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New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

publisbed Mt st. Petersburg, has this startling
declaration of war /: I'VE Russian revolu-
" ito lists ouly echo the sentiments of the whole
"peoplc when we declare war to the knife
against the present rotten and bankrupt sys-
" tetn of government. If we wish To recover
" our rights as men, we must eXpel the Ro-
"manoffs and extermnate root and branch the
" system they have introduced"
1t was at the beginning of the present reign
that the mysterious phrase ran from mouth
to mouth: Reforms must come from above
"if they are not wanted from below" The
mmblings underground were needed and re-
forms did come from abOye-frOm the throne,
with the cooperation of the nobility. Millions
Of serfs were emancipated, and the conditions
of land tenure reversed, so that the enfran-
chIscd peasantry were pat in the way Of cultiya-
ting their own fields. The laws were simpliiied,
the judicial tribunals were purified aud the
local assemblies were invested with self-goY-
ernmcnt Corporal punishment and the death
penalty were abolished, and trial by jury was
established. The last great reform. it Is true,
has recently been brought to naught through
the suspension Of the jury system III criminal
and political cases; but the other measures
still attest the zeal and sincerity Of the ruler
who was not afraid to put himself at the head
Of a popular movement. The Car may be
hardened for slying that there have been
enough reforms fr0m above during his reign.
Indeed. the NihliSts themselves do not seem
to have any starting-pOint or definite plan.
They do not demand guarantees against arbl-
traIy arrests-onc Of the great abuses OF lnl-
penal dcSpotism; they are not clamorng
for free speech and free press; nor
do they ann to introduce parliamentary
institutions. Their ideas are negative; their
tendencies are destructive. \ few weeks ago
a band of political prisoners confined IN the
Olcssl Jail heard that one Of their number
had been condemned t. punishment III the
dark chamber for making a seaitious speech,
and with one consent they howIcd with rage,
tore down the gratings Of their windows, and
smashed the cots and chairs in their
cells. What these con,prators were in their
prison the Nhiiists are in RUSSIA bliad, un-
reas ,nng, destroying force.
1t is not without serious purpose that we
refer so often TO the Revolutionary movements
Of the old World. While Bismarck j. striyin !,
to stamp ont Socialism b. force-bills, and the
Czu declares marital Law and adopts Icac-
tionaTY poIicv, the same gospel Of destruction
which has turned mems heads in Ger
many ard Russia i proclaimed by
dpmagoeucs in oar own land. Who has
forgotten what formidable forces were set In
motion a year AGO, and how powrsieS+ were
the governments OF the Northern States to
prevent riot and anarchy Americans cannot
be reminded too often of the dm&erou, ten
dcnccs Of anarchrcal theories and atheistic
speculuti5ns abroad. They cannot be warned
too ofren that such "rtforms" come not from
above but from bcloW-ye,y far below, even
from The bottomIe,, pit; nor told too plainly
that those vino SUI with the Devil must have
a long spoon.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
REFORNS From BELOW.

The Nihilsts are working in the dark, and
little that they do is brought to light In the
Russian press, but it is plain that the reyolu-
ti0naIy movement is making headway. Since
the acquittal of Vera Sassulitch, five Govern
ment officials of tine highest rank have been
assassnated, and there have been riots in a
dozen cities mysterious threats to burn pub
lie buildings and military stOrehouses have
been followed by an alarming increase of fires.
and one town has been nearly DESTROYED bv
incendiarirs secret societies are Springiny nm
not only in the universities and military 9rad
emies in large towns, but even in the village
schools and from the banks of the Ncya TO
the spurs of the Caucasus there is a network
of subcommittee, with Il central Oryani2at tion
conducted III impenctrable secrecy. The roy
OutiOuists have secret presses for printing tlcir
nhammatOry maniiestOes and a secret service
of bll-stlckers for placarding them in public
places; and, moreover. there are secret fri
bunals by which officials arc condemned to
the dagger and public property to the torch
After the assassination of General Mcseutse6
the So,ialist National Government issued buJ
letins informing the public that that officials
conduct had been duly investigated and nj.
guilt established, and that the man who plcd
the dagger was merely an agent who had
been empowered TO execute the sentence Of \
regularly organized, though secret, tribunal
Since the reign of the irOn-handcd Nicholas
everything in the Empire has undergone change
except the police system and yet, served as ii is
by traitors and spies, the secret police
can neither arrest assassins nor lay bare these
Nihilist plots. 1t is easy To understand why
the police is inefficient. If any prefect or
chief of gendarmes is Jealous in his efforts TO
suppress the secret societies, his case will go
before a revolutionary tribunal, and his life
be at the mercy of the e1ecutioneris dagger
A recent number Of The Revolutionary Ga:ette,
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
5noes TO Aopernsemcnls

ANrStNENTS-1IM Pase--5th ana 9th columns.
FANKGI II NOTICES--lOh P00c-4th column
BOARD AM KOONs--lIh Paqc-4th column.
BUSINESS CHANCEs--5h Pdgc-5th column.
BUSINESS NOTICEs-GM PG0e-lst column.
CORPORATION NOTICEs-10h PagC-4th column
Coal AND WOoD-5fh PGgC-5th column
COtNTRl I}OAED-l1h P0Qe-lth column
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New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
THE NEWS THLS MORNING.

FoREIGN-Arif Boy has gone to Mecca to advise
the pilgrims to favor British interests --
The French Cabinet has held council at
Versailles in consequence OF The Anglo
Afghan quarrel -- Prince Orlof Is likely
to succeed Count SyhouyaloG as Russian Anbassa-
dor TO London. -= The King of Spain was fired
at in Madrid street last evening He escaped IN
hurt
DONrsTIC.-Janes J.. Anderson prints retrac-
ton of his story about the Sherman lettern Indian
apoIis to-day - The funeral of Bishop Rose
Grams took place with much ceremony at Column
bus. Ohio. yesterday. == Senator Conllling
spoke in Watertown last evening to a large audi
snce. - The bids for silver bullion received at
Washington yesterday were favorable to the Gov
ernment - The steamers City of Hous-
ton aud General Barnes foundercd in the
late storm, but without loss of life. - Sixteen
persons have been arrested in South Carolina for
interfering with Republican canyasser. - The
Republican majority in Iowa viii be over 5000
GO In Indiana the Democratic plurality Is
1876.
Cry AND SUBUKBAN.-Edward Cooper declared
Yesterday that # elected Mayor he would have a
nOn-partisan Police Board and make the city GOV
ernment non-partisan as far as possible. - The
Republican and Anti-Tammany leaders discussed
plans for the local campaign. - New and impor-
tant evidence has been obtained i'll regard to
the $6i GOO forgery. &C Dr. Deems testified
during most Of the day in the Vanderbilt case.
- The registration yesterday showed an in
crease Of more than 5000 over that of the
corresponding day last year. == Thomas
L. Bourke was nominated for Congress
by the tiTammany Democrats in the With District,
and Maurice 5. De NTies by the Republicans and
Ant-Tammany in the With District. ==-
The HaulOn-O OReilly aud Blar-ConnOlly or.
CARNATIONS made up county tickets. ==
The Allen had himself indicted for the muir
der Of Edward Malloy. --- The women accused
of numbering Mrs. Cooper at Bath were discharged
.--- The singular career of Colonel Beaumont" 4"
a swindler Eas bcenmade known. Gold 1OO71s
IOO7le 1OO7Ie. Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close. $3.50 cents.
Stocks generally dull, but all higher and closing
strong.
TIT WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations midi
cate clear or partly cloudy weather, with rising
temperatures. Thermometer yesterday, 49, GO 4,
NJ
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

II IS 70 be hoped that the Republicans Of tho
Eleventh District viii pegseyere in their reported
Intention not 10 accept NJ. Barney BigIr5
candidate for Alderman. Mr. Bglin does nd
credit to the Republican party by repre-
senting it anywhere, and his vote for the
Forty tysecond Street Railroad proves that De is very
poor sort of Alderman indeed. The Republicans
have plenty Of good men who would serve IN the
Board Of Aldermen. and they should be allowed u
choose one whom they would prefer to a man Of Mr.
B.lin's repHtatiOn.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

the charming belle with naivete, and slight color
mantling her fair checks And then, having se-
cured good Bewsy item for his paper, the Baif re-
porter went away. We DO not know whether n
slight color mantIed his far checks; but il any Of
tAc ladys male relatives had been present, Save
no doubt that a slight color would kavo Eautled
some other part Of hrs fair person.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
mR. ET4RTs on CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

Secretary Evarts has rendered an import
ant service to the country and to the Rcpub-
lican party His address was excellent in it.
self, but it was of still greater and better
effect because it places the Administration III
the right position with respect to the contest
in the State of Ncw-Y0rk. There have been
some Democrats who hoped that the especial
friends of tic Administration would conniYe
at or iudolenty permit a DcmOcratic victory
in this State because Mr.. COnkling Is a prom
inent candidate, and has not in all things sus-
tanned the course Of the President. The
speech of Mr. Eyarts viii serve to in
form them and all others that the Admins
tratiOn does not cherish any private grudgcs
which it tries to satisfy at the cost OF the
country or the party; that it does not propose
to dictate to or influence the Republicans of
New-YOrk as TO their selection of a Senator.
but does propose to help them, as far rs it
can, in an honest effort for the triumph Of
sound principles. The first thing TO do Is to
make sure that the Republicans Of New York.
the defenders Of public faith, Of sound cur
rcncv and Of free speech and justice at the
South, shall have power TO select the next
Senator. After that has been settled, the Re-
pubhcans of New-YO will consider who
should be named to represent them. A strong
and earnest speech III this spirit, from the
very member Of the Cabinet who has been
represented by some Democrats as most
anxious 10 defeat MIR. COnkling even at the
cost Of delivering the State to the Democracy,
will do much good in removing mischievOuslV
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

he is to dwell on the glories of the British
Empire. If Russia is vigilant she will offset
this by offering hospitalities to the pilgrims
during their stay in the holy city.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THF WTEELY TEWUNF .arge sixteen page PAPER WI zen
beside, containing an pmplc, agricultural ara
family journal WI De frou nov until chi stms "-'y
address POSTAGE paid 0I lWENIl tLFl- on I'D hU'S u h"
than address post &c prepaid nom no" Tn.
after the rate Of lIN GEMS per copy. VIII
Car cu clubs committees sri u their oTuet~ az ono
COOP CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS.
TIL TEmUNE issued au Extras which are m large Ne
naui au3 will br found specially u~tlI To tDn''is "'
ing Caup.iCn. They ore:
EXTRA 80 IA plain exposure oi the real AIMS
Of the uiuCE party.
Southern claims. Rebel War claims. sc
TRIalNF LNrEt No. 4t-TLe cipher TelegTams. and he
I'm stoc,u ~ the attempted bribery lH IoO -oo'h I"Ihi
ana OREGON. .. ...-.-..
lpesrh-s by President Hayes NIc,IIosaeA, Wheel G-d
Senator & mixing. ,
No - is rr.jsLcI az - per 100 I,.r Mira H Dr. Hl Il
tn Any address postpaid iur cant. 'is lI'A S1'tt OF
LOunty Committees promptly Lly,. Addc.s ~ 81,
THF TNrJNE New York
CRAZE AND CANISTER FOR DEMOCRATS.
la TEIHrNE tNTGA- Nos. 60. 49, "a 2ld A..
Price each toI copies n th tNiIa v % cents
10y maI, postpaid
Sc. advertisement.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
amusemento ano Reetluss 90 Might.

AcApEMY OF MUsic-Oppra &" Ia Traviata"
RooTTIs TUr NTRg-2 and : " Jane Shore .
ERo4pWAY ruEATRR-2 and 8: Messalina."
TJTT1 hyTxUT THEATRE and s MOdieska
PARK IHFATRE-S: LOtta.
San FRANCISCo MINsTREIS OPERA House -, -. !.
JNIox SQUARE THEATRE-l:2O and s: Mother anu
wGIIAcK.s TurATRE-I3O and ?: The Jealous WIIe''
ACADEMY OF DESIGN-Ioan Exhibition
AMERIC ~ INSTITUTE Exhibition
FITTU AvrNuE HALI-2 and s: Blind Tom. VI.
GUMORF's GARDEN--Barnum's snow. LAY ahu -NEn''
NEN- YORK AOUARICM-Day ana Evening
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

There seems hardly any limits to the
agencies which the rivalry of England and
Russia IN the East are calling into play
From Constantinople to Cashgar the Powers,
great and petty, are taking sides, and
swaying the minds of their vassals or
allies In the like direction. There is
Aomething ludicrous, however, in send
ing Arif Bey as a lobbyist to Mecca. where
New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

So the money which was paid to Anderson
came from Mr. Tilden's next friend IN the
Potter investigation Traces Of money pay
"ment are darkly visible "-eh, MOsesf Moses
might answer in the words Of Moses in the
play" will take my oath o dat p
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
SENTIMENT AND SUFFRAGE.

4 Mrs. Clara =. Boss has delivered q
Lecture On "Womap's Kingdom in Boston,
-. o,
in ""''n 'ne 'ooA s'o."u
suffrage. In closing, she SAID:
"No woman's life is complete without hus-
band and children. Never was monarchy SO
absolute, never a kingdom SO loyal as the
flock of little ones over whom a woman
reigns. To those women wEo, blessed by
love, consecrAted by wifehood, refuse the
crowning glory of their life, the majesty of
motherhood, she said-there is no sunshine
like baby's face, no music like the patter of
its little feet; its prattle sweetens every cup
NJ d;Ssnnointmept and bInnts the edge of
- an, - =
care Inc time VIII come men ihe haii ou
your temples is gray that the heart beneath
,,,,,.I, ~, ,,,,d ,,as la;n iii acba for tho So
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
aCaMPIsGN FORGERY.

The Columbus Ohio STATE Journal pro
nounces forgery the circular Published il
the Democratic papers demanding money
from the National Banks to carry on the
political campaign. 1t says:
The Republican : ate Committee has not
received one cent from any National Bank
The circular addressed to National Banks, re-
questing contributions, and purporting Il
come from the Republican Committee
which was receatly published in the CIncin'
nat. Enquirer and OF er Democratic papers,
was Z deliberate, cowardiy forgery. Ii wa:
purely a fabrication, nothing even remotely
suggesting such a circular having been ISSUED
from Republican headquarters. John q
Thompson was personally informed, on au
thoriiy which he cannot question, and which
in his heart he does Lot question. tIai tn,
circular was q forgery. sun, sitter that
Thompson issued the forgery campaign
document, and has distributed it broadcast
over the State. Mr.. Thompson is the mar
who is quick 10 accuse his opponents OF bear
iDg false witness.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
COLONE. INGERSUII.

Co.onsl Eob -ngers3lI dslivred -his leo
tire On Buns 10 Boston last Wednesday
everin.. The Hos.ur 7scnscTiuf ssys the
Coiare.is ",Is2 2ifc rt Ame!icl7 -uiacify
ore sthes few lie even at, the cry b5res
oil literary lecturing," and adds .h.t there
is something exLilsFs;ing Is Wei IS shock
ing in his wild and whiIling words. at
Is American revolt, Independence, and coz
ceit run mad, and Colonel Ingersoll ls thus
in way wholesome spectacle for Ameri-
cans to contemplate" The Transcript, in a
leading editorial, thus sketches the lecture
Nobody, he said, ever read Milton twice
Dante mingled solemnity and stupidity, the
only good thing he ever did being TO put a
Pope in hell and Pe,rarch's love of the wife
OF another man and mother of thirteen heal
thy children was false and hollow, aud meant
nothing. But Shakespeare, the first TO trnm-
pie under foot the classic model, he was a for
est, not park a river, not canal an ocea Ii
vexed by storm ant tempest, not a pond ,
Burns was another iconoclast, such as the
Chicago philosopher and critic idoIizes. He
Twas surrounded by a nobility who looked
upon peasants As gentlemen ~bom God had
made simply to support those gentlemen who
made God" He hated Cllvanism, aud the
Kirk hated him. lie "wrote a poem that has
I'm 1t the essence OF all the declarations OF in
dependence ever made. II has in IL al! there
is OF pure and undefiled democracy; il has in
1t all there is of real, genuine repubiicanism
. 1t has in it every foundation of our gouern-
ment and ever star that glitters upon our
flag. Burns twas a cottage, and Shakespeare
was palace and yet there were mere flow
ers, ard of sweeter perfume. about the cot
tage than about the palace"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
A Great Fact.

Amid the deluge of fdenuncistion, fails" hood
and detractiOn which is speeping over The
land, a few facts stand out like eternal noun.
tains. Here is one of them: When the wal
closed the national debt Was s7s-25 for each
inhabitant, and the annual interest SAG
Now the debt is siI67 for each person, and
the interest sl.97. And all this the work OF
Republican management. 1t is an immense
fact, one that outweighs a Thousand wild and
foolish assertions. Journal
GAmid the deluge of denuuciation, false
hood, and detractiou which issweepipg ovel
the land, a few facts stand out like eternal
mountains. Here is one of them" When
the national debt of the country was SIS q
tor each inhabitsnt Of the United States tn.
prosperity of the country was never great
er. Capital and labor were actively em,
ployed; 100000 discharged soldiers came
home and Immediately found employment
Everybody was busy, and want and
misery were unknown TO those
who had the will to work. lu
1878 the nationsl debt is reduced to
S4l 81 for each inhabitant, and the country
is filled with tram,s and paupers. Work
shops and factories are closed. The gran.
aries of the West are overlooking, and get
hunger and want stalk abroad in the land
Property has fallen nearly one-half in val
ue, labor is cheap, food is cheap, our ex,
ports largely exceed cur imports, and YET
there are more idle and poveriy-stricker
people than at ,ny time in the history OF
the country. This is an immense fact
and zone that out-weighs thousand wild
and foolish assertions The country ought
to be better off with so much debt paid, but
it isn't, and any one who is not blind can
see it.-Mnhattcn En- prise.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
THE ENGLISH PRESS ON GLAD
STONE.

Mr.. Gladstone's article, entitled "kin
Beyond Sea-" published in the North
American Review, in which he predicted
that America would be the successful
rival. Of England in competition for the
commerce of thesvorld, has excited con-
siderable Indignation in England, and is
generally denounced by the pres as ILL
considered and unpstriefic.- The Boston
TrorelleT summarizes the expressions Of its
Englsh exchanges as follows:
:. The DAILY News Q.iberar says that prophe-
ckes of such magnitude are always rash, as
no human being has data which would fur.
nish them W ifh reliable basis. The pre-
dicsion, 1t further says, is not merely
rash, bat so sensational and astounding
as to- divert attention from the main
purpose of Mr.. Gladstone's paper
The Pail Mail GdS'se seems especially irrita-
ted by the select ion of an American periodi-
cal as the n1edium for giving publicity to Mr..
Gladstone's IDEAS on thu subject, and says:
s'lf Lord Beseonsfield had been asked to
choose in what country Mr.. Giadstone's arti-
Gle should be fffst published, the choice would
have been lessshard TO understand The
tone ofthe Globe as still more bitter, 1t re-
calls the readiness oa the Amerxcans to fur
nish prixateqp for <knsika when q general
ver seenea dneviu&ae, and thinks that sin
the event OF q war with Amerfca an utter.
snce like this Of Er. Gladstone would 40 an
enormous mlscAief.~ 1t charges him With
tae policy OF fpefmanently Alternating the col
@0t8 rhiie In once and with encouraging
HDtan sGgreaion since hisretirement.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
GOOD FOR KANSAS.

While the grain crops Of America have
been unusually large this year, some OF the
older nations will fall far short of their an
ticipatcd production. Agricultural pur.
suits in Russia have been impedCd by the
war, and much injury has resulted from
drought. The crops in India have not been
by any means up to the expectation. There
is an estimated deficiency of thirty-two
million bushels in the French wheat crop
TO supply these deficits = great demand
will be made upon American graneries
This tra6c will be an important element in
expediting the return Of prosperity, espec.
tally in the west: Kansas already begins
TO feel the benefit Of it, and when her
twenty millions Of surplus wheat are
marketed, she will feel it still more sensi-
bly,. We have .lots of truck" to sell this
year, and all We want TO make onr farmers
rich, is a good marke; and cheap transpor-
tation.f
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
TIE -yICSGPaIssSE.

Edison's mic.ophone has been expert
mented with in San Francisco with great
success. \ private letter from gentleman
in that city TO i.iend in the east, says:
have just bleE up stairs to hear a micro
phone tested. 1t was very successful.
heard a singer in another past of the large
building very early and sweetly, when in
the back part OF the room it sounded like q
band Of cornets, very pleasant TO listen To-
That was by reason of no carpet. 1t was q
bare room. Great and glorious things will
come OF that. 1t is only two carbon points
daintily adjusted against one eanother-some
times by sensitive spring-letting the cur.
rent run through or across the point of con
tact. They make them in many different
ways. The point is that the particles Of car
bon some way magnify the sound. This car
bon comes from the scraping of gas retorts
Edison says pressed lamp SCOT is better-a
wafer Of ii. But that disintegrates rapidly