Year: 1874

il, having reformed the management, they
continue to keep it reputable. Some disap-
pointment has been felt that the Jockey Club
finally declined to assume charge OF Mon
mouth Park, but tho new management is OF
character to guarantee that for this season the
professional gamblers will not control and
damage the reputation of the course.


According to letter from Philadelphia
which we publish this morning the corner
stone of the new City Hall was laid on the
4th with due ceremony. For the sake OF an
imposing appearance the strange mistake has
been made of planting this building exactly
in the intersection of two of the Few
wide streets that city possesses. Ii is 10
be hoped that the snowy appearance thus
secured may be found some compensation for
the permanent inconvenience to traffic and
travel which will thus be inflicted on those
busy thoroughfares. Perhaps, however, to the
easy going citizens of Philadelphia it may not
seem so important as to New Workers to be
obliged continually to go a block or two out
of the way.


The Serrano Government and the mimic
Court of Don Carlos are both trying to lnfuse
some energy into the campaign which the
death of Marshal COncha threw into confu-
sion. The Cabinet of Madrid has ordered
new and somewhat exhaustive levy OF troops
to reinforce the army of the North, and Don
Carlos has taken the hazardous step OF dis
missing from his service the most conspicuous
chief it contained, Gen. Trstany, for having
failed to defend the line of the Ebro, task
most military men would consider impossible,
taking into view the number and the dis
cipline of his soldiers. The Carlists are also
encouraged by the diminished garrisons IL
Bilbao, and are marching troops once more
against that much beleaguered city. The
worst news from Spain is that which we nave
| led our readers to expect that there seems
no prospect of Liberal coalition.


By and by. in spite of all denials, it will be
seen that there has been in the Senate not
only purpose but an attempt to obtain con-
| troll of the representatives OF the press In
Washington by means OF covert legislation.
Carpenters gag law was defeated, but its
virus survived in the law giving jurisdiction


and the power of issuing process to other
courts in the District, and a correspondent
who has been guilty of criticising the Hon.
Zachariah Chandler was promptly indicted
under that statute. The influences to which
| Washington juries are subject have been suf-
fciently dwelt upon but Mr.. Chandler is not
disposed to rely upon them exclusively. He
| is inclined TO resort to what yerges upon di-
rect bribery. He has caused it to be an
nounced that if his character is proved to have
sustained 100000 of damages and that amount
| is awarded him, he will hand over the entire
sum to the Washington Monument Association.
This would be attacking the jury in two of
the points where Washington offce-holderS
are most sensitive-greed and buncombe.
! The warriors whom Tammany gathered to-
gether on Saturday to listen to the bubbling
of the Big Spring certainly exhibited an un-
usual degree of hilarity and hope. Their hot
denunciations of the wickedness of the party
| in power had the eager liveliness which char
acterizes impetuous youth in its criticisms of
authority which it hopes soon TO inherit. The
blamelessness of the Democratic party as con-


trasted with the depravity of the Republican
was dwelt upon with perhaps an injudiciOus
persistence for there are people in NewYOrk
who have not forgotten the irreligiOus States
man of the Island and everybody knows how
many Democrats follow Mr.. Butler in the
broad road to reputation. But the speeches
on the whole were unusually clever and we'll
intentioned, especially the "loDg talk of Mr..
Thayer and some of the letters, like those of
Senator Bayard, Mr.. Welles, and Mr.. Parker,
| made moderate and even impartial refer
ence to subjects of preeminent Importance to
all of US. If we did not know by experience


how much easier is preaching than practice,
we should be inclined to take real encourage
ment from the admirable talk which was
sQuandered last Saturday on Tammany Hall.


Amid the July revelry there will naturally


be some inquiry in regard to the Centennial
celebration two years hence, and the letter we
publish to-day from Philadelphia gives the
| latest news in regard to that enterprise. 1t is
gratifying to learn that the Board have not
been discouraged by the refusal of Congress
to shoulder the financial responsibility of the
fair, and it is still more pleasant to know that
! this course has resulted in a rigid overhauling
| of the estimates, by which the sums required
for building the principal edifces have been
| greatly reduced. The Board feel justified in
commencing work at once upon the necessary
constructions with the money already in hand
or subscribed, and state that they will require
| only a million dollars more to complete their
preparations. If Congress had voted ten mil
lions, they would have gladly received it, roy