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New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
.SEEIJTS FfiLEEE.

The view EXPRESSED by The TRIBUNE fort
night ago. that the fortunes of the Scrvlans
would depend on their ability to hold Gun Su-
sovatz. has been amply justified That point,
being the apex of q broad triangular line oi
defense, was the key to the whole position
When il fell, the Notifications ut Saitschar
and Acxinatz became practically useless, ana
the former, at least, were at once abandoned.
Then, because SaitSchar commands road
leading INTO the valley of the MoraWa-ihe
Iich popuIous central region OF Seryia-We
are not at all surprised To hear that the tenn
porary stand made at Banja by the S"rvian
amy is at an end. Since the first advance oi
the Turks, the Scryians have been regularly
outfankcd and there Is now nothing To PEE
vent this mancuver from beng repeated I'LL
thc close. Although detachment of Turks
appears to have been defeated Ill the pass oi
Kiissova. there ars other roads 10 hrUevaN,
which j. their objective point. Add 10 the IN
competency of the Scrvian generals the
decentralization of the troops and the depressed
spiiit of the people, and il is difficult 10 see
how the Turkish armies, nuShcd with Victory,
can fail 10 march through the heart oi the
country 10 the walls of Belgrade.
But intervention may at last bc regarded ~
certain. Whether or no, England has already
protested against Turkeys demand fer The
deposition of Prince Milan, 1T is quite certain
that she would he willing to do so. The
other Powers will probably stand upon their
dignity Us TO amy open step, while secretly
preparing to restore peace Oh the OASIS ol me
situation before the waf. Such compromise
would be neither satisfactory nor permanent {;
but the financial straits of Turkey and the
military failure of Serya make its acceptance
noSsiblp
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
TUE WALL or 4 FORi0hN HOPE.

THE wan or 4 IOELOhN HoPE.
The platform adopted by the State Demo
cratic Convention of South Carolina is a mel
ancholy Gocumcnt. The address Of Gen. Wade
HAMPTON before the Convention il the speech
of gentleman vino sees clearly the wrclchcd
condition of his state, but not quite 80 clearly
the WY out of it. IL is not enough always
for a party to recognize ard dcnOuncc politi-
cal evils; ard especially i'll State III a con-
dition so anomalous ~ that of South Carolina,
n wisdom higher than the wisdom oi mere
party is demanded. The Democratic orcani-
zation. rs such, can do nothing there. II may
j! j, true, set forth " the vcnality and corup-
" ton which have characterized every branch
" of the Government" but il has no right to
ignore the efforts made by the best men oi the
Republican party to purify Republican politics.
II is neither wise nor Just for it "a keep the
lines strictly drawn when Il httlc lihr!ality
misht be followed by the happic,t effects.
ifs true course was to sustain those Rcpub-
licans who were resolved to purify and reform
the Government. Ii could gain nothing by
making separate nomination. Ii was ad-
yiscd against taking this course, and was
cxhortcd to support Gov. Chamberlain by me
Charleston \ hcw8 AID COWicJ, one oi the abicNt
Of Southern journals. Indeed, Immediately
after the last Presidential election 1t was
evident that the Republican party might be
made throughout the South something very
different from what il had bcCn-a party oi
order. of frugality ard of wisdOm-li only the
hest men among The Democrats would aban-
don an organization which, even with She
most patriotic intentions, could effect nothing,
and exert themselves to make the victorious
marty what it should be. Instead OF this, we
have had more rhetoric, more complaint, and
more oXhortatiOns to voters to do what they
were not in the least likely Ia do; while those
who were really the salt of the Republican
party were left 10 fight alone their battles
with its corruptons, and were included IN the
Gcrccst resolutions of Democratic Conventions.
4 worse misfortune might bclall the State
of south Carolina than the election OF Gen.
Wade Hampton, whose honesty and honor are
known of all men. The trouble Is that he Is
not in the least likely to he clectcd-cXcept
upon paper and in speeches. The true course
for the Democrats to pursue would have been
to make no nomination, aud to have done all
in their power 10 promote that oi IN honest
reform Republican ticket. But this, We sup
nose. would not have been Democratic. This
would have been an intOlerablc abandonment
of palty allegiance. One consequence OF this
soucanisllucss is that the Republican Reform
crs may be thwartcd or delayed in their
efforts to cleanse the government. We hope
and trust not-but it may be.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
THE NEWS THIS uORNIAG.

FoREIGY.-The Turkish troops are reported to be
In suffering condition They have been rcpulsed
in several small engagements. SeTvIa Will moi sub
nit on any other than the stGta quo ante Gdlinm
basis -- John Frederick Lewis, the English
artist, died in London.
DoMFsTIC-Gen. Grant will leave Washington for
Long Branch to-day. 60 Secretary Chandler has
appointed the Sioux Peace Commission. who viii
proceed westward at once. - Gems. Terry and
Crook have joined forces. GO Speaker Kerr Is
falling rapidly and his death is only question of
little time - Numerous changes in the Federal
civil service in Mississippi have been ordered by tho
President.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Both the regular Republi-
can and Independent Republican. COMMITTEES held
primaries throughout the city and elected delegates
to Saratoga -= Committees from the TammaDy
Hall and Anti-Tammany organizations conferred
about basis of union, but no result was
reached. go New-York Wholesale merchants
speak hopefully of Fall trade prospects. -
Several failures have taken place in Newark, ana
there wero exaggerated reports of numerous bank
ruptcies Yesterday. = Gold III, 1903, 1lOa1.
Gold value of the legal-tender dollar at the close,
90 a,o cents. Stocks moderately active and lower,
closing weak.
The WEArHER.-THE TRIBUNEs local obserya-
tons indicate cloudy weather with hazneSs at inter
walls. -= In this city yesterday it was cloudy and
cool. Thermometer, 72o, 7S0, 72'.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
.POLITiCIL NOTES.

The soft-mOney men are more than resoa, ',
cicd 20 Gov Tllcn-they enthusiastic ior mn i''
letter did il. =,
The weekly Democratic journals are p"y
fishing Gov Tnden's letter like any other SERIAL
"Contnucd from last week" They hope to Pu"'S
ali by the first OF October -
Col. Blanton Duncan estimates the supp"i.' -
Of Cooper and Cary To be al present about one Man.
number and there arc more coming all tue UNIV tse
ton evidently believes in initiating other thhss '"'
currency. ., - bove
Gen. Bartlett of Pittsfed is shd 10 IN, "a
remarked lately that he is "wth the Iliu'n .,r b
beart and soul" and intends TO give the le'S','
faith In an open letter soon as his heai'h WI" ou,
n This rcport is true the probability that @ mi part
a,r' 81, ticker i'm Massachusetts VIII be Au"iH'"
,ct, wnnld seem 10 be strengthened. ,.,t
There seems to be an unusually muepen~,s
s,,rt among Maine Republicans this year. oar has
h,l, now in the Iyth District, and hr Lyhuon who
noen Nominated for Congress by the Kepuo',,, ,,elyn
do not wish to support the regular nom'e o tie
pors Reports are conflicting about S tn ~ eye tle
revolt, but i seems To DC iorniu"
Democrats good deal OF co'nioi" ,,ocratic
Cow. Ingcrsoll has Informed the Deino., roa@sp
state Committee Of Connecticut that he earA'' y"
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
IN OPPORTUNITY.


IF Republicans of the better sort in this city
wish to save their party, they have an Oppor-
tInity at last. "Thc machine has pcrpctrated
4 rro.s Injustice which is ut the same time a
cross bmdcr in tactics. by refusing to obey
the mandate of the Republican state Commit
tee. and to invite "di Republican electors and
"dH OtLcy rOics without regard 10 past polit-
"ical differences, WHO are willing 10 cooperate
"with the Republican party i'll support Of
"Uaycs and Wheeler, TO meet in their re-
"spectvc localities and participate in the clCc-
"tion of delegates TO the state Convention,
the regular local committee has made an irrcg-
ular committee Of itself. IL has Gisobcycd the
regular organization, cast away whatever
of regularity and right to precedence it
possessed and opened The way for any
other organization, complying fully with the
mandate of the Republican State Committee,
to become the only regular organization of the
party here, and to send the only regular
delegations to the Saratoga Convention. This
blunder has been promptly seized by the indie
pendent Republican Central Committee, sup
ported by the Republican Reform Club, and
meetings in strict accordance with the call of
the State Committee were summoned and held.
The result is that opposing delegations will
claim admission at SaIatoea and the ReDub-
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
yUr F4NlTICIsv or UNBELIEE.


Mr. NJ. ID. Conway, the lively correspondent
If The Cincinnati Commercial, writes from
ENGLAND an anccdotc of Miss Harriet Mar
tincau. The story runs that, being questioned
on her dcaih-hcd as 10 her belief III ImmOl tall
ity. she answered by blunt and cpigram-
matte disavowal of any such expectation for
herself. TO the thoughtful reader the story
has very apocryphal air. 1t Is avowodly
told at second hand, and the words imputed
have u nppant tone that suits as iii with the
serious and dccp-naturcd woman as with the
occasion. But, true or false, here Is the anec-
dOtc timely and pqUant; 1t Is scissolcd
and reprinted by many an editor ON
the lookout for bright paragraphs, and
so it goes on its inscct-ilight over the land.
Does he who wrote it, or they who copy it,,
stop for moment to think OF the sudden
chill that will fall on many a reader, at this
easy ncgation of mankind's dearest hOpcP Does
any one consider the simplc-minded and be-
licying men and women 70 whom any opinion
confidently expressed and backed by a great
name has Il certain weight; or the many who
are cropping pclplcyedly among old faiths and
new doubts, sensitive to every influence
There are thousands of such people; ard when
one intelligent correspondent, far superior in
his philosophical calm to all vulgar prcjudiccs
and supcrsiitons, tells with smile and an
easy wave of his hand how confidently this
great writer on the verge of death, pooh
poohd the idea of Immortality, there runs
through some Of these listeners IA sudden pang
of distressing doubt. There il n moments
loosening of the faith on which their life is
built; let there be long succession of such
shocks and there results to too many pre-
vailing habit of painful doubt, in which not
only .hc joys but the aspirations and virtues
of life are chilled and stunted Very weak
minded of them, very unphilo5ophcai but
such is human nature. A joyial friend lightly
taps your check with his cane-thc ligltcst
tap; but he strikes on u sensitive tooth, and
you cannot be grateful.
Our correspondent spies his very entertain
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

| IIcaDS
eide whether the close corporation created ahU
controlled by CustOm-hOuse patronage shai
continue to discredit Republicansm Ill the
ewes of good citizens of New-YorlI by pre-
! tending TO be the only organization OF kepuD-
licans here.
II would be worth many thousand votes to
the Republican cause in this State if Its Con-
vcntiOn should seize this occasion to put an
end to ring management and cXciuslyeAcss III
this city. The State Committee did It's part
wisely The Custom-hOuse faction betrayed
its conscious weakness when it refused to IN
yite to primary meetings all those voters
whom il had been commanded to invite. FOR
this exclusion no other excuse can be given
than the fear that the CustOm-house Republl-
cans might be outvotcd by other Republicans
who have by that faction been called irregular
and unreliable. But the party cannot carry
this State without the votes Of that very class
of Republicans who have opposed the Custom
house Ring. If it intends to win, it will act
with the wisdom shown by its state Commit
tee, and welcome to participation Ill nohlha-
tons "dH Republican electors and all other
"yotersn who intend to support Hayes ana
Wheeler. That way lies victory.
The opportunity is the more valuable because
il enables the better Republicans OF the state
TO escape from the irksOme domination Oh "the
"brcad-and-hutter brigade" For years the
party in this State has been growing weaker
because its better elements have thus been
oyerpoWered by the machine vote OF this city.
Even now there is possibility that candi-
date whose nomination the Republican voters
Al.
forced upon the party by the solid machine dele
cations of York, if delegations elected Ill
defiance of the call of the State Committee should
be exclusively admitted. But II the State Coh-
vcntion gives the preference to those RepuD-
licans who have faithfully obeyed the DGoad
and liberal mandate of the State committee,
il is certain that the wishes of the wiser ana
better elements of the party will prevail III CON
ycntion.
The truth is that ostracism and exclusive
rcss ouol,t TO cease. The adhcrcntS of the
Custom-hou.c are earnest Republicans, but not
bcttrr than those who have disscnted from
them. Thcy have strength, but they are not
strong enough to- carry this State alone. III Il
folly to prescribe and exclude any class 0i
mon whose votes are desired and needed to
secure q triumph; nor can any set of men be
expected to rupport with zeal ticket when
they have been held unfit to be consulted with
rcspect 70 its selection. If the State ticket
fairly represents the wishes Of the majority OF
those who support Hayes and Wheeler, the
result will probably be a handsome victory.
If it represents only one faction OF them, no
intelligent Republican will look forward with
confidence 10 the result. The opportunity has
come to make the State Convention repre- sent
for once the whole party If the Convention
sczes that opportunity it will organize victory.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

The question is settled. The stars have settled it,
and the poor mortas who are worrying and weary
ing themselves in the political contest, fooliShly
fancyng that they are clecting President, may as
well bow to the incxorablo fates. For through The
ST. Ions Republican it is revealed 10 us that the fates
have dccrccd the election of Tilden and Hendricks.
Making speeches is vain expenditure of wind. Able
editorials are Il useless outlay of intellect and ink.
The thing is settled, and no rational human being
can doubt it after peruSing The Republicans disclO
SIRE Kindly have the fatcs condcSccnded, for this
occasion only TO make known their dccrees in very
simple manner. The candidates, We are grayely
informed, are s. 1illcn aud I. Hendricks, against
II. HAYES and W. Wheeler. Some persons have sup
poscd that these were not the persons nominated;
that s. j. Tiden and Il. b. Hayes were the PresiGen-
tial candidates. But. according to. The Republican,
middle names don't count" Now is the nine
teenth letter Of the alphabet and L the twentieth,
and substituting fer each letter the number which
corresponds with It's position i'll the alphabet the
startling fact appears that the aggregate is Just 369
Tie Republican observes that 800 is just the nlmber
of votes in the next Electoral College, and that the
names of S. Tlden and +. Hendricks make up 19l
n clear majority of the electoral vote" In that way
and to that extent they are elected already. The
man who doubts whether they will ever be elected
in any other way is clearly m impiouS person who
deies the fatcs and the alphabet.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

MIR. William W. w. Wood in posting Mr. White
Of Kentucky FOR words spoken Of said Wood in the
Uouse of Representatives, ami in advertising the
said Mr.. Whites statement rs "baSc, Cowardly, and
false has rather suffered his passion TO get the bet
ter of him in a way unworthy of the Engineer-in-
Chief of the United States Navy. Mr. W. Wv
VS. card inasmuch rs il tends 10 provoke duel, Is
clearly reprehensibc. He has 10 right to use such
language about anybody and then say that he Is
personally responsible" for it. We must admit,
however that wrathful rs he was when he wrote 1t,
Mr. Woods card begins quite correctly. as follows:
"a member of Congress- 10 matter how insgnit-
cant he may be socially and politically may shield
himself behind his privileges, while grossly magn-
ing the character of persons outside OF Congress- and
not entitled to similar protection" There is,
sorry to say no doubt of the privilege of mem-
her to do this, and we are still more sorry to say
that some members of Congress have done il.
But the fact that il has been done by persons ling
themselves and styled by others honorable does
not make any the less olcnsc against honor,
good breeding, and decency. public man may
have privileges which he will Use sparinGly, If at all
The mere fact that he is 50 privileged viii make him.
if ho is a gentleman. all the more careful how he
permits his tongue to wag unbridled. We say this
generally, without any particular reference TO Mr.
Whites case; ana we are not uumndful that mem-
Der may sometimes require the protection of the
House. The rule. however, holds that unless some
public interest requires it, Representative who is
n man of honor will Int an antagonist who cannot
ht back in the same way. pr who cannot reply in
the slme place
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

When the Centennial Exhibition first took shape,
and there was reason TO hope that it would attract
large crowds of.visiors from distance, there a
good deal of discussion as to its probable effect on
general trade. On tho one hand, those who Lad OBJ
served the results that have followed other great
exhibitions, were confident that general trade would
be stimulated. They argued that people coming to
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
Dreincss Nolircs.

Cp1srADoEOs HAIR DYE produces such per
,ect tinges that the stctCst SCRUTINY cannot utte I ~
artificial: Nature reproduced with cOInptle Sc 70
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OFFlck OIL Oh isG ~
,rpI.iST in The Tribune Pavilion Belmont ave- CtlIeni
Grounds ION the bank of the Lake) TIE pn%r rr,
Offce 7l3 CheSulut-st. (old Masf'C l,'.p
SunscriDons and advertisements received az ltSua IL
nj both offices. LIE DAILY lHEONE selNeu w ''''' " "
parts OF the city early in the morning. g.----.
Wos cnred of chronic hili0usneSs byllOLMANS S
IoIv ASn LIVER PAD Have recommended huIdleIs' MIN
ASoh Az. ,aiiDra IN $ " CtRfFs, Mid:llet0wn n, OiO
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

Letters from Summer resorts begin now TO
show more material than formerly. Saratoga
is at the hight of the season. Long bralich
begins to look crowded. The cottages at ocean
Grove are occupied In their endeayor to ma
recreation or rest the residents at all THESE
resorts contrive to do enough to keep our cor
rasnoOdents busy.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

months at the utmost before the highway be-
tween this city and Europe will be shorteneu
by one or two hundred miles
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
omussmsnis ano aleetimss 60 Night.

Rooru,s TIE ATRg-2 and s. "sardanapaus -,
FIxTu AVENUE THEArER.-2 aud 8: "Our American
Cousin" - . -. ,,.....,ouoo
TwESTY-THIRD STREET OPBRA HOUSE.-heLy hcoh
Mmstrels.
WlLLACK's THEATER.-"Mighty Dollar.
ACADEMY OF DssIGN.-Day time only: Centennial Loan
Exhibition.
On NOnE's GARDEN Concert r.
MYTROPOIlTAN MUSEUM or ARr.-Day time onIy' Oeh-
teunial Loan Exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

England is yet long way behind in freeing
Church and State from each other. The
means of comparing progress in Great Britain
and the United States may be found III the
Educational Amendments which have Just been
adopted in each country. There was great eX-
citrment over the measure in Parliament, and
rs finally phrased il was a victory for the re-
actonsts, since it authorizes the support OF
dcnomnational schools from the public purse
Years of agitation are probably in store for
Great Britain before reaching the position that
this country will have assumed when the Blaine
Amendment is adopted by the States; but to
this point the free thought of the age is lneyi-
tably tending, and even in conservative En-
gland it is only q question OF time.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

DAILY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers. Sl0per annhli
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Persons unable 10 obtain THE lRBUNF ~ Gay0 o. me
s;,s boof or hotels IN ,chicht is usually sold lcl con-
Jo farOr by iRorminO this o6lce Of the circumstances
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

The mudlle in the Brooklyn courts over
the Hampstead Reservoir is precipitated hy
political rather than economical reasons, ana
little relief to the taxpayers is likely to come
OF it.. BY persistent delays and struggles, as
if in the interest Of the city, to prevent the
use of a half million appropriation, the present
Democratic Corporation Counsel hopes to Sc
cure reappontmcnt by a Republican Mayor ;
and that is about all there is at the bottom OF
the affair The Legislature appropriated half
n million dollars TO finish the reservoir on the
altered plans which the Council had unwlsely
insisted on and that law, whether wise OF
otherwise, il will he difficult to evadc FOR an
other half year even to secure Nh DeWiits
reappointmcnt on the absurd plea that he
actually cares for the city interests.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
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New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

The telegraph pole is become new terror OF
city life. What with street cars and rotten poies
metropolitan existence becomes an uncertain cApcii.
ment indeed. And the frequency OF injury ana
death by such means may be urged rs new argl-
ment in favor of elevated roads and underground
uira
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

The Custom-housc thought they couldn't
spare Charley Spencer. Perhaps they wanted
him to head the fight against the rival delcga-
ton; and also thought it would be handy, when
the time came, to have him Sit down upon
George WilIiam Curtis.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

Brooklyn Democrats are preparing for an
active struggle fol the local Offices, but as yet
are not fully organized SO far as the slate
is made up'it includes many names that have
long been promjnent-indced much too promi-
nent-n the politics aud government OF Kings
County.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

Redders of THE TRIBUNE tearing torn on trar-,
eliu0 for he Summer can hare the paper mailed
to item, postpaid, for 81 per month, hc address
being changed ,cbencrer dcsircI EeqaeSis JoI q
oi0noe Of address skOuld atrdy" meDiion the
edition (Doily Weekly. or Semit- eekiy), and
both old aud rcC addresses.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

In the numerous letters which we publish
to-day under the head of "The Peoples can
"vass," the opportunity Is given OF learning
in advance the views that the public is adopt-
ing respecting the parties and their eandida'eS:
lsidc from its general interest, tins hlnu oi
information should be useful to both sides Ill
prepming their Fall programmes.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

The educational exhibits form one OF the
most important features of the show at Pihl-
adepha Foreign Governments have been
at once profuse and methodical III displaying
to American eyes their systems of education
Fortunately our States have been equally
lavish, so that we DO not as a nation suffer by
comparison What Americans have to show
in this particular is described i'll our Phila-
dclphia correspondence. TO the very large
number of teachers visiting the Exhibition,
these exhibits, both foreign and domestic, have
proved OF the highest interest. Suggestions OF
possible improvement are presented on every
hand. and no doubt Will be utilized by these
keen observers.