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i ejpltalr VHlA MUTMI rtoite tt, ir CVara rrprinted for thsomrtk Hm tia complete voy Tbb Times Btwrty, Jmlg 3, o-. lldiNiH rerinp (JU anaVaoa 4 (JU Bteeker rUiL Capiat atay kaaf i tJU fHaolia JHt ar can ft aaaf aMtiZ. 1 If Secretary Brhtow take nothins alae by Lia war oa the Whiaky Ring, ha ia aare to tup Has barreat of abase. It ha already (been aaaertod of him tkat bo "dan not jraa the aulta against the dfrandera of too KoTenae, tboojtb. nothing-bat the adjoam-knent of the "JtTarioaa ooarta pre-rventa bia doing so.

Vlt ia alao iaainaated Mni bo wiU not laaMpaah TA thinga fwuea bo find that politiciasa of ia- Voobco are implicated in tbo raacaJitiea. PTbro la one claaa, bowoTer, who will not bo nJaled by this kind of talk that is the i Id en who bare been cheatio; the Oorern- Uient. They know already bow much the 'Xreaaary Department ia in earneet. Ihaa ajuietly taken thrce-qaartera of a million of dollar from their pocketa, and though they whistle angrily at the Secretary, it does not warre. to keep their own ooorage op.

afean-iimey wo' need hardly aay to the Secretary that If any of the "crooked wbiaky or other (ran da are traced to prominent Repnb-lieaaa, they ar the men to parsoo with the JTreatest energy. There ia no man deserre lea of the Repablican Party than a aooan-. drel. who ases bia Republicanism to oorer diahoneety. Any one who earee for a lew illaatrationa of the kind of reform for which Democrats in Connecticut can be relied on would do weUi to read oar letter from Hartford this morning.

It seems -that ibeae ingenious gentlemen, having failed to proVide taxes aTifiLcient to meet the expenditures last year, bare now to make up the deficiency, the principal source of revenue that tlie can think of is savings bank. Now, it ia a well-known principle in taxation, vthkh has always been observed in the ex omptiun clause of income tax laws, that a certain small amount of savings should be left to each tax-payer. A tax on aavinga bank inevitably violates this principle, be-: eause it falls on the smallest possible sar-iDg of all classes, It is a bad tax, and cmiitable neither to the good sense of the Connecticut Democrats nor to their, much-Vvaanted respect for the laborers. Not mors to their credit is the attempt to authorise further bonding of towns to aid in building railroads, a peculiar form of legislative fully which haa no excuse ia these days. Bat it is doubtful if this is a ease of folly alone, as our correspondent points out that a band of greedy speculators are likely to 1 gain most by it.

It is always worth while to bear an hon eat man, even ia'a foolish eause. Our read-era will find in Judge Kuxir'l Cleveland Bpeech some of the cbaractsristie arguments Dl the innationiata. lie grumbles at what be calls tbo tragie faro of by contraction, and ba says thai ft baa ruiaed many trades, and especially the Iron trad. DuttheJadgeiorgeUthasthMoomeatia when, inflation no longer Mflstf. That time earn for the iron trade la 1873L If there bad been five hundred mlUione of greenbacks afloat, the railroads oemld not have goo on paying laterest ta boring iron for aew enterpriea ahen the railroads amecumbed tbs iron trad wont with them.

Tb Judge thinks that everything now; is going to the jX do not sgree with bias. The jsawls have bean engaged ia lnfcJTi'r'r TIT H'f ff taoarty every peoplo dc later but it is getting around Tb surplus, is being gradnally re-sad tb demand for a renewed Mock it springlag ap. Inflstioa may delay the process; it cannot advance it. 1' i Jl. Dublin letter which we print do-day supplements the admirable report of the great; international ride match publiabed rn Sunday's -Tinea.

This eorresponJence, together with our fall 'dispatchee by 'the eabley abowa how intense an intreat. was excited in Ireland by the vUit of the American riflemen. It haa wade the vUit of the American Tram very pleaaant. a Te Jt We take the liberty remarking to tboe New-Vorkers wlMtm tbebeate of last week hurried out of the million or two of suffering human being whom they left behind are doing remarkably well. Yeater-day was as perfect a day as any one haa a right to elpeet.

this side of the white tiUla of Kew-IIamiebire. Tbe mercury did manage to cliinb to tG in tbo ehait.n but the ardor of tjbe sun indicated by this fart was greatly tempered by one of bone soft ami cool brcerea from tb" which insure jcomjort, whatevef pranks tlie thermometer may play, Tlinae who viitd the parka, large or auiall, in the vicinity were, we venturi to believe. as well entertained as the majority of their fugitive fdtow-towua-men, for the parka werei never more plra-aut, jAudrwe may adl that the acenerr which etrpller on the higher parte of the Central ajid rronpect Parks enjoy, a little taine'tbougb it may be, waa yentenlay mudo exfiniaitely beautiful lr th leenliar combination of brilliaut light in the foreground with hazy diataures. A pleaaauter occupation thuu that of a plea soldier in the regular army caa very eaaily be imagined. Aceordiijg to a report ju-t iasned fro in the War Depart men on the hygiene cf the Uuite4 States Anny, (f which we publish au idtereating alx.

trail.) the soldi has too little air. no batb, a ration that is better than necessary in aome pointa, on to be acanf iii other and xuoro eaeential 'lementa, andj back cooking. Wo beg our lady friends to imagine wbat must be the fate of a meaa wioae food ia cooked by one of beir own number, who ia changed every ten flay This loiter provision aeenis to be an ingenious rontrivsuce to make the men save their wages, and ruh into matrimony the moment their term of service is out I REFORM AS REFORMERS. Xo Government, and bo body of men, can long successfully stand iu the way of any reform in admiuintratioq aeriooalr demanded by a majority of the iu modern times, is probably true of any form of governtnent, but it iif especially true in a democracy. The peope will, in 'the end, have! things their own wsy, and if they really want reform they will have it.

Itut reanlutionkwill not bring it about. A new adjustment of the machinery of government willl not accomplish, it. Wing one party out of power anil another party iu seldom gives much relief, or if relief at one point; thi la often paid for by as great an evil at another. The retorma that come to stay are those which the people see clearly to be needed, and which no party is so stupid aa toatteaapt to prevent. Take one of the evils of which Mr.

Adami spoke in bis address the otfier day at Amherst tlx running together of the executive and legialative functions of need of a reform in the civil servic grew largely but of this, and one object of jthat proponed feform was to restore eacbj branch of the Government to its legitimate-sphere and work. The mischief growing out of the trade in offices is apparent enough the remedy would Unquestionably have preached the ilUeaeo And restored the body politic to a condition njiuch nearer health. The difliculty; waa that tuoae who really feltjthe need andlthe value of the reform wem in such, a biielea miuoritv that it never bad any realjj life. Iu a certain hazy way Its merits were recognized conventions approved it, as they generally will approve anything thaf sounds well, and baa, as an abstract proposition, popularity and the said he would staud by it. But it never practically made any difference with the manuer of appointing or removing any but the lowest grade of clerjfa, and accompliahed nothing vhat-cr toward miking the executive and legislative departments of the Government more independent of each other, This was not the fault of the system', but it came about because those who administered had no comprehension of what was really its vital purpose, and because the men iu politics bsd no intention of surrendering their principal stock in trade.

As a thorough reform it few supporters who believed in it, aid it caa hardly be said to have died it never had any life. It is an abuse of terms to ci ill it a failure-it was never tried. Tet no om i wbo comprehended 'the magnitude of the evil it attacked, and who saw bow fatal! both Congreas and the Executive were debauched by this petty trade in offices, baa lost any faith in its virtue, or seen any i eaeon to do 'other we than deplore' the failure of the attempt to introduce it i ito the ml mi list ration of public aflalrs. To wha extent is there a demand for better men or statesmen rather than politicians In ublie life Xot long since we saw in a Democratic newspaper this statement respecting its. Adam himself aa a possible candidate for the Presidency Conceding sir.

Aoasts all tb requisite gifts and virtues, wa find bia destitute of the right mood, and therefore not a fit man' for the ttstfrMi hi i friends indicate fur him." With tbis authority, the requisite gifts and virtues count for nothing1; it is a question of right aaoods." It is not one newspaper or on man whoa Judgment ia found in that expression! there are quit too many, we ar sorry to bar to believe, who inquire as to ja candidate's "moods," bia cleverness, bis disposition to reward bi friends and punish bis enemies, with a goodj deal aJor of pecsonal interest than they lean possibly pnad to feel in bis "gtfta aad virtnes." And this class of poli-tiriaaa look for enough gifts and Tirta ut tbsir eaadidaU to sav him freca contsampt, and mak bins useful fur Wbat' week they bar; tor lia to do; but tb "right as ad" is absolutely indispen- tempts for better men public IU is tb fongbt. Tb great majority of the people have, too iatereat ia govsrnaent xoept that it shall secere squa Joatie to alL Tbey are not interested ia offioss, in en-tracts, in snbaidies, in jobs any kind, except as tax-payers, and to that extent tbey; certainly cannot be on the aids of the. men jar ho thrive by politics. When they can be made to see that better men are required administration, ami to feel it as well aa see Jt, the mercenary politician will soon be compelled to get a living in some other calling until then, be is likejy to thrive as heretofore. Tile dullueae in business, the urden of taxation, and the expooure of cor-' j-uption are at present" h.tviag an effect, we are glad to observe, in nrouiing the and we truit the revival will be thorough, and aweeping.

In the meantime there is need of cduca-' ipu at lMth extremes. Statesuieo need to Study, as has been sug the art of jwr-SUOMion, and cultivate the power of inning tiM-n. Sifarattuatisa juetion of iuom1h, jet theiu study uootla. Statesmanship alotwv ill not keep them in odice. The people Uiust like the in aa well a respect theiu.

and tbe gTace that wins heart is not foreign to honor or boiiety "or t-Wrfsighted intelligence. Hut tJie people hhould ace to it that sncces not a iuctiou of mootls" 4f the tricks of demagogues, by which jemporary pvpularity is tool often and of tb; good nature tbut putsl the pullie'Treaurv at tlie diitiMXtal of very iriemj wno auks ior an appropria- ion or a plcej and given getnerou-dy of pri-' ate fortune in aid of every K.uiar enfer- riM-. To serve the country may well be the noblest ambition of tlie uiinds; Juit in this country the way that service ies through, the satTragfn of the Tlie proidem i to make tlnf peodi mid the l)ft men uiidcriitfiud each other lt-ttcr; ami, to bring this atout, the ntateiiiuan should le something more of a jMditieian, in lie neiiae of that tenii, and the Voter should put a LiIm-s estimate upon character and ability, and think infinitely 1t- of the qualitie-i that go to make up what is called a goi ifiiowr. 1 r.i:iv-A-EHAy. What bric-a-brac i it would difficult di-tiiie.

Perhaps the mosti exact.as well as the Niot connirelieiisive. definition of it jhat could ho given- would be, elegant ml-, LUli. For it is essential to tho bric-a-brac it of a thing that it should be utterly useless so much so that if once made for use a it is ignite hkvly ti have Ik-cii. any. utiug of it jiow fur the pnrMMie tor which it wua made would be riai-riicge, or worse, bad.

taste, ivr ort of all- quite out of thi fashion. ib' tuauia for collecting bric-a-brac in now at its The amount of money that way le got together a promiscuous by gat lieriug assemblage of ld io(s and pans decayed door-knockers, battered crockery, Worm-eateu and jnosH-lesi statuettes, and then selling them as the collection of a well-known amateur, is quite iu-ipaleulabie. If a few with the'ir pocket pretty full of uioncjjv ishing to be jn the take a notion to mot of the ibe your fortune it altuot made'. For, to get a big price in the auction-room, it is only necessary that two peisouitj pretty tvell provided with mney iJiould want the kaiue the intrinsic value of it ia not of the lea-d roiiacqueiice. The outbre ak of this hi ic altogether without visible a-brac mania i cause.

'It a)- pears, however, to be only a new f.irui of "that mental disease which hx been always more or lfa prevalent, iu modern times at least the mania for collecting. Itook-lovers are moi likely to he affected, by thisdiseasd. so that their ailtueut has come to a name bibliomania. Iu thL, a in the bric-a-brac insula, the nselcssnejM of tbe article so eagerly desired is an essential element Of ibe ailment. For yonr true bibliomaniac never reads bis book.

iSotntv biok he may read, (iu he tinia to hi in from the consultation of eat.tbgue,) but iiot h's owu. True, Mr, IlEBr.n, tbe greatest of btblioma-riics wio hal house full of books all over read; and saidtliat man couldn't get on without at least three Copies 'pf every book be wanted: hi. copy to read, his copvj to lend, and hi, show copy, lie alx gave; ns tbe true diaguonis of the from which he jiufleredl Ho said that hU Collecting mania In-gan- wjien he bought bis firt duplicate. He was, light; he then stejK'd over the bonnds of use in. the object of his desire 1 There is' nothing that may not be made the occasion of this mania for collecting, which is a passtpn by itself.

Have we not seen the assembling together of old, smutched jot-age-tauij'l made a pursuit, audi actually dignified: by a name, philatejy, than which form of collecting it would aociu that, except for children, there could not be a more trivial occupation even of leiture time, lint even in this one of the great spurs tt collecting is not lacking. We have heard of a boy asking his father for a do'Iax to pay for a much-L-aircd object of philately, ho, on being remonstrated with for paying so much for a dirty little crap of pajKT, answered, But, papa, no other boy will have the The possession of something rare, something that no other ltdy will have, is one of the great stimulants to this collecting, and greatly so in the collection of bric-a-brac. Mr. Dl UaCRiKR touched the motive-feeling in a cartoon in I'mqcM'b- I ma mac, in which be fepresents a woman sitting in the despair, of disheveled hair over the fraguieuts of a piece of Life, she saya, has now uo charms for A little girl wbo has broken sway from a knot of others, exclaims, Why', mamma, have you not uie T. But you're not unique, is the rtply there are six of 'ou half a dozem I But although bric-a-brac collecting, like all collecting, has its ridiculous side, and is carried to excess, chiefly by those wbo cannot appreciate hat they bay, and gsthe'r xcerely for the reputation of beir.g tbe possessors a collection, it bas 'also its genuinely pleasing, sod perhaps not altogether side.

For there is collecting and collecting; and taste and knowledge, or the lack of them, may be shown ia the collection of bric-a-brac, as in that of books or of pic tares, or of engraved gema. Tb devote of bigb art may scoff at the brie--brae collector bat Mvres porcelain, or even Delft ware, Wedw soils, Japanese rases, and bronzes, and iU mad tbsiike. tsav well disposed tbmngb a boas do aaeb delight tb eye, and give tb plae a look. Bat tb nweseat tbi dlspeeition of brio-a-brs is abandonad for formal arrsngeasnt of tb article by themselves, then bewar tb collecting mania bas began, and tb articles cease to be household goods, and become a sort of museum. Tb very highest style of the possession of such quaint, dainty and elegant things a form tbe best part of brie-e-lrrae is to have them for use, although it may be only on grand occasions.

To' ring a lell or nse a candlestick carved by Btxvcx-t'To Celijxi. to. pour chocolate from a Sevres pitcher Into. Wvres cups, to nse a snuff-box painted by PETITOT this is the highest enjoyment of tbe beauty of such things for this is putting them to the nse for which they were designed. Between this use and the setting them up to be looked at, there is tbe same difference that there is between a woman's wearing handsome dresses and keeping them in a wardrobe to be taken oat sad shown to her dearest friends for tbe purpose of jexciting their admiration and provoking their! envy.

Few, however, especially in this country of untrained servants, can afford to subject articles so expensive as those which go to make up bric-a-brac to the1 hazards of nse, even nmn high days atid holidays. We. must 'keep our must beautiful things lor show, and nse our common clay. All the more, then, should we be careful in their selection, and, unless we have some knowledge and art -culture, get tbe 'advice of a fiiend who is so qualified, efore we purchase and we should buy only wbat we rau arrange aa purt of the furniture of our rooms. A room cumbered and cluttered with bric-a-brac is an offense one in which it appears as an element of domestic beauty, a sort of rich, quaint fringe of daily life, is very attractive, and haa a variety not to bo attained by rouforuiity to any particular Style of decoration.

1 Til F. COLLEGIATE BOAJRACE. The Freshman race, on Tuesday, at Saratoga, will be a bright prelude to the grand struggle of the next day, in which thirteen crnve will participate. The. men arc now all on the apot, and some of them have lx -en iu training there long enough to make, them familiar with tbo water and all of the point usiout i a race-course, which are so little to the spectator and so much to the rowers.

Last year eight crews entered lor tlie University race, as follows, naming them in the order in which they rinixhed Ciluinbia, Wealeyan, Harvard, Dartmouth, Williams, Cornell. Trinity, Princeton, and Yale. It will be remembered, however, that Yale waa withdrawn in a diable condition. The changes tbi year are Bowdoin, Brown, Amherst, Union, and Hamilton being additions, and Trinity having dropped out. Hamilton and I'uiou are recent comers to the association.

With their eutrance there arise a considerable rounterpoiae to the influence of the Xew-Etiglanders, who have heretofore naturally taken the lead in the regulation of the internal affairs of the association. The colleges now represented in tbe racet therefore, are these: Dartmouth. Yale, Harvard, Williams, Columbia, Amherst, Wes'ejan, Brown, Princeton, Bowdoin, I'll ion, and Hamilton. Witb the appearance of new competitors must come an increase of interest. In this the general pub-lit- must hare some bare, aud each addition to tbe eu tries- brings a fresh brigade, champions.

1 i Last year was tried tbe experiment of taking tbe regatta away from tbe waters where its earliest i triumphs had been achieved. There was so much and so keen dincntklon'over the change from New-England to New-York, that some timid people feared thst the tempora-y dissatisfaction of a few would eventually diaffect majority of the ctews in the association. These fesrs were groundless, as the Sequel bas abundantly proved. Saratoga corrupted uobody. The crews and their friend were courteously and; handsomely treated.

There was aa much bright ucas, color, aul enthusiasm during the races as when the course was nearer the homes of those who formed the majority of the competitors. With the question of pecuniary "profit and 1ofs" the general public has nothing to do, but the public decided thst the first collegiate regatta at Saratoga was highly That tbe association 'are also of that opiuion may be inferred from their return to the lake this year. The reinforcement of the New-England colleges by some of their neighbors, unrepresented in is another good sign. Last year, however, there waa a very distinct grumble at the frequeut postponements of the race; which a resh afternoon breeze made inevitable. The hour had been fixed it seemed impossible to change it, for some reason, 'and it' must be confessed that the disappointment of a large number of people who "just ran' up to see the race was yery deep.

This year we have promise of better management, and though there is, a possibility of there; is reasonable prospect that the regatta will be brilliant, exciting, and contested iu a Friendly spirit, V)ur correspondence has given all available information respecting the. peraoumtl, training, and condition of the crews. From such data as these, the Interested reader has already formed bis opinions concerning tbe probabilities of the race, Mom than ever, perhaps, tbe old question of training comes into the struggle. The crews of I'rincetou aud Columbia sevm tb represent city training and special development of muscle; snd Dartmouth bas been generally noticed' as bringing into the field the best specimens of whs is called the country boy athlete If New-York bas any special championship in tbe race, it naturally attache to our own Columbia College men. and to those of Hamilton, in which last-named crew this City is largely represented.

Bowdoin sends a notably fine crew, and it is evident that this uewerNJcment in tbe contest will give so, additional zest to the enjoyment and excitement of tbe dsy. Yale and Harvard will renew their ancient competition for leadership, and their historic name are always beard where men discuss tb chance of tbe race. Tb tew asperities which but year's contest may bar roused ar most beKev that all of the crews ar animated by an -j boporabl and chivalrous desir to achieve a eosnmanding position by their participation in a strug- i far wjtkfe. tbar Ia tin root oca hundred i ar immediately eoncerned. in It of atbeirs bav a deep black ttawj and aav been expended and tb se vers training to which tb rowers bar subjected themselves is no inconsiderable item in the ana total of cost.

Bat the annual race bas gained ia popularity witb tb college. There is a general feeling among Presidents and Professors that tb development of physical power ia good not brutalizing to tbe student. And college pride has doubtless quickened tbe poise of some venerable philosophers wbo are almost young again as tbey anxiously wait for the result of the intercollegiate regatta of Ie7a. i tue toTa'i o7 Of all products of the soil there are none, except perhaps a few cereals, whose cultivation ought to be better understood than that of tbe potato. It is the 'most valuable of oar vegetables, and the roost generally grown, and it is also tbe one which bas been moat often affected by serious disaster.

It is, however, at intervals during tbe current century that the potato crops have suffered most. In ltJ much loss was felt by the potatoes rotting almost as soon as tbey of the ground. In 1831 and 1W the "taint" destroyed tbe crop. In 1845 and following years murrain, or potato disease1 as it was specifically called, led to famine and much suffering, During recent years dry rot, fungi, or some-unknown csose, bas affected tbe potatoes; and in many instances' dealt oyed them. Thiee centuries nearly have passed since this vegetable was introduced iuto Europe, and although there are recorded instsnces where tbe supply was almost ruined by frosts, it is chiefly within tbe last fifty years only that it bas failed from disease.

Whether the art of Cultivating the potato baa been lost whether we have imperceptibly glided into methods ofculture that are; not suitable or whether any change has toine over tbo plant Itself, are questions undetermined. But there seems little room for doubt that tbe subject is one which deserves tbe most careful attention of practical agriculturists and men of science. It is one which so- intimately affects the interest of the community generally that it cannot easily receive too much consideration. While, -therefore, we have torecord the appearance of a new form of. the disease iu Europe, is gratifying to know that the progress of it is beiug carefully watched and all tbo phenomena closely examined.

It appears to be very prevalent, aud generally Spread throughout the, country. At the same time, it is remarked that English va-rietiesvand American varieties when grown' from imported seed, are perfectly free. For example, in the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick is a row of Regents in perfect health next to them a row of Early IJose from Euglish seed utterly ruined, aud next to them again a rowjof; the same kind from imported seed, in the best condition. The plants of American Snow flake, from English seed, are all diseased at any" rate those not affected amount to less than one-tenth of tbe whole. Rows of American Breadfruit.

imported seed. are perfectly healthy and other American varieties, but from English although sido by side with them, are extensively destroyed. There is not one instance in the garden where either an English variety or an American variety lrum imported seed is affected and only a Tery few instances of American varieties from English seed which are not affected. i disease is distinct in in ar.y respects from that which destroyed the crops thirty years ago. That wa increased by wet weather tbe present is found to spread, most rapidly in dry weather.

The belief is that the seat of the malady. is iu the seed tuber, and that when once acquired ifr becomes hereditary But the most remarkable feature about it is the limitation within which it has any influence. 'That it should only affect Imported varieties, and those not before the second year, is a fact of great interest, and one, the knowledge of which will probably lead to farther jj developments which in time may become practically It would be interesting, to know whether any similar observations. have been made in this country in regard to the cultivation of European varieties. IX not, the attention of our farmers may advantageously, be directed to it.

One' thing seems to be, tolerably and that is that this latest disease is not brought about, by any peculiarities of soil or of cultivation. Its history points rather to what we have already hinted, a liability to change of some', kind in the constitution of the plant. this can be established, as it seems likely to be, it should lead to a complete change in the aims of potato-gro wers. Form, beaut of appearance, and even delicacy of; flavor, in the tuber itself, will become of secondary importance to strength of constitution and If this can be secured there may lie some probability, as the evidences now go, of lessening to a minimum the chances of disease. It is very clear that until some systematic principle be acted upon, no permanent good result can be attained; but if experiments such as those we have noticed be carefully conducted, it ia quite within reason to believe that many of the troubles of potato-growers may, in a few years, be overcome.

OB 11 VARY. I CHIEF EXmXr.ER ALKXAVDER AfCIlIXtXCK. Among 'the victims of yellow fever Key treat. Flaw ta Chief Eagloeer Alexander Aacbla-leck. of taa Cafted Stales Bevssaa Manas Soroce, wbo iod thin oa Thursday, Jslj I.

Mr. orhia-lack waa bora la Poaaavlvaata, aaS waa appointed ia tba Kovaasa Mans garvtca ta 1843 Irvaa taa tMate mt New-York. At tba lias of his ba waa Charf Eaciaoer a 4tV aa the revtaae ataasaer Sawars. an stood sovaau aa the Ulst of Chief Eo-glsoers ta the Kavaaae Servtc. Mr.

Aachialack Issvaa a family la Buffalo, X. T-, wbera bia roasaiae will be east when tbs waatbor la cooler. j' OKXEXAt. MK.VriOX. Ifr.

Fee tor acta ia Roehsster to-taotrow lac Tba Eazlisb Opera Company a San Francisco atrrod laa iUr aaaaa with The Fifth Avenue Theatre Company ia 8aa oaiaaaca oporatln mt "La Fule da lia. Anget. wnb afme. Lui-Ktal aad a rreaeh ttoapa. la sow the stlrscnos si tse Lnaaoa Lycesss, Ta iateaded psrtarscuc Tsaayson's "Qaooa Marr has boa forassJlv ssasasmi at the tala Lyrissi its sf sit blads id tba After tbsaOOU ispisssatatlnn -Haamlet ath Ljiisss Thoasra ta Isaisa, Mrs.

Kdward IsVrsr, sa hoastf mt a ansiber of ladMS aasaa aaeted with tbs irifmli. araaasted Mr. Boar Irriac wHh a ssstry silTse Iskstsaa. baartag a saMa- Tbe vsristr repressstatioa, at tb Olympic Tb tort ra this SToaua( ia to bo: saaoaally baaaleo. Xta aiairsl artraeWriain, add fSset that It la dvsa fsv vho bisisU of taa Mr.

Blchard 'Morriasav, osh ta ta-. mi aaalaara that hishly pooojar bawao. LETTERS TU TII EDITOR. ixrc Axraicaxs axd THCistxao ainxux To Uaf'XiliSir a IS JTnv- Tare XlaaM I Will you allow me, throocb' your colnaaBa, to eorroet a auaaM'rrstAadiaz that exlate aaauac tha Aaiericaa aawapapers la record' the cooditioea that govsia tba eoaUat for tha EWbe ShleU at Wls bledawt TbU trophy waa arooroUd by Lord EJcho. taboabot fur by loam reprsaoattag England, jlra.

laad. asd Bootlaod, sad tha ahUld held ia wast by the wlaarrs. ajotes; either oa Ijoadoa, Dabiiu, or EJisbaxh far oo rear, sad la tba raturood te tba Xatioaal Bine Association, to bo competed for amua, Toa asderataad, therefore, thst It t4 oiu( to a lock of courtesy oa tbo port of my oouii-tryatoB that tba Aasettcaaa caaaot eonpoto for jthla trophy, bat la ataaply ta ba sttribotod to tho rales laid dura bv I-ord Eicho-whea bo rare thla haadaosaa arlsa to tha riflmea of tha Caitod Kingdom. I think too wl! aire! with na. that if a aiaiilar trophy, eader atmilar eosditiopa, wero contested for ano Dally betwoea tha Citiea of Kew Tora, and PhUadoipbia, thara wecbl ba a want of social tact ta a Caaadiaa team demanding tbs ilgLt to eoaipeto for it.

Tbora ara asaav other prises which ara opoa to too Americana land all eomera beatde tbo Lloyd Cao. and I shail bo glad to see yoar taaa meet with the snccess I bey so richly ntrrit. WEItCY WILSON. Nzw-TosK, Satorday, Jane 10. 1(173.

ARCTIC ADVEXTURE COMPAbUSOX, Ta tht Bdtlur of Mf rorft Ttawo In as intereatinjt article nndrr the caption ef tbo Cskouwa boa. ia las TUfls off tbo Sth of July, I aotico a reaasrhsida stataanesLt, ealcnlalad to ulaKad tbooo bat arUally acquainted with Arctic adveutcros. Tbo artlsla ixfarred to contaioi tbesa words: "Xotuiag ia tbe mtot tbil hog Arctie ad-vebtaros caa equal the experiences of tb crow of one of three vessels tho Haaas-whicb, sbaadoaino: their raised vassal, i jated aa aa loa-fiua soma 30J miles, Ac. ConaiderioK thai August Tbi Tntrs eon-taisod a very favorsblo rovisw of my work, on Antic SrperUmert, pobliabed by Saxper Brothora, la which ia givea the Journal Of Cpt. Goorg X.

Tysuo, wriltaa upon aa icelua, which dxifted tor orer ais months, (includinc elt ty as days ia whica too san never sppearol abova tba hurl son,) and for mora than L'JOo miles, il is a carlooa orer-aicht. Indeed, to reter to tbo 1st of tho craw of tha Uanaa as iba moat tbrtlling oa iccorU.1 Tba craw of tho ILuiaa wore In absolute comfort as compared with the abandoned portioa of tbs crrw of tbe rulaiia. I 'irf I be arcw of tbo Han as wsa on tha easterly etue of Greenland tbtt of tba Polaris oa tho telly. Tba cres'or extremity of cold experienced by tbo latter is shows ia tua fact that with lbs Baasa party tba sarrcory in ILeir tbonnomeior marked at iia lowest polut only 27 below sero. Tbo mcrcarr of tho Tolsrts party, after markiue; 4C- beli'W zero, frcso in tha Klaaal Second Tbo craw of tba Hanaa had time several days to pre pars for their -Voyage so tho tlca, bad plenty prnviaiooa, oul and tha mean of bailuing cumfurtabla wootfea bats thoy i offered neither fur UzbC food, are, nor clot bra.

Tba crew of tha Polaris went aaddooly adrift ia a viuloat sauw -storm, without any preparation whatever, baring with them only sach caaaca articles aa ha 4 been thrown wiliairimiasteiy from tha deck of jibe Pularia lhay aaffred ioteoavly frum want of light. Bra, food, sad elothiaz wers at the point of atnvh-tioB over sad over again, and much of tbe time lived on rationa of two or three ooncoaof raw aeai's meat, and wers reduced at laat to Out evan tha skins and eatraUs. "I Third Tha crew of tha rLraoa ooniistod of bid tull-growo, hearty mea. of tho had to care tor, teed, and protect two women and Ave children, one aa infant of eight a oaks whan tha party went son ft. jc-i FoartA When tha lee floe sf tbo Hanaa party bad raachod so far south as of biaakfag "the crew vided into.

to parries of' to be i danger drhoerately oi-not 'mora tb.tn eifiht or nine eacb took their two cid. st i one boats, and with very little liak landed aaletv oa the south of Greenland. When tho ice-doe of! the Polaris party broko ap, as it dij in a violeat storm. tha whole party of nineteen, aien, woram. 'and.

cLildrsa, haI to be packed tot one leaky bokt, in-raBicietl la sizs for half that number, and oulr bv what appears lila a nrirscohraS Prorldonco wero they sa.ed from dor true ti on at liet-'- For weeks tney took to i be beat in the day. time, boarding aUay bit', of ice to sleep oa at nigbtjl and tba after mora tbau a six mootbs. stroccls. having drifted sooth of Greenland ta tbo ooaut af LabraOor, were finally picked ap. when at tb laat gasp, by tho sealins steamer Tigress.

-j I Of tba detaila of this astonishing drift tt la aafa to Nothing In tho moat thriHing Arctic adventures can equal tha experience tha craw of Ik. Pnl.ri. MRS. Ei TALE XSFOXSIBII.IlT OF MTtiAM-SBlF LX FOR LOSS OF la the Court of Queen'e Bench. ai Vihall.

be. ore fr. JuaUio Lush and a Jury, the case ot Kroger vrua Tite Oceanic Steam Xavigatios Coainaav was beyd on June 38. This ease arose ont oti tho leas of the steamer Atjantic, la AprL 1873, off tbe coast ef Xova Scotia, oa' her voyaga from Liverpool to Xew-Tork. Tba Captain rashly approached too near tha saoro without tskinz Bounding, aad jt bia caused the terrible' catastrophe the veaeal atrock oa tba "Tocks I aad waa.

luatc Out of tba 900 persona oa board COS were drowned In a very fw minutea. Aioonc tboao I board was one Krnger, by oeaeetM a Gericao, ttnutth born ia thia omutry, wno Was ncaeed in the t.m-' er trade In America, snd was tu Turk lor tba poi pose of setting ap an ateuy lu Canadiu -He waa tweaiy-et bL (years of mzr, iwaa married, and kft a widow and three youuie cuiMr, and his widow, on oahsll ol beraeil and her inily. 'aued the eouipaLV under LtMrdi set recover eiimiienastiou fur the loas tbry nad anstaiued. ITtio cooipauy, benides i neneuce al-! leered, pieaded thot tbo accident happrnrd oti toe laau aeaa out ut tbe Jurieujctioa ol tne courts or couimoa law, and alao taat it at Nova Scotia, to tbe lljuiinion of Canada, aud tliail at-foot dine tha law of that country, the aetiou could bm a maintauied. i' -i I.

Mr. If iiciauo Siepbeas. Q. CVaad Mr. A L.

Smith i wrr for tbe pUinlill i Hu.t, Q. C. Mr. tiuce aad Mr. Myaorgh were for tha i Oj too caao beat opaiied hull, on the ivirt of tbe eoeapany.

said tuev asd aaruaixl theioavjves that the luas of tba vaas.1 had atiaen throojeh ti aegiiKoavo of tha Captsie, aad tberaiuro thev would at uiaputo tbau- liaUllitv. and would jiaid to a vrroict, aa that Iba qneettoo became one ol dUm-agas. But they wero prepared wtta evidenc to anow that tha vessel had swaa wail loaad ia ail ro-apreta. i i 1 I i Air. Stepbeaa said ha waa propared with evidence so tha other side to show tbo rvairarv.

aad be bad dooht bia learaod filead had taken a wiee, a It rertsinly waa a fair aad proper, course for hia client, lie tbau oroceeded to etate tho caao tor tbo plaiatiC aayiag tha lues of tho voaael had anaen throush too raahoeasof tba Captain la goinc sear Ibe altera without aoaawliaaa. bati sairviag that tha Captaia. a raah waa a brave man, aod bad. whew the Oleaster ocean red, abawa tba greatest bravery aad eoor-aca. riakiaa bia ova life to aavo tha Irvaa of otbars.

Ho thea vroeeodod ta a Lata the portrJaa us bio wecta of the dscssaed with ramreace to pernniarv Incuma. stating that ha was stakisg aa income it Ax.Dc Jsr. aad saved ai.two a jaar; ana bo p- uied ant that tho actiws aa fur i bo bonett of taa wssow asMl her three cbileuaa te aomuenaata Lbra fur the loss I hey had aoatauied. i Tb widow aad aihor witaraaua win called in asppurt of tha atammaafc aad. eneaoa had been lake Bade- a cammtaMos ia Aaaenca.

I i la I ha rasult tha Jnry gave a vvrwict fur taa plaiav t'ff tor iWM- AH.MUS for caa WMtow. aad A1.0US lor each af taa tare chosuaa. 4 I BIQVSATS OT MAX. CBZDSLL. Tb wOl mt tbs lata Oca.

John II. bedeli Aabara, csaulas the laOawlag, baaiae privnta ba-sjaastai Ts Bav. Dr. Jobs Braiasiw, tS par aaaum ashsagaa as is fcectar af St. Peter'a, tsv half tabs sapsaaii ba oharUtaa i ha aM.

Pater's Chorck. As-ssjtl ta be apoAod to paysaaal af oa tha roctssyi te the araota at aa aeUAoe iov St. Vaha'a Chase. Aaboxs. 110.000) to Csyaca Asylwas tor Osatitato blUlraa.

tOuOi bs tha Uoeaa Jar the Ktvoa wes shoat mtm, WASHINGTON. i- Iff RXCZ3TT DEriLOFMtXTt TBS WBISXT TMACD3. OaTXataMUCD XfTOBTS OF THB asvraAuza ACTIO a THB OOTXtUntKXT ATTKMPrS Tt throw frctnciox ox ini tkkascri psrAarrMurriMtooRcs or rn rmom. sccnoxa-PtAX: pea xxbtutiqi op cxixTRiacnoxa or mm narAjrv hfCXTS TO lBKPaiXAlKLIHIA arst IseSJOt fialrt eU JTraorarl JWwe. Wasbixutox.

July lLThe oeaperatiag. tb Ubisky Kia2 ts sbosra by tb -Tlrsan of iu sgesu to eaubarraaa the. offieers of tbs UovarmaoeBt. i Tb oaarges that bav haes auade arainst Chief Clerk Avery, whether, tne or false, have, been used as the mesas esvwj tbe Treasury Depart moot with sMpicioa. It ki inumatetl that ta prosecutions ar sot a vis.

oroualy pushed bow siaesri tb eomplich of dicers of tbs depsxtment haa Wea jUae paper Insinuates that tbs Sea rotary wilt not dare to continn his movemeau atrainst tb lUag because promoieht politieiaai will be exposed. Tb truth it thst ia tb taw. thzatioa of; tha charges against Avery 'tba da part moot bsa afforded ail poasiUa aid, sad so ha done ta all other eases wbsrs OovarasMat officers baivs been implicated. The Secretary will shield no ou sxialast whom dene of siiy value ts discovered. The actions against tbs Ring thus far bavo been praoasdad with as ranidlr as and in ail tba trs liuiinary stevs the Goverutneut has been an fortnly suoj-eaafuL Of course there can bo no trials till tbs courts begin their Fall tanas, tot tbs Government bas no power to convene may court during the Summer vacation.

Grand juries havs been assembled wherever it, has baes posaible. and in St, Louis, notably, the jary haa been for a long time kept together and numerous indictment found. Over sixty officers, including two Supervisors sad thres have been removed. Ferbsps tbs. heaviest blow baa beea struck bv tho aaeess-menta of taxes on all tbs oa taxed whisky discovered, and the amouat of money thus recovered is i nearly threa-tjuarten ot a mUlion already.

These saaesaDenu were' -secretly made befur tbs parties implicated bad time to put away tbeir property, and the assessments operate sa jadjmeat of court against all tbe property of the distillers and rectifiers upon whom tbey fslL 'All of this tax will be collected, and its payment will re 8uce conaidersblr th ability of the Ring to ass money corruptly to aid their scape. Waea the courts meet will be found thst tbs seated term has not been wasted, and that there baa been no letting down ia seal er lack of vigorous work. i j. THE SXECCTITK PEPARTMEXT AT TITX CEX- il TEXXIAUa The United States Bord of Commissioner, charged with the arranjnnt. for the cxhibitios of tbs Exocutivo Departments st te Cetitesni.

al Exposition havs determined npoQ erecting a building for their jpecial use. The art apiwvprip a tin to this board sutborizes the coo- strurxion ot a building for the special cxbibiuoa of 'the executive departments, but provides that tlie rooney required to construct itshall bs paid pro out ef tbe sums appropriated to tbe several departments, tbe United Cotumia- sion on Food Fishes and tbs Treasury aad Post Office Depart wents excepted, tbe cost of tbs building not to exceed aod at tbs eloss of exhibition said building aball, bs sold and tie proceeds coveted into tbe Tress- nry. The board. In conseajuence ef tbe limited- ni cans placed at tbeir disposal by Coujreaa, have hesitated to assume the expense of a aepe rate buUuuij; for the "use ot depsrtmenia Tbey have from the" beginning been impressed with tbe for a dutioet building la which the contributions of tbs Covenimeot to the Exhibition might' ba consolidated and -placed ndier the immediate aopervuion of olEccrs of tbe several departments. Tbey wers in hopes tbit tb Centennial Commissioa would be able to erect auch a building for the u-e ot tbe deparfmrnta.

but it ia no apparent that tha financial conLtion snd prospects of the) mission msie taat iiuuossible. The board tbe executive departiuouts have, determined. to erect a building lor tbemsefves at an exit ne of 72,000. Ibe structurs Will cover slKtut 100,000 square feet of grottad, aad wtllt be in tbe form of a Ursek cross. Tbe wa'la will lia cf srood and glass and will be surmounted bv a handaoma' dome, ou the top of which will be place a powerful ligbt-bouse.

lens. Tba beizbtof the bull Jinx from base to top of lens will be 75 feet. I inside' to tbe roof ot dome will be 130 feet. Altuoaza empaiativelv inexpensive, this boildiox. when completed will tstar favorable eomparison ia beauty of deaizn and finish with other- build-ines on the Centennial grounds.

Architect W.ndham, of Philadelphia, is charged witb the cxM'Utioa'of tb buildtD Ground for tLe bunding will bo broken next week, aad it is stipulateU that it shall be ready for. occupation on tbe 1st iof January. Tbe board will als erect. in addition to thia main buiidlng, a struo tur to be used as a field bospitaL lAmrctek la Iht Auorimtt Pveas, i jpuor.i ratdln's rASTt. Tba of the1 Interior has telograpbed to Ouray, on of the powerful he's in sib era Colorado, reqaesUog him to allow Prcl.

Hayden a expli ring expeuliioa te pass through that srcUos without mblrstaHon. The Secretary iotorai bism that Prof- llsvien's is one in tbs Interest of science, and for tho benefit of tba Govarnm-nt, aad -not for boatil purposes; that none ot the prt iU moieat or interfere with' tha Iadiaas. and tba Goy- era tors dtisires that the exoeditlon mav bo sueces-fill in every retect. 1 Tbeteioro ho 1 Ouisr's bsnd Will n4 ily rifraia from mx-esting the paitv, or lit. jug iu tirir wsy.

win reiMler auch aid as mav in Uiaaui. tbe explutatlous anu aurvet. )- OCriXO TBE MOSET. Tba committte haviug- charge, of tba work af cuhbtiug the money aS seenrit les to tie vaulu of tbs Treiaury Ipartnot haveoupletod the count -in the caah vsult, incljdiog all tbo areeuba- ka tiff xlanal curTetw cold and silver coia. and sickeia, and are bow engaged the reserve vssZU which wlU be finished tbU week.

The eoont of; the booda held ia trust ft national backs will then be made, after wbirb committee will take np the books and examine beia Iboroaxbly, 'fo that tbey agree with the amounla hand. TLey wiil be prepared, to auka their report il is about tea days, Us to this time tbe ditrrenco I betwoea tbe aaxiaats called for the eta laments and lbs sasaaats actually on hand haa bee trivial, ia aesas rsaea being tl mt short, and is ethers similar amounts ia excees. tboujh la a latsac baa taa error exceeded tU aad It la believed that rrrshaw.U ba aati.rsctonlv oapUwad eea tba books are okamiaod. Av-gtity eoontere are pluye', out their are reqa-rau to work sow durtsg tbe day Wd not al alzfat also, aa was the sees wbca tne rb vaults were betas xsmineA, MScoaa TJt raoa state oTticxk to be a 1 i'i I rtxncu Tbs Commissioaar ut lasers! Bevean hss decided to allow each claims ot State ofBcars for ta rexoadiag of ties tooeme tax Said apoa tbe easels, asoats of I fhelr ooaa aa war filed la dse tisae. whether thee emolam-Bte coaaUt of aaiary or I ef foes.

Tba loterveatio sf alvaraeys fuf tbe preareatio af sack clsia ts sstitely sansrssssry. Tbs svidsaes ta, aoet cf ihrot has boaa stada somphrto Urosh local lateraal Keveaas emcara. aad ef ail a of the charec-ter above warned are bow rece4vng special at Wkea aad eooa as the drafts ara iaased Bps sacb eaims they are aaaded to the CHe tor ef the aairtet waave to eaaimaat tba cunaw aimaou is not. Bed ta appear at tbe taUactors m4 sassnitM rvWv ht traA jAijJwVaiMwa tbi point that ib baUls 'i s. 'i --i i' J'' 3.