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New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
P0WfyG 1ND RHETORIC.

In the extending field of mter-collc giate
emulation the rowing men appear likely to
find rivals, as to the public interest, In the
men of rhetoric. We seem to be getting back
TO b. c.. 800, when Corinna settled the woman
question by five times defeating Pinddr in
verse making. Ii was at the Olympic games,
however, that the sublime singer bad it all
his own way, no "poetess' being allowed to
celebrate those athletic struggles. Our stu
dents, who have chosen tho rivers and the
lakes for their race courses, and who prefer
water to the pulrerem Olympcam, will not OBJ
icct to the fine speeches and poems which the
sophomores rOtund Of mouth, will make
to their glory. Mind is to be some
thing after all in the colleges as well
"a muscle. In Hartford, on the 10Th inst,
delegates from the different seats Of learning
are to hold Convention 10 make arrange
ments, as we are informed, for annual inter-
collegiate contests in essay writing and
oratory. TO begin with, improvement IN each
Of these departments of human endeavOr is
quite possible. Essay writing in the colleges
is not exactly what it should be, and the
oratory might be better, though at Commence
ments We have sometimes noticed that the
hItthlHS WIS DCltcE lIe spCCCucS. IOHl
boys OF fifteen or twenty years We have no
right TO expect either profound thought or
doxterous discussion, willie good style can
only be acquired 10y long and devoted prac-
tice. We have always thought and said that
the boys on the college platforms appeared
under great disadvantages, except, perhaps,
the maker of the Sautatory Address, who
does know little Latin, while the Masters OF
Arts in the pews (and the Doctors Of Divinity.
for that matter) have usually forgotten most
of theirs. The scholars who are just beginning,
for it is Commencement with them III more
senses than one, are exhibiting themselves to
thoroughly cultivated and intellgently crit
ical scholars whose heads are silyered DER with
age, and who have been made sagacions by
long experience. Still, though we have no
right 10 expect much from tho younS bache-
Tors, it w0uld be agreeabi 10 observe in them
IL not soundor ut least u 10 more method
ical thinking, more reading with definite re-
suit, and more freedom aud visor in the use
Of tho vcrnqcular. Every competent observer
has uaraoI Lha difference bsLWoea young
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
4 THUNDERBOLT. I.

IF anything were needed to prove the utter
rout and decentralization of the once powerful
band Of brigands who so long controlled this
unfortunate city, and stuffed their capacious
pockets with so many millions OF stolen
money, the appearance Of Nh. Michael Norton,
by affidavit as a witness for tho people
against the Ring bank, ought to complete the
| evidence. Norton was one of those bold and
! snowy fellows whom Tweed found particularly
useful and know so well how to use The
part which Fisk played in one circle of society
| Norton assumed III a drticr and more
| drunken, though not more vicious one.
! He was loud-vOiced politician who shone with
! particular luster haranguing pot-house caucuses
| in Hudson-st. from behind blazing bosom
| pin,-one of n class of mcn who concealed a
| picturesque assortment of vices beneath an
appearance Of vulgar geniahty and what their
admirers would call an enthusiastic tempera-
ment. He perhaps had very little real liking
for Tweed, for lie often fell out with the
Boss, and now and then presented himself 70
tue public in the curious disguise of q pOliti-
cal reformer; but his personal following was so
large, his influence with certain class OF the
Great Unwashed was so formidable, that these
little Quarrels with the Ring were never suf-
fered TO last very long. and Mike Norton always
got what he wanted. He was appointed to
the exceedingly fat place of Commissioner for
the completion of the new Courthouse i'll
1S70 and if his affidavit is strictly true he
resisted for several months The entrcaties of
Tweed and Connolly, and Ingers0ll, aud
Walter B. Palmer, and other directors of the
Ring bank to sign the fraudulent rcquistion
by which the bank WAS 10 be reimbursed for
money transferred to the personal pocket Of Mr..
james Ii. IngcIsoll, and by that eminent chair
maker divided among his cOniedeIatcs Mr..
NoItOu's virtue Was proof against money; but
when the question Of his reelection TO the Senate
came M. and Le faced the danger OF 1wccd's
enmity lac ieil.
There was q great revolution in city pnltics
Just aIrcr that. and the day after election in
November. 1871, il was currently reported that
MI. Michael Norton was the most thoroughly
a7tOni,l,od man in New-lork. In spite of all
the rum shops from Mcrccr-st. TO the North
River hc was beaten 10y an oycrp0Weiing
majority. A great many OF his companions
81" what Was coming, packed THEN valises,
and got out of the way. For Willie il
scented as ii every outWard-bound steamer
carried fugitive thief. Mr. O'Couor and
Nh ilIden got hold of ,Ie famous
bank accounts, and the den,ornlizttion
grew worse than ever. Ii il only two years
since then, and what change has come over
the aspect of the City Hall The gtea, slli.
ance OF Tammany and Erie. which WAS 10
stand against all assaults, wa, dissolved in
single morning. OF Che leaders on one side
the chief is serving disymcefll imprison-
mcnt, broken aud melancholy Old man. aud
il aOuld seom is IL all tho rest who arc not
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
grScg TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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it.sttN. Am TIyAVCIAl--NiIit p0go-i'u cpiunn.
JlNtI>.IiuLsGs AND BANELES- -btttfh FfJt 4'A COZ
uWn.
business Nu5ICIs-FOWta Id1C-ist C'iuhin., -,
.nA~Cr, yn,. ,r-NE,s AIENS. ccj,ih Igqe-6h cOHDn.
t.nuPnF ATlov EOflCEs--Sirit i0gt-2d column
DANCIn4 ,ul,ugs-Sir't idRc-2l column.
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ItEOrlA> Adv yERuslMENrs- s-ihTd f-2e-I'' ana 81
r,,AsCiN Sr--nis Paqc-9i and an columns.
FflNJf.t .ttlaN Idgc G.N column.
Horse, AN. I'lr,i- WANrrD--N,rcHM ItG.-li toiuH ~
UoU-Es. JAEEIACLS LAR%lss. @t.-S'1.t 4"yo--u
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PEoTG,AI AIS .-cph pGqc-i.h column. .
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uInn: =, J.EtHASCF-ScreHtt Pdg,--Jtn column.
S.tE- HY AroUlN-SereliN Pdgc-ltH column
q WINGS BtNAs-S6r6ab Pf9e a ID column. , ,
SITUATIONS ANIFD. NAICs-IhUd idfe5i ana I'm col
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P0gc--i -t aud columns.
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SererN frgr-G "a column.
10 WHOM IA MAN CoNcERN-S1r0h Fffe-'ih coIumn.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

: H... tHb -.
press our firm conviction that the imitation oil
our paper money (Which is still deprecated
nine per cent below the gold standard) by the
reissue of grecnbacks withdrawn, cancelled and
DESTROYED six years ago, ia dishonorable
TO the national character, discrcditahe to tho
national intelligence, an obstacle TO the ma
tion's progress, violation Of the nations
laws and Constitution, and sure to bc followed
10 4 greater or icss extent By the several dis
aslrous effects 80 clearly and el0Tlently set
forth in the extract above given. Truth IS
mighty and will prevail. The people are too
honest aud too intelligent to persist much
longer in Il coursc which can Oaly end IN
universal bankruptcy. All the sophis-
tries and dclusions OF M"3srs. Kelley
and Morton were paradod in the
English House OF Commons litty years ago.
Great Britain had the wisdom to reject them,
and thcy ond their advocates arc forgotten :;
yet the productions of the mcn OF that day
who, despsing all science, thought out for
themselves original systems OF finance and gave
them to the public, still exist by the cart-load
IN the archives Of tho British Museum
and may occasionally be picked up at second
hand book stores, even in this country. Happy
will be tho day for this country when tue
views OF Kelley and Morton share the dust
which protects tho death-sloep OF thor prede-
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
&e}n-2l Daily Grib111le.
FOUNDED sY HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 0. 1874.

Iu the G.-n elections on Saturday eleven Conserva-
ty,saud tr. Liberals were returned; tine Conservatives
gained fiur seats. 81 is thonght NJ Gladstone viii resign
before the u"Y Parliament assemblies -=== meeting
- sympitBlt with the Catholics ia Germany was held
in London an 1u;-Catholc meeting lo.d IN Berlin
l-- 1he Crp,ail-Goneral Of Cuba has issued pro-
Cl1matou s..lf4ug the Island in sato Of siese.
Tue revelation IN Nucaian is gaining strength.
John Ql,"cs Adams made a sharp speech in tho Mas
sacatsett, T. .i-rtur, against the Piadephi Ceuten
MAI. = One OF Col. McClures colleagues on the Citi-
gus ii,Le Philadelphia has Withdrawn on account
oi char-,s col flud. and leading "Rs'Ormer' has de-
tcrJ.d To- th. s'slcy party. The next annual ses-
zion c too N1tOua Grange is 10 be held at Charleston,
= -. ---- TIC Temperance crusade m OHIO continues
with iCcrea-. ~ .ltCment go The steamers Newport
and D,ri- came in collision in Long Island Sound on
Ttday night, bat no serious h1rm done 1t IS
probable that to sanbon contracts VIII DO furnished to
Ine senate to-day. Legislation BY Congress re-
earJs thc -uc and extension OF patents i3 probable.
.- Tho Tc. .oI II the Commission 10 investigate the
charges against Indian Commissioner Smith fully exon
crates hu.
Afcbac N'~; r.. after his fight 20 Canada, returned
% Nes,,hrs er County aud made complete confession
IN regard 10 frauds in affidavit which
], produced % offset the claims Of tho Tcnth National
J,snk upon the city. - Ex-Presdent WoOlsey lee
inred on The Relation OF Christianity TO Law" 80
Gold. ltI!. ny l13. Thermometer $50, 3Oo 23o,
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

in iail are clamoring for the privilege oil DE-
traying their accomplices. OF the leaders
ON tho other side one is dead shot Dy
his rival in scandalouS amour "n"
his PARTNER has been driven out OF the mar
bic palace where the frocbootcrs used 10 IlVe'
TO count their gains and amuse themselves
with lavish banquets and tho pinh-IcSse'
ballet, The judges who took pay from oo'n
the Rings and served them both with snch
unbmshing fidelity are gone. The paih'cu
women whom these roaring and vulgar rls-
calls lifted into nOtoriety have carried tDeH
charms to other lands. With perhaps IN IN
significant exception here and there, not one
of the men who held New-York IN slavery
two years ago can walk Broadway with head
erect to-day.
II would be interesting TO know whether IN
the midst of their TiOtOus prosperity, the Dig
ands ever dreamed of tho fate that was To
oyertako them. Gaugiug one another clar-
actcr as they certainly did, it would not bo
surprising if every one of them rs hc chnkcd
glasses with his confederates thought OF the
man he pledged as possible infcrDcr Inc
Summer pleasures ut the Americas Clubhouse
The Sunday punch parties in Mr.. lNecds
stable, ODu lnt QulCl NHlohJ 7"'''' '-''s'' "
the safe-makcr's back Office, like the game
suppcrs at Miss Josephine Mansield's ana the
feasts of love and champagne at the Grand
Opera House. wcre perhaps not the joyous
and careless Icyels which the outside world
used to suppose. There was a skeleton III the
sdeboard, bitter drop at the bottom OF the
glass. They all knew what mean and shabby
fellows they wcro whe2 the disguise was OFT.
They all counted upon getting away with their
own share of the spoil, and as much beside as
they could ilch from their comrades, before
the whole conspiracy fell TO pieces and the
constablo's step was heard at the door. And
ii they ever thought at alias we sup
pOse they did now and thcn-thcy must
have WINGED little, tough criminals as they
were, when they thought of the figure they
would cut whenever the day OK reckoning
arrived. There cannot be much to tell after
"The Thunderboltn has unburdened his con-
science. But if there should be need OF any
more testimony, either to expose the affairs OF
the Tenth National Bank, or to straighten up
other accounts upon which Nlr. Green has had
his watchful eye, we may console ourselves
| with the knowledge that evidence can be had
for the asking, for there are scores OF eAiIeI
politicians Who want TO come home.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
/ vOrD no TIE LEGISL1TURE.


We have already taken notice of the iact
that several gentlemen arc cndcavorlng to get
bills through the Legislature mt Albany pro-
vdIng for the construction OF Rapid Transit
Railways in NcW-IOrll at the expense
of Che City. We include unlcr this head all
bills authorizing the City to guarantee the
DoyInenf of interest on tho bonds OF sucl cor
norations. Not to mention other objections,
there are financial reasons way oil such
schemes should be iealously considered by
every one who has at heart the honor ana
welfare OF this State and CITY. The present
situation of our commercial anu monetary
affairs forEds the iucurrng Ol new Clly OF
County Obligations. Tho net indebtedness
of the City aud County, after deductine
tho omornt in the Sinking Fund, Is al
ready slOOJ0,C)O. In th3 bonded form, 1t
ha; increased twenty millions III the last
two years. Every Legislature for the last
eiglt or ten years has been calico OH
to provide for new issues OF bones IN
order to relieve the City from taxation"
This relieving process aas been gong on
until il now rC1uircs nearly ton millions a
year to pay the interest on the bonds. We
assume that in any event tho City viii moet
ils OBLIGATIONS, bat we are not blind to the
fac. chat the honorable discharge OF those obli-
CATIONS can be accomplished only at the cost
of severe taxation at no distant day. MI
Eastman assures us that he is now convinced
that money can be had for rapid transit with
ont City aid, aud that he will, therefore, strike
ont that feature of his bill. We shall all
have great reason for congratulaton If this
pleasant hope 10 not once more prove deiuSye.
II should be considered that NeW-G0rk no
longer grows at the rapid rate OF thirty or
forty years ago. There is now no room 1Of
s1ch expansion. The great railroads from the
West. with one exception, land their freight III
Ncw-Jcrscy. Hale of the European steamers
have thcir wlarYcs on The Other side Oh the
Hudson. This state OF things has created
property, already immensely valuable and
representing nearly the entire increase i'll
recent years OF thc foreign trade ol the port
Of New-YoYt, which cannot b. taxed to pay
interest on orr City debt. ASaiu, other clues,
more lightly taxed than ours, are struggling
with Ncw-York for portion of the trade
which We have always enjoyed. Boston
and Philadelphia are competitors which
we shall do well not to desplse
unless wo can get orr financial GIlirs into
such shape az to avoid an annual deficit OF
ten millions in the municipal revenue. IL our
present rate of taxation il 50 hgh that We
must each year provide for third or fourth
of our expenditure by the issue Of bonds, how,
we would ask, are we ever to get out OF the
quagmire2 II there is no limit to our desire
of borrowing, there certainly is Il limit to tho
disposition of capitalists to lend. We know
that this ruinous business can be kept up for
many years to come, but we protest that it
has already gone far enough. A great debt
and high taxes are inevitably found together,
and the increase Of the taxes always keeps
pace with the growth of the debt.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

lis not oiien that man, ground down by years Of
tyranny, ventures t. hft his voice in complaint
against his opprcssors. But once in a while he
breaks his dumb submission, aud n subducd sad
shrek goes meandcrng along the aisles Of Time.
such one is echoed FROM Tie Boston Globe, wherein
a gloomy editor nouns over the inequality Of man
aud woman as shown in cases VI breach OF promise
OF marriage. lie takes note Of tho frantic alacnty
with which the average iurymau soothes the sorrow
OF IAN unapprecated lady with verdict of glitter
ing damages. And then he points out iiendsh and
unjust distinction in law. Does mere man. whose
tnid heart has been persuaded to throw itself at
the feet of 4 c0quotte only to be cast aside, ever
get a thousand dollars, or hundred dollars, or ono
dollar even with which to mend the rents and tat
ters in the same Never! The balm of gold is de-
MED him;-eyen the poor consolation Of making
graceful and an impressive appearance IL court and
tho illustrated papers Is not for him. There IS a
stony aad barbuc mir Of opprc,sOn'about this state
OF things that takes u9 back 10 the DaIk Ages, and
causes tho di,incrostc1 philosopher 10 shuddcr at
the Ulvtchcd crushed, and helpless condition OF
man.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
Qmusemento ano A,cetinQe.


Eoorus THEATRR-" Elene." Mrs. j. h. Booth
CoIossKuN-Dly and evening: "Cycorama OF faris ny
NighG"
DAYS FIFTH AVENUE TuRATER.-" Foline.
,;R,SD OrrRA HOUSE. Humpty Dumpty at School"
G.. L. Fox. ,,,,...
NmLos GARDsN-" Fun IN a Fog" The Nokes f""iN'
srEINwAY dALL.-CharitY Concert;
OLYSnrc TfuATFR.-" Novelty Entertainments
Tony PASTORS OPERA HoUsE.-Narietes'
UNION eorAgE TuEArER.--" Led Astray'
wALLAck', THEArEE-" Money" Lester "aiaoA'
ASSOCIATION HAIL.-Locture. Nehoc" "'''F''
RAIN HuL-"Th Pilgrim"
-, e,rr u,tI-Iecture. Rev. @ u. Porteous'
I.,,,,c u,,r.-Ioc,ure. Dr. Felix Adler.
,,u,,.,,,,x ursrrM OF ART.-EXhlbton Of Faint
in.S auJ Antiquities. MI.
uOD - -.
Church oi 90. Holy Itiiuty go,
,r,,,.ST,.srrovp EEcullyT AuMoSr. Concert GIL
mOtc's B8ui.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
DRAuATIC NOTES.
naooxLyy rInLu,rsovro.

In the Grand Opera House, tonight, MT, ID Gi
49, ,,.,,at, ~ school, ms unlon OF farce ibg
,,Ioi,nc a." .t TO please. medley OF varieties ""
gl-o be offered.
MFR ". ]. Florence brought ont new play,
80 a, .bi,,. to,, N.tir's 1teatcr on Fec. s. II
q, WY, " Ginning II one" and it Wcttag by hf;u
~ aIser nr Laniau. and from HIM purchased b! MI
FIor,nre. II j., simple domestic aud Wholesome
The Nokcs Family viii depart from Nbos
ciDn v,tu tte ple.rnt Wcek--A series Of bCueh. eh
biofion, of ,hc iIcflm will take place this week, -
I,u HAN -.rht ATTRACTIONS 40 NailaCSs, B0oths ia
ill., IN an suinrr heater. enc Oh mpc. the CVes'e1"'
and Tuuy rastol'- opera House remain nnehans'd'
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

mind thinking originally, however crrOneously,
and that of a juvenile imtatOr who has been
at great feast Of phrases, and has brought
us the scraps.
The young men WHO have hit upon this plan
Of an intercollegiate competition will not, We
hope, take auiiss q few practical suggestions.
OF course, in contests of tLi5 kuld. show has
naturally the advantage over substance, and
there is always danger OF that vulgar splen-
dor which is the bcset.ing vice Of all rletori-
eal display. Il is 80 much easier to be shining
than to BE- sensible. The onun,aiion of a
clever thought, or the evolution Of a new idea
from several old occs, MY moi md probably
will not win a single hand. ihiu.,ing an
digEces TO which alone such novelties should
be addressed, are not accustomed 10 cNpges5
their approval or admiration by the Stamping
Of feet and The smiling together Of hands II
a juvenile writer is not pretty hc IS apt to
be glandiloquclt, aud il is hagd 20 sly which
vice is the more unpleasant We should be
glad to observe in the writing which this new
plan may occasion bold defiance of. the
eraces. and an honest adherence 10 stJdy and
Doric simplicity. Congress and the caucus
have long since ceased 10 be good schools OF
rhetoric, and as we shall probably Continue TO
be a nation OF takers, il viii be muca better
if our young men can be trained ID talk sem
sib'y. We do not want any Flora! Games,
any Provincial Academies, like those which
produced the carmagnOle men Of tho French
Revolution-bags OF wind and Of words like
Bar9re-eterna fountains OF Tie falsely
classical, with the taste Of milliHers
ana the elocution of the mclo-drama. The
last thing which young man OF certain tenn
perament learns is tho wOrtheS.Iess OF mere
tricious ornament and the immortality of cheap
display 1t is pleasant TO win a prize, be 1t
gold medal, or diploma, or certificate, or cash
that loyclIc,t thing Of all but there is no
profit, and, to an honest soul, no pleasure IN
winning It unwcrthily. These college cOmpc-
utions VIII be valuable only 50 far as
they are based upon a just idea OF merit,
and allow themselves to DO favored with
the saving salt Of common sense. College
thought, however much VIC may regret it,
will, perhaps must, run in the rut OF intel
lectual novelties and be col0red 10y the books
which have recently attracted public attention.
Students read too many Teyi2ys, 2qd are too
le1Hcntly Indifferent to original sources OF
information. sun, though it be the produc-
sion OF a tyro, an essay need not be too
extensively secondhand. strict originality Is
not to be looked for, bat the students who
win the prizes should at least be those VINO
prove that they have read to some purpose,
and have healtily digestcd those books which
thcy have really and thoroughly read.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

The General Term of the Supreme Court bas re
Gently confirmed the decision of judge at cham
berq, dismissng the complaint of patent medicine
yendcr who sued the proprietor Of The Americon
4gricgliprist for calling him quack ana impOstor
We know nothing of the plaintiff in, this Of
his wares, but the court seems to have had hesi
tation in pronouncng them both humbuGs, and
heartily commenting the editor, Mr.. Orange Judd,
for bis courage and public spirit This decision viii
meet with general approval 1t is one of the chief
duties of the press to expose fraudulent pretenders
and The 1giculturi,t has long been distinguished
for the zeal with which ferrets out those who prey
upon the credulous public, and the bolduess with
which il den0unces them.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-09
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4 g,ntleman from Nebraska is extremely mad
about divers statements which the Grand Dule
Alexis is said to have recorded in his book as TO the
accomplishments of Nebraskau legislators. He en-
phaticay says that il is not true that one Western
statesman congratulated the Duke on The successes
of his father in France, and that another wanted to
know If it was always cold in Russia Far from it;
but the reason why his Hghncs5 fOrrot aud said 1t
is suggested by this eXaspeated writer in the insna
alton that perhaps tho Duke was disappointed be-
cause thepeople of Nebraska didn't rush forth with
ironzicd curiosity to behold him. Then follows q
dark and mysterious hope that the royal writer has
related how many times he shot at aud missed one
very large buffalo, and how the animal was finally
wounded by the daring Buffalo Bill and respectfully
held by tho horns while his Hghness killed him.
= !, TSs- rTS5;o ii e hr;'Sh
of Banquos at almost any moment and confront the
rash being who has dared TO cast doubt upon the
noble and untamcd wisdom of our statesmen.