New-York tribune., 1872-04-25

be planted when tho ditching is done) We arc
hardly prepared 10 recommend TO correspondents
any delightful names. retired vino importer
might Cf he were not initiating Mr. Foker. NJ. ~
call his place Logwood and one can fancy -
wealthy tailor" giving his rural home the significant
and agricultural title Of The Cabbages.
II Ia not universally known that spared remnant
of the so-called Millerites' vet exists in
lied form, and believes that the millennium "a at
hand Nine-tenths Of those who know this opinion
TO be thus entertained are totally unmoved by It,
A faith which il il were well founded, would be OF
unspeakable consequence 10 the whole population OF
the globe, is only harbored by small and numef-
ically insignificant sect. Yet in these topographic
days there is nobody who believes in anything who
is too poor to print newspaper in support OF his
belief; and, in fact, the Second Adyentists
arc printing several In ono Of these wo
find advanced as evidence Of the speedy de-
structon Of the world: 1. The great number OF
earthquakes gales and shipwreck floods tOrnadoos.
confagratons, railway collisions mining accidents.
suicides famnes pesiilcnces and othor private and
public ealamtios occurring during the last year.
2. The murders and other crimes constantly com
mitted in this city. 3. The bold promulgation Of
the doctrine Of Free Love by wellknown woman
Of New-York. 4. Whatever else is severe. unex-
peced, unpleasant, and unsatisfactory IN the events
and transactions of the time including perhaps tho
negligence Of the faithful TO pay their annual sub
scriptions of which one newspaper complains. Tho
earthquake Of the 26tb ut., which frightened
everybody else. did not IN tho least scare
our Second Advent editor. who says: We were
awakened out Of sound sleep by the rocking Of our
bed We enjoyed tho occasion, feeling no fear We
thought OF the approaching time whom the LORD will
shake the earth terribly and the cities Of the nations
will fall" Il there not something snblime m an
eqnanimity like this Here is a gentleman 10 whom
nothing Is distressing or disastrous Whatever
troubles the rest of mankind Is to him merely con
solatory confirmation Of a cherished theory. What
ever frighens everybody else puts him in the highest
spirits. He needed nothing but an earthquake To
establish bis doctrine beyond poradyenure, and an
earthquake is Immediately furnished. Not every
apostle Of belief. not every prophet, has been
so emincntly favored.
Burlington, Vt. has had the stimulus Of detected
defalcation Gen. Geo. J. Stannard. Collector Of
Customs for the district Of Vermont. Is found To be
indebted to the U. S. Treasury in the sum Of $1,000
which, as he cannot pay it, must be paid by bis un
fortunate bondsmcn. What has become Of the
money, he cannot say. His coin account for Gus
toms is all right but his account for fees and per
ouistesp which is settled annually II all wrong
lie has had control Of q large amount OF
money belonging 20 the Government, and ~
has disappeared Everybody praises him "a a gen
erous, brave frank, honest, upright man-but tho
money is not forthcoming. Everybody IL surprised
and prieved. but that will not satisfy the Treas
ury Department. Everybody is surprised that no
could do it, but that ho has done it, nobody can
deny. Tho usual excuses are made for hlm-he was
too free-handed; his purse always open; he
lived cxpensively he kept no record of his expondi-
turcs-but all these amiable excavations will not
square the account, will they relieve his bonds
men from the liabilities incurred by their Fl !endly
confidence We do not know how many more Office
holders there may be in the country who are IN the
same trouble except that they have not been found
out. We have no reason 10 suppose that the Admin
istration will be specially hard upon the General;
but his ofice-holdng days are probably over At
the best he furnishes q warning TO men against
accepting Offices of monetary responsibility for
which they are untitled either by training OF char
aCtcr.
Ii is surprising what crotchets vaetudinarians
will harbor Here is an invalid lady In New
England town who is greatly distressed by tbe
noisy vibrations of the telegraph wires which pass
over her house. The company have moved their
wires TO relieve her, but did it in such way
that, as she says in little publication which she
has made on tDe SUBJECT, inc llceSSauI IOaI
rng" were twice three times as loud as before.
Ultimately, she was forced TO pay S75 to
cover the expense Of having the poles carried
far away from her domcile Personally
she is rid of the Eolan noises, but her dstrust Of
telegraph companies has nos in the least abatcd for
in a handbill which She has obligingly forwarded to
u.s. she expresses the opinion that telegrapbs are
established and stretched through every nook and
corner of the land" not only for the purpose OF
keeping invalid ladies awake. but "by secret and
designing party of politicians for the express purpose
of ascertaining the exact state of affairs. and con-
trolling az far possible the free suIagcs Of the
people" As she would never have thought Of this
if the noisy wires had not kept her awake, we are
happy to believe that the worthy woman Is quite
mistaken.
correspondent writing TO US upon the subject OF
Capital Punishment" objects to what he Is pleased
to call both horns OF The IRIBUNEs Arguments
that if executions are private they betoken that
ciety is ashamed of them, and if they are public
then they are corrupting." Ne must admit that
do not the force of the suggestion Various dis
reputable things done in private because the
dOers are ashamed of them. which would he corrupt
ing if done in public; but the shame of them
is tho same whether they be covert or overt.
II there be anything of good example in
hanging as its admirers porsIstently claim, then
we hold it to be absurd to transact the business in
corner before select assemblage of those citizens
who of all the members of society, are least likely
to commit murder. Il executions are cOruptIng as
we think has been sufficiently proved, then, II they
are resorted to ALL il should be privately. But as
they fail Of their avOwcd purpose, whether done III
the presence of mob in the corner OF jail yard.
we are for abandoning them altogether Il Is the
admirers of Hemp who are inconsistont-not We.