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A LESSON.

Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, jr., one of the
Massachusetts Commissioners at the Vienna
Exhibition, has presented his report 1t Is
something of curiosity in its way-so plain
of speech, so vigorous In comment upon the
past and 80 sensible in recommendations for
the future, that it does not seem to belong to
the category OF official literature, and will be
read with the greatest avidity by com
munity which has wholesome horror OF
almost everything in the shape or an
official document. Mr.. Adams is frank enough
to confess at the outset that his mission was
failure. 1t was predestined from its organ
izatiOn to do nothing and in the fulhllment
of its destiny it found at Vienna all possible
announcement Instead of covering up his
modification, however, with "perfunotory
"platitudesr he meets the facts squarely, and
states them with such admirable precision and
completeness that we are left in no doubt as
To what went wrong, and what must be done
in 1876 TO secure success at Philadelphia.
Mr. Adams makes some valuable remarks
az to the causes which contributed to the
pecuniary failure of the exhibition as a whole,
and impaired its brilliancy even as an in
dustrial display. Our readers will be chiefly
lDIeTeStbu, uOWCftAB III hhht no o"Jo VI '''
American department - of the jurors who
knew nothing whatever. not'even the language
in which they were expected to conduct their
discussions, of national and state commits
sioners chosen without the slightest qualitica-
ton for the performance of their duties, of
more or less official representatives whose
presence it was not easy TO explain,
and Others who regarded government
commission as a species of letter of
Credit and above all of the disgraceful
inadequacy of our contribution compared to
the progress which America has really made
in science, in taste, and in the useful arts.
The exhibition at Philadelphia, merely as a
collection of domestic products, will no doubt
DO q pretty full one but there Is so much
danger of repetition of the same plumbers
of bad appointments and bad organization
which brought us to disgrace in Vienna that
Mr.. Adams's report ought to have very
careful study The direction of the Centen-
NAL has been committed to reputable gentle
men; but Mr.. Adams we'll observes that eff
Gent management cannot be evolved from a
CauCu5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
Il RIPL Il S Ill E E T.

In Great Britain the Conservatives have majority OF
90 IN over twOthirds OF the members OF Parliament
already elected. Their total gains those Of the
Liberals &C. In the City Of London the Conserva.
tves have unseated three out OF the four Liberals
Gladstone had resigned. fatal railroad accident
occurred England. NJ Buffet has been reelected
President OF the French Assembly.
tho Senate yesterday several bills taken from
the calendar and passed the consideration OF she Bank
rupt bin was resumed and Mr.. sbermsn's amendment.
substituting ninety for forty days rejected sd
ditonal section offered by Mr.. Edmunds, adopted
Thurman aboishinR the Office Of Register the Senate
went Executive session, and after adjourned
Ia the House number Of private bills were disposed Of
but business Of public interest was transacted.
State Assemblyman Deane calls for investigation OF
alleged STRENGTHENING abuses in this city. The
state Senate has resolved to hold Saturday sessions
- The recent raid the Boston hotels has checked
the sale of liquor but very slightly. - The Franklin
Saving Fund OF Philadelphia has been declared bank
rupt The charges Of bribery brought against Sem
ator Booth OF California by ex-Cerk Boruck have not
been proved.
suit brought against the Directors OF the Bra
lillian Navigation Company for Official neglect and
alleged frauds. -. Edwin Booth made voluntary
application in the Bankruptcy Court. - Swenson,
tue murderer sentenced to State Prison for life.
- Additional defaults in the Brooklyn Tax Col
lector's ONCE discovered - Gold, ILL., L1i
TeermOmeter, $50, 2eo, ITO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
WORTHLESS WESTERN LANDS.

There is something almost appalling In the
picture of the region bordering the Northern
Pacific Railroad in Dakota, as it is presented
by Major Gen. Hazen in a letter on our second
page. Stationed at a military post at the
mouth of the Yellowstone River, and having been
there for some years, he is in far better po-
sition to Judge of the facts than the most expert
and observant of transient visitors could pos
sibly be. The contrast between his state
ments, fortified by statistics and personal ex-
perence, and the descriptions and estimates
concerning the fertility and salubrlty OF That
section which were sown broadcast over the
country when the Northern Pacific Railroad
securities were III market is more than mar
yelous; it IS inexpressibly shocking
Since the days when pending the purchase
of Russian America, we had spread before US
the bewitching details of possible strawberries
and tropical fruits bathed in the yapors OF
the KurO Siw0 and covering III Wild luxu-
rance the slopes Of K0diac and Ounalaska
waiting only for Anglo-Saxon thrift and
energy TO pour forth their abundance,
there has been no such wonderful
bending of isotbermal lines and curv-
Ing of high temperatures into higher
ATTITUDES, as those descriptions-now. alas, only
too familiar-of the region which the Northern
Pacific Railroad was to develop" 1t seemed
impossible to doubt, i'll the face of such
assurances, that there the long Winters of the
North were tempered with an ethereal mild
ness, and the brief Summers practically length
cued by delicious Autumn, and that abundant
haryests would readily reward the labors OF
the husbandman. The correspondence OF The
TRIBUNE from the Yellowstone Expedition
told however different story, and gave for
the first time glimpse of the barrenness and
desolaton of the route. But the accounts
which Gen. Hazen gives cover other features
that could not be seen by a traveller In mid
Summer HE beautiful Indian Summer is
succeeded within ten days by cold of twenty
seven degrees below zero. In the terrible
storms of those Winters there is death for man
and beast even the hardy buffalo succumbs'
Even the cold is not the worst. The land
il not fertile. Crops fail for want OF moisture
except on the very banks OF rivers. To cul-
tivate garden plot ten feet by forty, giving
three weeks of flowers, three barrels of water
day had to be brought to it from the nearest
stream. In short, nothing can be done 20
make this a grain growing region till some
scheme of irrigation can take visible shape.
Gen. Hazen is too well known to need that
one word should be added in support OF the
accuracy of his observations or the fidelity Of
his reDOrt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
THE CHANGE IN EER-JERSEY.

That is a singulary suggestive report which
comes from Trenton "There are no lobby
" lists here, and everything is very dul!n No
lobbyists Yet for years they have fairly
swarmed about the capital, sometimes almost
equaling in numbers the honorable gentlemen
whom they manipulated. And dull Why,
hitherto the Legislature has been looked upon
as a sort of annual circus. Until last year
the play always had the same dreary ending.
The people struggled manfully but were over
come by the money of the railroad companies.
At last there came a time when money lost
its power Led by the newspaper press, the
people demanded that the monopoly should
be overthrown, and their voice was needed.
The General Railroad law, which time has
proved to be excellent in all its features, was
passed, and New-Jersey was freed from a
burden and disgrace. That the victory was
complete, the report which we have alluded
to furnishes the best evidence.
Now that the struggle is over it is doubtful
if the people are more pleased at the result
than are the railroad companies themselves.
The companies are relieved of an enormous
expense No ono who has not thoroughly
studied the condition of State oppressed as
New-J Jersey was can have an idea of the labor
and money required to maintain such an OPP
preston. 1t can only be done by cOrrupting
the whole political system of the State. 1t
was notorious in New-Jersey that the rail-
road agents controlled the caucuses which
nominated the candidates for the Leg
isature and furnished the money required
to secure the election of the men whom they
could manipulate. But bribed man can never
be trusted, and after the members were elected
it was necessary to have a large force at the
capital to watch and guide them. Some rail
roads had a. many "a six paid agents In con-
slant attendance on the Legislature, and the
most insignificant company was not safe
without one. Another great expense to tho
railroads was caused by the projects for COM
peting lines originated for the simple
purpose of blackmal. Companies which never
had dollar Of capital were repeatedly
formed and charters we're asked for. To de-
feat these the old roads must buy up a
majority in one House or the other, and this,
especially after the public grew sensitive. was
a very expensive business. In these and many
other ways the companies were forced to An
enormous outlay of money which must
hare pasrly VI Qaits eqoAled al thas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
MR.. CORCORANS CARD.
his report,

II seemed to us hardly necessary to take
any notice of Gov. Shepherds attack upon
Mr.. CorcOran as a pretended taxpayer"
Both men are 80 well known, and their char
acters-or at least their reputations-are so
strongly contrasted, that the indecent lam
guage of the Governor of the District respect
ing one of its principal citizens, while it did
no harm to Mr.. COrcOran, was generally
looked upon as disgraceful to Mr.. Shepherd.
A gentleman who has paid over $4,000 in
taxes during the current year cannot
very well be called "a pretended tax
"payer,p and the fact that he resists
the payment of further assessments, which he
declares to be illegal, surely does not take
away his right to petition Congress for re-
dress, especially while the assessments remain
lien upon his property. 1t is curious cir
cumstance that when Mr.. Corcoran wrote a
temperate reply to Mr.. Shepherds memorial,
setting forth certain particulars deeply inter
,esting and important to all che taxpayers OF
the District, he could not procure tho publ
cation of it in Washington. but was obliged
to carry it to Baltimore. where it promptly
appeared in The Sun of that city.
Perhaps an incident mentioned by Mr. Cor
coran may give clue to the close relations
evidently subsisting between the District
newspapers and the District Ring IL was
"approached,n he says, "by an editor and
proprietor of one Of the daily papers of this
District, and prominent in the late assault
upon me, with a request that he be allowed
"to take my general tax bills, and return
"them to me receipted. asking for that gen
"erous and patriotic service the amount OF
"the account, less sixteen per cent, when tax
payers were then, by law, only allowed six per
"cent discount; and | tender myself ready,
"when properly called on, to name other cases
Gin which general taxes for the current year
"have been paid subject to this excessive DIS
count This is a statement into which the
Committee of Investigation must make rlgld
inquiry. There is certainly something very
wrong indeed when an extra discount of ten per
cent is allowed 10 the special friends OF the Ring
in the payment of taxes, and we should ike
" ka9W hsW tas kV2ka Of tAa District Coy
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they gained by maintaining their monopoly.
No monopoly is 80 lucrative that its
owners can afford to preserve 1t by cor
ruption. Railroads, not only in NewJersey
but everywhere, will realize this truth some
day. and when they have once comprehended
il they will wonder at the blindness which cost
them 80 dearly. The benefits which accrue to
the state from the abolition of the most pro-
life source of special legislation, which is only
another phrase for corruption, are incalculable.
For almost the first time in her history New
Jersey has Legislature which represents tho
people. Doubtless many of their constituents
are surprised at the dizziness which results
from the change, and realize for tho first
time that the amount of legislation which
they need is very small. With only one
class of legislation covered by a general law
their representatives are almost without work.
There is no reason why large portion of
tho little work that remains should not
be provided for in the same way. The
constitutional amendments which the present
Legislature is considering make such provisions,
but it is almost too much to expect that they
will be ratified. The average legislator takes
too much comfort in his occupation to
abolish it voluntarily. And yet it ought
none the less to be done. There
is no reason why the Legislature
should meet oftener than once in two years.
and then session of thirty days would be
ample time in which to transact all the bust
ness necessary for the welfare of the State
The members of the present body are making
many protestations of their desire to econO-
mize. BY adopting the amendments doing
away with special legislation they will per-
form service in economy which will last
throughout the history Of the State, and out
weigh thousand times all schemes for a
reduction in tho perquisites of State officials
and public printers, necessary and desirable as
these undoubtedly are.
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eminent arc balanced under this extraordinary
system of favontism.
now TO IMPRovE THE EelE CANAL.

now TO IMPROVE THE EEIE CANAL.
The letter which we publish this morning
from Mr.. William Baxter TO the President OF
the Chamber of Commerce will be found an
interesting and suggestive document. Had the
Erie Canal been managed during tho last
twenty years by private citizens, We cannot
doubt that its efficiency and capacity would
have shown corresponding development to
that of the railroads. Mr.. Baxter's obserVa-
lions on the canal and suggestions for its inn
provement are such as would suggest them
selves to any intelligent practical man who
had passed through the canal two or three
times in charge of a boat. The channel,
he thinks, should be widened and deepened,
the few remaining single locks doubled imme-
diately, and relief furnished at points where
Jams of boats are most likely TO happen.
Some valuable statistics relating to this sub
ject may be found in THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC
For this year. From one OF the tables en-
braced therein we learn that the average time
necessary to make the passage between Bull
falo and Albany has steadily increased from
eight and half days in the nine years ended
with 1862 to nine days in 1868, to ten days IN
che years 1864 to 1870, and to eleven days III
the years since then. 1t is obvious to every
one that, were the channel deepened and
broadened, and jams of boats prevented IN
the way suggested by Mr.. Baxter, the present
extraordinary length of the passage could be
greatly shortened.
We fear that Mr.. Baxter undertakes the
efficiency of railroad competition While
Commodore Vanderbilt is laying two add
tlonal tracks from Buffalo to Albany to
shorten the time of his freight trains, and the
canal boat consumes eleven days in going
from one city to tho other, no one can deny
that the competition of the railroad must be
more formidable than it was when the
boat made the passage in three days
less time and the freight train in two days
more time than is now required. Nor are we
unmndful of the immense sums which have
already been expended by the State in bot
"toming out the canal" That is job which,
under the present system of canal manage
ment, will never be finished. TX the people
will adopt the proposed amendment to the
State Constitution which provides for the APP
pointment of Superintendent of the Canals
by the Governor, and responsible only to the
Governor, we may at least hope for some
improvement.
Whether or not Mr.. Baxter has solved the
problem of the practical application of steam
to canal-boats we are unable to judge. He
says that fleet of steam prOpellers, built
after his model, is to be placed on the canal.
If that is done, and the business is profitable,
the problem will be solved beyond dispute.
10 certainly does seem incredible that in the
present snail paced horse boats, which make
with difficulty a trip from Buffalo to New
York and back once q month. we have
reached the limit of human progress. Mr..
Baxter appears to be very sensible man, and
those who are interested i'll canal matters Will
do well TO read what he has TO say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

The heavy snow and bleak weather bring
freshly to mind this morning the sad case of
the poor of this great city. Probably very
small proportion of our citizens are aware OF
the extent to which organized systems of
dispensing charity to the suffering poor have
been carried during the past ten or fifteen
years. If we have i'll the metropolis great
amount Of vice and crime and large aggrega-
tons of the criminal and dangerous classes,
we have also TefOrmatOry and philan-
thropic influences at work on a corresponding
scale, and generous and self-sacrifcing men
and women sustaining them and carrying
them Oh in beautiful spirit of charity. The
carefully prepared article on our fourth page
on "Charity's Wise Almoners" contains much
interesting information on this subject, which
those who are called upon for assistance in
individual cases which they do not like to
refuse, and are yet in doubt whether or not
they are deserving, will do well to read.
Heads of families and ladies to whom appeals
are made at their houses during the day are
often at a loss to know just where they can
send people, who may be suffering, for food
or lodging They cannot do better than clip
out from this article the list of free lodging
houses, marking those nearest their own
residences, and preserve for ready and regular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

The appropriations made by the ALlld
Congress for the Navy aggregate only s'2,276,
sJ7 for the entire fiscal year yet here are
s9s 900 7SO "a expended on account OF the
Navy in seven months, leaving five months OF
tho year still to be. provlded for. 1t is evident
that our distinguished statesmen at Washing
ton must soon show their hand. The so-caiied
reserve of greenbacks will shortly be ex-
bausted. After that either the Treas
ury gold must be sold off, or
loan negotiated, or additional taxation
imposed. 1t is impossible to run the Treasury
on the back-pay conscience fund and tho ten
thousand dollars cut off from the appropriation
for the Nautical Almanac. To provide for the
Washington District government and the Cen
tennial, and those magnificent Deficiencies,
fresh money must be had. The people are
anxiously waiting to know what plan Con-
gress is going to resort to for raising
tho wind after the fOrty-fOur millions OF
unconstitutional greenbacks are exhausted,
as they soon must be. It may be very anus
ing to Mr. Richardson to add $1,000 to the
outstanding legal tender one day and cut OIL
$4,000 the next, but this course deceives no
one who understands the true situation OF
affairs. Sooner or later every spendthrift
arrives at that point where something must
"be DONE" The Government is fast approach
ing it, and we assure Congress that business
men in all parts of the country are anxiously
waiting to know what they are going to do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

Our Havana correspondence represents the
condition of affairs in Cuba as utterly disor-
gained and chaotic, and the feeling of the
people as desperate. The successes of the in
surgents in the interior, accompanied by the
dlscouraging reports from Spain, have demon
allied the rulers and dsheartened the Spanish
residents Everything seems to point to the
eventual success of the insurrectiOn. Ia the
present condition of affairs in Spain no re-
endorsements can be expected; the Volunteers
refuse to go to the front, asserting that they
are enlisted only as a home guard for the de-
Tense Of the cities, and a CONSUMPTION of
Cuban residents, compelling, them to take up
arms against their friends, is seriously contem
plated. 1t is an interesting fact that the peo-
pie who applsuded the summary execution of
the Virginius prisoners, and who show no
mercy to the Cuban insurgents when captured,
are very much Disguised at the dispatch of
Carlist prisoners and the war of extermina-
ton at home
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Commissioner Watts won't stand any non
sense of that sort. ftiHttc pa

Whatever else ia said OF Congress. it cannon
be denied that it is sympathetic body. on
the strength of an appeal to its sympathies
yesterday it gave an old gentleman In ILLINOIS
$1,000 for rescuing party OF emigran's
showed in on the Sierra Neyadas IN lo4s' anu
granted pension to a man who lost MS arm
while shooting ducks. Intellect is well enough
in its place. but heart is the thing after OIL,
especially when there's National treasury
to draw from. How much better this Is, TO DO
sure, than sordid, Unconditional legislation 10
meet deficiencies in the revenue. Shooting
ducks Well