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New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
THE FRANKLIN STATUE.

When, yesterday morning, the euyelopns
banners were removed ana the statue of Franklin ws
disclosed there was moment Of genuine and hearV
applause. Among the majority this Of course
cause the bronze was fresh and shining. and the wr
known face and figure came suddenly ont OF Their "'
liant covering, like those ot old friend. But eva
among the judicious minority there was somethinsds
feeling OF positive relief the vail fell and they XIV
the worst There has been 80 much OF chsr'so1
ism In recent contracts for works or art w
the publie naturally expect that the unyailinsE
statue Will be disclosure almost rs horrible s thh~
the mysterious Prophet Of Khorassan. To be entreyoi
did there was very little expected OF this longher'aa
bronze ard therefore the satisfaction OF every one"
80 much the greater that il turned out 70 be most
speetable statue The press thoroughly appreeSu4
tho generosity and public spirit OF the COM
were prepared 10 De lenient as posaO'
in criticism and for that reason
more gratifying that there Is no especial oe~'s
for lenty II is a rather convenuona ssa'"''
IN a workmsnke manner, with close adhefen'
historical truth The likeness l. well caught snd 'O
3, is moi the great Franklin Of the best frenen p"
,r ia a fair enough copy OF the eSey-sr 'AsO
nhilosophrr OF common life The attitude S's"
natural. though, like many other works OF ".
has its better and its worse side. viewed Ho~ w
II Is rather lacking in dignity. The outsue'e srr
deficient IN trmness OF PURPOSE anu : aha 40
seems neither speaking nor silent. But ron 'nO
,bat is TO say standing On The 'si' .,ss H
,ha s,arrs II creates most agreeable and hsrnva
,mnressiop The tall stature Of the iPresaen'
seen in its just proportions, for though
-. IA the yir,inians speaks Of him as D'
'as,ar - he was feet let inches high The p'a,tS
in,t hand and the argumentstve pose OF inc s.s
mo their proper relation. The head OF .rsss fiass
,he the sraudest known to art or to history Nv
send 70 the sculptor, and IN tniS IN. 20
NOT been wronged in the hanuNns ,bs 81
wavy hair. which, In denanVe ,,,r wore W
and "rs..neS n,sp' a. Vcr.ses Versa fails back from .ss
sG,ysssr %nics l'tS superior % to
,ons ON the whole 1t is eredataOl0 statue Hacsd
wsnt ui 70 Printing -HOuse-square 1t is vsn apds
vel, framed, with the City Hall Park ID nvaa San,oaa
nswspaper offices OF the present ana inIu'
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

Mr.. George William Curtis's Board OF
Schoolmasters' is drawing the ire Of other
men than General Benjamin f. Butler and
Senator Matt. Carpenter. Representative Snapp
Yesterday characterized the Civil Service Re
form scheme as ga commission Of seven men
who had addressed a document called re-
port to the President" To be called
schoolmastcrs" was bad enough, but the
gentleman from Illinois loftily sweeps them OIL
as "seven men," which must give bitterness
to the soul of each of the seven. The House,
however, consigned Mr. Snaps protest TO the
limbo of the Committee of the Whole on the
State of The Union.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

n the truth be- told. we have a disconrayn0 iTu.
iration Of the mpotcncy Of talk in tho TACT thai
while in Chicago everybody agrees that there should
be no more wooden buildings put up there, the car
peutcrs arc all busy in erecting any number Of Ties
tinder-boycs The newspapers protest; but Eh
cares for the newspapers? American hurry ia m
potent to be- stayed by any considerations Of econcJ
or safety This building in wood keeps mp bersa
of insurance; but what of that' Every woda
structure diminshes the value OF everY brick buik
ing near it; but what of that's il does appear tOa
the incorrigiblc fault of American smartnes'
that it fancies nothing to be worth doing excepia
a risk which would make sober men howl with y
prehonsion. If Chicago should again. as cms
onence of this recllCssncss be reduced TO cinda,
with what face can she a second time appeal TO A
beneyolcncc of the woIidi
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70 srbt for half it's markets in the interior.

IN 6cbt for half its markets In the INFERIOR
Wa ore sure this would be unwise.
Mr. Sherman would reduce the present du'y
an R;ce ope-balf-on rough Rice, more thah
half We trust this will not bo done. our
Rice industry was ruined by the late struggle
II ia now royiving, and is employing large
and valuable class of freedmen, who have SUI
fered fcarfully by successive failures VI Wv
Sea Island Cotton crop. Rice IL resIoiims "
cultivation coast-lands that must DC iuio
this culture be abandoned. We pray congress
to spare the duty on Rice.
Mr.. Sherman proposes reduction py 'en
per cent of the present duties on WOOL Oh
Woolen. Cotton. and Silken fabrics; ana on aiI
manner of Iron and Steel except Pig Iron anu
Stool Rails. Sncb n reduction would do seri-
ous harm to our Home Industry, yet would
nowise satisfy the Free-Traders. They would
accent il simply as an installment, ana would
cheer on their troops to an assault on the waiiS
which we had partially thrown down as II 10
invite their escalade. We cnlrcat that they
be not so encouraged.
Two years ago, Congress increased the
duty on Steel Rails and reduced that on Pig
Iron. In consequence, Pig Iron is now dearer
and Steel Rails are cheaper than then. The -
per tun taken off the duty on Pig Iron has been
lost to the Treasury and gained to the British
iron-masters; while the growth of our Iron
smelling, previously so rapid, has been ar
rested. We are making at least thrice as
many Steel Rails as when that Tariff was
enacted, and Steel Rails are cheaper than they
then were; we are making very little more
Pig Iron than wo then did, and Pig Iron is
dearcr Shall not experience tcachY Must we
be brayed in a mortar and then not Learnt
Had Congress in 1870, instead of reducing
the duty on Pig Iron from 50 TO 81 per tun,
enhanced it to S12, we cannot doubt that Iron
would have been cheaper this day than it is;
because 50 many would have been melted to
build stacks and set them to smelling Iron.
Having mwiscly checked the home production
of Pig Iron, we now seem inclined to extend
| this policy to Bar and Railroad Iron as well.
! Gentlemen in Congress f0rbcarl
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recovery.

New-York has seldom seen o more pleasant
occasion than that on which the craft OF when
Franklin was member honOred his memory
Inv ipaugurating his statue in Printing-louSe-
sGuare. There he stands in bronze eingy,
recalling the early days of the Republic and
the art of printing, in these strange
stirring years. and i'll the midst OF 'ne
vast enginery of modern Typography ana Jour,
nalism. The statue viii always be regarded
as a graceful gift; and the simple ceremonies
which attended its unvailing were singularly
effective and appropriate TO the work itself.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

1t is painful to note the iITcverencc with
which our correspondents regard Mr.. Ter
winiger's labors as Proof Reader i'll Ordinary
to the Public Printers, at a salary of twenty
per cent on the work done. But we must
frankly answer their applications by the
explicit statement that we cannot afford to
engage any of them on those terms. We are
doing a very respectable business too, III a
small way,-at least as large, we had sup
posed, ss that of Weed, Parsons & Co.,
certainly larger last year than we ever
did before and larger week by week this year
than i'll the corresponding weeks of any pre-
vious year. But we can't afford to pay that
price We have good Proof fReaders, too
if they do, now and then try our temper
sorely,-and they do a great deal of hard
work that does MT make much show with
patience and fidelity. But positively We
ca MT afford to pay even them that price. The
trihe of two hundred thousand dollars and
over it would make our prOOf-reading cost us,
is. in view of the other expenses involved,
beyond our modest means But then we
do MT enjoy the advantage of being Public
Printers-with the man who gives out the
printing and audits the bills for Our-Proof
pnoIari
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

The friends of Temperance Reform arc not
so numerous nor so powerful that they can
afford to quarrel among themselves. Yet we
find that in the annual meeting Of the State
Temperance Society, held at Troy yesterday,
there was a manifestation of two well-devcl-
oped wings The Local Prohibitonists and
the Anti Dram-Shop parties divide the Tenn
perance Army between them. This is deplor-
able, for both are working for a noble and
common purpose, and differ only in what
seem to be different methods of reaching
the end. One would suppose that the fatl,
example Of pcrsonalism in party politics was
sufficiently conspicuous TO warn the Temper
ance men that that way is dcath.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

Senator Woods general denial of the charges
made against him in The TRIBUNE has not
avaed him much The Committee very prop
erly decides that the statement of Mr.. Woods
account with the Bowling Green Savings
Bank. as published in The TRIBUNE, being
found correct, the charges are practically
proven. The accused, however, will have op-
portunity to bring witnesses to disproye the
allegations made that is to say, 1t being
assumed that the dates Of Mr.. Woods trans
actions in the Senate and with the bank
exactly correspond, he will be permitted to
show, if possible, that his bank account had
nothing to do with his votes. Can he do 1t!
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

A decidedly interesting feature of the Gus
tom house Investigation yesterday was the ad-
mission of Mr.. Charles S. Spencer that the
patronage of the National Government in this
State is given to the CustOm-house party for
the purpose Of carrying the State for the re-
nomination Of the President No other con-
struction than this can possibly be placed on
Mr. spencer's evidence. lie went still further
and declared that this same party made up of
Custom house men, went to the Republican
State Convention last Fall and carried it for
the President. OF course, Senator Howe,
shocked at tho turn affairs were taking, at
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

tho Secretary Of State that change IN .no
mission to Copenhagen will be sooo 'nns
for this country. But it will not oo Easy ~
confne the consequences OF the mlSauven'u,0
to Mr.. Kramer. There was matter enous" o.
ready in the Catacazy trouble 10 ni"No u as
ashamed. and now we have the spec.ao'o u
Mr.. Fish and Gen. Grant quarreling WIN 'niS
wretched little Greek over genteei dihner
tables, and getting snubbed, so to speak, III
half the cbanceries of Europe
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
Amuscments, str., CHS epsning'


Roorn's THE,TER-"Julius Caesar" Boo'h'
FurH AVENUE Divorce
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-"No Ihorouenin'' i"0
rlorenoeS . D.uoo. ar
Crsnae Duehesse" Mile Aimee - =,
NmIo's GARpEN.-"Thc Black Crook"
o,,,,,r,c TurATER.-" Humpty Dumpty Recon-
ssrucsed, G. L. Fox ~ -, y O Os.Io
,T,,ox SQUARE THEATER.-Varicty Company.
w,r1AcKs THEATER.-"J John Garth l.. Wauack.
ACADEMY OF Music, Brooklyn. - Concert Mrs.
MOalton, =, y, D,..--
efLaashiuy GsS ~
Ip1yrrr's ART RooMs.-Palette Exhibition.
STxINwAY HuI--LeCture. Rev. Peter Stryker'
ST. Pf1ER'S HMI--Mrs. JaTleys Wax Works
SAN Francisco MINSTREIS.-Birch, Wambold, etc.
NEw-YorK Circus. Fourteenth-st., between Third
snd Popgt'rsves
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
PROGRESS BUT WHICH WAYF

The Custom house has been no worse in the
matter of political interference, we are told,
under this Administration than formerly. The
Administration friends of Civil Reform admit
that it is bad enough, but insist that it is
merely the continuation of an old evil We
heartily wish this could be shown; but what
shall we say to this cOntrastf Here is Mr..
Murphy's circular to the employees of the Gus
tom house, as set forth lin what is represented
TO us as authentic fOrm,) in the account given
the other day of the suit against Messrs. Muir
ply and Cornell for the two per cent. tax which
they insisted on collecting for political pur-
poses. and which the litigants want TO get
back again:
To all 1hon IL ndy All persons in the employ
OF the Custom will be required to pay at the office
OF the Surveyor per cent upon their salaries for the
mast wear BY order OF THOMAS MURPHY,
Collector of the Port OF New York.
Eeie- York, October, ISL.
Compare with it the following circular, which
we print from an original copy issued 10y Col
lectOr Barney:
1.-THE Collector desires that the officers OF the Customs
should have the opportunity, In every year, to
tribute such sums as they desire toward paying the
necessary and legitimate expenses incurred by the
Union and Republican parties for elections He has
authorized Messrs Stout and Palmer to receive subscr
this year for the State and City elections and he
will himself attend 10 the proper application OF all
moneys contributed. He considers 1t the duty OF all
citizons to aid according Ito their ability, in deraying
the proper expenses OF the political organizations whose
principles and objects they approve But he will not
presume dictate the amount to be ven and he leaves
every officer at perfect liberty to refuse TO make any
tribuon. No officer will. by contributing. establish II
claim TO be retained; nor win any officer incur the
penalty OF removal by refusing TO give"
Clearly there has been progress in some
direction between Barney and Murphy. viii
the Administration friends of Civil Service
Reform tell us whether it is progress they
approve or whether they think the Custom
house in this regard any worse under this
Administration than it was befOref
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

Now that Gen. Sherman is about to vlslt
Germany, there seems to be a desire to be on
good terms with the Great American Captain.
SO The North German Gazette takes occasion
TO deny the assertion Of The London Standard
made some time ago that Gen. Won Moltke
had expressed his disapproyal of the military
strategy of Sherman's famous march to the
sea. The Standard is so furiOusly anti-AInerl-
can that its report of Won Moltkes remarks
was very generally disbeheved. 1t was not
impossible that the great German master oil
strategy should excuse himself from reading
American military reports on the ground that
"the doings of an aimed mob were simply
"confusng' but ii is not like the man who
| is silcnt in seven languagcs to say So.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

A speech by japanese Prince, from m
American hotel balcony, in answer to u sere-
made, is IA novelty worth consideration. Prince
Iwakura, who thus spoke at San Francisco the
other night, is at the head of notable en-
bassy, and his address is candid acknowl-
cdgemcnt that Japan has been benefited by the
introduction of Western arts and sciences. and
wants more of these and closer international
intercourse. The speech il not without signili-
cance, too, IA suggestive of the probable adj
yancement ana civilization of other Oriental
pcopies than thoao Of japan. The influences
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

According to letter from our Regular Lon
don Correspondent, the illness of the Prince
who is expected to become the sovereign OIL
England, by and by, has not changed the DC
lief of a great many Englishmen in the su-
periority Of Republican over Monarchlcal III
stitutions. This may be monstrous on the part
of the English Reformers, but they have man,
aged TO behave so discreetly, it appears 'h''
they are not charged with treason on account
Of odberipp TO theiy faith, spite of the Princes
rooovarv
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

It is reported that the Navy Department
intends to ask Congress for authority TO build
ten 13-gun sloOps-of-war and seven steam
propellers. We trust not ; there has been great
deal of fussing and blundering among the
naval constructors, and not much has ever come
of it all, except big bill, and, without more
occasion for an increase of the Navy than is
now perceptible, bill for more ships will
meet with almost universal disapproval.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

The United States Government has taken
such decided position with respect to diplo-
matte propricties that it becomes highly i'm
portant for us to look sharply after the con-
duct of our own representatives at foreign
courts. Mr.. Fish is understood to have adj
dressed to the American Ministers abroad n
circular letter giving his version of the Cata-
cay quarrel and the letter is said to have
been confidential. Whether there was onv
unfortunate ambiguity i'll the nature of this
communication we cannot say; but Mr.. Kra-
mer, our Minister at Copenhagen, took the
extraordinary course OF producing it at n dip
lomatic dinner in the German embassy. and
nroposng to- read it for the benefit of
the Russian representative and the other
members of the corps who were guests
at the table. He persisted in spite
of the Russians protest. and was al
lcnced with some difficulty by the master of
the house. Mr.. Kramer's conduct will of
course be the subject OF official inquiry. and
if the story as we published it prove correct.
IL Rlll dOabtc8s 0cctr tO The President and
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

This looks like business. and all manner Of Chs
tians about to hold Fancy Fairs will do well 10
initiate this example Very often enterprises Of this
character are conducted upon anything but o.
nomical plan. and expenses make n waful Gan in q.
profits Protestant pulpts are sounding dIesEg
notes of alarm in all quarters at the increased
Roman Catholics; but this is free country. sndh
Romanists choose to work for growth thero
nothing in the Constitution Of the United statesk
prevent their doing so. With such start In b,
race. how can Professionalism be beaten ereep! BY
its Own foolish dissensiOnsl
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

1t may be a long time before cable tele-
graph rates are reasonably low, but the an
nouncement that new line is about to be
laid on from an English port directly to New
York gives some sign of hope. The present
tariff is exorbitant and the completion of a
new submarine line, which could not be
bought in by existing companies, would be
sure 10 relieve business of heavy and need
less tax
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

at work in that empire are sure to extend
further. Just now, however. we are most In
terested in the commercial intercourse which
japan invites; and in this view Of the case
the Embassy is worth more attention than
hundreds of visits from sightseeing royal
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

1t IL reported, upon apparently good authortv
that there has been mOurnful increase Of suicide,
lately in France, though that method Of exit wa,
common enough there before-cOmmOner we thlpl
than in England, albeit Frcnchmen whenever want
ing food for o joke have maintained cOnirar,
opinion. But If self-slaughter in France IL now.
marked feature Of the times, we are not surpisA
by the fact for the times are now favorable to th.
sort of selfexhiblton, in which the only actor p,
suades himself that his death will for an hour a,
least, put his name into tho months Of men. Ma,
are we surprised by another fact-tbat tho inssu,
aSylums in the provinces are fall and runningoye
OF the Partisan suicides three OF four of which an
every day reported in the journals it is said tia.
in most instances the felo-dc-ss exhibitions a.
pear to have taken great care in the mak.ngd
their final toilet. Artificial mental excis
ment. without the additional stmulns q
personal vanity, must tell fcarfuly upon a peoph
sngularly ill-ftted for eudurance and whether ith
occasioned by wounded national pride OF by absnths
or brandy, or by an undue interest in politics, tho
loss of rational intellectual balance strcngthemAs
French conviction that every high-hcaItcd citiDa
when matters become Troublesome, ought to die n
the high Roman fashion The French are peGs
of but moderate persistence with great faita n
doing and none M all in waiting; with peeuhR
and unhealthy relish for temporary material plea
sures; and with but little endowment Of the graYa
moral instincts. What virtues they have vauaN.
and audablc as they may be, are not Of the lasting
moral SORT To these considerations, il Is Necessary
to add that year by year the idea of suicide hasb BE-
come familiar to the common French mind-aceG
matted, if We may say so.
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New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

MARK TWAIN will deliver ID 'ln, .sniJ'
week. his new lecture entitled. Rousmns
Chicago and other cities has h"u au . a,ns Of al y
cess. 1t il said to be the mos. .s in ysw.r
productions for the lyeeum' he 'Pfe s.arv .ss9ciS
nnder the auspices OF the Mercantile LiDi"s eo.af
under '"1 osaars ia pc the slOsns Oue Of the sS
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

tempted to create diversion by repeating the
senseless chatter about Tammany Republicans
being at the Convention, but he did not sue
ceed in bunting the point of Mr.. Spencers
confession
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

Apropos to the flying stories about the Prince ot
Wales at once discreditable and unfounded, we re-
peat the gist of Mr.. NJ. d. Conways letter 10 me
Cincnnsa Commercial in which the heir apparent is
defen.,d Mr. Conway informs w. from persoph
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

observation, that the conversation Of bis Iig,,..-
"is that OF an educated man with somo bum,s
The impression which he left upon Mr.. Conw.,,.
mind was that there is much moro good in h.,
than Is usually supposed" He is not "a drunks,d,
though he " smokes moro than the anti-tobaceon,,,
would recommend" But what astonishes us /. a.
following statement; "He has made no secret :,
bis belief that he viii never sit on the throne ana,
is plain that this belief has given him no sorrovs
Are We 10 understand Mr.. Conway to say thatit /.
the opinion Of the Prince Of Wales that the B,itih
Monarchy is about to bo abolishedl II it is. all y,
have to say is that this is one Of the most woDders
opinions ever entertained by n prince Of the blod
since monarchy came into fashion.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

The Catholics # Boston, wanting more money IA
the completion Of thcir fine cathedral held aft
the other day, the financial report of which spe
fectlv rosy. Here is the whole in brief;
Total Receipts s........................... s7OG3
ENpcLdtdrc5 ..--..-..... ...--....-...... 5,9B
New-York tribune., 1872-01-18

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