New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-12

if il becomes law shipowncrs will have to he
more circumspcct in regard to the seawortM-
ness of their vessels, and attempts at fraud
will he attended with greater risk OF detection
Whatever may be tho popular opinion en- the
merits of the Consular and Diplomatic Appro-
pration bill, the verdict of the House Is SIN
cularly unanimous in its favor. The whole
sale reductions OF this measure will cut down
the present cost of the service by more than
one third. A saving of nearly a half million
dollars is certainly worth considering.
1t is bad policy for the Italian Government
to seize four journals for publishing Garlbaldls
speech on the anniversary of the Roman Rc-
public. wherein he held that republicanism Is
the only honest form of government" IN
noticed by the authorities the Itali,n Liberia
tors tribute to the heroic defenders OF Rome
would have been deemed only an act OF patrl-
otic duty. possessing no political significance.
People will now believe that the Government
has cause for alarm, being unable safely to
tolerate freedom of the press.
Italian cities are suffering this year from
lack of foreign visitors. Ii was expected at
Naples that the eruption of Mount Nesuvus
would draw" but The volcano is prOvokingly
slow in the prcliminarics OF display. Not to
he outdonc, the thrifty Romans, Mr.. Trolope
writes, purpose revivinS the race between rider
less horses which was formerly deemed IA aiding
feature of the Carnival. This Is expected to
attract foreigners, and especially Americans, to
the Italian capital. Having q Centennial at
home to celebrate, our people will, however,
be less inclined than heretofore to go abroad.
A complete report Of the proceedings
of the Examining Committee of Ply
mouth Church furnishes some insight into
the motives which caused the refusal of ten
DAYS grace to Mr.. Bowen. The Church having
since come to a conclusion different from its
committee it seems probable that when the
ten days are passed Mr.. Bowen will have the
chance to spc k once and be forever silent.
What the people whose names are to be gwen
MAJ suffer from Mr. Bowens communication,
although question of some moment, seems
TO be quite overlooked by the dIsputants.
Mr. Morrison, the Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee, has done q sensible thing lii
listening to The TRIEUNES request, and
accepting the resignation OF Mr.. Ilamblcton.
We have no idea that he ever intended to
appOnt such person TO Office for Mr.. Nor
rson is "a patriotic as we'll as an honest man,
and Il gentleman. His error was, like most OF
the others which have been committed thus
far by his party since they came into power,
the result partly of warm Southern sympathics
and partly of mere ignorance TO personal
details But political party which means to
Stt1h Inrs
TO appoint to a responsible Office a man who
so warmly admired the assassin OF Abraham
Lincoln that he named his child after hlm,
was a misfortune. 10 persist III retain
ing him in Office an hour after the
fact came out was a criminal folly. The DEM
ocratic majority ought not 10 wait in such cases
till The TRIBUNE Grams the proof down then
Threats before they act.-Wbile we are about
it We have Thought it worth while to
give the public some further llluSlfa-
tons of this man Iiamblclon's ciarac-
ter The author OF the infamous black
list, and, as the records would seem TO show,
spy and pcIiurer, he is about rs bad spccl-
men rs the late upiurning has anywhere
thrown to the surface. Nor was the place
! he he'd by any means of little consequence.
| TO be a good clerk of thc Ways nnd
Mean, Committee require much more dbil-
| ity than to be an average Congressman.
Mr.. Hambleton's predecessor in tructcd hall
his Committee year by year Oh the elementary
principles of financial legislation, and knew
moro about tax and tariff bills than three
fourths Of the House. Perhaps il was right 10
turn him ont but ii was a crime % well az n
folly to put such a creature as lIamhleton in
his Mace