The Morning herald., 1877-01-11
E0aT0RIAL vARIETlE1.

E0lTOkkAL VARlE11A@'
WHArxvzx v;e~s Americans nsy taks
respecting the sacces or faiiHrs Of she
British Polar expedition, hey caana re
fuss thanks to caps. Mares for kindly r.
coSnitiou of tbe work Of tbs Po'ars and
honors paid to the late Capt. Hall. les
generous feeling On the par, of.he Bri,ssh
navis.sor l further displayed By ssoa'ns
:, Washington the relics that we're oos2'n=c
Of the Polaris expedition.
Iris aboo. time cr some member Of the
European Conference to rn0ve the prsTio''s
question. The diploma,i.ss srs right in
tsying to aver war, but iney are not js'.ai-
fed in toIeratisg the subtednges BY which
The Turks s:rive to continue their oppres-
sive sway. Happily Rassis eon:iansa IN
moved in her discrimination 10 uphold the
insureent cause. Her Minister'S pror1sa!
TO extend the reforms 10 the Greek Pro
viSces ought to onyincs the Turks 'nal
delay is dangerous.
PEOPLE who are afraid Of an irrupsioh
Of Chinese cheap Labor will bara viii
alarm tha. the latest estimate 81 The Enp1
lstion Of the Celestial Emgire = ~, ,eJJ
co. About half the i-nabitsn.s oi Asa
are under Chinese,r1!e. Jzpsn too, ha'
33,ces,n1z people, Considerable share q
whom are jus, now engaged in making
articles Of beauty and elegance for u-, ~
that japanese wares have grown as farail-
isr in our shops az the produces Of Lowell
and Manchester.
SENATOR MORTON seeros 10 be losing
his lead. If he said, az he il reported te
have said, that he regards the u.terance
At the recent Democratic meetings with re
gard to the count Of the Presidential vo''
~ uenaucing to the Senate, ard that b
proposes to offer aseries Of resolutions Il
the Senate on the subject, somebody ough
to sit On him, and prevent him from max
ing a Barlow. Boot Of himself, A ,eries c
intemperate and balderdash resolutions in
troduced in the Senate. and forced to
debate by such man as Mr. Morton vii
do more harm, and will place the peace q
the country in far greater peril, than WI!
all the utterances Of all the Dsmlcratl
orators and address committees tha. cas b
put before the country. 1t is time ,ha
men occupying high official position
should be tauyb. tina. i. il incumbent 0
them in the present csisis 10 behave iik
men Of sense, and not Iike--well, no. lik
Barlow-koots.
THE Senate yesterday unanimously en-
dorsed the action Of the House few da:
ago in passing bill aboIishing the Polk
Board Of the District Of Columbia. Tn
board, from recent developments, appea
to have been compo6sd Of a rather hard i
of Christians-so TO speak-and by legi.!
ting i. promptly out Of existence Congre
has adopted exactly the righ. cogr8e vii
regard to it. But Congress il bound to (
something more than NEARLY abolish Il
Board--it IL bound to Investigate the q
lodged conspiracy 10 bli!.dnze Mr.. VIII
thorne, the chairman oof the Naval inv'
tigating Committee, and if the conaplra
shall be proven, TO do something towar
procuring the punishment Of the con'pi'
tors.
"WiDow" B-TLgn 80 seldom cor
off second best in battle Of words II
recent incident in Massachuse
courtroom has peculiar point. i
"Widow" and Judge Hoar wore opposi
counsel in an action for damages for Il
Of life. In his argument Butler quo'
from Job an follow: "Yea, all tina
man hath will he give for his life"
Judge Hoar had most decisivey the +
of it when he retorted that he did no.
lieve that this latter-day endorsement c
plea Of the devil in motion for n
trial would greatly impress the Court.
are told 70 give the devil his due, ;
occasionally he gets it.
-1..9..5ss.s.s--.-
Chinese peculiarly is not confined to
male sex. The wife Of Wong-tui, an {
Ger Of one Of the Chinese companies in
Eranciscn died recentlv under susuici