New-York tribune., 1872-02-29

fail to make promptly cOrectedP
The Horse Railway Companies of Boston semi
officially through witnesses examined before Com
mttee announce TO the Legislature that they cannot
with any profit at certain hours run cars enough to
give every passenger the seat for which he has paid
Substantially this is saying that they cannot do the
business which, by the terms of their charters, they
have contracted to do 1t simply follows that they
should surrender these charters, and let Others If
they please try the experiment 1t Is asserted that
with cars differently constructed, the work might
| be done with satisfaction to the public; but the
| companies seem to regard cars differently con-
structed as out of the question. We are
glad 10 say. however, that the public Is
thoroughly aroused. and will not submit to be
swindled any longer. The tsteaE) railway compa-
nies are also TO be brought TO book in this matter of
accommodations. The legislative Committee
Railroads Will probably report bill exempting pas
sengers from liability to pay fares until they are
provided with seats The Boston and Maine road is
specially charged with using old for the short
routes, which, morning and evening" literally
packed with the asles full of fOOt-passengers
Mr. G.. E. Adams, jr., one of the State Railway
Commissioners, told the Committee that as to the
matter Of seats, tho law already covers the case.
i. g. that the contract made with the purchaser
to be made it would declaratOry law.
That asinine and longsufferng body, the American
travelling public is at last aroused to something like
a persistent assertion of its undeniable rghts-an
assertion not to be satisfied with swearing at con-
duCtors, but bold and strong enough TO move the
corporations themselves. No other people would
have submitted to so much mOiety of the impo-
sition which has been practiced upon our free and
enlightened citizens and their wives and children
The corporations are now accustomed to growing
that they pay no heed to it whatever but it would
be strange as they but the creatures of the pub
c if some way could not be found of reaching them
Fourteen Chinese lads we observe. have been sent
by their Emperor to Paris to be there instructed at
the expense of the State in the Colleges of St. Louis
and Louis-le-Grand. In like manner every year.
fourteen will be sent-that s we suppose il no revO-
luton happens to be going on in the occasionally
| distracted city. For the kind of education which
the young Cinnamon require, Germany it strikes u.s.
would be far better country II il hardly worth
while for the little Celestals to acquire even an
celent knowledge of mathematics at the expense
of their morals. Learning is nice thing; but who
wishes to get learning at the risk of being shot in
coup d Eat! AS for political science, by no
means sure that FrenChmen might not be proftably
sent TO China to acquire it, OF 10 Japan, although
observe that q beyy Of Japanese damsels of the
bluest blood also their way to Paris in search
of an education" What is TO he taught them
theref Feminine purity virtue, domestic duty true
motherhood and wifeho0df How long is it since
Paris became the seat of these virtues and accom-
plishments, II varmsh is all that is needed do thoy
not now make lacker in Japan which far surpasses
the Parisan' Already the dilspidated city has its
little ests about marrying the Japanese maids, and
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their probable dowres. 1t is questionable whether
French notions Of culture if adopted in Japan wOnd
much increase its happiness " the domestic sort
The Irishman who wanted to learn how t0 repc-
date his since he could cook them no other
way might study with advantage the rules of the
American Home Missionary Society tho last six
months have illustrated them. That body has
adopted resolution TO the effect that money is
to be borrowed to meet the deficit of contributions
to their treasury. For six months there has been
dearth in the offerings and the we-todo managers
of the Society have simply left their missionaries
through this most trying without salary,
rather than pledge their individual credit. which is
good for the relief of their service. The contribu
tions used far they would 90. and pastors
in remote settlements have been left without sup
port. Tho secretary cooy announces in one line vi
his appeal that missionaries in SOME obliged
to sell their furniture and books for the means of
life and in another refuses TO pledge tho credit VI
the Society for their relief asserting 50 quote his
own words. that the non-borrowng system
has worked we'll" How about the missionaries In
tho North West where the glass has stood this Win
ter three weeks 40 q time. at II degrees below zero
Do they think It works well to watch the mails for
weeks In hope of sucoor. while their accounts ut the
banks run on at - per cent interest and the wood
p.lo sToWs low, snd maat " uaLnoWn, aai the wife