New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-27


pulsion of her father and the subsequent
overthrow of his enemy, Queen Isabella nc
revolution allowed the Duke of Montpensei
TO return, but he continued to be regarueu
with animosity and distrust by an lnt'uenuai
portion Of the Spanish people. Last January
| however, there was a truce in Spanish poiiNcS'
when the Princess Mercedes, radiant IN hor
youthful beauty, became the bnde OF hihg
| Alfonso. Madrid celebrated the event with
| grand festivities congratulations ponreu III
| from the royal houses of Europe, ana con-
spirators ceased 10 cherish hopes oil over
| throwing throne which had acquired
new title to popular affection. The scene
| Of yesterday is q sad sequel 70 that gala DAY
/ Since Marie Antoinetto exchanged the splendor
| of Versailles for a prison and the soaiiold,
| there has hardly been a moro striking illustra-
/ tiOn of the mutability OF human happiness
Neither Of the platforms adopted ny stare
| Conventions yesterday presents many mover
! features The Democrats IN Ohio ana the
Republicans in Illinois said about what was 10
be expected of each. The Ohio Democrats
reatiiymed all that they have said before In the
WAY of financial nonsense, demanded the repeal
of the Resumption Act and the unlimited coinage
of silver, and claimed the silver law as the
work Of Democrats; expressed the utmost
sympathy with unemployed wOrkingmen, ana
cursed the Republican party up hill and down
as the foe of labor and the tool of the blood
thirsty money power. There was hearty fraud
veil, of course. but no intimatiOn of desire
for Mr. Tilden's denomination. The one gram
of wheat in all this chat is the admission, in
evitable since the vote of the House, that the
Presidents title cannot be attacked.-Ihe most
conspicuous feature of the platform of the
Illinois Republicans is one OF omission. Ihere
is no mention whatever of Mr.. Hayes, or OF
his Administration, and while the platform Is
not so pointed in it's references to the ne
cessity of the protection of Southern citizens
as that recently adopted in Iowa, 1t Is still
plainly hostile to the President Which perhaps
goes TO show that the recent Vote OF the
House of Representatives put a stop to the
current of Endorsements which the threaten
ing circumstances under which the Potter in
vestigation was begun, set in motion. 1t IS to
be noticed also that the convention did not
cheer for Grant.
Mr.. Edison makes a prompt reply to the de-
fence from his former charge sent over the
cable by Mr.. Preece, the electrician of the
English postal telegraphs. 1t is evident that
good deal has yet TO be heard from both sides
before discriminating Judgment on the whole
question at issue can be reached. Some
points, however, seem now clear There is no
doubt that Mr.. Edison first discovered the
peculiar properties of carbon, from which
alone the inventions of the microphone and
the thermopie were evolved. There is no
doubt that he indicated in advance TO
Mr.. Preece the use of carbon for the
purposes of the thermopile. And there
is no doubt that he wrote and published in
advance, IN journal which Mr.. Preece re-
ceives, his discovery of the transmission of
sound without any vibrating diaphragm, con-
verting somd waves into electrical pulsatiOns
without mechanism-the essential feature
| of the Hughes micrOphOne. Finally,
! Mr.. Edison produces a note from Sir
William Thompson distinctly declaring that
at the meeting of the British Association, at
| Plymouth, last September, method of mag
| nifying sound adopted by Edison was de-
scribed, which Sir William considers ident-
cal in principle and in some details with that
now brought forward by Hughes. What re-
| mains is to ascertain how much of originality
there may be in the details of Mr.. Hughes's in
| VentiOU,
| Mr.. Freezes part against the charge of be-
traying Mr.. EdisOn's interests.
The Potter Committee drew on Louisiana
again yesterday, and the draft was promptly
honored by the appearance Of another re-
markable person from West Feliciana, which
must contain more remarkable people to the
square yard than any other territory of its
| ic
| G. Haley, who is "fOnd of talented and beau
"tiful ladies'" and therefore sought the CON-
pany of Mrs jerks. and was by her informed
of the existence Of the sO-called Sherman let
ter. Mr.. Haley was not person who wished
to disturb the tranquility of American lnsti-
tutions; che was perfectly satisfied with
"Hayes, and would not disturb him in bis
"place at all" But business is business,
and if the Sherman letter "was worth one
"cent it was worth $4,000 at least" Here
WAS a chance for a talented and beautiful
"ladyD to make a handsome sum, and for
Mr.. Haley TO make a commission. II was
"willing 10 make a commission" said this
lover of poetry aud LADIES' in a burst of con-
fdence; al am always willing to make
Commission" But somehow or other he
| never got chance. Whatever condolences
Mr. jerks may have shouted into
his ear-trumpet, she never allowed his
poetical and affectionate eyes to rest
upon the sO-called Sherman letter. She
never got her five thousand, and he never
earned his cent per cent by the sweat of his
| brow and the echoes of his ear-hOrn. Mrs.
! jerks spoke for the country yesterday, when
/ she asked whether the committee had "any
/ A." mora deaf dumb lame halt or blind wit
nesses to be calledn Mr. Haley is a little
too much. Will Mrs. jerks please renew her
motion to adjourn, and add-Sine def