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New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

Gov. HoffiDan's attention Is respectfully
called to another gang of State officials ap-
pointed by him who make fortune each by
preying on the commerce of the port, as Dr.
Carnocban has done for two years past. The
Pirates of the Bay are no bolder in theif
wholesale robberies than the Harbor- Masters
who have charge of the docks Of this City,
and who make shippers pay rcundly for every
privilege, or rather every right. They have
secret arrangements-no longer secret, for we
expose them fully this morning-with tug
owners and tow boats, by which three or four
prices for towing are paid to the latter to be
shared with the former for the privilege of
"berthing" vessels. This imposition has been
levied upon every vessel entering the port,
and several Outrages Of this kind are about
to be proved in open court on one of the ras-
Gals. Gov. Hoffman, we presume, will decline
to interfere and inquire into the conduct of
his appointees until some shipping merchant
makes complaint, refusing to take this public
exposure by q responsible newspaper as in any
sort justification for official interference. In
the mean time, of course, the robbery by his
officials will continue.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The Commissioners under the Treaty of
Washington have thus early ran against a
difficulty. The Treaty provides that the Board
of Arbitration which meets at Geneva shall
consider the claims growing out of the depre.
dations "of the Alabama and other vessels
from British ports" and that the Wash
ington Commission shall adjust all others.
Now the latter named Commissioners are
puzzled where to draw the dividing line
between the two classes of depredstions, as
many losses were sustained along the Atlantic
seaboard ON account of the offensive acts OF
British subjects 1t would appear, however,
that the phrase "other vessels" would exclude
from the purview of the Washington Commits
sion all claims arising from losses sustained
by sea.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
SPIRIT OF THE CONVENTION

Although it Is as yet impossible to predict
what will be the work of the Convention In
Syracuse to-day, all our advioes agree In indi-
eating that fair and reasonable course will
be pursued in relation to the different delega-
tons from this City. The State Committee
having unguardedly interfered in the organ
ization of the party in this City so far as to
recognize the Custom House cabal as the true
representative of the party, it is perhaps
too much to expect that the Con-
vention should rebuke the Committee
by excluding the Custom House delegates and
admitting those of the regular organization.
1t seems probable that the Convention will
indorse the action Of the State Committee;
will authorize the Committee to take any
measures necessary TO perfect the organization
in the City; and pending the decision of these
questions will admit both the regular and the
| Custom-House delegations to places on the
! floor.
It is needless for us to state that we do not
consider this the most just or most expedient
treatment of this important question. There
is never anything gained by compounding a
treachery or rebellion, and we hold that the
Murphy cabal of this City deserves no consid-
! Grafton upon its own merits, and less than none
| when we consider the tattered and shabby char
acter of its leader. But the action of the Con-
vention above indicated shows, if not the full
est knowledge of the situation, at least an earn
est desire for harmony and success in the COM
ing canvass. 1t utterly disposes of the stupid
clamor of the Custom-House organs OF this
City, which have been more than usually vul-
gar and inane in their abuse of the regular
organization, and their futile and malignant
effort to connect it with the thieves of Tam
many. There has never been more short
sighted piece of political scoundrelism than
this. If the sheets which charged it had the
character to be believed, the fight against Tam
many would have been hopeless from the first.
There would be no possibility of victory
over Tammany Ii the tried and trusted Re-
publicans who adhere to the regular organiza-
ton were really fighting to save that condemned
and demoralized conspiracy. 1t seems that
the Convention recognizes the fact that In the
contest before US the party needs all its true
men. Without the hearty and earnest CO.
operation of the regular Republicans of this
City, it is useless to try to make
head against the foul power Of the
Ring. 1t is to be earnestly hoped that the
Convention will act with such wisdom and
justice as to render it possible for all honest
men to come together this year under one
banner, to redeem the State from the unfaith-
full and unclean hands which have for years
been trading upon its most sacred interests.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
Ne4o:alork Dailp Gribmtte.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1871.

NJ. Disracl declared yesterday, in public speech
that Queen Victoria morally and physically inca
pablo Of performing her duties sovereign The Grand
Duke Alexis has left England for this country - The
Departments near Paris have been evacuated by the
Germans - Five lives have been lost by steam
boat disaster on Lake lucerDe, Switzerland - The
English residents at Hong Kong believe their lives to be
in danger and have asked for further protection.
party Of escaped cOnvicts from Nevada has beaten
OF Sheriff and posse in California, killing two mel
1t s probable that both the New-York delegationi
will be admitted to the Republican Convention tsyra
cuse. 80 The trial Of Paymaster Hodge has begun al
Baltimore - A terrible powder explosion has oc
Cured near Newburgh, one man being killed 80 Five
lyes were lost by boiler explosion Montgomery
Alabama.
One OF the brokers employed by the defauer Hodge,
was arrested on q charge OF completely in Hodges
crime 60 The Harbor- Masters Ring" is exposed.
c. Gold, llIb ia, 11iR Thermometer, 60, es0 go.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

Worcester, Mass, was in great state Of
ferment yesterday at the gathering of the Re-
publican clans Our dispatches do not disclose
any conclusion as to the probable result, but
the campaigning of Butler has evidently been
effective, and he has taught his opponents a
lesson in organization; to an utter contempt
for small conscientious sCruples be has allied
great powers of combination. In his closing
speech outside the Convention he exhibited his
usual brutal conceit, and quoted Scripture with
the glibness which certain Satanic parsonage
is said to possess on occasion.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

woman In charge Of various direputsole
houses, who seemed to imagine the
primo object Of tho meetings was to protest
against tho prosecutions Of the police, but
also seemed. In an ignorant and unreasoatns
which could bs wrought in their situation.
A considerable sum of money was
subscribed by the people In tho hall
to defray tho immediate expenses of the
enterprise. Al consequence Of the interest
excited by the movement, tho Board Of Police
held . meeting, In which It was decided that
the descent should not be made for the present,
and the united wisdom of the District is now ut
work on this problem, than which there Is
mono moro delicate or moro important. 1t is
impossible not to sympathize with the pur-
poses Of these energetic and courageous
women in Washington, and to wish them sue
cess in their srduous task. But, at the same
time, 1t may be doubted whether the
sympathies of their own womanly hearts do
not cause them to forget the limits OF
possibility. Much may be done to mitigate
the terrible consequences to women OF lapse
from virtue. But 1t may be questioned
whether the punishment which lights 30 ter
ribly upon this fault is not intended and
adapted to act as q warning and q preventive.
There are many reasons why 1t Is not possible
that man shall suffer as severely as woman
for offenses against chastity. Nature itself
has provided that tho fault of the man shall
not be 80 susceptible Of proof as that OF the
woman. The man, whose guilt is equal and
often greater. goes necessarily unpunished,
while inexorable nature denounces to the
scorn of the world and the severest physical
anguish the woman who has been untrue to
her own honor. There is NO means OF re-
dressing entirely this apparent inequality. Its
legitimate consequence is q higher degree OF
responsibility resting upon the weaker sex.
The fact may be deplored. but cannot be de-
MED, that the virtue of the world lies in the
charge of women. In all our reforms 1t must
not be forgotten that any action which will
tend to blunt the sharpness and clearness OF
this perception-which shall give to woman
the privilege of believing that sins against
modesty are anything less than sins against
her own soul-will be the gravest and most
injurious of errors.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
Is THE CITIZENS INVESTIGATION It
FAIL1 :,

It is now evident, even to the ardent re-
cruits who have joined us in our long cam
paign against Tammany, that the Ring is not
to be carried by assault, and that If the people
are to seize the citadel and establish themselves
securely in the government, 1t must be by reg
ular approaches In the form of purely legal
operations in the courts, and open, thorough
alliance of the several political parties and
factions in arms against Tammany.
In the political camps the war is waged Wig
orously; and we hope that unity Of action az
of purpose viii soon be resolved on, 1t would
we are sure, be better that it should result
from mature deliberadon rather than spring
from the first indignant opposition developed
by the exposures of the enemy's crime. The
Citizens Committees opened their part Of the
Hght admirably and effectively, and we have
already shown how much we owe to the energy
and Judgment of the Committee of Seventy
The Joint Committee of. Citizens went more
deliberately to work with their part Of the
task, and we believe they have directed their
operations discreetly. But both Conmittees
should not'fail TO recognize NOW that they are
confronted with an obstacle which they must
find means TO overcome st once, er.all dsliber-
ate investigation and prosecution in the courta
falls to the ground, biz p IS, .".., a41,I - . ~.
The Board of Supervisors has been asked to
give the Citizens Committee power TO send for
persons and papers. Without tl.is power It ia
easy to see. the investigation viii result In
nothihg. a. The report win be on mere matter
of bookkeeping, and with. .thG.c contfollefS sys-
tenn of debit and credit the public has little
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The report Of an engagement between ee-
capped convicts from Nevada and "a sherif,a
posse, in the Mountains of California, reads
like story Of the doings Of the brigands OF
Greece. The convicts, brought to bay by the
posse, return their fire and maintain their po-
sition, beating off their pursuers, killing tive
or three, and capturing portion of the enc
my's transportation. These men are hardy
and determined villains some Of them were
of the gang that seized q Pacific Railroad
train at Verdi and rf6ed the treasure -boxeG
There were twenty-nipe who escaped, and
most of the party are scattered through the
MOUNTAINOUS parts OF California, and consti-
tute formidable nuisance. t.,.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The British residents Of the British colony
of Hong Kong are always uneasy about some
thing Just now they are complaining of the
insecurity of life and property in their remote
region of the earth. Possibly their complaint
is well-grounded, but we must remember that
the Hong Kong settlement is presminently an
advocate of the gunboat or cOercive policy Of
dealing with the Chinese and it would not be
strange if some of their violent measures should
have a reacting effect upon them.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

Two prominent British statesmen, ef widely
different psliheal Affiliations, have been making
speeches. Gladstone, who may have been
reading Hsle's ~Ten Times One i 3en,s said
that he still looks onward aud upward, though
he did not add that he "looEu out rather than
"in, and lends helping hand.r Mr.. DisFaeli
thinks to the Queen, like a loyal cavalier, and
afHrms that that august person, though af-
ficted' with rheumatism, has more complete
control Of the political traditions of the country
than any EagAihman. Mr., Gladstone cor
feSSed that the Government found the IEiSh
qaestiOn an exceedingly hard nut to crack,
and Disrael with Q SnObbish desire tQ sir bis
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

We give elsewhere an analysis of the dis
sen,ions which are just now troubling the To-
cal Democracy. The fact that there is some
probability of the party in the City being rent
into six irreconcilable factions ought to en-
courage all those who hope to see the power
of Tammany Democracy forever broken. And
it suggests to honest Democrats, who really
desire a publication of City politics. the best
possible occasion for the formation of a Union
party with this single purpose.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

That wasn't bad resolution which the Universal
ist Convention, just held in Philadelphia, passed.
It's substance was that Wh1eas, by spending more
money than we have received, we have already con-
tracted debt Of $4,000 therefore Resolued That it
is the grave Judgment of this Convention, that an
less we get moro money from the parishes we must
stop our disbursements" There is no doubt about
that and the parishes had better govern themselves
accordingly. religious body, whether 1t calls IT.
self Church, or q Conference, or Convention, or
Concern, which walks deliberately into insolvency
and then begins to pray for money, isn't so religious
as il might be-
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The theory of physical deterioration in Massaohu-
setts is illustrated in an address just delivered be-
fore the Farmers Club at Princeton, by DR.. Nathan
Allen He says that in 1s4O when the population Of
that town was 1,S47, the number of children be-
tween the ages of five aud fifteen was twice the
number in 1870, when the population was 1,979" "
For the last ten years. oneseventh of all the births
in this town have been in families Of foreigners,
though the population of this kind does not exceed
100 in number. Whatever may be the bearing of
this fact politically it certainly does not furnish
very good economical argument In support of the
Known othing doctrine.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
rup notion. HARTFORD AND ERIE r. d bAsS
RUPTCY CASE.

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept ao.-ln tno - m
States Cirsa,t Court, Judss woodrun - .naHr
ss,,on ~ Jsmes Alden to pa the Boston, Hso -
Erie Road into bankruptcy. hAs given an op.ns op..ss.
,as aoosaOa IN the Ceu.s bslOw, d.s.assne -
tron: was srroasoua and hs also desoas -. -
!. between ~ Dassriee oos.ss e nsssSs iursS
Ssssscs,sesSSs s sSs ~ sss y ss SsrSs and e ess
isiration he b0lds thA. the Bsrkr1ps - ssse nE y
III Oh the Supreme Cepn feQpln @ "a arc 0rpof&t1
~ Two corpofstions having Joint and eGa,erSssd IN hs
with one set OF creditors. who are % srst attsebea
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

knowledge Of royalty, showed how much hs
admires sovereign who 10 not 90 popular %
she might be. But the strangest part pf his
speech, as another report gives 1t, 10 the state
ment that the Queen 10 morally and physically
disqualified rs q sovereign. This is probably
q hint that the poor lady Is suffering from the
hereditary disease of the House of Hanover.
But we must receive Disraeli's vaticinstionS
with oanfinn
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
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Darwin G.. Fenno, Late Lieutenant Of the 18th
Infantry stole $1,5Oo of public funds intrusted to
his keeping A Court Martial ct st. Paul has SEN
fenced him to pay back the money and to 60 into
tirement for five years at saltwater Peniteutiary
The sentence has been approved at Washington
This has set US to calculating. II apetty larceny
practitioner like Fenno Is to be locked up for five
years for stealing $1,5OO, grand New-York appro-
priator who steals 100000 should Of course be ia
carcerated about sixteen thousand years. But you
cannot do it. Peculators do not live long enough
They cheat us to the very end.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

Mr.. Greeley's Letters from Texas and the
Lower Mississippi with his Address to the Farmers OF
Texas and his Speech on his return 70 heW1ork are
now ready In handsome pamphlet edition. Price 70
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ted that this theory is very plausible one,
and, a. the employers sppear to be inveter-
ately opposed to such o solution, the whole
question Is reduced to one Of the relative
capacities Of employers and worlmen to main
tain the struggle.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

Here is hint for Mr.. Gilmore. Among other things
which happened to the Strasbourg Cathedral, The
London Builder tells us that a horrible obus came
crashing through the glass; few across the nave Of
the Cathedral, and, snashing In the organ ptpss
lodged in the organ itself" Now, why cannot Nh.
Gilmore found his final piece ON this st the nsxt
Jubileei Just think of 1t! Athousand fiddles gong,
five hundred drums tattooinR, FIVE thousand voices
singing hke one--snd then in rushes the ball, and
knocks the biggest organ ever erected by hurpsp
builder into spifnters It would be perfect this
would, especially II Il killed the Organdst
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
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New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The managers of the Cornell University have de-
cided to establish new course Of study embracing
literature history and political science to be known
as the Course in Letters to require five years study
and to lead to the degree Of Bachelor Of Letters.
This movement, if it be wisely managed, will do a
good deal to supply the want now felt OF thorough
education in every department of journalism Those
who now succeed In this do 80 pretty much by acci-
dent or through uncommon natural qualifications,
while those who fail greatly outnumber the success
full aspirants. Meanwhile, periodical writing,
whether for newspapers, magazines, or reviews,
offers an excellent field Of industry, especially for
women but those who are successfully to work in
it, for the benefit of their readers we'll as for their
own, need thorough preliminary training just as
much as clergymen, lawyers, doctors, teachers do.
person who betakes himself to editorial work when
we'll advanced in years, without any special study
and as last effort to get livelihood will probably
fail in finding an engagement. OF In keeping posi-
ton should he be unlucky enough to obtain one
The demand for journalists is greater than ever but
it should be remembered that the standard Of quail
fcation is propOrtionately higher.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

When Civil Service Reform b fairly established,
may 1t speedily and thoroughly pcrmeate the Official
system Of Pennsylvanis! Then, perhaps we shall not
sec even the Office Of translator made gift depend
ent only on the politics Of the recipient; and we
may be spared the necessity Of such mortfyng state
ments a. that through which German paper Justly
arouses the mirth Of its readers. It WA decided to
translate into German, for tho benefit Of German
citizens, the Report Of the Pennsylvania School In
spectors The probably lucrative task Of translation
was conferred, apparently without any ides - TO
his ability, upon an individual who must have ham-
mered out his work by main force Of dictionary and
book for not only does tho style Of his trans
Iaon, where II is intelliGble remind one painfully
of school boy ounces struggle over the profound
est epierams Of Ollendorff, but the extracts over
which the German newspapers are making merry
furnish curiosities Of German grammar superior to
any of the richest comicaltles Of the KlodSadatsch
One German journal ends its notice Of this blunder-
ing lob work with the following extract and com
mentsry, both Of which suffer sadly In translation
The Pennsylvanian document says, In speaking OF
the schools "there has been ruling idea. still exist
ing to some extent among parents and older scholars
not 30 far advanced that grammar Is merely orna-
mental study (Vrrnxng- -SsIdiam)" Upon this state
ment the German newspaper remarks: We. ON our
part take pleasure In laying before the German pub
Lie the proof that grammar may also be In
certain cases an monumental study"
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

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Cen! Butler sesns doomed TO Sssauits from OIL
ouarter, That venerable mariner, the Hon. Gideon
Welies (erronsousy supposed bymost people to have
gone to the locker Of Dsvy jones', has written and
VIII print IN the November number OF q monthly
magazine, en- article Intended 70 demonstrate that
Con. Epttnr sSIbusa pST 8yqa at tee espsF@
Ne~sOfiAns, wsatssor ths fsate which hscuta taftef
1t. Now let Gen. BtIer writean article proving, as
he can easily DO tsap NsIss SaR,t Rh.G box *
the terrestrial species.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

The passion for laying corner-stones grows IN
Boston by what it feeds on. The next ceremony of
tho kind there is to be next month"; when the chosen
corner of tho new Post Office will be consecrated
We should suppose that this might be dome without
bringing the President and part Of his Cabinet from
Washin gton to assist in the ponderous undertaking
but there Is On intimation that these officers will
grace the solemnity. They win do more. They will
for some mysterious reason) attract tens Of thou
sands of country people, whose rush to Boston will
greatly benefit the railway companies, the publicsns
and the shopkecpors, who would like to have cor
ner-stone laid in Boston every day.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-27
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