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General Grant of O want Of fidelity to
benefactors, and there is no man to whom
he owes so much as to Mr. Washburne, who
put him in the way to make his splendid mil
itary reputation and thus laid the foundation
Of his political good fortune. Washburne, if
Grant voluntarily retires, will be brought into
the canvass under the most fayorabls aus
plces All the world does him homage for his
noble and philanthropic conduct at Paris
during the siege He will return TO his native
country with much brighter reputation than
he had when he left it. Having taken no part
in our recent controversies he has made no
enemies The imitation dispute will have been
substantially decided before he oomes back.
and it will be an easy thing for him to side
with the victorious party. Having never at
tempted to be rival of President Grant no
motives of jealousy will prevent his receiving
the full support of the administration He is
Western man, and his nomination would
conciliate the sectional pride Of the West He
is, moreover, the safest and most convenient
of all candidates for President Grant to hold
in reserve until he makes up his mind whether
he will be q candidate himself He is out of
the country and will take no part in any in
trigues. If Grant wants the nomination him
self Washburne will interpose no obstacle.
So as things look just now, the next republic
can candidate will be either General Grant for
q third term or Elihu B. Washburne.
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The DOUBTFUL Court HOUSE COMMISSION
Frs have o curious conception Of their duties.
First, placing themselves under the protect
ing wing of Comptroller Green they claim the
right TO appoint and control oil the employees
of the new Court House. Baf1sd in this by
the opinion of the Corporation Counsel they
next break open an apartment in the Court
House building and take forcible possession.
without waiting until the Board of Aldermen.
in whom alone the power vests, shall appro-
pirate room for their use. They next rail at
two Of the members of the Board Of Appor-
tionment who have very properly advised
them that there is no money for them to use
in the work which the Mayor pretends to APP
point them to perform and that the Comp
trollers statement to the contrary is errone-
GUS. They thus prove that If their ap-
pointment is not illegal it is at least I'M
fortunate. The Board of Apportionment
should take care that the blunder of the Mayor
is not an expensive one to the city. It has al
ready been announced that one of the archi-
tects of Central Park is to make plan for
the completion of the Court House. This job,
unwarranted by law, should be stopped at
once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-24

The Insect War ON tho Western Crops.
The recent reports Of vast swarms Of grass
hoppers in the grain-growing States of the
Northwest are Of alarming interest, and the
inquiry comes Is there no remedy The emf
nent American astronomer, DR.. b. A. Gould,
writing from his observatory at Cordova in the
Argentine Confederation last fall, reported
enormous numbers of grasshoppers then fire.
quenting that part Of South America. One
width, literally darkening the sun, and borne
northward in dense band not less than two
thousand feet thick They were evidently
drifted in the strong trade wind blowing along
the Andean Sierras, and appeared to DO en-
tirely at the mercy of the wind Is it possible
that, as the winter Of the southern hemisphere
closed, these rowing clouds of grain-destroy-
ing insects have migrated, with spring.
across the Equator and entered the
Western States2 The question. how
ever preposterous it may at first sound.
is not so easy to dispose of. Whatever answer
we may give the observations of DR.. Gould
show, at any rate, congeniality of the soil
and climate occupied by these dangerous
insects in both hemispheres. The Argentine
Republic lying under the shadow of the
Andes, with its undulating, treeiess pampas,
swept by the bowling pamperos or westerly
mountain winds, corresponds precisely with
the geographical prairie belt in the United
States, swept by the Rocky Mountain winds
and subjected to great thermometric extremes
This striking fact may prove suggestive of the
conditions under which these insect armies
breed, and, if the hint is pursued by the
sagacious and scientific agriculturist, may lead
TO some method of predicting or preventing
their ruinous invasions.
The habits and haunts of such insects arc
of national importance to determine and to
make known, for they often threaten national
famine. The Colorado beetle, whose true
domicile is the Rocky Mountains, where it
feeds on q species OF wild potato had, in 1859.
advanced eastward only as far as Omaha.
Leaving behind it fourishing colonies, it
entered Iowa in 1861, and crossed the
Mississippi into Illinois in 1855, reaching
Canada and New England by slow marches
Pooo0SO
the Atlantic is q mere question Of time, if it
has not already been effected. If it enters
Europe and finds there congenial home the
potato crop and garden crops generally must
suffer immense depredations. But we re-
fer to the subject Of these insect ravages
on the grain and garden crops to show
the necessity for some corrective. It is In
credible that well directed and patient investi-
cation OF agricultural scientists can supply no
remedial agent or devise no method Of de-
stroying the young while in the ground The
invasion of such swarms of grasshoppers
as DR.. Gould leisureiy observed for
two days over the arid plains of La
Plata it may be beyond human power
to deal with. But not so the ordinary
bands which die in the soil in the Western
winter and terminate with the warmth of
spring. Cannot some relief measure be pro-
vided BY the original investigators of agri-
cultural science9
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Tho Japanese Expedition to Formosa.
In our correspondence from Annoy, pub
lished to-day, will be found on interesting
history of an expedition by which the Empire
of Japan comes before the world in an entirely
new character even for this age of rapid
Oriental growth. For nation and people
that came into the family OF nations as it were
only yesterday to be to-day organizing an ex-
psnsive and arduous expedition against distant
shore, not to secure its own aggrandizement
not to conquer rich provinces or try its Prov
ess against q rival Power, but simply to infict
punishment in the interests of humanity and
as an assertion of public law upon race of
bloodthirsty savages-this seems to us an
admirable indication that Japan certainly of
the Eastern nations comprehends the true
spirit of modern international politics. All
commercial nations have an equal interest in
subduing the Formosans, and several have
tried it with unsatisfactory results. Our
own expedition thither will be generally
remembered. It was brought about by the
murder Of the crew of two American ships
cast away on the island but it was without
any but moral results, which are of small
value with savagcs. Japan therefore Is fight
ing the battle Of commerce and humanity
against race Of savages that more distant
nations must always find it very difficult to
deal with, and we are glad to know that she
has the sympathy Of our government At
least we infer that she has such sympathy,
because American officers are engaged in the
expedition, and have received leave from our
government for the purpose but as it appears
that the expedition has been greatly crippled
by the hostility OF Mr.. Bingham, our Minister
to Japan, there may be some doubt on this
head. 1t seems incredible that his opposi-
ton can be the result of instructions from
Washington, and If it is only freak of his
own eccentric fancy he is an excellent man to
come home.
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A SPECIMEN BRIcK.-As the Board Of Ap-
portionment at its meeting to-day will no
doubt require information as to the neces-
sity of the employment of small army
of spies, detectives and "temporaries"
by the Finance Department. we will supply
them with specimen brick of the latter class.
The temporary clerks" are found mainly
crowded into the Office of the Receiver Of
Taxes. General MaoAIahon. we know. is no,
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Brazil AND PORTUGAL have at last been
enabled to shake hands over the wide Allan
tic. The new cable has been successfully laid
between the two countries and the usual inter-
change OF courtesies has been made The
cables are messengers of peace and good will
Let them be more and more multiplied We
cannot have too many
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I RIPPLE S HEE T.


From our reports this morning the PROBABILITIES
ere that the aoeather today aoaA be hot 0iA pos
,Sibly occasional rains.
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WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were
again strong and active. Gold, however, re-
ceded from 112 to 111s and closed at 1113.
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ing Of our citizen soldiers in the use Of their
arms In every instance the scores made by
the regimental teams exhibit steady inn
provement, and there il reason to hope
that . little steady perseverance on the
part Of the National Rife Association will
thoroughly popularize trials Of skill with the
rife There is no good reason why Creed
moor should not be the scene Of friendly con-
tests as interesting and as popular as those
which annually take place at Wimbledon The
coming contest for the championship between
the Irish and American teams will no doubt
have the effect Of turning attention to this
subject and promoting desire to excel with
what we have always claimed to be our ma
tionai weapon.
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CREEDMooR. marked progress shown
in rife practice by the State militia since the
establishment Of the Creedmoor range shows
the value to be derived from the systematic train
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CENTRAL PARK GARDEN,
iJSfay- ninth street and Seventh avenue-THOMAS co
44GI, az r. NJ. closes at 1880 p. N.
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COLOSSEUM
broadway, corner of IN rly- fifth street-LONDON
lNloHT at 4 z NJ. closes at z. NJ Same att p
closes at i0P NJ
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BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE,
twenty third street, near six ID avenue.-NEGRO MI
,SiRkLSf &c, at r. NJ. closes at III T. ".
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
OVERWHELMINGLY ENTERTAIN MENT at p NJ
les at l0:oU 4. VI. Matinee at2P M.
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MRS CoNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE
The SEA OF ICE. at r. NJ closes at lOA5 p d.
MRS Charlotte Thompson.
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WOODS MUSEUM
BROADWAY, corner of rhrtieth street-THE SKELETON
at p closes 80 Z. NJ. Same at r. NJ
closes at l0:l0 +. N. Hernandez Foster
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TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE
Fiffy-eghth street third ayenue.Concert, Dram
atic and operate Performance, ut r. NJ. closes ut
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ROMAN HIPPODROME,
Madison and Twenty sixth street.-GRAND
raGEANT-CONGREsS OF NATIONS at 30 r. NJ and
att n.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE.
broadway between Houston and Bleecker Streets
VARIE1 ENTERTAINMENT, at 7:4b +. NJ; closes II
10:45P. M
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THEATRE CoMIQUE,
No. N4 Broadway.-JARTINE; OR, THE PRIDE OF
THE FOURTEENTH, at r. NJ; closes 1T l0:o +. NJ
f. +. StetsOn and Marion Sommera
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NIBLO'S GARDEN,
Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets The
TWO II TIERS: or, THE DEFoRMkD, ats p NJ closes
at lO4b M MIR. Joseph Wheeock and Miss lone Burke
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WALLACK'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth street-EAST LYNNE, at
y. NJ. closes 1T IL +. NJ. Miss Cariotta LIE Clercq.
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Mr.. Francis Herman, OF Utica, Is at the Holman
House.
Bishop Lee, Of Delaware, Is staying at che
Everett House.
Bishop J. P. B. Wilmer, OF Louisiana, Is residing
at the Hoffman House.
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NIRLO,S GARDEN

ASSESSMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
NIBLO's GARDEN
Broadway, between Prince and aorston streets THE
rMo oN THE a. Po siosss
TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE
Fifty eighth street third ayenueConcert, Dram
atc. and operate Performance, atsr. M closes ut IL
THEATRE CoMI9UE, -,
TIE ri FonRnsMSH At Closes !, osS
K T. Stetson and Marion sommera
wALLAcKs THEATRE,
preadway and Thirteenth ssresaEAsT LYME ats
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
sfESsa sa' s'f'sfI
WOODS MUSEUM
Of anss ~ same 81
closes at 1880 r NJ Hernandez Foster.
MRS. coNwAY,s BROOKLYN THEATRE
The SEA OF ICE. at T. NJ. closes at lO45 p NJ
1drs. Charlotte Thompson
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE
1sowery.-VAR IETY ENTERTAINMENT, at p NJ.
les at l0SD 4. NJ Matinee at2P M
BRYANTs OPERA HOUSE,
sYsnisY. &c az n M closes at 10 ?
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN
Fly ninth street and Seventh avenue.-THOMASi CON-
NAaEI az r. III. closes at lD:3O +. NJ.
COLOSSEUM
broadway corner of IN rly NTH sreet-LoNDON BY
Nit. at 4 Z M; closes at r. NJ Same att p NJ
ROMAN HIPPoDRoME
rSsEANT~coSGREss Of NATIONS, at 10 p n and
aL7P.A.
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of Congress- but that having been merely
sentenced to forfeit their Offices but not de-
clared incapable of holding any other ONCE
President Grant had forthwith appointed them
to each others places-Durell to Arkansas
and the Arkansas judge to New Orleans
what would the country have said to 80 IN
famous trick? Besides an outburst OF scorn
for it's moral obliquity it would have been
said that the President himself deserved I'M
parchment on legal grounds for attempting TO
exercise the pardoning power in cases where
the constitution has forbidden it, that instru-
meut declaring that reprieves and pardons
shall not extend to cases of impeachment
The Mayor has no more right to grant par
dons in any case than the President has IN
cases of impeachment, and as he cannot do 1t
directly he cannot cheat the law and do 1t
indirectly He has virtually usurped the
pardoning power, which belongs to Governor
Dix. and we cannot doubt that he VIII be
made to repent OF his folly.
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Another War Cloud.

ALondcn correspondent calls attention TO
difficulty ''the serious character of which it
would be quite impossible to overstate," (which
has arisen between the French and German
governments. 1t seems that the French MILL
tary authorities have recently resolved upon
fortitying the eastern frontier, now wholly I'M
protected, without single fortress between
Paris on the one hand and Metz and Stras-
burg on the other capable of OBTAINING an IN
vading army twenty-four hours. 1t was decided
that new Notifications should be constructed
at Verdun, that first class fortress should be
constructed at Langres, and that what is called
the trouee de Belfort should be made impass-
able by system of permanent works. Upon
learning Of this resolution, the correspondent
says upon good authority that the German
government informed France that these
forts could not be built. eff this
be true" says the correspondent, sit
is an interference in the internal con-
Germs of France which is equally indefensible
and impolitic. These Notifications are purely
defensive works. Their construction cannot
be considered as conveying even the most
distant hint OF menace against Germany;
their necessity in O military point OF view is
writer's.
1t has often been said, and not without rea-
son, that the Germans would never permit
France to complete her military organization.
"But," as this correspondent we'll observes,
''the construction of three large fortresses to
cover Paris, along frontier line some
thing over one hundred and fifty
miles in length, is purely defensive
measure; and if it be really true that Prussia
has set her face against it then renewal Of
the war is at the mercy of the least incident.
1t is not possible that the French government
can acquiesce in the pretension of Prussia to
prohibit their attempt to protect an open line
of frontier, and surely public opinion in
Europe will protest against so brutal
all abuse of power. There is no
clause in the Treaty of Frankfort to prohibit
the construction of frontier iortresses by
France, and it may be hoped that if this pre-
posterous pretension is persevered in the
great Powers will interfere for the protection
of France. If the Prussians had dismantled
Metz and Strasburg there might be show OF
reason in their Directing to the fertilization OF
the French frontier but, considering the
large extension they have given to the works
at Strasburg and Metz, under existing cir
cumstances this injunction is IN intolerable
abuse OF force"
For country 'resolved upon peace" as
the Kaiser informs us every few days that Ger
many is, there are more warlike indications
and uneasy manifestations OF suspicion and
fear than we have seen in any nation since the
| time of Napoleon I.
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The patriotism born of the National Ami
versary has swelled the breasts Of few of our
city pas tors, and to-day they will relieve
themselves of little of the exuberant JOY
that they feel in view of the ninety-eighth
anniversary of our independence. But as
there are two kinds Of liberty, the real and
the counterfeit Dr.. J. B. Wakeley will talk
about Real Liberty this morning, and in
his evenings discourse will show what is the
nations exaltation and what its reproach.
DR.. ]. M. Ludlow will sharpen the spurs of the
American eagle for the National Danger
that he sees impending and of which he will
speak this morning. And Rev. J. M. Buckley,
of Summerfeld church, Brooklyn, who has
Just declined the greatness of doctorate of
divinity, which college, in its simplicity,
thrust upon him (on the principle that as
s'good wine needs no bush" neither does a
good theologian need doctoring), will speak
to-day of the Elements of Danger and Perma-
nence in Our Country" And Rev. Mr.. Ken
drick, of Williamsburg, will swell himself this
evening over the National Fourth of july"
DR.. Samson, of Harlem, may bring his contem-
the range of the patriotism of the day, though
it is doubtful if he will do it. He will, how
ever, take up the subject of Recreation, and
show how Christ took his vacations in the coun-
try, preaching the Gospel wherever he went
The recent disaster in Syracuse is too fresh
in the minds of our readers to need any par
ticular reference at this time. The bare fact
itself that Rev. George L. Bowling, the pastor
of the bereaved flock and shattered church,
and who himself narrowly escaped death at
the time of the accident, will tell the story of
that disaster this evening in Laight street
church, will draw the people to that place to
hear the tale themselves
Mr.. Hepworth, who tomorrow will start
towards the North Pole on vacation, will to-
day. before he goes, take trip mentally
towards the plains of ancient Babylon, and
looking in on the Kings palace, will tell us
what he saw at the feast of Belshazzar. Re-
turning home in the evening, he will take q
glance at the kingdoms that have passed and
are passing away, and will demonstrate there
| from that there are but one King and kingdom
eternal-Christ and His kingdom. Mr. Parry,
of Philadelphia, will show how we, too, may
become eternal by taking Christ as our life.
This ''the thief on the cross did and was
saved.
Theologians evidently think that when
! Christ began His ministry He took texts as
they do and preached sermons-not as they
do. "The Saviours First Text will be DR..
Fulton's text this morning. That text was
one that John the Baptist laid down when his
head was given to the damsel-it was Repent
and believe" This was the beginning and
the ending of Christ's preaching, and is the
substance Of every faithful minister's teach.
ing And whas this religion has done for Dr.
Francis Mason, Of India, it can do for any
working man, as DR.. Fulton will demonstrate
this evening. Success or failure in lite" de-
ponds upon endurance and perseverance. o.
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The religious press evidently does not take
much stock in the Golden Age seven column
story about the Beecher- Titon scandal, 'for
only one local journal notices it at all this
week, and that one the Independent, briefly In
its news columns, and for which it makes an
apology, on the ground that DR.. Bacon's ar
ticles in its columns drew forth Mr.. Tilton's
statement. But none of the city papers touch
it editorially, except the Baptist Weehy. The
Chicago STANDARD treats the case as if it be-
lieved that Mr.. Beecher has sinned, but
neither human nor divine justice requires
that minister who thus falls is to become
necessarily an outcast and branded man TOR
the rest of his days 1t thinks there is ''too
much method in Mr.. Tilton's hallucination,
If il be such, and in Mr.. Beecher's brief note,
to credit it wholly to insanity. San innocent
man. or one not conscious of deep wrong on
his own part, never" says the Standard.
writes in such terms of utter humiliation and
remorse as those used by Mr.. Beecher IN his
letter." 1t would be glad, therefore, if the
silence could be broken in some way and the
secret be let out 1t might prove to be not
Quite 50 plack uhu Dau alS IL ID LOW iA1"SinoN'
The Baptist Weekly thinks the hypocrisy of
Tilton's ''regret'' and reluctance" in pub
fishing the story is too manifest to deceive
any one. ''But, it adds elf at the worst it
should appear that noble and great souled
man has been on some occasion betrayed into
conduct which plunged him into self-reproach
and grief feelings to which smaller natures
are strangers-we shall feel that the fact cam
not eclipse the record which he has made for
himself in this past twenty-fv years as
mighty champion in every good cause" The
Weekly thinks that when all comes to be
known Mr.. Tilton will have abundant cause
to regret his course.
The Independent continues to make Professor
Swings trial the anvil on which it hammers
and beats out Calvinism to thinness that
even Calvin himself might see the Light,
through. 1t shows the contradiction in the
teachings of the Presbyterian seminaries and
the pulpits Of that Church with its creeds and
catechisms, and hence concludes that lying is
means of grace with some people.
The Je,oish Messenger deals with Judaism as
practical religion, and therefore contends
that it is absurd to suppose that q Jew who
lives in utter disregard and wilful violation OF
the commandments Of God can on his dying
bed utter Israel's watchword, Shemang. and go
straight to heaven. 1t contends that there
must be the life of faith if there would be the
death of the righteous and their inheritance.
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No MORE OF THs-A Western journal
dominates Chief Justice Waite for the Presi-
dency. Let there be an end of this. Mr..
Waite was made Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court because he was better republican than
Gushing and not quite SO much of a partisan
as Williams; he represented clever unspotted
Inediocrity and had lived so even and gentle
q life that even bad tempered Senate could
not reject him. This is no reason why he
should be nominated for the Presidency
More than oil, the fact that public man
accepts this supreme and almost sacred Office
should make him abandon all Presidential
hopes and aspirations. The ambition of Mr..
Chase, when he was Chief Justice, injured his
administration and in time brought him TO an
untimey grave Let Mr. Waite's friends
beware of this temptation. 1t can only injure
him and detract from the dignity of the Office