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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

iti They might rs wen na.o oa
through the Treasury at WaSlli"s'on' p'oo ',
,bn ,mo of day with Secretary boutwell,
- .Lo.orno, certified that his Department.
,Tos in admirable condition, and that iraud OF
JocoIcotion therein could not possibly occur q
pnt no last day of grace has arrived. The
..,,,o6 which the Legislature should have had
IN January. is promised to our citizens early
IN Nav. Let us hope that it will be lucid and
tborouch. and 80 embody answers TO all MIR.
HeniOn's inquiries.
There is every reason that it should be-
We are entering upon an entirely new phase
Of Municipal rule The Legislature has deiin-
itively surrendered that supervision ana control
of our Annual Expenditures wheIewith 1T was
clothed by law when our income and outg0es
were not fOrtieth part of what they now are
"A supervision formerly exercised with signal
benefit. but Of late tainted by systematic cor
ruption Our Common Council, whether act
ing as Board of Supervisors or IN its broader
capacity, has been shOrl of all substantial
power. Hcnceforth, it is a mere pageant or
shadow, like the Roman Senate under the
Emperors In fact, the practical concentration
of all Municipal power in the hands OF four
men reminds us strongly of Imperial Roman
administration our two EmperOrs being
William NJ. Tweed and Peter b. Sweeny
their subordinate Caesars, A. Oakley Hall and
Richard b. Connolly.
We speak of this great change without bit
terness or passion. We do not approve 1T;
yet it is quite possible that it may be an I'M
provement on the status it has superseded.
| If So we shall not hesitate to acknowledge
| the fact.
But such subversion of all precxisting con-
ceptons of popular rule must justify itself by
its fruits or it cannot endure. 1t must reduce
expenditure, curb prohigaCy, and diminish
waste, or submit to a speedy and ignominiouF
| overthrow.
Hence, Messrs. Sweeny, Tweed g. Co. owe
to themselves-to say nothing of the Clty-a
full and clear exhibit of our present Financial
condition. They are assuming great and
perlous responsibility; and every dime OF
outstanding Debt or current Expenditure that
they shall now conceal will rise up against them
when they shall he called to give an account
of their stewardship For their own sakcs
they should begin by telling tho City exactly
what amount she now owes. and what Is the
annual cost of her government. If they SCI
forth the whole truth, they may be able nex
wear tc exhibit saving which they otherwise
could not. Wherefore, we look for an unusu
ally candid and truthful exhibit from the Con
troller in the course of very few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
ERIE NPEEEU

| There is now in the hands of the Governor
awaiting his signature, bill amending and
adding to the Code One of these amendments
is blow at the right of free speech, which
should incte the indignation of every man who
wishes to retain at least the right to criticisC
those proceedings of the courts which are con
stantly depriving citizens of their property
| The amendment in question is an addi-
| ton to the Code which provides that
| courts of record shall have the power
which courts had at common laU To
punish as for cOntempts. Those acts or words
which were contempts at common law are de-
clared to be cOntempts of court now. The
proceedings to punish shall be conducted Gin
such manner as the court shall direct" and
the punishment-which may be by fine or i'm
prisonment or both-shall be Gin the dis.
erection of the court" All inconsistent laws
are repealed.
The object of this is very apparent. AT
of court were very severe. AS the liberty
of the press and freedom of speech ex-
tended, statutes were passed restricting
the power of furnishing for contempt to
certain acts, and within certain defined limits
which insured the deCOrum and good order of
courts, but left to the citizen the right of free
criticism. And the maximum punishment
which could be inflicted in contempt pro-
ceeding was a fine of $3.50 and so days inn
prisonment. All these restrictions and limit
ations are now to be swept away. This
amendment Is designed to prevent the
press and the public from speaking
of the proceedings of certain judges. 1t
is an attempt to choke off all protest against
judicial outrages, by giving the absolutely un-
controlled power to any judge TO fine and
imprison Twenty years Imprisonment and a
fine of 100000 may be legally inflicted. We
are to be brought back TO the stern rules Of
the middle ages, when, for instance, it was a con-
tempt of court for party to cause, upon a
writ being served, to speak with contempt be-
/" fore he knows the contents of the writ, or
receiver comes to seize his prey, one who
speaks with Indignation of the process which
is to deprive him of his property may be i'm
prisoned and fined at the discretion of the
court. We call public attention to this bill
before the Governor signs it, though perhaps
it might be well 10. let it take its course
Any attempt to enforce this outrage against
freedom of speech may at last arouse pa
tient community which has rested quietly under
40 many wTOngs
Among the other provisions Of the amend
ments are the f"ll"Uins' AuaginG tia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

Supreme Court to remove to itself any cause
pending or to be brought in tho Court OF
Common Pleas or the Superior Court-applying
this TO motions heretofore made y allowing
foreclosure suits and partition suits to DO
brought in this district only in the Supreme
Court practically taking away inc Iisn' W
obtain discovery of the DOCKS anu papers
of a corporation; requiring all actions against
corporations TO be brought in the diStnc1
where the principal office of the company -
situated These last provisions are ior inc
benefit of the Erie Railroad Company lhey
are to apply to all actions and proceedings now
pendng. If we had any other Governor than
the one who signed the Erie Directory Dill
the veto power would enable us to contemplate
such legislative enormities with compoSure
not now attainabe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
THE SCOTCHED SNAKE.

Massachusetts, Judge of Probate having
refused TO pay his Income Tax Cs0l oo)' OF
Maid il under protest, claiming that the
salaries paid by States to their officers were
EXEMPT from Federal taxation, the Supreme
Court has affirmed that view; and JUSTICE
Clifford, in pronouncing the decislon' ID re-
ported as follows:
90 tics and other municipal corporations were
created by tho States but the states mere not creded "
The United States, THE States erised as 'ndepehae"
soperetgnties epen before me Union wos Jorn'ed''
Oomments by The Tribune.-Of the thirty
seven States now composing the Union, tmr-
teen existed, but not "as Independent s0ver-
&" eighties. even before the Union was formed"
They were primarily British Colonies, and
would never have dared even to try to be
ANYTHING else, but for their initial, tentative
Union. The soldiers who won their independ-
ence under the primitive Confederation were
known as COntinentals," not as Jerseymeh
or Virginians. The great men who piloted us
through that trying struggle, when they framed
a Federal Constitution. (not league. nor an
alliance), prefaced it with the meaning declar-
alton that "We, the People OF the On'ted
| "Statesn-not 1--WE, the independent SOW
"ereignties of New-York, New-Jersey, Del
"aware" &C., &C., do ordain and establish
this framework of government And, after
Half a Million brave and true patriots have
laid down their lives to establish the fact that
these United States are not a mere conieder-
acy. but vitality, essentially, Nation, greater
iurist than Nathan Clifford will be required to
subvert it.
In our judgment. the Income Tax is invalid
not in part, but wholly, because at war with
that clause of the Federal Constitution which
prescribes the manner in which Direct Taxes
shall be levied When the Supreme Court shall
be ready to deliver judgment on this point
il will be heard by an attentive people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
Freouent reports have lately represented the

Frequent reports have lately represented the
German Emperor as anxious to assume the
role of the late Napoleon III. as the protector
of the Pope, and as emulOus of being pro-
nounced the Best Beloved Son of the Church
TO which he does not belong. The piOus
Emperor of a nation in which Christians of all
denominations enjoy equal privileges, and
fully One-third of whose subjects are Roman
Catholics, is not likely to waste an opportunity
of making popularity with such of them as
recognize the Pope as their spiritual head.
We can readily recognize Bismarck 8
prompt protection of the Archbishop of
Paris, who is in the hands of the
Commune, and the Prussian Kings re-
spectful letter to the Pope at the beginning of
the late war, as wise though little strokes of
policy; but neither the Emperor nor his Minis
ter is so foolish as to break the relations of
amity and concord with Italy, or, more serious
still, to violate the German idea of the national
right of the Italians to possess their Legitimate
Capital, by interfering to prevent Victor
Emanuel from occupying Rome. Hence we
have a very prompt denial of the absurd re-
port which lately prevailed that the Emperor
had promised to interpOse in the matter and
maintain the Pope in his temporal possessions.
Such action would not strengthen him abroad
and it would very certainly affect his popu-
larity with his strong Lutheran and Calvin
istic subjects at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

Our Washington letter which we publish
this morning, upon the history of the Ala
bama claims, is timely and comprehensive
summary of the arguments in the case 1t
gives with great detail the facts and positions
upon which the American Commissioners have
relied in the discussions which have just
ended and it will be regarded as subject
of cOngratulation by every one that spirit
so reasonable and candid seems to have IN
spired the deliberations of the Commas
sion. If the information we have re-
ceived in regard to the report OF the
Joint Commission is entirely correct all
the essential points embraced in the long cor
respondence between our Government and
the British Cabinet will be found to have
been conceded by the latter in the report now
drawing up Such report will be OF course
promptly accepted by the Executive and the
Senate The English Commissioners have
| certainly not acted without full knowledge OF
the feelings and the attitude of their Govern
ment at home. 1t is therefore to be hoped
that this standing menace to the peace OF The
world may be finally disposed of in an honor
able and satisfactory manner for both the
| DartieS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
1yoTUER LONDON CONFERENCE.

Prince Kung having copied the example OF
Prince Gortschakoif and given formal notice
to the diplomatic body at Peiin that China
can no longer hold herself bound by the pro-
visions of existing treaties, we are curious
to know whether Lord Granville will propose
another London Conference to talk the matter
over When Russia tore up the treaty of 1856,
the Great Powers, unwilling to fight, invited
her to what has been aptly called a ratification
meeting, whereat party of amiable gentle
men went through the farce of absOlylng the
Car from obligations which he had already
repudiatcd. If the precedents of that case are
to be followed in the Chinese difficulty, we
suppose the next foreign-0lice blue-bOok will
contain a correspondence 10 the following eff
feet
Prince Rung 10 Sir Rutherford Aleoek-We have irrev
ocably determined not to treaties any longer
Lord Granville 10 Prince Kung.-Will your lIighness
please be moro polite Suppose you aud talk Il
over Then you do what you like.
Prince X. 10 Lori G.-CertaIny. But sha'nt change
my mind for anybody.
Then the Conference will meet, and sOlemnly
resolve that whereas obligations are Obliga-
tory, therefore China is at liberty to repudiate
her cOmpacts with the Western Powers and
do whatever she likes; and the British press
and Parliament will hail this az "a great dip
"lomatic victory" and a formal recognition
of " the binding force of treaties" That is to
say, if Great Britain consider that Russia and
China are to be treated by the same rule.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
THE FINANCES or OUR CITY.

A correspondent, who, we are confident, Is
utterly unconscious of what Artemus Ward
calls "sarkasum," writes as follows:
To the EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR MY curiosity has been little excited by reading
in the papers report Of money raised by the sale OF
bonds for the support OF the City Government OF the
City OF NewYork. VIII you, if consistent with your
duties journalist, please state in THE TRIBUNE how
much money raised in your City by Bonds, Tax Levy,
City Taxes and ApprOpriations7 Also how much for
opening Streets building Wharves and other expenses
pertaining theretoi Also for Parks, ParadeGrounds,
and every other expense pertaining to the Cityf Ny
object is to find the entire of running the City Gov
eminent, as well as the County Government.
Yours truly, H. HENIoN
Seneca Falls, N. T., April 25, 1871.
Response by The Tribune.
We most respectfully assure our correspond
ent that to give the information he seeks is
quite consistent with our "duties as a jour
"nalist," but not with our opportunities. We
cannot lay hands ON it. 1t ought to be free
and common as light and air. but is not. The
humblest citizen may know, if he will, at each
months end, whether the Federal Government
has or has not reduced the sum of its in
debtedness during that month, how much
money is in its Treasury, what part of it is
com, &c, &c. And one of the gravest accu-
sations against those who administer that
Government is that they upon reduced
scale of taxation, are paying off the Public
Debt with extravagant, damaging rapidity.
Hundreds of taxes, alike on Imports and
on domestic operations and products, have
been taken off, while others have been
materially reduced, since Gen. Grant became
President, yet the Opposition clamOr against
paying the Debt so rapidly rather increases in
violence and volume. 1t is the first time an
Administration was ever so stoutly assailed
for devoting too small share of its National
income to its current expenses.
As to our City's Finances, no kindred com
plant is or can plausibly be made. In fact,
il is so long since we had any systematic ex-
hibit of her Financial condition, that we could
not state the present amount of her Debt
within Five Millions of Dollars. And we
could not come much nearer the sum total Of
City and County expenditure for the last fiscal
year.,
OF course, this ought not to be. A clear ami
full expose Of our City's finances and outg0es
should have gone up to Albany preliminary to
any action upon the Annual Tax Levy. The
law of our State used imperatively to require
this; but it is quite probable that this has been
repealed in some unnoted clause Struggled into
last years Levy. At all events, 1t must be
nearly two wears since our citizens had any
opportunity afforded them to judge with what
fidelity and fIugality their Finances man
aged. Several most respectable citizens were
shown something last Fall with regard to
the Controllers record of Stock and Bond
issues and redemptions, and they certified
that this was all right. OF course, they
stated what they believed; but what OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

Judge Blatchford is to announce to-day his
decision in the suit of the unfortunate En-
glish shareholders against the illegal stock
manufacturing firm which is making Erie
bankrupt. 1t is already understood that the
rulings are in favor of the E0glish litigants,
but whether the decision is to help them to
their own depends very largely on the inge-
nuity of the Erie managers; and their experience
in the law has been such as to warrant grave
suspicion that they will find a convenient bubble
or an obliging court to help them out OF their
present predicament. That their new situa-
ton under this ruling is q serious one the
Erie managers themselves fully recognize, but
| they are not men to falter at difficulties or
hesitate at the means of retrieving their fall
| ing fortunes. Some desperate remedy Will
doubtless be devised, but it can hardly avail
| them long. Public patience has been nearly
| exhausted by the contemptuOus delays and
| rascally lodges to which these men have re-
| sorted to maintain their profgate and ruinous
power, and feathers weight more of fraud
or bubble may break the back Of the
camel. They may then find to their dismay
that it is safer trifing with State courts ana
Federal officials than with public opinion. Mr.
! Gould has been directed to appear before
Master Equity White on the orders OF
court whose authority he will not question nor
dare disrespect; and we are, therefore, hopeful
of a solution Of the mystery which Gould has
so carefully and persistently concealed as to
who made the fraudulent transfer OF the
30 900 shares of the English stockholders upon
which an over-issue of stock was made. lhls
investigation is of deep import to Wall-st, as
well as to the English stockholders, and in
deed to every commercial and financial III
| terest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29
Nem!a1ork Daily gribaare.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30. 1871.

The Versailles troops have gained important strategi
cal positions before Paris NJ Theirs thinks the end OF
the warts now at hand The Prussians have demanded
the return OF six siege guns taken by the insurgents
The Commune is enforcing the levy en- ladsse In Paris
The habeas corpus has been suspended in portion
Of Ireland - proposition for a union OF the lower
provinces Canada is to be brought before the Leisa
tive Council Of New Brunswick.
The President has returned to Washington. -- The
Bonnet Care crevasse is LEO feet wide. - The
total population Of the United States is Ss,547534 -
The rumored changes in the Cabinet are authortavely
denied - Sixty Illicit dstilleries have been sup
pressed in Georgia and Florida. -= The Germans or
Pittsburgh VIII hold their peace jubilee on Monday=
Two mailcoaehes have been destroyed by Indians In
Arizona, and several persons murdered.
One killed and four others were injured last
evening nv Swo explosions of steam apparatus. =- A
committed suicide by drinking prussc acid. - Gold,
ILL., 1lOI, ll1s. Thermometer 45o, $50, $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

The Times quotes our reiterated averment
that we fully recognize the right of each Re
publican to be a Free-Trader or a Protection
ist. as to him shall seem good, without I'M
parchment of his fidelity, so long as he supports
and votes for the regular Republican candi-
dates, and says:
Precisely so-and THE TRIBUNE further 'nssts' on
the right OF calling each Republican,. who takes the
liberty of following his 'own understanding and judg-
ment., 'liar' or fool Villain, and pro
claiming to the public that he has been bought with
British gold That is TIE TRIBUsEs idea OF freedom
Of opinion when 1t reduces its system to practce LII
wants tho widest possible latitude for ITSELF and takes it;
but it would knock down anybody who dared to claim
the same liberty"
- Readers of TIE TRIBUNE know that the
truth is otherwise-that no one has been called
"a liar,' or "fool," or "villain," by us for any
such reason as The Times alleges; and as to
British gold" we have never mentioned it
except when challenged to to so by our antag-
onists. owe had heard before that murderers
not only evince mortal fear of ghosts, but
are apt to start at apparitions which others
cannot perceiye.)
The Times resents as caricature our state
ment that it has urged the Republicans of our
State to recover their ascendency by counting
the Germans and, to this end, go in strong
"for boundless Lager" Such we repeat, was
the drift and purport of at least two recent
editorials in its columns, as well az of the
TRADES Of its favored correspondent, Carl Ben
son, against aquarial" legislation. The Times
has but to quote the gist of those articles to
show that we have reproduced its positions
with substantial accuracy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

It is ga middle" still in the PennsyiVa ~,
coal region, and the operators betray' no uo,
position to clear up the difficulties except "pon
the;r own terms While these on the one
hand are very positive, the oper"','.9 .ho;r
other are seemingly as stubborn-a' ,e"s' 'nuL
Committees are-and present hopes Oh an o"'
compromise are daily becoming weaker Sa.,.o "A
few of the more sensible miners Oh scranton D
have packed up their worldly goods ana moveu
westward,-which we say emphatlcaiiy Is
move in the right direction. 1t may not solve
the coal problem or affect the miners who stay
and strike. but it will very certainly mend the
fortunes of the emigrants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

We have details of more Outrages by New
Mexican Indians. There is little doubt that
the savages in this remote district and partic-
ularly along the Mexican frontier, have been
very demonstrative lately, but past experience
warns us to be wary of crediting all reports
that come to us from that region. We lately
had a sensational story of the massacre of 40
United States soldiers by Mexican troops in
pursuit of Indians, but it still lacks confirma-
ton. The present story is less sensational,
and, more's the pity, less suspicious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-29

The Versailles troops have carried position
on the right.fank of Fort D'Issy which Presl-
dent Theirs, addressing the Assembly yester-
day, declared with tears in his eyes was
most advantageous strategical position gained.
This advantage is yet to be developed The
success brings the Versailles army a little
nearer the formidable French battery at lie
Point du Jour, which the Sevres batteries have
not lbeen able to reduce, and it makes Fort
D'lssy untenable by the Commune but it does
not by any means give the besiegers possession
OF that work, for it is covered by the ramparts
and batteries in the rear. To all present APP
pearanees the success is only contraction of