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or any of his favorites. Massachusetts has
been submitted to an extraordinary test.
When a man like General Grant makes Ben
jamin f. Butler his proconsul he means
something by it. That, at all events, is fact
in no ways obscure. General Butler has been
and Is now his political proconsul in New
England All the might of the ad-
ministration machinery, guided by the
ablest and the boldest if at the same
time the most reckless and daring leader
in the party, has been thrown upon
Massachusetts to achieve q certain result.
The result will be seen in this Senatorial con-
test. If General Grant can control the new
Senator, in spite of all that has been said and
done recently, he may well count upon Mas
fortunes. And if independent, opinionated,
revolutionary Massachusetts is in his train he
may well count upon the organization through
out the country. There is the South to obey
him. Conkling, Cameron, Sherman, Blaine,
Morton, Logan, Brownlow-all captains and
thousands, will give him accomplishing al
legiance. They represent what the procon-
sui, Butler, represents in New England, au-
thority, discipline, absolute obedience to the
supreme will of the party, and Immediate exc
cution for those who, like Sumner and Schurz,
choose to mutiny.
Therefore the Massachusetts, election as
sumes national phases. A revolution threatens
General Grant He is menaced on all sides
with angry followers. II the revolution comes
good night to him, to his party and follow
ers ''good night, or sink or SWIM" So far as
he is concerned even that result would not be
terrible. General Grant alone of his party,
has nothing to lose. He has won and worn
all the honors. He can afford to take any
new departure, any desperate adventure;
for defeat to him means that he
shall retire with every honor that
has ever been bestowed upon an American
citizen. His policy either means new depar-
ture and desperate adventure or nothing at
all His followers are the veterans Of the
republican party-its regular army, whose
trade is Office, and who would rather fight
for power than attain it without contest
Defeat to them means more than it does to the
President. 1t closes their career midway in
the flush and enjoyment of power, with thou
sand hopes unsatisfed. The President can
endure this, for he has gained everything and
defeat is nothing But what would be the
result of success?
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operate Sweetness Long Drawn Out

operate Sweetness Long Drawn Out.
Four mortal hours of lyric drama, with
hardly q moments rest from the continued
efforts of eighty singers and seventy instru-
mentalists kings, mobiles and men at arms,
rich costumes and glittering armor, can
hardly be regarded in the light of an amuse-
ment. If opera progresses in this way, as the
Emusic of the future" indicates, it will have
to be divided like those wonderful Chinese
dramas that continue for months like q story
in family paper. Indeed, the composer of
"Lohengrin," the latest sensation on the
boards Of the Academy not content with its
vast proportions has another work in hand
called ''The Ring of the Nibelungen," which
will require four nights for its complete per-
Torrance. We have the benefit Of Paris and
London in the priority of representation Of
Wagner's latest work, perhaps because opera
habituks in those cities desire to watch the
symptoms of such strong potion on the more
robust systems of the American public, so as
to be able to determine what they themselves
might be able to bear. Many even in the
presence of the lyric army which Wagner
brings into the field, will sigh involuntarily
for the bright melodies and green musical
pastures of bygone composers
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dignity Of guardian of the public peace would
receive preliminary training before being
intrusted with the club of authority. Gem
erai Duryee's notion of drilling the policemen
would not help us out of our present difficulty.
what Is needed is the self-restraint which can
be acquired by healthy instruction, and the
PRONUNCIATION OF regulation furnishing with
instant dismissal the use of the club or pistol,
unless IN extreme cases, where there was good
ground to believe the officers life or that OF
some citizen might be in danger.
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oilers whose schemes for public robbery are
called laws; for it is not ignorance that is at
the bottom of this financial iniquity. They
know well enough what the general welfare
demands, but they do not care for the general
welfare. If measure is Immediately though
only temporarily good for their section, and
involves inevitable disaster to all the rest OF
the country, and even dishonor, and these
facts do not weigh against it with party,
that party is utterly immoral and rotten, and
its obliteration is the only hope and safety OF
the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-24
The American Volcano and the Eng
liSh Tidal Wave.

The concurrence of the volcanic disturb
ance in North Carolina and the great tidal
inundation of the east coast of England have
raised the question whether the two phe-
nomena have any connection. Sir Charles
Lyell, the great geologist, has asserted that
the American coast in Georgia and the Caro-
linas is subject to subsidenco; and this fact,
taken in connection with the rumblings of
Bald Mountain, suggests an agitation extend
ing far into the waters of the Atlantic The
undulation of the ocean from the great Lis
bon earthquake produced a marine wave
which crossed the whole Atlantic, three thou
sand seven hundred and twenty-eight miles,
Indian shores of Barbados and Martinique
and in 1854 the Japanese earthquake sent It's
sea wave across the North Pacific and piled up
its waters on the Californian coast. II does not
appear alarming that Bald Mountain should
be in tremor, and yet we can infer nothing
from the apparent tardiness of the mountain
to relieve itself from internal pressure. The
subterranean sounds which preceded the
fiery uprising Of the Mexican volcano of
Joruho, which rose in single night sixteen
hundred and eighty-three feet, had lasted from
June till September. The first alarm subsidized,
and tranquility was restored few days before
the most tremendous eruption of modern
history took place with terrific destruction.
It is, however, more probable that the great
food tide on the English coast was due to
meteorological causes. At this season the
high winter atmospheric pressure amassed
over Northern and Central Europe and Asia
is breaking up, and it rolls off to the west
ward in the form of long continued and
high easterly gales on the English sea
front. In 1918 March A. just such tidal
Hull, Yarmouth and other points on the
Eastern coast, and extended to Plymouth,
where it washed off many enormous stones Of
the breakwater So powerful are the agencies
of the sea here that Aldborough, as it for
merly existed, lies twenty-four feet under
water, almost every remnant having been en-
quilted and the inhabitants long since forced
to retreat inland and form new site for their
town. There is an undoubted physical con-
nection between the quakings and connections
Of the earth's crust and the connections of the
atmosphere over wide areas of both sea and
land, but the causal connection is obscure
and mysterious In the present instance
it is altogether improbable that the tide in the
Thames can be due to anything else than the
stormy weather and easterly winds peculiar to
the spring equinox. AS already minated, we
may not have had the last of the volcanic up
heaval in North Carolina, and it may take
many months for the mountain to finish its
labor.
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FmEs.-Our news columns indicate an out
burst of large fires in nearly every direction.
There is no evidence whether the high wind
has thus famed into considerable conhagra-
fions what but for it might have been mere
unchronicled fires of no importance, or
whether, as the winter passes away and op-
portunities for commercial enterprise present
themselves, it has occurred to many thrifty
men at once that it would be excellent to have
in hand the sums for which they are insured.
Boston, Indianapolis, Hartford and some
places in Canada are the widely spread scenes
of these great fires.
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COMPREHENSIVE The New Jersey Legisla-
ture has conferred on a flnctionary in Jersey
City ''power to adopt rules to prevent confa-
grations." This may prove cheaper than a
fire department; and if it turns out success
we ought not to be ashamed to adopt the idea
because it comes from Jersey
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The GALVESTON DEFALCATIoN.-The defal-
cation of W. L. Clarke, the Postmaster at Gal
weston, Texas, is another illustration of the
evil effects of rewarding political failures with
federal Offices. Clarke is reported in the
dispatches as an ex-Congressman. The facts
are that he obtained q certificate to a seat to
which he was not entitled, and was unseated
by the majority of his own party. To console
him he was appointed Postmaster at Calves
ton. He had no honest claim to seat in
Congress, and the political dishonesty of that
claim is naturally enough supplemented by
his dishonesty as Postmaster.
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APPRECIATION. From Madrid we learn by
special despatch that Burriel, the butcher of
Santiago de Cuba, is to be made field mar
shall for his eminent services, and that Jose
Concha is to replace Jovellar. The promotion
of Burriel, who distinguished himself only by
the murder Of the men taken on the Virginius,
Indicates how sincerely the Spanish government
regrets that occurrence.
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SIR HAMPTON Lorraine has touched the
hearts of our city Aldermen by his noble con-
duct when, in command of the British war
vessel Niobe, he saved the lives of the Vir-
ginius prisoners in Cuba concurrent reso-
luton from the Board of Aldermen was
promptly adopted yesterday by the Board of
Assistant Aldermen to give the freedom of the
city to Sir hampton Lorraine. This is credit
able action on the part of the city authorities,
and we only regret that our own gallant naval
officers are prevented from doing such noble
deeds as British officers can do through the
miserable tmidity and illberality of the gov
eminent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-24

MORE New CARDINALS. Pope, it is
Archbishop Manning and nine other arch
bishops will be created cardinals. The Sacred
College is gradually being filed up The
Roman Curie are doing their work cautiously,
but no doubt, from their own point of view,
effectively. All things are being well arranged
for the next Papal election. Bismarck thinks
that the Pope is the only man in Europe who
could at the present moment give cause for
European war. Who is to be the next Pope
and what is to be his policy are to many per-
sons questions of much greater importance
than whether or not the present Pope could or
could not make European war. Is the next
Pope to be an Englishman?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-24

CIVILIZATION Nv EyoLAND.-The introduc-
fion of palace cars in England is hailed by
the British journalists with more than ordinary
delight. We congratulate the Europeans upon
their ability to ride and sleep at the same time
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sometimes for widows near starvation, for sick
and forsaken women, and for hundreds OF
children without shoes or proper clothing, or
sometimes even food"
Why does not Mr.. Brace make public ac-
acknowledgement of the sums he has received,
with the names of the donors? Why does he
not make public statement of the manner in
which he has expended this large amount of
money with the names and residences OF the
recipients of the charity? AS he gives nothing
''indiscriminately, this will be an easy matter
and it will do more than dozen indorse-
ments of amiable Trustees to prove that he is
worthy to be intrusted with the distribution
of charitable funds.
We repeat that the Trustees of the Children's
Aid Society are in every respect worthy OF
confidence They deserve credit and honor
for the labor and attention they bestow upon
work of charity, not only without recompense,
which they would not under any circumstances
accept but at sacrifice of valuable time We
know that they faithfully visit the schools and
lodging houses of the society at the appointed
times, often at much personal inconvenience.
The responsibility of their names would give
any institution high standing. On this very
account they should be anxious to correct
abuses on the part of the officers under their
control. If they make any mistake it is in too
easily accepting the statements of experts
and in too readily giving such official indorse-
ments as that with which they favor Mr.. Brace
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T RIPPLE S HE E T.
New York, Tuesday, March "a, 1874.

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the aoeather to-day ,oW be cold and
Ue3eralU clear
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WOODS MUSEUM.
Broadway corner Th,rtieth streeL-RUM; OR, THE
CRUSADE OF TEMPERANCE, at ?; M closes at
4.SJP ~ Same at +. NJ. closes at 10 30 +. M.
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NIBLO'S GARDEN.
Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets-DAVY
CROCKETT, at 7. NJ. closes IL 80 T. NJ. Mr. Frank
Mayo
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LYCEUM THEATRE
Fourteenth street, sixth avenue french opera
Boune-LA VIE PARlSIENNE, at T. NJ closes at ~ 40
+. 81 Mile. Marie Aimee
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE
site City Hall. Brooklyn.-LIrTLE NELL AND THE
at Y. NJ closes al IL p. Nj. Lotta.
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BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third street, near sixth avenue.-NEGRO MIN
STRELSY, &C., AT s +. NJ. closes at 10 L. NJ
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DAYS FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twenly-eiQhth street and Broadway.-CHAkITY. at p
Nj closes at 10 80 r. NJ Miss Ada Dyas, Miss Fanny
/ avenport, Mr.. Fisher, Mr.. Lewis.
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COLOSSEUM,
Broadway, of Thirty fifth street.-PARIS BY
MOONLIGHT, at P. NJ; closes al r. NJ. at 7 r.
Nj closes at 10 Z. NJ.
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
No. 20l Bowery. VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at z
NJ closes at ii p Nj Matinee att Z. NJ
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BoWERY THEATRE,
Bowery.-REvENGE, and VARIETY ENTERTAIN
MENT begins at 8 p, NJ. closes at IL p. NJ.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE
No. SIS Broad way.-vARIETY ENTERTAINMENT at
As = NJ. closes al ~ 30 T. NJ
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wALLACK'S THEATRE
broadway and Thirteenth street-CENTRAL PARK, at
z. NJ. closes at IL z. NJ. Mr.. Lester Wallack.
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THEATRE COMIQUE,
No. 5l4 Broadway.-VARIETN ENTERTAINMENT, at
=. NJ, closes at 10 80 r. NJ
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MRS CONwAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE,
Washington street. Fulton street. Brooklyn
CHARITY at s p. NJ: closes at IL Z. NJ Miss Minnie
Conway, Mr. Frank Roche
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Broadway, between Houston and Blocker streets
VAUDEVILLE and NOVELTY ENTERTAINMENT, ri
40 L. NJ. closes at 10 as Z. NJ.
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BOOTHS THEATRE,
Sixth avenue and twenty third street.-The COLLEEN
BAwN AS =. NJ. closes at 10 40 p. NJ. Dion Bouc
CnuIL
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GERMANIA THEATRE
Fourteenth street, Irving pace.-EINE LEICHTE
PERSON at s p. NJ. closes at IL Z. NJ.
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Letters and packages should be properly
,1aI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-18

OF nature which are in perpetual strife
makes the spectacle one of appalling sublim-
ity. For, while with the arctic regions We
associate frost and with the tropics heat,
Chimborazo. crowned with snow under the
Equator, il less startling spectacle than
Hecla, blazing beneath the Pole
Whether, therefore, We consider the grand
scenery of Iceland itself, its people or its long
established government there is abundance to
satisfy the highest anticipations of the throng
that shall gather this summer ON the lava
plains of Thingvalla to celebrate its thousand
years of existence
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-18
The Senate Currency Bill.

1t is not too early to estimate the force and
influence of the Senate Currency bill, now
awaiting the decision of the President Its
passage was unfortunate, inasmuch as it pro-
poses to legalize what is Familiarity known as
the reserve Of forty-four million dollars,
and to add forty-six million dollars
to the circulation of national notes.
Either Of these issues, unqualified as they
are by any measure providing for gradual
or remote redemption, is an imitation of the
currency that seems destined to carry in its
train the worst Of commercial evils
1t is a well known fact that millions of cir
culation which, under the provisions of the
National Banking act should have been re-
tanned in local banks, have heretofore been
concentrated in Wall street, where it
has found more or less of employ
ment at the prevailing rates of interest The
presence here Of such an amount Of surplus
capital naturally stimulated speculation, and
perhaps was one Of the incidental causes of
the panic, while it's retention at home might
have done much in strengthening the re-
them during the crisis to meet the demands of
depositors then made upon them. If the pro-
visions of the Senate bill, however, shall be
enforced, seventy-fve per cent Of the bank
reserves must hereafter be kept at home. In
other words, the increase Of lawful money
required to be held by the country banks un-
der the new law will amount to twenty-eight
millions of dollars, which must be withdrawn
from New York and other redemption cities
Of this amount the metropolis will lose by far
the larger proportion-to wit, about twenty
four million five hundred thousand dollars.
No business man can fail to appreciate the
effect Of such an enormous drain upon
the resources of business centre and
the consequences that may result when
least expected from curtailment of
loans to the extent of three or four
times the sum above named. The friends of
the measure, in their blind prejudice towards
what they term ''Wall street gamblers" have
thus struck blow at the vital interests of
New York, and through New York at all of
its commercial dependents. Surely Congress
of blockheads never exhibited greater stu
pidity than in thus attempting With one hand
to put out hundred millions more of cur
rency, and with the other to deliberately
lock it up in localities where money at GER
tain seasons of the year is of no use. The
facts will doubtless be well weighed by the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-18

Will the President Veto the Bills
In the response Of the President to the COM
mittee Of New York bankers and merchants
who waited upon him with an appeal to veto
the Imitation bill, that now only needs his sig
nature to become law, there are some words
that would have an encouraging sound if they
were not SO intimately associated with an om-
nous "but" General Grant says his views
are known as opposed to imitation and in IA
vor Of holding sacred the nations pledges.
"He was" he said, always opposed to ex-
pansion without redemption and in favor of
free banking, accompanied with such legisla-
ton as would carry out the pledges Of Con-
gress and the party in the direction of re-
sumption of specie payments" Why, then.
he should clearly veto this bill. Here. how
ever, comes his ''but," which introduces the
declaration that this committee only represents
New York, and that New York is not the whole
country. Perhaps the gentlemen scarcely
needed to go to Washington to learn
this. II is well known here that our metropo-
lis is not the whole country, and we do not
wish it to be SO regarded; but we wish it to
be considered for what it really is and it's
opinion for what it is worth. Sailors are said
to be made in storms ard soldiers are thought
to be made at West Point, and in battle. If
this be true it is just possible that financial
knowledge is mostly to be had at great finan-
cial centres, and we insist upon it in this
sense that the opinion Of the combined bank
ers Of this city on financial point is of moro
weight than that of all the prairie statesmen
together. If the Presidents sbut' means
that he will sign the bill, his not thor
oughly courteous answer to our citizens as
signs very poor reasons for it.
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ENGLISH OPPOSITION TO EMIGRATION We
have reports by cable this morning of pla-
cards posted in many English towns discour-
aging emigration, and giving Consul Archi-
bald, Of this port, as authority for the state
ment that forty thousand workmen were about
to return to England. While expressing the
strongest reprobation for such silly and
unprincipled act as the posting Of these
placards, we take pleasure in generating Mr..
Archibald from the imputations cast upon him
by the foolish authors of this canard.
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President before he afixes his signature to .
bill 80 fraught with evil and SO powerless to
achieve the main object which its trainers
evidently had in view. First, there has been
an illegal issue of legal tenders; second, .
badly drawn provision for the enlargement OF
the bank currency; and, finally, change in
the law of reserves that may produce financial
arrangement in all of the redemption cities OF
the United States.
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LAW CoDU1cAT1oN AND NATIONAL ARBrrnA-
T1oN-These important subjects we're pre-
scented for consideration at meeting of legal
experts which assembled 10 Albany yesterday.
They were discussed in the same pacific tone
which usually prevails in meetings of the
Peace Society in Europe. Quite number of
precedents, ancient and modern, were cited
and resolutions of q general and hopeful char
acter were adopted
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THE GnANcERs have advanced step in Ore
gon, where they have formed a platform and
nominated ticket. If the Changers were be-
lieved to be lacking in any of the ordinary
qualities of politicians this lot have proved
they, at least, possess them all, for they are
looking after jobbing interests so thoroughly
that they are ready to care even for the set
tiers who suffered by the Modoc war; This
sounds like the voice of the true demagogue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-18

The NICARAGUA CANAL.-We print this
morning another letter detailing the progress
of the Interoceanic Commissioners in exploring
the San Juan River. As the results of their
inquiries are SO important every step of their
explorations cannot fail to be Of the highest
interest