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Rtadmof Tbb Tthu going out of town tanXtto the paper nailed to thm for On Del. VperimontS, 1 TbuljvaM ei3 alto be tent to any md-drwt inwvpe afl CO jw irkUA, tcUcA ptiee the ocean poetage. T1U rqiorit faZfeofei -br te-daf, in Que region, warmer, air weatXer, or foliing ba- evmeter, foUowedbf local raim during the i ighl If BeoRtor Horbzu thinks it necesaary to defend the extrsragaace of the present Con-West In Toting money, for the construction bf pobllo should, st least." first himself with the facta. Instead of bnly 1430.000 hating already been appropriated for jmhllo buildings, the bills approred bj tha Preaideat call; for an expenditure of $1,850,000, and Uio Brooklyn bill which fcAs Jost been passed. Increases this amount to $3,750,000.

When, the bills now in coarse cf passage hare been finally approTed, the kmoont will reach orer H000.000 -and, the tcgregate sum represented by bills lathe ftiands of the committee or out of them Is at least the present Congress 'will keep within the fire or six million arer-ge of it predecessori. la making, appro-priationajfor, publlo buildlngsJa, there-lore. In the last degree Improbable. As the ordinary proportion borne by each; ap- bropriatlon to the total cost of the work; for Which it Is made is about one-fifth, the (rain on the Treasury for the public buildings aufflciently manifest 4The DoTernment as a builder baa, been only less pr astefol and. incompetent than the Oorern-inent a naral constructor, and it looU as 5f tbOjCoat of our useless- fleet would before ong be-paralleledjby the urns thrown away 'on superfluous and eztraragant iVral Xourt-housea and Post Offices.

i lj. f' 9 There la some apprehenatrenesa la Washington OTer 'the increasing: proportions Tof the MTer and Harbor Appropriation bilLf It )s area whispered darkly that the President bay feel obliged to Teto.the bill, as it grows and grows beyond all control. When reported to the Bouse Jane 1 It appropriated 117.842.871 The Benate proposes to add lobe enoagh to make tha amount orer And this, too, in a lme of aocalled Improrement that drew a modest $2,000,000 bom the Treasury in 1870, and $11,500,000 last year.oVThe Committee on Commerce tlaim that' the creeks' proridel for In the biU are larger and more important to-oommeroe and naaigation than maay jof thai rlTtrs of the; country jM and that the dear people really want these alleged im-broremests more than they desire a redno-Uoo of taxation. Ia this category we may probably i include Cathance Maine, larhich alla for Otter Creek, Yer- taon which needs South Channel. betwaentCrab Ialand and Karney'i Dock, Jersey, requiring 8pryi to tm- prore which $8,500 will be needed; and Tick! aw Birer, Louisiana, to bsproYe which tlOOO is asked.

These are a few of the sample cases (taken at random,) of the fan pobllo works to be continued" as long as there la a dollar inDur orerflowing Clnatrattoa of the. facility wIUi ErLkh our Democratic friends lay. aside the Elate righta when occasion re- i is lotmd In a pleasing Indorsement of 7.BruOLAjM..f California, by LiMaiUIWO rnires Pen. LlzJJZ em lmyx3UayviMm of the llouse. The redoubtable Coneral, In whose bands the pen is erw mightier than the! sword, desires to be re-elected to Congnsa! lie has accordingly secured from lleaara.

Blackbcrit, fisor, Tuckeb, Boiolctos, and a goodly number; of other Democrats who profess to be tenacious of Bute dignities and rights, a document recommending Jiis California conrtitueaU to lend him back; to Corigraas. Gen. Rosxcears says that, be will erer bold this indorse ment in proud remembrance, and wQl aend It to the Pacific coast a a token of the high esteem in which: be Is held by bis fellow Democratic member. sOf course he wilL That is what the testimonial' was intended for, and if the roters of Ban IVan-daco do not know who has rescued tbem from Uongolian domination" here are fifteen or twenty eager to tell them that their rescuer Is Major-Gen. W.

a ROSXCBAHS, who should by all means be returned to the Bouse which he adorns. i One of the most atrocioua Jobs sanctioned by the late Legislature was that' authorizing the Bighland TranlBudson Railroad Company to construct a bridge over the river at the entrance ofi the Highlands. There waa-a certain novelty of execution about this swindle, inasmuch as it was tacked on to a till eipressly forbidding the thing which the authors of the measure were seeking to effect. It found appropri ate champions in! Gradt end Tbeasor, of thii support of a ma; City, and secured the ority of both parties in the Legislature in spite of the exits true' character, to find that this posure made of It Is reassuring Job, at least, has but little chance of becoming law. 8o much may fairly be inferred from the Governor's Intimation that be would giro a hearing on that bridge bill on Christmas Day next" We trust that 'the Executive will find an equally summary" mettod of disposing sundry other jobs; not 'less impudent and a Rood ideal more dangerous which await his consideration.

Ills action on the elevated railroad tax steal ill not only determine the future relations of the Manhattan corporation to the community which it was created to rob, but will clearly, fix the place of the Governor either on the side of the people! or of their 1 The slimy trail of Jat Gocxo was visible at the meeting of ti directory of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company yesterday. Under cove of ad innocent-looking resolution to 1 assu ate' the by-laws Of tne three compann or, in otner words, to have the by-laws oT Manhattan Compa- ay substituted for th of the companies it has absorbed, it wi proposed to chanre the date of the annual meeting of the Metropolitan shareholders from the second Tuesday of July to the second Wednesday of November. Gould and the clique who act with him are not ready to defeat In July the plan of thleir opponents to elect an entirely new, Board of Directors, but they hope, by the gain of four months' time, to be able to perpetuate their power in November. It is not at all to be wondered at that Gould should exhibit in every enterprise with which he is associated his characteristic cunning and trickery, though it is a little remarkable that he should be able to secure the active co-operation of men of respectable repute-, tion in his peculiar methods. The time will come when the association of reputable capitalists with Jat Gooxd will be reearded as on a par with the combination between some of our leading business men and the Tweed Blag in the Arcade Railroad scheme.

The most financial trickster which the country has produced will probably lire long 'enough: to give some of hjs present associates bitter cause to repent of the bad company they keep." I i i I I i THS TARIFF C0MMIS8I03. Yesterday the President sent to the Senate for confirmation the names of the nine members of the commission which Is to make an investigation with a view to furnishing 4 basis for a revision of the tariff. Judging from what la known of the men, the commission Is likely to serve 'one of the purposes for which its creation was aul thorized. It certainly will not pre-: pare the way for that thorough reform of the tariff which la needed and which Congress will be obliged sooner or later to take up, but that was not the object of those who moat strongly supported this method of going to work, They desired to stave off action for the present, and to obtain a re-; port which should furnish a pretext for the minimum of change In the incongruous pro-! tective system' from which the interests of the country are suffering. The com-! suasion was Intended by, the authors and chief 'advocates of the bill pro-; riding for ita appointment to be a protectionist device for preventing any attempt at a radical reform, and the President seems to bav adopted their view of ita utility, i There ii not one among the' men nominated who his any reputation as an authority.

on economical questions, nor is: there a single represent ttiveof the sentiment which demands a moni liberal commercial policy on tha part the Government On the other hand, the 1 body is so strongly representative Df protected interests that it baa the character of a packed Jury. It would not be i difficult matter to forecast its conclusions it once, and any investigation which It lay pursue will be intended in advance to support those conclusions. It might as well formulate its recommendations first, and then enter upon an inquiry for the pulrpose of furnishing arguments to support That will practically be its method. The commission is largely made up of precisely the men who ahould have been ex eluded from it, namely the representatirea of the leading, interest i which profit by a high protective tariff. They are no, fit Judges of the question i to be determined, butareadTocatesononiisideof the controversy, who.

might well have been aammoned before an impartial commission tp fnrnish Information and urge tlieir views of public policy. They'are totally unfit to pass upon the merits of arguments that may be pre sented on both aides, for some mysterious In the first place, reason the wool- growing mterest baa two prominent tepee "UJUsjutlBoe- ton, md Mr. aWli M. ARLAin, of Bll-noia Mr. Bates is an able man of high char icter, but an extreme protecUoniat who lain apableof Uklngabroad virw of the gene -al requirements of Our industry and com: Mrce.

Much the same thing may be aaid Mr. Garlaxd, though he la a more liber i man and ao so thoroughly wedded to lie protecUoniat Idea The wool-grow ers are almost the only conspicuous agricultural interest that is favored by I rotection and they secured the high dutic i on raw material ls an offset to the still 1 igherones manufactured prod icta. Mr. Behrt W- Oltor, of Penn-sylva lis, Is identified with the iron interests tlat State, which cry, loudest of all for prote and protest taoet vehemently again it a mitigation bf the tariff. Mr.

Dcs( as F. Eexkcr. of Louisiana, is a sugar planter and: hence a representative of a protected interest which calls for still more protection; Mr. Johx W. B.

UrdebwoodA of Georgia, is no generally known for any decided views on the tariff, but be comes from a State which takes the lead ln4 the South in build i ig up manufactures and it is well know i that this growing interest has awaki ned a sentiment in favor of protection where there has heretofore been no active opinic on the subject. This cannot be said to be i intelligent sentiment, but it is bound to itself heard. Mr. Robert P. Pobti b.

of Washington, la an accomplished statist cian, and would be a useful member of a mmission differently made up, but he, too, exhibited in his recent contributions to our statistical literature decided leanings towan the protectionist doctrine, and that tendec to an ingenious misuse of figures which characterizes its devotees. The other membi rs are ex-Vice-President William A. Wi eeler, of this State Jacob Amblkr of Oh and John S. Phelps, of Missouri, whose names mean nothing to the students of, this su iject, except that their ideas of a national olicy are likely to be concerned with politics 1 expedients rather than general and far-rea hing principles. Wha is to be expected of a commission constituted like thist There is scarcely a chance sf a thorough investigation calculated to furn sh the basis for a broad and enduring policy.

There not even the material from which i strong minority report might be expected. There is no hope even for a vigilant and iluto effort to get at more than one side-of he subject The result will be that While tl single object, of delay may be secured, 1 lieja will not be sufficient confidence In the conclusions which the commission will rep Mt to stay the demand for Congressional iction wholly independent of its Work. The report win be made next Win ter whe i only a short session will remain of the present It may furnish the bccasioi for more talk, possibly it may afford ie material for a little tariff bill," but it 11 accomplish nothing toward the settlement the main question. One thing more, howeve it is likely tof da It will doubtless demons rate the futility of Congress trying to shirk the responsibility that belongs to it The tari 1 1ssue will have to be fought out among ie people and In Congress, and no commlst ion can prevent It. There will be this caui of satisfaction with the character Of that ist appointed by the President it is not calo dated to allay the agitation of the' subject luring the coming.

Congressional canvass. It will give the people no occasion, tor poet oning an active political interest in it on the supposition that even a temporary settleme it of the question baa been provided for. A SIGNIFICANT WARNING. The 1 which we printed; yesterday morning from the Chairman of the Cameron conventi to the Chairman of the Republican St.te Committee is very valuable contribu ion to the history of the party in Pennsyh tmia and throughout the country. It is one which every one interested in the future of the Republican Party would do well to ktudy carefully, for it contains a plain statement of facts which are sure! to control tljat future! Mr.

Cooper, Chairman of the Republican State Committee, bad issued a call'tolthe Convention of Barrisburar to in order to nominate a candidate m. at Large in place of Mar- has declined. To this call Mr. 'Ear, who was Chairman of the flatly refuses to respond. Bis reason: for refusini- ia sufficient that the convention originally specific purpose, the nomination and framing of a platform; med that purpose and adjourned ilng out of existence; that in the as a provision for a new and mUtive mode of electing dele- mventions, and no convention can called which is not chosen by that the State Committee was of the convention, and cannot action to its creator.

I All this is perfectly logical It is in accordance rith the customs and traditions the law, ritten and unvfritten, of the strictest sect 'regular" politicians, and cannot be diap ited by Senator Cajuroh himself. But it is this statement of the immediate cohaiderat ons in the case which is of interest to the country at large. That interest will centre in the account given by Mr. La ar Of the condition of the bartr in1 PehnavWa. nia, the-causes that have led- to it and the uj wmcn, as au.

disaster can' be The! party, Mr. Leak aay one unc the other divided into two sections the regular organization, an independent basis. The lat-. ter la of cient magnitude to be feared and ofi substantial character as to command Two tickets are in nqm- ination. able me itk are made bp of unexceptipn- The supporters of both are loyal mwA .1.

I I Republi uu vuuuii uja am- pnuci- ic policy. That which divides pies of them is si ly the modes of appointment to offices id the manner; of selecting determinating conventions. As gates to the 'latter point is professedly ar least met by changing action of I the remlara I in te manner of electinir deW gates, the former remains the essential point of i Terence. As to this, "it is not so much charged that official duties are itn- perfectry ot improperly performed as that the appointments are in the interest of un' bitioua of increasing or perpetn- ating thelrl power." In brief, tha ima Lwhkh baa I sata the Rqpnraican PartT-ia ii Pennisylyanla, which kaa raised op -mm inde pendent section of euScient strength to be feared and of character to be respected, and which will rain the party unless it can be adjusted, la the plain Issue between the spoils system and the On the one side the spoils system is embodied in Senator Caxerox. "Be is, says Mr.

Lkab, the objective point of the Independent revolt," and his conduct since the convention strengthens the revolt Bis every expression, bis whole tone and manner, have shown that he regarded ikls campaign as his, the party aa his pivpMty, and the result of the contest as bis victory or defeat," If I go dwn it wiU be with flying colors," he is reported to have aaid. To which Mr. Lkab replies in a style that Mr. Cameboh can appreciate: If ha wants to aa ar down aa ba eaa aom-fortablv boar tba temtratar and take bia liule flac with him tbara can no reMonabto obJocUon to tbat, bat ho bad do right to take tha Republican Party and tbo Amerioaa flaa; down with him;" This arrogance on the part of the Senator Is the natural and Inevitable consequence of the spoils system, and it is precisely the same result as flowed from the same cause in the case of ex-Senator Cohxlixq in this State. On the other hand, an ultimate revolt against the Senators and their system is equally natural and equally unavoidable.

The basis of the spoils system is appointments for political purposes. The courtesy of the Benate" practically places the regulation of appointments in the hands of the Senators from the respective States, or, if they do not agree, in the hands of that one who is the strongest with the Administra tion. It is not in human nature that such power should not be abused. Given appoint ments for political purposes substantially in the hands of one or two men, and they are necessarily used for personal purposes, and must continue to be so used until, as ia Pennsylvania and in this State, the great body of the party is disgusted and revolts. Thpn the Senators go down, but at great risk to the party and With much cost of division, confusion, and permanent estrange ment The revolt is not wholly made bv those who oppose the spoils system, by any means.

Unfortunately', it is often made in great part by" those who are opposed, not to the system, but to their exclusion from a share ia ita But it is also joined and, strengthened by those who are honestly and always opposed to the system itself. The permanent result for the party is de termined by the proportions of these two elements among the Independents. If these are contented in New-York or Pennsylvania with the overthrow of a Senator and a change In the hand upon the machine, then the wheile work, will have to be done over again, and will be done over and oyer until the system is destroyed and the civil service is managed without any reference wHatever to party politics. The letter of Mr. Lear is a Warning1 to this effect "writ large." Its author, If he understands the full scopfof bia.

arguments, does not state it; but it Is perfectly plain that the complete overthrow of Cameronism is to be had only by destroying the sources of its power. With a civil service divorced from politics, Cameron would be! as harmless as a sucking dove, in the Senate, should he, by any miracle, retain his place; there. Without such a civil service Cameron may be overcome, but only to give place to some one of like mind, or worse, until the Republican Party is ground to powder by the incessant friction of the machine against the conscience and the manhood of the party. i COMPULSORY, RETIREMENTS. The Senate's adoption of the compulsory retirement clause 4a the Army Appropriation bill, though with some modifications of the measure as passed by the House, makes the establishment of this long coveted system practically certain.

For there is nothing in the present points of difference between the two houses which will not easily admit of compromise and harmonious adjustment It is, therefore, probably not premature to congratulate the Army on the substantial accomplishment of the most important piece of legislation in their Interests which has been granted by Congress during the last ten There are two distinct benefits to be looked for as results of this measure. In the first place, so long as our country maintains only a very email Army, it should at least be kept up to the maximum of Individual efficiency. That men 65 or 70. years old are usually not capable of sustaining the physical wear and tear bf field work, day and night together, in ail weathers, end under the strain of consta reactivity in the enemy's presence, is admitted; yetj with our little Army, any favor that has to be granted to anybody for considerations of age is a subtraction from its presumed strength In all times and In all lands military conquests, with rare exceptions, have been the work of young men. NAPOLXON-who was himself Commander of the Army of Italy at 28, had among his Generals of divisions Dessau at 26, Sooxt at 29, Datocbt at 25, Oudirot at 28, Net and Lashes at 29, Mcrat at 27.

Jocbebt was a General-in-Chief at 29, and Marmort at 33. But of Napoleon defeated opponenterBKACLrEri and WusMaER were over 80, Axtiki over 70. Eamersu about 80, the Duke of Brunswick. 7J, Hohxnlobb 60 and so on. The same lea ons had been taught centuries before, and ia our own war of 1S12 it; was taught to America by a fatal reliance on the veterans of the Revolution, until at last they were aispiacea Dy younger men, when victory-changed to our standards.

No doubt there are exceptions to the rule, and the famous Instance of Moltke will occur to all; but without need of arguing about apparent or real exceptions, the rule itself is clear, and never was made more manifest than in our own civil war where the average 'age of twenty Army; commanders I was only 41, while that of the dashing cavalry leaders Ccstbb, Mackenzie, Meb Rirrj and Wilson when already famous, was leas than 25. Ndt leas' important Is the consideration that the placing of superannuated officers on the retired list increases the flow bf promo tion. In order to keep up. the spirit pf a military establishment it is necessary to hold out good prospects of advancement But in our Army, Owing to the great reduction in the number of regiments after the war ana ue ensuing consolidations, together with the season of comparative peace, Aflcca in the lower bare been com- V-. other hand, if he has been forty years in the service, and is 60 years old, he may not be, As to the Senate change of the retiring age from 63 to 64, it does not seem wise.

Of course, the matter can be practically arranged so that the two houses will agree, even if only by the simple expedient of splitting the difference and making the age 63. But 62 is the better age. It has the great merit of being the one already adopted in the Navy, and there approved by twenty years of practical experience. There seems to be no good reason for making one rule for the Army and a different one for the Navy. Still, it would be better for the Uouse to consent to 64, if necessary, rather than allow the bill to perish.

The failure to except the General and. Lieutenant-General from the operation of the law is extraordinary. They held exceptional offices for ex ceptional services, limited to their occupancy aloqe, and lapsing respectively when va cated by them. Hence, they stood in the way of no one, and their remaining on the active list could affect nobody'! promotion. But the Senate, like the Bouse, apparently desired to make no exceptions to the new rule, lest one should lead to many.

SCEUEMANN'8 LATEST. Our old friend Dr. Schliemann is hard at work making discoveries, and the Litest news from him" is of unusual Interest Be writes that he has discovered the city of Pergamos in the Bill of Bissarlik. This is the hill, or mound, which contains the ruins of Troy and of the five later cities which were built one on the top of the other, with the ruins of Troy at the bottom of the pile. This system of building one city above an other appears to have been the custom of that part of Asia Minor with which Dr.

Schliemann is concerned, and that he should have found Pergamos, as well as six distinct Troys, ia the Bill of Bissarlik need not surprise us. That hill is simply a mine of ancient cities, and in all probability Dr. Schliemann will find in It Antloch and Palmyra and Tyre and Bidon' and any other desirable ancient city that the Directors of the Berlin Museum may order. Important as announcement of the discovery of the city of Pergamos it is uninteresting in comparison with a still more extraordinary discovery which Dr. ScBxrRMANN has made in the of Bissarlik.

This is nothing less than the discovery of Noah's ark in what would be regarded by United States naval -officers, accustomed to our crack naval vessels, as an excellent state of repair. The importance of this discovery to Sunday-school Superfctendeata, scienTific" persons, and naval architects can hardly be overrated. Dr. Schliemann was led to look for the ark la the Troad by a careiul study-of Greek mythology. Bo perceived that the Greek story of Deucalion was only a variation of the story of the ark, and although it Was not, in hia opinion, a historical narrative, he was ready to accept the Deucalion myth jl3 evidence to the true landing-place of the ark, just as he accepted the "Iliaa" as a correct guidebook to Troy and the objects of interest therein.

The close relation between Dion," the Greek name of Troy, and "alion." the last half of Deucalion's name, would be evident to any person not willfully prejudiced against comparative philology, and this relation convinced Dr. ScHLiKMAXN that he should look for the ark and other relics of the Noah-Deucalion cruise on the site of the ancient city of Troy. When Dr. Schliemann digs jfor any particular thing, whether it is a city, a tomb, or a set of jewelry, he ii morally certain to find it Be dug for Noah's ark in the Bill of Bissarlik, and he found it on the second day, not more than seventy feet below the surface. Later excavations have laid bare the entire ark.

thoazh. thanks to the discoverer's precaution in putting a board fence around it and in compelling his workmen to dig with their eyes blindfolded, no one except Dr. Scbliemakn and his wife has yet seen the ark. a recent and strictly private letter Dr. Bcrliemann has given full account of his last great 'discovery.

Be found that the ark, although some twenty feet of her bow had Deen camea away, wasot tne precise dimen- sions given by the writer of Qenesis, but that instead of having an immense' three-storr houaeion deck, with a big trap-door in the roof, through which the animals and Noah and bis family were dropped, it had only the usual wheel-house, chart-room, and smoking saloon on the spar deek, aad access was had to the interior by the usual companion ways and hatches.1 The wheel-house was on the bridge, and there were what Dr. Schlxxmans regards aa in- 'dirarinaa that steam iteerinzjeear was used polled to remain in -them for years after they might naturally and properly have expected increase of rank and pay. The re tired list was limited by law to 400. ao that It became Impossible put 'upon it a great many siiperajinuatod officers. -while eoae of these were by no mean anxious to go.

Compulsory retirement at a fixed age, and the consequent throwing open of the retired list will do much toward remedying these evils, and by promptly removing the pressure from the tor a large number ot re-ducJo. being in ordct very soon it will at once restore hope and spirit to the service. As baa been said, the changes made by the Senate are changes of detail Borne of these are obviously beneficial, while in others the judgment of the House seems to be the better. To begin with, the Bouse provided that the retirement for age should go into effect on and after the passage of this act;" but the Senate bill more wisely fixed the date for the 1st dsy of December next, which would give probably about five months to make the preparations and adjustments necessary on so great changes. The.

Bouse allowed voluntary retirement after thirty -five years of service; but the Senate properly requires the term to be forty years, which is not too much to exact of an officer who is etui well and vigorous, and has co other acceptable reasona besides mere length of service for seeking retirement The Senate committee struck out the provision for allowing forty years' service, either as an ofljeer or soldier, in the, regular or volunteer service, to effect compulsory retirement This was a proper change, because it is not length of experience, but superannuation, which makes retirement proper. If an officer has been only ten years In the service, and is 65 years old; he is a fit subject for retirement On the but in this anatter it probable that the Doctor's enthusiastic disposition baa led him into error, since, 'in spite of the fact that bridges are never found nowaday except on board steamers, there ia no reason to believe that the ark was ever propelled by steam, or that Noah was ever acquainted with steam, except In connection with the The saloon was placed amidships erf the main deck, whete there is the least noise 'and motion, and was beautifully fitted with revolving chairs, twinging lamps, and all' an. cient improvements, The state-rooms, as well aa the saloon, were empty, only such trifle being left In them as travelers usually discard and stewards look upon with con tempt In one el the lockers of steward's pantry waa found, however, a complete set of ivory chips and several pack of cards of the well-known Mosaic pattern, and on the floor of a state-room was picked up a memorandum signed Bam," and setting forth that the signer owed some person whose name was not mentioned 83 shekels, to be paid before taking a band in the; next game." -t. ry were stalls for the animals on the main deck forward, and the two lower deck bad evidently been devoted exclusively to animals. Notices in the Hebrew language, of course were still posted ia various places requesting persona not to disturb the ani mals while sleeping or to annoy them with canes or umbrellas.

In the hold were score of bin labeled oats." "com-, pressed hay," "Thorley'a Food for Cattle," which were evidently used to hold the food intended for the animals. While the fact that the ark contained neither boilerj nor engines suggests that she was not propelled by steam, the additional fact that no remains of masts or spars of any kind were found, compels us to rnuyij Htvu wiiu uio nuiur and sea. This is the more probable as her model was almost precisely like that of our men-of-war, and we can only explain her failure to come in collision with something or to drift prematurely ashore, as is the habit of bur national ships, by the hypothesis that she was the only vessel navigating the seas during the flood, and that there was a sufficient depth of water for her all over the world. Of the Identity of the vessel discovered by Dr. ScHLiEMASR with the original ark there can bo no doubt.

Inasmuch as the name Ark is still on her stern ia raised gilt letters. There was also found entangled with a ringbolt on her starboard side, close to ber "PlimsoU'a mark," a rubber watch coat with Noah's' name on the inside of the collar. Dr. Schuexaxs is naturally very proud of his discovery, and he is so much, encouraged by it that be is seriously thinking of discovering 1 the Garden with the remains of the-original serpent, together with Adam's lawn-mower and other iarden tool; in the inexhaustible Bill of Bissarlik. BTRA ECHOES OF FOREIGN NEWS.

There arrived in the East India Bocks of London a fortnight ago a aalllna; veaael laden with the first ooasiffnment of frozen meat which baa been aent to England from New-Zealand. The ship bad been 98 daya on the voyage, aad daring all that time th chambers oontalnlng the meat had been kept at SO below tbo freezing point. I Tb meat eontkted of 6.000 sheep, and Is said to have arrived In finis condition. It la announced that tb formal opening of the new Jlotel YUlo la Paris wilt take place oath 14th ef July next, when agraadMnqaet of 430 oovere will be given la the Ball of State. It la probable that the President of th repubUo and bia Ministers will be present, though thla to not oer-tala.

Other persona who bav been Invited lnolade the diplomatic corpa, th municipality, the Coa-eeil-Gtnerale. the Government bodies, aad the Km yon of th ohief French and foreiga towns, In-, eluding ths Burgomaster of Berlin. Th whirligig of tun has brought strong ehancea to tha fortunes of perhaps the two moat celebrated of mod era Italian It tt said that the aaoeetral honors ot th Medio! are. now possessed by a hardware merchant of Florence, while a man who la 1elieved to be the test repreeentatlv of th Scaltger race la dead at. Verona In a humble lodging ver a green grocer's.

shop. For many years thla dlreotdeacendant of the creat man to whom Dante dedicated hla eplo has gained a livelihood by meading boots and aboea. While the use of the bieycla is fast increas- lag In thla country. In England the as of It ia said to be falling off semowbatorat least to be yielding mora more of Ita ground te the more sociable tricyole. In which ladles can rid aa well, as men.

and two persona aa well as one. For the present th proportion between the two la represented by hundreds on th on band and by thousands on th other, bat there ar intimations that, before long th proportion may be reversed. The Khedive of Egypt baa or aom tlm bad a tiicycl. and recently ordered twe others, neither of which, however, la Intended for ArabL On the 20th of th present month Queen will bav reigaed just 45 years. Th relgna of lonly three other Bnarllsn sovereigns bav ex-, ceeded bera la length.

They ar that of Henry which lasted 58 years; that of Edward HL. which numbered 60, and that of George IIL. which waa -the longest of all SO years. Victoria te aw baa been surpassed by 11 sovereigns sine tb Norman conquest They ar Henry who lived to be 67 years; Henry IIL, who died at 65; Edward L. 67; Edward IIL.

65 Elizabeth, 60; James IL. 68; George I 67; George IL. 77; George IIL, 82; George 68. and William IV, 71 Ca.pt Richard Burton, who recently arrived In England In company with Capt. Cameroa, will soon make publlo hla Impressions of th gold fields of Wast Africa.

Capt Cameron says tho average earainga of women employed to wash thedark gold-bearing sends along the coast ar $1, aad that, aa much aa $5 60 baa been obtained. brought horn with him specimens of quarts which bad yielded la th crushing four ouaeea per ton, and cabers that aad yielded two ounce. Good machinery, competent engineers, and adequate labor are still essential to sneoaas, and Cant Cameron Intimated that Chinamen might be brought Into the country and found useful. Smajl-pox; of a very fatal and virulent form has broken out In SeraJvo, tb Bosnian capital. Tw weeks ago between IS and SO persona war dying every day la the town hospital.

Among the victims bar already been a number of Government officials, aom of whom wer working In their offices up to within an hour or their destha In theae and other cases the deaths have beea ao sadden that the epidemic Is believed by certain persons to be the plague and not the amah-pox. Several streets bav become entirely deserted, each boose having toat oaa or mora of Ita Inmates. Th bodies of th dead are baited quietly In tb mid; die of tb night Much Is done to ooneeal there! state of affairs from the public, la order to avoid af In their ideas ot what is fitting in point of xpendltar for public entertain menu at which there ar eating and drinking. It to widely that na-tioaa differ, as aom recent cases will aanVsientlv show. At Miles ha been girea by tb manlct-pality a banquet te aoaor of royalty aad th rer-re-aeolattvea of three nation who ware there to celebrate the opening of the 8t Gothard taaneL Aboct a thousand people were entertained, aad th bill for tb entire feast waa oa.ly te other worda.

tt was notiar ia axcesa of our owa bul for the York tow whtektea aad mgara alone. People in London are eoatresttng the modest Mllaa bW wtth the expenses of the royal aad elvie esrter- dven at the recent epeamg of Eppteg a rtaototsaooo. rrteDdscCOalxwdaai nowovar, exptoes aatonlasiaaat tfaas Ote KB aotlanw. -T A cttrionsezaaaploof that stapidlty te "7. rTtt a la a oattala tataaraw draw of KMT UntrrtUr Wrtax of Twm.

I rlJarwta's son. av stadoateof Klaff CniviJ the Ulorram aaid, "deplora wWt yo tha icm'gt 1 the stand asaataraad pwhaanTaoWiarot lni? -The Baaalaa youth bows with reap bafora tht profound jreataa who aas revaaiod to mrsteriai of ths atrol tor exbteooa. haa aaixs to him his place la aatara. aas Indicated to taoww the way of Indefinite drclopmot, aad who. br hia owa example, aaa abowa how troth ocrbt hf The memory of row father taacrtal hlarlory." Thla telecram the Baaalaa eeeaon en.

preen d. dreed hue It la eoA-cested, with seed lev aoa, mi reoocnitlon of the doctrine of the viva! of, the fittest 5 The propoaed extension of the, TraianaspLs Hallway from tea preeoml Urmlnn to Aathebed a wermly eaoeormced by large aotnbar of aUtae. ttal KuaaUna at Si, Peienbcrc-. Their anraa. nnlike those which were ao much osed ia nppottc theortgtaal projeet.

tear eat altos-ether toe aus, tery eoaalderadooa that enter Into the problem and reet wholly epoh th oemmerctal adrantac to bf derived from aa extension of the line. Ofeei however, are not alow to ee the (tan Importance of to Una to aulltary 4b4 point oat that th Traaseaaplaa territory Baa Ala's moat important poaaeaaioa la Central Asia, and that It la destined to become the creat beat her operations agalnet England when th tlm them ahall arrive. Turkeetaa. aa a haae. la thoocU to bav lost tmportaao with the aaoeixaUoa ef the Ahhal Tekke reioa.

and Bkobeleff very re. eaatly observed that lb military power centred there might nowe reduced to a vary small fores. i GENERAL NOTES icharj H. rThe estate of, the late Ric Boatoo, baa boea aDpralaod at $106,907. Tb State lof Texas la to hold il normal hv stUataaia July aad iaaoh Coocrae-atoaal dlatrict.

the I.ac1alatar havlaf approprUM 84.000 to Pay the exoenaaa. I i Uttt Locas Hirst, of PhOadeiphla. U. -atbad tb balk of hbraatate, whlph ia valued laaa than for th founding aad maiat BaoC Of aTre law library In that city. Locy Sbetlor has sued street railway com-paayta loulavUle, Ky for A wagon which she waa rtdiag was demoUabed By a ai which came la oontaet with it.

and ah was throws violently to the ground aad dislocated ber arm aad ahpulder and received other painful mjuriea. The tfuladelphla Beeord thoa voioea a wki ly entertained opinion: "Jadg Westbrook aai IlttI reason to congratulate himself that a eaped a trial for lmpeaohment Thafaata wen against him and th Legislator waa for him. Tah la a doable damnation, almost aa an bearable at dismissal from office." FreaidanS Arthnr's son is credited wiU telling tb following story of bis father's mai servant Aleck? Som one asked him, "Well, Aleck, how do you nk Waahlnjrtoa to which Alack responded dramatically Oh.Td rather ba a ysiler gas lamp In Kaw-York than the brightest leotrie Ught la Waahlngtoa." -'r. A monument of Indiana gray smestona, fct the form of an antique Grecian alter, aaa bees i placed upoa Bayard Taylor's grare. lit beara mi i baa-relief la bronie.

and ia Inscribed with his name, date bf birth aad death, Ac, sad a half doten line from hla poem. "Prince Deukauoa," aad tha text, He being dead yet i w01 of, the late Mrs. Anna Kane, Widow of' Havoc George P. Kaae.of Baltlmor. give $3,800 to religions institutions of that cuy, and after small (wqaests to dlsUnt relatives dlreoO that th remainder of ber estate be divided among tb Littie altera of th Poor of Baltimore.

Si Af 1 nea a BoaDitaL and St Joseph General BoapltaJ of the same city. a jj Tha colored men of Kentucky ar to bold a convention in Lexington next Tuesday to consider the eduoatloaal aad pollUeal oondlUoa ef their race In that States The Louisville CbataMreief a-demands that th meeting will not be a political one in tha ordinary seas, bat It will determine -what dlreotloo Us tha best opportunities aad pruia-iaea for their ad vaneement. i Thonaaa A. Armstrong has written a short tetter aeoeptlng th Greenback-Labor nomination itor Governor of Pecmeyivania. He writes: "Inaie-.

rceptJag th honor thus oouferred I desire te say, on th oooaaloa of tb convention, that my flag hi np to-day. It will be carried through tha eampalgo. I U.WU1 be up at the elose of th polls, and If God. i spares my Ufa it wul be' up tb; morning after tha lection." Mr. Abram S.

Elfelt, of St Panl. Hhm an, i Mr. Bobert laaahetmer, of this City, have offers to give 10 acres of land in St Iaul for the ait oa( the orphan aaylum provided for by the Utwraf be quest of th lot Gov. CadwaUader Wanhbora Tb St Paul rUmtr-rrM aaya that the land ten dared Is aa elevated and desirable tract overlooks lag th aat division of th oily and. not i w.n.mmA r- 0 a 1 -j mord sadr I-aJk.

4 Qov. Bdak, of Wisconsin, has bought 415.000 th residence of th Hon. J. O. Thorp, hi Aladlsoo, and Intends to occupy it during bia torsi of office.

Th property la one of th finest la thi city, but th Madison Journal thinks rather bars; that the Governor of the State should be compelled to hunt about him for a bom, and obliged expend In aecarlng on befitting hla dignity sof half aa large again as hla entire term's salary. 'I r- OLD BOLD1SBS AT eSTTTSSVSO. 1 Getttsbukcl Jon 7. The rrvnio of officers of the Cnlon and Confederate Axmk. the battle-field of Gettysburg, for the parposaj aenmng tn positions or th various commands, oommenoed her to-day.

Speoial attention was given to-day to tb scene of the second1 day's fight The veterans present upon the field, with the addli tloa of Mr. Baebeider. the historian, are a follows a Gen. 8. W.

Crawford. Geo. Daniel Sloklee. Majors Geo. T.

W. Egan. Gen. i. B.

Brookes. Congressman W. S. Shallenberger. Ht D.

Wyatt Aiken; of the SevJ enth South Carolina Bert meat; Gea. Killa Spear, off the Twentieth Maine; W. H. Forney, of the Tenth Alabama; Martin MaoGinnia, of th First Mlnne-, Bote; H. A.

Herbert, of the Eighth Alabama: CoL Horner R. Stooghton. United Statee Army; Capt. A. L.

Prlaoe. of the Twentieth Maine; McDonald, of the Sixth Cavah-v: Kerrt William J. Johnston, of the Forty-fourth New-York Capt. A. H.

Van Dunen, of the NUiety-aerenth Sew-York; Capt. George. B. Wlnsiow. of Battery D.

Sew York Artillery; CoL T. M. Cuaminga, of the On Haodred and Twenty-fourth Kew-Tork: Cet Thomas Kaffertv, of tb beoond Excelsior: Cot Elijah Walker, of th FoarU Main; Msjoffc B. Wood. Major W.

Si. Mapea. Capt. L. 8.

WUor. Lieut. W. T. Ogden, bergt.

John akiltoa. Sergt. W. H. Wood, and beret H.

o. Howell, all ef the One Hundred and Twaalv-fniirtli Nav.Yk W. iK pavta. of th Second Excelsior, and Major James w. Dcueaict, oi tae un tlunareo ud went seventh New-York; A public welcome was givea te the visitors this even inc.

TBS REFORMED tBUBClL BCHXJntCTADT, N. Jane 7. Th seventy sixth annual session of the Beformed Church of America, formerly th Beformed Protestant Datek Church, met la the First Church of this City to-day. Tb Kev. E.

P. IngeraoD. D. of Broeklro. was elected President aad th Bev.

William- Ormlato. I. New-York. Assessor. A boat 133-dekuatat wr preeeat at the organization.

In the evuoing i the Bev. Isaac Hartley, D. of UUea. preached a sermon on the causes whteh bav Interfered with and impeded th progreea of th Church, compering the growth of their denomlaatio with thr greater growth of the Presbyteriaa and' Episcopal Churches. Be said that while toe i Belormed Chorea doe not differ materially from those Churches la doctrine or polity, at does-diffnr In eastota, aad the alight growth of the Ckurre ia largely due to the tact that It haetoot bee loyal tbos cuatoma He urged a return to toe reoocal-tion of fast daya aad holy days, and to the ueta of the liturgy wiilch constituted the early formula th Church, 4 -TJ li I i BJCBMAW BISTZSVS BOOT rdtjlTD.

CBxaranxu Lake, W. June 7. Tht body of Herman BteUeJ waa found floating oa'taa surface of Spafford Lake a tittle before1 noon today, with all bis clothe on. but wltbeot hla hat about 60 roe from where tae boat aoatalaing Coaly aad Btetsei waa but seen, and te the tines where the most thorough aearoh had beea mad for the bodie. Tb face Is not disfigured.

Hie el's watch stopped at 4.SS o'ekiok. at mteates after tbex left th boat-boawa. fienewed eSortt are being made to recover tb body of CoeJy, which ie tboogat to be te tb vtotaUy of tb pe4 -J.