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Year: 1874

and mystery and haunting terror over
their councils, and all we Bee is One
brave old man, alone alone, quite alone.
striving to bear burdens that do not
belong to him-to carry standard that has
been abandoned by the men who gave it to his
charge. If this were canvass of sentiment
or sympathy, then all hearts would 60 out to
Centennial Dix But sterner issues ore at stake.
If he wins, to him alone will be all the glory Of
the triumph If he loses. he, at least, will
keep his honor stainless, and the fault will be
with leaders like Mr. Conkling, who sent him.
laden witt cruel burdens, into tho fight, and
abandoned him before it really began.


But whoever loses or wins the Republic
will be safe. That is our consolation. The
third term may kill the republican party, but
the people have killed the third term. That
is sure, and that is something. Six months
ago the party might have done this,
but it is q cowardly, acquiescent sell
fish party, crawling at the feet of q
President it should have commanded and
timidly entreating him TO do what it should
have done, had it been the noble. patriotic
party which suppressed rebellion and
secured emancipation. What remains for
such an organization but that it should
dies Its work is done. It may sur
vive this contest but it will come out
too much crippled for further usefulness.
When party is not brave enough to do right
its work is at an end Centennial Dix may
save remnant of the once mighty and puis-
SAINT republican organization, but after what
we have seen in the West it will only be o
remnant From the aspects Of the canvass
we are not simply on the eve of political
battle, but, as it would seem to US, great
political revolution.
Year: 1874

We print this morning an important de-
spatch from our London Office containing an
official statement from high German author
ity Of the trouble between Bismarck and
Arnim. We give the despatch in English and
also in the original German, as it comes to
us, in order that . document of so much I'm
portance may have oil the value that attaches
to it This statement as our readers
will see, is in many respects vindication OF
Count Arnim, and shows how he has been
placed by the Prussian Minister in position
from which he could not recede without ad-
mittng that he had been guilty of felony.


From other sources We learn that at Berlin
they say that when Prince Hohenl0he as
sumed possession of the German Embassy in
Paris as Won Arnim's successor he discovered
some singular lapses in the correspondence,
and notably in o correspondence regarding
the relations of France to Rome. He could
only account for it ON the theory that i'm
portant letters were missing. He wrote to
his government on the subject; the
government referred the inquiry to
Count Arnim, and the consequence
was that the letters were returned by that gen.
teman. Thereupon Prince Hohenl6he insti-
tuted systematic examination Of the papers
Of the Embassy, and discovered that even
more important documents ''shone by their
absence" Naturally the inquiry was again
referred to Won Arnim, who answered as to
thirty or forty letters that he knew nothing
about them, and as to others that they
were not public letters but private letters
and in his possession. His dispute with
authority is therefore that the letters are pri-
vate and his property, but Bismarck, who
wrote the letters, holds that they are public
and pushes legal processes for their discovery.


Here, then, are both sides Of an extraor-
binary story. We presume we shall know
the truth when we have the result Of the
legal inquiry.
Year: 1874

That 90 great an artist Is Charlotte Cushmaa
should now be attracting immense houses at
one leading theatre, and that young tragedi-
enne SO charming and promising as Miss
Nelson should also meet with marked public
favor at another, and that both these ladies
should appear nightly in Shakesperan CHAR
acters, is certainly no evidence OF the charge
that the taste for classical acting and tho
highest dramatic literature is declining 1t u
rather proof that the American public ap-
preciates excellence and is ready to give it the
fullest support Shakespeare best plays
never fail to draw. when they are we'll pro-
duced but such comedies as Glove Labor's
Lost are not suited to our modern stage, and
indeed have comparatively small number Of
readers Now that Miss Cushman's farewell
to the temple of which she has long been the
noblest priestess draws near, "the sands Of
time are turned to golden grains" and every
night she plays is precious to the worshipper
at the altar Of art. But New York, the chief
home Of the drama, cannot part with Miss
Cushmani forever without tribute moro
worthy than crowded houses and enthusiastic
applause. We are glad, therefore, that tho
suggestion of the HERALD that her last ap-
peannce on the metropolitan stage shall bs
made memorable by ceremonies expressive Of
the gratitude and admiration Of her country
men has been so warmly received There il
no doubt now that the tribute will be worthy
of the public, even if it is inadequate to tho
deserts of the artist, and that New York will
not be to Charlotte Cushman as "a fashion
able host that slightly shakes his parting guest
by the hand" but that her last night ON our
stage will be her greatest triumph
Year: 1874

NEWSPAPERS INTERDIcTED. Hum
phrey, at Washington, admonished the jury
yesterday in the safe burglary case that pend
ing the trial, they must not read any news
paper they must not even look at newspapers,
and must not permit any person to slip q
newspaper into their hands or any printed
paper their minds must remain blank to
receive the testimony, and so on. All of this
is, no doubt, correct; but II Justice is blind
why cannot she be trusted as to tho reading OF
tho newspapersp
Year: 1874

GENERAL SHALER is going to Chicago to see
what can be done to save the city from de-
struction again by fire, and to assist in pro-
viding the ways and means for checking fire
on the spot, as we do it in New York. We
wish him complete success in his responsible
nniacinn
Year: 1874

THE SAvoYABDs, who have been annexed to
France, appear to be pleased with the results
which have come from the operation. The
expression Of the President of the French
Council General of Savoy is hopeful for the
cause Of the democracy in Europe.
Year: 1874

THE REPUBLICANS Of New York carried in
their Governor on q tidal wave rising above
fifty thousand majority in 1879. But what is
their prospect for 1874? They cannot exactly
say, because this is bad year for republican
victories
Year: 1874

WALL STREET YEsTERDAT.-The stock mar
ket was without excitement. Prices were
generally steady. Money and gold show no
change. The tone of the street, however, is
unsettled with reference to the future.
Year: 1874




Jerome Park bears relations to the metrop-
oils which are different from those of any
other race course, for its completeness and
beauty. its admirable management and the
easy methods of reaching it make it pre-
eminently the resort Of the best New York
society. 1t is not to be likened to the Eng
lish Derby, which represents not only the
best but the worst of London life, and is the
scene Of wild excitement, where lords jostle
with costermongers, and booths, shows, Jug
glers, Punch and Judy and Aunt Sally give it
all the features of fair. The Jerome Park
races offer but one amusement-the legitimate
sport of the turf. 1t is place to which gen.
tlemen take their families, and where the
culture, wealth and fashion of New
York meet upon the same cour-
teous conditions and the same secur-
ity from disagreeable interterences that
exist in our drawing rooms. The spectators
Of the races resemble an audience at the opera
or Wallack's or Daly's, and the same polite
usages are respected on the grand stand that
are observed in the boxes or parquet. These





played than at the meetings this iall, when
the attendance showed that Jerome Park is
now, more than ever before, appreciated by our
best citizens.


The announcement that there will be an
extra day at Jerome Park next Saturday will,
therefore, be received with general delight. It
would have been pity if this fine October
weather, the Indian summer, we presume
(though exactly when that season
comes there are many diverse opinions),
should have passed by without another
meeting. The course is in perfect
order. there are many fine horses whose
owners are ready to enter them, and there are
thousands of ladies and gentlemen eager for q
repetition of the splendid races which made
brilliant the racing annals Of this autumn.
The American Jockey Club have had every
element combined for success, and have
wisely taken advantage OF the time. There
will be five races on Saturday, two of which
will be grand steeplechase handicaps-one to
begin, the other to end the day. The last
steeplechase will be made more interesting by
additional weights to be imposed upon the
first and second winners. Another extremely
attractive event will be the hack race for gen.
tlemen riders As we have many admir-
able riders in New York, who, like
young Harry, can switch the world
with noble horsemanship," it may be
expected that twenty or thirty hcrses will
start in the half mile dash, and the silver cup
will be priced by its winter far beyond its
mere pecuniary value A selling race and o
handicap for all ages will give this meeting
unusual variety and interest But while we
congratulate the managers upon this proof of
their enterprise we would suggest that such
Saturday afternoon meetings could be con-
tinued regularly during the fine weather, with
q certainty of public support. Matinees at
Jerome Park could be made as popular as
those at the theatre or opera, and there is q
large and fashionable class which would en-
Joy them even more. New York is able to
sustain all legitimate and high toned amuse-
ments without letting one interfere with the
Others.
Year: 1874

COumltVcu dBdluSt tAc OAiVcu Cu1CSS we can
understand how court Of the United States
may be authorized to punish for that other
offence by adding the punishment which the
State law inHicts upon murder. But we are
not aware of any law that makes the substan-
tive offence of murder indictable and trlable
in a federal court when not committed
within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States


There can be no doubt about the general
principle OF which the Attorney General re-
minds the Governor, that when, upon the
same state of facts, an offence has been COM
mitted both against the United States and
State, the United States is not bound to
forego the vindication Of its own laws
and hand the prisoner over to the
State. But whether this principle is
applicable to the case Of these Tennessee
prisoners depends upon what the offence is
for which the Attorney General proposes to
indict them in q federal court. II he holds
them for indictment AMI trial for murder he
will, we fear, find very little law for the juris-
diction OF the federal Court to the exclusion OF
the State Court Ii he holds them for indict-
ment and trial for the offence of obstructing
an exercise of the right OF suffra 20, in the
commission Of which offence murder wns
also committed, the propriety Of refusing TO
surrender them to the Governor OF the State
for trial for the oravest Of all offences. which
Year: 1874

The village of Annvills, near Stroudsborg,
Pa, is excited by cOtsssiOn made by George
Peters, prominent citizen and hotel keeper
of the place, who says he murdered his first
wife sixteen years ago. The woman was found
dead in barn attached to the hotel, aud as she
lay in a stall occupied by horse, with her
head crushed in. it was supposed that she had
been kicked to death. Peters says that u cool
ness arose between himself and his wife about
a year before her death, in consequence of long
visits from her relatives aud her encouragement
of those visits On the day of the murder she
was preparing to receive her brother, and the
tragedy was the result of Il quarrel on the
subject. Several times since his wifs's burial
Peters has attempet to commit suicide, and
it was after being discovered hanging from a
beam in his barn, and cut down, that he surren-
dersd himself to the Sheriff and made the con.
fessiOn. lie says he told his second wife, whom
he married few years after the death Of the
first, the full particulars Of the crime. Some
of the friends Of Peters prefer to believe thai
| he is insane.
Year: 1874

A caucus of the Republican Senators was
held in Washington on Monday afternoon at
the solicitation Of the Southern members, to
consider the condition Of the South. The
Southern Senators advocated the sending of
troops to several Of the States in that section,
and said they feared the death of the Rspubli.
can party unless steps were taken during the
present session to put down the turbulent
whites. The Northern Senators did not
approve interference, and some of them
declared that they had lost votes in the North
by it. Senator Lewis, of Virginia, is reported
to have laid the blame for the loss of power in
the South on the bad character OF many of the
would be leaders of the party, and on the
advocacy of the Civil Righta bill and also to
have said that the South could only be carried
for the Republican party, as at present organi-
zed, by sending soldiers enough there to prevent
the people from voting. Before a vote was
taken many Senators left. and we are informed
that Senator Morton, "who was relied upon by
the extreme Republicans, did not come to theiI
relief"
Year: 1874

I The following is the text of the official
proclamation by which the Queen Of England
recently dissolved Parliament:


"V1cToRIA, ,R.-Wherea we have thonght
fit, to dissolve this present Parliament
which stands prorogued to Thursday, the
fifth day of February next, we do for that
end publish this our royal proclamation,
and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament
accordingly; and the lords spiritual and
temporal, and the knights, citizens, and
burgesses, and the commissioners of shires
and burghs Of the House of Commons are
discharged from their meeting and attend
ance on the said Thursday, the fifth day of
February next and we, being desirous and
resolved as soon as may be to meet our
people, and to have their advice in Parlia-
ment, do hereby make known to all our
loving subjects our royal will and pleasure
to call a new Parliament; and do hereby
further declare, that, with the advice of our
privy council. we have given order that our
chancellor ofthat part of our Kingdom called
Great Britain, and our chancellor of Ireland
do, respectively, upon notice thereof, forth
with issue our writs in due form and accord
ing to law, for calling a new Parliament;
and we do hereby also, by this our royal
proclamation under our great seal of our
United Kingdom, require writs forthwith
to be issued accordingly by our said chan
cellors, respectively, for causing the lords
spiritual and temporal and commons, who
are to serve in the said Parliament, to be
duly returned to, and give their attendance
in, our sad Parliament: which writs are to
be returnable on Thursday, the fifth day of
March next.


"Given at our court at Osborne House,
Isle of Wright, this twenty sixth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy four,
and in the thirty year of our reign.


"God save the Queen
Year: 1874

She couldn't see it in that light She
didn't want to marry him, but he was
bound she should. They both lived
couple of miles from the city and near
neighbors. She refused to listen to his
eourting, and he grew desperate So he
went off to the West, and while out there
persuaded a friend to write a letter, saying
that he was dead, and asking as his dying
request, that she might, if she ever went
out that way, stop for a moment and toss a
weed, Or perhaps a flower OF his lonely
grave. This was tender, but it didn't take
worth a cent, and she wrote back letter
to the friend saying if he had any consider
alton for her feelings at all to send her the
dead lovers watch and chain, his money
and all his valuables. To carry out his
plan the dead man sent home his brass
jewelry and other effects, and she immedi-
ately proceeded to don the trinkets and
start to singing-school with the chosen
sfeller'' of her heart. On their way back
home the pair Were startled by the appari-
tion of the dead lover, clad i'll ghostly
white but with the old lineaments intact.
The young man fed, but the girl stood
still, and, putting up a paw which resem-
bled an elephants S foot, naively inquired if
the ghost wanted to be kicked to death by
mule. To which his ghostship replied
thus 'sLord Lord Jerusha, hev I come
all the way home to find you false? stYou
bet, I replied the fair one, laughing hearth
ly, for she had discovered that it was really
the person of her dead lover. The fellow
had played Q nice game, and had followed
his goods and chattels back to the place of
his nativity very quickly. The damsel was
so disgusted with the other fellow for run
ming at sight Of the ghost that she immedi-
ately made preparations to marry the
ghost.--T Terfe Haate E.rDfess.
Year: 1874

In the heart of London, where every inch
of ground is worth fabulous sum, there
has for centuries existed large plot of
ground which, owing to red-tape and old
tradition, has been of no use whatever.
Every visitor to the British capital will re-
member the tagged courtyard in front of
St. Paul's Cathedral, guarded from the
street and separated from the basiliea by a
heavy iron railing. In the middle Of this
inaccessible space stands a weather-stained
statue of Queen Annie, under whose reign
Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt the Cathe-
dral; other occupant or ornament there is
none.


But at last this forbidden ground has
been made public. Tie cathedral author
tiles, on payment of a goodly sum by the
corporation of the city. have thrown open
this waste place. The heavy old ratings
have been torn down and sold at the rate
of forty dollars a ton. The low stone par
apet which supported the railing is left
standing, and in place of the gates there is
an open pathway into the new plaza. A
tesselated pavement has also been laid
down; so that now the approach to St.
Paul's is worthy OF the noble structure
itself
Year: 1874

Those disinterested Journals, the New
York World and the Chicago Tribune, are
at outs as to what shall be done with the
grangers. The Tribune urges them to form
a distinct organization-a third party-and
the World warns them that if they do SO
they will court the odium and defeat which
is sure to come upon them. What are the
poor grangers to do i'll view of this strange
diversity af opinion?
Year: 1874

PnILADELPHIA, March l0.-The
feeders in the Evening Telegraph Office
have struck tor an increase OF wages.
When the first edition was put on
press they were promptly discharged,
and girls now DO the work q. wages
raid the men.
Year: 1874

The moment that Dickens felt his in
yention failing in the least degree, the
prospect of retaining the public by read
ing the old stories, and tasting by nearer
and personal contact the pungency of
popular applause, was fascinating and
overpowering His pleasure in it, as
one Of the English critics says, is little
humiliating in man of his great genius.
Il is the more so when he listened intently
for the clink of the guinea as well as for the
murmur of delight Yet no man needed
money more, nor might more rightfully
earn it. His family was very large, his
estate was costly, ard his manner of liv-
ing profuse. But the reader presently
sees with sorrow that, as with his great
predecessor, Scott, the chief question
gradually came to be how much money
he could make out Of his genius. And
as with Scott, although in a smaller de-
gree, the sum was enormous. By his
readings alone Dickens made nearly a
quarter of million of dollars, one hun
dred thousand of them between the lst
of December and the lst of May in the
United States.


The physical labor and exposure of
travelling, and the nervous exhaustion of
the readings, with the tremendous pace,
as be would have called it in another, of
the rest of his life, were enough to de-
stroy any man. During all his travels,
both in the earlier and the later day,
when be ran over to the Continent or
coursed about England to find inspira-
ton or seclusion or excitement, he con-
stantly wrote the most eopious letters,
full OF fun and shrewdness and fine
fancy, and walked miles and miles, and
devised entertainments, and acted plays,
and presided at meetings and feasts, and
made delightful speeches, and seemed to
have all the occupation of very active
and busy man before considering the
real business in hand at the time. Such
animal spirits as in his earlier years we're
certainly never known. They bubbled
Year: 1874

The last time | ever met Lord Lytton
was at st. Leonard's s, where had gone
for a short holiday. | came quite sud-
denly upon him one wet, stormy No.
vember evening, not tar from the arch
way of the South Saxon Hotel. 1t was
blowing a gale of wind, and his slender
figure wavered and reeled almost as he
tried to make head against tho blast. He
had no overcoat, and that which he did
wear locked, thought, faded and shah
by | was trying to slip past him unob-
served, for he never met me without
stopping to say few kind words; but
he recognized me at a glance, caught
hold of my arm and asked me to come
home with him to the Queens Hotel at
Hastings, where he was staying, and
dine. He was without an umbrella, the
rain fell in torrents, and | covered him
as we'll as / could with mine. | found
he occupied apartments on the ground
floor at the hotel. They seemed in a
sad state of confusion. The floor was
strewn with litter Of books and papers,
and copiously sprinkled with Turkish to-
bacco, the odor of which pervaded the air.
The table was laid with covers for three,
but only myself and the host sat down.
Il e ate, / observed, very sparingly, and
drank nothing but water, with dash of
sherry in it. In the evening, as | was
taking my departure, came upon the
German waiter who had attended at the
table, aud hinted that the rooms might
be kept in better order.


"Bless you, sir, said the Kelner,
"the place has not been swept or busted
for a fortnight; that ere gent is out
rageous like if a book or paper is
touched. The manager wants to get
him away, but he has taken the rooms
for a month and won't go; and he is
such good pay that our governor don't
like to disoblige him"


Waiter" / said sternly, do you
know who that ere gent, as you call
him, is


"Yiz, sir--no sir" replied the waiter,
in breath, puzzled by the solemnity of
my tone.


That is Lord Lytton," l said, =" the
greatest man in all England. If you
see much OF him, and note down care
fully what he does and what he says,
you may become second Boswell"


Lor, sir, said the waiter, you don't
say so. Our manager thinks this gent is
cracked; he goes out in all weathers
without any great coat, and won't even
take an umbrella; then he never exam
ines his bills, but scribbles off a check
on any scrap of paper that comes to
hand. 1t was only the day before yes
terday a poor woman came with one of
them bits of paper. She said the out
landish looking gent who lived in our
house had given il to her, and she did not
know what to do with it. He had come
into her cabin to light his pipe while her
husband, a poor fisherman who was
drowned in the last gale, lay there dead
He wrote it on the back of an old letter,
and said he hoped it would do her good.
You can't think Of the poor creatures s
surprise when brought her back ten
sovereigns which the manager gave me
when he saw the paper. Surely, sir, the
gent cannot be all right here" and the
waiter significantly touched his fore
head. BE promised to preserve faith'
full diary Of his lordships proceedings;
but when returned to the hotel about