New-York tribune., 1876-12-20


of temperature Thermometer yesterday, l9O, 2S0,
| 200.
The Democrats of South Carolina have
taken the edge off of the name of Butler.
Hereafter NJ. G. can balance b. f.
So long as Mr. Glover remains in public
life, every well-regulated telegraph company
must be it's own paper-mill. Telegrams Will
hardly be safe even in pulp.
We may be unjust, but it is getting little
monotonous to read of the daily official visits
to the theaters with the customary verdict
that everything is all right. The inspectors
may as well DO Il little inspecting
This time it has been our turn The French
Government having promptly made amends
for the defamatory statement imputed to NJ.
du Sommerard, Minister Washburne has as
readily apolog1zed for the arrest of Capt.
Aufrye. Our differences with France always
end i'll friendly explanations.
| In France civil service reform has not ex-
tended to the projects, who are expected to be
of one mind with the Government. Accord
ingly NJ. Simon is about to prove his party
loyalty by making important changes among
these officials. In this way he may remove
the distrllst of politicians who question his
| irmneSs and energy.
The first evening of the sale of the collection
! of John Taylor Johnston brought ont large
attendance bllt low prices. The "Slave Ship"
was sold for only $4,000, though it ia said
M. Inhu
sum, and the highest price of the sale $ll l,ooo,
| was got for Meissonier's "Soldiers at Cards"
| The aggregate of prices received was Sl3SOOO
for "a pictures.
1t has been officially decided that the Brook
| lyn Navy-Yard shall not be abandoned This
will revive hope, which, there is good au-
thority for saying springs eternal in the breast
of the Brooklyn Democracy. That virtuous
faction had Oh one of its candid transpa-
rencies during the campaign this motto zone
"more rally and the Navy-Yard is ours " Let
the Brooklyn Democracy prepare to rally again
-four years from now
Warden Pisbury Of the Albany Penitentiary
saws that the secret of the success of that i'll
stitution is that it is managed "with disci-
|
actly and that is the principle we shall hope
to see Mr.. Pilsbury carry into effect in the
| State Prison system, of which an Albany let
ter indicates he is likely soon to be made the
head. He seems to be Just the man for the
place, and it is to be hoped that Gov. Robin
son aud the Senate will soon give him an OPP
portunty of proving it.
| oult fNr a,ip
scenery fire-proof, of which an interesting ac-
count is given elsewhere, should turn out well,
the public will have derived n great benefit at
his hand. He shows no disposition to monop-
olize the knowledge gained by his simple ex-
periments and the cheapness OF the process
will insure its adoption in every theater
| throughout the country, If it is finally ap-
proved. With the scenery rendered non-com-
bustible, the one great source of danger will
be removed, and audiences everywhere may
! breathe freer.
Now that the politicians at Washington have
sensibIy abandoned the notion of making q
canvassing board out of the Supreme Court,
the possibility Of settling the dispute by re-
ferring to it some one of the mOOted ques-
tions, the decision of which will decide every
| tllng, comes again iHtO NlC"' ihO o'ibhi"i
jurisdiction of the court is so limited that this
can only be done by request from Congress
| by concurrent resolution for its opinion, and
then the court would have the right which it
would hardly exercise to refuse. Such decision
would be all the more impressive, coming by
this informal method, inasmuch as the consent
of both parties would be necessary to the re-
quest, and the same desire to reach conclu-
sion that would dictate the step and make
sure of speedy acceptance of the decision
1t would then be the people appealing to its
august tribunal for short way out of great
trial. At the same time, there will be many
who will prefer not to have the court drawn
into the controversy even to this extent
g If there be any who have lost their way iE
the mazes of the Louisiana case, they will be
grateful for the statement on another page of
the briefs filed by the two parties before the
Senate Committee at New0rleans yesterday.
This will give them, if not the facts, at least
a clear account of the claims of each side
about which they can draw their own conclu-
sions. Intimidation is the burden of the Re-
publican case; fraud of the Democratic. The
Republicans assert the existence of reign Of
terror for the twelve months preceding the
election, whereby from 10000 to $4,000 Re-
publicans were prevented from voting at all,
and from 5000 Ito 5000 were coerced into
voting the Democratic ticket. This general
charge is followed by specifications which are
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