, 1876-01-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

out an actual contraction OF our pa
per currency amounting to ovel
s31, 100000 since June, 1874.
THE Astor estate, we are told, will
probably not exceed fifty millions
"a great disappointment, as it was
supposed that his family would be
left in comfortable circumstances.
HENRY W1LsoN's property, it is
said, will not exceed $4,000 in
amount, and he bequeathed it all in
trust for his mother-in-law and adopt.
ed daughter. He laid up compare
lively, but small treasure IN this life,
and there was nothing Of outward
magni6cence or grandeur about his
way of living. His library was small
and many of the books were given to
him.
AID FOE LIBERIA.-An American
war vessel has been ordered to the
African coast upon which Liberia is
situated, for the protection of that
republic from the dangers which
menace it by inroads of the natives
from the interior, who are furnished
with arms and ammunition by Eng
hsh traders. This little republic,
with its American origins ,ds regarded
with lively interest by our people,
and its overthrow would be regret
ted. The vessel carries eight guns,
and registers 910 tons.
THE escape of Tweed from his Gus
todians in New York is an exact par
allel of that of Harry Genet, and
probably no sane man in the coun-
try doubts that there was collusion
and connivance which were literally
paid for. The whole thing would
be supremely ridiculous if it were
not such sorry burlesque on the
administration of justice. 1t is toll
erably safe to assume that Mr.. Tweed
will not be apprehended, that ample
substance has been or will be placed
where he can put his hands on t,that
New York city will never recover
that $6,OO0,0O0, and that the Boss"
will spend the remnant of his days
abroad.
IT now appears that not only is the
Marquis of Lorne and his wife, the
Princess Louise, from Britain, to visit
the United States next summer, but
it is on the cards that the Prince Of
Wales may also visit Philadelphia
during the Centennial year, and that
he may conclude upon taking this
coast on his homeward way from the
East Indies. The eldest son of
Queen Victoria and the Prince Con-
sort, who frustrated the attempt of
Lord Palmerston to place the Gov
ernment of England on the side Of the
rebellion during our civil war, would
be welcomed by popular uprising;
and he will be as much the lion ofthe
show at Philadelphia, as would have
been Prince Frederick, of Germany,
had he concluded to come.
THE first State election of the Cen
tennial and Presidential year will be
that of New Hampshire, early in
March. Although this State may be
Glassed among the Republican ones
50 far as the elections of the year now
closing,are concerned,yet it is claim
ed, with its FIVE electoral votes, by
both parties for 1876, the New York
Herald among others, placing it
among the Democrats. According
to the claims of both parties of what
they expect to carry next fall, the
race is to be very close one, and
even the Eve votes of New Hamp.
shire will prove a prize for which
both parties will struggle. 1t being
the first State to vote after it shall
have been known what course the
Democratic U. S. House of Repre-
sentatives shall take in its Legislation
therewill be much political signif-
caHce attached to the result of its
March election.
) The "HEATHEN CHINEE."-It was
thought by many sanguine philan.
thropists that the Chinese, Hockihg
as they do in such large numbers to
this coast, would almost unconscious
ly imbibe Christian morals and hab-
its, from contact with the elevated
moral atmosphere whichprevails, but
in some cases the contrary effect
seems to have obtained. This has re-
Gently been strikingly illustrated in
San Francisco, through an order pass
ed by the city authorities for the
suppression of opium-smoking dens,
of which there are scores patronized