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NEW YORK IIERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
Vtlnn XXXVII No. 18
MBUSEHENH THIS EVENING.
WALIjAOK'S THEATRE, Brotdinjr ul 13th etrtat. ?
fcum qaktb.
WIBLO'8 GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince end
uouatoq utm.'m.? it lack oboob.
KBY THEATRE, Bowerr?Rvqandb or Cai.abia?
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BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third At, oomsr Sixth AT.?
IDL1UH C'ACHAK.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner or 8tb at. And 13d ?U?
Ho TuoBot'duraba.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth etrast. ?
Tub New Drama or Dtvouott.
WOOD'S MUSEUM, Rroadwny. corner 38th at. ? Perform nc?a
Afternoon And runintf.?LlTTl.lt Km Hiking Uood.
i KM. P. B. rONWAV'd BROOKLYN THEATRE.coiioin
and faaobs.
k ACADEMY OP MUSIC, Fourteenth street?Oaand
moulton conobbt.
THEATRE COM1QUE. 514 BrnertwAT.? comio VooaD16mb,
Neoko ahmc-wuitk crook.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE. Fourteenth it. And Broad- '
pray?Nf.ubo Acts? bobi.rsoue, Bali.bt, Ao. 1
v STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street.-Grand Conlobut.
TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. No. 201 Bowery.JOuro
Ecorntruhtikb. Buki.fhuukb, Ac.
BRYANT'S NEW OPERA HOUSE, 231 At, between 6th
And7th ATA.?liSTANT'S MINSTRELS.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HaLL, 585 BroAdwAy
Tub San Kbanciboo Minstrels,
ST. PETER'S HALL, We?t Twentieth street.?Mrs.
Tablet's Wax Wobkb.
NEW YORK CIRCUS. Kourtoenia creei. ? Soswbs l*
*uk Ring, Acrobats, Ao.
. NEW YORK MUSEUM OK ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.?
HotKNOK AND AKT.
I.EAYTTT ART ROOMS, rfo. 817 Broadway.?Exhibition
or 1'AINTINOU.
TRIPLE SHEET.
Mew York, Thursday, January 18, IN73.
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S HERALD*
Tag*. *
1?Advertisements,
U?Advertisements.
8?Boa Americanus I The Imperial Sporting Party
at Oamp Alexis; Victory and Triumphal Return;
Grand Powwow and Indian War
Dance; The Sioux Warriors and Heroes, Red,
White, Alack, Green or Any other bears; Mr..
Mrs. and Miss Spotted Tail; Miss
Spelled Tail's beauty Dazzling tho Grand
Duke, Shendan and the Whole Partv; ualiant
Rivalry for a Kiss; Castor Wins It; The Chiefs
at a Danquol; The Indian Council; Speeches
or Spotted Tail and General sncriuuu; Hefiarture
of the iianting 1'urty from Red Wilow
Creek and Arrival In Denver?Franklin:
UnvelUng or the statue ot Hie Greatest of
American Printers; banquet at Delntoulco's?
Slate Legislatures.
4?Smallpox: Terrible Increase or the Disease In
the City; The Virus All Qver the World; How
to Treat, Prevent and Kill tue Loathsome Pestilouce;
Ofllcial Statements of Health Olllcers;
n?,si..i o?.. I
' vhvuui vi/uumvu VI UiV OUimipuA IiU?J#HUIj
Opposition ol itic German Population to Vaccination;
Where the Epidemic Is; How the
Street Cars Generate Infection?Life in LeipBlc:
A Glauce ol Life una Customs in the Old
Saxon City?Our Mew Japanese Visitors?A
liltca Murderess?Public lusirucuou? Post
ODIce Frauds in New Jersey.
??The Staie Capital: Victors in the Fight Strugliug
lor the Spoils; Who Shall Uovern Mew
York? Comptroller Green Claiming Belngereut
Rights in the Legislature; lie Denounces Van
M'ort, Palmer, John Cochrane and Pincknoy;
supreme Power Demanded by the Coniptioller;
He will Aid the Murphy Ilcpubllcaus in
New York; Formation of a New Ring; The
Tammany "Benevolent" Society To Be Overhauled?The
i ustom House Committee: Important
Communication from the ocean Sieutnship
Companies; Farther Dumaging Exposures
ol the Custom House King; The Agent
ol the canard Lino Under Examination lor
Tnree Hour*.
??Editorials: Leading Article, "Our Navy and
Shipping Intcreats?A Curious Proposition in
Congress"?Amusement Announcements.
7?Editorials (Continued from sixth Page)?Mexico:
Juarez's Despatch Con Drilling the Capture
ol Oaxnca and Flight or Diaz?More
Victories lor Juarez; luterview ol a
11 br alp Correspondent with the Revolutionist
commander (julroga?European
Cable Telegrams?The Sandwich Islands:
Croat Gale and Destruction of Property?The
Japanese Ambassadors?Amusements? jnixouc
Comicalities: Bergh's Commandments?
The Latest I rum Albany?Hie salt Lake
Saints?Miscellaneous Telegrams?Business
Notices.
??Congress: Sumner and Frellughuysen on Amnesty
and Civil Rights: the Lsbor inquiry Bill
Amended bf the Senate; sulphur, Plate Glass
and Corundum; Departmental inquiries; the
Executive, legislative uud Judicial Appropriations
; $17,000,000 Wanted?Mrs. Wharton:
The Thirty-seventh Day of the Poisoning
Trial: Gaping, Excited and Cynical Bultimoreans
in Court ; summing Up to the
Jury; APt>earauce and Aliunde of the Ac
Cused ; the Male Attorney's Denunciation I
and the Eulogy and Eloquence 01 Mr. llagner;
Courteous Compliment to Mum Nellie?The
Alleged Harbor Master Frauds?Convert
the Heathen: Annual Meeting ot the Woman's
llnlon Missionary Society of America for
ilea then Lands?lieneral Kailroad ConvenUon?The
Multiloba 1'uiLament-Fire iu Canion
Street. Brooklyn? Michigan State Bonds?
Affairs Around the city Hall.
B?The Besieged Bank: I he Third Avenue Havings
Hank ltun?Holsiciing I n itoits? The Tenth
Avenue Fire?Arre-t <1 tor Arson-More Mrsstery?An
Alleged Porjurv case?The Brooklyn
Board or A sossors-Tti- He up or Hugh
Wilson Not a llomirhic?Forgeries Brought to
Light in Treuion, N. J. - Packing the Jury?
Towing Canal I'.oai- by steam Power?Financial
and Commercial Keporw?Domestic
Mariots? Marriages and Deaths.
fO? Washington: The Annual ApnropriiUon of
f 'OO.OOii.OO'i; Frelinghuysen Fiowert Ovnr Amnesty
and Civil IHglits; Debate on Corundum;
Uncivilized snappe on Civil service Kelorm:
Bowery "B?hoy" linetorlc In the Mouse: Honors
and Llaidiltles of National Banks; Early Adjonrument
To Be Decided (in-The urand \
Army ol the Kepublic?^tupping Intelligence?
Advertisement^,
fl?The Courta: Interesting Proceedings in the
New York and Brooklyn Courts: The Erie
Litigations Mill In Court: Llb<-i in Admiralty;
CaLender, the Bank Examiner, Held lor
Trial: Alleged Fraudulent Bankruptcy; A
Post Office Case: Mutiny at Sea; seizure w
Illicit WhiBkey; Bn-incss o the General Sessions?Private
Piers, Slips and Bulkheads: '
The Dock Commissioners and Th'-lr rroposed
Improvements 01 OUMTty Water Fronts; Uunnlog
a Muck of Private Properly Owners and
what the Latter Are Going to Do About It;
Appeal to the Supreme Court lo Have the
Matter Set Ruht; Proceeding* BO lore Judge
Barrett -Advertisements.
I#?Adveriisec'nts. __________
HOIICE TO IHfi PUBLIC.
Copiea of Sunday's IIerai.d, containing
_ m?-a. tf as -1 a f-ai? a- - ?- *
(no r iBK-JH-nnuueiu irwero, vun oe noa on
spplicatioa at the counter of tbo publication
offloe.
Storm, Floods and Fibe in the Sandwich
Islands.?Herald special ad rices from the
Hawaiian Islands, dated in Honolulu on the
27th of December, hare reached us by way of
San Francisco and telegraph orerland. The
people of the islands suffered from a rery severe,
but not altogether unusual visitation. It
came In the shape of a sweeping gale from the
south, the storm being followed by beary rains
and flood and preceded by a farm fire. The
Wabee and East Maui plantations lost their
threshing houses. The sugar cane was injured
to a greater or less extent on all the plantations,
Trees were torn up and dwellings unroofed
on Kaui Island and portions of the
Shattered houses carried out to sea. Heavy
gains and floods succeeded the gale. Rice
fields were swamped and "washed outbut,
po far, our reporter had not heard of any loss
t>f Ufo.
NEW YOKK
Oar Nbtjt and Hhlpplna InlrrNli?A t'urlous
Proposition in Ccngreiw.
The bill submitted to Congress by Mr.
Dwight Townsend and referred to the Committee
on Commerce, "to authorise the sale
of unserviceable vessels and materials in the
United States Navy Department, and to provide
for the construction of twenty iron sea- i
going steamships," is a curiosity in legislative i
propositions. No doubt there is a great deal I
of useless material?useless vessels, old hulks, I
scrap iron and so forth?belonging to the Navy <
Department that it would be well to turn into i
money and apply to some useful purpose. 1
Perhaps there is more than twenty mil- i
lions' worth. But to build steamships 1
with such money for private individuals |
i r_ s_i ~ i
buu ior commercial purposes, eveu uuuci tun
pretext of making such steamships available
for war purposes and having them commanded
by naval officers, would be an extraordinary
proceeding. The money realized in this way
would be government money jnst as much as
if it were drawn out of the Treasury from the
proceeds of customs or the internal revenue.
It would be just as reasonable to ask Congress
to authorize the Treasury to advance money
to carry on the newspaper business or auy
manufacturing establishment I
The government oannot be connected thus
with private enterprises. The prqposition bos c
nil the appearance of a stupendous job. The
only way to revive our shipping interests is to
give free scope to private enterprise; to
take the duties off shipbuilding ma- f
terials; to pay a fair, or even a liberal, i
sum for mall service, and, above all, 1
to suspend or repeal the Registry law, so as ]
to enable our capitalists to go to the Clyde or 1
elsewhere to buy vessels where they can get i
them cheapest and best. Any other policy 1
will fail. Spasmodic efforts to effect a radical
change in our depressed and constantly declining
commercial marine will prove unavailing.
We can never regain the position we occupied i
previous to the war by little measures, having
in view chiefly some local intorest or some job 1
at the expense of the Treasury. Let vessels i
bought and owned by Americans, wherever
built, be admitted to registry as American
vessels, and our tonnage would soon increase,
and our merchants would become the successful
rivals of those of England in the carrying
trade of the world.
Then, again, it is absurd to think of connecting
the navy with commercial business.
Vessels cannot be built to answer both purposes
efficiently. Those for naval purposes [
must be constructed especially for the service <
they have to perform. Those that should i
compete in speed and In accommodation for <
freight and passengers with foreign steam- 1
ship9 could not at the same time be made i
efficient war ships. Ia time of war merchant '
vessels may be used as transports and auxil- 1
iary to the navy in some respocts, but they 1
can alwayB be chartered or bought when 1
needed for such a purpose. The navy, how- s
ever, mu3t be something entirely distinct, and 1
absolutely under government control. Our I
navy needs building up as well as the shipping i
interests of tho country, for it does not corre- I
spond with the greatness of the nation or the <
exigencies of the service; but if the proposi- i
tion to make tho commercial marine answer 1
the purpose of war ships be admitted the naval I
strength we have would soon be frittered I
away. i
And, here, while we are on the subject of i
the navy and naval efficiency, let us say that 1
a growing nation like ours requires certain I
protection, both from foreign aggressions i
and from internal strife. All the Powers that '
have existed since the era of civilisation have i
experienced this want, and to their greatest
endeavor have supplied it, for no nation exists
to-day that does not possess an army and a
navy. If these branches of the government
are nseless that fact would have been discovered
long ago ; but in the opinion of statesmen
they are necessary, and, if so, they ought
to be fostered and cared for. When onr civil
war closed we had nearly a million of men In
the field. They enlisted to serve during the
rebellion, and when peace once more reigned
they returned to their peaceful pnrsuits. The
governments of Europe were amazed to see !
all this accomplished without the loss of one
drop of blood; for their maxim is that war
is disorganizing; but our countrymen displayed
to the world that they could fight
when fighting was necessary, and that
they could with the same facility and ease
return to the anvil, the spindle and the
plough. It is admitted that the navy of the
United States has, from its formation to the
present time, performed its duty as a navy in
every particular. Congress has from time to
time passed such laws as were thought necessary
for its government and guidance, and
from a few gunboats during the War of Independence
it has increased (from that time to
1812) to Beveral frigates and corvettes. During
the second war with the mother country
our navy became prominent. Its deeds were
appreciated, and our countrymen rested with
the certainly that no foreign foe could enter
our ports with impunity. After the war of
1812 the navy was Increased very slowly,
and promotions were so gradual that to become
a commander the frost of more than
fifty years had to pans over one's head. Post
captain was the highest rank, and when a
venerable old post captain commanded a
squadron he was by courtesy called a com
modore. This state existed all through the
war with Mexico and np to the first year of 1
the rebellion. Our country has seemed to be
afraid of conferring high rank upon prominent
military officers, and both in the army and
navy it was held back until it was found impossible
to hare fleets and armies properly
commanded unless rank was conferred.
In the nary a title unknown to any other
nation was invented for officers commanding
fleets?that of flag officer. It corresponded to
nothing in the army or navy of this or any
other country, and was, perforce, soon
dropped and substituted by the recognized
grade of rear admiral. The grade of commodore
followed, and then we had a complete
assimilation between the army and navy,
rear admiral with major general, commodore
with brigadier general, captain with
colonei, and so on down to the lowest officers.
As the war progressed officers in both
branches of the service became prominent,
and the present Executive was created a
lieutenant general and our herolo deI
ceased Farragut fl vice admiral. The
> c^ualitv of the grades was main
HERALD, THURSDAY, 3
tainod and noon tbe Lieutenant General
was promoted to full General, and our dear
old Admiral wont hand in hand with him to
the full admiral's stars. This is the way
affairs stand now. The navy has an admiral and
the army has a general; Grant is President,
Farragut is dead; Porter is Admiral, Sherman
Is General; and the same grades extend and
assimilate down from those high officers to
the lowest. Whenever the two branches of
tbe service are thrown together they know
exactly who they rank with and how they
stand. The system is good, aod experience
has proved it so; but our poor, povertystricken
country calls for retrenchment, and
where does the blow first fall ? Not in the
piacea wnere extortion ana iraua nave long
been known to exist, not where the barrel is
actually leaking at the bung, but upon the
poor grade of commodore in the navy.
There the blow falls, and the wisdom of the
assembled representatives of the people baa
bad nnder discussion this grave subject, and
when the bill passeB, as it probably will, to
let the grades of admiral, vioe admiral and
sommodore lapse or die out, the country will
ie safe. The saving to the government will
>e some seventy or eighty thousand dollars
>er year, and still the bung-hole Is wide open.
'ongrres Yesterday?A Tariff Skirmish In
tke House?Tfce Negro Palace Car BUI
la the Negate.
The Ilouse of Representatives yesterday
hrnisbed another illustration of the facility
with which important discussions are extemporized
In that body on the very slightest
provocation. A bill was reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means permitting the
importation, free of duty, of certain machinery
for the use of a sulphur-mining company in
Louisiana, and of a plate-glass manufactory in
Indiana, the provision in regard to the latter
being, however, general in its operation and
applying to all such manufactures. It was a
risky proposition to be reported by a protectionist?Mr.
Maynard, of Tennessee?and to be
supported by the champion of protection in
the House?Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania?and
that fact was pretty clearly exposed in the
argument of another member of the com
miuee?nr. riuKemnurg, or Missouri?wno
pressed, with great logio and force, the idea
that what was good for the interests subserved
by the bill was good for all the other manufacturing
interests of the country, just as the
proposed relief of the shipbuilding interest by
the remission of duty on iron, copper, cordage,
&c., would also be a relief to all other consumers
of those products, and as the remission
Df duty oa house-building materials in Chicago
tvould be an equally welcome boon in every
pillage and town and city in the West,
rbe bill was clearly an introduction of the
iVooden Horse within the fortified city of
Protection. Mr. Dawes, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, realized that fact, and made a
peech from which it would be very difficult
;o fix his position on the great questions of
evenue and tariff; in fact, the whole speech
vas a confession of unsettled convictions?of
i decided lack of faith in any creed of political
sconomy. He described his wavering state of
mind pretty felicitously when he declared his
intention to endeavor to protect American
Interests against protection as well as against
Free trade. Mr. Dawes, if not a man of strong
convictions, is a highly conscientious man, and
as ho is evidently studying the great questions
before his committee with a determination to
flnrl annh a anlniinn fnr tYin rtrnltlam a a will ho
moat advantageous to the country at large,
we will give hitn credit for bis good intentions
and hopefully await their fructification.
Another interesting discussion sprang up In
the House in a still more unexpected manner.
Mr. Poland, of Vermont, roBe to a personal
explanation, and repelled a suggestion, made
in a Washington paper, imputing an improper
and interested motive for a resolution which
he bad offered some days before. Intended to
check the innumerable calls on the departments
for information which is often already in
possession of the Ilonse. Mr. Garfield, of Ohio,
chairman of the Committee on Appropriations,
endorsed the good sense of Mr. Poland's
proposition, and called attention to the enormous
expense of the public printing of the
government, largely increased by such means,
the estimate for the next fiscal year being over
two millions of dollars. He presented some
curious illustrations of the mass of public
documents annually printed at the Government
Printing Office, stating, for example, that
the quantity of ink purcbasod for it every
year was sufficient to float the largest man-ofwar
in the navy. Mr. Scofleld, of Pennsylvania,
prescribed as a cure for the evil the
abolition of the franking privilege, to which
Garfield cordially assented. Two of the democratic
members, however?Randall, of Pennsylvania,
and Eldridge, of Wisconsin?imagined
that tbey discovered in this zeal of Garfield
to nphold Mr. Poland's proposition an
attempt to cover up the frauds of corrupt
officials by preventing calls for information.
We can very readily understand the propriety
of putting a stop to these promiscuous demands
upon the departments without imputing
any such improper motives as those gentlemen
insinuated.
The proceedings of the Senate yesterday
were tame end devoid of interest. Mr.
Sumner's Palace Car bill for negroes occupied
the attention of that body during most of the
day's session, end no business of a public
character was transacted.
The Fbarklin Statu* in Printing House
Bquare was inaugurated yesterday with all the
ceremony due to the memory of the great
man whoso virtues it will commemorate. The
site chosen is certainly appropriate, and aspiring
typos and wandering bohemians will have
constantly before them an example of what
may be achieved by industry and integrity.
We hope the time is not far distant when
the virtues of other great men of our nation
will be worthily commemorated by the sculp*
tors' art.
More About tnp. Persian Famine.?The
latest information from the East talis no more
hopeful tale of the famine in Persia, Notwithstanding
the praiseworthy activity and
energy displayed by the British agents who
have undertaken the Christian work of relief
to aid the sufTercrs there aro deaths occurring
dally from that most terrlblo of all causesstarvation.
The backward state of Persia,
without railroads or even deoent roads over
whloh to transmit food to the interior, readers
rANUAKY 18 1872.?Till PL!
it impossible to be able to afford adequate
relief in time. Even if sufficient food to meet
all tbe exigencies of the times were close to
the frontier it would be impossible to do more
than what has already been done for the
famine-stricken Persians. Relief, however, is
afforded the sufferers as rapidly as the poor
moans of travel through the country will
admit of.
The Grand l>uke. Lit lie Phil, Baffalo
Bill, nnd Spatted Tail and Compaap
Anton? the Bleeas.
The bison, or Bos America nit*, innablts the
Interior or North America, especially the great
plains between the Mississippi Ktver and the ltocky
Mountains, it is popularly called tne buffalo, but
the true buffalo belongs to the Eastern Continent,
aud to a different subdivision of tne genus bos.
The bison is a large, wild animal, with thick body
aud stout legs; short, black horns, rapidly tapering,
and with hair much more thick and shaggy in
winter than in summer. It Is most nearly related
to the aurochs or central Europe (that is, Central
Russia), and the two species have been referred to
a common genus.?Dana.
And as the herd came surging on.
With the Indians all around,
They raised a little earthquake as
They thundered o'er the ground.? Anon. (
And the Grand Duke, with "Little Phil"
and "Buffalo Bill," and Spotted Tail and oompany?white
men and red men?has had a tilt
with Dos Am&ricanus, and a glorious time,
lacking only the presence of Mr. Bergh to
give it the highest flavor of enjoyment. Our
Bpecial despatches from Red Willow Creek, on
the prairies of Nebraska, descriptive of the
arrangements, the preparations, the extraordinary
company, the encampment, the
equipments, and all the accessories and details
of this grand imperial buffalo hunt, provided
by General Sheridan, we are quite sure have
been enjoyed by our readers as the most delicious
side dishes they have had eveu from the
Herald for many a long day. And, compared
with this tournament among the bisons,
what are all tbe receptions and processions,
and balls and dinners and excursions
we have given the Grand Duke ? Mere
child's play. We have read Gerard's thrill
ing exploits among tbe lions of Algeria, and
Gordon Cummlng's high sport in the hunters' .
paradise of South Africa, and Sir Samuel )
Baker's glorious fun among the big elephants ]
of Abjssiuia, with his Arab sword hunters; (
and "The Wild Soenes in South America" of (
Paez; and we have been inspired by the enthusiasm
of an old whaler in his narration of (
some grand onslaught upon "a school" of
whales in the Arctic Ooean, "from which we
got tive hundred barrels of oil, but lost five
good sailorsbut as a neat, complete,
unique, romantic and delightful hunting ex- ,
cursion, we know of nothiug in all these other ,
adventures that can be compared with our (
Russian Grand Duke's buffalo hunt in Ne- .
braska, as_ detailed by our special reporter. ;
I saw him but a moment,
but metinnks I see htm now, (
the handsome young Prince, in bis "nobby"
hunting suit, and his rosy Russians gathered <
around him; and our tongh and frosty rider, <
"Little Phil," and his officers, in their neat *
army uniform; and the famous "Buffalo Bill," 1
in his gorgeous frontier trappings; and the <
stout old chief Spotted Tail and his braves, J
in their elaborate Indian costumes, all grouped (
together on their horses awaiting the signal <
for the start. Next we Bee them dashing 1
among the shaggy bisons, and the Grand *
Duke, by a flank movement, right royally 1
bringing down his 13o? Americanus; and 1
Sheridan, right and left, laying out the monarcba
of tbe prairie; and then we see old
Spotted Tail and his young warriors in another
herd in the horizon making greater havoc with
their simple bows and arrows than the Americans
or Russians with their choicest rifles.
Our city sportsman, who knows from the experience
of a day's trouting or snipe shooting
on Long Island the luxury of a good appe
tite, will understand bow Sheridan and his
fellow hunters enjoyed their champagne, their
buffalo steaks, short cake and hot coffee after
their day's rough riding and bunting of forty
miles on the snow-covered hills and in the
wild canyons of Nebraska.
And then followed the Indian powwow,
after which they witnessed a wild aboriginal
kick-up in the shape of a war dance to the
melancholy music of our Indian tum-tum, amid
the shrill approval of the squaws, who were
looking on the pride of their gentle hearts.
Next comes the story of La Belle Sauvage
in the flirtations of our army officers,
young and old, with Miss Spotted Tail,
the Indian belle of the prairies, the
presents of General Sheridan to her happy
old governor and to bis braves and his tribe,
gathered Id hundreds on the ground, and the
liberal presents of the Grand Duke, and then
the speeches of peace and good will between
General Sheridan and Spotted Tail, embodied
in the graphic and highly interesting special
report of the evening's proceedings which we
publish this morning. It beats Hiawatha
and Minnehaha; it reads like a fairy
tale, and the poet and the painter
will find in the scenes and strangely
blended characters here depicted subjects
upon which may profitably be devoted their
highest talents and skill. It will be remarked,
moreover, that while Spotted Tail comprehends
tbe obligations of treaties be relies npon bis
Great Father to listen to the wants of bis red
children, and that be has learned something,
moreover, of the advantages of free trade.
His white brothers have the choice of many
traders, and Spotted Tail thinks that the same
privilege would be a good thing for him; and
we think so too. But it is as a peace meeting
of Americans and Russians, and of white men
and red men that this strange and fascinating
festival on tbe prairies of Nebraska is particularly
entitled to tbe attention of the statesman
and tbe philosopher.
No doubt tbe Czar in St. Petersburg, before
they were through with that festival on Red
Willow Creek, knew all about it, and wished
himself among the happy hunters, whatever
he may have said to GortscbakolT Admiral
Possiet, it appears, did not go out with tbe
bison killers, but remained in camp to answer
despatches he had received from tbe Emperor.
This important little fact makes it all right
in reference to our relations with Russia.
Admiral Possiet's despatches of this buffalo
hunt will completely nullity the wrath of
GortsobakoS; and Sheridan's wild Western
hospitalities to the Grand Duke will neutralize
tbe terrible lecture of Mr. Fish to the unlucky
Catacazy. This buffalo hunt, in short, disposes
of tho Fish and Gortsohakoff quarrel,
and we shall probably next hear
from St. Petersburg that our Minister,
Mr. Ourtln, has been Invited to a
uulet dinner with ft* JSmperof, fflfo Uw
E SHEET.
inderstanding that His Majesty desires a free
conversation with Mr. Curtin about Nebraska
ind those bisons, and Generals Sheridan and
Ouster, and Buffalo Bill, and Spotted Tail and
lis Indians.
At all events we shall stake the peace
liplomacy of Sheridan and Spotted Tail with
;be Grand Duke against all the bellicose
liplomatic notes that have passed, or that are
ikely to pass, between Mr. Fish and Prince
jrortschakoff on the Cataoazy bagatelle and
ipon the opinion that Sheridan, the Grand
Duke and Spotted Tail have settled the busiless.
After all the rare enjoyments of this
nagniflcent buffalo hunt, we hold that Bos
\mericanu* wins the day, and that while the
Orand Duke and hiB father retain their
nemory of this raid among the bisons of
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jortscbakoff and Catacazy, there will be no
var between Russia and the United States.
Moral?General Sheridan is a better diplomat
;ban Mr. Fish, on General Grant's great idea,
'Let us hare peace."
The World of Amusement*.
Fully a score of theatres and music halls
ire thrown open every evening to aocommolate
the vast crowd of amusement seekers in
his oily, and, with very few exceptions, the
wenty managers have no reason to complain
>f lukewarmness on the part of the public,
t would be difficult to match the present
heatrical and musical season in point of brlliancy
in the a'traotlons offered and liberality
is far as patronage is concerned. Take, for
nstance, the admirable representation of
"John Garth," given every night at Wallack's.
For six weeks this charming play of
Brougham's has attracted the largest houses
ever known at Wallack's, and it has now Bettied
down to a steady, prosperous run, which
may carry It even to the Easter holidays,
if the manager will permit. The magnificent
acting of Mr. Loster Wallack and Mr.
Fisher will account, to a great extent, for the
popularity of "John Garth." Then the fascinating
little Aimt'e, at her bijou theatre, has
revived all the pristine attractiveness of opira
bouffe, and, despite the unfavorable location
of the establishment, she receives a more than
ordinary snare 01 puouc patronage, xuis success
may be ascribed to Mile. Aimds's talents
in the Offenbachian art and ber well-directed
efforts to present each opera in as complete a
manner as possible. Madame Fabbri and ber
company have inaugurated a brilliant Beason
of German opera at the Stadt Theater, and on
the first representation of "L'Africaine" the
dilapidated old building was thronged from
parquet to dome. Shakspeare is enthroned
In his chosen temple, Booth's, and one hundred
and fifty nigSts of crowded houses at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre testify to the suc;ess
of Daly's "Divorce." The Florences
;lose their engagement at the
jrrand Opera House this week, and Mr.
ifackaye proposes to disouss "Marriage" in a
Iramatio form at the St. James on Monday.
Pantomime and spectacle reign in all the glory
>f tinsel, red fire and transformations at the
Olympic and Niblo's, and will probably monopolize
the boards of both theatres for weeks
to come. The minor theatres are also well
supported, whether the attractions are in the
shape of burlesque, negro minstrelsy or equestrianism.
A characteristic feature of this season is the
liberal and artistic style in which plays are
brought out, not only In respect to the principal
artists engaged, but in the scenery and
appointments. A manager is obliged to expend
more money upon one play nowadays
than he would upon a half dosen formerly,
and the result is a perfection of evi-semble that
in past seasons would scarcely be considered
attainable. The pernicious star system,
thanks to the good example shown by out
two comedy theatres, shows symptoms of decline.
It will bo the dawn of a new life foi
the drama when the majority of those itinerant
nuisances that afflict the provlnoes every year
with trashy plays, written especially for them,
disappear from the boards. They now And
their proper level in this city, where they art
consigned to their proper sphere in the domain
of peanuts and bootblacks.
The operatic outlook is full of promise.
We shall have another season of English
opera, with Madame Parepa-Rosa and hei
excellent company, now strengthened by the
accession of Santley, the prince of baritones,
and also an Easter season of Italian opera bj
the same troupe. Between these seasons
come the farewell nights of Mile. Nilsson, M.
Capoul and their assistants, when the longpromised
opera of "Ilamiet" will be produced
for the first time in America. The
financial success of the last forty nights o!
Italian opera season has been of such an
unequivocal nature that all doubts as to the
possibility of establishing the lyric drama 01
a permanent basis in this city are removed.
Under proper management the success of a
flrst class opera company in New York can b<
regarded as a foregone conclnsion.
The Revolutionists in Mexico are losing
ground, to judge from our special despatel
from Matamoros. The capture of Oaxaca bj
the government troops and the rout of Diaz
seem to have infused new courage into Juares
and his adherents. In Northern Mexioo th?
revolutionists have so far been invariably victorious
; but if the report that five thousand
government troops are being hurried forward
to the frontier prove true, the revolutionist!
will have a hard if not hopeless struggle tc
maintain themselves against such superior
numbers. On the other hand, General
Qulroga, one or the insurgent commanders,
with whom a Herald correspondent had an
interview at Mier, appears to be perfectly
confident of the ultimate success of the revoiution.
General Qulroga is looked upon as
one of the most capable commanders in
Mexico, and his utterances apparently merit
as much credit as those of any other Mexican
general.
The Baltimore American predicts thai
Maine will send an unbroken delegation to
the Republican Convention in favor of the renomination
of Grant aod Colfax. Blaine is
therefore out of the way, But whore is
Forney ?
Tiemann on Tammant.? Senator Tiemann
has Introduced a bill Into the State Senate providing
for an overhauling of the doings of the
Tammany Society under its charter as n
charitable Institution. The developments will,
BO doubt, be Quito curious and interesting.
now Jurora Can Rraedy the Opinion
Obstacle*
The vexations czoIuhIoq from a jurj box of
intelligent newspaper readers again challenges
public attention. Our Albany Solons are discussing
the Bedford and Hackett bill intended
tn hIIatIiUa the evil Rut >11
partial remedy remains with each citizen. So.
long as the law is expounded as it has been*
the candidate fbr the jury box should school |
himself to refrain not only from forming- er
expressing an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of a notorious criminal, but even from
allowing an impression about it to enter or
remain upon bis mind. Those accustomed to
Court proceedings hare observed how glibly a
juror avows that he has an impression or
opinion on the subject of the pending trial.
He does this obviously to escape the business
inconvenience or personal annoyance
of being a juryman. The law is so
liberal on the matter that even without
an easy conscience the juror may so
answer as to escape servioe. Reform in the
jury box becomes now as important as reform
at the polls was last, November. Tens of
thousands of electors who usually found an
excuse for voting a straight ticket or for entirely
absenting themselves from the ballot
boxes then rallied lor reform. The large
number of newspaper readers who usually
escape jury duty now have it In their
power to accomplish by their own determination
nearly all which a statute oao.
There is no reason why a juror should make
up an opinion or even receive an impression
upon the absolute guilt or innocence
of a burglar, a forger, or a manslayer
whose arrest be may have read
about. And there is still less reason
why jurors in the box, who, as triers preliminarily,
pass upon the fitness of their fellows,
should err in liberality toward a prisoner. All
classes seem to torget mat me people possess
rights in the matter, and that while innooenoe
should be protected, brazen-faced guilt ought
not to be petted nor the immunity of the public,
through example, disregarded.
The present absurd rule of this Stato
belongs to an age when there were no newspapers.
Usually when the reason of a law
ceases the latter also loses validity. Indeed,
this Is a maxim. In the olden time, whenever
a man living near where the crime was committed
had formed or expressed an opinion,
or derived an impression about the criminal, it
was so bocause the matter had come under
taproom or wayside discussion and through
hearsay or colored facts. These old times
village talks were apt to engender partisanship
and prejudice. Such discussions were
probably few, and not caloulated to interfere
proportionally with the entiro number of jurors
summoned. But now that the newspaper
visits every household, and all the incidents of
crime are published to every citisen, this
ancient rule takes absurd application ; and
unless jurors themselves cul the (*ordian
knot of this absurdity by resolving not to
easily fall into the trap laid by some lawyers,
who manufacture technicalities and frenay
defenoes as readily as their clients sometimes
invent interviews of innocence, this oity will
become yet more the scoff of her neighbors,
especially when we see that the new law is
only to take application six months hence.
Increase of Smallpox.
' The report of the meeting of the Board of
Health, which we publish elsewhere, together
with the Sanitary Inspector's report on the
question of the terrible malady in our
i midst, will bring to the publio the
necessity incumbent on them of using every
known precaution to prevent its further
spread. The cases of smallpox in this city
have increased in the past week from sixty
eight to eighty-three and the dispersion of the
localities in which they have oconrred
show that tbey are confined to no
one section. The house-to-house visitation
for the purpose of vaccinating is progressing,
and it is stated that, owing to ignorance and
I stupid prejudice, the lower classes of Ger1
mans are almost the only ones refusing to
be vaccinated. It is well to observe on this
point that among these misguided people the
disease is making the most marked ravages.
1 We call special attention, therefore, to the
' precautions laid down to be taken, and as a
1 measure of good to the whole community the
heads of families should see that they are
' adopted.
> The condition of the Smallpox Ilospital is
said to be most deplorable, and utterly
incapable of accommodating the sufferers.
This must be soen to at once.
1 The contagion seems to have taken root
all over the civilized world, and it is
1 only by great vigilance that wo can escaps
' worse horrors than we now endure. The
1 street cars, in their present filthy state, are
denounced as perfect breeding grounds of the
k disease. If the greedy corporations who con*
5 trol them will not see that they are cleansed
and parified the law should take the matter
r in its own hands.
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Salt aad Coal.
The United States Senate has recommitted
, the tariff amendments of Senator Sherman and
, committed itself to old fogy tariff notions.
This is partly because of the antagonism of
I many Senators to Senator Trumbull and others
I of the revenue reform party, who appear
, to be the leaders in opposing the delay policy
( of the Finance Committee, and are also looked
upon as inimical to the administration. The
I significance of the vote, therefore, really relates
more to Grant than to the tariff. Will
the Senate please to recollect that the people,
through their representatives, have voted to
removo the duty from salt and coal?two of
the prime necessities of life ? And will it also
bear In mind that chartered corporations
are absorbing the coal lands of the country?
The Reading, the Delaware and Lackawanna,
the Lehigh Valley and the New Jersey Central
railroads and the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company are buying up all the antbra1
cite coal lands of Pennsylvania. The monster
monopoly is throwing its coils around
' this branch of industry and production,
and the United States Senate Is playing
directly Into the maw of the monster by keepi
ing any duty on coal, an article which, of all
others, should be legislated to the lowest posi
eible cost, regardless of but one rule, "the
, greatest relief to the greatest number."
It is time the people of the country spoke
out through their organ, the press, to the