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New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Japanese politics are not 80 readily under
stood by foreigners that there should be no
wide difference of opinion among them; and
the letter from o TRIBUNE correspondent at
Yedo, published to-day, though giving ma
terially different picture of public affairs in
japan from that which we have heretofore
received, is only taken from another point of
view. Our correspondents opinions of the
situation are somewhat discourasing, but we
are glad to know that no recent cable ad-
vices indicate that the late democratic move
mcnt in Japan was unsuccessful or retrogres-
sivc. The picture which is drawn of the
fallen state of the ex-TycOon, now only chief
of the Tokugama clan, is curious, and suggest
i've of the changed condition of the country.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
NEXT


Shall wo ever get to tho tettom Of this dung
heap of corruption which has been uncovered
hy the exposure Of the Tweed conspiracy
livery day we mako new discovery. anu as
the foul mass is rakcd over we find all man.
ner Of unexpected things underneath it. Here
is Mr. James O'Brien's little bill, Endorsed by
tno h Committee OF ocventy, "..,. "N"' '"'ha W.
Controller Connolly, locked in the embrace OF
Mr. George Jones. Mr.. Twced's charter Is
seen to be the manufacture of renegade Ke'
publicans, and Mr.. Tweed himself to be editor
of the principal Republican newspaper of tho
State capital. The Albany Erening Joxraa has
bcen prctcrnatrrnlly solemn and distressingy
virtuous in its hOmlies over Twecds iniquity |;
it has been inexpressibly shocked at the mere
name of Tammany Republican; has held
that TIE TRIBUNE ought to be ashamed OF
itself; and has improved the occasion of the
ruin of the Ring to offer most beautiful re-
marks upon the wiokedness Of being vicious
and the propriety of being good. But it turns
out that while the charter was under discus
sion in March and April, 1870, Mr. Tweed him
self held the pen of revision in the office OF
that very paper; the leading articles on the
reorganization Of tho government of New
York City were submitted to tho Boss for
approval and it is stated by The Argus (Which
probably knows great deal about the secret
service money of Tammany) that for the
valuable assistance it rendered to the Ring
The Journal was handsomely paid.
The present editors Of The Journal have suc-
ceeded to power since that happy period, and
VIC must believe them when they assure us
that, whatever baser mcn may have done, they
have never invited Mr. Tweed to dictate the
policy of the paper. and never got any OF his
money But shall the fame Of political instl-
tuition like The ErcAin0 journal be carried in
the pockets of the obscure individuals who
happen for the moment to be its managers
Editors may come and editors may 60, but
The Ereniog Journol goes on forever. II it has
no better defense to offer than this mild dis
caimcr of personal responsibility by the gem
tlemcn who now write for it-a sort of confes'
sion and avoidance which no court of public
opinion could accept-wc must throw it aside
with the many other shattered idols that now
srew the political highway. What humbug
shall bs discovered ncxt'
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

"The proceedings of Grand Juries in this
city of late" says The Times, would go far
to strengthen the theory that the institution
answers no useful purpose" With Difference
to superior wisdom, we must dissent from this
opinion. The juries answer well enoughi it is
tho witnesses who don't answer. In tho time
of Queen Elizabeth one who "stood mute,
answering nothing" when Intercepted by
the Court, was condemned to the peins forte
ct dHre, and in the interests Of truth and JUS
ticc We are half inclined to regret that Ikey
" Oliver" the other day could not try that pow
erful incentive to loquacity upon Mr.. George
Jones. Mr.. Jones, for instance, would have
been stripped and laid upon bis back, with q
sharp stone (from the new Court House, just
under bis spine, and shutter on his belly.
Then weights would have been piled upon the
shutter. and with drink Of dirty water one
DAY, and a handful of corn the next, Nix, Jones
would have been left in that. pistlfuAqus pssi.
ton until he told what he knew about ulrs
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

The mOnstrous outrage on law, humanity,
and order, perpetrated by the Spanish Volun-
teers al Havana, will once more call the atten-
ton of the civilized world to the unhappy
condition of Cuba. The Volunteers have
gradually gained possession of the island, and
now administer affairs by mob law with mill
tary machinery. Spain has virtually abdicated,
and though the Captain General made show
of refusing to give up to the rufians the
students who had desecrated the grave of Gen.
Castanon, he surrendered at more urgent
demand 1t now stands on record that this
brutal soldiery took from the civil authorities
eight of these boy-studcnts, condemned them
at the dr,m-head and put them summarily to
death. This atrocious murder is more con-
spicuous than many that have preceded it, but
is not greater outrage 1t ought to raise an
inquiry among other nations as to the prOpriety
of intervening in the interests of humanity.
Civilization cannot look on calmly while these
lawless butchers rule Cuba with bloody
hand.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

There have been 80 much sophistry and
special pleading at every defense of the Ring
thieves, that most people will be surprised to
learn that Hagcrty and Baulch, tine voucher
purloiners, have actually been committed with
ont bail. Everybody knows that these precious
rascals. bcdcckcd with diamonds and gayly
attired though they are, are not defended by
counsel of their own, bnt Of tho greater
scamps whom they represented in the robbery.
Even the legal counsel, however, which have
taken up the cause of these jeweled janitors
have not been able to save them from Judge
Bedford's ruling; and his decision that the
indictment was legally found. and that the
prisoners shall not be admitted to bail. will
meet the approval of all candid men.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

As we noticed, the other day, the people OF
Brussels, having gained ono peaceful victory,
are in the mood for trying their strength still
further. N. dc Decker. having been oom-
pelled to resign the Govcrnorship Of Limburg
by the popular clamor tho sovereign people
are poY making demonstration against the
Ministry which upheld him and is Of his way
Of thinking. The Belgian Cabinet is just now
Roman Catholic, but the parties, which orc
pretty evenly divided, have Protestant pre-
dominance; so the populace call upon the
Ministry to resign. The Belgian people are
pretty liberal, but their temper is described "a
dangerous"
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

The times have changed. The journal of
that name has lately enjoyed such Pc
culiar and profitable intimacy with ex-
Sheriff James O'Brien as to be able, when he
found he could not force the Ring into paying
his claim of Quarter of Million of Dollars,
to procure from him the proofs of the Rings
villainy, which he was willing to suppress for
this consideration. In grateful return, The
Times exerts all its influence, public and pri-
vate, to secure the election of Mr.. James
OBrien to the New-York Senate. Yet it has
been just four years since, in it's issue of the
4th November, 1867, when this same ballOt-box
strfer and inventor Of tho art of cOrrupting
the franchise by repeating was candidate
for Sheriff, The Times held this editorial Ian
guage concerning him:
ut extraordinary certainly that any party should
be content with such candidate for Sheriff the main
wing Of tho Democrats running. party must have
either altogether lost Its sefrespect. been brought
very thoroughly under the control Of its elements
when matter Of choice. 1t presents candidate for
such an Office who has served part Of term on
Blackwers Island"
And day later it says
"Neher Of the Democratic candidates for Sheriff Is
worthy OF support, either on personal political
grounds: both belong to that class Of politicians who
seek Office solely to help themselves and who degrade
any office they hold"
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
SHALL AMNESTY BE COMPLETE


That the President will recommend in his
Message and Congress promptly pass an act
of sweeping Amnesty, seems to us inevitable.
We pretend to no special sources of informa-
ton, and certainly have not been taken into
the secret counsels Of the President; but the
time has palpably come when such a measure
can no longer be postponed. On this point
no argument is needed.
Shall there be made any exceptions to the
scope of this measured In other words, Shall
certain eminently obnoxious persons be ex-
cepted from its operatiOnf
Let us put the case in the broadcst light, by
supposing that the President of the defunct
Southern Confederacy-he and none other
should thus be excepted, would there be either
wisdom or justice, dignity or policy, in such
exception
We once went bail for Jefferson Davis, whom
we had never before met, not because we had
any affection or sympathy for him, but because
his longer confinement without trial and con-
yiction was condemned by every consideration
of equity and by the plain letter of the Fed.
eral Constitution. The With Amendment of
that instrument expressly stipulates that
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy
the 10 speedy ana puDuO tIIdl, Ny
jury Of the State and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed" &c.
In plain defiance of this provision, Jefferson
Davis was kept in Jail two years, always ready
and anxious for trial, but never allowed it.
No judge Of any respectable court could have
denied him haLeas corpus and liberation
on proof of the undeniable facts. His longer
confinement untried would have been naked
act Of lawless violence, backed by military
power. 1t had no justification in public ne
cessity. no effect but to make him hero and
martyr in the apprehension Of five millions,
who would have blamed him as the cause of
their defeat had he escaped from the country
at the collapse of the Rebellion.
Suppose he were now to be made the sole
exception from General Amnesty, he would
again be lifted into distinction and honor in
the apprehension of every mOurner over the
grave of the Lost Cause. In their eyes, he
would have been invested by the Government
with patent Of nobility more enviable than
any king could bestOw. From the mere Presi.
dent of an Insurance Company, he would he
transfgured into the one only man whom this
mighty Republic still feared and dreaded. lie.
would be cnsh,incd in milionsof hearts as a
sufferer for their sakcs, and thcncefOrth walk
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

The action of tho Committee of Seventy
asking Mayor Hall to resign, and threatening
his removal by the Legislature, is just the
kind of notice to quit which ought to 90
served on that airy but callous official. The
Mayor has himself shown how utterly unfit he
is for his position; his only defense of his
signing the millions of fraudulent warrants Oh
the City Treasury was that his signature was
only matter of form-as though he were
only Mayor pro .forma. And after making this
weak defence of his dereliction of duty, he
has continued to hold his Office with utter in
difference to the disgrace which his neglect or
dishonesty had brought upon him. Since Mr..
Hall has shown that he considers his official
duties merely nominal, he must not be sur
prscd if the citizens ask him to give way to
q real Mayor.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

The art of repairing damaged bodies has been car
ried far indeed, in Paris by Yankee, Of course Dr.
Charles B. Brigham. He took in hand soldier who
had been grievously dsintegrated on one OF tho "a"
battle fields He made for the brave new nose.a
new upper lip glass eye. and set OF teeth; sn'
having thus thoroughly restored the mans counte-
nance he took him to the residence of NJ Ihiers Wts
the view probably Of encouraging that nnfo1uhaee
statesman. who is just now trying the rhnopISu'
and other reparatve arts apon fair France lee'n
she has no particular for, at present; she mas
never seen far ahead with her natural eyes, ana p0
sibly it would do her no harm to try glass ones
she is to have new upper lip. it should bo SUN
one if new nose it should he long one, 'ha'
kind being thought (by old Napoleon) to lndica'0
political sagacity. We want to witness the TRIUMPH
OF DIR. Thicrs assisted by DIR. Brigham, the s'e"'
Yankee restOrcr.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

When Elder Llndlcy says las he did in Williams
burgh the other day. that the Mormons are Gods
chosen people, that He is working. that the dcstruc.
tOn of Chicago is but drop of water to what will
soon happon," we feel sort of contempt for Sucl
laundering, mouthing. ranting and decidedly
absurd Ezekiel Yet there have been learned and
respectable Doctors of Divinity who have said.
though perhaps with little moro refinement. sub
stantially the same thing. to tho grim qualification
Of hocks slightly self-suhicient. Logically. tho
prosperity which is declared to have perverted the
Chicago heart was just as much judgment. God
was no kinder in raining down good fortune than in
sending down the all-consuming fire. Thefrst luck,
happy as its seemed, was as nfecitous as the last
We are poor creatures indeed. if we are always IN
danger of tumbling into the diocy Of giving thanks
for blessings which arc no better than 80 many
curSca
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
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Victims"
F,lru AVENUE TnEATER. "DivOrcc"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE," Paris.
IhNA EpwIN's 1HEATER-Opera Bouiie " Ie Font
De. Sonoirs" Mile. Aimee
NIBLO's GARDEN" Our American Cousin. Ho'n-
.
OLYMPIC TuRATER. AT and at 8: "Humpty
pumpt,." q. 4. Pcr
ST. JANIS THE ,TlR-" Ca:arina."
THIRTY -rorRTn-sT. TnK>TEH.--Varicty Company
IJNION.sQUARE THEATER.-At q and at s: variety
Conpsny. ',
WALI,cK'S TnEATER.-"R Rosedale." l.. Waiiach'
EMPIRE RINK.-P. T. Barnnm's Museum '''h
sserie Hp7oirone and Circua Day and Night ,
NRw-ioIx CRCrs. Fourteenth-st. between ih''"
sDd Fo1rth svc5 ~ sniaia =,
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New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

1t is the opinion of The Phodr'phid Press that tho
next generation of Virginians will not despise Tie
lean, cadaverOus Yankee" Perhaps. after ALL even
the present generation does not "despise' the men
Of New-England. however they may have been
traped by their old politicians to an inheritance OF
hatred. Moreover, assert. with fear at oil "f
Intelligent contradiction. that tho Yankees are no
leaner and not shade moro cadaverons" than
hundreds upon hundreds Of tobacco chewing Nir
gninns The traditional stage Yankee, bony cxpec-
torating. shufling. drawling. and nasal exists
where except in tho theater. The lingo spoken by
the comedians in Yankee parts they are called 10
spoken by nobody else II Yankee, made up ~
the property man makes up Sam Slick or IIezckiah
Dooittlc. should appear in the streets of any New
England village. he would be taken for an escaped
lunatic and have a crowd of boys at his heels in.
stantiy.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

On the second page of The TRIBUNE to-
day will he found long and interesting
report of a conversation held with prominent
Arizonian by Our Washington Correspondent.
A great deal of needless acrimOny has been
aroused by the numerous press comments on
Mr.. Vincent COlyer's report but in this cor
respondence the whole case, so far as he is
concerned, seems to be fairly and justly
stated. 1T has been apparent from the first that
this excellent and well-meaning gentleman
has no very intelligent views on the subject
which he assumes to settle.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Gov. Scott of South Carolina, in his message
to the Legislature yesterday, has recourse to
a very neat device to conceal further the real
condition of the State finances. He put the
debt at &s, s,52s,504 in September last; now he
acknowledges to sum which falls only
little short of twelve millions. AS we have
already shown, however, by clear figures, the
debt really is sl5,sO6,90s, and of this amount
more than niue and half millions arc In
bonds sold or hypothecated in New-York by
State Agent Kimpton. 1t is apparent that
Gov. Scott excludes these hypothccatcd bonds.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

1t is an encouraging sign that the Grand
Jury now in session, considering the crimes
of the Ring, ask further time to prosecute
their Investigations. 1t shows that the jurors
are determined to go to the bottom of things,
and that their determination brings them
much labor. 1t is to be hoped that Judge
Bedford will see the way clear to enlarging
the term of the Grand Jury, so that, for once,
it may make clean sweep.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Winter has closed in with unusual severity in
the North West, and accounts of intense cold
and heavy SHOWS reach us from many points
On the line Of the Union Pacific Railroad
there has been an extraordinary fall of snow
considering the season is yet comparatively
early; and at some places nearer East the
thermometer has been more than twenty de-
grees below zero. Travel is likely to be i'm
peded on the railroads; but thus far, Winter
transit on the trans-cOntinental line has been
less embarrassed than was expected.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
Joseph Hume, in his place in Parliament in

Joseph Hume, in his place in Parliament in
1925 spoke tho Free Trade science and selfish
ness of the whole middle class of England
when he declared that he desired to see the
manufactures of the continent strangled IN
g the cr.dle." All right! Throttle the indus
trial babes of both continents if you can; but
do not call your murder Fraternity, and invoke
us in tho name of Science and Humanity to
aid you In destroying our country's industrial
Life and giving you the monopoly of selling
US gaoGs at your own prices and on your own
terms.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
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tbefta. or else confessed that he did not know
anything. But since tho Revised statues un-
fortunately give tho Grand Jury no autnorly
to enforce this ancient penalty for contumacy'
The Times perhaps does wisely in recommend
ing people to keep their expectations do"p
" 70 a very moderate point"
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Journalists who have copied the charges OF nv
Times against our municipal authorities VIII "
paincd to learn, on the authority Of that emins''
newspaper ITSELF that tho accusations are all iAi''
If tho editor Of The TRIBUNE" said The I'~" yes
terday. has 10 proof against either Of these men
other than the facts and figures published ~ ~.
Times" then he has been chsttering slander WIN
little sense Of responsibility as maspie" In,
very bad It does not affect ia. for We have C'n''
proof but Just think where 10 leaves Inc Ifm~'
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

We notice that a cable has been laid between ~.
gasaki. JAPAN and Possictte in Siberia Conne''.v
is made at tho latter point with the lines ., ~.
Great Northern Telegraph Co. which unite WIN .u
general system of European Toegraphs, ana 'nlv"s
u,esO with American Nnes Although notice w.
Gently published of interruption to the Jepeu '"~
municatiOu. it ~ by thus rvulo lcJsabhsns'
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

which amount to $s773.ooo. from bis state
ment of the debt This may be called, in the
usual juggle of dishonest finance, floating
"debt: !" but how are the bonds to be redeemed
by bankrupt treasury
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Ex-Controller Connolly is understood to nave Oe0.
partner with the Sheriff in the business OF Keep.s
II sponging house in Ludlow-st. Jail. why snv0I
no take the pleasurcs Of captivity at the Nex..~.
Hotel when he can have the freedom OF MS o"n'
tablshment for go week. with tho advan1ss' y.
knowing that share Of what no pays on! " ".
hand will come back into the other in the snsp0
division Of prOfts II Mr. Connolly canoGWc
suroties. lot him by all means 90 to his own )a"
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

The festivities in honor of the son of the
Gar were fifty opened last night at the Navy
Yard. The stalwart young gentleman will
need all his endurance to meet the perspect
I've of gaycty which is stretching out before him.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
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FIRE IN GEORGIA.

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THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE will he ready this
morning at O'Clock in Wrappers for mailing Price
r,
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
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Ard aavS vouru<ixes

"For.' says Mr. Gladstone, with some degree Of
truth, il with somewhat too much generality. lit "
the individual mind tho individual conscience. tho
individual character. ON which mainly human hap
piue.s or hu,am misery depends:" aud this NAY be
true. politically speaking. Of tho individual man ~
on" af tho mass though it might bo unA,e and an-
fam ii applied 70 this man or that n private Der
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29
civic stables.

We find in The Poston Comnonrsolh q story 40
refreshing that few moro such instances of mag.
nanlmity would make the arid field Of politics to
blossom like rose garden. The writer knows "an
estimabe official" who was once candidate for
reelection to an important body Of which he WAS
then presiding officer. DESTROYS OF reelection. hs
would have becn reelected had not personal and
political friend of his run against him and beaten
him. After a while the people called the first OF
these men to 60 mp higher" md. position OF tho
irstclass in his gift becoming vacant he bestowed
it upon his old competitor and successful rival
His old age,' says The Commonwealth. will doubt
less be full Of peace" There is melancholy snG'
geston in this that the generons-minded man iswei
advanced in years. if not absolutely fallen into tho
sere and yellow: and we mourn for this because.
when he dies. wo do not believe that there viii ID
another man like him left in Massachusetts, or any,
where else
New-York tribune., 1871-11-29

Mr.. Gladstone in his extremely sensible speech at
Greenwich, told his auditors mot tO look to tho
Legislat,lre for the radical removal Of tho evils
which afliot human life.' The great statesman
quoted IN entire appreciation this verse from re-
Gently published look Of forms and songs for public
Occasious:
rsspls hssssAous The laAd.
Jois In s band
And yoursevest
nyss wsulA hsppy h.
FIRE fto. all slavery.
Danish all kaAvesy,