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liainbctta'p Mission by Ba'lloon; England to ott'cr Direct intervention; Great Ilojics toran Araustlee In Toms: The French ITepdrmg ior a Sifne; Severe liaule In VUSTCH--Result Lnknowu; Isapolctin'a Health improving. FeeiiliariticpotAmencau Christian Wnrship; Pal'baih feiciies and t-unday (jnspi-1 Hair for Kadicul I and rupnl iVieiho- tll-t Drctnnr und Cbiisti.tn Ciei 5--KfiJteiuu- (conliuiicfl Ironi Fourtti iiv.U onJii' Havana Steamship Jlcrro The TerrliK Hmrlfaiies, Expe- iieni'cd Uurinsj me Itnuna Vovuac; The Ilurri- cnue 111 Cuiiu--1'i-inlcal Iniuiusi'iico--Yellow Man Crushed a cinboat--A Newark Ilximwasan in Trouble. G--Editorial: Anu'lOfl. Ttic Xeiv T'nlittral the I'arties or the future--I'en-onal Annmnn cmei: 3. from all J'lirti of uic World-- Lectuie-i 1 u-t iro'n WashliiKton--Xcw 1'orK Jity News--illsceha- ous Foieijni Xotices.

S--The Heated Air rue Turkish "Ilumam'' at Home and Princlnal li.stab- hsiimci is in Xtw 1'orK and Brooklvn; The Vapor liiitn--Musical and J'ramatio Kevenne Keiun.s--Th« Up the Cirjjuials--Court 'aicnflnr--cuhn--bambuanri the ka'fe--The Coutse of on southern and beatlis. 9--Financiul and Commercial Reports--Real Fstuie Trans'era--The itevoiutioit-- AUvertt-cnieuts. la--WuMuinston Uoiphts: Real Ksnite Moveraents In tue 1 pi-er Knj of the voth Map of Locality; Manifest in tlie Cln's Ciou-tli: 'Itie 1 nture r.istnoiiuble Quarter: Anoi.t rresent anfl Prohpeutivi 1 --I'ojitiral Po-lti visls--Sin; pmg 33--Advertisements. Isi--AtU THE KOTO: AXI TVTEXTT r.i..\CKKtr.i)s baked in u. jiie may be likenod unio tbe "Youisg and Wiiea the pie ivns opened 'the bird-! Ijestiui to tii.it a (ialguy l.sh 'iu tet beiore tne 7 THE PRICK or JIu.K HY THE RULE OF milk by the country producers sold by them to the city deaieis at three Cents a quart it cost the ci'y consumer ten cents a quart.

then, will be the price of milk to the city consumer for November, the country producers all uronnd having resolved in convention, on Saturday las', that their price shall be six cents a quart? In Other words, if three cents ia the country makes milk ten cents in the city, what cents in the country make it ia town Twenty says Charlie, but we hope not. A MOPEL CAMPAIGNER--General Woodford. He works as if confident of fifty thou- jBand majority, when there will probably be Beventy-five thousand against him, judging from the republican feuds and factions in this City. No Union League beginner iox, it appears, has been standing on the club room table for many days, but the money for the election does not cocae in. Leading republican merchants who used to come down their few thousands very cheerfully at former elections now refiisa to contribute a dollar.

It is said that A. T. Stewart positively declined to give a. dime towards the success tf party which had done so ranch to interfere with the interests of the merchants of New York. The secret of this indifference probably is that there is really no republican party in the city, that it has dwindled into a toere faction, looking to federal patronage for Its bread of life.

While the politicians of the are quarrelling among themselves at every meeting, while they decline even to Bomiuato 'a county ticket, bat advise respect- Able republicans to voto for the disreputable JToung Democracy, how can we expect that tho merchants will contribntff liberally Uwarda carrying on the election Policicxl Power--Tke Parlies the Future. Change and progressive development in th political world are as much tho result of fixei laws KS changes in the material world. Al really great s'-tesmen recognize this fact am shape their policy accordingly. Tho failure to recognize it has proved more mischievou to nations and more fatal to public men than any other course. History ia full of examples to show the truth of this.

One may be mentioned as particularly striking to the American people, because it comes home to all of us, Wo rafor to tho dodged and foolish conservatism of tho old States'rights and pro-slavery party of the South. That party lived always in the pist, and clung to old ideas, even to the point of rebellion, whoa these ideas and the system founded on them were undermined by the development aud progress of the counlry and public opinion. We have seen the consequence in a great civil war and in the destruction of both ihe extreme States' rights theory and African slavery, which was the corner stone of it. So it is with similar great revolutions in other parts of tho world. It is this obstinate adhesion to the past and resistance to progress which is shaking the monarchies and aristocracies of Europe to their foundations, and which has been the cause of revolutions there during the last century.

Tliese mutations ia the polit'cal world, which result a chsBgo in the condition or growth of nations, give rise to new parties or to a modification of the policy of old ones; for. as we said, those which do not march with tho times become extinct or powerless. In this aje, too, we see greater and more rapid changes than were seen in preceding ages. Tiie quickening influence of the modern agents of civilization--of the telegraph, railroads, the public press and the surprising discoveries in sciencs and mechanical art--makes one year of tho present equal to a century of the past. We are bounding forward wiih wonderful celerity.

The material progress of the age operates powerfully upon political aff jirs. Iter.ea we See political parties drifting into an alliance wiih those new powers of material derclopir.enl. This is more apparent in the United Stales than elsewhere at present, because we r.p with the times more than any other people, ntthongli same effect will bs produced iu all civilized countries sooner or later. The railroad interests of this country, for example, begin to exTcisa a powerful influence with and through political parties, and in both the national and State legislatures. In fact, they are nearly supreme.

In many cases they are irresistible. Tho capital invested in our railroads approaches the amount of the national debt, and the gross income from them swells up to hundreds of millions annually. The power this vast sum gives, if concentrated, ia greater than that of the federal government itself. Talk of the power of the old United States Bank, or even of the exis ting national banks, powerful as they are, that is small in comparison. Then look at the thousands upon thousands of employes, contractors and agents of these railroads, together with these pecuniarily interested in them, and it will be seen at once what an influence Tnny have in elections and over legislation.

Wo know, indeed, trial na.irly all SUlu laturcs can b3 controlled by ilvim. ari'l fiat tlieycm do prctfy much as they please with Congress. Besides the power which their enormous cipilal ani control over tbe voters give these railroads there, is perhaps, a majority of the members ia both the national and State legislatures directly interested in them. Tha telegraph too, though less cupital, an'l less powerful, isf st becoming another great power in the land. Tho magnates who control that, as well tt; those more iuflucntiai ones who control railroads, begin to form an aiiijncj with political parlies.

Tiie sagacious leaders of these poliitcii parlies ui the sjme time tlie value of such a combination and are working t-o effect that. Our Tammany leaders, wiia t'icir usual tact, are in advaaca in (lib nuiv movement. They already the great of railroad which centre at this city--tlie Erie and New York Central- Jr.y Goul'i. Fisk and Vanderbilt find it to iheir interest to 1)3 in the same boat with Tweed, Sweeny, Hall and the other Tammany magnates, and these Utter gladly accept fie powerJUi! aid of tae railroad kings for political euCts. Wiiiiu Ilia republicans are floundering about in uncertainty, Laving notiiing to look io for ihe future the personal popularity of General Grant, arid while they are spending their strength in abuse of Tammany, tbe aeuiccia- tio leaders are quietly grasping a power-the railroad power--which will secure to ibeai the State-, with all ils spoils, and lay the foundation for a more extended iulluejice.

ia i he ic-jmblie- Kor will such a. combination of railroad chjofs aud interests with political parties be limited to Kew York. It will extend throughout the country. But Kew York being the centre of ra ilroad concentration and wealth, and the two great trim lines of Erie and the Central being already in alliance witli the Tammany leaders here, the democrats have the best prospect of securing this new and mighty power throughout the greater part of the country for their ascendency hereattur. We have the key here to the probable future of political parties in this country.

Old issues are worn out. The democrats, always more- vigorous than their opponents when they have a platform to stand upon, had a long lease of end of it. TJO democratic party, learning wisdom from tho past and modifying its policy to accomplished facts and the exigencies of the times, has a future before it. Using tho new powers of the age we have referred to, and standing upon a conservative platform, so as to arrest the revolutionary tendencies of the republicans and preserve the harmony of local Stats government with federal authority, tho democrats may again attain tho ascendancy and have another long lease of power. Tho Situation in The war news this morning is interesting and important.

Several new military movements of some significance are recorded. There is no confirmation yet of Marshal Bazaine's successful sortie from Metz with all his army. Tho rumors of a revolution in that beleaguered city and the assassination of the Marshal prove to bo unfounded, as we predicted. The previous announcement that the Prussians were advancing on Amiens is reiterated, and in t'ais connection it is stated that Bourbaki with his army of twenty thousand men is hastening thither to reinforce the garrison. The French Minister of War at Tours had received despatches from Paris to the ISth representing that frequent sorties from the capital continued to be made, aud that the Prussians were suffering considerably from the loss of life and froin the exposure attending the constant vigilance rendered necessary by the sorties.

Large reinforcements of French troops were pouring into Tours from tbe South. Tbe authorities were making extensive preparations to defend tho new scat of government, and in view of tha alternative of a protracted siege the citizens of Tours were warned to provide themselves with a plentiful supply of the necessaries of life. The latest intelligence from tho theatre of active operations is to the effect that there was serious fighting near Paris on Friday last, 'onsiant cannonading was heard all day in that direction, aud tin; infor- "from the course the sound was travelling with increasing clearness that a great battle was ia progress, and he Prussians were retreating and the French There fighting on the same lay in the vicinity of Fontaineblean. Our de- patches also state that during all that day a battle was progressing in the Vosges, and the French made several gallant bayonet barges. An important action is reported in he forest of Harconrt, whera an attack by the, 'russians was reptilsed, although the French oss was comparatively serious, and the French ommander was among the wounded.

No de- ails of these several engagements are given, ut the tenor of our despatches is tuat the ranch were generally successful. A sortie of venty-five thousand men from Paris, ou the Gth had resulted in a victory for the encb. Major General von Freschkon, aide- e-camp to the King of Prussia, was killed iu he engagement. The Prussians in the pro- inces were still committing great excesses, Orleans they appropriated to themselves all he clothing in las store.3 and all the wine ia he cellars. The situation as it existed in Paris a few since is fully given iu our columns this morning by special cable telegram report, with variety of interesting matter besides.

The sieged city was agitated and alarmed. Peace was desired by the but the idea had not assumed a shape for expression. The balloon mail which was despatched by Minister Gauibalta, and which went off amid such a scene of animated excitement, supposed to have reference to this important subjjcl. ja truth, the air was filled rumors of peace. Minister Washbiirnc.

General Burnside and General Sheridan were apparently very active. There was secrecy, mystery, and yet hope. General Sheridan had an interview with ICi'ig William Bismarck. The King's remarks, wiiich we publish fo-diiy, are of great importance. The bluff old ruler of Prussia is disposed to be just, and will, likely, make a peace if any equitable, terms are offered by the French.

Church Teaterdny. Ono of the results of the late Unitarian Conference has been to develop a marked difference of opinion on the great subject of religious faith among those who claim to be Unitarians. Yesterday Mr. Frothingham, at Lyric Hall, delivered an extraordinary sermon, which was really an attack upon tho Conference. He declared that he was a radical Unitarian; that ho did not honor tbe God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; in fact, ho had--and so had all radicals--a little God of his own.

Tho radicals' God was the loveliest dream of the human soal. Thus, with a complete ignoring of tho God worshipped by Cbristians and a patronizing reference to Christ, this reverend preacher of tho doctrines of general convenience spent an hour or so. But if Mr. Frothingham was displeased with tha proceedings of the Conference, and caald stow away his religion 1 doctrines ''in the small cad of nothing" and leave ample room for a great deal of material. Air.

The Turkish of Bathing. bath seems at last to bar fairly naturalized itself among us, and. upon another page we give an interesting accoun of the principal establishments devoted to Hi mysteries now existing in NBW York. I will be noticed that similar institutions havo been or are being introduced in Boston Philadelphia and Chicago, while San Francisco, with the large ideas that appear to characterize the Pacific slope, is going to erect a ''humam" handsomer and more luxurious than even the finest efforts in this direction of Mahmoud the Conqueror or Solyman the Magnificent. Americans have apparently found out that it is a pleasant thing to be parboiled within an inch of one's life, and then brought back to I lie ordinary world by the dexterous and greasy hands of tho phatnpooer.

Viewed flora another standpoint as a means of reviving or preserving health-- there can be lit- tie doubt that the heated air bath is a good Hcpworth, of the Church of tlie Messiah, thing. It is endorsed, when used in modera- iu a happier frame of lie sr-oka with pride of the Conference as having pel-formed its labors acceptably and vvll. Growing enthusiastic, he declared ttr.it '-a. quarter of the good people of this city, whether they know it or not, are essentially Unitarian. As a religious fact this assertion may bo questioned as a secular fact it is undeniable that a great many people in this city are "essentially Unitarian;" for, fo use a vulgarism; their devotion to "number one" is notorious, However, the reader may judge from the two sermons referred to what the spirit of our Unitarian congregations is.

Brother Beecher was scarcely as happy in his sermon as he was last week, although the subject was a religious one. lie spoke on "The Sanctificilion of Suffering and the Philosophy of Pain," and said, among other things, that "pain is the concomitant of the attempt to enlarge our being," and he would have added to contract it also, had he ever philosophically endured the agony of a tight shoe. In fact, while Brother Bcecher's conclusions were admirable and full of sound religious doctrines his philosophical argument was not as good as it might have been. At the New England Congregational church Rev. Merrill Richardson, who is described as a formidable rival of Brother Beecher, even to flowers on his pulpit, preached on the subject of "Tue Supply and Demand in the Kingdom of Grace," in which he was particularly eloquent.

At the St. Methodist church Rev. Mr, Ferris denounced corruption among politicians, and mournfully affirmed that in oaa hundred years of national life we had not had one President who was a professed follower of Christ, after wiiich the reverend gentleman, closed with a melancholy picture of our condition. At the Madison square Presbyterian church Dr. Adams assured his congregation tbat tho Biblo is the true expositor of God's will, and at tho Holy Trinity church Bishop Clarke discoursed on deatli and life.

Rev. Charles B. Smyth, at the American Free Church, preached on the love of God toward mankind, while Rev. John Rogers pitched into the Church of Rome, the beast, the horns and Included. At the other churches the sermons were of the usual qualify, and al all places of worship the attendance was good.

Indeed, a careful perusal of our religious reports will convince the reader that much was done yesterday to promote the cause of Christianity and confound the devil and all his works. A Iteci0ci SuoCEtts--Tiie experiment cooiie labor on. our Southern plantations. of THE SOCTII CAKOUXA Further advices from South Carolina indicate tl.at tue riot ia Laurens county was the. result of political differences, although ths telegraph a different It appears that the State constables were endeavoring to execute the laws, when they were resisted by the mob and eight officars killed.

Governor Scott has asketi that United Si ates troops be despatched to the scene of the disturbances; but in case request cauooi be granted he will send the white militia, who are under arms in Columbia. Tiie Governor, evidently, is de-iermined to give the malcontents no cause for another outbreak, and to avoid further collision he sends oaly white to assist the authorities in restoring order. power up to the split iu 1SGO and election of Tnu tXDEl'EXUENT lOE movement for the rciief of the public from the extortion of the ice monopolists next summer has fairly commenced by the establishment of a company to be called "The People's Ice Company," with a capital of half a million. This is taking time and the frost by the forelock. Whatever is done in the way of forestalling the cunning monopoly which was such a severe oppression to the people during the past summer should ba done at once.

The days of the ice harvest are not far distant. The projectors of any scheme to gather in a crop BtifQcient to keep down the price of ice Lincoln. The States rights doctrine, which received its vitality from slavery in the South, was their platform up to 1SCO. Bat the war swept that away. The revolution was complete.

With the extinction of slavery and the amendments to the constitution it is impossible to go bf.ck to the past. The republicans, however, have in their partisan zeal and centralizing theories carried the revolution to a limit distasteful to the American people. They have used up the negro issne, the war feeling, and every other available political resource, and know not where to stop now in their revolutionary tendencies. Had it not for the issues of the war and the personal popularity of General Grant they would hardly lave maintained their power no long. It is possible General Grant may carry the party through the next Presidential election; but, judging from Jill lUe sisus of tlit; tinieSj Vb.i»l will bo UlO i and render us comparatively independent of the organized monopoly must, therefore, complete their arrangements without delay.

We trust, however, that this new enterprise will not turn out like so many other organizations of a similar kind which are ostensibly gotten up for the benefit the people anil very soon cither lapse into the monopolies they were established to contend with or become more extortionate monopolies themselves. We have had some experience of this kind in independent gas companies, and so forth. PLOTS AXD were grave apprehensions recently of a plot among the roughs of tho city to carry our approaching elections by violence. There are now rumore and charges afloat of a plot on tho other side to carry tho day ty fUe bayonet. All parties concerned oviflent ou the fjtii vivc, and HO tllUU a prowegf, of luWCSt ciCCtion, Military Cocri'Inn- All thu talk aud excitement about the arrival in this city of United Stales troops for the purpose of exercising an influence upon the election turns out to be mere political sensational canards got up for party buncombe.

Upon inquiry it is found from tlie statement of the authorities in this district that not a single soldier h.is been added to the garrisons at Fort Columbus, Fort Hamilton. Fort Wad'worilt or Fort Wood, the four military posts around the city, and, moreover, that in all garrisons there is not inora than the usual quota of about six hundred men at the present time. Tue Adjutant. General says that there is no intention ou the part of the government to increase this force by sending additional troops here at election time, and that if the aid of the soldiers were required for the purpose of enforcing the Election law of Congress not more than jibout four hundred men could be used for that purpose. Ail this therefore, about the people being overridden by horse, foot and artillery on election by an admiuistratioa d'ettit, as far aa present exist, is rj.jre bosh.

Vofers can cast their ballots as peaceably as ever. Repeating and other fraudulent voting- will, of course, be prevented wherever the legal authorities can detect the violators of the law. It is the interest of the dominant party to give us aa orderly election, and the leaders will, no doubt, take cure, to the best of their capacity, that tUe presence, of a soldier at the polls will be entirely unnecessary now as heretofore. INDIANS is feared that Jimmy O'Brien has been captured by the Indians. A GOOD has been suggested that as the Park Commissioners are energetically at work in the business of improving our public parks, the occasion be taken to construct on ihe Battery a convenient building or buildings for the convenience of otir amateur rowing cluba.

A rendezvous of th is kind would enable our citizens to witness trials of skill between our young men on a summer's evening, and tend to encourage this healthful amusement. Moreover, it would contribute largely to help the reconstruction of the lovely old Battery and its permanent resumption as the most delightful of all down town places of public resort aud recreation. The suggestion is well worthy of being entertained by our enterprising Board of Park Commissioners. tion. by most physicians, whether of the or eclectic school, and the almost universal immunity enjoyed by Turks from dyspepsia, gout, rheumatism and all diseases that spthig chiefly from impaired activity of (he bkin.

speaks volumes in its favor. So, whether it ba regarded as a luxury or a hygienic agent, the "humam" is worthy of the place it has slowly struggled into occupying. But it would be a curious thing if the heated air bath should take the eara-j place among us that it fills iu the Orient. There, we are told, it serves not oaly as a sacred temple of personal purification, but also as a sort of rendezvous for social and political intercourse. The Sultan and his Vizier, the Pacha and his Prime Minister, while being stewed into skin deep cleanliness, manage to transact no small share of their official business, thu? relieving the mind of fie cares of State- and cleansing the body of its film of accumulated dirt at one and the same lime.

Suppose something like that should come to pass here! The Hon. Peter Bismarck Sweeny, we are informed, ig one of the regular frequenters of Dr. Angell's bath. Imagine an importunate office-seeker, after waiting vainly in the antechamber of ihe great man's office, dogging him ta the "humara!" There, sitting in a common chamber, both alike subjected to the same genial warmth, and both alike attired in tho simple dress of nature, modified merely by a decent linen fig leaf, the suitor might, indeed, hope, with some show of success, to carry lit? point. And looking at the "humam" as an eat-ib- lished fact among us, we cannot help wondering what new-fangled notioa in a w.iy of baths we shall next; assimilate to our social institutions.

Europe abounds with fancies of the kind that we have yet to adopt. There is the mud bath, for instance--no doubt if introduced on a grand scale that would pay handsomely. Then, again, there are all ihe varieties of mineral baths--hot aud cold, and with fluctuating proportions of iodine, iron, potassium and. sulphur--each and all of them might be found a lucrative speculation. Perhaps even the magnetic bath ofMcsmer, though that is now pretty well exploded, might meet with abundant patronage.

But we can only guess at ihe future. For the present we can contentedly congratulate ourselves that a new, pleasant and efficacious means of enabling us to live in a pure and healthy body has successfully established itself in our midst. MEAT IN PAWS has becoiu- so precious that no one person is allowed to buy more than one quarter of a pound per day. We suppose this means a quarter of a pound to each person of the population; and even at this rato the two millions of consumers of Paris will eat up from six to seven hundred cattle per day: and Paris has no grass aud no forage for her cattle, so that they must be nearly used up. What, then? Paris in peace is not like New York, a great seaside depot in which provisions of all lands are accumulated for exportation, but is an inland city which lives from day to day on its supplies from the interior.

With this eicge, therefore, Paris, with all that could be done for them, was poorly provided for the subsistence bjyond a month or two of its two millions of consumers. Before many days, therefore, we may look for peace or a desperate sortie by Trcchu for the delivcranca of the city. malignant 8pb tbe Political Campaign. no abatement of tba in which the political cam- ted. The candidates are ipcrs.

The i on tbe list of expect that the paign lg condm. pelted unmercifully, unfortunate whose aspirants for office hl ubUc and urnal3 secrets of his private as life will be dragged forth for held up to criticism if not to It would seem as though the party had formed a league together with the t. of abusing every candidate on the vo tickets, from Governor to Coroner, "Wo mu3l give them the credit for doing so to the full extent of their ability to vituperate and scandalize the candidates, one and all. But a more serious feature of this obusivu crusade ia the charge against public officials of a very important character, such as defalcations in the city finances-- a very grave accusation, indeed, against tho Comptroller. It seems stranje that occasion should arise for a charge liiie this, or that a deficiency were possible iu so important a department of the city- government under its present management.

Tbat the charge should he made at all, from a source entitled to some consideration, evert under the impulse of political excitement and the heat of election times, is reason enougU why the accusation should be answered by a show of figures from the Comptroller's department. If there is no truth ia the allegation that there is a deficit of some millions in the finances it can very easily bs sat aside by a black and white statement of the condition of the city funds. The attacks upon General Woodford by tho democratic organs are equally to ba condemned. They can oaly serve to strengthen iiim ia tho opinion of his own party, and gain him a good many more votes in the State. There is more bitterness exhibited ia this campaign than we have seen for many years, and there never was less necessity lor it, because tho success of the democratic party in the 5tate is assured, and no personal abuso of tho candidates or public officials can change ths issue.

A UARJLLESS appears that the New York JLedyer is responsible for the impression created in England that Senator Mortou'ij appointment ia the place of Minister Motley means war with John Bull on the Alabama claims as the policy of General Grant. But England need not be frightened; for, ia the first place, the Ledger story is of that harmless class of corn cob fictions that belong to the school of Prcater John; and, ia the Hccond place, it is understood that Senator Mortou Tire NILSSON first of ihe second series of the Nilsson concerts at Steinway Hall will be sriven this evening. Lovers of delicious music from the choicest singers and instrumentalists, especially those devotees of Orpheus and ihe syrens, and of the fashions, who have not yet attended any one of these concerts, have here an opportunity for an evening's enjoyment to be remembered for a lifetime. The troupe without Miss Nilsson is a superb combination; but with the enchanting Nilsson it is a brooch of brilliants encircling the Koh-i-noor. New York may still be given the rare attractions of the fair young Swede in opera; but this is uncertain, particularly as it appears that the whole term of her engagement may be as satisfactorily to tha manager devoted to these delightful concerts.

A NBAT IBEA FOB TIIE correspondent suggests that the preachers of the different denominations in our city churches should all select one text for their sermons on a particular Sunday and give their views thereupon. This is not a bad idea. As the IIEKAK furnishes the public ait excellent report of all that the preachers say in the pulpit, every Monday morning, the whole community would know how the different preachers looked at one extract from the Scriptures from their various points of observation and interpretation, and thus afford a correct idea of the beautiful inharmoaiousness of Christian oreeds. It would be like putting a crowd of people in a room and starting them alt to sing each one a song for himself. We can imagine the effect in both cases, theological and musical! If the suggestion shonld be adopted the religious columns of the UEKALD some Monday morning would be intensely funny, as well as they are now interesting and instructive.

Trm AMKKIOAKS IN PAKIS who preferred to remain there to enjoy tho fun and novelties of tho siege havo had enough of it and anxious to got out. They are finding the novelty of short rationa too expensive, and that Paris, cut off from the oulsido world, ia a TWENTY YEAIIS OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS AGI-. twentieth anniversary of tho day wlion woman suffrage began to be agitated as boea duly observed in Apollo Hall. The iistorical sketch of the movement, which was read by Mrs. who presided over the neeting.

must have satisfied the most extrava- advocates of woman's rights thai, however u'ich may remain to be accomplished, grati- ying progress has been made during the past wenty years. A growing disposition is mani- esled l)y the public to opsu to inulli- ilied aveuues to employment, to admit them to lie pursuit of the learned professions and concede their claims to being equally well iaid as men for work equally well done. Now bat this is unquestionably the case, and vomen are even elected to office and norni- ated, like Mrs. Stanton, for Congress, we nay venl ure to protest against Mrs. Stanton's denunciations of marriage as a system if slavery, and against Miss Anthony's terrible hreals of making final resort to the sword.

if the white-coated philosopher who edits lie Tribune persists ia opposing woman suf- ragu that is not a sufficient reason for trying 0 sc'ii-o ovcrybo'ly such denunciations nil lliroais. KoOJi CAitor.i.XA KAmcALs appear to Lava een studying Nfw York political tactics, as the 1 ast elcclioa they fairly rivalled our city roughs as repeaters. Notwithstanding tho number of fraudulent radical Hcgeil to have been polled the conservatives lave made substantial gains throughout tho tate, ducting ilia member of Congress in tba onrlh district and enough members of tho talJ legislature to overpower the radical two-thirds voti- in the House. Two colored radicals arc elected to Congrcps--one of them to succeed "Whiltemore, of cadci-trading notoriety. A.

Reynolds, or Colorado, of the Unltea States Army, arrive! at Hie Metropolitan ilotcl yesterday, where lie will remain lew tlays previous to His departure fur "Wasluugton. Kcv. Mr. Goodwin, or Maryland, who visited this city to attend the recent convemiun, loaves nis quarters ai. the St.

Charles Hotel to-day for home. Boris Dauzas, Secretary of the llussiau Legation, will be at the lirevoort House until WeduuaiUy, when lie leaves for Washington. 31. II. Klllaly, of Toronto, will be a truest of the Itiocvorl House for a'lew clays.

Liuly Younz, wife of Sir John Young, Governor General of the New Dominion, vacates, her suit ot rooms at the Clarendon to-day, and will sojourn the Quaver Oily for a few days on her way to Washington. General liutler arrived yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he will be for a short time. Some jic-ople Tar as to insinuate that he is hern to laKu command of the Halted States forces during the election; but a great many donbt It very much. At present nil IB quiet on the rotomac--aud on the Hudson. General Amos, of Mississippi; M.

A. Clancy, of Washington; Dr. C. II. Burbank, of San Francisco, aud Koscoe of utica, and a galaxy or other brignt particular stars In the political firmament, are at the Fifth Avenus Hotel.

Colonel W. Willard Smith, or Salt Lake City, has engaged roams at the HoiTman House for a limited period. Dr. W. 0.

Purant, of Omaha, leaves for Boston to-ilay. He has been at the Astor House for some time past. Ex-Governor W. lirosa, of Chicago, is temporarily stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, B.

1. Hulbcrt, of Portland, has been stopping at the Hoffman House for some tune. He is ono or the cheap fuel originators, and heat to be far superior to coal for every klud of heating purposes. Dr. Kobert A.

Reid, of St. John. N. 13 a gnest at the Metropolitan Hotel. Henry A.

Pox, a theatrical manazer, of Philadelphia, 1.1 on a visit to this city and occupies rooms at the Metropolitan. He the lookout fora f.mcv ballet troupe to tlcfile the whims of tho denizens of the Qunlcer City. The Had Stockmzn, of Cincinnati ('asebil!) club, arrived in this city yesterday and hung out their colors at tho Metropolitan. They intend kiiockmfe the legs out of some of the base ball clubs in this vicinity. A great many doubt, it--muchly.

Major Warren Lcland, tho lord of hotel proprietors in this section of the world, lelt last night for Baltimore to attend the great horso fair to bo held there this weetc. Some of tnc knowing onca say Warrcii Is to compete tor.the hurdle race, but objects to ride against anything less than 265 pounds. Large ooau on Warren. Mr. W.

w. Wright, of Geneva, a member or tho Stute Legislature, has been stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel for short time. Uo leaves for home to-day. Mlsn Onitle, of Ihn English Opera Irnnpe, tyascn- KftlCQd rouitta at Uia Urmui tUMiumi uatai-.