The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-01

no such mIscnievous old gray baboon has dis
surbed the dislocaed politics OF these sorry times
he played 1alleyrand, without the genius OF that
PAD man. Sir Walter Scott, In one OF MS novels,
describes monkey as perching himself outside the
Ing from the govt. and mimicking all the contor-
lions OF face his equity master made. Snch was the
little man, or manikin. Theirs, TO his exempar,
Taeyrand All creatures are drawn rresstibly,
to their proper level. Theirs has reached hs-the
political gutter
Concludes the Catholic Frecmon's Jomnal:-
The hopeful anticipation is now, that, under the
firm hand OF Marshal MacMahon, France will cool
down from the unhealthy lever OF revoiutionism !;
and then. In mode consistent with the traditions
or the days OF her glory. decide on whether not
a century OF disaster is TO he succeeded by Il re-
vivaI OF her old glories. Frenchmen, your king
Henry ", IL comingl
SO, it may be. IL the guillotine
The Hebrep Il der says one of the best Sc
lections made by the Mayor in his recent ap-
pointments was that of Myer Stern for one of
the Commissioners of Charities and Correc-
ton.
The .Je,oish Messenger gives as "hint to
the Mayor" to appoint Hebrew one of the
new Police Justices That would remind one
Of the times of the late Mordecai M. Noah.
The 'Feast of Weeks"-a Jewish festival
is the subject of editorial remarks in several OF
the local Jewish journals.
The Liberal Christian, remarking upon the
tendencies of ceremonial worship, taking the
services at Trinity church on Ascension Day
rs text, says
Now. to hear any sort OF luxurious clergy
clothed IN purple and fine linen and Iaring stump
tuOusly every day, surrounded by splendid flowers
and Tapped in costly music, ana supported by
people who have to trade and buy and sell to raise
the means OF sustaining these clergymen, and
building costly temples-speaking OF the world and
Its necessary ways OF wealth and commerce and
or God, wrong not in their excuses or when I'M
controlled and untempered by religious ialtli put
70 make angels weep and devils laugh.
The Methodist regards the news from France
rs ominous. It believes it to be a studied
scheme of conspiracy on the part of the
royalists for the restoration Of monarchy.
some thing, however," remarks the editor of
the Methodist, 1--WE may be sure namely,
that all reactions for monarchy in France
must have their own reactions against it.
Self-government is now an inherent, indie
structible tendency of Western Europe
The Jeaoish Times, in the absence of any
local or modern topic of discussion, touches
on the Anniversary of the Decalogue" an
anniversary that should be observed by all the
peoples of the earth.
The Boston Pilot 'phnnix' d. again-for
its proprietor loses some forty thousand dol
lars by the last Boston confagration-sti
pitches into the 0. U. A. NJ. Ii it keeps on
it will make the go. u. s. like the II, o.
U.S." one of the greatest organizations in the
land.
The sum of our gleanings from our religious
contemporaries in regard to affairs in France
is that monarchy may be re-established, but
that reaction in favor Of the Republic will
not be remote.