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The New York herald., 1879-09-01
Pope Leo's New Encyclicai.

A brief outline of the leading features of
the encyclical letter which Pope Leo XIII.
has addressed to the patriarchs, primates,
archbishops and bishops of the Catholic
world has already been given in the
columns of the HERALD, and this morning
we publish the whole of the remarkable
document, wherein His Holiness gives his
declaration on the subject Of Christian
philosophy. 1t is many years since there
has been sent forth from the Vatican such
lengthy encyclical. It is q document full
of deep and earnest thought, and though
addressed particularly to the Catholic
world can be studied with interest and
benefit by Christians of all denominations.
In his pronun ciamento the able Pontiff desig-
mates the place which philosophy should
take in modern science, theology and poll
tics. His Holiness demands that philosophy
shall not be subject to the varying fashions
of the day, but that it's principles shall be
based on the simplicity Of the system prom
ulgated by st. Thomas Aquinas, ''the
angelic doctor" the ''incomparable man,"
who, he says, lns been 'justly compared to
the sun, who irradiates the earth by tho
brilliancy Of his virtues and fills it with
the splendor OF his doctrine" "Philos-
ophy," says His Holiness, 'must be subject
to faith" or as Aristotle puts it, "Philos-
ophy must be the science of sciences and
the art of arts" Frequently enough. it
must be admitted, that modern philoso-
piers have led their followers into realms
of vain speculation, and the world at large
will perhaps be quito rs much benefited by
imbibing the simple philosophical faith of
the venerable Church Father (whose doc
trnes have been accepted by the Ecumeni-
cal Councils, in which, as His Holiness 80
eloquently says, "blossoms the flower of
wisdom gathered throughout the earth'') as
in seeking for the explanation of the mys-
teries of salvation amid the abstruse writ
ings of theological theorists. The revered
Pontiff does not condemn philosophy in
itself; his attack is directed against the
multiplicity of "tottering and inconsistent"
systems. from which has arisen hesita-
ton and doubt, and "from doubt to erro
the distance is but short" In exhorting
the teachers of youth to the adoption of
the simple doctrines of st. Thomas Aquinas
His Holiness essays to check the errors
which, he urges, must, il allowed to
flourish, eventually sap the founda-
tions of faith itself. "Iake special care"
says Pope Leo, "that the spirit of youth is
not corrupted by drinking at streams which
affect to be derived from the source, but
in reality are swollen by strange and un-
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
The Railroad Investigation.

Nearly all the railroad men thus far
called as witnesses before the Committee of
Investigation at Saratoga seem to be in
spired with the common idea that it is their
interest to obstruct and defeat the pur-
poses of that inquiry and not to assist
them. If there are abuses in railroad adj
ministration, if there are evils that are
detriment to the public and which deprive
the people of some of the advantages
which it was presumed would be derived
from the existence of these great corpora
tions when they were created, they are not
desirous to expose. but to hide them, and
instead of wishing to give every facility to
public officials they do their utmost to inn
pede an inquiry in which all are concerned.
There can, we believe, be no other inter-
probation put upon the Ignorance" of o
man like Mr.. Vanderbilt Mr.. Vanderbilt
answered many important inquiries with
the simple statement that he ''dld not
know" and the fact that man ut
the head of such concerns as he is under
stood to direct can direct them with SO lit
tie knowledge is one of the most notable
facts that the investigation has brought
out. 1t appears as if the first recommends
tion the committee might make to the Leg
islature would be the passage of law re-
quiring railroad presidents to be reasonably
we'll acquainted with the concerns of their
companies. All these gentlemen put them
selves in an attitude of opposition toward
a properly authorized investigation on tho
ground that the inquiry relates to ''their
private affairs" and touches facts that the
public have no right to know and which it
is impertinent in the Legislature to at
tempt to get at. The sooner any man, rail-
road president or any one else. geJ over
the delusion that the administration of a
great machine like the Central Railroad is
his concern, and that the public have no
rights in regard to it, the better it
will be for his tranquility; for, if
we are not mistaken in the signs
of the times, the public mind has at last
reached the definite conclusion that this
very theory OF railroad managers which
pretends to shut out supervision is the
first, if not the greatest, evil in regard to
these great corporations, and is one Of the
first that must be overcome. Vanderbilts
may come and 60; but the Central Railroad
and other roads like it will remain, and
the two must be established on q basis that
will make them mutually and permanently
serviceable to one another.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

points having relation to the more important
outlets, and then Grant might safely decide
the claim of Japan valid as to the others.
And, who knows, perhaps that is just what
the Chinese want? Their neighbor has, as
they feel, wantonly offended them. They
do not want to fight, but they cannot take
an insult. If now great authority from
the United States decides that their neigh
Dor was within his right then what they
have held to be an affront is no affront and
honor is satisfied. Then they will have
what they want-a good reason for not going
to war. Perhaps they seized upon General
Grant to make this issue conspicuous. If
they escape from war on such terms and get
also the islands really necessary to them
they will do well.
Will they fight otherwise? 1t is very
likely they may. If the great soldier from
the West makes no decision China can
only interpret this to mean that he cannot
justify the act of the Japanese; that the
affront has not the color of right even, and
they will prepare to occupy the Loochoo
Islands and such war would certainly be
great misfortune to them and to the COM
merce of the word.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
School Days Again.

To-day the public schools open again;
consequently host of parental annoyances
come to an end and an equal number of
juvenile troubles begin. True, it will be
delightful for the small boy to meet all the
other fellows who have been out of town
and compare notes on orchards, trout
brooks, melon patches and other sources of
special delight, while his sister will find
equal comfort in telling her school friends
what dresses she wore and in absorbing
similar statistics in return; but when the
teachers bell rings and seats arc taken, and
the prison-like discipline of the schoolroom
begins, a hundred thousand little ones will
suddenly become most deserving objects Of
sympathy. If any special arrangements
have been made to teach more and cram
less than in other days the public has
yet to learn of them; and the same
may be said OF any attempts to modify the
physical restraint, which is worse than any
that soldiers ever endure for an equal num-
Der Of hours per day. 1t has been whispered
about that wonderful improvements have
been made, in the public school buildings,
upon the old methods of supplying light
and fresh air but the ability of the Board
OF Education and its subordinntes to deal
with these important matters is something
which the public will consider open to
doubt, in the light of last winters develop
ments, until the measure of the alleged
changes becomes definitely established. 1t
seems hardly possible, however, that the
Ignorance. neglect and stupidity which
were exposed by the HERALD during last
winter and spring are to be Intentionally
continued. aud should any changes for the
better really have been made wo shall bo
deligh hted to inform the public upon them.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
To Mr.. Conkling.

We take leave to believe that certain re-
ports, sent from Albany and other points in
the interior, to the effect that Senator
Conkling means to insist at oil hazards on
the nomination of his candidate, Mr.. Cor
nell, are false We believe this because
Mr.. Conkling has never shown himself to
be incapable of realizing political situa-
ton. He is hard fighter, but he knows
also when not to fight. He would not
have been able for so long to retain the
control of New York republican politics if
he lacked one of the most important ele-
ments of generalship.
We have little doubt that Mr.. Conkling
can, if he likes, secure the nomination of
Mr.. Cornell. But he cannot secure his
election without making q bargain with
some one on the democratic SIDE We
doubt if he can make q bargain this year
with either of the democratic factions, and
we tell him plainly that if he did he might
not after all succeed in electing Mr..
Cornell, and he would certainly succeed in
setting the people of the State against him
self. Such bargains are contrary to the
public interest. they are injurious to good
government, they make o muddle of admin
istration, as we have all seen in the case Of
Mayor Cooper, who was the fruit of Goa
lition in which, if not Mr.. Conkling, yet
his chief fuglemen, had large shsre-one-
half, to be exact.
The people will not patiently tolerate
that system of politics. Party government
is necessary in o free country, but coali-
tions are corrupt and corruping. The
HERALD speaks as the friend of Mr.. Conk-
ling when it warns him and his followers
away from this dangerous ground. Let
him fix upon candidate who can unite
his party; if he does this he may easily
carry the Convention with him and secure
victory for himself. If he refuses
to do this it may happen that the Con-
vention, wiser than he, will take the matter
out of his hands. The interests at stake,
all the members will justly say, are too
important to be trifled with; and there will
not be lacking republicans to say that if
the plan is to force Mr.. Cornell on the
Convention with the view Of electing
him afterward by bargain with some one
of the democratic factions, this will be so
thoroughly exposed as not only to make the
carrying out Of such an arrangement i'm
possible, but to cover the authors of it
with disgrace besides.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
Paying Dear for tho Worst.

The London Economist, discussing the
condition of the British money market,
mentions incidentally a fact which deserves
the attention of the American public and
of Congress when it meets. It speaks of
slowly increasing demand for British goods
for the American market, and, among other
orders. of large one from this country for
iron rails, followed by another OF slightly
higher price. The Economist then adds =
''Tho reason why the American orders
are for iron rails and not for steel
ones is curious and requires little
explanation. AS steel rails are now quoted
slightly below the price for the last Ameri-
can order for iron rails noted above, and
besides are greatly more durable, it might
have been naturally expected that steel,
not iron, rails would have been purchased
from us. But here the operation of the
American protective tariff steps in. The
duty on steel rails in America is E5 1Os
per ton on iron rails only e3. The curious
result follows that it answers the purpose
of the American importer to give q higher
price for the inferior article"
We believe the Economist gives the cor
rect explanation. Our duty on steel rails
is so much higher than that on iron rails
that, in spite of the cheapened methods of
producing steel rails, which are used in
this country as we'll as in England, and
which ought to enable all roads to lay down
steel rails, our tariff-laid in this instance
notoriously to ''protect" or give bounty
to American producers of Bessemer steel
its higher duty on steel rails, to lay down
iron, even at q higher price until the duty
is counted in; though experience shows iron
rails to be not only dearer in the long run,
but increasing the liability to accident. Is
it not time to change such tariff regulation?
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

Senator Sharon. of Nevada wants reelection.
Captain James d. Eads sailed for Europe on Satur
day.
South Carolina is nearly thirty times larger than
Rhode Island.
If, Prince Bismarck believes. the French peasant
were listened to France would never make war;
Owing to the great demand for public lands tha
Land Office at Washington is far behind in its work.
Yoshida Djiro. Japanese Charge d,Ahaires at WASH
ington and Amano Koziros of tho Japanese Legation
at the Gilsey House.
In the Pennsylvania coal fields the average pay of
the miners is 81 per day. of tho laborers 81 % and
of the boys ffsy cents.
Colonel Bob lngersoll. who has been credited with
intention OF leaving the republican party says he
is as good stalwart ever.
Middlesex county. in Massachusetts, has popula-
ton of about three hundred thousand people and
three hundred millions of capital
London World:-"Poiticians who suffer from con.
stitutiona narrowness of vision cannot be expected
to develop into great statesmen party leaders,"
Texas under the new census wilf-ex- Governor
Hubbard of that State thinks-run up to 900 900 in
population. 1t should. he believes. have twenty-five
members of Congress.
The New Orleans Picayune is authority for the
statement that David Davis is very fond of resting
in a hammock. which, for safety. must always be
placed on the ground.
Mr.. Beecher thinks the Southern people be-
having better now than at any time since the war.
Whom the present generation. he says. has passed
away there will be no further trouble.
London World:-"Cardnal Howard might be seeI
tho other day walking about. the admired of many
men, and or the ladies. too, who little dreamt that
the magnifcenty built ecclesiastic with the hand
some face and the military air. was prince of the
Roman Church; for beyond slight tnge Of scarlet
on his breast. which might be taken for little
ecclesiastical dandyism. there was nothing about
Tho handsome churchman to indicate his dignity"
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
A Disgrace to the city.

We print elsewhere three different ac-
counts of the trouble in the Park Commits
sion-one by Commissioner Conover' VINO
charges his fellow Commissioner, Lane, with
having accepted a bribe to audit an ac-
count; one by Commissioner Wenman, VINO
repeats Commissioner Conover's charge
against Commissioner Lane OF bribery )
and third by Commissioner Lane, VINO
denies these charges of bribery and re-
torts with charges of corruption, rascality
and inef1iciency against Commissioners
Wenman and Conover.
All three of these Park Commissioners
agree on one thing-that the Park is in
bad condition. No wonder.
We may as we'll tell our readers that the
three interviews with the three Commits
sioners were submitted for correction and
that they appear precisely as in each case
the Commissioner authorized.
And this is what is called city govern
ment. Suppose there was one head of the
Park; suppose him appointed and remov-
able by the Mayor, who in turn would be
responsible to the people could such q
scandalous, disgraceful state Of things exist
as is developed by these Commissioners,
who have, it seems, 50 little responsibility,
even to each other, that they openly call
each other scoundrels?
What puzzles the average citizen is how
either of the three can consent to sit in the
commission with the other two. Why do
they not oil resign and relieve the city OF o
disgrace
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

THE WEATuER.-The area of high pressure
which rested over the central valleys and the
South Atlantic States for the past three or four
days is rapidly moving eastward, and will
probably pass out into the ocean off the Atlantic
coast to-day. The barometer has fallen through
out the lake regions, but is rising in the North
west. The meteorological conditions in Texas
and the Western Gulf States are very unsettled,
and it looks rs IL "a storm centre would make its
appearance in these sections within q day or
two. The temperature has slightly risen
throughout the lake region and the Middle
Atlantic States, and considerably so i'm
New England. 1t has fallen in the
West and Northwest and the Gulf
districts. Clear and fair weather still
prcdorninates throughout the lake region,
the Middle States and New England, but it is
clouding up to the west of these States. In the
Western Gulf States it is threatening and rainy.
Light rains have also been experienced in the
Northwest and thunder storms have passed over
the northern portion of this State. Brisk and
high winds arc prevalent in Texas and along the
coast of the Gulf States elsewhere they have
been moderate and fresh The weather in New
York and its vicinity to-day will be fair and
warm. Tomorrow it will be warm, with in
crcnsing cloudiness.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

THR WELL WORN SUBJECT of the principal
business transaction between Jacob and Esau
was again discussed in the pulpit yesterday,
and the claim was made that as the brothers
were nearly eighty years of age at the time of
the transfer of birthright Esau was old enough
to have known better than to pay such an
enormous price for single meal. But perhaps
In those days there were Sunday excursions to
favorite suburban resorts, and Esau had come
tn consider swinde mt the dinner table to be
the unav avoidablc thing
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

II THE PEACE SOCIETY whose well attended
Convention has just adjourned in Dutchess
county really believe in peace why should it
arouse an ugly spirit in twenty thirty millions
of other peoples The resolution regarding
Custer, discussed on the very day when the ma
tion was reading of Saturdays ceremonies at
West Point, was the most insulting demonstra-
lion that the country has endured in years.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
EX-MINISTER wELSH'S ARRIVAL.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 81. 1879.
Mr.. John Welsh, ex-United States Minister to
England. arrived hero this evening. He was met at
Newcastle by committee of the Board of Trade and
a number OF personal friends. and brought to this
city on the revenue cutter Hamilton. He was wei.
coined in brief speech by Mr.. Louis G. Madeira.
chairman Of the committed. Mr.. Welsh responded
in q few Attng remarks.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

NUMBER of the political probabilities of the
coming fortnight are foreshadowed in our Sara
toga letter. We would like to assure our read
ers that as they pay their money they may take
their choice, but this plan went out of politics
long ago The people pay their money, as of
old, but they have nothing whatever to do with
the selection of men and measures
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

Our DISPATCHES from New Orleans show
that, although there have been cases of yellow
fever in the city, there is not the slightest
probability of a severe outbreak of the disease
this year. This information will allay fears
which, thanks to rumor, have been torturing
the hearts of thousands who have friends in the
Crescent CITY.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

healthy waters" Such an admonition all
must approve. The new encylical is, in
truth, remarkable document, and de-
serves to be read even by those who cannot
perhaps accept the teachings which it an
nOunceS.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

JOHN BRIGHTs OPINION of Canadian policy
is given in his own words in another column
and distinctly enough to be understood by
eyery one
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

SUMMER appeared to realize yesterday that
its last day had come, and to want to atone for
all its vagaries and caprices 1t assumed its
most peaceable, smiling, generous mood, and
the hundreds of thousands who gladly ac-
cepted all these signs of repentance regretted
that 80 delightful day had to end
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

HOPE FILLS anew the democratic breast the
chairman of the national workingman's meet
ing, held at Hamilton Park yesterday, Dc
nounced the republican party.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
MuNKAcsY's MILTON"

Michael Munkacsy's celebrated picture. "Milton
Debating Paradise Lost to His Daughters" which
was purchased by MIR. Robert Lenox Kennedy Tor
presentation to tho Lenox Library. will not arrive
in this city until October. II expected during
last mouth, but at M Munkacsys request no was al
lowed by Mr.. Kennedy to have 1t sent from London
to the MUNICH international Art Exhibition, whence
II will be withdrawn carly in September 70 allow OF
its being shipped NJ to arrive here In time for the
reopenng tho Lenox Library. Tho picture. thero-
FORE before Il reaches this city will have been
hibted at both the Paris and the Munich exhibitions
and at Vienna, Berlin aud London.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

NARRAGANsETT PIER, an aforementioned though
not largely known locality, is the subject OF On
interesting letter upon another page
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

IRELAND is promptly taking advantage of the
repeal of the Convention act, and her first
move is, very sensibly, in the direction Of q
change in the land tenure system. Success to
her; the desire to own ones home and Danish
landlords is most natural and honorable
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

PRESS COMMENTS upon tho various new and
great canal projects numerous. We repub-
lish number to-day, some Of which are worthy
of attention from the projectors themselves.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

THE NAMES of the insurance companies lately
alluded to by Superintendent Smyth as having
suffered by irregularities are given to-day,
with the details upon which the Superintend-
ents remarks were based.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

A New REMEDY for Southern outrages was
proposed from the pulpit yesterday-it is
the power of evangelical religion. Try it,
brethren, it is about the only influence that has
not been used; and it is far cheaper than any
OF the others.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

The sceater in Ncsc York and its vicinity today
sriH be ~arm and fair. Io-mosrosc it sciu be
sca,n., tciM Increasing clordi,.ess.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

LIQUOR KILLED three more men yesterday
and not through the hands of some one els
either.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
THE ART AMArEu. FOR sKprrMpER.

THk ART AMATEUB fOh bEPIEABEbs
The fourth number of tho Art Amateur-that for
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that tho publication is steadily
improving in artistic value. The title heading Of
the first psgo is inserted in drawing of Japanese
bric-a-brac. which surrounds "The Sweetheart in
the Studio." poem By Edgar Fawcett. An inter-
esting littlo article "Pecularties Of Artists
tains anecdotes of Goya. velasquez and other Span.
ish painters. ''The Note Book" has paragraphs
which attack the New York dealers in foreign pic
tures. Under the head of ''rho Art Gallery" wo
have a rather sighting article by Frederic vors
der0mc which Is illustrated by reproductions Of
sketches by that artist Edward Strahan gives the
ond instalment of his ''Some Masterpieces OF
Art" Tho Torlonia Museum is described. the arti-
Gle being accompanied by cut of Sanesi's drawing
of the marble "Jason and Medea and there Is ncc-
ond critique the Stewart gallery. Frederic vors
describes under the head Of "Decorstion and Furn-
turc." charming country house; under that or
"Ceramics" there is, among other articles, one on
'srhe Hamilton Vases" paper ON 'Ivory Art
Work is illustrated by three excellent reproduce
tons of drawings from carvings by FRANCOIS Dugues-
nois The principal design on largo sheet is fino
ono of PhTbus BY Professor Camille Peton, which
Is intended for q placquc.