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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.

Almost every day during the next six weeks
will see gathered around our schools of learn
ing those who, having gone forth into the
world to put in practice the lessons they have
received, return to pay dutiful respect to their
Alma Mater and to renew the friendships which
q college life produces. There will be gather
ings beneath the trees with pipes and songs,
dinners and suppers, where the old life will
be lived over, and new lease taken of the
future the sound of youthful oratory when
the young idea tells to admiring parents how
well it has learned to shoot; and the good
byes of those who are to take their first step
into the outside world.
1t is well for the Republic that, in spite of
this busy life of ours, filed as it is with the
noise of trade, the love of gain, and the wear
ing cares of professional duty, so many thou
sands make their annual pilgrimage to the
seats of learning. And the most cheerful sign
of the times is the liberality with which the
men who, themselves denied the advantages
of the schools, contribute of the profits Of
their own exertions to insure to their success
sors the training which their own deprivation
has led them to appreciate. So long as this
continues, so long as the stOrehouse does not
shut from view the college, and the tradesman
forgets not the library, the culture and adj
vancement of our people may be considered
insured.
The Commencement exercises this year will
be, to many colleges, Of special significance.
Already has one celebrated its centennial an
niversary. Yale, among the oldest, bids fare
well to the President by whose classic learn
ing, untiring labors, and wise counsels. it has
so long been guided, and at the same time
admits to its councils the Alumni who promise
it such active cooperation. The University of
New York, under its new Chancellor, begins
new career as free college, with courses
greatly strengthened and enlarged. And in
many other cases the new buildings, new pro-
fessors, and new features of study, will show
the returning graduates that our establish
ments of learning mean to keep pace with the
expanding demands of the age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
THE SLAVE TRADE OF THE PACIFIC.

1t is quite possible that no international COM
pact for the destruction of African Slavery
would have been formed had it been possible
to hide the enormous barbarities which were
its legitimate accessories. At least, the world
would have waited longer for the Slave Trade
to be declared Piracy if the horrors of the
Middle Passage and the barracoOns of
the African Slave Coast had not reused
the indignation of men who had up to that
time failed to apprehend the wickedness
of buying and selling human beings. 1t
is likely that Slavery would have lasted
longer if its worst physical features could
have been judiciOusly hushed up among
its friends. SO the Coolie Trade of the
Pacific seems likely to invite extinguishment
because it is inviting attention to itself by its
occasional and accidental (or providentiaD ex-
positions of its own desperate wickedness.
Steadily increasing in extent, the Coolie Trade
has grown to such proportions that it is i'm
possible for its multiform barbarities to be
longer hidden away in the vast solitudes OF
the Pacific Ocean. The anguished moan Of
these hapless victims of mans inhumanity to
man must at last reach the ear of Christendom,
though Christendom has long had some languid
interest in the existence of the trade.
A ship-load of Chinese Coolies, desperate at
finding themselves on second unknown voy-
age bound from Callao up the coast OF Peru,
seized the vessel horribly murdered the crew,
and, ignorant of navigation and the use of
sails, drifted helplessly on the Pacific for more
than a year, and finally, with their blood
stained bark disnantled and crippled by
storms. were waited into the harbor of Hako-
dadi, japan. Fifteen hundred Asiatic slaves,
employed on adjacent plantations in Peru. op-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

can get all the money they want, and pass
whatever laws they see fit. For the first time
their power is absolute. Their responsibility
is not shared with anybody. If bad laws are
passed, public moneys wasted, taxes misappro-
priated, the Democracy will be held account
able from one end of the State to the other.
M marty ever had better chance either to
ruin its enemies or to ruin itself Gov. Hoff-
man might have done his followers a real
service if he had pointed out both the grave
dangers and the splendid opportunities which
now lie before them. There is point beyond
which the taxpayer will not be abused, and
we think we have nearly reached it, But even
for the contrite Democrat there is the hope of
a new life,-a chance of becoming respectable
without the necessity of making restitution.
1t rests with Tammany now to determine
whether the new Capitol shall be the temple
of reformed legislation, or the mausoleum of
the Democratic party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

conquests, and the schoolgirl TO print her
sentimental verses in the county paper. He
felt an irresistible temptation to take the
whole community into his innermost conf
dence. The operations of his own mind and
heart, the struggles of his soul, seemed to him
matters Of such infinite Importance that the
order and decency Of the society in which he
lived ought to be sacrificed to the pleasure of
discussing them. What other feeling had
Casanova and Lauzun in writing those scan
dalous memoirs which have blackened the
fame of hundreds of familiesf What else was
it that drove Rousseau to that frightfully
truthful exposition of his own diseased fancies
and ftful hfef The world has no concern
with the state Of any mans spiritual nature.
Each must work out his own salvation. The
morbid exercises of our neighbors' hearts are
not of much practical benefit to us. The really
valuable autobiographies, such as Gibbons and
Franklins, are those which tell us what the
narrators did, and how they did it; not how
they loved and prayed and suffered.
If there is any moral to be drawn from this
Hillsdale scandal, it is one which the senti-
mental penitent probably never suspected; and
that is, that there is no such thing as honor
among paramours, and sooner or later, either
under the pressure of fear, hate, vanity, or
remorse, those who have the weakness to sin
will have the weakness to blab.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The great German festival opened on Satur-
day with discouraging torrent of rain, which
quenched some Of the glories of the torchlight
procession, abbreviated the speeches, and scat
tered the jovial crowds. Nothing, however
could destroy the German enthusiasm for tne
favorite Teutonic feast of song. The visiting
Societies duly made their appearance, and
marched all dripping and bedraggled, but
still merry, to be welcomed by the
Mayor in front of the City Hall, and then to
keep the night in the German festival fashion.
But yesterday made amends for Saturdays un-
kindness. The day was sunny, but not too
warm. The streets shone Out.clean after their
twelve hours washing. On the east side of
the town there was awilderness of flags, banners,
and transparencies. The German population was
all out in holiday attire. The Folk Gardens
and the East River pleasure parks were scenes
of much jollity, family pic-nics, and gatherings
of friends, and every other man you met
wore some kind of a badge at his button
hole. The musical exercises opened amidst
much enthusiasm, and the prospects for the
week are particularly pleasant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
THE uETH0DJST BOOK CONCERN.

DR.. Lanahan, the Assistant Agent of the
Methodist Book Concern, believing that he had
discovered fraud and mismanagement in the
affairs of that establishment, made his discOv-
cries public and called for some action on the
part of the authorities of the church. A partial
investigation was undertaken by a committee,
which presented q report that satisfied no.
body. Further inquiries were then proposed,
and DR.. Lanahan undertook the collection of
evidence to substantiate his charges In the
course of these proceedings the personal rela-
tons between the Assistant Agent and his
immediate superior had naturally become I'M
pleasant DR.. Lanahan was opposed at every
step of his researches. He was denied access
to the books, and driven to apply to the
courts for q mandamus to compel the exhibit
ton of accounts which it is natural to suppose
the Concern ought to have been anxious to
show in its own vindication. Hereupon the
Book Committee, without ascertaining what
foundation there was for DR.. Lanahan $
charges, put him on trial for making them. He
has been found guilty and recommended to the
bishops for removal from Office
The result of their action is obvious. No
emplOye of the Book Concern who discovers
anything wrong hereafter will tell of it if he
values his place. The cardinal rule of business
in that establishment is to keep things quiet,
and the worst offense that an agent or assist
ant agent can commit is to let any scandal
get ont. 1t seems to be the determination
of the majority of the Committee that there
shall be no genuine examination of the real
question at ISSUE lest the result prove det-
rmental to the Concern" There is large
body of laymen interested in the welfare of
this great Methodist institution, and to them
it appears that the Concern is suffering detri-
ment not half so much from the charges of
DIR. Lanahan as from the attempt of the Com
mttee to smother the charges instead of look
inc into them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
TERMS OF TIE TRIBUNE.
Neu:21ork Daily Grib1ttte
MONDAY, JUNE 20. 1871.

The leaders Of the Republican movement In France are
daily receiving accessiOns TO their ranks The Orlean
lists propose in they obtain majority IN the AS
sembly TO offer the crown TO the Count dc Chambord
Forty-seven ships Of war have been dismantled and
1900 sailors discharged There is great distress among
the poorer classes in Paris $500 Earl Granville ana tho
MARQUIS Of RpOn spoke the Treaty Of Washington at
the Golden banquet 80 The Spanish Ministry have
resigned Marshal seanO being given the task Of organ
ling new ministry. 49, revolt Is in progress in
the Fcejee Islands, cannibalism being INDUCED In
The cornerstone of the Capitol at Albany was laid on
Saturday in Masonic form 60 question OF jurisdic-
tioR has arisen between Secretary Boutwell, and Com
missioner PleasOnton. 80 detachment OF troops
have killed 46 Apaches and recovered number OF stolen
cattle. 60 steamer has sunk in the Missouri g.
The Amador Cal) st riOtous, and the troops
have received instructions to restore order.
The sangerfest began with reception and rehearsal
- Dr. Lanahan has been removed by the BOOK Com
mittee. === The trial Of the Heath-Gould case has
begun before Judge Blatchford. =- Gold, ll2s ll2i
Thermometer Saturday CSC. COO; Sunday GO 1872 S5'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The decision of Judge Strong in the U. s.
Circuit Court in Philadelphia, sustaining the
constitutOnality of the income tax, takes the
ground that a tax on incomes "is not q 'capi-
"'tation or other direct tax in the sense IN
(which the trainers of the Constitution and
"the people of the States who adopted 1t un-
"derstood such taxes" and that therefore 1t
need not be apportioned among the States In
proportion TO their population. Judge Strong
gives no reasons for entertaining this view,
because he assumes that the cases before him
will undoubtedly be reviewed by the Supreme
Court. 1t would be better that the law should
be upset by Congress than by the Court The
sentiment of the people is very strong against
it, and there is danger that the people, In APP
pealing to the Court against what they deem
an unjust and unequal law, may come to re-
gard Congress as a despotism and the Supreme
Court as its constitutional antagonist. The
three departments of the Government are
merely the compliments of one another, and
we are on the high road towards mischief when
we take one for another's enemy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
THE RFCEPrION CONCERT.

The reception concert came off last evening,
AZ the Academy OF Music, and grand affair II Wa,
Judged from popular point OF view, well IS mo
musical entertainment considered merely In lts artistic
aspect IL opened before pretty full audience ana a
through the evening companies Of rudy danSel' ana
gallant cavaliers came trUOpng In from eNtaeou' SN
els crowding boxes the balcony and the aisleS Wv
ing the ushers no end trouble. getting into the "rehS
seats and refusing 10 again, shouting braW9'
and wanting everything over again, carrying on
vociferous conversations with remote friends. anfb
Their dng the opera-house with such merrmehe
and hustle "a il never IN its normal state ON
existence Before the evening was hall over the Sei'S
were All filed aud the background OF people who ham q
any seats was as dense tropical forest The coafe
onened with Nendelssohns Hymn Of Praise con-
duced by Hr Agrcol Paur the director Of the y ~
Iiederlxreaz Madame LEGITIMACY. Madame Becker aH'
Mr. CapItdus had the solo parts the chorus was tur
nished ny the IiederraDZ lmale) and the NswNs
Sing Academic tfemale: and the orchestra, about 81
strons was composed the material fansT I" ~ III
tho Philharmonic and other classical eH'or"u
n.nts There no special criticism % be passed upon n'
performance II not a very spirited interpretation T"
was at any rate, good one. The symphonic nuoouc'
ton was well rendered. the chorus firm and correct
and the solo artists satisfied all but the most eXactins
crtcs-and exacting critics such an occasion Weie
ONT OF place Tha best numbers the choral tho
soprano and alto Duet waited for the Lord and ina
first soprano SOLO Praise thou the Lord which Mno
Lcbtniay sang admirably; the conspcuously Ineffective
,ortion ,yns tho great soprano aud tenor rccatve
great deal Of the effect OF the chorus was lost by '
being placed 80 r back that the voices went up into tho
flies Tue 'front.' @ Tue stage Was allied WITH empty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

We publish to-day an ample report of the
debate on the Treaty of Washington, in
the House of Lords, May IL. The
speech of Earl Russell appears to be some
what ill-tempered, and he left the House be-
fore Earl de Grey had opportunity to reply. The
speech of the latter is digni6ed, and its perusal
will please American readers. He says that
the American members of the Commission
were men of business knew what they wanted,
and asked for it, Taken altogether, tins e1-
PLANTATION of the most remarkable treaty OF
modern times is in striking contrast with the
acrimonious and intOlerant speeches on Amerl-
can affairs which have been, ere now dellv-
cred on the Tory side of the British Paria-
mont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

Now that the excitement of the Foster trial is
over and rufians have received warning that
American women are not to be insulted with I'M
punty it will do the other side no harm to READ a
lesson from the facts elected. Women have COM
planned through the press that they are exposed to
insult in any public conveyance, and one of them
Indignantly asks, Must we be condemned to pass
through the streets with our eyes cast down. instead
of the free gaze which belongs to American womenF
Yes and no to that question. The ideas OF those
who are considered women of good society are much
divided on the point of how much freedom of man
ner in public is becoming to American or any other
women. We have seen party of well-dressed
young ladies, who would be highly offended if
their responsibility or their social standing
were called in question, follow young artist
on his morning walk round square with crit
icsms and hippancies better adapted to French
gTisette, in tone careless that he could hardly
help hearing if he wished to. Who has not seen "A
finished coquette or half-bred girl in an omnibus
returning gances and covert smiles, fdgeting and
posing with such single eve to attract attention as
to suggest that duennas were not all needed the
other side of the water These young women dress
mOdestly and bear the impress of fair associations,
and by their evity of behavior they simply impair
the standing of all others of their class. None but
bad man will take advantage of such indiscretion it
will be said or find in the lowered sef-respect of some
women pretext for molesting any whom he chooses.
This is precisely the point to be considered There are
bad men in the world, plenty of them, and woman
should take that line of conduct which will make her
presence least obtTusve and protect her from their
notice Prudery viii not do this; unconcerned free
dom viii not do it. If the sensibilities of young
women are not delicate enough to indicate the divid
ing line, mothers and schoolmistresses, and school
masters too must not be slow to supply the decien
cy. A master of feminine character has given
code of department in two lines:
Eyes not dropt down nor overnight,
But fed with the disappointed flame OF chastity"
Nor should women consider the enforcement of
conventional restraints prohibition, but protec-
ton rather like that Of the traveller who conceals
his richest and shOwest jewels not to tempt the rob-
Der on the plains. Not every Una walks the world
safely, among its lures and dangers; but women
may hold this consolation, that the closer bounds
they keep the nearer absolute safety they lind them
selves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

Programmes for MOnarchists and lmperialists
alike are now as plenty in France as violets
in the Spring. The latest is furnished to The
London Obserrer and is that of the Bourbons
These gentlemen, it is reported, propose to
wait until the Monarchists have majority in
the Assembly, and then. having moved the
establishment of constitution, to offer the
throne to the Count of ChambOrd, and, in
case be declines, to invite the Count OF Paris
to take that insecure seat. This is plausible
enough; but it would manifestly be unfair for
a majority of delegates of monarchical ante
cedents to decide that their election, after re-
peated pledges not to intrigue against the
Republic, was any indication that their con-
stituents we're in favor of a monarchy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

Everything nowadays gets into prose fiction, and
it is question whether the higher order of history,
written cOnscientiously and according to certain
fixed principles may not suffer in the future through
careless traditions having their origin in irrespon-
sible novel-writing In London, new romance is
announced which promises to delineate the bad
morals and the greedy and shabby men of the Second
French Empire For our own part looking back
upon the era of coarse corruption which has just
terminated in sanguinary anarchy, we feel that
these are not annals to be trihed with by those who
manufacture books for the amusement OF the gen.
eral reader and still less do they afford lit topic
for tawdry e-painting historian like Lamar
tine The story of French misgovernment, from the
exile of the Orleans family TO the destruction of the
column in the Place Vend6me should be written
with stern and rigid mpartiality akin to that of
Tacitus Massacre and general social misery fol-
lowing period Of intense devotion to merely
material interests, with consequent luxury and in
evitable looseness of morals may be made Of better
use than to furnish points for fine writing or the
plot of a thin and empty story-boOk. France has
paid fearful price for political truth. May she not
be cheated of il i'll the end!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The impending crisis in Spanish political af-
fairs has come at last. The party of the Gov
ernment has not been able to withstand the
combination of Republicans, Carlists, and Pro-
gresistas in the Cortes, and has been outyoted
on the question of an address to the Throne.
The Cabinet having resigned, SeTano has
undertaken the difficult task of creating new
one. This is probably only the beginning OF
troubles for the royal Savoyard who just now
happens to be at the head of the Government
of Spain. The Opposition is growing more
confident, bold, and-what is more-unlted;
and Amadeo is but an experiment. after all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The King of the Cannibal Islands, having
the ill-luck which has Overtaken many of his
royal brethren in various parts of the world,
is in trouble with his subjects. revolt has
broken out among some of the rival clans, and
the captives taken in the battles which have
ensued are killed and eaten. King Thakom-
bua, converted cannibal, has been obliged to
take the field against his revolving subjects
The United States holds mortgage on the
principal island as security for the payment of
damages for the killing and eating of the
crew of an American whale-ship. Possibly we
may be obliged TO foreclose, and so stop the
cannibalism which Thakombua hardly re-
strainR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

Baron Haussmann, who is a candidate for
the French Assembly, with a good chance to
be elected, has published a card accepting the
situation, and promising to let the country de-
eide what its future form of government shall
be. This is very kindly meant by NJ. Hauss-
mann, and he probably esteems himself highly
for his forbearance But he happens to want
a seat in the Assembly just now if he should
be elected he will, of course, consider himself
morally free to use all his powers and privi-
leges to defeat the formation of a Republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The recent bad fortune of the Republicans of News
Hampshire is attributed by The Boston Journal to the
cliques into which the party was divided. Each
Congress district" says The Journal and
almost every important locality was OVERLAND with
personal feuds and divisions. The consequence was,
that campaign-work was neglected and the State
was lost" The worst feature of a result like this is
the wrong which these petty disputes inflict upon
straightforward honest citizens who never think of
getting Office, and SO far from wanting it, could
hardly be persuaded to take it; but who do feel u
lively interest in the success and predominance Of
their own cherished political convictions. They are
not of the party for what they can make ont Of it ;
but they may still be at the mercy of self-seeking
politicians who have thrust themselves into a posi-
ton of leadership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

variety of hardship, has finally been obliged
to abandon moss gathering and the hypothet-
ical agriculture which had enticed them thither.
This emigration was induced by company
which had the promise Of certain amount OF
land, provided stipulated number of colonists
should be permanently located upon the tract.
The attempt has been disastrous failure, and
it will warn the restless and uneasy to stay on
American soil and COLOMBO their own country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26

The journalistic Republican Union of Paris
is gaining in strength of numbers. A
few days since it was announced that five Re-
publican newspapers had formed this Union
with determination to support only candi-
dates who were pledged to the Republic.
There were then eighteen mOnarchist journals,
but since that time two mOre-the AUenir Nd
fionoI and Nation SOuUerain have joined the
Republican Union, and now the Echo de Com
nerce announces its adherence thereto, making
eight journals in ALL