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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

ever nasty, of infalliblc remedies, Of panaceas
and catholicODs, ministers are the most credu-
lous of mankind. They will discard the me
old family doctor who has gratutously phys
licked and bled them for years, and take to
their respectable bosoms any Grant ana arrant
empiric whose fawning may secure their atten-
ton and whose fluent tongue may cheat their
understanding. They swallow the mixture
their parishiOners swallow the mixture one
congregation doses itself because another has
and the result glorious and golden is the sale
of innumerable bottles of cheap tinctures and
countless boxes Of good for-nOthing pills at
comparatively exorbitant prices--a cruel fraud
if medicine be really necessary, and an insult if
it be not, to many an unoffending stomach.
But it is not physic alone which clergymen
are beguiled into putting. Very often their
names are used with their own free consent,
to sell an absolutely worthless book which they
have not read and of which they know no
more than most people know of the Hebrew
tongue. At another time the current Of cleri-
cal approval sets strongest in the direction Of
piano-fortes and melodeons. Occasionally the
cloth communicates to the world its warm APP
probation Of some newly invented cooking stove.
If we add to these the autograph certificates
which never get into print which preachers
privately grant to distressed mendcants.
avouching their piety and their poverty, we
have a catalogue of good-natured but careless
blunders which we must be pardoned for say
ing are exceedingly mischievous, and but for
that reason, irresistibly laughable. There is
nothing in the education or habits of clergy
man which renders him good judge either of
medicines or of musical instruments. He com
mits the error to which we have adverted of
making his name and professional position
cheap, sometimes because he would do kind
action and sometimes because he would be rid
of bore. While he and his clerical brethren
continue to testify to the public about matters
of which they know nothing, dishonest men
will tag Rev to every alias which they may
have occasion to use, and will continue to date
their lying circulars from "The Bible House."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Of its officers. The charges made can only be
set at rest by thorough judicial investiga-
ton and we cannot see why these gentle
men should not themselves court it. III the
moneysreceved have been honestly appropriated
for the benefit of the Company, there can be no
serious difficulty in making that fact appear ;
and it seems due to themselves, due to the
Erie stockholders, to the holders of other rail-
way shares, and to the public, that these gen
tlemen promptly submit themselves to the test
of trial If they have been falsely accused
the odium will rest upon the accusers they
will put their enemies to shame and stand
exonerated before the public. Why not, then,
permit some of these suits to be fairly tred
If Mr.. Ramsay has made false charges against
Fisk & Co., let them be disproved judieially,
and let Mr.. Ramsay take the conse-
sequences. The opponents of the Erie mana
gers aver that they dare not risk the chances
of judicial investigation; that they are
ayerse to being crOss-examined in open court,
and that all their legal measures are intended
to delay or postpone indefinitely, by money
influence or otherwise, suits which threaten to
bring them to a reckoning with the lOng-suf~
fering stockholders.
We do not now make these charges. We do
say that if Messrs Gould g. Co. desire the
public to accept and believe them, they could
hardly find a more effective way OF accomplish
ing that result than by resorting to subterfuge
in order to evade an early and fair trial OF
the main issue involved
Reports, gentlemen, will not answer the pur-
pose What is wanted is Trial!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21
THE ERIE REPORT.

Alaska has a tropical climate, and strawbcr
ries in their season. The BOrgia was sanity,
much -slandered martyr of a woman. the
Devil is white. Mr.. Jay Gould shows, in other
columns, how admirable successful and eco
nomical is his management of the Erie Rail
way.
Here and now, we prefer to utter no dissent.
We leave Mr.. Goulds report to speak for
itself only commencing it to the earnest
attention of those bewildered stockholders who
cannot quite understand why so prosperous a
concern does MT pay any dividends.
Meanwhile we venture to place beside Mr..
Gould's glowing exhibit, another statement
Some forty or fifty law suits and supplementary
proceedings are pending against the Erie Rail
way Company, or rather against Messrs. Gould,
Fisk, and Lane, its officers and managers. 1t is q
point worth considering. In these cases various
allegations and charges are made under the
solemnity of an oath, some of them of the most
grave and serious nature, affecting character
and integrity. These gentlemen are openly
charged with having made wholesale issues of
Erie shares and bonds, and with having mis-
appropriated the moneys derived there
from, as well as having taken the
entire earnings of this great line of railway
without accounting therefor, except in pay
ment of running expenses and in meeting the
interest and lease obligations of the Company
These charges are either true or false. The
persons thus accused are either honest men,
striving with their best ability to manage the
affairs of the Company for tho benefit of its
stockholders, or they are swindlers, actively
engaged in stealing money which belongs to
others. We do not seek now to judge between
the parties. Messrs. Fisk. Gould, and Lane
have a right to be heard in their defense, and
should not be condemned in advance of trial.
But the gravity of the charges seems clearly
to demand more than rose -colOred official
report Mr.. Gould can have these written by the
dozen, in far better style than the pres
ent one, with half as many facts and
twice as good a showing, for less than the
cost of one injunction. We speak plainly. The
affairs Of Erie have come TO such a pass that
neither the stockholders nor the public believe II
statement authenticated only by the signature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

of them said yesterday Lock at him look o. ps
ATTITUDE look at his arms Well, III this man be Iev
cons beast il is best to muzzle him. and not to kill NM
DIR. Amedee Bertrand has not hesltated 10
declare in the face of civilization that Traup-
mann was insane; and we can all imagine
how. Crime is dreadful insanity, and nature
itself seems to have cOnspred with EVIL 10
make ugly the features of this man, and 10
misdirect his soul-to make him an idiot In ono
respect, and mailman in another; ana YET
for all that. not entirely insane. Every great
crime suggests similar reflections, and there Is
q disposition to believe that monsters are more
or less madmen. However this may De' Lhe
subject invites the study, even while 1t paineS
it, of the scientific and religious world. ohy
a wisdom greater than the Deficiencies Oh
Traupmann, and a charity exceeding his crimes
can comprehend his case, and to that super,
human wisdom and charity the helpless mind
of man must leave it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21
q REHEREND.V

In this world of selfishness and Scheming, a
man may be excused for trading upon the
prefixes and suflxes of his name, whether they
may be Hon., Rev, Esq, Gem,
"Col.", or Capt"-political, theological, or
military-"A. NJ, M d., "a. b., or
Ill. D." But as he values lis titular dignl-
ties, be the same great or small-the marks
which distinguish him and Indicate bis eleya-
ton above the mob of ordinary rien-he should
be jealous of any attempt to make out of his
thrice happy position money which Is to go
into the pockets of other people. The Chris
tiaA AdgQeqte (printed ct St: LOUIS relates az
affecting story Of lady who saw in that pa
per the advertisement of "A Small Sewing
Machine for One Dollar" Those desiring this
beautiful specimen of mechanical ingenuity
were requested to send the eight shillings to
Reverend - -, Bible House, New-i ork
Getty" Here was truly religious concatena-
ton If the lady in question had exercised,
if only for moment, the common
sense with which, we trust, her Creator has
endowed her, she would have comprehended
that it is impossible to sell any sewing machine
for any such tri1ing sum. But the "Reyer-
"end" and "The Bible House" were too much
for her, and she RENTED In return, she re-
ceived "a shoemaker's awl worth Is cents,
upon which the express charges were 70
cents" How many dupes this Reverend
rogue has made in the same way, we do not
know; but it is pretty evident that he is
well-seasoned rascal, of somewhat jocose
turn of mind; that he understands human
nature, and especially the femalebranch OF it;
that if the sewing machine swindle becomes
Improbable, he is just the fellow for new
patent anti-bilious pill, a recipe FOR turning
brass into gold, or a charm by which love-lorn
madens can mollify the obdurate hearts of
reluctant SWANS. Given the pigeons, and there
will be no lack of Reverend rocks.
We trust that respectable clergymen will
pardon us if we say that the profession itself
is partly TO blame for the free use which is
made of it by INSCRIPTIONS and cunning adj
venturers. Whether out of amiability of tenn
per ard the desire to oblige, or for some rea-
son less creditable, clergymen have always
been too ready to lend the influence of their
names to render advertisements pungent and
persuasive. Almost any member of the med
zeal faculty will testify sometimes with tears
in his eyes that qUacks and nostrum manu-
facturers are constantly cheating clergymcn out
of certificates and recommendations. In re-
spect Of pills however inert, Of potions how
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

We protest against the wanton and vicious
disparagement of the Cuban cause which has
become common in one or two newspapers.
The fact that for one year and half the island
patriots have, with poor weapons maintained
themselves against force of regulars and
volunteers little less than 100000 strong at
one time, will suffice to meet the charge that
they lack heroism. But most especially do we
denounce the sneering falsehOOd that they have
allowed Americans to do all their fighting.
The truth is that not more than 200 Americans
have joined the Cuban army, and nothing is
clearer than that the Cubans are fighting their
battle almost entirely with their own money
their own arms their own men, and their own
brains. Let us not flatter ourselves that
America is fighting the battle of Cuba. 1t is
Cuba, perhaps that is fighting the battle of
America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

We suppose the British Minister fully under
stands the ominous fact that the "interviewersN
are already on tho scent of Prince Arthur, and
we suppose he fully comprehends his duty in
view of that fact There are quite number
Of things the interyiewers would like to find
out-such as ~ What the Prince thinks of this
country (2) What he had for dinner; (S) What
are his opinions about the Alabama claims; (D
How he slept last night. and how he likes the
American peoples (5) What are his views of
the Winnipeg rebellion; (6 How he likes the
other members of the royal family. and what
does he think of New York, especially Broad
way aud the Central Park; ~ Whether he is
going to hear Beechcr preach; tS) How does he
like soldering in Canada, and what arc his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Cardinal Autouell has officially declared that the Pope
VII mannheim the tights OF the Church equal to those
81 tie state. The proposed jury trials for press
oTrnscs VIII be too late for NJ. Rocheorts case hence
tie olivier Administration is denounced. NJ. Raspail is
rot dead. = 1lr. Seward has been welcomed at Ha.
vlua. - Lopez has reappeared at the head of 1900
men, aud stopped the march Of the Brazilians. = Lo
qada has erected an independent sta,e in Topic. ==
GottsChalk the composer is dead
In the Senate yesterday. substitute for the House
Census bill was introduced: also bin 10 incorporate the
L. s. Postal Telegraph Company; the Virginia bill was
considered and the vote will be taken today. - In
the House g ul was REPRODUCED TO punish any person
Iroposilg 20 repeal the ratification by state Legisla
cure Of % Constitutional amendment; the Military AGA
Gcny bin was passed; the removal Of the Philadelphia
Navy-Yard was discussed, but action taken; 1900
copies OF Commissioner Weiss report ordered to De
printed.
ONO and Iowa yesterday completed their ratification
Of the Fifteenth Amendment. == II. Il. Revels,
colored has been elected United States Senator by the
Mississippi Legislature == A bill has been introduced
into the Pennsylvania Legislature to abolish the death
PENALTY. == The Chinese portion of the town Of San
jose CAL has been burned and 1000 Chinese rendered
Iomelcsss. == The Women Suffrage Convention at
Washington has adjourned sine die.
The Orange County murderer has been convicted and
sentenced TO 20 years the State Prison The Erie
Railroad Directors have just made their annual report 70
the stockholders. ==- Rcddy the Blacksmith has been
arrested FOR uoupaymcut Of liquor license. In an
Interesting concerning the rights OF foot passengers
and vcrcs the law decides in favor Of the pedestrian
- Gold, 1871. igs l2l. Temperature 80, Al, ~, 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

One Lyon roared rather namely in the Leeis-
lature by resolutions from the Committee on
Federal Relations, condemning the action of
the General Government in the Spanish gun
boat affair, and announcing that the Legisla-
ture disapprove of the application of the neu-
trality laws to the Cubans. The Lyon was
made to roar very gently indeed by the remark
of Mr. Peter Mitchell that the Committee had
not authorized the reporting of the resolutions.
We recommend these personages TO employ
the leisure of the committee room in discover
ing when and how the Federal authorities re-
manded the foreign affairs of the nation to the
supervision of Tweed, Sweeny g. Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

prospects Of becoming King OF the New Domin-
ion; (9) What are his other names or titles
beside Prince Arthur; u0) Whether he does
not like this country better than England QD
What he thinks Of the American ladies'; 12)
What are his opinions Of Gen. Grant as a SOL
dier and statesman; t3) What he thinks of the
Gcumenical Council, the Suez Canal, the
Traupmann case, the French Cable, the Paris
excitement, the Price of gold, woman's rights,
Boutwell's policy, the Cuban question, the BY
ron scandal, the American people, and this
countryF There is no doubt that the inter
viewer of the period would consider it very
thrilling to learn the ideas of the Prince on
these points, and on a thousand and one other
topics. But still we appreheDd that the British
Minister has not resided in America for
twelvemonth without learning something about
the interviewer; and we fear that the Prince
will be so guarded that it will be utterly i'm
possible to find out his thoughts on any subject
whatever, excepting the weather and the state
of his health.
Meanwhile the anxious public must be
cOntent---so far as we are cOncerned-wlth the
information that the Prince is TO arrive to-
day at noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Lopez has revived. With 5000 whites and
Is 900 Indians he has made his way out of the
perdition into which the Brazilian newsmakers
bad cast him, and stopped the advance of
Count deus troops. We have this news from
Rio Janeiro by way of London, and are in
clined to give it serious respect The armed
resurrection of Lopez at this time should have
the effect of startling into increased agitation
the antipathy of great number of Brazilians
to Dom Pedro's war policy. 1t also reminds us
that Urquiza, Governor of Entire Rios, having
a larger army than that of all the other Argen-
tine States put together, has taken no part IN
the war against Lopez. Now, Urquiza has al
ways been the friend of that dictator-at least
we have heard so from Lopez junior. Sup
"pose, them" to quote the words of that shrewd
young man. "when the allies leave Paraguay
"my father reappears at the head of an army
land quickly RECEIVERS the Whole country, will
"Urquiza remain. neutralP" We submit the
question. .r.. ...t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Mr.. Seward received grim welcome in
Havana A Spanish band came to serenade
lin, as it were with the groans of the Cubans,
With the music of murder. Then one Zulueta,
prince of slave traders an inveterate dealer in
lesh and blood made a speech to him on be-
lalf of those bloody minded gentlemen who
compose the Casino, and give counsel TO the
aptain- General. Mr. Seward was compelled
% shake hands with these men, and hoped for
..eace, and wished well TO Spain. There was
40 harm in what he did, but the excellent
man must have felt like examining his hands
Z. rter the shaking was over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Ohio true to the great soldiers WHO repre-
sented her in the war, and to the loyal people
who sent those soldiers forth, records her vote
in favor of Freedom for All The effort
in the House to stave off the ques-
ton, or to smother it in an UNI
friendly Committee, failed, and at
0 o'clock last night that body confirmed the
Senates previous rat fcaton of the Fifteenth
Amendment the Hamilton County members
elected on the fusion ticket against the regu-
lar Republican nominees settling the question
by voting Aye. All praise and honor to Ohio!
Iowa, always true, adds her voice to the rap
idly swelling chorus. On Wednesday the Iowa
Senate ratified the Amendment; yesterday the
House gave its emphatic assent by vote of SO
TO 12.-Now let us hear from Georgia AL
ready we have twentyseven out of the
twenty eight votes required. Let Georgia
speak and then let us see how much longer
the advocates of revenge and delay in Con-
gress can withhold the admission of Virginia's
REPRESENTATIVES and Senators, which alone is
needed to give validity to her already re-
corded vote, and make the Fifteenth Amend
ment a part of the Fundamental Law Of the
I II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21
.SWEENYj,S ,SORROUS.

The perplexed Sweeny is ready to agree with
Sir Boyle Roche that the greatest of all pos
sbe misfOrtunes is generally followed by
I" a greater Sweeny has heretofore been n
shining mark for the "sings and arrows of out
rageous fortune" but now he has found that
the sings throw heavier stones than of old, and
the arrows are less blunted than they were.
For a full dozen of weary years the City
Commissions constituted the very hugest pos
sible Sweenian woe. 1t lacerated the sensitive
heart of Sweeny to see a people ruthlessy
robbed of the right OF local self government;
therefore he walled steadily and sturdily, and
refused to be cOmforted, because of the Com
missions that unconstitutonally curtailed the
Tammany power to plumber. And he sighed
for the time when Sweeny's Right and Swee-
ny's Might should again travel untrammeled
through our streets, picking pockets without
let or hindcrance. AT last, by the aid of some
tens of thousands of fraudulent votes, he was
able to elect his Governor, and, by sticking to
the plank that had once carried him safely
over, he next became vested in fee of Legis-
lature. The joy of Sweeny was unbOunded
but of short duration, for he suddenly found
that his triumph had demonstrated the truth
of Sir Boye's declaration.
If Republican austerity had been CALLING,
Democratic rapacity is unbearable. Suffering
Sweeny is surrounded by myriads of political
Twists, with unappeasable appetites, yeping an
grily for more. He cannot make good his
promises and abolish the Commissions, because
hundreds of his henchmen are clamorirg for
seats in those unconstitutional bodies. He
cannot Tighten the oppressed mind of the
Mayor by obliterating the municipal incongru-
ties, for fear that the highly respectable body
known as the Mayor and COmmonalty might
steal unwisely if left unchecked He cannot
trust the Legislature that he owns, because of
the greed that pulls one way while Sweeny
points the other. The greed is well enough,
but he is distressed to see the Democratic
energy wasted in filchiDg handkerchiefs while
lie is drilling them for a grand swoop upon
fat purse. While be is industriously and pa
tiently endeayOring to consolidate the legions
of Tammany for one tremendous fOray upon
this defenseless city, selfish Sachems are pur-
suing their individual aims at the risk of
tripping up the Sweeny schemes The great
quarrel of Brennan and Connolly for the Con-
trollership is rending his camp in twain, and
the two are eagerly graspng at Peters pence.
Sweeny, dumbfounded by the clamOr for
public plumber, does nothing. The Commits
SIGNS are pgt abolished, nor tiled with Demo
Gratis. The Mayor and Commofaty are
set up in the insurance business instead of
being delegated to govern city. The Legis-
lature dales with the rich fruits it is not
allowed to pluck. A mighty crowl, as of
multitude of ours debarred the sheep-fold,
assails Sweeny's ears, and there is delightful
prospect that the dogs may fall to and devour
one another. Sweeny is exceeding sorrowful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

The assembled wisdom at Albany are break
ing ground on the grand job Of the session-city
railroads. The Madison-ave., the Arcade, the
Underground, the Threc-Tier. and other schemes.
are already afOot and now comes the resuscita-
ton of forgotten company, chartered twenty
years ago, which may Gf the bill passes) build
a railroad under Broadway and Fifth-ave..
across Harlem River, connecting with the
Hudson River and Harlem Railroads." &c.
The Company land its name is VanderbilD
will also be empowered to dig up Safest.
and put down rails to a point near the South
Ferry. 1t is good thing to have no special
legislation or jobs, or anything of that sort.
1t is also good to have Gov. Hoffman's assur-
ance that the Democratic Legislature Will
bring us back to the paths of virtue, that no
personal or party interest will influence the
spotless Solons, and that when the adjourn
ment comes we shall see every man proudly
departing from the Capital without cent.
present or prospective, 20 show for his public
services-not even with a share of railway
stock "for a friendn The millennium is at
hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

1t is incumbent upon every liquor dealer in
the city to instantly hasten to Albany and
bring recusant Democracy to a sense of its
wrong doing. Yesterday Senator NJ. Norton
reported the bill extending the time for the
collection of excise fees in the Metropolitan
District, and Senator Creamcr moved that the
Senate go into Committee of the Whole on the
BILL Did the august body instantly hasten to
throttle the Republican Excise monster as
preparative to the final strangulationY Not at
all but on the contrary, the Dreamer motion
was lost by a vote of 10 to 10, and the bill
went over We presume that Mr.. Sweeny will
at once go before the Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton with some plausible excuse for this con-
tretemps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-21

Under the auspices of Gen. Plcasonton, and
number of other gallant soldiers composing the
Lecture Committee of Post Phil. Kearney, Miss
Kate Field is to deliver her charming account
Of life Among the AdirOndacks," at Irving
Hall, on Saturday evening next, for the benefit
Of the fund for the relief of disabled soldiers
and sailors. Miss Field is sure of a good audi
cnce for her own sake for the sake of the
suffering relics of our late war, shall it not be
q crowded Onel