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TIE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

The new Governor of the District of CO.
lumbia, Mr.. Alexander K. Shepherd, whose
promotion from the position of Vice-President
of the Board of Public Works has elected
much unfavorabe comment, has made an adj
dress to the Legislative Assembly of the Dis
trict somewhat in the nature of an Inaugural.
The important features in this address were
its reference to the financial condition
of the District, and the means of es-
cape from pecuniary embarrassment which
it indicates. at was natural" he
says, "that in the sleepy condition in which
"they had found affairs when the present
Government was inaugurated, they should
"incur large debt in securing such improve
"ments as would guarantee the stability of
"the city as the seat of the General Govern
"ment." The class Of people who never see q
man OF a corporation in a sleepy condition"
without having an uncOnquerable desire to
ego through" them, as they phrase it, will
find in the sleepy condition" of the District
of Columbia at the beginning of the Shepherd
regime the explanation if not the excuse for
its present insolvency. But this is not a mat
ter of so much interest TO the people of the
country as the suggestion which imme-
diately followed. 1t is well enough to know
how the District came to be plucked; but it
is of more consequence to know how the debt
which these gentlemen have incurred Is to be
paid. In this branch of the new Governors
discourse he so broadens out as to make his
subject one of national instead of-merely local
interest. For he proposes to have the General
Government assume the District debt. That
comes home to all of us. Continuing his adj
dress, he said he believed that in a much
"shorter time than most are aware of the
District would be freed from this debt
"by the aid of the Government and
expressed the hope that course would
be taken by the District Government (which
"would secure the cooperation of the legisla-
L" tive department of the General Government
"as we'll as of the Executive" The cooperation
of the Executive it seems has already been
secured. AS much has before been intimated.
and the appointment of Gov. Shepherd gives
it the color of fact.
The rumOr that has gained some currency
that President Grant will recommend in his
next message the assumption of the District
debt by the Federal Government, may or may
not be true. The President has not heretofore
been guilty of the weakness of publishing his
intentions, or disclosing even to intimate
friends the drift and purpose of his official
utterances before they have been formally pro-
mulgated. But whether he makes this recom-
mendatOn or not, and whatever may be his rea-
sons. it is certain the proposition itself will not
meet the approval OF the people outside the
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unlimited appropriations from the revenues OF
the current fiscal year. The duties on imports
have been reduced, and at the same time the
importations have largely fallen off. Thus the
income of the Treasury is seriously impaired.
We need hardly add that there is nothing in
the present situation of affairs which promises
a revival of the import branch of our com
merce. The truth must be faced. Though the
present month will show, in all probability,
some little decrease of the Public Debt, there
is no hope whatever that the reduction will
be continued unless Congress, which does not
meet till December, vigorously cuts down ex-
penses, beginning with its own pay. we
shall have to shoulder the moral effects OF
this crash, and of the dscOntlnuance OF our
splendid monthly records OF debt reduction
Shall we add to these tho Odium OF need
less expansion of the paper circulation
Nothing ia more certain than that IN a
very few weeks there will be plenty of
money in Wall Street Prices nave
fallen speculation is checked, and our
present volume of currency will be amply SUI
fcient for all requirements the moment con-
| fdence 1--WE do not mean credullty) Is restored.
There seems reason for believing that the
worst of the storm is over Some heavy pur-
chases of stocks have already been made in
| Wall Street by outsiders, and more VIII be
made as soon as men with ready money come
to their senses and feel bottom. The meeting
of bank officers to-day promises good results,
and we are more than ever of opinion that no
brandy need be administered by Mr.. Richard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
MORE CONSCIENCE.
yisage.

The Little Black Friday of 1873 has set IN
80 strong a light the unsOundness of a certain
fashionable method of building railways that
it will be no more than reasonable to ask
financial men to pause awhile before they re-
turn to their former customs of business, and
inquire whether they have done just right by
their customers and just right by themselves
Railway enterprises brought down the most
conspicuous of the houses whose failure has
Just disturbed the whole country. But Jay
Cooke was a firm believer In the Northern
Pacific Fisk g. Hatch were equally sanguine
about the Chesapeake and Ohio; both firms
stood Loyalty by their roads, and put their
own money into them. besides inviting the in
vestments of the public. There is nothing
discreditable, nothing doubtful in their connec-
ton with the companies which have brought
them such disaster and if they have fallen 1t Is
gratifying to know that they have fallen with
honor. How many of the banking firms which
have identified themselves with more or less
speculative railway schemes could show equally
clean hands 7
The system of popular loans which received
such an extraordinary development from Mr..
Jay Cookies success with the Government war
loans, has facilitated kind of financiering
that is hardly honest. Prominent bankers
become the advertising agents of dubious en-
terprises and lend their reputation at per-
centage, to induce the unwary to make danger
GUS investments. They risk no money Of their
own; but they pledge their word that the
securities are good, and when they have sold
them they stand from under. The crash comes;
tho rubbish is cleared away, and then we find
the respectable bankers looking on, unhurt,
while Door men,-their customers, who have
taken their word about their wares, - are
writing under the ruins.
Ii is a strange fact that in pushing railway
bonds, of any character or no character,
banking houses can always count upon the
aid of large portion of the religious press.
A majority probably of the UNCONVENTIONAL
papers are ready at any time not merely to
open their advertising columns for this pur-
pose, but to sell editorial concentrations, and
turn the sanctum into a brokers' office. Nay,
several of the leading religious papers have
gone 80 far as to peddle railroad bonds among
their subscribers, for cOmmissiOn-and we
hope they and their victimized subscribers are
both satisfied with the developments of the
current week.
We cannot too strongly urge it upon re-
spectacle firms that it is their duty to make
sure of the value of the securities which they
force so persistently upon the public. While
they sell in the present reckless way, conf
dence will be easily shaken, and pancs will
be inevitable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
THE POLARLS SURYIVORS.

The story of the rescue of the Buddlngton
party of survivors of the Polaris, telegraphed
to THE TRIBUNE by cable from Dundee, Scot
land. where they arrived on Thursday, though
lacking the Misunderstanding features of the long
ice-hoe voyage of the Tyson party, is yet full
of strange and thrilling interest. OF all the
Arctic voyages so far, full as they nave
been of the romance and the hardshlps
of adventure, none can compare with the
story of the Polaris, with the separation OF
her crew, and the rescue of the whole party
without the loss of a life. The story OF Capt.
Buddington and his men does not diiier
from that told by the members of the Tyson
party in the Official investigation, though
il is of course not so full. A good deal oil
impatience has been manifested at the con-
timed experiments in Arctic navigation, and
since the first news of the POlaris was received
the disposition has been quite general to de-
noupce Arctic expeditions as waste of human
life. The conclusion seems somewhat hasty.
For. Judging from the results of the Polarls
expedition, which endured all manner OF hard
sbjps and encountered unnumbered perlls OF
starvation and shipwreck with the loss OF but
one man, the very safest business LII the world
is Arctic exploration. The proportion OF lives
lost is less than if they had remained at home
on land or engaged in any other business.
If the expedition has not accomplished all
that it set out to. it has by no means been
fruitiess. Larger and more important results
would have been secured had there been
more unity of purpose and action among
those who had it in charge But men
who are willing to take the risks OF
such voyage, and who have the enthusiasm
of adventure that warrants the expectation OF
success, are not so plenty as to offer much
choice in the selection. There is no reason to
complain that the expedition has accomplished
nothing. 1t has not by any means been fail
ure. With the additional information that has
been gained by this experiment, the next Arc
tic expedition may start out with much better
expectation of reaching the open Polar Sea
than any of its predecessors. The advance is
slow, but it is an advance. Capt. Hall reached
a higher latitude than any previous explorer.
His experience will be of incalculable advan-
tage to his successor whoever he may be.
Orders have gone from the Navy Depart
ment at Washington for the Buddington party
to be sent home on the first steamer, and it
is possible they may leave Liverpool to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20
THE INTERNATIONAL EVANGBLICAL
ALLIANCE

The international Evangelical Alliance, as
we learn from their announcement issued this
week, have resolved to hold their annual meet
ing in Philadelphia during the coming month.
Populations from Europe, the British Prov
inces, etc, are expected to be present. The
meeting of the Alliance, we are informed, will
be largely occupied with the presentation of
papers on leading topics of modern Christian
thought. When these are of too great length,
abstracts only will be read, each speaker
being limited to thirty minutes. If
clergymen are like ordinary men, this
will be limitation grievous to be borne !;
for who among us, given the chance of making
known his peculiar crank or hobby or idea to
the people from all parts of the world sup
posed TO be interested in it, would like TO be
nipped short in half an hOurf The Conference
differs greatly from the first Evangelical ALI
apce-the few fishermen, publieans and Mag
daenes, who were wont in fear and secrecy
to assemble with fasting and prayer in an
upper chamber. These are no doubt genial
aud well-fed gentlemen in b' lck coats. who are
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II RIP E S III E E T.

The Budding0n party OF Poaris survivors arrived
safely at Dundee IN the whaler Arctic. 60 Pere Hya-
cinhe withdrew from the Old Catholic Congress be-
cause Dr. wolck OF Augsburg made a bitter speech
against the French. Civil War has broken out In
Morocco =- Sir Hugh Allan testified, in the Canadian
Railway Investigation, regarding his letters and tee
grams and asserted that all the money advanced by
Americans was refunded.
Secretary Richardson offers TO pay promptly Govern
tuent order 20 put currency in circulation There
was a run on the Freedmens and Washington Savings
Banks IN Washington Distrust is felt there in the
nblity of the First National Bank to resume.
Quiet Is restored in Philadelphia. =z The ar
guments on the constitutional jurisdiction Of tho
Circuit Court Of Connecticut in the Credit Mober
suit were closed and motion made in the name Of
the Union Pacific Railroad TO dissolve the in
junction. == The United States Senate Committee on
Transportation and Routes TO the Seaboard
visited Buffalo and TOnawanda, and made personal In
spectiOB OF the Erie Canal = The Grand Lodge OF ODD
Fellows In Baltimore rejected resolution repeating the
prohibiting general business at lodge on Sunday
Fisk Hatch and IS tother banking firms failed; there
was serious run on the Union Trust Company; two
banks HobOken said TO be embarrassed promi-
officers held consultation in regard TO the
crisis The alleged negotators or the stolen Will
hinantic bonds refused make statements; Chauncey
attempted prove that the Trust Company never gave
receipt the bonds; sprague's Indictment is proba
BILE === tax levy of s2s,22s,49O 81 was confirmed.
- II was decided 10 add 100 patrolmen to the police
force So The 18th Regiment released, but is TO
be court-martaled. 60 Five saw-dust swinders were
arrested. s=-= The Reform Associations protective
movement was initiated. go Republican primaries
were held In New.York and Brooklyn. === Constable
Tranor testified at the Kelsey inquest. Gold ll3t.
sIs3 iltl Thermometer 100, 69io, CSC.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

Our correspondent among the Western farm
ORC laws aside for the moment the discussion
Of tbe transportation question, and sketches
soma characteristics of life among the prairie
corn fields which will amply repay examlna-
ton. He shows how important and valuable
a part the Grange is likely to play In the So
cial conditions of the West, and how great
was the need of some such relief to the hard
and unattractive life of the agricultural COM
munities. Farmer Smith said a good many
things on this subject for which he has been
soundly berated ever since; but Mr.. Smith Is
evidently lacking in those qualities of care
fitness and self-possessiOn for which we
especially value our correspondent; and &C
cordingly he said too much.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

There are many readers of The TRIBUNE
who regard the progress of scientific investi-
CATION as a matter of far higher Importance
than any mere financial revolution. Such
iudieious persons viii be glad to turn from the
story OF the great furry in Wall-st. to the
fourth page of our issue to-day, where they
viii find the latest results of deep-sea dredg-
ing deliberately set forth or if they prefer the
teachings OF the mountains to those OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

Our third page this morning has an unu-
sually interesting group of foreign correspond
ence. The British pilgrimage to Paray-le-
Monial ia graphically described both in its
jpcldents and it's tendencies The prospects of
the Bourbon fusion and the fencing of the
French press on the subject form the matter
of our Paris letter. From London we have
a careful analysis of Mr. loves recent speech
at Sheffield and his defense of the Ministry
and Of his own financial policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

The Rev. Mr.. Alger of Boston, well known to read.
ers as the author of learned and amusing book on
The Doctrine of Future Life has adopted the
Quaker idea of the ministry He has been pastor of
the Music Hall Society but last Sunday he Informed
the congregation that in his opinion the present
form of Sunday worship had outliyed its usefulness,
and that in future the preacher should become
teacher He assumed that the Sabbath is no moro
sacred than any other day. and he could see no i'm
proprety in using it for the instruction and ele-
walton of the people He regarded the custom Of
building costly churches and restricting their use to
Sunday services as a deplorable waste of money
which, he thought, should be used for schools and
other secular purposes He also took ground against
settled ministry. He did not think 1t possible for
one man to supply brains for weekly discourse.
He was for employing rst-class ability whether OF
clerQymen or laymen, men or women, and thought
that politicians, who also statesmen, might be
useful as religious instructors. Mr.. Alger did not
so far as to advance the Quaker idea OF hreling
ministry" His lecturers suppose, are TO be paid
for their services
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

sea. they will find the discoveries of the Hayden
expedition narrated by our special correspond
emf in Colorado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

A tale of marblehearted parents and ingeniou
youth For long a gallant young Philadelphian
wooed the beauteous daughter of a cruel father and
mother who did not. like the young lady, appreciate
his many gifts. SO Romeo and Juliet resolved to fly
and be married far away from their tyrannical OBJ
jections Romeo went off to Chicago by rail while
Miss Juliet wendell her solitary way to Buffalo by
rail and thence to Chicago by the lake. Romeo
waiting on the Chicago dock for the arrival of the
propeller found that other persons there were await
ing the same with equal anxiety and furthermore
that they were detectives sent to carry Mad
emoselle back to the old Philadelphia shore. Tho
heart and the brains Of Romeo were stirred Never
would he permit his Juliet to be thus torn from him.
Accordingly he quietly sought the captain of con-
venlent little tug-boat which in moment was In
motion its way to Grasse Point where it met the
propeller took on board the young lady, and
reached the city an hour before the said propeller
did. Then from that bright bark Romeo and Juliet
departed and were calmly married while the de-
tectives were wildly searching an unresponsive
steamboat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

In the recent revival of public interest in regard
to matters of Art, there has been general regret
expressed that this important subject has hitherto
received so little attention in private schools
Principals will therefore be glad to learn that Dir.
Clarence Cook is prepared to lecture on tho Bogra-
ply and History of Art during the coming school
season. The readers of The TRIBUNE need no intro
duction to this clear-headed discriminating. and
eloquent scholar. and they will account any school
fortunate which secures course of lectures irssa
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20

People in England are Obliged to be pretty careful
what they write upon postal cards The vicar Of q
parish in Suffolk has been fined $50 and costs
for sending one of his flock p. C.. upon which
he was written down wicked lover of filthy ucro.
because he had neglected to pay his Easter dues for
two years. People will do well in this country to
remember that written SANDER is libel, and that
to post it is at law quite sufficient publication not
withstanding the pleasing fiction that nobody is
supposed TO read postal card save the person to
whom il il sent
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IeH'22ork Daily Grib11atr.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873.