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New-York tribune., 1873-12-20

honda it wants. 1t is even stated In well-In-
formed quarters that an exceedingly plausible
scheme is already matured for the issue Of
$5O.OOO 900 United States bonds IN the interest
of this enterprise, although 1t VIII DE done o.
tensibly "A a measure Of financial relief to the
money market. The friends OF the measure
are said to be already busy III the lobby. and
committees in both houses are IN course of
construction to carry 1t through.
Before this scheme goes any further. we
should like to remind Congress OIL a Few facts.
The Northern Pacific Road received q free
Gift of land valued at Sl5O,Voooo or fsOO,-
600 900, aud The Company was only required
to raise a share capital of $2.0OO,OOO. of which
not more than 10 per cent must be paid in.
Aa the estimated expense of the whole work
was only SSOOO0,00O, it is apparent that the
shareholders were not expected 10 contribute
ANYTHING to the cost. Ihe Govern
mcnt was to pay the whole, and give
the COMPANY handsome bonus for ac-
cepting the road as a free gift. This is
what il called in Washington aiding" in
the construction of great natiOhai work
The Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific
Roads Uhe two being cOnsolldateO have a
land GRANT of %, 500, 900 acres, upon which they
base a bonded debt of 32O,0OO,OO0, s4.0OO0OO
being thus far issued, and the total amount
of their paid-up capital is only S2oO,OoO. The
cost Of the road ought to be much less than
that of the Northern Pacific, and probably the
ayails of the land grant, if properly managed,
will cover it ALL One would think that laid
of this sort was liberal enough in all con-
science. hut the companies are not satisfied
They want the Government after giving them
enough to defray the whole expense OF con-
struction, to give them more still.
1t will occur to common sense business men
that if the roads cannot 90 on with the royal
assistance they have had already, the country
cannot he ready for them. If they are
needed. they will pay if they will pay, they
will attract private capital. 1t is idle TO pre-
tend that the Government has any pressing
need of them We have ample means OF
communication across the continent already
IN proyide for tho development OF q
vast unsettled country and for al
probable military exigencies. The new
roads will bring rich lands INTO the mar
ket. and open rich territories that are now
almost inaccessible; but the population OF the
West is not overcrowded, and we can wait
What we need now is to make better use OF
the lands already available, and to save what
we can of the public money In these times OF
extrayagance and dishonesty. The reasons
which existed ten years ago for our munificent
endowment of the Union Pacific Railroad
exist no longer
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
GREAT NATIONAL WORKS.

Col. Thomas A. Scott in a conversation with
one of our correspondents, printed few days
ago, preferred not to say whether the Texas
and Pacific Railroad Company would go to
Congress for assistance this Winter; but he
had no hesitation in declaring that "the COM
"petion of the line to the Pacific, in view Of
ats great Importance to the Government and
"the people at large, cannot be long delayed"
and that it twill ultimately receive all the
financial aid that may be requisite to carry
ait through In fact it is hardly secret any
longer that the Northern and Southern Pacific
Roads are both going to make bold stroke
for financial aid at Washington, and that they
feel pretty certain of getting it. Something
like Col. Scott's remark about the great i'm
p0rtance of his road to the Government we
have heard before. 1t was the chief argu-
ment for the construction Of the first Pacific
Railroad by Government aid that the
country absolutely demanded it, and the
Administration needed it, if only as q military
safeguard. When the bonds of the Northern
Pacific Road came into the market, the adver-
tising columns of the newspapers were filled
with the most beautiful essays on the benef-
cent results which must follow from the open
ing of the forests and piercing of the noun
tain wilderness along the isothermal line
which this fortunate road pursues; and since
the Company has been in difficulties we have
been pelted with figures and arguments prov
ing beyond the shadow Of a peradventure
that the surest way for Congress to save
money will be to give several millions to the
Northern Pacific. We are waiting now for
the inevitable demonstrations that the Southern
Pacific Road also is as good rs savings bank;
that the country cannot do without 1t; and
that merely a. q matter Of economy the Gov
ernnent ought to give ii oil the caah and
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Kentucky Legislature has passed u bill
providing for a Constitutional Convention
Encouraged by the delay IN confirming
Attorney General williams. the Ohio newspapers arc
again urging the fitness Of the Hon. NJ r. Waite for tho
Chief Justiceship
1t is announced by The Washington Star that
Mr. James Lyons, who was recently appointed United
states Attorney the Eastern District Of Virginia has
written TO the President declining the position
There are no less than 80 candidates for tho
Kansas United States Senatorship not including OK
Senator Pomeroy Statesmen thick out that way A
local paper says there other men who expect " Do
elected, but they TOO modest 20 say go
The Albany Argus says "it is understood
that the Mepubcan members OF Congress have uuani-
mously recommended the appointment Of the Hon:
Robert Hale to the vacant bench upon the Court OF
Appeals occasoned by the death OF Judge Peokham,
and that Governor Dix has rendered him the position
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Amnsemenis nno alsetinss.

4lrnAp
AcApsMy or MusIc. At q: Elizabeth oiSnora
Pismonu and sig. salviui t,,, c.
ACADEMY or Music, BRooKLrS-rhii"Sr"o"'' "0"
cert -, ,-., rA.
BARSUMs GREAT SHOW i"" ' "
Rink. Day aud night ,,.,., ~ ,
BoorHs TaKArER-At i;so and at s. "k"' f. g.
psn.nw.I TurArER-At 1880 and ats: "The Woman
10 White"
cp.sn OPERA HousE.-N 1870 and at 8: "Humpty
Dnmnty Abroad" u. l.. Fox.
Yycxrm THEATER-At 1880 aud at 8: "Lady Of Ly ons
Fechter.
Nsw FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-At 1880 and at s. 1.-THE
Psrrioide.' -
NrRIo's GARpES-"The Children in the Wood" The
vokes Family.
OLYMPIC THEArER.-At 1870 and at 8: &" Dreams OF De-
iuslon." Edwin Adams.
SrEIswAY HALL.-At 1880 Concert. Blind Tom
Tony PASTORS OPERA HoUsE.-h 2S0 aud at g: Varl-
etles
UNION SQUARE THEArER-At 1880 and at 8: Lied
Astrsy"
WALLAcK's THEArEs.-" Man OF Honor" Lester Wal
lack.
CHURCH og TIRE DfsCIPLEs-Far.
TWENTY SECOND REGIMENT Acknowledgement Gil-
THx FoURrH-AvE. CHURcu.-old Folks Concert.
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g rHE CHOSEN OF TIE NArIOMD

We have great reason to be proud of the
American Congress. The head or the heart Of
the citizen who can read the debates Of the
present session without feeling of patriotic
pride and exultation is not to be envied
Congress has been in session now three
weeks. 1t has not legislated much. to be
sure, but then witness the tone aud temper OF
the high discourse it has held. Could any
thing be more elevating or edifyingf Could
there be anything more improving to the
minds and morals of the youth of this highly
favored land than the impressive scenes
of these three weeks at the National
Capital Can literature furnish any
finer models of compact and vigorous
expression, history offer any such ex-
amples of forensic elOQuence, or all the ran
sacked annals Of time any such dramatiza-
ton of the politics of the period and epitome
of the spirit of the agef Read the debates of
the past few days. What fine vein of un-
selfish patriotism runs through them all How
the rounded periods of the great-souled orators
glow with the fervent heat of devoted, earn
est, self-denying lOyaltyI How profound tho
philosophy, how broad and comprehensive the
craftsmanship, how keen and convincing the
logic, how chaste and beautiful the rhetoric
with which these great men of their
time build up their arguments and adorn
their utterances |! The citizen of to-day
reads them with z pride; the student of
tho future will peruse them with wonder.
In inharmonious ncighborhoods. where the
conversation and the atmosphere have points
in common, and both are foul, these debates
flow like the unvexcd current OF sewer,
and at once the vocabulary ia cnlargedj be-
tween the bustling and beligerent street
corners rattles tho fire of Congressional dis
cussion, paucitv of speech is overhowed by
the torrent Of invective. and the slums expand
their system of exchanges with the imitation
Of their currency.
1t was only 80 long ago az Wednesday that
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts. loading states-
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energy in sone othor. way. religious OF poli1-
cal. not half 90 safe or useful and just ~
liable to vulgar corruptions. Men who laugh
at balls and sneer at tea-drinkings forget that
they are a safety-yalve. A mans whole daily
business, from the reading OF his newspaper
at breakfast to his club at night, ieads him
out of doors, out of himself. He does not
know how much of his salvation from dys-
pepsa, morbid gloom, i'll temper, and religious
doubt he owes to his walks through tho
streets, his endless greeting ofkacquaintances.
the incessant momentary friction against other
minds than his own. At the end Of the day
his tired brain and body can find no relief 80
welcome as a quiet chair in the cheerful fire.
side. Why should his women folks insist on
"gadding abouti" Simply because the whoIe
daily business of their lives (if they belong tn
the great majority of the middle class), from
the ordering of the breakfast in the morning
to the basket Of mending at night, shuts
them i'm doors, into themselves. A domestic
woman's intercourse is almost totally with
children, servants minds inferior to her own.
The more intellectual woman she IL, the
more stringent is this necessity: she does tha
headwork for the whole establishment OF in
competent servants; teaches her children, per-
haps; supplies what is lacking to every inefi.
cient member has no time to read. In short.
it is perpetual grinding of the mill, with no
grist going into the hopper. If Darby needs
his grange or farmers meeting, let Joan have
her bee or sewing society; if men who liyo
by headw0rk in the cities require their clubs.
their wives, who also grind their brains to
make their bread, must have their equivalent:
only in the name of sense and decency let
that not be vulgar parade and show. The
custom in Ase among fashionable women Of
setting apart certain evenings for receptions is
a sensible one, which should recommend itself
to people of moderate means. Let any woman
instead of giving two or three costly parties
in the Winter, from which the women are too
apt to 90 home tagged and the men t9sy, set
apart certain evenings in the month when her
friends know that she will be at home, her
parlors warmed and lighted, and that they
will be welcome to come and go at their Own
pleasure. The srefreshment should be Sec
ondaIy matter with both hostess and guest
the simpler it is the better. In this easy, in
expensive way the true ends of hospitality viii
be reached people of like tastes will gather
in certain houses the mental refreshments
needed will be given, and an end put to tho
system OF vain show which desecrates TOD
many homes
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
II R.IPL + S III E E L.

The surviving prisoners OF the yirginius have been
released and are TO be brought to New-fOrk III the
Juniata The virginus has left the Tortugas and VIII
probably be brought TO New-York. A new flibusterng
expedition said to have landed on the coast OF Cuba
=. The Tchborne trial has been adjourned TO Dec 2e
- At Matamoros a conflict is threatened between
the present municipal authorities and Gen Cortnas,
the Mayor elect - In Cuba 500 Spanlards we're en-
trapped uto ambuscade and defeated.
Both Houses Of Congress adjourned yeste rday until
Ian s. The Senate passed bill repeating the law
recurring the printing OF public documents for general
distribution; the Committee on civil Service and Re
trenchment reported substitute for the House
Bslsry bill In the House the Judiciary Committee
was authorized to send subcommittee to New-Oreans
70 take testimony the Of Judge Dure; resou-
ton requesting the President TO convene court OF In
oury in the case of Gen. Howard was discussed and
recommi ted debate took place on the supplementary
Civil Rights bill: Mr. Cessna presented petition rea-
tive to the claim OF Geo. Chorpennng. urging It's re-
examination.
The Cornell inquiry continued at Ithaca yester-
day President White testfyng much length concern
ang the management Of the University. - The Call
forns Senatorial contest is still undecided, although
Gov. Booth is slowly gaining ground.
EA Woodward surrendered himself to the authori-
tics order States evidence, and testify against
OF Mayor Hall. =-- Assembly man elect Harry Genet
WAS convicted OF obtaining the signature Of Mayor
Hall 20 warrant under false pretenses -
Startling exposures OF frauds In the Brooklyn
Coroners' Office made. Inquisition papers were
made on physicians certificates and charged Tor as
II inquests had held over 62S fraudulent cases OF
smallpox reported in three years. - The stock
market depressed, and there was unusual activity
st the Gold Exchange. The Western Union leased the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph lines. Three small com
msrcis houses failed and life insurance company wac
said 70 be embarrassed. - The cost OF the
Ctr aud County Government during 1874
WA estimated at t3sOoo,Oo0 g. Two sister
churches announced that a UNCONVENTIONAL al
lance could not be maintained with Plymouth Church
on ito new platform. === The Ssmana Bay Company
tnterest will rot be affected by the revolution ssnto
Domingo z= Koewing was sentenced to 10 years i'm
prisonment for attempting TO murder his wife in Eliza
beth and Terril was acquitted at White Plains. -
Gold. nm 1ll,. Ill s-= Thermometer s7o, 49,
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
HOSPITALITY IND THE HOLIDAYS

HOSPITALITY IND THE HOLIDAYS.
With the beginning of the holidays next
week "the season" in the cities is supposed
to open formally; from Christmas to Ash
Wednesday, hospitality, its laws, and modes
and exigencies are the business of the fash
ionable world Among the wealthier classes
the late panic has not dimmed the display of
hospitality; the balls are as frequent and
splendid the dinners as recherche as in any
previous year; but with people of moderate
means the economy which is the order of the
day, whether necessary or not, shows itself
most noticeably in their quality as hosts.
Hospitality according to American customs is
a costly virtue or no virtue at all. We may
ask Brown to share our roast mutton IN a
family way; but Brown expects. and We know,
that the mutton and its surroundings must be
of O quality such as we would think it rash
extravaganza to make our family usage.
The same principle is carried out in inland
towns and the loneliest hamlet 1t was origin
ally, of course, only the beautiful idea OF
the duty of giving our best to our guest, but
it is that idea corrupted into vulgar and vain
display The same idea of trade in hospitality,
too, extends everywhere through our society.
Its so-called leaders are in debt certain in
vitations to balls the farmers wife "owes" a
tea-drinking to her neighbors; the one pays
her debts with the result in few years very
likely of bankrupt husbsnd; tho other
perspires and drudges for days before
hand over cake board and oven to ac-
quit herself of hers; in both instances
hospitality is neither virtue nor re-
freshment. bu. sheer vanity and vexation Of
spirit.
What arc we TO do thenf Lock our
doors and sit down In economical. idle soil
tudef As surely ~ the average American
woman loses this safety-valve Of visiting aud
being Waited, she will spend her pent-up
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had failed, no thought of nothing but getting
away in such manner as not to seem too
ridiculous. OF the fate of the unfortunate
nrince no had lured to his ruin, and Of those
moor people in France who had invested their
savings in the Mexican loan, he took no
thought or care. Yet when he engaged in
another war still more wicked and foolish, to
restore his fading popularity. his people sus-
tanned him with frenzied enthusiasm, and
Austria would have joined him but for the
veto interpOsed by Hungary.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
bnsinsss Not,les.

BATCHELOR's HAIR DYE is the best In the
perfect Hair Dye At SdugsItL
Has PAID $4,000 CLAIMs-equal to $3.50 per
OF nine years TRAVELLERS. Hartford
KALDENBERG's MEERsCHAUMs selling at man
u,.ctarers prices Stores JOhnst aud Of John and Sasspst
FIREPROOF BUILDING PROCESsEs.-Rellable
Artistic and other
formation. apply to Col A. DxRRos, Paterson, N. J.
NEGLECTED COUGHS AND COLDS.-Few are
importance Of checking Cough Common COd 10
h s,, stage which in the beginning voad yield to BROwss
Bsosoat.t rsooHE neglected works the Lunr.
EXTRA DRY CABINET
OF
MoRr CHsSDos,
ACxAs MKRRALL & C0SDIT's
CHAEBBRs-sr.,
PoRrYsxcoSDsr A BROADWAY.
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PERSONAL.

The Emperor of Austria Is to visit the Car
early next month.
Mr.. Arch has been welcomed home very
cordially in Buford his native village.
4 Preston Powers took plaster cast of Prof.
Agassizs face, and will Use It iu making bust. y
Mr.. Bradlaugh has been lecturing to very
jarS houses IN Chicago He returns to Boston sgsia
next 4eskS .@ssttsz---
Miss Ada Dyas. the new leading lady Of tho
Fifth Avenue Theater COMPANY, arrived in this city
from Liverpool yesterday.
Senator Edmunds of Vermont is said to have
been advised by his physician TO give close attcntio.
co his duties on penalty Of becoming . permanent
invalid
NJ. de Lesseps. of Suez canal fsme, has ad
dressed letter to Earl Granville on the feasibility OF
connecting the Russian railway system With fhe Anglo
Indian lines
A change of mana cement and propiietorship
Is announced in The Syracuse Standard Messrs. T. ID.
Curtis Charles H. Lyman, and George W. Edwards be-
come propretOrs and editors
The story that Alexander Dumas. known for
40 many years in French literature as Dumas the
Younse1 is co%S h1 S 10 s
Mr.. A. C. Botkin formerly of The Chicago
Time, has become editor OF The Milwaukee Sentinel It
is said that the change has been made IN the interest Oh
Senator Carpenter.
The Grand Dutchess of Russia, the BRIDE
elect OF the Duke or EdinOurRn, IS 10 rece'o ~
present from certain British naval and marine omcen'
who have subscribed $50 for its purchase
Gen. Canbys widow has q good prospect OF
receiving deserved assistance. II is reporteo iro.
washug gton that the committed charged wisn - ssS S
ject are iu favor OF giving her pension VI "S~ P'
annum.
1t must be beartless person VINO can DO
rrudxe achance to DO comfortable, yoe
there seems TO be such Q one in Massschuset@ US
renorted that the will OF Seth Adams providing
asylum for hypochondriscs us 10 Do eoh'osou "A
ground that he Was OF unsound mina'
Queen Victoria has caused marble ouss OK
the Princess Hohenohe TO be placed In nione oo,os
mausoleum Of the Duchess OF Kent, with TINS ln'0.y
,'"n ~ .,,n written by the:Dean Of Chichester; Ia
eyerlssting remembrance Of her s,rs sesv Tns nke.
Feodors Princess OF Hohenohe .hs tomb Sf
nsss OF her beloved form placed oes,n .s,sr vo
th u ,nother amented BY both by her onV s"'S'' wv
toria r., iu the year " grace is'''
pynsoNAL-Br rR-BdRAPH.
Gen Peralta will probably b appointed Cap
tsia 0ensn of Poue Rice 49,.
'Tns CurS Of Santa Cruz hsA sscapcd into
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estimate of bis character already formed by
all who ever heard Of him.

In addition to the interesting intelligence
from Santo Domingo, published exclusively in
THE TRIBUNE yesterday. we print on our
second page, to-day, statements showing the
causes which led to the late revolution The
tyranny and misrule of Baez have endured
longer than most people supposed possible ;
but the day of his political death seems to
have come at last.
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d. Advertising friends must bear with us. 1t
is impossible to find room to-day for all who
seek space on our last page, and we fear sew
eral others viii also find themselves crowded
ont
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All cats celebrated for sagacity now consigned
to back seats by most Intelligent creature in Pres
ton, Gonna cat with a passion for clans, and
without anybody to open them for her. First. sh,
stimulates the CLAIMS mouth with her tail he closes
it on the cats continuation she Immediately leaps
fence and thus the clam-she is broken Oh the top
rail- and the clam himself rewards puss for all the
suffering which she has suffered. We may say that
we believe this story nasnuch as it Is a matter Of
no great consequence whether believe 1T or not.
At fhe same time we must add that the mania for
geological anecdote is becoming somewhat alarming.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-20

We print on our third page this morning
communication from Mr.. Thurlow Weed. dis
cussing several matters of current interest.
The subjects to which Mr.. Weed refers are oil
great importance and his long experience ana
breadth of view add especial weight to MS
statements of opinion in regard to them. he
utters the voice of two generations, ana al
he says is sure of attentive and respectful
consideration.