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New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
THE REVEKUE.

There has been much grumbling over Gen.
Grants appointments, and some of them may
have provoked it; but the fact is not disputed
that the current revenue since they were made
sho,Us a large increase oper the corresponding
,reeks Of last year. Now the taxes have not
been increased our political adversaries say
that the country is not prosperous and 1t VIII
puzzle any one to account for the increased
receipts into the Treasury on any other
hypothesis than that of increased efficiency
in the collection. We believe the income OF
the Government since Gen. Grants inaugura-
ton has exceeded that of the corresponding pc
riod of last year by fully Five Millions of Dol
lars; and that our National Debt has been re-
duced, over and above any reduction expected
in the Spring months of 1868, by fully Ten
Millions. We submit these facts as full justi-
fication of the changes made by Gen. Grant.
It is very generally understood that the
whole revenue is hencofOrth to be collected,
and not only collected, but paid into the
| Treasury, where it is to be used in carrying
on the Government and reducing the National
Debt. Taxation will not be so onerous if the
people can see that it is gradually wiping out
their Debt.
| w o enIIedJ lH6 IbSlutuJ w lCb thO b"hN'
"iades VINCE" and go on in the path he has
thus far so noby trod. Let rcvenue-dcfrauders,
official or otherwise, understand that they are
to bo dealt with promptly and sternly. If
any outsiders are still defrauding the revenue,
! bring them to justice and keep them there
! If any oIlice-hoders are abetting their nefa-
rious schemes, turn them out at once
| and prosecute them directly. Gen.
Grant has spoken no Drawer word
than when he gave assurance that
he would remove his own appointees as readily
as those of his predecessor if he found them
| incompetent or unfaithful. The country re-
ioccs in that pledge and expects him to make
it good. Let the revenue be cOllected-not a
part only, but the whole of it-though to this
| end it should be necessary to remove and APP
point monthly to some places. This Admins
tration has made noble start, and we trust
it will keep it. Tho groans of the removed
and the disappointed avail nothing so long as
| the work is well done.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

Why should the New-Orleans Commercial
Convention undertake the work Of pampering
business enterprises with Government aid they
do MT want2 The managers of the Southern Pa
cifc Railway asked no aid from the Government
why should this Convention want us to force
aid upon them9 They are quite able to speak for
themselves. The late Convention at Memphis
seemed to think there was little to be done for
business, save what Government should do. 1t
wanted Government to build railroads, repair
levees dig canals, improve rivers, grant more
banking privileges to the people Of the South
and West, remove duties from railroad iron,
and so on for quantity. If now the New-0r-
leans body should attempt to establish its su-
periority to the Memphis one by extending this
programme, it might find it necessary to re-
solve that Government should carry on all the
business of the country.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

Mrs. Nancy B. MADAM has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree, at Dedham,
Mass. Exceptions have been taken, but if
these are overruled, what is the State of Mas
sachusetts to do with this womanR Hang herH
Certainly not. The moral feeling of the Com
monwealth would not bear it. There is no
proper prison in which the convict can be con-
fined, women not being admitted to the State
Prison, and the Jails and Houses of Correction
not being suitable places Of prolonged confine-
ment The consequence will be that the
woman will be pardoned within few years,
to get rid of the trouble of keeping her. 1t
does not strike us that this is a very desirable
state of criminal jurisprudence.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The reports from France about the result Of
the election which we publish this morning,
differ very widely from those announced yes
terday morning in the cable dispatches. We
are now informed that thus far 1876 official and
only 90 Opposition candidates have been elected,
and that in 4S districts the election remained
undecided, no candidate receiving an abso-
Lutte majority. In most of these districts,
the election of an Opposition candidate
may be expected at the supplementary cleo
ton, as the failure of any candidate to obtain
a majority of votes arises from the division of
the Opposition vote among two or more candi-
dates. There is, therefore, still reason to hope
for an increase Of the Opposition in the new
Corps Legislatif, which will altogether consist
of 292 members.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
PROTECTION-SHOES.
The World says:


One Of the best illustrations Of the practical opera
tOn OF the theories OF the Proeconists Is seen IN the
effect which tho present tariff has upon the shoerade
compete with other countries in the shoe Tor CnDa
Mexico and South America; but under the prscIical
ticle which enters into the manufacture OF shoes mas IN
creased to such extent that they cannot be made at
prices at which they can be exported Inc result rs Se %
shOemanufacurers have almost entirely lost tne
foreign trade in that article and that the Lynn factories
Obliged to remain idle One-thrd OF the year such
some Of the blessings OF Protection, which IHE
TRIBUNE so zeaOusly advocates"
To which thus responds THE TRIBUNE:
1. More Shoes and Boots are being made in
Massachusetts in this year 1869 than were made
there in any former year, or were ever made
on similar area in any part of the earth.
O. They are sold cheaper than similar fabrics
were ever sold any where else.
g. The men and women who produce them
earn more have more leisure hours, are more
enlightened, and live better, than 80 many shoe
makers ever did before any where or do now
any where else.
A. These Boots and Shoes are in every part
the product of American Labor. A very lew
foreign Hides are imported and the duty on
these is exactly ten per cent. Leather we make
cheaper than it is produced almost any where
else, because of the abundance and cheapness
of the Bark which is our material for Tanning
We import some high-priced fancy shoes from
Paris; but we export Boots, Shoes and
Leather in considerable quantities, and our
Leather manufacture is strong and flourishng
We should export more Leather, more Boots, and
more Shoes, if our LabOring Class were ground
down to European wages and European fare
we rejoice that they are not.
8. The Lynn factories are not idle third
Of the year, nor anything like it; if their trade
ever falls off it is their remoter markets, not
their nearer that fail them. Our people are
moro generally shod with leather than any
other; and we wear out enormous quantities of
Boots and Shoes. We prefer this to selling our
shoes and lettnglour own people go barefoot.
"Such are some of the blessings of Protection,
(which The TRIBUNE so zealously advocates"
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
smnstmrnts, &t.


ACADEMY OF Music, Fourteenth-st-This Even
log at a." LurlHe," in Italian -,
BOOTH's THEATER, Twenty -thrd-st, between Eltth
nd SiItayes-T Afternoon Manfred" Mr. Bdwn BOOTH
ssstei by Ole Bull Society Evening at
=" Othelio' Mr.. Edwin Booth ss Othelo
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUsIC,--This Evening at
E-Grand Concert
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, Seventh-ave. and FIFTY
biuhThs Eeuiug GGrand Concert TheO Thomas OfeleS
Mr J. Levy. .
FIFTH AVE. THEATEE. Twenty-fourth-st, ana flIth-
ITe-Ths Rgeniug at a." Les Dragons de ViarA" lrma
GRAND MUSICAL PALACE, Third-ave and Sixty
tbird.sL-Day and Evening -Grsnd Concert
GRAND OPERA House. cor. Eighth-ave. and Iwen-
tytbirdst-1hs Evening at g." Patne"
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, corner OF Twenty
hlrdst and Fourth ysFory fourth Annual Exhibition Day aud
E,eBng
NRIo's GARDEN-This Evening at S.-"The Forty
Thieves Striking OIL Family JaTs Lydia ThOmpOn' Bare'qus
TvouDs
OLYMPIC TiIEATER-This Afternoon at u, and this
Rvenng at 8The New Pauomme Hccory Diecoy DOCK hf'
q. l. fOE
SAN FRANcIsco MINsTRELs, No. 5S5 Broadway
Tb's Evening at a. The Court Of Justice"
THE TANIMANY.-Tammany Hall, Fourteenth-st.-
Fbs Evening at g." Cinderella" Lemrgweh
WAIIACKs THEATER-This Evening at S.-"Caste."
WAvERrEY IHEATER, No. 720 Broadway. - This
Evening a." lIioB" Great London Bureque Combination
WOOD's MUSEUM, Broadway and Thirueth-st-
This Afternoon at and this Eyeuug at B-BurlrsQue and
"Robinsou Crusoe"
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
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New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

the fashion for biographers to saddle tho faults
of their heroes upon the back of their age. But
the crimes of their heroes, it must be remarked,
also prove the crimes of the age. MachiavellTs
bographer Trollope, maintains that on the
principle that he that wills the end wills the
means" his decried treatise of the Prince
was an effort to show that man could not be
a Prince in his days without being villain
The retort is easy: Could man be diplo-
matist in those days and be hOnest-cOuld he
write "The Prince" and not be a rascal Such
was the fatality of the princely position, that
once in the charmed circle of power, the medi-
eVal hero had to give himself up to the
demons of his time and Machiavelli was simply
his student Thus, in brief, argue the defend
ers of the man who could outwt Caesar BOrgia
in diplomacy and could cOOly translate his
assassinations into maxims of state. Evidence
there is that the intellectual aspirations of
Machiavelli were for the unity and progress of
Italy-hence the Republicans of modern Italy
celebrate their Precursor. But statesman, pol
itician, historian, dramatst as he was and
with all the subtlety of his intellectual com
mand, the world yet wants testimony that he
had a heart. Machavell the Outcast in his
tory, has gained enthusiasts; but after WHILE
he will again have judges. When it becomes
necessary for world inclined to justice
to give even the devil his due, the intellectual
claims of Mephistopheles must not be over
looked. Machiaveli, a better character, will
perforce have his admirers, and we think his
defense will rest upon the same basis as that
of Lord Bacon. 1t is moro necessary that the
world should understand that its great can be
mean, than that, for the sake of scholars, they
should be whitewashed. Whatever may be the
future estimate of Machiavelli he rests ut
present in Italian sanctuary along with the
other great whose centenaries have been or
will soon be celebrated-Galileo, Dante, and
Angelo.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The action of the Presbyterans, yesterday
on the reports of English feeling about the
Alabama claims was temperate and Christian.
But we are not quite certain that 1t was needed.
The talk concerning the dangers of war is pre-
posterous. Our English cousins are excited; but
we can afford to be calm. They were scarcely less
excited when first told that they would have
to pay for the actual destruction caused by the
Alabama, yet they soon learned to regard that
with equanimity. They will presently
reach a similar frame Of mind about
the later aspects of the case We do not mean
to fght--till we see some necessity for it, and
it takes two to make quarrel,-thOugh one,
as we now see daily, can make bustcr enough
to arouse anxieties half way around the Globe.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

There Is sect of believers in Russia who
actually bow down and worship the soul or
image of the great Napoleon. There is still
larger sect of the idolators Of power in France
who do the same thing in u different way.
Napoleon's imperial descendant, not long ago,
told his people that they best recognized God
when they rendered homage to great men,
such as his uncle. Perhaps acting on that sug-
gestion, the good people Of Paris who expect
to 20 to Napoleon when they die lately COW
cred his monument with flowers and other vo.
tive offerings Quite opportunely, Mr.. Carlyle
has come to speak again of Napoleonism in
ettor to friend on the Continent. His COM
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The Massachusetts, Legislature, having been
in pretty permanent session for nearly five
months. and not showing other than dispO-
siton to stay in Boston all Summer, the Man
agement of the Peace Jubilee have given no.
tice that they do not intend to dead-head the
SOlons aforesaid, nor does there seem to be any
reason why they should, unless these gentle
men at the State-IIousc can fiddle or sing, or
make themselves otherwise musically useful.
The astonishing and most erroneous notion
that Senators and Representatives, who are
well paid by the State. should not plank their
money at the door, has received an encOurag-
ing refutatiOn
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

If Mr. Wendell Phillips proposes now to take
the lead in the labor movement, he is more for
tunate than of old in his ant-Slavery warfare.
He is able at the outset to find only
words of praise for the President 1t
is scarcely less noteworthy that he seeks
relief from the expressions of labor
rather in the eight-hour law, night schools
and education up to the point of cooperation,
than in the clumsy aud inefficient system OF
strikes. If Mr. Phillips does not take care, he
will get credit for lending his elegant elo-
ouence to tho enunciation of very plain COM
u,nn SpuSp.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The ladies are too severe with us. Any
opinion formed by us of movement which
begins with Mrs. Stanton and ends with tho
celestial kite-hyer was based, Of course, upon
the highest respect for what truly belongs to
women as patriots citizens, and beings. Mrs.
Stanton is welcome to earn, as wo hope she
will, the right TO be called the Mater Patrig--
first in war, first in peace first in the hearts of
her cOuntrywomen. Men may envy her place.
but we shall grudge her nothing of her just
due. If women-folks choose to regard Miss
Anthony rs the Hamilton .Of the republic of
ladies' so be it; nothing which the male Fos-
ters are likely to say will diminish our respect
of her as an earnest, excellent woman. We
hold, with some reserve as TO persons and
things, that the movement for woman's rights
springs from good motives, and may be fairly
expected to produce somo good results. We
may bo pardoned il we do not fail to perceive
its comedy as well as its earnostncss. Aud,
while Mrs. Stant0ns imperial eloquenco charms
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The establishment of a line of steamers
between this port and st. Domingo the first
of which is to sail on the I'd of June) is an
enterprise deserving every encouragement. we
have no anxiety about increased means OF COM
municaton with EurOpe-we import now FAR
more than is good for us-but every new line
of steamers like this to San Domingo means
better markets for our manufactures, healthy
growth of our trade, extension of our inilu-
ence-means, in short the policy on winch
Great Britain became the richest OF modern
nations, and which may lead us to yet moIo
notable prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The current year will largely add to our Ia
ci,ities to communicate with the Old World by
Cable. In addition to the French Cable which
viii soon be laid we now have duplicate
line from London to Valentia, which will be
ovclusively used for transmitting Cable dis
MATCHES of the two Atlantic Cables, both OF
which are now in good working ORDER one
will in future, be exclusively used for sending
dispatches from Valentia to America, and the
other for receiving American dispatches Thus
the telegraphic communication between New
York and London will now be instantaneous
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

ment is grunt. More and moro he ha
learned to regard Napoleon as chsrlatan--"a
"man of ten thousand month";" as Rleber
said-a true embodiment of all the charlatan.
ism of power and all the power of charetan.
ism. He might have added also, in the cam.
tone and temper-a sublimation of that great
Pig Principle to which the philosopher has
given the pedagogical rod in one of the most
vigorous of his essays 1t is this Pig Prncipls
which the Emperor of France would like ts
erect into q religion.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The tender and graceful ceremony whereby
the lodges of tho Grand Army of the Republic
seek to show how affectiOnately they cherish
the memory of their fallen comrades
has been finally fixed for next Sunday
the remonstrances of the religious bodies not
seeming to the soldiers to have taken SuilciehC
account of the reverent and pious nature OIL
the intended work Our local columns give
some hint of the preparations that are making II
to secure celebration worthy of the iallen
and worthy of the survivors.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

gems OF MOUNTAIN SCENERY; containing View,
along and near the Union Pacific Railroad; BY An.
FRED L. MATHEWS is a very creditable quarto Of
Autographed scenery with letter-press illustrations
just issued by the author at No. 1,227 Broadway
We commend them to the special regard Of travel.
ing sght-seers, who will find the scenery depicted
very bold and grand even for great range of noun
tains while it has freshness and novelty unknown
even to the Alps We believe the views honest and
unexaggerated.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
4 NEW BOOK ON THE PEAR.

PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT"
We will publish on the first day Of August
next an illustrated work entitled "Pear Culture for
Profit" written by 2. T. QUINN practical horticultur-
h whO for many years. has been successful grower Of
Pears for market. The subject is simply and thoroughly
treated. under the following heads;
Varieties;
Aspect;
preparation Of the Soil;
Distance Apart;
Selecting Trees;
Dwarfs and Standards;
Time Of Planting;
Planting
Varieties 10 Plant;
Pruning:
Manuring aud MulchinR;
Gathering Fruit
Marketing Pears
Profits Of Pear Culture;
Propagation: Budding and Grating;
Odds and Ends.
In word, 1t win be found complete practical manual
for the PcargrOwer, whether for pleasure pront.
The book will be issued in compact portable form,
adapted easy reference and will be sold for d, which
will place 1t within the reach Of all.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

4" cold sales during the morning have been be-
"tween one and one and o half per cent lower
than yesterday. In addition to the decline III
"foreign exchange, the speculative influences
"of the Room are in favor for the time being
"of lower premium" All which proves OF
course that Mr.. Boutwell, is sure to fail, that
it is folly to use your surplus cash to pay your
debts, and especially that it is very wrong to
realize current prices on property that you have
for sale
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
OBITUARY.
GEN. JOSEPH G. BRIsCoE.
unexaggerated


Gen. BriscOe, whose funeral will take placa
to-day p from his late residence, No. 80 Lafayette
place, was born IN Ireland at Willmount County Kill
kenny 1884 lie graduated with distinction at Trinity
College, Dublin, and in 1854 to the United states
where he was connected civil engineer with many
important public works in the Pennsylvania coal fields
At the breaking out OF the he enlisted in the ~ T.
Volunteers, and from that time until the close Of the
struggle he remained in the service Of the United States
At the battle of Big Bethel he carried the regimenta col
Ors, and wounded in the foot, and for his gaanry
that occasion he commissioned Lieutenant In
Kearnys Division he made the campaign Of the PENN
sula and while in charge OF the construction OF Of
the forts at Far Oaks, attracted that Gen
erals notice by the engineering skill displayed In
the work. BY him he made engineer officer, and
served on that Generals staff until the atter's death at
Cbanty. He was afterwaTd detailed upon the staff Of
Gen. StOneman, and then upon that OF Gen. Birney,
where he remained serving occasionally with Gems Han
cock and French. When Birney was appointed to the
command OF the Tenth Corps he appointed Capt Brscoo
Chief Of STAFF with tine Iank OF Major, and strongly
Coonecy OF the 99tn Pennsylvania Volunteers. At tho
capture OF Petersburg Col. BrscOe commanded bri.
gade and distinguished himself by the stOrmng OF Fort
Gregg for which action he was breveted General Al
the close OF the war; appointed President Of the
Examining Board for officers the regular army under
the rank OF Major As gallant and courageous officer.
he greatly distinguished. He was wounded many
times, and served in nearly all the battles OF the Army
Of the Potomac,
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The journals that are trying to bull The Gold
market and break down the Secretary Of the
Treasury have hard time of it, Here is The
Euening Post, for example, declaring on its
editorial page that Gold is too low, that it is
advancing and must advance. We turn thence
to the financial column Of the same paper, and
find its misguided writer bringing his employers
TO confusion after this fashion; "The range Of
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The trouble about the Portuguese mission
has not, from the outset boen very creditable
10 anybody concerned. The last phase seems
10 be about the worst 1t is now rumOred that,
In defiance Of Congress, the secret service
fund, confdentially intrusted to the manage
ment Of the State Department, has been used
10 keen the Minister in his place.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

The new Consul General to Hsyt was warmly
welcomed last night by the cOlOred people of
the city. The appointment of another man,
born slave, as a Judge of the Sierra Leone
Court of Arbitration under the Slave Trade
Treaty, is announced.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

Does any body know why the City Of New
York should be compelled 10 pay seven per
cent interest on her ten year bonds for street
improvements The bids for the million dol
lars " be placed in bonds were oDened yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
RHODE ISLAND 1ra1sI.AruRE.

The Rhode Island General Assembly met yes
terday morning at Newport The Hon. II. l. EAmes OF
Providence elected Speaker OF the House. NJ Adde
man and Chas T. Robinson were elected Clerks sumner
U. sherman elected Clerk of tho Senate The yo'ea
for general officers counted and proclamation made
Gov PadefOrd took his seat Presiding onlcor OF hs
tho Senate. ex-Gov. Burnside retiring The occasion
wac q hyely holiday In Newport, aud the town N@a
tAronge1 with visitors from all Of the state
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

If Tammany did not govern the city, it is
hardly possible that corporation 80 wealthy
could by any possibility find it necessary to
pay a rate of interest so extravagant.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-26

us, it is enough to give able-bodied men hys
terics to see-not men playing such fantastic
tricks as make angels weep-but the angels
making men of themselves. d.