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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27
pTRIIC GOSSIP.
mean well.

There is nothing about which the ordinary
newspaper treats us to so many hOmllies as
the inquities of its own Jcnkinssm. Yet this
personal gossip has its Use too. Last week,
"a we all know, President Grant married and
babe farewell to his daughter, and nothing
probably that has happened to him since the
taking of Richmond has provoked so
friendly or kindly feeling through the cOun-
try toward him. For a week at least, steady
going old fellows in provincial places were
cheated out of their favOrite financial or crop
articles in the country papers, and were
treated instead to floods of description of
bridesmaids and breakfasts. Not that
the people have any especial interest in
the private concerns of their temporary
rulers. Nor was it all vulgar curiosity
that prompted this gossip but the bride was
young, and beloved, and happy; and the YER
lest old curmudgeOn among us has some time
in his life had youth and happiness. and SO
feels the right of a kinsman to wish her
heartily kindly good fortune.
1t is, to be just to ourselves, this common
basis of fate and feeling rather than vulgar
snobbishness, that underlies the rank curiosity
and universal tattling propensity which mark
the present time, and crowds tho columns of
our best journals with impertinent PERSONAL =
ties Every village lawyer who feels he should
have been great man, took keen interest
in Summers everyday dress and talk.
"Therc goes John Smith, were fate more
"iust,n he was wont to say. The old huckster-
woman who has just married her Jenny to a
carter down the river, pores over the story
of the Duchess of Edinburgh's wedding and
wonders if Victoria will be kind to the poor
thing But human and sound as the motive
at bottom is, we want to suggest just here,
on this occasion of Miss Grants wedding, that
it is vulgarly and shamefully abused, and that
by the press In conversation the Americans
are not gossips. The typical slaughterer of
reputations, who has come down to us
from the days of The Spectator, hook -nosed
fluttering her cap ribbons and wagging her
head significantly over cup of Bohea, whom
we could all swear lived round the next
corner, none of us have ever seen in real life
The legitimate old gossip, plying her vocation
openly, is, we venture " Say, " b. met with
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in no grade of society. Nothing is 80 conta-
pious in this country as good manners, or the
affectation of them The native American
has his eyes open and ears prlcHeu W caoo"
any password which will lift HIM to a
better social position. 1t needs but one step
out of the lowest vulgarity to teach nm that
incessant clcke and ill-natureh lying ABOUT
his acquaintances argue the lowest degree Oh
culture. A -tongued woman or ldie man
who has shrewdne5s enough to cOncoct bit
ing Islander on another will have tact enough
to understand the popular antlpathy TO such
work. In no country. perhaps, - the haDitual
tone and temper Of the people toward each
other so genial and kindly as here, not only In
the more exclusive circles of society, where
reticence is taught by good breeding, but IN
the close intercourse of obscure country neigh
borhoods where the sole topics must neces-
sarily be personal-the corn crop, or new
recipe for curing beef, or the minister's wife's
asthma.
We are an easy-tempcred. live-and-let-
live race. Our talk Lacks the temptation
to sarcasm in the internal gnawing wit of the
Frenchman, or the Englshman's love OF
rough and tumble, horse-play, blows ana
knocks. But the ill-natured gossip lacking
in our talk flows freely through pen and INK
The old woman in Addison's day scattered
her vile story over her cards at whist, among
half-a-dozen listeners; the newspaper CORE
spondent who has taken her place distributes
it among thousands. This ghoul, to do her
Justice, is no vcnom-spitting hag, either but
usually hard worked young clerk, or pretty,
clever girl well-meaning, needy folk, anxious
to make an odd few dollars by letter to
Western paper from Ncw-York or Washing
ton, and glad of any scrap of personal news
to give it nigh flavor. If mans fortune
happens to be wrecked, or womans char-
acter ruined by the printed lie, what does 1t
matter7 Their column is made out. There
are lower depths in these hashes OF gossip
of which 1t is not necessary to speak IN con-
demnation. They are full of the naStiness OF
the Opera Bouffc, without any of its fun, and
find an audience which our censure would
scarcely reach.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27
MUSIC.
GOUNOD ON WAGNER.

Gounod has written to NJ. Oscar Comedians
q letter on wagner's emendations OF Beethoven, or
which the following is q translation:
TAyIsToCK HOUSE. LONDON May 6.
MY DEAR FRIEND: The number OF the English niuslcM
Journal The Orchestra for the ls OF May contains an
article entitled "Rescoring Btethoyeni ana thoogh
agree with the writer III most OF his reflections peg
your permission 10 offer few observations on THIS SUD
ject which may not be without interest.
| do not know Beethoyen's Choral symphony accord
ing to Wagner" 1 know II only according 10
Beethoven" and confess that find that enough.
have often heard and often read this gigantic work anu
neither hearing In reading have ever fet thas
It needed any correction Moreover, to begin "ltn "na
ever Wagner may be-supposing even that nc Is =
second Beethoven land unquestona6ly we shaI NV.
SEQ "a second Beethoven any more than we sum sec
second Dante or n second Michael Angeiol-l 40 nos
admit the right OF anybody TO correct the masters
would think OF altering the designs OF Riphae 0.
Leonardo da Nincl, Of painting them over again
would not only be piece Of supreme presumption pus
1t would eve "a caumny 10 substitute sttanso
touch for the handiwork OF those grand ana miSmy
geniuses who knew, suppose, what they were uoi"S
and why they did II. - -,
But To- come back 10 the particular Of the Choral
Symphonic can foundation FOR the pretense lhas
the text needs be modified. Aud FIRST regards tho
purely instrumental part OF the work-that - 10
saw the first three movements and the we'll
developed opening OF the fourth-BeethoVen
had snch a profound knowledge and prodig mastery
of the resources OF the orchestra and OF the qualities
and contrasts of the different Instruments. that can
not comprehend how any one should dream for an IN
stant II ogeroG h ANY slylse W tt asad. ~ lakeA
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him out. Has Gen. Grant no friends who will
tell him that he can make nothing by pro.
tecting so useless failure as this 7
The worst thing Mr.. Sawyer has done IN his
Office is not his participation in the Sanborn
business. BY this the Treasury was robbed
end an adyenturer enriched; but Sawyer once
had an opportunity to poison the very foun-
tains of justice and government, and 1t is
needless to say he seized it, We have before
told the story in full. The captain of u
steamboat in Charleston IIarbor brought a
load of negroes up from the Sea Islands to
vote illegally in the interests OF the thieves
who are taking the life Of South Carolina.
He could not be convicted of this open crime
because there is no justice there Tor such
cases. But he was tried for carrying more
than his register allowed and fined. This
ptiful punishment was all that could be
awarded. But his confcderates took the case
to Washington, and Sawyer, who was one OF
the South Carolina Ring. justified their con-
fidencc in him by renting the fne This
WAS a moro shameless thing than helping
Sanborn rob the Treasury, yet we hesitate to
call the attention of the House, or that OF the
President to it, for fear they may think, as
Sawyer did, that such an outrage committed
in the interest of the Administration party
deserved praise rather than punishment. 1t
may be better to let his case stand upon its
present merits. He has diSgraced himself in
office he has twice disgraced himself before
the Committee of Ways and Means by his
falseboods. which showed an equal lack of in
telligence and of integrity, and by his eva
sions, which showed a lack OF honor and cour-
age +; and finally he has insutcd the Congress
of the United States by nsinuating that he
does not care what it thinks or declares of
his official acts. We do not think he is enough
of person to DO allowed to do all these
things and remain Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27
Aeap:llork Daily gribm,1e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 81, 1874
WITH SUPPLEMENT.

The Republican candidate in the election in the De
Ilr of Nieve, France, will contest the seat Of NJ
Bourgoing The latter has started journey CHS
elhurst. - Diplomatic relations between Spain and
Mexico have been resumed. go The Canadian Par
lament has been prOrOgued by speech from the Gov
ernOr General
In the Senate yesterday, the Deficiency Appropriation
bin, after beng amended. passed. the Centennial
bill then taken NJ, and long debate ensued the
bill finally passed % TO IL motion OF Mr.. Conk-
ling the bill revise the statutes taken up; the
Senate then proceeded to the Hall OF the House Of
Representatives, TO attend the funeral OF Mr.. Mellsh
after which 1t adjourned. In the House. the consdera
Of report the sanborn resumed
and Mr.. Beck addressed the House. charging that i'm
peachable oGenses had been committed under the law
the bill weDt over, and the bill TO amend the customs
aud internal revenue laws taken up long debate
took place the tariff question, after which business
suspended TO allow the funeral services OF Mr..
Melish to take place.
The Rhode Island State Government was organized
yesterday. go. large amount OF evidence was taken
IN the case OF the Mil River disaster. Further
the affairs Of State Treasurer Raines
shows that the canal funds intact. The Bow
dom College troubles remain unsettled. - call has
been issued for State Temperance Convention to be
held al Auburn on June %.
The officers OF the steamship Idaho admitted that
soundings not taken until the vessel the
point Of striking. g. The stage prOprtetors made
concessions TO the drivers. The Protestant Episco
pal Diocesan Convention OF New Jersey began Its
sion. - The annual meeting of the Friends Society
continued r. Mrs. James Fisk's suit against the Liv
erpool. London aud Globe Insurance Company was de-
cided IN favor OF the plaintiff The Spring Trot-
tng meeting at Fleetwood Park began. Gold,
1l2i ll2t, ll2t. - Thermometer, &C, 100, $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

MOTHER TIEV or TIE SHANKS CASE.
The questions of newspaper confidence and
the proper responsibility for libels were pretty
fully discussed the other day in connection
with the decision of the Supreme Court, Cen
eral Term, upon the admissabllity OF an inter-
roeatory which Mr.. Shanks declined to answer.
The case now comes up again on different
and still more important issue,-a point whlch
affects the personal liberty of the citizen. 1T
will be remembered that when Mr. Shanks
was committed to Jail for refusing to tell VINO
wrote certain article in THE TRIBUNE, his coun-
sci obtained his release on the ground that the
commitment was fatally defective. After the de-
feet had been disclosed IN the course of the
proceedings under the habeas corpus, District
Attorney Britton hastily prepared fraudulent
and sulrcptitious paper and substituted 1t
secretly for the original order. This outrage
was exposed during the hearing before Judge
Fancher, was again shown on the trial OF
Britton before the Governor, and was spoken
of in severe terms in the Governors order
removing Mr.. BrittOn from Office
Mr.. Britton appealed from the decision OF
Judge Fanchcr discharging Mr. Shanks, and
submitted an argument justifyIng his extra
ordinary action. The hearing was then adj
iourncd until yesterday, when Mr.. Henry L..
Clinton submitted the able and exhaustive
reply which we publish this morning. The
controversy is one of general importance, for
of course if Mr.. Britton's pretensions are well
founded the writ of habeas corpus will lose
half its efficacy. The decision of the court
has not yet been rendered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27
Irsllless AoIltes.
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Llte GeaeIs accident Policy in theIRAyELERs Of sItonl


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IMPORTANT TO TIE SENSITIVE.
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pusson any other calculated
Jebag, cnppug starring and intestinal Of
dcab cIpsenc any but they almost certain death to the
fragile What such need stimulation, and the
very vrosDt they HosrKrTxR sTOxAcu BrTERs
.se d,Pag medicines the the deoated the nfrm
escitcl the depending is Ike firing boadie into sinking
Thousands Of dYppt ked by medicines that
he bIscl and constitutional stamina which, Reinforced by that
powerful vegetable tonic would oyemstch for the disc
require relieved and regulated and the
liver coaod well the be toned and the system
.ihend; mind that the Bters accomplish
these objects relty and surely.
THE TRIBUNE EXTRA No. IS contains in full
Car Schus Fu0gy Charles the address by Wendell
Phillips hymn by Wendell Holmes prefaciug
To added Of the tributes
paid by sut Representatives Congress Price Of
sus eopes postpaid cents copies 20 cents; 20 copies 81
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A FIR GENERAL dTEP1EF
citizen.

Whatever else President Grant may do or
refuse to do, it cannot be denied that he
strikes a general average on all questions with
an absolute independence of public opinion
and of precedcnts of his own making that
is as refreshing AS it is incomprehensible and
confusing. He was complained of at one
time by the press of the country, which we
have the authority Of Mir. Sawyer for saying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27
Nmusemeu,e ano nleeiinse.

p,rSu,,. pov,x NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at 2Soand
ats -, ,.c.,,o,uh
BoOTH's THEArfR-" h'u- '0""' '
and Agnes Bootn' ,,,
Co,ossEuM-Day and evening: London by Night
DNy,s FIFTH AVENUE THRArER.-" Oliver TWIST
N,nIo's TIEATER. The Lady OF the Lake.
UNION SQUARE THEATER =" Camille MISS cara
Morris.
WALlAoK's THRATER.-" Money" Lester wallack.
ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-Annual Exhibition.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.-Theodore Thomass Summer
Night COuCcrts.
ROBINSON HALL.-Reading. Miss A. l.. Dargon.
TANMAsY HALI.-Bllliard Match. GARNER and Ubassy.
THE SHELTRRING ARMs.-Annual Reception.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

soundings were taken until the vessel was on
the point of striking. The fate of the Allan
tic, a year ago, was a solemn warning against
seamanship of this kind and it is not easy to
justify the neglect to use the lead in a dense
fog off Long Island. The officers of the Com
pany promise thorough investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

! The great relief to Broadway, given by the
absence of the stages since the strike, is sug-
,gestive. ANY means OF RAPID transit winch
would diminish the patronage OF these ium-
boring modes of conveyance. and get them
ont of the way, would add very considerably
20 the value of Broadway for business pur-
poses and double the comfort OF doing pusi-
Iess ON it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Although the general order for the arrest of
street musicians will aid the Consul General
of Italy in roofing up demoralizng system
of apprenticeship, it seems to fall short of the
mark. The enslavers, and not the enslayed,
ought TO be directly prosecuted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Lord Chief-Justice Coleridge, scholar, writer,
a man who has known journalism lately took up
tho muchdiscussed question of the conditions under
which the best literature is brought into existence
His conclusion was that for the production of works
of genius and high imagination, it is essential that
the producers should be at ease themselves. With
all his experience, it must be said that Lord Cole
ridge cannot make formulas of this sort. Men OF
pure. creative genius and of a wistful fancy are
bound to write, whether it be on satinwood and
velvet or with the wolf bowling at the horned moon
outside the door. If we are to determine anything
by literary record, the Chief-Justices statement
seems utterly on the wrong side. Shakespeare,
Cervantes Dickens, Burns, Hawthorne-we mention
these because they were writer's of thoroughly
original genius-did rich and never-dying work in
the sordid and weary Kingdom of Empty Pockets.
What of ease did ever Cervantes have - the
ragged cavalier who gave us between a smile and q
sigh the First Gentleman of fiction Occasionally,
genius is of so willful and wayward a turn that
only the whip of needs must" can teach her
energy and application. There is another needs
must an inner growth of genius itself. and while
this has power the question in literature of ease or
grinding torments can't be solidly set up Oh n
pedestal as a thing decided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

The New-York Cheap Transportation Asso-
citation complain that they are wrongfully
represented as favoring the Gardiner Pier and
Warehouse bill, and that petitions to tho
Governor in behalf of that scheme are circu-
lated with what purports to be their indorse-
ment. The fact is that the Association has
lodged with Gov. Dix very emphatic protest
against the measure, and its injudicious friends
will not help it by the course they seem to be
pursuing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Although there are minor discrepancies IN
the statements of the officers of the steamship
Idaho, it is evident that the captain mlscai-
coIated bis distance from land, and that no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Vt is not likely that the question of a
change in the machinery for choosing the
President of the United States can re-
ceive attention at this session of Congress
But the report of Senator Morton on this i'm
portant subject, an abstract of which we PRINT
to-day, will attract much discussion. The
plan proposed is certainly well designed to
popularize the Presidential vote. 1t is simply
a division of each State into electoral. dis
tricts corresponding in number and population
with Congressional districts; the Presidential
candidate receiving the highest number OF
votes in any district shall count one Presi-
dental vote. The person receiving the high
est number Of votes for President in State
shall receive two Presidential votes from the
State at large. This is practically an abolition
of the Electoral College and substitution Of
a popular vote, the basis of which is intended
10 harmonic WITH the general plan OF Con-
gressiOnal elections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Bishop Thomas Grant Of Southwark was one Of
those men of sweet and distracted nature who liv-
ing within the limit of their spectacles, have yet no
sense whatever of personal dignity Somebody who
has been writing his Life relates that once upon
time little vulgar boy desired to carry his bag from
the station and squeaked when the Bishop refused
his offices, "Then you're no gentleman Perhaps
not my dear, perhaps not" said the excellent man.
with a placid gaze and far-away mind which
scarcely comprehended the mundane existence of
any such creatures as small rude boys. Quite as
simple person and as direct in answer was that odd
Benjamin Lay of Philadelphia, who once brought
to Franklin for publication q treatise on Slavery
which was waste of unpaged and dscursive argu-
ments Franklin criticised its want Of continuity
" 1t is matter said Lay mildly, print any part
thou pleasest first"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

Everybody will approve the action of the
Senate in passing the Centennial Resolution,
yesterday. 1t was held by the State Depart
ment that there was not specific authority
for an official invitation to other Govern
ments to participate in the Centennial Ex-
position. The Joint Resolution, which has
already passed the House, confers that
authority upon the President. The Senate
has discreetly attached thereto proviso that
the Government of the United States shall
not be liable for any expenses incurred by
foreign exhibitors This action will place the
exhibition upon an honorable and perfectly
understood basis, so far as the General Gov
eminent is concerned; and it will give it the
national character which properly belongs to 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

The cooie traders do not take kindly to the action
of the Chinese Government in destroying their ID
famous trade. Seven foreign cooie ships were lying
in Macao harbor when the imperial edict went into
effect The captains thought it would be IA jocu lar
proceeding to fire minute guns and half-mast their
flags during the day which marked the termination
of their traffic. This performance scandalizcd and
irritated the Macao Government very much. Ii was
suddenly recollected that there was port regula-
ton against firing cannon without official permits
sion +; aud the jolly sca-dogs were hailed before
cooie traders out of business do not thpk the Joke
WIS ~ Yegy Iy.lpy attvl w,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

The growing indications of bad blood be-
tween the Italian and Irish labOrers, OF which
recent Court reports give an illustration, are
greatly to be deprecated. In the present gene
raj depression of the building and other in
dustries the labor market is heavily
overstocked, and q warfare by labor
ers on any of their own class who choose to
accept the changed conditions and work for
what they can get, is full of mischief Tor
themselves and for all concerned 1t Is not
thus that the cause of labor is to be elevated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-27

1t is rather depressing to read of row about the
copyright of hymn-book. An assortment of spir-
itual songs in chancery presents painful spectacle
In England hymn-book compiled by seven clergy
men of the connection is in general use among the
Weseyans, and the profits of the sale are given to
the Conference. All the ministers being dead "a Mr.
Gibbons of Bristol has published cheap edition of
the book for his own profit; and motion was lately
made before the Master of the Rolls to restrain the
said Gibbons. Neither party called upon by the
Master to sing When can read my title clear y
but it appearing that the petitioner had no case in
that court, he sent to try his luck in common
law tribunal.