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The New York herald., 1876-11-07
A. Interview with tn. President.

President Grant has again given an ex~
preston of his views on important public
questions to the world through the columns
of the HERALD, this time stating with fulness
his reasons for sending federal troops
to South Carolina, and his forecast
of the contest to be decided to-day
at the polls. On the South Carolina ques-
ton he simply adheres to the line of defence
for his order which has been made for him
by the prominent men of his party. It ia
no more satisfactory from constitutional
point Of view than the statements of his
apologists, but it leaves little doubt that the
President acted from sincere sense Of duty
and after his constitutional law adviser had
sanctioned the course adopted. We confess
to complete surprise in finding that
marching 'in columns of fours" to
political meetings is insurrectionary and
the description of the men who SO marched
as armed organized and unlawful bodies"
strikes us as not necessarily congruous. If a
terrorism prevailed, as Governor Chamber
lain pretended and President Grant believed,
which would have made the summoning Of
the Legislature, as required by the constitu-
tion, physically impossible" the President
was right in his action. If the armed,
organized and unlawful" would not, as the
President says, have allowed the Legislature
to convene, if they would have murdered
the members on the road or on their arrival
in the State capital, the President is justi-
fed. But we can deliberately say, upon
the fullest information, that all this
vision Of murdered legislators is the
purest chimera; that nothing like it had
the remotest chance Of happening. Gov.
ernor Chamberlain himself does not urge
such an absurd reason in extenuation Of his
failure to convene the Legislature. He
simply said he had no funds-not q word
about the danger Of murders. 1t never
seems to have entered his mind, for if it did
we do not think he would hesitate to say it.
We are sorry. therefore, that the President
does not yet stand justified, however consci-
entiously he may believe he does.
On the results of to-day's election his
opinion is worth something, and as it will be
tested within twenty-four hours it will be
read with interest He gives the Southern
States to Tilden, South Carolina excepted.
He thinks the republicans have, however,
some chance in Florida, Louisiana and
North Carolina. He gives all the Northern
States to Hayes, excepting Oregon, Indiana
and Connecticut Conceding, therefore, all
the South, except South Carolina, to thy
democrats, his estimate is one hundred and
sixty electoral votes against two hundred and
nine for the republicans. The transfer OF
New York alone from this estimate, not to
speak Of New Jersey, would send Tilden "a
the White House.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07
Stanley and tho Phila nthrop.sss.

Recently some English philanthropisty.
who are the bowling dervishes of civilization,
have made On outcry over the statement that
Henry M. Stanley, our correspondent in
Central Africa, had killed or wounded four
teen of the savage natives Of that country in
circumstances which in the opinion of the
philanthropists, safe in London, did NOT
justify such vigorous proceedings. We give
their views elsewhere. If this sort of criti.
cism we're confined to the professional phi.
lanthropists it would be worth little notice.
but these persons have by dint of addresses
and petitions drawn from Earl Derby letter
which seems to express that that important
official parsonage sympathizes with their
views. This wo cannot but regret to learn,
though the fact seems to us comprehensive
on grounds apart from fair Judgment OF
the case. 1t is certain that sentiment O,
hostility to Stanley has made itself fell
in geographical circles in England, as we'll
as in that part of the public service that
deals with the Oriental world. None can have
forgotten how resolutely Stanley was belit-
tied by these people when his discovery of
Dr. Livingstone was first made known. They
refused to believe in it until made ashamed
of their own incredulity by overwhelming
evidence, and when compelled to believe in
tho discovery they vilifed the discoverer.
In all that there was evident mean and
ungenerous animosity toward daring trnv-
eller, simply because he had beaten them on
what they had before that always regarded
as their own ground. Their recantation.
when it came, was not honest but was made
merely to save appearances, and out of re.
gard to that dilapidated tradition, the mn.
tional reputation for generosity and fair play.
In the present assault on Stanley there is, il
we are not greatly mistaken, little of the
old spite. 1t is SO easy to raise clamo,
against man in his absence. and Il
they are persistent they may, they
fancy, make the opprobrium SO great
that he can never remove it on his return.
For our part we do not doubt that Stanley's
case is better than he has himself presented
it. If 1t is desirable, as we believe it is,
that white men should travel into unex.
plored countries to further the great cause
of geographical science which is at the bot
tom OF SO much progress, then it is justifia
BILE that they should remove, as best they
may, whatever obstacles present them,
selves, and that they should at any cost n,
The New York herald., 1876-11-07
Death OF Cardinal Antonelli.

In the political decadence of the Papacy,
in its disappearance as State, it has stood
before the world in the persons of two men
the Pope and Cardinal Antonelli. One of
these has now passed away, and the other
cannot, in the course Of nature, remain much
longer. That the Papacy as political power
should be practically blotted out of the rec
ord of European history would not long
since have seemed wildly incredible, and
it is difficult to see what has been left of it
except what was inseparable from the names
of these two men. With the great Secretary
gone, and with the Pope at the threshold
of another world, it is conceiv-
able that the present generation may
see the Power that governed more
widely than any empire which ever existed
dwindled to mere bureau of correspond
ence in the Sacred City in communication
with the churches Of tho earth. It cannot
be made the reproach of Antonelli that the
Papacy fell away from it's splendors while
he was at the helm; for though the d6noue-
ment came then the drama was prepared
beforehand by changes SO deep and great
that no human genius could have averted
their legitimate consequences. If Plus VII.
had not refused the propositions of Napo-
leon the fate Of the spiritual sovereignty of
the world might have been different. Ma
poleon comprehended that the Papacy was
medieval Power, and that unless recon-
structed it could not survive in the modern
world; but the Pope opposed that reconstruc-
ton only to defer an inevitable conflict
in which his sovereignty should fall
into hands less disposed to respect its
proper limits. In these days the Papacy
reaps the fruit of that error. 1t is not pos
sible that q new Pope can have outside the
Church the moral influence that has been
exercised by the names of Plus TX. and An
tonelli, and rs that moral influence is the
main substance of its power tho Papacy will
be poor indeed without it. The German
government, because Of its quarrel with the
Church, will take on immediate interest in
the future of the Papacy to secure in the
main position and as the successor to An
tonelli men amenable to its views, and rs
that government is omnipotent in Europe
that will be the issue upon which the per-
sons of the Papal government will be ap-
pointed.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

IT WOULD BE Coon THING if we could
choose all our important public officers from
The class Of citizens of which Mr.. Levi p.
Morton is type. New York has special
interest in national legislation and should
be represented at Washington by her best
business men. As Mr.. Morton has consented
to run for Congress in the Eleventh district
the people should take care that he is not
defeated. His services would be of great
value to the city, and the candidacy Of such
men should be encouraged.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

THE NOMINATION OF Mr. ALEXANDER TAY-
LoR Jr., for Assembly in the Second dis
trict of Westchester county, is SO excellent
o one that his election should be certain.
We need such sterling men as Mr.. Taylor at
Albany if we ever hope for honest and in
>ellicent legislation.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Owing to the
excitement connected with the election busi-
ness was almost entirely neglected, the trans
actions amounting to less than Al, 900 shares.
Gold sold Mt 103 "a o 100 7-S. Money on call
was supplied at and 2 per cent Govern
ment bonds we're generally firm and the rail-
wny bond market was quiet and steady.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07
WITH SUPPLEM ENT.
NEW YORK. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER !. 1876.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

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The New York herald., 1876-11-07

The SENATORIAL ELECTION. The Fifth
Senatorial district, in which a vacancy now
exists through the death of Mr.. Booth, COM
prises the Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth and Six
teenth wards. The candidates are Mr. f. w.
Seward and Mr. A. Wagstaff, Jr. Mr..
Booths majority last year was eleven hum
dred, the democracy then being divided. Mr..
Wagstaff has the nomination of both the
Tammany and anti-Tammany democracy.
Both Mr. Seward and Mr.. Wagstaff are .un-
exceptionable candidates, and either would
make good State Senator. 1t is probable
that each candidate will poll his full party
vote, and the people Of the district will be
capably and honestly represented, whichever
may beSuccessful.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

THAT LARGE CONSIGNMENT of Tweed ar-
rived here yesterday and was put up in a
new six million suit is a sheer story made
out Of whole cloth.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

DIR. STRousBERG, the Russian railroad
builder and swindler, has been found guilty
at Moscow, and will probably soon be on his
way to Siberia. He is q practical man and
may aid the progress Of that spnrsely
settled part of the Cars dominions. Sweet
ore the uses of adversity.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

The RooRDAcK is heavy on the wing, and,
like other birds of passage, will die on the
way to the polls. 1t has astonished good
many, but then il is a migratious bird.
Like the Shark, when it hunted down, it
is only Boojum nf er all.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

From our reports this morning the probdbil-
HES are that the weaher~ to-day sciU be slightly
1pnr1n and cloudy, tciM rain.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
BOOTH 5 THEATRE
sARDAHAPALus. At sP. NJ Mr.. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes
TOM COBB atsP. NJ.
LONG STRIKE Mt & T.. NJ. Mr. stoddard Miss Rogers
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
LIFE, tsP. VI. Charles i. Coghlan.
GILMoRE,s GARDEN
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wALLACK's THEATRE.
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PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
THE BLACK CROOK.
kREuTzBERG's ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
THE GREAT sTKGE OF PARIS.
Daily from A. NJ TO 10 NJ, east OF the Phsdelphia
Main Exposition Building.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM,
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The New York herald., 1876-11-07

Since the memorable contest Of 1924 no
Presidential election has been SO doubtful
as the present seems on the morning of the
day when the vote is to be taken.
The electioneering topics of which most
use was made previous to October had but
little effect. They were on the one side the
bloody shirt and Mr.. Tilden's income tax,
and on the other the corruption of republi-
can office-holders, carpet-bag misrule and
stagnation of business. After the drawn
battle on these issues the republicans sought
for others, and discovered two which they
have been using for the last two weeks
with vigor which has spread alarm through
the democratic camp. The most potent of
these new issues is the charge that if Mr.
Tilden should be elected the solid South
would force the payment of an astounding
amount of Southern war claims, large
enough to double the present national debt
This charge proved to be so alarming and
to the front in contradiction-an evidence of
fright, or at least of uneasiness, which
showed how skilfully the republicans had
selected their weapon. The other election
eering topic introduced by the republicans
in n late stage of the canvass was the as
serted effect of Tildens election on the
market for our bonds in Europe. This
republican shot also proved to be
well aimed, if we may judge by
the futtering it occasioned. 1t was
so promptly denied and sharply resented
only because it was felt to be fatally
damaging if believed. So far as voters can
be persuaded to believe either this or the
charge about Southern war claims they will
be pretty sure to vote against the demo-
cratic candidates. These new elements may
possibly change the drawn battle of Octo-
Der into republican victory in November ;
but even since the introduction of these new
issues the contest is SO doubtful that we
must await the returns before we con have
any secure basis for an opinion.
But whichever of the two candidates is
elected the country will be safe, at least for
the next two years. Even if Mr.. Tilden is
elected there will be republican majority
in the Senate until March, 1879. The re-
publican Senators cannot only block revo-
lutionary legislation, if such should be
attempted, but they can reject every
appointment by democratic President
which they may deem unwise for the
public interests. If the democrats carry the
election they will be held in check by the
Senate for the first half of the Presidential
term, and they can have no hope. of con-
trolling the Senate for the last half if they
should have the folly to launch into re-
dictionary measures. There will accordingly
be no reason to despair of the Republic, let
the result Of to-day's voting be as it may.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

Mr. SMITH Ely, Jr., will make an ad-
mirable Mayor, and no person will rejoice
lt his election in the end more than Gen.
New York well governed. Mr.. Ely will not
only be no mans Mayor, but he will be the
city's Mayor in earnest, and will see that all
the departments of the city government are
eficiently and honestly managed
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

BunaLAn's DAY.-The Sabbath, which is to
the work day world day of rest and to the
Christian world day Of devotion, is to our
burglars a day of profit Scarcely Monday
morning passes without some vigilant police
officer or early porter discovering that rob-
berry was committed the day before in some
Of our business houses. Then the astute
police captain and the mysterious detectives
arrive and find out how the burglars got in
and how they got out mo clew to the
robbers" The latest silk robbery, reported
elsewhere, is a fair sample. Sunday in all
countries where the Sabbath is observed is
the great burglars day. It gives them
twenty-four TO thirty hours for operations.
This is known to the police as we'll rs to the
thieves, and should be better guarded
aqninst. Our merchants must be also aware
Of it, yet it is astonishing how negligent
they are in the matter. The detection Of
che burglars at Claims BY IN automatic
kusxlas alarm should not bs lost upon thsm-.
The New York herald., 1876-11-07

BOOTH S THEATRE.
EARDANAPALUS. nj sP. NJ. Mr.. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-01

THE following instructive comparison from
the New York Times between the Boston
and Utica conventions is worth the attention
of independents:
The contrast between the Republican pro-
ceedings at Boston and the Democratic pro-
ceedipgs at Utica would seem sufficient to show
how independent Teformers might be expected
to act if they were amenabe to the practical
considerations of ordinary life. Here are the
members of Republican Convention animated
by sincere desire to adapt the policy and the
management of their party to the interests and
wants of the country. They denounee pre-
vailing abuses uDsparngly, and they indicate
measures which commend themselves to the
consciences as we'll as the judgments of patri-
otic people There is no contention about per-
sons-nO disposition to evade a great duty.
Here, again, is Democratic Convention whose
members devote all one day and part of anoth.
er to disgusting squabble between two fac
tions, and who finally identify themselves
with the faction whose name is in this City
synonymous with theft and fraud and corrup-
ton; convention packed in the interest of
certain candidate for the Presidency, whose ca
reer In the office he now occupies has placed
him On level with the veriest demagogue-
who has no chance of nomination, except as
the result of intrigue and bribery-and whose
pretensions to purity are belied by his affilia-
tions and antecedents not less than by his con-
duct in the Gubernatorial chair; conven-
tion, moreover, whose platform is composed of
plattudes which the conduct of the Democrat
ic majority in the House of Representatives
has rendered contemplate. Does not the con-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-01
Maine Business Notes,

The Hon. VIM. Rogers, well known as one of
the most progressive shi builders on the Ken
nebec, has bought the long vacant yard of Tru-
FAINT & Drummond, at the north end of Bath.
He will probably remodel the old buildings and
introduce all the improved machinery for skip
building.
The North Vassalborough Wooden Mills have
shut down for repairs, and it is intimated that
operations on a full scale will not be resumed
until the market for cloth shows an improve
ment.
The Gardiner reporter says that Messrs r
Swain & Co, of that city, have purchased 1000
tous of ice of the Cedar Grove Co.; all the ice
(3000) of the Old Orchard company, by NC
Clausland, Richardson, Foster, Eastman and
others and 1000 tons of Reed Rock Ice Co.
They buy for Boston and New York parties on
commission, and the price paid was about 50 90
They will soon commence TO ship.
The firm OF T. J.Southard & Son are building
at Richmond ship of 22OO tons. She il 24O
feet long, AZ feet beam. She is to be built of
the best quality of white oak and Southern
pine, and furnished with all the improved mod
ern appliances, including patent windlass,
worked from the centre by steam. She is to be
rated for IL years in French Lloyds aud l2 in
the American.
Messrs. II. NJ. & B. Hall of Ellsworth are
laying the keel for bark of about 800 tons, in
their ship yard
The Pioneer Woolen Mill of Pittsfeld has
suspended operations for an indefinite period.
The Bath Times says, the Patten Car Works
have a contract secured which will keep them
busy for year. 1t is reported that the Bath
Commercial and Manufacturing Co. will soon
start up.
correspondent at Katahdin Iron Works
says that between the 18th of November and
the first of April 139O3 cords of wood were de-
livered at the iron works to be made into coal.
Mr.. Davis has just sold 1000 tons of No. and
2Iron to parties in Troy, N. Y, to be made
into steel rails. Business promises to be good
at the Works
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-01
Current NOfeS.

Blaine and reform was the result of the
Boston convention expressed in the briefest
manner possible.-Sprinafe Union.
The republican press is unit in declaring
Mr.. Blaine's defense complete and conclusive.
The Independent press is of the same opin-
on, excepting the principal Brstow organs
the Springfield Republican,, the Cincinnati
Commercial and the Boston Herald.-N. Y.
Tribune. -
In this case we are free TO say that Mr..
Blaine's statement impresses us as full, salts
factory, and convincing, in the absence of
anything to the contrary, except the ire
sponsible rumors which were set afoat by
indianapolis parties in the interest of Mr.
Morton. His statement has an appearance
OF frankness, without any show of injured
innocence and devoid of empty bravado, that
must commend it to fair-minded men.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The chief danger to which the work of re-
form is now exposed is that some of th
noiser leaders in the movement, or hangers
on of it will make it disgusting and contempt
ible before the people; and that good citizens,
finding that just and unjust charges are
pushed with equal vehemence and without
regard to supporting evidence, will come to
believe that all are alike fstse, or at ,least will
impatiently close their ears to all of them.
Official rascals could wish for nothing better
than this to encourage them TO fresh knavery
and to furnish them with further opportuni-
ties for corrupt practices.-Ne.o York Euen-
ing PosS.
As far as allegation can go, Mr.. Blaine has
vindcated himself. The only thing further
he could do would be to submit his proofs
to an investigating committee; but this does
not seem necessary, because there is nothing
cloudy in the statement. So far, however,
from regarding the accusation and defense
as things to be deplored. we think they form
part of very healthy process, which is grad
ually bringing public men 10 sharper per-
ception of the proprieties of political life,
with regard to gifts, favors, aud pecuniary
interest in enterprises directly affected, or
likely to be directly affected by legislatio n
N. Y. Nation.