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New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

large sum of money has doubtless been wasted
in this way, but it is wiser to stop short than
to throw any more away upon defective
plan. The system appears to have been so
faulty that practical men like Mr.. Dimock
and Mr. Wales at once suspected and soon
disclosed it. 1t is q strong argument in favor
of Mayor Wickham's policy of appointing
practical men rather than politicians to high
places. He intends to add further to the
public obligations to him by appointing to
the position of Engineers to the Board men
like Gen Gilmore, Gen. Newton, and Allan
Camnhell
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
Amusements ano ffleetimes.

ACADEMY Oh MUSICAL 1870 and g.: Around tho
World"
BooTHs THEATER.-At 1:30 and 8: "Tbe Flying Scud."
FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-At 1870 and 8: "Our Boys"
LrCKUM THE ATER.-At 1:3O: "Mme. L'Archduc." At
:: Special Performance.
OLYMPIC THT T,rER.-At2 and g: Variety Performance.
PARK ThrArEE.-At and 8: Mighty Dollar
PARIsIAN VARITTWs.-At . and g.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrREIs.-At and g.
THEATrI CoMIQUE-At2 and 8: Variety Performance.
UNION SQUARE TBEATER.-At 1880 and ): The Gilded
Age"
AMERICA NJ lNSTITUTF.-ExhibtiOn.
GuNORks GARDEN.-Concert.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARr-Pantngs. siatuary,
BE
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
Business &otlres.

Before you start on journey secure an
accident policy in the original TkAvELRRs oi HMtlOru.
Diarrhea. Dysentery, Cholera Morbus. Cholera,
&c cfItaiu and imIDed ate cure. HkGENANs uOfmeiy
V,ipa, ) DAGEHEA REMEDY used with unallng success
srs tEs cholera 1882 sold by all druggists Prepared
only by HFGLNAN & CO., NewHork.
MR. RoCkwOoD, Photographer, S39 Broad.
WAY has the city lie will be IN me sKyhG'
room personal attention 70 the posing o sers uA
from nl I o'clock.
RIEHLE Bros PLATFORM AND DORMANT
scp FOR Warehouse have iron plates Ill the
top instead OF wood, which is usual.
USE BRUMMEL's CELEBRATED COUGH DROPS.
Tho genuine have \. II. B. on each drop.
TIE Largest CIRCULATION AMONG THE BEST
pyoPH-1 TRIRuNR it. The fact is deIn0nstrated oy
tie published fgres and IL four months aei .hen pun
lcton its stunned rivals were able 70 utter even
ffe American Company, OF the New lOrk news Coi
psny News Company and AL the olher heAVy
dfors; in Certificates Of tie advertising agents anu III
the official epot az the city 10 the Postma
ter General ihc authorities refuse TO permit The further pup
caon Cures. account Of the complaints OF rlVas
but known that thev continue down 10 inl9suinnet
10 exlnbi. relative proportions as "hen IL 81
announced April Tie orders OF the neWs compd,,s
thep and now demonstrate that TIE IkiblNhs daily
circulation Is greater than the combined DAILY cHcus
ton, Of both aud Times, while its NKlhY "a larger
the cOnbned of all its city rivals Adyer
ars who wai Information these points have only
Ia c AZ TuF Public ONCE. Or see the aruce
Of interest Advertiser among the special Notices on
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

becker - The New-Jersey State Agricultural
Fair at Waverley was closed, Secretary Robeson
making an address. - The steamship State OF
Texas and the ship Progress arrived much damaged
by the recent gales. - Gold, 1lGl2 1868 1l6's'
Gold value of the legal-tender dollar at the close
80 10 cents
THE WEATHER.-The Government report predicts
fair and cool weather. - In this city. yesterday,
the day was bright and cool; thermometer, 52', 0o'
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

pIiies the problem Of the citizen who now has
to look out at every crossing for danger from
both directions, and really runs more risk IN
his daily walks than in travelling in steam
boat or on o railway train.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
yPENCU CTRREtTY.

The following facts relating to the currency
of France are compiled from documents ac-
cessible to all the world:
!. The aggregate circulation of notes of the
Bank of France, including ''nOtes payable to
order" was on
September l /. 1873. g. .e9O.24i,276 francs
September ., 1879. 1851 ,S19.2S3 francs
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

If Superintendent Walling and detectives
will now furnish proof of the guilt of the
negroes whom they have arrested, charged
with the murder of the peddler in Westches-
ter, they will relieve the police in part OF the
suspicion of ineficiency under which they labor.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
J2S,424,og3 francs.

9. Counting five francs az equal to one dol
lar, this is a contraction of $1O5, 5,GS4,999 in
twenty -four months.
3. The notes of the Bank of France are the
only paper money which circuates in France.
They are legal tend6", are paid and received
as the equivalent of specie, and for year or
more have been as good as gold.
4. The maximum note circulation of the
Bank of France was reached on October 81,
1873, when it was 3,O71 ,0c0.0OO francs. or
$614, 200, 900. The total on lber Q.
1875, as above given, is equal to "a 100000,
being contraction of $ll1, 100000 IN less
than two years.
5. This contraction is .,ot IL 'cidrnial like the
trifling reduction which has taken place during
the current year in our lcgal-tender and bank
note issues In the angtae" OF the inllati0n-
tionists, it is forced"
6. During the war and the payment OF the
indemnity the French Government borrowed
of the Bank an immense sum in notes, for
which it paid only one per cent per annum
interest, that rate being barely sufficient
CONDENSATION to the Bank for manufacturing
and handling the notes.
7. For the past two years the French Gov
crnment has been steadily paying its debt to
the Bank, preferring to fund its one per cent
loan into five per cent reafes rather than en-
counter the risks of IN inflated paper circu-
latiOn.
8. The total amount of this one per cent war
debt due from the Government to the bank
was, on
September H. 1873. 80 1852 800 francs.
September g. 1873. ...... 6i9.620,O00 francs.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
Increase. 9IO,O73, ,23G francs.
Eaual to SlS2,Ol4,647


The above summary embraces, we believe,
all the important facts in relation to the
changes which have been made in the paper
circulation of France. Bold and energetic as
the action of the Bank has been, no injurious
effects on trade are visible. General business
for two years past appears, in fact to have
been much better in France than it has been
in either England, Germany, or the United
States No candid man can extract from the
conduct of the French Government and Bank
a particle of cOuntenance for any of the quack
money schemes which have been broached
among us. They have fixed day for re-
sumption, as we have done, but not
without making provision for decreasing
their paper and increasing their specie. They
have not aimed at cheap currency, with the
maximum of paper and the minimum of coin.
They have not confounded gold and Govern
ment bonds together. and deluded themselves
with the idea that there is no essential differ
ence between the two. The end to which the
Bank of France is aiming is to make its
notes at all times and under all cir
cumsiances convertible into specie, and
to accomplish that object they know that
they cannot safely issue all the notes
that the business community will absorb
in times of confidence, nor do they trust to
any other resource in times of difficulty than
an ample stock of the precious metals in their
vaults. This, as we understand the matter, is
the lesson taught by English German, Dutch
and French banking-always to have on hand
full supply of the exportabe precious metals
in order to maintain the credit of the nOn-ex-
portable promises to pay those metals.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

A life sentence for arson was the warning
Recorder Hackett yesterday gave the "flre-
bugs" who have been so active of late.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
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New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Gen. Spinner is always an entertaining letter
writer The bluff ex-Treasurer says exactly
what he thinks, and, like the man whose sand
had dribbled out of the tail end of his wagon
all the way up hill, he thinks strong. This
time it is the National banks he is after. In
the name of the people whom they are op-
pressing, he admonishes them not to kick
sleeping dog. n. B. The people are the dog.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
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Reduction n... IA, 800 francs.
EQUAL lto. S144, $50, 800

9. BY a recent treaty with the Bank the Gov
ernment engages to pay off the entire amount
of this war debt by the end of the year 1879.
10. The Bank is pledged to resume the full
payment of all its liabilities in coin on Jan. /.
1873, by which time the Government engages
to reduce its war debt to $GO,0OO,000.
II. In the interval the policy of the Bank is
not "tO make the volume of the currency
"equal to the wants of trade" but on the
contrary it has steadily contracted its ad-
vances to the mercantile community by main
tanning higher rate of discount than that
ruling in the open market. AS a consequence
of this policy the discounts of the Bank have
diminished as follows. They were on
September IL, 1s73..... .9is 800 253 francs
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
Decrease .442. .734 ,667 francs.
EQUAL TO tO.... SSS, ,J46 1888

-. At the present time the rate of discount
at the Bank of France is four per cent, while
that at the Bank of England is only two, and
the current rates in Paris outside Of the Bank
are from 2l2 to 33s.
13. In consequence of this double opera
ton, l. e., the repayments of the Government
and of the private debtors, the circulation has
diminished as we have shown above, and the
specie in possession Of the Bank has increased
as follows: 1t was on
September IL. 1s73..... 70s,ss9,992 francs.
September 8, ls75.....1 81 S,943,22S francs.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Some uneasiness has been aroused in Brook
lyn by the discovery Of case of unmistak
able yellow fever in the City Hospital. The
sailor who is victim to the dreaded malady
came to the city in brig from Matanzas,
Cuba, and gave information that others on
board were afflicted with the disease. A
search along the wharves has failed TO discover
the vessel, and it is considered not improbable
that she has gone TO sea again. The
precautions, which were taken promptly and
thoroughly, to prevent the spread of infection
flom the hospital, render alarm OH that score
supeIluous, but il is certainly important to
ascertain beyond shadow of doubt that the
vessel from which the sick sailor came has not
scattered the seeds of disease and death in any
part of this or neiehboring cities.
The result of the inquiry by the Dock Com
missioners and their Chief Engineer into the
bulkhead walls built by their predecessors on
Gen. Charles X. Graham's modification OF
Gen. McClellan's plans will astonish the pub
lie. According to their story, the plan was
defective, and the walls constructed on the
system of Gen. Graham are practically worth
less. 1t ia difficult to believe that Gen.
Graham could proceed, or be permitted by the
Dock Commissioners to proceed. with such an
important work for any length of time with
out discovery of his great blunder. A very
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Incoming vessels bring further reports of the
destructive work of the cyclone which swept over
Indianoa and Galveston. These show that,
while remarkable for its extent, the storm also
surpassed most Of its kind in other peculiarities.
The captain of the steamship State of Texas,
which arrived here yesterday badly damaged
by the gale, mentions that the barometer sank
to 26.O4-a lower point than he had ever
noticed in long coasting career. His observa-
tons also furnish interesting data as to the
track Of the hurricane.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Commissioner Disbecker has not been long in
public life, but certainly long enough to know
that merely calling his accuser hard names is
poor defense for himself. Until he refutes
the proofs offered for the charges before the
Committee of Crime, that he improperly secured
the appointment of policemen for country AS
semblymen, people will remember only that John
ID. Townsend, whom he berates, was years ago
prominent in the movement which relieved us
of Cardozo and forced the retirement of Police
Justice Bowling.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Egypt being land of exhaustless interest,
it is pleasant to learn from the letter of cor
respondent, printed elsewhere, that she pur-
poses sending part of her ancient treasures to
the Centennial Exhibition. 1t is more gratify-
ing still to find that perfect mania for edu-
cation has laid hold upon the people who live
on the banks of the Nile, and that the Khedive
is intent upon remodeing the towns and build
ing more railroads.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

Having achieved national unity, Italy is now
determined to regain her credit, and rank
among the solvent nations of the world. in
order to do this the Government is monOp-
oizing the local sources of revenue, leaving
the cities in state of deplorable Indebtedness.
No good results can be derived from this
financial strategy, which is described i'll detail
in Mr.. Trollopes interesting letter on another
page. To produce more and spend less is the
only remedy for Italy's fiscal troubles.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-25

RIEHLE Bros PLATFORM AND DORMANT
Scp. for Warehouse have iron plates III the
ton instead OF wool, which is usual
The New York herald., 1875-09-25
Stonewaal jackson.

The gift of monument or statue of Stone
wall Jackson by some distinguished English
admirers of the Confederate chieftain has
ginia- There is no reason why America
should not honor this soldier who will be
remembered with the great men of history
and honored by all who respect valor and
fortitude and sincerity, even though they
may spurn his cause The erection of
statue to Stonewau Jackson in Richmond is an
event which excites as much interest among
Northern men as among the late Confederates.
The war is past, and is far enough remote for
us to accept Stonewall Jackson, not as @
rebel, not as an enemy of the Union, but as
a citizen of whom the country may well feel
proud. His place will be in our Waihalla,
in our hall of fallen heroes. 1t is, therefore,
with regret that we note in the ceremonies
attending the reception Of the English gift
in Richmond that the statue was veiied in
the flags of Great Britain and Virginia. 1t
seems there was no place for the flag of the
United States and yet it was under the flag
of the United States that General Jackson
was born and educated. In its army he
served as young man, and the bronze which
will for ages commemorate his career will be
under the protection of this flag. 1t does not
give us pleasant feeling to think that in an
honor paid to Stonewall Jackson there is no
place for the flag of the country which he
opposed as valiant and courageous soldier,
q country which would never hesitate to do
his memory honor.
The New York herald., 1875-09-25

bosom friend of OMorrtssey, Hayes, eve /
Tammany Hall cannot control this great
metropolis. Ifez-Sherif Kelly nominates an
unexceptionable ticket for the Judiciary, if he
keeps in Office the men who have been
worthy and adds to the list others of high
character and attainments, there is no reason
why he should not sweep New York. especially
with the impulse given to him by the sue
cessful administration of Governor Tilden.
But the O'Kelly cannot give away these high
places to favorites and fatterers. to parasites,
to men who follow him that he may serve
their turn. The alliance under Won Shafer
is dangerous enough to compel O'Kelly to
do his best to meet the wishes of New York.
Although it is now composed of con-
tending and diverging elements, and men
who have no interest in common, who lack
money and organization and power, still,
parties like this under the impulse of
sudden enthusiasm, may accomplish great
results. Therefore, although the battle looks
as though it were a sure victory for Tam
many Hail. its leader must remember that
the battle is not to the strong alone, nor the
race to the swift, and that, unless he con-
ducts his canvass with perfect sincerity and
respect for the popular will, the crest of Won
Shafer may be seen at the close of the poll
riding triumphantly over a well fought field
The New York herald., 1875-09-25
The Water Supply and the Factious
Aldermen.


The water supply controversy, now occupy
ing the attention of our Aldermen, is very
well understood by the people of New York.
The city has outgrown the supply and the
means Of delivering the Croton water. With
the increased demand we need larger mains
and more of them. In many localities the
consumers are put to great inconvenience
daily through the lack of sufficient head of
water and the engineers Of the Fire Depart
ment declare that, with the present made
quate supply and the inadequacy of the mains,
some of the most crowded and hazardous
neighborhoods are in danger of total de-
struction in case heavy confagration should
occur. We are approaching the cold months.
when it will be impossible to lay down
pipes, and when the lighting of furnaces IN
creases the risk of fires. The necessity of
~ereasing the means of distribution does
no. -'st on the assertion of the Department
OF fuDr~ Works alone. 1t is urged by the
rire Depai -nent, by the insurance COM
p@nies' oy ene Sanitary Department, and is
apparent 10 every resident in the INSULT
ciently supplied distrlos But the work of
laying new mains and mixing the other
necessary improvements must b. done under
the control of democratic public ,fficer-
the Commissioner of Public Works md
democratic laborers would be employed
thereon. Hence the republican Aldermen
oppose the ordinances providing for the
work. They are willing that the consumers
should be inconvenienced, that the health of
the city should suffer, and that the destruc-
tion of whole blocks by fire should continue
to be an impending danger, rather than that
a few hundred democratic laborers should
find employment under democratic city
government The leaders of the factious
movement are Aldermen Vance and Morris
1t is idle for these Aldermen to pretend
that they are without proper information
from the Public Works Department, or that
their opposition to the necessary improve
ments is occasioned by the incapacity of
A few months ago, when republican was at
the head of the department, they lauded its
management, professed to know all about the
affairs of the water bureau, and favored the
very work they now oppose. The Croton
Bureau is practically under the same manage
ment now as it was under Commissioner Van
Mort, and three or four months cannot have
obliterated Aldermen Vance and Morris
knowledge of its condition and necessities.
They are simply playing partisan game. at
the expense of the people and at the risk of
destructive calamity. 1t is fortunate that
their term of Office is so near its expiration.
The New York herald., 1875-09-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Life insurers mottoWhle there's life there's Presi.
dent Hope.
Paymaser Asa B. Carey United States Army, is quar-.
tered at the ST. Nicholas Hotel
Judge Charles Turner of Alabama Is among the late
arrivals at the Albemarle Hotel.
Rev. Dr. H. G. PATTERSON, Of Philadelphia arrived
last evening at the Coleman House
Assembyman George West of Baston, n Y, 10
stopping at the Grand Central Hotel
DR.. ID. NJ Burgess the well known American physi-
clan Of Havana, is at the Grand Hotel
Sir Charles Hartley of England has returned TO his
old quarters at the Hotel Brunswick.
Congressman H. H. Hathorn, Of Saratoga, is residing
temporarily at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Gounod is engaged on new opera, constructed from
Dumas 'Henry Ill and His Court"
viscount Gueronnere has in press a book the
claw Of Nations in the Nineteenth Century"
Colonel Malachi Martin Inspector Of State Prisons In
Florida and wife, are stopping at the Grand Hotel
Mr. H. Il Porter, General Manager OF the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway, is registered at the Wind
sor Hotel
Mr. Henry c. Hall, American Consul General at
Havana Cuba is in the city, on his way 70 meet hs
friends at Poughkeepsie
Bishop Alfred Lee Of Delaware and Professors Theo-
dore d. woolsey OF New Haven, and c. NJ Mead and
j. H. Thayer Of Andover, Mass, arrived in this city
yesterday attend the meeting Of tho committee en-.
gagged in the revision of the Bible. They are at tfo
Everett House.
vice Admiral George Grevile Wellesley and his wife
and daughter, with Flag Lieutenant Brackenbury, Of
the Admirals staff and Captain William Gore Jones' of
the British Legation, arrived in this city yesterday
morning from Newport and took up their rcsdcoce at
the Clarendon Hotel
President Grant and wiFe accompanied by sccro.
tary Borie and wife, General Babcock and Colonel
Fred Grant and wife, arrived at ST. Louis yesterday
and are quartered at the Lindel Hotel Tho President
viii visit his farm to-day and arrange for the sale Of his
stock and leave for Dcs Moincs Iowa. Monday evening
10 be present at the soldiers reunion there Tho pary
wiz theR sisEt for Denver. via Omaha aud cAeYenne
The New York herald., 1875-09-25

THE OLD-NEw WoRLD.-The prehistoric
times, hitherto shrouded in q veil of impen-
etrable mystery, are becoming family lighted
up by the researches of science in these mod
ern days, and the more cultured minds
throughout the world are on the tiptoe of
expectation for new and startling develop
ments in this branch of human knowledge.
Perhaps no more interesting and suggestive
localities for these researches can be found
than in those vast barren wastes in New
Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, where are
presented innumerable evidences of race,
or, more properly speaking q series of races,
which ages since passed into oblivion, and
which range from the lower order Of cave
dwellers to a people considerably advanced
in the arts of civilization. But recently a
division of the Hayden surveying party has
entered this interesting locality, and we this
morning publish q letter from our CORE
spondent with the expedition, giving a
graphic account of what has been discovered
there.
The New York herald., 1875-09-25

The LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON CRIME
wasted great deal of valuable time during
yesterdays session in discussing questions
relating to their counsel, Mr.. Townsend, and
the hero of the Harlem flats, Commissioner
Disbecker. They also consume much time
in investigating crimes of the past and for
get to look around and see for themselves the
frightful condition of the city at the present
time. Murder, burglary, highway robbery and
other offences against the law are now more
prevalent than during the period of which
the committee seem so desirous to know all
about.