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Year: 1874

War.


The interesting and instructive volumes of
the Comte de Paris, reviewed in our columns
a few days since, vividly recall the period,
almost exactly thirteen years ago, when the
two grandsons Of King Louis Philippe came
to this country and offered their services on
the Union side. The generous ardor of those
princely youths is one of the most pleasing
"reminiscences of that successful struggle. It
recalled at the time the services of the Illus
trious Lafayette, who also put aside the
fashionable gayeties and festivities, which are
so attractive to young men of high birth and
splendid connections, to engage in struggle
for great principles in distant land When
the Princes of the House of Orleans offered
their services in our late civil war they acted
part which should endear them to their own
beautiful country-the France which they so
love and cherish. The prompt dedication of
their swords to the cause Of the Union was
rebuke to the despot who then ruled their
country. Napoleon III. was the most dan
gerous and the most insolent of our Euro
pean enemies during our great struggle to
maintain the national unity. 1t is notori-
Gus part OF the history of that period that he
kept urging Great Britain to unite with him
in recognizing the independence of the South,
and if the British aristocracy had not stood in
fear Of the British people the French Empe-
ror would have carried his point. When the
Orleans princes crossed the Atlantic to fight
tor the Union they made noble protest
against the despotism which then held France
in helpless paralyzation at the same time that
they performed generous act to the Ameri-
can Republic, whose birth had been assisted
by the chivalrous Lafayette. Accordingly it
did not surprise us to find in the Comte de
Paris able history Of the war that he so fully
appreciates the free institutions which enabled
our country to triumph.


1t is the uniform and admiring testi-
mony of such of our citizens and
army officers as enjoyed opportunities Of
intercourse with the Orleans princes while
they served on General McClellans staff, that
they deported themselves with the modesty,
reserve and propriety which beftted their
princely birth and contingent expectations.
The younger Of the two brothers-the Due de
Chartres- under less restraint than the
heir apparent Of the House of Orleans, and his
intercourse with the officers of our army wat
as free, companionable and hilarious as i
| would have been With military officers Of ranl
Year: 1874

In many respects New York is glorious
city and perhaps in nothing more than its
Central Park But even the Park is in many
respects an experiment There is an English
proverb that it takes two hundred years to
make gentleman and three hundred years
to make q lawn. When we criticise our Park
we must remember that it is the creation of a
very few years, and that nature while build
ing surely builds slowly. But while we are
about it we should take care to copy the best
points of the famous parks of the Old World.
Furthermore, we should have real park, and
not landscape picture seen at its best from
o soaring balloon. The Office OF park is to
comfort, brighten and invite the people, to
give tired humanity breathing place, to coax
men, women and children into wholesome
communion with nature. In some respects
cur Central Park fulfls this Office very i'm
perfectly. Take the bridle-path, which is
such feature in the Bois de Boulogne, the
Vienna Prater and Hyde Park. We have
no great ride, drive or social exchange,
where everybody can see every body,
which is one of the purposes OF
park. In Hyde Park, for instance,
there is the Rotten row, where all London
that is London assemblies for observation
and interchange of courtesies. There is
what is called the Tour of the Lake in the
Bois de Boulogne, no less fashionable and
attractive. But our bridle-path and our car
riage drives are something like wildcat
Western railroads, they begin nowhere and go
nowhere. The drive is isolated and solitary,
and sentimental people who have views about
ghosts avoid it. Then there are queer
bridges, which frighten the horses, and while
the carriage drive goes in one direction the
bridle-path goes in another, instead OF run
ming parallel, as should be. In the policy of
growth and improvement, which we trust
always to see characterize the management
of the Park, this should be amended, and we
should have Rotten row or Tour of the
Lake. or, what is even better, q wide, shaded,
spacious drive like the Prado in Madrid.
where people could see each other, and with
contiguous bridle-path for horsemen who
desired to join the gay and friendly throng
Year: 1874

FROM THE VIGoRous MANNER in which
Uncle Dick is working, and the rapidity with
which he is reducing his weight, it might be
supposed that he was in training for con-
test with the most powerful statesman in New
York or for q walking match from New York
to Washington. But he is not. He is only
determined to beat the expectations of his
best friends, and he goes to the National
Capitol by railroad.
Year: 1874

EVERY CONGRESSMAN who values good din
ner, and every New Yorker who hopes to have
o good time in Washington this winter, hopes
for the triumphant election of Uncle Dick. It
would just be like New York to give the sage
OF Rhinebeck unanimous election.
Year: 1874

IF RIP VAN WNKLE had taken any interest
in politics and were now to awake from his
twenty years sleep nothing would surprise
him more than to see the position of Fernando
has indicated Fernando Wood. Recent
Mayors have shown US how good Mayor he
was in his day. He has also been good
Congressman, earnest, attentive, patriotic and
believing in New York There seems to be no
doubt of his election.
Year: 1874

If ANY ONE SUPPosEs that Uncle Dick is
not hard at work it is mistake. His friends
are surprised and alarmed at his activity. He
has fallen off nearly twenty pounds in ten
days. But his eye is bright his face serene
and confident and he tramps about his dis
trict arranging matters in as lively manner
as Centennial Dix after ducks on Long Island
or Granduncle Tilden taking his morning GAL
lop to Harlem.
Year: 1874

THE MAN Who LAUGHS is new character for
Ulysses the Silent The third term contro-
and thin, like mans laughter heard in hell
far down" Like Victor Hugo's hero, the
laugh may be on one side of the face only
the wrong side.
Year: 1874

The CREAMER MOVEMENT against the bosom
friends Of Tammany grows in strength and
enthusiasm. The honest democrats do not
care to be voted in bulk by ring and,
whether Creamer and his friends win or not,
one thing is certain, that Tammany will be
taught lesson, and we shall see no more of
"bosom friendship" in the management of
that party.
Year: 1874

UNCLE DICK is making SO successful o can
vass in his district that we cannot even learn
the name of his opponent He runs like a
prairie fire and if he keeps on we shall GER
tainly have the Arctic and Antarctic Railway
bill early in the session.
Year: 1874

We UNDERSTAND that Welcker, the WASH
ington Delmonico, has doubled his order for
this winters supply of champagne and cham
bertin since he heard Of the coming of Uncle
Dick as the patriarch Of the New York dele
cation.
Year: 1874

IT Is Now OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED that
Alonzo B. Cornell Will support Governor Dix.
The fact that there should be any doubt on
the subject comes from the singular apathy
shown by Mr. Cornell during the canvass.
Year: 1874

in his own country if his elder brother had
been the reigning sovereign and he had en-
ioyed the freedom which belongs to prince
who has only remote and very distant expec-
tation of a throne The Comte de Paris as
the head of the House of Orleans and inheritor
of the throne if that house should ever be
restored to power, maintained the dignity OF
such expectations with faultless propriety
while he served in the American Army.
Is the testimony of one OF his
own countrymen, an officer of rank in the
Army OF the Potomac, that no one ever sue
ceeded in drawing the Comte de Paris into
conversation having the remotest bearing on
his claims or prospects as heir apparent to tho
crown OF France. He was always ready to
converse on any question of general politics,
and on such subjects his views were remark
able for sagacity and intelligence, but he
never permitted the conversation to take .
turn from which any inference could be drawn
as to his sentiments respecting the title of his
family to the throne Of France. His good
sense, good taste, amiable temper, perfect
urbanity, and high princely reserve on this
topic. in which he might be supposed to take
the deepest interest, secured him the respect
and affection Of all Americans who had the
honor OF his acquaintance, and cause him to
be recollected with lively pleasure after the
lapse of so many eventful years
Year: 1874

Importance TO the North. South, East and west
While the West deserves the credit OF It's agitation Tue
East ready 10 join cordial support Cheap prca"
stuIs were as important TO Eew-Engand "a 10 the
West and the East as anxious ship s wares "est
ward at cheap rates as those In the Wost WHO
buy them lessen their cost. lie hoped to be pres
often during sessions OF the Convention s MS
duties might permit The Convention then adlourned
until tomorrow
Year: 1874

The State of Massachusetts has already lost
a great opportunity. 1t was not unreasonable
to expect that at a time when all there was
thoughtful or conscientious in mems minds
was stirred to the lowest depths by the two
concurrent events of SimmOns's appointment
and Summers death, the Legislature might
rise for moment above the beggarly wranglings
of mere partlsanship and elect with some ap


proach to unanimity Senator who should be
universally recognized as worthy successor
to such leaders as Webster and Sumner. There
were many good reasons for believing this
might be done. Two stunning blows had
lust been struck at the very principle
of partlsanship. When Simmons was
appointed the decent portion of the press
of Massachusetts, uttered only one voics of
condemnation of the act and of the sordid
partnership which accomplished 1T. When
Sumner died, the unanimous expressions OF


grief and sorrow from even those quarters
where the blameless statesman had received


nothing of late years but bitter malice and


injustice, ought to have been enough to con-


vince all thinking people of the infinite


superiority of character to mere party loyalty.
For one week the press of Massachusetts, and
its public men saw and denounced the vulgar
and degrading tendencies of the present Ad-


minstration. For another week they saw and
extolled the worth and the dignity of life
which was nobly independent of the caucus
or its works. There was nothing, therefore,
romantic or Quixotic in the hope that the
| State might embrace the great opportunity
open to it, and send Senator to Washington


who should represent what was best in the


Commonwealth, and who had no SAVIOR OF
4 trickery or trade about him. III.
But reasonable ~ the hope was. it has no
Year: 1874

been fulfilled. The three leading factions into
which the State is divided Immediately went
into council; each selected its candidate, and
has adhered to him thus far with the selfish
and greedy persistency of the worst days OF
politics. 1t is not our purpose just now to dis
cuss the names they have presented. They are
better than the common run of candidates, all
of them. Any one of them, if sent to the Sem
ate, would appear in heroic proportions among
the brood of Flanagans and Logans which the
vulgarization of politics consequent upon the
war has placed in that Chamber. But the mo-
tive standing behind each candidate and III
spring the group which supports him,
is too grovcliDg and sordid to be
avOwed. The Dawes men are fighting for him
to give the State to Butler The HOar men
stand by him. to beat Butler but keep the
State for Grant. And the Curtis men cast
their votes solidly for him day after day to
persuade the world that the Democratic party
is not yet dead. If either of these three men
were now elected, could any one say he repre-
seRted the Commonwealth as much as his fac
tionf 1t is probable that not a member vot-
ing for Judge Curtis dreams of electing him.
His name is kept flying as an irreproachable
flag, to signify tnat Cnefe are seFchty -ioui
honest gentlemen on that side of the house,
who mean business when the time comes
But the votes cast for Dawes and Hoar are
cast seriously and they mean-that so many
members sustain Butler and Grant, and so
many more sustain Grant and wish he was
not 80 intimate with Butler.


This is the pitifdl result of all the brave
talk over Simmons, and all the tender and
remorseful talk over Sumner. week has
gone by in this game. the State and tho
country meanwhile watching to see. what
chance and cunning may do to break the
selfish and discreditable deadlock. 1t may yet
be broken in a way to do full though tardy
honor to the State. Mr.. Adams may yet be
elected by compromise in which nothing
would be sacrificed except greed and prejudice.
Some other reputable ISOLATION may be found,
if the Legislature grows tired or ashamed OF
it's scramble. But there is also the possibility
of result worse than any now indicated, and.
at all events, the State bas lost its chance OF
doing itself double honor by doing the right
thing promptly.
Year: 1874

The Temperance Crusade is no longer the
sensation of the day in the newspapers, but it
continues to appear O matter Of absorbing i'm
portance to the women engaged in it, and Of
practical interest to the men whose business
it 80 materially affects There is no evidence
that the women are weary in their well doing.
The number Of saloons closed has increased
from day to day until it now exceeds thou
sand, and we look in vain for an instance in
which the women after fairly beginning battle
have fled the field. Their faith is Of the kind
that is said to remove mountains. 1t hesi
tates not to attack the enemy whether
he be strongly intrenched in 5000
grog-shops as in Cincinnati, or supported by
an angry rabble as in Cleveland. An array of
superior numbers in opposition serves only to
call for more thorough organization and
greater perseverance on the part of the Cru
saders. Persecution arouses the spirit Of mar
tyrdom and elicts sympathy for the prosecuted
from unexpected quarters. A single victory
encourages q praying band to weeks of more
earnest and devoted prayer and labor. But
speedy victory does not seem necessary to
keep the fire of faith aglOw. Weeks may pass
without surrender, yet the women keep on
with o patience which enhsts the sympathy
of the most careless spectator and assures the
harassed liquor-dealer that, though the day
of his capitulation may be distant, it must in
evitably come.


There is one weak point. however, IN the line
of the advance. 1t is more and more apparent
that this mode of warfare cannot be successful
in large cities without notifications not yet
devised. In Dayton, where the work was begun
under favorable auspices month ago, only four
surrenders of saloon-keepers have taken place.
Weeks Of self-denying and persistent labor in
Columbus have brought forth disappointingly
small results. In Cincinnati, three or four, pos
sibly more, victories have been gained; but
this progress is wonderfully disproportionate to
the amount of work it has cost. In Worcester,
no triumphs of consequence are visible. Even
in Xcnia. where the most exciting scenes
Of the campaign were witnessed the predio-
Year: 1874

II is said at Albany that Mr.. Vanderbilts
Rapid Transit bill and that of the Third Ave-
nue. Railroad Company are certain to pass.
and that those behind them mean business.
The members of the Legislature evidently
think so. But the furry of last
week was ridiculous, and there is dan
ger that the superheated senstiveness Of
the Railroad Committee and the profusion
of epithets in the less respectable press may
divert public attention from the real point
of Importance. The objection should not lie
to the bills themselves, which aim at an end
we all ought to help, but only to their mad
missible features.


We believe that Mr.. Vanderbilt not only
can give us a rapid transit road quicker than
anybody else is likely to do, but that he is
really desirous of doing it. There are not 80
many of equal ability volunteering to give us
the lOng-needed boon, and MIR. Vanderbilt
may readily do the work in such way as TO
secure the lasting gratitude of the city with
which his name is identified.


But he is arousing needless hostility, and we
think we can venture to tell him that, In tho
form in which his bill now presents 1t, he can
never carry out his scheme. The PROPOSE
ton to intensity the present overcrowded
condition of Park-rOw and damage the val
liable property public and private, along its
entire length, by covering the network OF rail-
road tracks which now obstruct the street
with iron posts and rails propping
up two more roads in the air,
is utterly inadmissible. We can see no decent
excuse for the plan of utterly destroying Park
avenue by taking the horse railroad out Of the
tunnel and running it through the mar
row street on either side OF the
Park. We doubt whether the city will
not feel that it has already given Mr..
Vanderbilt sufficient assistance in paying half
the expense of his work in sinking his four
track line above Forty -second-st., without un-
dertaking to give him also all the public
parks and other city property which he may
care for and find in his way


We should heartily welcome Mr. Vanderbilt
az the undertaken of rapid-transit route;
but it is not possible for the city to consent
to terms like these, and it is not an act OF
business sagacity on the part of Mr.. Wander
bilts agents to demand them. The present
bill can be so modified as to receive the
hearty approval of the entire city. In Its
present form it will be fought at every step.
Year: 1874

to San Francisco. after going around Cape
Horn, she was disabled by tho breaking OF her
screw and put into the CerrOs Islands, OIL the
coast of Lower California, where she was
picked up by the Arizona, bound to San Fran
cisco from Panama. Perhaps tho long series
of disasters which follows the vessels of this
fleet is chargeable to bad management some
where; but the wise sailors declare it pure
"luck
Year: 1874

The strike of the Erie Railroad employees at
Susquehanna Depot grows serious. About one
thousand men, demanding their wages in
arrears, are collected at that point and are
endeavoring to hold the line. The Company
have offered what seem to be entirely reason
able terms of settlement; but the men prefer
to take their time in discussion. Meanwhile
by sort of compromise, the strikers have
professed to allow the transit of passenger
trains but even this concession does not seem
to be clearly granted, though it is claimed
that the mails are permitted to pass. Gov
Hartranft has ordered detachment of State
militia to the besieged depot, in spite of the
protest of some of the citizens, who seem to
think that so long as the strikers do not fire
the buildings and hang the railroad officials
they should not be molested. Whatever may
be the original merits of the controversy be-
tween the wOrkmen and the Company, there
can be no question as to the violence of the
attempt of the former to collect their debts
by the interruption of travel. Public sym
pathy will undoubtedly be with the managers
of the road, who. during these trying times.
are endeavoring to keep their expenses within
receipts,
Year: 1874

The final lecture of Or. BrownS6quard on
the manifestations of nervous force, which we
print this morning on our eighth page, Is


valuable contribution to existing knowledge
Oh this obscure subject. In discoursing on the
variety of consequences that the irritation of
nerves may occasion, he incidentally explains
what has often been puzzle to intelligent
persOns-wly it is that wet feet or draught
of cold air upon the body. may give rise 20
cold in the head or an inflammation of the
lungs. After citing many strange instances of
the power of the imagination, he makes the
important suggestion that greater use should
be made of this potent force by the professors
of the healing art, and especially urges it upon
the younger generation of doctors. When we
consider what marvellous cures are often
effected by mere quacks through this agency,
it certainly seems desirable to add its power
as far as may be practicable to the weapons
employed by the regular practitioners in their
combats with disease: but at the same time it
suggests the question whether the established
methods of treatment are of much value, when
a mere appeal to the imagination can super
sede them.
Year: 1874

We received cable dispatch yesterday.
signed by the accomplished wife of the late
Minister of France in Washington, now Min
lister to Rome, making a suggestion in regard
to the Temperance Crusade which is full of
practical good sense and charity. Madame de
Noailles advises that the liquors surrendered
by repentant Bonifaces should not be wasted,
but should be sent to the Hospitals. We have
no means of establishing the authenticity of
this dispatch, but it bears internal evidence OF
emanating from source entitled to attention.
Perhaps the War upon Alcohol would lose
certain dramatic element if the advice of
Madame dc Noailles was followed, for the
gutter flooded with whisky always awakes
certain enthusiasm. But the suggestion is one
which we heartily commend to the great
army of crusaders everywhere.
Year: 1874

One Of the effects Of the visit of Mr..
CROKER, General COTTON and En-
gineer GRAY to Wilmington yesterday
was the determination of the railroad
company to largely increase the facil-
tiles for handling freight. 1t is pro-
posed to extend the wharf down the
side of the channel one thousand feet,
The track will be laid the full length
of this wharf, and thus enable the
company to discharge freight from
three or four barges at time directly
into the cars. General BANNING will
commence the wharf Immediately,
and the work will be completed as
soon as possible. This action of the
railroad company will be received
with satisfaction by our business men,
who have heretofore suffered some in
convenience through the delay in the
delivery of goods, occasioned by the
want of landing facilities at the
'harbOr.
Year: 1874

Every physician in the city is of opinion
that the prevailing sickness and mortality is
due mainly to unwhoesome nuisances which
are permitted to exist and to augment here.-
Express.


"The prevailing sickness is scarle-
tina, and if this fever is caused by the
unwholesome nuisances that have ex-
listed so long, it seems wonderful, and
in his case pity, that the last child
did not die about the time the editor of
the Express was born.
Year: 1874

Why should man struggle carly, late,
When all he is is fixed by Fate
For everything that comes and goes,
Goes, comes at its appointed date.
The wind is measured "a il blows,
The grains of sand have each their weight,
Only the fool can say he chose
The woman that is now his mate
And 80 with friends and so with foes.
The rising and the falling state.
'Tis idle to support oppose,
To open or to shut the cato.
What is we see but no one knows
What was or will be, small or great.
Nothing is certain but the close,
And that is hid from us by Fate