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learn that the said vessels have been con-
structed exclusively by Chinese, engines IN
cluded. only five or six Europeans being en-
Moved as superintendents and craftsmen. Sur
nrise increases as we read that all the shot,
shell, guns, caps, and other parapherhaiia VI
war were likewise manufactured by NAIVE ar
tisans. With such testimony before us, con
frmed moreover by special information we
need hardly ask if China is making progress
But this is only the first portion OF an an
noupcement which may fairly be said to marx
an era in Chinese development. The same
paragraph informs us that 1.-THE arsenal Is al
"the present moment engaged IN Dulluins
"steam transport of 1,40O tuns, when IL Is eA-
"pected will be finished in September" Chiha
bnildine a steam transport The idea seems
incredible. But what can we say TO the ioi-
lowing which concludes this marvellous record
of Chinese progress7 at is in contemplation
"to construct a corvette of $500 tuns burden,
"to be armed with wo-hundred-and-tyW-
"Do,uders i'm the waist of the ship, ana either
"32s or 4O-pounder smooth-bores to complete
"the armament" This is indeed, a new anu
wondrous development of the low lh'elii-
"pencer which some assure us exists IN the
"debased Monaghan" Whatever Chinese
Coolies may be, they are as much Coolies IN
China as in this country, and we suspect
represent their countrymen pretty nearly as
well as a Castle Garden squad of immigrants
represent the intelligence of Dublin or Berlin
There is, however, matter for serious rehec-
ton in the paragraph we have quoted. ma
ton which makes such efforts under Imperial
auspices, small as they may be when compared
with the results of our own more perfect civ
ilization, cannot be described as going back
ward. We may observe with some pride that
the leading foreigner at Kiangnan Is an Amer
lean citizen, and that he has produced these
results after six years training of his native
staff. Whatever his nationality, he deserves
congratulaton. 1t is none the less hearty that
he was born beneath the Stars and Stripes.
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aem'2lotk Daily gribma1e.
SATURDAY, JULY 80, 1870.

The outposts Of the hostile armies in Europe are Skin
mishing, but general engagement has yet taken
place The Emperor has assumed command OF
the French army and issued address 10 his troops
The British Government is quietly preparing for any
emergency and work is going on in the dockyards and
arscnas night and day.
The municipal troubles in Richmond have been brought
10 a close by a decision ordering new election. =
A woman has been tarred and feathered by mob in
Cortlandville, N Y. = The manager of the Pacific
Railroad Telegraph lines at Sacramento is under arrest
charged with stealing Associated Press dispatches ==
Gen. ONeil, the Fenian, pleaded Guilty yesterday,
and will be sentenced to-day.
Benjamin Nathan, wellknown citizen, was murdered
in his own house on Thursday night The murderer has
escaped. fire In DivisiOn-st caused the death OF
one woman by sufOcation, 80 number OF physician
will leave for the PTussian army to-day 80 The pro-
mitigation OF dogma Of Infability will be celebrated
in st. Patricks Cathedral on Sunday by grand Tie
Deum service. 80 final appeal is to be made to the
Governor to-day for Communication of the sentence OF
Real. = meeting of persons interested In the man
ufacture of silk in this country has been held. Gold,
1914, 121, 1903. Thermometer, II, SO, 10.
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The ways OF justice are mysterious. For in
stance, Mr.. James NJ. Sheehan yesterday threw
bucket of scalding water over his wife and
the child in her arms, injuring the child 80
that death will probably soon end its suffer
ings. Justice Coulter thought the villain suf-
fciently punished By holding him in $500 bail
to answer. On the same day, a lady riding in
car caught another woman in the act of
picking her pocket. The operation was sue
cessful, but the thief was arrested and charged
with stealing twenty dollars. Justice Bixby
demands for this offense bail of $1,000. This is
justice in New-York. A drunken vagabond
murders his innocent child and terribly wounds
his wife, for which assuming the statement to
be correcD he ought to spend the remainder of
his life in State Prison; but the Blind God
dess says, "Put up little margin to pay
Z" the boys for their trouble and 90 your
ways Now who supposes that bail bond
Cd $500 would ever bring up a man charged
with such terrible oleaseR But when twenty
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NOT so FIR REHTNDT5ND

There exists legend, possibly invented by
some imaginative foreigner, that the uncouth
form OF the Chinese junk owes its origin to
fit OF passion on the part of some ancient
Brother OF the Sun" to whom were Submitted
the first plans of remarkable machine which
would actually convey living creatures over
the treacherous sea. Unable to comnrebend
the confused-looking sketch before him. he
dismissed its bearer by throwing his royal shoe
AT his head, and roaring out that "if he wanted
TO build water machines he might COPY that
The quaint and ugly NOah's arks, dear TO the
Celestial mind, are at any rate sufficiently like
such model to justify the story; and so char
acteristic of the Chinese are they usually con-
sldered, that most people refuse 10 separate
them In their ideas as persistently as thew
connect Dahlgren with his pun. or
Ericsson with the early monitor, To sucb
persons paragraph in our last files of China
papers will doubtless act like galyanic shock.
1t Is there broadly stated that at the Kiang-
nan Arsenal, near Shanghai, no fewer than
.hree steam gunboats and a steam tiredrer
nave been successfully launched within the
last lew months, one of the gunboats being
manned navigatod, engineered, and sailed ex-
c'usiVey by our unintelligent- looking friends
III pig-tails and thick boots Furthermore. we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

The efficiency of the present administration
of the Internal Revenue Bureau is Indicated
by the comparative statistics which we pub
lished Yesterday. The receipts for the hrSt
fifteen months of Mr.. DelanO's management
were more than S665OO,OO0 greater than for
the last fifteen months of Mr.. Rolns's dlrec-
ton of the Bureau. 1t should be remembered
further that this increased sum was de-
rived from greatly reduced taxes. These
figures show that the Presidents Promise that
there should be faithful and honest collec-
ton of the revenue has been fully redeemed.
But the head of the Treasury Department
does not seem to be cOntented with what has
been accomplished. He aims at even greater
efficiency, and insists, in letter to the agents
of the Internal Revenue and Customs, on the
vigorous prosecution of all violators of the law.
The zeal of all the subOrdnates of the Treas
ury Department ought not to be less thai that
of its head They ought to recognize that on
the complete success of its financial policy,
more than on anything else, depends the sue
cess of the Administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30
TIE COLLECTORSHIP CONTEST.
LETTER FROM SENATOR FENToN.

LETTER FROM SENATOR FENTON.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: A paragraph in yesterdays TRIBUNE suggests
that may feel called upon TO give the public my
reasons for opposing the confirmation Of Mr.. Murphy
as Collector of the Port of New-lOTk. Regarding
these conclusive and satisfactory, should
so far as my own perfect vindication is nvolyd
have no hesitation in giving them the most pulc
and unreserved expression. But while Thoroughly
approaching the kindly spirit of the suggestion !
am unwilling to do anything which might tend to
prolong unfortunate controversy. i have 10
other object wish than TO promote the best a
terests of the Republican party and the countr'.
Guided in opposing the confirmation of Mr.. MURPHY
~ my sincere and earnest conviction of what thos
interests required, the same disposition now lead
me to abstain from protracting or revving the ssu
after decision by the tribunal before whom it wa
carried. Desiring as heartily ever the success
the principles of the Republican party, and believing
that the interests o. the country are bound " IN
tholr contiS--I 49,. n -, nv
NV. :%.scooSa;.ailey, shall not allow my
self for any personal reasons, TO do what might lily
pair their efficiency, or produS greater hSeourase
ment to those who give to our {. Nse an unsSh sup
port.
From the beginning of this NOV, menf. which, a.
might have been seen. would be unOroduc.iye OF
good In its effect upon the great BODY of 'r pan 10
the State have had 10 persona, end &c
suoserYe. With the assurances which wers
understood to come from the President abont.tbs
period OF his Inauguration in respect to retention f
omce as Wei as removal from office not less than
from the established usage Of the party. certaipl,
dd not anticipate the removal of an officer so con.
fessedly faithful, efficient, and irreproacb,IJo =,
Ten. Merritt. As to the Collectorship if a cb,ne,
was deemed Indispensable, l was willing that any
competent and honest Republican, whose record WA,
one OF undertaking fidelity, should be annoiutsd
without reference to his past classification or ,scia
tons in the party. A large majority Of my Repuh
hcan colleagues in the House of Representatives will
Dear cheerful testimony TO my course in this rspect
hardly need say, l did not regard Mr. Nlurnbv a,
coming up to this standard.
Actuated by this spirit addressed letter TO the
PRESIDENT some time before the appointment. sug-
eoS.ns 'he Importance at this juncture of prudent
aeuon and harmonious counsels. The object of this
Letter as well as of my subsequent interview did not
aunt OF misinterpretation. Ii is matter of pro
iou regret To me that failed TO impress the Pres
ueht with the repeated assurances of NV desire 10
contribute my humble aid TO strengthen his admin.
iS.ra'lon and promote the public and party interests
iour kindly expressed paragraph has drawn from
NE more Than had intended to say, but not more
'il,ti sincerely feel. Very truly yours,
jamestown. July "a, 1870. RE- FENroN.
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Boston newspaper, substantially; 81 the General
"may desire to erect Dictatorship; but he
"can't do it.n "The obstacles to such a
"design.n adds The Courier with great gravity,
care insuperable." "There is no real parallel
II consolingly continues, "between Gen. Grant
"and Julius Cnsar.n We are not aware that
anvbody ever said there was-but never mind!
q To he sure,n remarks The Courier, there
care those, and not few, who conceive that
" President Grant has already formed the
"ambitious and wicked design OF overturnIng
"our Free Constitutions" but as those and
"not few" have no right to permit their
megrims to betray them into an absurd Islander
Of AN honest President, we are glad TO hnd
even The Boston Courier showing to these
proenosticators the asinine depths OF Their
delusion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

There ought not to be any hesitation over
the question whether or not John Real shall
be put to the very worst use to which it is
possible TO put man. AS long as there re-
mains a State Prison in which he can expiate
his crime by labor, he ought not to be hanged.
1t may be that the man ought not to be
pardoned, but it is beyond doubt that he
ought not to be executed. The Governor has
the right to change his sentence to one of i'm
prisonment and for the sake of common
sense-not justice or humanity-we hope he
will do il.
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not he disturbed. In the event of the n "a,
to receive such assurances, England VIII y,
sumo hostile attitude to the one refusing ~
At any rate, England will commit he ,;s 20 70
the maintenance of the neutrah,S VI
Bclrinm. Other dispatches represent that there
ia sudden activity in the navy of England anu
.bat tho War Officers are busy over estimates
r. s' - ,ryioo of troops. 1t is evident
that with her usual energy, England is arming
20 enforce the already assured decision OF her
Parliament and people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

The Boston Courier, in late issue, publishes
upon one side All article from The ST. Louis
Republican, in which The TRIBUNE is charged
with over-anxiety for the preservation of the
Union; while The Courier upon the inside
demonstrates that the Union is in no danger
whatsoever. We can remember when The
Courier sang quite different song and we
therefore congratulate it upon its recovery
from the dismal political dyspepsia which so
long beclouded its intellectual faculties. At
the same time we think that The Couriey's new
confidence would be greater if it could manage
TO entertain a little more generous feeling
toward Gen. Grant. We hardly relish the
assumption of this journal that Our President
is restrained from establishing military
deSpotlsm only by his lack of ability and
means to do so. Don't be scared says the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

There are some people who suppose that an
actors life is all jollity, leisure, and general
laziness, whereas it is well known to those VINO
know anything about it that the dramatic pro-
fession is one of pretty constant drudgery.
Here is Mr. Forrest, for instance, whose style
of acting is of the most muscular description.
During recent tour he played in fifty-two
towns. Taking the necessary travel and the
acting together, and it is easy to see that any
body save Mr.. Forrest would have been liter
ally tired to DEATH" as the young ladies say.
Members of Congress sometimes send up a
louG wall at the frightful and almost fatal
labor which is imposed upon them; but then
they are allowed to arrange their perform
ances to suit their own convenience, while the
actor must be promptly on hand, and, like Mr.
Forrest, never forget his friends in the gallery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

Chicago is rapidly becoming metropo'ahi
that is. if it be metropolitan to have DlaeN-
ouord Board of Aldermen. What the chicago
Fathers really are may be inferred from the
following condensed account of their dolng'
during a single session: Alderman COX cane"
Alderman Dixon "a blackguard." Alderman
Dixon retorted that there had been bIacknah-
inc ON Alderman Cox's side OF the question
Alderman Cox responded that Alderman DIXON
was can impiOus scOundrel." Alderman DIXON
renlied that Alderman Cox "was not M I" DE
Gin the Council WhereupOn Alderman COX
threw the contents of an ink-bOttle over Alder
man Dixon, by way of a baptismal purlhca-
ton. Alderman Dixon said that If Alderman
Cox were not boy, he would "chew
chin upn Then the Board adjourned, ana
though the belligerents swore very terribly
ut each other upon the staircase, ana
blasphemed generally, there was no actual
material collision. Indeed, the proceedings
appear TO have been, i'll sense, strictly par
liamentary There was a great deal OF talk'
but, batting the ink-jets, nothing more. TWO
great school-boys Incapable of comprehend
ing what goes to the honor of man and the
making of gentleman, with about az much
notion of civic dignity as the rats In the walls
around them-what shall we say of these CHI
cago Aldermen, except that they are but poor
specimens even of the class to which they
belong9 No New-York Alderman would have
contented himself with squirting the ink-he
would have boldly flung the bottle. Though
not proud of them, we must insist that our
civic gladiators are Of superior sort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

The public ear was panied yesterday by the
ding-dOnging of a dreadful bell" which
ought to have been "silenced," and we think
would have been had the laws and ordinances
been enforced, which drew attention to flag an
nouncing the Tweed Purse for Beaten Horses"
The tax-paying public would have more per-
fectly appreciated the exhibition had they
reflected for moment upon the fact that Mr..
Tweed's purse contained their money.
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one thing can possibly prevent us from carry
inc the State. We have, as every
intelligent New-Yorker knows, a hand-
somo majority of the legal voters. Let none
but these vote. and the ticket our Convention
sball nominate is as sure of election as is the
election day sure to come. Under the OLD system
we confess we should have small nope Oh 'niS'
The frauds were so enormous the poiuhcSS
with which they were practiced was SO aston
ishing; the readiness to go to any extent what
ever TO secure success had been so plainly
shown, that the honest people OF the State
might well have been excused Tor tempta-
ton to abandon the unequal contest But
the alarm felt by the Democracy at
the passage of the bill in Congress to prevent
fraudulent voting leads us to hope that it may
prove to have virtue. Let it but stop half the
Reporters in this City and Brooklyn, and we
are safe. We need only shake off the apathy
of which we are in danger, and bring out our
voters. We can, with deterrined enforce
ment of the law of Congress, carry the State
if we will.
This widening conviction gives interest to
the contest for the nomination for Governor;
and the list of candidates, either on their own
motion or through the unprompted exertions
of their friends, is already large. We hear
the following gentlemen named for the posi-
ton:
MARSHALL o. ROBERTS, i. A. CONkLlNG,
WN T. DoDGF. JSO. NJ. FRANCIS,
DEWITT c. LIrTLEJoHN, JAMES y. iUInAa,
LYMAN TpRMAIN STEWART l.. WooDFoRD,
GEO OpDyKE GEO. DAWSON,
Two A GRIsWoID WIN. III. ROBERTSON,
VIM A. WHEELER, CHAs STANfShp'
THOs, G. ALyORD,
Of these, perhaps two or three-notaply
our last nominee for GOvernor-have SAID
they would not consent to become candidates J;
but we presume there is no one OF them VINO
might not be induced to accept the nomination.
Certainly there are several of them, with either
of whom as our standard-bearer, with an
active campaign, earnest effort and an honest
election, we can carry the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

We print elsewhere a letter from Senator
Fenton on the late COllectOrship contest, in
response to recent paragraph in THE TRIB-
uSy. which the Senator has construed as
suggestion that he might feel called
upon to give the public his reasons for
opposing the confirmation of Mr.. Murphy. No
Republican can fail to appreciate the spirit
which the Senator displays, or doubt that
possibly at some sacrifice of personal feelings
he is pursuing course of Cancellation, which
must tend to the harmony and success OF the
party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

DR.. Holmes makes an enthusiastic dwcllcr
by the Frog Pond describe Benjamin Frank
lin as the eminent BOStonian who spent some
years of his life in Philadelphia This same
ardent individual apparently writes to The
Chicago Post that Boston Is "olT literary Head
"Center." This he proves by a remarkable list
of the resident literati of that city, in which
he brings Bancroft from New-York. Higeinson
from Rhode Island, w. ID. OConnor from
Washington, and poor Richard Hidreth from
another world, and plants them all in Boston.
1t is great mercy that be does not enumerate
Benjamin West and Arson Burlingame. He
says that /" for many years Boston mus be the
mecca of our literary pilgrims He should
make pilgrimage thither himself, and box
at the Directory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

The latest advices from the seat of war
reveal little that is new as to the relative sit
uation of the opposing armies. Sklrmlshes
have taken place at various points, indicating
that the lines have been advanced nearer
each other, but no serious affairs between 'ne
advance guards, presaging grand engage
ment. have yet occurred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30
OUR STA TIE ELECTION.

At an election, this Spring, which unfOrtun-
ately elected little interest, which involved no
exciting political issues, and which drew out
less than half vote, the Republican ticket
for Judicial officers was left with an adverse
majority of lightweight thousand. We re-
GREETED the result quite as much as any of the
weaklngs who straightway set up their cry
about the generalization of the Republican
party, danger of its utter disorganization, and
the like; but we certainly did not regard the
disaster as either inexplicable or irretrievable.
1t was a Judicial election and the weigiitiest
objection of the many urged against an elective
Judiciary is that the people will not take enough
interest in it to go TO the polls. There was no
canvass and no contest to attract popular at
tention. Throughout the rural districts the
farmers were in the midst of their busiest
season, and, thinking there was no great ques-
ton at stake, remained in their fields In the
Democratic strongholds frauds ran riot and
the worst previous enormities of the Repeaters
were made respectable by the contrast. An
election thus abandoned by the one side and
corruptly conducted by the other, is no
criterion of the strength of either party, and
no indication of the chances of an active
canvass. It is a mere anomaly.
On next Thursday, the 4th of August. the
Republican State Central Committee is to
meet at Saratoga, to issue a call for a State
Convention, and to consider certain questions
of regularity in organization in this city, re-
ferred to it from the last Convention. We
trust TO the Committee to take steps looking
to a vigorous and confident campaign. But
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

The attitude which England has assumed
since the publication of the secret treaty must
of necessity greatly complicate the affairs of
France and Prussia. The English Parliament,
our London correspondents advises us, will be
unanimous in demanding from both contestants
assurances that the peace Of Belgium shall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-30

one dollars is stolen by woman, Justice is
wide awake; that is an offense not to be con-
doned; swift and sure punishment must fol-
low, and woman, who probably could not get
bail for fifty cents, is sent to prison until some
rascal in the Criminal Ring can induce her to
pay fifty or a hundred dollars to get his
friend, "a most uncomfortable dog" to pro-
cure the necessary straw-bail.
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