New York Tribune.(New York, NY) 1880-04-13 [p...

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A-mtem-ntt.. ant flUcting*-* ga-Sight. -AeiB-WY l^.>Tua.r*-.?I>0TlI>ivg(te_t8,. . '___ L ..VOVCW-MHc«_t-.'*._X«-Eo" sn- "OhArilsr fie- gins at Ilonic." BOOTE'S Tematbi-." Hamlet.'* Dalt**TM-Atm.-"-The WayWe Live." rtrrn Avekcb tmk-t-v.... Hanrta nf oak." "Utkbly's vhkaTsk."Widow Bedott." Maddkh* e<jCA8B Tmkatrb-" Harei Kirke." Maw-Tobe Ad-JAimrii-Dajr aiad evening. NlRlaO'B C.'A-IiKK-MtDStrelB. Vars Tr«a«m-m Zip. Point Lynde Li-bt" -ah __A-c*s*oo Mimstuls' omRA Houss.Varletx- -TANDABJ) JIlliATKI." M'llSB." Uno* SOCsRE TtiRATRE"" My rBrrner.-* Yaix-ck/b Theatrb-" To Morry or not to Marry." Akerhur iNSTrnrrr--- soil 8: Barnum's Show. Cmickkrihc Hall.ll a. m.: Lrcuii. MtDISOS BonABB OsRD'si-Fate. HaTIOEAL Acaiikmt op Desio**!.Annual Exhibition. Mo. 845 Broadway.eioile».v of Aioi-rlcnn ArtlBt*. Index lo 'ZdvtTiimtmtnlo. AMrSEMFr:iS-.V Fuoe-ftth 804* Otb eoinnii A |__M Hooks a»oBakk«p*-7i*A.-Yii7*-.elli column. Board abu Rooms.ia Part.»ib rennma Bcsishs f hancs*--7tA Page-6th eoloran. Pt-BMFf-JI NUTICKS-4IA r«tTc-lst eomflah COBIMBATIOX NOTICi**.O'A JPnt7e--5tU ftolnmn. Dsnano Ae-ai't-MfRs-BIA Page-Id eominu. DlYlDmn Nr»Tici»'-.7f* Br-f-eh eniaiiin. DERM Maki*io-2(I Fa(K-l*t-> f-e.litmn. Dht Oooiia-3'' "a*--.3<1 nnd _'t> cninmns. ELBcnon NoTicRB.7th Page.Gtli i-oiumn. luiorBAF AornictUnMttKro-^lctPaije-Otti column. Axc-rshikb- '.'tl raae--6t\t fN-romi. ¦>wabctai-7/A /'ni7»-5tb sud 6th colttinns. OOTSUt-.c* Pant. ftth conrane Il«B*l*»1*CTIO»:-6fA PtUie-ZA Coltinill. 1-BOTVFi-* akii Mkkthm**.He" FB0M BAB i-olumo. Iboai Notices.Of A Page. Mil enlmnn. Lost siro PotJKi*. 3d Pane-OHi m'timri. Maurise*"*- am- i)b*ithb-5(/i I'utir- .'>tb and Otb column. Moiino.Ur/i I'n^e-4th and 5rli collum h. Un*e*ELlaAi»r.Ol.s 8IA Pope.5th column: 8fA Page- Ala. 5th nnd 8th columns. M.riCAL 1h8-*-c*4F*»t«. 3ot Paae-dlu roiumu. Nrw rciH-ieATioiw-OlA Pfiee-2.1 i-olnmn. foLincAL N-mci.li.5'A Papr.Ott) column. itOroBAi*.8.A raoe.ititi '.ninnie Iiebv l-iTATr-3_ Page.Itt nnd 2d columns. .ittaiiokb Wast*'*. Ms'an-id Paae*-Stti and 6th cofnmrs* Femstvb- 2d Pa e.Stli a-oiomn. (rtCTAL NevTICEB-5IA Pope- Ot" fll"llllli Steamboats a>t» RAiLBOADS-Stf Page.3d nnd 4tl> ealiimn*. r*iFA¥r.lit-.CKAK-3w Piwe.-'tr and 5tb columns. Sc MY eb riiBe-BTB.2of Patje¦ Sill column. *a vritf- 6ft". Page.2d .**.." to Whom It Mat Uomcerk.7IA aPe-ffe-Glli roinrnn. Eti-inees Soiirti. "Alderney Brand" Try alwsvs_ _CoypgBBEB Milk Importers and Exporter.* will find facts nnd -rnres ot inlet est and value sn lue. Tribvxb Almanac for 1880. Price'.5 cent*. Poid by ne.wsd-.aliT-e._ 500,000 Guape Vines. Oporto nnd Concord Orape Vinci, two yea's old, frosh from P-peeCs Vilieviirit. raaaslc. N, J. Order* taken for one vine ora thousand. ..ml tlollverel anywhore lu the city. ALBRO RPKER. Oftlco 34 Warren-it.. N'ew-Yorlc. 'I FEMS OF THE I RIll I NE. Postare frccin tkeUnltar} Slat-.n. DAILY TRIBUNE. (includtTur Pim<*tiTf-), l rear.,fl- oo DAILY Tliir.UNJ:. (v-ltlioutsiii:eluTS). 1 year.... IO 00 rUNPAYTHimNE, 1 year. 2 00 WEEKLY TEII.UNE. 1 Vror. 2O0 fcEMl-WKKKLY TRIBUNE. 1 ymir. 300 Remit br P. ii. order ar in tei-isteretl letter. Address TUE TP.imiNE. _ New-York. PRANrn OFFICES OF THE TRIBUNE. New-York.No. 1.03S Broad ww, cornor Tlilrl-.v- fi>t-Bt.; No. 30$ Vfftt Twpnitv-third-it.. corner Eifabtn-avt?.; No. 760 TLiid-nTi*., corner Foity- HTfiilh.-Fl.; Nr. t2 Knst Fourtcenth-st., corner Iriicr-f-Qtinrr ; No. 2,386 Fourth-five. .Harlem.. \vasiiinoton.No. 1.322 F-sl London.No. 26 Hedford-st., Strand. pAltira.No. 9 Ktio rJcrilia. JCeiw^^rk Umlfi Srii um. FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY. MONDAY. APHIL l"s X880. THE NEWS TBIS MORNING. Foih-ig.*".--The British Liberals' net nain is now 106 seats. ____. lt ls said that Golfo Dulce bas been occupied as » United States coaling station. ."==""¦* The 700 people in Burmah were ¦srrifir.nl to appease the evil spirits. _____ Mr. Lorillard's Geraldine is dead. Domkhtic.. The Louisiana Democratic Conven¬ tion has declared in favor of General Hancock for President. i Rival Daimocratio conventions were held in Oswego yesterday. William H. Kemble tins gone to Harrisbnrg to surrender him¬ self. A caucus of Republicans opposed to the Supply bill was held in Albany yesterday. ____. General Grant visited Vicksburir yesterday. Conobk*-8..In tbe Senate Mr. McDonald spoke lu support of bis substitute for the Geneva Award bill. The bill to carry out the Ute agreement was passed by a vote of 87 to 16. i In the House a large number of new bills were introduced; debate on the Army bill closed ,* all amendments offered by Sepublicaus wore rejectod, and the main question was ordered, * City ano Suburban..The new Republican Cen¬ tral Campaign Club was organized yesterday, sss Cox and Bal bo were resenteuced to deatb. = Elliot C. Cowdin died. ¦ An old Frenchman and B German insurance anent committed suicide. » Simpson's dry-goods store was bumed; loss, f200,000. _____ The Hahnemann fair was opened. .' " Albert Stickney addressed the Independent Republican Association. .. Ex-Senator Hender¬ son made » speech before the Sherman Club. - Tbe Municipal Society discussed the waste of water iu this city. ===== Gold value of tbe legal-tender .Uver dollar (412i_ grains), 87.81 eentt. Stooks ac- tire and weak, closing unsettled after » partial re¬ covery. The Wkathkr..Tri bunk local observations in¬ dicate clear or partly oloudy weather, wilh higher temperature And . probability of light showers in tbe evening. Thermometer yesterday: Highest,41°; loa.es; 20c>; avoniue, 34 V- The State which Oeneral Butler couldn't reconstruct presents a Union soldier as its can¬ didate for President. It is safe to predict Unit tho two-thiids rule trill remain in force at the National Demo¬ cratic Convention. Every State Convention held thus far, which bas spoken upon the subject, has declared in favor of the rule. Both tho Til¬ den conventions and the anti-Tilden.like that of Louiaimia yesterday.have agreed in this. When the world is conirratulatinj* itself after (he world's manner npon the wonderful diffu¬ sion of iUa0llif*ence and the great growth of liberality, the news of a horror like the human "saorilice in Bannah comes as a useful reminder that theio still is a vast deal of bestial super¬ stition a::d cru?lty, and not always in the most itinote eorneis of the earth. Seven handnd men, women and children have been buried alive in that conntry that the evil spirits may be appi-atsed and the Tiing restored to health. Tie age of lailroadi and telegraphs, w h all its grotesque contrasts, never piesenwa one stronger thau the transm-i^iou of the news of this binburie massacre to this country by the Atlante cable, the most wonderful of the ap-* pltanfee of civilisation. To-day the voters of Jersey City select their municipal officers, and there never was a more proniaiiig opportunity to gain ¦ Bepabllsan victory io that stronghold of the enemy. This is a good year for Republicans everywhere to tand by their colons and there never was a %mewhen tax-pay era of all parties in Jersey City who care for the city's credit had more argent reaaon for placing in authority men of n-questiom-d reputation. If every honest man will dc his duty, Henry Dosenbery can be ..'veted l-ay-** ia spite of the schemes for re- .ealing aad ootoai-Ing which the Tatuudg !«¦>.¦- snausmmt, ___ The spectatfe of an able-bodied An*_3iio_n citl- .b* -n.1 above ail a niemocr of tile United State* 8enfitfa, no* only i*fc**hifirto n cmndi- d_te for the Presidency, bat «Te* showing some irritation because various persons per- airit in urginghim, is phenomenal. That spectacle Mr. Edmunds sc-ms, -in entire good faith, to present. Ho has already cinresscd his opinion, with something like asperity, of the alleged Edmnnds boom, and he has now, even after the selection of a delegation in bia favor from his own State, as-rarcd one of his friends in Congress that his strong desire is that his name shall not bo presented in the Chicago Conven¬ tion. It is a curious tribute to tho reputation Mr. Edmunds has made for openness and sin¬ cerity that these declarations are believed by the public. With the average politician they would be regarded as merely a part of his pro¬ fessional coyness.vowing ho will ne'er consent at thc Slime time that he is wotking night and dny to be made to consent. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Edmunds will bo allowed to exercise a citizen's right to decline support for nn office which he has no ambition to fill, or whether the i>ersou3 who have formed them¬ selves, without hie knowledge and consent, into au Edmunds party, will still insist that the office must seek the man who seems to have a positive distaste for it. DEMOCRATIC SBLP-RESTBAINT. When the Democratic party ia conscious that it bad better hold its tongue, the world will wonder what atrocities might hnve been uttered if the porty had dared to speak. So many in¬ famous things have been said by leading Demo¬ crats, so many infamous deeds have been de¬ fended or excused, that one naturally asks whether it was possible for the Democratic party to perpetrate any greater folly or wicked¬ ness if its speech had been unrestrained. It is astonishing, too, to Gad in Democratic quarters any recognition whatever of that loyal senti¬ ment aad public sense of decency which that party has so often affronted. If Democrats have diseoveied that there is a loyal and law- abiding public opinion, and that there arc limirs beyond which it cannot safely be outraged, the party has really taken n new departure, and may effect some surprising Felf-improvement in the cud. But thc Democratic party has chosen a bad time for its flrat lesson in self-restraint. It does not pi oil t to say insolent and disloyal tilings, but it profits still less to insist upon tlc enactment of laws iu defence of which nothing can be said. In order to hold its tongue with safety and advantage, the Democratic party should first have suppressed iis disloyal and revolutionary measures. When a party pro¬ poses a formidable change in laws of the most vital character, it is bound to show reasons for that change, to meet objictions to it, or at leant to make some pretence of appealing to public opinion. If it nuts a nag upon itself at such a time, the inevitable inference is that its men- sure i9 so bad nnd its purpose bo base that no misconception caused by its silence can possibly do the party harm. Unquestioi>ably thc Demo¬ crats have damaged themselves gteatly by too much disloyal and revolutionary speech. But they have chosan, for au eloquent passage of silence, the one occasion upon which sileuce is more damaging than any speech. The pending Army bill, with its political rider, is but one of a sci ics of revolutionary measures which the Democracy tried, even nt the cost .iud risk of an extia session of Con¬ gress, to coerce the Executive into accepting. The bullying failed; the coercion did not coerce; and the election.* of last Fall told what the people thought of the revolutionary pro¬ gramme. It ii an absurd mistake to suppose tbat tho jgople have forgotten these measures, or will he ignorant of their character if the Democrats iu the House refuse to explain or defend them. Still more foolish is it to imagine that the people will judge of the Army bill by itself, without reference to the other steps iu the revolutionary scheme. The object, in the whole series ol measures, is to cripple the United States Government, so that it shall be powerless to enforce its laws, to protect its citizens or officials, or to preserve purity of elec¬ tions. In order to make this indical change in the laws, in upi te of the refusal of tho people to give to the Democratic party votes enough to overconio tho President's constitutional power of veto, that party has resorted to coercive legislation by attaching the proposed changes to bills making appropriations for carrying on the Government. To this hour, tho porty sticks to the disloyal measures which it proposed at the extra session, and to the revolutionary method adopted to coerce the President, nnd the people understand the case whether Dem¬ ocrats speak or not. It will remain for the President to say what he thinks, after Democratic mil lifter* have done their worst. In a former message, he distinctly stated his objection to the connection of political legislation with the appropriation bills, because it was calculated and designed to deprive thc Executive of opportunit7 to exorcise with free¬ dom his constitutional power. The issue thus joined was appealed to the people, and their answer was an overwhelming Democratic de¬ feat. Thus sustained by a popular verdict, tbo President may see fit to veto every measure of a coercive nature, though he agrees in part or even wholly with its provisions, on the solo ground that legislation of Ihat character ought to be considered by Congress and by the Presi¬ dent entirely apart fi om bills making tho ne¬ cessary appropriations. There is before him no evidence that the political features of such a bill have been independently considered, as they should have been, by members of Con¬ gi ess, while it was plainly the intention not to permit him so to consider them. If the Presi¬ dent sends back with his vctc every measure sei framed, the Democrats will learn nt the election next Fall bow little their silence has hclpoJ them. CGAL AND IRON. The purpose of the coal companies, ns stated elsewhere, is to continue the advance in thc price of coal until the minimum wholesale price is $5. This is an announcement calculated to pucker the mouth of the unfortunate retail consumer, who knows that the minimum whole¬ sale figure is a very different thing from the price he must pay after all tho middlemen have added on their percentages. This movement is well characterized by our correspondent as au attempt on the part of the companies u to re- tt cover in a year's business their losses of the u poet two years." It goes without saying that any such advance is unjust to the community j perhaps it will not be thought so clear that it is impolitic for the companies themselves. Even a monopoly depends somewhat upon the amia¬ bility of the public, and not even a great com¬ bination like this can safely take it by tbe throat. If help for tho consumer comes in no other way, it will come when the confederates are flushed with their gains and fall to quarrel¬ ling. The general rise In pikes ia quite as likely to make corporations giddy as indi¬ viduals, and the coal companies will do i-iaely by keeping sober. Perhaps they can learn a lesson from the experience of the iron makers. The wild flights of iron prices are over. A .taff corre-pondent reports a decline of from f8 to $8 a ton from the prices of February, and a r-ronvr-rtion among oeeol-h*j*aded manufacturers that thorn will be a further decline until prices bavo reached a firm and reasonable level. The great u boom n was too great to last. But the activity which will still exist will no doubt em¬ ploy all the mills nnd furnaces now existing, at a good rate of profit, and will lead to the further developmeqt of manufactures. There need be no fears ss to the future of the iron trade, though some extravagant hopes are now seen to be beyond ful ti I men t. SELF STULTIPICAIIONPR DISHONESTY. There is an appearance of candor In the an¬ swer offered by The Charletton Newe and Courier to Thr Tihbitne'8 question what Mr. Tilden has done since 1870 that Southern Democrats should say they despise him, and threaten a bolt in case of his renomination. And yet the question remains unanswered. What we want to know is la what particulars Mr. Til¬ den has so changed that his nomination, which was hailed with such enthusiasm and supported with such real by Southern Democrats in 1876, would not bc acquiesced in by tho same clnss in 1880. The Charleston paper answers that it op¬ poses his renomination u because ho has proved u himself to be tricky, narrow aud illiberal j too " timid to lend and too arrogant to follow ; nlive "always to his own interests and oblivious of " the neeils of his countrymen ; incapable of a "magnanimous act ;'unforgctting and unfnr- " giving, sacrificing a great party to a desire for "revenge.nn old man, in fine, who joins tho " rooted prejudices nnd sour grudges of age to "tho whimsical irresolution of second child- " hood." This is fiankly enough stated, and tho reasons set forth are sufficient to justify indi¬ vidual opjio'ition to the nomination. It is a question, though, whether they would be reck¬ oned enough tn found a bolt on. Lot us con- siilcr them briefly. Tue Tuirine's proposition wns that not one sufficient argument against Tilden's nomina¬ tion can bo nddtieed which docs not involve self stultification or a confession of dishonesty. Now, of the above specifications, we may leave out those which charactcriz1. him ns selfish and unforgiving and capable of sacrificing the party to his desire for revenge. ThfMS thingf aro truo, no doubt, but they were equally truo in 1870, equally notorious ; and we beg our Charleston contemporary's nttention to the fact that at that time the whole* Democratic party and. press wero strenuously denying them, and asserting tho direct reverse as true. And Mr. Tilden has lived so much in seclusion since then; that it is not competent for any one to assert- from any public or ofll ial record be hus made, that he has changed in the slightest degree. Bnt it is charged that " be has proved himself to be " tricky, narrow and illiberal,-too timid to loud "and tno arrogant to follow." Ah, that is moro to thc imiit!. Has * proved himself P1 That, of course, relates to matters of record; it is not mere opinion or assertion ; here wc have some¬ thing to guide OS. " Tricky " you say ? and "proved himself"'ko ? We also believe it ] but do you u«t know that upon tho very record 00 which you make thi-i charge a Democratic Con¬ gress., no Democrat dissenting, pronounced him innocent nf nuything " tricky," nnd solemnly re¬ solved that he was tho victim instead of the perpetrator of wroni* T Nothing hos been added to the record on which that Judgment was pro¬ nounced ; r.o now developments or revelations. " Tricky " 1 Yes, it's as true as gospel. But what was your Democratic party doing when il certified his innocence to the public T Was it lying, pray 1 And what are you doing when you come forward urging against him an indict¬ ment on which you nnd yours solemnly pro¬ nounced him innocent ? Is it sclf-f-tultiueation or confession of dishonesly 7 Then it is charged that he ls " narrow and "illiberal." Tiles'* arc rather vague and gen¬ eral terms upon which tn amiga n candidate or vindicate a holt, hut the statement that he lins " proved himself " so warrants the luference that his narrowness and illiberality ate of pub¬ lic rerord. And we presume wc are correct in trac.ng this charge to the letter wrill-*n by him on Southern claims during the campaign of 1870 which created such dissatisfaction iu the party nt the .South. Thoro is no other record that wo know of upon which such a charge from Mich tx Rouice would Ito likely to be based. But South¬ ern Democrats voted for him notwithstanding that lotter. Not only that; they protested that thoy were actually ia accord wilh him in his hostility to the claims referred to. Wero they sincere I Why, then, this charge of narrowness and illiberality f Is it self-stultification or a confession of dishonesty t " Too timid to lead, "and too arrogant to follow"! And "proved "himself1 so? This bcarB but ono construc¬ tion, to wit, that he wns too timid to take the initiative in a revolutionary proceeding, nnd attempt to seize the Government by violence j and too arrogant to follow the lawless nnd tur¬ bulent spirits who threatened insurrection. But tho settlement of the Electoral controversy was guided by a Democratic Congress, and tftat party protested then, and has protected ever since, that it was peaceably disposed and law- abiding, and hail no seditious designs whatever. How is it, then, that thc Siiciificc of Mr. Tilden is demanded hecuusc he proved himself too timid to lead and too arrogant to follow those who were ready to plunge the country into civil wart Was not the party honest in its profes¬ sions of willingness to abide by thc decision of the Electoral Commission t The Charleston paper says it advocated Til¬ den's nomination in 1870 because it believed him "to have lofty aims and generous de-ires, " to be straightforward, scrupulously honorable "and absolutely stainless." It opposes him now because " ho is not what he was believed to "lie, and he is what he w.is believed not to be "; and it adds that so "far from involvii-g tho " stultification of thc Democratic party, it cslab- "lishcs our sincerity and good faith." Wo have no disposition to impugn the sincerity or good faith of our Charleston contemporary. We cheerfully recognise its candor aud fearless¬ ness. But the tact nevertheli ss remains that Southern Democrats arc opposing Tilden's ic- iiniii iinil inn upou the same grounds that 1 tc pub¬ licans opposed his election bi 1870, and upon a record which has not been changed iu a syl- lnblo since a Democratic Congress, upon thorough investigation, pronounced it pure and unsullied, aud all thc party said Arnon. They condemn him upon the old indictment nnd without a scintilla of new evidence. Now wo say that this position.which we believe also is tbe true one.involves either self-sttiltiflca- tiou or a confession of dishonesty, and they may luke either horn of thc dilemma. Ihe Xetot and Courier thinks "Tiie Tamnra " is anxious that Mr. Tilden shall bi chosen he- " cause it knows that he will be beaten nt the "polls." Perhaps so, but that is by no means all of our purpose. What wo intended and think we have "hewn is, that Mr. Tilden'» de¬ feat for renomination will bo a perfect vindica¬ tion of the action of the Republican pnrty in opposing his election in 1876, and of the course of Tint TniBinor later in exposing the cipher conspiracy. Should the Democratic patty save its own consistency and renominate Mr. Tilden, that vindication will be loft to the p..op'c at thu polls, and oar Charleston co: em p. ira ry is net far wrong io its statement of oar confidence as to the verdict. ^BmVUAFQBD. People have been continually n-king for months when Chastine Cox, who os tho'12th of June, 1879. murdered Mrs. Jwio L. Deforest Hull, undsr almost every conceivable circumstance of aggravation, who had been duly oonvletod and regularly sen¬ tenced, wonld be executed. Everything whioh a sharp lawyer could do to save him has been done. His case hus been reviewed by tho Supremo Court anet by the Court of Appeals, and the Judgment of tbs conrt below has been definitely affirmed. He is to bo hanged on the 28th proximo. Thc murder which Cox committed was one of the most rlreadful upon the black record of crime. He stole Into tho sleeping: a-prirtment of a defenceless woman, bent upon robbery, and upon murder if hs should find it necessary for tho commission of rob¬ bery with impunity. He killed with fiendish en¬ ergy, and tbcu slunk away with his small plunder. That his garrulous tongue and intense vanity led him into a confession of his crime almost as soon as ho was arrested argues nothing against bis moral responsibility. If he hsd not understood precisely tho iniquity of his doods he would not have run away. He knew enough to be systematic¬ ally and ingeniously brutal, if he did not know enough to hold his tongue. If he had escaped the gallows, tim slumbers of a great many people would have been destroyed, not without reason. Pietro Balbo was sentenced at tho same time with Cox for tho murder of bis wife last Deoember. In this caso, also an aggravated one. tho culprit has bad every advantage of oarefol legal review ; and any Executive interference to save him is, to say the leaet. Improbable. The disposition of both these cases is noteworthy as showing how com¬ pletely capitol punishment continues to hold its own. Probably, except by their professional ad¬ visors, there will not he the least effort made to save theso mon from the halter. Forty years ago, under tho sauio circumstances, thoro would have been much writing and speaking in their behalf; kind-hearted men and women would bavo besieged tho Executive Chamber, and petition after petition would havo sought for them clemency and acomran- tution. We suppose that there aro still some peo¬ ple left in New-York wno bnlieve in neither the Justice nor tho expediency of capital punishment; but tboy say little and they print little in support of their opinions. Thoro has bcon a most extraor¬ dinary moral chango in this matter. Other reforms have kept moving. This has more than stood still; it has disappeared. (Society Recms definitely to have made up its mind that handing is necessary. Whether it is right or wrong, tho fact remains, Timo has its revenges, and picturesque ones too. It is interesting to hear, for example, tbat the cap¬ tain of that Harvard cmw winch displayed over its quarters tho threatening sign, "No reporters or loafers wanted here." has been for some timo are- porter ou a Boston newspaper. Probably Mr. Bancroft has learned hy thia time, by observation if not by experience, that it is possible to be a reporter and a irentle- mnn nt tho name time. Perhaps he bas learned that reporters have sensibilities liko other men, and have even been known to indulge In the luxury of self-respect. Perhaps ho has discovered that tho majority of tho reporters of the present dav aro college-bred young men, quite as well edu¬ cated as tho averill*!, Harvard graduate, and ein- eeretf devoted to their profession, in which they aro wisely trying tho lower walks before mounting to tho higher. Perhaps he has found that they bring to their chosen pursuit ability equal to that to be observed in any profession, and the highest con¬ scientiousness of purpose. It is barely possible that it would wound Mr. Bancroft's feelings to be classed now with "loafers." It is to be hoped that no one will inflict upon him so wanton and brutal an insult. Tho fanners were ploughing up frozen clods yes¬ terday morning, which clearly proves tbat this L-j a year when all signs fni 1. Every hotly knows that tbe littlo peeping frogs, which make tho marshes vocal with their plaintive notus in the Spring, are fated to he " shut up " three timos by the frost, and that after Winter has frozen up this music for the third time it invariably yields gracefully to the sun. But the pi-epcr-i have now bcon silenced for the fourth time, mid all faith in the weather-wisdom ot the ancients is shattered. Wo bavo enjoyed ethereal mildil.'-e while thoro was skating ou tho Arno and the lmiiilaiii ba-.ins ni Naples wero fringed with icicles. Perhaps the Italians will have their ro- vi nia-o upon us yet beforo Mr. Vennor furnishes us with a genuine article of well-established verual weather? ___________________ The Republican party, boiug of age, is likely to have its own wuy at Chicago. It is a littlo unfortunate for the third term move¬ ment tbat tho only popular demand for it conies from tho .Solid South, where tho popular voting is all Democratic. _ The anti-Grant Republicans of Maflsachuscrts aro so certain of their ability to control the Convention on Thursday by a handsome majority that tbey talk of carrying through tho resolution of 1875, eb -flaring that "sound reason, os well as the wiso aud utibrokeu usage of tho Republic.illustrated bv the example ot Washington.requires that the tenure of the Chief Magistrate ol tho United States should not exceled aseeeuiil term." They will prob¬ ably have tbe strength to do this, but may decide that it will be wiser policy not to force it. Hendricks complains that Tildon never said a word to him after the election in '76. Aud if he had. Hendricks could never have understood lura without a key. Mr. Tilden talked iu ciphers tbcu. That enterprising Washington correspondent of Tammany's Star has starter! a tremendous discussion ou the subject of Tilden's physical con¬ dition. Ono newspaper announces officially tbat, " .Mr. Tilileu docs not havo to bo turned in his bod,' ami this prompts another to ask: " Does he have to lu- turned out ol bed T" It will not bo surprising if mine, rabid aiiti-Tilelenito cribs from tho ola'g.uit vaic-nliularv of .Moses presently and calla tbe Claim¬ ant '' an ague-smitten Pariah." 'Ihe German voters ol -Massachusetts are said to be unanimously opposed to a third terra. If there is .any .State in tho Union wboro they aro not so op¬ posed it is yet to bo heard from. Isn't it an unnecessary display of liberality to give* the-Solid oom h the privilege of naming both Presidential candidatesf Pelton is tho only man who ever " got 'Hideo's views," aud he couldn't uiidtir.ilaud mein. i*-'-viiiiiiir retires permanently from the field, and tin mysterious starter of tho perioelic S-'eymour boom clasps ins hands and murmurs, with tho Italian toy balloon Teodor whose- battota of balloons slipped from bis grasp and Boated iuto space: "py tam, dire goes my pi_i.es.-i I" Thero is a noticeable lull in Democratic Presi¬ dential activity just uow, and tho cauue of it is easily apparent. A few weeks ago, when General (Jrant's renomination seemed probable, every Dem¬ ocrat in the land who nourished Presidential hopes began to bestir himself to see what he could do to get the nomination. Even Tilden felt the revivify¬ ing eflects pf a tliird-tetr.n issue, uud decided, it was generally believed, that it would bo worth his while to go to the expense of running again. This activity has been checked now by tho impressive Northern demonstration against a, third term. If Giant is uot nominated, thero is scurcely a Demo craiie aspiraat] who ts at all likely to be offered the nomination, who is anxious to have it. The nomination of General Grant wonld put the Republicans on the defensive, a position the most dangerous for any party to occupy. Nominate any ono of the other gentlemen whose names are piorn- iii.-ntly before the public and an aggressive and Buci-cbsful campaign can be made. Thoro has been auother Democratic "victory gloriously won" by the ohivalry of .moo City, Miss. Extra editions aunouncing the Joyful news were i -ned by the local newspapers. Ono of these says thc election passed off " without any difficulty of any consequence There were tbe oommou ¦*.* fights which ocour at every election, but no one was hurt to Atiy serious extent." A. few niggers had their heads punched, but what of thatf Tho tame "ixlia " co*. ou to say that the " fact lima dow be-c. -rnasoasteatod be. oad a doubt that tho true Domoo- racv ls determined never to be put down by any op¬ posing faction," and " lt if time for the negro to sci clur.. aw «. politio4t,l fa-ator lie vt dmod, tavtstat tatt means of increasing the strength ot tnt) (tooth lu the electoral college and in Conferee*." If the negw doesn't see it everybody else does. Northern Deco- oorats don't own np to lt quite so frankly as this, however. ____________ PERSONAL. Prince Bismarck bas just celebrated bis sixty- seventh birthday io Berlin. Vice-President Wheeler is described aa being very fond of animals, and often stopping daring his walks to stroke a stray cat or dog. The Empress of Russia is said to be kept alive by morphine, dilated goat's milk and small sviooco of raw meat put into strong bouillon. There is a rumor of the possible marriage of the Princess Beatrice, of Britain, to Prince Tomas Albert Victor, Dake of Genoa, and younger brother of Queen Margaret, of Italy. Mr. Henry L. Lamb, acting Superintendent of the Banking Department, for whose place Mr. Hep¬ burn has been nominated, is mentioned as the pos¬ sible editor of The Albany Journal. Ex-Minister Washburne has been suffering dnring tho past Winter from almost constant headaches. the result of tbe malaria of sewer-gas. He thinks tbat the Hot Springs have helped him. Three farmer brothers of the late William Callen Bryant live in Princeton. III. Tbey are described as good, honest, and substantial men, only one, Mr. J. H. Bryant, having literary capacity. lie bas written many poems, and published tbem, too. He dwells in a handsome bouse, which was tbe gift of his distinguished brother. An article by Mr. Bret Harte on the Chinese in California appears in German in the Vienna Neve Freie Prette. The paper congratulates its readers ia an editorial paragraph on the accession to the ranks of its contributors of a writer who, by the original¬ ity of his genius, observation, and the power of his pen, has obtained an influence reaching far beyond the boundaries of his own country. Mr. Harte's imper is a serious essay ou the Chinese problem on the Pacific Coast, wbich must prove as instructive as it is interesting to European readers. Mr. Francis Murphy bas received from divers Philadelphia friends tbe gift of a house in tbat city. Mr. Murphy took possession of his new home on Saturday, for tbe first time in ten years gather¬ ing his six children together under one roof. " The last time they were together," says The Reeord, " was a year after Mrs. Murphy died, and when the father had given up his life of dissipation, and bad begun, in a feeble way, to preach temperance. He wns too poor then to support them, and placing tbe girls in an orphan asylum and the boys on farms, ho started ont on his crusade. When he had saved $40 be removed tho girls from the asylum and placed them in Christian homes, where he ma. tained them." A curious letter, said to have been written by Na¬ poleon I. to his father when the future Emperor was a mere child and a pupil at the military school at Drionne, lias just boen published in France. It is dated April 5,1781, and rans thas: " Father, if you or my protectors cannot alford me the means of living more honorably in tbis house, bring me back homo at once. I am tired of proclaiming my indi¬ gence, and of seeing the sneers of insolent scholois whom nothing but their fortune elevates above me, but thero is not one who is not a hundred'pikes' bolow tbe noble sentiments which animate me. Is your son to remain the laughing-stock of a few pallogtwts, wbo, vain of thou own means of enjoy¬ ment, insult ino by smiling at my privations f If you are unable to afford me any improvement of my positiou here, take me away from Brienne, and put mn into some mechanical position. From this offer you may judge of my despair. Please believe tbat my letter bas not boen dictated by the vain desire of indulging in expensive amnsemente,which 1 have no taste for. I only want to be able to show that I have the means of procuring them like my compan¬ ions. Your respectful and affectionate son, Buna- pa it c." Calcutta, April 12..Count Szechenyi has ar¬ rived, having accomplished his journey through China to Bbamo. Paris, April 12..Prince Hohenlohe, the German Ambassador, will leave here on tbe 15th inst, on his return to Berlin to assume the functions of Secretary of Foreign Affairs. .Paris, April 12..Pere Didon. tbe Dominican, has been rusticated by the general of his Order, and will be interned in a small monastery of Carbaro, on the island of Corsica, inhabited by a half-dozen Italian monks.The story ot the capture of tbe Duke nnd Duchess of Saxc-Meiuingcn by Sicilian brigands is untrue. TEE DRAMA. EDWIN BOOTH A8 HAMLET. Entering, last night, on the third week of his en¬ gagement at Booth's Theatre, Edwin Booth ap¬ peared as Hamlet.the character with wbich his name is inseparably associated; tho character by means of which he has so long diffused tbe en¬ nobling influence of a sublime ideal of haman na- ?ore. Now, as on many previous occasions, reflection upon tbis performance was stimulated in the direc¬ tion of its poetry and spirituality of conception, and its sustained grace of executive treatment. Mr. Booth succeeds (as the actor who would depiot Hamlet must succeed) in depicting a condition of misery so profound tbat lt fairly boras and glows with the fiery vitality of its reaction upon tbe bur¬ dened and tortured soul. There is hopeless dejec¬ tion in this Hamlet; there is remediless grief; there is an over-fraught sensibility, which, more than once, in its tremor under the vast and awful mys¬ teries of the universe, and its confused and per¬ plexed apprehension of its own woes, lapses into madness; bat, there is no languor ; and, from first to last, tbs penonabty, unique and invariably kept is majostic. noble, strangely forlorn, lovable in ita wasted sweetness, pathetic in its ruined hope, and grand in its sustainment above tbe delirinm of a haunted mind aud tbe havoc of a despoiled and de¬ jected lille. Mr. Booth hos acted Hamlet so often and so thor¬ oughly that his mechanism has bocome as Arm, as finished, and as definite ns the links of a ctiainmail .accurate iu place, at every point, and complete, through oveiy intricacy, in form aud unison. The power of tho huniau imagination, to enable men and women to assume states of mind, and pass through phases of feeling and experience, which it wonld be ruin and death actually to reach, was never hotter exemplified than in tbis matchless im¬ personation. To contemplate that power is to look iuto ourselves anet consider our spiritual destiny, and tims to rise in the dignity of immoit.il life. Thero was aumin a crowded house. The attend¬ ance, throughout Mr. Booth's engagement, bas been Bteadily large ; aud, as Mr. Booth holds up tbe dig¬ nity of the dramatic profession, without over swerving one hail's breadth from the severest taste nnd tho highest principles that can govern in the pursuit of art, this is a more than usually gratifying circumstance to record. The public, in some of ita moods, issupeiiicial, frivolous, and capricious; and tbe instances :ure few in which its collective judg¬ ment upon art questions is intelligent and sounel; but, its intuitive perception can almost always bo trusted, and almost always that perception ^cog¬ nizes and staunchly cleaves to solid and permanent worth. Mr. Booth will repeat Hamlet lo-nisht, and on Wednesday, but on Thursday will change to Erny Lear. JOHN T. RAYMOND AT THE BROOKLYN PARK. John T. Raymond began a week's engagement at tho Park Theatre, Brooklyn, last evening, lu George F. Rowe's play of " Wolfer.". Roost." The play is quaint, humorous aud romantic, abounding iu bright incidents. Mr. Raymond appeared as Icha¬ bod Crane, which ho found thoroughly congenial to his ecooutro humor. The cast inoluded M. B. Snyder as Bram Voa Brant, George Hollaud as Ealtut Van lattel, J. J. Hollaud as Dolf Ilavintrav, Miss Artie W caver as Katrina and Mi&s Laura Bas- enmb as Emma Haverstratc. The play van smoothly tbroughoiy and was liberally applauded. These tue Mr. Raymond's farewell performances in this country prior to bis departure for England to till au eimagement at tbe Gaiety Theatre. Loudon. " Wolfer t's Roost" will be repented until Thursday evening, when "Colonel Sol ors" will take its place for tbe remainder of the week. MR. LAVINE'8 CONCERT. Mr. John Lavine gave his Hftb annual concert las'* night at Steinway Hall. HU, yearly benefits are mui-li above tho average of sr_ch affairs j the pro¬ grammes are always good, the performer's on artists of rank, snd tbe audiences are of tho best quality. Lat* evening tl** gras* hall waa almost «ttreiy Sited, gad bb. plans* aod recalls ware ta olenty. Tbo prine-lpol part ai tba e_t-M*tatuirw>ot was furnished by a barad composed In pott of met*ben of tb* PhdhsrssBate Society and dire* tod by Theodore TO-enae, atrd the orchestral selections comprised several -MVttfM pieces wbleh have not boon beard bat. oftoa of htf* years.Hamerick-s First None Suite, lAtrntft adopta- tion of tbe Beethoven Andante Cantabile, C_er- ubioi'e overture to "Lea AbenceVagea,'' and other works. Miss Thnnby contributed some excellent singing, both with orchestra aod plano. Messrs. 8. B. Mills and Max Pinner wero an¬ nounced for Mo-art's Double Cooceito. bat ba eon- sequence of tbe severe illness ot Mr, Mills this ooald not be given, and at the last momeat Mr. Adolp-0 Fischer, tbe admirable violoncellist, tendered bis services for a performance of SerV-lr "-ooranie de Spa." MISS FANNY DAVENPORT IN BROOKLYN. M:ss Fanny Davenport appeared last sight rn Haverly'e Theatre, Brooklyn, in " Tbo New Leah* Tbe plot of tbe play Ut too well known to require description. Miss Davenport does not appear in it to so much advantage as tn some of bec other roles, bat ber acting In tho third act aroaaed tbo eottau- siasm of tbe audience. In tho earoo teene, also, she called oat mach applause. Edwin F. Price, who took tb* part of Rudolph, alao wot the favor of bbl bearers* The eoinpany, with tem exceptions, is the same that appeared lately at tbs Grand Opera House lu tbis city. Tbe olav aili ftolaj the boards for to-night, and Cysabeline," " Divorce " and "Aa Yon Like It» will follow. The engagement of Miss Davenport lo for ono Week 00^r# THEATRICAL INCIDENTS. Frank Mayo will clone his engagement al the Olympic Theatre next Saturday night. He kai re vlved Dary Crockett, bot, on friday nish*, be will ess for bis benefit.Hamlet, and on Saturday will appear ss JHeAard III. Tbs Holman **"oglUb Ollera Troups* ts te perform st tbe Ol rm plo Theatre next week. " My Partner " waa revived last night, at the Union Square Theatre, aad Mr. Louis AlJrloh, ia tao chief part, was welcomed with much cordiality. Lotta, at the Park Theatre, played aad prattled taronga the blatalr rotnantlo melodrama of "Zip".Vanny Davenport came forth at Ha verly's Theatre, lo Brook¬ lyn, ta LeaA.A chango of Mil will oecur at WslUck's Tbeaire next Momiar.Mr. Mac-aye's drama. "Us ssl Kirke," is up lor a lGO-nij-bt ron, at too Mudlsoo Square Theatre. GENERAL NOIRE. A fatal university dael wan fought a fort- niKht a_o near Gottlagen betweens . student of lew, Herr Krieger, snd a referendary; Herr Leismann. The weapons were sabres. In tbo cooise ot the flgbt Herr LeUuiaun received an onparrlod cot In tbe breast,wMeh penetrated through tho breast-bone ant) st ones killed bun. On hearing ol tu. death tal* tip-agonist at oucs «flve himself up to tn. police, bat wss .release- ou bail. There was a sadden blaze in the Mile End Road. London, a fortnight ago. Owing to a collision be¬ tween a van aod a truck, two barrels of parsffln oil were thrown on the road, willoh ls paved with wood at this part, aud tbe contemn upset. A street arab who was standing by selling uaaioi.es Immediately seised tbs oDportuuity, lighted a fusee and "brew it into tbe oil, wbich was of course Instantly lo flames. Several per¬ sons narrowly escaped being burnt, and by tbe timi tbe fire cnsrin-n could be brought to tbe place- a areal portion of tbe wood pavement was completely burnt through. Toe urchin who eaused tbe mischief promptly disappeared. , An extraordinary tale of martyrdom io tbe Russian church ls told by Figaro, lo 1893 tbe ste-rani of a Russian landowner was murdorcd lo tbe district ot Ktefl. A priest named Kobytowic. was aocoscd of tho deed, and, lo spite of his protests of Innoeenee, be wns U-supported to Siberia, where he was forrrotten. The other day an old peasant admitted on his death-bed tbat be waa tbe murderer, tbat bo bad couttst*od tbe crime io tbe priest in question, and obtained bis . biol oe lon. Tbs priest, however, having received the confession under tbe usual seal of eecreoy, could nm divulge lt, and pre¬ ferred to undergo tbe terrible punishment Id tbe mine, of -iberia to departing from bis dury. Tbe authorities' al once sought for too priest amoDg the prisoner., bot be bad died a few mouths before tbe disclosure. The text of the Government decree* against religious communities lu France is in the fies of tba latest fairelgo mall. The Ant of these concerns tbs Jesuits only, wlnle tie second affects all other onau* .holtze. oougre_-tlons. Wltb regard to tke Soetety of Jesus the decree says t " Tbe Government cc-siderlna tbat further tolerance ennnot be extended to a society sgalnst which tbe National sentiment bas declared itself on different cooaslons and agata quite re- featly; deeming that it would be neither Ournie not dliet-ifled to allow tbe socluiy to seek for an official sn- thoriz.-tion, wbleh would assuredly be refused ; tiav lat¬ in view tho orgaulo law of 1302 and other laws still In force; and, lastly, being at the same time desirous tc avoid Imparting to the execution ot ihoso laws the sp pearuuee of individual measures of persecution, havs resolved tbat the said .association shall be dissolved, and tbe establishments occupied by the members shall bo closed nnd vacated within a period of three months, a term which may be prolonged uutil August 81,1880, In the case of educailoual establishments attached to tho society.M Tbe second decree enumerates the formalities which other nou-antborised confraternities will have to fnlflt. It consists of ten articles, and ptovidss tbat uueut-orised ootiirregattobs other than those beloDginjr to ibe Josuits mont ¦¦inuit limlr bu tuted to tito autborttie-e, and apply to tbe Gov¬ ernment for cc.il authorization. Such bodies as shall not tusk for or eventually obtain tho BBBUBBBBJ author!' satlou will be declared dissolved. Mr. Gladstone _ relations to the new Gov¬ ernment, if a ebange should be effected, wore .discussed by himself In Midlothian on tbs eve of the election. Lord Grey bad condemned the present Government, bat bad confessed tbat he was afr-ild a Liberal administration coming lu under the preseot circumstances would be still worse. " Mr. Gladstone," Lord Grey bsd said," ls very likely not to be the bead of tbo Government, or a member of tho Government, but at the same Hmo be would govern tbe Government." In reply Mr. Glad¬ stone said: " You could not bavo a system more alica to tho spirit of the Constitution I ban a rjreiem anil_r whlcb a certain set of men are held up to the country as tbe responsible Ministers, and behind these men a private Individual man, an Independent member of Par¬ liament, who uses these responsible MinUtsrs, as Ms puppets, sad govsrns tho country through them. In my opinion that srstem woold be se bad tbat I should almost acne with Lord Urey that we bud better iosve thlum ss the-y are. Baton whom does be make this im¬ putation I I am flattered by it. He thinks I am a mao In surb h position that I ean tinto power without respon¬ sibility. But to whom ls lt otuerwiso than fl-.tierin_ t To tue tv., men who for severs! years past -ave been actlD_iis th'* recognised leaders of tbe Liberal party, and whom I have always told you I bavo uo otoer per- eoual desire, iii.m to follow. I mean Lord Granville and Lord liuii'ng'oii." ~f1jB~LIC OPINION". If Blame boats Sherman in Ohio and plotix-it Ui-tnc under tu Illinois oe ougat tn bo sble to ¦.list wiriioiu any more grandeur tor a year or so.. [ Wtv.liiUa.toa Po it (Oem.) Tho sooner Mr. Tilden nnd Mr. Kelly cease to be disturbing eieiueuw tbo betrsr will tbe Democracy bc pions -il aud the more reasonably assured of victory. [Augusta, Un., Clirontclu (Dem.) 4 The Connecticut Democracy, with an eye to tho ni.nu clian.'e, aro now instated to abandon Dlr. Til- din b i'.msc i xp-ili'iico bas led them to Dclleve that he will not take the offla-** of Presldeut by force provided bc is not ole c ted to u.- [S-. w-Loudou Telegram (Kop.) _, NO GRANT BOOM TS OHIO. Front The Cc-lumbus (Ohio) Dispatch {lad.) The Siieriuau men allege that the Blaine dlve-rteio.'i in ibis state Isa Gram movement In diegul.**-, while tho lllaine mun assert that tbe Sherman men fitvoi (.rant rather than Dtatne. And ouch squarely deny tlicfetiitiiucntsof tao other. Tho disposition to Kct rid a.r tin: (irani aspersions ls pretty gooa evidence that oi mun facilou nani tbe Impression to prevail thal they favor Gruut, und ls euough to cou vince any e.ne thai tue ibird-terui ousluess ls not popular wliu tue Ke-.uii.loi.iu of Ohio. Nobody wau ts t j father it. AN AMIAPLE DELUSION. -Vina rAe Vicksburg Herald tltsm.i \Vc assert only the truth when we any tba Scum iMaU'.il rut-acr e'ustiiu. di lout lcd by Join Bayard, thiiu bo tho ai.mis ot i>lcctla.' San; Tilden. Tho very fuel of Mr. Biiynrei's nullity to eenuin!.? curry the South will uiii.it* him liio-ur-tnili) in New-York. All (bis rear), uliii. holds good w.fhiTgird to fbe oilier SUtoa nieuuoued. Mr. BHyurd rsa .-uij-ej.y carry lottiauo, foi* Hf. Ileiidric-t, we ore proud to sa;, is not one or the dog-ln-tbe-mssgdaf ltlud, aud will ontbusioetlially support Mr. Bayard ss Mr. Bayard woud bim If bu should tte so foriuosto. ¦WewJsrsoy and Lonnectlent are reasonably eenuin, wi.b a fair chance tor Matt aubusetts and Ore*_on. Il ant Democrat cati carry thou.', Mr. Bayard li thai mao. CALLI.VG TOR A SACRIFICE OF TILDEN. .**¦""* tamMemo tis Apptl (Tam.) The public good now requires that Tilden bo sacrl-ccd, and loving tbe D-nn.c.atic puny and lt., prin¬ ciples uiot-u tuan uit-u, 1 kt Appeal bas cried oar, Crucify every aspirant w ho stantis tu un iDipedim >tit to tbe har¬ mony and screes* of tbo party. Pot Uv; lunotbs Tnt Appeal bas bitterly opposed tbe uomio.itioi ot Tilden. Belying upon tbs rectitude e.f our purposes, .iud lac posing implicit tttiib iu tbe policy we had sdopted ead couQifeuoe la tbe wls.loin of Ibe piople, we were era-tens to watt for our vlndleauoD, and wt* did n jt have letag to wail j for the ie ts nol uow tho remotest pesflMitty ot 11 Idea's nomination. It :s folly, madness, to mik about uomiuating a man bated lu mt oura -Ute sud asnop* alar in the feat-, Tboughu-,1 mad p.itda-t nurnse lona«_-rog_rd»t]4iaf*i as an avallaMs e-us-M-te. Give as ^ajftu0.8rynu.ar. Field or Jewell, and. tae -**-io-rs«e U-sts m\U mm iuto tbe Ust Ho wita Orsd bloo 1. Ui.oiiblng Mttit: and amid shouts of victory they will pleat Vtotl i-.mullahmt b luuvr-aurpoa um rtwn-ssrts ol arvuieU su-l *af_oaui.'.,*edtri.-r--jr. :u*

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JCeiw^^rkUmlfi Sriium.FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.

MONDAY. APHIL l"s X880.

THE NEWS TBIS MORNING.

Foih-ig.*".--The British Liberals' net nain is now106 seats. ____. lt ls said that Golfo Dulce basbeen occupied as » United States coaling station.."==""¦* The 700 people in Burmah were ¦srrifir.nl toappease the evil spirits. _____ Mr. Lorillard'sGeraldine is dead.Domkhtic..The Louisiana Democratic Conven¬

tion has declared in favor of General Hancock forPresident. i Rival Daimocratio conventionswere held in Oswego yesterday. William H.Kemble tins gone to Harrisbnrg to surrender him¬self. A caucus of Republicans opposed to theSupply bill was held in Albany yesterday. ____.

General Grant visited Vicksburir yesterday.Conobk*-8..In tbe Senate Mr. McDonald spoke

lu support of bis substitute for the Geneva Awardbill. The bill to carry out the Ute agreement waspassed by a vote of 87 to 16. i In the House alarge number of new bills were introduced; debateon the Army bill closed ,* all amendments offered bySepublicaus wore rejectod, and the main questionwas ordered,* City ano Suburban..The new Republican Cen¬tral Campaign Club was organized yesterday, sss

Cox and Balbo were resenteuced to deatb.=Elliot C. Cowdin died. ¦ An old Frenchman andB German insurance anent committed suicide.» Simpson's dry-goods store was bumed; loss,f200,000. _____ The Hahnemann fair was opened..' " Albert Stickney addressed the IndependentRepublican Association. .. Ex-Senator Hender¬son made » speech before the Sherman Club. -

Tbe Municipal Society discussed the waste of wateriu this city. ===== Gold value of tbe legal-tender.Uver dollar (412i_ grains), 87.81 eentt. Stooks ac-

tire and weak, closing unsettled after » partial re¬

covery.The Wkathkr..Tri bunk local observations in¬

dicate clear or partly oloudy weather, wilh highertemperature And . probability of light showers intbe evening. Thermometer yesterday: Highest,41°;loa.es; 20c>; avoniue, 34V-

The State which Oeneral Butler couldn'treconstruct presents a Union soldier as its can¬didate for President.

It is safe to predict Unit tho two-thiids ruletrill remain in force at the National Demo¬cratic Convention. Every State Convention heldthus far, which bas spoken upon the subject,has declared in favor of the rule. Both tho Til¬den conventions and the anti-Tilden.like thatof Louiaimia yesterday.have agreed in this.

When the world is conirratulatinj* itself after(he world's manner npon the wonderful diffu¬sion of iUa0llif*ence and the great growth ofliberality, the news of a horror like the human

"saorilice in Bannah comes as a useful reminderthat theio still is a vast deal of bestial super¬stition a::d cru?lty, and not always in the mostitinote eorneis of the earth. Seven handndmen, women and children have been buriedalive in that conntry that the evil spirits maybe appi-atsed and the Tiing restored to health.Tie age of lailroadi and telegraphs, w h all itsgrotesque contrasts, never piesenwa one

stronger thau the transm-i^iou of the news ofthis binburie massacre to this country by theAtlante cable, the most wonderful of the ap-*pltanfee of civilisation.

To-day the voters of Jersey City select theirmunicipal officers, and there never was a moreproniaiiig opportunity to gain ¦ Bepabllsanvictory io that stronghold of the enemy. Thisis a good year for Republicans everywhere totand by their colons and there never was a%mewhen tax-payera of all parties in JerseyCity who care for the city's credit had moreargent reaaon for placing in authority men ofn-questiom-d reputation. If every honest manwill dc his duty, Henry Dosenbery can be..'veted l-ay-** ia spite of the schemes for re-

.ealing aad ootoai-Ing which the Tatuudg !«¦>.¦-snausmmt, ___The spectatfe of an able-bodied An*_3iio_n citl-.b* -n.1 above ail a niemocr of tile United

State* 8enfitfa, no* only i*fc**hifirto b« n cmndi-d_te for the Presidency, bat «Te* showingsome irritation because various persons per-airitinurginghim, isphenomenal. That spectacleMr. Edmunds sc-ms, -in entire good faith, to

present. Ho has already cinresscd his opinion,with something like asperity, of the allegedEdmnnds boom, and he has now, even afterthe selection of a delegation in bia favor fromhis own State, as-rarcd one of his friends in

Congress that his strong desire is that his nameshall not bo presented in the Chicago Conven¬tion. It is a curious tribute to tho reputationMr. Edmunds has made for openness and sin¬cerity that these declarations are believed bythe public. With the average politician theywould be regarded as merely a part of his pro¬fessional coyness.vowing ho will ne'er consentat thc Slime time that he is wotking night anddny to be made to consent. It remains to beseen whether Mr. Edmunds will bo allowed to

exercise a citizen's right to decline support fornn office which he has no ambition to fill, orwhether the i>ersou3 who have formed them¬selves, without hie knowledge and consent,into au Edmunds party, will still insist that theoffice must seek the man who seems to have a

positive distaste for it.

DEMOCRATIC SBLP-RESTBAINT.When the Democratic party ia conscious that

it bad better hold its tongue, the world willwonder what atrocities might hnve been utteredif the porty had dared to speak. So many in¬famous things have been said by leading Demo¬crats, so many infamous deeds have been de¬fended or excused, that one naturally askswhether it was possible for the Democraticparty to perpetrate any greater folly or wicked¬ness if its speech had been unrestrained. It isastonishing, too, to Gad in Democratic quartersany recognition whatever of that loyal senti¬ment aad public sense of decency which thatparty has so often affronted. If Democratshave diseoveied that there is a loyal and law-abiding public opinion, and that there arc limirsbeyond which it cannot safely be outraged, theparty has really taken n new departure, andmay effect some surprising Felf-improvement inthe cud.But thc Democratic party has chosen a bad

time for its flrat lesson in self-restraint. Itdoes not pi oil t to say insolent and disloyaltilings, but it profits still less to insist upon tlcenactment of laws iu defence of which nothingcan be said. In order to hold its tongue withsafety and advantage, the Democratic partyshould first have suppressed iis disloyal andrevolutionary measures. When a party pro¬poses a formidable change in laws of the mostvital character, it is bound to show reasons forthat change, to meet objictions to it, or at leantto make some pretence of appealing to publicopinion. If it nuts a nag upon itself at such a

time, the inevitable inference is that its men-sure i9 so bad nnd its purpose bo base that no

misconception caused by its silence can possiblydo the party harm. Unquestioi>ably thc Demo¬crats have damaged themselves gteatly by toomuch disloyal and revolutionary speech. Butthey have chosan, for au eloquent passage ofsilence, the one occasion upon which sileuce ismore damaging than any speech.The pending Army bill, with its political

rider, is but one of a sci ics of revolutionarymeasures which the Democracy tried, even ntthe cost .iud risk of an extia session of Con¬gress, to coerce the Executive into accepting.The bullying failed; the coercion did notcoerce; and the election.* of last Fall told whatthe people thought of the revolutionary pro¬gramme. It ii an absurd mistake to supposetbat tho jgople have forgotten these measures,or will he ignorant of their character if theDemocrats iu the House refuse to explain or

defend them. Still more foolish is it to imaginethat the people will judge of the Army bill byitself, without reference to the other steps iuthe revolutionary scheme. The object, in thewhole series ol measures, is to cripple theUnited States Government, so that it shall bepowerless to enforce its laws, to protect itscitizens or officials, or to preserve purity of elec¬tions. In order to make this indical change inthe laws, in upite of the refusal of tho people to

give to the Democratic party votes enough tooverconio tho President's constitutional powerof veto, that party has resorted to coercivelegislation by attaching the proposed changesto bills making appropriations for carrying onthe Government. To this hour, tho porty sticksto the disloyal measures which it proposed atthe extra session, and to the revolutionarymethod adopted to coerce the President, nndthe people understand the case whether Dem¬ocrats speak or not.

It will remain for the President to say whathe thinks, after Democratic mil lifter* have donetheir worst. In a former message, he distinctlystated his objection to the connection of politicallegislation with the appropriation bills, becauseit was calculated and designed to deprive thcExecutive of opportunit7 to exorcise with free¬dom his constitutional power. The issue thusjoined was appealed to the people, and theiranswer was an overwhelming Democratic de¬feat. Thus sustained by a popular verdict, tboPresident may see fit to veto every measure ofa coercive nature, though he agrees in part oreven wholly with its provisions, on the sologround that legislation of Ihat character oughtto be considered by Congress and by the Presi¬dent entirely apart fiom bills making tho ne¬

cessary appropriations. There is before himno evidence that the political features of sucha bill have been independently considered, as

they should have been, by members of Con¬gi ess, while it was plainly the intention not topermit him so to consider them. If the Presi¬dent sends back with his vctc every measure sei

framed, the Democrats will learn nt the electionnext Fall bow little their silence has hclpoJthem.

CGAL AND IRON.

The purpose of the coal companies, ns statedelsewhere, is to continue the advance in thcprice of coal until the minimum wholesale priceis $5. This is an announcement calculated to

pucker the mouth of the unfortunate retailconsumer, who knows that the minimum whole¬sale figure is a very different thing from theprice he must pay after all tho middlemen haveadded on their percentages. This movement iswell characterized by our correspondent as au

attempt on the part of the companies u to re-tt cover in a year's business their losses of theu poet two years." It goes without saying thatany such advance is unjust to the community jperhaps it will not be thought so clear that it isimpolitic for the companies themselves. Evena monopoly depends somewhat upon the amia¬bility of the public, and not even a great com¬bination like this can safely take it by tbethroat. If help for tho consumer comes in no

other way, it will come when the confederatesare flushed with their gains and fall to quarrel¬ling. The general rise In pikes ia quite as

likely to make corporations giddy as indi¬viduals, and the coal companies will do i-iaelyby keeping sober.Perhaps they can learn a lesson from

the experience of the iron makers.The wild flights of iron prices are over. A.taff corre-pondent reports a decline of from f8

to $8 a ton from the prices of February, and a

r-ronvr-rtion among oeeol-h*j*aded manufacturersthat thorn will be a further decline until pricesbavo reached a firm and reasonable level. Thegreat u boom n was too great to last. But theactivity which will still exist will no doubt em¬

ploy all the mills nnd furnaces now existing, ata good rate of profit, and will lead to the furtherdevelopmeqt of manufactures. There need beno fears ss to the future of the iron trade,though some extravagant hopes are now seen

to be beyond ful ti Imen t.

SELF STULTIPICAIIONPR DISHONESTY.There is an appearance of candor In the an¬

swer offered by The Charletton Newe andCourier to Thr Tihbitne'8 question what Mr.Tilden has done since 1870 that SouthernDemocrats should say they despise him, andthreaten a bolt in case of his renomination. Andyet the question remains unanswered. Whatwe want to know is la what particulars Mr. Til¬den has so changed that his nomination, whichwas hailed with such enthusiasm and supportedwith such real by Southern Democrats in 1876,would not bc acquiesced in by tho same clnss in1880. The Charleston paper answers that it op¬poses his renomination u because ho has provedu himself to be tricky, narrow aud illiberal j too" timid to lend and too arrogant to follow ; nlive"always to his own interests and oblivious of" the neeils of his countrymen ; incapable of a

"magnanimous act ;'unforgctting and unfnr-" giving, sacrificing a great party to a desire for"revenge.nn old man, in fine, who joins tho" rooted prejudices nnd sour grudges of age to"tho whimsical irresolution of second child-" hood." This is fiankly enough stated, and thoreasons set forth are sufficient to justify indi¬vidual opjio'ition to the nomination. It is aquestion, though, whether they would be reck¬oned enough tn found a bolt on. Lot us con-

siilcr them briefly.Tue Tuirine's proposition wns that not one

sufficient argument against Tilden's nomina¬tion can bo nddtieed which docs not involveself stultification or a confession of dishonesty.Now, of the above specifications, we may leaveout those which charactcriz1. him ns selfish andunforgiving and capable of sacrificing the partyto his desire for revenge. ThfMS thingf aro truo,no doubt, but they were equally truo in 1870,equally notorious ; and we beg our Charlestoncontemporary's nttention to the fact that at thattime the whole* Democratic party and. presswero strenuously denying them, and assertingtho direct reverse as true. And Mr. Tilden haslived so much in seclusion since then; that it isnot competent for any one to assert- from anypublic or ofll ial record be hus made, that hehas changed in the slightest degree. Bnt it ischarged that " be has proved himself to be" tricky, narrow and illiberal,-too timid to loud"and tno arrogant to follow." Ah, that is moroto thc imiit!. Has * proved himself P1 That, ofcourse, relates to matters of record; it is notmere opinion or assertion ; here wc have some¬

thing to guide OS. " Tricky " you say ? and"proved himself"'ko ? We also believe it ] butdo you u«t know that upon tho very record 00which you make thi-i charge a Democratic Con¬gress., no Democrat dissenting, pronounced himinnocent nf nuything " tricky," nnd solemnly re¬

solved that he was tho victim instead of theperpetrator of wroni* T Nothing hos been addedto the record on which that Judgment was pro¬nounced ; r.o now developments or revelations." Tricky " 1 Yes, it's as true as gospel. Butwhat was your Democratic party doing when ilcertified his innocence to the public T Was itlying, pray 1 And what are you doing whenyou come forward urging against him an indict¬ment on which you nnd yours solemnly pro¬nounced him innocent ? Is it sclf-f-tultiueationor confession of dishonesly 7Then it is charged that he ls " narrow and

"illiberal." Tiles'* arc rather vague and gen¬eral terms upon which tn amiga n candidateor vindicate a holt, hut the statement that helins " proved himself " so warrants the luferencethat his narrowness and illiberality ate of pub¬lic rerord. And we presume wc are correct intrac.ng this charge to the letter wrill-*n by himon Southern claims during the campaign of 1870which created such dissatisfaction iu the partynt the .South. Thoro is no other record that woknow of upon which such a charge from Mich txRouice would Ito likely to be based. But South¬ern Democrats voted for him notwithstandingthat lotter. Not only that; they protested thatthoy were actually ia accord wilh him in hishostility to the claims referred to. Wero theysincere I Why, then, this charge of narrownessand illiberality f Is it self-stultification or aconfession of dishonesty t " Too timid to lead,"and too arrogant to follow"! And "proved"himself1 so? This bcarB but ono construc¬tion, to wit, that he wns too timid to take theinitiative in a revolutionary proceeding, nndattempt to seize the Government by violence jand too arrogant to follow the lawless nnd tur¬bulent spirits who threatened insurrection.But tho settlement of the Electoral controversywas guided by a Democratic Congress, and tftatparty protested then, and has protected eversince, that it was peaceably disposed and law-abiding, and hail no seditious designs whatever.How is it, then, that thc Siiciificc of Mr. Tildenis demanded hecuusc he proved himself tootimid to lead and too arrogant to follow thosewho were ready to plunge the country into civilwart Was not the party honest in its profes¬sions of willingness to abide by thc decision ofthe Electoral Commission tThe Charleston paper says it advocated Til¬

den's nomination in 1870 because it believedhim "to have lofty aims and generous de-ires," to be straightforward, scrupulously honorable"and absolutely stainless." It opposes himnow because " ho is not what he was believed to"lie, and he is what he w.is believed not to be ";and it adds that so "far from involvii-g tho" stultification of thc Democratic party, it cslab-"lishcs our sincerity and good faith." Wohave no disposition to impugn the sincerity or

good faith of our Charleston contemporary.We cheerfully recognise its candor aud fearless¬ness. But the tact nevertheli ss remains thatSouthern Democrats arc opposing Tilden's ic-iiniii iinil inn upou the same grounds that 1 tc pub¬licans opposed his election bi 1870, and upona record which has not been changed iu a syl-lnblo since a Democratic Congress, uponthorough investigation, pronounced it pure andunsullied, aud all thc party said Arnon. Theycondemn him upon the old indictment nndwithout a scintilla of new evidence. Now wo

say that this position.which we believe alsois tbe true one.involves either self-sttiltiflca-tiou or a confession of dishonesty, and they mayluke either horn of thc dilemma.Ihe Xetot and Courier thinks "Tiie Tamnra

" is anxious that Mr. Tilden shall bi chosen he-" cause it knows that he will be beaten nt the"polls." Perhaps so, but that is by no meansall of our purpose. What wo intended andthink we have "hewn is, that Mr. Tilden'» de¬feat for renomination will bo a perfect vindica¬tion of the action of the Republican pnrty inopposing his election in 1876, and of the courseof Tint TniBinor later in exposing the cipherconspiracy. Should the Democratic patty saveits own consistency and renominate Mr. Tilden,that vindication will be loft to the p..op'c at thupolls, and oar Charleston co:em p. ira ry is net

far wrong io its statement of oar confidence as

to the verdict.

^BmVUAFQBD.People have been continually n-king for months

when Chastine Cox, who os tho'12th of June, 1879.murdered Mrs. Jwio L. Deforest Hull, undsr almostevery conceivable circumstance of aggravation,who had been duly oonvletod and regularly sen¬

tenced, wonld be executed. Everything whioh a

sharp lawyer could do to save him has been done.His case hus been reviewed by tho Supremo Courtanet by the Court of Appeals, and the Judgment oftbs conrt below has been definitely affirmed. He isto bo hanged on the 28th proximo.Thc murder which Cox committed was one of the

most rlreadful upon the black record of crime. Hestole Into tho sleeping: a-prirtment of a defencelesswoman, bent upon robbery, and upon murder if hsshould find it necessary for tho commission of rob¬bery with impunity. He killed with fiendish en¬

ergy, and tbcu slunk away with his small plunder.That his garrulous tongue and intense vanity ledhim into a confession of his crime almost as

soon as ho was arrested argues nothing against bismoral responsibility. If he hsd not understoodprecisely tho iniquity of his doods he would nothave run away. He knew enough to be systematic¬ally and ingeniously brutal, if he did not knowenough to hold his tongue. If he had escaped thegallows, tim slumbers of a great many people wouldhave been destroyed, not without reason.

Pietro Balbo was sentenced at tho same time withCox for tho murder of bis wife last Deoember. Inthis caso, also an aggravated one. tho culprit hasbad every advantage of oarefol legal review ; andany Executive interference to save him is, to saythe leaet. Improbable. The disposition of boththese cases is noteworthy as showing how com¬

pletely capitol punishment continues to hold itsown. Probably, except by their professional ad¬visors, there will not he the least effort made tosave theso mon from the halter. Forty years ago,under tho sauio circumstances, thoro would havebeen much writing and speaking in their behalf;kind-hearted men and women would bavo besiegedtho Executive Chamber, and petition after petitionwould havo sought for them clemency and acomran-

tution. We suppose that there aro still some peo¬ple left in New-York wno bnlieve in neither theJustice nor tho expediency of capital punishment;but tboy say little and they print little in supportof their opinions. Thoro has bcon a most extraor¬dinary moral chango in this matter. Other reformshave kept moving. This has more than stood still;it has disappeared. (Society Recms definitely tohave made up its mind that handing is necessary.Whether it is right or wrong, tho fact remains,

Timo has its revenges, and picturesque ones too.It is interesting to hear, for example, tbat the cap¬tain of that Harvard cmw winch displayed over itsquarters tho threatening sign, "No reporters or

loafers wanted here." has been for some timo are-

porter ou a Boston newspaper. Probably Mr.Bancroft has learned hy thia time, byobservation if not by experience, that itis possible to be a reporter and a irentle-mnn nt tho name time. Perhaps he baslearned that reporters have sensibilities liko othermen, and have even been known to indulge In theluxury of self-respect. Perhaps ho has discoveredthat tho majority of tho reporters of the presentdav aro college-bred young men, quite as well edu¬cated as tho averill*!, Harvard graduate, and ein-eeretf devoted to their profession, in which they aro

wisely trying tho lower walks before mounting totho higher. Perhaps he has found that they bringto their chosen pursuit ability equal to that to beobserved in any profession, and the highest con¬scientiousness of purpose. It is barely possible thatit would wound Mr. Bancroft's feelings to be classednow with "loafers." It is to be hoped that no one

will inflict upon him so wanton and brutal an insult.

Tho fanners were ploughing up frozen clods yes¬terday morning, which clearly proves tbat this L-j ayear when all signs fni 1. Everyhotly knows that tbelittlo peeping frogs, which make tho marshes vocalwith their plaintive notus in the Spring, are fatedto he " shut up " three timos by the frost, and thatafter Winter has frozen up this music for the thirdtime it invariably yields gracefully to the sun. Butthe pi-epcr-i have now bcon silenced for the fourthtime, mid all faith in the weather-wisdom ot theancients is shattered. Wo bavo enjoyed etherealmildil.'-e while thoro was skating ou tho Arno andthe lmiiilaiii ba-.ins ni Naples wero fringed withicicles. Perhaps the Italians will have their ro-

vi nia-o upon us yet beforo Mr. Vennor furnishes us

with a genuine article of well-established verualweather?

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The Republican party, boiug of age, is likely tohave its own wuy at Chicago.

It is a littlo unfortunate for the third term move¬ment tbat tho only popular demand for it conies

from tho .Solid South, where tho popular voting is allDemocratic.

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The anti-Grant Republicans of Maflsachuscrts aro

so certain of their ability to control the Conventionon Thursday by a handsome majority that tbey talkof carrying through tho resolution of 1875,eb -flaring that "sound reason, os well as the wisoaud utibrokeu usage of tho Republic.illustrated bvthe example ot Washington.requires that thetenure of the Chief Magistrate ol tho United Statesshould not exceled aseeeuiil term." They will prob¬ably have tbe strength to do this, but may decidethat it will be wiser policy not to force it.

Hendricks complains that Tildon never said aword to him after the election in '76. Aud if hehad. Hendricks could never have understood lurawithout a key. Mr. Tilden talked iu ciphers tbcu.

That enterprising Washington correspondent ofTammany's Star has starter! a tremendousdiscussion ou the subject of Tilden's physical con¬

dition. Ono newspaper announces officially tbat," .Mr. Tilileu docs not havo to bo turned in his bod,'ami this prompts another to ask: " Does he have tolu- turned out ol bed T" It will not bo surprising ifmine, rabid aiiti-Tilelenito cribs from tho ola'g.uitvaic-nliularv of .Moses presently and calla tbe Claim¬ant '' an ague-smitten Pariah."

'Ihe German voters ol -Massachusetts are said to beunanimously opposed to a third terra. If there is.any .State in tho Union wboro they aro not so op¬posed it is yet to bo heard from.

Isn't it an unnecessary display of liberality togive* the-Solid oom h the privilege of naming bothPresidential candidatesfPelton is tho only man who ever " got 'Hideo's

views," aud he couldn't uiidtir.ilaud mein.

i*-'-viiiiiiir retires permanently from the field, andtin mysterious starter of tho perioelic S-'eymour boomclasps ins hands and murmurs, with tho Italian toyballoon Teodor whose- battota of balloons slippedfrom bis grasp and Boated iuto space: "py tam,dire goes my pi_i.es.-i I"Thero is a noticeable lull in Democratic Presi¬

dential activity just uow, and tho cauue of it iseasily apparent. A few weeks ago, when General(Jrant's renomination seemed probable, every Dem¬ocrat in the land who nourished Presidential hopesbegan to bestir himself to see what he could do toget the nomination. Even Tilden felt the revivify¬ing eflects pf a tliird-tetr.n issue, uud decided, it wasgenerally believed, that it would bo worth hiswhile to go to the expense of running again. Thisactivity has been checked now by tho impressiveNorthern demonstration against a, third term. IfGiant is uot nominated, thero is scurcely a Democraiie aspiraat] who ts at all likely to be offered thenomination, who is anxious to have it.

The nomination of General Grant wonld put theRepublicans on the defensive, a position the mostdangerous for any party to occupy. Nominate anyono of the other gentlemen whose names are piorn-iii.-ntly before the public and an aggressive andBuci-cbsful campaign can be made.

Thoro has been auother Democratic "victorygloriously won" by the ohivalry of .moo City, Miss.Extra editions aunouncing the Joyful news werei -ned by the local newspapers. Ono of these saysthc election passed off " without any difficulty ofany consequence There were tbe oommou ¦*.*fights which ocour at every election, but no one washurt to Atiy serious extent." A. few niggers hadtheir heads punched, but what of thatf Tho tame"ixlia " co*. ou to say that the " fact lima dow be-c.-rnasoasteatod be. oad a doubt that tho true Domoo-

racv ls determined never to be put down by any op¬posing faction," and " lt if time for the negro to sciclur.. aw «. politio4t,l fa-ator lie vt dmod, tavtstat tattmeans of increasing the strength ot tnt) (tooth luthe electoral college and in Conferee*." If the negwdoesn't see it everybody else does. Northern Deco-oorats don't own np to lt quite so frankly as this,however. ____________

PERSONAL.

Prince Bismarck bas just celebrated bis sixty-seventh birthday io Berlin.Vice-President Wheeler is described aa being very

fond of animals, and often stopping daring hiswalks to stroke a stray cat or dog.The Empress of Russia is said to be kept alive by

morphine, dilated goat's milk and small sviooco ofraw meat put into strong bouillon.There is a rumor of the possible marriage of the

Princess Beatrice, of Britain, to Prince TomasAlbert Victor, Dake of Genoa, and younger brotherof Queen Margaret, of Italy.Mr. Henry L. Lamb, acting Superintendent of

the Banking Department, for whose place Mr. Hep¬burn has been nominated, is mentioned as the pos¬sible editor of The Albany Journal.Ex-Minister Washburne has been suffering dnring

tho past Winter from almost constant headaches.the result of tbe malaria of sewer-gas. He thinkstbat the Hot Springs have helped him.

Three farmer brothers of the late William CallenBryant live in Princeton. III. Tbey are describedas good, honest, and substantial men, only one, Mr.J. H. Bryant, having literary capacity. lie baswritten many poems, and published tbem, too. Hedwells in a handsome bouse, which was tbe gift ofhis distinguished brother.An article by Mr. Bret Harte on the Chinese in

California appears in German in the Vienna NeveFreie Prette. The paper congratulates its readers iaan editorial paragraph on the accession to the ranksof its contributors of a writer who, by the original¬ity of his genius, observation, and the power of hispen, has obtained an influence reaching far beyondthe boundaries of his own country. Mr. Harte'simper is a serious essay ou the Chinese problem onthe Pacific Coast, wbich must prove as instructiveas it is interesting to European readers.Mr. Francis Murphy bas received from divers

Philadelphia friends tbe gift of a house in tbatcity. Mr. Murphy took possession of his new homeon Saturday, for tbe first time in ten years gather¬ing his six children together under one roof. " Thelast time they were together," says The Reeord," was a year after Mrs. Murphy died, and when thefather had given up his life of dissipation, and badbegun, in a feeble way, to preach temperance. Hewns too poor then to support them, and placing tbegirls in an orphan asylum and the boys on farms,ho started ont on his crusade. When he had saved$40 be removed tho girls from the asylum andplaced them in Christian homes, where he ma.tained them."A curious letter, said to have been written by Na¬

poleon I. to his father when the future Emperorwas a mere child and a pupil at the military schoolat Drionne, lias just boen published in France. It isdated April 5,1781, and rans thas: " Father, ifyou or my protectors cannot alford me the means of

living more honorably in tbis house, bring me backhomo at once. I am tired of proclaiming my indi¬gence, and of seeing the sneers of insolent scholoiswhom nothing but their fortune elevates above me,but thero is not one who is not a hundred'pikes'bolow tbe noble sentiments which animate me. Isyour son to remain the laughing-stock of a fewpallogtwts, wbo, vain of thou own means of enjoy¬ment, insult ino by smiling at my privations f Ifyou are unable to afford me any improvement of mypositiou here, take me away from Brienne, and putmn into some mechanical position. From this offeryou may judge of my despair. Please believe tbatmy letter bas not boen dictated by the vain desireof indulging in expensive amnsemente,which 1 haveno taste for. I only want to be able to show that Ihave the means of procuring them like my compan¬ions. Your respectful and affectionate son, Buna-pa it c."Calcutta, April 12..Count Szechenyi has ar¬

rived, having accomplished his journey throughChina to Bbamo.Paris, April 12..Prince Hohenlohe, the German

Ambassador, will leave here on tbe 15th inst, onhis return to Berlin to assume the functions ofSecretary of Foreign Affairs.

.Paris, April 12..Pere Didon. tbe Dominican,has been rusticated by the general of his Order, andwill be interned in a small monastery of Carbaro,on the island of Corsica, inhabited by a half-dozenItalian monks.The story ot the capture of tbeDuke nnd Duchess of Saxc-Meiuingcn by Sicilianbrigands is untrue.

TEE DRAMA.

EDWIN BOOTH A8 HAMLET.Entering, last night, on the third week of his en¬

gagement at Booth's Theatre, Edwin Booth ap¬peared as Hamlet.the character with wbich hisname is inseparably associated; tho character bymeans of which he has so long diffused tbe en¬

nobling influence of a sublime ideal of haman na-?ore.Now, as on many previous occasions, reflection

upon tbis performance was stimulated in the direc¬tion of its poetry and spirituality of conception,and its sustained grace of executive treatment.Mr. Booth succeeds (as the actor who would depiotHamlet must succeed) in depicting a condition ofmisery so profound tbat lt fairly boras and glowswith the fiery vitality of its reaction upon tbe bur¬dened and tortured soul. There is hopeless dejec¬tion in this Hamlet; there is remediless grief; thereis an over-fraught sensibility, which, more thanonce, in its tremor under the vast and awful mys¬teries of the universe, and its confused and per¬plexed apprehension of its own woes, lapses intomadness; bat, there is no languor ; and, from firstto last, tbs penonabty, unique and invariably keptis majostic. noble, strangely forlorn, lovable in itawasted sweetness, pathetic in its ruined hope, andgrand in its sustainment above tbe delirinm of ahaunted mind aud tbe havoc of a despoiled and de¬jected lille.Mr. Booth hos acted Hamlet so often and so thor¬

oughly that his mechanism has bocome as Arm, asfinished, and as definite ns the links of a ctiainmail.accurate iu place, at every point, and complete,through oveiy intricacy, in form aud unison. Thepower of tho huniau imagination, to enable menand women to assume states of mind, and passthrough phases of feeling and experience, which itwonld be ruin and death actually to reach, wasnever hotter exemplified than in tbis matchless im¬personation. To contemplate that power is to lookiuto ourselves anet consider our spiritual destiny,and tims to rise in the dignity of immoit.il life.Thero was aumin a crowded house. The attend¬

ance, throughout Mr. Booth's engagement, bas beenBteadily large ; aud, as Mr. Booth holds up tbe dig¬nity of the dramatic profession, without overswerving one hail's breadth from the severest tastennd tho highest principles that can govern in thepursuit of art, this is a more than usually gratifyingcircumstance to record. The public, in some of itamoods, issupeiiicial, frivolous, and capricious; andtbe instances :ure few in which its collective judg¬ment upon art questions is intelligent and sounel;but, its intuitive perception can almost always botrusted, and almost always that perception ^cog¬nizes and staunchly cleaves to solid and permanentworth. Mr. Booth will repeat Hamlet lo-nisht, andon Wednesday, but on Thursday will change toErny Lear.JOHN T. RAYMOND AT THE BROOKLYN PARK.John T. Raymond began a week's engagement at

tho Park Theatre, Brooklyn, last evening, lu GeorgeF. Rowe's play of " Wolfer.". Roost." The play isquaint, humorous aud romantic, abounding iubright incidents. Mr. Raymond appeared as Icha¬bod Crane, which ho found thoroughly congenial tohis ecooutro humor. The cast inoluded M. B.Snyder as Bram Voa Brant, George Hollaud asEaltut Van lattel, J. J. Hollaud as Dolf Ilavintrav,Miss Artie W caver as Katrina and Mi&s Laura Bas-enmb as Emma Haverstratc. The play van smoothlytbroughoiy and was liberally applauded. Thesetue Mr. Raymond's farewell performances in thiscountry prior to bis departure for England to till aueimagement at tbe Gaiety Theatre. Loudon." Wolfer t's Roost" will be repented until Thursdayevening, when "Colonel Sol ors" will take its placefor tbe remainder of the week.

MR. LAVINE'8 CONCERT.Mr. John Lavine gave his Hftb annual concert las'*

night at Steinway Hall. HU, yearly benefits aremui-li above tho average of sr_ch affairs j the pro¬grammes are always good, the performer'son artists of rank, snd tbe audiencesare of tho best quality. Lat* evening tl**

gras* hall waa almost «ttreiy Sited, gad bb.plans* aod recalls ware ta olenty. Tbo prine-lpolpart ai tba e_t-M*tatuirw>ot was furnished by a baradcomposed In pott of met*ben of tb* PhdhsrssBateSociety and dire*tod by Theodore TO-enae, atrd theorchestral selections comprised several -MVttfMpieces wbleh have not boon beard bat. oftoa of htf*years.Hamerick-s First None Suite, lAtrntft adopta-tion of tbe Beethoven Andante Cantabile, C_er-ubioi'e overture to "Lea AbenceVagea,'' andother works. Miss Thnnby contributed someexcellent singing, both with orchestra aodplano. Messrs. 8. B. Mills and Max Pinner wero an¬nounced for Mo-art's Double Cooceito. bat ba eon-sequence of tbe severe illness ot Mr, Mills this ooaldnot be given, and at the last momeat Mr. Adolp-0Fischer, tbe admirable violoncellist, tendered bisservices for a performance of SerV-lr "-ooraniede Spa."MISS FANNY DAVENPORT IN BROOKLYN.M:ss Fanny Davenport appeared last sight rn

Haverly'e Theatre, Brooklyn, in " Tbo New Leah*Tbe plot of tbe play Ut too well known to requiredescription. Miss Davenport does not appear in itto so much advantage as tn some of bec other roles,bat ber acting In tho third act aroaaed tbo eottau-siasm of tbe audience. In tho earoo teene,also, she called oat mach applause. EdwinF. Price, who took tb* part of Rudolph, alao wotthe favor of bbl bearers* The eoinpany, with temexceptions, is the same that appeared lately at tbsGrand Opera House lu tbis city. Tbe olav aili ftolajthe boards for to-night, and Cysabeline,"" Divorce " and "Aa Yon Like It» will follow.The engagement of Miss Davenport lo for ono Week00^r#

THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.Frank Mayo will clone his engagement al

the Olympic Theatre next Saturday night. He kai revlved Dary Crockett, bot, on friday nish*, be will essfor bis benefit.Hamlet, and on Saturday will appear ssJHeAard III. Tbs Holman **"oglUb Ollera Troups* ts teperform st tbe Ol rm plo Theatre next week." My Partner " waa revived last night, at the

Union Square Theatre, aad Mr. Louis AlJrloh, ia taochief part, was welcomed with much cordiality.Lotta, at the Park Theatre, played aad prattled tarongathe blatalr rotnantlo melodrama of "Zip".VannyDavenport came forth at Ha verly's Theatre, lo Brook¬lyn, taLeaA.A chango of Mil will oecur at WslUck'sTbeaire next Momiar.Mr. Mac-aye's drama. "UssslKirke," is up lor a lGO-nij-bt ron, at too Mudlsoo SquareTheatre.

GENERAL NOIRE.

A fatal university dael wan fought a fort-niKht a_o near Gottlagen betweens . student of lew,Herr Krieger, snd a referendary; Herr Leismann. Theweapons were sabres. In tbo cooise ot the flgbt HerrLeUuiaun received an onparrlod cot In tbe breast,wMehpenetrated through tho breast-bone ant) st ones killedbun. On hearing ol tu. death tal* tip-agonist at oucs«flve himself up to tn. police, bat wss .release- ou bail.There was a sadden blaze in the Mile End

Road. London, a fortnight ago. Owing to a collision be¬tween a van aod a truck, two barrels of parsffln oilwere thrown on the road, willoh ls paved with wood atthis part, aud tbe contemn upset. A street arab whowas standing by selling uaaioi.es Immediately seised tbsoDportuuity, lighted a fusee and "brew it into tbe oil,wbich was of course Instantly lo flames. Several per¬sons narrowly escaped being burnt, and by tbe timitbe fire cnsrin-n could be brought to tbe place- a arealportion of tbe wood pavement was completely burntthrough. Toe urchin who eaused tbe mischief promptlydisappeared. ,

An extraordinary tale of martyrdom io tbeRussian church ls told by Figaro, lo 1893 tbe ste-raniof a Russian landowner was murdorcd lo tbe district otKtefl. A priest named Kobytowic. was aocoscd of thodeed, and, lo spite of his protests of Innoeenee, be wnsU-supported to Siberia, where he was forrrotten. Theother day an old peasant admitted on his death-bed tbatbe waa tbe murderer, tbat bo bad couttst*od tbe crime iotbe priest in question, and obtained bis . biol oe lon. Tbspriest, however, having received the confession undertbe usual seal of eecreoy, could nm divulge lt, and pre¬ferred to undergo tbe terrible punishment Id tbe mine,of -iberia to departing from bis dury. Tbe authorities'al once sought for too priest amoDg the prisoner., botbe bad died a few mouths before tbe disclosure.The text of the Government decree* against

religious communities lu France is in the fies of tbalatest fairelgo mall. The Ant of these concerns tbsJesuits only, wlnle tie second affects all other onau*.holtze. oougre_-tlons. Wltb regard to tke Soetety ofJesus the decree says t " Tbe Government cc-siderlnatbat further tolerance ennnot be extended to a societysgalnst which tbe National sentiment bas declareditself on different cooaslons and agata quite re-featly; deeming that it would be neither Ournie not

dliet-ifled to allow tbe socluiy to seek for an official sn-thoriz.-tion, wbleh would assuredly be refused ; tiav lat¬in view tho orgaulo law of 1302 and other laws still Inforce; and, lastly, being at the same time desirous tcavoid Imparting to the execution ot ihoso laws the sppearuuee of individual measures of persecution, havsresolved tbat the said .association shall be dissolved,and tbe establishments occupied by the members shallbo closed nnd vacated within a period of three months,a term which may be prolonged uutil August 81,1880,In the case of educailoual establishments attached totho society.M Tbe second decree enumerates theformalities which other nou-antborised confraternitieswill have to fnlflt. It consists of ten articles,and ptovidss tbat uueut-orised ootiirregattobs otherthan those beloDginjr to ibe Josuits mont ¦¦inuitlimlr bu tuted to tito autborttie-e, and apply to tbe Gov¬ernment for cc.il authorization. Such bodies as shallnot tusk for or eventually obtain tho BBBUBBBBJ author!'satlou will be declared dissolved.Mr. Gladstone _ relations to the new Gov¬

ernment, if a ebange should be effected, wore .discussedby himself In Midlothian on tbs eve of the election. LordGrey bad condemned the present Government, bat badconfessed tbat he was afr-ild a Liberal administrationcoming lu under the preseot circumstances would bestill worse. " Mr. Gladstone," Lord Grey bsd said," lsvery likely not to be the bead of tbo Government,or a member of tho Government, but at the same Hmobe would govern tbe Government." In reply Mr. Glad¬stone said: " You could not bavo a system more alicato tho spirit of the Constitution I ban a rjreiem anil_rwhlcb a certain set of men are held up to the countryas tbe responsible Ministers, and behind these men aprivate Individual man, an Independent member of Par¬liament, who uses these responsible MinUtsrs, as Mspuppets, sad govsrns tho country through them. Inmy opinion that srstem woold be se bad tbat I shouldalmost acne with Lord Urey that we bud better iosvethlum ss the-y are. Baton whom does be make this im¬putation I I am flattered by it. He thinks I am a maoIn surb h position that I ean tinto power without respon¬sibility. But to whom ls lt otuerwiso than fl-.tierin_ tTo tue tv., men who for severs! years past -ave beenactlD_iis th'* recognised leaders of tbe Liberal party,and whom I have always told you I bavo uo otoer per-eoual desire, iii.m to follow. I mean Lord Granville andLord liuii'ng'oii."

~f1jB~LIC OPINION".

If Blame boats Sherman in Ohio andplotix-it Ui-tnc under tu Illinois oe ougat tn bo sble to¦.list wiriioiu any more grandeur tor a year or so..[Wtv.liiUa.toa Po it (Oem.)Tho sooner Mr. Tilden nnd Mr. Kelly cease

to be disturbing eieiueuw tbo betrsr will tbe Democracybc pions -il aud the more reasonably assured of victory.[Augusta, Un., Clirontclu (Dem.) 4The Connecticut Democracy, with an eye to

tho ni.nu clian.'e, aro now instated to abandon Dlr. Til-din b i'.msc i xp-ili'iico bas led them to Dclleve that hewill not take the offla-** of Presldeut by force providedbc is not ole c ted to u.- [S-. w-Loudou Telegram (Kop.)

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NO GRANT BOOM TS OHIO.Front The Cc-lumbus (Ohio) Dispatch {lad.)The Siieriuau men allege that the Blaine

dlve-rteio.'i in ibis state Isa Gram movement In diegul.**-,while tho lllaine mun assert that tbe Sherman menfitvoi (.rant rather than Dtatne. And ouch squarelydeny tlicfetiitiiucntsof tao other. Tho disposition toKct rid a.r tin: (irani aspersions ls pretty gooa evidencethat oi mun facilou nani tbe Impression to prevail thalthey favor Gruut, und ls euough to cou vince any e.nethai tue ibird-terui ousluess ls not popular wliu tueKe-.uii.loi.iu of Ohio. Nobody wau ts tj father it.

AN AMIAPLE DELUSION.-Vina rAe Vicksburg Herald tltsm.i

\Vc assert only the truth when we any tbaScum iMaU'.il rut-acr e'ustiiu. di lout lcd by Join Bayard,thiiu bo tho ai.mis ot i>lcctla.' San; Tilden. Tho very fuelof Mr. Biiynrei's nullity to eenuin!.? curry the South willuiii.it* him liio-ur-tnili) in New-York. All (bis rear), uliii.holds good w.fhiTgird to fbe oilier SUtoa nieuuoued.Mr. BHyurd rsa .-uij-ej.y carry lottiauo, foi* Hf. Ileiidric-t,we ore proud to sa;, is not one or the dog-ln-tbe-mssgdafltlud, aud will ontbusioetlially support Mr. Bayard ssMr. Bayard woud bim If bu should tte so foriuosto.¦WewJsrsoy and Lonnectlent are reasonably eenuin,wi.b a fair chance tor Matt aubusetts and Ore*_on. Il antDemocrat cati carry thou.', Mr. Bayard li thai mao.

CALLI.VG TOR A SACRIFICE OF TILDEN..**¦""* tamMemo tis Apptl (Tam.)The public good now requires that Tilden bo

sacrl-ccd, and loving tbe D-nn.c.atic puny and lt., prin¬ciples uiot-u tuan uit-u, 1 kt Appeal bas cried oar, Crucifyevery aspirant w ho stantis tu un iDipedim >tit to tbe har¬mony and screes* of tbo party. Pot Uv; lunotbs TntAppeal bas bitterly opposed tbe uomio.itioi ot Tilden.Belying upon tbs rectitude e.f our purposes, .iud lacposing implicit tttiib iu tbe policy we had sdopted eadcouQifeuoe la tbe wls.loin of Ibe piople, we were era-tensto watt for our vlndleauoD, and wt* did n jt have letag towail j for the ie ts nol uow tho remotest pesflMitty ot11 Idea's nomination. It :s folly, madness, to mik aboutuomiuating a man bated lu mt oura -Ute sud asnop*alar in the feat-, Tboughu-,1 mad p.itda-t nurnselona«_-rog_rd»t]4iaf*i as an avallaMs e-us-M-te. Give as^ajftu0.8rynu.ar. Field or Jewell, and. tae -**-io-rs«eU-sts m\U mm iuto tbe Ust Ho wita Orsd bloo 1. Ui.oiiblngMttit: and amid shouts of victory they will pleat Vtotli-.mullahmt b luuvr-aurpoa um rtwn-ssrts ol arvuieU su-l*af_oaui.'.,*edtri.-r--jr. :u*