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The rumor that there is disagreement be-
tween the Left Centre and the government OF
Marshal MacMahon which may end in the
overthrow Of the present Ministry and the
formation of coalition between the Bona
partsts and the legitimists is serious one
The question upon which the Ministry and
the Left Centre differ is in reference to the
The Left Centre and the republicans insist
that the new representatives shall be chosen
by each reimbursement, while the govern
ment prefers the present plan Of choosing
them by departments. To make the distinc-
ton clear the point is this: Should we elect
members Of Congress on a general State
ticket or should we elect them by districts {?
The proper method in republican govern
ments is certainly to elect representatives by
the district which each member represents.
This is the custom IN England and in America,
and VIC see no reason for making any excep-
ton in France. The immense power welded
by the Home Office enables those in authority
to influence largely the elections when they
are controlled by departments The Home
Office could do more, for instance, with
the Department Of the Seine-et-Oise than it
could with the different communes or arron-
easements composing il. The character Of the
Republic will depend very largely upon the men
who are chosen to fill the next Assembly
Although the Republic has been officially pro-
claimed and accepted in France the friends OF
the empire and Of the monarchy are endeavor-
ing strenuously to deprive 1t Of every element
81 republican character. If by any means
they could lead 10 another revolution in poll
tics. in the overthrow Of MacMahon's govern
ment. there would still be chance for Bona
parte or Bourbon. Our readers who have
carefully observed foreign aflirs will note
this one controlling fact, that no royal party
in any country in Europe will permit peace
except as the price o. their Own success. All
the interests Of the royalists ia Europe are
warlike just az tho interests Of the Republic
are peaceful IL would. however be ca
Republic should be thrown away upon a
minor question Of this character. Our hope
i that the friends Of the Republic and tho
men of the Left Centre, who, without any de-
cided sympathy for democratic opinions. srill
recognize the fact that France has gone far
beyond any hope Of ever being peaceably i'm
perial or royalist, will find some common
ground for action 50 as to protect the present
government, at least until after the elections
when the new Assembly. fresh from France,
viii have had opportunity to decide upon
the steps necessary to strengthen the govern
rnpnt
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negroes and most of the murderers white
men.
Another parish in which our correspondent
mas made minute inquiries is Tensas, where
no disturbances have occurred. Like Natchi-
toches il is a cotton growing region, with
large preponderance Of negroes. But it has
happened TO have honest republican officers
and has been well governed. Hence the con-
trast in the peace Of the two parishes. ut is
not the radicals but the thieves that we hate
and oppose, is the common sentiment OF the
Louisiana conservatives The State is now
quiet in The hope that better government may
result from the late compromise, its former
disturbed condition since Kellogg was counted
in having been the effect Of iustifiabc discon-
tent with official fraud and incapacity.
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pay-that is, unless it will procure him
the largest amount of satisfaction and
the smallest degree of evil. Grimes
are, therefore, only committed under the
influence of a temptation SO great Of
to reduce the penalty to trivial fact
by comparisons; and when done in that way
they are done with a deliberate purpose and
consideration which make them almost scien
tiic transactions There are scarcely any
mere rum murders there save in the slums
These murders, therefore, are mainly of two
classes-those planned with some money pur.
pose, or those that are the result of homicidal
mania in the murderers. Common murderer
are both towards and fools. They kill theiI
victims clumsily hastily and leave traces by
which they are caught nine times in ten. But
really diabolical crime, done coolly, care
fully, adroitly, and rs if without the fear OF
humanity or the devil, results when a des-
perate fellow with the ordinary Yankee ca
pacity has made up his mind that it twill
pay to kill some of his rich relatives. No
instances, however, can ever be worse than the
crimes consequent upon that strange deform-
ity of impulse, the mania to kill-and not
merely to kill, but to kill in some strange and
peculiar way, and to kill particular kinds of
persons. So far as at present appears the
murder Of the little girl found in the church
loft is likely to prove result of mania,
and her murderer may prove to be grown
up Jesse Pomeroy.
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In Mr. Nordhof's letter printed to-day he
answers quite AZ length the inquiry whether
republican citizens Of Louisiana are
safe from democratic persecution. and
whether the black population is habit
ually buFetod and outraged BY tho
white. our correspondent does not merely
give bis opinion On these points, but fur
nishes ample materials from which readers
eau form an intelligent Judgment Of their
own. lie does not draw his facts from one
locality, but from several, and his instructive
comparisons and deductions will assist
proper Interpretation IF the facts Among
the parishes Mr.. Nordhoff has investigated Is
that ~ Natchitoches notorious last year as
the scene Of disturbances and he shows by
statistics taken from records kept by the
republican officials that most II the murders
Of negroes we're perpetmtsd ~ pers0us q
their own color OF the forty-oue murders
committed in the last seven years in that
parish there were thirteen p whites ny whites.
thirteen Of colored BY colored, four 81 whites
~ colored, three Of colorcd persons by whites,
one Indian by 4 white man. ooe negro by
an unknown murderer, and three officers
killed in attempting to serve warrants. II
will thus be seen that tho murder line does
not run parallel with the color line, but
crosses II, 50 to speak, At right angles, 50
untrue is it that most Of the victims are
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Professor +. r. Salisbury, Of New Haven, Is 70
sizing at the Westminster Hotel
Dr. "A. NJ Ross y. 4. $, 81 Toronto Canada, n
registered at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel
Ndtutant Robert II. Han, ~ West Point, Is anon
the late arrivals At the -. James Hotel.
senator william A. Wallace, ~ Pennsylvania
arrived last evening at the s. Nicholas Hotel.
TX Governors John =. Fage, Of Vermont, ans
TnadGcus q. Found, of Wisconsin, are registered
at the 81. Ncnolas Hotel
Mr.. Dewitt c. Ellis, Superintendent OF the Bank
Department. arrived AZ the Metropolitan Hote
last evening from Albany.
hon. W. McDougan. the nrst Lieutenant Gov
ernor or Manitoba was yesterday elected 20 req.
resent south simcoe In the ontario Legislature.
It's announced that His Excelency President
Grant and Governor Tilden viii attend the ~
proaching commencement exercises o. Cornell
University.
the r,t,zens OF saratoga gave Judge George :.
Batcheer q reception last evening, which was
largely attended. Judge Batcheller win SAN for
Egypt on Saturday.
At mis- own request. Assistant Commissary Gen.
er,l yeckwnn mas been relieved IRON nuty in
washington ana ordered 70 Il. Louis, Tor which
MACE ne leaves on SATURDAY
General crook, United states Army. returned
Yesterday TO Omaha, rom an extended tour Of
observation through the Department or the Platte
lncIdoing the Indian agencies.
Germany has made formal demand on France
for more indemnify. Arpoud, workman, OF
Grenoble. married 2 German woman, and the
couple lived some time IL Lyons, where the hus.
band died. Then the woman returned to Germany
and became paupcr. Now the German govern
ment demands that the city OF Lyons shan pay
/! Tar Ina woman'a amnnnrL
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Murder in Boston.

II seems 70 be one Of the curiosities Of
crime that communities which contribute but
few cases % swell the criminal calendar give
terrible examples when they give any. But
perhaps this is not So much q curiosity as it
appears specifically. All ordinary murders
are the outcome Of ungoyernable temper and
sudden fury; and the factors are either drunk
enness and the consequent loss Of perception
Of consequences, Or the passionate nature with
which consequences ~ any other Interior
facts have no weight TO which the present
immediate impulse is all there is Of life
Now there Is none Of this sudden passion in
the kind Of humanity that natural selection
produces in the neIghborhood Of Boston, or
there is q minimum Of it. II q man IS thor
ough-paced ia the Massachusetts, discipline
he has, in the conception Of every act, PAN
oramic view Of its uttermost consequences,
and he does not venture the act unless it will
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than the duty of the Governor to examine the
cases and decide them one way or the other
Governor who found time to inquire into
Iugersoll's claims to pardon and set him
free from a righteous sentence might at least
have acted on the removal of the Corporation
Counsel, whose conduct he had him
self examined during the preparation
Of the charges. The idea that the claims of
Tammany thief to pardon were Of more
pressing urgency and had better claim on
the Governors attention than honest govern
ment in this city evinces an estimate Of the
relative importance Of things into which this
community does not readily enter. AS the
Governor found time to investigate and par
don Ingersoh, it would seem that be might
have found time to act on tho Mayors re-
movals. II he was under a necessity Of post
poning one or the other, it is the impression
Of this community that the Tammany tibet
might have waited until the interests Of the
metropolis had received proper attention.
But our citizens Will overlook the past If
Governor Tilden will now, at last, cooperate
with Mayor Wickbam in an attempt 10
make the Guy government as Boou as - pos
sible under our defective charter. These two
officers together if they act in concert, have
perfect control Of the personnel Of the munich
pal government in cases where unfit, in
capable or obstructive officers stand at the
head of departments. The charter, in pre-
scribing that removal shall be for cause,
without enumerating or defining the causes,
gives a reasonable latitude OF discretion to
the removing authority. Offices are not
created for the benefit Of the incumbents
but for the advantage Of the city, and
when their duties are not discharged in a man
ner conducive to the public interest the de-
fects of capacity, temper or integrity which
disqualify an officer for usefulness is sufi-
cient ground of removal According to the
plan recommended by the Governor in his
municipal Message it will require two years
to put new system in operation; and, mean
while, he should be willing to support the
Mayor in his attempts to make as efficient
government as possible under the present bad
charter. Since the adjournment Of the Legis-
ature has deprived him Of his standing ex-
cuse Of want Of time it is to be hoped that
he will aid the Mayor in his honest purpose
to correct municipal abuses.
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The intercollegiate Meeting ut Sara
togn.

We publish in another column the pro-
gramme for the student walking and running
races at Saratoga in July next, and it will be
seen that there is promise Of very interest
ing days sport Following as it does, tho
University boat race, it will allow the flower
Of the rowers to compete, and as the winners
on land are often not from the first boat an
equalizlng and consoling effect will, in some
measure, result Several new features in the
list are worthy Of note. There are to be ten
events-twice as many as ever before. There
are to be both morning and afternoon meet
ings, the latter including most Of the more
arduous contests. Some Of the races-a most
excellent plan-are to be thrown open to
graduates only, thus atfording admirable
facilities for comparing the best men Of
former days with those now coming up.
The track being a half-mile one the
competitors ara never even quarter OF .
mile from the spectators, and thus their every
movement is easily watched-an advantage
over the rowing contest which will yet make
the foot racing, if well handled, the more at
tractiye of the two, especially as no summer
breeze VIII, as IN the case OF tne laJleT, pre-
vent its taking place at the time set, rain be-
ing the only troublesome visitor.
As 50 many colleges may take part it would
be we'll that each should have in the more
difficult races representative man, who could
be Justly understood by the public to be the
best man in his'ccllege at that particular sort
OF work, and who, Of course, must be admittedly
the best his college could bring out This, while
it would not bar less promising men, would
both greatly deepen the interest felt andwould
be more likely to assure good racing; for not
fast nor slow, but close work, is what fixes the
attention and makes the struggle exciting.
Again, there are in our country not few
who have shown themselves good men in the
interuuiversity sports across the water. Were
the two graduate contests opened TO them it
would add feature which would be pleas
ant foretaste Of what we may look for at the
Centennial sports next year At Philadelphia,
and make these college meetings what they
already give strong promise Of becoming, a
permanent attraction of the only week in the
year when the young men Of the land meet at
all generally for friendly trial Of strength and
stay. We offer these suggestions knowing
that they viii be considered. and believing that,
if followed, the step viii never be regretted.
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NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY 2s 1875-TR1PLE

Gus mater in the very heart of the city. II
was very remarkable thing for police COM
missioner to do, thus personally to interest
himself in behalf of contractors who needed
his assistance in promoting malarial levers
But for his great qualities as talker we
might not have known the kind of man this
Police Commissioner is Now that he has
told us, however, We are convinced that the
sooner we get rid of him the better. Public
officers who neglect their duty are bad
enough, but those who plant poisonous gases
in populous neighborhood and see no harm
in it arc too dangerous to be kept long in Of
fee. Mr.. Disbecker has shown that the COM
munity has very grave reasons for fearing
him, and the people of New York are now
anxious to dispense with his services.
til little singular that, with all his talking,
Mr.. Disbecker should not refer to the terms
upon which the contracts for filling were OBJ
tanned The embankments were to be formed
of good loan, sand or gravel; no muck or i'm
proper material was to be used and coal ashes
perfectly free from garbage was allowable only
to within one foot Of the proposed height OF
the filling. Yet Mr. Disbecker, whose duty
it was to see that these conditions were full
filled, assists the contractors in violating
them and apologies for their broken faith by
asserting that there was only percentage OF
garbage in the ashes used In every way this
talking official convicts himself to the hurt of
his neighbors and his own disgrace.
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MORE CABDrus.-A special despatch ~
cable 70 the HERALD from Rome informs
the public that the Pope will hold Consistory
on June p, when the five cardinals n pe''o
will Be fully confirmed in rank. The Bishop
Of viterbo. Italy, Mgr. Serafni. viii also a.
sumo the purple. 4 point II more interest to
Americans Is that Cardinal McCloskey is *
pected to arrive in Rome before the Consistory
meets, and will then choose his title AZ a
Prince Of the Church.
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The FRENCH ASSEMBLY The influence Of
the republican supporters II the present
constitution 81 France was shown yesterday
IN the election q thirteen members Of the
new Committee Of Thirty. among whom j.
M. Laboulaye whom All Americans rejoice
TO see in a position Of power, both as friend
OF the United States and man whose deyo-
ton to freedom is not accompanied with
fanaticism or ignorance. The imperial
party offered no candidates. They do not
expect to sussssd by the consultation. bat in
snite OF it.
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A SINGULAR DIVORCE CASE is being tried in
this city in which the party known 70 English
law as the correspondent Is q witness for the
husband, who Is the plaintiff. The wife de-
clares the charge to be the result Of a conspir-
acy. Daniel Webster once spoke II 4 man
who occupied position similar q that which
Fingsl holds IN this case, as having ~peuured
himself like . gentleman but i the accu-
sation If Mrs Seare i true Fingal has told
the truth like 4 backyard.
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ERIE Was AGAIN the feature Of the stock
market yesterday upon q further decline
which induced a weak feeling generally Gold
closed at ZIG, being the lowest figure Of the
day, having sold at 1lGi.
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Cauuth, the editor, shot some time ago by
an aggrieved citizen Of Vlneland, n. J., has
reIinquished, apparently, all present hope to
resume his editorial labors and announces
in an article which we print his retirement
from journalism. He takes leave of his
readers in a vein curiously mingled Of humor,
pathos and impcrtinence, which evinces his
capacity to be yivacious in difficult circum-
stances as well as the Aippant taste for pitiful
smartness that was the source of so much
trouble 10 himself and others. lie says,
Our impaired eyesight, shattered nerves and
pulsating brain admonisn us that for the
coming year we must not stray too far from
the hospital. For man thus incapacitated
for his ordinary labor--the more especially if
that labor was the only or the main resource
for the support Of family-there is q common
impulse Of sympathy, which would perhaps
be more acute if the thought did not follow
that he is in an likelihood not the creates
sufferer. How painful have been the effects
Of the tragic event in the family of the man
who shot Carruth and on that man himself
has not been made apparent, for they seem
70 have studiously withdrawn themselves
from public attention; but there will be lives
in that family made as miserable and burden
some u their bearers by these events as the
remainder Of Carruths life will be to him.
Ont Of all the public reaps benefit in the
withdrawal from journalism of man who
added nothing to i Nv his talents who was
incapable OF apprnciatino its better functions
and conspicuously abused IFS privileges.
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TIE BELGIAN CONVENIENT has given az
surances to Germany that bill covering such
offences as that Of Duchesne viii be proposed.
The papers in lis case have been given to the
German Ambassador. and i i clear that there
viii BE- no war il little Belgium can prudently
avert it. The government has been As concil-
iatory as It could Re consistently with the
self-respect Of the nation.
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II THE BREcHER TRIAL ex-Judge Porter
will finish his argument to-day and Mr. Evarts
Will begin his speech, which viii probably &C.
cupy the remainder 81 the week
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From orr reports this morning the probabilities
are that tie uedtkeT to-day 1cN b. cool and
clearing.
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRIEToR
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AHUSENENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


WOODS MUSEUM
B5osdway corner q THIRTEEN stTees-wEAALTH AND
PMtS Il FALSE Al is0S c6L6RS 81 " A"'u's
THEATRE coMIQUE.
No 54 Broadway-VARIETl AZ : u ~; closes Al 10; As
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM or ART,
\. @. o1EaEE2 EH q close. q
10 SIS sro.a HsTHqF2HIEAE Il aEFAI II
JANE SHORE, att = NJ, closes al Il p NJ Miss Clara
BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE,
FULTON avenue-vARIETY, AZ 2 NJ; closes at 10 a5
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Ea Y Sr:ei o ses at ~ Z Grand EITa
Matinee at ! 80 4. NJ.
THEODORE f HfSTGSh c PSeE SAs stsFH
LYcEUM THEATRE.
E sRoFTs ats SIZE a isih
SAN FRAN cisco MISsTRELs.
sIGsSTRpyL S2fRs SSsy 9l
WALLACK'S THEATRE
Broadway-THE LADY or LYONS. at 2 r. NJ closes
ati0:iOP " Miss Ada Dyas. NJ. Montague.
BOwERY OPERA HOUSE,
No 3ol Bowery.-vARTETY, AZ r. H.. closes at 10 As
r. NJ
ROBINSON HALL
West Sixteenth street-English Opera-GfEOFLE-
GIROFLA, ats r n
PARK THEATRE.
Broadway. -GALATaA, al r. ". Miss Lima wassmann.
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PARK THEATRE.
Broadway -GALATGA a. r. ~ Miss Lima Wassmnnn
Matinee at 4 20 Y -
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ROBINSON HALL,
West Sixteenth strcet-English Opera-GTROFLl
GlROFLA, ats r r.
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VOLUME XL..---.......-.......... l(
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS On and
after January ], 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
sent free of postage.
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TRIPLE S HE T 7.

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY %, 1915,
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BOwERY OPERA HOUSE,
70 3ol Bowery.-vARIETl, AZ r H.; closes at 10
+. NJ
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WOODS MUSEUM.
Broadway. corner 81 Thrtieth street-wEALTH AND
CRIME, at p. NJ. closes a. lO:f5 r. N. Matinee AT 2
p. M.-UNDER FALSE COLOks.
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wALLACK's THEATRE,
Broadway.-THE LADY or Lyon, at r. NJ clos
ut l1:iUP. NJ Miss Ada Dyas. Mr. Montague.
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THEATRE CoMIQUE.
J, 5l4 Observation-Disclosures at y. M; closes AT 10 As
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM or ART,
West Fourteenth street-Open from 10 A. NJ. TO p NJ.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
o. ga Broad al 7. NJ closes al 10 a
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METRO PoLITAN THEATRE,
No SIS Rroadway.-vARlETY at : r. u.
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE,
p NJ.