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New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

We are glad to hear that Mr.. Sumner pro-
poses to visit the Pacific Coast, as we should
be glad to hear that many more Of our prom
inent statesmen proposed to improve their Op-
pOrtunities to become acquainted with the wants
of that distant but most important part of our
common country. But we are not disposed to
accept the current gossip about the political
importance of Mr. Summers visit. The politi-
cal campaigns in the various States this Fall
are about as likely to be waged on the Fenian
issue, or on the principle of Secession,
or the rightfuness of Human Slavery, as on the
matters at issue between our Government and
that of Great Britain. When Mr.. Sumner
reaches California he will find the Chinese
question much more absorbing topic than
the Alabama question. and one quite as likely
to tax all the resources of our craftsmanship.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
TIE MIDLAND RAILROAD.

This important and much-needod public
work is making rapid progress. Along almost
its whole line the grading and masonry is
going ON, while from Sidney to Oswego and
from Sidney to New-B Berlin the tracl-layers are
at work. This part of tho road, embracing
about $50 miles, is to be ready for the cars on
the 1st OF September, and the work is now so
far advanced that there is no doubt the con-
tracts will be fulfilled. From Sidney east the
heavy work is in progress on the greater part
Of the line, and though through Delaware and
Sullivan Counties the construction involves
large outlay, the Directors feel entirely
confident that their cars will be running from
Oswego to New York two years from the COM
ing Fall.
The Importance of this road to the people
of our city is hardly yet understood. We
have often before inquired why almost all the
people Of Central and Western NowYoIlS, as
well as Canada and tho Great West, should
travel from CITY " ono hundred miles further
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Some Of our officials are complaining that the
present appropriation is not sufficient to give
us clean streets. This clamor probably means
that the contractors want more money for doing
less work. The sum Of 100000 is ample to
keep our city perfectly clean and healthy The
fact is that the contractor has been spending
not more than 100000 year. if so much, in
his work. and this system Of pockcting enOr-
nous profits has been going on year by year
1t is not because 100000 is not sufficient to
keep our paved streets clean that few of our
officials are complaining, but it is because they
want still more prOfts-mOre plunder If the
contractor would content himself with q reason
able proft--say about $4,000 per annum-we
would have clean streets; but of course he
must expend the remainder-Slj0,0O 0,0OO-upon the
the streets, Doubtless the present appeal is
traccable to one of two motives: either those
now interested with the contractor want more,
or the "Ring" is to be enlarged to let in
Others to share in the spoils.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
I confession.

The logic Of the Lards may be defined as
meaning that because England has done us
publc wrong therefore she has rs publicly
done right We do not see how otherwise to
interpret the argument by which these amiable
Brtons explain the notoriety of their transac-
ton in the case of the Alabama, and what
they esteem n justiiable failure in the En-
gsh law officers to prevent them. But they
have done us unwittlngly good service. In
saving that they should not have built the Ala
bama had public opinion in 1861 been what 1t was
in 1854, they supply evidence for one of Mr..
Summers points. They do even better in their
demonstration Of the publicity that attended
the building Of the Alabama and of
the accurate information supplied to the
British Government both as to her
character and her approaching depart
urc She was constantly inspected, say
her builders, by the officers of Her Majestys
Customs, and moro than fortnight before
her departure went into the public dock at
Birkenhead, to which everybody has access,
there receiving Goals and provisions for her
voyage. "ITad there been anything Illegal"
they say, ain the build or the fitting of the
"ship, there was ample time and opportunity
"for the Government then to have seized her.
"They did not do so, although they were
Uniformed on the 91st Of July by their officers
"that the ship appeared to be ready for sea,
"and might leave at any hour she pleased"
She did not leave till the Goth. There is
nothing new in this statement but its effect
should be considerable. The English have n
convenient habit of discrediting testimony and
forgetting facts which tell against them. Here
is n statement from the actual builders of the
Alabama, throwing upon the Government the
whole responsibility for its sailing. The Lairds
themselves turn States evidence, and there
neither is nor can be any reply whatever to the
testimony on this point The effect Of it is
distinctly damaging to the English case. This
is to be perceived from the language of tho
leading Tory organ, which is not i'll pleased
to have the blame thrown on Lord Russells
shoulders, and admits for the first time, that
it is evident the Government could have
stopped her, and adds: at is no excuse for
"breach of international obligation that our
laws arc inadequate to enforce it; for the
charge lies against us rs q nation, and cannot
" be answered by reference to an omission in
our national legislation" Exactly, but that
is what heretofore the English advocates have
steadily denied.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Our advices from the Central and South
American States bring us standing news Of
the probability of war in Colombia, of inn
minent revolution in Guatemala, and of inn
pending insuuectOn in Peru. There is little
variation in the old tune Of disorder amid the
pestlent politics of her sisters. The fact that
Chill has had an agricultural fair, with 1901
articles On exhibition, stands out reyiyingly.
In Nicaragua, the Canal treaty with the French
has been ratified, and thus has proved another
lost opportunity for the United States. Brazil
ian authorities had n trihing quarrel with the
English Consulate, and the Argentine Repub-
lie complains Of great losses by flood
The Paraguayan war, is, as ever, long drawn
out, and the circumstances and situation Of the
American Minister still question, about which
we have a variety Of surmises and reports.
With dauntlcss persisteucy the Dictator Of Pa
raguay holds ont against the Allies as newly
commanded by the Count d'Eu, and threatens
to destroy forty bridges upon the line Of their
march. If we believe what is recommended to
us as trustworthy authority Lopez has with
him 10000 troops, and even women are being
drilled in his artillery corps. We fear, there
fore, that the Paraguayan war will not be de-
cided altogether according to the Allied calcu-
latlOns.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

to get to New York than they need, were
road built from Norwich through Delaware and
Sullivan to this city; but the objection has al
ways met us that no feasible route could be
found through the last named counties, and
that we must therefore, for all time, re-
main sixty to eighty miles further from
Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and Oswego by
railroad than we were by actual distance. The
Directors of the Midland Road have under
taken to solve this difficulty, and are tunneling
through the mountain which former engineers
had found it impracticabe to run over. We
think they will be uccessful-certainly they
will be with proper encouragement from our
city-and we shall then have third great line
of railroad to the Northwest.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

There ought to be a law regulating the sale
of kerosene upon the basis of such facts as we
publish to-day The Health Board, in con-
function with the Fire Commissioners, have
found out that not more than one in ten of a
great many samples of this oil, tested under their
order, can be considered safe to burn Such a
revelation as this should arouse judicious alarm
To meet the general risk which it points out,
good legislation is needed speedily. Meantime,
where are those people, of whom correspond
ent lately advised us, who claim method Tor
making kerosene absolutely non-cXplosiycF
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

1t is poor comfort to be told that other States
are learning to initiate the doings at Albany;
but such as it is, our readers are enabled to-
day to enjoy it. The joint special Committee
of the Massachusetts, Legislature makes a
solemn report recognizing the existence OF the
Boston Lobby declaring that large sums OF
money are spent therein TO influence the legis-
lation of the State, and-virtuous souls that
they are-that there is no reason to suppose
any member of this, or any previous Legis-
lature, to have been influenced by their
arguments Happy Legislature Happy
Lobby! The only people who seem to have
cause to complain are those who mstook the
legislators for rogues and the lobbyists for
honest men
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

The presence of an unusual number of Brit
ish, French, and Spanish vessels in American
waters is among the observations of the hour.
The confederation is tripartite, whether IN
alliance of the three Powers, covert or other
wise, exists or not. England has sufficient
reason to be provoked in her honor by the
hold captures made within her friendly waters
by the war vessels of Spain, or else she Is
content to afford harbor to any mischief
which may be brought to the future prospects
of the United States. A counter rumor is
awake to the effect that England is not un-
willing to offer the Cubans a protectorate.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

We Welcome another order from the Treas
ury Department reducing the number OF the
employees Up to a certain point we have very
little doubt that the thinning out Of clerks IN
that. and in most Of the other Departments, will
tend TO material improvement in the transaction
of the public business. Let us have fewer
officers, more rigid requirements as to capacity,
and better work. When Congress shall be sat
isfed that these points have been attained,
Washington clerks may find less difficulty in
securing at least patient consideration for their
cloiue
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
Smnsrmtnts. &c.

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srd STtayes Evening g. The Marble Heart MI hu"
Adams and Miss Blanche De Bar -
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN. Seventh-ave and fllty-
pintt-This Evening 8Gaud Concert Iho Ihoma'' Oi'N
tTs. Mr. J. Lew
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MiustIels GyElasts, etc ,,,.r.,
FIFTrI AVE. THEATER Twenty st. ana rim
ave-Tiis Evening AZ Ia P1richoe" lrua A"Jac etc
Nrr1o,s G,pnrN-Tbis q Evening at s." Slnhad
the sailor" lydia Thonpsous Buesque Troupe ana tue ''
Troupe ~,
EN Psgi.nc: .Ilcc5ry DccOry Dock" Mr g. L. FOX h"'!
Troupe
Sax FplNCISCO MINSTEEIS, NO. 0o0 DIolu"'S
qlIs Fye.u.s st 49," The Court Of Justice
Tur TA1iMANY-Tammany Hall, tourteGnth-st'-
1. s,csiag az a.-" The Girl % The PeIioA' Leupg"eh
VILLAGES THEATER - This LVenlng aJ o.
HNlotber I}aaharL" The Lsuu Family
WAvEmry IUEATER, No. 73O Broadway ms
Fyi.r gI Ikpn" Great Lo1icn BurlsQue Combination
Wours MUSEUM, Broadway and lmrtleth-st.-
q trr n and his Evening at B-Burssque and fantomime
"italH.,. trs-lc.'
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

We were not far of the mark in our yester-
days forecast Of the general results OF the
French elections. In fiity-nine contested ds-
tricts, the Government party have chosen 3o
candidates, and the Opposition 2S one district
remaining doubtful. The parties in the next
Legislature Of France will sum up as follows; !;
For the Government, 2t3; Independent AZ;
Radical, 3j. The outright opposition nave
gained, as it stands, about fourteen votes Inc
main body of the forces Of the two latter par
ties may be massed at need against the En-
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

The Archbishop Of Canterbury is a sensible
politician. He advises the House Of Lords not
to oppose the overwhelming sentiment in favor
Of the Irish Church bill, and thereby make
stand against a fOregOne conclusion. The Arch
bishop has foresight to perceive that the obsti-
macy Of the Lords against disestablishment in
Ireland will not greatly help the establishment
IN England Of Lords either temporal or spirit
pal, 80, too, think the twenty five conserya-
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

1t is to be hoped that the Sub Committee on
Elections, now supposed to be in session on
public business at New-Orleans, is mis-
represented in the stories concern
ing it; but we confess we are
not very sanguine about the industry
of any Of the wandering Committees which
the last Congress authorized to roam over the
country at the public expense. We hope for
some good fruits this Summer from the sys-
TEN, but as a whole it is not a good system.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

ConceiyiDg that the British Legislature in
America hasno power to tax the Nova Scotia,
Attorney General of that Province vigorously
maintains that It has no more right to alter her
Constitution, and hold her as a member Of the
Canadian Confederacy. Only in the case that
the Nova Scotians fail to obtain a divorce Of
what he considers an illegal marriage of States,
does the Attorney-General advocate recourse to
extreme measures. His speech is alike threat
ening and promising.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, who battered down
Fort Pulaski during tho war; has now been ordered to
Savannah 20 repair It.
Father Felix Barbcln pastor of st. Josoph's
Church In Philadelphia IS dead lie the most popu-
lar Roman Catholic Clergyman of that city, aud II Is sld
fulfilled the idea Of amiabo priesthood, His death Is
especially regretted by tho thousands VI tho poor.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

The emigrant tide is setting strongly this
way from across the water Lately, in one
week, eight thousand persons left Liverpool
for these shores. Is this the effect of our dis
cus8ion Of the Alabama claims, or merely of
Mr.. Goldwin Smiths letter.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

the Philadelphians. Cars built for twenty pas
sengers and containing seventy-which the
Philadelphians think novel enough to tel
egraph about-run past our Office by the
score every evening. The people packed in
them seem to like it-at least they support the
gang that prevents the use of steam on the
city roads, blocks all practicable plans for inn
medateirelief, and perpetuates the present dis
gustng state of affairs.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

The claim of the women printers for recog-
milton at the hands of the National Typo
graphical Association. now in session at Al
bany, cannot be ignored, and can hardly be
denied. We look with some confidence to see
women recognized by the Union as regular
members of the Craft.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

What a sensation VIC should have in New
York if the Philadelphia society should look
after our street railroad animals as well as its
own! Which animals-those in harness OF
those in the cars-are more to be pitied
we can hardly say, but, more's the
pity neither seem likely to be blessed with the
humane interference that has descended upon
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Contemporary with the putting down at bay
onet point of riots in Nantes and Paris, the
French Emperor announces that the Legisa-
tive Corps will assemble on the 28th Of the
month
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
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Gen. Caballero, who has set sail for Cuba,
will on his way stop at Porto RicO-a piece
of news which portends some new difficulty to
the patriots in that quarter.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

tive Peers vino have decided not to oppose the
people of the kingdom by following the policy
dictated by their majority in the Lords.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
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MARY compensation may be expected TO be obtained by
negotiation"
The ascertaining of such values is the proper
Office of n commission of proceedings; this must
be the sole object thus expressly excluding
every class of offset of any and every KIND.
Great Britain, well aware of the atrociOus con-
duct of her late ministry. from which this cOun-
try has so greatly suffered in the loss of lives
and money, and in the transfer of its tunnage
ought gladly, and it is not doubted will gladly
agree to such a commission; ana, with SIN
cere view to its composing influence, ought to
appoint Commissioner to meet Commissioner
of the United States in the United States,
here to enter into negotiation that viii re-
store peace between the two nations for, until
the actual asCertaned damages are repaired,
these nations, though not in actual war, are not
at peace. Such a stepis due not merely to JUS
tice, but to the justly injured pride of the Amer
lean people. Here again let Hamilton, the great
advocate of honorable peace be heard:
after the deprcdatious which had been COM
mittcd upon our commerce, after the strong sensi-
blity which had been discovered upon the occasion,
in and out of our public councils, If such an ADJUST
ment were refused by Great Britain, was there any
choice but reprlsalsF
That such would be his alternative, the Presi-
dent has distinctly enunciated and with this
choice it is manifest the general sentiment of
our country is cOnsonant. The delay of such
negotiation cannot, | think, although other
opinions prevail. cannot be wisely encouraged
Hamilton has truly observed:
$50 unsettled state OF things would lead to
fresh injuries and aggmvati0ns, and circumstances
too powerful TO be resisted would drag us into war
Nations in similar situations have no option
but 10 accommodate differences or to light. Those
which have strong motives 10 avoid war should, by
their moderation. facilitate the accommodation OF
differences. This is rule of good sense, maxim OF
sound policy
1t is IA rule, maxim of monitoTy value to
the two nations now at variance.
Before passing from this topic, it is proper to
advert to proposition that Great Britain owes
il to the wounded honor of the United States
to offer an apology. Ii may .be answered, that
apologies between individuals are often the
dictates Of "a sense of insult, and are, when not
enforced. most honorable to the aUVloeists:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-29

eighty, the Church may enlighten itself and
the world We are not assailants Of its creed,
and have at times viewed with admiration its
wo,k and workers, as men must SO long as
love and devotion and self-sacrifce are the
essence of all Christian well-doing. Nor do we
believe that the opposition Of the Church to
the age is conceived in spirit of inveterate
and bigot hostility to civil power merely as
civil power The absolutism OF the Church is
the natural reply to the anarchy OF speculation
prevailing in the vague and stormy intellects
of the revolutionary classes of Europe. 10 the
youpc Frcnchmen in Belgium who cry in so
MANY words "Down with God" the Church
answers through its enthusiastic Jesuits-
"Vive Jcsu ct Maria" If faith be the one
great desideratum in Religion, then the more
faith the better, and Catholicism is welcome to
20 on believing to the end of the chapter. III an
honest doubt, as an English poet sings, is worth
more than some creeds, and if O reverent skep-
ticsm and inquiry may constitute part of pro-
gresslye and free religion, then is it better for
men to think as bravely as mOdcstly, bowingonly
to the Most High. The debate is wide one,
and We shall not enter in upon it; but let us
define it as an issue, in the broadcast sense, be-
tween Rome and Reason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-29

"in their own esteem by harsh and rigid dis
"cip,ine.n It strikes us that nothing is likely
to be more degrading to man than to have
his naked back cut and slashcd with whip,
unless il be to he forced to cut and slash an
other man, back with whip. Have pity upon
your jYarders, oh, Kentucky OH, Iowa! If not
upon your criminals Kind and inteIligeh'
"discipine is the only mode which has tic
ghost Of II chance to reform fallen man. so
all the great Superintendent agrec-srch men
as Bioc,.way OF Michigan, and Pilsbuiy OF
Connecticut, and Lee Of South Carolina, ana
McElwco of Tennessee, and IIaines OF liassa'
clusetts. and Wardwell of Virginia. These
arc wise, able, thorough men, ana years OF
experience have proved to them that IL VIII
do to treat criminals as men, not as beasts. H.
therefore. We must have criminals, let as DO
decent at least
But not only have these great managers done
thus to the criminal they have also made
reckless men work and pay all their expenses,
and also make profit tor the taxpayers oil
their States. What do yOn suppose it costs i'll
the Ohio Penitentiary to feed (and feed well),
and bed, and clothc. and doctor criminal man
q year2 Simply S51 81. Ard now, virtuous
man, be of good cOurage-S51 81 can be made
to pay all your expenses except house-rent.
Who need be poor, il he will DO economical
In some quarters has come up senscless cry
that these criminals must not be allowed to
work, lest they may njure some virtuous work
man. 1t is senscless, of course. and will die
away.
We here ask attention to one great evil
which must be corrected. Men like those we
have named, who have devoted life, thought
and energy to this important work, must be
sustained in it. by all good men-by all who
Day taxes, and all do. AS it is and has been,
they have been subject to the whims OF pop
ular elections, and hold their positions
only like politicians. This should everywhere
be changed; ap1 they should hold their places
not only for fheik own good, but should be
urged to hohl theHl{or our good and that OF
the criminal man. Now bear it in mind that
the draft of our new Constitution, to be
voted upon in November, contains provision
to place the charge of our prisons in the hands
of competent board, to be appointed by the
Governor and Senate. This, and this only, will
secure us the services of our best men in. these
positions. 1t is so necessary, SO wise, so vital,
that we shall hope for its unanimous accept
aucp.