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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
LYING IS 4 ZINE LIT.

That the world may be governed, parties
built mp and overturned, great questions of pub
lie policy decided by simple, naked, solid lying,
is a proposition which we are 10th to assent
to. If it be sound, then the universe cannot
he rightly constituted. Yet how many are
seen to put faith in it, living and lying as if
there were no doubt of It's automatic certainty !!
Thus The Citizen and Round Table, edited by
one of our new NJ. C.'s elect, holds forth in
this fashion:
"Onr shiping il gone trade IA dying. and the people
are suffering; hut coal is trcHy dodrs 'n, and The
menopOsi. happy Let IA all vote Tor an increase
OF the tariff"
Protection has brought coal down rom Eve dollars %
ttreag d0UGrs . TIM"
'Tlc cheapenng process OF Pro cotton has dobicd he
Price oC iron and Gcbcd me price Of coa We hope our
high tariff men will not try TO reduce fresh commodities
II YOU do not like paying twenty dollars tnn for
coal fellow citizens you can buy mine for yourselves
That is the Radical doctrine"
'Ihe exclusion OF Naya Scotan coal from our ports u
the reason The SHE reason why American monopoliNis
can carry te price Of this first necessity OF life to tho
cnormou, figure at which It now rules Had there been
no tariff our laboring would have been able ~ night
the bittor weather Of the present Winter with compare
tive ease"
The writer Of The above assertions knew
at all events had no right to make them and
not knOw-that the price of American Bituml-
nous Coal (the only Coal which is not admit
ted to our ports free Of duty is just the same
to-day rs il was three months acO-S1f per
tun. So, when the operators and miners OF
the Anthracite region got into quarrel two
years ago. and left our market unsnpplled with
their product, the miners Of American Btuml-
nous Coal kept right on, pouring their product
into our market and selling it at the same
price as before. They had no hand in the
Anthracite quarrel; they did not take advan-
tage of it to raise their prices; yet they are to
be punished for the fcud in the Anthracite
region, whereof they are as innocent as the
babe unborn.
The journals of our City have mainly done
their worst TO enable rapacious holders OF
Anthracite TO treble its price and tempt
holders Of Biluminous TO follow their exam
pie by panc-maling on the subject Of our
stock of fuel but they have not succeeded.
There has been no day yet in which good
Anthracite could not be bought in our City
for S. TO So per tun according to the elastic
tonghneSs of the sellers conscience. IL will
probably be lower before il is higher, unless
the timorOus can be melted to rush TO the
dealers and fill their vaults with Coal that
they do not need The Free-Trade Oracles
are evidently working for this but with no
very obvious success. They would like i'm
mcnsely TO have Coal bullcd mp 10 80 per
tun, but they viii not be gratiiied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

"oro watching tho white men OF thelr
" ocnuaintance, and have never yet been
"obIe N detect any who leave home secretly
",t NIGHT or who betray in the morning the
"iodcd onnearance of watchers or hard riders.
"rbo voices Of the midnight regulators cannot
che recogpized. The Khan come, M 1t were,
"out of the ground, and disappear just as
"mysteriously. Who are theyf The super
"stitious fancy that they are the ghosts OF the
"Confcdcrate dead, who scour the southern
Gland at night on phantom horSes' to nght
"tbe wrongs Of their suffering countrymen and
d" strike terror to the guilty hearts OF barba-
"rians and carpet-baggers.'
An tbis system of terrorism and murder
seems 10 this shameless writer. and to the
journal which employs him, the simplest thing
IN tbo world. He says cit IL the OutgrOwth
" of had lccislation,n and goes on TO explain
chat IL il the natural result of the feeling OF
intoIeroble wrong reused in the minds of the
vorpr gentlemen of South Carolina by the
sncctacle of negroes voting and holding
Office. He takes gloomy view of the future.
He says the efforts which have been made
TO win the negroes over to the Conservative
q" side in politics have been abandOncd.p 1t
yas better fun to murder them than to try 50
GET their votes. "The only hope the white
"peoplc of the State have of relief from the
domination of m inferior race is III the sue
cess Of the Democratic party in the next
" Presidential and Congress elections"
Gen Frank Blair knows his people better
than the dilettante politicians who imagine
they make campaigns and public opinion in
the Manhattan Club. The Democratic party
has no reason but one to exist; and that IS
the blind hate and ignorance of solid and
c0npact mass Of the mOurners of Slavery,
allied with the Northern party OF corruption
and plumber. The prosperous gentlemen who
make their living ont of this party would
doubtless ike well enough to wash their hands
of such vulgar stains AZ come from midnight
outrage and murder. But if they attempt to
cover I'D these infamies by Sneering apologies
OF dishonest silence, they must assume their full
responsibility. In the lines we have quoted
lies the inevitable programme of the Demo
cratic party for the next election. This maiig-
nant minority has not yet accepted the results
of the war and of the legislation that has fol-
lowed The huckstcrs who make trade OF
prinriplcs would not hesitate TO cast their
State secession record behind them, if they
could gain anything by it. But the unrepont-
ant maraudrrS of the South and their ignorant
sympathizers OF the West viii continue to die
tate for them their platforms and their policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
Daily Gribmnt.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1871.

The signing Of the treaty of peace Is Officially an
nounced by the Emperor William =-== The French As
semby did not meet yesterday, but protest against
cesson Of territory is expected from the members OF the
Lett z= Serious disturbances have occurred M Paris
police agent being thrown intothc seine and drowned
So Only 10000 German troops are TO enter Paris.
In the Senate yesterday, the POst-Ohce Appropriation
bill was passed. with an amendment modifying the Ohio
River bridge at Cincinnati. == In the House, the
Sunday Civil Appropriation bill debated at length,
aud finally laid on the table.
The Joint High Commission met in Washington yester
day. === u. s. Mail Agents nave been attacked In
Kentucky and suspension OF the mails is Threatened
$500 The coal mlucrs in the Lehgh region sthl reject
the propositions OF the operators = billiard tOUrna
ment took place in Hartford yesterday.
Dr. McCosh lectured on "Materialism" == Tie
murderer Thomas is denied a trial. ==- Boston
has sent an aG iress 10 the Fenian cxiles = Chan
celIor Crosby addressed the Medical Alumni Of the
University Of New-York. ===a Gold, 1n3, 1ns H.
ThermOmCte ter, 4Oo, $50. So.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
PUBLIC IND PRIVATE RIGHTS.


We babitually decline to award or apportiOn
blame in one of those contests known az a
" strike.n Regarding each man az the master
of what is his own, we cannot censure one SIDE
for declining to work for wages that they
deem too low nor the other for refusing to
pay more than they consider reasonable or
think they can afford. A strike is an INDUS
trial declaration of war, and, while We hope
for the day wherein wars shall be no more
and contemplate a strike as an evidence OF the
essential imperfectiOn and barbarsm OF our
present industrial machinery, we cannot insist
that rude and ignorant miners shall avoid
war when we see that Wise, experienced
rulers and statesmen do not. In the main,
we are sure that strikes impOversh Labor and
aggrandize Capital. Take the present Coal
strike as an example: All who have Coal III
or near market to sell have money thrust into
their pockets by it, while the poor at both ends
of the lne-those who mine Coal at one end
and those who consume it at the Other-arc
made to suffer. AS a general rule, We earnestly
advise Labor not to strike except under the
pressure of the drest necessity
We have not swellcd the clamOr against the
employing operators of mines, nor even against
the cOal-dealers. Who knows five farmers wh0
if Potatoes or Cabbage, or Apples, are scarce
does not sell his for the most they will fetch
Suppose his orchards to have fairly groaned
with their burden, while his neighbOrs' have
nothing but leaves and caterpillars, does he
sell Apples for what they cost him or for all
he can getf Do let lis have q sight Of the
producer or trader who can really afford TO
shy stone at the eoal-man Where is the
heavenly minded grocer who rctails his Sugar
for ten cents per pound because he bought it
for nine, though the price has gone up thirty
per cent. since then! Let us all gladden. our
eyes by an admiring gaze at this saint before
we cOnsign the coal "monopOlistsr To per
dtion
But there is one class with whom the pubIic
has an account TO settle that is not vet fnlly
made up. We allqde to the managers of the
Coal Railroads. II is said that they are mainly
GENERATORS mot operatiyes) in CoaI-mines
hut that is neither here nor there. The man
who has opened mine on his own or Oh
leased land O,rns that mjne--he may work or
not work il rs 10 him shall seem best. But
Railroads are highways, wherein the public
has a substantial interest. If the managers Of
one of our great trunk lines should see fit to
take Off their trains for an indefinite
ueIiod. they would soon be authoritatiyely
told that this was not according TO the bar
gain-thg they had obtained the rlght 20
take lands from persons who did not want -
sell them tpon an understanding That they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

,yoro to construct and operate railroad
thereon. and that they could lot be per
mitted to repudato the tacit compact We
"anrot doubt that any court of competent
;urisdiction would decide this to DO tho law
of the land.
The Railroad managers who have doubled,
If mot treblcd, their prices for transporting
Coal in order to aid the bosses in their strug-
Gle with the miners, have incurred heavy
responsibility. If the time shall ever come
wherein corporations do not make their own
charters, such refusal to render to the public
the consideration fairly due it viii work a
forfeiture of their chartered privileges. The
prctext that there is little Coal to carry during
a strike deccivcs no one Little or much il ia
their simple duty to carry all that offers at
fair living rates, and we trust Legislatures
will not much longer hesitate to enforce that
righteous obligation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

1t is not often that the retirement Of II
member of the Diplomatic Body is regarded
by the Government to which he is accredited
with the genuine regret which is felt III
Washington at the approaching Withdrawal OF
Baron Gcrolt Minister of the German Empire
after a continuous service of quarter OF a
century. For several years past he has been
the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps at Washing
ton, and has gained not only The highest esteem
Of his colleagues, but also the perfect regard
and confidence of the Government OF the
United States. His unfailing kindness and
courtesy were not less known than his abso-
lutte integrity and honor; be served his own
sovereign faithfully, and with such skill and
tact as to gain the warm friendship OF every
succeeding American Administration; and he
will return to the horrors and the welcome
that await him at home, leaving not an enemy
on this side Of the ocean, and no one that has
ever known him who is not his friend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
xrw yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY FEBRUARY %, 1S7L

betako themselves to leCturiDg or writing, on
the hypothesis that because they want bread
and butter they are qualified TO be the worlds
teachers. A young man of their caliber not
fancying that idlencss or discomfort could
anOint him with holy chrism, would go
to trade and become a respect
able carpenter or blacksmith. THESE
women, who fancy suffrage will give them
healthier souls in sOunder bodies, could find
both if they chose in the skill, the head and
hand-craft the open air. the soitening contact
with Nature of this sighted teamwork. Many
branches of it seem to be only suitable for a
WOman's nicer eye and DETER ringers; the
whole nursery business, from the care OF seed
lngs, budding, grating, to the final labelling
and sales the cultivation of the smaller fruits
especially the berries-sced-f farms, the planting
and sorting of herbs all of which are the
most rapidly profitable divisions of agricul-
ture, are peculiarly fitted to women, and sue
cessfuly worked by them.
We especially urge this matter on women
with small capital of two or three hundred
dollars and n family often of boys depending
on them. Such women crowd the cities; they all
invariably choose the same method Of starving,
viz, penny shops, where they will sell groceries
or trimmings" and come on the town every
Winter as beggars, while their children find the
quickest road to pcrdtion in the cutters The
wiscst course for every such woman is to go
West, take the quarter section of land waiting
for her, and put the common sense which
teaches her to buy soap and tape into the
raising of corn and potatoes. Next best to
4hot 10 tbn nurcbosc of m acre or two, say IN
New-Jerscy where land may be had on the
railroads running into New-York for 500 ana
S75 per acre, and the raising OF truck for the
city market She may not make q fortune
but she will fill her hungry childrens mouths,
keep them in pure air and pure Influences and
give them trade for life without EXPENSE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

Certain keepers of sailors boarding houses
in this p0Tt have written us protesting against
the exposure lately made of the manner IN
which sailors are robbed and abused III this
port. We publsh their card elsewhere, leaving
them to tell their own story in their own way,
though they tell nothing which diSproves
what we have said, and their way of doing 1t
is not entertaining. There is no refu;ing the
charges that shipping and boarding
masters in this port combine to rob sailors {;
it is fact Us notorious as that these charac-
ters exist, and is almost daily proved in our
courts. But the abuses are never corrected,
nor are the rascals punished i'll the City Courts,
and that is chiefly why We wish to see passed
the pending Shipping Act, which throws such
cases into the United States Courts, to be de-
cided by Judges not elected by the very men
who commit these OutraCcs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

Here comes proposition to saddle another
set of Commissioners on New-York. Inc oi''
provides for Board of Transportation Sor'
of acknowledgement railway. new avenue
the whole length of the island, and great
deal more that is suspicious. We can imagine
how Board of Transportation which would
have the direction of the street railways ln'S"'
he useful. We are fully impressed WIN t"o
desirability of railway the length OF inc
island: but the bill attaches the Mayor anu INC
New-York Triumvirate, who already wleld 100
much power, to the proposed Board; ana tlS
is snch a suspicious circumstance that IL makes
Us pause before approving 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
E1RM. WORh FOR UONEN

President Abbott of the Michigan Agri
cultural College states that the experiment of
admitting women % the institution has proved
in the highest degree successful. "Thcy
Study he says, botany. chemistry, horticul-
"ture. surveying, and other branches. Their
progress in study is exceptionally rapid.
"Thcir work so far has been to prepare seed
for the ground. to transplant the lighter
"plauts, prune shrubbery,' etc. Here is u
career for all grades of women which has com
mon sense to commend it. There is no reason why
girls should not be taught scientific agriculture
well ~ boys and made tit to transact the
hcad-work Of a farm. Notwithstanding the
inertness of the Southern women, il has long
been no uncommon thing to find them intcli-
gent and skillful planters. Some of the largest
estates in Virginia before the war were under
the management of women and in Kentucky,
among the most successful stOck-raisers, who
amasscd large fortunes by sales to Government,
were some half-dozen of the fair but shrewd
sex. These women obtained their knOwl-
edge insensibly by hOme-training but
it is certainly rs easily acquired by
study as that of medicine or theology,
and is surely q more wholesome and safer
work. A woman may have message from
God to the world to deliver or not. She may
or may not have the peculiar mental and
physical skill to fit her for surgeon but the
ground is always waiting to be titled ard
seed to be planted. Besides, if her crops fail
she alone il the loser she has tempered with
the bodies and souls only Of turnips and
potatoes.
The very lowest grades of farm work ought
to be open to women. There is II sort of
chiyalric horror in this country of a woman
doing feld-work, whereas the fact is that half
Of the stout Irish and German women who
come here have been used to it at home, and
with our own negro ield-hands, are among
the few healthy women in the country
The soil IL light; the Instruments for
tightening labor are in general use. If
half the women starving in New-York
to-day over needle and wash-tub were
put Mt outdoor work in the Spring, they
would find themselves better paid for less ne
tpally exhausting labor, and in stronger health
than ever before in their lives Our social
structure is crowded, stilled we might say
with educated idle, young girls, without work,
OF lovers, or enough to eat, crying out What
shall we DO to be savedH" Ordinarily they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

We do enter most earnest protest against those
dreadful icOuOclasts who are determined To deprNs
III of all our sentimental heroes and heroines. We
gave up Tell with pang. we sacrificed the brave
and beauteous Pocahontas with another, nnd still
the work Of destruction goes on. Now comes Dir.
L. A. TIoope and very ingeniously spells that mo's
tragic story of passionate faith AID loye-the story
OF Francesca da Runini. lie dimS the glowing
colors OF Boccaccios romance and sends harsh ds-
cord through the tender music Of Daute's velSe. by
q careful collocaton of dates he proves that Fran
cesca was very decidedly not all their fancy and oup
nainted her. but false creature whose life for ten
years was one utterly vile and deceptive Alas
WHY could Mt Mr. Trollope have leftils one romancef
After this We can anticipate no less an atrocty than
the assertion that Abelard didn't open his faithful
aims when Heoise was lowered into his grave, and
that Ieander lovely youth, never took his Affection
mixed with cold water
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
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san Francisco MINsTRE1s.-Songs, dances &C.
entire acts. c:c
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

Southern Railroad bill was yesterday re-
ported to the Senate This is tho first step
toward improving. under national authority,
the State against the wishes of it's legislators.
They have an idea in Kentucky that the pros
perity of the State depends on The cities
within its limits, and that it will prove cor
rupting to have communication with any largo
city beyond the border. Kentucky has been
noted for its singular political policy on former
occasions, and now aspires to recognition as d
State with queer commercial notions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

The official announcement of the conclusion
of Peace is brief, and does not hint at the
conditions Later reports from other sources
represent them as in no wise different from
previous accounts. Germany gets Alsace and
Lorraine as far west as the Moselle, and
enough money to pay all her expenses for the
campaign. The terms are spoken of by the
French as cruel, as perhaps they are, but the
provocation to the war which they conclude
was also cruel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

There have been serious disturbances in Paris
and revolving Outrages have been committed
by the mob. A city officer was seized, tied to
a plank, and thrown into the Seine, where he
was stoned until he sank and other officials
were compelled to fly for safety. The National
Guard appears to have become demoral!zed,
and unable longer to maintain its own disci-
pine, much less the peace and order OF the
city. The Chief Of Police has declared that
he will not be responsible for the preser-
walton of peace if the German Amy en-
tiers Paris and to all appearance the
city is in the hands of the party
of the Reds which was engaged in repeated
attacks during the siege. The mob, large az
it is, is of course, imp0tent to oppose the
march of the Germans into and through the
city, or indeed seriously to resist them; but 1t
is powerful enough to compel the Germans,
for their own security, to resort to precautions
which may niure the city. The rioters can
do their enemy no harm. but can bring rum
and misery on thousands Of peaceful citizens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28

1t is an excellent plan, which we beg to
recommend TO Free-Traders and Democrats
in Congress and Legislature, to have some
practical knowledge of the questions on which
Indignant resolutions, meant to catch the eyes
Of the minimizing, are hastily framed and
presented. Both at Washington and Albany
Democratic legislators have been trying hard
to make capital ont of the existing coal ex-
element by deprecating the "high tarlh"
which gives Pennsylvania capitalists
monopoly of the trade As the Tariff is on
bituminOus coal, and as Pennsylvania sends
us only anthracite, the force Of the appeal Is
lost on those who think