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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18
nEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. MARCH, is. Io1o

ing what vigOr must exist in tho stock when
thriyes 50 wonderfully when transplanted that
its national feast becomes a sort of festival Tor
half the world
It is sometimes urged that immigrants whom
we have admitted to equal political rights with
ourselves ought to recognize no national festi-
walls but ours. and cease to divide their allegi-
ance between the country of their adoption
and the country of their birth. But we do
not believe an IrisIlman is bit the worse
citizen of the United States because he loves
and honors his own country. OF that he must
of necessity forget all his old life before he
can do his duty in the new. On the contrary,
such celebrations rs that of yesterday ought
to be equally gratifying to native Americans
and to citizens of foreign birth. To the latter
they prove that the foreigner has acquired IN
the United States not only material comfort
but political consideration. while he has kept
alive all those home attachments which seem
TO be essential for the preservation OF high
standard of national dignity and honor; and
TO us Americans they show how perfectly our
liberal institutions and equal laws protect all
classes of men and attract from other lands
the stalwart and enterprising who constitute
the true wealth and best defense OF a country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

Two contradictory reports giving positive
information of tho fate of the City of Boston
have recently been published, the one in The
Ner- York Herald. the other in The LOpeH
Courier. These two journals bear about equal
authority, each being of some note among the
smaller local papers. The Herald has CORE
spopdent, Madame Co. who writes in the most
familiar manner of the secrets Of the invisible
world, and the other night had supernatural
experience during which the side of the house
was rolled away so completely that she could
see all the way from Brooklyn to the coast of
Ireland This awful creature informs us that
the City of Boston was burned ut sea, not far
from the Emerald Isle. She saw the catas-
trOphe herself 80 there can be no doubt about
it. Nobody appears to have been saved except
a man named Seymour. from whom we wait
anxiOusly to hear. But OH the very day this
news appears in The Herald the rival paper
of Lowell publishes the following special cable
dispatch. which is important enough to be
given in full
QUEEssTows, March i5-The steamer City Of Boston,
which left Halifax the 2sth ut and thus far beer
the subject OF great anxiety both in this country and in
America. arrived at her wharf In this city at o'clock
this morning
temporarily disabled her engines aud caused the vessel
TO lay TO- on the morning OF tho 9TH inst who efforts
wore being made " repair tho damage witch had boon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18
PyyNDING THE DIET.

| Certain politicians and financers are united
| in a conviction that our National Debt cannot
| be funded at a lower rate than five per cent,
if even so low as that. Their right to their
opinion is undoubted But the Secretary of the
Treasury does not agree with them. He thinks
it could be done, if certain facilities thereto
shall be accorded by Congress. To this end, he
asks:
I. That the bonds to be issued in exchange
for those now running shall bo expressly
payable, principal and kintcrest. in com
free from deduction or tax;
Q. That they be expressed in such terms and
payable at Esuch places Us tho purchasers re-
spectvely prefer;
8. That he be authorized to employ and suit
ably recOmpcnse exertiOns by influential par
ties to place our new bonds;
d. That a pledge shall bo embodied in the
act that We shall persist in paying $l5O0O0,0OO
per annum in satisfaction of the interest and
in reduction of the principal of our vast Debt;
s. That our National Banks, present and
prospective. be required to base their circula-
ton entirely on the new bonds now author
lied, and that the business Of National Bank
ing be made free.
1t is gravely proposed that strongly Repub-
lican Congress shall refuse him the facilities
thus indicated. The reason commonly assigned
is, that the Debt cannot be funded at an aver
age rate 80 low rs d. per cent. We submit
that this can only DO determined by trial. and
that the Administration should be enabled by
its friends to make such trial. Should it sue
coed, that triumph would be blessing to the
country in a sensible reduction of the annual
burden of its Debt, and an honor to the Adj
ministration which effected it. The Republican
party would be strengthened by such moral
victory of its chiefs.
We hold, therefore, that the Secretary OF the
Treasury ought to be clothed by Congress with
whatever powers in the premises he shall deem
requisite and fitting. 1t is no easy task to con-
vert Two Thousand Millions of bonds bearing
six per cent. interest into q like amount bear
ing from to 5 per cent, and both time and
talent will be required to effect the conversion.
Admit that the effort may. perhaps. not fully
succeed is that reason for vetOing or Grip
ping the attemptf We say. Give the Secre-
tary such powers as he suggests. and LEI him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18
Remarks Jy The Tribune.

INDIANAPOLIS, March IO.--A schoolteachcr In ccntc-
Township this city. in Furnishing pupil yesterday.
became enraged at the resistance offered by the lad aud
In of fury seized ruler and struck the boy on
tho head which caused him to stagger out OF school, aAi
be fell dead In the yard. The homicide was arrested.
and is SO overcome with grief aud modification that
feared he will commit suicide The deceased child wss
considered pet OF the schooteacher. on account OF has
aptness and intelligence
We reproduce the above telegram in this
place because we have been charged with cx-
aggerating the crueties inflicted by teachers
upon children in the public schools. We have
given some special attention to the subject.
and say with good conscience that we have
passed over more cases of the kind than No
have alluded to. To this we add an expression
of our honest belief that not a hundredth. per-
baps not thousandth, of such cases are ever
reported at all; that great number arc COW
cred up, compromised or considered unworthy
of kilograms. 1t is a fact, however that tho
public attention has been aroused to the im-
portance of the subject. and that there are
signs of a signal reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

There is very ridiculous conflict OF Authority
at Richmond, Virginia. Immediately after the
readmsson of the State, the Legislature. doubt
less under the impression that the United
States troops and military officers would he
Withdrawn, adopted bill called the Enabling
"act.r which authorized the Governor OF the
State and the City Councils Of the various towns
TO appoint and elect State and city officers IN
the places of those to I've withdrawn. Tho
Richmond fathers held their election on We'd
nesday night, but the new Mayor and Chief OF
Police, on seeking possession of the Offices to
which they were assigned, were denied admIs-
sion, on the ground that the Enabling act wa,
unconstitutional. Thereupon. the new Chief OF
Police collected band of bold followers and
besieged the old Mayor and Chief with their
whole Police force in one of the Station-liouses.
Certain colored allies purchased bakery near
by, and emptied its contents into the Station
House, by throwing the loayes through the
windows. We are afraid that feeling more than
Judgment actuates tho contestants in this fool
ish affair 1t is gratifying TO believe that
though troops have been ordered into the city.
the conflict will result in no bloodshcd; and
that the threat of recOnstructing Virginia, in
consequence of this municipal quarrel which WA
pronounced in the House yesterday. viii seem
only less absurd than the quarrel Itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18
New'l(prk Daily gribmne.
FRIDAY. MARCH IS, 1870.

Mr.. Gladstone has announced that though two Of the
Fenan prisoners have gone mad the condition OF the
rest may challenge inquiry. Mr. Chichester FOrtescue
has described his measure against agrarianism. 80
NJ ROchefOrt will attend the trial Of Prince Bonaparte
as witness, under guard. 80 The cession OF Cuba
TO the United States is still advocated by the
Madrid press. 80 Two Americans were among those
massacred Ell Cobre. amid reOieings Of the Spanish
population. go The President has again personally
urged upon the Foreign Committee the approval OF the
San Domingo treaty. 80 victory has been
tina San Luis rebels Gen. Guaddarrama has surrendered
to the authorities 60 The American representative
has forwarded to the Peruvian Government Chinese
protect against the treatment Of coolies.
In the Senate yesterday bill was reported making
important changes in the dspOmatc and consular sys
the resolution to consider foreign treaties in open
session debated without result the Georgia bill is
still undecided. -= In the House, resolution TO
Butler Of Tennessee not agreed TO- but one Of
passed unanimously; the Tariff bill was consid
cred. but no vote reached.
A decision in the susquehanna Railroad case in Al
bany gives the Ramsey Board undisturbed control. 80
The Massachusetts Senate has rejected the House Ii
cense bill. =- The New-Jersey Legislature has ad
jourued after the shortest session in twenty-five years
- The Trustees of the Avondale Relief Fund will
commence suits against delinquent subscribers -
The Arizona Indians are again becoming troublesome.
Colored in Connecticut are registering in
ticpat3On OF the XVIII Amendment proclamation. -
Several buildings at Rochester have fallen from the
weight OF snow on them. two persons beng injured
Judge Barnard decides that the illegal issue Of stock
has no relation the suit brought by the Erie Railway
Co against Commodore Vanderbilt - ST. Patricks
bay was hOnored by professions banquets and balls.
== Two Englshmen, charged with forgery aud arson,
are to be returned under the extradon laws today
- forged check for a large amount has been passed
upon the firm Of Unger Co., Exchange-place. -
Gold lt2. l2,, 1921. Thermometer, %, 30, u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

Is Senator Creamer's Police bill measure
OF the reform which the young Democracy"
promised to begin, in opposition to the Ring ~
If so, we reject the sample az Of decidedly in
feriOr character. There is no choice, if we are
to Judge from this. between the contending
factions; and the city il morally certain of
being grievOusly swindled. let which will pre-.
vail Against the features of the bill trans
ferrng the power from the Ring to the
"Reformers," we have nothing to urge. But
the Police bill is not simply a transfer of the
Police patronage from one wing of the party
to another it is the disOrganizaton of the
Police force itself. 1t aboishes the present
Police system at blow. and in place of the
present direction gives us five Police Commits
sioners, to be appointed by the Mayor and
Aldermen. These are to have power to re-
move any member of the Police force.
from Superintendent to patrolman. at
pleasure. This is only giving new lease of
power to the old Ring" The present Mayor
is accused by tho "Reformers of being a
creature of tho Ring" and we do not dispute
the charge. The Board of Aldermen il COM
posed almost wholly OF members Of tho Ring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

The purpose and plan of the new campaign
against the Gould g. Fisk Railway Directory
is clearly indicated in the speech, which we
publish in full, of Mr.. Charles Burt, agent of
the English STOCKHOLDERS, before the State
Senate Committee on Railroads. A great deal
has been published in exposure of the bold
conspiracy to seize and finally appropriate the
Erie Railway; but nothing clearer has been
uttered than the statement made by Mr.. Burt.
The first step by which he undertakes to break
the power of Gould, Fisk, Lane, and Tweed,
who control the road self-appointed guardians,
until 1874, is the most difficult one. 1t is
nothing less than the repeal by the present
Legislature of the act of May, 1869, which au-
thorized the Directors to classify themselves in
such manner that hereafter only three members,
instead of full Board of Directors, shall be
annually elected. This act, practically cOntinu-
ing Gould, Fisk, Lane, and Tweed in the
management of the road until 1874, was passed
through the influence Of Tweed and much
money, and cannot be easily repealed, we fear
against the same influence, stronger now than
in 1869, without the expenditure OF great
deal of money. This is notifying admission
to make, but it is true nevertheless, as Mr.
Burt will soon discover. We shall be happy
to see him succeed; that he brings great tai
ent to the struggle his speech clearly indicates
but this, unaded, will not gain his cause be-
fore the present New-YOrk Legislature. Jay
Gould, whom MIR. Burt is fighting, is 40 ordi-
nary George Hudson, restricted in his wild
speculations by English laws strictly enforced
on the contrary. he is holder than the first
great Railway King" and is backed by an
all-powerful law making colleague, and by un-
scrupulous law-deciding. law-administerine
creatures. We fear much moro the success OF
the movement to take absolute possession OF
the Eric Road. already begun in tho Legisla-
ture, than VIC hope for the success of Dir
Burt's worthy efforts. That this bubble must
burst some time. and soon, and these
pestiferOus fellows who peiplex tho com
munity be drowned in the food of their own
raising, is certain but the mere arguments OF
Mr. Burt, admirable rs they are, will hardly
hasten that end.
On the same page Of TnE TRIBUNE in
which Mr.. Hurt's history of the present opera
tions and future schemes of the corWpt Erie
Directory is to be found, we publish also full
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

The City and County Tax Levies were re-
ported to the Assembly yesterday. These
bills, over which so much time is expended,
arc nothing like the real assessments put upon
the people. The City Levy, as reported, foots
ND $4,7S9,745; the County bill is sl,999"SS I;
aggregate. S6,cs0,033. OF course this IS not
lalf the bill. In the City schedule nothing Is
set down for Education, Charities and COrrec-
tons, Fire Department, Central PARK
Interest on Debt and so on; while
in tho County list there is nothing Tor
the Police, Board of Health, state
Taxes. and many other heavy items. The
bills as reported are intended to blind the
people. They will be tinkered and enlarged
in committees and in each House until they
have no resemblance to the apparently
modest originals. Another measure, the proposed
tunnel for railroads to Brooklyn. and almost
everywhere else, is fully launched. 1t is EN-
phatically big thing, and will be watched
with great interest. Other bills of real import
ance were brought forward, and altogether the
days session was one of unusual interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

occasiored There being Q heavy 80. the Hes"es
launched TO- aud moment seemed In Sanger Of ons
ing. She rallied however. but ut the cxpef~e o. osesh
ing bolts Of her propeller which put her ct the ssrcv
OF the As possible tho vessel was pus usder
sails and since that time has been slowly making her
way to this port
This, our readers will observe, not only giyes
a great many particulars not mentioned in the
discredited dispatches which reached this city ON
Wednesday, but 1t is dated one day earlier.
and places the missing steamer safe In Queens
town harbor twenty-four hours sooner than
any other account. OF course we cannot be-
lieye that The Courier took the brief Asso-
ciatcd Press report and made up the rest, a.
The World does now and then but then how
are we to explain thingsi 1t is easy to under
stand how false rumOr OF the arrival should
arise, but it is not so easy to account for .
false Iog-book. Is it possible that the whole
story originated in the office Of The LoweH
CouyieyP That paper seems to have had
DAYS start of anybody else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

Once more the question of opening the Read
ing Room of the Boston Public Library on
Sunday is agitated Last Saturday, the House
of Representatives voted (97 to 5i) to allow al
municipal authorities to open public libraries
on Sunday. The debate upon the bill VIA
rather acrimonious, but the sense of the House
in favor of the measure was, as will be seen.
very decided. AS specimen OF the debate.
we may notice that MIR. Merrill thought the
bill opposed to the interests of religion and
morality. and that there were better places
" than libraries for the young on the Sabbath '
while Mr.. Tarbox argued that the Sabbath
"as now observed, is relic Of the Jewish
"religion, and has no warrant in the teachings
"of Chrstanity'-for saying which two humid
red years ago, in Boston. Mr.. Tarbox wou.d
have found himself in serious trouble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

Thanks to an exceeding thirst for legislation
"a legislation which now appears to propose
to keep Ireland down firmly, and raise her UP
slowly, at one and the same time-there IS fear
that the Emerald Isle will relapse into her
problematic humor. Mr., Gladstone does not
help the case when lie contends that the Fenlan
prisoners are well treated. yet admits that two
of them have certainly gone mad. British
authority is far too business-ike inits mercies 10
keep mad prisoners, and these have been released
but howl They have been sent to British
asylum for the insane. If Mr.. Charles Reado
be any authority-and it is to Mr.. Reade we
are indebted for a startling exposure OF the
crimes of that class of jal-keepers who must
have driven these Irishmen crazy-then the
British madhOuses are scarcely better than
the jails They kill a man to make HIM sane
in some of these establishments. and break all
his ribs in the operation. 1t is but lately that
Mr.. Reade brought to notice several terrible
instances of this kind of cure. and of his own
motion offered reward for their cloaked muir
derers. We must deprecate, therefore, the
alternative of mercy which offers the Irish
patriot prison which is madhouse, ana
madhouse which is prison. Better send them
TO the latter establishment at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

Mr.. Bernal Osborne. joking. jolly member
of Parliament. after being Oustcd from an I'm
glish district to which he moro appropriately
belongs has procured his election from Water
ford. In the effort he has had to weather a
storm of hard language. perfect hubbuo Oh
Irish wrath, and after much billingsgate, both
of his own and Of his enemies, he has been
sent to the Commons by pressure OF Gov
eminent influence. Thus has the genial Mr.
Osborne been brought to tell Parliament that
the dark ages still continued in some parts OF
Ireland. and that everybody goes armed to the
polls. Voters. he says, arc torn from their
beds. compelled to vote and returned on shut
tiers to find their houses burned down. Tins
sort of evidence tho truth of which would IN
dictate no worse state Of affairs than has pre-
vailed in parts Of England without tho threat
encd suspension of habeas corpus, will tend TO
excite an old appetite for represslye ieslsa-
ton. But we still conceive that tho most re-
pressiye measure will be prompt concession
of Justice on the land question. MIR. Glad
stones agents are searching for man who
threatened his life by letter. while several
Irish prisoners Of State have been sent to the
madhouse Had he not better search the Jail.
the madhouse. the land system. and things OF
that sort 2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

This is wide world, and the little American
Press Associaton-which by this title seeks to
distinguish itself as q sOi-disant rival OF the
Associated Press-is welcome to whatever hon.
est enterprise it can show. We are bound
however, to take objection to any tactics which
find their round of labor in dcnouncing the
Associated Press for its valuable monopoly on
one day, abusing its news as worthless on the
next stealing this news or in default thereof IN
venting kilograms OH the third and on the fourth,
da cap0, creSendo. Europe and America have
Joined in execrating the cruelty of the error
which reported the arrival of the City of Bos-
ton {: but what must be said of the ingenuity
which, accepting this error, enlarged upon 1T to
the extent of giving "full particulars" of the
mishaps and trials of the newly arrived steam
err The news that her delay was caused
by the disabling of her machinery in mid
ocean on the cath, after which her captain
attempted to make port under sail,
we owe first to a late conjecture of her OWL
ers, but secondly to the indOmtable inveracity
of the marvelOusly- enterprising Philadelphia
Bulletin. Little progress was made by the
missing steamer, we are thus told, owing to
her poor supply of canvas and her encounter
with head winds, while her signals of distress
were of no avail in the thickness of the
weather. This is frightful enterprise. One Of
these days Napoleon may be falsely reported
assassnated, and what is to prevent some
malefactor newsman, some ghOul of tele-
graphic jenkins, from describing every circum-
stance of the imaginary crime, every fold and
feature of his laying QUIT The man who added
particulars to the late steamer hoax did more
than make that crime his own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

The decision of the House Committee on
Territories in regard to Alaska is most sehs' /,
bic and gratifying. 1t makes the whole lou OIL
worthless islands and sterile mainland county
of Washington Territory, to be ruled az i''ie
expense and trouble. Since we cannot give IL
away, this is the most economical way OIL us
posing of our new North-We Now let ue
soldiers. who spent s3SO,00o, the revenue cut
tiers, which cost 100000. and the customs OIL
GER who expended 100000 in collecting $4,000
in less than a year, be returned where they
will he more useful at less cost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

1t is the opinion of Gov. Seymour depressed
in recent lecture) that Mr.. Webster should
have been not a political. but literary man
q poet or historian not Senator. Consider
ing that substantially Mr.. Webster was quite
as successful in public life as Gov. Seymonr.
and was for generation an acknowledged
power in the Senate. which the Governor
never was. we think the observation, IN van-
ous WAYS. unfortunate. "Mr Webster" says
the Governor, " should have been historian
"or poet"-not a word being said OF HIM ~
having been one of the finest lawyers piac-
ticing at one of the finest bars IN the country
He wrote verses exceedingly well" says Gov
Horatio. On the contrary, he wrote verses
very feebly. and very few OF them during us
whole lite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-18

The management of the inquiry into the ca
dctsiiip abuses was energetic, fair. and impair
tial as far as the Committee itself was con-
cerned but the House has moderated the i'm
portance of the investigation, and lost character
by it, action on the Committees reports. The
precedent established in permitting Mr. Whit
temore to resign seemed bad enough. Now in
the case Of Mr.. r. r. Butler. decided Yesterday,
the House has expressed its censure of what 1t
virtually prOnOunces a dishonorabie act, and at
The same time refused to insist on the resigna-
ton or expulsion of the member who IS de