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New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
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The ALBANY Epening Journal says of the tes-
timony of Mr.. Parsons Of Weed, Parsons a.
Co., that he agreed to pay Ii. G. Southwlck
twenty five per cent of the gross proceeds OF
the Insurance Department printing;
"When Mr. Miller took the Office. according TO the tes-
timony OF Mr. Parsons he (Mr P was informed that his
were we'll founded and that unless ne pd'd
per oentape upon he work. Wod be taken eIseoheTe'
This intimation to him through H. O. SouthwioR'
whom Mr. Parsons believed spoke with knowledge u not
by authority. As much OF tho work was OF pecuhar
character requiring special kind Of type. largo masses
OF fg,ros and facilities for eleotrotypng plates OF un-
usual Dimensions. which would be worthless II that class
OF work was taken away. Mr. Parsons WAS properly
40 rious 10 retain IT, II TO do so.the exacted per
centage left ttlo margin for profit. IL appears
that whom pressed no ocrod rather than lose tho
work. to pay commission OF ten cont. But the an
swer was You must pay twenty per cent or anothor
man will have the work To which Mr.. =. replied That
No other man shaH have the work. even II have to pay
twenty five per cont TO retain it, And thus the arrange
ment was made.
"Tbis interview occurred shortly after Mr.. Miller took
tho Office; but 1t seems that gencman's name was
not used during tho conversation. Mr. Parsons, how
ever. supposed assumed that Mr. Southwick spoke
by authority and that 1t per centage or no WORK,
and as he preferred to pay tho per cent
sG rather than oso the work. Ho has since done tho
work without interruption pad the per cehIago ~ no
agreed. always by checks to Mr. southwick. without
doubt or question"
This seems TO us not only essentially but
manifcstly true. Weed, Parsons g. Co. paid
twenty five per cent. of their bills to the man
who (as they were made to believe) could
secure them tho job or take it away. simply
and markedly because they preferred to have
the work and pay the twenty-five per cent.
rather than lose the job altogether. They
would much have preferred to keep the work
and their money; they gave the latter only to
save tho former. AS they say in the article
from which the above is quoted, this was but
an instance of "The Stand -and-Deliver policy
i" in rogue"
Does not this give us strong cross-light
upon the case of James Terwilligere For
what did Weed, Parsons g. Co. pay him
twenty per cent. on the Senate printing! lie
had some sort of lawful or colorado control
over the orders of the Senate and the bills OF
the printers, while SOuthwick apparently had
none Who does not see that the twenty per
cent, equally with the twenty-five per cent,
was a specimen of "The Stand-and-Deliver
"policy in vogue ?" Can there be bat 80 blind
as moi To see this
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

free of all charges against his moral worth.
Unfortunately, the Senate has just confirmed a
person for the position of Territorial
Governor who is not at all like
CTsar's wife. The allegations which
have been brought against Mr. Legate are
specific and grave. They are now given noto-
riety wider than ever, and we earnestly hope
that the attempt to recall them to the attcn-
tion of the Senate will be successful. No hd-
ministratiOn can afford to indOrse such a man
as Mr.. Legate is represented TO be- No honcst
man would accept Office while such charges
are unrefutpd
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
;Ne~|2lork Dailp Gribm11e.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 81. 1872.

British schooner has been captured by Spanish
cunboat on the coast Of Cuba. == The Bonapartists
are gathering IN Corsica. == riot has occurred in
Barcelona Spain. == An investigation has been or
Cered into the Bolton CEngl riots
In the o. 8 Senate, yesterday the Amnesty bill was
discussed and made the special order for to-day when
vote viii be taken === In the House, the Senate
amendments the AppOrtonment bill were cOncurred
in.
The state Senate has appointed Committee to investi-
gate the charges against Terwiliger. Several
persons injured by accident on the Erie Rail
road. destructive FIRE has occurred IN Scranton.
==== collision has occurred on the Union Pacific
Railroad. II persons being injured. = serious
boiler explosion took place at Lancaster. Mass.
Estimates are published showing what IT will cost 10
govern NewYork in 1872. The trial Of the White
head conspiracy begun at New-BrunswicR N
j. == John j. Townsend reelected President Of
the !Custom-house General Committee g. The CoTo-
ners jury brought in verdict of guilty against Henry
Hepncr who murdered his son in Grand-st. Cold
lC9l lO9!, l09l. Thermometer, 10. 22'. 2l0.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

After several Intellectual attempts in the
Senate to amend the Apportionment bill, that
body has passed it as it came from the House,
with a single modification. This provides that
should any State after the passage of the act
deny or abrdge the right of any of its male
citizens to vote at any election named in the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
except for participation in the Rebellion or
other crime, the number of its representatives
shall be proportionately reduced. The House
having concurred in this amendment, the bill
goes to the President with the apportonment
of the House fixed at 2S3 members, divided as
follows.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

The British had monopoly of supplying the
United States with steel rails. The Tariff
broke it up. Under it, American steel rails
were successfully produced, and the price OF
British rails Immediately declined. The duty
on Bessemer steel rails has already saved our
railroads and the nation immense sums of
money. On the other hand, Congress, in its
last revision of the Tariff, committed the error
of conceding two dollars a tun to the import
ers' clamor against the duty on Pig Iron.
What was the consequence The reduction of
the duty was followed within a week by rise
in England in the price of those brands of pig
metal that are marketed here equivalent to
tho decrease of our Tariff The reduction OF
the duty did not profit buyers or consumers
here one farthing-indeed, it was not intended
that it should. The change in the Tariff was
engineered through Congress solely In the IN
terest of British on-masters. lt was de-
signed to give them two dollars tun more
for pig metal than they could then get out OF
the Americans, owing to the competition OF
our own furnaces. But mischievous reflex
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

sboud be 40 in this State, and in any other
wbere his heavy hand has been laid upon ono
ewing ~ of The party which elected him, is too
plain TO need proof. There are hundreds of
active. prominent, influential Republicans who
have been expelled from Office by him, or his
Instruments, and who cannot in the nature of
things, work for his reelection an they would
work for one who had never treated them as
enemies. Who doubts that it is 30 in other
Statcs9 Who believes that he could carry
Louisiana after the Gatling gun performances
of last Summer, engineered in part by the
brOthor-n-law who holds the best Federal
Office in that Statcf We speak TO sensible men.
aud demand an intelligent judgment on the un-
doubled facts.
-Four or five years ago, the Republicans car
rcd Georgia 10y majority of Eight Thou
sand. That majority has been squandcred by
mcrccnary, corrupt officials. some of whom
have had the decency to run away, and who
have ruined tho party's prospects almost be-
yond redemption. But, though there is but
the skeleton of party, there is still State
Committee and that Committee gets together
elects to Philadelphia a delegation composed
mainly of its own members, and pledges them
to Grant " first last, and all the time well
knowing that they can no more give him an
electoral vote from Georgia than they can
make him Pope. Contrast this with COnncc-
ticut, where the Republicans meet in con
ventiOn, nominate State ticket and choose
delegates to Philadelphia. taking care not to
pledge them to Grant. Can you ask why I
They want to carry their State in April. and
know that the way to do it is mol to nominate
Grant.
Now look at the case Of Missouri. The st.
Louis Democrat, having turned its coat since
l870 now belittlcs tho Liberal movement, say
ing that it is of no account, and The Times
echoes it of course. But the men who led that
movement to victory were Carl Schuz, Graft
Brown, GrosvenOr, &c, and not one of these
is for Grant On the contrary, they are all
dead against him. The Times says they only
led off Twenty two Thousand Republicans in
1870 We answer, They led off enough to
carry tho State by over Forty Thousand
majority. Perhaps enough of these have come
back to reverse that verdict; but we know that
there are thousands of them who would vote
for another Republican candidate, but will not
vote for Gen. Grant. And there is scarcely a
nearly balanced State i'll the Union wherein
Gen. Grant is not weaker candidate than
almost any other Republican who could be
nominated.
Wo state facts well known to intelligent
politicians. We do not say that Gen. Grant
will not, if nominated. be elected; we do not
say that we shall not support him; we do say
that his nomination renders doubtful Re-
Dublicau trumDh which with a new CandI-
date, publicly pledged to the One-Term prin-
cplc would he morally certain. And this Ls
so papabIe that intelligent, thoughtful Repub-
licans. who esteem the cause more than any
man. are bound to consider IL.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

Another kind of relgionists has sprung up in En-.
gland. sect calling itself VERY properly "Pecu-
liar People has taken possession Of Of the arches
of the London and Dover Railway, near tho Wal
worth-road. In this dreary vault the Pecuars have
fitted up sort of chapel with benches and plat
FORM There is space left for dancing which. it ap-
pears, is one of the ceremonies The brothers and
sisters upon meeting, kiss each other. They then
sing hymn. Then somebody makes long prayer.
Then either sister or brother breaches from the
Book of Revelations Then some boy or girl has
convulsons apparently epileptic. Then tho meet
ing breaks up with what appears to be general
break down." with much kicking and ieaping.
furious Resticulations and manacal exercises. AL
we have to saw is Poor Human Nature"
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
Comments bp The Tribune.

We hardly know what to make of queer story
which we read of two Massachusetts, legislator.
1t is in all the newspapers that, having had misun
dersanding these sages retired to secluded place
and fought as nearly after the manner OF the prize
ring as they could. mutually mauling each other
until one of them cried, Hold EnOughP It must
be admitted, we confess, that such resort 10 tho
ordeal of battle as this is quite inconsistent with
our conventional notions of parliamentary dignity:
but upon the other hand it is clear that the hscun
method of augmentation has its ADVANTAGES II
these legislative brethren had talked ost 'he'r
difference in their respective splaees' .ne oenoa
Corrtiers might have been bored, the dignity OF the
Inns. ,r;;pnr nave D.os oiEEcBss5u. anu tns light
,yorId have cost the Commonwealth several hund-
red dollars. Why not have private pounding rooms
attached to the Capitoli Some members might
get a "head put upon them;" but that isexacuJ
what they need.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
WHAT IT VIII COST HEREA FTER.

All the CRYING over the spilled municipal
milk of past years will do no good now. The
exposures of the City and County frauds
of the past have accomplished all that
could have been expected of them, and
perhaps. through fortuitous circumstances,
a little more. The money il wasted,
and, except small fraction which may
be - possibly is already secured - wrested
by law from the men who stole it and were
detected in the act. cannot now be recovered.
Those who are wise will cease bewailng the
past, and will study how to prevent fraud
and extravaganza III the future
With this view We present to-day some of
the most important reports over which tax
payers have to ponder. They consist. first. of
a list Of the outstanding claims against the
City and County shortly to be submitted TO
the new Board of Audit, which we have else
where suggested should be awarded care
full scrutiny by the people passing
glance betrays that they conceal some
of the peculiar frauds by which Tweed prOfted
and 1ammany came to ruin, and which we
yesterday exposed very fully in an analysis of
the expenditures of the Department of Public
Works. The other documents refer entirely
to the probable cost of the government for tho
present year, and are in fact the official esti-
mates of the various departments and offices
of the cost of carrying on tho public
business for 1872. They are worthy of careful
study and comparison with past reports. Each
and every item in them ought to be rigdly
examined by citizens competent to point
out wherein they are extrayagant or er-
roneous We shall be glad TO receive
from all such persons brief comments
upon the points involved and promise to
give all whose statements can be verified a
full hearing. 1t is the sort OF criticism which
will keep the public officials constantly aware
of their personal responsibility, and secure us
an honest administration of the Government.
Those who desire faithful and economical
Government must remember that vigilance
alone can insure it,
The estimates sent to the Controller are
still incomplete, and yet the startling fact pre-
sents itself that we shall have to pay
$13,65O4 40S 53 to run about swo-t thirds of the
public departments. This calculation is not as
close as in less hurried cOmnaents We would be
glad to make it, but enough is known to show
that we are beginning the year very unwisely
by making estimates to carry on business on
the extravagapt system which Tammany left
az legacy to ruin us. We have not only
to cut down estimates but to discharge employees,
and reduce the working force to the smallest
possible number. 1t is not enough, as some
Of the reports urge, that the estimates for
1872 are no larger than for 1871. That very
fact will strike taxpayers unfavorohly indeed.
The estimates for the future ought TO be
much less than for last year, and
we trust they will be before they are granted.
We must have careful scrutiny of estimates in
the Council and Supervisors, as well ~ of back
claims by the Board of Audit; and the people
will submit patiently neither to fraud nor ex-
travagance.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

Louis Napoleon enjoys in life sort OF pos'uo'uOss
fame-a single hair from his head (proDaoV "o'"' ',d
from his valet or chamberaid beiug receu'P NV.
for handsome price at fancy fair in LONDON ,ss
have never been able exactly to comprenenu A.. A..
passion of mankind for relics like tins; ous -,
feeling undoubtedly exists We are inchneu
tribute il partly to the desire which most peop'o
for possessing something excusivey or Amos
clusively IL is this which leads the book n"",
to draw and to empty their purses, for ue s'a'
cation of seeing some book which is quite as W..
less as IL is rare Make the most OF it, and sftet sn
this is sort Of small and fussy ambition prono''"s
but little save the profits of the auctioneem'
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

Congress has manifested its appreciation of
our new commercial relations in the Pacific
aud Orient by granting an appropriation of
money to entertain the Embassy from Japan;
and it favOraby entertains a proposition to
increase steam navigation facilities with the
country from which these ambassadors come.
SO far, so good; we hope that the public
money devoted to the cost of a reception of
these wise men from the East will be so dis
creety expended that they will have better
opinions of Republicanism than have some of
their cOuntrymen who came before them.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

The Press Philadclphia deprecates any To-
cal feeling with regard to the celebration of
the ono hundredth anniversary of American
Independence by great Industrial Fair,
adding
"The idea OF oommemoratng tbel centenary OF Amer.
lean Independence by Worlds Fair originated we be-
Heve with the Franklin Institute OF this city. ths parent
society Of the country"
We take issue on this statement and call
for a trial. The Press is requested to give
citations showing the date at which this
" idea" originated with the Franklin Insti-
"tute;' whereupon We will establish by
proof the date of tho promulgation Of the
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
The World SAYS /:

at cannot bo doubted that the erection of statue to
Horace Greeley would please and charm Mr.. Greeley
himself"
This seems to afford Mr.. G.. fair OppOr-
tunity to say that he toould not be pleased,
much less charmed, by the erection of any
statue of himself while he lives. After he is
dead-an event which ne does not care to
should see fit to pile granite or marble above
his dust, he can make no objection but, so
long IA he shall remain in the flesh, he is content
with the stones thrown at him prOmiscuously,
and would rather not have any of them con-
soldated into statue.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

The United States Senate indulged in some
undignified and childish prattle anent the Am
nesty Bill. The brief summary of Senator
Schurz's speech shows that it was able, dign-
fed, and conclusive; but Senator Nye, "the
"jolly joker" of the Senate, was put forward
as foil to the unanswerable logic of one of
the most formidable defenders of Universal
Amnesty. This shows the weakness Of the
cause of the opposition, which can say nothing
substantial against the wisdom, justice and
expediency of the measure. The burdening of
the bill with any amendment is unfortunate,
and greatly to be deplored. To-day, the
Senate will finally act on the proposition; is
il too much to hope that it will consider it
judicially and fairly
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

DR.. Cutting, State Geoogist of Vermont, said, ID
paper read before the Board of Agriculture. thss
almost every week brought him parcels OF worthless
sand containing yellow white mica, white and
yellow pyrites. supposed by the deuded senders 10
be precious gold. Dr. Cutting wishes it TO be dis
tipctlv understood that there metallic ores IN
Vermont which are worth working For that, tho
rocks of the State are too old and compact or too
nearly connected with the glacial drift The yields
of marble and slate. however. are very good Ihs
next time the reader of this paragraph is asked !"
buy shares in Vermont Gold Mining Company 10
will do well to bear in mind these statements OF D
Cutting. who appears to know what be is 'a'''""
about
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

act'on followed upon the change in the Tariff.
~ ~. DISCOURAGED domestic production, and stopped
the erection OF new furnaces in all Tho s. ses.
board reached by the tides Of importation
Consequently the growing wants Of tbe o.v,,' Gown
try have not been met by a growing domestic
supply, and, as further conseouonoo :"
scarcity of domestic Pig Iron has resuted 80
its price has risen not only higher than :, CIV. ~uu
before the duty was reduced, but il /, s,n.Ja"
advancing. Such has been the mortjfv;oo -
suit OF every change in the Tariff in the dj.
rection of British Free Trade, and it over win
be the result. '' WI"
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
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New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

There is doubtless enough of our poor
human nature in our readers to make them
thoroughly enjoy the news of the capture of
an English schooner by the Spanish navy IN
Cuban waters. We have ourselves suffered so
much from Spanish insolence and lawlessness
which we did not think worth while to resent
with energy, that we are quite curious to see
how another first-rate power will like it. En-
gland is the only power which has of late
years accomplished the miracle of making
Spain pay her debts. We will see if she can
do anything to teach international good man
ners to the savage prOcOnsulate of Cuba
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

1t was pertinently said, in the course of yes
terday's debate in the Assembly on the bill to
protect taxpayers against frauds, that the re-
form must begin at the bottOm-with a cor
rupt judiciary. Any man who observed the
difficulty which attended every legal step
taken to expose and punish the Tammany
thieves, knows that most Of the distractions
could have been removed if bad men in the
courts had not been in sympathy, if not in
league, with the culprits. But the Legislature
suggests no means of relief.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

Gov Hoffman wanted precedent established
IN the case of jackson, whom he appointed to
the Supreme Judgeship of the Fourth Judicial
District, in place of Potter who was elected by
the people. The resignation of Rosekrans
made way for the application of this novel
test, and now the Court of Appeals has con-
firmed Judge Potter in his seat 1t has cost
the State something to settle this knOtty point,
but Gov. Hoffman is probably satisfied by this
time that his appointment was illegal, and that
Joseph Potter is Justice of the Fourth Judicial
district
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

There is said to be picture by Sir Benjamin West
among the unclaimed goods in our Custom-House.
valued at $4,000. II wasn't sold the other day be-
cause the Secretary of the Treasury interposed 10
save it from the degradation of the hammer.
Singularly enough, the subject of this picture Is
THE Resurrection" and a resurrection it is in
every sense of the word. We beg leave to offer Q
brace of corrections. Benjamin West never was
made Sir" and was neithera knight nor baronet.
In the second place, he never painted any picture.
however enormous its proportions, which is now
worth $4,000 If he had any merit at ALL it is MT To
be found in his ten-acre canvases. He the favor
ite painter of poor old George Ill, who gave him
a great many orders. but forgot to pay him for the
work when it was done: and his productions appear
to be just those which like George Ill. would
be likely to admire
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

The Anglican Church says that it is Catholic
The Roman Church says that it is " Catholic" Ac-
cording to the theory of each. it is impossible Tor
both to be " Catholic" There seems TO be no room
for an argument 1t is not strange, therefore, that
conflict has arisen in the Worcestershire lEng) Jail.
Mr.. Vaughan, the Roman Chaplain of this institu-
tion signed his report, ct Vaughan. Catholic
Chaplain" Upon this the Protestant Chaplain
complained to the authorities, claiming that he
alone was the Catholic Chaplain. To quell the
storm, Father Vaughan dropped his title, but still
spoke in his reports of the Catholic prisoners"
Then there was renewed wrath on the part Of the
Anglicans and an appeal to the Quarter Sessions.
which solemn'y decided that Father Vaughan must
not speak of his sheep Catholic prisoners" IL
anybody should be so hard-hearted as TO laugh at
this noble row about nothing how can we help it
New-York tribune., 1872-01-31

There is still. however, faint attempt on
the part of some Of the States, which lose by
this appOrtioument to modify the BILL and it
is promised that the claims of NewEamp-
shire, Vermont New-York, Pennsylvania, Indi-
ana, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and
Louisiana, to more members than now appOr-
toned, shall be allowed if the question liz re-
opened. The apportionmcnt however is likely
TO stand as il is