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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Mr. Bonaparte has evidently 100 much Ie;.u,.
at Wilhelmsh0he. Two dull pamphlets !, ono
month are too much for the patience of q
iong-Sufering public. His last effort. which
appears under the name of tie Marouis d.
Grmourt, is tedious and dilncenuons do.
Tense OF his whole administration. The an
thor appears to have found it too tiesome for his
own reading; otherwise he could not have sent
TO The world such an undigested mass of puer.
ilitlcs and contradictions At first he savs tho
war was the result Of parliamentary govern
ment and ministerial responsibility, an asser-
non which he forgets and denies before h,
closes. lie says the struggle was an newt
able consequence of the aggranCizement O,
Prussia, and prints hong circular written b,
himself to show it was not. He ays he ia
vored the independence of Italy and encour.
aged Prussia in the war of 1866, for tho
purpose OF building up in Europe two strong
powers to cOunterbaance the North German.
The plan was so fantastic and irrational that
the assertion may be true. But the result
which 80 wofully shattered his dishonest dream.
he thinks in no wise disprOved the wisdom CT
the plot. He says, with a touching naivetf,
1--WE must judge of things not as they art,
"but as they might have been" We cannot
agree with the theorizing pampheteer. Loui'
BOnaparte might have been a just ruler and
an honest man. He might have employed the
fresh enthusiasm Of France and the vast pres
tige of his name in consolidating freedom and
advancing civilization in Europe. But he pn
ferred the title of a stolen power He preferred.
instead of working for France in open dsy,
to plot for his dynasty in the darkness. He
undertook game of rascality above his c.
pacity, and dashed the French people into .
war which his maladministration had rendered
them incapable of carrying on. He is now 1T
Wihelmsh0he, writing unrepentant drivel. W.
must judge of him, not as he might have
been, bat as he is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Gov Vance is certainly candor itself in his
confession that he still thinks the bad cause
in which he engaged ten years ago was just
one and, admiring him for his evident hon
esty, most men will regret that he remains IN
such lamentabe ignorance. His abandonment
of the lost cause is just as hearty and open
as his avOwal and we do not know any good
reason to doubt his sincerity, or to trust nm
in the future. On the contrary, we think II Is
these open enemies at the South whom we
prefer to welcome back in good faith, rather
than the secret ones at the North, who claim
always to have been with US.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

1t will not do to accord full credit yet TO
the report which gives Georgia, by slight
majority, to the Democrats, though such result
in State where the Republican party has
been so badly managed will not surprise us.
The contest was spirited and for the first two
days the advantage was largely with the
Republicans. The election is an important one.
Seven Representatives are to be returned to
Congress- and the selection of two Senators
will depend on the Legislature chosen at this
time. Already seven Senators have been
elected by this State since the war. but none
have as yet been admitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

The TRIBUNE ALMANAC, a Political and Sta:
tstiodl annual for the year 1871, prepared nth
great care, ,ciH be ready early in January. 1t
uiH contain in addition 10 the Calendar pages
and usual Astronomical information, the P0pula-
ton By Counties of the United States and Terri
tories for The year 1870, compared eih the gears
1860 and 1850 the Immigration into this country
for the past 80 ycars-a table SNORING the nation
atty of the Immigrants; copious abstracts Of the
Lars of the u. s. passed during the Second Ses-.
SION Of the &LIst Congress- appropriations Of
Congress for the year 1870; the Public Debt Of
the U. S.-a statement sko'rin0 the varioas kinds
of bonds issued By the Government, their rate of
interest, and date Of maturity and also
The decrease in the Public Debt since
March, 1869; the U. 8. Government, EJecutiue
and Judicial, NTH list of Ministers Pienipo-
tertiary and MHiSter. Residert Of The United
6er. Of the Senate and House of Representa-
tires Of the United States, politically ciussi-
fed a list Of the Members Of the XLfId Con-
0ress, so far as they haze been elected the Con
ernments Of The seperaI States Nth their popu-
Lats0n Capitals. GOverHors. times for holding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

We have no faith that war viii be put %
end to, while Princes cOvet and quarrel, b.
protests against its inhumanity; or that Inter
national Peace Congresses, whether OF men oS
women, will prove substitutes fer those OF the
diplomatists. The preliminary meeting IN TINS
city, which yesterday discussed the prophet!
Of calling an International Peace Congress.
was not more impractical in its utterancen
than were scores of others which preceded it
The members talked much that was absurd
and the address, which was. adorSed contained
some misrepresentation Of the conditions OF
the present war in Europe. Nevertheless, the
tendency Of such movements particularly when
led by cultured humanitarians hike those
presiding on this occasion, Is to educate public
sentiment to more intense hatred OF war, ana
for this reason they are not wholly useless.
The report which we publish elsewhere con-
tains Mrs. Howes speech and the address IN
full.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

The T0rld-after giving the Crispin strikers
sundry gracious smiles of encouragement
turns upon them as follows:
Public opinion has been very lenIent and even favor
able to the striking shOemakers- But those persons
ought be very distinctly given TO understand that
cessation OF work TO Withstand reduction Of wages v
thing and assault upon the men who undertake
the work which they have Ielnquished Is quite another
The claim Of the Crspns that the men Of their cram
outside of their organization bungers and that EN-
ployers will find after little time that IT ia m~A
cheaper back themselves ut their own price than
to employ these extrsneous persons at any price. IL
that employers may be trusted TO ascertain their
own interests without the necessity Of reminder oe
them the shape OF assault BY the skilled workmsn
upon the unskilled."
Right very right And you will yet per-
ceive and proclaim that strikes to stand idle
are always futile; that true Liberty in LABOR
is to be achieved only through Cooperation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
TIE PURITIN JTBILEE.

The accomplishment of the first quarter of
the American millennium has been most fttingly
celebrated. There have been no shows or pa
geants-nO building of sheds with classic
names--nO marching with banners and music.
As was proper in the observance of an event
whose highest significance was moral and in
tellectual, the chief incidents of this anniver-
sary were Mr.. Winthrop's speech at Plymouth
the gathering of notable people at the dinner
in New York, and the discourse of Mr.. Ralph
Waldo Emerson in Steinway Hall last
night. Our readers have already been able to
appreciate the chaste and cultured eloquence
of the orator of Plymouth, and the brilliant
and incessant flashes of wit that played over
the board at Delmonico's. But the speech we
print this morning will be remembered after
many anniversaries. 1t is mastery presenta-
ton of the New England thought and claim.
1t is not pure eulogy the habit of mind of
the accomplished scholar and poet is rather
judicial than partisan. But of all communities
that ever existed, the Pilgrim Fathers have
least to fear from candid research, and, there
fore, in hands 80 just as Mr.. EmerSons they
have met with q treatment that cannot but
enhance the love and reverence they have al
ways received from their descendants
Some undiscriminating wit has called
Plymouth Rock the Blarney Stone of America
1t was n talent Of meanly flattering Others for
your own purposes that was tabled to be con-
veyed by contact with the famous stone Of
Barney Castle. 1t is an honest and outspoken
admiration of ourselves and our history that
ia excited By the mention of the iron coast of
Plymouth. And this is Il much manler and
more hopeful quality. The people that does
not in some form adopt the Chinese religion
of the worship of ancestors is most defect and
wretched, and the one that does not thoroughly
believe in itself is already struck with death.
There Is dangerous tendency in highly
cultivated civilization to avoid these natural
expressions of national pride and gratitude, "a
If there were something of personal vanity
mingled with them. Even such genuine Amer
leans as those who form the New England
Society OF this city think proper to adopt "A
tone Of witty badinage III singing the glories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

The Mayor of Brooklyn. as one of the solid
men of the city, has good round sums to pay
in taxes, and naturally keeps sharp eye on
the tax and stock list. He has lately discovered
that the city bonds are sold at par, with
coupons attached, on the day before the accrued
interest for six months falls due, the law being
thus eyaded and the city defrauded. There
upon he sounds his welcome alarm, much to
the dismay of the Controller of the funds.
What field this metropolis would be for an
honest official of this sort But alas, how long
would he remain interrupted in such scurvy
comp any as he would have to encounter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Our foreign correspondence published this
morning contains some of the most interest
ing letters lately received from the seat Of
war in France. The details of the movements
on the Loire, now the most active scene of
warlike operations. are for the most part
painful descriptions of the horrors of the sey-
eral minor engagements lately fought IA pre-
liIninary to the advance which Prince Freder-
lex Charles is now successfully carrying out
The combat at Beaunne-le-ROt was one of
the most remarkable of the war, and is
graphically described in our letter from the
Princes headquarters. There are also par
tculars from Gen. Won Der Tam himself of his
defeat before Orleans, which explain his retire.
ment. On the same page which contains these
letters, we reproduce in full the latest news
payer received from Paris by balloon post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Cen Trochu made another effort to break
away from Paris on Tuesday, but Wednesday
saw its complete failure The fcints south and
west of the city appear to have been fully
successful, but the real attack at Bourget on
the northeast was very weak indeed. The
advanced post of the Saxons at this point was
carried, but, the reserves coming forward, the
French were driven back, with little loss on
either side. The operations do not affect the
situation in the slightest degree.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

There is little terror for the Italian King OF
Spain elect in the protests of the dcposed lsa-
bella and the aspiring Don Carlos; but the
angry ones which proceed from the people and
the CoItcs may well cause him to pause. Tho
fate of Macmillan cannot be forgotten on
the Adriatic; and there is naturally some hest
tation before the attempt is again made to
thrust a monarch on people who sigh for a
Rpmhlic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Christmas with its genial associations IL SO closely
interviewer with our teulerest "reminiscences OF tho
great novelist that Miss kaR Fields Chrisinas
preface to her lecture on Charles Dickens IN
the RIfth-aye TheaScr on Sunday eveaine
will he fitting Introduction to graceful tiiDu1s
to his worth and genius. Mr.. DAILY. the manager Oh
the tbeater also proposes, we understand u set
scene on the occasion. taken from picture III lac
Graphic, entitled 1.-The Empty Chair ana reNs-
senting Dickenss study rs he last left It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
The English tiu-ware trade is deriving al

vantages from the war. Immense orders nom Franco
have been received In wolssrhamptcn, England Tor u
goods TO be used for equippng men In tho camp ssI
every one OF the tin plate king firms, large &nu .u.
IN that borough isncw busy upon such
sour oans pans ana tho Ike ~ these wares .n,
have Engaged To turn out BY few 'ys hence ne many
ma WIN require for the payment sopa e5oa II 10 sMtu
that birmingham firms likewise ar equally suMo u
the sane class OF goods. aso or'erHd by the mes, w"
thOrites vi Fgal.o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

keep a sharp watch upon the New Court
House. Let us know what tsteful and appro-
pirate ornament is proposed az q substitute
Tor the dome, and whateverother changes Of
plan are meditatcd. A littl' volunteer atten-
ton from Messrs. Vaux & Olmsted saved
one of the finest yistas in th Central Park
from being turned into Der garden; and
similar watchfulness and public spirit may
intercept some of the stupidiies Of tho Nov
Court House Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

elections, dc, ard Full Returns Of Eieshons
held in the sercroi States for 1870, BY SfG 1s
Congress Districts, and in Ncr- York. he"y ,,n-
sen. and Connecticut. Nv torns. co'etaT o sg
pared ,ch he reiGrns Of former yedrs' ro,cp 20
nth much other useful igo,7ntannoo;aJj address
cents per copy screen for 81. pG"1y ~r TRIBUNE,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

The evidence introduced before the Snrro o,
,.,.o o. nroyc that the mystcriously found will
os tho ioie James b. Taylor is forgery Is
certainly strong and positive, and will leave
most persons impressed with the idea that
there has been rascaity somewhere. The case
largely attracts legal attention and asitatcs
sncinl circles not little.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
amusrmenis, etc., CHS Guenins.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
THE NRW PARTY ~ THE HOUSE.

graphs, under date of the 22d, that
The authority OF prominent Western Democrat IL
given for the statement that Democrats AMI Revenue
Reform Independent Republicans are likely to unite
the organization Of the House in the Forty
second Congress He further says that objections which
have heretofore been urged against this coalition have.
to great extent. been met and obviated 80 that tho
movement now possesses every element Of prospective
success"
This rather startling announcement impels
us to recur to The Free Trader for this month.
which has a list of the Members elect to the
next House classified "a they are expected by
the importing interest to divide on the Tariff
question The Republicans who are claimed
by it IA "Reyenue RefOrmers' are as follows 1:
Charles IIays. Alabama; David T. Lowe, Kansas;
J1hn A. Logan Illinois; Jam,s u. Rdint. Maine:
Charles u. FdriotH. do. Gin,rB TtcichtH Mass;
John f. FsrnswOrth do. Henry WaldrOn, Mich;
UOratO G. ButGhard DO VIM. l.. 5t0ughtOn. DO;
John D. Hiw!ey do John T. ArertH. MinneeOta;
Burton C. Cook do. 'G. A. Finkenburg, Mo.
Jesse II. Moore, do. T. C.. Parker. do.
JOhn r. Hay. do. james q. Blair. DO.
Jere. NJ. Wilson. Indiana; Charte5 81 John, ". York
John Coburn, do. John II. hstchdm. do.
James NJ Tyner DO Milo Goodrich. do.
.Iohu +. &. Shanks. do. Freeman Clark, do.
William Williams, do. Aaron +. Perry. Ohio:
jasper Packard, do. Job F.. Stevenson do.
Geo. ". MCrlry, Iowa; Saml 3hcllsbarger. do
A. K Cotton do John Beatty, do
w. q. Dormsn do James Munroo, do.
MattisOn ". Walden, do. ". =. Sprague, do.
Frank " Palmer. do. James A. Garfield, do.
Jackson orr do. WI. ii. StOwell. Virginia:
q. ". Hszleton, Wisconsin.
We have placed in Italics the names Of
those with regard TO whom the claim of The
Free Trader seems to us especially preposter-
ous. We judge that the starring of Speaker
Blaine IA Revenue Reformer' il blunder /;
yet the claim as to several others il scarcely less
absurd. We do not believe that ten of the
entire forty-three would favor the election of
any Speaker mainly by Democratic votes UNI
less that Speaker were himself.
But the fact that these gentlemen are paraded
in The Free Trader IA of the cabal which il ex-
pected to triumph over the Republican Organi-
zation in the next choice of Speaker imposes
on them public duty. Messrs. Logan, Farms
worth, Garfield, Ketcham, Stevenson, &c, do
you seyerally purpose to vote for a Speaker
of the next House who is supported ~ a
Revenue Reformern in opposition to the
regular Republican candidate Your Republi-
can constituents would like to know and it
seems to us your plain duty to let them know.
You were chosen "a Republicans by the votes
of Republicans regardless of Economic differ
ences. Which of you, if any, intend to vote
with the great body of the Democrats to or
ganize the House as TO them shall seem good
Which of you have had your objections to
what The World terms " this coalition re-
moyedi Should not those of you who are
members of the present House mite in a card
winch sets forth the exact position of each of
you on this important question:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
UP-TOWN ADVERTISEMENTS.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

Russla's designs" are explained in CORE
spondenoe on the second page, together with
accounts from Naples of the latest political
and religious movements in Italy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-26

nificance.f Mountain chains theretoforc 70.
gardcd as barriers were leveled. a The
unity Of our nation was intensified, rs the
conviction of antipodal distance between
west and east, the result Of education, was
past being removed. The settlement Of
the Pacific slope illustrated that the Pa
eifc was much nearer what we still
love to call home, than our generation
had been taught at school. The railroad,
the great annihilator of separation and Of
scctionalism has already appropriated
west to east. In this eradication of the
idea of remoteness, in this growing appfe.
citation Of oneness in nationality, in the
living and increasing assurance that the
Pacific ere long is to be the centre Of
American commerce and our acestern civil
ization, the poets prophecy. t'-'
" Westward the star of empire takes It's way"
has passed into history. That star has
found its abiding. place on the shores of
the Pacific, the westcrn terminus as dreamt
Of in Berkeley's philosophy. Anchored here
its benignant rays impart life and vigor to
youthful States, unknown before in the
worlds development Ere long upon
these shores its brilliant light and genial
heat will have dissipated the doubts and
mists of an uncertain past, reinvigoratcd
the steady onward march of healthy
PRESENT, and in the bright future beyond,
Puget Sound will loom up, the great Gen.
tire Of our new and western civilization.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-02-26

THE SECRET OF LoNGEvITY-A Curl
Ous PHYSIOLOGICAL TuEORY.-A paper
was recently read before the British
chronological Association. by Sir Duncan
Gibbs, entitled " An Obstacle to Euro
pcan Longevity Beyond Seventy" The
writer had previously called the attention
OF tho Association to the fact that he had
devoted much attention to the position of
the lcaf.shaped cartilage at the back of
the tongue, known as the epiglottis, aud
that in eleven per cent. Of the five thou
sand people, of all ages, whom he had cx-
amined, he had found the position Of this
cartilage to be dropped, or pendent, in-
stead Of vertical A further prosecution
of his inquiries had led to the discovery
of the important fact that in all persons
over seventy, without exception, its posi-
tion was vertical. This circumstance he
regarded Of the highest moment, bearing,
as he believed it did, upon the attainment
of old age. Numerous examples were
cite in proof Of his statement, among
which was many well known statesmen
who attained to over 20 years of age,
Lords PaImcrston, Lyndhurst, Campbell
and Brouyham bein: among the number.
lie claimed that the facts presented clear
ly demonstrated that longevity beyond
seventy could not be attained with pen.
dent cpiglottis. His conclusions may be
summed up nearly as follows: AS rule
persons with pendent epslottis will not
livc beyond seventy, life verging to close
at or before that period. On the other
hand, with.a vertical epislottis, life may
be prolonged beyond seventy to the ex-
trcme limit of old age.
These statements will furnish new
subject for discussion among the medical
sarants of this country. If there is any
truth in the theory broached by Sir Dun
can Gibbs, Americans will wish to know
it, and knowing it, will not rest content
"atil they have ascertained the relative
position Of the all-important cartilage upon
which depends the length of thoir stay on
earth. at'-. 'e'.' .e.