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New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
subyert the Government so long as Eaton's in
the Senate.
TIN pJLGRJM BANOUET.


Whatever else NAV have resulted from the
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, nobody can
deDy that it has been fruitful of much paint
ing, poetry, and oratory. The descendants OF
these noble pioneers properly keep up the
memory of the bad dinners OF plymouth ny
eating exceedingly good ones In New iorh'
If the Puritan sermons were long ana duii'
which we fear cannot be denied, albeit the
pious listeners found them neither, the FORE
fathers Day speeches are usually short ana
sprightly. There is rather sameness about
the manner and matter of these post-prandlal
OratlOns, but then it must be c0nsidered tlae
they are post-prandial, and that at late hour
o little fun, wit, humor, badinage, goes great
way. What the stern old gentlemen OF the
Mayfower would say if resurrectionized to TINS
deipnosophlstical method of perpetuating their
memory, it is unnecessary and unimportant 10
inquire. Possibly they would say nothing, but
would fall to and swallow and sip with the
rest, especially if still az hungry as they were
during the parched-com period.
Two and half centuries do wonders IN
throwing the gilded fog of myth and tradition
about our primitive annals 1t is surprising
how Old we Americans manage to feel, es-
pecially during this centennial year. Ger
tainly century is not quite so much as
thousand years, while they are as nothing In
that Eternal sight which knows nothing Of an
tiauity. But two hundred and fifty years are
a long time, especially when it is full OF such
q history as ours. Ii is not hard to make he
roic picture of the little ship, Of the frozen
bov. of the stern coast, and of the courageous
company landing upon it. 1t is good deal
harder for us to find out our definite relation
to our own time. and to do work worthy OF
such an ancestry in our own day and genera
tion, We can talk, it is true, or our reVer-
ence for the forefathers; we admit that theirs
was a heady fight against wrong ana error;
but we do not see that for us too might DE
cross and crown. Yet after all the best VIZ
tue is unconscious, and there may be more
merit in our lives than we modestly suppose
At least, let us think so!
Celebrations like that of last night, as well
as 80 many others which have marked the
nr,,cnt wear, prove, if there was any need OF
nrovinp il. that the best in human affairs has
a touch in it of Immortality. There have
been great, heroic actions which are now los'
to us. their memory all faded out and the
names of their dOers as if they had never Deeh
borne. But how much, on the other manu. is
nreseryedl How deathless are many deeds!
How many actions still blossom and smell
sweetlyl so too, the low, the dastardly, the
cowardly, the selfish, is remembered for our IN
dipnation or hate, and with it still the
wrath which it provoked, and the valor to
death by which it was confronted. When we
are disposed to think ill of this world OF ours
we should remember how lovely Is that which
il does not willingly let die.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
gnoex to aousrlisemenls.

XnusKMyNrs-llh paOp-5th and 9th columns.
R1NKINe HOUSES AND BANKERS-1Ott Fdde-4th cOluDln'
BoIRD ANN RooMs-11h Pa0e-5th column
BUSINESS CHANCEs-1lh Pa0e-4th column
BnsIEEss NoTIcEs-6h Pd0e-1st column
DANCING ACNDRMIES-9h PdQe-lSt column.
DgSTlsTRY- 11M Pd0e-5th column.
DIVIDEND NoTICEs-10h Pdge-4th cOlumb
DRY GooDs-11h Page-4th column.
EUROPEAN ADvERTIsEMENTs-1om Pd0e-5th ana 6th
columns.
FIsANCIAI-IOh Pa0e-3d column.
FURNITURE 11h Pa0e-4th column.
HEIP WANTED-11h Pd0e-6th column;
HORSES, CARRIAGES. &c.-1uM Pd0e-4th coiunn.
HoTELs-1lh PdQe--6th column
HousRs AND FARMS WANTED-11h PaGe-2d column.
Ick CREAM 9h Idoe-lst column.
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IRcrUREs AND MHETIyGs-11h Pdqe-6tb column
LEGAI NOTTCEs-10M PG0S-4th column.
IOsT AND FoUND--1I Ih Pd0e-4th column.
MARBLE AND SLATE MAETEIs-1lh Fa0e- 4dh column
MARIIAGEs AND DEATlis-7h Pd0e-Oth ana oth ooiuhhS
MuIINERF-1Oh Pdge-4th column. as,
ELIANEOUs-1lh III Pd0e-4tb column; I'm Fd0e-2th'
MEsIssI UsI' al iSsTRTMFSTs-lIh Page-6th column
REAI ESTATE For SAE-CTTY-11M Pd0e-2d column
CoUNTRY-1lh Pa0c-2d column; To ENChANGE-1lH'
PdQe-2d column. , a., ,,,,,,s
eIIEs ny AUCTION-llh Pd0e-4th column.
SAVINGS BANKs-10h PGGe-3d ana 4th cOlunh
sPECIAL NoTICBs-7th PdGe-6th column 80
SrrUArfoNs WANTED MALES-11h Fu0e-6tn coluHlh
PEMALRs-1lM IidOe-6th column -. ..,,
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sTE1aEits, ocsAN-5h PaCc-6th column.
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10 LET CITY PROPERTY - llh race "a cOl'uIu %
BKOoKLYN-lIM Page--2d column; CoUNTEY-lIa'
To %sox IT MAY CoNcERN-1Oh Paoe-5th column.
WINTER REsoRrs-11h Page-5th column
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

voluntary on the part of the recipient,
the sending of it cannot be traced with
certainty if the sender chooses to avoid
detection. So "evidence" of this kind,
not legally conclusive, because it cannot
be traced with certainty from supposed sender
to recipieent, but exceedingly damaging in pub
lie opinion, can at any hour be manufactured
by either party. 1t is time to recognize prln-
ciple more important than the so-called =" in
volatility of kilograms" namely this, that
telegraphic dispatches are comparatively worth
less as evidence unless supported by peculiar
testimony, establishing connection between
persons, reasonable motive, actual sending,
actual receipt, and definite effect, and there
fore should be called for as evidence only
when, by other and satisfactory proof, such
preparation has been made as to give q par
ticular dispatch value as evidence. In such
cases, and only in such cases, the overhauling
of dispatches can serve the ends of justice.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

fever, and even by smallpox. The tables Of
births show the well-known but little under
stood result, in which statistics from other
places agree, that January always has the most
births, and April by far the fewest.
Although not in the front rank In that
respect, Philadelphia is healthier city than
New-York. This is chiefly because the tene-
ment-house system is less practiced there than
here But no one can peruse statistics upon
such points without concluding that the health
of any city is very largely dependent upon
the activity of its sanitary authorities. In
certain portions of the year Calcutta has q
lighter dcath-rate than New York, solely be-
cause its health regulations are more strin-
gently enforced. That an immense reduction
in the mortality of New-York might be
effected is not open to doubt. The excess OF
deaths always appears in the district occupied
by tenement-houses, except In the rare in
stances when some epidemic started there
makes general beadway. Our Health Board
perhaps does as well as can be expected with
its very limited means. But New-YOrk, having
a climate tempered by the warmth of the Gulf
Stream possessing every facility for drainage,
being on an island that is high in the
middle and slopes toward the sides, and
supplied as yet without stint or measure with
CrotOn water ought to be one of the
healthiest cities on the globe. That it is not
is from deficiency of sanitary restrictions Cg
from the want of their enforcement AS te
what might be done here and in other cities,
it will be sufficient to quote the words OF Mr.
James L. Gardner at the last meeting of the
American Public Health Association From
the united results of typographical, geo.
illogical, and sanitary surveys OF large area,
" / believe IL possible to deduce, with absolute
" certainty, the principal causes of prevailing
" diseases, and to point out practical remedies
" that will reduce the death-rate to one-haf
"its present amount, and Danish from, the
"world an untold weight of suffering and
"sOrrown
Nevertheless the records of the Health De-
partment of this city for the year now pass
ing show an Improvement which, so far as it
goes, is very satisfactory. The control that
has been obtained over smallpox is exceed
ingy creditable to our sanitary officials.
There is some hope that the efforts to stamp
out diphtheria have been measuraby success
full but as this hope is founded on a reduction
of the mortality from that disease in only
part of the year, it may prove illusory. At
all events it is certain that the spread of sew
eral of the more fatal diseases can be pre-
vented, and some of them can be almost ex-
terminated, whenever our municipal author
tiles shall devote their energies as thoroughly
to the health of the city as they now do to its
politics.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
THE PROSPECT IN THE EAST.


The cloudy situation at COnstantinOple is
clearing up little. We have at last three
distinct facts, each of which has direct bear
ing on the settlement of the difficulty. The
Preliminary Conference has finished its labors
with greater success than was to have been
expected, and the Plenary Conference, which
will have authority to fix the exact terms of
settlement upon the general basis now es-
tablshed, will meet in COnstantinOple to-day.
A prolongation of the armistice for two months.
although not officially announced, and possibly
not yet signed by the parties interested, has
undoubtedly been agreed upon; and, finally,
the new Constitution of Turkey, so long prom
ised, is actually to be promulgated with all
due solemnities to-day. The accession of Mid
hat Pasha to the Grand -Yiziership, at this
juncture, has an additional significance. 1t
will be accepted as an assurance, if only
temporary one. of Turkeys intention OF carry
ing out her present scheme of administrative
reform.
One point still remains, upon which the
question of peace or war must be decided. We
may assume that preliminary understanding
in regard to Servia, Montenegro, and Bosnia
has been reached, for without it the Plenary
Conference would scarcely have been called.
Whatever it may be, the accord of Turkey and
the Christian Powers will force it upon the in
surgent States but the accompanying guaran-
tees demanded by Russia constitute the chief
difficulty. Although the proposed occupation
of Bulgaria by Russian troops has been with
drawn, and the substitution of smaller Bel
gian force very reluctantly acceded to by En-
gland, the concurrence of Turkey is by no
means certain. Yet England cannot go further
than she has now done, nor can Russia recede.
The experience of the Past justifes the estab-
lishment of guarantees, Illuminating as their
exaction must be to Turkey. The appoint
ment of Midhat Pasha, therefore, has also its
bearing on this momentous subject 1t is the
first problem which the PIenary Conference
must solve, for IN reality it includes the solu-
ton of all the others.
Meanwhile there are vigorous preparations
for war on both sides. The pacific hopes ex-
pressed by the Emperor William yesterday are
probably based upon the recent events to
which we have referred. The latter have at
least eliminated all minor points at issue, and
presented single vital question in place OF
the general confusion. This is certainly
gain; but it is still far from being a settle
ment. 1t revives the hopes of the many mil
lions in Europe who ardently desire the
preservation of peace, yet leaves enough OF
stern aud threatening uncertainty to disturb
the Continent. Its duration, however, is lin
ited the decision must and will be made be-
fore the end of February.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
POLITICAL TELEGRAMS.

"Wbom the gods would destroy they first
"make mad" and the Democrats in Congress
seem TO be very mad indeed Surely they can
MT imagine that their wild raid upon the tele-
graph companies will result in any benefit TO
them. Mr.. Chandler for example, is not "A per-
son for whose political character we have un-
limited admiration, but we have not supposed
that he was an idiot Undoubtedly he knew,
as everybody did who read the daily papers,
that dispatches from leading Republicans to
Republican managers at the South were ex-
ceedngly apt to leak. Nearly all the agents
and operators at the South were in such SYM
pathy with the sentiment prevailing among the
whites that il was almost impossible TO get
through the Associated Press any information
from that section encouraging to Republicans.
Ii is customary but foolish to blame the As
socated Press or the telegraph company, but
the state of society at the South has been
such that it has been more convenient, more
natural, and sometimes more safe, for opera
tors, agents, and news-gatherers to be on good
terms with the prevailing element among tho
whites" Now Mr.. Chandler knew all these
things. He would have been the most extra
ordinary idiot at large il he had intrusted to
unknown COUlUtIH OptIhbDlH any ulsDhlCuto
calculated to bctray a knowledge of important
and wrongful acts. Everybody knows that
wires can be "tappedn without difficulty 1t
would have been easy for the Democratic
managers, without knowledge of any regular
operator, to get exact copies of every dispatch
sent TO Republican leaders at New-0rleans
In view of these obvious facts no man quail
fed to conduct the business of third-rate
peanut stand would have sent TO such persona
any dispatches so wOTded as 10 be dangerous
to himself or bis party.
Evasion is so easy, also, that any House not
drunk with rage would expect it. For illus
tration, MIR. Chandler could have tolcgraphed
by one line to any personal friend or trusted
officer or employG, Gan kilograms signed
"Jezebel to you deliver to Gov. Kellogg"
Afterward by another line, Jezebel would tel
egraph to Jones in safety All the hunting of
which the House is capable would never de-
tect the channel of communication, if the
managers here had any improper purpose and
average common sense. Yet these excited
gentlemen of the House want 10 overhaul all
the dispatches sent openly from Chandler to
Kellogg, in the hope of finding something
wicked.
We call attention to this feature Of the case
because it suggests conclusive reason for
wholly rejecting telegraphic communications as
evidence in any such matter. Any other man
might have sent the most Infamous dispatches,
signed u. Chandler, or A. Hewitt, without the
knowledge of either of these gentlemen. Any
knavish Republican might have sent such
dispatch for the purpose of getting Mr.. Hew-
IL. = oh Go.
the purpose of getting Mr.. Chandler into a
scrape. In nine cases out of ten, while the re-
ceipt of dispatch can be proved, and is in
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
PERSONAL.

Mr.. John b. Cough Is so i'll that he has been
obliged to postpone indefinitely his Western engage
ments .
The Due d'Aumale, in spite OF his loly
rank is not bit taking pay for his articles IN i"
Rerue des Denr h0'ldes
Mr.. John Eliot, good man and preacher 70
the Indians is to have monument built on the sp0'
where no gave the red men his first discourse.
The Hon. b. p. Carpenter is to be given
complimentary dinner in poughkecpsie next wednesday
by the amabe and admirng citizens Of that to"n a""
OF the Eleventh Senate District generally
Young Mr.. Lick has returned to Pennayiyanls
TO procure the proper papers for final scttemsn' -
estate which Is now pending, and hei Yislung ~' w.
tiyes OF the late James Lack with that View'
George Eliot ought to live upon honey anu
rue: but she doesn't A clever person who hveo ~.
three weeks in the same house with her Id tne o"'
fore she was known preserves his recollection OF nc
plain young woman. with strong liking Tor pee''e
Mr.. Plimsoll, the member of Parliament s..x .sx
the protector of aeamsn, is 9 fat, rather pusSS
Englishman, whose faoe aoides In foress "
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
TRIPLE SHE E 7
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGS.-PreparatiOn are gong on to proclaim
the Empress of India" at Delhi. - The London
theatrical managers have been warned to provide
precautions against fire. 80 Emperor William
spoke hopefully of peace in his speech at the close OF
the German Parliament
DOMEsrIc.-A new count of the State vote has
been ordered by the courts in Florida. =- The
Sioux Commission report in favor of a removal OF
the Indians and against placing them under con-
troll of the War Department. - Gen. Sheridan
telegraphs that Major Randall and his party have
not been massacred. - The Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic State Committee has issued an address to the
State.
CoSeREss.-The Senate adopted the resolution
calling for an investigation into the appointment of
E. A. Cronin as a Presidential elcctOr for Oregon.
- Committees on the electoral questions were
appointed in the House.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-JOhn Kelly will retire from
the Tammany leadership in few days. -= Cor
poration Counsel Whitney, John j. Davenport, and
others testified before the Congressional Committee
ON the New-York election. - The Western Union
Company determined to resist the call for kilograms
- Efforts for a consolidation of the two Atlantic
cable companies are in progress. - George VIII
liam Curtis, DR.. Taylor, Mayor Wickham, Mark
Twain. and others made addresses at the New-En-
gland Societys dinner. - The last night OF the
Johnston art sale realized $16957 the total receipts
of the sale being $332,7 - Gold, 1913
1O73s IO7l4 Gold value of the legal-tender dollar
at the close 9321o cents Stocks strong for the coal
railways and weak for the Others closing unsettled
The WEATHER.-THE TRIBUNE's local obserYa-
tiops indicate stormy, followed by clearing and
colder weather. Thermometer yesterday, 240, 32',
800
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

The Graphic celebrates the Holiday season by
dainty Christmas number full of attractive illustra-
tions including charming reproductions Of the we'll
known pictures, Two Bites to a Cherry" aud Inc
Unexpected Return" while the humorous aspects Oh
the Christmas festival are happily hit of in page
Of silhouettes. The whole number is elegantly
printed, and deserves wide welcome.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
omnssmsnis anu alestinas 90 Might.

FTyrH AVENUE THEArER -1:30 and 8: "The American'
GRAND OPERA House, and " Back s OrooS So,,ir -
IYCEUM THEATER--1:30: " Much Ad0 ABOUT NOtnlns'
8: "Richelieu." Booth.
NIw RRoADWAY Tn ATRR.-" COrrnlaY
0IynPtc NOVELTY THEATER.-2 and }: variety
pspE TtR tRSTER-I:3 30 and g " Little Nell" Lottas
eIN Francisco MJHsTRELS-2 and D.
TOEY PASTORS NEW THkATEk.-VarleW y,,-
TvyxsTy TuIRp sTgEgr OPERA House, and 8; Kelly
USI6S sonSRF THEATER.-l;3O: "Miss Mutton" g:
"Led AstTay." - ,,r, S,.hr,,,r -
WlLLACK's THEATER-1:30 and 8: "The Shaughrauh'
GrIMoRE's GARDEN 130 and 8: Equestrian Festival
HEIIEg's WoNDER THEATER.-2 and 8 Magical anu
Musical Performance
MASONIC TEMPLR.-Hebrew Fair.
NEw.YoRK AOUARIUM-Day and Evening.
No ITO BRoADwAY.-Big Tree OF California
STyrHwAY HAIL.: Concert Nine EsSlpolt
TSIoS LEAGUE EATRR-2:30 Lecture. Dr. Il. Sauveur'
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

Speaker Randall seems to have promised
more than he performed. He gave the Repub-
lcans, to be sure, three out of the seven MEM
bers of the Compromise Committee, but III
constituting the committee to consider the
mowers of the House he has allowed them but
one lawyer against four Democratic lawyers,
and in making up both, he violated, 1t Is
charged the tacit rule, not only OF the House
but of every legislative body that we know
ANYTHING about, which allows the minority to
name its representatives for important duties
like this. If long-cstablished precedent did
not prescribe this course, every consideration
of fairness would seem to demand it. 1t is III
the power of Speaker, acting as Mr. Randall
has done in this instance, to cripple the NIL
nority by excluding Its ablest men from the
positions for which they are fitted, and putting
forward its men of straw TO be Knocked down
by the strong men of the Speakers own party.
The legal right of appointment resides, OF
course, solely in that officer, but when the
minority his an equal right to say upon whom
it will bestow the empty compliment of NOM
ination for Speaker, it is not easy to under
stand why it has not an equitable right to
designate the men who shall represent it on
the most important committees that have been
appointed in Washington for years. At time
when the party which wields the majority in
the House Processes TO be making its appeal
solely to the general sense of justice, 1t is a
triae inconsistent for its Speaker to mufde the
voice of a minority.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

The announcement is now definitely made
for which the public has long been prepared
that Mr.. Kelly will in few days retire for
mally from the leadership of the Democratic
party in this city. His withdrawal, speedy as
1t is, is none too prompt for the proprieties OF
his position. The chief of the Department OF
Finance, whatever may be said of the chief OF
any other, ought not to be at the head OF a
great political machine or in too close rela-
tions with the "boys." Who Mr.. Kelly's sue
cessor will be, is the current conundrum. 1t
requires man of no mean ability and no lit
tie physical endurance to command, discipline
and depOy the'army of workers" who march
behind the standard of Tammany Hall. lie
must combine peculiar range of qualities
he must not be above being friendly with the
"boys" aforesaid, and he must not be neces-
sarily an offense to the brOwn-stOne voter.
He must be a man of sufficient wealth to be
able to give Tammany Hall his undivided
time, and he must be above or beyond steal
ing. Now that the political control of Tam
many seems surely reGstahished, the identity
of this new leader is question in which every
Taxpayer has a pocket interest.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

A substitution of kerosene for gas in the
street lamps could no doubt be effected with
considerable saving to the city and with as
good light as is now furnished, or even much
better. There would be some prospect IN that
event of the lamps being lighted earlier than
new. and that they would not be extlnguished
before daylight. At present in this city it
is very much tho darkest hour just before
dawn. But If kerosene-Or worse STILL naphtha
-is supplied to our street lamps, we must be
urepared for certain class of accidents.
earelessly driven or runaway team sometimes
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

Writing on household decoration. our Lon
don correspondent exposes the blunders made
by Mr. Loftie, who has volunteered to instruct
the British people on that subject The cost
illness of experiments in domestic art renders
sound advice ON the subject peculiarly de-
sirable.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

smashes lamp-post; this has happened even
to street cars whose tracks were near the curb
The upsetting of a kerosene lamp under such
circumstances might add largely to the penis
of the situation.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

We are likely now to get at something defi-
mite as to the rights of legislative bodies over
private telegraphic correspondence. The an
swer of the Western Union Company to the
sweeping demand of the House OF Representa-
tives is resolute and courageous determrna-
ton to resist it by every legal means within
its power. In this issue the whole country Is
interested, and, what is more, all of its sober
sense is on the side of the corporation as
against the House.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-23

The unwise conduct of the French Senate in
voting appropriations which the Chamber had
disallOwed may result in determining the prac-
tice which is to govern revenue bills. Law
and custom are on the side of the Deputies,
who are not likely to surrender any of their
privileges.