New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

tween the best elements OF the tOnSVrNatlNc
party and the much-despised Republicans.
The opening of the Peabody Museum of
Yale College is a gift at once to science ana
the public and to both ii is free. The building
was finished, the cases were put in place, and
many Of the specimens partially arranged at
the time of the College Commencement last
month, and since then there has been further
progress in completing the display We give
this morning the first of two letters describing
the contents of the Museum, the present letter
being merely confined to an account OF me
specimens of forms of animal life now existing.
Although essentially scientific in It's plan TINS
exhibition is popularity attractive to an unusual
degree, and seems to have solved the problem
of serving the needs of the student of science
while gratifying the taste Of the ordinary OBJ
server. This arises in part from the excellence
OF the general arrangements for display ana
reference; and in part from the circumstance
that the things shown are specimens OF specl-
mens,r selected on account of peculiar rarity,
beauty or value, from at least five times the
number; the rest being more closely stored IN
the Museum, and accessible only 10 students OF
Nature. The great service of this collection
scientific research, but il is of scarcely less
value in the instruction it will give to the gen
cral public, since on even a transient visitor 1t
confers some notion of the order and sequence
of animal life ON the globe
The Maine Convention has made two things
plain-frst, that a large portion and probably
A majority of the Republicans of Maine, are
yehemently opposed TO the Presidents South
ern policy and second, that the party means
TO stick together and avoid an open breach
with the Administration 1t has further shown
that the President has body of earnest and
influential supporters in a state where the
tide has been supposed 10 be running heavily
against Inn. The advocates of a hearty en-
dOrsement resolution got hearing for them
selves and raised breezy discussion. Their pro
position was finally bundled together with
counter resolution declaring Packard and Cham
berlain's titles as good as IiayeS'S, and laid upon
the table, on motion of Mr.. Blaine.- The plat
form adopted is on the whole judiciOuS. 1t is
OF clumsy bulk for campaign uses but con-
tans a good deal Of sound Republican
doctrine. Especially commendable are the
clear, decisive specie-payments resolution
and the one opposing further land grants
There is sharp cut at the Democrats
for refusing to vote supplies for the army, and
then calling for its services to put down the
recent riots-a cut so direct and singing that
we suspect it was administered by the hand of
Mr.. Blaine himself. The general drift Of the
platform is obviously away from Hayes rather
than towards him. True. there is some
thing said in approval of local SELF gov
Il.
that is referred to- and not the larger conception
Of a State. Civil Service Reform is also COM
mendcd, but in the same breath the Conyen-
ton SAYS IN effect, with a self complaceDcy
that is rather ludicrOus, "look at our Federal
"oflicers up here in Maine; see how good they
care and take them for models The practi-
cal work Of the Convention in Ienominatng
GOV. Conner can be unrescrvcdly praised.