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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
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fOLUME X.L NO. 102
AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT.
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Broadway.?VAUIET*. Itsr. i; eloaei at 10 :ii
nrrn avenue theatre.
T weaty-elgh th street ami Broadway.?the BIO BO
KAN ZA. at e P. M. : closes at lo :.'!J P. M. Mr. Flatter, Mr.
Uwli, Miss uavouport, Mrs. uilber..
BOWKRY OPERA nOUSE,
. -1 Bowe]
P.M.
PARK THEATRE,
Broad war.?DAVY CROCKETT, at 8 P. M.; close* at
10du P. M. Mr. Mayo.
jjs^mi Bowery.?variety, at 8 p. m.; cioaa* at loais
BOWERY THKATRE,
reiT.?AEOC
MS
Bowery? ABOUND THE WORLO IN EIGHTY DAYS,
GRAND OPEP.A II0CT8E.
i ?r.d Twer
; closes at I0:ta P. M.
Eighth a Ten tie ?r.d Twenty-third street? AHMED, at $
?. hL .< - - "
Stir'"0" Twe,1-ly-*lClr^ *<reet and_8lxtJi aretine.?
Foaart?nth street, near Sixth avenue.?ELIZABETH, at
? P. M. Mine. Hist
Eljrhth street, between t>econ I ana Third aTennea ?
TaI "
BOOTH'S THKATRE.
jity-third street and
IHY V., at 8 P. M.: closes a: 11 P. M. Mr. Rigaold.
LYCEUM THEATRE,
t. neai
Bistort
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTF.ELS,
Broa4wmy, corner ot mea-v.ninth street?NEOBO
MLNSTKiLY, at 8 P. M.; clo-sea at 10 P. M.
TIVOLI THEATRE.
_.?tween r>*con I and I
TaRIBI Y. at 8 P. SL ; c_os. at 13 P. M.
MRS. CONWaVS BROOKLYN THEATRE.
THE TWO ORPHANS, at 8 i'. M.; closes at 10*3 P. M.
WALLACK'-i THEATRE.
Broad way.?BAP A li L. at S P. Mj cloees at 10 M P. M.
COLOSSEUM.
Broadway and Thirty-fourth street.?PARIS BY NIGHT.
Two exhibitions daily, at 2 and 8 P. M.
WOOD'3 MUSE CM,
-?way. corner of Thirtieth street? BE!* McCUL.
UOIJ.ati P.M.; closes at 10:ti P.M. Matinee at t
THEATRE COMIQUE,
Ko-JB4Broadway?Variety, at 8 P. M.; clcaetatiuttf
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
West Fourteenth street?Open from 10 A. M. to 8 T. M.
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE.
PB? ??eauc.?VAEiitlV. at 8 P.M.; clOMfl at 10*3
Broad
GERM AM A THKATRE.
Fon->'nth ?treet.-INDIOO, ?tSP. M.; ele
r. M_ Km l.m& Vfnvr.
TRIPLE SHEET.
NEW YOF.S, MONDAY, APRIL 12. 187J.
Prom our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the neither to-day triU be partly cloudy,
with light rain.
The TicH?onN-B Demoxstuaiio* at Hyde
Park is described elsewhere, and we give the
remarkable speeches of Mr. Onslow and Dr.
Kenealy, who seem to have perfect confidence
is the identity of the "claimant."
The Bom am Catholic Bishops or Phussia
have protested to the government against the
State laws, but in vain. The reply of the
Ministry embodies a rebuke which will only
increase the bitterness that already exists in
the Chnrch.
The Latest News from Berlin and Paris
is encouraging. The semi-official press pro
nounces in favor of peace, buf, then, to-mor
row the official pr^ss may give another little
threat of war.
The Coxobeoitios at the Brooklyn Taber
nacle was badly scared yesterday, but this
tome it was not by the sermon. Wc should
think that people who have courage enough
ko hear Mr. T&lmago ought to be terror-pToof.
A Da-Rino Atiemit to escape from Black
weli's Island was made last night by a num
ber of the prisoners, among them the notori
ous "Dutch Harmon,'' but all ;he desperadoes
but one were captnrcd. The escapa was evi
iently the fruit of a carefully organized plot
Or* Am an 7 Leties is dccidedly interesting
to-day. Onr correspondent's arcount of
the sufferings and disappointments of the
Legislature is actually touching. Iu the
present fight it is plain that some of the con
testants are bound to be badly beaten.
The Mtseks have threatened disturbances,
but they have made few that a re serious.
Their bark this year has been worse tlian their
bite. Our correspondence from nazleton
to-day shows that the situation is mors favor
able to peace, and th<? meeting of the Miners'
Association, if well advised, should
result in guarantees which will justify the
removal of the troops. We cannot agree with
those who think the calling out of the military
by Governor Hartranft an unnecesairy
measure. It is precaution made wise by
experience, and the armed bodies 6f men who
menaced the public peace hare no cause for
oomplaint
The Pulpit. ? The churches yesterday were
crowded, and the fine weather which seduced
so many persons from their religious duties
also deprived thousands of others of any e?
snso for their non-performance. The influ
nce of weather upon religion is by no me^ns
onimporiant. A nin storm will often spoil a
revival, and sinners may remain unconverted
lor the want of an umbrella. But yesterday
no one had a valid apolocry for remaining away
from church, and the metropolitan clergymen
preached with renewed ardor and eloquence.
We print elsewhere the sermons of Mr. Varley,
At the Church of tlie Disciples; of Mr. Beecber,
upon religion and morality; of Rev. Father
Farley, at St. Patrick's Cathedral; of Dr.
Armitage, on the resurrection; Mr. Frothing
tern, on rational belief, and others which deal
with Important topics of theology and mora is.
Tb? Duty a* th* State* to thi Cen
tennial.
It is not want of interest on the part of the
people, bat want of action on the part of their
1 representatives, that has given canse ior regret
in relation to the Centennial celebration
of American independence. The people
have from the first regarded it
with the respect end affection which,
as the most * significant event in onr
history, it deserves, and have decided to make
it worthy of the nation. Our manufacturers,
merchants, farmers, miners, inventors, artists,
have shown a praiseworthy intention to be
represented in the Exhibition, and to com
pete with each other and with foreign coun
tries in the various branches of mechanical
industry and agricultural productions.
America has never seen a collection of works
of art and science and skilled labor
that can be compared to the great microcosm
of civilization that will be displayed during
the fall and summer of 1S7C in the splendid
buildings in Fairmount Park at Philadel
phia. Paris, London and Vienna have
alone indicated the immensity and va
riety of this Exhibition. The Weit will give
her gold and gems, the South her fertility of
productions, tbo East her mechanical mar
vels, Europe her art and Asia the triumphs of
her reawakened civilization, and in the ten
grand departments of the Exhibition will bo
more than represented the world's wonders
?from silken Samarcand to cedaredLebanon."
Thus there is every reason to believe that
the people are anxious and determined to
make the celebration representative of their
progress, and it is only upon this deep and
broad basis of national interest and enthusi
asm that tbo enterprise could be founded.
We are satisfied with what the people have
done already, and with what they intend to
do in the year for action which remains. But
there are limits to the abilities of individuals
working necessarily without organization.
The inventor will perfcct his machines, the
manufacturer study to improve his labrics,
the artist will contribute the ripest products
of his genius. But all these individual
efforts, multitudinous and varied as they
?will be, need to be reconciled and
united under general systems. It is
impossible for many of the thousands of per
sons who intend to contribute to the Exhibi
tion their work also to sustain it with their
money. The financial condition of the country
forbids us to expect that the vast preliminary
expenses of building and organizing should
be met by collections of money from the pub
lic. That much has bean done in this way
we know, and it is creditable to the patriotism
of the people and their confidenco in the
grand enterprise, but the utmost they conld
do is insufficient There was never yet a
world's fair that was fully equipped and sup
ported by the voluntary contributions of citi
Z -BS tO ItS StOCK.
If the people giro the Centennial Exhibition
the labor of their hands and brains as indi
viduals the Commonwealths into which tkcy
are organized should contribute all the
money that is needed. The invest
ment is secure ; but the returns are in
the future, and not a dollar can be
earned till the doors are opened to the im
mense throng from all parts ot the Union.
Meanwhile, money must be paid oat It is
imperative that the States should understand
this. The citizcn can afford to pay
out of the common wealth of the com
munity what he cannot afford to pay
out of his own pocket Therefore,
State action is now the grand necessity.
Without sach action many interests are likely
to be neglected and exhibitors left without
necessary aid. It is the dnty ot every State to
appoint commissioners to represent it at
Philadelphia next year. This is the least that
could be done, and it is little enough for a
sovereign American State to contribute lib
erally to an enterprise in which the credit
and honor of the Union are irrevocably
engaged.
State action is, therefore, in our opinion,
all that the Centennial needs to make its com
plete success assured, and the evidences that
it will be freely given are rapidly increasing.
We publish to-day a number of encourag
ing letters from the Governors of
States, in addition to others which
hare appeared in our columns. Governor
Ingersoll, of Connecticut; Governor Grover,
ot Oregon; Governor Peck, of Vermont; Gov
ernor Weston, of New Hampshire; Governor
Cochrane, of Delaware; Governor Groome, of
Maryland; Governor Brogden, of North Car
olina, and Governor Bagley, of Michigan, all
express their opinions on the subject in the
Herald to-day, and though there is
some difference in their views they
are nnited in recognizing the importance of
the proper representation of their respective
States, and give hopes of practical legislative
aid. This would have been already given in
many cases bat for the unusual political ex
citement of last winter, when United States
Senators were elected in many of the
States. The Centennial was forgotten in
those struggles, as indeed legislation w.,s
generally neglected. Since then the iLterest
in tho Exhibition has wonderfully revived,
and those Legislatures which have not ad
journed may be expected to take the course
which material considerations, as well as
patriotism, require.
Surely among those States which still retain
the opportunity for immediate action we may
hope to find the great Commonwealth of
New Ycrlt the prompt and liberal leader.
By the act of the federal government
the whola country -New York and Boston,
as well as Philadelphia?is committed to
the project. The action of Congress,
jnst before adjournment, is especially sig
nificent in this, tbat it appropriated money
liberally, though for specified objeeta, and
that the appropriation passed Congress
without any audible dissent; and that, too, at
a political crisis in a moribund Congreig
when captious dissent would have been
very apt to make itself herird. Tho commu
nication from the President to Governor
Bigler, published in tho Hkeaio recently,
stated with precision the amount, $500,000,
appropriated, nearly one-half to be immedi
ately available, and the limits within which
it is to be npplied. The United States,
as t? politieal entity, is to be a contrib
utor to this Exhibition, and she chooses to pay
her own expenses in being so. New York
means to do the same thing, in the way of
contributions ol her products and fabrics, to
| an enormous extent, as we have bad occasion
more (ban ones to say. The city of New
York, as has been demonstrated, baa as much
material interest in the Centennial (perhaps
more) as Philadelphia; and yet we hear not a
! word about our paying our own expenses,
by a State appropriation. One would
think it would be a relief to Governor
Tilden and the Legislature to lift their eyes
for a moment iroxn the homely, material,
local matters on which they are bent?Cos
tigan bills, canal controversies, comptrollers
and corporation counsel, and all that?and to
gaze through a pure atmosphere at bright, clas
sic planets moving in their couraos above. Yet
not a word is said, not a finger moved. Even
New Jersey makes us blush for inactivity and
parsimony. As to individual contributions,
in the way of subscriptions to stock, we have
almost exhausted our persuasive utterances,
and make what we shall not describe as a final
appeal (for we mean to blow the trumpet till
the sloepar wakes), but a most earnest one in
face of the new duty which is imposed upon
all the State governments, and particularly,
because of her wealth and commanding influ
ence, upon that of New York.
Th? Valve of Paul Boynton'? Experi
ment.
The failure of Paul Boynton to reach Bou
logne by five or eight miles is of no particular
importance. The fact that he swam across the
English Channel, nearly fifty miles in fifteen
hours, constitutes a virtual success. The task
he undertook to perform differed from a horse
race, or walking a hundred miles in twenty
four hours or hitting the bull's eye of a tar
get in rifle shooting. Formally, he proposed
to swim from Dover to Boulogne in a day, and
in this be failed ; but in reality he proposed
to demonstrate that with the aid of the new
swimming dress a man can sustain himself
for a long time in the water and travel long
distances with comparatively little fatigue.
In this attempt he was entirely successful.
Our special cable despatches say that he was
taken on board of the steamer against his own
wish, and because the pilot refused to
take the responsibility of guiding him
to Boulogne in a boisterous sea
and in the darkness of night We are also
informed that, in the opinion of his doctor,
Mr. Boynton might have remained six hours
longer in the water, and that after a swim of
fifteen hours he was not tired, his clothes were
dry, the temperature of his body was lowered
but one degree, and his pulse was only eighty.
Clearly the failure to reach Boulogne was not
due to exhaustion on his part, particularly as
the pilot took the wrong course, and we look
upon the performance as being just as suc
cessful as if he had literally fulfilled his
purpose. As he intends to repeat the experi
ment even the actual passage from shore to
shore is likely to be achieved, and we shall
not have even the shadow of failure to regret
Two things must be considered in estimat
ing the value of this feat?the endurance of
the man and the assistance rendered by his
dress. Paul Boynton is famous as a swimmer,
and his physical powers have had more
than ordinary training. It is likely
that there are few men who could
rival his performance in crossing the Channel
in fifteen hours, for no doubt be used his
paddle most of the time, and in order to
make speed put forth a muscular effort that
would have wearied an average man. We
must not expect therefore, the new life
eaving dresa to enable its wearers to equal
Boynton'a remarkable performance. But it
must be remembered that without its aid
Boynton would have been incapable of ac
complishing one-fifth of hi* task, and the
usefulness of the costume has thus had the
most satisfactory proof. It has been shown
that in such a dress any one can be sup
ported on the surface ot the water for an in
definite period, and that a person of average
strength can propel himself more readily
than by the usual methods of swimming.
The life-saving apparatus should, therefore,
diminish the dangers of ocean travel. The
old cork jackets and "life-preservers" were
seldom of use, but now the traveller can com
mit himsilf to the waves with the buoyant
power of the fish, with provisions for a cruise
in his knapsack, signals for night or dsy, his
library if he likes to read while bathing, a
t?ail to set when the wind blows toward port
and an axe and knife to give battle to the
sword fish and sharks. We cannot all be Paul
Boynton's, but we can "go down to tie sea
in ships" with the comfortable conviction that
this invention has diminished the danger of
drowning at least fifty per cent Thus
II r. Boynton has not only proved his own en
durance and skill, but has randered society a
valuable service. We are glad that an Amer
can lias accomplished this feat Discoverer*,
as a rule, plant the flag of their countries on
mountain peaks, but Mr. Boynton has un
furled the Stars and Stripes upon the bosom
of the restless sea.
Arknnmi Polities.
We priDt elsewhere the third letter of Mr.
Charles Nordhoff, our special correspondent
in the South. He gives a view of the condition
of parties in Arkansas which will interest
politicians?bu? not these alone; for he show*
that with panics so evenly balanced as they
appear to lie the negro rote is of importance
to both, and both are accordingly conciliating
the black voter. The color line, our cor
respondent s*\ys, is broken. There are and
will be both democratic and republican ne
groes. and there is imminent a reorganization
of politic il parties in which the whit* rote
will bo split upon new issnes. It is curious
to read thit m Arkansas they still hare
whigs?whig?* who hare the old and natural
antipathy to democrats and will not long Tote
with thern.
Our correspondent remarks that not only is
the State now at peace, but the most essential
elements for continuod ptace and security are
present This is a matter for thankfulness.
Let the people and the rul<ri of Arkansas
maintain law and order, and, whatever federal
political leaders may say, the Northern people
will not care how they vote or whether the
State goes repuolioan or democratic in 1876.
What we of the North want, is peace.
Senator Gordon*, who wes at first opposed
to the Greeley nomination, now considers it
the wisest political movement in our history.
His explanation of this opinion is philosophi
cal, and will be found in another column.
The Greeley canvass certainly made a won
derful revolution in the old democracy, as
well as a serious breach in the republican
ranks.
Th? Dig Bonanxa Again.
The London Economist, recently discu suing
the famous Canadian oil well case, said: ?
"We con let* ne are more donbtful of the pub
lic learning anything to help them when they
hare again mode the large surplus profits on
which the class of promoters prey. If the
public had been willing to learn they have
had warnings again and again during the
last balf oentury; but each new period of
prosperity brings a fresh crop of "new things'
and a fresh crop of credulous fools; and the
cure tor such inveterate folly will probably be
most gradual." The advice of the Economist
will apply most fittingly to the present condi
tion of our money market Nothing would be
more gratifying to the TT?nAT.n than to be able
to say conscientiously what so many of our
contemporaries ore saying in reference to the
current investments in "the street" It is
always more agreeable fop a newspaper to
speak of the "good times," the "bright pros
pects," and "increase in values," and to
encourage the people to invest their
money in favorite "securities." It if always
an ungracious thing for a journal
to enter upon the discussion of any particular
interests. Citizens who go into Wall street
and buy and sell stocks take the same risks
that other tradesmen do in their ordinary
business. It is not the duty of a newspaper
to inform a stockbroker whether the railway
shares he purchases are sound or unsound,
any more than it would be its business to tell
a grocery man that his eggs are tainted or a
clothier that his olothea are shoddy.
There are so many considerations entering
into the real value of securities that no jour
nal, no matter how well informed, can ex
press an absolute opinion in reference to their
value. It would be a wrong to do so; a
wrong not only to the people but to those
who are endeavoring to sell honest pieces of
property. But when we find a steady, cun
ning, well sustained attempt to force upon the
money market a series of investments that
have a bad name ; when we find the whole
volume of Wall street business, for weeks and
weeks, tending only in one direction, and
directly under the guidance of speculators
who have made the name of America infamous
in the money markets of the world, then it
becomes our duty to give a general warning
in the words of the Economist.
We should be glad to see our people do an
active business in Wad street There are a
thousand securities that may be purchased
from any respectable broker whioh will repay
the investment Just now these securities,
suffering from the period of long depression,
may be purchased at a reasonable rate. There
never was a time when good investments could
be more prudently made. But these are not
the securities that have been bought and sold
by the thousands in Wall street in the last
few days. We find a railway company whose
shares were plundered by a Credit Mobilier
corporation; another railroad, covered with
four or five mortgages, and drifting steadily
into bankruptcy; and still another enterprise,
only recently fresh from a Congressional
investigation, which stamped it with fraud
and iniquity. These are made the staples
of our trade in Wall street The pro
cess by which they are forced has many
ramifications. When the Big Bonanza mine
in Nevada?the swindle which entailed ruin
upon so many thousands of citizens of
that Territory?was first introduced the pa
pers were flooded with stories of its richness,
of the untold millions that were rock-bound
and quartz-embedded within its walls, that its
products would be enough to pay the national
debt Story after story percolated through
the columns of the press, uncriticised, un
questioned, unchallenged, until the people
who bad purchased the shares at a vast in
crease over their real value only learned that
they had been robbed by a gang of ingenious
speculator*. The men who sold the Big
Bonanza in Nevada are of the same character
as the men who now control Wall street We
have no more confidence in the shares that
are now bounding from point to point under
the manipulations of these desperate gam
blers than we had of the Big Bonanza shares
that are held by the widows and poor trades
men of the Pacific coast So long as
these transactions are confined to the gam
blers themselves we caro little. So long as
they cut their own throats and lose their own
money it concerns us no more than a buffalo
stampede on a Kansas prairie. But our fear
is that the people, the merchants and trades
men who are recovering from a period of long
depression, who have saved, perhaps, a little
money and are anxious to invest it may be
tempted by these delusive reports and led to
buy these gambling shares at the artificial
price placed upon them by the gamblers them
selves.
There is no prudent business man, having
his earnings to invest, that would venture to
touch one of these securities. The reason is,
that the men who control them are unworthy
of public confidence and respect They have
led an ill life and have brought upon the coun
try an evil name. Thoir transactions in gold,
their speculations on Black Friday, their tam
pering with justice, their alliancc with the old
Tammany thieves, their whole financial
achievement* for the last five years have in
jured the American credit abroad to the extent
of hundreds of millions of dollars. There fa
no American who has travelled in Europe
who cannot bring back some story of the
shame he felt when reminded of what had
boen done by the very financiers who are to
day forcing these securities upon the New
York market It is a safe rule for every
honest dealer to adopt?namely, not to touch
a share of stock which is in any way under
the control of the men who have succeeded in
nothing for tha last five years except to bring
dishonor upon American ercdit and the Ameri
oan name.
The Mu?*b Canal.
fiomo importance is given by the English
journals to the fact that the shares of the Suez
Cannl Company hare been admitted to a
quotation on the London Stock Exchange.
"It in this nndei taking," nays an English
jonrnal, "which is now to be domesticated in
England after having been exclusively owned
in France and Egypt, and, we have no donbt,
great interest will come to bs felt in the stock
on account of its great English trade." The
Sncz Canal is one of the most interesting and
important works of modern times. Its results
upon the commerce?and eventually, we
think, upon the polities?of Europe and the
East cannot be exaggerated. The faot that
thus England thould be practically in control
of the canal la a singular Illustration of what
may be called the irony of diplomacy. The
Suez Canal wan a French scheme. For many
years its construction tm opposed by Lord
Palmerston, partly on the ground that it could
never be built and partly for political reasons.
His Lordship contended that the privi
leges originally conceded to the French
oompany were so extensive as to authorize the
establishment on Egyptian soil of a strong
French colony, commanding a position of mili
tary importance. With his traditional dislike
for France and that terror of Frenoh influence
which existed in the minds of all statesmen
who had had dealings with the First Napo
leon, Lord Palmerston feared that what
seemed to be simply a mercantile scheme
was in truth a Frenoh plot for blocking Eng
land's path to India. But the oanal was built,
mainly by the genius of M. de Lesseps and
the enterprise and statesmanship of the
late Emperor Napoleon and the pres
ent Khedive of Egypt Its practi
cal effect has been to strengthen
English commerce, and over seventy
per cent of the ships passing through carry
the English flag. Some changes have been
made in the uses for which the canal was in
tended. II. do Lesseps did not suppose it
would be used by any but sailing vessels, but
steamers have been built suited to it There
are new fleets of steamers of compound
engines capable of going long distances with
little fuel. The projectors anticipated that
the annual tonnage between Europe and the
East would be six million tons. It however,
has only reached two millions, but is growing.
L*t III Do Botl*.
Oar Albany letters recited the complaint
of some of the members of the Legislature
from this city that "the interests of New York
are overlooked" in the sudden mania which
has seized the Governor and his supporters
to investigate the canals. ?'No wonder,'' said
our correspondent, "that the New York demo
cratic delegation have become restless of thoir
rights. I will venture to say that not three
out of the whole number ever saw a 'raging
canal' in their lives. Several hundred coun
trymen, with soventeen-inch boots, pantaloons
carefully tucked up, wide-brimmed hats and
tremendous appetites, have astonished the
waiters of the Delavan for the last two weeks.
They live on the line of the canals, and are
contractors or friends of contractors. The
fact is the New York boys are sick with con
tinual talk about the canals, and they want
some immediate legislation on the city they
have been Bent here to represent.
We can appreciate the restless feeling of our
representatives in Albany, as vividly shown
by our correspondent, although we are far
from sharing it We believe in the canal
investigation, and think Governor Tilden has
done a wise thing in forcing it upon the atten
tion of the Legislature. We would do noth
ing to interfere with a thorough and ngid
scrutiny into the acts of the men who have
controlled the canals of the State. Our canal
system is of as much Importance to the
growth of the State as any interest under its
control. We would do nothing to disparage
the efforts of those who are reforming it, or
to dishearten the Governor and his friends in
their investigations.
Therefore, we say, go on with the canal
work, but also go on with the work necessary
to be done for the city of New York. The
Governor and his friends can do both things
at the same time. What New York wants and
expects from Governor Tilden is the recog
nition of the principle of home rule, the es
tablishment of r^pid transit and a system ot
civil service in our municipal government.
These are simple points, and although they
are not within the personal control of the
Governor they are within that of the demo
cratic party. Governor Tilden may, perhaps,
feel with many other democratic politicians
that New York is democratic anyhow, that no
matter how much her interests are neglected
the city will always go with the party. But
this is a mistake, as Mr. Morrissey can tell
him if he a?ks for information as to how
Hayes, his bosom friend, was defeated at the
last election. The time has gone by when
New York could be treated as a pocket
borough. If the democratic party neglects
New York in ita effort to make capital in other
States of the Union it must take the
consequences. The people of New York are
of one mind upon this subject of rapid transit
and home rule. They wish to see the city
removed lrom the repressive influence of a
lobbying Comptroller like Green, and they
wish also to see an end of a system which
allows Brooklyn and Jersey City to grow pro
digiously while we have come to a standstill.
It is a matter affecting the interests of every
citizen, and not only his interest, but his com
fort and prosperity. We are amazed that those
who control the democratic party should have
overlooked this. Much valuable time has been
lost, tho effect of which upon the people is to
discourage and annoy them..
Let us do both things at once?investigate
the canals and reform New York.
A. ***? Indies.
We had thought that the St. Domingo
business was dciid and buried, mourned only
by General Ingalls, General Babcock and Dr.
Howe, of Boston. We have had information
of an interesting character which shows that
the President has not yet come to the end of
his "negotiations/' It seems that some
American gentlemen wera in St Domingo
last month and were honored by an interview
with President Gonzale*. Gonzales is a
statesman who a few years ago existed in St.
Domingo without any visible means of sup
port. He informed this company of American
yachtsmen that he was determined to "try the
experiment of free speech, free press and as
much liberty as is enjoyed in the United
States, even though he perished . in the
attempt" No one had been exiled "but B.iez,
and he might come back if he felt so dis
posed." There had been a treaty of amity,
peace and reciprocity with Hayti. Further
more, a number of St Domingo citizens,
??victims of Baez's actiou while under the im
mediate protection of the United States Rhips
of war," have prepared a claim, amounting to
five million dollars, against the United States.
They have founded this claim upon Senator
Humner's speech against annexation, "lhe
government has not yet decided by whom to
present this claim, having no diplomatic rep
resentative in Washington." It seems we aro
askod to pay five million dollars becanic we
save Bmb ? orotection. therebv looming
| teapottibl) for tho losias and injones ooo*
sioned by his acts.
It would be interesting to know how fa
British influence is behind this movement
of Gonzales. Ever since the explosioi
of the Samona Bay Company the Englisl
have beon persistent in tbeir efforts t<
prevent Americans from obtaining a foot
hold in 8t. Domingo. We do not believe in
annexation, and wo think that Presidsnl
Grant's efforts in that diroction properly
failed, becauso they did not meat the best
wishes of the country. But nt the same time
we do not choose to allow without a protest
the interference of foreign Powers in the
affairs of St. Domingo, nor will our people
cheerfully submit to any claim of this
kind on the part of the government
of Gonzales. Our failure to annei
St Domingo was simply becauso we did not
care to extend our dominion over a country
largely controlled by Spaniards and negroes,
while we had the South to manage and home
interests of a graver character attracted our
attention. It would be well for the St, Do
mingo government to abandon any intention
of making foolish claims of indemnity against
the United States. Those statesmen of that
island who are in favor of independent
may feel content that they are out of th?
difficulty, and that there is no longer in this
country any party that cares to bother about
their island. It will only revive a discussion
that oan do no good.
Drive it Home I
It is generally understood that tho pardon
of Ingersoll moans that Governor Tilden and
Charles O'Conor and those who have control
of what are called the Ring suits mean to
force them to a prompt and thorough issue.
Ingersoll, like Garvey, Davidson and Norton,
and some others of the old lling, means to go
upon the stand and become an informer. Th?
efleet of his evidence will be to enable justio?
to be done upon the men who were intrusted
for years with the supreme government oi
New York, who robbed the city and made
our name a scorn among the nations. We
sincerely trust that tho anticipations of Gov
ernor Tilden and Charles O'Conor will prove
true. Now that the release of this con
spicuous criminal give3 them the opportunity
to enforce justice let them drive the prosecu
tions home. Let the investigation ba so
thorough that not one of the men, no mattei
how subordinate, who conspired to bring upon
New York the infamy srenerated under the
Tammany rule, shall escape unpunished. As
for the informers themselves, they are put*
ished enough by their accepted iufamy. Aj
for those who are abroad, they will probably
never return to this country, but live like wan
derers upon tho face of the earth. But wherevex
there is a dollar of property taken from the
city treasury let it bs seized and its value re
turned to the people. Let there be no hall
way measures in this work. There is
enough of condoning the infamies of these
men, the results of whose maladministration
we meet every day. There has been
enough of sympathy and cries of paiv
don and mercy. IIow can we give mercy
to the men who are yet rich with tho hard*
earned taxes of the people of New York?
How can we pardon the intelligent and able
men who conspired to build that monument
of corruption and fraud, the New York Court
House? How can wo show grace to tin
malefactors who have not yet even madi
restitution of their booty? Therefore, w?
say, drive this whole matter home! The time is
past for compromise, for mealy-mouthed prot
estations, for meaningless words of censure.
The time has passed when the plots of the
Ring leaders to save themselves can avaiL
Let the true meaning of the revolution which
threw the Tammany Ring out of power have
effcct and emphasis. The men who are to
prosecute these Ring suits, hoaded by Charles
O'Conor, have the full sympathy of the
people, and we urge them again to drive theii
work home.
The French funerals of public men ape
generally notable for the orations delivered
by their friends, and the address ot Gambetta
at the grave of the late M. Quinet shows
that grief and politics are intermingled on
these solemn occasions. "Prolonged a p.
plause" would be a strange feature of Amer
ican funerals.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Professor T. R. Lounsburv, or Yale College, U
staying at the Sturtevant House.
Mcrrivale's new "Generat History of Rome," la
one volume, will be published in the spring.
"That which wo are destroying will be recon
structed hy our grandsons,said Damon In '92.
Brevet Major General Ne son A. Miles, United
States Army, is regUtered at tho Fifth Avenua
Hotel.
Adjutant General James A. Cunningham, ol
Massachusetts, is quartered at toe St. Xlcholai
Hotel.
lhe real name or Edward Strahan, who wrou
the illustrated travels entitled 'Tne New Hy
perion," is said to be Earl shinn.
Mme. Adelaide Ristorl and lamily am red la
this city yesterday trom Boston and took up then
residence at the Clarendon Hotel.
Tlie Dublin Staje. a theatrical weekly, which
contained lively gossip and photographs of living
actors and actresses, has ceased to be published.
The memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, by him
self, are forthcoming mm tho press of D. Appit
ton k Co., in two volumes of over 400 pages eaca.
The learnen Dr. Schmidt s Shakespeare Lexicon
bas neen half completed and published at Keriin.
Nothing so exhaustive has evoi- before been aw
tempted.
I'rolejsor R. B. Anderson, of tho Wlsconsli
Tnlversity, has on elaborate work in press at
Chicago on "Norso Mythology, or tne Religion o:
our Forefathers."
The Britisli Lords of the Treasury have Issued t
minnt?, winch is rather severe on authors win
are in the employ 01 the Civil Service. Gentlemei
connecting themselves with toe press and com
mnnicating official Information to a newspapei
are to be instantly dismissed.
An important underiakinglsa complete abridge
ment of the debates in Congress, irom 1S50 (whore
B nton s debates cloaeu) ti> 1875, on which Mr. c.
H. Jones, oi New Vork, Is engtged. Wo know of
nothing that needs abridgment moro than tlie
debates in Congre?s, unless it Is the Beecher
trial.
Lieutenant Colonel F. D. Grant, A. D. C., First
Lieutenant or the Fourth cavalry, has made ar
rangements to resign from ths servioo next fall
to enter into tho banking business in Wnsning-oii.
The Arm ol which he becomes a mem ler will i>e
known as Sherman A Oraot, the senior member
being Jo'in Moorman, Jr., a neptie>v of General
Sherman, and who is now eugaged in business
with H. i>. Cooke, Jr.. a son of ex-Oovemor Uooko.
The present firm will be dissolved by mutual con
sent April 18, and the new Arm organized May 1,
although colonel Orant win not give tho bnamesa
bis personal attention until after hlsJ rcruru iron
the expedition now fitting oat under General
Cos tar lor the Yellowstone.