New-York tribune., 1873-04-10

trial than any Otncr. Our oV"Vn U'
respondent whose third letter appears Oh our
second page, this morning, justly assumes ,''"'
the white people are moro blameworthy INA"
the negroes in this particular branch Oh in
dustry Tho colOred men have been educ''e"
by slavery to steal; it will require ono geher-
alton for them to be taught better thihes'
The white carpet-baggers have not TINS eAcuso'
Most people will bo glad that the ASSISTANT
Aldermen have been snubbed by the Doalu VI
Police. The Superintendent OF Suec' Cic"n-
;nr gave employment TO number Oh poor
T,eron ;r,mioronts who had been decOyed
s.nn, ,bo;r conntry and turned adrift in New
Vol, in the dead of Winter. The Assistant
Aldermen Interfere and ask the Police Board
If apv money has been saved by employing
alien labor, and by what authority such labor
is engaged on the public works. The reply Is
very lust. There is no occasion for lDqulrlng
whether persons applying for work are alien,
naturalized, or native; and there is certainly
no law forbidding the employment of alien
labor on public works. The interference Of
the Board of Assistant Aldermen is an exhi-
bition of spirit of petty prescription which
we are most sorry to see in the great cosmo-
politan port of the Republic.
Rapid Transit schemes are rapidly coming to
a head in this city. The signing of the Beach
Pneumatic Railway bill by the Governor gives
us another plan for traversing the island with
rapidity and at small cost, provided it is car
ried out. The bill, which was passed by the
Legislature a year ago and vetoed by Gov.
Hoffman, provides for an underground railroad
from the Battery to Harlem River by the line
of Broadway and Tenth-ave., with branches
connecting with the Hudson River and Harlem
Railroads. The fare for the whole length OF
the road was originally fixed at 10 cents but
Gov. Dix told the incOrpOratOrs that he felt
that these rates should not, as contemplated
in the bill, be charged during the hours OF
morning and evening, when laboring men
most needed the use of such means OF transit.
This secured the reduction of the fare to eight
cents maximum, at which reasonable rate we
hope yet to see this underground line In oper-
alton.
By vote of % to the Senate yesterday
amended the City Charter so as to put Con-
troller Green Immediately out of Office. His
temporary successor is to be appointed by the
Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board
of Aldermen. A Controller, to be elected in
November, is to succeed to the office,
Jan, 1, 1874. The details of this
new dodge of the CnStOm-hOuse man
ayers are of little account now. The
glaring fact brought ont in the debate and in
the final vote is the impudent determination
to make this legislation purely personal
matter. Every suggestion to extend the
Il ,Dla 20 fha Ofhar haaIa of do
partments was treated with scOrn. Mr.. Van
Mort, confidential friend of Tweed, whom
that person named as his successor, must not
be disturbed. Commissioner Henry Smith,
| who was furiously denounced by Administra-
ton journals as q thief and scamp, when it
was thought he might join the Liberal
party, is kept in his place. COrpo-
ration Counsel 4. Delafeld Smith, whose
appointment was the result of a barefaced
| trade with the old Ring, is carefully guarded
| by the new Ring. But Controller Green,
whose integrity, zeal, and ability are unques-
toned and whose entry into Office secured
the final conquest of the Tammany Ring, must
be sacrificed. If this is not q renewal of some
thing like the old Tweed reign under another
name we would like to know what it is.
In accordance with eur announcement,
The Tribune Lecture Extra, just published,
contains five lectures of the Cooper Union
Scientific Series. Three of these, by Prof.
Elsberg of the University Medical College of
this city, are illustrated, and present the most
modern knowledge of Sound, Voice, Hear
ing, and Musical Harmony. Prof Elsberg has
himself added to recent discoveries in this
field. A lecture by Prof. Benjamin Silliman
of Yale College describes the geological pro-
cesses by which gold was deposited in mountain
sides in California, and the hydraulic works
by which it is now extracted. Dr. II. w. Ray
mond's lecture explains the means by which
the impressions of our senses are cOmmuni-
Gated to the brain. The Speech of Mr.. God.
win at the Tyndall Banquet, concerning True
and False Science, which has elected much
discussion, is printed, with reply, by Prof.
E. L. Youmans of The Popular Science Monthly.
There is added a sketch, by DR.. Loring of
the life and services to American science of
Prof. Louis Agassiz. This Lecture Extra
fully equals its predecessors in merit and inter
est, and is sold at the same price, three cents
each; by mail five cents. 1t has also been
added to the Library for thirty cents" so
that the entire collection, with this new sheet
added, can now be had at the same: price
heretofore charged for only the set previously
published. The force of cheapness could no
farther 90.
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