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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
Why fight the inevitablef Grant that You
believe the admission imprudent why not
submit gracefully when you must submt1

Some months ago there was an excitement
especially among the Methodists, in conse-
quence of rumors of defalcation and misman-
agement, in various points, of the great Book
Concern in Mulberry-st. Great alarm was
aroused, and for time there was smoke
enough to warrant the suspicion that fire ex-
listed somewhere. Within the last two weeks
the charges have been investigated by Com
mittee of Fifteen from as many Conferences.
AS a result they completely justify the man
agement of the Book Concern, and specially
praise DR., Carlton, the Agent The Com
mittee justly say that the report will
be read with profound interest and gratifica-
"tiOn by all Methodists and friends of Method
"ism." They should have added, "and by all
good citizens of every faith" 1t is printed
on our second page. We only hope that no
future Investigations may show that this re-
port like some previous Ones conceals more
than il EXPLAINS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

The schools of Nashville are SAID 10 h''o
been once very good; but they have no"
School Board which began business 10y turning
out all +" the Yankee teachers and putting
their places native pedagogues. ohe u
these. a little while since, on beng ash'a'
could not explain the causes of day ana nigl"i
and upon this the pupils rebelled, the Seminn ~
was in an uproar, the police were called ID,
and the great business of teaching the youns
idea how 70 shoot was, for time, suspended
There was incredible stupidity in suppoSi"s
ttot onv teachers could be better than Yankee
toacbers for the Yankees invented the busi.
ness No wonder they talk in Nashville Of
selling the public property to pay the city u'O'S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

The distinction between murder and ma.
slaughter is already sufficiently loose and -
definite, and mainly serves to give Lono;a.
juries an opportunity for hanging. and benevo
lent juries chance to exercise tbeir bo,o,,o
lence The Illinois Constitutional Co,,,on,;.
now proposes to split the straw still NOR Ell"
and to divide the crime of murder itsoIr 49,
two degrees-the first to be punished can,,,uv
the other by imprisonment We do not ses ,,s
possibility OF practically keeping up tbe.e ,I,,
tinctlons, at least until we have a more ,c;on-
tIiic analysis of homicide than we posses. q,
present. The business Of juries now is to cues.
at the anlmus, intelligent panels being aided
by the evidence, which only serves to bewiIder
those which are not intelligent. Society wouid no
a totally different thing-the relation of man
to man would be utterly changed probal
for the bettcr-if we could only demonstrae
motive instead of divining it. But how are We
satisfactorily or scientifically to do thi.7 How
are we to arrive at the dominant motive in he
mind Of another, when most men find il IN
possible accurately to determine the reasons n
their own action? In homicide, the fact of 10
killing Is all We can certainly know, and G, N
then we must have the corpus delicG TO ST.
with. This knowledge authorizes restraint aud
the punishment involved in restraint hut until
we can logically demonstrate the malice ire
penSe, it does not authorize the halter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
A HONDROUS CHANGE.


The Democracy at Albany, when no question
of public plumber is at issue, manage to dwell
together in the most delightful harmony; but
let the least morsel of patronage be presented,
and it is pounced upon with such unanimous
avidity that an Immediate cOmmoton IS the
consequence. This dstnctvely Democratic
procllyity was never more forcibly illustrated
than during the late caucus to nominate
Police Commissioner, when Mr.. Jacobs essaycd
TO yindicate Democratic consistency by Offering
resolution pledgng the party to the lmme-
date abolition of all Commissions. Instantly
storm arose, for there is patronage III these
things, and it was not to be supposed that the
faithful would formally surrender them with
out a struggle. 1t was remembered that some
of the Commissions are filled with Democrats,
that all existing ones can be, and, most OF all,
that Mr.. Sweenys new charter creates many
new ones for the especial emolument of his
friends. Should all this be thrown away while
so many were eagerly longing for it
Despite his experience of Democratic nature,
Mr. Jacobs evidently thought so but although
allotted in chivalric style by Senators Genet,
Dreamer and Hardenburgh, he in vain reminded
the caucus that the Democracy had been pledged
again and again to the demolition of these Re-
publican excrescences. Speaker Hitchman at first
stood manfully 10y the crusaders; but discovering
that the resolution doomed the Board of Educa-
ton, whereof he is clerk at a comfortable salary,
he declined to surrender I" my individual judg-
"mentn in these matters, and earnestly asked
whether members were willing "to let it go
"forth that we are determined to strike down,
s. without discrimination, tho good with the
"evl" Mr.. Hitchman convinced his brethren
that there was good in Commissions when i'll
Democratic possession and so, the sacred right
of local self government to the contrary not
withstanding, and despite the efforts of Mr.
Jacobs the caucus lodged the question by adj
journing without vote.
The Democratic voice of New \ DIRK has
shouted nothing but Commissions at us for
years, and has done it so reproachfully that
we had at last almost come to consider these
institutions as in the highest degree unconstl-
tutional, and the most henOus of Republican
crimes. But just as we are on the verge OF
total conversion, and nearly ready to admit
that there is no valid excuse for these legls-
lative usurpatiOns, a caucus of our accusers
declines to declare that Commissions ought to
be abolished. And beyond all this, Mr.. Sweeny,
whom we so wronged by our tyrannical devices,
is so fOrgiving as to bring in new charter
which not only retains the Commissions we al
ready have, but creates some entirely new
ones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
TILE HOUSE ON THE TARIFE.

Tie Sun says of the late Tariff vote in the
House of Representatives that
"The resolutions sent to the table by only u ma
iority II a direct vote could have been obtained, at
least 10 more Republicans would have taken sides with
the Democrats and Mr. Marshas resolutions in favor Of
a purely revenue tariff would have been adopted"
If there are ten more Republicans who ap-
prove Marshars resolutions, why did MT they
vote against laying them on the table, and then
against fastening them there by laying the mo-
ton to reconsider on the table alsol "Call
"you this backing your friends"
THE Sun knows better-or if not, it is soil
tary in not knowing better Nh. MarshalTs
resolve was voted down because majority was
averse to its doctrine and object. Members Of
Congress generally know what they mean, and
vote so as to effect it.
And now will The SIN unite in urging the
Free-Traders in Congress 10 adopt Weiss bill,
modifying it as they shall sec fit, and pit it
against Gen. Schcnck's before the House and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

Ii is a curious circumstance, and one well
calculated either to point moral or to call
sheer from the satrist, that James W. Mar
shall, the man who first discovered gold in Cal
fornia, is now living at place called kelsey's
Diggings, in Eldorado County, in reduced cir
cumstances, working for his board and cloth
ing, and unable to earn any more than the
cost of these. "The yellow, precious, glitter
ling gold,' as Timon calls it, has done Mar
shall no service; and if he had tumed!his back
upon it, and left it in the OZARK and dirty
placer, he might to-day have been III better cir
cumstances 1t is not opportunity which we
lack, and for which we are always bawling Ike
children, but the instinct of Improvement which
Nature has not been pleased to give to every
bOdy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
aen>'2lork Daily Gribln1e.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1879.

Paris continues actated the Corps Legislatif W.
rary charged that Napoleon sought to corrupt the leaders
Of the Legislature. === The Roman Government has
Coniscated copies Of the AugSbUg Gazette containing
a draft of the of infalbhity = Spain is will
ing to treat for peace with Peru and Chill. In the
House of Lords the Alabama papers were submitted in
the Commons the motion annung Mr.. ODonovan
Eossa's election was carried by large majority
In the Senate yesterday, bill reported for the
reorganization Of The Marine Hospital service the Naval
Deficiency bill passed the bill authorizing railroad
lines from Washington TO New York, Pittsburgh, and
Cincinnati reported favOraby the Mississippi bill
was discussed, but vote was reached. == In the
House the resolution concerning the imprisonment Of
American citizens in British prisons discussed; a
Revolutionary veteran was admitted to the privileges
the floor the Legislative Appropriation bill was debated,
but no decisive action was taken.
The state Legislature has reelected Judge Bosworth
Police COMMISSIONER and Francis Herman Regent Of the
University == A proposition has been introduced in
the NcwJersey Legislature for ship canal to Newark
Gov Geary has vetoed the Philadelphia Metropoli-
tan Police bill and the bill for the relief OF Dr. Schoeppe
=== Two policemen were dangerously wounded by
negro in New Orleans Yesterday - Two Ihen were
buried by the cayng in of well at Fort Edward n Y,
and only one was rescued. The business portion OF
Port Gibson. Miss, has been burned.
The charges Of fraud in the Methodist Book Concern
have been proved untrue. == The insurance cOuIpa-
MES demand that Legislative Investigations into their
business be public === VIM i. Dodge has been
reelected President Of the Evangelical Alliance. ==
The bark John Griffin, has been confiscaed for
Cling. - Reynolds has been arraigned for the murder
Of Townsend and VIII be tried next week. == Mr.
F'sk's suit against Mr. Ramsey, in the Susquehanua
Railroad case is on before Judge Ingraham. == Ex
Postmaster Roberts Of Brooklyn has been admitted to
bail. == Cold 1909, 1901, 1905. Temperature 30 81
81, 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

The White Mountain Medical Society Of New.
Hampshire has adopted a very stupid bylaw.
Any member who advertises himself by re-
porting his operations in newspapers" shall
first be reprmanded and, for the second Of
Tense, expelled. This is carrying professional
daintiness little beyond the limits of common
sense. If a surgeon has successfully performed
a rare and difficult operation, there is eyeV
reason in the world for giving notice Of it,
first to his professional brethren, which he can
do in a medical journal; and, secondly, to the
public, which can only be enlightened through
the medium of newspaper. You may call
this advertising" if you please, but we were
never able to see why good doctor should
not advertise Just rs tyeelG as~a-Sa0A~ ha1s-i
daShpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

The unity and the harmony of interests in
their need of Protection against the warfare Of
British Free Trade, were well uttered IN de-
bate by the great Economist in the French
Chamber of Deputies When you have once
"entered upon manufacturing career, when
skilled labor has once been developed among
" Won. when the welfare of a considerable part
&" of the population depends upon 1t, when The
interests of the people are intermingled the
one with the other, to sacrifice one is to sac
"rifce all" The driving of even the smallest
wedge into our imperfectly Protective Ianh
system should be jealousy resisted. Every ln-
terest in the country should be protected. Not
the least nor the poorest of them should %
exposed or compromised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

No further outbreak is reported from Paris;
but the Corps LegiSlatif, as usual, furnishes
its sensation. Count KeratTy, dissatisfied with
the manner in which Minister Richard answered
a question relative to the missing papers of
Napoleon l., has been tempted to say that the
ministry is no longer parliamentary, but be-
longs to the Court. Whatever be the good
intentions of the Olivier ministIy-and the
Paris of Baron Haussman and the baricades
is paved with good intentions-M keratry's
charge will stand. The Count has gone so far
as to declare that the present Napoleon has
sought to corrupt the leaders of the legislative
body, and he might have said worse had the
President of the Corps allowed him to pro-
ceed How can an empire be a blessing where
suppression of this hind daily and hourly
DccurS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

If we may judge from the debate in the
House the other day, that excellent Democrat,
Mr.. Niblack of Indiana, desires that the costly
folly of The Congressional Globe shall be per-
petuated in order that his descendants may
have the satisfaction of seeing his name in
print. Cannot we compromise with Mr.. Niblack!
We certainly wish him all the Immortality
he can earn, and at least as much
more but will he not consent to accept
it in a cheaper form? Suppose we set up a
brazen image in his honor, or something in
the sculptor's line. 1t will be cheaper for us,
and surer for him and even if Clark Mills
made it it could not be more hide GUS than the
average work of art which Congressman are
perpetually proposing to buy for the adorn-
ment of the Capitol. Try the statue, Mr.
Niblack, and let rs abandon The Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY fl, 1871.

n large addition to these officers emoluments |;
and that ends the matter. Controller Broad
head, being required to say by what authority
such payments are made, thus answers
The order OF the Secretary is the only authority for
payments beyond the respective salaries allowed by law
and such payments been credited TO the dsbursng
officers under the decision OF the Supreme Court IN inc
United States ag Jones Gs Howard 92 In which IL IL
held among other things that the accounting officers OF
the Treasury have the burden OF responsibility cast
upon them Of revising the Judgments correcting the
supposed mistakes annung the orders, OF the heads
Of departments"
SO you see that if any verdant person has
imagined that accounting officers of the
Treasury" undertake to obey the laws OF the
land he is egregiously mistaken. They are
careful not to correct the mistakes nor "annul
&" the orders of their official superior; and, II
he should order them to empty the Treasury
into some pets pocket, they would do it, law
or no law.
Well: what is the effect the net result, or
as Mantilini would express it, the "demnltlon
total of this little eccentricity of GdeonY
The Controller, with refreshing candor,
replies:
The second question of the resolution asks for the
annual amount OF the increase and its total amount since
the increase made
"A statement from the Fourth Auditor OF which
COPY herewith transmitted shows that the increase OF
nay under the order OF the Secretary was, for
1896 seven 53T 7s1SG9. s8s3793 81
1861. ......... .....1 1900 20 -, 90
1868 .. .........l, 027l 81 Total ..Sioo,9ol %
"This is an approximate result, but have no doubt
whatever OF its substantial accuracy If there be error
Il is not by reinstatement"
The weakness of language precludes any
comment on the above.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

The delay on the question Of the admission
of Mississippi, unwise and deplorabie in itself,
was yesterday rendered disgusting, in the Sen
ate, by the senseess determinations to which 1t
led. This business of batting Mr.. Sumner and
MI TGumbull has gone already a great deal
too far If Senators who stand high
in the public esteem wish to retain
that position, they must preserve somewhat
of that respect for themselves which they
expect the country to exhibit toward them.
For the rest, we beg once more to remind the
Senate that there can be 10 reason for delay
in the admission of Mississippi which has not
already been effectually disposed Of in the
previous debates. The State should be admit
fed-should be admitted at once, promptly,
generously, without irritating requirements or
the expression Of aggayating suspicious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

If woman wants to be lawyer. we do ue
see why she should not be permitted 10 De- II
qualified. Mis- Myra Bradwell, after al OK
animation by Judge Williams of the seventh
Judicial Circuit of Illinois, was pronounce
duly qualified. But the Supreme court "''e
rofnsed TO allow her to practice for fr'at
variety Of reasons. the principal one so iar Is
we can see, being that She Is -
woman" and is therefore not oounu " t tSa,
tracts not affecting her own property 20 ' ,rs
if LAWYER Bradwell should cheat 'i,S"' bc,
said Client would have no action against nee
Rnt how much business would Lawyer p''O
we'll oct. if she begun that little game
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

It was necessary to the attainment of the
ends of the Charter conspiratOrs that there
should be no check upon frauds on the ballot
and therefore we find in Section 146, relating
to elections, this proviso provided that the
"due public announcement by canvassers of
"an election district of any result shall be
"prima tdcie evidence of the fact thereof, and
eff the returns filed do not correspond with
"such announcement, the said returns filed
shall not be counted until the discrepancy
"has been explained by said District Canvass
4" ers to the satisfaction of the Board" With
the Charter, Mr.. Frear introduced an election
law, in the 14th Section of which precisely the
same language is used, so that there can be no
doubt that Mr.. Sweeny has fully determined
upon arrogating to himself the naming of all
elective officers, as well as those appointed.
Anything more admirably designed than this
machinery to accomplish that result it is
impossible To imagine; and in order
that it may work smoothly ana
effectively. the present Bureau OF Elections Is
abolished, and all its powers remanded TO the
Board of Supervisors. Canvassers and inspect
ors of Elections are, indeed, to be elected by the
people but all vacancies are to be filled by the
Supervisors, and we may be sure none but
the creatures of the Ring will be in charge Of
the ballot-boxcs on election day. These are
the pcrsons whose announcement Is To be
pyima frcie evidence of the result, and who
must explain discrepancies to the satisfaction
of their allies in fraud, the Supervisors. They
are not required to finish the canvass by sign
ing and sealing up the returns before making
the "duo public announcements anu VIII
be sure to save themselves the trouble OF sub
sequent explanations by making. the returns
tally with their prior oral announcement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

the country Let them select the man by
whom they prefer to introduce it, "a Kepuph-
can would, perhaps give it better chahcc',
and ask Gen. Schenck to agree on the day anu
hour for taking a vote on substituting thae OH
for the Committee'sq We are sure the onaii-
man will give them fair show DO let us see
the House brought to direct vote on the issue
of Protection against FreeTrade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

Twas a crushing reply Theirs hla"' IL -
Chamber of Deputies to the British rec Ind '''nd
can't. "Do You indeed wish to build UP "01 liza
France Chinese wall 7" No! S'.I "a
,root Protectionist statesman; Wis.,
&" develop the labor of my eounuyI'n"'' - ''o.
wish TO create it where it is not ana 10 nl''o .
tain it where it is" The whole OoO' -, -
Political Economy is in that sentence. ltiS' '"~
an nanswerblo condemnation OF the emu, ,,'.
.Joctripe of Free Trade, which kills the l"O''
.of tle country that adopts 1t as u policy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
8usintss I}otitts.

OVER 100 CHOICE PAINTINGS, from the stu
io Of MAroui will be sold, OF The
change n our arm. at thaa COS, Of Importation.
T. v HAUGHwOUT Co,
Corner Of BrosavAy snd Broonest
BAILOU'S NEW YOKE SHIRTS made to order
M.s per Hand made 296 Broadway.
TIFICIALITIEs-PALMER LIMBS
Loo Chesnutst PILLS. 81 Grssnst Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
r-p.rnmN AnEERTLSEMENTS.

For the accommodation of uptown resi-
dents Mr. T. H. Brown has opened an Office at No. "a
West Thirty secondsJ junction OF Broadway and sixth
ave. where advertisements for The TRlBUNE VIII be
received up TO 2 in the evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

1t is an alleged defect in our literature that
the truly American novel is not yet fOrthcom-
ing; but the basis of fact for such prOduc-
ton can now be furnished. The title may
be "The Adventures of the Senator from
Greene; or, The Life of an Aspirant for
"Ofice.' AS the former, the hero eliminated in
the General Assembly of Tennessee, just after
the reconstruction. Personally, he was ruddy
and of a cherubic plumpness. In the State
Senate he persOnified riS inertiP Next appear
ing as a candidate for Congressional hOnors he
aftcrward undertook to contest the seat OF the
successful Representative. Disappointed, he
remained i'll Washington begging Sos~et.ies.
At the last gasp of a desperate eXtrem-
ity, he received an appointment to the
United States Consulshp at the Falk-
land Islands. From that insulated and
isolated locality he has written a letter to the
Governor of his native State--a plant dirge,
"a long lament from DER the sweeping sea-
lie says Beyond this no vessel ever SAILS
and grimly declares that the next point OF In
terest TO voyagers thither is the South Pole.
In particular, there Is neither seed-tlme nor
harvest. grain, bushes nor trees. 1t SHOWS every
month in the year, and it blows all the time,
usually with the greatest violence. Population
on all the Islands less than 800, and all very
poor Expenses very high and no comforts
of life whatever. I'll come home the first OPP
"portunity'
Here then, are the materials for a novel from
real life: the mania of Office substituting for
home and hope, despair and a desoate island
The genial gentleman, who might have be-
come a worthy member of the Fat Mans Club,
is left $4,000 miles away, remote, untrlended,
melancholy, slow" AT this astronomical dis
lance, his light may go out altogether quite an
age before the fact becomes perceptible here.
The only consoling feature in his lot is that
the force of nature fell short there of creating
frogs, fcas, spiders, or bed-bugs. The unhappy
exile wants Government employ in Nashville
His own words may answer him, and might
be advantageously inscribed over every door
way where the Oflice-seeker strives for en-
trance: This is only a harbor for wrecks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11

1t was evidently believed, yesterday, in
Washington that Gen. Butler and Mr.. Samuel
Cox had the advantage in the contest in black
guardism on the floor of the House. Perhaps
they had but any of the noisy urchins about
our City-Han Park could have beaten them.
If these things are to carry the House." we
should send our boot blacks to Congress instead
of our prize-fghters, faro-dealers, and carpet
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