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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22
THE ,JUDTTTIL RING.

The subject of corruption in the Judiciary,
which is now undergoing investigation by the
Legislative Committee specially charged there
with, is one which cannot be too strongly or
plainly handled. The public have heard much
of the various ways whereby the unprincipled
men who constitute the Judiciary Ring of this
city have outraged law and defed justice when
holding tho different branches of the court
over which they preside but it is only when
tho power they have singly used with
such unholy purpose has been combined,
rs in the General Term of the Supreme Court
of this district that the terrible and resstless
tyranny which received such serious blow
in November last, and which so long held the
people of this city bound hand and foot,
becomes possible. The theory that the appel
late courts are check upon the errors of the
courts below becomes a mOckery when the APP
peal must be heard by men who are indissou-
bly, Joined in brotherhood with the judge who
singly committed the original wrong which
forms the basis of the appeal. Under such cir
cumstances, tho uselessness of any efforts for
redress must be apparent THE TRIBUNE has
had occasion heretofore to call attention to
the Infamous combination, the natural result
of the corrupt rule to which we have been
subjected. known IA the General Ttrlp |6f the
Supreme Court. The law under which this
wGs constituted was passed April q, 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

London correspondence of THE TRIBUNE,
published to-day, contains much that Is of in
terest to those who have so far followed the
development of the panic which the American
Case has Occasioned in England. The impOr-
tant debates in Parliament on the Alabama
Claims and cOgnate subjects, of which we
print to-day full reports, also, show what use
has been made of this question by the oppo-
nents of the Gladstone Government. The chief
point which will attract attention in the
United States is the unaccOuntable delay of
the British Cabinet in taking up the American
Case. 1t now comes out that that famous in
strument was received at the British Foreign
Office on the 18th December; but it was not
until the Cd February that the British Gov
eminent seemed to give it any serious atten-
ton. Is it possible that the interval was en-
ployed by the Government to incite the Brit
ish rage, and thus dexterously divert attention
from the threatening condition of home affairs
This is charged against the Premier, and with
some show of justice. Certainly tho conduct
of the Gladstone Ministry in this particular
now looks indirect and disingenuous The de-
Tense made against the vigorous onslaught of
Disraeli is so feeble as to explain somewhat
the loss of strength which the Government has
since suffered in the House of Commons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22
WASHINGTON.

Nations are very much Ike boys in the
matter of education; reason or preach to them,
and the truth disgusts or nauseates them; but
set the argument in the shape of a story or
picture, and they. take it homo straight to
their cOnsciences. The hero of the drama, if
he happen to be one OF themselves becomes q
patron saint or demon, and they follow him
pell-mell, up or dOwn-wherever he goes.
The French argumentatIvcly knew the value
of military glory before Napoleon, but it
needed the Little Corporal with his dramatic
story to lead them individually after it over
burning sands or eternal SHOWS. In the gray
coat, the star he was said to follow, the red
rag he hung in their button-holes, lay half
the power of that magician. We all knew
for generations back that Slavery was
curse to black and white; that
it stained our national honor, crippled
our strength, ate like canker into every
source of the cOuntry's life. Yet it was not
reason, religion, nor policy, but the black
mother killing her children in Cincinnati to
save them from their master; the slave hailed
back through Boston streets Uncle Tom; the
old farmer dying in his grand insanity on tho
gallows while the terrified chivalry in hosts
stood around, that showed us how unclean
and foul was the garment we had fOolishly
wrapped about us, and forced us to throw it
off. Lincoln, as an exponent of q certain
policy, was the best abused man in America,
when the tragic stage effect of his death set
forth his virtues in a bewildering halo, and
honest old Abe passed through the gate of
martyrdom into the number of the nations
idols.
The moral of all this is, that if conspicuous
and heroic lives are among the most effective
means of educating the people, we ought to
keep such lives before us in their original high
and lofty meaning, and not suffer them to fall
into stale subjects for bad jokes and tiresome
tluisms. The Jewish law showed its divine
knowledge of human nature nowhere more
forcbly than in the establishment of certain
imposing and mysterious anniversaries TO COM
memOrate the great significant points of their
history that when the children should say
"What mean you by thisl' the old men should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

No wonder that thieves and murderers hold
criminal law in light regard, when they sec
such men as Foster, the car-hook rufliau, tying
up all the courts with the finest and incest
bubbles Here is man convicted of a brutal
and unprovoked murder; none questions his
guilt; there are no extenuating circumstances
in the case; yet, for nearly ten months he has
managed to escape his just deserts, and has
been able to import at least one judge outside
this jurisdiction, in order to stay all summary
proceedings He is now re-sentenced, but new
legal complications are pending. Does any
body suppose that such extraordinary efforts
at escape would be made if he were to be i'm
pris0ned for life-not hanged7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

THE TRIBUNE is not inclined to oppose the
reduction or entire abolition Of the duties on
tea and coffee, for reasons heretofore gwen
But we must remind Congressman that wnle
they are tinkering the Tariff on these articles
the merchants who import them are suffering e
the most serious inconvenience on account Oh
this legislative indecision. The coffee ana tea
importers annually pay many thousands of
dollars into the Treasury, and 1t is simply
lust that Congress should be influenced by the
netition. which they have forwarded, asking for
speedy action. If this reduction be made at
all. 'twere best 'twere done quickly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

during the reign Of the men who nave oeen
lately thrust aside by an indignant pubic;
and there can be no doubt that the authority
thereby given to the Governor to appoint the
members of that Court, and his subsequent
annointment of its present members, were Dut
marta of the cunning scheme devised Dy the
Tammany Ring for their owl protection. e,
II il only necessary that the names of the men
who constitute the General Term should be men
toned. in order that the whole measure OF the
judicial iniquity to which this people has been
80 long prey should be explained. Judge
Barnard removed the case against Tweed 10
bis own Court Judge Cardozo accepted the
proceeds of Tweeds thefts as bail, and set
him free to continue his career OF mischief {;
and Judge Ingraham kept his Grand jury In
session to prevent his further Indictment by
the Anti-Ring Grand Jury Of the SESSIONS
These facts are still fresh in the puDlS
mind and, in view of what has ALREADY
been elected by the ipyesngauon'
it is of but little consequence that the consul,
tuition now forbids Judge to sit IN review VI
his own decisions; private communication De-
tween these men is neither prohibited nor I'M
nossble; and, as is shown in the instances
i,,t mentioned, where the public interests
y"'V e. obootnn - the protection Of powerful
criminals, the wish, the acts Of one become lpe
the wish, the acts of all, as deciSi1n ~ .h Is
General Term would clearly show cnIn lo, ,n,.
corrupt and dangerous combinatloHN " I'M ~
up the rights of the public can me-
assured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22
aetO+0ork Daily Griibmate.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1872.

1t ia rumored in London that the Lord Chancellor will
shortly resign. == Tie modified tax raw materials
has been agreed to by the Budget Committee OF the
French Assembly - new Ministry has been
formed in SPAIN 1t is stated that King Amadeus is
disguised with the spaniards and that he has expressed
wish to abdicate.
In the Senate yesterday the Amended Tariff bill was
reported. The debate the French arms frauds was
continued. Mr.. Morton being the principal speaker
Benator CoDkling's amendment adopted. 80 In the
House. the bill increasing the currency was reported
adversely. Some progress made in the Diplomatic
Appropriation bill.
The Union Pacific is reported clear Of snow but wash
out yesterday caused eight hours delay. 60 The
bridge over the Missouri River at Council Bluffs is fin
lshed. 49, Gov Gratz Brown Is willing to take the
Presidential nomination from the Labor Reformers.
Three parades will be held in honor of Washmgtons
birthday. The murderer Foster is sentenced to be
hanged March %. 60 The judiciary Committee con-
unued the investigation Of the charges against Judge
C.rdozo. z= DR.. Carnochan's administration Of
Quarantine affairs was still further exposed. 60 The
Brooklyn Council of Vigilance has ordered the Com
nittee Of Fifty to disband. g. Gold, 1Os, lO3, llOt
Thermometer, 400, l7o, 42o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22
THE CHRONIC SPANISH CRISIS.

King Amadeus has again installed anarchy
at the head of his Government in the person
of Don Mateo Praxedes Sagasta. This pesti-
lent politician appears to have gained so
strong an influence over the mind Of the
young King that it is impossible to GUST him
from his anomalous position. If the King had
that strict regard for constitutional govern
ment which lie processes, he would take Min
istry from the majority of the COrtes, instead
Of insisting on retaining, after every Cabinet
crisis, the man who provOkes and is unable to
allay these violent and exhausting scenes.
Sagasta is now fully enrolled in the reac-
tionary ranks of the Liberal Union and so
belongs of right to the minority. But
in spite of this fact the King still
charges him with the formation of a new Cab
met, and he is driven by the necessities of his
position into seeking his colleagues also in the
minority. The new Cabinet, whose names are
transmitted TO us by cable. are all Unionists
with the exception of Sagasta, who is rene
gade Progresista, andgBlas, who Is his personal
follower. If the COrtes came together to-day,
Sagasta would be beaten by twO-thirdS ma
jority. But he hopes to use the entire power
of the Government in the next elections, so as
to gain majority if possible for his own sup
port, and failing that, he is determined to re-
main in Office as long as possible on any pretext.
While he remains there can be no hope of
peace in Spain, nor of reform in Cuba and
Porto Rico. He represents the policy of re-
preston and intrigue at home, and complete
subservience to the demands of the slave
holders and Volunteers of Havana in the col
onies In q recent speech in the COrtes he re-
ferred with cOwardly reserve TO the massacre
OF the school children by the armed mob, say
ing that the acts of traitors explained and
palliated such an act, and announced his in
tentiOn to put into effect the full rgOr of the
law against all those in Spain who should dare
to speak q word in favor Of justice to Cuba.
He represents not single principle which
appeals to the hearts Of liberal men in the
Peninsula. lie showed strong symptoms of a
reactionary tendency even during the lifetime
of Prim, but was prevented from absolute
apostasy by his personal allegiance to that
sagacious and cool-headed statesman. Since
the death of Marshal Prim, he has thrown off
all disguise, and seems now only intent to
defeat and destroy the great party to
which he owes his political existence.
He possesses few of the qualities of
leadership. He is especially unfortu-
nate in his temperament and his manner.
He never speaks in the COrtes without raising
a storm. His infirmities of temper have Sow
eral times produced scandalous scenes in open
Parliament. Yet to this Improbable servant
the King has chosen to link his fortunes. If
no does not soon learn enough of the theory
and practice Of constitutional government to
enable him to break loose from this fatal con-
nection, his royal father will do well to let
him come home the next time he asks per-
mission
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

The Legislative examination into the affairs
of the Quarantine in New-York Bay has thus
far produced much to substantiate all Of the
charges made against DR.. CarnOchan's man
agement by TIE TRIBUNE. Why the Health
Officer should receive a salary fifteen times
that of the Governor, and three times that of
the President; why two steamboats, should be
kept running, Summer and Winter, at public
expense; Why the Health Officer should re-
quire eighteen acres Of land for his
semi-royal pleasure gIOunds-thcse are ques-
tOns which must come up, but are not
easily answered. These queries however
are not nearly SO pertinent as those which
affect the welfare of the commerce of The pOIt.
Here we see swindIpg in lghtcragc, towing,
storage, and even in such petty details as vac
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22
MUSIC.
GRAND OPERA,

In consequence of some delay inciees ',, :
the elaborate mounting required by "LAh". 4,
Martha" was substituted yesterday eVenHs ~, d
Grand Opera. As interprNaed by the 49, .'a. re
the Mulder-Fabbri troupe FlOtow's meiO"y q
alton is but pale snd imperfect nI,1 4
its better SELF FL, Rosetti, the 40, sof
the evening, is engaging in manner sn1 All
deHcien. strength OF Soice and rnness IN
holding her notes, would be agreeable u .,ealy.
Mmo Perl, who .mgs Nancy has some fan' -,
tones In her lo,6or contralto register but ner
are SO weak. Us to be almost ipaudi1le "ii'S'
forced. = .,.ba
As for Hers Formes and Berp'id, The ha as.,,
and Lionel Of the piece, the most indulsent oH 90
ton can ind little TO say II las been IN al
sidercd essential 20 ARTISTIC Excellence that e, o.
should he In condition to sing within quallod ass 3D.
note at least OF tue y g. FdilDg IN tbis. eVV rerDs
due regard for tho public tympanum ois'"''
MUSICAL NOTES. .;o,e thet
M.essrs. Mills and Sarasate e &C sH'Ssipsay ~
c.cSient series OF chamber concerts az bs
Tho next will 10 given ON saturday a''crNV Grand
The Mulder-Fabbri Company, at ''F
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

Mr.. Conllling and Mr.. Morton were evidently
not satisfied with the punishment which they
received on Tuesday, and SO rushed in yester-
day to o field where cleverer men might have
feared to tread They said over again what
they had said before. but disproved not a
single allegation which had been made in Mr.
Schurz's unanswcrable speech. They iDveighed
against the exceeding sinfulness of setting on
foot an investigation which might prove
displeasing to the President, but this plea from
them is nothing new. Poor Mr.. Conkling got
another terrible rap over the knuckles, when
he coarsely and angriy accused Mr.. Schurz of
Boosting of his courage. The exasperating
Missourian calmly replied that he had merely
said he would not quail before a thousand
men like Conkling, and there was certainly
not much Boosting in that. Mr.. Conkling's
friends should keep him out of the way
of these accidents. He is too young
and too promising to be sacrificed in this way.
His insulting amendment passed almost unan-
imously, and it was only after its adoption
that the Senate seemed to discover it would
prevent the friends of the resolution of in
quiry from serving on the Committee. If this
was Mr.. COnkGng's intention it shows more
smartness and less sense of honor than he has
usually been credited with Mr.. Trumbull
moved reconsideration of the amendment,
but pending his motion the Senate adjourned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

Mr.. Orlando L. Stewart, late law partner Of
Gen. woodford, has been rendered the appointment OF
Assistant DistrctAtorney In place Of William NJ Tweed
r., resigned: and he has accepted 1t. Mr.. Stewart
formerly served three years DstrcAttorney and re-
signed tho position to accept the nomination OF the Re
publican party for City Judge. He subsequently ran as
the Republican candidate for Judge Of the Superior
Court There room for still another resignation In the
DstrctAttOrneys Office in lorder to bring the prosecu
ing force of the county up the standard of deeency to
sov potbip1 of honesty or efficiency. Times.
We believe the foregoing to be substan-
TALLY true and fitting. But where, o where,
sleeps The Timess thunder that was destined
to blight and blast wither and annihilate,
every one who should dare to take office at
the hands of the Tammany Ring or its satel-
lites 7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

instruct them. The killing OF lamb moh'h
hence will bring back to every Jewish boy or
girl the meaning of the fact OIL tne raSSo,oi'
three thousand years ago, moro 1reslny .ii"n
any event of the late war Is to an AMERICAN
child.
No nation, says some one can afford TO leave
;to bouseboId gods behind it. Our gods are
few. but we take delight in late years In peit-
ing them with brick-bats and plasterlng theni
with mud; in proving Franklin a miser anu
Washington q hypocrite. Small wits no uoup'
will rejoice to-day in the Ratchet ana cherry
tree as the only salient point for comment
WHICH the recurrence OF the anniversary Diins Es
to them. We suggest that never before couiu
the character of this man, so long foremost VI
all Americans, be studied BY his eopntrymen
With moro profit. He had precisely those
qualities which, either from climatic or dlgest-
i've or religious reasons, have grown exceeu-
ingly scarce among u.s. OF brilliant men we
have had fair share, but Washington was
not brilliant; of nervous, hea,a,!!ong, desperate
| chiefs who offered their lives and that or then
men as freely as water; Washington khe"
! the value of o private's life and oil MS own
and took care Of both. We have PAD no
| lack of rulers who used the Government as
mere machinery to lift themselves into more
| lasting notoriety, or who sat like polypus In
its cave stretching out its feelers on every
side to draw food into its nav; Washington
was not enriched one penny by the chances
| which his position gave him; q more credit
| able fact as he valued money, ana acquired IL
by every honorable means. In short, we nave
become dyspeptic, uncertain, ambitious race
of politicians; our brains work in flashes or
stupOr and intoxicatiOn we read q sensa-
| tional literature, eat, drink, act in white
heat of struggle for place in party or society;
our patriotism covers q city or State; the
country has outgrown it,
1t Is worth our while, therefore, to look
back at this man whose body was six feet two
and sound in proportion to its size; who was
sober, honest, and pure in his everyday life ;
had common sense instead of genius; and
who in plain, practical way, served his
country, and not himself, to the end. This
day, when he came into the world, is the best
time to consider what capabilities there are in
a life endowed with those virtues which we
class as mediocre, and the use which be made
of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

We regret to observe that the versatile and
accomplished Senator Conkling exhibits indi-
cations of readiness to leave the Republican
party. Yesterday, he warmly protested against
the proposition to unite the telegraph system
of the United States with the postal system.
And this is done in the face of the Presi-
dents Message, addressed to Congress at the
beginning of this session, in which the Chief
Magistrate said: Especially do 1 recommend
favorable consideration of the plan for
uniting the telegraph system of the United
States with the postal SYSTEM" etc. Does
not Senator Conkling know that no man can
differ with the President and live Rcpub-
lican 7 Call you this supporting your friends 7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

The trial of the emigrant robber Moore
ended, yesterday, in conviction, notwith-
standing the desperate efforts made by his
counsel to rescue him from the consequences
of his ill-advised depredatiOns upon Kornach.
AS a last resort, the defense put forth the
singularly fimsy plea that the prosecution was
merely "foul conspiracy" to prosecute ex-
Alderman John Moore, the brother of the
accused, for having joined the Reform move
ment against Tammany last Fall! This alb
surd pretext was speedily exposed by the Dis
trict-Attorney in charge Of the case, and the
jury lost no time in finding verdict of guilty.
1t now only remains for the Recorder to pro-
nounce such sentence as the offense deserves,
and to see that no legal bubble saves the
plunderer of Kornach from entering without
delay the service of the State in a stone
breaking capacity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

Numerous owners and masters of tug-boats
employed in the harbor have signed petition
to the Chamber OF Commerce, urgently pro-
testing against the unjust monopoly of the
towing business enjoyed by corrupt Har-
bor-Masters' favorites. Under the present sys-
tenn merchants are compelled to pay for neces-
sary towing two or three times the ordinary
and reasonable price, and the whole matter is
one which the Committee now investigating
Quarantine abuses should not fail to look into
before returning to Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

by what process of reasoning does the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs arrive at
the conclusion that the officers and even the
crew of the Kearsarge should be rewarded out
OF tho japanese Indemnity Fund 7 That the
gallant sailors should be suitably endowed,
Congress has long since determined but the
money paid by the japanese Government has
no possible relation to the Kcarsarge affair, but
now bears on it prior lien of the officers
and crew of the Wyoming expedition, which
engaged in hostilities with the japanese, and
finally made the Indemnity imperatiyely pay
able
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-22

cnation and fumigation. Passengers are
bullied and robbed and merchants taxed
beyond all endurance. We can put up
with such small abuses as keeping $4,000
worth of steamboats, to help Dr. Carnochan's
friends enjoy themselves with water excur-
sons and trips to the Tweed rendezvous at
Greenwich; but human patience breaks down
at the recital of the wrongs which are in
ficted on tho importers and merchants OF
New-York by the avarice and greed OF the pi-
rates of the bay. The case is already pretty
clearly made out against the chief conspirator,
and we are not surprised at his uneasiness
and his ass1du6GS attentions to tho Committee
which is investigating his case. From the
importunate hospitality which this accused
person, Carnochan, has thrust upon the Com
mittee which is sitting on his case, we conclude
that he is one of those coarse men who fancy
that legislator can be bought with bottle
of champagne or Havana cigar.