New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-28

m1nds Tho boy was nsned OUT, ana tho J"uh""' ."
question urged parents to inculcate in their children
"a proper and safe respect and awe for the presence
of Death in the laughing, chucklng waters, that
we all know has the mercess heart to lure tho
young fisherman into it's presence by smiles and rip
ping music, and whom by some misstep the sus-
pcioness little fellow falls into its arms, TO swal-
low his life with relishiDg smack OF its lips" Ihis
is the first appearance Of the siren on slope wall
and her debut on the Western Division opens vast
field Of conjecture to her future in canal mythoi-
Ogy. No doubt tradition, which is always charitar
BILE, will picture her beautiful temptress' dahg-
ling her fairy feet over doublc-priced verticai
wall, and, with song of unbalanced BIDS lurlng on
the unsophsticated Jarvis Lord and the gulleless
James j. Belden to their The way OF the canal
contractor may yet be easy.
One of the few things political for which we have
had reason to be thankful of late has been the i'm
provement that has taken place in the character OF
the New-York delegation to the Legislature. That
there is still room for Improvement may be easily
inferred from this list comprising almost majority
of our representatives at Albany: Warren c. Ben
nett John c. Brogan, Timothy j. Campbell, John
Keenan,, William L. Kirk Charles Reilly, John W.
Smith, George A. Stauf, and Louis G. Wachner.
While there may be doubts to the ability OF some
of the remaining twelve members OF the deiegatoh'
there can be to the utter Lack OF proper nt-
ness ON the part of these nine. Every of them is
openly and VIGOROUSLY unworthy Of his position.
Mr. Waehner previous to the last session, mad
gained an enviable reputation for personal lnde-
pendence; but he lost it when he surrendered 10
the Canal Ring and devoted his time to preventing
any repeal of the Legal Paper job. All these nine
men are Democrats. Tammany Hall must DO better
tn tI,o hot arc nbOuf become
patriotic. Prohibition seems further off than ever.
Little rs We may like it, the fact remains that ma
tional reconciliation in the next year or two threat
ems to DO largely matter of beverages Old soldiers
want to wash their resentment away. One OF the
South Carolina soldiers in Boston, drinking with
some friends the day after the Bunker Hill conten.
NAL exhibited marked interest in the entrance OF
n stranger and eyed him closely. Soon the Caro-
lnian asked him if he knew him. "No" "Were
Won not in the WARP" Eyes" "And you were once
stationed at such placer Eyes" And took part
in such skirmish" EYES," "Well, thought so'
said the Southerner, lifting his hat and disclosing
largo scar his forehead; "there is your saber-
mark, my boy. Come up and take drink" And
then wounder and wounded took centennial cock
tail.
Pioneers hardshIps every one has read of, and OF
their struggles to get away from their felow-man but
pioneer that makes his way through water-pipe
and his entry in drugstore, probably comes under
the head of q phenomenon. That what hap
pened in Detroit the other day. Ho was pioneer
eel the first they say that ever appeared In the
lakes west of Buffalo, at all events as far west
as Detroit Niagara Falls impeded his on
ward squrm for long time. but he took advantage
of the canals, just great many other queer hsh
have done. Lake Erie, it is believed, he will find
"a BOD hat fha
upper waters of Lake Huron and Michigan and of
Lake Superior will prove too cold for His Eelsiip.
OF the race general this may be true, but for this
particular Gel, in opinion, no water could be too
cool.
While Lady Franklin is lying on the sick-bed from
which it is believed that she will never arise,
steamer sails out of Portsmouth harbor, equipped
at the joint expense of this noble woman, of Capt
Allen Young, and Of gallant cOuntryman, Mr.
James Gordon Bennett tOcOntinue the search which
has employed many years OF Lady Franklins
career She has devoted q quarter of q century to
the pons task which thus employs her latest hours
The expedition of McClintock in which Capt. Young
bore a conspicuous part, solved the long sought
secret of Sir John Frankllns fate and this voyage
of the Pandora, it may be confidently hoped, will
crown Lady James labors by bringing home the last
relics of the distinguished navigator. Will the
loving wife be on earth to receive the burden when
il arrives!
We havo long thought that nothing could be
grander than our City Hall with the inchOate mOnu
mcnt of the Ring at the rear the pouticed espanade
and tho dry fountain with its parched and uniin-
shed pavement at the front, Muletts debris in the
middle distance and the Goddess of Liberty cling
ing to the ag-poe on top of the cupola Yesterday,
however, new element of the picturesque and tho
magnificent was added to the pleasing scene, when a
few dozens of clothes were hung out to dry on ine
stretched across the balcony over the City Hall
porch 1t is bad enough to wash our Official dirty
linen in public; to leave it futtering in the breeze
all day is rather too much.
And there is yet another way past finding Out-the
way of the in hOrse-car Why should ladies
entering car crowded near the door, but with am
pie empty space farther always ignore the vacant
seats and calmly insist on place among the crowded
passengers Why should they, with that delicious,
feminine combination of obstinacy and ignorance.
always stand ON the lower corner to take car
which is going up and on the upper corner to take
car which is going downi Why is it that ladies SO
seldom voluntarily offer seats to those of their own
SEX Answers to these cOnundrums will make a
valuable contribution to the philosophy of horse
cars which will no doubt take its place in the litera
lures of the future.
The old mansion formerly occupied by Lieut.. Gen.
Scott still stands in Elizabeth N. j.. and it now
proposed to buy it for Public Historical Ii
braIy and Depository of old MS, relics, books
"a rendezvous for future generations" "Let that
old brass six-pounder," exclaims enthusiast,
"that had been in Elizabeth for over so years,
be brought back from Trenton and placed there"
The tendency of guns in New-Jersey to 60 to tho