New-York tribune., 1876-07-19

II ia fashionable to growl about the heat As soon
"a the mercury mounts to the nineties the grumbers
revel in the satisfaction of being miserable them
seves and making their neighbOrs miserable by ln-
ceasing lamentation ard eXaggeratlon Are theSo
abnorma,ly hot-booded people to whom the hlgh
temperature Is especially uncOmforabicf Not ut all
when the first frost comes they will bo found gTo"-
inc lust as bitterly about the cold. Before anybody
else IA vcxed with heat they find IT unenduraDie
and before anybody else is troubled by the cola they
begin to complain Of the rI2OrS OF Arctlc "lhLI
Are they exceptionally thn-skinncdf DO they suner
more than other peoplcf BY no means; 1t IS merely
their way of expressing gratitude LOT a climate
which they would not exchange for any other
on earth. For there are glorious regions
of eQuable temperature, where the mercury
scarcely varies twenty degrees the whole year
ronnd where neither heat nor cold IS ever oppicS'
siye; and where the chronic grumbler might lie III
luxurious ease, bathed IN perpetual baliny opflhs'
Why do they never migrate thItherf Long DeIoro
science came with its reasons and proofs, human
instinct taught that the equable IuAlliOus cih"'o
produead only INDECENT and.ueryeless No ma
zion great in commerce industry, or battle, scarcely
man great in war or peace, has ever come from the
lotus-eatIng lands of unyarying temperature Shdrp
changes only nerve and harden tie human frame tOr
task, of physical OF mental endurance Our alter
nations OF heat and cold operate constant stImu-
lus TO strengthen the system, aud give Ii snap ahd
elasticity I'm New Orleans, though 1t is night you
can tell n Northern man by the click OF his boot
heels on the pavement So through all history the
footsteps which echo down tine corridors OF time
come not from men or races unncryed by luXurlous
climate. After all, blessed be the grunblor. lie
reminds us Of one of our greatest merces
Gov. Tilden's continued delay about his letter OF
acceptance is rather dscouraging to his supporters
The straightforward unresered deliyerauce Ol MS
antagonist who had the candor and the courage to
place himself upon eminonce which his party
with proverbal tmidlty did not dare to occupy
has justified the faith of Gov Hayes's friends and
compelled the respect of his opponents. II Cow
Tllcn desires to take a like manful stand, ard is
asking tine to convince his friends of its
prspriety, tho delay does not speak well
for tho character Of his support But
whatever IT. cause, We hope the Governor will not
lose sight of THESE ringing words from the letter Oh
his opponent Believing that the restoration OF the
civil service to the system established 10y NaShing
ton and followed by the early Presidents can be best
accomplished by an Executive who Is under no
temptation to the patronage OF his Office to pro-
mote His own reelection, / desire to perform That
regard az a duty in stating my ipJerdie purpose Y
elected not 10 be candidate for election TO second ten'
1t was John Grifiths, butcher. who yesterday Mt
the Battery. being annoyed by child seven years
old named Joseph Casino. seized Joseph and east
him into the waters of the bay Twice he went
down and certainly he would have been drowned
if Richard Bisng Of the revenue cutter Chandler
had not jumped in and saved him. Not content with
this good deed Bisling went after the butcher ana
caused his arrest. How diirontly does this heated
term affect different people. This butcher. who no
doubt had lost many pounds Of meat, the tcnpera-
uro makes irritable, especially as the oense OF the
little scycn-ycar-old was charging him with selling
tainted meat" On the other hand, BisHng. the
gentle navigator. grew full of melting pity IN the
melting weather. and, uniting pleasure with duty,
took bath and saved human life at the same time.
It's announced that Mr.. SchuZ has been invited
10 make one of the opening speeches in behalf OF
Gov. Ilaycs in Ohio. As he has "entirely lost his
influence" according to the Democratic papers, we
suppose nobody will take the trouble to read what
he saws. One prcdlction may be safely made: what
ever he says very few of the hostile journals VIII