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not tipple to which the men OF the Quill 90
seriously moline. Nor Is it easy to be patient.
TO know, for instance, that yOur publ'''cr
finds fat capons In your work while you eat
the scraggy ends of mutton does no. give
delicate flavor to the same. 1t Ii not exactly
bliss to SEQ your book resting unsOld and dusty
on the shelf while your neighbours, thousand
times loss noble in aim and winning In exc
cution, hits popular liking and conj'lrrs the
popular purse. In truth, the woes OF WRITER'S
which no legislation can cure, arc many
and hard, and the worst of it all Is
that there appears little prospect OF any
thing better The author must suffer
50 long as there is in literature no
fixed and distinct standard of value anu
taste. A mans audience is very rarely large
enough to pay him justly for his expenditure
of brain. Peaches and potatoes, If they are
raised in sufficient quantities, bring their pro-
Queer certain wealth; not so with prose
and poetry. The writer's of old died poor
mon; the average modern author may bc
grateful if he possesses that lank, respectable
pocketful called "a modest competence" Those
few who win more than this are not always
the most deserving. The comparative poverty
OF the best EngllSn anu hiHtiiCoh "ilVciS 10
rot the least curious condition of profession
full of contradictions and inconsistencies. Out
of absolute genius years Of hard study, per-
sistcnt self culture and interchangeable executive
effort comes to most men only hare living,
with in fortunate eases, few hundred
pounds, or few thousand dollars surplus
1T the end of il all. There is scarcely
"a branch of literature more popular than
fiction. but how few fortunes have been
made in lt Charles Dickens'5 receipts,
large as they were, still were disappointment
TO the amount of his work and the popu-
lar estimation of it. Thmckeny must be said
to have gone ont Of the world poor man.
The list might he carried on much farther and
t0 NJ comforting result On this side the water
Hawthorne has been perhaps the most notable
sufferer ilom this inevitable injustice. His
earnings did not in the least accord with the
quantity, the beauty, and the psychological
value of his work.
How can this winter of discomfort he turned
to SUMMER international copyright will in
many cases do little toward it, but to that
little authors are clearly entitled. The com
mon sense of the world has settled the equity
of tho case and Mr.. johnson confirms NJ.
Rcadc's Interpretation of the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29
tyNlNrIIL OTJET RESTORED.

The excitement produced on Tuesday by
Mcssrs. Duncan, Sherman & Co.'S failure had
completely subsidized yesterday. There remains,
of course, that feeling of uueasiness, suspicion,
want OF confidence, or whatever the reader
NAV please to call it, which has not been
absent since the panic. The expressions OF
sympathy for Mr. Duncan arc almost universal
lie is often criticised for speculative tendencies
or loose management; but there has been 10
word touching his integrity. There Is still no au
thentic information in regard to the creditors
of the bankrupt firm. either as 10 who they
are or in what manner they are secured. Inc
records of real estate transfers for the current
week have contained the conveyance OF two
thirds of the clearinghouse occupied by the
finn and other valuable real estate from VIII
liam Butler Duncan to Alexander Duncan. but
no explanation has yet been given OF these
transactions. The firm are reported to have
lost recently about two million dollars
nearly equally divided between Investments
in exploded railway securities and Specu-
latiops in cotton. The details of the
connection between the firm and Alex
anlcr Collie & Co. Of Manchester ana the
Union Bank of London are not made public
In England it is the custom after CONNER
cial C,is. to appoint a committee OF the ablcst
men in matters of finance that Parliament
can produce. This committee, with such
assistance as it can get from account
ants and Others. makes an exhaustive
investigation, aud the unfortunate credl-
tors who, in many cas- =, have been forced 10
put up with sixpence or shilling on cach
pound sterling Of their claims, have had the
satisfaction of learning from the volnmlnonS
blue-coyclcd folio which contains the evidence
inst how their capital was washed overheard
and where il sunk. Ii might be- well 10 intro
ducc the custom here.
Yesterday the Commercial Warchousc Com
pany, a corporation created in the days OF
Twccds power at Albany, suspended with
liabilities of 81 100000 and unlimited assets
This failure has no connection with that which
Lappcned on the previous day. Equally uncon-
nectcd with it is the stoppage of several score
of cotton mills in LancaShire-an event
of no little impoltince. The operatives
employed in These mills had refused to accept
a reduction of wages which was proposed 10
them by the mill owners. whcreupon the Latter.
being strongly organized locked out" men.
women, and children, aud stopped their ma
chinery. Great distress will undoubtedly fol-
low if compromise is not arranged before
many weeks 1t is just rcproach TO Our civ
iization that no means have yet been found of
avoiding these runous contests between cap
ital and labor.
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TIE AUTIOHS UIGES.

There is 10 man in this country whose
opinion on u question Of law will bo more
readily taken than that of Mr.. Reyerdy John
son. The guild Of authors who have for SO
many years vainly bosicycd C0ngrcts, for an
international copyright law will welcome,
therefore, with peculiar pleasure the re-
enforcement brought them in Mr.. Johnson's
letter to The TRIBCYE reviewing the question
raised in Mr.. Charles Rchdcs correspondence.
Mr.. JohnsOn's conclusion is that the demands
of Justice and the obligations OF national duty
inpcratiycly require an international copyright
between England and the United States, as
wen rs all other Countries. The distinguished
ex-senator and ex-Siinister has rendered the
whole literary fraternity u substantial service
in the preparation of this paper.
But tie friends of M international COPY
.hi must not imagine that this demonstration
that t!.cr claims arc sound in equity and in
law, j. going 10 be sufficient. They have to
resist two forces which have hitherto seemed
ii1csistible-thc demand Of readers Tor cheap
books and the resolution (as well as often the
need) of publishers to keep whatever profit the
law does not specially exact.
The profession OF Literature permanently
labors under a sense of injury. Ii j. aud has
ever been acquainted with grief. II the iir,t
farmer had written an agricultural treatise or
Il wor, on snakes it is piohalin TINT he would
have found grievance in il. The unjust dis
regard of the world, the ignorance, and greed,
and iayoriism of publiohcrs-all these continue
to serve ~ texts for Ian, ntatiOns more OF less
bitter and clever. Authorship too often implies
scnsitiyeness constantly on edge and rare il
the writer who can show his wounds without
the flame of anger and the thunder of invcc-
tive. t,vc. 49, .vc.t IL. ulilc -o-,.y. il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29
AMERICAN CENTENNI1L EXHIBIrORS

Il y " " Y
If the Centennial is to he worthy of the
country, or the success which every American
would wish it to be, it should be remembered
that that success is not wholly dependent on
the buildings, or On Plilaiclphia's merit as
hostess. or even on the wisdom and skill OF
the Commissioners. Tic great effort hitherto
has been to raise money for these buildings and
expenses of the Exhibition; the country mean
while seems to feel it has done its share In
contributing to this end in watching the
course of the Commissioners anyiOusly, and in
inquriug what will be the probable price OF
board next Summer in Philadelphia. Mean
while, what of the Exhihitioni What con-
ccrted action or indeed individual action has
there been among any class of American ex-
hibOrss Commissioners of other countries
have done their work thoroughly, rs If appears;
have already given warning of the number 0i
exhibitors and the amount OF room re-
uuircd in several cases additional space has
been asked. "Just such articles are To
"be selected by the Swiss Committees
" as will give complete idea of the national IN
"dustrcs.r What opportunity have our worthy
Commissioners to arrange such complete rep
resentation: The trades, handicrafts, and
mechanical class in general upon whom the
onus of the Exhibition after all rests, are
making but sluggish and titful efforts toward
their part of the work, and while the arrange
mcnts cf exhibitors in the tine arts from
France and England are almost complete. no
BODY knows what our own artists have done
or mean TO do, beyond the inevitable Jealous
grumbling.
No doubt there will be American exhibitors
of all kinds in plenty, but the danger is that
they will leave the work to be done until the
eleventh hour, precisely as they did in Paris
and Vienna. and that whatever commentator
their skill might command will be dampened
by the too evident display of tho national lack
of system, and headlong habit Of hurry and
incomplcteness. The buildings promise to be
all that is required. The Commissioners are
Jealous and Trustworthy. Now it is time for
our manufacturers and craftsmen to do their
part with order and dispatch.
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3UE NEHS THIS MORNING.

roupscS-The British Government Shipping bill
was read a frst time. - Tho bOmbardmelt OF
On dc I,rpd continued. --- Tie failure OF Dun
ran Sherman 81 Co. astoundcd Americans in Paris.
- The Anne rican Rifle Team visiteI "ooiwich'
- The Permanent Committee % the French Ma
tional Assembly was constituted OF l3 members 0i
the Right and 12 OF the Left
DoMrsTIc.-Secretary Brstow issued call for
Sl4 sy7. 200 Of Five-twcnties. - Canai Con-
tractor Druison was discharged froH cust'd under
writ Of bobcas corpns. - The Minnesota Re
npblicans nominated John 5. pill,bury Cor Cover
nor on hard money. anti-thid term, and revenue
tariff platform. - Ex-Chicf Clerk Avery Of the
Treasury Department arrested under the St
Iouis indictments - Ar earthquake shock was
felt III Western Connecticut. - Twenty-three
car. and the engine were completely wrecked at the
Minnesota railroad accident. - Twelve mile OF
missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad track were car
red away 10y Good.
CRY AND SUBURRAN.-The Commercial Ware
bouss COMPANY suspended, with liabilities Of
81 500. OOO and other minor failures took place. ii
Was ascertaincl that Duncan, sherman ~ Co. had
lost over s. OOO, 900 by Investments III cotton and
In rai,wDys - Willy Wallach testified before
the Assembly Committee on Emigration Affairs con-
corning b, connection with the reduction OF head
money - John Cough gave evidence before the
Assembly Committee Crime that he hat been
urged to assault witness, j. j. Twohcy, Oh the
ground tIat Capt. McCullagh desired H. -
The Association for Political Rcforp passed rcsolu-
tions in favor of hard money, and appointed del
yates to convention in Cincinnati - just ce
Reese in jersey City committed JOAN Leonard on a
charge of drowning James Miller from the tugboat
Thomas Cornell. - Two burglars were cap
tured after hard chase in Brooklyn, r. D. -
Gold. 1884. 114ls, 1l3la Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close $3.50 cents.
The WrATLEE-ihc Government report PREDICTS
warmer and cloudy eathei, vlth occasional rams.
- Thermometer Ia this Oty yesterday, To-,
$50 70o
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him is certainly desirable. If this officer did
his duty and nothing more nor less, when he
was in command OF the Twenty ninth Pre-
cinct, he is very unfortunate in the number OF
his enemies, who will go any length to ruin
him for in the amount of evidence that has
been brought against him, and the number Of
evil reports about him, he probably surposses
any CAPTAIN now in the service.
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What did he cxpect-this critical gentleman who
attended the Commencement exercises OF a certain
small college in New En- gland. and then went home
sadly and wrote to newspaper: " The lack l
noticed most was grasp of some great principles
or lines of thought and then following them to a
legitimate and apparent conclusion Poor gentle
mani The lack he noticed was grasp, was il 7
Not a Ia, k of grammatical accuracy-that he would
hardly have been likely to nOicet How easy it IL
to use phrases. Grtat princip.es--ncs of thought
legitimate conclusion. &c, DC. Why this critical
character is little more uncertain than the students
themselves. They, il il true, speak from reminis-
conces of their reading, and Of what has pleased
them III their favor,tc authors, but they only DO
best they can what is required of them by college
law, aad they do not publish their medocrity i'll
the newspapers. Tho Bachelor OF Arts is not
pocted to be Plato, Cicero. Bishop Butler. and
Daniel Webster rolled into one; and many Of those
who find fault with him wouldn't know il, if he
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If anybody has a reasonable doubt "a to the
truth of The TRIBUNE'S recent statement
about the relations between the President and
the Secretary of the Interior. that doubt will
be tispelled by the assurances given to-day In
our Washington dispatches. Nh. Delano ia a
great denier, much to the perplexity of the
seeker for truth. but he has denied once too
often
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popularity in which may lilo danger OF the
dissipation of some of its charms for those
to whose tastes it now appeals.
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IN a pleasinSly Characteristic letter printed
On another page Mr. Bayard Taylor intro
dlices 10 the readers OF Tag Tribune an at
tractive and comparatively unfrequented place
for spending season of rest and recreation.
Mr. Taylor's description Of Mattapois,tt can
hardly fail f. bring that neglected nook into
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II may be inferred from the statements
printed elsewhere of residents of Cold Spring
that its criminal inhabitants must not only he
a source of terror at home but also in all the
neighborne towns. The cause would appear
to lie not only in the enforced idIcncss of the
wrongdoers, but in lamcntahle Lack Of visi-
lance on the part of the authorities. The large
number of burglaries committed lately for
miles along the Hudson Rivcr and the alleged
fact that six or eight criminals from Cold
Spring are already i'll the State Prison. should
Impress the village officers with the idea that
a further decrease of tho population in the
same direction would earn them the gratitude
OF their fellow citizens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

The contentious in the British cotton indus-
try have extended to Dundee. where 81 mills
are closed and 10000 persons are unemployed.
These Troubles evidently spring from the gen
eral depression of the cotton trade, and seem
hkoy IL cause serious loss 10 both sides.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

If the resolutions adopted by a meeting in
this city vest rday for the appointment of dele
gates to rd-moncy Convention IN response
to call from Richnond are at all in tho
spirit of that call, Virginia sentiment on the
currency question has been wocfully mis-
represented by her newspapers. Heretofore
we have seen little indication OF n lean
ing of either political party in Viz
ginia toward the IIard-moncy side of
the currency question, and it is a pleasure
to hear even indirectly that the business men
of Richmond have declared agans, the inila
ton hercsy. Perhaps little practical good is to
be anticipated from such a convention a. is
proposed to bo held in Cincinnati but it may
serve to show more clearly where the business
men of the South and West stand on the ques-
ton OF rags or coin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

. The platform of the Minnesota Republicans
is stronger and more explicit on subjects
about which everybody is egrced than
in regard to some about which there
is wide and important difference OF
opinion. The currency plank, for instance,
is not as definite in terms rs might fairly be
desired, and is not even as outspoken for hard
money as was that OF the Minnesota Demo
Gratis on the same subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

II there is one crime more indcfen5b'e than
another it is the infection upon helpless and in
offensive child of ridiculous name. What was the
father of Amrrcus Vespucius kOsciusho thinking of
when he chrstencd that little wretch. in Fauqucr
County. Val To say nothing of Whigolctta Demo
crata MoIstoia. and God Help Marstelo, ard Com
Nora ditto, aud Stella Mar. Mar,ella Yet they
lived they oil lived; they are all living now, per
pctual evidences of an unnatural parental malgnity
Il il well that the Law takes cog zance of this
crime and provides ways and means Of gettng rid
of these fantastic hanlles Ivy the aid of courts and
legislatures. But all through boyhOod md girlhood
must this darkness cloud lifes early morning
Iicaycns What must Amer Gus '. kVsciuslO alone
have suffered!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

The Assembly Committee, which, aided by
Mr. Nolan, has been making such sad havoc
with the reputation OF our eX-Assistant Dis
tIict-Attorncy, has taken a recess until Aug
10. Mr. Nolan's counsel appeared before ii
Yesterday aud said that lis Client intended to
make q complete statement OF his connection
with the reduction of hcadlh0ncy. The
sooner, the better for Mr.. Nolan Certainly
no frankness of admission can make the
case against him much worse than it
now appears. Willy Wallach gave some
interesting testimony before the Committee
concerning tho way in which he was in
nocenty made a cat's-paw in this same matter
of the reduction Of head-money. He made
some sharp statements too concerning thc
extravaganza Of admin >tration which prevailed
in the Emigration Department i'll the years
when he was one of the Commissioners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

There is something startling In the title of Mr.
Glalstore's las, theological pamphet-"Is the
Church Of England worth Preserving" The inter
rogatory would to imply doubt, which no
thoroughroing churchman conld for Il moment en-
terrain. What is, by it, divine constitutions, The
Church. IL cannot he for human hands to surrender
for il must contain whia itself tho seeds of it, own
continuous propagation aud preservation. Even if
by the Church of England no more in meant than
the Establishment. yet if that be- the work of the
Church 1t exists by divine authority. and no divorce
by the secular arm can be authoritative or less than
sacrilegc This viii be, doubtless the argument of
the High Churchmai and admitting his premises.
Il 49, Nc =ny nothing. IL Is unansw Drablo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

Messrs. J. II. Ford & Co. have been hest
known in the trade IA Mr.. lieecher's publish
ers, and an effort will OF course be made to
couple their financial embarrassment with the
late trial. In fact however. the firm has
always had more dash and push than capital.
1t has published q number of expensive books
which must have brought losses, and the pinch
ing times simply bring the legitimate consr-
quenccs. 1t is announced that Mr. Bccchcrs
paper The Cnrist.an Union, is Iii no wise
affected. Samuel WilkesOn is one Of the part
ucrs in the house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29

The British Government il making amends
for its contemplated dcscrtion of the seamen's
cause by Fastening the passage of the bill it
Las introduced, the provisions of which are III
the main satisfactory. 1t does not conceal it
opposition to Mr. Plimsol's measure which has
won the approval of tho eccentric MIR. Roebuck.
The prospects of reform are on the. whole sat
isfactOry, as the Government bill is Likely TO
lie amended in important respects before 1t
passes.
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THE TRIBUNE's MONTHLY CALENDAR.
~, ,or0, hoes icn, N, day. Of the no"h-'r 'na' on
q .{uag. n 10