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FOR PRESIDENT, GO. JAMES A. (UKFIELI), of oiijo FOR 'VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, OF NEW-YORK.

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JtaUnfe. Ti Ai. lK-roT TIMES. Tcrmb, iotTAOE PArn. Dajlt Tints, par annum, includlnc tl aad -Nibs DAIt.v TIKK, per annum, excluslv of tna Hunday jo ioo TbfSnndajr Rditlon, pnr annum ioo las ftcai-WtsaMr Tiaxa, pr annum.

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1 ParU OJBna of Tub Timjcs Bureau of ftoriaian, Ko. Rua Surtba. Tns TiVKa la on aalrt ij lint.u uob.i txr br Henry r. UU1I and at Mr. Steiaiu Mi.

4 nuaiar-aguara. KOTICK TO SUBSCRIBERS. Tht dat printed oh tht wrapper of each mJ-iPr dttwttt the time wken th nUtcriptiun Pertvn Uaei'nq'ths Vity for th Summer tan have Tns, Times mailed to tMr addrut fur I per mnthi Tht Siynal Aferww Jfureau report indicatt4 ir May, in Mis region, partly ebUdy reeattter, pvMy loecasiotml rain, trindt tnottly from Vtvrthwt tu futh nut, tlaturtutry yr higher Urmpcratiirt and taromt ter. a Une of the iximooralic ucwspuper orgaU, T'fiuted in Washington, 11U8 issued a call for campiftign tulwjiTijtion fund to be raided bj ConftdTHt Soldiers, eath one of whm khull iy $5. it is estimated that this will irodure Wt sum of $1,500,000, to -m hlch itho TUrthT num of luiwt be added by other nulBttriptious.

This is. a liU-ral, if not txtraia-pitil, Jiroviaioa for a campaign fuijd. Vtm might rilsfiuabiy supptse tliat jthe emocrati intend to go into the buitiiiss Cf Yot-liujingj on the largest cale, "(he -ry of th Washington organ la probably Inspired ly a knowledge of the fact that Tiuoen has not aub ribed anything to ithe xijhi of tho campaign, and that Ihia frionds complain that the report that he has r-iveu lOd.OOO jfor that purpose was invented by Hancock' friend in order to coeVce "the old inan into giving ttomething. The Democratic presa is cxtremoly inijig-i' nit over: the aunouncvmcnt that Becretkry cnx'RZ i about to commence a series of jad-irvsses la behalf of the Republican caus in Indiana. The cause of iu grief is that such conduct is in alleged violation the famious Civil Srvice Order Xo.

1" in regard toiof-ilrv-holders. But the order expressly of officers that, while they iare proUbitwl frota taking part in "'the management of political tieir tig ht to vote itnd to express their riews Dfi public questions, either orally or through press, inot denied, provided it does'not idrerfrre with the discharge of their official duties." Bo tha jealousy of the Democfrats for the integrity (of the civil service and the maintenance of Mr. Hates' consistenc is unnecessary. JThe order referred to has not leu very rigidly enforced, and has brought inore ridicule than credit upon the Administration, but in'this Instance it has no tele-VRaCy. Ko intelligent observer of current evjent ill be deceived jby the ridiculous story bent at by authority of the Indian Bureau toi the tCect that Mr.

Tibhals, of Omaha, has bfen visiting the Poncaa, In the Indian iTer-litory, with ainiater purpose. Mr. T-iaus Is a journalist who was engaged In his profession in Omaha when jthe monstrous wrongs inflicted upon the Indiami were brought to his attouiuoa by the arrest of aeveral of the head meri of the tribe on charge of leav- the custody; of the United 8utee Gov-einment! Mr. TmmAXS toojt up the cause uf; the friendless Poncas there and then, ftl has manfully stuck to it (ever iflce. Impartial mm who have examined the facts relating ta the forcible remoral of the tribe from reservation to tbi In-fiaa- Territory) irill agree with 8enaor Dawks in denoanelng this act, as one of! the Uioi infamous jtw committed upon (any people.

And it 1st a scandalous thing tliat a nl friend, of thai Poncaa, who has devoted himself to righting this wrong eommittedby Cm Govern nt the United States, ahiouid be piOoriedj the Indian Bureau as a iwvwjcr, a tyjipna a auutonem man. TteattitulleUfthe invader of the Indian Territory is that of the robber who said to his intended victim, If you mtwt me shall be olii gj-jl to kill you, and then you win a murderer. nese ingenious gen tleuen, wh'lcdyet the overrated lands of the Indian Terrjtoijy, say that they have a natu ral right ijke soil ceded to the con federated trtb, and thit if the Government attempts by force cje them tLere illj be a conflui. Jleing men of peacr, Uieyiieplore a' conflict; they do not want ajiiyj ton flirt, and if tacit i any Mti-mpt to dn them out of the TerriUry i. .1 i- iL.

i. iu are irenpavrs, tue reiinM fmy lor ta! conflirt' will lie with the Tli leader of thi tMina or I lid piraUn at the head of similar in-asion last year, but th Lit i ted States Government was ftrong enough Jjthen to "defend the country from lawless njva-sion. We must believe thut the GoVcrrirnent will this year deal quite as summarily With the tret'Hers, although tney allege, jwilh curious lueonHCquence, that their own lands in Kansas "are suffering from the driujit. SerretaniTBpMPrio.v, in a Hpecb opening the Indiana; campaign in behalf of the lie rill)ilirana iullrv nrmu.plv jyivjvij iiuiiuici iu'; fustian in Whih the D'mj4-rata assert that lV iiA.cX wjii lie eleeua and inaugurated." as if there werflauy doubt of his inauirura ion in ea js l)uld be elected. The S-cretary Ueares there can be no doubt; or the peaceful induction into oflict; i of (ten.

IbxrorK if he should tnt the of Hir L'nitejl Btab-sj jure not to le bullied into a condition jf rlioral terror iy any threats of violence, "tht vaooriuir of the Democrats. 1 1 it is addedj jms to be an admission that TiLUKN an IIendrh ks were cowards; who failed to iseftire their riehts; but tliis rfiall. not htbpen with IIvxcock. In truth, jof the bluster alxiut the new dcerniination of the Democrats to wat their qartijidate (if he is successful) is a confession lof weakness and nusillanituitv. it is anything but the merest nusconadiiur of political sjwashbucklers.

Tilden was not elected arjl he was not inaugurated. If Hancock doulcl be elected, be would be in taxes ma King tax la ws. The fact we have published within the last few davs in regard the course of a number cif tbrporations in this Citv with reference ti thj ir local taxation throw a good deal of light 4n the chaotic condition of ihe regulating assessments and taxes in this State. It if rjt impossible that some or all of these corporations will'succecd in reduc ing or wholly yadmg their Uixes for this year. The case of tab banks is, it face, an ex tremely btrorit one.

The law which it is claimed lui tti only one under hich national banks tin be assessed was drawn in such gross boiradiction to justice, consist ency, and coijimon sense that the Federal Supreme Qo.urp was compelled to declare it void. The State banks, if thev lire in rplitv I 3i j- assimilated: byjspncial act with the national banks, havfe, al least, a plausible prima facie claim slmilkir to that of the latter, and both classes of dorfipration may yet be found by meoourts to Ue subject to no legal taxation whatever i Ihi iithir wimU tm by trying to enforce an extravagant and in-supportablb lnbasure of taxation, amounting to obvious; oression and partial confiscation, may iiavp succeeded only in destroying all authority 'or even reasonable taxation. It may have re peated the traditional experi ment of thie dpg on the bridge who dropped his actual imckt in trying also to take possession of thd (shadow in the water. The cas of the steam ship and other cor porations is Jrss clear. Whether they can maintain Ihei i claim to pay, at certain fixed rates, belo.W those levied in this City, to the State Controner, is a very proper question to submit to the courts, as I is also the one; whether ajcorporation can maintain a merely nominal office in a remote rural villus where, matter of fact; it does, and can do, no business whatever; But that these questions Can: be raised with some degree of plausibility; 'hat well established corporations, acting tinder the advice of skilled lawyers, canjvebture to engage in litigation with referfcncj; to them, shows, as we have already remarked, that the whole system of fiscal legislation in th State is in a very confused condition.

And it must not be forgotten lh.il Whllp hW Tuanlra find ntkov 1 UA VStUl JL porations! incur a great deal of odium by their efforts to escape taxation, and expose themsfelves to the charge of. trying to throw thirljfair share of public burdens upon the remainder of the community, they are not without fair and rtuunnnlilM mniiin for doing1 sd Were the: laws regulating Jt jivjailj, OUU especially- Uue latter, enforced impartially throughout the State, the proportion of bur dens laidj on large corporations, which are i necessarily tjbnfined to thf principal cities wouia do vtjry mucn less than it now is. lbese bodies, have for many years paid, on the more than their share of the cost I of government, and many of them have i suffered Severely in consequence in their 5 capacity io compete with their rivals abroad I or in" other: States. It is no more than! natural, nor tan it be called unduly selfish, in them, to avail themselves of an flaw in a system which in it entirety is exceedingly 1 onerous to them. The element of interest i this whole mat- ter, to which public attention omrht to be' directed, lias deeper than the questions! to which w4 have referred.

It lies in the I proved incapacity of the Legislature, as at! present constituted and kmided. tn treat! adequately or rationally th most important! ya ura am ll. is to this act that citizens who suffer from! the miserable state of the tax laws should! uun. utcviKuuy ana inetr enort. lneyi shbnld seek to place ta the LerahUure from! those secsiops of the Statejwhere they can' uaae tntlr influence felt men of brains and; characteiL comnetent a aai aj nsw aaVVO MVU of taxation! a whole.

Havihr done thia.1 so far ai they canwhic will not at best, be very far-all cevanized fiaancialJ or cornmerdal bodies should1 oozne to axnae common understanding as to the principles which should govern taxation. and thenuas all bnYn.M ineaas to iaBOt Legislature to adopt those principles. 4 hall be told that this is a suggestion to orations to enter politics and to practice Ll4j-ing. It is nothing of the kind. It inl ply a miggevtion to a large, active, and nt uential portion of the community, hav-nt extensive legitimate interests, which are i 01 npletely at the mercy of the Legislature, in ieek by proper method to obtain rational ion from our They have same right to do this that other axsocia- of citizens have a right which is con- Uy exercised by the latU without ques-or objection.

TliTe has not existel in tioh th at any time any well deflnel intelligent opinion in repanl to the tax an a and the abwnoeof such an opinion ha in a cause of serious injustice to Individu- and of great injury to the State cenerallv. It is not only the riht but the duty of th citizens who, whether directly or Ihsough their ownership of corporate stoc or. .1 gntions, utTer from this cause, to under- ie to remove it. Nothin? can ifrxroBiplish hi. unless "it le sonic effective unibn be en the persons am-rted.

If these can Tee upon some vjuitable and practicable em of taxation, thev may lie able to se- its adoption. If they cannot, they will Deft to endure as lest they may the evil sequences of the present helter-skelter Kr tingemetit. The Government of Russia lietn defined as an absolute despotism pered by assassination. Our sysU-m of laws may Vie described as tin tyrnnnv of ri ss ignorance ami class prejudice, tem- by very costly litigation. It is for le who are every year pJuudered by this fanny to any wlielher thev will tolerate it silence or make some sensible efTort to jrm it.

TUE SITUATION IN VIUGIMA. he bold stand which has Is en taken by ReadjusUrV Party in Virginia can onlv kin IIkJ taken as another stnkintr illustration of furttlmt "the white man's organization pnB hat State is rapidly going to pieces, and jthit the once all powerful Democratic mu lch ne has Hlmt run its course. Iudeed. iu Ivii of recent events, it is no exaggeration ito nay that nothimr but the 1I1 sire to ib.J i office keens the leailers of th- (pa together. This desire may prevent Khf threatened break until after the close of Presidential campaign, but then, if there ithi jlxjany virtue in present siirns, the color line in Virginia will tie a thins of the pat-t.

Three iiirs ago the man ho would have pre 1 ted that nnv considerable nnmVvpr of ite voters of that State could under any umstanccs tie brouirht together to de- mce and cry down the chief men in the Dr mocratie Party would Ikive Un-n as little short of a lunatic. within the week the country been brought face, to face with fact that there has been held in Kich- nd, the sjicred city of the Confedera ci a convention com iKsed of uiiwunl if fife hundred and ex rebel sympa- tlfizers who, fully forty thou-- Siiid of the same class, solemnly declare that Hfrre is no virtue in the Democratic Party of Virginia, denounce as a fraud, a cheat, and lalsham the platform adopted by it, and minate an Electoral ticket composed of iii-n who, while they are nominally pledged tithe support of Hancock and Eousn, an? known to le bitterlv ormosi'il to 1 tuiug in Virginia which bear the name of H-mocracv. 1 Nor i this the most remarkable part of tHe Peadjusters CVinventiou. Iu addition td everything el it nurtieuluriir n. I "1111 1 le that forty colored men took part in it.

and that its was in the hroA.Wt inse a concession to the RenuhlicuiiM fl 11 acknowledfiment of the justness the principles for which they have en contending fur these lii3inv VI'QK 1 an unilisguisetl bid for the pport of the once-despised colored votes (Jouched in language of the most unmistak- ile character, the resolutions declare that the civil and political righH of the freed i en niu-t be protected, that the National onstitution as it Ls, with all its amendments, ust tie respected by all good citizens, and ttat the public schools of the State, in the interest of all the eople, white and black ike, must be fostered and upheld. It It Ust be Saul to their ft-fxlir adjusters, led by United States Senator- liiC elect MAHOVE tiHVf in rupulously kept -every pledge which thev made to the colored men. They promised iem that in the last election their votes lould be freely cast and fairly counted hey were a good as their wdrd. Thev romised that colored men should, if their amounted to anything, be pro vided with respectable accommodation ra 'tels and other places of public resort hey have kept their promise, and have Wn ble to do more good in the direction indi ted than all the Civil Rights bills ever iginated or enacted. They promised that ie disgraceful Poll Tax law, under the od- ration of which colored citizens are practi cally disfranchised, should be repealed, and icy have neglected no effort which was cal- ulated to 6ecure the desired result.

In short, they have kept faith so well in ie past that they may safely be trusted to least matte an honest effort to live ud to ie platform which they have just adopted. ipite this, however, it is not likely that can win any considerable number of colored men to the support of an Elec- iral ticket which favor the Democratic ominees for the Presidential offices. On all tational issues the great bulk of the colored oter of Virginia, as of the other Southern itate. are, and will continue to be. Republi cans.

They like Mahovc foiinr as they have every right to do. and local and State matters they will doubt- ss be found givjng him even more sub- Han tial support than they did in the hut lection; but he cannot rely on them in the mtest now at hand- Gen. Mahosk and his Iviaers are full aware of this fact, as are of. the further truth that without ke aid of a very large portion of the col- red vote they have absolutely no hope of ine Mate, buch being the case lere is naturally much curiosity to know ust what the Readjusters mean by the stand men they have taken. It is sufficiently vious wax, wun a regular Democratic and white Readjusters' ticket in the field.

Electors named by the Bepubli- Convention at Staunton would by a plurality of not less thd SgirtK imtlunlrdrr; than twenty! thousand. Knowing this, there are i. few sanguine people who profess to believe thatj MahoXe is bent upon defeating the Cincinnati notninees. There is a bare polility, Ibut oily a larevt'wibility, that such is the cae. It is much more plausible tp asrujme that his sole purpose is tf humiliate the Democratic leader by compelling them to withdraw their Electoral ticket and indorse the one selected by his convention.

This they now loudly declare that they will never do, but when theyiare brpnght directly in contact with the altitmativt' of embracing Mahone or suffering: defeat; 'there is little doubt that they will eat their crow and vote for the RVadjustenj' ticket JUIIGE ITTEH DELA T. In compliance With the provisions of what is known a the Public Burdens act. several though it may lie. most virtuous, attempt to transfer the funds of the Building Department toi the Fire Department this City have bceji mad' by those in authority Si? ill ihf- r'fpnt twrfi npfl in 1 rTrnnt-f'tion with tho matter which was had in the lioard of Estimate and Apportion meiit can, iu. t.he light of recent events, only Ik- reg'anjed as a very broad farce.

Hisj Honir the Mayor, thoroilghly in earnest, as i iioUnly doubts, moved to take frotp the -table his resolution providing for tjie transfer of funds, us the law distinctly requires- At. this point Alderman Mokius, et-mingl- anxious to gain ac curate information, said: 1 would like to ask whether Judgfc Pon tR, of the Supreme Court, has yet deciiled upon the constitution ality of the! law iin the matter laid la-fore him some time ago." liein informed that the decision had not yet been rendered, the truly conscientious Aldernian decliued to vote for the resolution. To fully enjoy the luunor of his iK-iffonnau'(f it is necessary to 1. ii m- ui-ijuaunfu iui tut? loiiowing jacis; Alderman Monm? knew that the decision iu regard to Which 3ie inquired had not yet liecn rendered. He knew that the anange nient and conditiiin on which the decision is to come had not yet been made.

Mr. Morius may be under tljc impression that the aid which he is giving to John Kkli.y and com pany in this matter is not fully understood. If so, lie is: very ituch mistaken. Alrejidy; in reference to this same subject we have found oV-civsion to comment with some severity upon the action of an execu tive board in assuming that a statute whic impose duties upon It is unconstitutional, and in refusing io olx the law until that jsiiut Ikis been passed upon by the courts. There is Htill andtlier phase of the question which desrrve.s t6 Ik- carefully considered.

It tereni is majle to the action, or rather non action' of Mr! Justice Potter, to whom the question of (he constitutionality of the Public Bisrdens act was submitted. Mr. Pott Kit, ajeountry Justice, as the term goes, while holding Circuit in this (iity, on the 4th of June hst.jgranteda writ of prohibition againt the Fire Conunissiouers directing them not to interfere with the head or management of the Building Department until the further order of the court. This writ Judge Pttkr i makes returnable lie fore himself at ChatnU-rs. he beimr.

asiriiei there for the first it wo weeks of June. How remarkable a procedure this was will be well understood by every practitioner who knows that the japplicatiou for the allow ance of such a Writ could only, under the rules of Court and the courtesy obtaining among thti Judgi. hae In-en properly made to the Judge holding Cliamlicrs at the time, who, a it: happened, was Mr. Justice vw RKM-K. jWliy.

it may be asked, was the application! not made to him The ouly obvious and reasonable uu sv. er is i that ihere was nothing iu the record of Judgif Lawrence which would warrant the head of the Building Department iu believing that he would go to the almost unheard (if length of allowing a writ of prohibition against executive officers. So application was to Judge Potter, ami. as has bifen said, the order was made returnable liefore himself. The case was argued and submitted to him on the 11th of June, and a few days afterward he quietly went to hjs hom-i iu Whitehall, unceremoniously carrying the papers oil in his pocket.

A uioiith ha: elapsed since then, and during all 'that time there has, been' practically jio; enforcement of the Building laws of this City. The public has waited with that patience forjwhieh the American public is noted, yet no jdecision come from Judge Potter, i' Since-; his return to his country home, the City lias presented to him affidavits of builder and others, clearly showing (the great embarrassment of the situation as ii is at present, and asking, in the public interest, a slight modification of the writ. But eten this concession has been withheld; and for thirty days a man who islooked up to Jas a Judge ha been try-ing, presumably jat least, to decide whether it is the office of the writ of prohibition to restrain executivb office from the performance of duties! imposed upon them by statute, jit niajr well Be regarded a remarkable that any man who knows law enough to be an auctioneer should grant such a writ in such a case, much less de liberate over the question of maintaining it Certain it 1 is. however tht nrhru uu the Judge is wrestling with what to him seenisa mighty problem. Join Kelly is trying to! indued the Fire Commissioners to appoint a man of his selection to be the head of the Bureau if Buildings when the law abolishing the Building Department shall be allowed to take! effect.

Possibly, the public may see ome connection between the delay of Judge PoTtKB and the opportunity which that delay afford Kellt to make a fight for ids mai Possibly, also, some connection jnay between the selection of Judge PoTTxa to grant this peculiar writ, returnable befor himself on the firstilopday in JuM, and the further fact that, Judge Pottkr being absent on that first Monday, thus necessitating the hearing of the writ to be postponed, his place was taken by Judge Dosohcx, who sent every reference on his colleague's calendar for tiat dayj to a young gentleman named J. Saxtord Pottkr, who turned out to be the son; of Jtkdge Pottxb. Perhaps, in view of all these and other somewhat peculiar cirenmstances in the same connection 7nnuastance4 which be readily cited if tjhe occasiou arises it would be well for Udgs Porxta to take speedy action upon 12; isso. the important matter which has been submitted to him. There ha already been too much delay.

There can be no excuse for a further postponement of a decision CHINA AND BCSSIA. Intelligence from Central "Asia, wfhkh is brought to the telegraphic outposts that continent by traveling merchant and political refugees, may not always be woKhy of implicit credence, but information has now been received ftjom so many quarters that it can hardly be doubted that the Chinese commander in Chinese Turkestan hasjalrcady committed the overt act needed to bring about a war between hi country and Russia. It is not at all likely thift Gen. Tuo TsrsG-TEsa, who is botjb, the military and civil Governor of Ithe extreme western division ot the Chinese Empire, would cross over the border into this province of Kuldja and take forcible possession if he did not have authority to makelthis advance given to him by the Empress Regent. It seems, therefore, quite probable, tat after carefully going over the ground Chinese Government have come to the conclusion that the only way they can obtain possession of this disputed district is by force of arms, and hence orders have been gtfen to Gen.

Tho to drive the ljtussians out of Kuldja at the point jof the bayonet. Latest account would indicate that he has had but little difficulty in carrying out these commands. Two aruties are said to have entered Kuldja, one fjrom the south, the other from the east. Thtj former apparently encountered a detachment of Russian troops, whoui they defeated! in two successive engagements, while the latter do not seem to have found any one willing to resist them. Irl an official reportj, made some six mouths ago, before the possibility of a war with Russi was eutertaineli.

Gen. iw assenea uiawie had under nun in Kashgaria. alyut 00,000 troops of all arms, and in the intervening time it is quite probable thut he has been lilierally reinforced. The opposition of the Russians to jsuch an army as the Chinese have apparently! throw into Kuldja could not be very serious. The nutnlier of their troops iu this province is not known outside of official circles, but we have never seen it put a high a ttu thousand.

Russian regiments stationed kt Sam-areand. Bokhara, aud Khokaud hajve been ordered to the seat of war, though in divesting these newly acquired districts jof their military guard the Russian Government have given the native rulers a chauue to rise in revolt, an opportunity they do itot seem to be slow in taking advantage of. It will be many months before the Russians can collect near Kuldja a forcje of sufficient magnitude to offer battle to Gen. Tso on anything like equal terms. The world, and Americans in parlicu icivilized ar, have taheii into the habit of thinking of the Chinese a a degraded and cjowardly class, wanting in those aggressive and defensive instincts which are uqeded to enable a people to hold their own; and to such there is something ludicrou thought of pitting a Chinaman a iu the aiust a Rusiau soldier.

But opinions of this kind are wholly misplaced, for tht; Chinese sol diers have qtiite as much courage asjthe men ordinarily found iu European armies. Their deficiencies in war hitherto have ccime from no lack of bravery, but from wautjof discipline, leadership, and weapons of approved construction. It is by no means certain that the first disqualification has now been rem edied, although the Chinese Ariiy must contain quite a number of Europeai officer. Iu leadership and armament the forces of China are now far ahead of any point they have attained when at war with jt foreign power. i.ivu.

Tso is beyond question an admirable military leader, as the effedtual way iu which he put down Yakoob Be and the other rebel rulers iu Turkestan indicated; md he is now supplied with arm and am munition of the best kind. Hisj' artillery force has guns made by Krlpp and other well known makers, and thes are- directed by Chinese officers who re ceived their military education in (the artil- most of the infantry carry repeating rifle niiule in this country. More than this, the larger jKirtion of the men are vete-aus who have seen service in other war and who will not lie frightened, a it is said the Chinese used to be, by the beating of drum. If. as now seems probable, the Chinese have possession of Kuldja, the Russianji will not be able to drive them out withoujt the severest struggle they have ever had in making an Asiatic conquest.

But from the number of war vessels and troops that Russia is now sending to Vladivostock, their seaport in Sibe -ia which commands the northern coast of China, it is quite evident that the Russian authorities do not intend ko allow the result ofi the contest to depend, upon the fortunes of war in and around the Province of Kuld; a. That they will later! on invade Manchur a may be confidently asicrted. not only because an inroad upon China from that quarter could easily be mad4, but becau.se for jjears pat the Russian have been desirous of extending southward the boundaries jf Siberia by annexing alarge section of this province. Besides this, they may attempt to force their way to Pekin, a the French and English did in their wir with China." In anticipation of this, a fleet bf Chinese iron-clad has been stationed at Tientsin, the seaport of the capital, and the country between the two places has been put iii a condition of defense. But, in spite of these precautions, thej Russians are certain to have great advantage in operation carried jon along the sea-board.

The only thing they have to guard against is the danger provoking the hostility of Germany and England by closing the tea ports; but by confining their operations to the country borth of the Yang.se River, this i a hazard which they can avoid. The present indications are that Russia is likely to have the advantage in all encou titers that may take plce along the sea-bo rd, while the Chinese troops will be in tfle a tcendency in Central Asia. The quarrel is a very pretty one askt stands, though it hard to see in what Way China can possibly profit by it, since what she gains in th West is likely to he touch more than offset by her losses in the East i The School of Fhuosoptiy, which! opens today at Coeeofd. Kaaa, aad was suttwarnJr m-tabtkhod last fear, beefnt with over pepCs ea-tered for tin Una. aad th tiraaals of a arte aitaotUDc upu special count of lector.

TWoirhta th fcrt Aawrfaaa Ujcen4BUi-' km. Um larrer mnntnr atthteou an4 the prtaciptJ kwturer ar from the WM. fmt Wouaji T. Hajuis has LaXaa tb Orchard Baas for the Saaa- mer. Aad th otket Profuumi, exorpttoc Or.

H. K. an DsTrraa i. Kssuxa. and Mr.

Bao Auxon. who acts as Dean of the rVnlty, wta be oomlnf and rotng at hfftu a peripatoUe school or pbUoaopby. Next to Jfr. Airerr. IY4.

EAaats Is the mainatay of the obooJ. aad ft pro already apoak a ft th expartiQent eooU be r- saraea a a reaaooably permanent, affair. Hbosi. and the Mystic are the praddin spirK of the PUoe. It is not Intended to be antajrooistie to aav sect or phUoaophksal belief, but to bring persons toc-etner who bv a natural fondness for metaphysical and vsthetto ftadlea, aad' help theea to loarn of one another.

The chapel, which has: just been oomleted, wtli seat tX persona, and the: 1 II 1 i jaxxi i iiK-uuu-ses ot uu iaukmu mue town1 are re ported to have ample accommodations for both' transient and permanent guests. There every la-! dk-ation that the attendance will be double what It was last year, and the plans foe pleasant aad profit able work are much better arrantred. "While every one has heard of the evil of ab-j sentecism in Ireland, and from tb day of 8 wiri the absentee has been held la reprpbatlon, the In dlpu table fact remains that on no estate hav tenants been tn better condition than on those ol some of the great absentee landlords like the Duk of DivoMaiBE, Lord Portmolt. Lagos mu, FrrzwiujAi, Ac, When the Incumbered tatei act came Into operation It was not to deal with tit properties of absentee's. The most hopeless bankrupts were the resident Squire, more especiallj in Galway.

Cork, and other portions of the south west. They screwed every penny oot of their wretched Waaau, spent It on hounds, hunters, and claret, and held farmln- Improvements In Otter coni tempt. Had a visitor passed from the domains of on of this reck leu crew to that of i such an abwntee estate a Lord wex ford, be would hare felt that it was almost like pass inir from Ireland to England. Tet until the presen Earl of PoBTiaoiTa's time, tt Is said In I Wexford that no Earl while In the enjoyment of the title bad ever been on the estate, which the family has held from the time of Eluabcts. The, truth is that on the Anglo-Irish properties theri was comparatively UtUa, if any, disposition to squeeze money unduly out of the terif ants, for the simple reason that th 'owner did not want It.

The teuauts were lot alone. their rentals were moderate, and their farms passed quietly from father to son. It would, of oourse, much better if these treat land -owners lived in the country but, on the other hand, their tenants infinitely prefer holding under them to holding under Irish Squires and Squireens. It was slgnlfl- eaut of this that, when the present Earl of DerbV li'jtermiiied to sell his Irish estate, a deputation of his Tipperary tenantry went over to England to iui-plore him not to do so. When an anti-absentee measure is Introduced luto the House of Common these facts will assume considerable prominence, The acting of the Agamemnon at Oxford was a marvelously happy thoujrht.

A writer hi an English journal says: What neither examinations nor prizes nor lectures nor exhortations have been able to do has been done by means of a disoovery made by the undergraduates themselves namely, that a Greek play oould be acted, and that Its characters were really intended for humau beings, and not for shadowy abstractions. Since this fact was borne in upon the men au extraordinary revival has taken place in the study of the Greek drama. The Oxford book -sellers have, sold out all their copies of which have found their way to all sorts of unfamiliar places. The quiet rubber has been commuted for discussions about the functions of the chorus; In the walks of ttagdnleu. (where one walk Is to this day always known as Addmos's,) even In the puuts on the CherweU.

which had pever carried any literary ballast heavier than a yeilow-backed novel, the hardest of Greek dramatists has been found to be the undergraduate's closestcompanion. The Interest came to a climax on that evening in Juno when the new and spacious hall of Balliol was crowded with an audience that contained all Oxford and some part of Cambridge, witn a few such Jcliylus students as Mr Brow vino and Mr. Niirros from outside." day the play was repeated at Balliol, and was subsequently to be given at Eton, Harrow, and Winchester, ilaving regard to the timei-honored performances of the works of Latin dramatists at Westmiustl-r School, it certainly seems strange that a similar representation should hare been so long in reaching the universities. We expect that Harvard and Yale will not be long In iollowiug this lead. Anything which conveys to the student a sense of reality in connection with the Greek and Latin drama is of immense aid to him.

The selection by Archibald Fpbbks, the noted war correspondent, of a subject for his lecture, to ite delivered in this coautry next season, shows that he shares the erroneous opinion of many Europeans respecting our Interest In crowned htads and titled folk generally. Hisub-ject is. as reported, Royalties I Hive Met; and there is little doubt that he has chosen it as exeel-lently adapted to the American market, He might have selected almost any other topic he is familUr with to better advantage, a he will be likely to find. If he would tell us of his exciting experiences on the different battle-field be has witnessed and taken part in, or of the singular, sezni civilized people he has encountered in the Danabian Principalities and the East, he would elicit an attention far more than he can by any amount of gossip concerning Kings or Queens, Emperors or Empresses. We really care nothing about them bevond a certain curiosity as to how they look and appear.

Being republicans, and therefore all sovereigns, over here, we will often take trouble to get a peep at a crowned head when we are In the Old World. But after we have set eyes on a few monarch we are entirely satisfied, and gise ourselves no further concern for them. Most Americans living in cities have been abroad and seen Kings and Princes repeatedly, and those Americans are seldom anxious to see- any more. To all of us who hare not traveled, and have not detected the shams of the world, crowned heads are apt to hare some allurement; for we cannot, with our deep-rooted democratic Ideas, easily imagine sovereigns, whom ail the Inhabitants of a country bow down to and almost worship, to be ordinary men and women that we might not consider ladies or gentlemen. We are apt to think that they must be graceful, refined, clever, and winning at Court, and when we hare an opportunity to judge in are often disappointed, and very sorely.

Those who have become acquainted with the private life of such persons as ex -Queen Isabella of Spain, the Prince of Walks, the late Prinoe of and many others of royal blood, rapidly Iom their respect for royalty, and are with difficulty made to believe that dignity and decency can go with prinoeshlp. There are Kings and Queens who are gentlemen and ladies; bat, as rule, they are formed of very common clay. The annnal convention of Unitarian this year will be held at Weir's Landing, 2T. the 1st and continue one week. A Dumber of promi nent clergymen, some of the most radical and some of the most oonserrative, representing the extreme wings of the sect, will be there to discos its past, present, and future.

Whether Caitartanism is increasing or diminishing seems to be a mooted question, bat It is not probably very different is numbers now from what it was 10 years ago. Many Unitarians are so nearly Bationailsts that they consider Church organizations of no consequence, while many more are orthodox la almost ererything except belief tn the absolute dlrinhy of sac a Their faith varies greatly, for they are very apt to do theirowa thinking, not baring ia any strict sens any estab- IiAoeO ritualism or tndispenaabl sacranmnt. Their whole creed, antecedents, and associations tend to individuality of opinion. Cnharianism first made its appearance la this country toward th y.Mit the last century, and the general ton of thought la BortonabootlTVO wm dazedly Cftitarian. A Cat-tartan was appointed Profcaeor of Divinity at Cambridge in 106, and 10 years latr th repsbnoav tloa ia Boston of Bxlsoax 't chapter oa the "Prof ress and Present State of th I'nitartaa Churohe in America" begot the eootronrsy betwa Irs.

CaLAnrrs and Woscsa-rxa whioh ended a separation of the Unitarian from orthodoxy aad the tnsOtation of a nrv sect. Just what they behave or diabener It I very hard to say, sine they deny au right to. their body or any branch of to (oral theoaogto opinion or iswm ecckeiaatic authority. They aav sarssil est one point eolr. th aabordiaa- tfaaof Jrc.tdM to the 4tm of thai Uxy are aut hartaonioua Soene of thssa a eeptth TrhUtyta a pbCoaophlc but rWt -thdtvlntty of Jeer.

Oa the other aaaso on Cart srlsn weapt th dtrioVy of rMl tanTttertr. The tJtartae aar th mm dtTrsifld and dlvseut stottoee ot jasc. many ranking Hhn as a evsdlstor and and-i nuny aor raaktag Hhm a a uaehar a4 guide. A they aad then erlgla ta Aiaerka, oosran, ooavon ceauanne ie weir reUatiag tr. There are at present la th eoentry ahoot fci asTcsetke.

171 of taem batng in i-Tariiutt. Vain has IS; Naw-HAmhiro, It; Vsruost, Rhod Island, Cocnaodcnt. 5w-Toriu K- New Jersey, Penntytraaia, Ohio, EHsW IS: WWonaln. Tnltarlanlsm ka. a- WmmI In th oeihi'hut now that atavery.

why 1 natorany prodaeed acelal aad tatefisctW tagaa, i Uoa. has been ahothhedi forerar. th taah wifl. doubt, tahllahod taer a kt I la th Xonk Missouri. Kentocky, South Carohaaj aad t)nt i sed each to hare one society; ta Jut tto th CJJfjpAZOJt JfOTSSi 1 i The Democrat of; th Eighth listrict North Carolina hare nominated i Vane for a fifth term ta Cungre.

fi I -1 i- i I f' -I "I i The Jackson (Mae.) Clarion I ays that the failure jof! Congress to prorld tat I oounting the Eleeteval te vra a rav; engr. As th State Treasurer of aUaeachnsatt. cooatitttUonally toetigihta after (r 1 toexasara years' Incumbency of th office, th must this year seek a new man la Dlaee of ti i Charle Eodlcott, i The Greenback State! ConvwjUoo, to i'noaavl' nate candidates for Presidential Electors as. Jo, Judjre of the Court of AciMal. In SBuwtinr E.

Church, deceased. Is. called to aieat tn 8yrsaa' on Tuesday STthJasti receivea a teiw rrotn ben. uarseia ooeatardar a which he said: "Ererrthina- ia lookln i. Jv.

West, and all I can hear from your Stat wua4 1. dicate there is no doubt lt will tarried far (A i i The Elmira FrPreM ad viae tl crata to rukmln A Jiiilaa fKarlrf' A 1 aaiwionr ChlefJurtice of the Court of Appeal. By terms of the Stat Conirtltutlon, the electlua efflkti for the full term of 14 tears. Judge Folrer Sh filling the vacancy, temporarily, by appointjsest The Virginia tnsertive Stat ICvimminw' has given formal notice te all the etate degsla: to the ciDctnnau convention that they wffl s- peeted to render such Service in th approarh campaign as th occasion demands or th xaaa -cies of the canvas require, subject to th uniari of The Lynchburg Virginian wants "no ooa-promlse with Mahon to be the raDymg wtill the Conservative in tn fending canvas. Thais never was, it says, a tnor wanton and; tek4 ef fort made to distract and divide a graat to defeat ends that ar of natloaal than that' made by Maaub and- his lollowsa Richmond last week, Tho IaMome (Iowa)fir'fW: Bo close friends of Oen.

Grant, tn Des have lately talked with him, statfc that at a tremely anxious fpr the iraoens of th Brpabfics Party this Fall, and that he expresses th optaka that every Republican should do his otmost to at-, der the victory November Dot only tar bat overwhelming. believes, Is said, that Urn should be more thorough onranlratioa thai eve before, and that all rank and degrees of BepabV cans should go into the work actively.Vi Speaking of the arrested, revenue officer i Georgia, the Ureenvule QS. Ci) A'raw says: 1st ne people of Georgia, like those of Booth Carolina, patient and bide their time. Usually, whaa tat -law cannot be enforced against slick CrinUatlt at these revenue tportsmeti, a rope and a trs art etav 1 sidered justifiable InstramenU. But betor vary long the Government will be so administer tst the innocent blood will no longer cry vataly froa the ground for vengeance, and revenue offlcen efil be hanged when convicted of murder just as otbat men.

Patience I It a long lan that bat Sa -j JUDGE POLAND ON OEN, OSBnSLDl -T ASOTUEB LETTER RtSPECTISO TUX CUOr KOBH.IKR CKABGB. I The Burlington (Vt) i'ree Preu aays thd the Hon. Luke Poland has written th foBosrta reply to a letter from ex-Gov. Rrlaad fletdMr, of thathtate: St. lomncsr, July I have mislaid or lost my copy pf tb rUsai taken by the C-rrtdit MoblKer mveaticanng Cow mittee and their report, and although I ha very clear recoUeotipn of the igeaarai fesUralal the whole matter, should not attempt avf anything in regard to deUiil without a rrpanatt of the volume.

But if I had tt before me, tt Son) not seem to me that there It oouasiue or that I should review It for th purpose of refT Ing to such attack on Gen. Garfield as have copied from ithe Jiew-Tork' similar ones wnich may be found n4 other Pemocratio paper. The tranasotiooi of Ames in Creoit Moblller stock were me toss I dozen years ago the full investigation of tht ter by the committee of which I was Chairs was overefght years ago. At th timeef rb vestlgatlon the public mind was greatly txriud of the subject, and it' involved the character snl reputation of so many prominent men that prote bly no mere personal matter ever was to tboraucs-ly canvassed and dlscoased by th reading a telllgent people of this country. After the aad exhaustive discussion and reflection, lbs of the people of this country was mad -to each man who was named as connected wiui Jk Haying nothing In regard to any other man, I that I may most truthfully say that this public sad ular Judgment fully and absolutely acquitted oa.

Garfield of all wrong, either in act or in wot, latkin to the So' maa cooid ar continued In public life, and sxmstantly public standing and to the public estimation, by It consent and approval of th best men of beta par ties, as Gen. Garfield ham, if titer existed tfc cion of wrong-doiXig against him. I refVt this popular and', continued of Iople aa eoncluslv. Every effort to reopa -nnsetUe it will Jn my Judgmenl only raoofl i those who attempt it. In my judgment, Uw llcan press and Eepnhllcan peakr wh spend their time in rearguing a niattertotnany vee go paased into final Judgment wU only their breath.

The great Issues between tbpro which so largely, affect the welfare of tht pj and the country, are th totto to be dUea" and decided in the- coming campaign. Tbtt sit -what the peopl desira to nligbteBd they are already aaitsnad that tha tlirea and twenty-nine doUar ease was finally aad pro, ly decided many year ago. I presani jro seen short not I sent to th Stat CotoUu -InthatlsnidaUI wiahl toaarj- I i. 1 LIT'. POIASlXf GKS.QBJLST IS KXS8JJL In his speech at Emporia, Kan, Cjm.

GrKf aid, a reported by th Emporia "Is you that it is very gratifying to me to American people out here where twit so ftw since the buffalo and the wild Indian ooenpM jj" territory, and it at gratifying to ala Utat BJ ooontry. which wfaea 1 firs aw It eoritat4 wra supposed to be part of desert farmer Jerer eonld cult! rat, ha been ao orotpar ous. our whole beaatifnl eoentry a that looks to be mor. producttv thaa ta i land I see around ber. I with foraU TZ mnHimMl mmm Wjiiaa; asaT continue productive tn all indnatri 1 hk h'seji I ok the Kansas people; they implanted oi the prtnetbie of uniroraal liberty.

laooo ot our ooontry war nk Kansas, oar nobt iakaKlona would bar to fear. Yo war born ia th atrugicl for wnen omi war overran our land. If auoaai wui iik th ttopkt of nobie Kai always a fn aaUoav Otittsnwi.il TEX DZTZST4BLK TBMXX-CXST rBCX I From Uu Ocnmttm (ftav) BffAf Several znonths ago it was suinhonosd ft1 th Government sras daaimoa of wtthdrt fr0- I drculation ail theold Ithree and five eeat SO pleoes, and thai the Post offices would be or 1 abl liul eoin that earn into tbtsr haadt depoaltod thtn th Offlce la sTrtnr postal MDolioa. ThM, i ta hare be nk about this, bowaver. a the cannot get thta ofi hU hands xcept by dapossJ i tk.

i 1 nas mwu lnn, WBKD IB) IBn tmj r-L to aaat be content to n-ar tb peaky uiiiM uh wvrtaramesx. taa aom rausvms ta tnttitr. i i i- i A MZfOM TV) CATTCt- Xrtm tkt Mmttwai triOkJts, lir. tt A curioo snotwtar of tb sea. jiaaitttrfct About SO nsharmeat'arDse wahaxAsfaad caenpaavn tor aaaoa oar-davrs.

r. in witiuirawtnr tlun rrnranraalaOa uAuaattxig a OMsswaA .11.