Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1874 — Page 4

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TUESDAY, JUNE 30.

A colored member of the legislature of the District ot Columbia, on the adjournment of that august body, seized upon a large feather duster, which was one of the most elegant properties oi the forum that had resounded to his eloquence. He passed the handle of the dnster down the leg of his pantaloens, and battoried the gorgeous feathers up under his vest, and wrapping the mantle of conscious rectitude over mil, departed. Doubtless many members of Congress carried off their whitewash brushes in the same way. The politicians are indulging in ingenious speculation astothetneanlnsc oftbr"pointment of Mr. Hale to succeed CresweR. The most reek tma guess on the subject seems to be that he win chosen because he is the pur ticular frwnJ of Speaker Blalne,and it is tke design of the administration to throw alt fc infiuenceln tne scale In favor of that getirc man's nomination for the presidency. It bas become the eostom now to -er plain po litical occurrences by means of some -secret, and not wntreqently discreditable motive, There wss a tide when it would have 'been assumed as a matter of course that the pres ident bad cbosan Mr. Ilale for postraaster general simply because he seemed to be the man vaost ttted by natural ability and knowiedgeof the postal affairs of the conn try for performing the duties of the tfnoe in a erMitabre-atvle. Thinzs are done differ ently in these days, however. In another column of the Sentinel w ill be found a' letter addressed by exCongressmii Kerr to the democracy of the' third dis trict. His utterances bave an importance that renders even personal discussion in which be -is interested an appropriate sub ject for-general comment. His reputation as a man commands attention which his position us a candidate might fail to secure him. Tke tone of the letter is straightfor ward and manly, and the vindication of its author k complete. He need-not dread that the people ot the state will believe him guilty vt sacrificing their interests to his ambition or his fortune. ""Too use ocharac ter" says Burke, "is t be-a-shield agatust calnmny," and from bis pure reputation tbe slanderous imputations dfforaign agency, subserviency to tbe moneyed power, an general political hypocrisy, will fall harmless. It is certainly bo crisie to be a rick man where wealth is honestly acquired, aud yet there i- something intensely gratifying; in -the short sunimtrv which Mr. Krr mal. es of his moderate fortune. It is good to find thai there are men among us who with many epportunitios and tempt tions to acaaire tnoaev, devote themselves to higher ends. The declaration of prinei pies which Mr. Kerr puts forward is brexul and liberal and the record of his career is in harmony with it. Ilia statement of tis position on the finascial issue is perhaps tLut nart of the letter which will attract most attention. He asserts with all sensible m:n the conviction that inimeiiata resumption oi specie payment is not possible without general disaster and distress; but it is deafly implied in his tone that his hostility to tie in llalion of the currency is no less decide!. II is views on the subject are, however, promised in future public discussion and will doubtless be found embodied in the niaxtm: 'No step backward." The tesult of the coming election in ttm state s affecting the control of the nation is, of course, of the greatest importance. OutsWe of the naked question of party supremacy, the state polices of Indiana are devoid of the least occasion for controversy. Unlike ar any other stated where mischief aas crept into the state governments, there is, probatly, no man and no party possessed of a a grwvance to bring against the administration -of tue state affaire for the last two years, fit may be a xause of secret grief to the political -scavengers that their -services are net in demand are and the state-house, but to all rightminded - men it is a source of unspeakable pride that in the midst of so much official disrepute elsewhere Indiana can apeak of good government, fairly aud impartially- administered. There may be a. difference of opinion in -regard to her statute, and over the construction of the next legislature a sharp fight may be counted on. The political interest of the lall elections will be directed to the county and township governments. However insignificant the reform movement may turn out to be as related to the tWket for state officers, as affectiag those of the c mties, or a portion of them, it will be no trifling affair. Court house rings in this state are as numerous, as influential and as repugnant to honest men as in other places. The people seem to be thoroughly waked up to the fcet tha't too lauch of their money In spent in supporting the county offices, and that county legislation is careless and extravagant. Loud complaints are made that the salaries of officers are too high and altogether disproportionate to the ability required and the services rendered. To reform these abuses tbs people are fu'ly determined. It is not strange to find their zeal in this direction running perhaps too fr. In some cases, it bas been inconsiderately proposed to ignore the statutes on the subject and to pledge candidates, if supported and elected, to accept a compensation different from that prescribed by the law. In other counties the temperance question . will rise to the dignity of a leading issue. But the overturning of county rings which have longhelds way in control of local measures and dictated arbitrarily party policies will be the feature of the campaign, so tar as it affects the state. Reform means a change In county governments, and the sharpest contents promise to bo of a local character. ' Among the measures brought before the present Congress, and laid over for discussion daring the next session, one of the most Important Is the Canadian Reciprocity ITn-aty. The proposed policy will meet with

determined opposition, and the Philadel" phla Press goes so far as to declare that It reciprocity measures pass, Pennsylvania can be considered as lost to the Republican party. The terms of the treaty seem to be admirable in all respects, and it is to .be hoped that the mean and narrow policy which attempted during the past few years to debar all intercourse with the neighboring province may meet with speedy and complete overthrow. All thoughtful citizens will have time during the summer to make up their minds on the respective merits of reciprocity and Isolation'. There Is more involved in this Hea of a freo market to the north than the petty consideration of gain. It is good to provide for the free circulation of Imerican opinions, taste. and prejudices among our neighbors, who may one dary or other become members of owowst house-, bold. Ttoftnil and second articles of the proposed tieaty guarantee free fisbetloa ea. cept for eiiöll-tah, salmon and shad along the coasts and islands of both -countries. The third article designates places reserved from this -general concession. The fotrrth

article pre-vides for the gradual reduction -ol duties on certain natural products, agricultural implements aud articles of manufacture name in extended schedules, tbe list Including all of commercial importance. Tbo fifth 'article stipulates that the Canadian canals from Lake Erie to Montreal shaft be enlarged forthwith at the expense of tbe Dominion of Canada, so as to admit vessels drawing twelve feet of water, the locks of said canalsto be270teet long, -43 feetvrlde, and 12 feet in depth on the metre silL It also provides for the deepening of the St. Lawrence to twelve ieet whenever "necessary. This involves an enormous expense. The nlergeinentof tbe Welhrad Canal from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is ia itself a great work. The ne:ct canal of the series Is tbe short one around 3altops Rapid, just below Ogdensbcrg. The canals around the Rapid du Plathe. Long Saut, the 'Cascades, the Cedars, and the Lachine complete the series. These are already of good size and in fair condi tion. Tbe -sixth article binds the Canadian government to - construct a Bhip canal, from a point on the St. Lawrence to Lake- Cham plain, the United States promis ing to try and perseade the state of New Yor k to contieue the good work by the enlargeraent of 'the 'Champlain canal to the HuJaon. Theie provisions meet the bitter est hostility on the part ot some of the people of Western New York; who imagine that the supremacy of the city of Buffalo in the griu train is threatened by their opera tion. The seventh and eighth articles pro vide for the free navigation by the citizens of both countries of all those lakes, rivers and oaoals -of each, which make up the great Noithern route to the sea. The ninth article secures freedom to purchase and register vessels built in either country. The tenth and eleventh articles provide for the expene of light-house service, the construction of light houses, and the propagation of fish. The treaty, after ratification, is to remain in force for the terra of .21 years, and certainly no more broad and liberal basis ot inter national communication could be conceived IrrKZ .-n C lal Kennt or. A correspondent of the Boston Globe, Still man B. Allen, makes a suggestion in regard to a change ia sir government, which will loubtlsss meet with a good deal of attention. lie proposes a scheme by means of which all anxiety in regard to the perpetuation of the office of president by means of executive patronage is set at rest, and the experience and a ability of retiring chief magistrates. are forever secured in the service of the pub lic. He introduces his proposition with a di: tctission of the evil consequences which would be inevitable from the election of any president to a- third term. The progress from such an vßnt tD monarchy would be $y easy stages. It is proposed, however, to Test rict, in the first place, every president to a sinsle term of office and to lengthen the term to a period of six years. This propo tiort is by no means a new one, and has not met with very much: favor heretofore. The iiecond portion of Mr. Allen's proposed reform, however, disposes of the main argu ment against the ob term principle while introducing an entirely novel and original suggestion. He proposes that every president, after tbe close -of his ex ecu the term, instead of passing into tbe irksme inactivity of private life, shall take his place in the Senate chamber In that august body his rights and duties are to be considered as identical with those of the present senators, with the single exception that he shall be considered as the nepreseatative of the nation at large rather than the representative of any state, and that his term of office hall ealy close with bis life. lie would bs in a measure what a congressman at large is to his state delegation in tue lower bouse, it is asy to understand the advantages of such an ar rangement. It would add diguity and responsibility to the already exalted po sition of chief magistrate. It would prevent - the dangerous and insidious machinations to secure a re-election which at present threaten to overturn our democracy. It would preserve as the constitutional advisers of the president, those men whose actual experience could be made available for bis enlightenment. It would retain, in the councils of the nation an element above ambition, outside of petty local influences and only anxious to earn fair fame and advance the country's good. One formal objection to this scheme for the cteation of Presidential Senators lies in the fact that it involves an election for a life time instead of a series of year3. This objctlon Is not without force, and It can only be urged in palliation that the Supreme Court judges now hold office by the same tenure; that impeachment wonld be a security against any unfaithfulness on the part of the ex-president, whom duty and a sense of honor failed to rule; and finally that, as the chief magistrates are generally old men when they retire, the term of office would prove to be briefer in actual experiment than that of the present senators, who are re-elected over ani over again. Another objection may be put,' which ia even

more forcible. The- new" scheme-involves a sort of violation - of - state rights and a step towards centralization. The Senate is a body In which communities or states are represented, and not the people. "', The little commonwealth .of Rhode v Island, with . Its population of 217,353, stands on -. the same - footing therein as . the state of New York, with ts 4,382,759 inhabitants. , , Would it not be contrary to the theory of our gov ernntent to Introduce among these reprerentati vea of the several staves as political erganixations, , men who would . be , simply representatives of the great nation which they compose. Certainly such an objection would have been valid fifty years ago; but

according to tiw ideas of the day, this .?eculiarUy would be ne of the reoora mendations of tbe plan; for the central gov ernment is now an important reality la political life instead etf sort of abstraction, with which no citlzea ever come In contact, save when be went to post a letter. Practically these Presidential Senators would not :have much numerical power in the mrper house: for there are seldom many ex-presidents living at any given period. To-day there is but one, AOdrew Johnson of Tennessee. During the terms of Lincoln and Johnson there were only three, Fillmore, t ierce and Buchanan, and. Judrinz by the past, chat n amber would rarely or never be exceeded. Mr. Al len's scheme is by no means as radical in its character as the proposition.which bas found favor in many quarters.to allow cabinet officers, after tbe manner of those in Great Brit ain, a place on the floor of the House of Representatives and a voice in its deliberations. Although suggested for an entirely different purpose, Mr. Allen's plan, If put into operation along with, such an innovation, would give the national government a powerful representative element in the conduct of affair perhaps too powerful a one. The scarlet Letter. Tbe story unfolded in Hawthorne's most weird and beautiful romance must recur at this time to many minds. It would seem that ihe mournful and fascinating tragedy of the 'Scarlet Letter," which has awak ened the sympathies of the world for its fictitious actors, has been performed in real life, and under the very eyes of this generation . Can it be that the genius of. Hawthorne has not merely rehearsed the half-forgotten story of the sin and repentance of the favorite pastor of an obscure New England colony, but has forecast with wonderful fidelity the temptation of one beloved and trusted in our own time by a great flock, a champion on whom the admiration and the hopes of millions were set. Never again will tbe mournful history of Arthur Dimmesdale's sin, his long repentance and struggle toward conlession be read without association with the fate of one who embodied in himself the tenderness, the eloquence and the passionate nature with which the novelist bad clothed his ideal bero. A new interest will centre round that vivid scene, where at the touch of Hawthorne's imagination the old colonial town rises belore us, and Ilaster Prynne is led from prison with the "scarlet letter" embroidered upon her bosom, and placedjbefore the people to expiate by public shame, the sin of adultery. Only by confession of the name of her partner in guilt can she avoid the public infamy yet under the exhortations of the crave and reverend pastors of the . town, she preserves a quiet silence With what a master touch does Hawthorne depict the action of the most eloquent and beloved among them when rising to urge her compliance and conscious that only her love and forbearance stand between himself and infamy! A new meaning, too, will be i&fused into that long agony through which the -strong man passes while concealing his one transgression, revered and honored more and more from day to day, while the woman he loves remains an outcast. It will be easy now for the most careless reader to appreciate the struggle of Dimmesdale to confess his transgressions and the thronging considerations of loss of reputation, loss of influence for good, and scandal to religion that gathered around him and pushed him back .-from the acknowledgement of his guilt. The detail with which tbe great novelist worked out this situation and painted the mental torture of bis hero will bo longer afford grounds ot argument for those who criticise tbe morbid character of his geniu3. It may be, too , that among the chief actors in the modern reproduction of the'Scariet Letter," the counterpart of tbe tempter who restrained the transgressor's impulse -towards atonement with devilish ingenuity will be found. With what a sense of relief and triumph every reader has watched the progress of that' noble scene wbete Dimmesdale breaks from his bondage of concealment, and steps forth before the people and proclaims, with Hester and her child leslde him, the story of his guilt. With a straoge witchery, the author has bound the respect, and love;, of the reader round his hero, and the final act - of magnanimity confirms the wavering sentiment of sympathy into fixed admiration. That confession se cures for Arthur Dimmesaaie an exalted place among the creations of genius. His temptation and sin have simply been made the means of a higher development of his manhood. The popularity of the character with the American public should have taught any man so tempted the only course for him to pursue, even if worldly fame rather than divine approval were his object. If this revelation of the guilt of tbe greatest preacher of the age, which Jhaa spread over the -country, be not come upon us as a delusion and a dream, the 'one regret of those who admired him will be that he consented to concealment, while another was accused. That amid the temptations which surrounded him a man of his ardent nature should have yielded would not have been thought strange. And it might have been possible to retain, by a manly acknowledgment and repentance, the faith and love of the people. What was granted to Hawthorne's hero would not, have been withheld from a man esteemed greater and nobler than the one Hawthorne Imagined. But

the system of deceit and concealment, even with the mistaken idea of serving religion by the preservation of silence and the sacrifice of an innocent man's character, can not be forgiven.' It is time for vindication or acknowledgment in regard to this awful scandal' . .". .

I FrieaKi Aller Ft lend Departs. ,: It is said that Judge Wilson, of this state, returns home from congress utterly disgusted with psbllo life, and ' determined to take no further, share in politics.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, has declared his intention not io run for congress again, and George F. noar, of the same state, has published a card in which he proclaims that he will not allow his name to be used in connection with any office whatever. Is there ho significance in such facta as tlymer There was a time when it was considered an honor to take part in the management ot the affairs of the cation, so great that few would willingly forego it. The best faculties of a man's mind were called into constant and vigorous activity in the public service; and the greatest abilities had opportunities in it for the accomplishment of the greatest good, thus realizing for the statesman tbe Grecian philosopher's definition of true happiness. If the best men of the country ara retiring to private life, it may be inferred with tolerable certainty that public life has ceased to give them those opportunities for honest and manly action for which a true man's ambition strives. Sach a contingency can only arrive when corrupt men obtain the chief places In the administration of the government, and use their power for individual advantage rather than for the general good. Such periods of political degeneracy, are not rare in the history of the world: and by every sign of familiar infamy, it is clear that we are in the midst ot one of them. Legislation is bought and sold, almost every office is purchasable, and public position is made a means of enjoyment rather than a place for laoor. It is an era like that in which Walpole ruled England, by money, and on the maxims : "Every man has his price," and "I never knew a woman refuse money but one, and she took jewels." Wnen such a spirit exists in high places, virtue shrinks from th9 public service, where responsibility for the evil actions of others is the . only reward to be . had in the management of . affairs. An honest man in company with a set of knaves under such circumstances is indeed in a pitiable condition, for he can neither share tbe plunder nor prevent ths robbery, while be is condemned for tbe company he keeps. It is common in such an era tor all the better men of a dominant party to withdraw into opposition or into private life. There is consequently, an ebbing away of ability and honesty from the administration, but tbe return or tue tide :n due time is sure. It is not necessary, in illustrating the incompetency and dishonesty of the republican party as it now exists, to point to the detected frauds and crimiual omissions of which it has been proved guilty. A more startling proof of its degeneration is afforded by tbe fact that such men as Sumner. Seward, Chase, Schurz andi Greeley deserted its rauks.and that others like Judge Wilson, Mr. Dawes and Mr. Hoar throw no their commissions and withdraw from active service. It can hardly be said in explanation of the retirement of such men that they consider the work to be done of comparatively little importance, or that they with draw from weariness in doing stood rather than from lack of sympathy in the works of Iniquity. Neither can it be urged with any show of truth that the abuse ot the press has driven them from the political arena to the sanctuary of private life; for they belong to that class of men who have escaped newspaper censure to a great extent, and many - of the politicians whom the press nas attacked still stubbornly maintain their positions. The simple fact of the matter is that the best men of the party are withdrawing from participation in public affairs from disgust at the dishonesty and mismanagement of the administration. When they next make their appearance it will probably be in the cause of a better government. ' Architect nnd (onlrscir mm Homlrldrn It requires no great effort of memorv to, recall a score of cases, in which, within a year or two, people bave lost their lives by the falling of bridges and buildings. The giving way of the floor of the chapel in the Syracuse Baptist church, and the consequent killing ani maiming of so many people, once more forces upon the public mind the consideration of the recklessness with which human life is exposed in those very places which are erected as its sanctuaries and safe-guards. Is there any excuse for a bridge or a building tailing? Ought the construction of public and private works to be of such a character as to render life unsafe, even at rare intervals and under exceptional circumstances? Such questions suggest their own answers. There are buildings in the world that are as old almost as the memory of man, and as strong almost as the works of nature. Tbe simple requisites for tbeir rmttf rnit inn are intftlliff'Pn'A on th nart. nf architects to plan them properly and select the appropriate material , skill and honesty on the part of the mechanics who build them, and then capital on the part of the owners to meet all necessary expenditure. It may be deemed ill-natured to assert that American architects fail in their knowledge of relative strength of materials, so far as to be unable to calculate.for floors'required to stand a certain strain, yet this much may be ! fairlv asserted, that too many men fall Into the profession ot architect without due preparation in schools of technology, without due practical experience, without due apprenticeship to the details of tbeir business. There are too many men in the profession who have ot been impressed sufficiently with a regard for the unchangableness of natural laws. They are required to build a floor to sustain a certain weight and proceed on the assumption that it will never be put to such a test, and that if it is it may hold out after all. They perpetually take the chances on the strength and durability of a structure in order to suit the taste

of tbe owner , in regard to its appearance,

or accomodate the - capacity of his purse. They have only oue or two of the seven lamps of architecture in view. Pernaps the defective construction of build ings and public works, is more frequently the fault ot the contractor than the architect less due to the evil plan than to tbe clumsy or dishonest way in which it is carried out The competition between builders is very close, and, amid the immense amount of work goina- on, the object of the contractor Is rather to make a rapid fortune than to put np a secure buildiDg. There is a system of collusion between architect and builder, very prevalent in all parts of the country, by means of which the former acts leas as the agent of tbe owner than as tbe associate of the' contractor.' The supervision ot the work is apt to be careless, and the mechanic having paid his per centage for the privilege of slighting his obligations. takes advantage of every opportunity to slip into a building material of an inferior quality, and stones and beams of smaller dimensions than bis specifications call for. Reputation in the future is nothing com parea wim immediate gain. In a new community few firms of any kind have established character such as descends from father to son in tbe old countries in particu lar trades and occupations. Even more responsible for the many defective buildings in the country than the architects who de signed, and the mechanics who erected them, are the owners whose wishes were con suited in their construction. A perpetual straining after effect, regardless of the means by which it is attained, is one of tbe attrib utes ot the times. If a religious society decides to put up a church, its members are rarely satisfied with the kind of edifice their funds should purchase. They first select the style of the church they want, then saennemg everyinmg to appearance, retrench on essential parts of tbe building to preserve its size and beauty. If a merchant wants a family mansion, it must have tbe fashionable number and style of rooms, and, as far as the outside shell is concerned, must be fair and noble, though rotten within. This perpetual urgency to secure appearances at all hazards rarely fails to have its effect upon even the most conscientious architects. Add to all these tendencies the general care lessness of the age in regard to the sacrifice of human life which forgives instances of criminal neglect like that at Mill river dam and at Syracuse, and it is no wonder that such disasters recur so frequently. Wanted a Leader ! Politics are in. a strange chaotic condition, and the issues appear to b9 slowly taking shape. There is, however, no guiding intelligence to form the shapeless masses or breathe a spirit into them. To speak in plain terms, there are no leading men in the nation, and the people are wandering hither and thither without guides groping their way. Why have not the multitudes throughout theeountry.who believe that the national good demands the overthrow of the party in power, come together iu the scknowedgment of some definite political creed and organized their forces for a determined campaign? The simple reason is that no great leader has risen to control such a movement. It is time to ask whether we have in tbe country a single statesman of positive convictions, undaunted courage and strong enthusiasm. Is there no man who has intellectual acumen enough to make up his mind on tbe questions of the day, moral earnestness enough to strive fer the triumph of what he believes, boldness 'to disregard all opposition , and magnetism to carry the masses with him? Have - we not even a politician shrewd enough to see that the great want of the hour is a leader and tact enough to assume position? There is naturally a lack of pure and able men in the republican party, for the great states-, men who formed it and led it through all its successes, are gone. It ia in its decline, and affords no opportunity for genius. But years have gone by since the democracy won a triumph or had a commander. After the death of Stephen A. Douglas, whose personal power was as magnetic and as far-reaching as that of Clay or Webster, members of the party were left like sheep without a shepherd. Its career since then bas been vacillating wandering, uncertain, timid. One year the spirit of abiect compromise would rule, and the next a stubborn determination against all change. The struggle against the admin istration was carried on in a aeiensive, tr regular sort of warfare, consisting of s.Ur mishes on little incidental issues. There were no battles for broad general principles. There was no plan of aggressive action, no consistent scheme of policy. In a word tbe party had no leader. Here and there, in tbe Eastern and Western states, there have been individuals aspiring to the honor of leader ship, and afraid to assume its responsibili ties. They were not the kind ot men who were determined to force their convictions uponj others, but ot that class which is willing to receive dictation. They waited to see how popular opinion would turn on a great question, in BtGad of stePPin forward and turning it the wavthev wanted it to co. Had tbe socalled democratic leaders been, at any time, full of faith and courage, they would have inspired their followers with the same con fidence. A party whose policy is aggression. led by timid men, cannot be successful. It is pitiable to see the great forces ofjthe oppo sition moving like a mob, lacking unity. purpose and plan. They form splendid material for the man who has principles to establish, and who is not afraid to advocate them. Moral courage is the great quality needed by the public men of tbe day. The saying of the great French . revolutionist, Danton, amid the conflict of arms, is not less applica ble amid the conflict of opinions. It is nec essary "to dare, and dare, and always still to dare." Cornwall, on the Hudson, has, at the pres ent time, 2,500 summer guests. Among the notables there may be mentioned Bishop Paddock of Boston, General Farnswortb, J udge Lawrence and Senator Ferry. i

PERSONAL. Mrs. Don Catlcs is in Paris. Boston Post. Her husband must be Don Carleas alxmt her. Hartz, the magician, has gone to Saratoga, and taken his box of tricks, cup and ball, and Jack-in-the-box with him. The Earl of Dudley baa given the um of 1,000 towards the purchase of a building; for tbe school of art in Worcester. Colonel Thomas A. Scott's blue eye is said to be as bright and piercing as ever, but the frost is settling fast on his head and whiskers. Ex-Governor Hoffman, on his return from Europe, will take np his residence in Albany. There will be a fine chance for him to establish a new "regency" there The gold medal offered at the Crystal Palace picture gallery for the best picture, without regard to school or subject, wa awarded to Mr. J. Stevens, a Belgian artist. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., will deliver an s oration at Weymouth. Mass., on tbe Fourth ot July, when the two hundred and , fiftieth anniversary of the town will be celebrated. . Secretary Robeson and family are at Rye Beach for the summer. Rye Beach wis comparatively unknown ten years ago, whereas now it is quite a prominent and decidedly fashionable place. Pius IX bas come into a fortune. The late Cardinal Falcinelli left him all his property, including jewels valued at half a million of francs. Tbe pope accepted these jewels, but sent to two destitute nephews of the cardinal the rest of tbe Falcinelli property, valued at 250,000 francs. The Rhode Island senatorial balloting having been postponed until January next, to give tbe authorities time to sweep the state out and start afresh, General Burnside has ordered a new supply ot one hundred dozen bottles of Patent Hair Invigorator, and will proceed to thoroughly reorganize his sidewhiskers for the winter campaign. The Lady Dalllng and Bui wer, widow of the celebrated Sir Henry Bulwer, who was created Lord Dalling shortly before his death, has placed all bis private documents and papers, left in her possession, in the hands of the members of bis family, and doubtless they will soon appear in his biography which is preparing for the press. Victor Hugo will publish in a month or two, before the issue of the second part ot "Quatrevmgt treize," a collection of miscellaneous poems. Arrangements are making for their translation into English verse, to appear shortly after the publication of the French text. Mr. Swinburne was at first to have supplied the English rendering; but it has been since decided to entrust the translation to a number of hands. Harvey L. Uazen died last month at Norwich, Connecticut. All his life he had been a dancing master, and he taught in the old style of young Turveydrop hddle to cheek, and bow in hand. He was seventy-seven years of age, and came to his death at last in the course of his profession bv catching a bad cold. His last request was that his fiddle and bow should be buried with him, and those who look a firewell look at the body as it laym the coffin saw a violin lying by his Mde, snd a bow across the breast of the old dancing master."

CURRENT COMMENT. Butler as a newspaper publisher well, well! We shall probably next hear of th devil blowing soap-bubbles with holy water. .Springfield Republican. How penitently ought members of con gress to say: "We have done those things which we ought not to bave done, and left undone those things which we ought to have done." Boston Oiobe. Apropos of Grant's vindication of Boss Shepherd, the N. Y. Evening Post makes an odious comparison: Suppose after the exMsure of the ring frauds in New York, the egislature bad decided to turn over the eovernment of the city to three commissioners. Suppose Gov. Hoffman had then sent in tbe mme of v llliam M. Tweed to be chairman of the commission. The Graphic thus comments on the ad journment of congress: Now . that the ses sion is about over,business cndoubtedlywill improve, which is perhaps tha severest commentary that . can be made upon its con duct. Congressmen can hardly be unconscious of the utter want of respect which tbe people at large feel for them. And this want of respect will soon become downright hostilty. unless they show a little more recard to tbe duties and dignity of tbeir ofSce. Precious preaching is this of the Cincin nati Commercial. Would it were practiced: An organ can hardly understand how an in dependent journal can praise thv good in a f iresident usually wrong. The office of the ndependeut journalist, however, is to tell the truth, whether it hnrts the wicked or helps the righteous. We bave as much pleasure in praising r; rant wben be is right as if we had never bad occasion to blame him. It is the truth that is the thing to tell. Owing to the scarcity of currency in In diana, Senator Morton has Instructed postmasters to pass through the mails letters to which sticks of seasoned cord-wood, at least three inches in diameter and three feet from point to scarp, free from knots, have been affixed as stamps. A basket of chips will frank a transient newspaper. By this means he bopes to tide tbe country over tbe summer till the pawpaws ripen. If there is an average crop of that luscious fruit, the suffering west will bave a sufficient circulating medium not founded on the pernicious gold basis, till the forty-fourth congress meets. St. Louis Globe. Thus does the Rochester Democrat discuss the third term project: If dc-iocracy is a failure, better that we learn tbe fact than our children. A third term might not mean despotismit would not, In point of fact, if it should come. A third term would be the choice of the people, precisely as it has been expressed a hundred times; and if the choice oi the people is not democratic, what i&T There is executive patronage; but there always has been. There is executive influ ence in a hundred ways; but not to a ereater extent than heretofore. The supposition of tbe lunatics is that the people do not know how to take care of themselves; and if that 3 the case, to tell the truth, they need to be taken care of. The performance of Butler and the rest on his field, furnishes the Utica Observer with food for melancholy: It means that the law givers of these United States are hardly caable of rising above the coarsest personali ties. It means that in the place of states men we have adventurers and demazocne to legislate for the Republic It means that the Forty-Third Congress is so mean in it3 ability and low in its instincts that after leaving the most important questions which could engage its attention unsolved, it deigbts itself with attacks and rejoinders in tbe style of a frontier debating club. It means that tbe government bas fallen under the control of men who are not fit to admin ister it.