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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
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fGLUME XL- - ~..N0. 112
AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT.
TITO LI TllEATRR.
Ptrhrti atroet, between S?c<rid and Third a V* noes. ?
VaJCLLT V, At a y. M.; closest in P. M.
mta. COITWATS BROOKLYN THRATRK
THE TWO ORPUA.VS, at S I*. M ; closes at 10:45 P. SJ.
WALLACE' - THEATRE.
. y.?ROMAN 1; K ? 1'0> VofJTO MAW. it
? P. M.. cioae.s m: MM l*. M. Mr. Montague, taissDyas.
Colosseum,
nwiThirrv .oiir'h - ret. ? PAISIS BT IflOfTT.
Two ?ilntnuuos daily. Ml2 and S 1'. M.
BOWERY ? >PKKA HOCSB,
*0. aa Bowery?VA.rUh.TY. at A P. 11.; closes at 10:0
r. *.
WOOD'S Ml'SECM.
Broadway, corner of Ihlrticth T>OT?AI,I> Mo. |
?UX at ST. JL, closes at M. Matinee at 2 T. XL
THEATRfc COMItJCE,
^Si%^5U Broadway ?VAKli.. Y, at Of. M. j c'.oiw ?19?l
KKTROr^LTTA.N MirSgCU or ART,
*?it roaxtecnOi street.?Open from 10 A. M. to if, sl
BBOOKLY* PAKE THEATRE.
Ftl'/ob *Tenue ? YAtUKTY, .it ? P. M., clows
r.ojiiNso.v nam,.
nilMii'h street, nesr Broadwa- ? UIBJLRNICOlt. at S
r.M. Matinee at 2 r. M.
GF.RJfANlA Trii-ATRF.
To?rtee*n? ?raet.-i)\>? .-TJFi'' .fr'JiST. at ir.H;
?!??*?< at 10-?i P. M. It :?s ' .? . .V ayr.
OZiTXI'lC " H EATRE,
BrMffWsr. -VARLKT?{, at 8 P. M.-s ?!osW at i0*?
_ PTPTIl ATBXC THEATRE.
T??u(T^tKTtfti street and Brnt ; *a>.~ 1 ilE BIO BO.
>ANZA. at 8 P. M.; r o?es a*. 1 i P VI. Mr. Fisbcr, Mr.
!/?<?:&, Jfias Davenoort. Mr*, iitwrt.
PARK THkATRE,
JM?J?iT.-^)An CH"CKi.Ti. at 8 P. JL; closM at
?u<?l P ML Mr \1 n v,.
nowEnr theatre,
B?w?rr ?AJtOCKD TIIK WOi'- i? iN eiohtt PATS,
a* P. H.
graj*o opera nocsE.
Xfc-Vfi ?T??ne *n<I fwrr: v-l?nr3 AHMED. at 8
fTj(-; close* at 10:1S r. li
BOOTH'S Til EAT5F.
?eenrr of Tw?a .'-tblrj ?tre<*t am'. "!x;h irnit.
HKMST V..?t 8 p. * ; at 11 P. M. Mr. ifcsnold.
HtGnae at I:dO P. *
LTCBOl THEATRE.
y?*ir'w?ntl> ?tr~*t. n?-?r 'lxth .i watte?LI JOUC TAX
F&jCEL\-E. at 8 P. M. Ml'- A in. -e.
ACADEMY OF MCKIC,
FfnmrnOi atr*?t am! Imtii* piare.??TSOFIi-?ntO
T&v. ?? t P. M.; clows at li I'. M
SA.V ERA) MOfSTRSUS,
FW^war. comrr ot Iw?ntv-rtiv;h -*?t? VEQRO
*L<STRfcL*Y at S P, M : c ? a- 1 P. M.
T RIP L I" SHEET.
NEW IOBE. THUH>1>AT. Arm ???. 1879.
.R-om <rvrr*tmi.t 11 i* m'<m <j (he jrcbdbUitieg
m* thai the ycmthrr tn-tlny inU />, d ar I <:rn
ttally dear.
Waxz. Street Y?ttt.'?at,?i?t do od at
134$. Mowv <u; at 3 nr. 4 erct nt on
ml!. Stocks w>r ? irr* r*v r. w.'h prior-* gen
?nillv lower.
A Dis.wrrors Fnsr. occurred In Worth
gti-ort vf^tcr'l/17 afternoon, ean<- * Ion <f
one hnrdr^d thor^-and dollars n . injttrifiai to
two mftnb* r of ill? Fu-r < t.
Rvcrxr, in Kn'IIjO^.- : pton won the
rropolitan Stak at E- v'in yesterday,
beating th? favorite and < ,Li otI ?r com
petitors.
The Tx.".'.z. T. toi tl o, Arrhbi*hop
Bavley, of Bainmor", to inform him that be
has br*;7? appointed by the JI'>ly See for the
honor of con: rrn.' tl rarlet h"rrriin upon
OarlrnM MoCIo^koj-.
Mjxt*o Ti?rmj.ii?'iovercor Hartraaft i?
werr hopeml of a *p*"dy ^ndin ? of the
lamentahlo state of rffairs in the mining di -
tricts of Pennsylvania, and crpn ? ?>? confi
dence in tho pctceable olnt: m of the Ion'- ?t
?nd roo?-t ?*-n torn ro ! t bc^cn oaj ital
end i*bor that has expt i- i J.?>r>trn in the
?rovr.
Tr* I/jtnsL\??AM'"i>r T.n. ^bira w ?Tpj-.r s?l
to be at re?t. tnrn? np r 7 in in a n w f^rm.
Dnited .States .Marshal Pn^kard r?r) tiiai: 4t it
Uj*j demoensts hav- nn -^J''- ? i ur r hi Mi'an
BRXueni of th?s l>2isb :r-. i'j v! a of
lb? ooatprPttuac. Th>-re'c. .1 o^atice fr?r .Sreri
<tan tgnio.
f)4* Bsta^t.?Tiic landablf '?ffr ptaof th?
?ar.on* miin.tg?r?i of tlt<! tactropoiitsn th^-v
b"? in cf^in:7.iiy? b^7icflt 1 erf rm. n<--? :<>r
tbe iaoawy of the d-'c-a-t < public farontc.
Dun Bryant, :.re mitc^inf; wuh rf^jerved ?af>
ceiw, and ther# t? twy r' ? on to erpt.U
that tbe jpcctal nuti"? on th? 29th in?t.
Will Im ?(tcs?iToiy pa rot /<"<.
"1m. New Cakdc .1-? *1 uo <^rand cercmory
?hioh in to take piac- a. tbe Cath' dral 011
XiMaday ri'it, ihe inTestitmre of tho first
Ammwn CaTviintl 'v.: \ t :? n 1 ui" hi
oiLi ??, will aa evi ut oi im porta t e. 1. ?
?o*t cxtensivo |i*eparati -is ?????? t'fing rr. ',j
to render th? reremony i? imprr iv ax fxm
?ble, and the wnsic will be tit,'" 'v intir
Miiag.
Ojo?TI.E SpRrv; (Komn to baVe achanged licr
nature, for tii <1 ? nr i- riy c> ' win !
in the itxccta y< ;tt: i,>y, ?o;np -U ;i-.r <r?.i
the i?r dritcni to t 1. then ? , 1 ?
ooK^hio and r> yrr b?n ble. >l-?Fintr ? ly ?? at
hand, ar l it will nnrcr do to bavo R"i r: .ri
Marfh w:ndi ru'i iin.j tint thr .iix'a tb tr ? 1
?nd tbe therm meter being kept u: n wb n
Ihe "naerrie month" of May puts in an ap
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An !nl?r*itls| Initrrlew wltfc Pop#
Pint IX.
Thu picturesque letter from Rome which
we print this morning is lull of interest.
? It treats of Rome as it is, and as it was
b^fora the Italian occupation. The mag
nificent festivities, the ecclesiastical pomp,
the rich spectacles in thronged streets, the
solemn and affecting ceremonies beneath the
doae of the great church, which is one of the
noblest monuments of the sublime genius of
Michael Angelo, are now omitted; for the
Holy Father has decided to consider him
self as a prisoner, and Easter has
lost its former splendor and attractions
in the capital of Catholic Christianity. The
first part of oar interesting letter is taken up
with piotorial descriptions of the great East<>r
scenes in the streets and temples of worship
as they were presented in their former mag
nificence before a political blight fell on the
tempi rai power of the Sovereign Pontiff, and
wliich have disappeared since he no longer
steps outside the walls of the Vatican. The
succeeding portion of the letter may be re
garded as an account of the effects of this con
finement on the two great ecclesiastical digni
taries whose sense of decorum and adherence
to principle shut them up as prisoners.
The point of deepest interest, both to the
Catholic and non-Catholic world, is the
declining physical strength of the aged and
venerable Tope. Ho leels that he would
violate the dignity of his oftroo and compro
mise the rights of the Chnr.-h if he should go
forth beyond the limits of the palace and
grounds over which the Indian government
does not assert its jurisdiction. Beyond these
restricted limits he feels that ho would expose
himself to be regarded as an Italian sub
ject, and he refuses, at tho peril
of his health, to permit his dignity
to be insulted by putting himself even
constructively under the authority of a secu
lar monarch who has invaded his rights, and,
as he thinks, sacrilegiously despoiled him of
his temporal power. The weight of years !
presses upon him with greater force in conse- j
qnence ot this seclusion and of the anxieties
which attend his eoutest with what he regards
as the usurping Italian government. Cardi
nal Antonelli, who is not yot quite three score
and ten, suffers in his bodily health from the |
enme cause. This great ecclesiastical states- '
man ia suffering under a probably incurable
malady, which is exacerbated by his enforced
change of habits. He formerly possessed a
villa, the property of the Church, in a suburb
Oi Borne, whither it was his custom to drive
on every bright afternoon and recreate himself
with pleasant horticultural pnrsutti and ex
hilarating views of landscape and sky. Since
he ia cut off from this support of his declining i
etrength his health wunea apace, and both
Minister and Pope are visibly approaching the
end of their troubled career and musters long
leave to other hands the great interests which
tbey hare bo loa^ jointly admin utaMd.
The part of our correspondent's letter which
will b< r- :i 1 with raos? interest is his report of
the audience which was accorded him by the
?venerable P utifT. It wai what ig called a
?emi-private audi'nee?the rcarcst approach
to a private or confiden ial audienc\ which,
of course, he could uot havo reported. He
rwived this mark ot recognition in conso
quecca of his relation to the Hnuu. Its
oaten ible object, wh:c j brought it wiihin the
etiquette of the Vatican, was to express to His
Holiness the thanks of the proprietor of the
Herald for the grrat courtesy of coaamnni.
ca'iDg a copy of hit Allocation on the occasicf,
of the creation of the new cardinals in advance
of its delivery?a courtesy noTer before ac
cord d to any s'v.rular journal. The forms of
etiqaettc ob- rved in i udn tices with the Pope
we cit-nrly a: i prephieally described by our
corr ? adent, who makes a pleasant addition
to the public knr wledge on finch subjects.
What h says of t'.e changed ??< r-onal sopear
itnce 'it tL. 1 > " r.n almost pathetic in
ter A feeble o!,l man of patriarchal
a pt ct, o v '? ? heavily with th ? a ?sistnnr
ot a cp.n ? > ?upp^rt bis teps, who i^ bow< 1
by tho T7 "it hi year* and accnmn!a>d
n ito ti: ?? hanging cheeks and
dm lineament* attest the hand of
tir.:?, w >: i dc el tr an 1 melodious
vr>ic* I n its i nr". >ns fulness and re
sembles .% crack d at; i worm at musical in
strument with just enou h ol tb ? old tones to
r call itx former r 'ho. a, whose j>ri*tioc
court lit; cm aner, r *?<-?.< ?i at its '? -est w;;h
n srar paternal k a n still retains its
iatberly air 1 oree! I uevoience, is a picture
fitted 'o touch r.ll g> lerons 1 .trts, eve*i
thou h they ?.? entir ly oat ot sympathy with
t, ? eccl siu-ti' -1 pretentions of this aged and
k n Pontiff. He, of c -,r- .
mi. le no confidential communications to our
corresp" n ? nr. j be secret", the policy, the
hop s of the Yatics.a mu t be learned or con
jee tur . from other sources. But it is, n ver
? :?? 1 ??, en- rtaiiutig to have i o clear a v w of
t >. P. ? ;i he at.j ai? to-day to an observer
ad-itted to hi pr< -ence and with whom Le
coti It -ena to c inverse m a pleasant, famil
iar vrny. Among th1 topics of convrr ution ?
it that ' an le eatle i a convex--,;?tion in which
cur c,orrrsp6nd?nt Incoming y performed the
part o? a-, intnllig *?t ??"! xevrsnt li't-en r,
except r? r a* he answered qu*- 'ions '?:<?
mos inter stint; to our public was the ? rration
of an American Cat :inaL What th? Pope snid
i ( arduuti 2Ie< key ? ? its a w*.- j strn? a
of personal appreciate -n. which will l?e tr
trr-nely pr tai to his triendi andadmix> rs in
t ? mrrv v ho h ve kno v.o him so lot.' and
eo well. "11 has the dignity < i a prince."*
eaid Hut noline?w, "and ma?cs a gx?at in -
pr en upon tveryl dy when he r...- ? &
hfrs. Thi y i may tell your j ? pi . sod l t
t' ""i V.r.' ? that f'"?r thought^ are often wiih
ti tn." These sor i of pni' ?? * ill bo r -
i *ni red i r the At ? . < itholics k??>??
c < r the imposing c*rm< ..,r? which tb f are
k'' in to v itn*jw in th' t'ath?oral < I tiiis oj. <,
v. J:. n th tim' ?? ? r. is i. so in must, for
this rcmftrkable l'oji*.rT. who has probably
j rforiued hi i hilt imp itlontact in the ci?
t i . ?' th? '? .i-dii :?? !. to r t ironi his
1 or-?, li J1 b" etr ?? .. in nntver il Cath
oii't e-titiiai.i<-ii. c.ty, lik< an ancient
S) stie. v h?> Lard mi hit.; in zeal, "I
he e fir'.shi I r.iv < a ; I liare kept the
t ??." In tiie 1 at; lir ? of von tills who hi.ve
< eupi 1 ti.a Paj I throuo no trie has ever
<)fi ti.or* to ad- n ! i labia's Catholic
il i irtti'-s rind i ure t ?ir 7 dor ; acee|>t
a by the whoi' i d> <. tint -..-est eommu
m?.n. 'lit* ?cuinttnical Couucil ot 1470, called
by hi? authority, satcmbh d under bin au?piccr,
dominated by his iufiuenc, moulfifd by hu
"pint, will always rank as one of the greatest
events in the history of tho Catholic Church.
lt ia 'h>lt nnd? Pope, who has don?
so much to build up Catholic doctrines, in
spire Catholic zeal and promote Catholic
unity, the temporal power lrna been lost; and
what effect this loss may have on the future
ortuncs of tho Church is a secret veiled by
Irondence from human eyes. From the
point cf rJGw of statesmen the temporal
power will never be recovered, and if events
n'S ?P^D'on great changes must
in a e y fellow. But tho hope of recovering
the temporal power is not likely to be relin
quished by the Catholics of this generation. I
y a selection of the recantly appointed
cardinals the Pope has doubtless imposed
the election of a successor who will continue
his unyielding policy, and nobody can foresee
what may result from the action of Germany,
which tends ho strongly to consolidate the
newt and inflamo the zeal of the Catholics of
all countries. The present Popo will leave
the keys in a momentous crisis of the Chnrch.
A Sew .fudge of Goneral Session*.
The bill now before the Legislature, intro
duced by Mr. Daly, of this city, providing for
a new Judge of tho Court of General Sessions
to hold the same rank as tho Rocorder and to
be fleeted, like him, by the poople, is a bettor
expedient for promoting the prompt adminis
tration of criminal justice than the hill for
creating a new criminal court, introduced last
week by Mr. Waehner. This new bill is
understood to have been drafted with the ap- I
probation and assistance of District Attorney j
Phelps, and we trust it will be passed without
serious opposition. Tho title of the new
magistrate is to be County Judge. He is to
be chosen for fourteen years at the next gen- i
oral election, and to have the same powers as
the Recorder ami City Judge. Alter the
new law goes into effect on the 1st of Janu
ary next two branches of tho Court of Gen
eral Sessions will be held each month, except
July and August, giving double the present
facilities lor the administration ot criminal j
justice. The bill also authorizes the appoint
ment of an additional Assistant District Attor
ney, and requires the Commissioner of
Public "U orks to provide proper accommoda
tions for the court Mr. Waehner"s bill was i
in the right direction, bnt this is a bottor
measure. The fact that it has the support of
District Attorney Phelps ought to be ac
cepted as a proof both of its necessity and its
excellence.
The Promised Balance Sheef.
Some four months ago Mayor Wickham in
formed the Common Council that he was not
m jxjssession of such information as sufficed
to show the actual financial condition of the
city, and he promised his aid to the Aldermen
in any effort they might make to procure a
satisfactory balance shoe: up to December 31,
lHt-i. showing exactly how much we owe and
what means we have to pay our debt. Thrco
months ago, or thereabouts, the Aldermen
called upon the Comptroller for such a balance
sheet. It has never been forthcoming. Wo
know no more to-day than wo did on the 1st
of January last of our actual financial condi
tion. Wo are icnorant of the disposition that
has been made of unrxpended balances of
appropriations, of the trae amount of claims
existing against the city, of tho money ex
pended on useless litigation, of the amount of
taxes remitted and uncollected, and are with
out much other information which the people
have a rifrnt to possess. If Governor Tilden !
has resolred, on personal and private con
siderations, to keep in office nn incompetent,
obstinate and tricky financial officer, he
should at lenst insist that his accounts be laid ,
fully before the taxpayers, and that he shall
r-eaae to resist and obstruct investigations of j
his books and vouchers. At present the !
Mayor, the Common Council and the people
are ignorant of our true financial position.
They are only permitted to know that Mr.
Gn n has ircrea?ed the bonded debt over
thirtf-five u. '.lion dollars in three years ;
that our annual taxation has risen to a rate of i
more than three per <vnt on the taxable prop- I
erty <>! the city ; that we pay r.bout nine mill- :
Ion dollar* a year for interest, and that an
indefinite am.int of floating d-bt han?s over
t: e h?a Is of the taxpayers in addition. Con
c- i.merit i dc"*?'p.':on in financial nutters
an- inconsistent w:tb honesty, and it is the
doty of the Governor to require the Comp.
truller wliorn he k- ps i? ?ffi e t ) change hi.
secret and suspicions policy.
I?< rlnjton And Concord.
We print clsewh re an interesting letter of
onr venerable fellow-townnman, Mr. Samuel
B. ltngglc*, to the committee vrho had tbe
Lexington celebration in charge. One of their
rt ,i&ooh or inviting Mr. Rugbies was tli-i fact
that, in 1X36, he secured the nniae of Lexing
ton avenue to one of our important streets,
which regarded by tlio committee as a
r cognition of the claims of L< xiriton. We
hare in our American citiea many street* and
in our ijtates many towns, some of them of
great importance, called Lexington ; and it i*
quite true that the mm" of Concord has not
been <*o multiplied and honor d. Hut Mr.
Kar^l?* i^ too large a minded roan to
r _;ard k >oh a circumstance aa extin
guishing the clr.irn ot Concord. He
deprecates tbe splitting a id dividing
of the transactions of the a:\nM dtj, and
think*. as the Hjchaxj) tbin!c?, that th" uonor
of th" two town , in a phm** of Wcb*t#r
mi.icto li aptly applies should b< regarded as
"now and forever, one end indivisible." The
merits rrrre ??qiiitubly awarded by Mr. Everett
in carefully weighed and beaut iui lnnguago
wfc^n be SnToked "grateful admiration to
those who stood in the bret' li at the breaking
of that day of blood at L \in "ii; to thorn
who jo . ned in battle and died honorably at
Concord : and to those who fed-in the gallant
pur- it of the flying n'nr. " Mr. Ituggle*,
thntigh bif I' ? ?' r wa addn - ed to the L< i
ington comini"' >. #\< s no reason for cbangiug
thi. ja*t distribution of pi. in-.
Xnr.A ' ?. : rir-"vi? - A quantity of gold eoiW
found iu a c - pool ?r f etoryvill \ Htnt a
I.slniid, <>B Tucaday J ust, will t>'uU to i vive
th< < ptain Kidd mm: j. JJuw inueb : >1 1,
aft, r all, g?' into l *nk ?<?< "tin.- thr> ugb un
clean h. (d !
Sri.is i.ev- " 'i If tlio city au
thorities A i r<< i ad :>? jotii'- !'i ,i: ires to lay
the dt:~* w.:ch us now cm- rhicr around cases
of ophthalmia will ttcc;.i disagreeably fre
quent. Have itic sprinkling carta been di?
poeed of for good ?
The Politician# at Aluanjr.
The politicians hare flocked to Albany this
week. Johu Kelly is there, with the prestige
of his triumphant indorsement by Tuinmany
Hall last Monday to augment his influence
with the democracy. That forciblo statesman,
Air. John Morrissey, is on band, probably to
as-ist Mr. Kelly and probably to aid Senator
I ox in bis struggle to pass the Police Justice
bill- Colonel Fellows is in the company, a
faithful bcnchman of the new "Biss," earning
his nomination an District Attorney next (all.
Sheriff Conner is there, probably to look after
his own internets in the Marine Court Judg
ments bill, which in this instance happeu to
bo the interests of the people ot New
lork as well. The Finance Department
Lobby Guard are at their posts, under
command of a leading lobby chief, who
returns to the State capital after a tree inter
change of views and "arguments" with the
bead of that department. Everything be
tokens an activo period in the legislation of
the session, and those who art* not in the
secrets ot the several cliques are anxiously
and curiously awaiting developments.
There aro several charter jobs at Albany,
and desperate efforts may be made to revive
those that have boen temporarily dispose 1 of
and to press otheis that have not yet been
reached during the last days of tho session.
The rumor prevails that Mr. Green is labor
ing to resuscitate his famous bdl to abolish
tho Mayor's office and make the Comptroller
a sort of municipal autocrat One report is
that tho arguments of the lobby arc to be used
iu its favor with the Committee on Cities, in
whose sate keeping it now lies. Another iH
that the said arguments are intended for tho
black horse cavalry in the Assembly, so as to
induce tnem to discharge the committee from
tbo further consideration of the bill and to
order it to the Committee ol the Whole. Al
though it seems probable that the latter at
tempt may be made, it is not very likely that
it will succeed, especially ns Mr. Green and
his allies could only raise live votes in
Tammany Hall against Mr. Kelly. If this
great project has to be abandoned, however,
there aro several other plausible bills for
tinkering tho charter floating somewhere
or other in the legislative current, all of
which cover schemes concocted by the
Finance Department, and none of which
should be suffered to succeed. It is easy
enough to defeat bad legislaiion at the close
of a session, if only a small number of hon
est representatives watch vigilantly for tho
appearance of jobs and oppose them with
promptness and determination. A protec
tive guard of this kind should be formed
in both houses, and the duty of its mem
bers should be constant attendance and
unceasing vigilance. The charter of 1873,
tinkered and patched by as corrupt a sot
of political gamesters as over ruled the
city, is open to amendment; but as we can
not hope for its improvement at this late
day, every attempt to change any of its pro
visions, except the alteration is ouo that
commends itself strongly to favor, should be
resisted. "We know what- the law now is
and can afford to live under it another year.
With the Governor and the Ma;or in accord
the munioipal government can be made
hurmonious and efficient. It is better to
trust to this desirable result than to tinker
tho charter in the interest of individual
office-holders.
The Cvatenola] Exposition.
When, a few years ago, the idea of a cen
tennial commemoration of the great act of
independence first assumed a definite form
and substance, no one doubted as to its pro
priety and necessity. There could not have
been found a man or woman, at least north of
the Potoma", who had any misgivng on the
subject, nud, even south of that limit, over
the territory which war hid wistsd. where
nature had not wholly repaired the desolation
and lime had not cur d ?he physical and moral
wounds which war ha 1 inflicted, even tho
South locked to this pro-ipectivo comm ?tnora
tion of_"the happy olden time" with u Lope
that it mi'.;ht be a festival of substantial
pence and reconciliation.
The only question, and tbat was only
topical and fransient, which arose was us to
locality. We wanted it naturally enough, and
we may admit thai if we had had it thin.';
in the way ol contributions out of our own
menus would be different from what they are.
But the logic vf history, the power of as
sociation was too great, and Philadelphia
rightl? prevaiU J. It would have been rather
nnoicturesque for New Fork to have
claimcd.it u view of the little she- we mean
the city?did lor independence. We are get
ting a little a-diame 1 of celebrating Evacuation
Day, when, after eit years' undisturbed occu
pation, the Britishers quietly moved away.
Philadelphia was not only the City of Indr>
prndence, but, as has b en well said, there
were more cImhic spots, more battles fought?
witness Trenton. Princeton, Brandywine,
Oermantown. Barren and Edge Hill, Valley
Forge and Monmouth -within u radius of forty
miles from the Slate House than in any
other territorial area of the Old Thirteen.
Philadelphia, too, was the city of tty- mother
Congress ol 1774 a d df th- Federal Conven
tion that made us one people. Ilence was it
that as we uy, Philadelphia rightly ?-arried
the day. Sininpe, auu tie must may, discred
itable a.-< it is. we fometimcs think New York
has nev r quite forgiven h?r for this success.
It is high time hlie did.
This v s (he initiate --iaie of feeling, and in
itiate action e rrc pond-d to it Had the Phil
adclphian.. b u animated by any mere loeal
sentiment I lj*-y would havo gone to their
Stat" Ijo ? latTir.^ and got their charier of
incorporation tl"Te. I here are some who
think that, in a business point of view,
it would hivi l^en better if they
hid. Tb"y ttj iTit it. however, to be na
tional ami they a*k"d and obtained aid from
Congre ? .'or tlwv privilege*. I'nder this
charter t" y have acted . ver since; all that the
SU'e h. given h been liber J pecuniary a?
niHtau l: T)' i?Tlibor of New Jersey cjener
ou li lo-oprrauri r. ('on^re nntd toward
the c|o ot the s on, gave nothing. Tbo
tin:?Hw re uupropitioiif . The n.otive of fed
eral le :i .latioi! m the W:<y rrf anything like
wnbsidies ior anydun? -had c-nne to be itia
I'frt I. ' ? *ii utntioiial *n(?i< < Wt r: <? n
veni -i'ly at f ae I triet constructionists
who *>. -y .?oil.'. Itj in apprtiiriituig mouey
to send j-. rii to Ptkin at'd Kerguelen
Land to oi serve a planetary transit could find
no authority to vote a dollar for a great
hiitorieal and national commemoration. It
may have been all right We only cot# the
fact that it was so.
Still Congress did something in the right
direction. It authorized and required the Ex
ecutive <o reindorse the enterprise by a formal
; invitation to foroign nations. We do tbo
| President tha justice to say that no compul
: sion was necessary for ban, and as to tbe
Secretary of State?our New York Secretary?
if at first ho scorned more suo to m >ve.slowly,
when he di i act it was earnestly and grace
fully. Foreign nations weie invited, and are
coming it wo are only ready to receive them;
and are coming, too, through this gateway of
New York. Now, what is New York State
and city going to give to carry out trium- !
phanfly thisgreatplan? TheCuncord-Lexing- j
ton Centennial bus sharply indicated tbo |
enthusiasm which the greater event of the >
Fourth of July, 1876, will evoke. Let it be I
said, then, tb;<.t New York has borne her
share of tbo expense, and in a proportion
worthy of the Empire Stale.
Huptil Transit and tlt? Legislature.
Tliere nre a few things tbo Legislature
ought to do for the city of New York before it
adjourns, if it desires to leave behind it some
little favorable reputation at. this end of the
State. It did well to deleat the poultice pave
ment job; but it should follow up the good
work by providing lor the proper repavement
of Fifth avenue in accordance with the
wishes of the residents on tho line and
of the citizens generally, and should place
the avenuo under the authority and caro of
the Park Department. It should pass tho bill
to provide for the removal of telegraph poles
from the streets of tbo city and to compel the
companies to lay their wire3 underground, aa
they are laid in European cities. The compa
nies. wealthy and greedy, will resist the
change, because it will entail an outlay upon
them ; but they can afford the expense, and
tbe question is one between their interests
and the interests of the city. Above
all, it should pass some law giving us, under
tbo new constitutional provisions, some fair
prospect of successfully initiating a practical
rapid transit movement This, above all
other New York measures, should have re
ceived the earnest consideration of the Legis
lature, and if inaction prevails up to the closo
of the session the people will regard our
present representatives as dishonest or incom
petent
Credit is due to the citizens who are agi
tating the matter of rapid transit, and there
is no doubt of tho advantage of all their
movements, even if thoir proceedings do pre
sent some evidences of inharmonious views.
The pubbc mind needs to be thoroughly
aroused to tho importance of the subject and
to be kept aroused until a practical result is i
accomplished. It is unfortunate that tbe 1
main turor for rapid transit is excited in bad
weather, when travel by the horse cars is in- i
terrupted or terribly trying and incon- j
venient, and after the Senators and Assembly- j
men have been elected to the State ?
Legislature. As soon as fine summer weather ;
arrives the discomfort of tho horse cars is
forgotten, and poople lose 6ight of the great
question that ou^bfc to bo always before tbeir
eyes. Our legislative representatives are
again chosen betore tbe interruption of travel
returns, and we forget t9 inquire into the ono
all-importaut point?whether they are laithful
and competent advocates and supporters of"
rapid transit. It is to be hoped that the
popular movements now going ou will not
only not be abandoned during tbo pleasant
weather, but that they will continue to be
pressed with vigor. At tbo same time we
nee 1 legislation uti the subject, and if we do
not socuro it at the hands of our present rep
resentatives it is to bo hoped that liono of
tiiem will be Rtnt to Albany, at least
from this end ot tbe St lie.
Brjvrmw of t:ik Pcmcj:.?The "best
poiioe iorce in tl:^ world" afforded the citi
reus of New V rc a apcc linen of its pro
ficicucy iu one of 'no 1 ost u fid o: its
accompli, hmeats on Tuesday las'. An oftic r
of tin* f roe cni- - '(I testation lion ? "some
what nnd< - tie intl" > of liquor," is the
sergeant in < iiur- t< ti'ie*, am. immediately
procetded tn as" bh club on the head < ; a
bro?h< r ofil ? 1. IIIh ?tpertuow with the wen
pon enahl -d him t?? lay npon his Tictira'n
skull in four placet before his amusement
could I if inter.rr. ii with. <); courne the < m
miKKiuncrH cannot do so inconsistent an act a*
todiicharKQ the pugnacious ofiicer from the
force. They i lain in the torco a captain who
has expr* -scd to th<> !'? <anl ins oenvction that
the police ought to n.*"- their clubs whenever
thev can find nu excuse tor ho doing, and has
admitted thai he gi? < his own men in-- ruc
tions to keep th r hands in by such practice.
They should ioak so abh a hand as Officer
William Mahcr an inspector at least.
The Cuban I'atkiotsi.?Our news to-day
from the Ever Faithful I 'o is not cal
culated to inspire belief in the many Spanish
awuranr"-* we hare receive 1 ol the collapse of
the relwllion (here. The patriots art* livelier
than ever, and evince a ikpreo of an&.cious
-pirit that mint It ?1 ling to the pride of th 'ir
oppressors. F.ven tin: redoubtable f'apteiu
(ieneral, VilmateJa, is afraid to encounter
them, and h ;;'.!??? s t linn to hare every tiling
pretty mu<tb their < wn way.
The Ib.r ? ai. J'rw, at Albany is ?till nn
dergoiog soch an eLb rate process of tinker
ing that when it p:>: es the Legislature, if
such an ever* c n ever happen, no one will
able to tell v , nt ; \-j!? look like. The la t
amendment prop" *a judicial tribnn..i. <? ?n
sitding of th- Chief Ju 'v-e of tin < mrt or
App> ib aud the i trending jn<lge ot eneh of
the general term o. the four departments of
the Supremo ?'ourt.
Hmnarr' i ; r till in ab^van"; in
Havana, and str - aou ?'jforta ar*? being mad"
to |ato be notorii |lmrd ?? r from the gal
lows 1. !i awaits him in NVi? York. The
w.aal ol a:i extradition treaty between t
I 'nit'dhtat ?. a d Sp. in is tin? principal ob
?;,?!<? in the . (> le would think that a
murderer iionhl r. \c no confidgratio.i in
uny civilized community
Mlxk vs b mi v .11 !? , likely, an important
article ?.? comra . a ?ar (' i i ecuntrj h
eouc rned. tojnd >e;rota the bwmV adopted
by the plant*: o i u H ran C di nti , ac
cording to onr < At> au < i. < t >
this saccharin* r.ow? wo hear of a we m
that country in which three men were buried
aliva and otherwise tortured.
[ Til* Rtrerildc Atcbv* Im;iroremin?
Bill.
The Riverside Avenue Improvement bill has
passed the Assembly and is now iu the bands
of the Senate. Au attempt is made on ths
part of the Comptroller and his allies in the
policy of suffocation to defoat it in the repub
lican branch of the Legislature. Its rejection
by the Senate wculd bo as injudicious politi.
cally as it would be unjust to the largo body
of taxpayers and citizens interested in its suc
cess.
Riverside avenue, as laid out under the act
of 1867, was an avenue one hundred feet wide
between parallel lines. Under authority of
chapter 850 ot the Laws of 1873 the westerly
line oi the avenue has been changed. Tim
was done so that the avenue conld be treated
somewhat in the manner of a Park drive, and
as it ia now laid out it conforms v?ith the
natural topography of the land, which greatly
increases its beauty, besides lessening tha
cost of its construction. These changes have
suggested the question whether the provisions
of the act of 1867 lor the payment of the cost
and assessment of the improvement upon the
property benefited apply to the avenue in its
present shape. The object of the present act
is simply to remove such a difficulty, which,
if it really exists, is purely technical. It
would be sufficient to declare that the law of
1867, which applied to Riverside avenue as
originally hud ont, should apply equally to
Riverside avenue as altered by the law of
1873, were it not that the present constitution
seems to lorbid legislation in this form.
The total cost of the avenue is estimated at
one million dollars, one-half of which is to be
assessed upon the property benefited. It
will not exceed that t>um, and contrary state
ments are only made to aid in defeating the
bill. It is untrue that tho bill requires the
immediate completion of the work. It is left
in the same condition as all other streets and
avenues in the city. The object of a
contrary statement is apparent. Thr
fact is that the bill is a simple act of justice.
The Riverside Park and avenue were origi
nally laid out by the Commissioners of the Cen
tral Park. A very large number of the property
owners objected to the improvement on ao?
count of tho assessments it would necessitate;
but it was insisted on by Mr. Green and others
who now oppose it as an indispensable por
tion of the ganeral plan of improvement and
development adopted lor that section of th?
island. The land was taken and the assess*
rnent laid three years ago. The assessments
have generally been collected and the property
owners now naturally desire to see an im
provement for which they have been assessed
over three million dollars carried out to com
pletion, so that they may begin to reap soma
of its benefits. Mr. Green, who is now ths
real opponent of the improvement, would be
as warmly in its favor as ho ever was If he
could still control the work. It remains to
be seen whether the republican majority in
the Senate will deny this act of justice to a
large body of taxpayers for the sake of grati
fying the spleen aud malice ot an individual.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
General Sheridan arrived at Chicago yesterday.
The "Battle of Lexicon" siUl rages all over th?
country.
rrofessor Francis Wayland, of Sew Haven, U
registered at the Gllsey House.
It is estimated that the proposed trip of the
Prince of Wales to India will cost $1,200,000.
Congressman John 0. waitehouae, of Pough
kcepslc. is stopping at the A'.bemarie Hotel.
Congressman William II. Barnum, of oonneetl
cat, is again sojourntns at tne rioffman House.
Mile. Emma Ferretti and Miss Kate Lockwood,
nieces of colonel Jerome B. Follows, are in Parle.
Colonel Joseph C. Audenrled, of General Rner
man's ?taff. has arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Congressman E'ias W. Leavenworth, of Syra
cuse, arrived las. evening at the 6t. Nicholas
Jlot-I.
roloneis Eugene B. Beaumont and Roaert n.
nail, of West Point, are quartered at the St. James
Hotel.
Judge Advocate General Charles nuchea, of
Govnru r Ti'den's staff, is at the Sturerant
House,
Beecher Is a good prencner, but the cross
examination exhibit him as the great American
fqinrmi',-.
Beec.er - anno' remember any word or act of all
his inter oirse with Moultou which justifi s the
us* oi the word "blackmail/'
f,ene-al F. I>. Callender and M ijor F. II. Parker,
of tie ordnance Department, United siatca Army,
are at t.'ie Metropolitan Hotel.
As Victor Emmanuel and Francis Joseph voy.
a?r'-d frotn their respective capitals to meet oni
anotner each consecrated n statue.
In a Paris salon:?"My mother-in-law is a for*
oris monarchist" "Ah: then one naturally Imag
ines that you ben >ve in the Republic."
Mr. Be? clier savs ??tne principal trouble in bis
congregation w;is from the rumors circulated by
Mr. Bowen." But nobody cal'.S r.owen.
??."even ty-llre dollars reward and no questions
it*kod.'! I'arson Beecher would like to m?et a
man of that sort just now on thos*! or any term*.
Becrher did not believe it was blackmail nntll
tnree years after Brother Shearman and Lawyot
Tracy -'beat into him" that that was the name 01
It.
Germnny is about to have a periodical called tn?
AvticriUc, especially devoted to the service 01
authors who wish to answer obje?tlonabio re
views.
Ijorrt and Lady Massereene, of Ireland, who
hnve jus* returned fr-jra h six months' tour of the
I r.ited States, l ave arartmenrs at the Windsof
Hotel.
Messrs. Maynsrd and Orth, Ambassadors iron
?he United states to Tiirney and Austria, re
*p?etive!y, sailed yesterday on tne steamship
Russia
perhaps tne retirement of Delano lsrlae to the
same gentlemen wnose objections once prevented
the Pri - Iden' from riomluuttpg him for Secretary
of the Treasury.
*"r<.'m tne visit of Francis Joseph to Vienna it
w uld appear that Italy reirards xneh an enemv
as tne Emperor of Austria as inuie welcome than
eo?*n ? frunil ai? the Emperor of Prtissu.
I licb"orue marine-s ran- so IH-ih In Eoclaod
that Ladi ft I'jcliffe?the cousin Kate Donxtitjroi
tee story?has been compelled to lt?jve her reM
den- e lu Staffordshire in consequence of th?? t>i utas
impudence of the people netroi the lower daaset,
??R'ty,"'Be said, hi - right arm around her waist
ana her fn o expectantly in,'ned to hiui, "shall it.
i?" the kiss pathetic, ?y",i>,?Mtett<\ j-runliic, ptra.
graphic. orien'el, intellectual, paroxysmal. <{utvlc
and dp-nini, s'.ow and unctuous. Ion ' and tedi.-.i:^
devotional, or whtt -" sne s ad perhaps "i.u
VMti iw the better fttmotrau
III 1 -iiencv Pre dent Gran? ?iepirteo lor the
?i i ue oi his adnatn!stri*.:ive latx- s- .*.< , i.;
ton?yesterday momia.. his Excel chcv *ne
I'litii Avenn** Hotel 't n.nv o'cio .? i ?; vr., 10
companied and ciicore I on i> >, i n ? p> ti
i.raoi, Mr-, sartor I . .*??< ri,.r, and . I!o>v, >t|
aii'i, of cour* , by <; ner. I ? < m ir/
HeiKuap 10.lowed His l .vc ii' iic. i. ?? ni ? .t.
Ai the moment m <1* pirun ? His Excel
lency si-emed to i>? In exeunt rits. inosi
patriotic fires wuirh t>urii within i; \< e u *
breast, an J t.? which l? ravo but ; j c-.. r. e.vtnes.
Men durlog the recen'. Conitnnia: ec ciirstionn.
seemed struggling for liberty. Tet Up: fcUcullcnuy
SBoresMtd taeio. We* t