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THE CITY LOCUsTs.

There are a horde Of clerks and officers attached
to the various departments and courts in the City Of
New-York who are never called upon TO perform an
hours service. If any specific duty is taken from
department by the Legislature the force of clerks IL
kept on the payroll for years after a new set OF
officials have taken charge. Manure inspectors and
their deputies have been paid for three years services
after their duties were abolished. The Paid Fire Do
partment went into operation year ago, but the
Deputy Superintendent and his subordnates who had
charge of the old Fire Department under the Street
Commissioner. are still drawing their pay at from
81 200 to $4,000 per annum each, and will probably
continue to do for years to come. host ct
leeches are paid from the contingent funds and
special appropriations, of which the public knows
nothing Such are the clerks and messengers OF tho
various committees of the Common Council and Su-
pervsors the distributors Of notices of all sorts the
inspectors of each petty job of public work who draw
pay both from the City Treasury aud from the con-
tractors the horde of overseers gatekeepers watch
men and supernumeraries on the New Court-House.
and an army of others too large to enumerate. Ii q
list Of the names Of all persons who are to-day living
on the City and County Treasury could be published,
it would startle and confound the reader. II may
with safety be said that thousand men are at Wes-
ent drawing their subsistence from the public without
rendering the slightest service in return.
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ruR UNIVERSITY BOAT.RACE.

"When." SAYS The U.ondOn) Times, " the salient
features of English society in the nineteenth century
come to be described by some future Macaulay' the
Derby.day and the University Boat-Race VIII not DC
forgotten among ponderous reports OF Parliamentary
debates and the dreary records OF our foreign poley
The remark is so apologize in tone that we must pre-
sumo The Times had for once to put green hand on
its leading editorial work. thoroughbred rowing
man-such a one as hitherto has written The I,mesS
leaders on the University raee-would as soon thihk
o apoorizng for the sunrise for his discussion o.
the erea, rowing event of the year in England We
ouote the remark for the benefit OF the unmuscular
few who may even yet be unaware OF the supreme
importance which England attaches to the annual
contest on the Thames between its two great Unlyer-
sites.
The race this year was pulled unusually early. Inc
day was March "a, and fell on Saturday, so that the
last steamer but one brought news %. 1t; and yester-
DAYS steamer brought the daily newspapers accounts
of il; and it will still be days before We shall get
the more elaborate comments OF the weehlleS. Row
ne men on this side of the water heard without sur
prise that oxford is again. for the sixth time in sue
cesson the victor. The surprise to US is that Cam
bridge. which had found the utmost difficulty III
making up It's crew, and which was believed to nave
no chance OF winning, made most gallant struggle
and came near snatching the laurel from its long
triumphant rival There is but one tolerable report
in the iailies-that of The Times-but, II that may
be trusted this race was rowed in the astounding time
of 30 IN. 81 9.l0 sec. The distance is four miles and
a quarter. The wind was high and the water rough.
What becomes of our crack performances by tho side
of this Until We have come somewhere near II,
might il not he we'll to postpone that International
Match" heretofore talked about by sundy ambitious
but inconsiderate persons
Spite of all dscouragements, Cambridge sent very
fine crew to the Thames Mr.. Knglake, President OF
the Cambridge Boat Club remarked, in his speech at
the dinner after the race that men who had promised
to row had at the last moment disappointed him, and
he believed if the crew he counted on had been in the
boat the decision of the day would have been re-
yersed Mr. Brown, the Oxford sroke-one OF tho
| most famous men that ever wore the dark blue
frankly confessed that he, on the other hand, had
found no difficulty in forming his crew, which at an
early day had acquired thorough knowledge of each
Others style. We commend these statements to the
Captains at Yale and Harvard, whose Summer work
| at this moment lies all before th,m. They have
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CEsARIsM.

Why is il that an Irish patriot is so generally-we
are happy to say not uniiormy-an enemy of liberty
for every other people or race but his own What
proportion of those amongus who are intensely hostile
to Saxon domination over Celts not thickandthin
champions of White domination over Blacks
Mr. John Mitchel--defeated in his aspirations for
Confederate triumph and for plantation well stocked
wthfat negroes for himself-is now in Paris writing
up" Irish Freedom and French Despotsm for The
Daily Ners Hear him
People talk much Of Cesasm here Let me try 20 give
an accurate notion Of what they by it, When Old In.
sutions come the point that they must break Up r al Is
been long In unwhoeSome commoon and fermentation and
the people have been ecmated exhausted by civil aud foreign
stit beals sometimes that potent military chief selss
with hand Of iron all the functions and attributes OF
(beng resolved TO ut end 10 this tresoue an
srchy al any rate and the people recognizing hand
the baud OF muster hail II with bessing all hearts
the God given governor; and the people Ike tQsc
ancient Franks eecting their kiag lit on high upon @
buckler Changing ard hearts this Dictator
lmperator Cesar IL Is tie history OF the government OF
julius continued by Augustus and end ng in dynasty Of
Csars Il is the history OF Napoleon tue First continued Ivy
Napoleon Second and likely II should h0pe) 70 De carried
onward by the little Prince Imperial"
There is the Mitchell philosophy Of Government,
eompactly and forcby set forth, "the tools TO him
who can use them" government that can manage
exist is proved rghtful and benefeent by the naked
fact of its existence-until another succeeds in
topping it over, which proves this latter its rlghfuf
successor This is, and ever has been, the Asatic
idea. Julius - Augustus --TiberiuS-Nero-Commo-
dus-these were intermediate links but they do not
disturb the order of succession. Thank Heaven that
America has-though at heavy cost-deeidcd to
raise the superstructure of her institutions from u
very different base.
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second degree only These words in the pes. Tt; "
murder in the first degree not responsive to the
men and do premises In the said
specified and charged upon hiU.
And therefore the sentence Of death is erroneous.
When the court refused to reverse its decision,
last appeal was made to Gov. Bullock for commu-
tation of the sentence to imprisonment for life At
that hearing at several previous hearings, mass
of testimony from men who had known Green all his
life and from physicians who had examined Green in
Jail, demonstrated his want of moral sense and 40
countabty. The Governor and Council are deaf to
that evidence, and seem to hear only the previous
camor for vengeance which the bigory and gallows-
loving conservatism of Massachusetts have continued
to raise and by which they have inlamed the popu-
lar mind and perverted the popular love of justice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-12

The suggestion that Congress should impeach and try
the President is rash and foolish enough but it is not
reasonable; for the Constitution expressly confers.
the power SO to impeach and try But what The Nens
commends is naked, downright treasontreason in the
interest of older treason-treason to relieve traitors
from the milder penalties incurred by their rebellion
The President has too much good sense as well as
patriotism to dream of following such counsels. lie
nowsc responsible for their utterance and has shown
what he thinks of such conspraces and their authors
in his speeches against Secession in 1861. We afec-
tionately advise the Rebel chiefs to let the old wounds
be SCARED over before they nstigats another pro-
Slavery Reb elton.
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found before now that is grisvous mistake To kas
their crews unsettled down to within three weeks Of
match, in hope of securing one or two frst.rates, A
secondrate with plenty of practice is better than
frst.rate who condescends at the eleventh hour IN
go into training
We will defer comments on the Oxford victory till
fuller particulars come to hand The general charac.
ter OF the race did not vary from last years. Cam
bridge got lead early in the race, kept it most Of the
time during three miles and more lost it shortly ser
passing Chiswck, and never reganed it. The pace
was tremendous from beginning to end, and the race
was little else than succession of desperate spurts
That game in which weight aud condition are surs
to tell in the end and the Oxford crew. being superior
in both respects finally rowed their antagonists to
stand-still, and came in winners at their own pace
about three lengths ahead The stroke of both crews
is reported " rather more than 40 TO the minute"
and the two crews interchanged styles, Cambridge
this year rowing steady and long, while Oxford was
two three strokes faster at the start and eahered
high. The rough water made this latter an adyau-
tage..
On the whole" says The Tss report the race was well
contested from first last The style crew wss
cer4iny not to their rowing Of previous years. they
seemed haty and certainly time fell into the old Cam
bridge mistake Of pulling fast 1t until they got
level with their opponents that their old confidence and
old style seemed to to them and from that moment hs
and the efforts which they encouraged TO make ad
mrabe But they fairly ourowed, and Oxford at last
with comparative ease. after cOBtesng what for tina
OF the most severe matches ever witnessed on the
Thamea"
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The REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH holds thai,


the property of any religious society ought according
to Scripture to be held and managed by its DeaeoH'
alone The laws of our State have not allowed this;
but an act has just been passed authorizing It, The
act is as follows:
AN Acr relating Reformed Presbyterian Churches or Con-
grega,ions. passed April q. leo
The People at The STATE i Nr York re'HHf ~ SENATE ava
assembly do sHdot as Joli0es;
SECTION when Reformed Presbyterian church or Goa
gregaon shall by resolution duly passed at meeting OF
church or congregation determine that the deacon OF such
church shall be the trustees for sdch church or
alone then it shall be lawful for the deacons OF
every church congregation hereafter to DC
tabsed in this State TO be the trustees OF every such chu h
or provided that they shall have been eee I'D
according to tue rules constitution and Of the Eeor ned
church and actively engaged In the exc tcs
of their office In said church congregation And sh all be
lawful for said trustees not already Incorporated
sembe together and proceed TO incorporate In the
mode prescribed In and by the act entitled act TO provide
for the incorporation Of religious societies passe April
and the entitled An act supplementary TO TIE aci
entted An act 10 provide for the Incorporation 81 religious
societies passed April 1913" passed April IL. leA2.
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Mr. Wilson deserves the thanks Of the country for
introducing, and the Senate for passing, resolution
to prohibit the sale of liquors in the Capitol. We
presume partly indebted to the opposition OF
Mr. McDougall for the almost unanimous vote by
which the resolution was adopted II the Senate has
any dislike to seeing one Of its members regularly
drunk on the floor it is remarkable that it should not
before now have taken measures to keep him sober or
to nd itself of responsibility for his indecent eIhi'
hi'ions
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The steamship Asia, bringing two days later news,
arrived at Halifax yesterday.
The German difficulties still increasing. Prussia
is modifying her army and is reported TO have concluded
q formal treaty Of alliance with Italy. The Emperor Of
France has sent Prince Napoleon with secret mission
10 Italy The Grandduchy of Wcimar has replied eva
svey to the Prussan circular Dispatch and claimed fed
era Intervention.
The New-York Newfoundland and London Telegraph
Company have contracted for the manufacture ana SUD
merson of two cables in British America for the prompt
transmission of all messages between the Atlantic cable
and the United States,
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This shows TRIBUNE to BE- BY It's extensive and com
prehensve circulation among business people its larger sheet
and clearer print the chief OF tho advertisers OF the
petropos and the medium OF communicating their wants to
the public
NoIE-Tbe number fines In The Herald columns aver
eyes about 2GO counting short and long advertisements 1t
seems then that THE TRIBUNE published in 1865 Jorr hHHd
red and ryrss columns advertisements than did The
Tm,s and thirteen AuHdred aud ssveniro columns moro adj
Refreshments than did The Herald These facts soncusivey
decide which paper the chosen business organ oil the
people.
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LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

APRIL ll.-Among the large number of bills passed yes
tcrday were those authorizing the extension OF tho Dry
Dock and East Broadway and Battery Railroad to pro-
vide for the appointment Of additional number OF lOo
Notares Public in and for the City Of Newfork to re-
peal the soldiers voting law, passed in 1860; also, con-
current resolutions addressed to Congress in favor OF
claims of volunteers of the war OF 1872 were passed Inc
Senate refused TO consider resolution to adjourn on
April H. The nominations for Emigant Commission
es were no, confirmed In the evening session reports
were made relative to damacossthe tennessee RIVER AZ
eral matters of minor Importance. Adjourned.
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APRIL ll.After various petitions had been presented
resolution was introduced TO extend the time for CON-
peting the first 20 miles Of the Western Pacific Railroad
TO next November. Resolutions were adopted directing
an inquiry into the expedency of educating soldiers in
the army and to prohibit tho sale of liquors IN the
Capitol building. The latter was debated and finally
passed By 80 to g The bill reimburse Kansas for war
expenses was passed The House bill concerning the
writ of habeas corpus read and postponed TIL to-day
The bill relating to qualifications Of jurors was called up,
and postponed till the time The BIZ for rellei OF
naval contractors debated and postponed Nh VIII
son ntroduceda bill to establish uniform militia system
Adjourned.
HOUsB.
Bills were passed to authorize the issue OF American
registers TO certain lake steamers 10 establish lana
office in Idaho and lin Committee of the Whoel to ap-
proprae 1878 600 TO reimburse Missouri for war eKpen-
ses-thc its passage being Is to % The bi TO
regulate the pay of the army reported from Commit
tee and made special order for Wednesday fortnight
Resolutions were adopted directing inquiries as TO paying
pension to VIM. Mercer; as TO making National BANK
shares liable for debts under State laws and as 70 allow
ing three months pay to returned prisoners on the Sua
ma bill for the relief of paymasters was debated,
amended and went over till to-day. bill to amend the
Agricultural College act passed. 90 to 49, Dill was
introduced 10 incorporate the Howard Institute for the
District of Columbia, and referred. The House went INTO
Committee of the Whole and after passing the Missouri
Reimbursement bill, adjourned
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r,o .nooob Of Mr.. DAWES of Massachu bits explain

The speech OF MI DAWES Oh MusSaVHu .ettS eApIai'
ing and defending the decision OF the Committee on
Elections that James Brooks not and that
William f. Dodge ras, elected to t'lt House from our
With District was given in full IN our last just
and torcbe defense of action Which has been grossly
assailed as partisan by th1se whose impulses were
only partisan. until many nave been induced By loud
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ASSEMBLY.

The Assembly passed bills to incorporate the Newfork
and Rondout Steam Transportation Company; for rail-
road in Essex and other streets of NewYork the State
Charity Bill to incorporate the Metropolitan Improve
ment COMPANY of NewYork; TO prevent cruelty TO ami
mails; to incorporate the Drew Theological Seminary to
authorize the Controller of the City OF Newfork TO raise
money by loan. The bill to incorporate the North-Amer
lean Steamship Company was lost The bill to authorize
the construction of railroad in certain streets IN New
York was recommittcd to the Committee OF the Whole
The bill 10 allow husband and wife 20 become witnesses
for or against each other lost motion to reconsider
lost
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The Select Committee on the Airline Railroad
from Washington to New.York have instructed their
Chairman to report bill to the House at an early day
providing for the construction OF the road. The
sooner the better.
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UsURPATrON DEMANDED.

The unchanged unhanged Rebels who edit Inc
Daly Neus are determined not to rest until they shall
have relighted the flames Of Civil War. Their last
bulletin says:
THE President in his present position is mere puppet
Eeyes states ana iner S nas He os % the Their
welfare their safety their very political life depend upon The
participation. They have the right to representation IN
ihe National Legislature, It Is the daty Of the
d1' the S6os tho si q l on he s
essence Of the Republic word the enforcement OF the
Executive policy rcsoaon demands that the Represents
yes the Southern States and the people should immediately
assume their official fuucions-shoul take their seats at
once Senate Chamber and Hall OF Representatives IN the
Capitol Of the United States.
They stand armed with stolen aud unlawful weapons to
dispute passage Of duly elected members OF Congress to
does mol tho Chief Magistrate Of the Republic ntcrpose h,
authority prevent tbs outrage against the OF
He is thief Of the armies of the United States
and his disposal armed and disciplined force amply
efficient preserve the peace at tho scat OF ana
TO enforce obedience 20 the laws beneath The root 81
tho Capitol of the Republic Let day be fixed d
for the representatives Of the southern States and
people take their seats in Congress The seats are there
ready to receive the rgha claimants Let them enter tao
Should violence be offered them by any man. or number OF
men, under pretense whatsoever lei ne President s;"d
detaclent Federal troops PreTre order IN The Capitol II
Radical conspiraors attempt to support their nsurpaon by
force the consequences be upon their heads II Is time tnat
National Legislature. We have been ruled too long by fac
tim We been too long SUBJECT 10 OF
fanatics The country must be permitted TO resume It's nor
NAL condition. and II rcyolutonists stand IN tho way the
Executive strong enough to sweep them IRON the path
OF restoration
Remarks.
The Federal Constitution ACT. L. 95) says:
zach House shall the Judge OF tho elections returns and
qualifications Of It's own members
IL was not necessary to prescribe that-it is the
common law of Legislative bodies. Congress into
which the President at liberty to inject member
at his discretion would be less respectable less potent
than the Corps Legisatif which seryilely responds
TO every word OF Louis Napoleon.
There is law of the land-passed by both Houses
and approved by the President-which excludes from
seats in either House all who have voluntary aided
the late Shareholders Rebellion. What would The
Neios have done with thisl The present members
will not repeal it; the ex Rebels cannot repeal it till
tn o. ain seats, and cannot vote till it is repealed.
What would "the armies of the United States avail
in the premises 1t might possibly destroy aquorum:
could it make one ?
Will not the ex.Rebels spurn such mad, suicidal
coalselsl Have they not had bloodshed enough 7
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TUESDAYS TRIBUYg.-The demand for The Tribune
Of Tuesday April TO- having exceeded the supply on that
day. we have reprinted that number and have ii for sale
AT our counter Price four cents
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Nem'21ork Daily gribla11e.
THURSDAY, APRIL ~. 1906
To Correspondents.

No taken Of Anonymous Commuuicsion Whasever
intended be authenticated by the ard ad
dress OF the wenot necessarily for publication but q, sFusr
for his good faith
ALI business letters for this ONCE should be sddeedto The this
uEE," Nsw-York.
We "a rejected Communication
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CONGRESS-.

for Customs 1893 OOO Payments el75 4on account Of
loan OOOOi Balance as gu $50 81 Gold Notes e99i 100
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The Tribune IA London.

STEVENS BROTHERS tAmensn Assnts for Ibsie, lIHsnetta
Garden " Agents for the sale ~ THE TRIBUNE
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Advertising Of the City Press.

THE TRIBUNE THE GREAT ORGAN OF TIE BUSINESS
PUBLIC.
Annexed is the aggregate amount OF advertising re-
turned the Revenue Department according to The Half'
fgures for the 10 months ending Dec 81 1864 aud for
the year ending Dec 81 1865 by the TRIBUNE, Times and
Herald respectively:
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THIS EVENING Wsldauers drama Of FANCHON, TIL
CRICKET Miss Maggie Mitchell Messrs Burnett Collier Beck
Holmes Barry Rende and Mesdmes Farren, Wells Chapman
Mseder. Burke.
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ITALIAN oPERA-BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THIS EVENING, the opera Of FRA DANOLO benefit oil piss T.
J.. Kellogs.
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No 90 LIBERTY.ST
TO DAY Free Exhibition fSKETCHESb by American and Foreign
Anil
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IRVING HALL.
THIS EVENING. Musical Performances by BLIND TOM.
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THIS EVENING. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ~
aud Mrs Barney Williams Messrs c. Nalcot j., n Bland
s. Andrews Mrs C. Wacot it, Miss Blanche Grey Miss T. Joh
son; conclude with AN HOUR IN SEVILLE: Mr. and Nh
Barney Williams.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
TO-DAY. free exhibition Of CARlCATURES OF PROMINENT
PERSONS painted for the late Bal dOpsra by Mr. T. Mast
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pRYANT,s MINSTREL

THIS EVENING CHALLENGE DANCE. OUR AFRICA
POLKA, PAWNBRoKERs GHOST, TlNPANONloN CLo'
PEDALiTY THE ELEPHANT; Messrs Dan Bryant Ira Pain
Chss Henry, s. Fowler w P. Grer Roin Howard d. Reed
Seymour