New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

be likely to put himself in thecmbarrassn position
OF proposing immoral scheme which would
probably be rejected. But such is tho universal
feeling in France and tho impression in certain
quarters in England in regard to the Prussian Chan
cellor. that these improbabiliteS would only serys
to mako the rIm0r more interesting and more p0pu-
lar In the time of Lord PalmerstOn, any diabollsm
reported Of HIM was readily believed in Germany.
insomuch that street rhyme declared, II the
Devil has Son. His is surely Palmerston"
This theological doctrine il now firmly held in
France in regard TO Prince Bismarck and is also
not unknown in England.
Joseph Dawkins of Madison County Ind, il
greatly grieyed because the newspapers will not
insert his Communications. Joseph Dawkins pub
lishe, his griofs in Chicago journal He says that
his Offering. at the shrine Of the press have been
numerous, and that they have been treated with
silent contempt. which we think extremely prob
able Bnt Mr. Dawkins in his indignation goes wa
think altogether too far when he asserts that
editors "are not wise and wel-informed men IN
peneralr because they will not print the Dawkins
productions. We think him little wrong in
| another respect. His theory seems to be that
| it is the duty of newspaper TO PRINT
| all communications whatsoever which arc sent
to it, leaving the reading public TO Judge Of
their value pertinencY. But Mr. Dawkina
| in saying this, knows not what no says. lie
hasn't probably any idea of the hugo bulk o.
Letters to the Editor" which the mails OF every
| day bring to tho Office CT popular newspaper
letters de omnibus rebs et qgibasdam aus. Many Of
these contain valuable information or acute sug.
pestions. which are utilized in one way or another.
MANY of them are upon the to;c. necessita'ing
selection. Many of them are 90 badly written aud
| so unimportant that their revision would be q
A. 1aho nf
many merely curious. But writers may rest assured
that tho inclination Of good newspaper Is always
To prnt when it is possible TO do So because these
reports and suggestions directly. from the people
have an intrinsic value of their apart from their
| literary merit TO print all communications which
| are sent is simply mechanical lmpossionl,y, 30
| communicates must tako thelr cnahce dnu @ "nen
sensible writer finds no attention PAID 10 ms etter
he will take it phlOsophicay, and understand lhN
no personal indIgnIty Is intended.
There Is not finer story Of heroic life and death
in modern times than that afforded by tho snort ana
| obscure career of George Gordon, Sixth Earl OF
Aberdeen who was lost at sea three years ago wmie
serving as mate on an American sailing vessel in tha
West Indies He was one of those young noblemen.
cf great wealth and greater heart, who believe that
| humanity has some claim upon him, and he proposed
TO prepare himself for the duties Of his exalted sta
ton in life by practical experience of tho struggles
and priyations of the poor He came to TINS country
| and under an assumed name, worked for nVlng
| with his hands, gaining the regard and confidence
of his follow aborers who suspected Eis real
rank and position. He became an able seaman at
| last, and was lost in a storm in 1870 His MOTHER
the Countess of Aberdeen has just sent contrlbu-
| ton of 800 to the American Seamens FRIEND
Society of Boston for the purchase of books for the
use of sailors. If proper history of his romantic
from, of
hands of his family, it would be extensively read
among the fashionable society of England, and might
| induce some young gentlemen, now at the crossing
of the ways to devote their lives 10 something Oeter
| than horses aud ballet dancers.
| When Won write for publication 1t may be really
| perceptble assistance to know something about
what Won are writing-at least for the man OF ordi
nary capacity. Genius naturally flaps its wings on
peaks Of fancy and at facts. III tins DC so
| and so We think it be. writer in Ihe Alodny LG~
Journal ought MT to be unreasonable as he Is He
| is indignant because in modern light Literature.
| authors mako law and lawyers do abslIrdities un-
heard of in real courts His censurcs open qnes-
ton as to theobject of novels Are they intended to
please OF to instruct to at do bothf IL they
! are simply for amusement, where's the sense IN
abusing them for lack of accuracy in practical in
formation when that lack evolves some incident IN
| a particularly interesting mannerf What are facts
to Tho Bewildered Bandit, or the Hag Of the Him.
! alayasp Though Genius may have no use for them.
we are happy to say that divers good novests give
special attention to legal details III their WORK or
| one, Charles Reade is said to pay for briefs from
| competent lawyers when he bndS lt necessary 70
| bring law into his stories.
| Those Americans who fear the opening Of artistic
and literary collections to the public Sundays
| something thoroughly wrong and unchristan will be
Interested in the fact that follows. petition TO the
British House of Commons in favor of the opening
of the museums on those sacred days has just been
signed by l46 cergymeu of the Church Of England,
land other ministers of Christi The petitioners
state that in their opinion the opening of museums
libraries and art galleries the afternoon Of Sun
day would greatly promote the moral and intellec-
tual improvement of large classes and is thoroughly
| in accordance with the object and meaning Of ths
| Christian Sunday. The names attached to the
| memorial are those of well-knOwn men-anOhy
| them are Dean Stanley Canon Kingsley, i,1I.
| Jowett, Canon Lyttleton Of Worcester, ana Dr'
| Haig Brown, head master of the Charter-house.
| The pamphlet edition of THE TRIBUNE sermon
| Extra no. ~ will be ready this morning The
pamphlet contains 6S pages, and is uniform in sizs
| and style with the recent Extra No. Is, Proctors
| and Brown-Sequards lecturesJ which has
! gained largo T and < rapid sale, the third
edition being nearly exhausted In the Sermon
Extra will be found, in part or entire, more than
| ,l.t,-a 81 uv;f in ha AZ few weeks