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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

THE DEPARTURE OF GEN. SCHENCR
II is an anomalous experience to a diplo-
matte envoy to have accomplished the most
serious work of his mission before sailing for
his post of duty. 1t is rare that any Min
lister. in these days when diplomacy has al
most passed into the category of lost arts has
it in his power to render so substantial
service to his country during his whole term
of Office as that which Gen. Schenck has rem
dered as a preliminary to bis mission. Ihe
High Commission which has just terminated
it's labors was composed throughout, on our
mart. of men of the most distinguished culture
and accomplishments. But it is safe to say,
without entering into invidiOus compari-
sons. that among all the statesmen, British
and American, who sat around the council
board in the State Department, there was not
one who in clear and definite grasp OF prln-
ciples, in readiness and adroitness in adapting
legal rules to known facts, in sterling common
sense. and in that wide and intimate acquaint-
ance with human nature which comes from
life of varied activity and experience, was tho
superior of the American Minister to England.
We are greatly indebted to his talents and his
industry for the reasonable and satisfactory
result which was reached, and the fact that he
was on the Commission contributed in high
degree to inspire that public confidence which
secured for the Treaty, when published by
THE TRIBUNE, 50 candid an examination and
so favorable a reception by the country at
large.
There is some doubt as to the ratification OF
the Treaty of Washington by the Government
of England with the same promptness which
has been employed by the Washington Senate
and Cabinet Although the British Govern
ment has refused to bind itself to any delay
in the consideration of the Convention in
council. it may possibly be regarded advisable
70 postpone the ratification so far as TO allow
n preliminary discussion in Parliament of the
principles upon which it is based, with the
double purpose of asceTtaining the popular
sentiment and of ralying to the measure the
support of all who are accessible TO Govern
ment influences. Even after the Treaty is
ratified Parliament must pass according to
fine proyisions of the XXXllld Article, a
series of laws for carrying into effect
the clauses relating to the Fisheries and
the ST. Lawrence, which remain in
operative until not only the Imperial
Parliament, but the Legislatures OF the Do
minion aud OF Prince Edwards Island sllaIi IN
ike manner have confirmed them. There has
been So much of Misrepresentation aHoat III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24
TILE 1MERICAN NOVEL.

Mr. Anthony TTOlOpe has announced his in
tention of coming to the United States, in
order to make new studies of character for a
forthcoming novel, which is but fair warn
ing to each of his hospitable entertainers
to refrain from indulging in any of our
ineradicable national habits while Mr.. Troll
lOpe's keen eye is upon him across the
table. For the American gentleman, Mr.
Trollope has already noted in one of
his books, rises TO "Orate" between
each mouthful of potato, and squirts tobacco
juice between each glass of champagne. The
American young lady, even when she is pos
sessed of money and culture sufficient to en-
title her to marry into the British peerage,
cannot conquer her old habits of "Orating' also,
and addressing her lady-friends familarly as
"YOu ass" Can we not convince this acute
observer of character that there are exceptions
among VS. to even these general rulesf We
wait with anxiety the result Of Mr. Trol1ope's
adventure into new world. Brother Jonathan
has ceme to be a favorte fgurei in foreign
novels and plays of late. His likeness is
easily TAKEN the features being so few and
marked He is of necessity either the we'll
known lean Sam Slick, with his trousers
halfway up his leg and jack-knife in hand, or
Slick in middle age, grown rich and Con-
gresham, dangling ponderous seals over
paunchy black satin waistcoat, but still adj
herring Gas all Americans willy to his 81 swow,"
and "Du tell" and 81 yum to man."
"An American novel;" we arc informed
constantly by The SATURDAY. Repiep and other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24
sIeGo.2lotk Daily Gri5Ml1n.
WEDNESDAY, MAY "a. 1871.

The nights Of MOntmartre were carried by the yer
sales forces yesterday, and the Paris resurrection is
believed TO be completely suppressed Several members
of the Commune are in custody. The Versailles troops
have been enthusiastically greeted by the friends OF
order i'm Paris Gen. DOInbrOwsk is said TO have been
wounded. =- A resolution for the establishment OF a
Republic has been introduced in the Spanish Cortes.
60 The yellow fever is abating at Buenos Ayres.
Collector Murphy's removal is again rumored in Wash
ingtOn == Bishop Clark OF Cincinnati is dead 80
Coal is now arriving at Newburgh, but the strike in the
Iebirh region continues. === One Of the New-Haven
fraudulent voters has been sentenced to years mpr5
onment and 500 fine. === conflict between the
whites and Indians has occurred in Kansas one OF the
former and three of the latter being killed.
The evidence was closed in the Foster trial. and Judge
Stuart. Mr. Bartlett and Dstrict-AttOrneY Garvin adj
dressed TIE Jury. $50 The Army and Navy ClubHOu
was opened == CYRUS W. Field gave a dinner to the
Joint High Commissioners. 60 Gold, 1ll3 llls Their
mOneter, CO., 75o, 61o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

We thoughtessly gave offense to that truly great
paper The Washington Republican, the other day, by
speaking of it as a journal Of local and limited
circulation Straightway it proceeds to free its
mind about THE TRIBUNE 1t has supplanted MS, we
learn, and hence our whnes. Our influence is shat
tered and broken. We can spend large sums of
money, but can't issue commands We have failed,
miserably failed. Our management is cowardly,
narrow, and weak Our policyis cold, selfish, and
brutal. Our animahng idea is TO make money Our
only argument concerning the Senates usurpations
is the weak, and mercenary, and silly one that we
will double the salaries Of our correspondents while
they are wrongfully imprisoned. Deeply grieved we
are at this catalogue of our sins and msfortlnes
but ~ The Repnbti an undeniaby has limited cir
feel SO much and have no adequate of express
sion, we hereby lend it the sOnorous organ of 'rHE
TRIBUNE TO disseminate the Judgments which lack
impressiveueSs whom forced through its "soranncl
pIpos."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

regard 70 these questions that inc pfcsonoo VI
cl, In yondon is most desirable
III. 49,, o,o under discussion. Even after
- .,iGc,t;ons are formally exchanged and
,'o TT If Washington takes its place as
Uho,tor in international history and power
e c.i r,'rooedept in pubic law. the necessary
Zine work which by virtue of its provisions
IN devoIye upon the American Legation in
London will for some years to come require
tbe exercise of the highest degree OF discretion
aud energy of character. We expect the
career so auspiciousiy begun to be sustained
uoon the same plane, as long as Gen. Schenck
will consent to serve the nation abroad.
The list of our Ministers to England pre-
seats one unbroken line of excellence and dis
tinction, such as is presented by the diplomatic
history of no other country on earth. NO
monarch has ever been represented at any
nou,t nv succession of names which would
endure q comparison with those which this
Rapublic has sent to London for century to
utter the message Of the New World to the
Old. The explanation of this ia simple enough.
Wo alone among nations have been IN the
habit of sending our most distinguished men
abroad TO represent us. MIR. Gladstone, Mr..
Theirs Count Bismarck are men impossible to
be used as Enyoys IN ordinary times. But we
made Ministers of Adams, jefferson, and Frank
lin, in the infancy of the Republic, and in
later times of other Adamses, of Buchanan,
and Motley, all of the highest rsnk in tfadi-
tons, in political position in intellectual stand
ing. A new element enters into thus bliihanC
category with our now Minister Thus
far only the eminencc and the culture Of the
East have been represented in these higher
walks Of diplomacy. But Gen. Schenck, While
| he is deficient in none of The minor morals %
life, while he is equally at home III the field.
the salon, and the forum Eifings to his lew
work the breadth End freshness of perception,
| the drccGess aud integrity Of Intellectual
methods, which seem characteristic Of the best
| class of Western men. The line OF our EnvSys
will not be furnished by his name. We wish
lin a pleasant journey and a happy return,
and after the glory he has worthy wen III a
lie OF struggle, the blossedness which is prom
! sed TO The PeacemakeTs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

Certain Boston policemen being in want of
an alleged rogue who has been living in New
York and under the protection of Tammany
Clubs, politicians, and police, lately resorted to
the ingenious but possibly illegal method of
kidnapping and carrying him off by main
force to a Boston Court. 1t is MT pleasant
practice to contemplate, but it is one which
New-YOrk Judges have compelled the po-
lice of other cities to resort to. The
man Glover whose arrest we chronicle
this morning could not have been taken
by regular writ. If he had been brought be-
fore a New-YOrk Judge, he must inevitably,
with his political Influence, have escaped, and
the Boston Courts could not have held him in
heavy bail to answer for his alleged offenses.
We deprecate the illegal act of the Boston
policemen; it was without warrant in this
case, and if repeated may prove great out
rage and injustice; but we have no one to blame
but ourselves. The practices of Tammany poll
ticians and police have rendered kidnapping
of certain class of criminals necessary to the
enforcement elsewhere of that justice which
cannot be obtained here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

Although Gen. Dombrowsllis opinions have
ceased to be of great importance, it is inter-
eSting to know the estimate the Communist
leader formed of the soldiers he led during his
few days of command. He thinks them indi-
vidually brave, but without discipline and con-
fdence; full of buster, but wanting i'll con-
tinued energy; their ineiiiciency, he says, has
compromised his operations, and their utter
ignorance of the duties of soldiers has ham
pered him in his generals work. Poor Dom
browsh He has given his last audience to a
correspondent, and his incapables are tie only
shield between him and his enemies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24
TIfE MEW PROTESTiNT.

A month ago we expressed the opinion that
those whs Joined with DR.. Won D0llingor in
his rejection of the dogma Of Papal Infalli-
| bliity must be said to have inaugluated a
| movement of protest and attack against tho
Roman Catholic Church, rather than liberal
reform which could be held to be strictly
within its pale. We considered that tie
Catholic who rejected a dogma accepted by
the authorized council of his church ceased to
he a member Of that church by the very act
OF sach rejection, instead Of simply becoming
a roformer among the faithful We were dis
posed to think the hopes unfounded OF those
German Catholics who looked for a reform
within the church as the result Of Dr.. Won
D0llinger's declaration and the agitation which
followed it.
While we have found no reason to abandon
this opneg and while the result OF the Dol
lingGr movement in reforming the German
Catholic Church must remain a matter OF some
doubt, every day brings us stronger prccf OF
the disastrous effect this great rebellion il to
have upon the Papal power and whole Church
of Rome. Dr. Won Dollinger's declaration has
now called forth expressions of opinion from
almost every prominent theologian IN Ger
many; tho forty-thrce Munich professors who
gave their adherence to it have been upheld
by the great majority of their colleagues
throughout the higher ranks of the German
universities; the political mariyrdom of Hill
ger LangeD, and Reusch, the Bonn professors
who took tho side of the liberal party, has
excited universal Indignation Professor Fried
rich has brought into the field vigorous let
ter ON the Council of the Vatican; and the
controversy has built up literature of its
own that has gained a strong hold on thinking
Germany, and points to moro results than
mere rejection Of dOgmas.
Every day brings nearer the issue that Is
inevitable in Bavaria; the King has proved
himself the stanch friend of the reforming
| party; he delegated the place of honor in tho
ceremonies of Easter Week to Professor Won
D0llinger, and he refused the royal pldeet for
| the PRONUNCIATION Of the dogma OF Papal In
| faliibility. Whether under this regime the
| Concordat and the relations of Church and
State in Bavaria can remain as now, has al
most ceased to be a question.
The new dogma has not gone unattached i'll
| Italy itself. The Professors of the Roman
| University in their address to DIR. Won Dol
| linger, have expressed their thorough agree
ment with his views, and "hailed his voice
with joy" Everywhere denunciations OF the
Jesuit rule mingle with the radical views of
DR.. Won D0llinger's adherents, and the de-
mand for reform is as keen as the opposition
to the special dogma which forms the imme-
diate scapegoat for the men who rebel against
the bondage of their old creed. Now, as in
Luther's days, the men who begin seriously to
menace it have grown up among the ranks
of its followers. 1t Is proof of the inherent
vigor of the true Catholic religion that even
within it's pale the letter which kills is met
and corrected by the spirit which gives life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

For some time 81 has been known chat caPi,
tGlists identified with the Reading kaiiioau
have been purchasing large tracts OF the '''I +,
est coal lands in the Schuylkiii regions, =,
is now publicly announced that 'n1 ma;n-
road is to go into the BUSINESS " no.
ing on large scale. The Company 1,, d Ia,
gone into Che money markets OF Lo nno ono anu f
Sew-York as q borrower of $9''0VO,o0O' OF
which se 600 600 is 20 be devoted to the con
'iS'i SV'''' 81 its existing funded debts,
az g,n remainder employed in paying
for and improving its coal tracts. Bills OF
exchange against a portion OF this loan
olready negotiated in London were sold in
Vau-st. yesterday. The statement is made in
the Philadelphia papers that the Reading Com
gray can raise frem It's recently acquired
property ten million tuns annually for cen
turies. As the market nov with difficulty
takes less than $4,000 tuns from the whole
of Schuylbii, it will be seen that the Reading
RAILROAD viii have power to oyerwhelm all
private operators by its competition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

Tammany tactics did not work well in Con-
neciicut at the last election, we have taken
great delight in showing. 1t now appears, not
less to our qualification, that Tammany rogues
fare badly in her courts of justice. One of the
fraudulent Democratic voters in New-Hayen
has been detected, tried, condemned, and
sentenced to State Prison, and the Democratic
register, who connived at the fraud, is likely
to share the same fate. If things go on at
this rate Democratic candidates will appeal
for Tammany aid as vainly as Gov. English
did at the last election, and Connecticut, in
that event, will be lost to the Democracy
without hope of recovery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

The mail accounts from China are most I'M
satisfactory in regard to the proclamation said
to have been issued at Pehin regarding the
propagation Of Christianity. They cannot pos
itiyely confirm the issuing of the edict, though
they assume that it has been issued; stating
that "good authority" vouchcs for lis promul-
CATION, and combining themselves to the eau
tious phrase-"if the reports from Pekin are
"to be believed" We are still inclined to
doubt the official character of all the reported
opposition to the Christians; and we regard
the wholesale condemnation of Minister Low
by the advocates of a war policy as an as
sault which later and more trustworthy news
from the Chinese capital may very probably
fail TO justify.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

The young Savoyard who last Winter as
cepded the throne of Saint Ferdinand has
lust received new proof Of the devotion OF
his faithful subjects. CASTELAR, has introduced
into the COrles q proposition to declare the
Republic, and tho advocates Of divine right.
unwilling TO let the occasion pass without
demonstration, pwt on record once more TIER
conviction that Den Carlos of Bourbon IS the
true aud only King Of Spain. In tho mean
time the Isabeiin0 mtrigaGS continue III
spite of the pretended accession of many
of the ex-Quccn's former Olice-holders to
the present dispenser OF orders and places. The
united Republican and Carlist vote forms really
| a majority Of the Spanards. II is the lmpoS-
sibility of combining them which makes Che
Iukewaym coalition of SeIranO and tho Pro
| gresstas possible. A throne standing on so
| frafl foundation is scarcely reassurlnS seat
| and Madrd-at all times the slOomiest OF cap
! itals-must be still more SO to this gallant
young sailor who is always bored on shore,
| and who finds in his morning journal only the
imperfect distraction to be gathered from the
proceedings of the COIteS whose members dis
cuss his deposition. and openly accuse each
other of the murder Of Prm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

The Foster case viii 90 to the jury to-day,
after feeble and languid trial. The defense
made no attempt to dispute the established
facts of the unprovoked assault-hardly all
effort to show that the act was not premedi-
tated. The prisoners counsel based their only
plea on the stale argument that intoxicatiOn
relieves a criminal from full responsibility
and appealed to the jury TO save the
man from death by sending him to the
State Prison, for the sake of his family and
relations, to whom, by all accounts, he does
not appear to have been much comfort or
honor We wish, indeed, that it were possible
TO make this disposition of this man, without
evasion of justice; but while the law remains
as it is we question the wisdom of permitting
him to escape through false sympathy. No
body demands an example, but care should be
taken lest any mitigation Of this ruiiian's
punishment should encourage the large
class of lis fellows who make our streets
Aideous and dangerous. Already. before
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24
GENERAL PRESS DrsPATCHl

WARRINGTON, fucsuly, way ID Ao'i.
The Senate were occupied five or SIX hours
on tho Treaty Of Washington, nearly all OF when 'lhe
was taou up by DIR. Casserly who examined the treaty
in all its aspects and particularly in relation TO inter
national law. making elaborate quotations from Vatci
Grotius and other writers on that subject Ho Sad th'
he would his Judgment until the question OF ray
caton should require him to express 1t by his Voto IL
wes tho intention OF several Senators yesterday to ask
final action on the Treaty to-day, oven II night session
should be required for that purposes but after sitting W
nearly O'clock and seeing probability OF concluding
the subject an Adjournment until 10 O'Clock Tomorrow
took place. and is low uncertain whether vote VIII
DO reached besJrc Thursday Dr. Cor3ett OF oregon WI"
address the Senate tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24

There is no hope of Gen. Schenck and the
High Commissioners carrying the ratified Treaty
home with them to-day. SO much time has
been wasted in the spiteful inquisitiOn against
our correspondents that the Treaty must wait
awhile. We do not sympathize with those of
our contemporaries who object to prolonged
discussion in the Senate. Every Senator who
has anything of moment to say of the Treaty
should say it at once, before it is too late
The delay of a few days will damage nothing
But the adoption of treaty under false or
insufficient information is an error which can
not be redeemed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24


"sbiIity. All men in that land of progress
care alike; everybody wears the same clothes,
"talks the same dialeet, and rides in the same
"carsn We might ignorantly have fancied
that m accretion of people from every country
under heaven, brought under new influences
in a sweep Of continent so broad that England
would form but one of the counties in West
crn State, might present some dramatic or pic
turesque points. But it appears we arc mis-
taken. The old typical Slick, like AarOns ser
pent. still swallows all the rest. "There is not
"to be found" We ore assured, that range OF
"caste and character and incident which Brit
"ish society offers, and which are portrayed In
"Trollope's novels. The only opening for fic-
"ton in America is in the class OF
"ddactic tales which dwell upon the mlseres
of mil-han and miners" Every view OF
the subject, therefore, appears to be grave, ana
depressing to our national literary ambition.
Seriously, the excess of material lying on The
surface of society, which awaits the hand OF
the artist in this country, is not available to
workman like TrollOpe, from the very glailng
contrasts Of light and shadow, and the variety
of character, requiring belder and more elect
i've treatment than he is able to give. Tho
charm of his books lies in the fact that he
knows but half-a-dozen characters, but knows
them thoroughly, and paints them over and
over again in each new novel with Flemish
minutoness. A cursOry, swift glance over this
country, with the notes he will take In the
cars. or at Washington and Eew-York dinner
tables, will hardly enable him to reproduce in
American costume lis bluff Yorkshire squire,
his natty and vicious young man, and sweet
obstinate young women, clingnS desperately
to Lec One ssnsuai idea Of love.
II will be better for American fiction, how
ever, when it, mcasurably, at least, adopts the
TroIlope school of ART; when the novelist
instead of using his draIaGts persona as
characterless puppets to embOdy or preach
his favorto dogmas, or harrow the readers
soul by mysteries and murders most foul,
simply contents himsclf with phOt0graphing
the peOple and scenes about him. Mere re-
production is certainly legitimate art, if NOT
the highest and it assllTcdiy is the most sue
cessful. What service Holmes has rendered
in this way to NewErgland, Bayard Taylor
has given to Pennsylvania, Harte TO Cali
fornia, ard De Forest, almost unnOtlcod,
is now bringing back the South as it was
before our recollection with a few powerful
but inimitable touches. But these attempts
are but few and meager when we remember
the great unpictured range OF character and
incident which yet awaits the limners hand
in the older more retired regions of the coun-
try. where society has had time and solitude
to crystalline into unusual and obstinate forms,
But the artist who will develop these must
be man who has grown with and out of
then: not foreigner, posting express from
New-Yofk to New-OrlearS making sketches on
his thumb-nail of scenery and character for
future reference.