New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-07

election.
The French Court of Appeals has gravely
confirmed the judgment against Courbet for
| the cost of restoring the VendOme Column
There will probably be no one less embarrassed
by this debt than the imprOvident artist
whose contributions to French art ought to
secure him from further annoyance for an act
in which the Communists were all more N less
implicated.
A diminuton of the city death-rate for the
| week ending July 81 is recorded. That of
| the previous week had been largely increased
by an extraordinary mortality among infants.
| There is little room for cOngratulation upon
the improvement in the figures, as it is
merely result of there being fewer sick
children left after 80 many had died. Want
of sufficient nOurishment is stated by the
sanitary authorities to DO the chief cause Of
| this mortality.
The rambles of Mr.. Bayard Taylor, de-
scrbed in letter this morning have reached
the eastern extremity of Cape Cod He finds
the evidences of thrift everywhere upon that
sandy peninsula. Thin as is the soil, it re-
pays cultivation in its shadier noOks and the
climate. in which the vine hOurishes and gar
dens are gay with Summer flowers. The
Cane presented to him few of the lonely, desc
late aspects that most travellers have pictured
there. The letter contains brief account OF
the colony of natives of the Azores which has
effected settlement at PrOvincetOwn, and
seems to be prosperag.
III ,of <1,a t,irfh NJ
Daniel 0'COnnell was celebrated in many OF
the large cities of the United States and
Canada by meetings and professions. In
Dublin the proceedings took in part the form
of a popular demonstration for Home Rule !;
the Lord Mayors banquet ended in disorder,
consequent upon the attempt to substitute
for DR.. Butt another orator on legis-
lative independence. In this city Pontlilcal
| High Mass was celebrated in the morning, and
a large meeting was held at Cooper Union IN
the evening at which the Goth Regiment was
present The Rev. DIR. McGlynn delivered an
able address, and evoked much enthusiasm
from the crowded audience.
| A new feature has been introduced into the
confidence game" az practiced by some SWIM
dlers whose operations have been recently ex-
posed. They carried on fictitious business OF
obtaining loans on real estate. The loans, of
course, were never made but the applicant
was led to believe that life insurance COM
pany was about to grant the accommodation.
As a condition of the loan, the applicant was
induced to have his life insured, and the swim
dlers had accomplished their whole object when
the premium was paid, on which they got
| commission. This somewhat transcends the
average sharp practice of insurance agents iii
obtaining new business, but it has the dlsad-
vantage of subjecting the ingenious operators
to the penalty of the law.
So far as we know, Dr. JOHN Hall was the
first conspicuous orthodox clergyman i'll this
country to recognize the full scope and sIgnlfi-
canoe of the work done by the evangelists,
| Moody and Sankey, in Great Britain. His
letter to The TRIBUNE on the subject Will not
have been forgotten. Many wondered at the
time to see one of the most rigid OF Presby-
terians expressing his approval of methods OF
revival work so different from Presbyterian
practice or general belief. What the Doctor
saws now, at the close Of the work by Messrs.
Moody and Sankey in England, will therefore
command the attention due to one who dis
| covered, before his associates, the development
and worth Of great moral power.
We publish this morning the fourth of the
series of Mr.. Charles Reade's letters defending
the rights of authors. This letter deals less
with the question of international copyright
than those that have preceded it. The object
is more especially to meet and overthrow the
current notion that the publication of play
by printing divests the author of his right to
profit from its representation on the stage. In
a long but lucid argument the letter shows
the distinction between "stage-right which
concerns the presentation of the piece on the
stage, and is a right at common law-and copy
right in the printed play, which is secured by
statute. The former may still remain with the
author when the latter has become the property
of publisher. The letter is not wanting in
the sprghtly freedom of expression which
characterzes Mr. Rcade's writings.
A correspondent of THE TRIBUNE with the
Powell Expedition now engaged in geo
graphical and geological survey of the south
ern part of the territory of Utah sends us a
graphic and interesting description of the
mountain scenery in that locality, with a sum-
mary of some of the results of the survey.
The wonders of that vast region of country
which stretches for thousands of miles over
what may be called the back of the con-
tinent seem absolutely ineXhaustiblo. Each
season some new exploration discloses new
maryels and adds to our fund of information
concerning the geography and geology of the
continent From the descriptions given by our
correspondent, which exhibit genuine enthusi-
asm for nature az well as scientific accuracy,
it would appear that the volcanic region of
country in Southern Utah is not deficient in