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New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY OCTOBER a. 1870

old muskets, not even rfed, to put into the
hands of her troops These facts are not new.
They have been for months boldly published
bv France. Dispatches from the front limited
recently that the Chassepot does not always
work well. No wonder; for although s32,OOO,OOO
in gold was spent on them-an enormous sum,
enough to make all the breech-loaders in the
world-they are the product of lock factories
turned into manufactures of arms, and OF out
side contractors. whose only desire was to
make the most by the job. The idea of the
gun itself is stolen from the needle-gun, just
"a the money TO make it is stolen from the
people. and Just as the mitrdlleuse is base
copy of the Belgian battery gun.
But if Napoleon has been forced to look
quietly on while his supporters, high ana
low. swindled the people, and has been obliged
IN have their work done in his name, his own
treatment of the nation has been no better.
He has destroyed the capacity OF the people
for war by denying them the right of using
arms. Louis Napoleon has tried to meet the
danger of overthrow by disarming his people.
The French peasant cannot procure modern
rifle nor a modern cartridge on any TERMS
nor good powder at a reasonable price. 1here
are "natonal assemblies for gun practice IN
France as well as England and Switzerland.
But what arms are produced IN the french
matches? Old blunderbusses with spread mllz-
zles, miraculous sights and double trigger.
While at Wimbledon ranges OF 200, 300 ana
800 yards are used, at similar French meet
ing $50 yards is the greatest distance at when
the "riflesn can hit target.
Even in her regular army, France Is SAID 10
have regiments that exist only on paper. Her
Gardcs Mobiles have not even that much eX-
istence in time of peace. AS a Minister OF
War explained to the Corps Legislatlf, the
idea of the Garde is to do nothing during
peace. but to be armed in time of war with the
converted Chassepot. Almost the only knowl-
edge the French people have of these Gardes
is the millions they pay for them.
In respect to the Garde NatiOnale, the
country is even in worse plight For when,
after the German war of 1896, the French at
tempted to form such an organization, the
Government informed them that they must
enter the ranks of the Garde Moblle-that Is,
make themselves liable to be Immediately
called upon in war; The organization at once
fell apart and France has no trained men but
in that regular army which is so subserylent
to the Emperor.
Such was the Government of France
weaker than that of Turkey, and of corrupt
ness for which there is no parallel. With all
our Whisky Rings, there has been no friend
ship so profitable in America as the friend
ship of Louis Napoleon in Paris; no Office here
so fat az that in France of tool and cOnfidant
of the French Emperor. No wonder that
France has fallen after eighteen years of such
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

People who wise will not, until better eyilenc,
OF security is given, go upon the rising benches
which provided at the cattle-shows, at hors.
races, in circuses and elsewhere Several bad aoci
dents have occurred this season. involving loss Of
life and grieyous corporal injuries. At a circus in
Kansas City, few nights SINCE down went all tbs
benches on one side Of the tent and great WA The
fracture Of bones though happilynobody was killed.
There was a talk Of prosecuting the proprci0n, Of
the show, and Of seeking judicial damagcs, but they
absconded with their property before process could
be commenced. This constant murder Of human be-
ings by rccklessness, carelessness, ignorance, stu.
pidity by railway conductors, by druggists clerka
by kerosene oil manufacturers is really getting pba
a little tedious.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Within five or six weeks those lovely pngilis,,
Allen and Gallagher, are TO meet in tine riny ,,,
pound each other till each is Of a sableand ceru,.
tint The first deposit Of the stakes was made -
81. Louis in sporting grog-shop on the l7tb in.,
Tis highly curious state Of things for here are ,
ruflians openly announcing their intention of yoI
ing the law at time during the next ,ix ,sot.
and nobody seems to have the least power or a.,
thorty to interpose and TO prevent the scandal Por
stopping these renconnters the laws are NOT yor,r
the paper upon which they are printed, since ever,
prize-fghter who fit 10 engage does 40 levcen,
in New-England and in rare instances AT the Wa
with comfortable impunity. IL is evident tba. va
must have statutes for the restraint Of qeptle,ne,
who go into training and make deposits of b,ttls.
money under our very noses.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Lew. Campbell, in stumping his District (or
the District which he hopes will be his) lately
came to Germantown, Ohio where the Demo
"crats' had set up a store-box at IA corner
for Lew to speak from. From this place of
vantage he denounced, in the very finest Ian
guage. "the bondholders and the National
Bank system Unfortunately, the fine old
gentleman who presided over the meeting
happened to be President of the First National
Bank of Germantown, and, in his private ca
pacty, a heavy bOndholder. The audience
felt and expressed great sympathy for this
venerable victim of Campbell's newly-born
Democratic enthusiasm; and the meeting
naturally was remarkable only for plentiful
lack of enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

The Democrats" do not seem to care much
about the safe keeping of the public money in
Ohio. We lately mentioned the defalcation of
the Democratic" Treasurer of Butler Co., but
it appears that he has been reelected and has
been comfortably restored to the County Treas
ury. Mr.. Heaton, who is the Democratic
candidate for Controller of the Treasury of
Ohio, was connected with the Belmont Co.
Treasury in 1855. One day SS,O22 was missing;
it was in Heaton's hands that the money was
last seen; and nothing has been heard of it
since. Mr. Heaton is evidently an ambitious
man, and it would be "a shame to cOniine the
operations of his brilliant genius to lone
some county. So the Democrats" will give
him the State to fleece, i. e., if they can give
him votes enough.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
ing army.

THE NRW "IDEES NAPOLEONIENNES"
King William of Prussia has caused to be
sent to the ex-EmperOr at Wilhelmsh0he full
reports of events occurring in France, and among
Others a statement of the interview between
Count Bismarck and NJ. Jules Favre. Napoleon
has construed this polite attention into an in
vitation to him to express his ideas on the
situation for the guidance of the COnquerors
and the counsel of the Conquered. lie has
done so in document which we publish i'll
full this morning, and which is in several re-
spects very remarkable and significant essay.
The passage in it which will perhaps attract
the most attention is that in which the En-
peror alludes to the conversation between
himself and the King at their meeting near
Sedan, in which the King expressed himself
as anxious to restore peace and friendship
between France and Germany. He intimates
further that if it were in his power he would
accept the terms of aTmstice which NJ. Fayre
declined and declares his belief that if per-
mitted, he could win the consent of France to
the cession of the forts in Alsace and LOr-
rane, which Germany claims as condition
of peace, and as necessary to her future secu-
rity. King William is warned, rather unneces-
sarily, perhaps, that while these conditions
might be made acceptable now, they cannot
be after the fall of Paris.
The letter contains a plain hint at the pos
sible restoration of the Empire, and will gen
orally be accepted as significant of the rumored
intention of the German 2 lowers to deal only
with the fallen dynasty. 1t is somewhat
forced significance to attach to it, since the
letter is clearly volunteered opinion whose
receipt will doubtless astOnish the King and
and his Premier as well as the rest of the
world; but, added to other incidents of the
captivity, it will not be without its effect on
nnhlic opinion.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

to mt Il plainly, was as unpopular as was that OF
ha Arstr;ans in Venice. IL is remarkable that
Of more than $4,000 voters in the Papal states
onIv 20 voluntarily declared in favor OF re-
naming under the Papal rule. 1t is of no con-
sequence now that the foreign allies and SUD-
ordnates of tho Pope made his rule so oifen-
sive; their sins are visited on his head as if he
were equally guilty with them. The circum-
stances of his future residence in Rome are not
likely to be pleasant, and the statement that
he already contemplatcs adopting Malta as his
home is not surprising.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
WOODFORD AND THE WORLD.

We hope Gen. Woodford will not protest
too much. The Democratic journals are en-
gagged now in desperate effort to entangle
him in unseemly controversy with men whose
slanders it would be discredtable to answer,
even if they could be put into tangible
form. Mr.. Oakley Hall, the Tammany clown,
Mr. James Fisk, the ballet proprietor, and
The World newspaper, which, after denouncinS
the shameless frauds" of one of these per-
sons and the "harems" and "indecency" Of
the other, now makes itself the humble slave
of both, are his only accusers. None of the
respectable members of the Democratic party
are willing to hold themselves responsible for
the attacks of these adventIlrers. Mr.. Ilden
preserves a discreet silence, and even Mr.. IlOh-
man. despite his bondage to Fisk and Tweed,
holds aloof And what are the sins with which
Gen. WOOdfOrd is accusedi The World has
discovered that some years ago, when GER
tain slave-trader was brought to justice, Gen.
Woodford occupied a subordinate position in
the strict-Attorncy's office; that there may
have been negligence in pressing the case
though it has never been shown that there
was; that the negligence Gf there was any
may have been in the District Attorneys Office
though it has never been shown that it was !;
and that, presuming these two hypothesis to
be correct, Gen. WoodfOrd may have been
the person in fault, though of course it may
have been anybody else. We are almost
ashamed to refer to such prepOsterOus in
dictment as this, founded altogether upon gra-
tuitous conjecture and unsupported by a single
fact we mention it only to show how hard
pushed the Democracy must be for charges to
bring against or candidate for Governor.
Yesterday The World originated another
charge still more outrageous. 1t has disc0v-
cred that at one period of his official life
certain men tried to break him by impugn-
ing his motives and charging him with cor
"ruptiOnn He lald his case before Mr.. Charles
O'C0nOr, and with the assistance of that emf
nent Democratic advocate came out of the
furnace of trial without so much as the
"smell of fire on his garments" and Mr..
O'COnOr not only refused to take a fee but
accompanied the refusal with a flattering tesi-
mona of his esteem. This seems to be pretty
conclusive in Gen. Woodford's favor but The
World draws the extraordinary conclusion that
Gen. WoOdfOrds case must have been pretty
bad one, or he never would have gone to
Charles O'COnor for his defense,-in other
words, that Mr.. OC0nOTs clients are all
rogues! We shall not insult the intelligence
of our readers by any comments upon this
argument.
Gen. WOodford ought to perscyeFe in his
resolution to notice none of these absurd and
slanderous attacks at any rate until they are
made by men whose personal character gives
them consequence which they do not possess
in themselves. While his assailants are con-
fined to Messrs. Hall, Tweed, and Fisk, and
the Journals which just for the present are
under the control of those eminent citizens,
we think he has no cause for anxiety.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
Nep'2lork Daily gribltare.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1870.

The Prussans organizing corps of 100000 men at
FOUL 10 operate against Lyons. = strong force OF
Germans have crossed the Rhine at MuhOuse. == Ma
poleOn has written a letter to King William counseing
4 magnanimOus policy. == The Prussans demand
10000 francs indemnity from each Of the Departments
which they occupy, for the expelled Germans. == The
plebiscitum in Rome has been almost unanimous for
King Victor Emanuel = 1t is reported that the Pope
will take up his residence in Malta.
The Powder Works at Pottsvle, Penn, exploded Sat
lray killing two men and destroying several buildings
Three persons were injured by an accident on the
Western Pacific Railroad. == There were large Re
publican gains iu the local elections in Connecticut.
== Philadelphia broker has been swinded out Of
~ 500 ST. Louis has doubled her population in the
ast ten years ===- The Exhibition Of the industrial
products of the Mississippi Valleylopened yesterday,
Horace Greeley delivering the address.
The remains OF Louis MOreau GOttschalk have been
buried in Greenwood === Thomas Wiggns is in the
rOmbs a charge OF killing Joseph Flynn. =-= Com
nunicatOn has been suspended between this city and
Governors Island. Policeman Cynes was stabbed
sunday night by John Brady the wound being prob
ably fatal. == The American Board OF Foreign Mis-
s,ns will meet to-day, at the Academy Of Music, Brook
yn. Gold, 49, l5J, ll3i. Thermometer, ca, CT, 62.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Unquestionably difficult point of the Methodist
discipline is that il imposes clergymen upon churches
and congregations not seldom against their will and
in defiance of their complaints. There IN such
trouble now in Methodist church in Indianapolis
These people wanted to retain their old pastor but
the Conference said No y and sent fresh teacher
There is we believe no other denomination IN this
country, except the Roman Catholics, which is sub
jected to such an embarrassment In a church
chiefly ritualistc and which does not hold the ser
mon in very great account the evil of the system is
much mtigated; but with the Methodists preaching
aud oxtomporo Drawing are tho UrlnciUal business.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

II is very much to be hoped that Q9IakeriSm IS mob
destined to lose all it's original and distinctive Tea
lures: for the world is always in need of std 'na
mcompromising protest against its religious aud
social folies. 1t must be admitted We suppose 'h''
orthodox Quakerism, with its odd clothing ana un,
grammatical dialect and peculiar discipline is i'
disappearing. We confess however that we ie'e
expected to read, we do in Western Journal In"
" the Rer John H. Douglass and the Rer DanIei hlH
of the Society of Friends would be present At wv
" Annual Feast" of the Society yearly Mee,ns-
Reverend, indeed Annual Feast, 10 be sure I'p
what would George Fox have said If such "orul! g
pressions came to his earsf
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

What is Tammanys object in increasing the
police force by "a thousand meni Is the crimi
nal population under Democratic rule multi
plying 80 rapidly that this addition is really
neededf Or is Tammany simply desirous of
swelling the list of its hired retainers at the
public expenses That this last is the main OBJ
Ject seems manifest by the extreme difficulty of
hnding any legal justification for the project.
lhe new charter fixes the numbers of the
police force by declaring that they shall not
exceed " the respective numbers now in office
for duty in the City of NewYork under
appointment from the Board of Metropolitan
Pohec' Subsequently, however, the Legis-
iature authorized the Commissioners to appoint
one hundred additional patrolmcn, which has
been done; and if there is anywhere in the
mass OF last Winters legislation any permit
for any further increase. it was smugglcd
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Something came out at the late meeting of
the Boston Baptist Association very unpleasant
TO read, and not agreeable to think about.
The Rev. DR.. Pollard alluded to the number of
disabled and wOrn-out Baptist ministers now in
the most distressed circumstances-the result,
of course, of the easy way in which pastoral
relations, in old times only loOsed by death,
are now dissolved partly through the fault of
the pulpits and partly through the fault of the
pews. DR.. Pollard spoke particularly of one Bap-
tist clergyman who not long since died pauper
in workhouse in Southern Massachusetts,.
This is not only shameful but shabby, and
would furnish about as good an argument as
any opponent of the voluntary system could
desire The Association was SO moved by the
recital that it raised 500 on the spot-which
will support one broken-down minister about
six months
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

A telegram from England makes the following
rather astonishing statement: Margaret Waters
having been found guilty of the willful murder OF
forty infants. has been sentenced 10 be hung lhe
story is not that the woman pleaded guilty bu'
that she "was found guilty. There must have BEEN
therefore, forty distinct indictments and as many
separate trials, if this narrative be true. Allowing
two days for each trial. the Court must have been
occupied for eighty days by Margaret WateHs ousr
ness alone 1t is pretty clear however that nfantl'
eide has become frghtfully common in England MI
Greenwood, in his Seven Curses of London speaks
of Baby Farming" as "a mischief of ggih"
extent.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Alta democratic" caucus-they call It a l'n
"ree"-in Chicago. one Mr. Wilder offered inc =.
nal observation that the Republican parry us'
"origin in war and confusion" This Is aiIoSe'h
new and interesting theory More than MY "A
sand times we have been told hat the W."
confusion had their origin in the hep"o"
party However the matter is not OF mu'" ,y' ra,;.
quence. for this same Mr. Wilder rising TO p'Vpr
cal nights. foretold that the aforesaid hep"O' ',J
party would soon sink so low that no trump "a
lever resurrect it," Mr.. w. must be eage'' ~ .,
for our extinction since he is Obliged a'.u"'g
invent verb to express his uncemproni'S"S
tilitV.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
amussments, eit., CHS gpenina.

BooTH's THEATER.-"Rip Van Wrinkle" Joseph
Jefferson
FIFTH AVENUE THEATTR.-"Man and Wife"
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.--0pera Bouffe lie Petit
Faust"
Nmo's GARpEN.-"T Tcket-of-L Leave Man. Lotta.
WnIACK's THEATRR. THE Rivals" John
Brcughsm, Gilbert
AMERICAN INSTITUTE EXHIBITION, Empire |i'y
hpk. hnisye. and SiIty thirst
SAN FRANCIsCo MINSTRELS, No. $50 brOau"aJ'
Songs dances, eocentoc acts, etc AM.
WOoD's MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE-At % Mp
vsn Wnkle" Ats Humpty Dumpty. jr Kirslr IrooP"
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

The apparent unaDimity of the vote by
which the Romans declared their preference
for the rule of Victor Emanuel over that OF
Plus Mono is a little deceptive, since the Pope
is reported to have ordered his adherents not
70 vote But the large vote fairly expresses me
eagemess with which the Italian people have
sighed for the unifcatiOn of their country.
There is no doubt that the Romans have been
anxious to escape the despotism which circum-
stances of foreign influence less than the dis
position of its rulers had rendered the Papal
Government The TEMPORAL rule Of the PODe
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Later details increase instead of diminishing
the sum total of destruction caused by the
flood in Virginia Throughout the extent of
her water courses from the mountains east
TO the Anna, and west on the lines of the
James. Rockfish, and Shenandoah, the
most serious ravages have been made.
so far over 50 lives are reported lost and
there is strong reason TO fear that the number
may prove still greater The latest dispatches
state that the waters are receding all over the
devastated region.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

AS we suggested yesterday, the engagement
before Paris on September 30 proves to have
been reconnaissance instead of sortie. Gen.
Trochu's official report reduces it to such di-
mensions, and reveals that while the garrison
is yigilant and watchful of the enemy's move
ments. it il not misdirected in vain efforts to
break through the strong lines of the invest
iny army
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

We have heretofore been somewhat proud Of the
precocity of our American boys but begin to
think that here is such thing being little TOO
forward. A band of tender young thieves has been
arrested at Nashua, n. H.-G touTishing and unusn-
ally wel-appointed corps for the little scamps had
500 in the common purse, two guns. number Of
reyolyers whole kcg of gunpowder. and dark
lantern. The youngest Of these infant maraudes
was eight wears old the most venerable had attained
the age of r. They were upon their travels having
come from Manchester. So much for demoranns
pictorial newspapers cheap biographies of celebrated
robbers and rnurderers. and novels with fOotpad
for heroes and prostitutes for heroincs.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

Did DR.. William II. Russell's famous but
fceting connection with an American newspa-
pei prove utterly demOralizngP Here we have
him already denounced by Count Bismarck as
an uttercr of false news about pretended inter
views. If only promising to write for
two cent newspaper has this demoralizing
effect upon him. what dreadful fate would a
performance of his promises entail upon usf
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04
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Address. THE TRIBUNE. New-York
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

If We could have any possible sympathy With any
riot, it would be with that Of laborers wh, having
done their work cannot get the wages thereof a. at
Middletown Conn, where the wor<men the Air
Line Railway, not having for some time seen ths
color of the Companys money, beseged It's Office.
which would have been destroyed but for the inter
position of the military. Why should the Air Linz
Company employ men to shovel and dig if it has no
money TO pay themi How would Director Of th,
Company like to be cheated in that way How
would he like to have not morse Of anything Ia
cook in his kitchon' And how, II somebody owed
him $50 would he like 70 be put OF with an install
ment of SO the sum which, q sedatiye, was paid
10 each of the MddetOwn riotersf
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

through the Legislature 80 adroitly that even
those seeking to benefit by it have had most
protracted labor in finding it. Instead OF IN
creasing the force, would it not be better to
try what virtue there may be in melting out
swift and severe punishment to such criminals
as the present police are able to secure, as a
means of curbing the rampant lawlessness for
which Tammany is mainly responsbleY
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

The Ner- York Weekly is among 'n' 'r,, "y
successful Of the Journals which aim. a. thr't
at combining instruction and amusement Tor '' ne.
OF the family circle. Its editorial depaf'ineu' =, M
ability and diligence, with keen appre'l
wants of the portion OF the public for whom It ' as
ly Intended The original matter OF when II IN IN, %
abundant supply is from the pen Of popular
the number for the present week IL an unusual "
~ interesting articles among which the ."r' !"
Victor Is one Of tho leading ATTRACTIONS
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

The Republicans of Hartford, Conn, did well
at the election for town officers yesterday,
carrying majority of the Board of Selectmen,
and dividing the minor officers with the Dem
ocrats. Last year the entire Democratic ticket
was elected by from 600 to 700 majority.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

For the accommodation of uptown residents,
Mr. f. H. Brown has opened offices at No. a West Thirty
secOndst., junction Of Broadway and SiXh-ave., ana
at No 40 East Eighteenthst., between Broadway and
Fourthave where advertisements for HE TRIBUNE Will
be received up TO a in the evening.
Mr W C. Adams has opened offices at 1,24 Broadway,
and AsOrplace for the reception Of advertisements.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

From our point OF view. We see great trouble in al.
herring to Wesley's rule Of itnerancy il certa,nI,
cannot be productive Of the most alectiop.,e rel.
tions between the pastor and his flock