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New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
POINTS At RASHINGTON

In the most casual way it came out yester-
day in Gen. Buffers testimony before the
Wilson Committee that he advised Oakes
Ames to retain the Hon. Matt Carpenter for
the Union Pacific Road. that gentleman being
at the time the advice was given candidate
for United States Senator before the
Wisconsin Legislature, against the Hon.
Cadwallader c. Washburn, who had
been proposing to investigate the road.
TO retain Mr.. Carpenter at such time
and under such circumstances was, to say the
least, great piece of worldly wisdom, and
not altogether unlike Gen. Butler. 1t will be
observed that in the Generals testimony
which was called out by letter
sent = TO the Committee from TINS
city, he does not deny the charge
that after the Union Pacific Road had declined
the offer, the Central Pacific did retain Car
penter with $4,000 fee. There's nothing
wrong about this, OF course, for Gen. Butler
says he would do the same thing again under
the same circumstances, all the world to the
contrary notwithstanding. Still, it seems to
be time when Mr.. Matt. Carpenter might be
heard to advantage.
The Senate Credit MObiher Committee had
on the stand yesterday Senators Harlan and
Logan and Vice -President-elect Wilson. Sena-
tor Harlan remembered having received one
check from DR.. Durant for election purposes,
and that it was used only in a legitimate way
that is no votes were purchased with it.
Afterwards it having been charged in the pub
lie prints that the Union Pacific Road had con-
tributed $4,000 toward his election, he made
several frantic endeavOrS to learn If it was so.
in order TO refund the money. He seems to
have made up his mind finally that Durant
paid the money ont of his own pocket, and 80
let the matter drop, which was quito frugal
proceeding. The testimony of the Senator was
generally to the effect that he had done moth
ing improper, and if he had been bribed
he was not aware of it. Senator Logan
was wary. He proposed not to answer any
questions till he knew what the whole case
against him was. Manifestly the Illinois Sen
ator was not born yesterday. Senator Wilson
testified to the good character of Oakes Ames
but had nothing to add to his testimony given
to the other Committees The Senate inyeSti-
CATION promises to be a very orderly and well
behaved inquiry, and not to endanger any
bOdy's crOckery.
Mr.. 0akes Ames is on the war-path. Out
ragged, no doubt, by the persistent cOntradic-
tions and denials of Vice President COlfax and
bis friends, he has gone to the trouble of
breaking down Mr.. Colfax's witnesses. 1t must
be confessed that Mr.. Ames's researches In
the House accounts have seriously damaged
the slender support on which the Nice-Presi-
dent so much depended.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
Neu'alork Daily GribMtts.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IA. 1878.

secr Maros has been elected President OF the Spanish
National Assembly. - President Theirs will recOg-
nize the spanish Republic.
The Senate yesterday, had the Naval Appropriation
hill under consideration. The House tabled the bill
10 create \ Board of Commissioners OF Commerce
Another flaw has been discovered in COlfax defense.
== The New-York Republican Charter was reported
TO the Assembly -- Ex-GOv. Geary's funeral was
held at Harrisburg. 80 Railroad wrecks are reported
on the Central Pacific and Grand Trunk lines.
The annual masquerade Of the AriOn Society occurred
at the Academy OF Music. == At a conference OF
freight agents of the railroads eOnvegng 10 this city,
uniform tariff was adopted. g. Thomas Herbert WOr-
rall leRtured ON Mexico" In the Jumel estate
case Judge Hoar made plea for the claimant. 80 A
b to he presented 10 the Legislature to secure the
substitution Of for wooden pavement throughout
the city. Gold. lIii, nll, l14i. = Thermom-
eter I9o. 25lo, 16o
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
TWO MORE ELECTIONS COMING

After ALL there is not anything half so
funny as tragedy, particularly when it is put
on with plenty of vowel sounds and has a
fencing scene in it. 1t is little narrowing
to a sensitive soul, to be sure, in the low key,
sub-bass passages; but then what comfort
and consolation there even is in this to the
reflective mind. What comfort to SEQ and
hear people go about talking in such a ridcu-
lous way, and all as though they were in
earnest about it. Indeed, they are so much
in earnest that they make in many cases a
living by it, There's something quite exhil-
arating Id the spectacle of man who Is not
even an alderman pretending he is king,
and wearing clothes that no king. unless it
be the King of Spades, ever dreamed of, and
talking in such a royal way that if
any real, frst-class king should do it so,
they would clap him into madhOuse
before he had time to dilute regular active
transitive verb, or strangle a personal pro-
noun. And it's quite entertaining to see the
crowned heads go tearing around the stage
lungiDg at each other with dangerous weapons
in an imperial way till one of them receives
a fatal blow under the arm, and with rhe-
tOrical allusion compOses himself to his last
erybOdy is in glow over it, and the royal
remains lie limp and dusty by the fOotlights,
or have been gathered into "a gilded mauso
leum at the rear of the theater, we submit
that it is unseemly and unbecoming, that it
jars upon the prOprieties, rasps the tine-strung
sensiblities of the spectator, and upsets
the eternal fitness of things, to have
the supernumerary people at the back
Of the stage, who have only been brought
into the play to dance round and jab sticks
at each other and help on the confusion, and
who are more pasteboard and pinchbeck and
wooden than the velvet and pewter kings who
have just subsided-tO have these fellows take
up the business and go to fencing at each
other and making speeches and trilling their
rs and mouthng ont their hollow O's and e's.
There's something so utterly incongruOus, so
grotesque, so unexpected and unaccountable
about it; it is dreadful. The other sort of
thing was tOlerably amusing this is madden
ing.
1t has, doubtless, occurred to the dsinter-
ested observer, if there is such one, of our
quadrennial Presidential contests, that the
marching up and down the land of cOurtly
persons who address their fellow men in
touching language upon what they term the
issues OF the hour the sounding of many
cymbals and other instruments of brass, the
blowing Of many horns and the indscrimi
nate takiDs OF many more. the stIidiDg hitber
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

Prof Agassizs speech before the Committee on
Education at Boston, last week, was practical,
impetuous, and little inpatient. His demand for
a State appropriation for the benefit of the Cam
bridge Museum, served as text from which he
drew sermon, unpleasant but not untrue nor I'M
necessary. He warmly expressed his disapproyal of
the existing system of popular education in America
Instead of using the rich and growing intellectual
material of later years he declared that colleges
teach chiefly the tradtionary Learning of the Middle
Ages: Harvard" said the fiery Professor, /" is not
a university-it is only a tolerably well-organIzed
high SCHOOL, Nor is even this learning in his eyes
the best of its kindit is merely the dregs of schol-
arship. He brought up our grammar as an example,
referring to IT as no longer living matter but
reduction to formulas from which all the living
spirit has fed As for his darling, Natural Science,
Le contewplates poarnfully the want Of thorough
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

youth did MT care much for a First Glass
Clerkship and rather than else preferred
TO throw up the numerical sponge $50 to
speak, and retire from Washington forever.
If, on the other hand, he was still able to
fight the tiger of interrogation the screws
were applied after a different fashion. He
was requested to inform his tOrturer "Wh0
was Secretary of War during the war with
Mexico aud "Under what circumstances
:" the writ of habeds corpus may be sls-
pended" Also, "Where is Kansas City n
OF the latter query we have only to say,
"Why Kansas CityT Why not Boston or
New York What has Kansas City par
ticularly to do with the qualifications of n
First Class Clerk in the War Department
And why must he be required to know "the
capital of the State of New-Jersey,' and not
be required to know the capital of the State
of New-Yorki 7
We believe in examinations. We believe in
having well informed men appointed to the
service of the War Department and OF all other
Departments. We believe, however, that the
ability to spell wagon with two " g's" by no
means implies frst-class qualification for
First Class Clerkship. A man might answer
correctly every interrOgatOry propOunded to
these candidates, and yet be totally unfit for
even Third Class Clerksllip. Something more
is required than ability to multiply s95.s6 by
a42.0O3." There isn't a query upon these
wonderful examination papers which ought to
bother a well grown boy in district school,
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
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New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

Mr. Dorman B. Eaton. in his speech on the
police Jpstices bill. before the Judiciary Com
mittee at Albany. has arrayed some facts ano
6cures which are most startling. Nearly So,oW
persons pass through these minor police coui@
in single year of these. some s5,ooo were
arrested for drunkenness. and were hned' or
ought to have been. The mere salary OF Vno
police court officials for four years
was $SsO,75S; and the number OF persons
brought before them was not less than SVo'oVV'
Yet, we have no Police Report worthy tne
name. and all records are mysteriously con
cealed. The moral of it al Is that the fonce
Courts are disgrace to our judicial system
and are administered by men who have neither
education, training, nor humanity for their
work. Is it any wonder that crime thrives under
such a state of things The statistics which
Mr.. Eaton has cOllated and grouped are not
only profoundly suggestive they are con-
elusive as TO the immediate need of breaking
up the present weak and corrupt system we
have purged the higher courts, but those
which take hold of the beginnings of crime
are as bad as any ever were. Reform, sharp
and radical, is needed here and now.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

clergyman of Springfield, H., is lecturing in
defense of LincOlns memory, with a good deal of
truth and bitterness. He discusses in terms which
are refreshing TO read the late socalled Life" and
refutes circumstantially the accusation OF infdel
opinions made against the dead President He has
taken pains to collect evidence in all directions and
speaks of that he knows The book he criticises de-
serves nothing much as silence; yet however
Quixotic such lecture may be- it is worthy of being
for reason of its loyalty and honest good feeling.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

novelty Of suicide is reported from Paris. Two
elderly ladies' Sisters, Mesdames Celestne and Julie
Ratel, were discovered dead, both having swallowed
a strong dose of laudannm. The reason of this
family Jelodess is curious-both elderly ladies
in love with the same young man. If he too could
have been persuaded to join in this loves'sacri-
fee, it would have been still more complete and in
teresting but then it is highly probable that the
youth was in love with neither Celestine Julie.
Matters go swry that way usually.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

There is some feeling about the removal Of Mr..
Goodae from the position Of Secretary OF the Maine
Board of Agriculture and it is said that he was
removed merely because another man wanted his
place. We really trust that this is not so. Such an
Office should be bestowed, il seems to u.s. solely with
regard to competency and TO make it the reward of
political services is simply to the risk of destroy
ing its value altogether.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

1t ia said that the present Winter is one of the
mildest ever known upon the continent of Europe
In France especially in the enyirons of Paris and in
the gardens of the city the trees covered with
leaves, and the Spring flowers are beginning to bud,
while in the center of France raspberry-bushe
fruiting and early asparagus has appeared. About
Vienna already the fields full of violets, and
South Germans drink their beer in the open air.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The reports of the condition of Spain are
somewhat conflicting. While the Carlists dis
play more activity, there does not, at present.
appear to he any indication that the new Re-
public will have to contend against greater
sdyersities than the late dynasty. The pros
pect is the more favorable, as the former is in
a better condition TO maintain order than
Amadeus was at the close of his reign.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

great many years ago, before ice in the Summer
season had come to be a necessity, but just be-
ginning to be housed up and used in the large cities
as a luxury, good deacon from rural Connecticut
town came to New-York TO celebrate the E9grth q
July. L his misfortune TO celebrate little too
much he got intoxicated. News thereof followed
him home, and he was called mp before the Church
for discipline. The deacon confessed his fault He
said the day was hot. and he went into hotel bar
room where there bowl of punch, and the
lemons and ice looked cool and inviting he drank
some it tasted so good and the ice refreshed him so
that he took some more and finally he took so much
that he was ashamed TO say he became intoxicated.
lie sat down. There moments hush,
and then an angular brother at the rear
of the meeting and said, I'm satisfied with the
Deacou's explanation about his getting drunk. He
confesses it and says he's sorry. That's all right.
Anybody's liable TO do that But when the Deacon
comes into this ere meetn and talks about seeing
ice in July go for having HIM jerked out for lying
II that brother were only in Congress now, though
he might not object to the other brethren holding
Credit Mobler stock, he would be liable to reduce
both Houses below quorum by jerking EN- out for
lying
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The action of the New-Jersey Senate, yes
terday. in acting upon the monopoly railroad
bill before it had been advertised as the law
requires, indicates that the demand of the
people for free railroads will receive small at
tentiOn from that body. The names of those
voting TO overrule the Presidents remonstrance
are given in our correspondence and the citi-
Eens OF New-Jersey can thus see what mem
bers OF the Senate represent them, and what
the monopoly.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The Farmers Club of Easthampton, Mass, seems
to be well enough disposed to gorfy its vocation,
for it recently resolved unanimously, we suppose
That Agriculture has greater advantages as source
of study and knowledge, and has a more beneficial
effect upon the community. than any of the other
professions So much for theory. We hope that the
Easthampton farmers live up to theirs.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

MI Banks of Massachusetts, is fairly earning,
in more senses than one, the title OF Liberal"
Early in the session he proposed to double the
Presidents salary, and yesterday he advocated
in a speech the appropriation of S2OOO,OOO to
assist Mr.. Adolph Sutro in boring a tunnel
under Gold Hill, Nevada. Mr.. Banks is of the
opinion that by boring Gold Hill and the ma
tional treasury simultaneously in this way we
shall cheer, strengthen and encourage industry
of all kinds, change the balance of trade in
our favor and restore specie payments; and
he hopes Congress will not be deferred by re-
cent unteward incidents" from dong its duty
aud promoting the bore "UntOward' is very,
very good
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1878 contains interest
ing tables showing our imports and exports of the
leading articles of merchandise for the years 1862
1870 1sl and 1872, which will be of interest TO those
who care for the progress of our commerce. The
same work also contains tables showing the foreign
trade of Great Britain and Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

A bill providing for bounty on foxes killed was
recently before the Maine Senate The city mem
bers thought it good fun to propose a number of
ludcrous amendments, but the agricultural mem
bers, who own chickens. insisted upon the passage
aud made tho bill q law.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

How far is man responsible for the acts Of
his leatiOnsf Brothers-in-law have been
great source of scandal for few years past,
and now comes along an own brother, who has
been if reports are true, trading on his
relationship Judge Charles Sherman, a
brother of Senator Sherman of Ohio, is
reported to have charged $4,000 for making
very brief argument befOle the Finance
Committee, and securing the services of his
brother in putting through the Senate the
bill passed last session repeating the tax on
borrowed capital. We shall have to pass
law presently making only unmarried orphans
who have neither brothers or sisters eligible
for office.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

Nobody need think that we have heard the
last of the great Internal Improvement schemes
because they have failed in this Congress.
The session was too short for any such gigan-
tic operations to be carried through; but we
shall see them all full blown in the next Con-
gress. The tangible shape assumed by the
various canal-digging schemes was the bill to
establish National Board of Commissioners
of Commerce. This was an entering wedge,
and was to prepare materials for general
campaign, next Winter. Fortunately, the
scheme failed in the House, yesterday, by a
vote of 80 to s.. So far, so good.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

II may be pleasant and profitable to write pepper
andyinegar essays national manners, but 1t
is MT reasonable. How be justified In assert
ing positively that nation is the pink of courtesy
or the reverse that bad or good manners are in
sttutIons of the countryi Is it quite fair to take
one class or two classes or three and censure
several millions for their faults! There men and
women to whom cOmmon-sense and kindness of
heart and uDselhshness have given manners which
do notineed the polish of attriion to be good of
and women buried deep in social yarnish
that only occasionally the simple material beneath
becomes visible men and women yulgarians by in-
hertance, taste, choice, place habit and the pecu
liarity of any one of these sets may not be magn-
fed into national one. There be women who
thank you when you give them seats in city
cars and there be women who do MT. There be men
who give the seats. and men who dOn MT. There is
no collective censure deserved, and he who makes it
gets only ten dollars page so for his pains.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The Minority Report on the New-York Char
ter from the Committee on Cities, admirably
sums up the chief objections to the Custom
house Charter, reported yesterday. The pro-
vision that the Mayor shall nominate the
heads of departments to the Board of Alder
men is specious enough; it is blind behind
which the veriest tyro in legislation can see !;
because it is Immediately nullihed by
putting the Mayor into the Board, where
he has one vote, if his nominations are
not speedily confirmed. On this clumsy
trick to eyade responsibility there has been
enough said to show that it is disingenuOus,
indirect, and unmanly. 1t shufles the power
into the hands of Ring, and leaves the Mayor
nominally responsible for its exercise. AS the
minority represent, the whole framework of
the Charter is wrong in principle A careful
sOsaaipg of its provisions shows cunning
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

The honor of this paragraph is accorded to smart
woman Mrs. jerry Blaisdell OF East Denmark, Me,
who recently spun LOT of woo-rolls, dyed and wove
them into stout cloth, and cut out and made from
the samo pair of trowsers for her fortunate hus-
band, all within the space of thirty-six hours.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

Read what the Rev. Mr. Johnson OF Rockford. Ill.
deems il necessary TO say of himself. or for himself
he having been charged with seemingly immoral
conduct. He begins by observing that his " tenn
permanent is such that everybody must accord with
his views, or he has patience with them" We are
not astonished to find him adding: Accordingly
have always had trouble wherever | have been"
Poor Mr.. johnson first found it impossible to make
his eldest son accord with him." He endeayored
to bring him to the same faith with himself, but the
rebeous son. so far from agreeing with his father,
as soon as he could run, ran away, aud took every
opportunity to raise opposition and malice against
meD But the Rev. Mr. Johnsons troubles still con-
tinued He had wife and she opposed him. He
had a mothern- law, and she opposed him. But a
woman came to him ia the family, and she, 1t APP
pears didn't oppose HIM. which was so coDsolatory
to the soul of the Rev. Mr. Johnson that he went to
Indiana with horseland buggy. tn the company OF
Miss Backus, to procure divorce. that he might
marry his companion. in travelling together" he
says, as it was impossible TO find lodgings other
wise was Compelled to introduce her as nv VIE: WE:
In Indiana we rented log house, and, as did not
wish to have my family troubles known in the COM
munty we passed as man and wife" Meanwhile,
Mr. Johnson's money giving out he came back
without his divorce. and now he is still astonished,
when he says his conduct has been perfectly moral.
to find that nobody agrees with him.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

ev,si,, ~ Al, honest responsibility 10 evory
direction. This il tho Reform o""c''
a charter for new Ring
New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
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nces with winch its pbsnomena are taught in the
Common Schools. The fault. he asserts is that of
the teachers, who have sort of thorough know J.
edge in this direction, and who can't get it from
the Normal Schools, where instruction is given
from textbooks alone. and in the poorest possible
manner. The schools of Massachusetts, had round
censure from the good Professor, and very much it
must have astonished the authorities of that great
State, who incessanty ready to fold their hands
and go to heaven when they think Of their supe-
ror7 schoolsystem. Owing to the misplaced conf
dence which they have in 1t, the Professor thinks
that it might be easier to push new course of
education in new State earlier than in New
England.