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T H E E V E N m e P O S T : N E W Y O E K , P E I D A ^ y , J A N F A E Y 2 6 , m y . H e w Y o r E , t e w a y J * * n J « T Si®? OUTSIDE BKADINO 3 ^ T T E S . 2 f e i r Fifflfc—iettecs fttaa the Eeopte - JBfo w e a 22ec- : HoaBttwusW ca—Peraia-BoplagfatasacecfTodter? OneKci^nltottlieHecraitDail-TiieTenrtt' iSSjaia-Slates EC( - '• T h e Coestesa of TotrSBOt PAaB.~TUrd- and Poatth Edition j !<Ki>tioa Jit the K h c iye's' Hhrem— r “ Aaericaidsts The io a d n g ’a “ H \ P l j E t l S H E ^ ANNOUNCE3£B3tm * • XHX XJLTESg STBWff. £ jsx im p o tix s tm m leceiTed attar thePoarth Edi- .ttouoe the EvKstsTG P ost has gone to press rsMl ha JBjJtted &t* Poefircript. a t 4:30 o’cTocih. Itm a y be ob- talBea at the coanting room,, a t the principal saws ^ands, a i d fa»a t h e n e w s b ^ i i the streets. WaSHKSTOS. B, a The Evaense P ost may be obtjdned at the news djaaa80fJ.A.W lEebergst8ndofBr^Aaajn8,l!ro.812 P street and No. 1431 Pennsyly^ris arcane, between 'Wfltad'B H etei and the Owen ^ n s e . SahscripSona m ^ h e sect to oat Washington oflce, 1314P street, or totjdacfficc. MemberecfCongressniaycTacr, if they rh o f the Honse or the Seoe ■ B y * icc«it change In the law, the chargefcr pertsgs m * a ^ o f the DaO]^einI-W eeayor Weekly E ditlots ^ the E v r a is a F cs^la reduced to one S hy the pablishera on aU ly E d ltta s ______________te e e n l Postags la n o w iald hy the pablisheraon aU E d lttaaol th> Nriesn^oPceT sent to sahscrlbers, excepting to those ■tatfej jKfie?iih«s Ja’thls d ty and in foreign ccnntriai lasiXfsss Oy sh * a v n s is s p e » leMibtarlly absent from thafity naay hare this joamsl .»ii:odioticai,postp:tia.for‘75 b e ^ a menth. T b i d a s often a« desired, and If tShs at expired whsa the sabsetiber Jfe*’ be serred te his rssidenca by car rier, I t tie a id r e ^ Is to -be changed, tira order eawnld atate whetbcri Doily, Semi-Weekly or Weekly, and sionkfjriys thd old as wen aathe new address. *o naa-KBiiZEa azboas . P e t se?enty-flTO cents and the additional araonnt ' f lonassdng periods: The D3%, fcr one month; the Soal- WeeKy.fcr three moatha; & Weakly, tor m mentha. ths papawflnsechan^sdaioftGaali inquired into h j the federal authority and Qiat Congress or A conisiia^oii created, iiy ^ngress can reviewandtset aside'&tsprdceed- in p o t a hoard o f state capTasaersIr I f it is IKsssible that air. Bayard ^ do this is i almost anything possible id reflect to the < cMoa o f the PresJdetdial question? Suppose that Senator Thunnau-tanother Bemocrat o f the old school—isjk membCT o f the commifisioii. He ia reported to have said yesterday morning that *‘he had a strong opinion tta ta diKdacai of|aretarni 9 g board might be inquired ‘into.’j If opiniou ir, i f JUjT.'Ehurman should Of aitatA may be over turned- because it is unfedc; pr because the state officers are believed to b e rascals,; ought ■we not to be prepared for i almost any exhibi tion o f political incpnSEtency;for almost any Aevisioaof polifacal faith and almost any dis regard of personal precedents ? Suppqse that Senator CoUhliDg is a member of the commission. H e has taken the ground heretofore that it is competenl to go behind the returns and to inquire into a state election. When the question comes before the ShaU W HAT W l i l . THE EhECTOBiL C0HHIS3I0N The debate in the House of Representatives on the Counting bill presents few features of ' interest, and will end at three o’clock-to-day. T h « e is no reason to doubt that the vote' wMch win then be taken will be largely in its favor. The President has again avowed his ■ Intention to approve it promptiy ; so that, as w e have expected, the measure will become a law before the close of the week.' Taking this for\ granted, the political prophets are already predicting what t|ie electoral commission will do. Specuiations of this kind me chiefly . guesswork. The more the circumstances of the case are considered the harder is i t to fa r m a satisfactory opinion as to -what will be done- To begin witb, there seems to be a mistake, as to the final composition of the judicial branch of the commission. The elec tion of Judge Davis as senator for Illinois takes tiim out of the list from which the fifth Judge is to'he selected. Even rt he remi igjon the bench until the 4th of >farch . impropriety of his undertaking the duties of the commission is too ob-vious to be men election commis- oioju, oiioix we inquire info the Louisiana election ? Mr. ConkHng, unless he is prepared to share the inconaistenpy of his Dem ocratic associates in the .which we have supposed, must decide that there is a right so to inquire. It is true that he asserted in bis speech the other day that he believ ed Hayes to be elected, and we must assume tiierefore that he does not be lieve that the judgmmit of the Louisi ana Returning Board ought to be set aside; but can we be sure that if the commission should resolve to review the proceedings of the board Mr. Cbnkling would not get some new light on the subject which would make him change his opinion? Of course we are not predicting what these senators will-do, or what dny member of the commission will do; but ■vte believe that there is enough doubt as to the Course, not of the judiciaUiranch of the tribunal merely, but of its legislative branch as well, to make the final decisiofi a matter of uncertainty, until it. is actually • settled. The important thing is that a decision -will be reached —a decision in which the whole country-will peacefully acquiesce, and before which parti san members of Congress who. have been threatening a. dual Presidency and civil war mains tioned and will be conclusive ■with him and ■with the judgt.s who are to make the selection. ;! , There are stUl, however, three ja>lges from t ' wfipm to choose. The S u n says: “ This M l designates four jr Supreme ‘ jges are even Congress who. hav threatening a. dual Presidency a will be compelled to be silent. BSSTOBERQ BOUEHEaS CBEDir. No more important meeting has been held in this city for many a day fiian that which ■55-as held yesterday at ths Clearing House. It was ttfade up of representative men, and its object was to confer as to- the best method of restoring the credit of the Southern States. -' These states are weighed down withoppres. eive debts, which in large part were fastened on them by the unscrupulous adventurers who, since the close of the w-ar, have infested the ^ n th as the frogs and the locusts infested Egypt. ■ The war left these states impoverish ed, rrith their industries crippled, their labor system disorganized, their political condition uncertain. Clearly it was for the interest of the whole country that that should be done which would give them the largest opportuni ty for recovery. That tihis was not done is a matter of history. Instead, the states were overran with carpet-baggera, the Legis latures were practically seized, and the states sitted to debts of such magnitade as the hope of property owners that could be paid, and as to make the interest on these debts what a heavy weight is to a swimmer cross ing a river. These debts or bonds bore the great seals of the respective states which issued them, and were taken by investors here and in foreign parts who were mind ful of the former credit of these states, and I posdble thee?ce£3l^iail«>afl buflding wMcb : prospered dnly faloagttrAilroadbonds could be sold; becaufe, except for the ..vacuum created in the inrestmentmuket b y reason of the -vriflidrawal of Xfnited Btata bonds, neinf railroad bonds could not bave been sold to such, n n exteUtas to make excessive ralkoad building profitable to its promoters. Railroad expansion w m naturally followed by a col lapse, and ■with i t collapsed in 1873 the whole structure of credit. IFhen wh4t has been suffered by reason o f the neglect o f the demand debt is fully taken into the account there ought -to be no hesita- titn now on the part of Congress in restonng to the legid-tender demand notes of the gov ernment one o f . the privileges they had when they were- issued. Chittenden’s, bill proposes to do this, and ' toust ^ ■hat -hen a law, he is not unduly hopeful Let this sincereljrely that- there te t w he says is a good chance for its becoming bill become a law and let the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to sell bonds for gold, as is now possible in the New York mar ket to a larger extent than at any time during' the last sixteen years, and then there will ba no reason why the pledge to resui fments in 1879 should not be i te specie ideemed; . . . . 3 should not thereafter be maintained. We should like to see a provision of this kind, in reg: ■ of the Treasury, incorporal m this bip, and see it then become law. If cannot be done, and the bill can be'passed as it is, by all means let it be passed. It will change a large part of Jhe demand debt into time debt. If while reducing what we have to payxm demand w e also add to our means of paying, we do the best that is possible in the circumstances. THE FATAL nS E Z B IE S OF eLQUCESTXB There b Bometfalng BtarU lD S lntheannoance- m r a t th a t tw o hundred and thirteen men and tw ^ tr - M v e n veeeeb engaged in th e fiaherlee a n d sailing brom Qloncester, Mass., w ere lost d u ring lost year, and th a t aihee 1839 the lives thna lost bave nnmbered eighteen h u n d red a n d elghty-two. *■t Is n oo tt i^onejona thehe d ee aa thth o ff thesehese f eh re ir nm ee I b h a t d o t ^ n whioh b the saddest feature of t h b record, but the faot th a t v e ry m w iy of them have left large famOIea ident e n tirely on their labor for an] epende were commitl tree jadg t e x p ressly excluded w h o live in the same states w ith the candidates f o r P r e s id e n t and Y ice-P r e s ident. T h is exclusion afiects Chief Ju s tice- W a ite an d Ju d g e aw a y n e , because t h ^ M e in O h io; an d Judge H u n t, because h e lives in N e w Y o rk. T h u s there rem a in here and in foreign pai .,^only tw o J a d g e s , D a v is and Eraffiey, from 0 ,^ form e r credit o f these states, . S T a n be m S f i f b a ^ V e n s u p S ^id n o t know th a t the bonds w e re issued th a t J u d g e D a v is w o u ld be selected for this ky the authority of bodies -of m e u called d u ty because he is so Httle of a p o litician, a n d Legislatures, w h ich did n o t represent the BO f ree f ro m partisan bias; b u t the fact th a t he property ow n ers of these states, I Z l i l ^ ^ ° passed since the issue of these fro m th e co u rt altogether, m a y be held to di- ^londs. T h e substantial people of the b o u th m in i s h his fitness f o r this arbitratio n ; and as feel th a t they have been w ronged, and the J u d g e B radley is k n o w n as r a ther a thorough unfortunate creditors or holders of the bonds g o in g R e p u b lican, it m a y e v m create an ob- ^re conscious th a t they also have been Btacle to th e finM passage of the bill xnoaged. T h e states sufier from d isc r e d it; T h e _ b ill m a k e s n o such cxcius on.^ T h e one w ith m o n e y w ishes to settle i n them , fo llo w in g 13 the provision r e latm g to the ap- reason w h y labor should go p o m tm e n t o f th e judicial b r a n c h of the com- j ). jg _ m issio n “ O T h u r s I where it is not well employed. The country as a whole suflfers from this condition of the ), for the reason that no part of the couu- iqual in natural productive power. :h the South, if prosperous, could f prosperoi ne for the n The only restriction upon the selection of * the fiftb judge is that he shall be one “ of the associate Justices of said court.” These ■words of limitation exclude the Chief Jus- j lice, but none of the remaining members of ’ the cqort. Whether a judge who lives in a , Q^gg^ons StMe in which a candidate for President also \j,edebts'( ;es which me ouuui, I help to pay have lo be borne j by the rest of the United States. I the South—and northern commerc ! never had a more profitable trade t; ; southern trade was—has not beer ^ should have been, and it never will :tions unti a n a tu r a l Inquiry w h ether m a n y o f these by th e use of p roper precautions, could n o t have been saved. W h ile the to tal am o u n t of sp ital Invested In the Glonoestar fisheries is large he w ealth of the individual boat-ow n e rs la n o t great, and It b probable th a t they too otten take great risks r a th e r th a n inenr the expense o f life saving apporatna. 'Would i t n o t be well for come of the MassaobusettB authorities to Inquire whether these vesaeb are ever provided w ith life rafts, or w h ether they have an y snfflolenl means of signalling th r ir situation when enveloped by the fogs during w h lrii the men In small-boats often d r if t ( tn a y while tending their nets, and the la r g e r boats a re r u n d own b y steam ships ? Modern Invention has p roduced so m a n y contrivances for saving life a t sea th a t these Gloucester fishermen o ught to have the benefit of some of them. ine time eoi i7e had Utt TSX COIOBO AEX OF 8TIAM. I t has been somewhat m ore than a y e a r since the E veking P ost first suggested the propriety of b e a tirg tow n s and cities by steam , the steam to bo furnished to householders by a company, prsobely a s g a s la a lready f o m b b e d . W h en we ime c om pany would act u pon It, but reason to expect that practical measures would follow as opeedUy as they have The company w hich is a b o u t to undertake the work of supplying h e a t to factories, shops and offices oi ed precisely the plan whioh the E vbhixg engaged In of their I Qted ontth e d e s lra- Uttla d onbt th a t in 3xpect tl peedUy adopted i [r success quote set a t considerable cost. There la really problem to be solved in the m a tter, no experim e n t to be m ade. The problems were long ego w rought out In the heat ing of large publlo buildlngc, Inns and factories by steam, and the new application of the principle differs from the old o nly in ways hich favor Its success. One set of workmen Is >qn(red f o r each b a ttery of boilers, w h ether the o tk of the battery fa to beat a single building or a dozen blooka; and if steam heat Is c h eaper than any other, when applied by Individual effort to single buildings o f conslderabla size, the Saving m ust b e m u ch g reater when a single set of ■workmen a ttend the boilers th a t f n rnish h e a t te a ll the bouses w ithin a n area of h a lf a mlle^ square. There la room for the adoption of this plan, profitably, hero In New Y o rk and Brooklyn, and tim e is propitious for b e ginning now, while while the w eather Is cold, and fog a n d KijMClsaee, sad' one who f i n ^ h b rew a rd ioriaiM ifisl a e rriseD o tfxeluslT aly l a th » M lary I t heiaca Was, p e n o o ehoem o s g h t to fsel iiiat b» is ssonre In his fdafle as long o s a o i^iarta lOC a ialfeuaao e o r neglect con b« b r o a tk t a g a iaa t W in: Throe y e a r s w ould {isttlaaBihlp, Flndtec tttet M raset m e n of sol- Miipe ■wan nnw iffiiy to accept office w ith the pcotpectof wispM d y a rem o r s l, riis B o a rd of Education w o uld b e campelled to pick their In- 'spaelw o u t of th e herd^of professional oolary- ste k s n , a n d the taxpayers would h a v e one more b s r d e a t o c a r r y w ithout theriiado w o f a benefit from i t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE STATE CEEIUA M t. John Bigelow, t & New Y o rk Secretary o f - State, who last w inter procured a n appropriation of $a),000 from tb s Leg M a ture wlHi which to complete the oompllarion o f the state c«asui of 1S75, h a s addressed a letter to Speaker Sloan, of the Assembly, indicatliig th e necessity o f an ad- ditipnal appropriation o f $30,000 to finish the work. Ho rays th a t the census of 1831 ccmpilBUon of w hich cost $04,000, cor errors which sorlcusly Im p air Its value, Bigelow has required every page of the latest census to be c a refully verified by trained aaslst- ente, In m a n y cases k eeping from ono clerk tbs result a rrived a t b y another, in order th a t every error m ight bo dlscsvereA I t is this e x tra cs tion, h e says, which has Increased the coat o f t w o rk and m ade the additional approprlaHon neccesary. Of course the only -vaiae o f a census r e p o rt la w a n tingU ltlsfnaccurate,and the L egislature will doubScss agree w ith the Secretary o f State th a t money la not wasted in having the compilation made p e rf e c t ______ _________ P E B S O N A l i . n b s |^ a s ii]|' f h r » thorough-golng m a n ; b y «m e h is teem isodedho would have j u s t g o t — , ___ . w o rk c y slaiuttizsd. Moreover, n short tsem in Seiehs-Anzeiaer the m o st t o t e r e e ^ such a case Is n bW fo r th e Intrusion of political le t t e r : — >-»- ™ _...— . . . . . -------- . . . “ AH Isst w eek (December 14-31} X w a s a sort T H E JBXOA'rATIOirS I N O L Y M P IA . .An A cceout e f th e DI»c»verle» from Pj-olesser T e o te m r C n ttia t is TiritiBg tba excavations in ^ aM has ■written an Intefes Olympia, Greece, a n d has ■written a n Interesting le ttereoneem isgw h a thehasseen. W e teanslata i M U S IC A2JI> T H E D R A M A . The TheattiH. \ O n r Bourdlng-House,*’ t t a new comedy b y Leonard Orover, w h irii baa been falgUy epofcen of, w ill baprodiuusd in th o P a r k T h e a traon Mon d a y evening. The c a s t Is a v e ry good o n a E d w in B s e ^ ivlll a p p e a r I n “ R u y B las” a a d “ D o n C tesard e B a z a n ” to-nlgiff in theL y e s u m Theatre. A t the matteSa to m o rrow h e w ill a A t a meeting of the Bo Tuesday evening, WllUaa Optic) was chosen a member of the board vacant^. Boston School Board on T, Adams (OU\ to the R o d A large number of citizens of Utica have signed a petition to the Legislature a sking for the appointm ent of Dr. John P. G ray o f that d t y as a E ^ e n t of the University. A portrait of the late General J . E. B. S tuart, the Confederate cavalry leader, which h a s been presented to Y lrglnla by bis companlons-ln- arms, is to bei placed in the State L ibrary. The m arriage of Miss Marcia Roosevelt, d augh ter of the late Judge Roosevelt, to Mr. Edw a rd Boovell, will take place a t St. Thomas’s Ohuroh in this oily on the 5tb of February. fnl results of the use of sulpho-carbolato of sodium in oases of d iphtheria a n d soorlet fever. The managers o f the Penikese School, founded J the late Frofeesor Agassiz, propose to Barren- 3T their c h a rter a n d to g^ve the Island back to Mr. Anderson, who h as said th a t be is w illing to accept it. Tiberius Olaadiai Aphrodiiius, a name hitherto unknown to fame, is now added to the list of victors in the Olympian games. Although not mentioned in any ex tan t history, ha and bis deeds have ju s t b een brought to light In an In- scrlption discovered In Olympia. . H r. 3. L. Bradford, o f Loulalana, has sued the ~ torecover $1,500 damages, rife, who was labor Is chi :eho!d( .e m o st p a r t T r a d e w itb an their w h a t it it never ■will a ttain its fo rm e r proport are given a chance to good condition, and restore their credit. T h e question is, how shall this be done coyances of fire-making a n d fire-malntenauca la their dwellings. There is no good reason for the m a tter to a w a it the result of the u n d e rt^ lo g , as the use of steam In this ■oper sanae a n experim ent. Once postponing tl Lockport un^ Lea'virg propriety t make th e i P' to , . , . . , i m e ueois of th e Southern States as to m a k e E v e s o u ^ t to be excluded is a question of i -propriety to be settled b y t e j u ges w h o creditora and th e debtors, should m a k e a p p o m tm e n t. T h e biU does n o t , concessions. W h a t these' concessions troduced In these cities, steam wUlsoon __ much a m a tter of course a s w a ter is no' ;il the Southern States Bridgets and Gretohens, whose first a t the prelim inary conference which press their engagement has reference to station tnbs and other modern improvements, ) upon having steam heat, and 3 p u t them selves-again iu id th u s are enabled to lO liticaL an im p o r tant step is so to adjust : consideration Insist also upon havin g steam h< m a y find It impeasibla to let this latest m o dern improvemtent become now. 'The lestlon now m a y soon landlords lexperl- 10 bands tbrongh from Lonislana to Bk Lonls withonl change, it did not do so, and they were thereby put to great Inconvenience a n d loss of time. ! An elMtilc battery, famous because It was ono^ owned a n d operated by Benjamin Franklin and other distinguished soientlflo men.has been Inoon' stent use a t D a rtm o u th College f o r years, and la now e mployed a lmost d a lly for class room ei menta In physios. I t was a t one tim e in the of the celebrated Dr. Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen, but a fter a while came Into the possessloa of D r. Prince of Salem, Maes., from whom 16 w as obtained by Professor Adams, a relative of the late Professor I r a Young, and of Professor C. A . Young of D artm outh. Mr. Bicoloa Chichkine, the Minister from Russia at W ashington, a n d bis wife, like the fam ily o^ Sir Edw a rd Thornton, a re great Lovers of walk ing, and w ill only ride when they are making calls. A w riter in the Cincinnati Commereial notices as a bit a t current gossip th a t the names of thetw o a re spelled o n their cards, respectively, “ Madame Chichkine ” and “ Mr. Shishkin,” and odds: “ I ashed a gentlsm a n connected w ith the Ccngreesloned Library w h y the difference was. His answer explained the ‘o h ’ to be c o rrect, but th a t so m a n y a b surd mistakes have been made in calling the cam e th a t hla Excellency thonght for bis c ards he would bave engraved the sound rather than s u b stanca” Mr. Ghiohklno has two- sons a n d a daughter, whose education la e n tirely under the snpervlslon of the widow and daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England. W e shall then |. settle it. ''The judges derignated in effect by ! g b S f f d r “r b r j u d I S \ u o m ^ e ^ the b ai are Ghfford, Miller, Field aud Sirhng. i „„ oa »Ka T h e other associate justices B w a y n e , B r a d ley and H u n t. Since th e n e w p o litica l relations of D a v is take him o u t of th e list th e re rem a in th r e e fro m w h o m to ^ auuiuu ue utuji ut; juu^cu uv m u io ACkuij vuiv 5^4ng. 1 .jjy u m p ire as .the com m ittee propose by the C learing H o u se m e e ting yesterdaj choose. Only in the event of the exercise by the four judges first above named of a discre tion to do what the S u n mistakenly believes that the bill directs them to do ■will Bradley be o f necessity appointed. Whatever may be the final composition of the commission nobody can say what its de cision will be. It is a violent assumption I that any one of the jud^s—even if he was a ' Strong partisan, as thira is no reason to be lieve that any one of them is—would decide the questions of law in the case from partisan or personal m o ^ e s, Experiacce con&ndicts - - such a notion, it is known that judges of inferior courts do decide cases in a ■way other than that in which such motives might induce them to decide. Judges have been driven from, the bench in qur own state by impeachment be cause they were believed to have been in flu ^ . enced by such motives. A judge who was . ' suspected of such a corrupt practice, although ^ there might not be evidence to convict' him of : it,'would fall into such ill repute that pub- ! lie opinion would enforce his retire ment. Shall we say then that a judge - o f I the highest court in the Mnd— a court whose bench is supposed to be filled from the most worthy class of citizens, a judge holding a position which lawyers re- . gard as the most honorable and dignified to the members of their profession can * look forward—that such a judge will be influ enced by ^ w o r thy motives y On the con trary, w e Should expect rather that such a one would err, if at all, in the opposite direc tion.; that he would guard himself so care fully against making a partial judgment that . he might lean to the side with which he was Busines have but one ich the permanrnanent by the Clearing House meeting yesterday. This committee consists of experienced, fair- minded, disinterested men, who h jurpose to serve, namely, to mal able arrangement by which the pen welfare of both parties in interest shall be d, and the public good promoted, iness men all over the conn direct interest in this matter ; this true of the business men of New York; ao recovery from the trade depression of the last t h ^ years will be complete unless it includes re-eatablishment of good credit in the Southern States. mtry have a .8 is particu- no fear of an error in either.direction. The ‘ mental habit of a judge enables him abstract a question of law mediate ci oractical effect of the decisioi Mr. 8. B. Chittenden has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill which pro vides for funding the United States legal- tender notes into forty-year 4 per centum bonds. The text of this bill is as follows; linff i/ie legal-tender debt iu harmony wii\ ’ .dged faith orthe govern- regard to the practical effect of the decision, .* ‘even, ■without view of that effect: and ’to do '. this with an ease which would be surprising , to persons of otber than the judicial habit. We tfelieve that it is as\ hard to say what the deifitioa o f the fifth judge, or of any o: e bonds imm.per ithorized by this act shall ba Treasury of tge Oaited under the vartoas provl-' dedtio a o f the fifth judge, or of any one of , : the five judges, on the questions involved in | the disputed states will be .as it is to say what j I, the decision of the Supreme Court of the , United States will be in any case now before it. I No.f is the decision of the judicial members Of the commission alone doubtfuL Suppose, for example, that Senator Bayard is a mem ber. Can we take for granted that he wiH take what is called the Democratic view of j that these demand debts of the governme the Louisiana case? Mr. Bayard has held to j only obtained edrrenoy when issued % rea- oM-fashioned constitutional doctrmes. It is j son of a provision of the law which permitted only a few months since he defined those doc- them to be funded, at the option of the hold- tnnes in a speech in this city during the late ers, into United States bonds bearing six per The* theory of strict state rights I centum interest. It might m this preamble •was d istinctly eet f o rth by h i m —rights w h ich . have b e en said th a t th is r ig h t to f u n d w as tab-en ly in( ' i ail laws uicoastBteat vrith this act are I hereby repealed . I The preamble to the bill sets forth the fact sro wholly incontistent with the right of a n y o th e r state or of th e U n ited States to interfere with the action o f the state. Still later, Mr. Bayard declined to go to.New Orleans as a “ visiting Btatesmah,” saying in effect, What have 1, a - genator o f Delaware, to do with the proceed ings o f the sovereign state of Louisiana ? This old-fasMoned Democratic doctrine of state rights does not depend upon the purity and hones^ of the officers who for the time being exercise the rights. The old-fashioned Demo - crate TfOUld; have ridiculed the notion. ' an - act of a Cf evemor of a ftpfpr could he .set aside by the federal g ^ v e r im u td he ft ; _ < jsrateinafeted agon the ' CfOTerrior altiffingh he happened to he a X traitor. N ow ■wilt -Mi. Bayard contradict his political 'principles and ffio,,teaffitionaof his paril ^ d e c id in g that ftlocffinlection can 'hb 1 ment becaufs the Govesrnor happened td h e ft fogue, A few years ago the Demo- ■ s independence of the d to away because Mr. Chase wished to sell 5 per centum bonds insteadl of 6 per centum bands ; and that the-source of all our woes, as far as the legal-tender currpnqy is concerned, was the extreme anxiety to regard the interest ac count on our bonded debt rather than the principal of the debt, it is capable of demonstration that we are not able to pay our dem^M debts now be- I cause of the blind adherence to that radical mistake. If our resources—and no people ever more willingly or unstintedly poafCd taxes into the public treasury timn have the people o f this country—had beeitappMed. to the discharge o f our overdue demand debts rather than to paring down theinterest on our bonded debt, we should haveI had, years ago, whichehich had, year a <mrren<gr w expressed gold values; aud should have escaped the terrible trials losses to which the country has jected by rea.'jon o f a vitiated currei ‘ T h e reduction of the b o a fl^ dej mtry has bsen aub- Eated currency, debt made houssa Into which m has not been tn- Uve in a real age of CHARDLXB NEITBEB A POOL NOB A W18B , To the astonishing testim ony given y e sterday before Mr. David Dudley Field’s committee of Congress b y a treaoberona telegraph operator In Florida Secretary Chandler says, first, th a t the testimony is n o t true, a n d, secondly^ th a t he is not a fooL _ I n ordinary olroumstances this reply PO L ITIC A L . Senators Morton e n d Sherman h ave telegraphed instructions In aU d irections to have remonstron- cea sent post haste to Congress against the Elec toral bill. Too la t a The Indiana' Senate has passed a bill providing that the text-books In the public schools shall not be changed o ftener than once In six years, exespS lee Board of E l a the nnanlmoos consent o f th I A young lady who w as m a rried a t Osonee, S. O., a few days ago, was eo good a Dem ocrat that e n otice In the newspapers she had ider G overnor H am pton’s aim lnts- blllty of the ■witness Is im p a ired by the faot th a t w ithout v iolating a trust he could not bave given the I n formation which led to bis appearance os a witness; and, moreover, the m em o ry of the w it ness Is of that c onvenient k ind which enables him to recall just w h a t was n ecessary to make o u t his case a n d nothing m o re. W e agree w ith the Seo- retsry of the I n terior th a t h e Is n o t a fool—oer- tednly not snch a fool as this story, if trne, would prove him to be. A t the same tim e it m u st be said th a t i f the Secretary had been a really wise m a n he would have seen that when a Cabinet officer consents to do the partisan work of a poUtlool party he exposes bimself to enspioion a n d incurs the danger of inquiries more injurious |lian this of Mr. Field’s nm lttea seems likely to be. TH I8A N ITA B Y CONDITION OP THE SCHOOLS The p resent generation of Americans are fond of congratulating themselves oh their freedom from the-false notions respecting e ducation which Ither were held by their grandfathers or is no lonj but the and hnmblest citizen ; I teachers a re gnlded by a hnm sne priaol{ mighty t cltlze oontempoi • the p rivilege of ,‘S In adm inistering it, 1 e gnlded b y a hn m sne p t maked the r o d a last resource, to be need only w h en smites and kind words and nods of en- oouragement shall have been exhausted ta vain. Is very true, and a w o rthy subj-ot for but o u r educators will take as g reat a step In advance as a n y they have ventured y e t when they learn th a t ^ 0 deny a child rudim ents of learning Is soaroely more unkind tban to compel it to ac quire those rudim e n ts in au ill • v e n ti lated and lU-Ugbted ro o m ; and th a t the cruelty of the rod has a le ^ tlm a te succassor In the practice ef confining a' little creature ju s t passed o u t of babyhood f o r several hours a t a tim a In one position, while its brain is under going the staffing precess. Foblic attention has been directed to this m a tter v e ry often of late years, y e t few radical changes hava been made in the direction of im provem ent. tVTe a re glad to see'that the Medieo.Lsgnl S o c ie ty of this c ity )pio, a n d we tru s t tinat thing m« lowest ago rem ent. W e a re l aome- Speclal leno recommends w ith re- r publlo Bokools: T a a t the a t which ahUdren shall be a d m itted be siX 3 ?car 8 ; th a t the loi taking u p the topic, a n d w e tr u s t tha )g m a y come of its agitation by thee ort of their Special Com m itt prim a ry depart! eoHie o f the tnonoy now expended o n showy ox- te r i o n a n d assembi ims be need to provide Ling Cooi sa n d ta r g e ,a 1 bnildinge ba so situated a n d built as to have the greatest a m o u n t o f ate and light in e v e ry p a rt. In this connection the oommlttoe present a n absteaot o f a law w h ich luui been read a t tw o of the recent meetings of th e Am e rican Social Science Asooslatlon. I t establishes the offiss of Medicat Inspector o f Schools; wh(»e incum b ent is to bo physician; to be appointed b y the Board of Education; to h o ld office f o r a term of three yean; to keep himself thoroughly acquainted w ith the sazdtary condition of the schools and the hMlth of pupils and tsaohers; and to make suggestions a n d reports, conduct correspondence, efft, to advande fha ffitertiits o f the people whose re r v s n tb e ls. T h is project has Us good and, bad phases. A s a rnlo, w a a n opposed to the m u lti plication o f public offices, a n d prefer to have She new w o rk dem anded from tlm o to tim e by new .^g«ocl8e> o f state dW ributsd am o n g the • d e p artm e n te already existing. In this instance however, I t m a y bs urged that-tha pub Uo Echool I n t e r n In vogue in th is country ha? grown t o b a a m a tter o f v u t im portance, c afiiag fo r azniuMgemcnt a n d m a c h ineryot its o w n ; and thh a t.. Inn o rder d e r t o e n sureure deoenteoent ear*,ar*, fo o r thehe bealth a t a t I o r t o e n s d e f r t h of the schoolch neceM o rythat eomebody be h d d to a strict ao- oounlai)!!!^ fo r th r i r san itary iurronuffiegi, A d m ttticg tbls,-w e do n o t eee w h a t good can coma o f I l m i H l f Iha ffispeetoPa offlalal term to three y e ars. I n th e t;asa o f offtesrs whose duties are chiefly p c rfoixtoiy, o r whom eleotloa i s a graceful compIUaect r a th e r than a summons to aetlcn,»hQrt*enn»aM iircrVSSTtkeU; b u t where f t i s t t i e m o r y j o fill • p o e t w U h a m i a o t lomro* prefixed, tratlon.” The defeated Democratic osndidate for Con gress In the Third D istrict of M a m chnsatts, Ben jam in Dean, has given notice-to Ecproaoatative Field th a t he shall c o ntest hts seat. The seat was given to Mr. Field on the ground th a t a few votes cast for “ W olbridge A. Field for representative In Congress f o r the Fourth D lstriot” should bs counted. Offloiol reports show th a t the following amount of taxee h a d been p a id In to the H am pton govern- lent b y South Carolina conntlea up to last Batur- ay: Richland, $3,000; D arliagtoo, $1,000; Barn- red, $500 ; Y ork, rte $1,800 ; New b e rry, $3,300 bbevllle, $1,500 ; t Charleston News (Dem.) saj th a t the colored people Borne legal light m a y ba throvvn on tli knotty question w hether college students gala residence a n d the right tow ote in the tow n where their college is b y a case wfalob was decided last Monday tn< the U nited States District Court Albany. Jam es MoCortfay, a student a t the Roman CatiioUo College in A llegany,Cattaraugus county, voted a t th a t place In November, and a num b e r o f other students were a rrested on the gronndl that they bad not a residence there. The cose w as tried before Judge W allace and a M cCarthy w as found guilty, aud sen- p a y a fine of $100 and the coats of proaeontton. If we can accept a olrcnm stantial report 0 ; Y o $1,800 ; New b e rry , $3,30 ; bevllle, $1,500 ; Charleston, $31,000. The irleaton News (Dem.) says : “ port th a t th e colored people and In large numbers. Governor H am p to he has sought no loan a t the N o rt' the President recognire th« indent of the New Orleans Times of tervlew of t f o r the purpose correspbndei by Republicans w ith of urging him to rerament, o a r chief the President, after cprakliig rbloh he h a d brought of the u n favorable oritlolsm wl upon him s e^ by bis recognition o f the Kellc government In 1873, a d d ed; \ The h istory of Lonislana ease in 1872 has a t least taught m e to be caatious a n d c a reful of judgm e n t In snob m a t ters, and I do-n-bt intend to plaoe myself in snob a poeition the second tim e.” One would think th a t tha evils th a t a tten d ex travaganoa a n d fashion bad not penetrated so remote and prim itive a territo r y a s M ontana, but the message of G overnor Po tts Indnces n s to think otherwise. Governor Potts notices th a t the ctate and County indebtedness now amounts ting snm of $491,318 76,” and, tak- mon a n y thing,” fas » y i : “ A d isregard of this spring from which flow neai domestio calamities: W e t, _____ . return of tho day when the PQopla will prefer honest p o v e rty to the glided shams o f fashlonobU prodigality; when tho plain BtmpUolty o f the carlj extravagance ond gai An ezsmlcatlon of tha “ Trlbaae A lm a n a c ” for 187? eiiowa th a t i t oontates many Inexcnia- ble blunders: I t , fo r Instance, pats d own Fran cis S . T h ayer as Canal A uditor, a u d T. C. Davis as a Canal A p p raiser of this state, althoogh'’botb fbr m a n y months. in \H a m le t” a n d in th e o T e n ln g In “ Othello,’ appearing in bis celebn^ed c h a racter of logo. rat himor. T b a n ^ m u ^ g , • ^ b r e a k f a a S - [ mellifinons and m e rry Mfia. A lm ^ s wfll teg. I h e a r t lOTd e l a t i n g In te o n tn f the temple, fcegto a n engagem ent in the Eagle Theatre on M d found th a t the causa of th a jo y w as the evening, appearing Itofi i n \ L a Jolle d f s w e r y of a m a n ly marble head, badly Parfnm ense.” She is c e r t ^ n of a welcome from broken. Indeed, b u t of pricslesa w o rth. ■ & crowded houw. F o r although there rem ained of it only | A t the F ifth A the r i f ’-*' S e w e d omiDgmshea workm anship, a n d revealed fun from b e g h ^ g to end.,and Is adm irably a cted. fc r the first tim e w h a t Patonioe could do In tculptnrteg a hum a n face. I t is a noble Ideal heed: tho line o f the noee proceeds s tr a ight from t decided In the ne h it i n the- the group of tittle w rinkles extending corner o f the e ye tow a rd the temple, indicates matnro age. A sm all band, like a dia dem, enrronnds tha head and forehead^ the Inxnrioas h a ir in some places hiding It, In other*, leaving id exposed. This motive reminds one of the well-known h ead of Diosyslos, b n t la c arried o n t in this Instanca -with greater success. Several tittle e n ris on the tem ple a re very a rtistically done. U n d er.them yon seo the beginning of the f a ll beard. O ver tha diadem th e sknll arches in three fiat gradations, and accordingly eeems to have been covered w ith something. One thinks invoinntarfiy of the Olnomaos and his helmet. A reg a l'h e a d - drec3 is nnntistakabie; and eo Dionysian is the character o f the bead th a t one m ight almost it the-name o f the king, learcely h ad we found the bearded head, wash ed It, ond w itb a mazement c o ntem plated it,w hen a o ry of jo y from the west front of the temple was b e ard, and ont o f the fonlm n d c am e another marble h ead—a well-preserved one of a beardless youth. His lace Is i» ln f a lly distorted—his eyes averted, hla fo il llpa parted, tho corners of his m onth dravre do-wn. Each side Is elaborately scnlptnred, b a t th e rig h t e a r Is ont w ith admtea- ble assldnlty mneh deeper than tho left. The head Is th a t o f a m a n In a struggle w ith the Centaurs. There Is a profound pathos la the countenance, especially In the expression of pain which the a rtist has seized and p o r tr a y e d ; and for this reason the w o rk Is 'a wonderfully fine Mr. IFallack has made a character of BughJP tevor I \ A ll for Her.*’ The impersonation is rem a rka- i. b is f o r strength a n d finish. The plot Itself Is in teresting, very well w ritten and fonnded npon a noble sentiment. The end o f the engagement of Miss Clara Morris a t the Union S qnare T h eatre is approaching. H e r perform ance o f Miss M vltan in the p lay of th a t name is w o nderfully fine, a n d those persons who have n o t y e t witnessed I t should avaU themselves of the few reznateteg opportanltics o f sesteg tha actress In w h a t is p robably h e r beet oharaoter. of the spectacle \A r o u n d the epmponion to the female head o f the same gable, which Is preserved e n tire in its matohleBS b eauty, sointely motionless and emotion- ing to a .bnm an figure, the tum u lt n b a t would have shown itself In B a t they a re p eaceful a n d pasalon- muBt, therefc lesa D ldttbelo! of a bloody 00 m l her features, lees. They efore, be those of goddess. “ T he Interesting thing about these last-mention ed heads Is the proof which they afford of the high art-onlture o f the Alkamenes.” L COLLECTION OE A M E R IC A N P A I N T I N G S .. F l c ta n s brG a a d P a lo to r s . The L e a v itt A r t Rooms, a t No. 817 Broadway, are very bright to-day w ith a collection of A m e rican paintings toon to be sold a t auction. As some of the best p a inters in this c ity are rep- rezented, one might go a good deal farth e r in eearoh of intelleotnal pleasure and not fare so Following the o rder of the catalogue tho vlsi- or w ill perhaps be attracted by Mr. A . F* Talt’s \ S u m m e r in the Adirondack’s ” (17), which shows a lordly stag enjoying th a t season of the >ar in those regions, while some Interested doe the background a re n o t oblivions to their m is ter’s presence. Mr. W illiam H a r t’s \ Moonlight on tho Endeon ” (2S), w ith its dark and silvered clouds a n d Its sung inviting h a m let o n the banks, Is ono of several clever works b y tho same ar. whoso “ Mountain View ” (131). w o rm and misty, has a fine irspeotive. Mr. W. H. Beard's sense of hum o r a n d skill in draw ing appear la of the Occasion ” (29), who Is a monkey clad In a Torkiab dressing-gown, Bitting near a table on which rest bis elbow, a bottle of wine, a half-filled d e canter a n d a tnm- and stretching o u t hla legs w ith ^nn and comfort, the smoke from meantime carting fragrantly upw ard, sse, 0 ^ conree, It is a contrast to Mr. J . W. ksilear's “ View on the B r o n x \ (33), bnt the antnm n tints of the trees In the latter picture a re not tebarmoniouB w ith the colors o f eoma of Mr. Beard’s pigments. “ Black and T a n ” dog In a vivacious mood. The land P a th ” (35) does Mr. Eastm an Johnson no eort of credit, its flesh color is detestable, the right arm of the baby, seen i distance of several feet, has no band w o rth speaking of. It Is p leasant to turn to same painter’s “ Noon-Day R e s t” (116) shiftless f a ther playing tha violin to bis tw o children. There is life la this piotnro, a n d pleas ure ond Instruction.n. A newew paintingaintit of his (fi r playing A n p will bo h u n g m the rooms to day. Mr. E iw j Moran’s “ Gulf of St. L aw rence\ (43) has a vividly-dra'wn dletont steam er, and eome strik ing sunlight effects ; and Mr. Jervis MoEnteo'a “ Snow Storm —Wolves Chasing D a s r ” (48) de cerves its name, whioh Is pralss for 0 plc.ure w ith a titio BO descriptive. But Mr. MoEnteo has sent another work. 'Landscape and Figure ” (117), w b toh.lsdaringly conceived and ImmeuBsly suggestive. It lacks finish. Indeed, but finish would ha'^ e ruined It. swoop! alone on a desolate heath; in front of her the same dreary expanse, term inating In a dull oloads thick and heavy, rolling, dissolving, crowding, In the ip o f the wind. The tempest and the gloom Ign te her thoughts also. She Is terribly dis tressed about Bom^ethlng, and her prettluess of face a n d costume point somewhere In of h e r heart. W as she ever ns h appy ae Sunshine” (53) w ith hor tin dipper, ■whomMr. J. G. Brown dlreots o n r a ttention t o ! and whom he baa eurronnded w ith eanzbfne, and w ith several skUfolly grouped a n d e xeont d accessories i W e m u st h u r ry along w ith b a te aHasions te Mr. Eekklng’s “ A n tum n ” (61) Blr. G. H . McCord’s “ Englewood River ” (83) ; Mr. WlnelOw Homer’s “ a French Ambassador\ (85); Mr. ( Story’s “ L ast D rop” (91) ; Mr^Da-yld Johnson’s “ Rooky P oint, Lake George \ ^ 0 2 ) ^ jtir. H a rry Beard's capitally rendered dogS^W iilB ft plates (106); Mr. Marston Ream’s \ F « ^ n d W ine\ (108) ; Mr. F. Dlelmon’a “ 1793” ( l j | t w ith Its rich and delicate flesh t i n t s ; Mr. Jf-iT-jtevlDg’a “ S tu dent ” (114), which Is an exceedingly a n d m a n i foldly able study o f oharaoter; Mir. 8. J . Guy's “ Orange Girl ” (115), whose aw e e^honest face wlU Interest even those persona who aite capable A rrival of r. George I vid JohnsoQ of appreciating the a rtist’s striking display oc technicalsklU: sktil; Mr. P. Dlelman’s \ Taking Toll ” W . W ood’sod’s “ P omm peyey a n d thehe inIcal Mr. T, W . W o “ P o p a n d t K lt- (127), and Mr. A . H . W yemt’s “ Wilds of tho Adlrondooks” (141). L IT E R A R Y . T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, an- nonnee still another new novel b y Mrs. Bontb- wortb, entitled “ The Fatal S ecret,” which will be pubUehed a lm ost Immediately. Mr, Brentano bos received, by recent Eagltsh malls, copies o f the London magazines, snch as London Society, Betgravia and Temple Bar, which a re rich in serial a n d short stories, verses, sketches a nd pictures. The latest num b e r o f the Fortnightly Review has also been received, w ith articles b y R o b e rt Lowe, Mr. BImoox, Mr. E. A. Freem a n a n d Sir H. Etevelock. An equally astoabbing blander Is placii name o f “ Noah, H. Miller of Ohio” amoi ilBt of Judges of tha U nited States Snpreme Court, a n d o m itting the n a m e of JodgeSw o y n e. This olmanao is so generally used f o r a political roferenc® book th a t I t ought to b a free from oven sm a ller errors th a n tho ones w e faavo mentioned. The Btertfbid ((ronx) “ Coarant” replies very sharply to tha Boston H erald's rem a rks on the dJspoeltlan w a d e o t the “ profits” of th a Centen nial E x h ibition. I I says: “ A bill w as subm itted a p p ropriating a mllUon and a half, w itb tiie condition t h a t tho govern m e n t shonld n o t ba liable to f a r th e r charge, b a t Bhould, if there were a enrplns u pon w inding np, share i t e q u ^ y . Hod tills passed th e govern m e n t w o u iiinow be receiving bask nearly fifty p e r c entum, o r abont $700,000, of Its appropria- ticn. B a t I n tho lost h o u r o f tha d e b ate t o the Bonse, M r Springer o& IU toois,n b itter enemy of (be bill, offered a n omeedmonL intended, w itfacntrlanb^ to m ake the million a n d a ba>lf a m ere loan, to bs jseeured by a first lien n pon the proceeds after paying c u rrent expanses merely. The amendinent In quenlon was offered b y an enem y o f th e bUL E v e r y vote against i t was given b y a friend o f th a hid. The m a u agere of th e E x b lbitlon only a»ked tha governm e n t to share a q n atiy w ith thc'privata cldzecs to the ax- pemo. Tha enemy’s a mendment, b y c onstruction of tha c coita. o f wMch tho teprcaeatitlvas o f the E x tib tq o n g a v e , icsm n t w a rning baforg tha B c n u tatock np tho c lll, a n d whioh was fully con elderedin th a Senate, gives tko Btoethslders a rig h t totall th e ir r e p ir e i ( h a t n o p rofie) ttetoro the go r e r n m e n t g ate a n ; thing.” L e e ’s E x e c u t i o n . WHEES “ J. C ” BEMKVES THAT THE BESPONSI- BIUTT FOB THB MOUKTAIX MEADOW 51ABSACBB SHOpim BEST. To the l i t e r s o f the Evening P o A i I t is a n n D jasfheperslon on a reUgious sect to eaddle i t w ith the crim inal acts of the mUrdeirer John D. Lee,who, I suppose, w as executed to-day in U tah to r tfis participation and leadership in tho “ Mountain Meadow M assacre” m a n y y e ars ago. For their own vindication the Mormonf> were deslrona th a t he sbcnld be a rrested, tried, convicted a n d punished, a n d to aceompUsb these results they used fbelr exertions and their tn- finencfc The simple faefa of the case were, th a t although the band of em igrants eo rnthlm sly bntebered were to n o small degree the aggremor?, the object of Brigham Y o n n g wak to avoid b l o ^ h e d and;to h ave th e m siffely conveyed ont of the territo i^, his orders being given to th a t effect, a n d an u r g e n t express havlfig been sent by him when news of tbe dtfficnlUes reached Salt Lake City. B u t all his efforts were ineffeott and before Ida messenger a rrived the farm e rs v been m a ltreated b y them combined w ith the Indians, the whole foreo being under the com- mandT of tha fonatio Lee, and these bad per petrated the h o rrible c rim e. I t w as deplored t by the members o Tbe meritsi o W orld ” a t Nlblo’s Theatee w ere enum erated to these columns yesterday. I t is therefore only necessary to say n ow b riefly th a t i t is one of the- best spectacle pisya e v er p roduced In this c ity. Booth’s Theatre Is cloeed a t present for rehear sals o f the new play of “ F ifth Avenue.” “ The H appy Moke ” is still the chief a ttraction pregramregram rofof thehe Sanan Franciscorancisco Minstrels,instrels, b u t It Is supplemented as usual b y ah exosUentt te the p r t S F M variety of songs, dances a n d a musing eketches. Other Amnsements. Captain Qnlgley, the subm arine diver, now gives perform ances in the Now Y o rk Aquarium . New onrJosIKes for the tanks oonUnuo to arrive from all q u a rters o f the earth. A learned seal now p erform s his tricks to th e great d e light of the spectators. There a re few places in which an boor con bo more pleasantly or profitably passed than to the A quarium . The w onderfal perform anoaof Mr. H eller a t the old Globe Y h eatre c ontinues to a ttrac t large audlencea His supply of tricks appears to be inexhaustible, and each new m a rvel excels Its predecessor. The second-sight perform anoe of Miss H eller is e q u ally Interesting and pnzzUng. ■ T rotting matches, . running matches, polo matches and fa t men’s matches oonatltate the entertainm e n t offered to Gilmore’s G arden e v ery eventeg, and e xcite 'the UveUeat Interret a mong the spectators who throng to witness them. Thera Is to be a special program to-morrow evening. _______________ sr W a ils. fonild only in a r a b b e r I N e w s p a p e i ^ E ^ r n a l s pring c an be f Captain Nares Is to be knighted, a n d w h y not all tbe r e st of ns i W e, too, never discovered-tbe N o rth Pole, A D etroit restaurant keeper hangs o u t a sign oL .\ free chops,” and when the old loafers come around he shows them an a x e and a woodpile. A law y er w as noticed a t a recent concert en- thnslosUoatiy applauding one of the singers. “ F o n d o r muslo, len’t he 3” salfl one a cquaintance to another. “ No,\ w as tho r e p l y ; “ It’s mere professional Instinct. He Is moving for a new A lady recently asked hor servant how the m u stard pot had become cracked. The r eply, m ade w itb all g ravity, teas, th a t she did not know, b u t supposed th a t it m u st have been ' ■ “■’ ----- --- strong th a t it oi the mustard'' fracture. X tights a c igar, then to hla valet, w ith a h o r ri ble grimace, “ J e a n Baptiste, w h ere In thunder did you g e t t h a t cigar? ’ “ l a the blue porcelain box, sir.” “ Y o u UUmltable idiot 1 How often have I told you th a t the cigars in the b lue box are for m y r e icnd s f ' XavBna (N. Y ) Journal says th a t a m an teg a im a t a hawk th a t was perched on a X his chtoken-coop, when hla little dsngh- The H avan a was takin g Bln , . ____ . tree n e a r his cbloken coop, when hla little daug h te r e xclaimed, “ D-sn’t take aim, pa; 1st it go off by accident.” “ W h y so?” asked tha fatlis “ 'Cause every gun th a t goes alw ays h its somebody.” The easiest disposition of alt responsibility for an a ccident th a t m ight have been prevented is to recognise “ the band of Providence” in It, W hen B m an who teaches t h a t doctrine falls o ver a n ash barrel a n d frescoes his physiognomy. It Is pleas an t to stand a round a n d cheer him w ith aUnslons to the h and of Providence. I t was a t a - p a r t y tbe other evening. There w a s a toll to tbe conversation, which made tha host, who was-dnexperlenced to p a rty m a tters, somewhat nervous. W ith a view to relief he asked a m ournful looking man, who was set like a packing-box to one corner. If he was married. “ No,' I a m a bachelor,” stiffly replied the sombre man. ,.“ A h l” observed the host, w arm ing np w ith tho subject, “ how long bave yon been a bachelor P There was another loll to the con- versatlo u —[Daiidnirj/News. teplored b y none m o rs sincerely than (embers Of the M ormon Church, who wonld h a v e b e s n fisterrsd from ssoh a n a c t not only by the dictates of hm n a n ity, but b y Che de sire to a void a n y f a r lher compUcattons w ith the federal government: Ttsia w as folly substan tiated in the recent trial c f Lee. I d view of these facts It is as nnjuBt to stig matize M o n n o n lnin ritb theatroclona accnsation the m u rder of this- oom- ittrtbnto Churoh hecanw it bappena to be In the ascendasoy in - — New Y o rk, J a n u a r y 25 ,1S77. of a general o ossei^ to th e m u rd e r of th is pony of em igrants as it w o uld be to atti bnUdezing to th e Methodist Episcopal C roll of bills w o rth $'3,000 to some lead Itolqg taken from te a b o x ^ which lay to his cellar. A n o ther famOy Uvre t o rite same house, a n d last Thursday, ‘when a ragm a n c a m s a rouud, one of this fam ily sold th e lead a n d w itb U th a m o n ty , which h a s n o t y e t beeB^recoVreed. A t riurequest Ot the Aapbdnof th e Haansfau. setts State Prison, a vote was recently taken am e n g the conrieti to atoertrin whether It w u desired th a t h e sboald -visit end talk w ith th»m. Almxgomajteity of tha p i^ n e r i votei “ cO.” the winged heads th a t pass tor teg and scnlptnre. Going o n t a-jgunning one o t them shot a bird and 3 trophy. Coming fallen, ho fonnd a w h ite owi so s praw led to tt w only a head wit grass 03 to present to his view star log eyes oUd a pair of wlnf Btantly be shonted to dism a y : now, Jock; we’ve shot a ohernbl - together, \ other l y a head w ith togs attached. In- s«-ehi l o is i s r ™ . . m s - b ; A C h a n c e . SPLENDID NEW DPIUGHT AND SQUARE PIANOS TO KENT, AND BENT AIX.O'WED IK PBEOHASBD WITHDf THB YEAB, G reatestRednotlons to cash c ustomers ever ot- AT HAINES BEOS , 145 AND 147 5 xh A- ve .. C o e . 31 st B t . BUSINESS N O T ICES. A d v o r t i s e m o n t e re c a i v e d f o r t h a XHo P ost , a t the r^roEr offl(» rates, at oar offlesa. DP-TO'WN, No. 1S33 Broadway, coreei 81 st street. WEST SlDB, No. 103 West St., opposite Grand Opera Bouse, EAST SIDE, ISO Id avenue, coiBer47tli street. Open from 8 a . m . to 8 r . st. BKOWN & POL'VEHICAH. B O O K N O T ICES. TO APPEAE END OP FEBEUAEY. T i e U n i t e s S t a t e s B i i s iiie isD lr e c t f l r j E ’o r Uecbanlc for correspont culars. The edition of I8U Is tho third year of issus, and has already received a largely Increased patronage from the business puh'Jc. Price to parties who send their order heforathe book is issued, $7 CO. GRORGK DB COLANGE s ‘C0„ Pabbsbers, 8 Bond street, New York. B A K G S & C O . , 6 5 6 B r o a B w a y , Will sell a t snetion. MONDAY. Sftth tost., and follow ing days, at 4 o’cloi*, a COLLEynON OF BOOKS. Iccludirg a portion of a Gentleman’s Library, a lot of AMEKIJANA and a variety of ENGLISS BOOKS, many important and vsloable, Inclnded ■ 4 vols. folio, in excellent W .\K T E D -B lack’s As las, American Supplement. T O B » & T A T L O B A J ate DOW selUiiK slKBloHorea Blankets Horse Blankets, ready mads, at $t to and upward; Sweat and colored Blankets te. all grades aad qaalitles. QBA1S&, CHETSTIB AND FOESYTH STB.; * BBOAD WAY AND SOTH BT. U>'rftry,OSre as! alupe.Aa^pijofli Sole PxoprSetocB end AUIncrefttTATSet ! * Meanactarers. Broadw»n; :et7ora't7l«yBl3«> 6REENH0DSES Graperies, Etc* Mmmmun. THEIR CONSTRUCTION A SPBOLALTY. , EXPERIENCE OF 30 TEARS. SHIPPED TO ALT, p a r t s OF THB COHSTBT. Secdfor^nstrafedClTcalar. Address lORO'S HOBTtGUlTURjtl WeRKS, Irviagtsnroa-H uctseh* JTo'W York. F I N B A R T S . I r l B m l e a i t t i i i n e e r s . . \ I I I M T I I I T , n n j i T c i H S . The Winter Collection, ow Ott-€xhlbition, free* day and eveirin^f, a t the Art )ffis. 817 Broadway. untU time of sale, TUESDAY ■WEDNESDAY Evemngs, January SO and 31. . superb collection of Paintings of the highest excsl- » by our best-known artists. Pildbahly -tJie finest and most important eolleetion of American Paintings ei)er: placed before the publie. iMPORTSB 3IL Pi dforsaleat >JlEf, 1 6 6 P r e n t i h , C e f t n a n & S p a n i s h S c h o o l s . On exhibition and for sale a t ye CLOAKS. PABIS and BERLIN MADE VELVET, SILK. MATALASSE and CLOTH DOL'MANS, 'WRAPS and SACQDES, 3SBB’ and CHILDREN’S PABIS MADE SACQ.TJES and CLOAKS AT SEDUCED PRICES. SPECIAL SEDUCTION te the PKICES LYONS CLOAKING and TRIMMING VELVETS, And also of DRESS TRIMMINGS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT ol INFANTS’ WAKDROB: A. T. Stewart 4 Go., BROAD-WAY, 4 tlk AVENUE. 9 t l i AND l O t l i STS^ STAOLER’S C l o t h in g P a l a c e , BROADWAY AND PRINCE ST. la order to reduce our large stock, we afier g r o a t b a r - S;aiiiB In M e n 's and B o y s ’ S u its and P a n t a l o o n s , MitcMl.f»B&Co., DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF DAS FIXTURES, Fine Clocks and Bronzes, Medals and Highest Awards hg Centennial Exhibition, 1876. i Crjstal, Gilt, Bronze aiii Decoralei C A S F I X T U R E S , IN GREATEST VARIETY, AT LOW PRICES. 597 BBMDmY.NewHork. WiLL REMOVE February 1st to Nos. S36 k S3Sroadwaynd2 B a 7 k 74 East IStli Si> NEW YORK. P F P i G E O F T H E iSURAHCE COMPANY. JaBQ^ry |g-iT KOIiM W ma a f f a ib s 1 ffie s m dftT -December, iste Total P rem im n i.......... ......................... ^ Earned Premiums ot tbeyear.:.... 8IS7.235 40 Iremmm”.” fiES.ciG n . A s a x T # ' t December, 1S7S. Total amonnt.of Asset»_... ........ St.6i7.S17 18 T R U S T E E S : ____ A L S ^ ^ : f H A R E B S IRVING, Secretary. ANTON METZ, A ieisiant Sec’y. ftk T B * . GREAT W ESTERN ' ( M A i a C D r E ) • D fSU B A lC E COHPJ l KYy 5 0 W A I i I i S T K S B T , W ; Y . Por l i e Fisral IcJirBidiBr flMCfflber II, ^ Entered Preminmjt on Unexpirsd Bilk*: De- ^ FOLLOWXNQ iBBHrS r ■WM.T. LOSKJvoOD.BlKiretarT. O IB E C T O B 8 _ 8AMUICL D. BABCOCK, WILLIAM H. QUION, &S'SgSI; ridejit. OFFICE OF THE lEsuiance Company, NEW YOBK, January 24tb. m r. 8 ^ THE TRUSTBB8. IN CONFORMITY TO THB Charter of the Company, snijmlt'the foilowlng State ment Of its affiab-fl on the 31st December, 1876. Premiums rocet-sed on-'MarlnoHl 1st Jannary, 1876, to 3lst Deesmbe Premlnms on Policies list December, 1B76.... 81.979,187 66 i not marked oS lat 2,172,259 07 No poUclea have been issued nor^npon Fire auronnectet Total amount ot Marine Premiums ....... *7,10U57 73 s. paid durlrg tbe same • . ?1,865.193 49 ms and Ex- $1,038,110 35 city. Bank a td other Stocks ..................... *U, 068,700 00 Loans secured by Stooks, and otherwise.... U79 300 00 Beat Estate and Bonds and MortfmBes ----- --------- Interest, and sundry notes and olaims due tbe Company, estimated a t ....................... Premium Notes andRUla Reoeivable,^ ...... Cash In Bank... .................................. . .......... 402.360 19 1,812,504 33 365,012 74 Total amount Of AsEgts ............. S i S , 0 0 4 ,807 31 cates of pri their legal X PER CBNT. interest on the outstanding certll a of profits will ba paid to the holders thereof, c I ba paid to the holders thereof, or representatives, on and after TOESUAY the Sixth of FebruaRf next. ' The outstanding certificates of the issue of 1873 wiU be redeemed and paid to the holders thereof, or their legal rep^entatires.-on and afterTUKSDAY, the Sixth of February next, from which dote all Interest thereon will cease; Tho oertlfloates to be produced at the time oi payment, and <;ancelied. Upon' oertiflostes which were Issued for gold premiums, the payment pf interest and redemption wUl i>e In gold: A Dividend of FORTY PER CBNT. is declared on the net earned premiums of the Company, for the year ending Slat December-1876, for which certlfloatea will be Issued on and after TOBSDAY.the Third of April next.. By order of the Board, J . H . CHAPM ’M AN, Secretary. T B U 8 T E B S , FBANCI CIS S k i d d Y. ALEXANDER V. BLAKE, ADOLPH L K ^Y N B , ROBT.B.MtifTDBN. 18BLL, CHA8. H. MARSHALL. GBOSGB W. LANE, . STUART, ------- ---------------- IBFOBHST, IBL 8. ^— ---------- .8TCTHGIS. CHARLES DENNIS, W. H. H. MOORE, LEWIS CUaTIf CHARLES B. £ JAMBS LOW. ' GORDON W. BUBNHAM, JAMBS Q. DB FOBHSl DANIEL 8. SHL jj BB, FRED’CK OHAUNOBY, ■WM. STUHGIS. CHA8. D. LBVHHICH. J OSIAH O. LOIV, AD AM T. S ACKHrT, WILLIAM B. DODGE, HOEACH-QBAY ROYAL PHELPS, THOMAS F. YOUNGS c. A. H a n d , JOHN D. HB1 D W. COBLl J o h n ELLIOTT. WILLIAM BRYCE, H. FOGG, rOHN D. HEWLETT, WILLIAM VILT lAM H. WEBB, r! PETER V. 3HABLH8 P. BUBDBTT, ■ .J.D JONES, PrPBldent. CHA R L E S DBNNIS, V lce-PrM ldent W . H . H , SIO d ilE, a n d V ice.Pres’c. A. A RAVEN,?3d V lce-Pres’t. HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. BARBOUR ILAXSPINNIlfG CO., PATERSON, N. J. WTLLTAM BAJBBOUB & SONS, HZlDDEN FL A X 9 U Z .L8.1.I«H IIK K . I re la n d . BAK B O D R BBO’T H E R S . 1 3 4 C a U R C H ETBEBT, N E W TO B H .. 1 5 3 FR A N K L IN 8 V R E B T .B 0 8 T 0 N . 1 a n d 3 ST . H E L E N ST.. M ONTREAL. [EL’S, FRESH, FIRST. CHOICE. LB OP TBE STRASBOURG M ai JOHN DXJNCAIS’S SONS, fitv io n Square,: THE tA W TELEGRAPH C O ., No. 145 F u lton s t . , co n s tr u c ts an d m a l n ^ i n s private lin e s of te leg r a p h Tor Law y ers’ o ffices, p u ttin g th e m in d ir e c t c o m m u nication w ith ea c h other, and w ith th e C o u rts an d P u b lic O ffices In Wew York and ^ r o ^ i y i i ^ a n d w ith ail p a r t s o f Also c o n s tr u c ts an d m a in ta i n s p r iv a te lin e s fo r M er chants, Corporations and o th e r s w h o w ish lines b e tw e e n tw o or m o re points,~and a t t h e sam e tim e and w ith o u t ad d i tional co s t, co n n e c tin g th e m w ith th e ir C o u n s e l and w ith all p a r t s o f t h e W o rld. P r in ters, S ten o g r a p h e r s an d o th e r s d o ing w o rk for Law yers, find th i s invaluable a s a m e a n s o f increasing th e ir b u s iness* S e n d f o r C ircular giv ing te r m s , list o f S u b s c r ibers arid full p a r ticu lars. w m . A. CIfil.1>S, M a n a g e r . fl GREAT OFFER dispose of 1 0 0 PIANO S & ORGANS, n e w and BBll6KEBH0FF,TDSSEfi£e0. X«tuufaeturen aad Bsalen to C O T T O N SA IIi MY-DUCK. H«. 1,09 B a a s e S treet. FB0THIR6M1, M IU8 £ DO.. 80 S o n t h S t r e e l ; OFFER FOB BALH COTTON DUCK X ,a w P E i i i t i n g w m i B E S A T f f a r o m m k B r o a d w a y a r ? d f u i t o a S t r e e t , N . Y , m miiNCKDMm , O F N E W Y O R K , - ___________ I k s . WINSTON, PRESl DENT. ISSUES EVERY APPROVED DESCRIPTION OF LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POIICIES ONTEilAlff O R ^ m Z E O I M c M M i s o i f E R i s a o o a o o a H A M O l f E R FffiE INSUEMCE COMPANY, 120 Broadway, cor. Cedar Street. C a sh A s s e t s J a n u a r y 1 , 1 8 7 6 , $ 1 , 6 4 2 3 8 2 5 9 . E. S. 'W AICOIT. President. L BEMSEN L4N E . Secr'etary. CEAS. L. ROE, i ^ i i s t a n t Setnretaxy. .MSTOAJrCE. KIVD, LUGKKM0YBIB, JOHNJ CfiANB, M A Y E R --— ------ J B. JOI 3ACHSU8, WM.M.SVART3, 0 ,0 . BALD WOT. DHN8TON, ______________ FBRO. YON BERNUTH. jbHKT.HANffllANW, S A ^ L J . MURPHY, GEO. W. HBNHmOS. . SSS’J S r CTCAB. G FRANCKLYN, HENRY M. TABER. w i l l ia m FOSTER, GEORGE Q.LAKB. WILSON Q. HUNT, --------- - GBORQHG.LAKB. FRBD'K, A.BLOaaOM. b o s t o n 1 , i s r r . ’ A W B . ■ Cash in banks and bankepa»‘hand 8 ...... S 3 B 4 . 8100.000 United States bonds ....... 108''.230 00 i ” :So“S i S SSSfiSi'i.::: 1&%l% 830.000 Botton and Albany HR. 5 \g S2,S00 (M 810.000 City of Bangoi^bondB... 10.400 00 Loans oiLcaU secured by first mort- Rages on r e 4 estate......................... 108.700 00 Loans cn caU spouted by ooHaterals... 94 §0 0 00 Notes token for premiums (not yet due) 406,013 07 Due on account (InoludinR N. Y. office) accrued interest, insurance scrip, and other Items.. . . . ......................... 144.109 8 5 © 1 , 3 7 4 , 5 6 1 2 0 LIAEILITIES. Losses due and unpaid ...... . ................... Nens. ” Lesses contested................................ .. Hone. AU known, reported and supposed P r « u ; . ; ; ; - a f i V , ; i ; ; - n o i = : ated, at ICO per cent ............... - nan Capitautockpaldln ........................... 500.086 00 Net surplns. ........................................ 227^*30 51 8 1 , 3 7 4 , 5 6 1 2 0 Total premiums received from Februa, ry, 1874, (the orRanizatlon of Com pany) to January 1st. 1877 .............. Sl.OtW .OSl 00 Total losses Incurred dmlng same period....^....................................... 7 6 1 8 5 1 0 0 ' Premiums receivod during year 1S76... 962,380 94 Losses paid and all known and sup posed during tho year 187. ............ 4 1 4 ,24 6 OS This Company Insures Ma rine Bisks Only, GOLD CEftTIFIOATBS ISSU&D PA Y A B L E IN STERLIN G AT T H E COUNTING HOUSB OF liaBAffiMBItOTSEESKo.. R. B. FULLER,President. THOS. H.^L0RD, Secretary. Branch Of flee,Wall Street. GEO. H . STETSON, Jffanager. O I ! I V E W y O l K i E . & B i r o ~ a d ! i r a ^ V L I F E I N S U R A N C E . THE MANHATTAN BOWERY FIRE INSURANCE CO. 134: B o w e r y and 8 P i n e S t. I W C O K F O JEt A T E 3 I > X S 3 3 . Capital ................ i ...................... $300 000 00 Assets Jan. 1, tATG ............. 807,175 67 GEOB0B G. TAYIOB. President. W . L. COBTELYOU, Vice-Prea’t. JlfO. A. BE L A S O Y , J l , Secretary. C l a l N T O H F ire Insurance Company, 1 S 6 B M O J J O f W J L Y , O apitfri . .... $250,000 00 Surplus, J u l y Z, 187C - . 245,000 00 A s ireti ..... £195.000 60 BFF. TOWSBND. T. P r e tid ^ : G. T. PATTBBSON, J b „ Bec’j. RESOLUTE Fire Insiirance Company OF THB e iT y OF Nipn? YOBK, OnSAHtZTO 1 ^ . O ifics N p . ISI Gfroadway. Cash Capital - - $200,000, JOHN 6 m o N . PreeiaeBt. * _________ WH, K. HAHDBLL, Sser8teT. B E O A B W A T INSITEANCE CO., W o. I S S JBxomUyirmy'j . ' W illiam e lm r g li C ity E ir e I n s . Gd^ OBGANXZED.3353. rererK y tereH < 5 -..''_-v..j_ ™ it. W. V, w.oor. Lihariy Blet«et, OKsb 0 « p l t * l — 'll Li- Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co. Assets, 1 2 8 , 4 2 5 , 1 6 0 . 9 2 ' 45 Wtlliam St RELIEF M e mSUEAECE COMPANY, 149 Broadway, k b it YORK. ...^ $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 1 t o s s A S S E T S , S353.0Z 3 IS BUHiBINGB, MBBOHARDiaii. >ud otiter PXOjFBX. TY TIOIMErr tiUBrid MSteri K « G DIBI0TO2S: jHBiMHJFteitetr.Gidsoc Pott, Alfred ir.sreEf, J. T. B. MaxwtilfcH.W. B e ltim , JoMph B^ere. 7.H.M407. Henry A sitlM. Henry Dcsiueri JohBlicKeKOX, W -E S a n lopt, jasiiuA .Titifi'. iwceiL.irodl> TruufifRrewn. ■wuihunA.Foe# J.N.PenldteF. . JAMBS la. PlNKNIY, PTMlderiU ^ HBHRY DBMABHST.Tiee-PreiWWt- — TnLB.OBABT.Beoretei7. JBFEfflSfllMSrfiMCECfl., TRINITY BUILDWO, Wo. I l l B r o a d w a y , N e w YorR, O v e x a a i r A ^ g n m r r ” S u c c e e e m l 9 5 0 0 ,9 1 0 L tonrerA k a lnet L o e . J ^ « » gpntt for >5 a » B. T A lr WTNKiji, Ptotetlffe Attorney n-