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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09
American Absentceism.

Seven steamships left New York for Europe
yesterday, carrying large number Of passen-
gers. Within the last fortnight twenty-six
left for the same destination, and nearly all
well supplied with first class passengers who
90 abroad to spend money and to enjoy them
selves During the year there are not less,
probably, than between five and six hundred
steamship departures from this port for
Europe with first class passengers. Not hav-
ing the statistics before us we take this as
low average. Taking the number of passen-
gers on Q vessel, one with another, to be
eighty, we should have an exodus of over
forty thousand people. There may be few
returning Europeans in this number, but
nearly all are Americans. Now, supposing
each American spends three thousand dollars
on this European excursion-and that is a
small amount--the total sum would be near q
hundred and twenty millions. We have no
doubt that our absentees who 60 to Europe
spend hundred millions at least. And this,
it must be remembered, is all in gold-gold
which is left OIL the other side Of the Atlantic.
As an offset to this the two to three hundred
thousand emigrants bring some specie, but
not more than twenty millions, If as much.
Eighty millions Of the precious metals yearly
leave us. then, with the absentees and 60
into that mysterious gulf where we never see
them again. Were 10 not for the wonderful
resources and constantly increasing produc-
tions Of the country we should soon feel this
drain as aureIv "A Ireland has felt for Arcs
the drain of her wealth by the absentee land
lords. We are to a much greater extent
than people Imagine the toilers--the hewers
of wood and drawers Of water-for European
capitalists, merchants and traders. In this
we may see in a measure the reason why the
balance of trade is generally against US,
and why, with all our vast wealth aud re-
sources, we find II difficult to reach specie
payments.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

THE CLERKS in the general Post Once are
in great dudgeon over m order Of the Post
master prohibiting them from even dreaming
Of their usual few days vacation out OF town
this summer, It would be interesting to know
what gave rise to such singular prohibition.
No class Of clerks in the city stand so much ia
need Of q little country air and recrea ,Aon
during the summer as the Woodworking Post
Once clerks. BY all means, Genera. Jones.
let the boys have their annual bressh'nc
Spall
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09
The French Ambassador as Rome.

Some time ago 1t was announced that in case
the King of Italy made Rome the capital of his
kingdom the Pope would take up his abode in
Corsica. The HERALD always combated this
intention, advising His Holiness to remain in
the Eternal City, or if he left II 1t all only to
leave it for the sake of coming to New York.
A cable despatch which We printed yesterday
contained the gratifying intelligence that the
Pope had advised M. Theirs that he would
remain in Rome, and to-day we have the news
that the French Charge Affaires has taken up
his residence near the Italian Court. France
was the only Power upon which the Holy See
could look for opposition to Italian unity, and
this action puts away any expectation that
there can be a reversal of what is already
accomplished.
We think all that has been done will prove
to have been done for the best, both for the
Church and for the world in general, and we
are happy to record the graceful manner in
which His Holiness accepted the situation. y
He did not hold ont to the last, expecting
France to intervene, and either by diplomacy
or war to set aside the work of the Italians.
When the King came to Rome it was the Pope
himself who relieved France from making an
Intellectual opposition to the Italian purpose
and electrified the people Of all lands by telling
them, through the French government, that in
becoming the capital Of Italy Rome has not
ceased to be the capital OF the Christian world.
Had his decision been otherwise we should
have deplored it, because, in this relief from
mere municipal cares and from the distractions
Of temporal affairs of no great moment, the
chief Bishop of the Church will have more time
TO look after the spiritual welfare of his people.
The Church Of Rome can never cease to be
q very great power, and it will become more
powerful as IL becomes more purely spiritual
| in its work The temporal rule Of the Pope
was a hindrance rather than q help. but ST.
| Peters and the Vatican cannot be separated
| from all our ideas Of the administration Of the
Holy See, and, consequently, the determine
ton OF the Pope cannot fail TO be hailed with
| joy In the Roman Catholic churches OF every
land to-day. 1t will add something to the so.
lemnity of Christian worship wherever the
/ news is told but, while the fact that the Holy
| See still continues in the Eternal City is re
ceived with rejoicing, there need be no sorrow
because Rome ia also the capital Of Italy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09
New Guinea To BE Ceded to Gren
Britain.

New Gu1Eoa To he CedoQ 10 0rcnt
Britain.
A cable despatch which we print this morn
ing informs us that the Second Chamber Of
the Parliament of the Netherlands has ratif ed
the treaty for the cession of the Island of New
Guinea, in the Pacific Ocean, to Great Britain.
New Guinea, as all the world knows, has
hitherto been a Dutch possession. To the
Dutch it has been of little value. 1t has only
power of Holland once was. To farseeng
politicians, however it has long been known
to be an island of very considerable value.
1t is one of the largest of the islands of the
South Pacific 1t lies Immediately to the north
of Australia Hitherto, we must admit, it has
been of little value. 1t is too near the Equator
to be of great use to the Anglo-Saxon family,
or, indeed, to any of the races Of Europe
But an island whose area is not less than
two hundred and fifty thousand square
miles and lying so near Australia and
In the great pathway of commerce between
the New World and the East was not to be
held of no account. If it did not become
British it must have become American. The
thoughtful statesmen of Great Britain, with q
keen eye to the future, and not blind to the
possibility Of the independency Of Australia,
have taken steps which, as the news proves,
will add this large island to the British en-
pre- To the kingdom of Holland it has never
been Of any value. The new condition of
things in Europe is not promising for Holland.
1t is well to make bargain in time. We are
not sorry that Great Britain has made this
fresh acquisition for 1t will be gain to the
great English-speaking peoples. In spite of a
possible battle of Dorking and other battles,
the English-speaking peoples-Great Britain
and the United States of America-must con.
tinue their grand r5le, and more and more
make themselves the masters of the world
To the English-speaking peoples is given the
privilege of making an end of the curse o
Babel. 1t will be their fault If the privilege
| is lost In this view Of the case the cessior
Of New Guinea to Great Britain must be re
garded as gain to the cause Of civil cation
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

PAIpoNED All LAsT-The too much married
ox-Congressman Bowen was born under
lucky star. Few men have experienced
greater vicssitudes of fortune, aud few men
have received more substantial favors of the
tickle goddess. His greatest luck, however,
bcfeli him yesterday, when he became re-
cipient of Executive clemency, the President
having yielded to the opportunities Of Bowen's
friends aud granted him pardon for the
offence TO which he had been sentenced
to serve two years in the Albany
Penitentiary. Bowen says he is the victim Of
. malicious prosecution, and that previous to
his trial hie enemies offered to withdraw the
suit against him IL be would discontinue his
contest to the seat In Congress now held by
the colored Congressman DE Large. Bowen
promises TO publish complete statement Of
the whole affair, which will contain an insight
Into the manner in which political affairs are
manipulated both in South Carolina and
Washington.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

CHANGES OF Posi- OPFIoK NAMES.
absurd changes Of the names of places by the
Post Office Department 10 complained Of with
much reason by Long Island correspondent.
The old Indian designations ought to be pre-
served wherever it is possible, but the ex-
change of even the most unpronounceable OF
them for such names az our correspondent In
stances is reprehcnsible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

A DKrALoArroN is reported in the Savannah
(Ga) Custom House. The amount Is only
eleven thousand dollars--not enough to admit
the officer into the ranks Of respectable
swindlers. Sympathizing party friends at the
North are credited with an effort to raise funds
sufficient to make good tho dsfacauop,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

France is gradually but surely raising her
self from the humbled position which the war
with Germany brought her to. The new loan
has proven success, and the manner in which
it has been taken up by the people proves that
they are not only sincere and determined, but
that they are resolved to stand by the govern
ment which was called into existence when
the fate of the empire was sealed. Paris,
which at one time was the resort and the
admiration of travellers who focked there
from every cline, but which in the dying
hours of the Commune was disfgured
aud mutilated, will again become under the re-
public as grand and as glorious as in the most
brilliant days of the empire. The ruined
buildings will be restored the repositories of
art will be again made worthy of the treasures
which await q place within their walls; the
commerce of the nation will be revived, and
the whole machinery Of industry throughout
the land will, in the immediate future, be Sc,
in motion. The progress Of events in France
at this moment, under republican sway,
leads us to anticipate grand future
for the French nation. The recent elections
have shown the utter hopelessness Of the
cause OF both the imperialists and monarchists.
Before they took place the advocates of either
system saw only the success and regeneration
of France in the adoption Of either form OF
government, but the decision of the people
has shown that under the banner Of republl-
canism the country can attain height Of pros
perity which the nation has never yet reached.
With proper administration Of affairs, then,
we have every reason to expect that the course
Of republican France will be happy, free and
,roapprous
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

When the dissolution of this vast, deca yed and
helpless empire Of the Turk commences it may
be bloody work, but it will be rapid and COM
plete. Then the old land of the twelve tribes
of Israel may be reopened to them, under the
protection Of the great Powers of Europe, aud
then the city Of Zion may flourish again, and
even the desert may be made to ''blossom like
the rose"
Furthermore if, as Moses tells us, there is
gold in the land of Havilah, 'and the gold of
that land is good" and ''there is bdellium
and the onyx stone" we say that with the
building of the proposed railway these precious
minerals will be discovered, and will probably
develop another Anglo-Saxon Australia in a
very short time around the ancient Garden Of
Eden. In their geological character the noun
tans around the Dead Sea are very much like
those around our Great Salt Lake in Utah,
and the mines of silver lately discovered in
those Utah mountains are astonishing even to
the old silver miners of Nevada The bitumen
of the Dead Sea was the article of great
trade with ancient Egypt, and there is proba-
bly, more petroleum in and around the Caspian
than in the whole State Of Pennsylvania. No
doubt, with the construction of this proposed
Asatic railway great discoveries of precious
minerals, including coal and iron, will be made
with the incidental explorations in the coun-
tries traversed, just as the Asiatic section of
our own Continent which was supposed to be
worthless, is, with our Pacific Railway, proved
rich In its mineral deposits beyond all calcu-
latiOn.
The Crescent in the East must give way to
the Cross, and the greatest and best mission
aries of the Cross are the press, the railway
and the telegraph. Let them be carried into
and moral will follow from ancient Tyre and
Sidon to old Babylon and the Garden of Eden.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

ELfIE 'N ''''' ''
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09

these very professors were asked which was
the greatest Of the ancient philosophers, there
ia scarcely one of them who would not men
ton Socrates, for the most stupid Of their
pupils could tell them as much from their
primers Yet Socrates was the uncomprom!s-s
ing opponent of the idea Of giving science the
pre-eminence Most Of the sophists maintained
then that there is nothing like science, pee
cisely as our professors do now. Those not
aware of the views Of the philosopher on the
subject may turn to the STheaetetus, or On
Science in the works of Plato. Here il will
he seen how much novelty there is in the ar
gumeuts adduced against the dead Ian
guages" and 10 favor of the sciences, for the
most eminent geometricians and scientific men
appear as the Jealous advocates Of the latter
No competent Judge can read this dialogue
withou. acknowledging that Socrates had care
fully studied the sciences. He Was too wise
n deny their utility. or to pretend that none
should study them. What he did deny most
smphasicelly was that any acquaintance how
ever familiar, with the sciences constitutes
philosophy, or sufficiently cultiyates the intel
lest His fundamental principlefwas know
thvse,f." II was from him Pope learned that
t.the proper study Of mankind is man. hus
few of sny age understand this-that is, few
understand that no. science was ever dis
| covered without the study Of human thought.
lit can be said, THAT the written language OF
any great people is dead, It can be said With
at least equsl truth that the intelligent cu'tivs
ton OF a nroduces life and multtpliss It. til
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-15
A Grammatical Decision.

The New York Tribune decides
that the plural of titmouse is tit
mouses, and not titmice. con the
same principle" says another pa.
per, "the plural of a tailor's goose
must be gooses, as indeed we hold
that it ls."
This reminds us o fan anecdotc con-
cernlng a country merchant who
wanted two OF those tailor's irons,
several years ago, and wrote to
Messrs. D. & S., hardware merchants,
then doing business in Boston. He
first wrote this order:
"Please send me two tailor's
gooses."
Thinking this was bad grammar, lie
destroyed 1t, and wrote this one
"Please send me two tailor's geese. "
Upon reflection, he destroyed this,
also, for fear he would receive live
geese. He thought over the mat
ter until he was very much worried,
and finally in moment of despera-
ton, he seized his pen and wrote the
following. which was duly mailed.
"Messrs. d. & S.-Please send ne
one tailor's goose, and, d-n it, send
me another"
This was the only way he knew 10
order two of them, but of course he
had not read the above wise decis-
ion
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-15
Fatal Accident In IOwa-A Dream
that Came True.

On last Friday, saws the Fayette
County (Iowa) Union, VIM. b. Nc
Cherry, the proprietor of the mill at
West Auburn, was coming home
from Ossian with his mother, on
wagon loaded with goods. When
just opposite Jacob Rosters on the
Ossian DAD, his horses attempted to
run, and he pulled them back then
the traces became unhitched and the
horses made a lunge TO the left of the
road. Mr.. McClcery's mother only
remembers that her son went head
foremost across her lap. In about
one half an hour after Mr.. Ingersoll,
Of this place, came along and found
Mr.. McCleery lying beside the road
and the wagon sort distance off up
side down, and Mr.. McCleery's moth
err underneath He released tie old
lady, and went for help at the house
of Jessie Philips, who lived near by.
Mr.. McCleerv was found dead, with
his neck and skull broken and his face
crushed. The old lady was badly in
.iured but will probably recover
Mrs. Jordan, says the Union, the wife
of the proprietor of the Hilton House
at Ossian, is sister of VIM. B. Nc
Celery, who met with this awful, un-
expected death. Mr.. McCleery and
his mother, left the Hilton House On
Friday, in very good spirits. Friday
night Mrs. Jordan awoke her hus-
band, and told him she had dreamed
a horrible dream. Tha, she had seen
her hrother William killed. Mr.. Jor
dan told his wife that it was impossi-
BILE, and after much persuasion she
laid down to sleep. About daylight
Saturday morning, messenger, who
had been sent to convey the sad IL
dlngs, knocked at the door. Before
going to see who knocked at the door
Mrs. Jordan sprang from her bed,
saying" l knew it I knew it They
haye come to tell u.s." Sure enough
the dream proved terrible reality.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-15
Making Love up 4 Spout.

In Seville, Spain, there is in use
most felicitous invention III the way
of making love clardestinely. After
dark, young cabelleros steal beneath
their lady's lattlce-which, per-
chance, is in the third story. and softly
unscrewiny the handle of their walk
ing sticks, proceed to extract TO n
the same, length after length of hol-
low tubing, screwing them together
after the;tashion OF Japanese fishing
pole. A mouth piece is fitted to
each end, and one end raised to the
window above. Soon by the aid Of
this improvised speaking tube, two
souls with certain unanimity OF
thought and two hearts with pos
sible uniformity Of pulsation are soft
~ communing.
Now all this is very nice, seduc-
lively romantic and all that sort of
thing, but mark what the knowledge
Of it brought to a certain youth Of
Baltimore. He had read of it or
heard of 1t, and happened to have a
surreptitlous affection tor young
and romantic maiden, which affection
she as surreptitionsly reciprocateG,
he determined with her conniyance
to avail himself of 1t. He got tin
pipe Of the desired length made, and
in the end Of 1t placed, tor want Of
better mouth piece, small funnel.
Delicious conversation went on, he
sitting Oh the top Of water barrel
and she leaning from widow
above. They would converse for
hours, and exchange all the soft non.
sense in the world, and then he
would unship his apparatus. put his
funnel in his pocket, wrap the pieces
up in newspaper, and go home in
condition of ethereal bliss.
But the course Of true love never
did run smooth. One evening the
old gentleman, smoking in the back
garden at an unusual hour, saw the
young gentleman arrive, fix up his
apparatus and commence his soul
communing operations. He made
up his mind in a. minute. He went
into the kitchen, got pitcher OF
boiling water, and off he posted, up
stairs. Just as he reached his daugh-
ter's door he commenced calling her.
She, telling her lover 70 wait mo-
ment, came to the door. "Nelly,
my dear, run to my room and get
my spcctacles, I'll wait here till you
come down." She disappeared up
stairs and he stole cautiously to the
window. The moment he touched
the funnel the amorous and unsns-
pecting youth clapped his mouth to
tie tube to resume where he had
broken off-"my darling, you cannot
imagine" Just then the old gen
tleman commenced assiduously fill
ing tie funnel with the hot water,
and the rest, Of the miserable youths
sentence was never heard. he
wore -four on his face for fortnight,
and declined going into society just
at present.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-15
The Oyster.

Of all the fall fruits we relish none
better than the oyster. We like the
oyster. He is full of meat aud fat
with goodness. He holds his jaw and
doesn't go blowing around about
what jolly fellow he is; he doesn't
break into houses and steal; he
doesn't play base ball. Solah God
bless the man who first discovered
his fine points and introduced him
into society. May he rest in heaven
Gil q bed Of oysters, may little min
nows nibble his toes, and may his
pockets be forever filled with red APP
pies. The oyster Is q good egg
Pella Blade.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-15

A queer character in New York by
the name of Matthew Callaghan has
a unique claim on the United States
Government. In 1873 this worthy
gentleman was struck by the accum-
ulation Of dead letters" in the post
office at Washington. and conceived
or says he conciev ed, which is not
perhaps, quite the same thing-the
idea OF putting the address OF the
sender on the out side of letters, so
that in ease letter failed to be de-
livered to the address it could be re-
turned to the sender without passing
through the dead-letter office. A law
was passed subsequently to that ct
feet, and Mr.. Callaghan asks only
$50, 900 for saving the country many
millions of dollars. The idea was
certainly a good one, butt would be
a better idea that could, under the
circumstances. get $50, 900 out Of
our benevolent Government. Mr..
Callaghan will have to take to max
ing statues. 7Aatpays.