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Htmy nmcKUalr it bound tiiMvmr (Ad paper in it eompUU srwt, and any ifoihmri to a as akomld be reported mt (Aa pubiUo-Hicn ajfUa. the i7p.ro wry office of the times. Th4 p-tom cjfUt a Thk Tunc located ro. 1,257 Brndtcay, hehtm tkirtf-fint and iTAwir-aaoeaeT itrweU. It apm daily, Sun-dnyw imludd, yWst 4 Af.

to 9 P. M. Suh-mmiftiont nivtd, mmd eopim of Thk Tucks afar mIs. Deahrt tuf plied 4 'X if. rXBTISfi hi Ta KECKTVED TJXTK.

P. Mu Peraoa ieariay IA Oifjf or (A Aaauaier cam tkt Dally Tiitxs wutiltd to tkeir addreu, pottagt prepaid, for dollar ptr wu0t. The bill for inereaaing the already largo profit of the Sheriff of this. City ought to fbe retoed by the Oorernor, and ire hope he ii net; too buy in preparing new Commis-iona to pay attention to it. Iligh-aoandiog lleeaages End glowing promisee are well enough in their way, bnt practical pirit ia equally useful in thla imperfect' at times, a little more so.

And it is that sort of spirit which Got. Tluxx wa say it in all friendship has yet to; show. lie cannot delegate all his raponaitHlltles to Commission. If he Irishes to proYe that he means what he says, let him reto the jobs which hare been aont to him by the Democrats in the legislature, and among them the bill transferring the perquisites" of the Marshals to the Sheriff. This will be more acceptable than any a amber of cartfullj-prf pared Messages.

The foreign news has supplied the publio with a sufficient fund of amusement latterly, and we hope that arexybody is satisfied. The stories about Belgium and its perils hare been as numerous aad as contradictory as the most exacting newspaper reader could desire. Then came the statement, on the authority of an obscure London journal, that Mr. Disaacu ia quite broken down," and means to resign. Yet Mr.

Diskaku still liTes a curious example of human obstinacy. A few days ago, another doleful ditty was concocted, setting forth that the MaJti BOBobas family was utterly ruined, and aoma tierauna BAAtnAil ta talta all tba, am pleasure in hearing' this, from the fact that Young American lady had become Con ner, tea wun mat lanuiy oy ues 01 mamage. There was no foundation for the laat-mentioned rumor, but what of that? It did just as well for sensational articles and dinner-table Rosnip as if it had been true. This particular report does not seem even to hate com from the other side of the waterthe others did. Ia the counts of a week or two, some other public man or well-known family will be served np for the entertainment of the public, and thus the supply of light literature will, happily, be maintained at about the average standard.

What should ws do without the newspapers From the statistics submitted at yesterday's' meetinc of the Board of Health, It will be seen that the number of caeee of smaUpox and diphtheria in the City is Terr decidedly on the increase, Last week's taortality from diphtheria was forty-three, gainst twentr-sifliit daatLs durin tha week sliding May IS. If the increase of cases reported eaa be taken aa a criterion, the preaent week can hardly fail to show a further rise in the mortality from this disease. As might be expected, the cases of scarlet fever advance ia about equal proportions with those of small-pox and dlpth-theria. Ia another column will be found an instructive contrast between the New-York City legislation which originated in the Republican 8nate, and that which owed its parentage to a Democratic To make the contrast illustrate the spirit which actuated the policy of each political party respectively, it of conrse, neeeasary to confine the enumeration to bills which were passed in the one house and killed in the other. The samples selected amply bear out the assertion that the watchfulness of the Senate over the interests of New-York tax-payers has saved them the unjust addition of several millions to the City debt, while the determined stand made in favor of partisan corruption in the Assembly has been the means of defeating reformatory measures which would have resulted in the saving of several millions more.

Although there can be no possible justification for the cold-blooded murder of two ofilcers of the Jefferton Borden by the mutineers, it is only fair that we should hear both sides of the story. One of the mutineers was taken before the Bow Street Police Court, London, yesterday, and he testified that tho -trestment of the crew by the Csp-tain was tyrannicsl and abusive," that tho food was insufficient, and the burden of labor too much for human endurance? Iu the New-Orleans Timet is a corroborative statement from one of the crew of the Borden who sailed from this port to New-Orleans before the voyage to London began. This man relates a dreadful story of personal violence, abominable food, and general oppres-' sion. Part of the crew left at New-Orleaus. and libeled the ship for their wages.

It is quite possible that the Captain of the Borden had a desperate crew under him, and that a long -course of severe discipline gave them an excuse for mutiny and murder. Thus both stories may be- superficially true. Our Washington correspondence gives in detail somo of the difficulties mot with in attempts to maintain good relations between the Government and the Indians. It has been suspected that interpreters- often, if not generally, distort the language of the Indians when they Interpret it to the Washington officials. If they do this, they must falsify the replies of the officials when they translate into Indian dialect.

The examplea given by our correspondent are probably characteristic of a good many of these so-called translations. They would be amus ing if it were not Tor the fact that their dishonesty is of the most mischievous sort. the circumstances, it is not surprising that chieftains who have gone away from Washington with a false report in their ears come back and accuse Secretaries and Commissioners of having "lied" to them. THE THIRD PARTI REVIVAL. The dinner given to ex-Senator Scbcbz in this City a few weeks ago was expected by its originators to create a revival of interest in the purposes of the so-called Liberals." We do not think that it has very well answered expectations.

It has given rise to a good deal of talk, but the talk is confined mainly to the "Liberals" themselves, and it relates deoidedly more to the past than to the future. What has been revived has been principally a fine crop of bitter memories, followed by crimination and recrimination. If any one should take the trouble to collate the facts disclosed by this discussion, he would be able to throw some light on the history of the great political "fizzle" of .1872, 'and to bring out some features of it which its friendly historians' so far have kept carefully iu the background. As to the future, one reason why the purposes of the Liberals" have attracted so little attention is that they are excessively vague in themselves, and that they are subject to an indefinite amount of change. The nearest approach to any lung like a programme was made Scbubz, who threw out some hints meant to be practical, and which if not practical, were at least clearly indicative of what the ex-Senator would like to do if he could.

What Mr. Schttez suggested was, in reality, something very like a caucus. He thought that initiatory steps" should be taken to come to aa understanding by the, organization of committees or such other measures as the skill of organizers may suggest. By this it is plain that Mr. Sciidrz longs to again take a prominent part in American politics, and that he especially desires to have a partv of some kind at his back-Some of his more ardent admirers had supposed that he would content himself with the position of publie educator, for which they deem him so well adapted, leaving the party following to come naturally and freely, without the nursing of organizers" or the factitious impetus of "committees.1 This transcendental notion of Mr.

SciiL'Rz's mission does not seem to have suited that gentleman. He may be indifferent to the charms of office he may not care whether he is in tho Senate or the editor's room, but for one reason or another he itches for a part in the struggle of practical politics in spite of Cincinnati, he seems to have a taste for trying again to run conventions and to organize a party. Having this end in view, he naturally falls back on the much berated but apparently indispensable machinery of ordinary politicians, and talks of- -e-te-cfivis some system of operations of which the caucus is obviously a conspicuous part. But Mr. Schcrz's suggestions are not received with enthusiasm by his companions in the Cincinnati movement.

The recollection of that remarkable effort, which found Mr. Schcrx a prominent aad somewhat arrogant Senator, and which left him a private citizen, with only the admiration of a select circle to distinguish him, does not seem to have inspired his friends with confidence In his political sagacity or even his personal power. There is a general response to the propositions made at. the dinner by no means One journal, which was an ardent believer in the Cincinnati movement until it culminated in tha convention, naively expresses the opinion that nil organization by the voters most likely to sympathize with Schckz is sure to be a blonder. They are, it declares, Independent if they are anything.

When they under take to organize they will eeaae to be inde pendent, and when, they cease to be that their political raiaon d'ttrt Is gone. This is a complete damper for Mr. Schurz's plan. The position of a balance of power party; Is not a promising one if its members must con fine themselves to strictly Individual action. But the theory of this critic has this in its favor, that if the party does not organize, no one will ever know its strength.

Perhaps those leaders" msy find some grains of comfort in this reflection who can recall how innch more formidable they were considered before they summoned their followers to the field, and betrayed-to the world how few there were. Another paper, the editor of which took a prominent part at Cincinnati, and listened with the deepest sympathy to Mr. Schckz's piano performance of Heart bowed down with weight of woe," appears both puzzled and frightened by the tone of the Schurx dinper orators. On the whole, he regards them as forcing the season," and he has the gloomiest anticipation of the results. He remembers how readily the organizers," as Mr.

Schcrz calls them, reaped the fruits prematurely exposed at Cincinnati, and he has no desire to go into the profitless business of raising another crop for them. Still others are prompted by Mr. Schckz's propositions to recall the details of the gloomy experience at Cincinnati, and to explain to the publio why snd how- the "party of brains and convictions" fell an easy prey to the manipulators like Fextox, who had plenty of brains of a certain sort and no convictions to speak of. As nearly as we can gather from these reminiscences, the main difficulty was that the independent and disinterested reformers were split up into cliques, each one of which wanted its own leader placed in nomination, and none of which was willing to forego its own pet ambition. There was a Trumbull clique, and a Davis clique, and an Adams clique.

One of the most recent historians of the movement gives us his word that if these had all united against Greeley, the old gentleman would havo been defeated. Iu that case we might have seen the famous white hat swinging for Grant and Wilsox, and the present occupant of the tower plotting some other method of unseating tho The' cliques, however, would not unite, but scrambled and quarreled to the end. All this discussion over Mr. Schuez's proposition to organize a middle party, capable of bullying one or the other of the great parties into accepting its measures and men, only- shows how completely the quondam Liberals are convinced of the fact that it is these great parties after all with one of whom the victory must rest in the next campaign. For the renewal of the Cincinnati movement there is absolutely no practical excuse.

Gradually, as the time draws near for the opening of the canvass, the Republican and the Democratic organizations will prepare to enter the field with candidates and platforms representing the average purpose of eaa, and the country will be divided between them. Any third party next year would be an idle experiment, resulting in ridiculous failure. FAR-WESTERN EMIGRATION. For some reason, which does not appear on the surface, there is a determined effort to induce an extensive emigration to the region known as the Black Hills country. At first there were circulated a great variety of stories about the gold and gems to be found in that favored part of the world.

Some of these statements were too extravagant to receive a moment's consideration from intelligent people. But none were so highly-colored, we must suppose, that 'they lost all influence. There are plenty of simple-minded men in the world who 'are ready to believe any fiction which appeals to their avarice. Along with the golden visions held up before the eyes of greedy adventurers, were incidental glimpses of other kinds of natural wealth. Gypsum, coal, precious stones, and copper were lightly alluded to as common mineral stores in the Black Hills; and 'the old figure of the fertile earth laughing, with a grain harvest when tickled with a plow was made to do duty in.

florid descriptions of the agricultural capabilities of the country. The climate was said to be as lovely as that of Italy; the skies were soft the earth a carpet of flowers, and the music of brooks and waterfalls filled the perfumed air. Reading these glowing descriptions, one was led to wonder upon what continent such an enchanting spot could be found. Certainly, nobody ever dreamed that a paradise like this could have been hidden away in any part of our own Republic, least of all in a mountainous region in the far North, where the altitude and the latitude would incline us to seek for severe Winters, short Summers, and a limited productiveness of the soiL Latterly the eulogists of this new scheme of emigration have given less prominence to the golden promises of the earlier explorers. They discreetly qualify their inducements to emigrants with some reservations and doubts.

They offer bargains which may or may not have any gold in them. Even supposing gold-mining does not pay, argue these candid people, the emigrant may make a good living at the plow. And then, it is added, there is gold and agricultural wealth beyond the Black Hills country. The Sweetwater, Wind River, and adjacent country are all inviting' fields. Gold can bo found there in paying quantities, and there is abundant opportunity for the husbandman.

These two themes afford nnoeasing changes to be rung by the enthusiastio heralds of a new good time coming for the far West. This incessant 44 touting" haa been carried on with so much system that it supports a publication Boston devoted to the advertisement of the attractions and glories of the Black Hills country. Companies are organizing, it is said, in Bostop, Philadelphia, and this City. We must suppose that the promoters of these movements are wholly disinterested, and that' they urge emigration to the publie lands of the far West for the most beneficent and philanthropic purposes. Nevertheless, the risk of these proposed expeditions is so great that it would be wrong to neglect ottering a warning to those who seriously think of engaging in them.

The golden stories, when we take them at an average, will hardly bear an examination. The conditions of successful mining, except on a large and costly scale, are now very rare in any part of the United States. Quarts mining, which is held out as tho moat favorable kind to be prosecuted in the new auriferous region, is so notoriously expensive that it has passed into a proverb that "it takes a mine to work a The stories of gold being so plentiful that a man may pick it out of grass roots as he would pull pig-nuts, are simply preposterous and there is absolutely nothing to warrant the statement that the rude appliances which may now be transported to that distant region would be sufficient to give scattered miners rich returns for their labor. The area proposed to be occupied Is very limited in extent, and it is intended to transport thither some thousands of people. These emigrants are very likely to be men of small means, who will be speedily dependent upon the produce of their own manual labor.

What can they do with their crops, if they get any from the virgin soil They will be far from markets, and they must compete with other productive regions nearer the channels of communication. It is painful to consider what hardships and suffering may be in store for these thoughtless people. While there is available and desirable land on this side of the Black Hills or the Sweetwater it seems the maddest folly to venture so far away, trusting to agriculture in ease the airy vision of gold-finding shall disappear. We say nothing about the difficulties which the Indian title may raise that question has been sufficiently discussed. But an extensive scheme of emigration like this, apart from all other considerations, demands serious attention.

There is every probability that it will end in a waste which the country cannot afford. It may -even terminate in grave disster. SHARP PRACTICE. The World, coming to the defense of the Democratic rascality just perpetrated 'in New-Hampshire, commences an article as follows The General Statutes of Kew-Hampsbire say, ia the chapter pi escribing tbe manner of conducting elections for State Senators, that: 'The fall Chris tian and snrname of every person voted for. with the initial letter or letters of the middle name, and.

the nasal abbreviations for Junior, second, third, aad the like, shall be written or printed npon every baUot add every ballot not thus prepared aad cast AoH rtyardtd a a blank mnd aad Another section directs that the moderator of the meeting- wherein to tea for a Senator are east hall sort, count, and publicly declare the sao with tbe name of every person voted for aad tha anna bet of Totes fotfaach person and tbe Towa Clerk shall make a fair lemad of the same, at large, ia the towa book, and- shall make ont a lair, attested copy thereof, to be by him sealed np and directed to the Secretary of the A aether section declares that 'the Governor and a majority of the Conneil for tbe time being shall, as soon aa may be, txamin (As returned eopie of tuck rtcord. and fourteen days before tbe first Wednes day of June he shall issue bis summons to sach per sons at mpptar to bo cAoeen Stnatert fry majority of ate te attend and take their seats oa that day. Another-section directs that 'the Senate shall be final judges of the elections, returns, and qualifica tions of their own members, as pointed out in the It then follows up its pretended quotations from the New-Hampshire General Statutes with the conclusion that either the votes for Natt Head or the votes for Nathaxikl Ukad as Senator must be treated as blanks, and not counted; and that Gov. and his Council have strictly followed the law in their action. But the World utterly misrepresents the law.

The election of Senators is provided for specifically and fully in the Constitution of New-Hampshire in the following articles Aet. 33. The meetings far the choice of Governor, Ceoncl, aad Senatort snail ba warned by warrant from the Selectmen, and governed, by a moderator, who shall, is the presence of the Selectmen, (whose duty it shall be to attsnd.) in ooen meeting, receive the otee of all the Inhabitants of sack towns and parishes present, and qualified to Tote for Sena tors and aha.ll, in aaid meetings, ia the presence of the said Selectmen and of the Towa Clerk in said meetings, sort and count tbe said votes, and make a public declaration thereof, with the name of every person Toted for, and the number af votes tor each person aad tbe Town Clerk shall make a fair record of the same, at large, ia the towa book, and shall make out a fair, attested eopy thereof, to be by him aealed up and directed to the Secretary of the State, with a superscription expressing the purport thereof; and the aaid Town Clerk shall cause each attested eopy to be all Tared to the Sheriff of tbe county ia which said town or pariah shall lie, thirty days at least before the flrat Wednesday of June, or to the Secretary of the State, at least twenty daya before the aaid first Wednesday of June i aad the SheruT of each county, or his deputy, shall dehver aU such certificates by him received into the Secretary's office at least twenty days before the first Wednesday of Jans. 1 Aet. 33.

And that there may be a due meeting of Senators oa the first Wednesday of Jane annually, the Govern or aad a majority, of the Conned for the time being shall, as soon ss may be, examlnS the returned copies of such records, and, fourteen days before the first Wednesday of June, he a hall issue bis summons to suoh persona aa apptar to he chosen Senators by a majority ef votes, to attend snd take their seats on that day, Ae. Akt. 34 ef the Cieastitutiaa) providaa whan aa person haa a majority ef -rotes, the members of the Bouse, aad such Senators aa shall be declared elected shall, by Joint baUot, elect, from the twe persons bavins the highest a umbel' of votes, a Senator to fill tba vacancy. Arr. 33 provides that the Senate ahall be final judges of the election returns, aad qualificationa of their own members, as pointed out ia the Constitution.

There is also, among the General Statutes of New-Hampshire, in chapter 128, on the "manner of conducting elections," the provision quoted in the World respecting the full Christian and surname." There is also another chapter entitled Election of Governor, Councilors, and Senators," in which no rules are given as to tbe manner of writ ing or printing on the ballots the names of the candidates. It must be obvious to both the legal and the ordinary mind, that it is the duty of tho moderator, ia the presence of the Selectmen, to count' the rotes for Senators, and that nobody else can count them. The statute directing that votes shall not be counted unless containing the full Christian name of the person voted for, is for the instruc tion of the moderator alone, if it applies to tbe election of Senators at alL which is very It is no part of the business of the Gov ernor and Council to eosat the votes. They are only to examine tha returned copies" sent up by the Town Clerk, and notify the persons who mpptar to be chosen Senators by a majority of votes, to attend, and take their seats" In the Senate. If these persons appear" to nave been voted for, and neither has a majority of rotes, then no one is to be notified.

The Governor and Council might. If the returned tobies showed rotes -for Natt 1Tf.ai, and also for Natuakiex Head, have treated them as for different persons, bnt they had no authority to reject either of them. Their dnty was wholly ministerial, while in fact they hare usurped 'the functions of the Senate, and made themselves Judges of the elections' and returns." But this is only half of their crime. They rejected the rotes for AXTHtnt DxEKXG, in another district, because he was, in their judgment, ineligible, not having lived in the State seren years. This fact of residence is one of the qualifications" of a Senator, and Is expressly referred, by the Constitution, to the Senate.

Tet the Gov ernor and Council also usurped this func tion of the Senate, by deciding that Mr. Dekrixo was ineligible, and then -violated all law and precedent in refusing to con sider the rotes returned for him. Only one thing more need be stated In order to show the enormity of this attempt to obtain by fraud control of the Legislature of a State. The same chapter of the Gen eral Statutes of New-Hampshire, from which the World quoted the section as to "the full Christian name," applies, in terms, to the election of Representatives in Congress. There is, besides, this provision in the chapter on the election of Representatives in Congress The returns of rotes for Repre sentatives shall be made out, signed, certi fied, sealed, directed, transmitted, receipted for, examined, and counted at the same time and in the same manner as provided for the return of rotes for Senators." Now, it hap pens that one of the Domoc ratio candidates for Represe ntati ve in Congress from New- Hampshire was voted for as Frank Jones, although his baptismal name was Fraxk- ixs.

The Governor and Council, however, saw no difficulty in recognizing Fraxk Joses as a proper person to be roted for, and declared him elected, while, at the same time, they rejected1 rotes for Natt Head, be cause he was baptized Nathaniel. But then Natt Head Is a Republican, while Fraxk Jones is a Democrat. There is no necessity to apply epithets to this Democratic performance. It simply shows what the mausgers of the party are capable of doing and when the people are advised of their conduct, they will give them few opportunities of repeating such at tempts as this in New-Hsmpshire to defeat the fairly aud clearly expressed will of the PIG EON SHOOTING. AH thai has been said and written upon this subject has probably had very little or no effect in changing the opinions of those people who had any opinions to change.

They who were advocates of the custom before are advocates of it stilL Bat the discussions that have sprung up from time to time have caused many to give attention to a question which they bad not previously thought about. They have also served to show how extremely difficult it is to find any substantial argument against genuine sport. The man who takes pleasure in thrashing the water of a mountain stream in quest of a salmon, or he who prefers to range with dog and gun across the country for a few snipe or partridges, is engaged In a pursuit against which we never met with any argument that is worth, a moment's serious consideration. But pigeon shooting does not rank with sports of that kind. It is, in fact, no legitimate sport at alL On the ground of sport not one word, therefore, can be said in its favor.

If it is to be defended at all, it must be for some altogether different reasons. Up to the present time, its advocates have signally failed either to prove its necessity or to justify it, and the inference must be that such reasons do not exist, or else that they are so essentially worthless that they must not be put forward. Since publio attention was prominent ly drawn to the subject of pigeon matches, although probably none of their advocates have been converted, the sentiment that they are useless, unsportsman like, and cruel has become very general. If anything were needed to strengthen that idea, and to make it more widely disseminated, it will be found in the scene that took place at Deerfoot Park on Monday. Nobody questions the skill which Mr.

Booabdus has attained as a shot. The gun has been his companion through the greater part of his life, and in a large- degree also, if we mistake not, a means of subsistence to him. Under these circumstances, he could hardly fail to attain considerable dexterity in its use, and in that particular we believe that all the pretensions he lays claim to will very generally bo accorded. Bnt this takes away the only possible apology that he might hare attempted for justifying the shooting on Monday. It was not necessary either for practice or as an exhibition of skill.

The birds, we are told, were dazed and confused, as well as they might be, so that it was not a matter of difficulty for an averace marksman to bring them down." But the object was "to accomplish the greatest amount of slaughter in the least space of time," and accordingly the slaughter was terrible," many of the birds Wing riddled to pieces," while others were worried to death by boys. Now, we do not wish to enter into the details of the cruelty committed on this occasion, nor have we the slightest inclination to take a sentimental riew of the proceedings. But we do hold that they were ab solutely useless, and that the. cruelty involved was excessive and beyond question, while there is not a particle of the essence of true sport to be found in them. There is literally nothing to justify them, but in every particular they merit the most unqualified condemnation from publie opinion.

But we are told that this is preliminary to a match that is to eome off in a few days at the same place. That only makes the matter worse. It is simply doubling the offense. If two sportsmen wish to teat their relative prowess in the use of the them do it in the open country and in' tbe legitimate pursuit of game. Pigeon matches organized for such a pur pose are scenes of barbarous cruelty, and a means, very often, of gathering together the least reputable portion of the community.

It is not a valid plea that many people, and some of them respectable people, too, indulge in them. A similar plea might be urged in behalf of the most barbarous forms of recreation that hare pre vailed in all ages. Even fashion would not justify such a custom, any more than preva lence justifies crime. But when we remember that this the lalet txeuse which the adrocates of pigeon shooting have been able to inveut, another proof is before us that the cause they would support is an excessively bad one. CENTENNIAL ORATORY.

We have to expect that in connection with the Centennial commemoration a flood of holiday eloquence will be poured over the land. This is not to be regretted. Ia the average character of these speeches, as compared with tbe specimens of patriotic eloquence which, hare eome down to us from the early days of the century, will bo found one proof of a progress la culture and taste. The American eagle flaps his wings much less noisily than at the celebrations of national independence during the first decades after the Revolution. In truth, there is no other country where the art of publio speaking is so extensively diffused and so successfully cultivated.

Aristotle called a republic "an aristocracy of orators." institutions offer great inducements to the development of oratorical power. In the period of the Revolution there were at least two orators of eminent gifts. One was Patrick Hexkt, who, after we have made a large discount from Mr. Wibts rose-colored descriptions, must still be held to have been a natural orator, possessed in a most remarkable degree of that strange magnetic power which enthralls a multi tude, and sways them in obedienco to' a single wilL There can be no doubt that Joirx Adams was another orator, who, with far higher intellectual merits and attain ments than the Virginian, had an equal power to infuse into an audience the fire and energy of his own spirit, i It is a great pity that the speeches with which he made the hall at Philadelphia ring, and which car ried the Declaration, were not reported. In later times, the generation which is still on the stage hare had the opportunity of listening to the splendid and animated declamation of Hexbt Clat, and to the grave and commanding eloquence of Webster.

We have had not a few extemporaneous speakers of extraordinary merit, of whom Wendell Phillips is one of the most conspicuous an orator who, whatever may be thought of the solidity of his matter, speaks with a force, readiness, and finish which have rarely been equaled. Edward Eve ktt is the most noted example of a classical style of eloquence, where everything is elaborately prepared, where words are carefully chosen uid gestures deliberately stud ied. So the ancient orators prepared them' selves. Demosthenes and his compeers carried premeditation and practice further than has been done by any modern speak ers. If it was complained of Mr.

Sumner that he sometimes faltered from forgetting a word, or retraced his course to pick up an omitted phrase, this is just the tact, which Plutarch states of Alcibiades. The fame of orators and speeches is gen erally ephemeral. Efforts at the Bar which produce at the moment profound impression are soon forgotten. To perpetuate, the recollection of a great speech, it must hare been spoken on a great occasion. It must be an erent itself, producing some palpable result of importance to later generations.

As our Centennial orators can hardly ex pect that their harangues will be carried down to, -posterity, it is to be hoped that they will aim at an immediate and useful effect. Let them temper the spirit of self-glorification with wholesome references to the reforms which are most needed in the present day. There is another word of advice which we venture to offer to our commemorative speakers. Let them look up the facts connected with our revolutionary history, including facts of local interest, and thus contribute to the enrichingf our annals by the preservation of every thing that can be gathered up re lating to the heroic period of our national life. Moreover, let justice be to the characters of the men who figured in the Revolution, and an effort be made to quicken the sentiment of reverence in the minds of the young, a quality with which the youth ful American mind is net overstocked.

AMUSEMENTS. GERMAN OPERA BOCFTK AT THE PARK. A aeries of three evening performances and one matinee recital of opera houffeEby a small Ger man company, wse yesterday commenced st the Park Theatre. Tbe perforaera are headed by a Miss Una Wasamann, who may have tie- lighted Philadelphia, but who does not sp ar likely to fascinate Kew-Tork. Miss Wasamann and her associates sang last night Suppe's pretty opera, "Die Scbooe Galatbes," snd Offenbach's Mariage sax Lanterne," bat ths repre sentation afforded too frequent evidenoel of slight preparation to be eatiafaetory.

To-day it ta to ba re-. pea ted, afternoon aad evening, and, ws bops, with- better results. MRS. GILBERT'S BENEFIT. Mrs.

G. H. Gilbert, one.of tbe most skilled actresses bob on ths stage, is to benefit by a special matinee representation at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, this afternoon. The programme is to include the fourth act of "The Lady of Lyons." with Mr. Rir- nold aad Kiss Davenport the farce His Last Legs- with Mr.

Brougham aad the balooUT aoaaa from Borneo and Juliet," by twe "infant prod igies, Mia Fay Templeton and alias Bijou Heron. Suoh novel attractions aught to crowd the bouse. MR. MONTAGUE'S BENEFIT. Mr.

Montague's benefit representation at Booth's Theatre ia eet down for to-morrow a fie r-boou. Tbe programme ia "to include one act of Tho Shanghraan," with Mr. Boucieaalti oner act of "London Assurance, with Miss Davenport, aa d. the coeaedlutta "Tears, Xdle with Mr. Men.

tagae aad Mrs. Bouaby. who braved the perils ot the road from Baltimore, hitberward, te appear with the bfniJUiaira. OBITUARY. HON.

GEORGE TAIL. Uon. George Vail, of Uorriatown, N. who died en Sunday evening of Blight's disease of the kidneys, at tbe age of seventy-two, was twice la Congress, land alterward Consul at Glasgow, under President Buchanan. He was eoncerned with his father.

Ma brother Alfred, aad Prof. Morse, ia perfecting tbe tuleicraph and maturing the first instruments. He bad alao been a Judge ef the Court af Errors of New-Jeraev. WHERE DOSS JT COMB fSOUt On aHr of tto Are we never to find relief I Last night I was awakened from a dream or horrors by a dreadful ateacb, la itself evidently ths cans of my dreaun. I ass tbe epithet dreadful understand in gly, for we have learned by painful experienoe ta dread tbe aiekening stoaca of taa bone-boiling horror.

Here oa Murray HuL near Fifth avenue, where there are ae Immediate surroundings af aa unpleasant char, actor, we fiad sursalvee again choke, aansoilal, aad driven to desperatioo by ear old-time assailant, borne en the wings of tbe courted browses from tbe ar sides, east and west. For twe boors last Bight I lay gasping tat intolerable distress, unable te find tha relief of one breath of uneoutamlnated air. tbe foal odors hiring entered it thsba CJliag the house with t'-t Vealnj -sad yet again. Sir, I ask is tUere ae relief U. for the aufferers I XBW.TOfut, Tuesday, May 1873.

THE CUSTOMS LAWS. RECENT DECISIONS BT THE StCMTART 07 THE TREASURY. Wasuinqtov, Msy 2S- Tbe following rru has been eddreeeeu by tbe Secretary of tha Trewnr. Collectors ef Customs i Article ef the -tU-L latioas goveramg the free of the Iateraarioaal Exhibition of 1878 at PaaadatauT. (printed Seciaiooa 1.192) is hereby so amendeSsTt.

read as follows i i AH roods arriving ae market and represseW Willi witheut examination, be forwarded tram t-a port of arrival by bonded line of trma.oort. Philadelphia, there to be delivered ta Us caster tba Collector at that port. Ia response to a question, macnbierv imported, aad alleged to be adapted etoloivay to the manufacture of jate or flax, can be imported before July 1 and be delivered from wareheusesr pubbe store free of dnty, on and after said date. remaining continuously in the custody ef Cat tons effleere under tbe section of tae set ef Fee. is; which provides that ail machinery not new msaal faeturedu the raited Sutoe adapted exalaalyalr ta manuCACtuma from the fibre of ths tsmle, Jate.

or flax, may be admitted free of duty for two rear. ne secretary ef the Treasury oevldae that la acsordaaoe with tba 1.. uce of said aft, only such machinery as VT? tuace of aaiil act, only such machinery as ZT mittM into tieUoited Stales on ad de But is. elude machinery admitted into tbe Halted Sl.I bofore toat data, and then reoiainiag ia ths suS of the Castou-s officers. uso4y 1 be iprtrocnt replies tn answer to an am.ii.

vi iaivnrsii of Pennsylvania, for nae ia his lectures heforsth. students of tbe said institution, tbittt a7wtr lld that the ownership of ths article, ths free bat aa exempted from duty wheatonoVj? for institutions of this character, most ba veaud I. institutions, aa each, and although toe UatraaMnu in question appear to be- intended for ass is tmnZL tion wit the objects of the institution, ret aTVh- ar undoubtedly the private property Prof. SniluS I bey are not. according to tha constxectma of thi wbieh baa heretofore governed the departiuftj titled to free entry.

The application is. ikrntZZ necessarily denied. Aa application for p-rmissloa to make entry si Boston of rertaiu tobacco of domestic peoducUoa exported and now returned en payment of a datym-tweutv aents per pound, has been made te ths do. partment. The facts appear to be that at tha uma of exportation ths tobacco in question was liable i2 aa internal tax of twenty cents per poind, but eiw portatlou having been mads ta bond froos the interns! revenue bonded warehouse as Petersburg.

Vs the tax was not paid panTS" portatioa. The rate of tax, however, to whlchWh! domestie tooaceo was liable at the time of iraDortaTiX tion. was 'twenty-four cents per pound, oiihe' question presented is. whether ths dirty to be paid Under section 8,500 ef the lis vised Siatotea Utha te of twentyor twunty-foorcenu per pound la sola. Iu reply it ia stated that it ia the opinion ef tbe iZ partment that the duty to be paid ta such esses is tbe equivalent of tbe internal tax ia force st the time of tbe importation, which opinion ta sustained by department decisions of Oct.

14, and Nov. 14, ItfciS. both addressed to the Collector of Custonc at which will be found la the volume 04 printed Treasury derisions from May lstii to December 3L lsG7. The Collector st Boston ts therefore instructed to exact duty oa the toUocce question at the rate of twenty-four cents per pound in coin, In response to a letter requesting an early decision a to the duty on certsln dresaed sheiip-sVins imported, the Secretary of the Treasury replies that while 1 the department regrets tbs la. convenience aad possibly injury which may reeait to importers ef any class of merchandise, the classification of which, er rate of dutyr appertaining thereto, is open to question, front delay in uatuig decision thereon, yet ths general interests iu vol red will he better served by tbe exercise of dne deliberation than by hasty lotion In such ease.

This is especially tree not only in the present case, but with reference to several other orations of tariff construction bow pemtinr before the department, aad upon which a wide difference 1 of opinion exists on the part of taa Cuatoms ofiVula st tbe different porta, whoa province it ia to eousluer and pass a such questions in ths first instance. Wba a like diversity ef opinion Is found ta be shared by other experts, both la aad out of the partment upon any particular tariff questiOB, ths necessity of making a decision that will stand tbs test of aa examination, and ths injurious resells of action are equally obvious. Tea via perceive ia tbe light of tbaee explanations that taa delay of which yoa foray la 1 a is to a rertsis extant an avoidable. 1. Tbe department bas received a etrntmuaiestVai from tba Collector of Customs at Boston, transmit.

ting a communication from Special AceUt E.imU.11. iu relation to the rigat of importers to export goxi in bond lor the purpose of reimporting tbsm, aad thus to avail themselves of a reduction sf dads. The question Involved was referred to tbe Attorney who, on tbe 5th lost-, addressed a latter ta the Treasury Department, la whwhhs exptussatas- ry JJer. opinion that under sections 2.971 and of the Ke vised Statutes, all merchandise in publie stores or bonded warehouses may be withdraws hr the owner for exportation to foreign soaatriea, at aa time before I lie expiration of three years trust the date of origins 1 importation, without recard ts his object ia so doing, or tbe diepoairion of the bs chan diss after it reaches Its foreign destinatioe and that whether he intends te dispose ef Uta foreign market, or whether bis desiga is to Risv port tt aasin after it is landed there, ts snttmy immaterial for aocht that appears ia the law. Hsalas expresses tbe further opiaiua that alter merchaadiss thut withdrawn and shipped has bees lauded out vf tbs Jurisdiction of ths Uuited States, tba bond of tbe owner ia discharged, and the Biereasa-diae itself acquires a new character relatively to ear revenue laws, so that if it is retmpurtad It siaaes ea tbe footlag of an original Importation, aad is sad." tied to entry under tbe laws then la force.

Ths department, therefoie, eoncurriDg fat (best viswa. holds, with refereaoa to tbe goods ateatlonei In your letter, ttiat they ate not liable to Us ssdw tionai duty of 10 pereaaraas under aectioa SFIt ef the Kevtsed Statutes, aad that the departmsst 1st. tor of Dec. lx, 1674, (Synopsis 2,043.) so far ss it eoa. flicts here with or prevents the reiuaportaUoe ef sack goods, ia revoked aud set aside.

1 THE RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATURE OF THE BEOULAK BZPUBIiCAJT CANDIDATES FOB -AXP LIEUTENANT GOVERXOU. PaoruExcE, R. Hay 2i The General Assembly met at Sswport to-day. The Beasts asd House organised by a choice of tbe officers aea inated last Bight. A recess waa taken satfl 8 P.

If. Ia the afternoon the Geosrsl Assembly met in grand committee sod sptwnitai committee to count tbs votes east for general effieart at the last election. Alter rentes the eossanttoe reported no choice of Governor or Lieutenant Gov ernor. Tor Governor, Borland Eaxard, ladepes-dent Boonblican, bad 8.724 votes Henry Lippitt, regular Kwpublieaa, bad 0,360 Charles B. Catiec Democrat, 3,16.

For Lieutenant Governor, Daniel Day, independent Bapublican. had f.183 votes 1 Henry T. Siaaon, regular Republican. 7.811 Lytass Pierce, Democrat, 9,114. For Secretary ef Stats.

J. M. i Addemaa, regular Eepnblicsa. 11.811 maturity. For Attorney General, bard Saylea.

regular Republican, had life majority. For General Treasurer, Samuel Clark, regular IlepubMcan. bad majority. grand committee then proceeded to choose iGv-eraor from tne highest two. Rowland llasard received 3f votes, and Henry Lippllt 70, and tbs latter was declared elected Governor.

For Liealeaeel Governor. Daniel Day received 40 votes, sa Henrv T. Sisson 6. and was declared elected. general efnoers were sworn in.

and tbe siectios ceav Ple.te.a-.. 1 1 A bin was Introduced in tbe Senate twoest Prohibit Are I.innciv Uw and snhalituta UeeuM la. The session will probably continue so til Friday. aSBi TUB ALABAMA. CLAIMS COVET.

WASinsoTOJf, Way 2i The Court of Coa- misaloners of tbe Alabama Claims met to-day po anant toadtournment. Tba ease a Don the eeltscw aaalgnedj la Its order fur tbe day was 2 Thevtng, ef Boston, vs. the United States, for tbs lues ef the ehip Express. It was so brail ted bjk tbe testimony sad oral argument of cennasl. Char1" Jr- for tbe com plain ants.

Hoe. Creawell for the Oovernautnt. Cssa No. 7. Usrus M.

Wrtasms vs. tbe United States, for vm personal effects on board tie-Alabama. Sabotittea on the treMmony and oral argemeut ru-1" Frank TV. llacknt, tor complainant Hns. Job A Creawell for tbe Jvemm-uU Caas So.

137. tjrroP Ith Kot 87.) Cliarlt-a W. Jocnsoa vs. too Stales. Submitted noon the tesnmonyi I C'ocnstl for tbe United States cars a-ww that va to-morrow he should move for the Sung cy enort ef a certain day to argue pending, demarrsrs.

The calead.ir wtil be resumed to-mrioW, ooamieae- lag at ei TUB CASAL ISYESXJUATIXa COMMISlilv- Albas t. N. T-. JUar Si The Govern- Canal Commission havt resumed their aessiou here, after hart eg made aa inspection threw gboat the en tire length of the Erie and Champlam Bale and portions of the la Ural cassia. XVT tore down the walls la portions of each efthe esnahi renreaented iu the contracts made during tbe hslf-dosea ears.

They were aeeompsnied by Proft- Whecler aad Mlcbie, of West Prntt Acauew They obtained tbe iiet of a number ef wttaesars, wno will probvtblv acvear as tbe bi't" tioosto be made here. The eian.iasiv.ns maio in li cV-nate Chamber, and wbl eomaTeaw wiiiiia ftf days..