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New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
Nelu'Uork Daily gribma1e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1874.

Turbulent demonstrations took place In Paris yester-
day when the deputies to the Assembly about TO
leave for Versailles. NJ. Gambetta struck in the
face with a cane from a Bonapartst. The Municipal
Council Of Bordeaux has been suspended. - The
American Pilgrims presented to Card nal Borromeo
The Presidency OF the American branch OF the Society
for che promotion of Catholic interests rendered to
tho Pope. In the British House of Commons q
statement made of the scope Of the Congress which
is TO assemble at Brussels.
In the Senate yesterday the conference report on the
Currency bill taken up and Mr.. Morton explained
aud advocated it, speeches also made In favor OF
the bill by Messrs Sherman, Harvey, and Logan, and
against IL by Messrs Boutwell, Morrill, of Vermont FIRE.
lpgbuysen, Jones, Thurman, and Stewart: pending
further discussion the Senate adjourned In Executive
session the nomination of j. c. Bancroft Davis, TO be
Envoy Extraordinary aud Minister PlenipoteDtiary to
the German Empire. confirmed In the House a
large number of bills taken from the Speakers
table and disposed OF the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bi was then taken up Committee OF the Whole; civil
service reform was discussed at length and Mr. Crea
mer made speech, in which he alluded TO President
Grant as incompetent fill the Executive office; with
out action the House adjourned.
Three more ballots were taken in the Rhode Island
Legislature yesterday for u s. Senator without choice
the body adjourned meet in Providence on Tuesday
next - In the Convention OF Cotton Exchanges at
Augusta Ca 1t agreed to form national organiza-
tion - The Reformed Synod Of the Presbyterian
Church held an excited session at Poughkeepse. 80
conflict civil and military authority occurred
In Salt Lake City. - Troops have been ordered to
Nelsonvilie, Ohio, to prevent disturbances by the
striking Goa! miners.
The Tidal Wave, Magic Oracle, and wayward were
the winning boats in the New-York Yacht Clubs Re-
gatta - The annual meeting Of the Alumni at West
Point was held The roboer paroman was dis
missed from the Police force. - An Irishman beat
his wife fatally In order, 1t is believed. that be might
marry another woman c. The Civil Engineers visited
the Stevens Institute the East River Bridge He'll Gate,
and other points OF scientific interest police
man fatally dubbed laborer Gold Ill, llli IIot
Thermometer, e7o, slo, COO.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
PERSONAL.

Onslow Stearns has been chosen President
Of the Concord. N. H., Railroad Company.
Dr. Francis Bacon, Professor of Surgery at
Yale has started an extended European trip
MIR. James Russell Lowell of Boston has
received the honorary degree Of Doctor OF Laws from
Cambridge University, England.
Bishop Williams, in addressing the Episco-
pal Convention Hartford the other day. spoke OF
Bishop Cummins's withdrawal as one of tho things
more painful TO record than deaths
The members of the bar of Utica havo
signed q petition requesting Gov. Dix to appoint Mr.
Addison c. Miller of this city TO the seat on the 5u
preme Court bench made vacant oy the death OF Judge
Dooittle.
The Rev. w. II. CudwOrth of East Boston
has received unanimous call from the Church OF tho
Messiah In this city become Its pastor. call from
tie same 0 the Rev James Freeman Clarke waA
declined.
Gen. Sherman has arrived in st. Louis, and
tho most persistent efforts OF Republican reporter
could extOrt from him only this laconio reason for eav
Washington There were TOO many pfGpe con men
ument at Springfield, ILL.,, on Dot. Is.
DiO Lewis has been investigating the effects
of the prohbtory liquor law in Maine and he sends NE
conclusions to The Cincinnati Gdzsae He says an ear
nest friend Of the told him that there were 800 places
where drinks were sold in Bangor simply because there
is patronage for 800 places and Bangor nss ony io
been in Ohio where there was urhking salooh
every so OF the Inhabitants ana YET tht tae pro
norton In Bangor. He cOntinues " And yet di nos
zee an open drinking place while was Id the STATE.
There is no that the traffic has been dryen under
cover and there is shadow Of doubt that the con-
sumption OF drinks In the State of Maine Is enormous
Bishop Foster, in addressing the graduating
class Of the Wesleyan Female College In Cincinnati on
Tuesday evening" said Learn your obligations 10 tue
Dast be careful Of the present. and prepare yourself
for the great future that is before you Tho reign OK
brain has Though you may not be iound on 'ho
aaldo he hal
ra nv hp,,dpp up the men. You live in particularly
exciting time, when you have placed IN opposition 10
you one the greatest OF vices, and you Women VIII
conauer II all those of sex who are real women
will combine. Beware OF coxcombs and hDertlnos.
They are fools whether they know 1t or not BY your
condnct toward them, send them from your presence
Reserve your hearts and love for men, BE not what
known as fashionable woman IneIe IS no'nins ~
Foolish as such woman, and none but fools admire
ner.V
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
THE GENEVA BILL.

The argument of Gen. Butler and those who
voted with him on the bill for the distribu-
ton of the Geneva Award is substantially
this, that the money was paid by Great Brit
ain as a Government to the United States as
a Government, without conditions of any
kind as to the disposition to be made of it,
and hence that we can do with it what we
choose. In respect to the insurance companies
particularly, our Agent at Geneva was In
structed that our Government wished to hold
Itself free to decide as to their rights and
"claims upon the termination OF the case;"
and although their losses were enumerated In
estimating the value of property captured or
DESTROYED, Mr.. Fish was careful to say that
"the distribution of the amount recovered
"would be made by this Government without
"committal as to the mode of distribution"
Hence Congress is bound only to divide the
money as may seem to it equitable. 1t may
exclude insurers, who have obtained cOmpen-
sation already in the shape OF extra war
risks, and it may include the owners of ves-
sells for whose destruction the tribunal de-
o;dod IN ,,.-nsItiOn to our claim, that Great
Britain was not liable. e.-------.
There are strong arguments, however, on the
other side, and these have been well set forth
in minority report from the Committee on
the Judiciary presented the other day by
Messrs. Potter, Tremain, Poland, and Jewett.
Their argument is that when the United States
presented the claims of its citizens at Geneva
it acted as their agent, and it received the
money as their trustee. Hence it is morally
bound to distribute the award to those claim
ants, and to those only, whose case the arbi-
traitors decided to be good. And as for the in
surers, it is a well ascertained rule of law that
on payment of the amount insured they sue
ceed to every possible claim Of the assured,
not as O technical but as natural light
Admitting then that the Government is bound
by the treaty to distribute the award in any
particular way, it seems plain that the insur-
ance companies have On equitable right to
their full share Of whatever has been recOv
cred. IL they make money thus by the war,
they only accomplish what they were organ
lied for. They took the risk, and are justly
entitled to the profit.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Illinois Stats -Zeitung thinks that tho
only contingency by which third term for Gen. Grant
is possible would exist il he should be- in 1876 the rep
resentaive Of specie payments and the national honor
as opposed to imitation and reputation In such an
event. the Zeung thinks that even Carl Senurs wooio
be compelled to support him.
Mr.. w. w. Armstrong of The Cleveland
Pa,ndealer disappons his friends IN the Xth Ohio DIS
rict by announcing that he will not be candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Congress. This s Con-
gressman Fosters District and Is generally conceded
that he will reelected easily since his record has made
him more popular than ever with his constituents.
The Sandusky Register makes this contribu-
ton to the happiness Of Ohio congressman: Congress
man Parsons Of the Cleveland District has just been
homo on visit to his constituents and It Is said re-
turns to Washington considerably In doubt as to his re-
nomination. There other Ohio Congressman for
whom similar trip would prove equally enlightening
The people look suspieousW upon tns "a. Jvp VI 'n''
Congressman A. K. Cotton Of the Id Iowa
District is in trouble He desires reelection. but the
majority of bis constituents to think he needs rest
The Davenport Gazette, the principal organ In the Dis
trct took occasion to remark while that Mr. Col
ton bad impressed the people with "any superior
qualities Of statesmanshp" whereupon Mr. Cotton has
written the editor hightoned letter declaring that
when he secured that journal slice Of pap In the
shape of some Government advertising he did not OK
pect to nd IL 80 soon requi:iDg him with dsparagng
false editorials II anything was needed 10 nnlsn mr
Cotton, his frank expression OF opinion concerning tno
proper influence Of Government patronage ought ~
supply the To be is the popular idea, but
ali the same 1t Is q contemplate one
The only Republican journal OF any standing
in tho State which openly opposes the denomination of
Gov Dix is The Albany Express Its preferences are mani
testify for the Hon. A. B. Cornell. So far is 1t from
agreeing with The Utica Herads assertion that the nom
instion of any other than Gov Dix will be political
suicide that 1t enters into an elaborate article TO snow
that the Governor is weak candidate Among It's fea-
.ons for opposine him are "He Is too old q man -
has been atrimmer in politics all Of his days-And
very successful one that and since his election his
advisers have not been Of the class Sno
more it says: "The great popularity OF Gov DIX
Vote any other H, lUr
rstion has not been gushed by any
event particular mas as he sGSwn IMAM did his i'm
waSiats nredecessors Why all this enort 10 w
rsat statesman out OF very ordinary politician
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
TIE BLENDERS IN THE SPRAGUE CASE

TIE BLUNDERS IN THE SPRAGUE CASE.
The decision in the suit against ex-Treasurer
Sprague of Brooklyn is the elimination OF
series of blunders on the part of the prosecu-
ton. Judge Daniels stated that it was better
for the public interests that new indictment
should now be framed But it seems every
way probable that any new indictment would
equally fail of its hold upon the ex-Treasurer,
since it must proceed upon much the same
basis as the one which has just come
to such an ignOminOus conclusion. The fact
that a vast amount of the funds OF the
city has been distracted, was clearly
brought out in the trial but the Taxpayers of
Brooklyn will have no resort but to submit to
the loss, if as now seems to be the general
expectation, this defaulting official can recover
from the city the money which he restored
during the pendency of the trial.
1t is scarcely worth while to review the
management of the prosecution which has
led to this result other than to notice the
completeness of tho failure. An agreement
with Rodman, by which he turned States
evidence, cuts off the power to con-
yict him of his share il the en-
bezzlement; and he and Sprague go
scot free with their plunder. We are
inclined to think that this business of assuring
immunity to rogues who give evidence is far
too frequent feature of our criminal law
practice. At all events it should be regarded
as an extreme resort, since if, as in the present
case, 1t fails to accomplish any good result, it
adds extremely to the harm.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

Justice Whose candidate, he did not know
nor did anybody else. He did' not know he
was candidate until there was no chance
whatever of his nomination, and then he resO-
lutely declined. He is very successful de-
elmer.
And 80 in the Senate. on Wednesday. there
came to him one of his frequent opportunities
to startle everybody with the range and ex-
tent of the things he does not know Senator
Wadleigh of w-IIampshire having made, in
the course of a speech on the Moiety bill, some
reference to the impositiOns on merchants by
mfOrmers and spies. Mr.. Howe lifted up the
inquiry what it was all about, and who these
terrible fellows were. He did not know about
it. And when Mr.. Wadleigh asked him ii he
had never heard of Jayne, the dear innocent
soul, clearly not knowing whether the Jayne
referred to was Sarah Jane or Matilda Jane,
abruptly answered, "And what's the matter
with Jayne n The Senator from Wiscon-
sin seems a rapt, absorbed and penslve
philosopher, and yet an earnest seeker after
truth. One of those charming persons who, just
because he wants to know and does not know.
breaks in at the conclusion of a story and
insists on beginning in the middle of it and
WORKING out DOJn ways 30 as W Sct 1HC 'hi0"u
of it. Means well, but he does not know.
And when Mr.. Wadleigh referred him to the
printed testimony he said that all he could
make out of it was that Jayne had commenced
fifty suits for the recovery of money due the
Government. and had obtained Judgment in
forty-eight of them. He did not know by
what means he got his information, or that he
had any share in the money recovered. All
that he knew was that his name was Jayne,
and that the Government had got some money
through his means.
Suppose Japhet had come on deck on the
thirty eighth day of the shower with the re-
mark, "What's the matter with the old manf'
and upon being referred to the exceeding
moist condition of things, had curled his hand
over his ear and said in vacant way, "Ob-
yes-rain--I remember nOw-good thing
"help the crops, wont it Eh" They might
not have thrown him overheard in disgust ;
but if they did not elect him Senator from
Wisconsin as soon as they got ashore, it would
have been only because they hoped some such
| man as Howe had escaped the deluge.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND-TAY HIM.
Last week representative from the rural
districts OF Connecticut, conscious that he had
done nothing to distinguish himself during
this (or any Other) session, and that his chances
for reelection were diminishing painfully, re-
solved to make a bold bid for popular favor.
He sbrewdly selected as his victims the
thieves and gamblers of Wall Street." His
weapon was resolution to impose "a tax of
" One-twentieth of one per cent on all sales of
"stocks, bonds, gold and silrer bullion, coin,
"and other securities" This bill, 80 sweeping
in its provisions and far-reaching in its effects,
was passed by the House without word of
dissent or discussion, and by an overwhelm-
ing majority. Naturally enough the stock
brokers were alarmed at this savage
attack, and they at once took steps
to check further action. BY this time
the ambitious gentleman from New-London
has learned, doubtless, that he has "builded
"better than he knew" Not only have the
brokers bestlrred themselves theoretically
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

With a heavy sea rolling and all the wind
that sails could carry, the annual regatta of
the New-York Yacht Club yesterday was a
splendid contest. Seamanship and pluck
were as important elements as the models
and sailing qualities of the yachts them
selves. The Tidal Wave was the last
at the start, but crossed the line
far in advance of her rivals. The feet was
smaller than In past years. but nearly every
yacht had the prestige of former triumphs.
All in all, it was red-letter day in the calen-
dar of the Club.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

tinted cheek and brilliant eye-n0 royalty that
gives 80 prompt and keen o pleasure to its
possessor. When 1t belongs to woman in
happy home, where she is faithfully loved, and
from which she looks up faithfully from her
daily work for Him to an unseen Father and
Helper, it matters little whether the home be
rich or poor. Her happiness is founded on
rock. This girl went into home, where she
was, we have every reason to believe, loved
and guarded from temptation. How tempta-
ton came first, or how she fell Is not worth the
telling now, even if any know it is enough
to say that with the teaching of her youth
and her fathers prayers before her, she chose
a brilliant life of prOfigacy and crime, mar
ried and was divorced once or twice. dragged
into the courts the men whom she alleged had
wrongcd her, was known in this city and many
others as woman of exceptional charm and
power, which was never exerted to good end,
carried her charm and reputation to Europe, and
finally, having cozened boy, the nephew OF
the Car, to his undoing. ran away to Paris with
the jewels he had stolen, and is there now'
The whole story of the fair woman makes
romance as brilliant and dramatic as ever fell
from the pen of French novelist her beauty
has made itself felt in many countries !;
she has graspcd at different times power and
position.
We have no wish to dull the dramatic story
into a tedious sermon. But what is the end OF
it after all 7 What are the wages which to-
day she finds she has been paid The reputa-
ton over all the world of a thief and Mag
dalen, and the stolen jewels in her hand. We
boyo No intention Tn iOin in the hue and cry.
God knows what claims she has for mercy.
We only wish to say, there are the wages,
and none better are ever paid for such service
No matter how fair the promise OF SIN, the
score at the last foots up the same.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

Prof Kirkwood has added another to the list
of his discoveries of the laws which guide the
motions of the heavenly bodies. The announce
ment made in to-day's TRIBUNE is of series
of proportional relations between the orbits
of the asteroids and those of the exterior
planets. This class of discoveries tends to
support development theory in respect to the
genesis of the solar system, but does not, ac-
cOrding to Prof. KirkwOod's investigations,
determine the comparative merits of the old
nebular hypothesis and the accretion theory
advocated by Mr.. Proctor.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

The adjournment of the Rhode Island Legis-
iature from Newport to Providence seems to
be regarded as more likely to inure to the
benefit of Gen. Burnside than any of the other
Senatorial candidates. At Providence the
regular politicians are thought likely to have
q better chance for shaping things. Meantime,
the one man who has made capital out of the
contest so far is Gov. Howard, and his manly
speech yesterday is likely to lead to general
regret at a political situation which seems to
prevent the State from getting the benefit of
such services as he could render in the U. s.
Senate.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

The Park Commissioners have done wise act
gracefully In giving to the Flower Charity such
cuttings from the Park as may be safely taken for
in the hospitals There Is no more beautiful or
useful charity In New-York than this, and 1T was
fitting that aid to i should como Grst ispW ths Ger
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12
Bnslnees Norlles.

GENERAL ACCIDENT Policies BY THE MONTH
oa YEAR-TRAvELEKs LiFs AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. Co.
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

Two shocking stories of police demoraliza-
tion are told in our columns to-day. One of
these is of O policeman who turned highway
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

The enterprise of The London Times in spending
Paris and London does not look SO large to .Ameri-
cans as the letter of correspondent the otter
day, would show that they think it hr London.
There is no ffrst.class NewY0rk journal which does
not spend far more than this on the telegrapbic
Transmission Of news between Washington ard New.
York; and there is no which would not laugh at
the idea of being confined to the use of single wire
The TRIBUNE received the Treaty of Washington on.
fourteen wires In reply to Yemonstrance at the
slow delivery, the telegraph authorities sent word
that they would use twenty if our Washington Office
could furnish the copy fast enough. The bulk of the
news in Washington is collected between the hours
which after that time is transmitted every night to
THE TRIBUNE could no more be sent on one wire
than it can be printed in one column.
Even the grandeur of the average Boston
sage has no power to scare Mr.. Merryman of the
American press The noblest attitudes of the Tran
scendental only inspire that cheerful person with
desire to skip up with his light hilarious shout of
Here we are again % The lady who thought Mag
ara 80 pretty" who found Mont Blanc nce,' and
st. Peters Jolly" went to see Mr. Emerson not
long ago, and reported with all the enthusiasm of
her nature that she was delighted with the futing
and frilling Of his involuted words" Whereupon
The Detroit Post has expressed mild and innocent
SURPRISE pointing out that only last year the phios
opher had his words "cut biased but with plain
border, tastefully folded back and secured with
blue ribbon"
New-York tribune., 1874-06-12

Sectional jealousy is an amusing feeling which
will probably never quite leave this large and rest
less country. 1t would take more than millennium
to mitigate the lofty scorn with which patriotic
Bostonians regard goodnatured New-York. Our
business success maddens them while they scout it
and as for literature has not Mr.. Stedman rovsed
them to fury with bis prophecy concerning the fu-
ture literary center The West in its turn wastes no
love upon either ruler in the East Here comes
writer in an Illinois magazine of small but honest
pretension, The Midland Monthly, and with ire re-
quests characteristic Western literature. In this
persons opinion, wisdom evolved from Eastern in
ternal consciousness is not suited to the West The
agricultural essays of New-England do not appeal
to her. The household maxims of New-York appear
to her without sweetness and light. Her magazine
literature especially, this writer holds, should
"emanaten from Western homes. A man of an
eminently practical mind once impressed upon q
small boy the lucid and generous statement, "Barkis
is willin.D -