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New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
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The Sun, at the close Of superficial and
twaddling leader on the Tariff question, makes
this sensible suggestion:
"what the Revenue Reformers need ia an objective
point which some considerable portion Of them viii
aree to- This they have not yet developed to tho public
apprehenslOn and, until they furnish this In tangible
shape. the oamors Of discussion will 60 for llttle"
Every one feels tho force of this state
ment, and realizes that guerrilla warfare Is
the resort of cons 'iOus weakness. The EUening
Post, months ago, urged the anti-Protection-
lists i'm Congress to draft n bill which, If
passed, would give effect to their convictions,
and, if this he voted down, appeal from Con-
grcss TO the country in the succeeding cleo
tions. The TRIBUNE at once c0ncuTred in the
fairness Of this proposition, and urged tie
Free-Traders to prepare and submit their Dnl.
This they have not yet done, and arc not
likely soon to do. They choose to hide be-
hind vague gencralites or cloudy antiquities
picking flaws in the existing Tariff, and
occasionally demonstrating against some de-
tall but never cmbodying their requirements
in bill which, if passed, wOuld make the
Tariff just what they wish to have it,
The Protectionist, Free Trade, and the twad-
ding journals are now united in demanding
that this shall cease. If You mean fight,
Messrs. Revenue Reformers, put up your
hands We take our stand on the Tariff as it
is; We ask you to pit against it the Tariff
as you would have it. Do not trim, and talk
of what you would do If you could, but public
opinion is not prepared for it, &C., &C., but
frame your bill and submit ii to Congress first,
then to the country. We are ready to
meet you, but in no mood for contending with
fog banks or wind-mills. If you are not afraid
of the People, let them know exactly what
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
YOUNG VOHANS HOME.

As corollary to our account of the building for
the use of young men lately erected in this city
by the Young Mems Christian Association, we are
GLAD to add that one somewhat similar, though
less costly and extensive in its design, is about
to be built in Philadelphia for young women.
It is intended to offer cheap and respectable
home and place Of resort to shOp-girls, teach
ers, seamstresses, OF other women, strangers
in the city, for whom the only boarding now
suitable to their means must be found in over
crowded and often disreputable houses, and for
whom no amusement or relaxation is attain
able but that of low theaters or cheap concerts
and balls. The matter is in the hands of ladies
whose experience and judgment promise well
for its efficacy.
We hope they Will observe the caution
exercised by the managers of the institution
here, and constantly bear in mind that their
object is primarily to furnish home, safe and
pleasant, and to surround its inmates with
wholesome and cheerful home influences, and
not to make proselytes of them, even to
Christianity. One or two such institutions
have failed from the over-zealous interference
Of the lady managers with the habits, conduct,
and even thoughts, of the inmates. Too great
strictness and constant exhOrtatiOn gave to the
Home" the air of House of Correction, and
repelled those whom it was intended to bene-
fit. A hard-worked teacher or shop-woman
requires, in her few hours of leisure, not only
comfortable home, but entire liberty of
action $50 long as her action is decent) and
relaxation of body and mind. The more
cheerfully and literally these ale accorded her,
the more likely will she be to thank God for
her happier, better life, and the more easily
will she be drawn into loving dependence on
Him. The building here contains not only a
library, but gymnasium, cOncert-roOms, and
games Of different kinds, which will be apt to
be more used by the Over-tired workers who
resort there than even the books. We arc sure
the charitable ladies of Philadelphia will not
object TO find timely hint of example here
before opening their Home. In any'cas we
wish them and their undertaking hearty
godspeed.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

shape Of gentcel young woman In piacK snk'
betokens a rare courage, which we confess we
ADMIRE but cannot emulate. They may con-
cratulate themselves that they escaped no
worse. .tHU| .Ul IAn - -.--
We sincerely trust that this struggle between
the seen and unseen worlds may be confined
TO Bridgeport. Miss Fowler Will do wen 10
make that devoted village her headquarters
and confne to it her ghostly legions. Inc oc-
casional blowing up Of a cartridge-sho VIII
suffice to demonstrate her power, and also sub
serve the interests Of the Peace Society. MISS
Fowler would prove an efficient ally OF MRS.
Howe. il, indeed, she be not one already III
there is, however, any danger OF this struggle
becoming universal, we propose immedi'.o
capitulatioD to the ghosts. Discretion III such
case is valor itself. Nitro-glycerine, creek
fire, even kerosene lamps, are explosive SUD
stanees which we can understand; but the
dreams OF young women which blow up SOLID
brick cartridge-shops dd Hbitum are matters
with which no man can grapple. IL Is 'iinc
that we turned our attention from wars ABROAD
to impending dangers ut home. Ihe spii-
" ituaI world,n we are Informed by the prihci-
nal medium, ais about to manifest itself az
81 never before, and to bear new part IN
" everyday affairs If the spiritual world
chooses to make an explosive agent ont OF
every young woman who is lying about loose
among us now, waiting for career, our case
is deplorablc indeed. Would that either the
Democratic or Republican party had embraced
their late offer, and bagged every Advanced
Female" safely in its net.
Late advices just state that every cartridge
shop in Bridgeport is to be blown up to-day
Miss Fowler is coming to New-York. We
avow ourselves at once and forever on the
side of the ghosts and woman. Lot them be
seeresses, voters, what they will. IL any man
say that we ever held different opinions, he IS
slanderercr In the words of great Penn
sylvania Congressman, the other day, :" we
" deny the allegation, and scorn the alligator"
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
THE DRAMA.
DRAMATIC NOTES.

Nr ,Jefferson's Rip Van Vinkic has been
By upward Of 10000 persos' at Booths Tneater
AT the st. James's Theater Mrs. John Wood
was to bring out now comedy by Mr. RoOcrison-pr0e
Ths grand Christmas Pantonime. TO be pro
dnced at Drny Lane the 10Th inst. Will be eslod rhs
Dragon OF wantley."s
Miss Ada Harland rejoins the Lydia Thomp-
son Troupe, next week, at Woods Museum lt VIII thus
acquire good dancer
"Man and Wife, tonight, at the Fifth Avenue
Theater instead OF Twelfth Night" as at hrst an
n,ruucod "saratogs" next Friday.
Miss Bateman vas uaS at Manchester M
lately at he same city. sotins D''ndreory and Da'S
tdryiek.
The opera of "Fidelio" will be given as
beethoven Centennial. TtisDs will sing In tho ohief
part.
The young English actress. Miss Nelson, of
whom report speas well Will have % hsa' .sd ~ p psss
Tenny sons " Charge OF the Light Bngade.'
The perforlnance-Of "Amy Robart" and
other piecesat DruTy Lane on the l9th lnst wac ' y,
the shp Captain.
Mr.. Charles Gayler the playwright, was in
lured by railroad accident on sunday nlxhI tne ~. ~
inst. his 10 Pittsburgh. His right bsnd was n'
and temporarily disabled.
Mrs Mary Gladstane, who il still acting IN
Australia, was last heard OF At Adelaide. BIZ shs
Mathew S sa a, .erS gE%.psOe es fa~ As
haiek, M Pat, YOun0 Wiidin0 Rooinson bao'ensstn.
Harry yasper Gathercooi Sam Ndggin. Mr. Paadthgsor
Gross NJ. ifopss. Sir Stmon Staple, Hanpe'' a"'
Rosemary
Janauschek acted at Buffalo on Monday, rs
Deborah The local papers praise her warmly as says
they do Mr.. Frederick Robinson, who acted JosrPh ""
see that she will act Blanca Ia Faso, Tonight ipr @
benefit This does not seem wise choi,e,- Tor JahaM
schek IA physically unsuted 10 this juvenile uaSeoS
character Tho Balo Advertiser says: in act nfss ~ ~
orah kayp but few Words but tho play moves on anu
impsssoned expression OF pathoe, love. rage, even H
vongeful fury how eoapiete hss OssA
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
uNQ1KH RUIIDIHGH.

There ia ON officer of our City Government
who is paid o salary to take care that hVcS
are not endangered by unsafe buildings. he-
centlv he has reminded us of his existence by
displaying, or at any rate promising, little
wholesome vigor in the enforcement of law
which forbids the owners or lessees OF places
of amusement to block up the passage ways
with temporary seats. This is very well, anu
the public ought to thank him for it; but
while he wns investigating the condition OF the
tbeaters, building was going up in PLAIN
sight of his inspectors or deputies which we
should think could hardly have escaped ex-
animation unless somebody grossly neglected
his duty. The factory which fell yesterday IN
Thirty -sixth-st., crushing tho adjoining tene-
mepts and destroying several lives, was dan
Cerous from its hight and shape alone unless
constructed in the most thorough and careful
manner Yet its walls were carried up with
beadlong haste which ought to have aroused
suspicion. Think of brick building, eight
stories high and only twenty-five feet wide,
built In iess than fiy6 weeks The wonder is
not that it fell, but that it stood long enough
to be rooted.
We should like to know whether this piano
factory was over reported TO Mr. McGrcgor or
any of his subordinates MS proper subject
for inspection, and if not who is responsible
for the neglect of such an obvious duty. There
have been several similar accidents within the
last few months and we dare say there arc
scores of these card-hOuses ready TO tmblo
about somebody's ears at tho very slightest
provocation While the horror of the Thirty
sixCh-st. calamity is stll fresh, let the police
captains be instructed TO report every house
in their respective precincts which there Is the
slightest reason to fear may 10 unsafe and
then let Mr., McGregor have them examined
with the utmost care.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
RdDIY cOENEPED.

The World enters upon series Of calculations
designed TO prove that the Tariff has wro1ged
the makers of Boots and Shoes in that the
cost of twelve pairs of first-quality Mems Kip
Boots, which, under Free Trade, were (accOrd-
duty on Hides, Oil, &c. to $342 98-tbat is to
say dozen pair Of Mems Kip Boots cost SO
more than they would if the materials were
admitted duty free. This might seem hard If
we did not find. on turning to another edito-
rial, in the next column of that same World,
we are told that the woOl-growers ought to
hate the Tariff because Boots, which ir 1860
cost $4f per pair, are now sold ut SGT per
pair-over 40 per cent. advance on their price
in 1860 1t would seem from this that the
bOOt-mallers might pay ten per cent duty on
| foreign Hides without grumbling.
| The fact that Democratic Rebellion has
burdcned tho country with a heavy National
| Debt, TO soy nothing of State, County, and
| Town Debts, The World habitually ignores.
These Debts impose q heavy burden on the
National Industry. Suppose that burden
wholly lifted from Importation and COnsump-
ton, it must DO placed somewhere else: And
whereof You cannot so adjust the burden
that Labor must not bear large part of it;
| and yet The World habitually argues as
though it should and might escape entirely.
Labor receives higher wages because of Pro-
lection, and pays moro for the satisfaction OF
its needs, because the taxes imposed to meet
| the heavy burdens cast upon us by the War
for the Union enhance the cost of products.
If any man imagines that so heavy Debt
may be borne without being felt let him try
his hand at cOntriving a system of Finance
whereby all the taxes shall be paid out of the
Treasury, and people grow rich on the in
terest of what they owe.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

The dismal truth about "the French VIC
tories" on the Loire comes out at lasf.
The French reports from Bordeaux themselves
expose the absurd statements of Gambetta of
successful resistance at Meung and Beaugency.
Since the battles there on the 10th inst, the
right wing of the German army, under the
Duke of Mecklenburg, has advanced westward
more than fifty miles, and is before Tours
Inc fact is that the French Army OF the Loire
mas been cut in tive. Its left, under Gen
Chauzy is north of the Loire, and in great danger
OF being cut off entirely and finally captured
Tours Is held by the French only to facilitate
Chsuzy's escape. Meantime, Gen. Bourbaki.
IN command Of the right wing of the French,
nae been pushed in evident confusion some
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
2-slu'1}atk Dailp grib,1tre,
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1G, 1870.


No serious engagement has taken place since the 10th
inst. - The Prussians are IN the vicinity OF Tours
= Tho French lave closed the ports OF EIayre and
Deppe TO ncuI,S. several successes by the Carl
haldians al rerorted = The French report another
great sorte Paris, but no particulars are given =
Ar1nistioe negotiations said TO DO in progress.
In the Senate yesterday joint resolution was passed
allowing tho detail of supernumerary officers as Brofes
sors in Colleges The bill authorizing the President to
suspend certain laws In retaliation for the Canadian
fishery Outragcs was reported favorably. Mr. schurz
spoke at great length on his Amnesty proposition and
the political situation in Missouri. In the House,
Mr.. Buffers Amnesty bill debated, but without
result.
The grand Indian Council has organized at Ockmugee,
Indian Territory. =- Fechter is about TO withdraw
from the Globe Theater, in Boston. 80 The gas works
at Warsaw " Y, have been burned four persons being
injured. =- Five convicts attempted TO escape from
Sing Sing yesterday. =- The Welland Canal has been
closed $500 Mr. Chas. E. Fisher Of The Sacramento
Daily Reporter, has been shot. - Col. Douglas, the
Presidents private secretary, seriously injured by
. fall from carriage.
new eigutstOry brick bnldlng in West Thirty fifth
ST. blown down. killing four persons and ipjuring
several others The Fair Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic opened with speeches by Gen. Mcclellan,
Dr. Bellows, and VIM. M. EyaTs. l= Lawrence snlll-
is TO be hanged Jan. 90 for the murder Of John
OBren. =- Jerry Dunn Is sentenced TO four years
imprisonment. Charles II. Farrell the leaders
Of the Young Democracy" for libel ==== The mate
and steward OF the brig Ellen o. Feeny locked up for
the murder Of q sailor. Another Waterst. bagniO is
abandoned. === The Rev. p. f. Jones the Seere-
tary Of Baptist Missionary Society for SANDER. 80
Gold, nh Ill, llli. Thermometer, sS, 10, 81.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
CEIRES,SES

Our French friends in the midst of all their
troubles, find mOrsel of comfort in the fact
of the possession of prophecies who fOretOld
sixty years ago the incidents of the present
siege, They dilate with complacency upon the
hardly fulfilled predictions of the good nun
(actually published in 1909, who, in her con-
vent at Blois, had vision of the calamities
which have recently fallen upon France; who
set the date of their beginning and their close.
and even accurately described the railway be-
fore any one dreamed OF it in Europe. This
curious little bit of history reused tho ambi-
ton of Yankee girl the other day in Con-
necticut Not to be outdOne by any French
nun, she also betook herself to seeing visions,
"for a consideration choosing a Bridgeport
tavern instead of a convent rs her ground of
operation, and predicting the fall of metallic
cartridge-shops instead Of nations. If Napoleon
had been wise enough to be warned by the good
nun, hc might have been comfortably drilling
Louis in kingcraft in the Tuileries to-day
The BridgepOrters are equally blind, and are
struggling wildly against the inevitable, in the
shape of Miss Fowler. The whole of that
respectable borough has been in ferment for
weeks. The contesting parties have been
brought into court on one hand lawyers and
the mill-owners, who have o natural aversion
to see their solid feunderies and furnaces
blown up, and vanish before the baseless fabric
of Miss FOwler's vision; and various Govern
ments Of Europe appear In the background,
who. we are told, are crying aloud for cartridges
in vain, while the mystic ban Of the seeress
rests upon the shops. On the other hand, the
seeress herself neatly gotten up in black silk
and malachte ear-drops, surrounded by oil the
noted spiritualists of New-England. and
backed, we doubt not, by invisible black spir-
its and gray enough to fill the Bridgeport
sky. We await the result of the struggle with
anxiety. So far the ghosts, through their
standard-bearer, Miss Fowler, have had rather
the better of il. The cartridge shops did
blow up-partially only-as nero foretaste,
We suppose, Of what these goblins damned
could do il put to their mettle. The seeress
was remanded unpunished to her hotel. and
authorized by tho grave Judge to pursue
dreaming as n legitimate means of support.
The BridgepOrters deserve credit for their
pluck. Any charge spon the dismsl unseen
underworld. even whep made upon tho Visible
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
- onv nation to be forever tho tyrant and tho

so my nation to be forever the tyrant ana tne
bully of tho world
Franco has had her innings; prosperity nus
relaxed the snews of her strength; nothing
but tho sternest adversely will restore IT, ono
has built to herself idols whose heads and teee
arc both of clay, and her idolatry has led her
where she finds herself in thcsc melancholy Dc
cember DAYS. Ii Is long since the bcauetui
CITY has been SCARED by hostile cannon, and
we hope that her people will yet take counsel
of the wisdom which cryeth aloud n the fam
inc of her streets, instead Of tho delirlous and
impotent passions which burn in their own
bosoms, and by timely capitulation avert 60
melancholy q disaster.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
THE BONB4RDNENT OF PARIS


The threat of the bombardment of Paris has
lost by repetition some of it's terrors. But
there is at least ground of apprehension that
it may not long be deferred. The process Of
starvation appears to be too slow to suit tho
purposes of the besiegers and there doubtless
linger in the minds of the investing hosts
some memories of Jena and Auerstadt, of old
lent and naughty conqueror, which they i'm
patiently await an opportunity of ayenging.
If worst comes to worst, and the guns said
to be trained upon Notre Dame and the Tui-
leries open fire, the world will look on with
regret not diminished by the consciousness
that the doomed city has deserved her chas-
tisement Her palaces and squares have many
a time blazed with light and resounded with
eXultiDg acclamations when some other city,
gultless of offense against France, had felt the
tread of her armies, and been plundered and
despoiled by them. What was it to lewd and
insOlent Paris that other capitals were shat
tered, other States dismembered. and other
peoples trampled down and Inundated
30 that her tiger-like appetite for glory was
fed, and new embleins of triumph were reared
upon her public spaces and new PROFESSIONS of
victory sculptured upon her arches' She has
made Europe and the world tributary TO her,
taking rithlessly with the strong hand what
the weaker hand of her adversary could not
withhold from her; and bitter as is her e1pia-
tion, there is a divine justice in it whereof
she may some day take heed. 1t Is not given
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

Congress devoted itself yesterday to the
consideration of the pending Amnesty bill.
Mr.. Schurz in the Senate and Mr.. FarnswOrth
in the House spoke strongly and warmly in
favor of the removal of all disabilities. 1t is
significant also that the Southern Republican
representatives strongly advocated a general
amnesty; and the statements advanced that
the colored people were in favor of it ought
not to be lost upon Congress and the country.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

England win doubtless not be long in dis
covering that abe has no interest in maintain
ing the European treaties which the new map
makers Of the Continent insist on annulling.
The lask blow from Bismarck confounds her ;
and, in comment on the occupation of Luxem-
burg, we hear only the voice of The london
Times raised in solemn protest which con-
cludes with declaration that it is England's
duty not 10. interfere. There will be persist
ent piping for peace in England for months
To come '
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16
The World says:

The Wool Tariff was nothing more nor less than class
legislation swindle made by few carpet and blanket
manufacturers for their own sole benefit,
Answr.-The "Wool Tariff was framed by
delegates from the National Association of
Wool-Growers In friendly consultation with
the National Association of Wooden Manufac-
turers. Each of these delegations was as full
as the Associated Wool-Growers and Wooden
Manufacturers respectively saw fit to make
them. Makers Of Carpets and Of Blankets
had no representation and no consideration
therein which were not Us freely accorded
to all others. The Wool-growers were
treated with at least equal consideration
with the manufacturers. All were I'm DER.
feet accord; and the Wool and Woolens
Tariff Is the result Of that accord. The
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

Mr.. Charles Fechter has brought his brief
career in Boston to a sudden termination by
resigning the management of the Globe Thea
ter. The Hub viii, of course, be thrown tenn
porarily into despair at its loss-and New Y ork
at its possible gain. 1t is pity that Mr..
Feehter did not retire in more dignifed style.
Why should be insist on inAicting on patient
public the stupid story of the petty profess
sonai rivalry and contemplate jealousies
which drove him to resign7
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

We are glad TO learn that the health of
Chief-Justice Chase continues steadily to I'M
prove. Beyond mere bodily weakness he is as
well now as he was before the attack in Au-
gust. Complete recovery seems still likely to
be slow, but it is steady and his friends have
great hope of seeing him yet on the bench of
the Supreme Court before the adjournment Of
the present term. .......
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

The first and most natural effect of the
Pennsylvania Golfers strike has been the ad-
vance of about one dollar per tun in the
Wholesale price of coal in this market. This
will hardly satisfy the Coal Companies, how
ever, and we presume the proposed reduction
of miners wages which produced the strike
will be insisted on until unfortunate con-
sumers are forced to pay unreasonable rates
and miners are brought to the verge of star
yatio.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

40 miles southwark TO Bourges, where no Is
confronted by the Germans under Prince
Frederick Charles. NJ. Gambetta thnhs ~
necessary to assure the public at bolueau s,.:a.,
that Bourbakrs troops are in good coru'son' s;.,n
and that he ia ready to resume tne on.nso, a:a,.S
Evidently French efforts must now DO 'rr0.;ou urot
towards securing a safe retreat and juncnon
oe tbo vi,os of It's broken army.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

One Of the most picturesque and startling OF New
York writer's Mr. Samuel Wilkeson, is about to pub
lish in The ChiiSdn Union a series Of articles con-
cernng the trip which he made last year in the in
terest of the Northern Pacific Railroad across the
entire length of its proposed route, Mr.. Wilkeson
will make these letters as attractive as any
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

Additional light on the Chinese question is
furnished by Mr.. Julius A. Palmer in the lee
ture we publish elsewhere this morning. Some
of the statistics and facts relative to the
habits, education, and character of the new
comers from Asia, whom our European immi-
grants and native labOrers affect to hold in
contempt, will surprise many; nevertheless, ex-
perienced persons confirm them.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

Washington was agitated yesterday by a
rumor that Secretary Boutwell, had resigned,
but it proved as false as thousands of other
Washington reports have heretofore proven.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-16

What is 20 happen next Here comes a lady lee
turing in Music IiaIl the rights of chldrenl This
is the last subject on which. Of late, we have
been expecting information from that quarter.