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New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

already no mean competitor with the greatest
collections of natural history in the world. IL
Ia now no longer necessary, as it has been lor
at least half century, that a STUDENT VI
Nature To become thorough in bis acquaint-
ance with her strahgest and most varied forms,
must investigate the collections OF the
.Jardin des Plantes at Paris, OF the British
Museum and of the London Geological society
Our own shores contain a collection OF tne
frat rank. All the Museum needs now Is
sufficient assistance to develop itself at inc
same rate it has been hitherto expanding
Boston's great fire has checked the munincenco
of her citizens which has hitherto supporter
this enterprise, and the specimens collecteu OH
tbe Hassler expedition are spelling for want
of attention. 1t is evident that the usefulness
of this institution is about to be largely III
creased by the organization at NaheucAe''
Opr teachers of science are themselves 10 De
practically taught. Prof. Agasslz told the
Committee that million dollars could not De
better spent than in forwarding these under1ak,
ings. IL would put Massachusetts so Iar aneau
in the ranks of science that no other otate
would catch ND to her for century. we
hone the Professor will get what he needs IL
not what ne wants. The value OF these col
lections is not in the numbers and varieties
of eccentric soft-shelled crabs, or prodiglous
marine spiders, but in the opportunity they
give for study and training to those Ie"
skilled observers and close thinkers upon
whose conclusions the science, and through IL
the civilization of the future, must depenu'
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
Amusrmenis. etc. 6his Gpenina.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-Italian Opera: =" Der Freis-
thuetL" NH. fanIne LuocA
BoorH's THEATER.-"No Thoroughfare" w. j.
Florence
GR.ND OPERA HOUSE," Roughing It," Mrs. John
Wooa, and John Broagham
NEw FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-" Alike" Miss
Clara Morris.
NBIo's GARDEN" Leo and Lotos."
OLYMPIC TIEATER.-" Humpty Dumpty" George
l.
UNION SQUARE THEATER.-" One Hundred Years
Ohr Mark Smith
wALIACK's THEGTER. -" David Garrick." f. A.
soAerp.
ST. JAMES Observation-Disclosures Opera g. Swayne
B0cklcy.
Tony PASTORS OPERA Housr. The Counter
feters Doom"
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
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New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

What in the Presidents Inaugural can have
excited the ire of the Berlin pressf 1t cannot
be that the imperial or ministerial organs OBJ
iect to "rapid transit by steam." or to making
the Indian I" a useful and productive member
"of society by proper treatment" as discussed
bv the President. To be sure, he also said that
he believes "that the civilized world is tending
coward Republicanism," and that "our own
"Great Republic is destined to be the guiding
"star of all Others" (that is, all other Repub-
lics). But the first member of the sentence is
a familiar and innOcuous acquaintance, and the
second phrase is part of the creed of all true
believers in Manifest Destiny. The only direct
reference to Europe in the Inaugural was state
ment that under our Republic we support an
army less than that "of any European Power
"of any standing, and navy less than that
of either of at least five of them," which is
statistically correct, no doubt, though q trifio
obscure. Perhaps German imperialists do not
stomach the Presidents assertion of his belief
"that our Great Maker is preparing the world
I" in this our good time to become one nation,
speaking one language, and then armies and
"navies will be no longer required Now
this is noble sentiment; and if the Berlin
newspapers object to being absorbed into a
nation that has a permanent investigating
Committee and keeps a P0mer0y, there ls no
need of their getting into a rage about 1t and
intimating that monarchical governments can
not keep up relations with US.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
In this it should receive the support OF all
Liberals throughout the kingdom.

A telegram published this morning SHOWS
the strange vicissitudes that attend the career
of a politician in Mexico. Don Porfirio Dia,'
who was defeated in the elections which maze
Juarez President, and who placed himselt AZ
the head of band of insurgents against the
Government, has been elected to posi,ion
by virtue of which he will become President
in case of vacancy in that office. AS he mas
never manifested a decided concern Tor tne
welfare of his country, the only way in which
Mexico is likely to prosper by this vote Is
nurelv negative one, depending on his alb
staining from factious proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

When the Senate put Mr.. Patterson's case
over into the Special Session, it was well
known that that was the end of it. Mr.. Pat
terson's term expired on the 4th of March; the
Senate had no longer any jurisdiction in the
case the Republican caucus formally comes
to that decision and there an end. If a great
many other unpleasant things could be as
easily disposed of, it would be comfortable
though disereditable.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

correspondent snSgests to us the establishment
in NewYork of Humane Society not unlike the
Royal Humane Society of London with special ref
erence to the saving of lite in cases of fire. lie sug
gests, also, under the auspices of such an Assoca-
tion system of tre-escapes in the streets and for
this he thinks the Island of Manhattan has peculiar
advantages There might be one ut the Battery,
ono at City Hail. one at the junction of East Broad.
way and Grand-st., one at Canal-st and Broad.
way. one at Union-sQuare. and 80 on Mon should
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
THE ENTERPRISES OF AGASSLz.

The figure of pale student wasting the
midnight oil, with musty volume open on
his knees and fieshless skull grinning on his
study table, no longer represents the inves-
tigatOr into the secrets of Nature. Wisdom
crieth abroad by daylight, and is to be wooed
and won hereafter in the streets of Cambridge
and off the shore of Nantucket. knowledge is
to be dragged up with the dredge from the
depths of the Atlantic, and the student
shall substitute for dry bones and rat
tling skeletons the plump medusB and
the all-embracing devil-fshes, provi-
ded, Of course, that the latter exist outside
of Victor Hugo's pages. For Agassz has an
nounced principle; that we want to educate
"men who shall be able to read Nature, not
"men who shall be able to read books" He
has done more than this, he and his coadju-
tors. A plan has been organized and the
means to great extent provided, for school
of instruction for naturalists and the profess
sOrs of natural science in schools and colleges !;
to be carried on with all necessary appliances
on the Nantucket coast, under the supervfs-
ion in each department, of men who have
made these studies their speciality.
A correspondent at Cambridge has furnished
us with the full programme of this remarkable
undertaking; and with it the address delivered
by Prof. Agassiz before the Legislative Com
mittee appointed with reference TO his applica-
ten for State aid to tho Museum of Compare
tive Zoology. In the latter institution we have
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Quakerism is showing somo signs OF vltlhV a. A.
England. We notice that Conference OF file",. s
has been held in London. attended by from So -
400 of the brethren, at which, with great unaina
it was agreed that the Society should take al 'a'
est in foreign and home missionary work. 'nS s ~
peranco movement, and Sunday schools i", ~.
measures will be brought for recognition
next Yearly Meeting in May We should have
faith in any procedure which brought frieau' wv
moro active relations with other geligioDists-
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
NeapIl(ork Daily gribm,re.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 70, 1873.

The British House Of Commons has rejected the Irish
University bill.
The Massachusetts House elected Boutwell, Senator,
and the Senate made choice. 49, The Democrats OF
New Hampshire reelected their three congressman and
there was no choice for Governor. Senator Cald-
well presented his defense == The State Assembly
discussed life insurance and railroad lobby questions
Prof Ogden n Rood lectured on "Optcs and Paint
log" =-= vice-PresideDt Dven Of the Erie has re-
signed. -- The Bar Association discussed the Jury
System" =-= The old House of Refuge fell. - A
Brooklyn brewery burned. =-= Gold. 1l6s, ll5
ll54. Thermometer, 42o 45o, 42o.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Concerning the prospect for the passage of
the pending City Charter, no canvass OF the
Senate can be safely made. Our Albany cor
respondence gives more hopeful view of the
situation for the cause of reform than has
been reasonably entertained heretofore. The
general impression here, however, is that such
a review of the field is too Aatterlng.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Here is one Congressman, at least who re-
fuses to take any part of the grab which the
XLIId Congress made from the Treasury.
The Hon. VIM. r. Roberts, Representative
from the Vth New-YOrk District, directs that
his share of the back pay be turned into the
United States Treasury. Who speaks next
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Mr. Ruskn, in the new edition of his works say
or is reported TO say: Americans set their tra~
in liberty and equality, of which l detest the one
and deny the possibility of the other'-an exceeo
ingly empty and foolish remark even If the gre,'
Mr.. Ruskin did make it. The liberty" IN whieh
Americans set their trust is precisely the same hv
erty which Englishmen either have or profess
have and which means no more than immuD'"
from political and religious oppression. When "0
use the word equality we refer to equality beio''
the law, the possibility of which we presume tas'
Mr. Ruskin would not deny. The general notcn
intellectual. physical moral, or material equsiiS
one which has never been seriously asserted even
demOcraiic America.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

We read Of what promises to be the biggest boo.
in the world. IL is now in process of manutae'o"
in Paris and will contain the names of all the u
habitants of Alsace aud Lorraine who have forrnsp
proclaimed their wish to remain French subice~
The list is said to comprise $4,000 names. o'e
hundred-and-twenty- compositors have Vce'
employed on the work during the last three mon''s
it is printing on seven presses, and the '~
ume will include iS.l63 PIP. A valuable WORK "
doubt, but not one which we would wish 70 "'N
through at sitting
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

A most exciting scene lately occurred in menage-
rie on exhibition in Turin. NJ. Bide the wild-beast
tamer was in den with lions, hyenas, beans, and
other animals; and having introduced lamb, DO
sought to improve upon the Scriptura texts by put
ting the lambs head in the lions mouth. This was
too much for the forbearsnce of the Beastkiae.
There came to him an oyerpowering reminiscence Oh
mutton eaten by him in the happier days of his Tor,
est freedom, and yielding to temptation, he bit on
the head of the poor lamb, aud having masticased'
swallowed it. II was a perilous moment for B'deL
Everybody supposed that he would. next moment
be devoured; but with great presence of mind. Dc
drove all the animals into another compartment soa
escaped without a scratch.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

1t is often and from all parts of the country thai
we get reports of alleged cruelty iii public schooand
the frequency of such must be rather notifying
to those who are attached to system of education
teacher bearing the significant name Of Rspp
is now charged in Cincinnati with causing the death
of a lad by hitting him on the head with books
dubious way, certainly of impartiDg the contents
the volume to the brain. Evidence was heard upon
the case by the School Committee, and the fact wa
elected that the book used 10 correct the lad wass
grammar-an octave of 264 pages" There was also
plenty of evidence that after the boy sickened
became blind of one eye and finally died. IL teach
ers cannot get along without striking children On
the head, they had much better resign.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

1t is safe to say that changes are going on
in all great corporations like the Erie Railway
Company; but it is dangerous to prophetic
reputation to name names of retiring members
of Board. Mr. Diven resigned from the Erie
Presidency yesterday (retsining his posi-
tion as Director; but none of the members
who have been reported as on the eve of being
expelled appear to have any idea of resigna-
tion or retirement
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Another ghost! We cannot help it; since we
began to mention them. they will come-a fresh one
every day. Bland Billiard, young man Of
Lebanon County. KY, committed suicide three
months ago, and three days before that upon which
he was to have been married. He now makes fre
quent visits to the paternal mansion apparently for
the purpose of annoying his father who had opposed
his marriage He comes at night, and brings with
him light by which he is distinguished and recos-
nized He famlarly opens the door. proceeds to his
old room, and while there employs himself in exam
ining his trunk. Being spoken to- he answers not but
he attempts to molest no One Some think be is On
impostor trying to drive the unhappy father to dis
pose of his farm at sacrifice; Others persist that he
is a true specter.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Everybody knows that the Old State-liouse Bell
in Philadelphia is cracked upon one side Mr.
Garrett of San Francisco, being patriotic man, has
sent proposition for mending this venerable relic
of the Revolution. He offers to take it to San
Francisco to crack the other side, then to subject
the fractured parts to intense heat sufficient to melt
the edges and fuse the metal then he will run in
certain amount of new metal, and the old bell viii
be as good as ever. To which the PhiladelphianA
not without a certain degree Of indignation. respond
that they do not want the bell mended. do not want
patched bell do not wish the bell reeast. True
they say it cannot be rung, but nobody wants TO
ring it, They intimate that if it should go 70
California, it might never come back again and 50
Mr.. Garrett is dismissed with something very like
snub.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12
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New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Discussion of the best means to remedy the
defects of the present jury system is going on
among the members of the bar, and We print
to-day some of the suggestions which have
been made by well-known jurists. The sub
ject is one which requires great caution in it's
treatment; but it is satisfactory to know that
the fact that something is needed to be done
is admitted, and so much of beginning is
made.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Attention has lately been called to the systems
of mail delivery in our large cities and the Postmas
ter-General is reported to contemplate certain i'm
portant reforms. For these when we get them we
shall be duly thankful But meanwhile there d
something wrong in the management Of the railway
mail routes which we think might be mended if Mr.
Creswell would give his mind to it. Here are two
instances of post-oice ineficency which lately fell
under our notice. A letter for New-York mailed at
Jacksonville, Florida, on the 18th of February.
and transmitted the same day. did not reach its des
tination until the 22d although the schedule time
for passengers between the two points is only three
days. letter to the same address was mailed at St
Augustine on the 1ith. The writer started for New
York the next day, stopped four entire days and
nights on the road, and reached this city, simults
neously with his letter, on the 22d. The time 70
quired for the journey is three days and bali.
Why should it take twice as long TO transmit letter
as to transmit passenger and his baggage
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Sectarian prejudices appear to have been
too strong for the statesmanlike designs of
the British Premier. BY the very small ma
iority of three, with one-fourth of the mem
hers absent, the House of Commons rejected
The Irish University bill. The House ad-
ioorned until Thursday. when it is probable
tbe Ministry will announce its intentions. If
this vote may be regarded as a final indica-
tiop of the will of the House of Commons, it
vould seem that tho best course for the Gov
erpment would be an appeal to the people.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

be specially detailed for the management Of Tia.
escapes. leaving the work Of extnguishing the g.
entirely to firemen. The system might form ma
of the regular Fire Department Of the city "A h I.
in that of Dublin Our correspondent thinks th,s
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel case If it had occurred :
London or in Dublin, not one life would have bee.
lost. The escape-men would have carried outA.
servants, running them all from window down the
machines in few seconds. 80, too in the case Of
the Centre-st fire. He makes the suggestion ,h.,
Mr. Bergh might engraft this hre-escape branch On
his Society. These considerations are timely ana
sooner or later they will be acted upon the soons,
the better
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

In the Court of Oyer and Terminer YESTERDAY
there was presented the remarkable case Of Ioa.
charged with murder who resOlutely repudiated N.
defense set up for him by his lawyer. Robert
Bleakley is indicted for the murder Of Maud Merrl
and is declared by his counsel to be crazy while n.
insists that he is perfectly sane. This presents the
rather odd question whether lawyer has right "a
act I'D line of defense which his client utterly 70
pudiates. However. it must be allowed that lunatic.
are not in the habit of admitting their lunacy Per
hans Bleakley is little proud, thinks that insanity
is becoming common and disreputable among mur.
derers and prefers the honor and glory Of being pre-
p.nsely manslaughterous. One thing came out IN
the discussion in Court, which Is MT reassunng
Assistant District-Attorney Lyons said that il
would MT be easy to get reputable physicians To
examine Bleakley. op account OF the difficulty Of
procuring payment from the Controller of the pro-
fessional fees II the time should come when no
physician can be obtained in such cases, we shah
ace vet another form of injustice IN our criminal
courts, and still another will be added to the difh
cuIties of securing just verdict, or, perhaps We
should say, any verdict at all.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

Mr.. Caldwell's plea, made in the Senate yes
terday, is unique and ingenious. He (or Mr..
Caleb Cushing for him) urges that the Senate
has no right to inquire into the circumstances
of his election, as that was the act OF
sovereign State; ithat the Constitution does
not make all honest election one of the quail
fications of the members on which each branch
of Congress is to pass; and that the charge OF
bribery is not proved against him. If this ar
gument be sound, a man who buys seat in
the Senate cannot be unseated. The Legisla-
ture cannot recall him, and Mr.. Caldwell says
the Senate cannot. This is chaos come again.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

The cunning politicians who constitute the
majority in the Senate are not TO be cheated
out of their little revenge on the minority.
Forced by the power of an old rule to give
mittees, they have equalized things by in
creasing the Committees from seven to nine
members each. The reverend Senators who
are practicing this noble game of hide-and-
seek seem to fancy that they are always to
have things their own way.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

The passage of bill for new line OF rail-
road between New-Brunswick and Elizabeth,
by both Houses of the New-Jersey Legisa-
ture, yesterday, was most significant of the
new spirit of freedom which has arisen III
that State. For many years the people OF
these two cities have sought in vain this sim
pie right from Che Legislature. The granting
of it is favorable omen for the General
Railroad law now in the Senate Committee.
The latter will come up for passage within
few days. At least one Senator who voted
against the Air Line bill has declared himself
in favor of a general law. Let us hope that
one more may be found true to his State, for
then the bill will pass.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-12

The happy-go-l lucky manner of our National
Bookkeeping is strikingly illustrated by the
accidental discovery that the Treasury has no
returns of the warehouse business OF the New
York Custom house. Some troublesome per-
son has inquired why these weighty returns
do not appear in the last fiscal reports; the
reply was that they had not been received
from the proper officers in New York. And, come
to think of it, says the Department briskly,
we haven't any from any other CustOm-houses
This is rather a nice state of facts, consider
ing that the warehouse business in New-York
amounts to many millions year, and that 1t
affords richer field for stealing than any
other branch of the service. New-England
people would call this sort of management Of
the Custom houses " shiftless."