Year: 1874

the navy. This ia new illustration of the
discrepancy we referred to the other day as
existing between the ostensible religion and
the patent works of this medieval army.


The majority Of the papers read at the Phi
lological Meeting at Hartford, described on
our second page were upon subjects connected
with the Greek language and literature. 1t Is
the custom of the Association to devote most
of one day to this class of subjects, and 1T
also seems to be the custom to have an an
nual discussion over the Greek subjunctive
mood and this year forms no exception to the
rule. But variety of other and more popular
themes also engaged the attention of the meet
ing, and paper of unusual interest and import
ancc, by Prof. Whitney, on the proportions in
which the different sounds of vOwels and con-
sonants are used in our own language, is sure
to command attention from the novel form of
its investigation. There can be no surer indl-
cation of the progress of philOlogy as a science,
than the endeavOr to cOllate its observations
on mathematical basis.


Several thousand persons suffered more or
less disappointment yesterday afternoon, owing
to a few extra capsfull of wind at Saratoga
To those who are obliged to remain III town
during this sweltering weather the breeze was
welcome indeed, and seemed not in the least
remarkable for force but there was quite
enough of it to roughen the water of Saratoga
Lake and cause the postponemcnt of the
University race. OF all people interested in
IL IN no nj w
had arranged only for one day at Saratoga,
and that class is always considerable pro-
portion of the visitors on such occasions.
The old proverb about an i'll wind In the
present case may be cited with reference TO
the innkeepers, VINO get an extra day OF profit
out of other peoples misfortune. AS the
question to be decided is one of sincws and
not of seamanshp, we cannot blame the col
lege boys for declining to take the risks OF
rough water in their cedar shells.


Gov. Dix has certainly taken time enough
to consider the Gardner Warehouse and Rail
way bill. The result of his consideration is a
veto, in which he describes it as monstrous
scheme, declares that he can regard it in no
other light than as q sacrifice of the CONNER
cial interests of the city and of its business
classes to private gain, and says it is difficult to
fancy scheme more independent of all safe
guards. more ingeniously framed to secure
enormous profits to the shareholders, or more
certain to impair the commercial interests and
| independence of the city. We have inclined to
believe that the bill was much more careful
in guarding the interests of the corpOratOrs
than of the public but had not supposed it to
be quite the monstrosity the Governor depicts
1t is certain that no bill either for rapid
transit, or for facilitating the transportation
of freight through the city and its shipment,
can ever be devised which will not make large
demands upon the public. Capitalists do not
seem to discover in any rapid transit project
vet submitted, that gold placer which the
schemes have been supposed to conceal; and
the problem of the city's getting rapid transit
without paying for it is as yet unsolved.


The bill of the Committee of Thirty is before
the French Assembly, and shower OF amend
ments and substitutes is now beginning. M.
Pages Duport, Monarchist Deputy, imagines
he has better plan for the formation of the
Senate than that of the Committee, which
would not be q difficult matter But his plan,
as well as that of the Thirty, has the inherent
fault of proposing to postpone order and
perpetuate chaos. The Assembly begins to
suspect its own impotence to govern France.
But it is incapable of confessing this, and in
capable of giving way to another Assembly
which shall represent the country, without
attempting previously to fetter its successors
powers and to restrict their jurisdiction. No
proposition proceeding from the Committee can
be expected to contain any plan for the definite
organization of the Government; for the only
solution they can be brought to favor is i'm
possible, and the only practicable one they
regard with dsmay and adherence. Luckily
the Right which is so strong in the Com
mittee, has lost its control of the Assembly,
and the Committees propositions are there
fore probably of no practical Importance,


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