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New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

up to his standard of right, whatever that may
be. It may be small or blgoted. but it is
usually more pure, honest, and high than that
Of the people about him. The effect OF TINS
great body of workers is shown not by the
exceptional crimes and follies which thrust
themselves into notice, but by the condition
of tho great mass of the American
people; their clean, chaste, honest domestic
life; their prompt, mexorable verdict against
the swindler or criminal, no matter how hlgh
his Office; the place they have held among
other nations as defenders of liberty, knowi-
edge, and of the right of each man to all the
chances for developing manhood. The visitors
to the Exposition will not gain as true an
idea of our religious or social condition by any
religious meetings, however effective they may
be, as by the study of the people themselves
their every day conduct, bearing, speech, when
they come up from their obscure homes to the
celebration. We shall be satisfied with YER
diet based on that evidence.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
9nnex 10 NOpernscmenIe.

AuusYsENT.- 81 oroe-4th, 5ih and G'h columns
tOlKU AND ROUs--3d IGge-3i antlih colunlhN'
BUSINESS CHAN,Ls-sd Idge-3t Column
IUslNtHs NoTlCF~-iM I0QS-1st COllhn'
COPAETNKKsrIF NOTICEs--3d PdJs c"p'nn
CONFORMATION NOTCES-3d Td0c-5d cOiu'Dh
IENTIsIEY- 81 P00c--l~t column
DIyInkND NOIIClS- IN IdQe-6tb coluihl'
Day GOODS 80 IGge-lst column
EINANCIAIe-7H Fd0c-3th ana Oih coinlhns'
EuHNITUhL-3d IdGe-lst column
HE'LL XASTiD- 81 Yuge-6th column.
HOTgLs-3d Td0e-4tn column
HORsFS. CARRIAGE. NC-3d Pdgc-Isl coluuhi'
INsrRi CrIoN- 6h PdJC-5ih column
LECTURES AND MELTtNGs-3d Pdge-Oth colulhh
Legal sTICEs-.d Id9e-Gth column
MARBLE AND SLATE MANTEiS-3d PGGe-l cOiuuin'
NAEKIAGEs AND DEAIIIs-5M IaJe-Gih coninl on,
NlsCPLIANHOuS-3d PGge-lst column; Sh Fo3e-o'n
NUsI0AL ISsrRuMENrs-3d Pdqe-6th column
NEw PUpLIC ArIONS--6M PUGc-4th aud ON columns.
REAL IeTATP For SAIE-CtTY-3d Fd1c--d tOluHn
COUNTRY Sd Idge-2d column; To LAChAN0h- o."
Pd1e-2d column.
euhs ny AUcTloN-2d PdGe-6th column. -
eTuATIONs MASTED-MALEs-3d PdIe-'th coiumh
FsMALEs-3d PO0s-5th ana 6th Columns
SPEUIAL NOIiCEs jM Pdge-6th column. c., 90,
STE NMBOAIs AND kAILROADs-ON !GGe-olh anu o'" ''i
umns. o,,
JRACHERs--GN paCe-5th cOnrln - ,,,,,,,
To IYr-CIfY PROfERTY-3d Pdge-2d column bHooh,,
LYE-:sd Pags-3d column; Coz NlIN -"G 1"ge--'
wISTEg Rp,oErs-:@ Page-ith column.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
AN FypENSITE PIPE.

We didn't think that Washington could be
beaten in ling expensive things to the streets,
but there has been little job down in Calves
ton which ia worthy of tho attention OF all
makers of money out Of municipalities. 1t all
came of a ppe-not tobacco pipe, nor pipe
of peace. nor even a Shepherds pipe. 1t seems
that in Ninetccnth-st., in Galveston aforesaid,
n pipe of the hydraulic description was wanted
"for fire purposes An Alderman by the wet
name of Jordan managed to secure an appro-
priation of 900 for laying this innocent
conduit on the 9TH OF August. On the 9th OF
September he obtained a further appropriation
of $2,O3j 81; on the 30th of September,
S31s6 80; on the 18th of October, S1,784;
on the 30th of October, T2,G69; on
the 30th of November, $3,261 81; on the 9th
of December, So. .f60, and on the 3lst OF
December, 1921 81. Then there was bill
of S5,O72 50 for hire Of a pump to keep the
trench clear of water Here the Aldermen
became slightly apprehcnsive. There never was
such pipe heard Of. 1t threatened to plunge
the City Of Galveston into insolvency. Twenty
one Thousand One Hundred and Thirty eight
Dollars spent, besides Five Thousand Dollars
for the pump; and yet they were informed
that Two Thousand -Four Hundred aud
Seyenty-onc Dollars moro were wanted to
complete the pipe! "No more pipes when this
"is d0nc,' they cried, both stOutly and unani-
mously.
This is Il specimen of stories which reach us
from many and widely distant cities, which
have hcapcd up an aggregate of millions upon
millions Of debt in Just Ibis way. Somebody
proposes pipo. 1t will be just nothing. 1t
will be very convenient pipe. The mover
does not see how they have got along without
it. 1t will really cost nothing. So little
money i, voted. and the diggers begin to dig
Then a little more money is voted, and there
is IA little more digging; and so they go on
voting and digging and digging and voting,
until the time comes to issue bonds. W Ill
this miserable pipe never be laid One SCI OF
contractors having attained opulencc. retncs.
Fresh proposals, new contracts, additional APP
preparations but the pipe is never completed.
The costly steam-cngine clanks, the jolly Ia
borcr3 flourish their spades, the civil engl-
nccrs supcrintcnd and estimate; all concerned
think that they have got windfall in that
pipe and they arc right. There is something
drcadiuIly unccrt lin about public pipe. 1t has
an innate power of lengthenng itself, ana OF
costing more by the foot than any private pipe
Of whatever description. Almost every city
has it, pipe. only they call it by some other
name Sometimes they christcn it park. We
have known it to he a bridge, or pier, or
hail. or road. 1t makes no difference. 1t
comes to the same kind of money and great
deal of it. The aggregate indebtedness OF
American cities j. attracting attention and 1t
all comes of Pipe!
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGN.-Cardinal Ledochowsk was released
bom prison. =-= Lauenburg was to be lncorpo-
rated in Prussia. =-- The funeral OF Ference
Deak took place. -= The Cambridge University
Boat Club dc, lined the American challenge. =-
The Spanish Senatorial elections resulted favoraby
10 the Government.
DoMEsriC.-In Congress, yesterday. the Senate
adopted the resolution 10 pay the February interest
Of tho District 800 bonds limiting the issue OF
bonds to 81 900. .O00 and abolishing the Board OF
Audit III the House. diplomatic Appropriations
wero discussed Sir Singleton OF Mississippi sald
the eonth had come into Congress for three
purposes first, to secure levee improvements
ON the Mississippi, and secondly, to aid
the Southern Pacific and as to the third
he did not state it Mr.. Hale of Maine charged
that the third object repayment Of the SGO,OOO-
900 cotton tax. == The Canal Board removed En-
gineers Yates and Omsted, appointing Engineers
elrles Goodwin and Sweet. -= Amherst Col
lege voted not to send crew to Saratoga. on account
of the expense. - -Four hundred men are to be
employed on the new Capitol. -- The Lands case
was given to the jury. = In the State Legislature,
bills were offered to enable wives to testify against
their husbands. to create county school commits
sions to decide Oh textbooks, to enlarge the powers
of the Canal Board, TO propose constitutional
school amendment and with reference to summary
proceedings for rent; the Assembly had a long de-
bate over the Monroe County treasury defalcation.
e. rumor comes from India of a short mutiDy
on the United States steamer Tennessee. -= The
State Canal Commissioners have reported in favor
of the sale of tho Chemung, Chenango and other
lateral canals.
CITY AND SUBUBAN.-The Chamber of Com
merco considered the subjects Of a monetary unit
and the Cuban trade as affected by the rebellion
and declared that savings bank trustees should not
be held personally responsible for deposits. =--
The Corporation Counsel and Commissioner OF Pub
Lie Works held that the Commissioner should decide
whether CITY work be done by contract OF days
labor. - corOner's jury declared luchs guilty
of the murder of Simmons. -= The Lib
ersl Republican General Committee resolved to
continue TO its organization. -= The Ianmany
General Committee passed resolutions in favor OF
general amnesty. -== Brooklyn Democrats, under
the lead of Mcssrs. Marshall, Slocum, and Hunter
formed new Kings County Committee. - fire
In Beekman-st. destroyed publishing property val
ned at $4,000. - Gold, 113, 113, 113. Gold
value Of tho legal-tender dollar at the close oo'2
cents
The WRAThrR.-Thc Government report predicts
snow followed by cold and clearing weather
- In this city Yesterday the day was cold with
warmer weather and snow at night; thermometer
l2o, IT, 24o.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

-Four State Conventions have already been called
10 make ready for the ensuing campaign, and the
announcements of Others will follow thick and fast
For the next nine or ten months the elections and
their results will be the uppermos topic all over the
country and his political predictions the diversion of
the American citizen In this Presidential year cor
rect political information is a necessity, and for this
purpose The TRIBUNE ALMANAC is standard and i'll
dispensable. Politicians have depended on this little
manual for years and can least of all dispense with
IT now 1t contains the popular and electoral votes
for the last fifty years
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

Ascandalou~ story was published Wodneslayof the
"rloprment of the Earl OF Dunrayen with young
lady of Quebec. Ii has not shadow Of foundation,
and il is dificult to understand how so gross a
Islander cond have originated. Almost every state
mcnt in the article in question is false. The Earl Is
not a bachelor" but is most happily married. and
Lady Dunravcn. who has visited America with him.
u well known IN Ncw-lork. Neither IS II true hat
he has Travelled with the greatest secrecy or that
il is mot known at present where he is stopping"
Ills friends are well aware that he is at his hotel in
this city and that lady is OF has been there IN his
company.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
TILE OrESTION or WILKES BOOTB

THE QUESTION or WILKES BOOIH.
When the Clerk of the House Committee Of
Ways and Means denied the other day that ho
had ever named child John Wilkes Booth,
We accepted BIS denial without reserve and
promptly published it, though it was made i'll
"a rather suspicious and evasive manner. For
our part we were glad to believe that the
stories so widely circulated about this man
were untrue,-glad for the sake Of our country
and of common humanity to believe that
there was no one base enough to call u son
after the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. But
it seems that we were too ready to trust the
fathers denial. SO many witnesses have since
borne testimony to the truth of the original
report that we have been induced TO make
fresh inquiries, and the result is to satisfy
us that whatever name tho child may
have received in baptism, if be received
any, he was always known in the fami.
as Booth" Gentlemen whose word cannot
be doubted assure us that they have heard the
father boast that he had a child named John
Wilkes Booth Residents Of Atlanta assure us
that the fact was notorious in that city. When
the family were In Washington few years
ago, the name was a common subject OF con-
versatiOn among those who came in contact
with them. The child himself, when asked
his name, always answered "JOhn Wilkes
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
TROCBLE BETWKEN GRAyT 4ND BEbTOW.

AN ACCOUNT ABOUT STORMY s,ENf Al ne re
WHITE HOUSE, WHICH l. HIGHLY "lNlthn''N'
From IN, Phiidde'phto Iipe' -
WASHINGTON, Feb. "A story, yonchrd i ioi
by men VINO are worthy of all belief regarding u au. %
Rlhcock is In active circulation tonight. IL j. 20 w
effect that at an interview to-day with stcteies p, s
tow and Plcrropon the President declared NJ P Pv
nose TO 40 to ST. LOUIS and give his itsun.vnyy
m Bahcock's favor Tie interview assumed stot"o 90
aspe [ aud the President took occasion 10 lelel lelnS
terms OF disapproyal. concluding with the lea l,aa
parties near to him, while they were Piec'ask sack,
10 be his friends. were really his enemies THE
ing to build themselves up at ms a. F'n'u, 'u,iuted
PRESIDE manner WAS Enthusiastically EI',,.,
and Secretary Bristow. In asi0nlshmeM ana u',,ooI
turned about and walked 20 the window, whsie lance
looking uut for some moments An mleifM VI pi'',s,ed
ensncd which was broken by Pertepont "uo s.se IN.
i'm a suhlued tone tia. he thought no president hig.
cliueI 10 b. hs-ty and severe III his snd
mppt 10 which Grant responded in q l"on IA
angry tone that when ho wished auilce .ot,a .tns be
Cabinet couus.lors to his personal aha,I,, I'm.
vould notify them The President has cs ~; 100 40
pcrtnrbability and has fallen INTO an nr,ao,Iy With
which he becomes violent anL aDlsite especa,,,,on q
to The parties concerned IN the nro.
the Whisky Ring Tbe story has some Inaiss o - m.
ahy hui II Is so oXceeniif youched for thsl - ~ ths
nm Wise 10 entirely discrcdit t. Tue enort " dsyt
President to put his iestiulony a She shspe "' ="
will not be abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

tuition In which the claims Of college etuden of teac
es Of special students. OF advanced wOrkcrs And ~
original investigators will be considered, - far aa tSs
means and space OF tho establishment will allow Ths
public will iDd In the exhibition all that IA i,LeIy
~ he OF interest from the stores OF the nstui on abeS
and arranged TO be not only instructive bur sne
gestiye The special students will have Al their COM
mand, under proper regulations, In the and wori
Of the assistants the materials OF the departmeni
in which they interested. To the original inyes
gator the of the will always be ayas
ble under generous restrictions, with facilities for th~
publication Of Investigations made with mIse,m ma
teralB, far the Of the institution will any
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
g TAXING cIEE or PENNSTLUiNYr


II was Gen. James W. Nye, then delegate
from New-Y0rk to the Chicago Republican
Convention of 1850, who, after Mr.. Stewards
defeat in the Convention, remarked in the
course Of lively dialogue with Pcnnsyl-
vana delegate, which was somewhat spattercd
with interjections taken at random from the
prayer-book, that he had been in great many
National Conventions of great many differ
ent parties, "but," said he, with an emphasis
that came near breaking a tumblcr. 81 never
"was in one yet when Pennsylyany wa MT
"waiting to be seem" That impression had
somehow got abroad. And yet why should it At
that very Convention the Pennsylvania delega-
ton had presented the name OF Simon Cameron
as Presidential candidate, and had fondly
clung to him until the negotiations were COM
pleed by which he was 10 80 into Mr.. Lin
coins Cabinet. 1t is to be regretted that there
should be suspicious of the sincerity of any
politician; especially lamcntablo that the
Pennsylvania politician should be dstrustcd.
For Pennsylvania is an important State, and
has been considered for many years, in the
8guratiyo speech of our politics, keystone
and a keynote aud other such things More
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

of his successors. The past years additions to
the Museum are of unusual valre. The prac-
teal service TO science and education OF It's
well kept collections is becoming apparent
since they have been so arranged and classl-
fed as to be accessible to students.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
Dusiiiees Notices.


SOLID Silver Forks, Spoons, Tea SETS, and ana
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To ONE AND ALI.-Are you suffering from
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cious remedy This quaCk preparation bat Is iSI
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amnssmenls ano alsstin@s Co Night.

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Ro Tus THEATki-" Juiids CUsaf."
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Tony PASTORS NEW THEATEK.-2 ana :: Neiiet'
VSION SOUAEE THEATRE" Rose MlcheL'
NAILACKs THEATEll-" Married in Has,c"
AoADTMY or DESIGS.-ATnual Exhibition OF 'He AinciE
can Society of Painters III Water oofs
Ass pCIATiON HAI.-LectuIe. Is. r. IaNlor. ~
BKOOkLYN ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-3 Pbdharm0hlc he-
hearsal.
COIos5rUM.-" Siege OF Paris"
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

! B0o.hr The child's nurse hahualiy gave
him tie same appellaton. And the ia'hef
confirms all this testimony by acknowledging
iu his statement to the Washington correspond
cnt of TIE TRIBUNE that the child WAS
sometimes called Booth because ncighbof
chad child called Abraham Lincoln, AN
acknowledgment which makes the ahih'u' 10"
clear for doubt. :,
And now we ask again. What is to be Thought
of the Democratic leader of the House VINO
take, this man ont of his Obscurity and MS
him M TO public view as specimen OF thc
Southern Democracy Here is a man who mas
done what ought TO exclude him forever IRON
all decent society; a man who has glorled III
having honor to murderer; man VINO
fastened upon his innocent child the name OF
one of the most dastardly assaSslns IN history
n man who chcrisbes long after the war mas
closed. u malignant and diabolcal hatred OF
his country, and holds in such abhorrence the
memory of the martyr President that he
snews his venom ON LincOln's grave.
Such man is traitor at heaFt as
well as q brute No right thinking, patriotic
American can meet him on terms OF, fellow
shin. But our Democratic friends no sooner
Get po.sc-sion of the House of Representatives
than they choose him. of all the men in the
United States, for one Of their most important
clerkships They turn disabled Union soldiers
out of the petty places which the Government
has provided for them, and give an Office to
the blatant admirer of Abraham Lincoin'S
assassin.
If there is any ser-rcspect in the Commit
tee of WAYS and Means it will lose no time
in undoing this shocking blunder. NO doubt
1t is true that when liamblctQn was appointed
the facts now brought to light were not
known, although it would I've strange If his
general character and sentiments had not been
known to those who appointed him. But
there can be no excuse for neglcctinS an IN
Ouiry now. This is not trliing matter Il
mere question of a clerk ship. The Democratic
party is on trial. Ii has not done too much
since its surprising successes in 1871 to give
us confidence in its wisdom or integrity, or
10 make lis forget how it treated Lincoln d'r-
ing his lifetime, and how large number oi
its ablcst and most popular leaders bore them
selyc, i'm the crisis of their CountIy's pcnl.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

There was some prospect at times during the
Senate debate on District finances that the
misgovernment which has created so much
debt would be subjected 10 further overhaul
ing. The joint resolution passed dispels that
hope, but gives in its place fair reason to ex-
pect that future extravaganza of the Shepherd
Ring type will be embarrassed by wholesome
fear of the penitentiary.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

The remarkable disparity between our slender
exports to Cuba and our heavy imports from
that island has attracted the attention of the
Chamber of Commerce. The members were
divided in opinion as to the moral to be drawn
from the fact, but there appears as yet no
probability that it will furnish fresh occasion
for putting our navy on war footing.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

Mr.. Campbell, tho new Superintendent Of
Public Works, shows the good sense that was
expected from him IN his view concerning the
merits of the contract system compared with
day labor The lobby, it is said, hlssed the
reading of Mr.. Campbells letter; it is to be
hoped the Aldermen will not mistake such
Kisses for public opinion.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

We have invested six millions in the Brook
lvn Bridge. II will take a trii!e over six NIL
lions more to finish il. The work can be done
and I've made remuneratiyc by 1879. Shall
New-Yo1k do her duty under the law, and so
secure the prompt completion of an enterprise 50
gigantic, novel, and yaluablc' Or shall
we rather lie cut Of the interest on the
one-half of the total cost already spent,
and entanclc ourselves in legal diil'cul-
ties besides The communication presented
yesterday by Mr.. Murphy to our Eoard
of Aldermen sets forth the facts, ana
on his showing, il seems to us that sagaoiouS
business men can make but one answer. The
bridge ought to be finished just as rapidly as
possible, and Ncw-Iork ought promptly and
chcerfully to do her part toward it,
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

The Index to THE DAILY TRIBuNE Is pub
lished to-day in compact little volume
of 50 pages, uniform with THE TRIB-
UNE ALMANAC II is, we believe,
much the most complete index ever
made to any daily newspaper i'll the country.
Its arrangement is such that it will also
serve measurably well as al index to any
large daily newspaper since the general
news under any heading may be usually found
within a few days Of the date given in this
index in any other paper which contained
il at all For those who have flies
of TIE TRIBUNE it il simply in
dispensable II makes the great mass of
matter Of permanent value which TIE
TRIBUNE is constantly issuing as accoS-
sible as if presented i'll book iom !;
and even to readers who have
no Gle of TIE TRIBUNE at hand, it is an in
valuable guide for showing precisely
where they can get the matters to
which they wish to refer, whenever
they may have an opportunity at public
Libraries or elsewhere to consult the file. Law
yers will on this account find it Of special
value There is no important case i'll the courts
and no prominent public incident to which
their cases are likely TO refer, for which they
cannot find cew in this index. IL is sold at our
counter, or forwarded postpaid TO any address,
for % cents. 1t and the Almanac stitched to-
gether in substantial pamphlet of $50
pages. are sent to any address for 10 cents,
postpaid.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

From The report of the trustees OF the Mu-
scum of Comparative Zoology, 1t is clear that
the great work on which Prof Agassiz chiefly
expexded bis life is not suffering in tie hands
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

The Prussian Kingdom secures 400 square
miles of territory with about 100000 ihliaoi-
tants, bv incorporating Lauenburg. This duchy
was acquired Jointly by Prussia and Austria
from Denmark in 1864. In 1860 Austria gave
up her claim in favor of the Emperor iiiiani'
who has since governed the little State as
Duke of Lauenburg with Prince Bismarck Us
his Premier. A separate Government beng
needless, the duchy now becomes ProS7ian
territory,
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

BY sanctioning the engagement OF Princess
Beatrice and Prince Louis of BattenD"rg,
Queen Victoria has shown herself indlspo'ed
70 have another of her daughters marry
r itish necr. The social Gnn0yanccs which
have attended the marriage of the Marquis of
Lorne and the Princess Louise are certainly
sufficient to discourage a second alliance WIN
the peerage. Being a British sailor ana
companion of the Prince of Wales, Parliament
will doubtless regard Prince Louis with favor
when it Is called upon to vote his intended
bride dOwry.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

A recent review by The AMeaGnm OF the
new volume of Mr. Emersons works, fell far
below the average standard of that Journals
criticisms, and, our London correspondent
thinks, calls for a protest from Americans
That kind of criticism, however, was abun-
dant in the earlier part Of Mr.. Emcisons career
and it is likely to he quite as powerle'S now
as then. Our correspondent points ont a cuii-
ous misapprehension on the part of the critic
of remark by Mr. Emerson concerning Shell
leys poetry. A fair familiarity with the au-
thors writings would have in this cast saved
the critic from a blunder. Distaste for Shell
lcy's works has no novelty for Mr. EmcIson's
readers.