New-York tribune., 1872-03-29

for fifteen yoars he kept h0tel In on6 vi tne oo"su
States. Moreover our ancient friend novor plsycd
game Of Marbles or checkers, or billiards. and only
twice In his life has he had pack OF cards In his
hands. He has travelled ne says. over 100000 miles
and never met with an accident. nor (hear this, ye
women has he ever been moment late. Among
other accomplishments our friend, whose name is
Alfred Tibbts, declares that he can repeat more OF
the Bible than any man living Of whom ne has any
knowledge; and he further deposes that he has
given instruction TO more than 100000 pupils that
no has preached for 15 years that he has Travelled
500 miles to attend over 80 funerals, and all the
salary he ever received" he says, somewhat lugu-
briOusly, was pound Of tea worth 20 centsl For
81 years he has not been confined to tho house by
reason Of bodily indispOstion for AZ hours at any
time. Often he has walked "A miles to attend divine
service Old as he is, he can read THE TRIBUNE
without glasses, and fortunate old man we con-
slider him to be. To crown all he has three living
children, five grandchildren, and three great grand
children; and he is possessed of competency Oh
this worlds goods gained" he proudly saws. "by
nv own industry We congratulate Mr. Tibbits
upon his busy happy, and successful life, and con-
fdently offer him as an example to the rising genera
ti0n.
The Cororegationast thinks, with reason, that
"the Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Convention
got "a point on the National Prohibtory Convention
We think so too. The Prohibitory politicians In Co
lumbus Ohio, telegraphed to the r. c. delegates in
Baltimore their kindly greetings" and received an
acknowledgment of the courtesy with this hint on
the end of it, Catholics rely upon the power OF re-
iigon to destroy the demand by conquering the ap-
petite.n The answer had already said that the
Catholic Convention entertained but slight hope In
party political movements looking only to the sup
plyD Without giving up at all our belief that rum
selling should be prohibited by law, we still think
that the most ardent temperance man may rely upon
the party already existing which has initiated and
carried forward whatever prohbtory legislation we
have had or are likely to have. If temperance men
will stay where they belong naturally that 49, IN the
Republican party, and will there exercise that IN
auence which has seldom proved insufficient to &C.
cure the enactment of good statutes in support OF
temperance there will be less likelihood OF Demo-
oraticu maorties mischievous license laws, or free
rum.
Pho House bill for the Suppression OF Obscene
Literature in the District of Columbia, is in the
hands OF the Judiciary Committee. Ii passed 1t
will have not only local value, but Will be OF
good example to the State Legislatures and munich
nal authorities The bill prohibits generally either
the sale or the giving away of any book or other OBJ
ect of an indecent or immoral nature, any article or
medicine for causing abortion. any advertisement OF
| tho same or any manufacture thereof. A special
section probbs the deposit of any such articles or
things in the mail boxes with the intent TO have
them conveyed by mail. The punishment for viola
ton of these provisions is imprisonment for not more
| than ono year in the county JAIL or hne OF not
more than 81 O0 onehalf to be paid to the nforner
and the moiety to the Womens Christian Association
of tho District Provision is made for the seizure of
| and font hair
is probably as good law as can be framed for the
nnrnose. and although it does not cover the whole
ground and may by the exercise of caution in some
instances be disregarded with impuntty, yet 1t Is
| infinitely better than no law at all
Pig will eat pig, it seems-indeed there appears to
| be nothing which pig will not eat If sufficiently
hungry The Ne,cbryport Herald tells us that at the
depot of the Eastern Railroad, in that CITY, one Of
herd of swine in car was trampled upon by an OK,
and was Immediately devOured by his fellow -ctlzens.
The cruel rascaty of the thing Is that these hogs
had not been fed since their departure from Canada
| Men have not seldom eaten men under tne same
urgency Of appetite While scandals like this on tb9
| Eastern Railroad occur it is hardly worth while
for Western editors to ridicule the well-meant
efforts of Mr.. Bergh to reform abuses in the trans
portation Of animals. The Clereland Leader wants
to know why "a palace hog car" should not be de-
vised for carrying swine to the Eastern markets. SO
| that there may be "one perpetual holiday on the
hog trains until they arrive in jersey City," Those
who are obliged to eat Western pork will hardly ap
preciate this delicate irony. They may be able to
relish anything in Cleveland, but here We are trie
| more fastidious.
The London papers of the 18th and 14th are full OF
CONGRATULATIONS over the Erie revolution, the sue
cess of which has created quite as great sensation
in England as at home. The first public intelligence
of the reorganization of the Directory was given by
The DAILY Nars in special telegram from this city
| dated on the 18th, and this was confirmed by The
Times and Reuters dispatches the next day, and by
private advices to the Erie Shareh0ders Protection
Committee and the London houses chiefly interested
in the road as well by later special dispatches to
The Neprs Bischoffsheim & Co. Immediately issued
s6rcular giving tbs names Of TIE new directors and
particulars of the startling change in the manage
ment of Erie effected by the coup of Gen. Sickles On
the 12th inst, and The Times, which seems to have
been well informed Of the plans Of the Bischoffshein
party spoke in the most complimentary terms Of the
Generals services to the road and the public Every
where the overthrow of Jay Gould has advanced
American credit and raised the American character
Apropos of the expurgation Of dictionaries, 9
writer in The Examiner and Chronicle relates the fol
lowing: "An acquaintance told me that he asked
Prof. Porter of Yale why the verb gerrymander
was not ii tho first edition Of Webster. The reply
was, the widow of Elbridge Gerry lived directly op
posite Prof Goodrich, and, as the families were OF
intimate terms he did not have the heart to gv'
gerrymander' place In the Unabridged W.
wish that somebody with plenty Of leisure and th'
requisite knowledge would make collection OF an
ecdotes about dictionary making. 1t would be al
amusing trihe, though it might materially diminish