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New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
PROTECTION AND PRICES.

We have an abiding faith that simple hon
esty and candor evinced in the discussion of
Political Economy would bring the great mass
of our people to substantial agreement-that
this consummation is prevented by the system
attic cOncealmcnt of important truth.
Are we uncharitablc in this conviction
Consider the facts We shall adduce, then
judge:
The UorH has II leader Oh "Radcal Sympa-
"thy foi the WOlhingmcn," which closes as fol-
lows:
AS fo the tar.n VII" does not know the principle
which this proceed, An Engishinan holds out to
workngincn woorn hrt for, say. 81 some fat Repub
lean manufacturer cannot sell tho style of article
at less than W forthwith he procures act Of Congress
That all English shirts shall pay 81 duty Then the Eli
is forced to y from the protected nonopOlist for t2
He In robbed of VI, and Republican Congress abcts the
In blankets. tools, clothes medicines and almost
every requirement. the same nichig obtains ana yet
such men Dawes and Kelley, the head and front OF
the swindc, affect to weep that he Is poor"
The facts we wish considered in view of the
above paragraph are these:
!. Among the active assailants of the present
Duties on WOolens are several eminent manu-
factuHrs of those fabrics especially MIR. Edward
Harris of WoonsOckct, X. |. These gentlemen
suppose that they could do better mt making
WOOlens under Revenue than under a Pro-
tcctive Tarffi Suppose them mistaken on this
points it not clear that they are not getting
81 for shirts that they must sell under Free
Trade for Sl7
III. Mr.. ID. A. Wells. in making up his official
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
OtR NEXT LEGISL an VRE.

OF the 32 Senators and 12S Assemblymcll
composing the Legislature which cOnvcncs at
Albany two weeks hence, we believe decided
majority were never yet members of any lcgis-
lativc body, unless II County Board of Super
visOrs be considered such. OF the Senator'S,
Mcssrs. Robertson of Westchcster, Palmer of
Duchess, Madden of Orange, N. NJ. Allen of
Cl'autauqna, and perhaps one or two more,
were members of former Senatcs but not of the
last Mrssrs flardcnbcrg, Lord, Tweed, Lewis,
Bowen Winslow, }. Wood, and two or three
more were IN the last Senate; while perhaps half
ne others have been members of Assembly,
Including Nh. benedict of this City and Perry
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

We congratulate the IntcrnationalS on their
admirably orderly and impressive procession.
We do not like Sunday professions, and shall
be glad of early and impartial legislation that
shall make an end of them. But while they
are to bo tolerated Mt all, the InternatiOnals
have as good right to them as anybody else /;
aud the dcmcanOr of those marching yester
day after the catafalque in honor of the ex-
ecuted French Communists was such as to
show them quite worthy to exercise the right.
Three thousand men i'll column, tens of thou
sands lining the streets and no policemen
nceded-that is enough to make the apparitiOn
of the red flag in the streets of NewYork less
startling than those who remember its hstOrl
cal significance could have imagined
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The French Lcgitmsts are not numerous
enough to he divided, one would say, there
being only about one hundred IN tho whole
Assembly. Yet even this small number is
ready to break up on the question of candi-
dacy. Chaml,Ord and dAunalc are the most
prominent names mentioned in connection
with The possible crown of France by royal
lists but the simonp pure Lcgitimists, naturally
enough, dcm,r at the claims of d'Aumale, who
represents the cadet branch of the BourbOns,
and eighty of the delegates are prepared to
" bolt " if he is chosen leader. In these divs
ions of the monarchists. Republicans may find
their strength. 1t is likely that, in any event,
France will he saved from such an anacl,rOn-
i'm as (hamhNrd.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

We ara threatened with a serious loss of material
for the primitive history of our continent. Tie In
dian Cartoons of Mr.. Catln, heretofore noticed at
length in these columns in danger OF being sold
in England, in default of any effort on the part OF
our Government public institutions to secure
them. 1t is claimed by that the price required
for them il high one; but it is scarcely
more than thousand dollars year paid to the in
disrious and self-dcnying artist during the time
he devoted to them. They represent a lifetime Of
the constant unrenitting labor of man of rare con-
scientiousness and enthusiasm, who deliberately
sacrificed all the years of his early manhood to the
plrpOsc of placing forever in durable shape the
records of Il most interesting and rapidly vanishing
race No such material exists upon earth for prop
ely studying the comparative ethnOlOgy of this
continent AZ is found in these cartoons We do not
speak of them as works of art. They make no
claim in that direction. They simply
accurate and truthful portraits Of tribal
types Of person and costume among the
aborigines of the Western Continent. In this alone
consists their Importance. In any historical or geo.
graphical museum of the world they would have a
great value; but to us, of course. they are
worth more than to any other people. If by
our own carclessncss OF parsmony this absolutely
unique collection is allowed to pass out of our
hands, the time may come when regret will in
ducc us to buy them back ut double the price
they would cost to-day.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

A prominent Government official. whose
opinions on the late doings in the Senate are
quoted in our Washington dispatch, hits the
nail on the head. 1T is very true that the
ovcr-zcalous Administration Senators have in
urcd the cause which they were in such haste
to serve; they wounded the Administration
while they were insisting upon their special
call to defend it. But it is also true that this
suicidal action has had the effect to injurc the
party while it drags down the Executive. The
President may well pray for delivcrancc from
such dangerous friends. The press seems sub
S'anlia.Iy unanimous in cOndcmning the folly
Of CouklinS * Co.,-but we can find room, on
another page, for only a very few samples of
the universal uttcrancc.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

News from Mexico is not at all rcassuring to
those who wish we'll to that distracted Rcpub-
lie. The revolution is fast spreading, and the
people are paralyzcd President Juarez, in Il
speech to Congress, correctly states the case
when he says that the country is consuming
itself in fruitlcss struggle Of military against
legal power. The fact is, there are too many
military cheftains in Mexico, and the natural
business of these idle men-who are just above
the level of bandlts-is to plot cOnSpiracics
and lead revolutions. The tone Of the Prcsi-
dents speech is less confident than we might
have cxrcctel from him under circumstances
not speedily prIilOus.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

Now and then, and rather too often. we find clcr-
gymcn allowing themselves little sneerng filings at
the newspaper it being literally true that there is
not great pulpit popularity to the establishment of
which the journalists have not generOusy contributed
A preacher may have the lungs of Boaner9es, but
bawl he never 30 loudly he cannot be heard beyond
the four walls of his tabernacle. 1t is the reporters
who make national or cosmopolitan great man of
him-he is famous because Of Gutenberg and Faust
and Hoe, and the Photographic Pitman. The Rev.
Mr. Tamadge breaches to insignificant little audi
ence of some twenty five hundred in Brooklyn, but
The Methodist, in this city, The Christian Age and The
Christian World, in London, print his Sunday even
ing sermons and The Chicago Interior his Friday lee
lures giving him flock larger than that of any
madic cheftain in Tartary. We suppose We may
say that sermons likely to be all the better for
this concrete and diffused publicity. Somehow
we do not remember any great discouIses
which were not the result Of careful and
intelligent preparation. Whtteld's printed ser
mons do not stand the test of type and
We are inclined to attribute their effect to his
perfect elOcuton, which will go a great way in con-
cealing poverty of thought. Clergymen who never
print and who are mover reported hav" mattris
pretty much their own way.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

Accounts from Japan continue to give evil
dcncc of tho determined progress of the
people. 1t il remarkable that the Mikado
should decide to open the entire country to
foreign trade and residence; aud this we
understand to be the sum of his latest de-
cSion. The reservation that it must be asked
for unanimously will havc no specially quail
flying effect, "a all the representatives of
foreign powers in Japan have long been
agreed in this request. The revision OF the
treaties soon to take place under the super
vision of an American juriSt, will be frauglt
Will, great Importance to the ancient empire
of ,Japan,
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

If there be any virtue in stinging verdict
from cOroncr's jury. we might hope for a
melting out of justice on the employees of the
coal train responsible for the late collision on
the Delaware. Lackawanna, and Western
Railroad. 1t was shown in evidence that
these men were utterly careless and iTcspon-
siblr, and that the fagman sent forward to
warn the approaching passenger train was
either incompetent OF Indifferent. The YER
diet of the coroncr's jury sustains this view
of the fatal disaster; and now we would like
in the interest Of those who travel by rail, to
see the verdict followed by prompt judicial
action
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The newspapers having generally stated that Prof.
Diman of Brown 4 university is the "prospectivc
President of that institution" Eke Iroridt1o onrndl
explains that according to the charter of the mi
versty. the President must be Baptist. while Prof.
Diman is Congregational clergyman. We would
suggest that it would be- a good plan. Them to amend
the charter. did we not remember the dreadful con-
vulsons which tho last attempt to got rid Of charter
PROV isions occasoned in Rhode I-lan,h some thirty
years ago: Who has forgotten the Foundry legisla-
ture the grand entry of Gov Dorr into Providence.
girded with the dysentery sword Z" the flight of
that unhappy man: the CORY plains Of Chcpatchct :
the second grand retreat, and all the other thrilling
events! In mIsing upon those erical times We had
almost forgotten to say that even Il Rhode Island
Baptist might consider Prof. Diman that is, for Il
Congregational clergy nalto le good enough spit
of man, tit 10 govern The University as any toncrc-
gationast can hr.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

Now If the currency of 1853 be rcdncrd 10
gold, it will appear that these fabrics were
cheaper in the average in 1869 under Protcc-
ton than in 1860 under Free Trade.
But the point on which we would fix aitcn-
tiOn is this: Nerer, since the StemdT- U'Hs
eyhiJn appeared, hare are seen 1t quoted ~
a Free 1,ade disputant to Show mhot has been
the effect of Protection on the price Of Wool
ems. while we have noted article after article
in The World and kindred journals assuming
that this effect had been precisely what THIS
exhibit shows that it was not.
Again we ask-DO these writers mean to SET
forth the truthi DO they not presume that
they can get on better if the truth Is con-
ccalcd and faIsehOOd believed nsteadi
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The SWdc"Sc Journal thus disposcs of the
fact that Mr.. George Wilkes held as firmly
and openly to the OncTcrm principle in 1863
;ls hc does in 1871
=" TnL TRIBUNE drags forward old editorial from
Wilkes paper, 10 show that in remote ages in
favor Of the OhcTrrm principle. Now the principal
query which arises in our mind Is th, If TnE TRIBUNE
Lads much admiration tor that antiquated editorial
iu''rd 10y Mr Wilkes IN ngcs past, why has NOT TIE
Ikih' NL daily called attention to the hcnntcs Of
ne" " appeared, ana enforced lh. sentiments expressed
a. BY, !. I'~" g." tci"II,0 'tulninruit Nv INT TEIB
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
NEW WORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY DECEMBER 49, 1871
of KINGS. At least half dozen never yot sat

of Kings At least hslfs dozen never yot sas
in either House.
In the Assembly, Messrs. Alvord, Hustled
and two or three more, have served through
three or four sessions, while some thirty in al
were members Last Winter but decided
majority are new to legislation. The two
candidates who would have been the OBJ
"scrvcd of all observers" if elected, Gov.
Seymour and Frederick Douglass, were both
defeated, though the parties to which they
respectively belong have majortics in their
several districts. We heartily wish both
had been chosen.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
uxx. in which that journal often and fondly in

uxx. in which that journal 40 often and fondly in
dulgea~
Ansrer.-It ia TIE TRTBUNE's habit to dis
cuss the questions of the day rather than those
of last year or last century. When the One
Term principle was prominent in the canvass
of 1910, we discussed it at Syracuse to the en-
tire satisfaction of the Wings and Conserva-
tivcs of that day. Will The Journal he good
enough to quote from our last issue what we
then SAID, and pass its Judgment tn creOn
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

Report for 1869 as Commissioner Of Revenue,
applied to Mr.. A. 7. Stewart for tabular cx-
hibit of the prices at which the leading de-
scriptions of Woolen Fabrics were sold respect
lively in 1860 (when we had free Wool and low
Revenue duties on WOOlens] and in 1859 [un-
der high Protective Duties OH both Wool and
WOolcns]. Mr.. Stewart complied, and here is
his exhibit rs printed i'm Wclls's Report:
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
CURRENT TOPICS AT TIE CAPITAL"
cpnposrD AMENDMENTS To THE STEAMBOAT
LAw-TUE ONO sENATORSIIiP-rllE TAX ON
SALT AND 1t MBER.
Ist TELEGRAPH TO THE rRlBrNBl
90 TIE TRIBrNk.l

WAsIitNGTOA, Dec. Il, ISL
TIE object, OF tho meeting Of the Committee "f Steam
,,t Owners whose session In this city has Just tetmi-
mated have been suggest amendments 10 the law oas
All uroytIr for everything which VIII IN any way Ten"
t insure. the safety Of life and property, 10 iree'
whcycr II could be done, the steam Navigation VI "o
.,unrv from oncrous cxactions They hife rndenVonen
p, nnlfy the language OF the law, 50 that an may u
dr4t,ud ia prov iSous, and nave soush. !" % s
shl fr a., olatou not only the owners ahu oinee.so.
1h hat. Lut hay. affixed penalties on Tue ihahu"v"
nI thr iron of which boilers are mauc' "s VIZ ~ -,
,, rim, noil"r makers for raud or nfgi''' ~ W
,,nnfnr,n "a, It's PROVISIONS IN snui'o,i ~,
p,ot t ,csnsntablity the officers OF the GoVcrnmens
". -, n,v n ia 10 enforce the law. In the meeting OF
W., Tnc va"u,,y, Committee with tine House Commrtcc
,ni,,cr Yesterday. about three hours was aevo.cu~ "
~ .,an,iion OF the egdments ana compat,so"
al a tc mrs, nj They gave the reasons OF .
",it,r f,r te altr rti0us they propose n. , -,
,n,ttrc In formally signitrd their ASSENT 70 mos. W
t, mrnpostons. The bill a. REVISED mere ot .ne .a
Nv. ~ .I,n,ttr. contains thirty amended secuns
% o T,".y viii report the bill to the House to morrow
H. s,rnmLvat Committee have worked very uSy @
nmon The new bill. giving their whoe uhs 70 H SnrStsi
linn The Committee represent aoout ". ,U, ,,'n.
ni,,us uf dollars AMI twothrds ot '"o "N"'" w.
mage of The United STATES , ,.,u
Information .rcceived here from Wen.iAo'"'"
,i.,,s i'm on,, Indicates that Senator sh'fua" ""s
clear majority " tho Republican meiherso' 'uo -,
,,tv,y. rnmmittct 70 hi. support T"s' "no
I'm, ,rp ,,iyi Iod bctwecn Garfield R.nshaH' '"'
.r - l,n,.k and rttry. ENGov. n'ni',"n ~, ~ Us own
- ,r,,uly announced a 81 ndidhl' VIZ 10 ia ,
q, mi, ftIs und0tstOod, aud thc'e VIZ P''
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The American Peace Society Will hold u meeting
ut Cooper Institute this >cninE 10 rl"icr over ihn
triumph Of peaceful Arbitration in the recent treaty
between this roun;S and Great Britain ThcI" are
some whu think our ncgotiatuls oui;tt I" hay" made
u better bar.aiu; we trust there arc very few VINO
de- mo- rrpro,o tho piinoi,9 oi Az sat"on.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The Ku-Klux trials in South Carolina have
developed very remarkable quality OF
judicial learning. Iu letter from the cOrrc-
spoudcnt of TIE TRIBUNE ut Columbia,
printed on another page, will be found some
interesting particulars of the proceedings. as
we'll as an extraordinary deliverance by this
modern DoCbcrrv
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

stories from the West, and it is possible that
garnets, amethysts. and gold have been found
forty three feet below low water; but tho
magnificent "indcations." as miners say, arc
not likely to bear inspection.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

The story Of finding fabulous amounts Of
gems and gold in the heart of Mt CcniS,
during the construction of the tunnel, is too
fresh il the minds of most people to allow
them TO receive implicitly the statement of
iInilar discoveries under the bed of the Mis-
sour -PiYcr. w" -~. prepared f." l.is.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

Our advertising patrons must bear with us
We are compelled this morning to"leave out
some columns, i'll order to make room for the
absolute news Of the day.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
CURE OF DEAFNESS.
TRox Mr.. MArRis pHiLLIPs.

TRox Mr. M,rRi. rHLLIPs,
Ehor oai Proprietor OF The Home JournaL
of4.y oP THK HOnR JorSAL, No. Park place New.iork
Itc, pleasure which atiendci Dr. lGHTnis
trs a brohr who hsd been afflicted With deafness
al n, - beai The result' Of Dr lhGHTHnLs applications
p-,i' they caeV The hearing was Fe,oci ;be
g. an the ric as it has since proved PER
Ls'ni MONKS PHILLIPS
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
WASHINGTON.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS ON THE PRESf.
DENCY.
THE ONE TERM PRINCIPLE GAINING GROUND IN

DENCY
THE ONE TERM PRINCIPLE GAINING GROUND IN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
lBY TELB6aAPH TO THE TgrBUNRI
WAsHIsCTOS. Dec. II. 1871.
leading South Carolina Republican politician.
who arrived here yesterday. says that It \, by &,
means certain, ~ has been heretofore supposed that
the delegation from that State to the National Con-
vention will favor Gen. Grants denomination Tks
Columbia Union, the only Republican paper In tho
State. in late issne. urged that the people should
to it that Federal office holders were chosen
~ delegates, or allowed 10 be influential in their
selection; and this he refers to among other things,
~ an evidence Of change Of opinion among tho
party leaders, and purpose not 10 support Gen.
Grant for reelection.
Information from Georgia indicates that similar
disposition has begun to bs manifested there by tho
Rrpnblicans who opposed the Bullock Blodgett fac
tion in the days of its supremacy. and who. since it's
downfall, have a controlling influence in the party.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
arnoemente, ETC., 0his gpcnlns,

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-Italian Opera; i'o'"-
ar" Mile. Nilsson. - pr
u,oru's TnEArER.-"Hamlet.' Edwin boo'n'
Fu.ru AVENUE TIEATER-"Divorce'
c,,xn OprR, HOUSE," Charles OMalley.
I,>, EpwIx's THEATER.-Opera Boute: hetoi'
Nc, 80, .n." Mile Aimee
Nuuos GARDEN" The BLACK Crooh'
OIYvrIC TnEATER.-"li "liumpty Duhpt!' IVA
Sr,pT TnrArER.-Varic,y Company.
I.xia< SQUARE TnE>rER. Variety C"mrany.
v.,.,, TurAirR.-"J John Garth" l.. Wallack.
SrKI\W,Y UNI.-CuhIn Concert
SAX Francisco MINSrGuS.-BirCh. Wamhod etc
Tvr,r., EINK-P T. BlrnnmS Museum. Men
,y,Ic l. ,r,lc aaI Circus Da' snj A'gat
xry yorr CrRcrs Fourtrcnth-st. between Third
sDi Fouo.hA'es 30,
NIxox'S SOUTHERN Circus. Nos. 12S ana '''
Bru4iw-g
New-York tribune., 1871-12-18
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Address TIE TRIBUNE. New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
A museum OF Curiosities.

The clerk Of the Criminal Court has a
little armory in his possession, the in
struments of crime committed in this
county during years past. In the clerks
safe can be found all kinds of pistols,
from the single-barreled weapon to the
murderous six-shooter; bowie knives,
Spanish dirks, blood-stained pocket
knives, murderous looking clubs, shot
guns, squirrel rifles and bottles of cold
poison, make up museum of criminal
weapons unequaled in any State. Each
blood-stained instrument is history Of
crime, a crimson witness, dumb but elo-
quent. If these weapons could speak,
what tale Of horror could they tell Of
murders, plots, perjured witnesses and
criminals who escaped the gallows by
the aid of money and false swearing. If
the true details of the history of these
weapons had been preserved, cabinet
Of curiosities could be gotten up which
would be Of interest to the public and
attractive as criminal history of times
which, fortunately for peaceable citizens,
have passed away, owing to the energetic
efforts Of our officials and the terror in
spired by the swift retribution dealt out
by our Criminal Court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, November l9.-The charred
and unacceptable remains of a man,
supposed to be John McDevitt, ex-cham-
pion billiard-player of America, were
found yesterday in the debris of the Tri-
bune building. The legs were burned
off at the hips, the arms at the shout
ders, the upper part of the head was
gone and the remaining portion charred
and blackened. McDevitt was seen in
this spot so intoxicated as to be unable
TO take care of himself The upper
teeth in the remains were false, as were
his.
Rev. Ed. Sullivan, Rector of Trinity
Church, publishes an appeal for aid In
establishing free literary and reading
room for young men having been thrown
out of employment, and others having
their salaries largely reduced, so that
they can afford only very poor and unin-
viting lodgings, and are thus tempted to
spend their evenings in saloons and bill
lard halls.
McVicker has determined to rebuild
his splendid theater in almost exactly
the same style as before.
There are large amounts of capital
offered here by capitalists from other
cities for investment in property in the
burnt district in the Southern Division.
Every one of the leading real estate
agents have more or less commissions
from such parties to buy at a reduction
of from thirty to forty per cent. on for
mer values, but there is wide difference
between the views Of would-be buyers in
regard to values. Those who come here
from abroad with money to invest inva-
riably feel unwilling to buy, unless they
can see chance to make a profitable
speculation, while, on the other hand,
many property owners Aatter themselves
with the notion that their ground is
worth about as much as it was before
the buildings were destroyed, and the
business which made the ground val
liable.