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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-11
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The new system of awards devised by Mr. Beck
with Of Naw-lork the essence Of which consisted
in adding 10 diplomas and medals of equal rank
signed reports Of expert judges on the merits of the
articles. was adopted and carried out with fair de-
,-,cc OF success There were fewer complaints about
fine awards than at any previous worlds faIr. A
hort time before the close the commission proposed
70 seriously mar tie - TEN by refusing to exhibit
mrs be signatures of the judges 10 the reports, but
wiser counscls finally prevailed, and the original
plan was adhered to-
The transportation arrangements of the railway
COMPANIES were exc ilcut, and contributed greatly
In the success Of the Exhibition Especially worthy
If PRAISE was tie Pennsylvania Railroad Company
which carried millions of visitors without the loss of
single life or the infection of "A serious injury
The enterprise of the Philadelphia and Reading
Company in providing quick transportation from
the heart Of tia city the grounds is also deserving
of COMMUNICATION. The ac, ommOdations for visitors
In hotels and private houses were ut all times ample,
and the people of Philadelphia showed honesty and
good sense in adherng TO reasonable prices for food
and lodging under temp alton to extortion which
the Parisans and Vicnnese could not, in the same
circumstances, resist.
The administration Of the gigantic undertaking
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

without seeming to act in completely with
rebellion and their influence is wholly de-
stroyed in their own party. They can carry
20 republicans with them in their protest
against wrong. Mr.. Tilden's chances will
be as hopeless with their support as without
it. .Inasmuch rs the decision does not de-
pend on crazy democratic partisans but on
moderate and fair-minded republican Sena-
tors. the democratic party owes it to itself
to maintain such an attitude that men like
Mr. Conkling would not bring politi-
cal ruin upon themselves by resisting
fraud and supporting justice, The bearing
Of the democratic party should be such that
republicans can interpose to see justice
done without destroying their standing in
their own party. But is there any republi-
can Senator who does not despise the incen-
diary tale about General Sheridan coming
to New York to bull-doze the city? Can
any Senator with grain of sense credit the
wild story that Senator Sherman and his
brother General Sherman have formed a
conspiracy to seize the government
Democratic papers which fabricate such
stupid stuff only prejudice and disgust the
men on whom they must rely for justice.
If they make it impossible for any man who
voted for Hayes to unite with them in q
protest against fraud they will find them
selves supporting 'lost cause"
The wisest democrats are giving no coun-
tenance to this miserable. suicidal folly.
The Southern members of Congress are
acting like men of sense. The demo-
cratic Senators did themselves honor
in refusing to contend for the twenty
second joint rule against their ideas
of parliamentary law for mere party ad-
vantage. Let all democrats emulate their
high-toned example, scorning any advan-
tage won by trick or by incendiary appeals,
claiming nothing but what is clearly right,
and asserting the right only by legal and
peaceful methods If they win by such
means they will win nobly ifthey lose they
will nevertheless retain the respect of the
country and occupy an admirable position
for efficient appeals to public opinion in
future elections
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candor OF tho comte do Paris.

It was not to have been expected that SO
Paris, written SO near to the events it mar
rates and judges, would escape errors of de-
tail. In the four volumes Of his lucid
history which have thus far been published
only ono mistake Of any considerable
Importance has thus far been detected,
and this the distinguished historian has
been prompt to acknowledge. In his ac-
count of the military events Of the sum-
mer Of 1861 he imputed blame to General
Patterson for his failure to reach the scene
of action at Bull Run and avert the dis
graceful defeat with which the war opened.
The public opinion of the country, both at
the time and since, passed the Same
Judgment on General Patterson which
is recorded in the interesting pages Of the
Comte de Paris. But General Patterson
wrote book on the Shenandoah campaign
Of that summer which, in the opinion of his
friends, was o complete vindication. The
book, however, had but limited circula-
ton, and the original impression of General
Patterson's conduct has remained on the
minds of his countrymen. As it has turned
out the Comte de Paris did him real SER
vice in repeating the judgment Of General
Patterson's conduct SO widely formed by his
countrymen. As soon as the French Princes
history was republished in this country the
friends of the aspersed General sent copy
a his book to the Comte de Paris, who, after
q careful examination of the evidence it con-
tanned, made haste to acknowledge the error
into which he had fallen in the candid letter
to citizen Of Philadelphia which we print
in another column. This letter will be moro
widely published than any history of the
war, and will secure for General Patterson
the justice which he failed to obtain by
his own book. That so competent q
judge, who had o natural bias in
favor of his own first opinion, pro-
nounces the vindication successful and
promises to rectify the. error in the second
edition of his history, must be highly salts
factory to General Patterson and all his
friends. The illusions Of the Comte de
Paris to the action Of General Scott in that
initial campaign of the war will be read
with melancholy interest
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Bombast, or WHAT

The National Democratic Committee,
through its Chairman and Secretary, issues
an address announcing as the result of the
Presidential election held on the 7th of
November last, the election of Samuel j.
Tilden, of New York, rs President, and
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana, as Vice
President Of the United States, congratulate
ing the people of the United States on this
victory for reform and giving them the i'm
portant intelligence that it now only remains
for the two houses of Congress in the perform
ance Of their duty on the second Wednesday
of February next to give effect to the will of
the people, thus expressed in the constitu-
tional mode, &C., &C., &C., &c. OF course,
President Tilden will be gratifed at this
happy settlement of tho Presidential diff
Guilty, and he cannot in fairness do less than
confer Cabinet offices, custom houses and
other cnviable honors upon the gen.
tlemen who have brought about this
result. There may be some trifing
obstacles in the way of their ad-
of Congress, in giving ''effect to the will Of
the people," &C., &C., may find some other
result, for instance, than that reached by
the democratic committee There is a gen.
tleman at Utica, the inmate Of public in
stitution, who regards himself as tho EN-
peror of China, and issues edicts by the
score but we have never heard that he en-
joys the revenues Of the Celestial Kingdom
The result Of the Presidential election is not
yet decisively announced, it is true, and
SO there may be said to be still
chance for. both parties but Mr..
Tilden is no more President elect of the
United States to-day than the unfortunate
gentleman in the interior Of the State
is Emperor of China. 1t is to be hoped,
however, that the democratic committed s
congratulatory address is only piece of
innocent bombast, and is not part of IN
organized attempt to infame the public
mind and excite the passions of the people
over yet undecided question, which must
bo finally settled in accordance with law
by other authority than that of political
committee.
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given for two or more candidates" When
an equal number of votes are given for two
candidates there is no election any more
than when an ineligible candidate has re-
ceived majority; but our statutes expressly
authorize the Electoral College to fill yacan-
cies resulting from a failure to elect. In
Oregon, the votes for Watts being void.
there was failure to elect, and ccnse-
quent vacancy, which the Electoral College
was empowered by law to fill. SO the no
vacancy quibble explodes.
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TR IPLE SH E e L
NEW YORK, THURSDAY. DECEMBER "A, 1876.
NOTICE TO EBWSDEllERS AND The PUBLIC.

Owing to tho action OF q portion OF tho carriers,
newsmen and news companies, who arc determined
cents per copy II they can prevent IT, we have made
arrangements 70 place the HERALD In tho hands OF
all our readers at the reduced prica Ncwsboys and
dealers purchase any quantity they may desire
at No l,2e5 Broadway and No. 2 Ann street, and
slso from our wagons on the principal avenues. All
dealers who have been threatened by tho news CON-
panies requested to send in their orders irec.
Vs, at No. Ann street.
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In the web of bubbles woven around the
democratic dodge in Oregon one Of the
most prominent is the pretence that va
cancy can exist only when on Office has been
regularly filed and the person elected after
ward dies, resigns, absents himself, or in
some other way quits the position to which
he was legally entitled. 1t is contended, in
applying this bubble, that inasmuch as the
Postmaster, Watts, was ineligible and the
votes cast for him were void he could not va
cate an office which he never held, and that
the other republican electors therefore ex-
ceeded their authority when they assumed
to fill vacancy which did not exist. This
wire-drawn reasoning may be easily dis
posed Of An Office is vacant when it is not
filled, precisely as house is vacant when it
has no occupant. 1t, would be absurd to
say that new house which had never
been occupied is not vacant because
no family had ever lived in and vacated
it. We only need to look into the
laws of the United States or any of the
States to find that an Office may be vacant
by the mere failure to elect an incumpent
The Revised Statutes of the United States
(section 26) declare that s'the time for hold
ing elections in any State. District or Terri
tory to fill vacancy, whether
such vacancy is caused by q failure to elect
at the time prescribed by law, or by the
death, resignation" &c Here is a clear
proof that vacancy may exist ''by a
failure to elect at the time prescribed
by law" This upsets the quibble
that there was no vacancy in the
Oregon Electoral College because there
was no election of one of the three on the
7th Of November. Our whole political sys-
tenn recognizes the existence Of vacancies
whenever from any cause no valid election
took place at the proper time. If Repre-
sentative. to Congress should be returned
who had resided only four years in the
United States he would be incapable Of
serving, and the Governor of tho State
would have to order an election to
fill the vatancy. The language of
the United States statutes and Of all
the State statutes agrees in describing
such u failure to elect as q vacancy. The
Revised Statutes of New York declare that a
vacancy exists when an election or appoint
ment is void. They also provide that the
Presidential electors shall shll all vacancies
in the Electoral College occasioned
by an equal number Of votes having been
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

The POSTAL SERVICE. fast mail SER
vice on the Pennsylvania road is to be re-
sumed next Monday, on and after which day
the HERALD will be received in Philadelphia
at half-past seven o'clock in the morning, in
Baltimore at quarter-past eleven, at Wash
ington at one o'clock in the afternoon, and
will be delivered in all parts of New Jersey,
Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware. Maryland
and in parts Of Virginia before or little after
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

WHICH ?--Mr. William NJ. Evarts is
credited with saying at Washington, in
substance, that party leaders and party
organs hold now the oil in their hands. and
can choose whether to throw it on the water
or on the fire. The troubled waters need
it's calming influence the smoulderipg fire
is prepared to receive it. In the one case
the result will be peace and safety in the
other conAagration and destruction. Can
any sensible man hesitate a. to which use TO
put tho oilf
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

The UNrraD STATES CIRcurr CoURr, in
Chambers, at Hartford, is endeavoring to
learn whether coasting vessel is a ferry
boat. That ferryboats are sometimes coast
ers is we'll known to some residents of
Brooklyn and Staten Island, but the case in
question, given at length elsewhere, is Of
peculiar interest to every one who would
like to see money flow into our city Golfers.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

OUR NARROWING SroRr of husbands 8
sruelty stimulates the terrible uncertainty
about the actual lives Of men and women
who present calm exterior and seem to be
content. Violence may be imagined between
married couples who are of the dregs of so
Ciety, but the parties to this suit are Of
wealth and social standing.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

noon. The Post Office authorities deserve
credit for the earnestness and perseverance
they have evinced in securing these advan-
tages to the public, and it is to be hoped
that they will be afforded all the facilities
necessary to enable them to more fully carry
out their plans in regard to fast mail
carvioa
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

WE PRrNr special appeal from the Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition Of the
Poor, with the earnest hope that our readers
will not think their duty done when they
have read it. The largest iberality that can
be hoped for will not be sufficient to the
honest demands upon the association. With
the appeal we give letter containing prac-
Aical suggestions to everybody.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

WALL STREET YEsTEnDAY.-Gold opened
Mt 107 1-2, receded to 107 IA and closed at
107 3-8. Money on call was supplied at
and per cent. Government bonds were
higher. Railway mortgages were generally
steady The final transactions in stocks
indicated firmer tone, but the market was
dull and feverish.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

The FAMOUS PARISH WILL is again in con-
test in the courts, and the second days pro-
ceedings hint at a woman in the case. We
publish the opening address of Mrs. Par
tsh's counsel.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

How EVEN United States marshals do not
always recline on fowery beds Of ease is
explained in our report of the case of Doyle
Va. Sharpe.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the sceather today uiA be toarmer
and partly cloudy or clear.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

BOB HART. the comedian, gave an i'm
promptu performance in Judge Bradys
Court yesterday and brought down the
house. See court reports
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

attendant loss of life. is reported in our
marine columns.
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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
BooTn's THEATRE.
KING LEAR, at p. NJ. Lawrence barrett
GERMANIA THEATRE.
RHRLlcHR ARBnIT. sP. N. Matinee ata
LYcRUM THEATRE
MERCHANT OF VENICE Mt +. NJ. Edwin FseS..
THE SCHOOL g.F5s Eos ssssSaf AykfSf 1HH.sHk 4
rHE sHAuausAHk. uauiHh.sssf MEM nAAiAA'
PARK THEATRE
hUSETTE, AZ 8 p. N. Lolita
MISS xunros. SSIos s,s s9&pARH &. THEA7HE-
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
BENEFIT OF pRoskEys aSSkEy T1FA1EE sGf1EHaRs,
Mr.. Dominick Murray.
SYMPHONY coscEkr ~,s Pm.
BRAND EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL IsP.M.
VARIETY cottuMBIxS OPERA HOUSE,
VARIETY THEATRE coAIeUk
MASONIC TEMPLE
CRoMwELL's ILLUSTRATIONS, atsP.M
VARIETY AND 8kxMs 9kxMsi" 9. ! TaEHTkE. " 4 r.
VARIETY. .ssf.M sSfi PASTORS THEATRE
rARIsIAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY. stsf.M NJ Matinee M2 NJ.
VARIETY. MsP. N. Matinee at = Pm.
EAGLE THEATRE.
VARIETY, st r. NJ
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs
KELLY Icons MlNsrRELS
A6P.
nELLER's- THEATRE
PRESTIDIGTTATEUR. assP. NJ
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
,,rs., NEW NATIoSAL THEATRE
L'E6PI0NNK FRANCAISE.
KIRALFY'S ALHAMBRA PALACE.
AZCRINR: OR, A VOYAGE TO THE EARTH
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Polo and tho Cavalry Service.

We print elsewhere an article from the Com
nercial Advertiser setting forth the advantages
Of polo as q training for cavalrymen. Itneatly
enumerates the variety of motions in the
exercise of this manly game, which, it says,
give rider "that seat which gentlemen in
the cities cannot acquire" This is quite
true. A week of polo is worth whole year
Of tho tame and easy riding school practice
for the requirement Of good seat in the
saddle and q perfect mastery Of the horse.
As training for the cavalry service it
would be invaluable, and we suggest that it
might be very advantageously utilized at
West Point. The drill now in use there
is rs mild and commonplace to the spec
tator as it is irksome to the riders.
Let the young men who are to be
our future Sheridans have polo club
by way of practice in horsemanship. Let
them become proficient in the handling
of the pony and mallet, and in 'the con-
tinual melee, rushing to and fro, stopping
and starting, turning around and around, :"
and there need be no fears Of their future
capability in this branch of their profession.
The cavalryman who is master of polo
could safely be trusted for service in an
Indian campaign, without fear Of his tum-
bling out of his saddle at the first fire. Let
the West Pointers have polo, by all means.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

THE DETAILS of the Russell murder case
are strange enough to fill a novel. A man
who, while under arrest for murder, not
only neglccts his opportunities to run away,
but nurses the sick officer who has him in
charge, throws Bret Hartes Gabriel Conroy
entirely into the shade. Every one will
rejoice to know thnt sentence in the pris-
oner's case is suspended.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

OUn REPORT of the probability of rapid
transit soon becoming fact will rejoice the
thousands of citizens who daily suffer the
agonies of horse car travel, sustained and
strengthened only by the hope which is in
spired by sight of the Elevated Railroad
Company's posts. The company is at
present restrained from completing the
downtown. end of its road by an in
junction issued at the request Of ware
house owner whose property is several hun
dred feet from the Battery, of the desecra-
ton of which he complains. As, however,
warehouse owners have no constitutional
right to prevent business men from trav-
elling speedily and comfortably between
their homes and Offices, it is believed that
the Court of Appeals will soon drop its i'm
pressive weight upon tho red tape barriel
which is the only remaining hindranoo to
rapid transit, and thereafter the principal
response in the Litany will not 50 fres
quently be uttered out of church.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14
Th. plplomatl.t. .s con.tan,..opl..

The DiPlomatists At Consta n tanople.
For some days past the tenor Of dispatches
from the Turkish capital has been as reso-
lutely pacific as a few weeks ago it was blus-
tering and warlike. In the intercourse Of
nations. as in that of individuals, there 10
no process more likely to insure the ex-
change of civil words than that Of put
ting the parties fairly face to face.
Even Lord Beaconsfeld will use in Lon
don, with the Car at Moscow, phrases
that could not be forced from him by any
process whatever if the Gar were on the
other side of the table and the conduct Of
the Czar is not beyond the influence of tho
same human rule. Doubtless great dealof
the softened tone Of the dispatches is due
to the fact that the Marquis of Salisbury has
found General Ignatief an exceedingly
agreeable person, and as there is no man in
Europe who believes more firmly than
Salisbury does in blue blood, or more
scorps the pretence that men are equal, the
pleasant impression of personal intercourse
has, perhaps. been mutual. 1t is we'll for
both countries if peace may be reached by
so easy o road as this. Another reason for
the peaceful feeling is that Russia is really
ready for war. 81 uis pacem para belhsm No
secret is made anywhere of the fact that the
mobilization OF the Russian army was pri-
marily intended to affect this conference.
Russia meant, of course. to be ready
really for war, but she meant more imme-
diately that the representatives of all the
States should deliberate at Constantinople
in the full knowledge that her armies stood
at the frontier like hounds in the leash,
ready to move at an hours notice if tho
conference should refuse her demands. and
her conscious strength enabled her to make
the demands 80 moderate that all must
recognize their propriety. These tactics
will, perhaps, secure peace.
The New York herald., 1876-12-14

VOLUME ExLI.......... $40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-29

BEEcHER's attempt TO get the venue OF
the trial Of the suit brought against him
by Mr.. MoULroN changed 10 Franklin
county, is evidently "A trick devised by the
crafty Brother SHEARMAN. The idea is 10
defeat any trial at all. and yet to appear
TO be ready for IL.
Franklin county is in the extreme north
eastern corner of New York. thinly
peopled region inhabited by farmers and
woodsnen. II is so far away from the
residences of the parties to the suit, tho
witnesses, lawyers, aud everybody else
who would appear at the trial. that the
difficulty of conducting the judicial in
curry would be vastly increased. and its
expense augmented. To try the issue
there would be, in BEECHER's and SHEAR
MANS opinion to avoid the dangers Of II
fair and conspicuous tIial, and especially
TO embarrass the plaintifi.
The true place for the trial s the city Of
New York. where each party concerned
in the case is at home where an impartial
jury can be got "a well as in Franklin or
any other county, and near which the
chief witnesses live.
BEECuER is again trying his oft-repeated
game OF evadlng an inquiry into the bot
tom facts. We trust no Judge will assist
him in the effort.