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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
TRIPLE SH E r L .

President MacMahon is likely to form Ministry in
GLIDING Inc Dukes Dc Brogio and D2cIzes. Baron de
Larcy and NJ. Du!aure were requested to form Minis
istry, but unable to perform the task t. Tie
Pope has sent his apostolic benediction TO exQueen
Isabella and Don Alfonso.
In the Senate the Naval Appropriation bill was
amended and passed. The debate on Mr.. Thurman's
Louisiana resolution resumed. and Mr.. Bayard ad
dressed the Senate severely crcising the action Of
President Grant and Gen. Sheridan. Mr.. Conkling 's
amendment luay adopted. after which long de-
bate took place Southern aft IRIS generally. Two
other amendments TO Mr. Humans resolution were
adopted. and then the resolution as amended was
adopted, aud the Senate adjourned till Monday.
In the House a certificate from Twins physicians was
read, stating that his confinement In the common Jail
would be pernicOus to his health 1t referred the
Ways aud Means Committee. debate took place
bill for the promotion OF certain army officers. Mr.
Butler introduced bill for election In louisiana
g. Representatives. Parsons and Schumacher were ex-
amined by the Pacific Mail Investigating Committee.
The former made full statement of his connection with
the Company. The latter refused to answer several
questions aud made a dseEeditable showing. 1t has
been shown that he dis1ursed S6 900 Of tue corruption
fund.
Louisiana affairs remain unchanged. The Hon. Henry
G. Di5ble Republican, has written letter TO the Hon.
Charles Foster giving an historical resume OF the
troubles in Louisiana during the fe stating
that there is republican form OF government, aud
suggesting second reconstruction. Gen. Sheridan
has telegraphcd 10 Secretary Belknap that the
protests sent from NeT-Orleans manufactured
for political effect, and utimating that the statements
by clercymen true. An Indignation meeting is to
be held in FaLeuil Hal. Boston, Gov Hendricks has
called the Indiana legislature to protest against the
outrage. So In the Mississippi investigation further
evidence was given in regard 10 official frauds.
BY collision on the Baltimore ana Potomac road
Washington. ono man was killed and considerable
amount OF bank notes destroyed by fire.
The jury IN the Tlton-Beecher case was completed
and sworn after several jurors had been peremptory
challenged The Intercollegiate Literary Assoeha-
ton decided to add to tho number OF contests
next year. 80 An increase in the number OF cases OF
smallpox was reportod = Thermometer, $50 $50, $50
GOid. Il2s 1921, u2l. Gold value Of the iegaiender
dollar, 80 40 cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
Balance on hand. 1877 81

EXTREME sUFFERI:jG APPREHENDED IN TILE
CHRISTOPHER DISTRICTS.
OMAHA, Jan. 8.-AbOut midnight last night
a heavy northwest WIND spranG up, accompanied W
snow and Increasing cod. At q. the thermometer
read 100 below Zero and at II Ill., 1I' below. In tho
more elevated portions OF the city, thermometers regis
teren 2so below At Cheyenne the Thermometer was 2e'
below. aud at Fort Laramie 80 below. Heavy VIM.
with light snow has prevailed all day from Cheyenne
eastward as far the Mississippi RIVER ana Is raet
there will much suffering. aud probably Oss ot iifc
in the gVassh0pper districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
serviceable exhibit of facts bearing tho prioo Of
grain anywhere accessible

Both grave and gay will lend their presence 10
The Infant Asylum Ball Mt the Academy OF Music
next Thursday evening for when Charity
beckons and Fashion follows. victory is foregons
conclusion. Few can resist feast Of beauty and
How of music when the pleasure Of night means
the salvation Of httle children but there few.
and TO them we say Cop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
Business Monies.

GENERAL ACCIDENT Policies BY THE MONTH
on YKAR-THAvELEKB LYR AND ACCIDENT ISsORASCs Co.
All gentlemen are invited to call, examine,
suuT SUBSTANTIAL Winter Shoes for 81 CANrRKLL, 24l
POurth-aye
For Coughs Colds, and Throat Disorders,
TROCHE having proved their efficacy by
test Of many years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
TIE CURRENCY BILL.

The Currency bin, having passed both
houses of Congress IN manner BETTING its
origin and character, only needs the sigma
ture of the President to become a law. No
doubt seems to be expressed in any quarter
that it will receive the approval of the Execu-
tive. The effect of the act now becomes q
practical question, and as such We shall
briefly discuss it. In anticipation, apparently
of the passage of the bill, the Secretary of the
Treasury is selling no gold this month. 1t ia
well known that the revenues of the Govern
ment from other sources than duties on i'm
ports are insufficient to meet that part of its
expenditures which are paid in paper
money. The reported currency balance IN
the Treasury at the beginning of the
month was $2,746,OO0 less than on the first
OF December. The reported balance last even
ing was $l,65S0o0 less than on the 1st of
January, and $4,4O4O 900 less than on the lat
of December. SO long az the Secretary sells
no gold the currency balance must continue
to decrease. 1t would be we'll to give the
business community some information as TO
the limits within which the currency balance
is to DO made to huctuate. The expenditures
of the Government, it is very clear, have not
been brought 80 low TO enable the Secretary
to meet them out of the receipts from tho
internal revenue and sales of the public lands.
The currency income of the Treasury must be
pieced out by sales of gold and we frankly
confess we arc unable TO imagine any valid
reason for running down the Treasury cur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
TIE WESTERN SUFFBRBRS.
THE DOLLAR SUBSCRIPTION.
SPARE TIE BIRDS.

SPARE TIE BIRDS.
To the Editor or The Tribune
SIR: Permit mo 30 inclO3e trHo (s1 for fhs
grasshopDcr sufferers, and TO accompany 1t with a
bit Of advice which, though not new, cannot be too
often repeated. Let the people OF those Western
States take better Of their birds For years pa4,
they have waged such systematic warfare against
them that tho markets Of even the Eastern cities
have been gutted with grouse, prarie-bcns. Wild
turkeys. etc, which. if unmoested, would hayo
kept the insects in check. We cannot derango
Natures balance Of power and not expect to sufic.
somewhere. A law TO prevent the killing Of any
bird IN Kansas or Nebraska for five years would be
better remedy than subscribing money every
Winter for these sufferers. AVG.
NeW York. jan. 3. 1875
LITTLE GIRLS CONTRIBUTION.
To the Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: The inclosed % cents is from a little girl,
years old for the little girls out in Nebraska who
havnt got anything to eat" The money was gyon
her TO buy toy. T.
BlooNffetd. N. j., Jan. 7. 1875
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS GIFT
70 the Edit0r OF The Tribune.
SIR: The amount Of tho inclosed money order.
$50. was raised at a little family gathering GA
Christmas, but has been delayed until now. Yot
will be good enough to that it is expended FOE
the benefit of the Kansas sufferers, and obiige
Waterbury, Conn, Jan. 9. 1870. The GIvER5.
Avn NRppAGKl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

The delegates to the Convention of the Inter
collegiate Literary Association met yesterday
TO perfect n plan for future contests. Their
deliberations were marked by good judgment
and an apparently thorough appreciation of
the desirable objects i'll view.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

1t is now reported that Secretaries Fish and
Bristow and Postmaster General jewell do
not concur with the President and the other
members of his Cabinet in approving the
course of the military in Louisiana. The re-
port may not be true but if not, these gen.
tlemen will have failed to meet the expecta-
tons of the thinking people of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC is not only first in the
field this year. and earlier than we have heretofore
been able to issue it, but it is by long odds the most
valuable number of the whole long series. Poll
tcians will find the material for their unusually
abundant and farmers and business men will recOg-
nj M In tha atot,atioa Of tina trala
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

There need be no alarm about the increased
ravages of smallpox in the city. Such an
Increase is an almost inevitable accompanl-
ment of cold weather. But it shows the
nee ty for continued diligence On the part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

1t is a good sign that President MacMahon
is disposed to consider the probability of a
speedy dissolution of the French Assembly.
If his efforts to form ministry with Repub-
licans in it were certain to be fruitless, it Is
equally certain that neither the Duke de
Broglie nor the Duke Decazes would be able
to carry on the government for long time
with the present misrepresentation body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

of the sanitary officers, and should influence
everybody to take the usual precautions
against contagiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

! The preliminaries to the trial of the great
and grave issue between Theodore Tilton and
| Henry Ward Beecher are finally settled. A
satisfactory jury of twelve men has been
obtained after three days examination
Jury, too, with which the public as well as
the parties to the issue ought to be satisfied.
There are only two of them who can be said
to belong to the dull, indifferent class OF jury
men, VINO look upon the service as an impo-
sition and sullenly perform it. All the rest
arc men of fair intelligence, as revealed by
their sensible and candid answers to the ques-
tions of counsel. Several of them frankly
admitted that they had had imprcssions-one
admitted he had had opinions-which varied
| with each statement as it appeared; but none
betrayed any trace of bias. The case will be
opened by the plaintiffs counsel, ex-Judge
S. ID. Morris, Oh Monday, and the first witness
will doubtless follow on Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

The signatures yesterday appended to the
call for meeting of the people. without dis
tinction of party, in Cooper Institute, on Mon
day evening next, to consider the Louisiana
outrage, may be studied by timid politicians
with profit. Judge lockwood Hoar, for ex-
ample, who did little credit to his Mas
sachusetts blood by treating the subject
as joke, might consider to advantage
the example of his greater cousin land more
distinguished Republican,, William NJ. Evarts.
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling will find instructive
hints as to the manner in which he is kicking
away the props by which he climbed. in the
names of William Cullen Bryant, George Cabot
Ward, and long list of other honored and
eminent men who adorned his party in the
days when it had not sunk to be mere
register of the decisions of soldier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

English observations on the transit of Venus
at New-Zealand are reported as unfortunate.
while those Of the Americans were measur-
ably successful. The London Times takes
melancholy view of the situation. saying that
the Americans at both southern and northern
stations, relying on the Halleyan method and
photography, "have got all they want" while
the English at east and west stations, depend
lug on the Delislean method, will have nothing
very suitable to compare with their Observa-
tons in Egypt, (since those in New-Zealand
failed), if they were unsuccessful in the Sand
witch Islands. Fortunately this last supposition
is not justified by the event, as the transit was
well observed at Honolulu. But in any case it
seems probable that the American parties have
been more successful than those of any other
nation in the choice of stations and methods.
This is true not only in respect to the fitness
of their observations to be compared with
each other, but also for those international
comparisons which will be needed for final
decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

Mr. Henry C. Dibble, whose letter to the
Hon. Chas. Foster, reviewing the situation in
Louisiana. is printed this morning, has here
tofore been known in the politics of his State
as thorough partisan of the Kellogg school.
This letter, however. reads like that of man
who is trying to tell the truth Honestly be-
heving thai Kellogg was elected in 1872, he
admits that he was installed by revolutionary
proceedings, and that his pretensions were
never supported by the people. He also
denounces the proceedings of both parties
in the attempts to organize the Legislature on
the 4th of January as revolutionary. In view
of this decidedly mixed state of affairs, Mr.
Dibble appeals to Mr.. Foster to know whether
Louisiana has a republican form of govern
ment, and, assuming an answer in the mega
tive, asks that the Stale DO again "recon-
"structed.", BIZ. Butler has the same object
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

Mr.. Verplanck Colvin's report OF the Sur
vey of the Adirondack Wilderness, from which
we print copious extracts this morning, gives
clear notion of that mountainous region so
near us, of which we know so little. Its I'M
fitness for settlement and cultivation is very
plainly indicated its relations to the water
supply of our rivers and canals ale important,
and have been made the subject of careful in
yestigation. The discovery of very numerous
and remarkable errors and omissions in the
maps of the region is among the fruits OF
this survey, which appears to have been con-
Quoted with enthusiasm under difficulties, and
with great success in the attainment of its
objects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

We suspect that the correspondent who,
elsewhere in this issue. warns Speaker NC
Guiro and the public against the machlna-
tons of the Canal Ring, has reason. Ger
tainly the Craftsmanship of the Canai Coh-
mittee ought to go to no man whose antc-
cedents or affiliations are in the least degree
questionable. The Speaker could make no
more fatal mistake than such an appointment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09

In apparent disregard of the present mani
fest objections of the people to all manner of
subsidies, bills for the aid of half score
great enterprises" are pressed upon the
attention of Congress. Even if the officers
of these concerns and their lobbyists have not
found it out, the dullest member of Congress
must know by this time that this is "not a
good year" for subsidies. The remembrance
of previous squandering of the public funds in
this way has not yet been effaced, and the in
vcstigaton of the Pacific Mail corruption Is
still going on, with fresh disclosures day by
| day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-01
RIVERSIDE AVENUE.

ARGUNRNTs IN FAVOR on ITS IMPROVEMENTS
By PARK COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
In long communication to the Chairman Of the
Senate Committee on tie Analrs OF Citles PARK
Commissioner ". X. Martin sets forth several
arguments In fayor or the pill FOR the Improvement
OF Riverside avenue. He cOntends tnat IL Ia not
tue purpose OF TIE Dil 10 authorize tae reeu-
lating, paving and grading OF tns LOCALITY men.
toned, that having been already ordered b. ex-
isunz laws, ana submits that the cost
attending such outlay sRould be regulated
IN the same way a. any otner avenue
in the city under existing laws and, Indeed, taat
the cost should De assessed IN the usual war upon
the property benefited. he sets forth tnat RIVER
side PARK Is LAID Gus on the s.oping bank OF the
Hudson river, nom Seventy second to l2oth
street. on its eastern side, the top OF the hi,
toe avenue was originally laid ont 100 feet In
widtn, between parallel sides; the westerly line
OF the avenue and the sasterJ line OF tie PARK
being colncIdent. As soon as the plan for the
treatment u mis- avenue and PARK was taken up ~
was iound that level avenue-lts westerly SIDE
being supported above the decIivity OF the hillside
by high, Straight wall--would be expensive. A
plan was adopted, therefore, " tIe PARK Depart
msns more tsan year ere. Ter blsncing the para
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-01

system lnterlinEs with them. while these avenues
are unfinished the others must remain 80. and In
Tins condition the whole district must continue an
i'm rDvad. We nave already seen tERt even "a this
unfinished state the increased Valuations ana TAX
revenues lar exceed the interest upon dnN city
bonds when NAV be issued Tor the Improvement
bur the taxatlOn now is grossly oppressive auu
unjust Complete the work, open rue dlstilct 70
Improvement, ana, whle the iaXatiOn VIII DC palu
cheeriully, toe Increase 10 the city reasurE VIII
at once demonstrate the wisdom on tue paf' u
A TAXPAYER,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-01

Total. .sll5lo19l75 Debt $40 per
In the city o. Boston during the last winter. be-
fore tnelr Common Council ana their legislature,
q circultous cnain OF parks ana connecting drives
were advocated Dy the city authorities on
the express ground that IL would increase the
resources Of the city, and relieve it, taxation
By Increasing the value and promoting tue settle
ment of property In the vlrlnity; and the argu-
ment was Illustrated oy showing the advance
OF value around the public parks IN the cites Of
New YORK. Philadelphia, Buffalo Chicago, Baltl-
more, &C.
Finally. this improvement has been indicated
as the exceptional one tnat should be prosecuted
even'In times like these. IL Is IN accordance with
a Jullcious Administrator OF city finances, aud
with the only affirmative policy OF increasing It's
resources winch mas ever Deen presented, and
without watch the city can md no rellef rom
dept and taxation. Inc pocg OF mere reduction
retrenchment IS admirable and inadequate. IL
leads une TO suppose that its author had pursued
the study of administration 80 tar as to read the
1rst four lines OF the tn cnapter OF Nachiavel1's
treatise on "rhe PrInce.n
'Mhen states whicn have Deen newly conquered
have been accustomed to liberty ana 70 i've un-
der tner own laws there are three ways OF main.
tanning them. 1ne nrst IS TO ruin tnem.O
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-17
Interesting and Important Discoveries
In France.

WE learn from La Forge (Aube) that
an interesting discovery has just been
made in Les Corbicres by the engineer
of the copper and lead mines near
Tuchan. Having remarked at the top OF
the mountain which ovcrloOks the village
of Padern IL grotto presenting the char
acter of dwelling of the prehistoric
epoch, researches were made, which have
been crowned with complete success.
BY the side of fragments of skeletons of
wild animals and of human bones, the
abundance of which shows a long series
of generations, the subtcrrancan excava-
tons have brought to light articles of
rudely-constructed pottery, daggers made
of sharpened bones, and, above all,
pieces of shell carved into hooks and
pierced with hole, SO as to be hung
round the neck of the owner, evidently
serving for knives in those remote ages.
The use of tools made of shell is a fact
which has not yet been demonstrated IN
the antediluvian caverns. 1t would lead
to the supposition that the vast plains of
lie Rousillon, from Pcrpignan as far as
the environs of Estagal, were formerly
the bed of the sea, and that the alluvium
of the Tet and the Agly is relatively re-
cent. All the objects discovered have
been offered by M. Barnier to the Museum
of Natural History at Toulouse.-Gdltg-
n0nis Messenger.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-17
NO. 16.
Om Boys and girls.
THE LITTLE WHITE LIE.

I WAS in trouble beyond any doubt
l was in trouble-and how to get out?
"Tell a white lie!" said the devil to me.
"Tell lie, o. how dreadful! But what
would it be
If 1 should Though 1 never shall tell one"
said l.
Don't be frightened" said he, "we won't
A few words in their way quite as good as the
truth,
And for this occasion far better, forsooth."
But my little white lie, when told it, grew
black;
Then, o! how could hide it or how get it
back?
For it never would do to be caught in lie,
For twas known that very good youngster
was /.
1 must manage in some way to keep it from
sights
"Tcn one more" said the devil; "'twill make
it all right"
But my two grew to three, and my three were
soon four,
And my four gave rise to dozen or more;
Till l felt in my soul such sense of dis
had scarcely one friend / could look in the
face;
And at night to my room went creeping up
stairs
God is truth! could 1 sleep without saying
my prayers?
But my fears and my conscience thus followed
about,
was really half glad when the lie was found
out;
For it vast is always the way with a lie
Good or bad, l have learned in one thing to
be wise,
And shun in the future all little white lies.
". Y. Orphans Friend.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-17
Poisoned by Impure Candies.

SUNDAY, as Ole Bergason, of Republic,
Lake Superior, returned from church, he
found his three little children, girl
aged eleven, and two boys, aged six
and eight, writhing in pain on the
floor, in commissions, in consequence
as he afterward discovered, of some
candy they had eaten. He immediate
ly went for physician, who, upon
arriving on the scene, discovered, after
some little searching, some green sugar.
This, undoubtedly, was the cause OF
trouble Antidotes were Immediately
administered, and although at the pres
emit writing the children are suffering =
great deal they are out of danger. After
having attended to all the immediate
wants of the little sufferers the doctor
went to the store where this candy was
purchased to secure a sample of this
sugar, where he found man named
Thomas Thompson suffering from SINH
lar symptoms. Upon inquiry it was
found that this man had also partaken
largely of the same article. Everything
was done to make the man comfortable
He lay in great agony, and after an all
nights job was declared out Of danger.
A chemical test made by the physician
in attendance of the sugar revealed the
fact that the colOring matter in this
other words, Paris green, in such guam
titles that two grains of the sugar gave
of sufficient copper to copperplate two
dozen large sized needles perfectly
Detroit Free Press.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-17
An Unfortunate Coroner.

DRoPPED in at the Coroner's office the
other day to see that officer about a
horse that he wanted to sell. He was
sitting with his legs upon the table, his
chair tilted back, and a cigar in his
mouth, and he was whiting a stick.
The following conversation ensued:
" Business seems to be dull to-day, Mr..
Maginn.''
"Dull! Well, that's just no name for
it. This is the deadest town l ever
well, exceptin' Jim Busby's tumblin' off
the markethouse last month there
hasn't been a decent accident in this
place since last summer. How'm goin'
to live, want to know? In other coun-
tries people keeps things mOvin'. There's
murders. and coal-oil explosions, and
roofs a-fallin' in-'most always some
thin lively to afford a Coroner a chance.
But here! Why, don't git 'nough fees
in year to keep a sick pOllparrot in
water crackers 1 don't-now that's just
the honest truth"
"That does seem discOuraging."
"And then the worst of it is a mans
friends won't stan by him. There's
Doolan, the Coroner in the next county.
He found a drowned man up yer in the
river, just beyond the county line.
ought 10 have had the first shy at the
corpse by rights, for know well enough
he fell in from this county and
then skeeted up with the tide. But
no; Doolan would hold the inquest; and
do you believe that ridick'lus rooster act
ualiy wouldn't float the remains down the
river SOS l could tackle 'em after he'd got
through! Actually jerked 'em out and
buried 'em, although l offered to go
halves with him on my fees if he would
pass the corpse down this way. That's a
positive fact. He refused. Now, what