:
ltenolrnl. That t)il? committee views with regret and
Iodination the recent HttcniptH to suppress human
i is-'liis uml to destroy free vaStnte ami au limiest count
On; ot ballots la various States by methods at war with
Immunity uml civili/.siiioii. Against the prevalence of
snell methods, tbe Republican party stands irrevocably
pledged, and wc extend mir sympathy to all the sufferers
from such Inhumanities, ami pudge our earnest and uu
cmiilitlon.il 00-eperatlon amt tue righi hand of our fellow?
ship to nil lien inni ail org eu/ lunn-!, whatever may have
been their past political action, who now unreservedly
commit themselves te organized efforts to secure free eda
enlim), free Mif-age, iiml the protection of life and
property to all citizens wlthoul regard to their race or
color, political opinions! or rotes.
We respectfully reeoiumend this for general
Southern reading, but mire especially In the neigh*
imi hood of Danville, and in Copiah County, elliss,
Bo far .is ii v-ems to approve Msthoneisni. there B ill
lie some dissent, bul with that exception ir ropes*
-i'nts; the unanimous sentiment of tho ruling party
?I lin- North.
PERSONAL.
Mi-s Snsan Ti. Anthony is the gueat of Mrs, Spof
IiimI in Washington.
Mr. Matthew Arnold will spend to-day and to
morrow in Washington, \ isiting the \\ bite Mouse,
the Capitol and various leading Departments.
Senator Angus Cameron has returned to Wash*
ington thi-. fall with a unow-whitebeard on his face,
which previously has Iwen smooth-shaven, except
ag i mnstache. Ile cultivated the!, Mid while
?amping out in the Yellowstone region !si-t summer,
md it quite transforms ln^ appearance.
"sn Joe Brown," writ^ a Cleveland Lender
?sorreapondent, "is being denominated the ilave
pmg Benator, because be Ins a lot of penitentiary
?onvicU who work in his coal mines in Georgia.
liny cost him lesa then |_0 a year apiece, and I
i yon they have to work hud. fe,r Brown
,\.i~. brought up to labor, ll" waa born io the Pick
ms di Uriel of South < karolina slxtj -t wo years ago,
ind when a <boy used to haul vegetables to the
?minty seal and Icu' :i team wltb which he used t..
-douall thc garden plots ol the villagers. Ifebasa
iirotuei in .-until Carolina now wbo haa a good
tion, andie worth aome money, hut nothing
like thal of Joe, who la worth, I am told, perhaps
ive millions, ami keeps adding to hia pile by oom
;iiiuiid interest."
Theodore Tilton is living quietly In tbe Quartier
Latin, Parla, near the School of Fine Aita, engaged
insily in literary work. " I bave not had a vaca
ioti for many yean," he says. u I have my port?
folios full of unfinished work, It -truck me that if
[could vet sway into some quiet i.kilke this, I
ihould iiml opportunity to complete whal I bave
icgun. i may remain here all winter, with tbe ea
ept ion of a little vial) to Home. 1 am qatte alone,
mth oi mv married daughters bob being in Chi
Alexandre Dumas contributes to the Carissa au
mecdote told bim by tbe Ute Henri Didier, who
rasB Deputy under the Second Empire, Dh
allier wsis secretary to the Ministry of the Interior
it the time when the Duchess de I'; ni was arrest* ?!
il the end of ber attempt to raise thc
ouutry against Louis Philippe and in favor of ber
on, ihe Comte de i liiiinlioi'il. The traitor Dents
i .I to sell to the Government the secret of her
lidiug-plaee for 500,000 frsun s. and it waa tli?
lli, r Didier. duty to pay the scoundrel for bis dirty
\oiU. Ile look hu sou 1 iinii into the oce and said:
1 Look well now at whal passea, and never forge! ii.
iou will learn what a lathe la, and the method of
ia> ing him." lieut/ was then brought into the room
iiun' M. Didier was standing behind his dealt, ou
vhich were placed two packets, each of which eon
aimil 200,000 banca As Deuti neared the desk
,1. Didier made a sign to him to stop. Then taking
i pair ol ton;^ he extended the packets oue after
he oilier Into Ihe hands open to receive them. Ko!
i word '.mis spoken, ano when tbe transfer ?sis
ld otod M. Duller point ol to the door.
TALKS Aluin TOWN,
Tin: CASINO ??rmi: itt ii."
I.iltriitl Ainltsiiti. ('con.,.?We feel lure thsit BB SSS
inlcr obligations m>t only te Ito publle amt te Ibeatrleal
itcrests generally, bm to tbs Cs ilno stockholders s -i.i
liv io prosecute Bough, who attempted to Ure ths
?acaire, lo thc full client of UM law, and tO secure lils
rial us promptly aa possible. ile swiftness -,., wall aa
lie severity of his psatdeunent ought to bave s salutary
ilivi, and we aro, therefore, Biging immediate trial,
'lie stockholders bave Begrudgingly supported the
mnage] ? in tbe effort to maka tbs i> illdlng aa wi aro as it
i beautiful; andfor their sakes,and ss nu assurance to
lie publle that ll will ba carefully guarded frmu any la
? ?inii.ni attempts,we I ie, ,'i'n ' ute Bough
romptty. Thc folio* told me thal be had Intended when
ie alarm of Ure was <gl v<eon to rash latram the street ead
lake iiciotc eSbrtatoeztlagmsh the flames, In lha bops
mt we wonld forgive and re-employ him. Now he u-ki
iat we let him go and he promises le leave tte country
rorer. Ofeourseltletoo lats now, even if wo should
ream of doing Mich a thing.
WAMTMV, X CURB i'ul! iMri.KTlM Ni B.
Baron r ame. When, dear boy, ls there to be a st step
nt to tii-thl.s dreadful outrageous iournallsm a blob p-p?t
iltaa rniiiiniy rep-reporter t?te Invade a tandy's bou<S8
ni ii-k ter imper! ti neut questions abonl herself tMei t
g her r-;'i'pu!s(!imil i'd i ior* cerMalnly do not eiuour
;e or know of their ciiiiiiuci. Ho? aro you f solas to stop
I Ami What Witt I The Moe of josh' lili.i.it I Hut,
iar boy, ladlee don't w-wear boola i soul t-tbeae fellows
l'\ ii k' go to mean m I this way, you kuuw.
UYKXPEVDED H\r.wei:-'.
Otmmttetoeer Beery il. Perter, CharUtte end Carree'
m.?I am opposed to tbs transfer of unexpended
dances of one department te another department's
edit. Bat I think thal the aasxpeaded balance of one
iie.iu insiy be |U'operly Irati-fi'ircd to the credit of BB"
ker bureen of tte aaaas department. Tbe bal ease la
>t unlike tin' proposition to give A, who h IS lost money
i a grocer, tlio protlu which 1! has ni clo sis a lea
cichiint. Iks ssoead esaa is similar to thal wiiioii
curs In every hii-liic**?the proiit* mi tta wine lu a
iiei'i': baatHeSas gotag to pay his losses ea *U).';ir. it
ip|Mii , very often thsit. cert, iln bniBBBS Of tts Depurt
cnt of Charities ami OBI HI lilies emt los timi wc
Minuted (hey would, and that, too. wlthoul lhere lieltn,'
iy particular credit attaching to these bureau*. On the
her hsiinl lluetu.itimis lu thc markets may liisike oilier
in .ms of tim santa dapartaa nt seat mere thea wo
lu'ited; imt this ismant be eonsIdesed ess fault. Thc
ncral result should bo considered; and if wo exceed
c e.eii, ntl appropriation for lim department wu ou^hl
bo criticised. _
TIIK BIT. Ult. COE
John htUUkert, IVetlem Union.?Tho Hov. I)r, IMward ll,
ie, nfl he Dutch Unformed Church, at f*?ty-slgbtb St
id Flfth-ave., Id attraotliii,' inure aticutlotl In other cities
au the ono lu which ho preaches every Munday. lin hxi
cently lind calls from Huston and New Haven, ile ls a
BBS SSW of the Hov. Dr. Richard ri. Storr*, of Hrooklyn.
id ls about thirty liv., year* old. Uo has a hue mid
i ethic delivery, and is really not apprccUtou hero as ho
serves te l>8b
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
AN AMERICAN WIFE -
The heroine of this little comedy is a lady wha
has left the society of her husband because shs
believes he has been unfaithful to her, and becauae
she Is sure that, whether unfaithful or not, he has
wounded her In the soul, and has become obnoxious
to her in all respects. After having thus deserted
her married mate she has met with another man,
seemingly more to her taste, who loves her, and
whom she loves in return. But her husband^
although he detests her, and is a libertine, a rake
and a scoundrel?is not disposed to tolerate thia
convoniont abandonment, for tho reason that it
inflicts a wound upon his vanity and deprives him
of her fortune. Accordingly he has pursued and
discovered her in a rural retreat, and he now com?
mands her to retnrn to their home?threatening
that unless she obeys he will seize their child, of
whom tho law, in such a cate, would give him tho
custody. In this dilemma sho would lie compelled
to yield io her cruel destiny and return to the
matrimonial bower, but it is fortunately made
known and proved that her husband has, in
fact, broken his marriage vows, and, under
a false name, wedded and abandoned another
woman; so that his wife is now legally entitled
to ber divorce, aud can contract a fresh marriage?
of course with the new aspirant to her vacated af?
fections. These persons and facts, displayed
against a background of domestic commonplaces,
are associated with a villa residence somewhere up
the Hudson River?thc household of a retired mer?
chant, with several friends of himself and family,
being slenderly attached to tho main scheme of the
piece.
Viewed as a lesson in morals and in law, '* Aa
American Wife" may justly bo designated a salu?
tary piece. Its author, apparently. destfBS to im?
ply that married persons ought not to BS constrained
to an association which has bSBOBM hateful, and
that infidelity and physical violence are not the on?
ly saaSBS that should be hel'l to wai cant uud justify
divorce. Hut, probably?considering the in ti rmi t iee
of human nature and the complications of human
society?it would not be possible to frame any sys?
tem of lan winn liy the individual might, in every
InBtBnft?. lind relief, without oft'enee SS the piihlio
good. An injured wife oran injured husband can,
limier certain i iiciiiustances, get free from the mat?
rimonial fetter. Somewhat to enlarge the scope of
those liberating circumstances aright bs to assoags
many griefs. Much to enlarge it would make mar?
riage a Caree, sad di -troy the institution of family
?upon which, mainly, tho fabric of society rests.
That there is need of tbs wisest Ic.i.-latiou on this
subject; that a woman [at a mani may bs unju-iiy
.?uni cruelly oppressed by ths Btatri<moaial yoke, ami
may deserve relief without being able to lind it;
ami thal eourtahip ami Biarriage are far too lightly
regarded in these days, are, seemingly, the traths
wbleb Bnderlle the structure of t!.is play, ami
whieh Biay Im said to eonstitate the moral drift of
irs author. The piece is finn fore salutary. " Many
pen],le heil a song, who will not In ed a -i :?..::"?
sad many, doubtless, might by means ol a dnaai
have their si (ten tion drawn to qm itlonsof vital im?
portance which otherwise they wuuld pass with
heedless iiiilitt'ereuce. In the -tory, and afterward
Ib the play of " Maa and Wife," f.,r example, Wil
1. ? Collins rendered a great servite to his u<:i
i latino BS well ss to literature ami art.
Viewed as a play, ou the otic r hand.'" A:i Ameri?
can Wife " mi?c- its mark, throiiiih ilulne-s. The
strongest moral that ever wss brewed will Bot svsfl
to redeem thal (b feet in a dranisttic composition.
Virtue, on the stage, especially in nu deni plays,
is almost always brought Into (oiiteinpt, by being
insole insipid j .iud this is an injury to the pubic-,
and not a bom-tit. Word- BIB iliad equate to , les, ribs
the mischief which his been wrought by (fbrex*
ample i tbe Madisoa Beasts Theatre series of goody
dramas. Innocently wrought, of course, bat aol
lesa certainly, for all that! Judge Barrett's play sf
"Ab Ann rican Wife" has been built upon sash
lines of mere didacticism that it ri-e-but a little way
above the level of theatrical-Mediocrity, lin-story
i- trite, ihe characters aro colorle?. the movement
is slow, the dialogue is monotonous, tbe culmina
tion is tame, the slender plot is encumbered with
much needless detail, and the conclusion simply
amounts to this?that a moral which uo
body disputes is urged iu a way tut
w liiih nobody cares. Seines such ai
occur in actual life?colhxiiiics about nothiiu,
frolics at a picnic, domestic talks, much writing
and reading of letter-, telegrams, etc.?
aro indee,i. presented. But the photography of
commonplaces is avonlea iuteii-tiiig than moral
precept. It ought ant ever to be needful to remind
a writer for the stage that only the essentially
dramatic SBBBStS of life should he selected lm i
play, and that even these shoald be combined se*
cording to a das regard Cor the delicate exai
lion e-seiitial to inspiriting e licet. Judge Barrett
baa written with excellent Intention, ami liheths
scholar that lie is so well known to bo. But lui
moral ideas and bia legal lon are ia szeesa of Us
dramatic invention, ami however much his play
may instruct, it fails to delight,
The audience wa- large, and it received the p.eoe
with sager Interest, kindly spproeiattoa ami p.i
tient roepeeS. At tha sad af the third act then
was a vociferous eal] lo r the author?to which, at
tir-t. Mr. Dilbert responded, in Judie Barretts
namej but npon it- renewal, tho distinguished
Justice himself appeared in one of the stage boms,
and acknow lodged the courtesy of the public. !!,?>
play has been terr handsomely set, one of its thies
scenes, in particular (a view of the shores of tho
Hudson), being mtv beautiful. Its charl?
ton w.to, in every important respect,
presented earnestly, zealously and with skill
Bliss Coghlan enacts ihe persecuted wile,
uml lier assertion of the mothers love and the
woman's defiance, waa instinct with right feeling
and impressive force. Mr. Gerald Eyre was eepeei
ally felicitous, as tho .'renell adventurer, and Mr.
1 ? ..iii gave due dignity and importance to tlc
age of injured woman's champion. A stormy collo?
quy between these two actors, and a kindred
encounter Immediately ensuing between Mi-* ( ogb.
lau and Mr. Eyre, furnish the only real opportuni?
ties of the play; sad these were ampi j Improved.
Tin: GLA?_ OF FASHION.
One of (1/,lull,t's plira-cs about Iltimht i-i
need aa ? title fur Mr. Qraaeya asssegy, i ?
(?uncut In Loudon, at the (ilobe 'I'll,aire, anj
ea Mni'day ni. lit pre-i nteil here, ut the Fifth Avenue.
i'-ed lu tin- wey tho pisses intimates a wert
ri iln live of society in Ha taeMsasMs aspect. Tim
uiii.!n>i will-et BPS glass whe.cln Fa-lilon m.iv MS (MISSUS
lt nut as she ls, Bl least as shf sppSBtS to bs In tin- eve- "t
an attentive and somewhat .-allili al (ibsen ST. Ml- (.n.li?
lly seems to coll-lilcr lill 'SS SB udd.luinlile of ll,','Ie bc le,
mostly frivolous and te vartoas ways oSTeaslve. At bast
bs ii.i- mirror**! i s i un.ncr ,,t panoai sad aa U t ??
clili Hy of s trivial and disagrocabla il...i.u I. r, BMklag
Un in tributary to Ihe old, old story (if pB-S-S- "U>1 ln-i'l
loas i.i ealltj ti,ai preys sb asama- reeta/ and beaaisa
the domestic peace of ? toed sum. The persons are IM
treteulen sag ids wife; Uueeuwm,a rtuh taewer, sad
LmdyOoetUht,hht wwi Pelmet Btrutteki, t iBBBSli Ur.
Print J,;,l,-i,is, editor of ii -i ilcl.v new.-piper enllllisl rite
tuns* ot Wathten, aad Topps VBeUtp, tba si.-i.-r af Mea
Tretanunt. Tkti scans ls I url-*** *" tte peasant thaa lae
action dlsplaya Bui eteehfe sadeaver te ruin sin. treeem
toe, by Mtangttag bet Xe tta vies sf gambling, t>y halag
her into a OOasprOBB-tag situation, mid by \ii,!cii! and
thrcsitcnliiK amatory iiianllclsilliins. The culiiiiusillun n
Hie defeat of this r.is. al, winch H accomplished by the
eiitrapp.it lady's tgetgpatf suter, ami tiu-u MT, und Bte,
tlutemteu arc nen.Hil and I, fi lu peace.
This I- the main plot; but with this is blended a sub?
plot, of un ecci lillie gs (lily, dl.-piajiiu,' the tioilblMof tho
rich brewer, whoso wife ls also a gSBttfeVi Bad who i- ;a
limed bf Jenkins to buy the UUttt-o/-F,t?ltion newspaper"
lu order that he may become a power la the SSSSSl world.
Mr. Grundy directs bia satire BfBSBBl tts vice Sf fSBS1
Mini,' and a<alnst "the professional beauly" nuisance, and,
by obvious Implication, he rebukes tlie ifl.ldy .headed van?
by aud tho love of admiration and of tteagbthM eicito
meut which sometimes deface tho characters of women,
(tl!ier?l.-c britilde, und entail mUcryupou themselves* and
their friends. Ills mond drift, accordingly, ls Rood, aad
Us spirit and teaching are wholesome. Didactic worth,
bowe\er, t-nut a draiuHtl,' attribute, and neither tliat
virtue nor tho merit of applicability to any particular
phase of contemporary custom willsulllco toniaktagood
play. X-BStrtagttSf H_SBaaSS_l really lu Its chai-C
tcr-drawliiif, Its liicldcut aud Us dialogue. Tlie Lady
TBeela mid Jii-cph Surface, or Mrs. Mildmay and OupUBh
ilalksley business of Its plot ls uellher trish nor KR
but several nf Ita pi iMins an delineated willi vl?or.-no?
tably Heo O'Reilly, aud Mtuudaiii and JeukuetiUUteur
clent trick of substituting one laily for another, at u nial
Jilin linc, Is u-"l in lt with skill; amt much or Us l.oi
'?'u.i rc ls crisp and puujfeiit. Its Incidental ex, ,,niii',ii ot
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