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FOLUME XL NO. 238

AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT..

METROPOLITAN THEATRE,>M. 586 and 587 Broadway..VARIETY, at 8 P. M.

HOWE A Cl'SHIN'OS CIRCUS,bot of Honiton street and East River. Afleruooo and eveningperformance,

DARLING'S OPERA HOUSETwenty third street and Sixth avenue..COTTON A REED'SMINSTRELS, at 8 P. il. closes at 10 ;3U P. M.

OLYMPIC THEATRE,Na. 624 Broadway..VARIETY, at 8 P. M.: closes at 10:45I*. M

G1LMORE S SIMMER GARDEN,late Barnnm'k Hippodrome.GRAND POPULAR CONCERT,at 8 P. 51 close, at 11 P. M.

TIVOLI THEATRE.Eighth street, near Third avenue..VARIETY, at 8 P. M.

Finn ATENIK THEATRE.{Twenty-eighth atrect. near Broadway..BIG BONANZA, at8F M. closes at 10:3UP. M. Miss Sara Jewett, Ringgold.

COLONEL SINN'S PARK THEATRE,Brooklyn..VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:43 P. M.

CENTRAL PARK OARDEN.THEODORE THOMAS' CONCERT, at 8 P. M.

WALLACE'S THEATREBroadway and Thirteenth street..English Comic Opera.BOCLOTTE, at 8 P.M. Mi» Julia Matthew*, Mr. G. H.Macdermott.

ROBINSON HALL,West Sixteenth street .EnglUli Opera.PRINCESS OFTRBBIZONDK, at 8 P. M.

THEATRE COMIQUE,No. 514 Broadway..VARIETY, at 8 r. M.; doses at 10:45P. M.

WOOD'S MUSEUM.Broadway, corner of Thirtieth street..SI SLOCUM, at 8P. M.: closes at 10:45 P. M Matinee at 2 P. M.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.Eighth arenne, comer Twenty third street..AROUND THEWORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, at 8 P. M.; closes at 11 P. M.

triple sheet.NEW YORK. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1875.

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From cnir reports this morning the probabilitiesare that the weather to-day will he cool and clear.

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Wall Street Yekterday.- Stocks were

iteady, the principal features being Panamaand Pacific Mail. Gold opened at 113jj andclosed at 113J. The money rates were a

trifle higher.Chops..The monthly agricultural report

indicates that, notwithstanding the very exceptionalweather of the year and the ravagesof numerous pests, the yield in cerealswill be good and the potato product extraordinary.Satisfactory. . The inquiry into the

abuses in the Kings County Insane Asylumhas resulted in the dismissal of the incul-pated nurses and the recognition of the needof more thorough scrutiny in the choice ofsnch attendants.

Hxniit A. Wise has ^ot been heard fromthis long while, but has just come to the surfaceto breathe and remained long enough to

say that, with an extensive experience of theUnited States bank system, the State banksystem and the Sub-Treasury system, he isconvinced that every one of them was betterthan the present "no system" of our finances.Sound for Wise.

Captain Webb has succeeded in swimmingfrom Dover to Calais; and this is certainly a

great feat and exhibits the wonders of whichhuman endurance and strength are capable.It is, perhaps, not so useful an achievementas Boyton's, for Webb cannot communicatehis faculty to others for the price of an indiarubber suit; but it is far superior as an evidenceof human capability to wrestle withadverse circumstances. Every one must rejoicein one aspect of the case. It seems tobold out the promise that we have at last gotrid of Lcander and Lord Byron as the typicalgreat swimmers. Who will dare to mentionthe swimming over the Hellespont now

that a man has swum across the Englishf!hn.nnol ?

The Cattle Diskare i* Exolahd..Thoughwe import only ft few cattle from England,and those costly animals of fine breeds, itwill be well to adopt precautions at all onr

ports against the introduction of diseasedctttle, if the report proves true that a diseaseof the month and foot has broken out in Dorsetshirewith great virulence. Twelve thousandanimals arc said to bo down with it,and tho distemper is spreading rapidly. Ourfarmers and stock raisers havo had severalsevere experiences of cattlo disease and willdesire all possible guards to b? ised againstthe introduction of contagion.

KEW TOTh» MUlenalnm at LaiU-The If«w PoliticalParty.We acknowledge the receipt of an invita;tion from the "United States Legal Tender

Clnb, No. 1,193 Broadway, room '20," datedAugust 13, 1875. In this invitation we are

respectfully invited to "call at the committooroom of the club at eight o'clock any eveningduring August and September," to co-operatewith its members in their efforts "for a UnitedStates legal tender sound currency, based on

the faith and credit of the people of theUnited States and their general government,and also on the revenues paid by the peopleto the United States Treasury, and having inaddition a representative value in being redeemableand interchangeable for three-sixty|five United States bonds." The Secretary ofthe club informs us, also, that his organizationis in favor of tho issue of greenbacks "forvalue to a sufficient amount to meet the demandsof trade and to promote the industriesof the nation, and demand that greenbacksshall meet the necessities of peace as tljeymet those of war." There is to bo a series of

public moetings held in furtherance of thisproposition on the 1st of September. "Thepeople," says the Secretary, "are with us

against the Quixotic hard money ring. Theyknow and feel that 'he who would be free,himself must strike the blow.' "

"We recognize in this courteous, but rathernoisy, invitation the first step toward theformation of a great political party. It iswell known that its head is no less a states-man than Uncle Dick, the greatest Congress-man that ever represented New York in thehalls of legislation. So far as we can learnthe party is thus far composed of Uncle Dick,Eugene Beebe, Theodore Tomlinson andBenjamin Wood. General Benjamin F. Butlerhas expressed his acquiescence in the doctrinesof the club in a letter published recently,and we suppose that he will be presentat one of these meetings. It is to be calleda "greenback party." It is to be outside ofall other organizations. A party that containsUncle Dick has of course enough intellect.It will only need brute voting power,and if any man can find votes it is UncleDick. He could manage a canvass "long"or "short." The party principles are plain.There is to be no more gold or silver,except as articles of merchandise. Thegovernment is to purchase one hundred

A- I Z. 1 J1 J 1new presses, 10 print uy uny unu uynight "a sufficient amount to meet the demandsof trade and to promote the industriesof the nation." We have now forty millionsof people in this country, and Uncle Dick andMr. Tomlinson have calculated that, by improvingthe character of the printing machineryand working with due diligence, inthe course of one year every citizen of the fortymillions will have in his possession a milliondollars of well printed greenbacks. A milliontimes forty million may look to the ordinarymind a large sum, but statesmen like UncleDick and Mr. Tomlinson have given theirlives to the contemplation of these vastsums. Like workmen who build towers

they never grow dizzy. Consequently theyare able to handle estimates of this magnitudewith as much ease and certainty as ordinarypeople handle their own moderate incomes.Acccording to Uncle Dick's new jiarty, whenevery citizen of the forty millions is in possessionof a million dollars of greenbacks thenwe shall be "on the tide of great prosperity."As these statesmen argue, the credit of thegovernment belongs to the people, and whyshould not the people, in the exercise of theirsovereign wisdom and authority, have thepower of distributing the government creditin equal proportions and to any amount ? Ofwhat use else is a government of universalsuffrage? If the government has the right^ ieena n mitlir.n /Inllapu nf awtilif «'Vlv nnl n

million times forty million ? As these greatstatesmen are cosmopolitan in their views,and believe in "extending and developingthe interests of the country," andinviting to these hospitable shoresthe brawn and sinew of the olderlands, in their "renewed policy of nationalprosperity" the same amount of greenbackswill be given to every immigrant as wellas every citizen. By the operation ofthis beneficent influence in five years wo

ought to have in this country a hundred millionsof the best citizens of France, Englandand Germany. As to what will be donewith the Chinese and Japanese upon theirarrival in California Uncle Dick has not determined.It is fairly argued that if a milliondollars in greenbacks are to be given to

every Chinaman who lands in California we

shall have the whole Chinese nation withinthe next four or five years. As this nationis composed of several hundred millions it iseasy to see that the end will be the destructionof the American Republic and the establishmentof a great Mongolian empire. But.although this problem distracts an ordinarymind it has no terrors for Uncle Dick, whowill give us his solntion in his own goodtime.A party based upon these gorgeous ideas

is worthy of the profonndest respect.It is not for ordinary men to venture tointrude upon the councils of statesmenof the calibre of Uncle Dick, whose mindgrasps empires and whose genius bonmls thocircling globe ; but if we were to makea suggestion to the "Legal Tender Club"it would be this: Why take the troubleof printing greenbacks? It is an unnec|cssary exfjense. It involves presses, en-

gravers, paper and ink and wages. Whynot use our own resources and take somethingmore permanent than dust and rags ?Let us suggest clams. Here is the Jerseycoast rich in clams. Why not issue a

clamshell circulation? There might be an

objectipn from the West that they have no

clams; but still we must look after our own

interests in the East. If we can only lift theImrril.le nnH rrfnerallv desnised clam from its

unappreciated position to bo a circulatingmedium, to be currency, to be money intruth, we shall not only found a new industry,but we shall lead the people into freshpaths of progress. We can base the clam"on the faith and credit of the people," juatas well as the printed rag paper. Diggingthe clams would offer to thousands ofworthymembers of the party sufficient support.The nutriment might bo distributed as

spoils to the disappointed office-seekers, or

mado into rations for the army and navywith which we are to conquer Mexico.The shells could be sent all over the country

RK HERALD, THURSDAY,as money, and, on account of their ornamentalcapacities, would find great circulation,especially among the Indian tribes. Ah wo

are about to huve a party of universal creditanil unlimited circulation let us begin in a

practical manner. An act of Congress makingthe clamshells legal tender, followed byanother act directing the issue of a thousandmillions of clams at so many a head to everycitizen of the United States, would be a greatachievement It might be objocted that perhapsthe clams would not be accepted inother countries at our own valuation. Butthis is a free country, and wo should do as wo

please, and if satisfied with our own circula-tion we do not see why wo should be concernedwith the bloated aristocracies anddecaying monarchies of the Old World.Of course a party like this, based on these

courageous ideas, will not be content withprinciples alone. There are offices to bofilled. It is well enough to have meetings atthe Cooper Institute, letters from GeneralButler and speeches from Pig Iron Kelley;but a great party cannot triumph withoutmeeting the country with its own candidates.Perhaps its leaders think it is too soon tobring out candidates for the Presidency, andthat their first duty is to "arouse the country."This is a mistake. Why should notthe members of the club go beforo the coun-

try with a full ticket, containing President,Vice President and members of the Cabinet?This would be a new feature, and wouldcharm thousands of voters with its frankness.Which leader is more fitted tor the Presidencythan Uncle Dick himself? For VicePresident we suggest Uncle Sam Carey, ofOhio, tho great statesman who has discovered"epupon clipping" to be a crime. UncleDick and Uncle Sara, on a clamshell plat-form, would sweep the country. What an

administration we should have ! For Secretaryof State we suggest General Butler, ofMassachusetts ; for Secretary of the Treasury,Jay Gould ; for Secretary of War, GeneralJohn Cochrane ; for Secretary of the Navy,Pig Iron Kelley, of Pennsylvania ; for AttorneyGeneral that luminous and beneficentintellect, Theodore Tomlinson; for Secretaryof the Interior, Columbus Delano, who now

manages the Indian King with so much energyand acceptability that he could not bespared, while for the Post Office Departmentwho more competent than General RobertToombs, of Georgia ? With such a ticket andsuch a Cabinet the new party would enterthe campaign with flying colors. It mustnot be timid. It must avow its principlesc» rwl ifa InaHnrfi romom » i r* r» Vmf

often in politics "desperate courage makesone a majority."

The Halt In Rapid Transit.

The Rapid Transit Commissioners appear 1to have encountered an obstruction to theirwork precisely where none could have beenanticipated. They have not yet agreed upon a

route, and already it is intimated that theexpiration of the time to which they are lim-ited by the law will find this important pointundecided. The Commissioners have a plainduty to perform. They are not appointedto protect the interests of the Third AvenueRailroad Company, the Harlem RailroadCompany or any other privileged corporation.It is not their province to study thebenefit or the injury that a steam railroadmay do to the real estate of this or that propertyowner. They have accepted the responsibilityof carrying out a law designed togive relief to the people of New York by theaccommodation of steam communication betweenthe Battery and the Westchester border.If they fail to accomplish the work tliey>haveundertaken they will be classified hereafterwith the venal Legislatures through whosecorrupt intrigues rapid transit in New Yorkhas been heretofore defeated.The first object of an honest and capableCommission must be to enlist the confidenceof capital in the undertaking, so that

tho money for the construction of a rapidtransit road may be forthooming. To accomplishthis the route covered by the chartermust bo ono that promises a remunerativeamount of business. Some of the avenues

are closed to the Commission. Broadway,Fifth avenue, and Fourth avenuo aboveForty-second street cannot bo used. Thewest side has the Greenwich street line inoperation. Tho Third avenue route, or theLexington avenue route, lying betweenThird and Fourth avenues, seems to presentadvantages that cannot be overlooked. Thetravel over the Third avenue horse car lineis larger than over any other lino in the city,and, except a small percentage, is travel thatwould use a steam railroad. The route isbuilt over almost unbrokenly from Harlembridge to the Battery. A rapid transit roadrunning along the Bowery and Third avenue

would accommodate more people on its directline than could any other route in the city,and would bo more central than any other*><-v nv /i111 <1 in it Ti /I WTii IT an !<' i ft Vi ntronnoivuvn, cauiuuiu^ jiiv/nv4»t«j r»m* x utu (itcuuc,

which are prohibited by the law, and Sixthavenue, which ends at the Central Park.These facts are known to every citizen ofNew York, and if the I lap id Transit Commissionersclose their eyes to them the peoplewill believe they are blinded by somethingelse than stupidity.Tim Collapse or the Rao Baby..The Detroitballoon threatens to collapse before it is

fully inflated. The Inflation Convention, tomeet to-morrow, seems likely to be a conspicuousfailure. Mr. Carpenter declines tospeak, and says his name was used withoutauthority. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, hasthought better of it and will not be there.Only Judge Kelley, "faithful among the faithless,"will appear and speak; and Mr. HenryCarey will write a letter, which is sure to bolong chough to fill up tho time. Well, whatwith the defeat of Allen and Carey in Ohio,which begins to seem probable, and tho collapseat Detroit, the inflationists begin to"see daylight." They will presently discoverthat though pretty much everybodywants "more money" the American peopleare not such a set of idiots as to think theycan get rich by picking each other's pockets,ui niKi uii it uureer 01 unparnueiea prosperity"by trading jackknives.

Fat. -One hnndred and eight "slab-sidedYankees" met together yesterday at Norwalkand celebrated themselves in a fat man'sfeast on baked clams. The average weight ofthese men was two hundred and twenty-eightpound*, which is not bad lor a dyspeptioand skinny generation. I

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AUGUST 26, 1875..TRIPIMr. Delano Ban the Way.

Tho Hebald has, on a number of occasions,subjected itself, by the ardor of its defenceof General Grant, to the imputation of beinghis orpin. In a certain sense this is so. Wolike General Grant; we maintain that his fameis a part of the country's glory; wo see thatwhatever good thing he does redounds not

only to his credit, but to the credit of thecountry, one of whose representative men heis ; and we have always been zealous to pointout his good qualities, and also to show peo-plo the limitations of his genius, so as to preventtho public from demanding of himwhat, by nature or by training, ho cannotgive. Wo have ventured, also, on occasion, tooffer His Excellency advice, and if sometimeshe has not taken it we have always noticedthat he had occasion to regret his course afterward,which naturally makes us only themore ready to counsel him again, becausewe are painfully unxious that he shall acquithimself well and leave as good a name as possiblebehind him.

In this spirit we approach him to-day withthe respectful suggestion that he shall as

soon as possible rid himself of Mr. Delano.General Grant, to use a Western phrase, hasreally no use for that statesman. To keephim in his Cabinet any longer is as injudiciousas though Mr. A. T. Stewart should insiston keeping on his counters a piece ofdamaged goods and pretend that it was perfect,or as though an egg merchant in FultonMarket should insist on offering stale eggs tohis customers. It will not do. GeneralGrant showed in 1868 that he understood theIndian question thoroughly. He then desiredto put the Indian affairs intothe hands of tho army, which everyhonest man who has studied the problemknows to be its true and onlysolution. Congress, foolishly jealous of thearmy, forbade this. Thereupon GeneralGrant did the next best thing. He selected a

commission of eminent citizens to superintendunofficially tho management of theIndians, and gave the different reservationsin charge of different religious denominations.Unfortunately, pretty soon afterwardhe made Mr. Delano Secretary of the Interior,in place of General Cox, and then, as ArtemusWard used to say, " the trouble began;"for Mr. Delano had roal power; tho Com-missioners and the clergy had only a showof power. Professor Marsh and Mr. Welshhave shown and are showing the public theresult of the mixture, and it is not good.Mr. Delano is a piece of damaged goods

which General Grant ought for his own

credit and good name to put at once awayunder the counter. That he should have appointedan unfit man is his misfortune ; hutif in the light of such exposures as wo havebeen for several months printing he keepshim in office, then, in the judgment of hisbest friends, he tarnishes his own good name

and makes himself a partner, and, in fact,the head of the maladminstration and corruption.This we, in common with all goodcitizens, should deeply regret to see. The goodfame of General Grant is too valuable to tlxocountry to be flung idly away. It is not hisproperty alone, nor that of his brotherOrville nor his too numerous brothers-in-lawand cousins. It belongs to the country. Hodoes us all a wrong when he k©6.as bad company.

lied Cloud.Our correspondence from the Black Hills

and the map given to-day are instructive onseveral points of interest in one of the importanttopics of the time.the great Indianproblem. Our correspondent's effort to interviewRed Cloud and the diplomatic observationof that celebrated red man

that "the great paper man knows enough,"are specimens of the humors of thissort of intercourse; and indicato thekeenness of the Indian in keeping an eyoto the main chance. Indeed, Providencewould appear once more to have supplied thisremarkablo race of people with a great man

adapted to the circumstances. War wouldbe hopeless, and an energetic fighting manwould only insure the ruin of any tribe inwhich ho might appear, as the Modocs discovered.% But a crafty leader who can discoverthe exposed side of his oppressors andmake the most of it to their damage is worthall the war x»arties that could be organized.Few Indian agents would be shrewd enoughto get the better of Red Cloud in ordinarytransactions, if the Indian could help himself; but the sanction of the law and theforce of the white man are behind the Indianagent, and the red man cannot help himself;but in getting around the difficulty.in thediscovery that the moral sense of the nationwas in favor of honest dealing and in appealingto this through Professor Marsh and otherwise.thisIndian has shown a superior comprehensionof his case and gives a new aspectto tho relations of our government with hispeople.The Water Supplt..The evidence seems

to be satisfactory that the Croton mains inthe lower part of the city are insufficient forordinary wants, and are so inadequate to

possible demands of a great fire that this circumstanceaffects the rates of insurance.There seems to be evidence on this point so

clear as to entirely relieve the propositionfor new mains from tho suspicion of originatingin the wish to give a fat contract to a

HviYinntlietio ninemalrer. Nevertheless the

republicans in the city government opposothe step, not out of regard to the public interest,but because it gives patronage to thoSuperintendent of Public Works, a democraticfunctionary. They take their cue fromComptroller Green, whoso theory is to op-pose tho democrats, though you ruin thocity.South Sea Savaobs. .An English commodorehas been treacherously killed by

savages in tho South Sea, and the usualprompt vengoanoo which England exacts insuch cases has been taken. Much of thismutual violence cotild be avoided by tho enforcementof just dealings with the nativesof the South Seas. It is notorious that Eng-lish ships are constantly guilty of piracy andman-stealing in this favored region of theglobe. The savage frequently avenges thewrongs committed by one set of white men

upon another innocent of wrong-doing. But ifthe man-stealcrs who bring their cargoes ofunfortunates to tho Australasian colonicswere arrested and hung up, as they deserveto be, there would be fowor acts of violencoon the cart of the savaoes.

,E 9HEEKA Nodical View of Oar «UI»im»i».

A Now York physician writes to the I'ticaHerald offering to bet a thousand dollnra thatGovernor Tilden has suffered a stroke ofparalysis which partly disables hiB.left side.It is an odd proposition, but it would havestrange consequences if hereafter our pnbliomen should be regularly submitted to medicalexamination like recruits for the army or

navy. What singular discoveries might bemade ! It would have to bo said of GovernorTilden that his detective organ is by no

means paralyzed. But we might discoverleading men in both parties who had sufferedparalysis of very serious organs and faculties.In some of them paralysis has extinguishedthe cupacity of distinguishing between rightand wrong ; in some the power of telling thedifference between a rogue and «an honestman ; others, yet, paralysis has incapacitatedfrom knowing good money from bad, andmany are reduced to the sad state of beingunable to say what they think. And if betsare to bo made on such delicate subjects weshould presently read tho oddest quotationsin the betting reports :."Ten to one thatGeneral Butler has discovered a new versionof tho Ten Commandments." "Twenty toone that Mr. Delanojioes not know the differencebetween honest and dishonest Indianagents." "Forty to one that the Cabinet donot know the proper time to resign." "Ahundred to one that Governor Allen does notknow the difference between a rag baby anda dollar".a most astonishing case of paralysisof the perceptive organs. "Five to one

that General Grant does not know whetherhe wants a third term or not;" and "fifty toone that Spencer, of Alabama, does." Themedical betting ring offers an entirely new

field for Mr. Morrissey, who might, with thehelp of a few doctors, get up regular politicomedicalpools, in which, no doubt, he wouldsell Kelly against the field, as so far paralyzedas not to know anything whatever.

Bad News for Third Termers.

Some of tho republican statesmen stillthink it may bo necessary to renominateGeneral Grant; but, if we may credit GeneralDurnside's judgment, the third term isnot, after all, what racing men would calla "walk over," and the third termers neednot expect to have things all their own

way. Rhode Island, the General told a

Herald correspondent the other day, ispretty unanimously opposed to a third term.The people of Rliodo Island want a change.General Dix's Long Island fisherman, whocomplained of tho hard times last fall on thescore that he got now "only about half aneel to the pot," also thought it well to have a

change, and accordingly went to tho pollsand elected Mr. Tilden Governor. Possiblytlin clams are not. abundant, in Ttlirvln Tulund

this year. Howover that may be, lthodeIsland does not approve of a third term.During the "late unpleasantness" a Southernsoldier in Lee's army hailed a Northernvidotte opposite, and being asked to whatregiment he belonged replied, "The SixtiethSouth Carolina ; what regiment do you belongto?" To which tho Northern man

promptly replied, "The four hundred andninoty-second Rhode Island." "That doesnot so\ind well for the Southern Confederacy,"remarked a laughing Southerner,and so Rhodo Island's opposition to a thirdterm seems to block the wheels a little.

Gabcia Mokeno.Our news files givein fuller detail to-day the Btory oftho assassination of this small Caesarof a Spanish-American Republic. Inall the Spanish-American States wo seo therapid advance through various forms.theearly ripe and early rotten condition.ofpolitics with tho hot-tempered races. Ecuadorwas only as rotten as tho rest whenMoreno came upon the stage, and like allCaesars he immediately purified the atmospherein certain respects only to make itfouler in others. Ho ruled for fifteen years,and would have ruled for fifty but for thomachete, which proved tho only limit to histerm, lie organized himself in office on thoring system ; but it was not a contractors'ring nor an Indian ring. It was a ring morein consonanco with Spanish nature.apriestly, Jesuitical ring. He agreed to give tothe Jesuits the plunder of tho State for theirservices to him in tho retention of power.It worked superficially to a charm both forhim and them ; but it filled tho shadow ofevery wall with vigilant enemies, and itsharpened the inevitable knifo of tho assassin.

A New Spanish Majuiiaoe. .Spain is tohave a new royal marriage. King Alfonsowill, it is rumored, marry a princess of thohouse of Montpensier. Another daughter ofthe same house is married to the Comto doParis, so that the long sought-for union betweenthe French and Spanish royal housesis about to bo consummated. This news willmako the Orleanists in Paris jubilant, and,no doubt, will not be very pleasant to thorepublicans. Germany, however, may havesomething to say to this family arrangement.It would not be astonishing if Bismarck hadsome advice at tho disposal of the royalcousins.BooAimrs on Pigeon Riiootino..Tho

suggestion made by Captain Bogardus,inai in pigeon snooting maicncs "Doun-daries" should be abolished and atimo allowance to Rather in tho birdsubstituted, deserves tho attention ofall Hportsnien. Under tho present rulematches aro often decided by pure luck.8trong birds, though badly hit, drop ontsidotho boundary and tho sportsman is creditedwith a missi This is manifestly unfair, andit would bo a gn at improvement to allowthree minutes to Rather in tho birds, doingaway entirely with the boundary system. Ifthis rule wore adopted the best shots wouldalways win and pigeon shooting cease to boa game of chance and become an absolutetrial of skill in marksmanship. This wouldbe a change welcomed by all good, reliableshots.tne Ferryboat Collision..From the testimonytaken yesterday in this case the appearanceis that the Twilight was entirely to

blanio for the accident. From the evidenceof tho people on tho Twilight, even, this follows;for tho only way in which tho NorthHoldcould escape collision was by going offher conrso to the eastward. This sho did,but was persistently followed up by thoother boat until tho deviation from thooouruo was greater than can reasonably be

aocounted for on any other theory than thatof on effort to avoid collision.

The Degradation of the Drama.

Wo can permit un ordinary amonnt oflicense to our players and play managers intheir attempts to catch tho public. Thepublic, as Mr. Barnum, tho most celebratedquack of modern times, has laid down in hi*life, is "a strungo animal" and must bamanaged carefully. We are disposed to viewwith amusement, certainly without anger,tho attempts to manage the animal so longas they aro kept within moderate bonnds,such as a dinner, a serenade, picturos in tobuccostores, accounts of "hairbreadthescapes" or striking achievements, or even

practical jokes. These are within toleratedlimits of advertising. But tho attempt onthe part of one of our theatres to play "Hamlet"on Monday night as an "American**piece, by "American artists" and in a housedecorated with "American emblems," is »

degradation of true dramatic art. It invokeda spirit which in the pust lias led to manyserious and fatal disasters in our ereat cities.It is not quackery, but an incentive to riot.

Mr. Barry Sullivan will play "Hamlet" atBooth's Theatre. He returns to this countryafter an absence of many years. He is rememberedas a strong, original and goodactor. His engagement was injured at thooutset by the injudicious attempts of hiamanagers to make his appearance in NewYork a national event. This has not boonpursued, and he comes on his merits.Suddenly we have an announcement fromthe Grand Opera House that Mr. E. L.Davenport will play "Hamlet" with "an Americancompany" on tho same evening. Thisis intended to be a rebuke to foreign artistaupon tho American stage, Mr. Sullivan boinga foreigner. Mr. Davenport was received inEngland with great courtesy and attention.Why should he take part in a demonstrationagainst an English artist ? This thing of appealingto a spirit of nationality in Americais the lowest clement of baseness. It iarowdyism in art. It was by these appealshat we had the controversies between Macreadyand Forrest, which ended ina serious disaster, loss of lifo and astain upon our national character. Inthat unhappy strifo Mr. Forrest behavedtoward his English antagonist with brutality.He aroused u feeling which drove fromour stage and even from the soil one of thamost accomplished artiRts in the profession.a man who at one time thought so much ofAmerica that ho considered the propriety ofmaking it his home. There is no danger ofthe attempt of Mr. Davenport to play "Hamlet"with "American artists" resulting in anythingmore than a burlesque. The motiveis too apparent. Our regret is that an artistof the distinction and ability of Mr. Davenport,certainly one of the best actors on thastage, should lend himself to such a proceed- <

ing. There is no reason why he should notplay "Hamlet" as well as Mr. Sullivan and oftoften as ho pleases. That is not our complaint.Wo complain that he should ostentatiouslyshape his announcement so as tomake it virtually an insult to a guest, to hia>own profession and to the American people.The Count of Paris' History..The third

and fourth volumes of this interesting workare reviewed afr length in another column.Af iht* rnfi* nf nmerman fVina fur t.liA wnrlr

will apparently make at least eight volumesand will be the most elaborate history of ou*civil war yet attempted.

PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

And still another Charley Ross Is not the on*wanted.Genera! J. T. Wilder, of Tennessee, is stopping at th*

St. Nicholas Hotel.Congressman John It Vance, of Ohio, Is sojourning

at the Hoffman House.Mr. Robert M. McLane, of Baltimore, Is among th*

late arrivals at the Hodman Hons*.Governor Tilden is said to bo worth $4,000,000. H*

probably maile it breaking "rings."Mr. Washington McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirery

is registercit at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.And now the President's friends seem to fancy that

even Jewell himself is "too unanimous."Senator l'hineas W. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ha*

taken up his residonco at the St. James Hotel.Surgeon General Joseph lieale, United States Navy,

arrived last evening at the Fifth Avenuo Hotel.Lieutenant Commander George M. Radio, United

States Navy, is quartered at the Metropolitan Hotel.Mr. C. B. Wright, Vico President of tlio Norther*

Pacitlc Railroad Company, iS'at the Rrevoort House.Aristarchi Roy, Turkish Minister at Washington, arrivedin this city yesterday, and is at the Aibemarl*

Hotel.Mr. II. H. Wells, thn recently appointed United Statef

Attorney for the District of Columbia, is residing at th*Hoffman House.Cardinal McCloskey goes to Chartres on Friday, from

Paris; thence to Nantes, and returns to Paris befor*starting for Rome.

Is there a pardon ring at Albany, and, if there is, whendoes the Governor intend to begin against it a great battiein the people's cause?Secretary Belknap is gone to Helena, M. T., and it i*

thought he will return tlio samo way. It depends uponthe quality of the beverages.

Rev. G. B. I'orteous will resign the charge of AllCrMilu lnHon.nH.nl Vnturnnnl rlrnr.l, 11rnnl.lv. I. ....

' " I'"* - .11 i.iusequoncoof numerous engagements to lecture.Near Cologne a German wan brought into court on tha

charge of talking against I'rlticn Bismarck.in his Bleep.Unfortunately for this patriot ho had slept in a cafd onthat occasion.

Bergamo will liavo a great mualcnl solemnity in Sop-.tomber, and will celebrate at the same time the memoryof two of her sous.Donizetti and Donizetti's master,Jean Sltnott Mavr.The Saratoga Sun believes that Saratoga Is Injured by

Morrisscy's establishment; but this view docs not allowfor the natural "cussedncss" of humanity. Virtuo hagruined Radon-Baden:Apartments were taken at Dennville for the Prince of

Wales, and expectation was on tiptoe for his arrivaljbut this heartless Prince went nqrth instead, just toshoot tniscrablo Scotch grouse.

Mr. and Mr*. Snrtoris will sail for England on Saturday,and the President gives them a farewell dinner tonightin the cottage by tho sea. Jesse Grant, thayoungest son, goes out with the happy couple.An order lias lieon Issued by the Paris police forbiddingnny person to drivo lour in band or tandem in tho

streets of the city unless furnished with a certillcatc ofcapacity, to bo issued by the police after inquiry.Home ono up at Saratoga criticises the position of lha

Hon. John Morrlssey, and In *orry to see Hint ho donanot take «t tin.' spa tin- snmo view of tho laborers' wagesthat ho tnk' K in tho metropolis by llfty rents n day.Marshal MncMahon ontortninod tho Grand Duke Constantinoat dinner lately, and the papers mention with

especial emphasis that It waa not a diner intimr, buta dinner hlazitix with all the apparatus that Horacehated, and more.

In tho rorent death of Admiral Kxcelmans, in France,a curious coincident in noted. His lather was MarshalKxculmuiis.a great cavalry soldier of the First Kmpiro,and most famous for a wonderful charge of horse atKocqiieneourt, He was III the saddle ou the 10th olJuly 1HM, was thrown in tho road and killed. On the'J'Jil of July 1874, his eon's mind ran strangely on thatevent. Ho talked about it all day. In tho evening berode out, wm thrown and killed in the name manner.