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= New York Herald Washington CORE
spondent, 26th: At the cabinet meeting to-
day the omission in the enrolment of the
sundry civil appropriation bill of the impor-
tant part OF what related to the Hot Springs,
Arkansas, was prominent subject of discus
sion. AS a result of the debate, the secre-
tary Of the interior sends the following COM
munication to the late commissioners of the
Hot Springs:
GENTLEYEN-The President directs me to
request you. as the late commissioners ap-
pointed under the act of congress approved
March 3, 1877, to settle the conflicting claims
to portion of the Hot Springs reservation,
in the State OF Arkansas, and for other pur-
poses, to take charge Of the records Of your
proceedings uader the said act, and to pro-
coed to the consideration of the testimony in
all these cases IN which the testimony was
taken in relation to the rights of the respect
i've claimants TO any part of the Hot Springs
reservation, and to perform such work as
may facilitate the early adjudication of such
claims, and also to report to this department
what measures may appear to you necessary
TO protect the nights of all parties upon said
reservation, as well as the interests of the
United States, trusting that congress at its
next session will adopt such legislation as
may be necessary to confirm the acts done by
you In the meantime and provide for due
compensation for your services. In view of
the fact that fears are entertained that seri-
Gus difficulties may arise between the conflict
ing claimants to portions Of said tract, you
are requested to enter upon the discharge of
the task above mentioned at as early day
as possible, and that such steps shall be taken
by you as may be necessary to preserve the
present status of the claimants until their
rights are finally determined.
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Longevity of Literary Men.

New York Times: The life of William
Cullen Bryant, prolonged until he was nearly
eighty-four has directed attention to the fact
for it seems to be a fact-that the pursuit
of Literature is favorable to longevity. A
contrary opinion has, however, widely pre-
vailed, owing, no doubt, to the early death of
poets like Chatte1ton, Keats, KIrke White,
Byron and Musset. Our most distinguished
authors are well on in years. Lowell is almost
so; Parke Goodwin is 81; Holmes is close to
SO; Whittier is 20; Longfellow, IL; Calvert
('!George Henry'0, IS; Emerson, rs; George
Ripley, rs; Bancroft, 70; Herman Melville,
nearly go; Shelton Mackenzie, 20; Higgin-
son, 55; Parton, So; Walt Whitman, SO;
Lydia Maria Child. 66; Julia Ward Howe,
So; Harriet Beecher Stowe, 66, not to men
ton Gsil Hamilton, who is popularity sup
posed to be 2l5. Among the literary Brito1s
are John Ruskin, in his sixtieth year; Chas.
Reaee, over 81; Wilkie Collins, "a; Robert
Browning, 66; Tennyson, So; Carlyle, SO;
George Eliot, So; Coventry Patmore, IS; Jas
Martineau, 49, and George Henry Lewes, 81;
while among the literary scientific men, OAR
win is SO; Huxley, 50; Tyndall, So, and Car
penter, sc. At the head of French literary
veterans is Victor Hugo, 76; Jules Sandeau
is 81; Arsene Houssaye. IS; Emile Augier,
So; Cherbuliez, Sc; Feulllet, Sc; and most
of the Frenchmen whs have achieved a
name are from So to So. Turgenieff, the Rus
popular German author of Village Tales of
the Black Forest, is Sc. We might go all
over Europe, and show the preservative
power of professional exercise in ink. Gen.
orally authors have lived far beyond the
average In all countries, unless, as In the case
Of Byron and Musset, they have grossly
abused themselves by excuses.
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Resting Places Of the Poets.

The departure of Bryant suggests brief
reference to the resting places OF poetic ge-
MUS. Joel Barlow, the author of the first
American epic, died in Europe and was buried
there. Mrs. Sigourney was buried In Hart
ford, of which she was a lifelong ornament
Joseph Rodman Drake was buried few miles
from New York on private plot on the mar
gin of Long Island Sound. Halleck found
an honored grave in Groton, Connecticut, the
place of his nativity. When disabled by age
from his duties as Astor's clerk, be returned
thItber and there passed his last days. Rob-
ert c.. Sands, once New York poet of some
note, is buried in st. Paul's churchyard. He
was one of Bryant's editorial rivals-being in
his day the leading man on the Commercial
AdUertiser. Turning to British authorship,
it may be added that Wordsworth found
grave at Ridal Mount, near which he passed
his happiest days. Southey is buried at Kes-
wick, where the best part of his life was
spent in arduous literary labor. Shelley and
Keats gave distinction to the Protestant GEM
etery at Rome, while Scott rests at Dryburgh
Abbey and Bryan at the little parish church
near Newstead Abbey.
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EmeIie Melville.

San Francisco letter to the Chicago Tribune
Emelie Melville, the prima donna, has hus-
band and pair of sturdy young sons, aged
respectively three and five years, impatiently
awaiting her, for this is her home. She was
the favorite actress in the California theater
when she married and retired from the stage,
some six or seven years ago. 1t was only
after her retirement that she conceived the
idea of becoming a prima donna, and gave
herself up to the study of music. She did
not essay her fortune in opera at home, when
she first emerged from secluslon, but went to
Australia, where she was positively the rage.
Her American reception must sometimes
seem very chilly to the little prima donna,
who was in a fair way of being spoiled in
that far country. Her social success had
much to do with her popularity, for she has
many of the characteristics which are admired
by the English, and are thoroughly I'm -Ameri-
can. Emelie Melville is as quiet as a child
in her manners, but perfect Amazon in her
tastes. She rows like a collegiate, swims
like fish, walks like pedestrian, and rides
like an English woman in hunting field.
A woman of this kind could never fail to be
a delight to our English cousins, who look
upon the entire American race of women as
an army of dyspeptics, who lie abed all day
and dance all night,
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America EngIand,s Rival.

Jennings's letter to the New York World:
1t is America which Is the most active and
most successful competitor Of England in her
present markets. Then, again, America not
only takes away highlands foreign custom
ers, but is underselling her at her own doors
in London, Liverpool, and every large town.
While thus cutting her commercial resources
down, she (America) grows harvests which
no other country is able TO produce, and
which England Is obliged to buy. This year
| understand, you will have very fine har-
vest. ! can only say that 1t will be wanted
in Europe. Russia has not grown much
more grain than she wants, and the yield
here will be comparatively small Europe
must go across the Atlantic for what she
needs to make up her deficient supply of food
And then recollect that IL Is not for grain
only that England now comes with money II
her hand to United States ports. The sale
of American beef is simply enormous, con
sideriDg that when l left New York In 1876
the trade was almost, # not quite unknown.
And now we pay something, ike twenty MD
lion dollars year for American beef and the
business Is constantly increasing. So that
for the 'statf of life, and a large proper
ton OF the meat consumed, this country must
now depend very greatly on the United States
These pre- the facts-draw from them what
conclusion you will. There is one conclusion
which | should be disposed TO draw, namely,
that this state of affairs must inevitably re-
store your long-lost prosperity. 1t Is an Ill
wind that blows no one any good. Foreign
capital must necessarily pour into the coun-
try, making up in a large measure for the
losses of the last few years, and infusing new
life and energy into all departments of trade.
This is as certain as that the sun will rise TO-
morrow. The recovery of trade in America
does not now depend upon accident or artifi-
cial causes, but is being produced by fixed
laws-for there are such things in connection
with the commercial as well as the physical
world, although they are not BY any means
what the political economists suppose them
to be.
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BUFFALO, n. Y, June 25.-Yesterday
Judge Haight, at SPECIAL term of the su-
preme court. granted a motion for judgment
of absolute divorce on report OF referee In
the case of Chatta Stevens against John Alex
ander Stevens. The action was COM
menced last March by James Il. Steaver.
counsel for plaintiff, who alleged that her
husband had been criminally intimate with
certain woman named Streeter, living on Hill
street, Rochester. The evidence was con-
siGered lndisputabie, and the case was re-
ferred to Manly C. Greene, Esq, to try, hear
and determine, with the above result. De-
PENDANT is no other than the well-known au-
thor and actor Some weeks ago he played
an engagement at the Academy of Music,
taking the leading role in the original melo-
drama entitled The UnknOon. He showed
decided dramatic talent in his acting, and
well merited the praises bestowed by the
press and public. Since then he has written
a new play entitled Passions. Mrs. Stevens,
as hec counsel says, is one of the incest little
women in the world. She told him she did
not want to ipjure Mr.. Stevens's business
reputation or compromise his interests-in
fact, did not want anything made public
about the divorce case. The papers have
been sealed and filed in the Office of the
county clerk, and cannot be obtained except
by counsel or referee. Stevens, it is said, is
now in New York, and will shortly bring out
a new play.
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We publish elsewhere to-day memorial
which VII be presented 10 the general coun-
Gil at its next session. 1t is from the doctors,
and Is In very decided opposition to the es-
Enlistment Of quarantine. Ia the long list
of names attached to this memorial our read
ers willreoognize those ofmany gentlemen who
have srent all the years of their manhood IN
the practice Of lBborious and exacting pro-
fession, and who occupy not only distinguished
places IN that profession, but stand among
the highest in the social scale. They are
gentlemen who would be listened to with
profound respect upon any topic, but es-
pecialIy so when they speak as in this in
stance, out of the fullness of lifetime expert
ence. And yet we venture to differ with them.
Taking the paragraphs of their memorial seri-
atm, we find them insufficient to overcome the
strong desire the people have for any and
all the protection against epidemic disease
they can get, be it little or much. They do
not want 10 wait for the presence Of yellow
fever to establish quarantine. They be-
heye that an ounce Of prevention Is worth
pound Of cure, and therefore would prepare
for fever or cholera by the establishment of
quarantine which, as a precautionary meas
ure only, could not possibly excite suspicion
or alarm. 1t will require the expendi-
ture of money, but it need not be very large
sum, unless fever does break out in New Or
leans and something more than merely pre-
cautouary measures have to be enforced.
And this can be done without more than a
momentary detention of the boats and with
out the least detriment to trade. Indeed, we
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Townsend. the Bow-street Runner.

AL the Year Round: George III found
great amusement In the society and the sto-
RES of Townsend. On Sunday evenings, we
are told, the king was to be seen gromenad-
ing on Windsor terrace in familiar conversa-
ton with the constable, the good-humored
countenance of royalty being the while GRIM
soned and convulsed with laughter. For
many years the short, thick-set figure of
Townsend was to be seen in the neighborhood
of Pail Mall and st. James's palace, now arm
in-arm with the Duke of York, now chatting
Familiarity with Lord SIdmouth. George III
called him ''1'ownsend:" George " called
him "John''-plaln 'John;" to the princesses
and ladies of the court, to whom he often
rendered valuable services, he was always
"Mr. Townsend" During an installation of
the Knights of the Garter it was observed
that the Duchess of Northumberland was
glad to accept the arm and the protection of
the Bow-street runner, on her way through
the mob of mobiles and others, to her place in
St. Georges chapel. He was a constant at
tendant at the ancient concerts whenever they
were patronized by the royal family. The late
Henry Phillips has recorded his conversation
with the constable as he sat behind the or
chestra, swinging his short, thick legs to and
fro. Asked If he was fond of music, Town
send replied, mo, it amt much in my way;
but my missis is. | can't get her away from
them organs In the streets sometimes, she's
so awful musical" Don't you miss his ma
jesty George III very much ?" Il believe
you, l do, The replied, lifting his hat from
his head. habit with him always when any
of the royal family were mentioned; ''if 1t
WASH t for my vocation, I'd devote the rest of
my life to his memory. Why, bless you, ;" he
continued, "hls gracious majesty''-up went
the hat again-''and myself were like broth
ers. Bless you, he wouldn't go nowhere
without me. l keep my place because the
young chaps at Bow street has got to learn
their business, and the old 'uns has got to
teach 'em; and the business of the State
couldn't go on without the help of them as
knows the tricks of the town."
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An Austrian Emperor and his Love-
StOrY.

The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is
indefatigable in his application to business.
He retires to rest at the hour when life is be-
ginning in Vienna, and at FIVE o'clock in the
winter, as in the summer, the emperor, active,
laborious and watchful, is always on foot
again. He breakfasts on a cup of coffee
placed on his desk, smokes one of the ordi-
nary Vlennese cigars while reading volumin-
Gus dispatches, and remains hard at work I'M
til the early family dinner Enthusiastic
sportsman as he Is, and devoted to mountain
scenery, no wonder he is delighted to hurry
away to his favorite hunting grounds in the
hills of the Saltzkammergat. He leaves vi
emma in the evening like an honest merchant
who has finished his business; he crosses the
Traunsee IN the night, and arrives at Ischl at
five clock in the morning. There he is to
be seen in his blouse, with his great walking
stick, roaming about in the most enchanting
district of all his picturesque domains, or
chatting Familiarity with the peasants or their
children. He is very happy In his marriage
His first meeting with the future empress was
romantic. One of her sisters had been des-
tined for the imperial throne, and when
Francis Joseph in his hunting-dress arrived
one evening at his father-in-law' residence
on the Traunsee, he was received by four
young ladies of the family, who have all
since then made excellent marriages. AS he
was chatting with the group he saw an APP
partition of beauty, with magnificent hair
floating over her shoulders, illuminated in the
full glow of the sunset approaching them
from a neighboring wood. 1t was the Prin-
cess Elizabeth, the fifth of the sisters, and
the emperor from that moment became her
slave
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Ben Buffers Black Bag,

Grand Rapids (Mich) Democrat: They
do these things better in France, there most
of the females who have distinguished them
selves in politics were rather of a reticent
turn, in fact, as Talleyrand observed. they
had great talent for silence. Their Ian
guage, used to conceal their thoughts, was
rather scanty. Mrs. jerks, our model lob
byist, and one who claims to have SCI the ma
ton by the ears, is too much of the opera
bouffe style. She has bitten off more than
she can masticate. Ben Butler may be
deemed partial to plate, ne may be thought
liable to loot when he enters conquered
town, he may be reported as only asking his
price for any undertaking, but the man Is yet
to be found who wilt call him fool. He has
listened, with an amused smile, t. the chat
ter of that very entertaining witness, just
simply to place all she knows, and some she
don't know, on record, and then from the
productions of her own facile pen he will
show her story to be mass of fabrication, or
corroborate sufficient of it to suit his purpose.
She, nor no one else, knows what wonders
are to be brought out yet from the cavernous
depths of Ben Buffers black bag.
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Grant a Dangerous Man.

st. Louis Times: AS a soldier, General
Grant deserves all the fame and gratitude
his party has so lavishly accorded him. He
is eminently a military man. 1t might be
proper to say that he is the safest man to
whom the generalship of the army could be
intrusted oday. He is honest, determined,
stern and inhexible in the obedience of Or
ders which his judgment may not urge him
are utterly destructible to matured plans, and
prompt in action. AT the head of the army
he would be tower of strength in time of
trouble, either from without or within. But
he has no capacity for the conduct of civil
affairs. In the hands of designing partisans,
he is as clay under the manipulation of the
potter. He has no mipd of his own in po-
litical matters, but follows blindly the dicta-
ton of those he may have chosen to advise
him. Thus, he is a dangerous man; not es-
sentially from any innate disposition to do
harm, or transcend the powers of his station,
but from his inability to detect and prevent
the Vaccinations of his subordinates in civil
affairs.
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are of the opinion that when the people else
where come to understand that we are protect
ing ourselves against the possible recurrence
of such an epidemic as that of 18T3-which
cost US so much Of life and money-they will,
so far from being alarmed, be encouraged to
visi. US, feeling a sense Of security that in THO
absence Of such precautionary measupeS
quarantine they could not enjoy. W>>tnihA
quarantine can be established witJ~ol any III
jury, but with much of bene6tS Tue CITY anu
We hope the council will eD-1cede 1t. we also
hope that the sugge~~on OF the physicians
signing the ,nem-fal, that nuisances IN the
CITY be sbateS)%Ill receive prompt consldera-
ton. and Ddst all our highways and byways
will l-Jswept and disinfected, the back yards
a-d water-clcsets meanwhile receiving the at
tention which the odors they emit o'nights
would argue they need. We believe the peo-
pie want security against epidemic disease.
Anything that contributes to that security
will be hailed with satisfaction
By them. "As to the necessity of the law
says the SdHitdridn, the organ OF the Medico-
Legal society of New York, referring to the
quarantine law passed at the recent session
Of congress, ''none but those welded to their
idols, which they have blirdly bowed down
to aud foolishly worshiped, can entertain a
doubt. Cholera aud yellow-feVer have desc
lated this country, running its commerce,
filing its cemeteries, and bringing widespread
anguish to its people. The case has been
tried; the evidence is IN; and science,
through lis votsres, has given its verdict.
10 preveat them is possible only by
thorough quarantine and civic cleanliness"
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The real raiders on the treasury are thus
indicated by the house committee on naval
affairs, in their report on Robson rascality
1.-THE committee find that since the close of
the war of the rebellion over four hundred
million dollars in money have been expended
for and on account of the naval service. They
find that of this sum fully one hundred and
eighty-two million dollars have been expended
during the administration of Secretary Robe
son. 1t is also found that during his admin
istration the proceeds of the sale of from forty
to fifty million dollars worth of public prop
erty, which should by law have been turned
into the treasury, have been expended in and
for the navy department. The committee find
that every protective and prohibitive enact
ment of law made for the security of public
money and public property has been disre-
garded and violated. They find that, as n
result of these violations of law, excessive
prices have been paid for property which has
been bought without advertisement or COM
petition; that vast amounts of public property
have been dispo4ed of in secret and improper
ways, and the proceeds applied to naval ac-
counts instead of being turned into the treas
ury; that great quantities of unnecessary sup
plies have been purchased; that it has met
with the evidence of irregularity, extrava-
gance and fraud at every step, and that vast
sums of the public money and amounts of
public property have been wasted, expended
and disposed of without any compensating
benefits"
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Ben Butler Wants to Impeach a High
Officer.

Washington correspondence Globe Demo-
crat, 9th: General Butler. in the Potter COM
mittee to-day, in closing the examination of
Pitkn, opened a new field of investigation,
and which, if followed as he intends, to its
natural conclusion, will lead to more impor-
tant results than the alleged fraud in the
declala alton of the votes of Louisiara and
Florida. Butler is determined to probe to
the bottom the action and means employed
through the Louisiana commission to effect
the overthrow of the Packard and the install
lation of the Nichols government. Butler
expects to prove by the most credible wit
nesses that money was used to induce mem
bers Of the Packard to JOIN the Nichols leg
islature, and that promises were held out by
Harlan, M'Veigh and others, who said that
they spoke by authority, that all who joined
in this effort would be amply rewarded and
provided for. In this connection the remarks
of Butler to-day, when Hiscock interposed an
objection to going into this matter, was most
significant; that he wished the current facts
of history in the preparation of the impeach-
ment of high public officer. If this line of
inquiry be pursued. and it seems inevitable,
the labors of the Potter committee Will as
sumo seriousness far beyond that contem-
plated in the resolution.
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Then and NOVA Warming.

Galveston Nesos: In the period
of slavery southern conservatism was mainly
solicitous of the defense of that institution
against encroachments and aggressions
through the Federal government. Its poit-
ical philosophy was not mass of mere abb
stractions, as has been frequently said, about
the rights of The States and the limitations of
Federal authority, but it was material at bot
tom. The material consideration persisted,
in spite of the philosophy held in common by
southern shareholders and northern Demo-
Gratis, and at length thoughtful citizens, iden
titled with material interests at the south
which need and which are justly entitled to
be upheld and promoted by Federal legisla-
ton, begin to realize that the philosophy
which failed as barrier and defense in the
sectional conflict which overthrow slavery, is
now telling against such legislation by the
part which it plays as avenerable Democratic
tradition. Let northern Democrats who are
disposed to sickle for this tradition be ad-
monished. Let them understand that south
ern intelligence is coming to adjust its polit-
ical ideas to the exigencies of new conditions,
and that, to be sure of the confidence and
adhesion hereafter of southern conservatism,
they must offer it something more substan-
tial than the husks of exploded policies and
the ghosts of dissipated PHILOSOPHERS.