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New-York tribune., 1874-01-28
TIE NEW ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND.

There is a general belief among the English
Conservatives that the coming elections are to
result in their favor. 1t is difficult to tell
upon what these expectations are based, unless
it be the natural revolt against Minister who
has had long lease of power, and perfectly
comprehensive restiveness under the rule of q
man who is SO exasperatingly free from gross
faults as Mr.. Gladstone. The most serious
charge brought against him is not one upon
which parties can divide at all, for it affects
his supporters even more than his enemies
That is the sudden and unexpected manner in
which he has dissolved Parliament, without
notice and with no ntimaton to those self
sacrificing gentlemen who were counting upon
year or two longer of their hard-earned
honors. This is point upon which Mr.. Dis
raeli and Mr.. Bradlaugh come together
from the opposite poles Of opinion to
agree. The Conservative leader denOunces this
unprecedented course on general princi-
ples and finds an assortment of unworthy
motives for it, and the Republican orator
clearly intinates in the letter printed in The
TRIBUNE of yesterday that Mr.. Gladstone
counts upon the chances of Winter voyage
to keep him out of the canvass for NOrthamp-
ton. But opposition from both these sources
was no more than was to be expected
Neither Mr.. Disraeli, the champion OF privi-
lege, nor Mr.. Bradlaugh, the champion Of the
disfrancbised masses, could be expected to
accept the action of Mr.. Gladstone, as dictated
by the motives which the Premier ascribes to
it, The effect upon the supporters of the
Government. it Ia feared by intelligent Lib
erals. will be extremely unfavorable. There
is no doubt that the dissolution has
not been generally expected by them
1t is even probable that Mr.. Gladstone
has only recently. if at all, communicated
his intentions to his colleagues. IL is very
short while since Mr.. Stansfeld was discussing
mattor which WAS TO come before the next
session oi tho present Parliament, The Lib
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THE scandal ~ THE DISTRICT OF
COLUNBI3.


THE scandal ~ THE DISTRICT or
COLUNBI8.
We respectfully submit TO the House OF
Representatives that it is high time for this
chronic scandal about the District OF COlum-
bia to be stopped. For more than two years
| the most damaging charges have been made
| against the Board of Public Works and the
| general management of the affairs OF the Dis
| trict government. Whether these charges are
| true or not we do not profess to know. Prob
ably some of them are true aud some of them
/ are false. But it is certain that they are gen.
orally believed. not only by the taxpayers OF
Washington but by the people OF the
whole country. We only tell Congress
| a plain wholesome truth when we
say that from ono end of tho United
! States to the other it ia the common opinion
| that the District Government is nothing but
an organization of swindlng Rings-rcal
| estate Rings, patent pavement Rings, con-
| tractors Rings &c.-in which members OF
! the Senate and the House and high officers OF
the United States have pecuniary interest.
A great many circumstances have given color
TO this opinion. The investigation made
some time ago by the House Committee on
directed to the discovery of anything. and the
report was evidently made to'cOver the mat
| ter up. 1t now turns out that the Chairman OF
the Committee had previously applied to one of
| the principal members of tho Ring for money to
defray his election expenses. While the country
was excited over disclosures of the illegal
practices Of the Board of Public Works and
strong suspicious of tho utter corruption OF the
whole concern, tho President outraged common
decen6y by nominating Boss Shepherd for
Governor of the District, and the Senate con-
firmed the nomination without inquiry. lew
days ago n petition, signed by number OF
the most respectable prOperty-Owners In the
District was presented to Congress, making
distinct chargcs of fraud, indicating the proofs,
and praying for an investigation and what
reception did it meet with Why the Senate
was unwilling to have it printed or even read,
and in the House Mr.. Wilson tried in vain for
an opportunity even TO present it.
Now whether the District Government is
rotten or not, Congress must understand that
the case cannot be left any longer in this
wrctched situation. The people insist upon
rigorous inquiry and it is not in the power
of any political party to prevent it. If the
present hepuDllcdH HlHJoiIly IcluScS W 30 oh
with the investigation, 1t will sooner or later
be turned out, and will share the Odium of
the scandal whenever the truth is discovered
by somebody else. There has been pressing
need for this inquiry for some months past,
but after the publication of the letters which
we printed yesterday and the announcement
that there is more documentary evidence
ready to he produced on demand, we do not
see how Congress can hesitate another day.
Have not the gentlemen at the Capitol
enough ordinary penetration to see what is
going to happen Surely they are not all
smeared with asphalt or mired in the real
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28
:5Nesn-gotk Daily Grihusre.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %, 1874.

Dr L,vinGsOnes death Is confirmed by dispatches 10
the British GOvorDment from Zanzibar. - 1t Is he
eyed that Che general elections in Great Britain will be
Hnshod by the 10th OF February. So large meeting
WAS held IN London to express sympathy with the Ger
man Government in its contest with the Ultramontanes
- railroad collision occurred in Scotland sixteen
parsons were instantly killed.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Morton spoke on the
transportation question the finance resolution came
up. IcIt was postponed till to-day; the calendar was
taken up tho first bill being Mr.. Summers Supple
mentary Civil Rights bill long debate ensued IA to
whether the bill should be referred: the bill to
ant horze the organization Of National banks without
circulation was taken mp and discussed till adjourn
ment Iu the House the West Virginia election cases
wore taken up and, vote being taken. Messrs. Davis
aud HagaDs declared entitled TO seats, and were
sworn in
Cot A X Mcclure is likely to receive the Democratic
nomination for Centennial Mayor OF Philadelphia s.
The Bate Senate adopted the proposed constitutional
amendments WITH but one exception 81 The vote for
limited States Senator In the Kansas Legislature was
sos stored over Is or 20 candidates. - destructive
ood is reported at Fulton N ~ on the Oswego River
49, Chief Justice Waite has resigned bis position Is
President OF the Ohio Constitutional Convention.
The seats the female members OF the Boston school
Committee have been declared vacant.
The treasurer OF Jersey City sbsconded after embez
snc bonds TO the amount OF $4,000 1t was thought
that default would be twice as great The bond OF
his bon ndsmen could not be found. -. The Rev. Dr.
storrs the Rev. DR.. Hitchcock and others made ad'
drosse 1T anniversary meeting OF the Young MEMS
CHRISTIAN Association. s. The regiment whoh was IN
possession OF the Centre Market armory was compelled
% yaoateit -= BY a proposed the regulation Of
the Eew-Jersey insurance companies by the State is
provided for. g. remOnstranoe against the inhs
ton o: the currency received many signatures S7
OOn til. i1li llli Thermometer, SS'. 4s0 tO'.
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1nll nU,ahbsiiS ,aiihkihS sOthihs 0f ahatlissi

/ 1sll iiisambex aihkinE clothing of Nhatths
;mpending over them, we're dispersed all over
En- aland and the Continent, looking forward,
with the same emotions which are shared by
their fellow -mortaIs, to a season Of rest and
recreation. This summons of Mr.. Gladstone
comes 10 them like thunder out of clear
sky. They must instantly drop every plan
thew had formed for their vacations, and rush
inv the first train to tho furthest corners of
Wales or Ireland to consult with their con-
stituents and arrange plan for the new can
yass. The time and trouble arc important
matters; the expense still more 30; IN many
cases it will bo ruinous
1t may be that the Conservatives rely upon
this state of feeling among the supporters of the
Government moro than upon their own efohs
If Gen. Grant were to be suddenly put before
the country for reelection next month, tho
apathy of his partsans would work more
powerfully against him than all the excrtions
of bis opponents. 1t is not improbable that
the predictions of Conservative triumph IN
England, of which the air is now 40 full, are
based upon similar considerations. 1t Is GER
tain that in the address of Mr.. Dlsraeh to his
con n,tituents in Buckinghamshire there IL no
statement of principles, no proposed plan OF
action which could have any effect in rouslng
the enthusiasm of the masses or provoking
tho adhesion of politicians. He takes almost
no execution TO tho plans set forth by Mr..
Gladstone, but contents himself by saying
that these ends can as well be obtained through
the accession of the Conservatives. Ills ad-
dress is mainly made up OF series OF almost
petulant attacks upon the Prime Minister, which
would be considered in bad taste even In this
country, where the ethics of political courtesy
have never been very strictly defined. There
il something positively surprising in The taunt
which he throws out against Mr.. Gladstone OF
having violated the constitutional law by
persisting for several months in tho occupa-
ton of seat to which he was no longer
entitled" Every one remembers the deIeat
of slr. Gladstone upon the Irish University
Bill, which was followed by his prompt reslS-
nation. But Mr.. Disrael being called upon
to form a new Government, was convinced
that the fortuitous majority which had over
thrown the Liberal Cabinet could not be KEPT
together under him. and therefore VIOLATED
the constitutional prccedeDts' by refusing 10
ecccpt Office. Iii, criticisms of Mr.. Gladstone
for reslming the Government under those
circumstances therefore come from nm WIN
IN especially i'll grace
The result is not yet clearly indicated, and
! from this distance it does not appear to be OF
| any great Importance. If Mr.. Gladstone Is
sustained he will carry on his system OF grad
| ual and tentative reforms. and there Is no
reason to fear that in case of the success OF
the Conservatives they will attempt TO undo
the work which has been done III the last lew
years in the interest of prsgrcss.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MIiSIC.
az MUSIC.
wIENIAwsKI-MAURE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The second Of the two concerts by Messrs
Wensw and tMsnrel and the Thomas orchestra was
given steinwsy Hall last night before splendid
dience The following the bill presented:
Concerto 't for the violin. spas,
Mr. WienawsM.
Rccitative and Aria, u Tayori'a". Donise'a
Sonata for tie violin, 1rle du Di'be' Tsrtni
Mr.. WleniawsAl.
Recitative and Prayer William Tell Ro''ai
Symphony No. G. Pastoral. Beetbovsa
This programme was considerably longtnenod by frs-
auent encores tgr wienIawsh playing among other
things the Carnival of yenise" aud Mr. Maurci giving
his great scena from the Siege OF CornL. that by
the tune tho best part OF the concer-the Pastoral
symphony reached 10 already 10 O'Clock. and
the audience oppressed by the hot foul air o Tho
ventilated hall had lost great deal OF It's powor u
enjoyment. Nevertheless 1t was q beautiful concert
We bave rarely heard Mr.. WIenavsh play with more
exquisite taste, ami the spohr conoer,o pardoular
u model OF sympathetic performance. Ia TarnI's
Devils sonata" he renewed the evidence Of hs
deriul technique and pure tone. Mr. Maurel gave
noble delivery Of the "yIcn LGonora" from La
Fayorita" aud the scene from william Tt"-Joth
which would hayeS been r,uch better with orohes-
trail accompaniment instead OF The piano.
The suite by Hamerik il a charming composiiioa
which Dir. Thomas brought at of his Sum.
mer concerts and which has since been With
siderable success in Germany Tae composer is Daus
By birth and an American BY adoption beng Professor
6t Music in the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. Hs
illustrates in this suite characteristic national
music, its Eve consisting of breezy -cena
In the Woods" Transcription Of an old Swedish Bal
lad, Morse Fling. Mnuot, and beautiful BRIDAL
March. which certainly ought TO become popular. Alto
gether 1t "a q work OF considerable strength and wn
bear repeated hearings.
The performance of the Pastoral symphony gas
splendid climax to tho evening, aud when
large proportion OF the audience remained IN their
and called enthusiastically for Mr. Thomas. who. how
ever. did not appear The scherzo and storm 9osos
magniGcent,
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

look. or how smanyi 50 ever lprOsressions che
may make sidewiss, it ia plain to all obser'-
era that his ultimate destination Is the foot Oh
the staircase. ....t,-.t
v. They pray chat tho illegal issue Of green
backs he withdrawn from circulation as speed
ilv a. possible and remind Congress that the
present state of the money market affords q
far better way of obtaining funds than by the
aeba sement of our deprecated dollar. There
ia no reason to doubt that at the present
moment i've per cent loan OF one hundred
millions, payable in quarterly instaliments OF
twentv-6ve millions, could be negotiated Ill
London at nearly par in gold. With the pro-
Goods of the bills of exchange, for the i'm
portation of gold is not required, the green
hack circulation could be brought back 10
*356 900 900 and all deficiencies met for tbo
ensuing twelve months. AS TO the future, we
have not the least doubt that the appropria-
tions for the coming fiscal year, which begins
ON the 1st of July, can be cut down forty
million dollars without the slightest prejudice
10 the public welfare. The miscellaneous ex-
penditures of the Government, exclusive OF
the cost of the army and navy, pensions, IN
teTest on the public debt, and POst-Ohice De-
partment, greatly exceed the combined ex-
penditure of the thirty y-seven State Govern
ments in which is included nearly the entire
cost of the common schools. During the last
nine years, the National expenditures FOR
ordinary purposes exclusive of the army ana
navy, have more than doubled. The people
should demand, not merely momentary
pause in this career OF extravaganza, but n
sweeping retrcnchment This proiigacy has
grown up like Jonah's gOurd, and like That
gourd it must be smttcn down.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28
Nmnscmcnis ano Aleetinss.

acApsNr or MUsIc.-Euglish Opcra: Faust" Miss
Kellogg.
soouIs TBgArRR,-"Ls Femme de Feu." Mrs. j. d.
Booth.
CoIossEuN.--Day and evening: "Cycerama OF Paris by
Night"
DAYS. FIFTH AVENUE TuEATER,-"Folline."
GRAND OrERA HOUSE." Humpty Dumpty Abroad
q. l.. Fox.
SIBLo's GARDEN" Fun In a Fog" The vokes Family.
OLYMPIC THEATBR-At and at 6: Novelty Entertaih-
mcnt."
sTEISwAY HALI-Readines Miss Charlotte Cushman
Tony PASTORS OPERA HoUsE.-Varieties
USIos souAIR TnEATBR--"Led Astray."
WkiIACK's THgATER-"M Money" Lester Walack
GRACE CHAPEI.-Ieoture Rev. II. +. Taylor
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

its traces. The autopsy was made in accord
ance with tho wishes of Prof. Agassis, long
since placed on record in death as in life he
had devoted himself to the interests OF science
1t is melancholy satisfaction to know that
no human skill could have saved his life. as
such disease is far too deeply situated for
surgical aid. "-t
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

Whatever may be thought of the specific
complaints made by Alderman Van Schaick,
thore can be no question that his movement
yesterday for a reduction in city salaries is a
step in the right direction. We sincerely
trust, however, that measure of retrench-
ment of this kind which should command the
support of all parties, may not be permitted
90 degenerate into partisan attack on any
particular officer.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28
Bnslne5s Noiiles.

Elsr PLAN IN LIFE INsURANCE.-The all
o.h law.rste rD Of the FKAyKK INSURANCE. COMPANY
EYERGTHING IN HOMEOPATHY
aud SIT Broadway Books FAMILY MEDICINE
Case OHEOPATHc SPECrc NETBRSARr MEDICINES Ihcert'
I,lntoEs Pfilts HUMPHREYs WirCH HAZEL, &c, &c
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

The annual statement of the largest insurance
company in the United States and one of the sound
est institutions of the kind in the wOrd-the Mutual
Life-as printed this morning on another page, will
attract the universal attention of all interested III
insurance aud investments
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

Without repeating that most ancient proverb con-
ccrnlug the effect of an nl-wind, We VIII SIMPLY
mention one of the consequences of tho threatened
famine in India. Natives able to earn the means OF
living by roadmaking and cultivatlng the soil, are
to be allowed TO do the sane and to that end enor-
nous orders have been sent to England for the ne
cessayy TOOLS thereby taxing the utmost resources
ofccrtain branches of hardware manufacture to the
great profit of tho trade The principal implement
needed is tho Calcutta hoe and one firm alone at
Wolverhampton is rapidly working OF 1853 dozen of
these tools.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

We are told by high authority that next to
grcen para5ols for their wives at soyen-andsl%pence
apiece there's nothing that so charms and "ns
hcsiatng voters as the kissing Of their respective
infants by the anxious candidate for office. Gloomy
and fearful as the ordeal may be, many an unseitsh
patriot has nobly borne it, animated by glowing
confederation of his country's interests. Mud-ples
could not deter him, molasses scare. But IL we
may believe an Englishman who has long been a
candidate an element Of danger has entered into
this performance which promises to end 1t forever
No less than three several and distinct times has
Mr. Horsnan caught The Measles through his fear
less and determined kissing the babies OF electors
The most rcsOlute canvasser may well pause at TINS
intelligence and ask himself whether it be worth
while 10 daro Measles for the sake Of Office.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

In the daye inst passed when the most enthusiastic
pedestrians had 20 think twice before starting for
three-mio walk mp or down town, through seas OF
slush and mud, the mind of this somewhat epicnrean
city turned naturally to the subject of transit The
very difficulties of the position had one good
result - TO drive great numbers OF bnsi-
ness men TO walk TO and from their offices instead of
enduring the horrors of the horse-car passage. But
this excellent practice has its disadvantages.
and many prefer to stand with their kind packed
like immortal and sentient sardines III box un-
pleasant TO every sense. depending from an unclean
strap and pierced through and through by cur
rents Of air when tho doors are opened, and
stihed by foul vapors when the doors are closed.
In the sullen indignation produced by Journey OF
an honr through tOrtures of this kind many sober
citizen deyotes the evening to cOeitatng over the
horse-car problem, but no one has yet discovered
remedy for the ills that afct us from that source.
Only few weeks ago the matter was fully and ap-
parently honestly discussed by the leading managers
of the street railways and manufacturers oil street
cars II was shown that their interests and those of
the public were identical-that the companies SUI
tered about as much as the passengers by overload
ing. and that nothing had as yet been suggested
which could obyate the evident evils of the system
The truth il that more people want to go up town
in the afternoon than can possibly be accommodated
in the horse-cars and il is impracticable TO pud
more street railways Of the kind now In use. Inc
present system has reached and passed the limit of
its usefulness. 1t is now absolutely necessary to
adopt some other means of transit No modification
of the present system will serve the purpose 1t is
foolish TO denounce the overlooking of cars We
would not endure an instant to sec car after car
going by with only the regulation number in it, and
refusing to take its contingent of vertical passen-
GERS The million must be carried; they must be
carried cheaply This the street cars have hitherto
done pretty well. all things considered. They can
not do it any longer, and other means must be In
vented.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-28

Remark Of His Honor to somebody who appauded
in a Griffin, Ga. court: "Now, dry up Will let
you know that this isn't camp-mecting." The
offender Immediately became as dry as a bone.