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New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
but onr whole form of government Is affected,
and that is the question under discussion.
FINDING.

II will not be creditable to Secretary Bris-
tow and the present Congress if that body ad-
journs without passing some law to expedite
tho funding of the six per cent five-twenty
bonds into five per cents. Look Mt the facts.
The present currency quotation for tve per
cent bonds in Ncw-YOrk ia eqnivalent 10
rather more than one per cent above par
ia gold after deducting the accrued interest
By the January Debt statement there were
outstanding $873, 403,50 in six per cent bonds
of the classes known as fve-twentles. All OF
these can be called in and paid oil at the
pleasure of the Government. Were they con-
yertcd into five per cents the annual saving
of interest would be ss,i34,O37 50 in gold. We
maintain that it is entirely practicable to re-
place oil these six per cent bonds with five,
within two years. IT. however. the operation
is 10 be spread over ten years, there will be
paid by the country during that period a
needless tax of S70,OOO,OOO in gold.
Let us now examine into the progress Of
funding thus fsy., The five Per cent bonds OF
The new loan first make their appearance IN
the Public Debt statement OF June J, 1871.
The total negotiated up TO Jan. I. 1873, has
been 1851 ,695 900, from which must be de-
Quoted the Slj,jOO,OOO received from Great
Britain on account of the Alabama dcpreda-
tions. Subtracting this we have left s3i6, ,191,-
900 of five per cent bonds sold in forty-two
months, being at the rate of S8,242.57O per
month. At this rate it will take eight years
and ten months to fund the 1878 403, 7jO of five
twenties now outstanding. But in 1881
52S3, ,GS1 ,35) more Of six per cent bonds be-
come payabe, which will increase tho aggre-
gate to be funded TO S1,l57 Os5,100, to dispose
of which at the present rate Of progress will
take twelve years.
We cannot congratulate Secretary Bristow
on his success in funding. Nine months ago
we called Mr.. richardson's attention to the
fact that five per cent bonds of the new loan
were selling both in New-YOrk and London
above par in gold. Since then about $4,000
600 of that loan have been negotiated, which
is at the rate of only six million dollars a
month During the last three months no new
calls of bonds for redemption have been
made The last was issued on the lst OF No
vember, and was for five millions only. Con
s'dering the strength Of the market for United
States bonds for ten months back, this seems
to us very slow progress. We hope congress
and the Secretary appreciate the fact that the
difference every year TO tie people between
paving FIVE per cent interest and the present
rate on the amount Of the remaining five
twen.ics, is nearly nine million dollars III gold
Il would seem that the Democrats are to nave
tho credit Of reducing the interest on the bIlk
of the Public Debt, in addition to tho glory
of resuming specie payments in 1919.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
guner 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.


AMusEMRNTs--EiereHfb Pdge-4ih ON aan 1 Stu
NIsKISn Avn EIyANCIAI-Ienti PdGe-3t columh'
BAyxISG-uoIsss AND DASkHIis-EtereHh FGgs-11 COL
Roapn Avn PooNs-Elertnh PdOs-3 column.
BUSINESS hOTfCks-SiFh IdQc-l>t c,'iuuH. -, ,--,-
CHSscTs TOR III sfSEss MEN-EieucHh PdQe-3d c0lumG
COAI. &c ECrcHM FGge-51 cOiuini
CoppoRATJON NOTICES -Iifh PdGe- n COlnmn.
tVopsKTNFEsHIP NOTICES -Eiercnla PGge-2i column.
DESTsTRY- -EiereHth Idge-3i column
DIVIDEND NoIICLS-kerSHh Pd0e-2I column
DRY GOODS -Eighft Fige-5, n column.
FiSANCIAI--hhrspM PO0e-lst and 81 columns.
FURNIURA-E,epftfd PGOe-3d column.
HORSES, CARdAGEs. bARNEeS, &j.-bt5htaPGGe-5th
cOlImu.
ICR CREAM-Hnh PGgc-6h column.
HoTEIs-EicrSHh FGge-Sd column
INSJRUCIION-EiJhth P,IQe--3d ana 4th cOumDs.
LECTURES AND .dELrING5 -EiCpeHh PIGe-6th column
IFGAL NOTICES-EepCHtt PdJe-4tG column.
LOST AND fOCND-EicreHh fdOc-3i column.
MAgBLH AID SLATE MANGEfs-igtt PGge-6th column
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-S,rrnm IdGe-6 column.
MIsCELLANEOUs-fV(h IOge-6th column; IUtVh
Pdgc-6lG Hno columns.
MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS-EiCpeRh P1gt-6th column.
NEW PUBLIC ATIONs-EiJhLh PaOe-2I and 81 columns.
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NEW -JkkSEN-Eiyhh Pd0e-5tu columni COUNTRY
Ei0hLt Idge-5i "",uun: Ar AUCTlOS-bt0hM rage
column: To EXCHANGE Eiqhfh Fdge-o.n cOLumn
SAILS ny AUCTION F1m IdQe-Gin COldDn.
SAVINGS BASKs-Ricrebth PdGc-3l column,
SITUATIONS WANTED. MALE5-b(ertHh Pd0e-4h col
umn FvMALis- hfeUehm Pdge-5 n and Gu columns.
sTEAMBoAls AND RAILROAD5-Et0hh PdgC-5sh and 9Th
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STATIONERY -Fnh Pdoe-6'h column.
STEAMEks, OCEAN-NiH PIge-6th column.
TIACHERs-Eighh Pdgc-4.u column.
TO WHOM IT NAY ONCERN-FttpsHh PdQe-4h column.
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BROOkINH-Eighta Fdge-5Vn column COUNTRY
Et0hth IGGe-5..' cOliin".
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
NEW-YORK And BALTIRORE.

The following statistics of the population,
Indebtedness, taxation, and foreign trade OF
New-York and Baltimore afford some interest
ing comparisons for those who are solicitious
in regard to the future of New-YOrk:
/. The population of New-YOrk by the cen
sus of 1870 was 942 ,292, and that of Baltimore
267, 7,354 Including Brooklyn, Jersey City, Ho-
boken, Staten Island, and the towns annexed
from Westchester County, tie present popu-
latiOn of the metropolis may be estimated at
1,75O,000, OF from five to six times that of
Baltimore.
2. The debts of the cities of New-YOrk and
Brooklyn and County of Kings now amount
to about $160,0OO0O0, after deductIng the stocks
in the sinking funds. The debt of the City of
Baltimore, after deducting the stocks in the
sinking funds its mortgage on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and the market value of
g, 800 shares of the stock of that road owned
by the city, is less than $14000.000. The rate
of interest paid by Baltimore is less than that
charged on the taxpayers of New York and
Brooklyn If we add the debt of jersey City
to that Of New York and Brooklyn we shall
find that, though the population of our me-
trOpOlis is only six times that of Baltimore, our
municipal Indebtedness is more than thirteen
times that of the Maryland city. The debt of
Baltimore County we are unable 70 state. 1t
is certainly small, being given in the United
States Census of 1870 at $12l,OOO.
@. The amount of the STATE and local taxes to
believed in the Counties of New York and Kings
for the current year will exceed Sal 100000,
and for New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, ilo-
boken, and Staten Island may be estimated at
s44,OOO,OOO The total of the city and State
taxes collected in Baltimore last year was
s4481.S32. 1t therefore appears that our
1,75OO)O inhabitants pay an average of $25
wear Tor local taxes, while the 100000 Bali
mOreans pay but Sl5 year
a. In the ii ,cal year ended June 30, 1S0S the
total valle OF the foreign imports at Now
York vas s22.69aoOQ. and " ta9 y2sI ended
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

with June last IL was sso5,ioo.ooo, being an
increase of 63 per cent The imports at Bal
timore were $12,9O0,OOO in 1863 and s29,3oo,ooo
in 1874, being an increase Of res per cent
The domestic exports from New-York IN 1858
wero $s3G,OoO,O)O and in 1874, s3io,4OO'oOo,
being an increase of Al per cent The ex-
ports from Baltimore were $l3,9OOOOO in 1858,
and S27,5oO,OOo in 1874, being an increase OF ss
per cent. In 1868 the foreign trade OF New
York was eighteen times that OF Baltimore,
and it is now but thirteen times as great.
We are not 50 rash "a to make any predic-
tious as to the future growth of the commerce
of either New-Yorik or Baltimore We may
be permitted, however, to recall the recog-
nized historical fact that the undisputed COM
mercal supremacy of Holland two centuries
ago was destroyed by her enormous public
debt and the heavy taxes which were neces-
sary to support it. We have no reason to
suppose that the same influences which re-
duced Old Amsterdam from the chief com
mercial city of the world to the second rank,
may not in the fullness of time infiict like
penalty on New Amsterdam unless We speedily
turn over O new leaf.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
-..- -.-- MUSIC.
MISS KELLOGG5 OPERA COMPANY.

Miss Kellogs's English Opera Company be-
gan season at the Academy OF Music last night aud
had pfesy large audience aud pleasant roo.puos.
It s company, containing artists Of msrt
and showing many signs Of bard study and careful re
bearssL We have doubt that Miss kellogg wito tho
materials her disposal might do great dos TO
revive "a reelected school OF and giye the pleasing
and graceful strains Of the English composers
lease VI popularity She cannot accom- ash an ythns
Of permanent value, however, ny tuning into Rassh
tine most familiar aud typical works 0f the
Italian stage, ani presenting thou under CIR .
cunstauces which must suggest ubtsv0fsble
comparisons The "Trovstore" cannot 90
nsturahzod. lis impossible situsloas wild rhetoric.
and musical bOmbast are bearabe only when they
and heard through another amOsp thaa oars.
II Is true that Miss Kellogg has always been nis1y snc-
cessfu In the chara0tcr Of LeoRor0; she uade Last
night dramatic aud vigorous ever; sue sang ho
music with sweetness and at TIE proper times with bti-
ancy and the consciousness OF what she could do with
part her for presenting this opera oa tho
opening night Bat Tue other gers not 80 foe
tunate Neither the Ndnrieo of Mr.. Msas nor The N
Luna OF MI Carleton can TO call d succtsfti Il tuisei
by the standards vita which comparisons seemed to 10
invited alt hOugh both gontonen have pleasant voioes
which would serve well IN less hsf"io parts. MIS-, be u
noui who took the role Of AEucso produces some ex
cellent eta with her strong aud resonant upper noso
ihough her lower register T. neuner fu noe rlcl
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
L RIPPLE SH E E. Il

The bill for organizing Senate has passed its first
reading In the French Assembly - preliminary
parley was held between the AfOnsiss and Carsts in
spain. c. The insurgents in Peru attempted to
capture the city OF AroQuipa but were defeated.
Tue discussion on Louisiana afolrs was continued 10
the Senate yesterday. proposition 10 consider the
Civil Rights bill defeated. A bil passed for
relief OF the Polars Survivors Iu tne House the
Republican bill to set aside the twOthrds rule
was rejected The repeal OF the Pacific Mail
steamship COmpanys subsidy was agreed TO-
Two bills introduced concerm3g Telegraph COM
ponies ard their rates. -= Tho President com
municated to the Senate nsal testers aud dspat hes
respecting the late disturbances lu Louisiana - Mr.
Irwin'S testimony continued before the Committee
Of Ways and Means Few facts elected. So
Ghe Washington correspondent Of THE TRIBUNE was
examined before the Committee On Alabama Affairs
Five unsuccessful ballots for United States Senator
were held by the Tennessee Legislature. Gov. Brown
renOminated and the name Of Gen. Bate wa3
withdrawn. The Ncw-York Legislature mSt In
evening session. Toe bill amend the laws relating
The port of New York passed to third reading In the
Senate a=== Gov. BrGle OF New-Jersey has nominated
NJ. Manning NJ Knapp OF Bergen County as his
Successor on the Supreme Court Bench Secretary
was nominated United States Senator from
NewJcrsey 10y the Republican caucus. 60 1t Is now
said t.0t the Midland Relief bt which has received
favorable report from the WAYS and Means Committee
Of the New Yor- Assembly Is in conflict with the
Constitution. TIe Secretary Of State of Louisiana
has been required to furnish tho Congressional Com
fDitee now ID Ne"-Oeans the papers t0u before
the Returning DOard. The NJ Euery party have
again proposed to submit the election OF 1872 to the arbi
trsiiOn OF the Committee
The -examiDatiOn OF Francis D. Moulton In the
srt against Mr. Beecher nearly flushed. - Ex-
ensiye reductions of force IN the Custom house
siih disnissals for completely ia smuggling,
,,ted ---= Di,sensons among the associated railway
lines we're reported. === The twenty second anni-
ygrssry OF toe Young Mems Christian Association OF
this city was celebrated vcePresident Wilson making
an address ====- JJhu " sutton lecturod before the
NewYork society Of Practical Engineering upon Belts
Of the Future" - Thermometer, SOo &C. 10. E=-=
Gold, Il2I ll2L 1I2l. Gold value OF the egaltender
dollar q, the close, 50 7-11.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
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buslnfss NoIlres.

THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACCIDENT Poi
wErrrES taIvELEas SsuRAScS CoNPASr Hartford
CHmBLAINs will be promptly relieved and
Ultimately cuj bathing afflicted parts with PoNDs EIrBiCT
LsES-PONDs EIrRACI invariably relieves the and
snsilv
NEGLECTED COUGHS AND COLDs.-Few are
Of the importance ofebeckos Cough Common Coli in
stage; hA! Which tbs beginning would yield to BRoSS'
TEocHE" fne7eced Onen WORKS tn, LuDgS
The BURGLAR ALARM referred TO so COM
pLmeBttflg THs PAPRR il made bT the
CHArPIoN BvROLAR ALAka AND ASNUNoiAIoR COSPASf
AID awarded The
HiGHEsr PRENIUk
q! the late Rtiihti0D Of the lBsttIe
IT.
Principal Once, ~ Vest gieeatb-St. n. T.
L. G. TLIOrsoE President
CoRNE1ms RonsxvzLT Seeretsry aud TressnLer
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

short time ago we were hearing from one and
another of the Pacific Mail directory that not a
single soul of them knew anything about the ex-
penditurc of money nc Washington to procure the
subsidy, ever authorized it. suspected it, or
ever dreamed that any money was was to be
spent. Col Irwin's testimony seems to put
a new face on that matter. Here is Mr.. Henry
Clews, for example. whom no characterizes as tho
most innocent and ignorant member of the
Board of Directors, who gives peremptory
orders to employ the most shameless lobbyist
who has been known for the last dozen years to
masquerade in Washington under the guise of a
newspaper correspondent. This lobbyist, on Mr..
Clews's order, as it would seem, gets paid
$4,000 of the Pacific Mai1s money. There has
been no time within dozen years when his inlu-
ence for anything would not have been dear at the
price Of box of cigars.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
THE DRAMA.
TIE REVIVAL OF EENRY V.

Formal announcement is made that Shake
speares historic. play d" Hoarg w. viii he p odhcod at
Booths DigL OF Foo. 8. for the first iins
IA EcwYJrk an that reserved sea for ther evening
Of the first week eau b now se"red TIe theaer VIII
kept closed during all OF next ~eek for purposes VI
rehearsal. Tho Iscrs sae LlAt tdey nave treDtd
their usual force OF mocaInics to Insure rapid aud
thorough perform OF ths Deed;u preliminary work.
aud taat they have e.gdgej moro tuan 40 psous for
the prOcessiOns tablcaux an bittlo sce"es Promise
Of accurate, impressive and finely paiDed scebery s
made Ia tho most empba;i' manner. Armor anh oiber
para pbernala Wii be hIstOr ally accurate. Fyo nun
dred persons vii ttko ia the presentation Of tti
spectace0r II Il t. b. more spect Gle thLn dram
Tho dramatic clement however, will o. nogl cted
M ca AZ OF narfA 1 A. fnlOwR.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
Nmnstments ano Mectines.


AnADxxy OF MusIc.-"M Mariana" Keosg.
Boora's TuRArxR.-'L Lttio Emily"
p,,vI,,,s ROMAN urPPopaoNR.-At 2SO: Grand Trot-
tiug Carnival ATS.
RRyANT's OPERA HoUsR.-Mnctrels.
n,,,,s FIFTH AVENUE BATTER" Women OF the Day"
IycKux THsATER.-" 'Twixt Axe and Grown"
OLYMPIC THEATER.-varety Performance.
PARK THIArkR.-"Ll File de Mime. ADgot"
San FRANCISCO MrNsTRELs.-Sirch and Wambold.
uSoS SQUARE THEATEK.-"Tae Two Orphans"
WALIAoK's niEATER.-" Tho Shaughraun" Dion Bou-
Cicault
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART-Ccsnola Collection
etc
MUNICIPAL REr RM ASSOCIATION. Address. II. r.
TdintUr
ROBINSON HALL" Be9oue Dull Care" Mr Maccane.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
STIP AND STOP.

This is not to be an article upon literary
composition, as the swift to conclude might
suppose from its title. On the contrary, this
is to be practical article about two phases
of Winter weather-ihe freezing and the
thawing. January usually gives us both OF
these in great perfection; and nothing is moro
marked than their differences moral and mete-
geological, Hard cold weather, with the mer-
csry sy.-:sn.ly sn....s ne.g ~ naive bglb.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

The all-porvading corruption OF the over
thrown District of Columbia Government Is
pretty well understood by this time; but
letter printed on our fourth page to-day makes
some new and interesting disclosures as to
the methods of the Ring robbers.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

The jury laws are no respecters OF persons
and even Rufus Hatch has to pay penalty for
refusing to do jury duty. Not content with
disregarding the summons of tho court, Mr..
Hatch lately INDUCED in violent language to-
ward the messenger of the law. whereupon he
has been called upon to pay $4,000 for libel
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

He led her TO the altar-it was in Wisconsin
church-bu just as she was about to plight her vir
gin faith she saw discarded lover i'll the gallery.
gazing down upon her with mixture of SORROW and
anger extremely piteous to behold. She did what
she could under such embarrassing circumstance
she tainted away. Remorse and anguish had very
properly taken possession of her soul for she had
on at the moment Of collapse some 1880 worth Of
jewels which that wretched man in the gallery had
given her Still, don't suppose that she gave up
the bird in her lily-white hand. They brought her
to- and made them one.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

The New-Jersey Republicans have conferred
the barren honor OF their nomination for
United States Senator upon the Hon. Geo. NJ.
RobesOn Had there been hope of electing a
kepublican this nomination wOuld not have
been % easily secured, however general the
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

advertisers ,oH please bring IN their tarorS
before sic o'clock in tie ereaiag. We cannot
undertake to classify those reeciUed after that
hour The greatly increasing demand upon our
PYess-rOona comDels as to send tie UariOus Pages
Of TIE TRIBUNE to press at an earlier hour than
heretofore, and thus makes the 0boce require
ment necessary.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

In the Pacific Mail investigation yesterday
Col. Irwin chatted very freely about the men
who handled the corruption fund and explained
the services which many of them rendered or
were expected to render. 1t seems that Mr.
Schumacher was retained for his prophetic
"power" This batch of testimony is enter
tanning, but brings us no nearer the great OBJ
ject of the inquiry-the part played by mem
bers of Congress in the corruption business.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

desire that Mr.. Robeson may find some now
and more useful sphere of official labor.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

Singular social sensation they have had in Atch-
son. To the shivering poor of that city, Senator
Ingalls, gave so cords of wood and at first every
body said How generous!" Alas when the
Relief Committee inquired for the fuel ii found
to be three or four miles away, on bluffs and in
rayines :" and that it would cost s. cord to get 1t
to the cityl Then some newspapers insinuated that
il was all a scheme to get a bit of land cleared up
choaply." Finally, the Senator's 30 cords of wood
given TO the beggars went a-begging. There is ono
comfort about il all The discussion about the
donation must have warmed u great many people.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

In some comments last week on the winding up Of
Chicago banks, We inadvertently substituted
the Merchants Bank for tho defunct Mechanics
Bank, Of which Mr. John Young Scammon was
formerly President. The Merchants Bank, we are
glad to learn stands In the first rank Of tho Chicago
banks, paid currency for all demands throughout
the panic of 1873, and has intention to close up
Tho connection IN which reference to the
Merchants Bank occurs makes II sufficiently evident
TO those acquainted with the situation In Chicago
tlas tas stsx. 4u,vs EaAs ass s..s eAx ssts.icl.
New-York tribune., 1875-01-26
:Ieiu'alork Daily Gribwats
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1875.

FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
, 1875-03-03

lGI6LCe III IOOuB GHG COMPOSITION OF L06
blood remains uniform, so that the latter is
not dissolved ailments. Besides, animals
can form fat from their own organism.
The process Of digestion in animals and
plants is the same, that is to say, the fer
mentations in both cases are Identical;
similar in the intestines of animals, as in
the sprouting Of a beet-root.
The success continues to be remarkably
sustained in the TREATMENT OF CONSUME
TIVE PATIENTS, in the hospitals of Paris,
WITH "KoUMYS,' or fermented mares milk,
so much IN vogue among the Tartar tribes
of Russia. However, it is generally pre-
pared by mixing cows and asses milk.
1t resembles skjm-milk, has a slight acid
aud piquant favour, and foams like cham
payne. In small doses, of three or four
glasses a day, it produces at first GOODNESS
in the stomach, then an agreeable heat,
and lastly, intellectual excitement. Five
quarts Of it will produce a gayish kind
OF intoxication, accompanied by headache
aud followed by sleep. In the course Of
some weeks of treatment, the body in-
creases nearly threefold in weight; but
this stoutness is but transient. These
effects IRE due to the carbonic acid, alco-
hol, and albumen contained in the milk.
Koumys restores sleep and appetite to
co0sumptive patients, for whom alone
it is prescribed !; diminishes the cough,
and destroys the fever. One to four bot
ties per day, over a period of six weeks,
commencing by four glasses between the
intervals Of n1oolr NTH poont oil how vorxy
UNDERGONE or quite raw, and q little, old
wine, but never after the "koumys."
Diodorus died of despair from inability
to solve the problem of StiIpo; Ch1on
expired of Joy when his son gained the
prize for boxing at the Olympic games;
Patkul, when delivered up to Charles XII.
of Sweden, fell dead at the spectacle of
the instrument for his execution. An able
Veterinary Surgeon, who has been in Sc
veral battles, had lately to submit to q
painful operation. He silently resigned,
but the moment the surgeon placed his
hand on him to operate, he turned pale and
expired. Recently, strong and healthy
man was found dead in his bed after the
minutest post norton examination, in which
no cause of death could be discovered, it
was concluded he had fallen q victim to
a frightful dream.
According to Comte du Moncel, engineer
to the Telegraph Department, BLACK SILK,
generally supposed to be a non conductor,
is on the contrary A GREATER CONDUCTOR
THAN COTTON sTUFFs, both depending, like
our furniture, for their electric condition,
on their power of absorbing vapor from
the atmosphere. Black is thus more af-
fected than colored silk, because it is
more charged-often to 800 per cent. Of
IFS weight, with tannate of iron, lis color
ing ingredient. Silk, cotton, and wool,
disturb the needle of the galvanometer
so proportionately as to enable M. de
Moncel to estimate the mixture of these
ingredients in a tissue, and SO detect
frauds.
The SWISS LAKES are nearly 1000 feet
deep, LIGHT entering to the depth Of $50
feet in summer, and 1870 in winter /; the
bottom is dark as night, and contain spe.
cies of animals with and without eyes.