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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
THE BLdCKNESS OF KETTLE.

The BROOKLYN Eagle, awakened, at the thlr-
teenth hour, to the iniquities and robberies
OF our Municipal ring" complacently remarks
that
New York City is the weak spot the Democratic
line of assault upon the fortress Of Repubicanism"
Remarks.-THE TRIBUNE will endeavor to
enlarge The Eagle's apprehension, as it would
fain quicken its zeal in the good work OF Re-
form, by recalling attention to some facts which
our neighbor has strangely overlooked, if not
forgotten:
Directly adjoining our City is that OF
BROOKLYN, the second in our State, and In
population and wealth the fifth or sixth in the
Union She gives large Democratic majOrities,
and is under rigid Democratic rule. That City
is paying higher per centage OF taxation than
New-York is-a per centage VIGOROUSLY and
heavily swelled by the rapacity and rascality
of her rulers. Those rulers in 1863 swelled her
Democratic majorites for Seymour, Hoffman &
Co. by thousands of illegal votes. Last
Autumn, they took to themselves the appoint
ment of all officers to hold the State Election,
against the protest of the Republican minority.
Many of the Inspectors thus chosen resorted
to all manner of fraud and villainy to swell
the Democratic majority at that election. by
such frauds, repeated in canvassing the votes,
they counted in several of their candidates,
but did not succeed in counting in their own
Sheriff: so they altered and falsfied
their returns, destroying some which
they could not otherwise pervert, so as
to give their Sheriff a majority. Pub
lie Indignation and vigilance compelled
the County Canvassers to Overrule these latest
frauds, and declare the rghtful Sheriff elected,
though not by his rightful vote. And now her
Democratic District-Attorney Is prosecuting a
part of the perpetrators of these scandalOus
frauds, and has convicted a number of them,
in spite of all manner of Judicial maneuvers
to screen them from the legal penalties of their
crimes. Our Democratic "Ring" is quite as
rascally as that of Brooklyn, but it uses
sharper tools, and does not permit them to ex-
pose themselves so shamefully.
North of us lies the ancient County of WEST
CHESTER, which gave to our State her illustri-
Gus Governors, John Jay and Daniel ID. Temp
kins. She, too, has fallen into the clutches of
Democratic ring which has nearly
squeezed her dry. Some of her lower towns
are groaning under a mountain of taxation
exceeding Seren per cent. on the assessed value
of their property Boulevards," that cost
S30,OOO per mlle,y nave Deen run through the
lower towns till their cost amounts to cOnfis-
cation; and moro would have been authorized,
but for the strenuous, vigilant opposition of
her only Republican legislator, James w.
Hustled, who fights and beats her Ring" as
often as they make a demonstration. One of
her late Democratic Treasurers has run away
defaulter for $l5O,O0O; and she is about to
be taxed to pay this amount over again.
SO we might proceed: but let these two
examples suffice. They show that Democratic
rule in this City is of piece with Democratic
rule all around her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

will be introduced In the early part OF next "eeh W
abolish the Board OF Aldermen Of New York City As A.
present constituted. and 10 elect members al a'se
the county 1t Is also understood that Sa
tor Tueed is preporing ner CharSr u" me oHy' "e
chief C,nttrr NJ vhich rW b~ NE stringent poo's"s
agnina L-qe SALARIES and reckless expenditures % moeB
Good again, Tweed knows just where
the steals come ill., and can smash them II
he only will. He could frame such Charter
rs would save us at least Three Millions OF
Dollars per annum, and make it less than
Infamous to be a Supervisor or an Alderman.
And. if he were certain that he could make
no more money out of abuses, we Judge HIM
very likely to do it.
But the thing won't wash Tweed may be
down to-day; he will surely be up tomorrow
He could send too many OF his present
enemies to State Prison to have them nght
him to the bitter end. They dare not do IT,
and he will not We are just as certain that
he and O'Brien, Morrissey and Sweeny, VIII
be cheek by jowl within month as we are
that they have made a good thing out Oh
concord and cooperation in the past. just
wait n little before you count on sweeping
reform of our City cOrruptlons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

We believe the country might well give zen
Sherman a palace and domain, with an income
of not less than hundred thousand dollars
wear. We believe the country might do as
much for Gen. Sheridan. We believe it might
do IA much for Gen. Meade, who won tho
battle of Gettysburg, and for Gen. Thomas,
who won the battle of Nashville. We arc not
sure that it ought to do quite as much for
Gen. Halleck; but it is certain that he cant
live on nothing. We are sure 1t ought not 10
overlook Gen. Hooker, and Gen. Burnside, ana
Gen. Mcdowell, who did hard fighting, though
they did not win every battle they fought. we
know about a hundred other gallant Generals
who did splendid service and made great sacfi-
fees for their country, whose rewards 'ne'
ought now in time Of peace to ENJOY. we ais"
know of about million soldiers VINO gave "p
home and comfort, and offered their lives, iinloe'
and forces to the Union, and we Dehe'e .na'
all of these brave and patriotic citizens wouiu 10
but poorly paid for their services and sacrinceS
il the Government gave each of them ilo
pension of a thousand dollars year.
In fact, if our appreciation Oh the WON
performed by our Union officers and soiuic's
were to be measured by the amount wo wouia
lee willing to pay them for the rest Oh '"'''
lives if we could, We should fail to ma hsures
to express the sum of our desires. nut a' ",e
same time there are certain considerations az
fecting this subject that must not DO ~ho'p
overlooked. In the first place, 1t Is Oh
behalf of an exceedingly small part OF our
Union officers and soldiers that the demand
now made for large income because oil 'ne'.
,orvicos duriug the war. The vast majority VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

PRETTY LITTLE MISS COUZENS. EFT AL.
1t is customary to speak with derision of
the tempests which now and then break out
in tea-pOts. From an outside point OF cOntem-
plation these turbulences doubtless seem trivial,
but it is likely that within the teapot the
commOtion is tremendous We do not usually
pay much attention to these circumscribed and
isolated cyclones, but one of them has recently
summoned our attention. The teapot in
which it RACES is The Revolution. and the
storm is merely breeze among those women.
We will give it a little more room to blow in.
To keep peace among magpies, according to
Paulus Sientarius, assures scars but forblds
glory. Doubtless in trying to keep peace
among the women we shall be in similar case.
We do MT want glory. IL we get scars we shall
at least get them in generous cause. We
want first to assuage the rancOr OF pretty
Miss Phoebe C0uzens, beauteous maiden OF
eoquence and wrath who dwells in ST. Louis.
She shoots the lances of her resentment from
her citadel by the Mississippi, and they glance
across the continent and are more difficult to
dodge than the arrows Of Apollo. Unhappily,
she seeks to transfx one of our correspondents,
whom she calls by name and pronounces a
"girl of immature thought and idea" OF course
we como to the rescue Of the Eastern dove
from the talons of the Western falcon.
We beseech Miss Phoebe to tell us what
she means by such language as this.
Has she not yet learned that THE
TRIBUNE rpens all it shines uponf How, then,
can correspondent who basks in the full
effulgence of our noontide beams DO "imma-
"turef" If destiny should reserve for Miss
COuzens the unspeakable distinction of some
time belonging to our staff of reporters, we
venture the prediction that within six calendar
months even she would be ripper than
Smyrna fig or Maltese cucumber. We have
taken some pains to ascertain the cause of Miss
Couzens's little outbreak of temper We find
her debut on Eastern platforms recorded in
THE TRIBUNE in these lofty phrases of eulogy:
Little PhDbe is piquant, sprightly, mod
"erately clever, and twenty-six. When she IS
"older she will probably know more This
generous and unequivoca recognition of her
personal charms and her latent capacities of
improvement does not appear to have quite met
her views. Wcare sorry for this. Knowledge, the
poet says, comes. and wisdom fingers. In the
arduous pursuit which Miss Couzcns has chosen,
she will find use for all the knowledge which
comes to her, and all the wisdom that fingers
with her. 1t certainly would be most ungener
GUS to say that she had closed her mental
accounts and would henceforth learn no more.
We find n further introduction Of Miss Couzens
in the sprighty Washington correspondence of
The Cincinnati Commercial This correspondent
thinks the young lady is about twenty -One.
Shc is tall and handsome. Her chin rounds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
VERY TRYING.

Wa understand that NJ Olivier, the first
minister of France, is not only an actual COM
poser of concertos, but an accomplished per-
former on the violin. The fact that III ai,
concerted matters of state he plays, we need
not say what particular instrument, TO Napo-
leon I'LL, detracts nothing from the glory OIL
his new-found talent. On the contrary MS
imperial association only adds TO Its deSira
bilitv and usefulness. 1t is great talent Tor
a crisis. and never was such an accomplish
ment more needed in certain high quarters Oh
France than now. Rome is not burning, 1t Is
true; Paris is not erecting barrlcades ana so
far as catastrOphes of this kind are concerned,
there is really no occasion for the first OF
second violin of France to make merry at the
expense of Baron Haussmann's architecture or
Napoleon's own policy.
Nevertheless, an event is in progress at
Tours which might fairly call NJ. Ollivlers
skill as second violinist into requlstlon. III
is not necessary to say that the exhibition at
Tours is in the nature of a concert, or a con-
certed affair." to make our meaning plain. Some
thing very theatrical is plainly happening In
the High Court of Justice. 1t may be series
of tableaux-a succession of what the specta-
tors of the Corps Legslatif are so well accus-
toned to as scenes but it is not exactly a
trial of the English kind. Jurors and judges
are as numerous as an orchestra, but NOBODY
believes that they will mete out justice. WIT
nesses contend with each other to obscure the
truth. The princey criminal is possessed with
q demon of Interruptions. Testimony discred-
tied, Judges suspected, the imperial maker OF
the Court more than suspected, and the verdict
of the case foregone conclusion-here is, we
take it, an admirable theme for NJ. Olliviers
violin. Prince BOnaparte, now worse than
provoked by the prOcureur and witnesses OF
his enemies, is in the best of humor for dancing
to anything which the Empire and its second
performer can play.
The truth is, however, that though Prince
Bonaparte is undergoing form OF trial, the
feelings of his royal kindred are being Sc
verely tried. The trial at Tours may turn out
to be a solemn Joke, but the murder of the
Rue d'Auteuil was a very grave scandal. The
inconvenience Of such an act to the Empire,
the irrelevance and impolicy of such blum
der. the vulgar fury of the Prince during his
trial, must enter into the imperial disgust
All this is very trying to the Emperor, and
demands the skill of a maestro to Danish /,
out of the mind of France. The Emperor
promises more concessions to France through
NJ Olivier. Does he mean thereby to purchase
the escape of his blOOd-stained kinSman
Then, let NJ. Olivier prepare his violin
Whether the Prince is punished lightly to slow
music or is acquitted with a lively movement
NJ. Olivier is of all men in the world the most
fitted to manage the imperial orchestra and
direct the accompaniment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

A Washington correspondent has been cal
culating the total amount i'll acres and value
in dollars of the public lands whose appropria-
ton is contemplated by some ninety odd bills
now pending in Congress. The aggregate Is
certainly startling. The acres asked for are
above 100 10000, in area about three times the
size of New-YOrl State. Their value at the
Government price is $12J,0O0,OOO. great
many of these bills will not pass, and many
others ought not to but it is to be feared that
importunate land grabbers" without the IN
tention or the means of developing the public
lands they ask, will injure the chances OF
honest petitioners at the head of practicable
and important enterprises The public lands
are too valuable to sell in the smallest quanti-
ties at the highest prices to mere spectators.
At the same time they are well and proftably
disposed of as free gifts in encouragement OF
industrial projects which promise to attract
immigrants provided always that the gifts are
conditional on the transfer of the land to ac-
tual settlers at easy rates and in small guam
titles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

Two shocking incidents of city life have re-
Gently occurred-one of them being the at
tempted suicide of a married woman in house
of i'll fame, and the other the suicide of n man
in house of similar character, in which he
lived with his wife. These incidents are not
characteristic of life in New-York," nor do
they suggest the lawful depravity" of the
nonulation of the city; yet, as they stand,
they are suggestive as well as shocking events.
The laws are, of course, pOwerlcss to prevent
such occurrences; but they preach loudly to all
men and women who are inclined to tampcr
with vice. When the woman perpetrated her
crime she had just returned from the licen-
tious Grande Duchesse ball.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

Secretary Robson makes the disclosure that
of all the great powers of the world the United
States have the weakest naval representation
in tropic waters. Yet nothing which the Secre-
tary has to report can prevent the remarkable
demonstrations which our navy is able to
make, if not in Cuban certainly in Dominican
waters. The conversation between an American
officer and the Captain of Danish schooner,
reported to us from lIayti, is conclusive evidence
that. however weak we may be at Havana, we
are strong enough at Cape IIaytien The
Domnicans having by vote asked the prOtec-
ton of the United States, the least our cap
tains can do is to obey any order given them
to that end but it is necessary that they should
do their duty with as little buster and swag-
ger as possible. The officer who made search
for Gen. Luperon, and opened on the Danish
skipper a fire Of cross-qucstons, might have
planted shell in the Captain Generals palace
but we are not certain. We see no reason
why our protection of the people of San Do
mingo should be any louder in tone than that
which we are willing to accord to our fellow
citizens in Cuba.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

Certain merchants and insurance men OF tnis
city have memorialized Congress for a commis-
sion to ascertain the amount of the Alabama
claims, and "give the holders certificates
(Which shall he evidence in their hands OF the
"existence and amount of said claims" IL
now the English Government could only be
prevailed upon to recognize the certificates
and pay the claims thus established! On hrst
looking at the subject, one is disposed to laugh
at the proposition as idle; but, in consldera,
ton of the fact that, before England Is fofced
to pay for the depredatiOns of her cruisers
much of the legal evidence of losses Will be
unattainable, by reason of the unavoidable aD-
scnce of witnesses and claimants, it seems
worthy of serious thought as a means OIL St.
curing proof of losses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

Dull and stupid and insignificant in manner
and matter was yesterdays session OF the
Legislature. The Hon. Michael Norton vanly
attempted to renew the late fight by moving to
make the bill abolishing Mr.. Tweeds Board of
Supervisors special order for next Thursday.
A single growl was provoked from the Chief
by an intimation from one of the Young De-
mocracy that his "jobs' were disguised by being
introduced by his colleagues. But generally
speaking it was a day of rest in Senate and
Assembly, though intriguing and compromising
went briskly on outside. A truce, extending to
Monday, has been declared. 1t will doubtless
end in peace, and a redistribution of the
plnudpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

What Gen. Tate, exMinister OF llayt, says
elsewhere in his careful letter to us, in praise
of the resources, the position, and the readiness
for annexation of San Domingo, we freely
grant He does not make it clear that Presl-
dent Baez had not a main part IN the annexa-
ton movements, or that the debt OF San
Domingo is less than ten millions; yet we are
willing to agree with him that Gen. Cabral is
a professed disturber and self-seeker, and that
the enemies of annexation are fighting bllndly
We have not moments doubt that the
highest interests of the peOple.Of San Domingo
demand their annexation to the United
States. They, and not we, are, after
all, to be the greatest gamers by such posi-
bic event. But so long as they have not fairly
ascertained their mind; so long as their con-
diton tends to give us a bargain of war and
bad faith instead of peaceful confidence, 1t Is
an open question whether we shall take San
Domingo We presume that the Government
and the Committees of Congress have peculiar
information touching both sides of the Domln-
lean question, and will not hasten rash Judg-
ment upon it. 1t is for Congress to decide
whether Annexation is now offered IN the
fairest shape of which it is susceptible in the
trOpcs-whether San Domingo In her recent
vote has, of her own will, dealt with us as
honestly rs she may.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
Nem'1ork Daitu Grihnaae.
SATURDAY. MARCH 26. 1870.
II RIPPLE S Ill f e Il.

In the debate the bill for protection OF life and
property In Ireland The o Donoghue Mr. Claiborne
Hardy have made speeches for and against the measure
which has passed through Committee. So Another
angry interruption by Prince Bonaparte has
occurred IN the trial at Tours. The Pope's
answer TO Napoeon's Foreign Minister has been
ceiyed. Bishop SrOssmayer has caused much excite
nent in the Council by moving that the entire concur
reuee OF that body be for the enunciaon OF
article OF faith. - tumult has occurred in Paya In
presence OF the military.
In the Senate yesterday. bill was introduced for the
reduction Of the army; the bill fixing the point OF junction
OF the Union and Central Pacific Railroads was passed
bill was reported the Mail Steamship service
with China aud Japan joint resolution was introduced
authorizing President to furnish steamer 10 Capt
Hal FOR an Arctic voyage. IL the House. the IariH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

IL struck the astutc mind of Count Bismarck
that believers in Immortality need not be
troubled with foolish scruples about hanging
fellow creature. But this is just what all the
scruple-Count Bismarck calls it 1.-THE slckiy
sentimentality of the tmes"-is about. Can
not society do something better for the crlmi-
nal on this side of the grave rather than
consign him to something worse on the
other sidea Cannot we perform manlier,
healthier Office than that sickening one OF
strangulation? The German Diet listened TO
the Counts doubts answered by questions like
these, and voted him down by 1lS to 81. Our
correspondence from Berlin records at length
the important debate which resulted IN tils
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

Senator Morton has spoken in favor of the
ratification of the San Domingo treaty, and in
one point his argument adds force to the side
of the annexationists. He submits that unless
we take San Domingo upon her own offer,
England or France may. This is to place
low estimate upon the virtues OF the
Domincans and even to underrate the talents
of portion of them for making well'sus-
tanned mischief. Will England be any more
desirable to the Dominicans than Spain Has
France forgotten her Mexican experiment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
A CORRESPONDENT calls attention to the TN

A correspondent calls attention to the un-
necessary and heavy expense paid by the Gov
eminent for military storekeepers, and suggests
the abolition of those sinecurc offices. We had
hoped that the bill lately introduced would
remedy this and other defects of the army or
ganization which cost us dearly. For instance
we ought to have had consolidation of some
of the bureaus of the War Department. The
ordnance and engineers could be united under
one energetic officer, and like disposition made
more effective and economical the Subsistence,
Quartermastcr, and Paymaster Generals Offices.
The duties of these three officials could be
discharged by single head, even with a
diminuton of the formidable array of aids
and subordinates belonging to these several
bureaus The country will sanction the reduc-
ton of these officers to the grade of colonel,
which rank, with a single exception, they held
before the war. The idea of having nine as
simulated Brigadier- Generals Mt the War De-
partment, drawing the pay of that rank and
ten "real" Brigadier- Generals scattered through
the country, is mOnstrOus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

II is painful but doubtless true picture Oh
the condition of our prisons whichis presented IN
the summary which we give of the Report OF inc
Prison Association. Prisons are not inspected J;
discipline does not exist; neither secular nor
religious instruction is provided; and prisoners
are not separated, old and young, expert ana
novice, having unrestricted intercourse. Inc
moral and industrial condition of State ana
County Prisons has been rapidly deterioratins
for years past. AS at present conducted they
are less houses of punishment and correction
than schools where culprits are confirmed III
viciousness, and from which they graduate
hardened in crime. This condition OF affairs
should not be permitted to exist long; the bad
system or the inefficient management ought
to be changed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

The Tariff debate in the House was yester-
day relieved of much of the dullness which has
heretofore marked it by brief speech, full OF
significant facts and figures, from Mr.. Kelley
of Pennsylvania. His argument was directed
against the system of internal taxes, and in
favor of home protection. He denounced the
present internal taxes as "a bonus to foreign
competitors of our farmers and mechanics"
end declared, on the other hand, that protcc-
"tiOn invariably cheapens commodities" Better
still than these strong expressions were the
facts which he cited in proof Of their truth.
To-day's session of the House is 10 10 devoted