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New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
or FRAUDS AND FREE PASSES.

We wonder how many times, in the past
thirty years, we have been called upon to ex-
pose that typical old rascal who runs such
merry career around the country, assuring
mankind that he is one of the chief editors,
or writer's, or correspondents of The TRIBUNE,
and on the strength of that fictitious dignity
living at free quarters in the best hotels
riding without pay on the railroads, and push
ing himself into all sorts of places where he
has no right to be. Now and then perhaps he
borrows money of credulous landlords; but as
an ordinary thing his operations are conducted
on a much smaller scale. If there is any one
boon especially dear to his heart it is free
pass To go in for nothing when other people
must buy tickets is the summit of his happi-
ness We hear of him at all the theater box
Offices He haunts the doors of the opera
house and the concert room. He has been
known to beg for complimentary admissions
even to the boats of the Union Ferry Com
pany And strange to say, managers, collect
ors, conductors, and people of that class who
ought to know better generally trust him.
Time and again we have warned them that
we never ask favors that our people never
travel without money to pay their way; and
especially that we hate even the name Of a
railway pass. And yet every few days the
familiar form of the Chronic Dead Head still
confronts us, misrepresenting THE TRIBUNE
with all his old effrontery and all his old
success.
We forget what name he bore last month,
or in what particular little swindling opera
ton he was then engaged but just now he
turns up--we think it is in Washington
under the appellation of Benjamin f. Camp,
and his pet project is the renewal of an
annual pass over the Philadelphia, Whining
ton, and Baltimore Railroad. Mr.. Camp seems
to nave held a pass over that road "On ac-
"count of the n. Y. TRIBUNE" for the year
1872, and he asserts that the connecting roads
between Washington and New-Yogk have
shown him a similar favor Why did not the
kindly Superintendents refer to us for Mr.
Camps credentials He does not belong to
THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE He has no con-
necton with it, direct or indirect. He was
never employed by it, to the best of our be-
lief, in any capacity. II he pretends to have,
or to have ever had, any influence or control
over any department of it, we have only to
say to mankind in general, Don't believe him.
IL he asks for free board, or a free ride, or a
free ticket to the circus or the minstrels, "On
"account Of THE NEwYoRK TRIBUNE" we
particularly request that he may be suddenly
sent to the right-about. Mr.. b. L. Camp is a
Chronic Dead Head.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

prom;se or arbitration at this juncture appears
40 simple solution that it seems to us almost
criminal not to suggest and insist upon 1t.
snppose they try the flag of truce business
before q declaration of war. IL will cost
nothing,-not even little self-conceit,-since
the representatives of the two factions for
after all they are mere parts of the Industrial
body. having no more right to drop their
work without warning than any disagreelng
limbs of tho body have to abandon ther
fInctions) can meet on an equality. Arbitra-
tion. which consumes nothing but words ana
time. il cheaper than warfare, which not only
costs time. but confuses labor, destroys compe-
tition and corrupts the idlers. 1t is system
in vogue in England, where it has compromised
hundreds of labor conflicts which would nave
paralyzed trade for months at tiihe' IL Has
had. indirectly, wider and better influence
in bringing about an understanding and an
anDreciation of mutual difficulties OF working
men and employers. It has engendered and
nursed spirit of mutual concession, which Is
the truest element of peace.
Before there are any more notices OF strikes
LET there at least be an attempt at arbitration.
The third party to this industrial warfare
the great army of consumers WHO, in the emu,
pay the expenses in augmented prices 1or all
necessaries this appeal, and insist on
their right to be heard and to arbtrate None
who are likely to suffer can afford to be neu-
trail. None have better right to arbltrate
than those who have everything to lose by
war and everything to gain by peace The
English system of Arbitration has never been
thoroughly tried in this country. What or
ganization of either side will be the first to
propose a practical test of its efficiency
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
yNcREAsING FOOD SUPPLY.

The annual report Of the State Commission
ers of Fisheries, of which we present the IN
teresting portions elsewhere, encourages the
hone that within a very few years the finest
fish will be the most abundant food in our
markets In three or four years, for instance,
if but a seventh of the young fry artliiclaliy
hatched last year in the Hudson return to 1t,
fattened by feeding in thesOcean, they VIII
double the annual catch of shad IN that river;
that the actual result will far exceed this in
crease seems probable. The old notion that the
young fish starts on "a long journey in the ocean,
is entirely disproved. Old fishermen may stlil
believe, if they prefer to, that the three or
four years which are needed to mature thc
infinite number of small bones III the shad,
find him vOyager to distant shores, perhaps
even around the globe The evidence now Is
to the effect that the world of the individual
shad does not extend far beyond the mouth
of his native river. We need not fear that
the fish launched by the Commissioners in the
Hudson will be broiled by ScOtchmen on the
Clyde, or fried by negroes on Cape Fear
River If they survive their finny Toes I'LL
1876, they may be expected then to take
start for an early Summer vacation near the
Troy Dam, with every chance of contributing
to fishermen's luck in their passage.
There seems to be no limit to the increase
of resources for our market possible from
these processes. Salmon we may have In
plenty; and salmOn-rout, black bass, white
fish. and brook trout are to be abundant deli
cacies. The Commissioners propose in regard
to some of our inland waters what may be
called a rotation of crops; first filling them
with the smaller varieties of fish, which when
grown shall provide food for other fish of a
more vigorous and marketable kind. The
effect on the inferior fish is severe; but the
improvement to the superior race is manifest
in avoirdupOis. None of the econom-
ical inventions of the present day com
pares in efficacy with the general results OF
fish culture. Ninety-five fish are saved by the
artificial method where one would be preserved
in the natural way. Pound for pound there is
no article of human food which can be sold in
the markets of this city more cheaply than
fish will be when this system is fairly at
work. In the early days of Manhattan this
island had special celebrity because Of the
numbers and variety of sweet fish within
"the waters around it." We may soon hope
to see those waters again more fruitful than
the land.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

these two gentlemen. who, Mr.. Brtton insists,
are bis accusers instead of the Committee
which presents the charges, they are indebted
for the conviction of the only men that were
ever tried for the fragrant violation of the
baIlot-box at the election which made Mr..
Britton District-Attorney. Those convictions
were gained in the face Of great obstacles
presented by the party with which Mr.. Britton
has since affiliated; and that success won for
Col. Davis and Judge Morris such firm conf
dence from the people that it is not to be
destroyed by any abuse of them by the ac-
cuscd official.
The pending investigation agitates Brooklyn
to an extent not credited by those remote
from its social and political centers, and pos
sibly is not fully appreciated by the persons
involved. 1t is one which the Governor can
not afford to ignore or slight, for it affects the
whole scheme Of Judiciary Reform in Brooklyn
az nearly as the removal of the Police JUS
tees does that of this city.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
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THE TRIBUNE has Just published us Lecture Ertrd No.
a. which contains pery J reports Of Mr. WeSss SS Lec
lures on Shakespeare, and me Screen Lectures on Art az
me recent course the National Academy; cdrefi db
strdcf or Bret Hdrtes ArgOndU Of 4e and rer6dtim
reproduction Of James PdrtonS lecture The Pilgrim
Fathers as Men Of Business" Single copies Of ms erra
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reference complete resume Of ne entire CredH Ho6hisr
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New-York tribune., 1873-03-14


ing stockholders they struggled to relieve
themselves of it and get free of tho transac-
ton because it was discreditable; not that
they had entaagled themselves in false
statements about it; not that they were
corrupuy Influenced by their ownership In tne
Company-not for any of these things did
The TRIBUNE arraign them. If there was
corruption or dishonesty or perjury In the
business, that was for Congress to take cogni-
zance OF, and in such way as seemed 10 IL
proper punish the offenders and purity itseii.
But our arraignment of these men was Ior
their cruel deception of the people; for their
Misrepresentation, their eyasions, preyarica-
tions, and downright falsehoOds during the late
campaign, and their using in this wicked
business the cloak Of the Christian statesman.
That was their great Offense. That was what
sapped the public trust and struck down the
standard. low enough before, of political
morality.
1t may be considered rather weakness than
a crime that these gentlemen allowed Mr.
Oakes Ames to make investments for them the
profits of which were so enormous that men OF
ordinary discernment must have felt compelled
TO look into it much more closely than they
seemed to. Perhaps it was natural tlmldlty
and shrinking from doubtful business trans
action that led them to abandon the enter
prise when the McComb lawsuit threatened
publicity. The otfense is closer ut hand than
that, and bears more directly upon the relation
they sustained to the public as holders OF q
trust They sinned against truth and against
the people who had trusted them, when either
by their own carefully framed speeches or by
the utterances of their friends they conveyed
tho impression of an untruth to the public
Though they kept technically within the truth
their plain intent was to deceive. thousands
of people throughout the country read these
speeches and authorized utterances in the light
of the previous good character of the men
concerned and took the deception in as a0so-
ute truth. In consequence thereof men and
newspapers who knew nothing of the facts
charged Mr. Greeley in the most brutal manner
with circulating calumny and slander because
in one of his speeches he referred to the facts.
The very good name which the friends of these
men are putting forward now as plea In
mitigation of their Oilenses gave currency to
the falsehOods of their campaign defense.
In plain phrase these prOfessed Christian
politicans deliberately deceived the people. SO
doing they have weakened the popular belief
in all our public men; they have caused people
to say, "If these Christian statesmen are false,
nobody can be trusted !" they have created
widespread distrust of religious professions
among politicians; they have injured the cause
of morality, religion, truth. Shall THE TRIBUNE
gloss over these grave offenses or spare the
offenders because they have heretofore sus-
tanned unblemished namesF Shall it not rather
hold up the facts and demand in the name of
the people who have been deceived that so
much at least of punishment shall be awarded,
whatever Congress may do, that they may feel
the force of popular reprobation 7
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
IMPENDING STRIKES.

Both workingmen and employers continue
their preparations for the chaos of the Spring
strikes. unwarned by the fair notice each has
had of the others strength and determination.
If 1t comes to struggle it must prove des-
perate one and mutually disastrous. Advice
is probably thrown away upon both sides, and,
for that matter, information too. There is
quaint story told of young lady, whose
mother sought to warn her against the COM
mission of follies by recounting her own
youthful foibles. Unfortunately she concluded
her recital with sigh and the aphorism,
Experience is a hard but good teacher
And you know, mother" answered the
willy but not wise miss, II insist on hav-
ing the very best of teachers Evidently
the mechanics and their employers have
learned nothing from past experience, and
mean to try again the problem which each
annual struggle serves only to complicate.
Suggestion will probably be thrown away
on meu so predetermined. Nevertheless. COM
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Our readers will remember how Mary Harris, sons
four or five years since in Washington, shot Ireas
ury clerk because he would not marry her, aud hsw
the murderer as acquitted the ground otinsaHity
This energetic lunatic has since been employed asa
clerk in the Patent Office, having become suddenly
sane enough for that avocatOn. Still Miss MaVs
liable to little lapses into lunacy. About week
ago. she got together the necessary apparatus Of
pistol, powder, and ball. and started TO kill another
man but she was in time prevented from commit
ting another homicide, and is now in the Govern
ment Insane Asylum, to the great relief, We should
suppose of all the single marriageable men In Wash
ington We shall not at this distance of time, and
with our inaccurate knowledge of the facts pretend
TO Quarrel with the verdict which set this murdera
at large to kill more men :" but here we hayeA
striking example Of the absurdity of acquittng mur-
derers on the ground of insanity and of then letting
them loose to do the thing over again whenevf
moved thereto by passion or by delusion. Under
the law which has been proposed in this state, ana
in these columns by an intelligent correspondent
Mary Harris would have been locked up. and ren-
dered incapable of destroying either her own life
that of another. To think of woman acquitted Of
the highest crime known to the law. walking oat OF
the courtroom made free by plea of insanity, only
to be employed as a clerk in a Government Office,
simply fIightfu and enough to bring law and all lie
administrators into contempt.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Scotcbman, who had dangerous belief a. :.
own ignorant logic, and . more dapvs..
greed for position and wealth for hm
and the wife and child, left g, ,s,.
Scotland" as he wrote II in Nj. ,...
letter with az vague ideas Of the st,,s.
Columbus of the unknown Indies. Gold =.
to be picked up on the streets he had o.,
been "that poor devil Neil at home; her. y
might be Mayor, Governor President-he r.
not what. He came and tried it for va.'
found that he earned exactly what his ,Lr
and industry were worth, but not a nen.s.
more that ne ranked in the shop inst VIII,
his little knowledge and unframed habit :.
talk placed him out of the shop he wss No
body He was too old man 10 learn The les.o.
that he deserved to be nobody; he eho..
(as 30 many OF us do) to believe that IN.
world and not ourselves are to blame. On.
can imagine the gaunt. honest Highland,
going moodily for days up and down N.
streets of stately dwellings, looking at N.
rich dresses of the dainty wOmcn-no dainti.,
than his wife, in his eyes, at the footmen and
the glittering equipages, half crazed with disan-
pointment; sitting down at last TO write h.
letter of farewell to the world in which n,
tells us of "man's inhumanity TO man. that
/" for the sake of old Scotland Neil Clark viii
"be a beggar here no longer and that \.
"will 90 with Mary and the child to TIA
"country where there will be place fsr
them" Then carefully and tendeIly enough
he puts the poison to their lips, and lies down
beside them himself to die.
There is no need of moralizing on this case
When discomfort has reached such morbid
growth as this there is but little hope Of
cure. But one-half of the unquiet, the envy
the hatred, the unending war between Casts
and CASTE with all their interminable conse-
auences. will be over when men understand
that in this country, and in every other.
there are inexorable distinctions between
mau and man, and the best repubIs
can do for them is to give an opportunity for
each to find his own place, whether high OF
low, and to give him secure and ample room
in it. The sooner we make up our mind that
in regiment all cannot and ought not to b
brigadier generals, the better for our peace;
and when we realize, too that the good drum
mer deserves his own respect and that of man.
and God as much as the commander, we shall
have the key to all human wisdom.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
Nep.1)otk Daily gribl1tre.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, MARCH IA, 1873.

Mr Disraeli has been requested TO form Cabinet.
= The French Assembly has adopted the consttu
tona project Of the Committee OF Thirty @= Cdriist
successes are reported from Spain.
Secretary RobesOn Will probably succeed Minister
bancroft at Berlin. - CaldwelPs case was further
debated by the Senate ==== CustOm-hOuse politicians
will not abandon the 25h Section OF the Charter. 60
The state senate discussed the Gardner Warehouse bill
=== Oakes Ames had public reception at North
EastOu, Mass. = Fosters sentence will probably be
commuted. = destructive fire occurred at Parkers-
burg. West Virginia. = The New Jersey Assembly
passed two railroad bills.
reduction Of cable tolls is promised by telegraph
consolidation. 80 Washington Market will probably
le leased TO the marketmen. The Brooklyn car
penters and iOners have demanded increased privi-
Ieges. === George Marsland lectured on the Usury
laws Gold, ll5b 115 1l5t Thermometer 34', 400.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14
amusements. stt.. 6his @usniue.

ACADEMY or MUsIC.-Italian Opera; Der freis-
caaetL" Nile. Pauline LuccA - ,
BoorH's THEATRR-"NO ThorOughfare W. ~
fiofeuce -
GR,sp OpER. HOUSE." Roughing H." Mrs John
wooa and John Brougham - . 80.
NV FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-" Alike Miss
Clars Morris
Nmto,s @ GARDEN" Leo and Lotos.'
OtyMPIc THEATER.-" Humpty Dumpty." George
I. FOR. a,
Ir,,,ox SouARE THEATER.-"A A Business Woman"
m n H.rlns AMI Mss MAsy Ghsvod
wuI,cxs THEATER. David Gauick." j.. A.
Soghern.
STEINwAY HNI--COncert The Hampton Stu
dcns
Tony P,sroRs OPERA HOUSE. The Counter
f,ters Doom
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Reports from Mexico look very discOuraging.
The Departments of SinalOa and Sonora, IN
the extreme north western corner of the Repub-
lie. have never been fairly under the rule of
the National Government. Independent Chief
tains have generally managed to hold the
fastnesses of the interior and dash down upon
the Custom-houses of the ports as soon as
they had any money i'll them. Lozada, who
flies the Aztec flag of revolt, is scampering
about the mountains of the northern part of
,JaliscO and now new outbreak is reported
to be imminent In 0axaca, in the South. Lo-
zadas strength chiefly consists in his forming
a sort of Adullamite cOhort which is recruited
from the ranks of all those who are discOn-
tented with Spanish rule. His mission is to
fan "a flame of strife against usurpers = and
all who are not of Aztec blood are proclaimed
to be foreigners and usulpers their acts are
null and void. This is specially leyeled at
the existing Administration, of course. Lerdo
is of mixed blood, but is partial to the Span
iards and plumes himself on being of Castilian
descent The descendants of the ancient
Aztecs hold almost no land the uslrpers"
own the great ranches and hacicndas. Ii
Lozada and his junta make much headway,
they will inaugurate not only war OF races
but an agrarian contest in which things will
90 hard with the indOlent and selfish idlers
who enjoy an easy life on the great estates of
the country. Meantime. the new President
does nothing to sOothe the growing discomfort,
and the future of the Republic looks dark.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Rather a lively conflict occurred in one OF the
Salem Mass streets last week. II was occssoned
by an attempt to collect, by vigorous measures
debt of forty cents. Demand was made as usual.
with the usual response that the debtor expected
a remittance" Then the creditor hit out. Thea
they clinched. Then the debtor got the best OF th'
fight and sending the creditor to grass, punched him
at leisure After this position had been several times
reversed the pair concluding that they were makIas
fools of themselves, arose aud walked oil arm-in'
arm in the most brotberly way possible. Just In.
agine this style of collecting balances introduces
into Wall-sti
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Very unpleasant nuptisls these are which wes
celebrated in Hubbard, Trumbull County. o.. On
the 2Gth ult AS the pair an extremely old pair.
the young men of the community sarcastcally
serenaded the couple. Alters short specimen Of their
musical powers, the bride appeared at the door and
rendered the crowd five dollars for refreshment Il
the intruders would only go peacefully away. This
proposition was accepted, and three delegates sp-
preached to receive the hush-money when ths
vicious old lady sprinked them freely with sui
phuric acid. One of the minstrels will lose both
eyes, another one eye, and the third was dreadfuly
burned, and will not join the festive epithalamic
chorus again for some time to come. All our oth@
feelings we confess. merged in pity for the Voa
erable bridegroom, whose baptism Of sulphuric sca
has yet to come.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-14

Senator Logan, it seems, has a quarrel with
the reporters. aud was weak enough, yester
day, to complain that his elaborate defense
of Senator Caldwell was not more fully
sketched for the edifcatiOn of newspaper
readers. Let the Senator be cOmforted; he
is not the only orator who has higher opinion
of his speech than anybody else has.