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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31
GATHERING THEM IN.

Justice is becoming MEMORABLE. DR.. Lam
bert, late president of the late American Popular
Life Insurance Company, is to go to the State
Prison. The new trial which he sought for
has been refused him. There was time
when the public notion was that culprit, Gre
"spectablen III the social sense of the word,
or respectfully connected, had nine chances
out of ten in his favor Of escaping punish
mcnt, whether he had stolen money or COM
mtted forgery or INDUCED himself III the lux
ury of unustfablc i .micide. This notion the
public has now sufficient reason for revising
The president Of a defaultmg life insurance
company, especially if it was a popular one
and had out a good many risks, Is natu-
rally regarded by the policy-hOlders rs a
proper person for severe punishment There
is more, perhaps, of the same feeling
toward the officers of a mismanaged or crimi-
naly managed savings bank. 1t is hard that
a man should lose his money because he
was prudent and religiOusly followed the
maxims of Poor Richard. 1t is hard, when
his love for his family induced him to
deny himself, that he might make provision
for wife and children when he the bread
winner. should be gone, to find that he has
baselv traded on his affections. He thinks
how ingenuously he was inveigled; how the
agent, with the tongue of the old serpent,
talked to HIM how he perused the tables and
studied the figures in the prettlly printed alma
nae, until his head ached how he encountered
the beautifully autographed handbills Of the
company on steamboats, and in railway dep0ts {;
how ne was reminded that the man who does
not provide for his family is worse than a
brute; and how he was assured that the
plan of the American Popular, for in
stance, could not be surpassed for secur-
ing L. maximum of money at a mini
mum of cost. If you ask one who has
been thus deluded whether DR.. Lambert
should be shut up to hard labor for a term of
wears. he will be likely to exclaim, Tern Of
years indeed lock him up for life" and
any attempt to persuade "the insured" of the
uncharitableness of this decision would be
made in vain.
Byron said, snecringly of his countrymen,
that they would bear anything except fraudu-
lent invasion of the breeches- pocket but why
should they be blamed for that, since upon
the inviolabiIity of the breeches-pOcket de-
ponds comfort, independence, the honorable
fuflment of obligations, domestic and
commercial, and sometimes life itself
Who can tell how much anxiety, what
innumcrable mschiefs, extending, perhaps,
through several generations, Dr. Lambert, with
his non-insurance company, or those other OPP
orators with their sham savings banks, are an
swerable for Society is getting FESTIVE at
these multiplied instances of theft under the
names and the forms of fair dealing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

Aem.llork Daily Gribune
FOUNDED aY HORACE GREELEY.
MnNnAY. DEcENNEE FL -
TEr Ylus THIS NORyNG.

FoursN .Nukhar ra-h1 las lcfi Erzerum;
I.m1I UatLl is now m command There. ---
The ~er,i1u. have captured PROT; N-.a VIII proha-
bis cawtrlatc -oou. . England BIAS intim1tci
10 Russia Chat tho occupation of Cou>tautuoplo
would ey.lt. English public opinion.
D.vr.IID. Some of the officers Of ,ho 23d Ohio
viii present Co Nr, Hayes at the silver wedding IN
The White House silver picco 90 memory Of army
days Washington j. very much excited
over brutal outrage ou Capitol HILL -=
The sut aFius; uaui SON. rcIdcu s Co., canal
contractors ha. been decided m favor Of the State ;
other suits have been begun. George NJ
Brood IS haukat Lpw,iilc. Ny. las failed. = Dr.
- O.. Dodge formerly superintendent of the Bug-
hamtou lucbrIte Asylum, is dead
CuY Avp SrBrHBAV.-rlukcr.. importers, cx-
porter. and other classes o' business, men sharply
condemn thr Silver B.u. The American MctroIon-
cal Society on Saturday declared the silver advo-
Gates guilty Of many Misrepresentation. - The
Mayor dI,m s-ed the charges against the Police
Commissioners on Saturday. Corpora
tion Counsel Whitney held that owen Muir
phys successor must Doe confirmed by the
Aldermen. - The city budget for 1873.
j. ucal, 81 .OoDO0O less than FOR 1877. - Gold,
1925. iO-a-. 1914 Gold value of the lcgal-tcuder
dollar 90 tlo close, $3.50 cents Stocks active and
higher. closing excited and strong.
TuE WEAImE.-lRTUNE local observations in
dictate cooler and partly cioudy weather. Their
monci,T yesterday. 80. 80 . 33
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1877

sometimes the only kind in any degree practical.
Ii is an impOsslbility TO effect anything by de-
scent which gamblers or liquor dealers have
reason TO expect, for under such circumstances
the police on arrival find no legal proof to
Justify arrest, or even the forcible entry of the
suspected house. Raids made on complaints
i'm the courts almost invariably result in find
ing no proof; 1T is only the unexpected or
spasmodic descent Of the police which secures
prisoners and proof.
Moreover, the "spasmodic raid !" is the only
sort which the Police Board, standing alone
and without full and conct rted support by the
courts and District Attorney, can make effect
i've. The courts invariably release on small
bail and the District-AttOrney seldom prose-
cutes. Nevertheless the spasmodc raid has its
effect IN frightening the law-breakers into
propriety for time After such raids street
walkers disappear; the street corners and hO-
tells are abandoned by the "rOpers-in;" the
lottery dealers shut themselves close within
their shops, and their traffic is restricted to the
few who sneak into their haunts; and the
blinds and shades and doors of liquor saloons,
without licenses, are drawn close and doubly
barred. This is, of course. temporary; after
time the law-breakers become emboldencd
again; vice naunts Extensively once more; and
then another descent is necessary.
few more "spasmodic raids" good Com
missioners. And make them come closer to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31
".SP1SVODIC R1TDS -

IN dismi,sing the charges against the Police
Commissioners Mayor Ely has taken the manly
and sensible course to which the evidence
pointed. The informants who first melted him
to removal were clearly in the wrong rs to
their facts and there were fair explanations
given 10y the commissioners of the apparent
derelictions in duty, which the Mayor himself
along with Thousands of other good citizens
had observed and condemned. The mvestiga-
ton may have the good effect of calling at
tention to and possibly of remedying difficult
ties in the way of cleaning the streets and of
enforcing the Excise Laws.
We shall be glad il the investigation also
dissipatcs the erroneous and too prevalent idea
that "spasmOdic radsn upon gambling and
other disreputable houses are necessarily inn
proper On the contrary, spasmodic raids are
often just what is wanted, and they ought to be
made more frequently by the police. They are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31
THE JUDGE AND the PREACHER.

The letter of the Rev. DIR. Crosby, pub
lished in our paper this morning, does not
give Recorder IIackett the apology which he
apparentlv thinks due to himself rs well as to
Dstrict-Attorney Phelps, but it contains some
plan. albeit polite language, which even a
Recorder may read with profit. The distin
guished criminal judge has been unwell, and he
was in a bad humor last Friday. He sneered
at the "zealous divine" and his associates
as "whippers-in Of morality" and i'll sem
fencing a thief he took the opportunity to at
tack the title OF the President of the United
States. Neither performance was exactly in
the line of his duty, or quite consistent with
that judicial decOrum which is commonly sup
posed to prevail on the bench. The Recorder
greatly mistakes his own position, as well as
that of his critic, when he suppOses himself war
ranted, either by his judicial office, his service,
or his worth, in saying one word against the pub
lic-spiritcd work of an eminent divine whose
fame is part of the City's treasure. 1t would be
absurd however, TO quarrel with all the
peevish remarks of magistrate who is, per-
haps, worried and ovcrworkcd. What con-
Germs the public is to know how he purposes
70 do his part in the enforcement of the laws
and the repression of tho evils which the
"whppers-in of morality" are endeavoring to
combat.
We may congratulate the city that there are
private citizens ready to take up the good
work in which the Jealous divine is engaged
and to pursue it with so much energy and dis
erection in the face of the blunders, and dis
enlargement, and open opposition of public
officers. The duty Or privilege, whichever we
may choose to call it, of looking after the
faithful observance of the laws, and the sup
preston of abuses, is not reserved exclusively
for those functionares who are paid to exer-
else it, Fortunately for U.S. all good citizens
have a right to see to the proper management
of the public business. They are not imper-
tinent even when they criticise courts and po-
licemcn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

often fatal to their best interests In great
emergencies, may prevent the adoption OF
these steps. That is for them to say lhc'r
power is abundant. This vast combination Oh
capital and credit, of brain and commercial
facilities, cannot be beaten or robbed, II true
to itself, even by a repudiating Congress
Whether Eastern bankers want to be roDDea'
or will unite for sef-protection upon Da'!S
which will ntronch them against injustice Is
for them TO say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

by the Republicans, IN spite Of the great work %
reconciliation developed by the gentle process Of
bulldozing. So soon as enough votes had been
counted to reveal the result. the magnanimous Dem
ocrats seized upon several ballot-boxes under thin
pretence of fraud and we gravely informed that
me election will not be decided till the Legislature
meets IN January. Ii is feelingly remarked by the
editor OF The Charleston NeOs that 1t il rather dis
gushing that Democratic defeat in Beaufort should
be succeeded by Democratic defeat in SnmDterV
but he stands up stoutly for lawful abiding by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

Mr.. James J. Belden's friends, who elected him
Mayor of Syracuse to prove that he had never done
ANYTHING wicked as a canal contractor, point
with pride TO his administration, which, they say,
is the most honest the city of Syracuse ever
saw. When Mr.. Belden steps up to the captains
Office with that $4,000, he may wish he had
fallen into that way of Tansactng public business
soma time ago,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

omen the eyes Of tho country to It's danger
The bankers, whose more aggressive Opinions
we have already given, should see to 1t that
there is no further delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

The Mexican Congress has shown a lack Of
good Judgment in allowing motion abolish
ing the Free Zone to be shelved from want Of
time for ITS consideration. a sautary measure
of that kind would help to aliay the conten-
tions on the border
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

Senators Mcdonald and Dorsey, one Dem
ocrat and the other a Republican, put them
selves ~ the same pillory Each confcsses that
he Is against silver, but says he must vote TO
please Dis constituents How dO the real con
sdtuents of these men like the LOOKS of their
craven representatives,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

General Butler adds a new sparkle to the
silver controversy. with the declaration that if
lie thought silver would be coined in any
quantity, hc would not be- silver man in
other words, that he would not favor the re-
mouct1ation of silver if he supposcdIt would
be used rs money. This may be beautiful,
but n Is not consistent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31

Mr. Emerson has been elected one Of the
foreign associates of the French Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences the fifth CO.
ordinate division Of the Institute OF France.
Many men OF distinction in philosophy have
sat in The SIX chairs set apart for foreign asso-
ciates in ibis section Of the Institute, but no
greater name is recorded there than that Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
While the statements of leading bankers
with reference to the Silver Bill, made in
another column, do not all show as active q
determination 10 defeat the measure as might
be wished, they make it clear that all our
bankers have the same opinions in this mat
Ter, if they do not move with the same
energy. All will assuredly follow, if some will
but lead. II would be unfortunate If the passive
policy of waiting to see whether the Silver
Ril will pass and then moving, should prevail,
when, by taking the proper steps in unison,
before It's passage, 80 much could be done to
National Republican., 1877-02-19
hRBTTJiRY.
Death OF Rsar-Admirs, Davis.


Rcar-Admiral Davis, Superintendent OF the
Naval Observatory, died sf disease Of tho heart,
yesterday morning, At the Observatory.
Charles Henry Davis was born IN Boston, Mass,
January 10, 1907, and was the son Of the late Hon
Daniel Davis, for many years the Solicitor. Gen.
eral for Massachusetts,. He entered the U. s.
navy in 1873, and In 1864 was commissioned com.
mander From 1874 to ls4s he was an assistant
in the United states Coast Survey, under the su.
perintendenco Of Prof. A. d. Bache. In 1sio.lp
he was engaged In survey Of the waters about
Nantucket, In the course Of which he discovered
the "new south shoai" and several smaller shoals
directly In the track Of ships sailing be.
tween New York and Europe. and Of
cosstins vessels from Boston. These important
discoveries were thought to account for several
wrecks and accidents before unexplained, and
they called forth the special acknowledg gments
Of insurance companies and merchants. When
he left the survey for the purpose OF takinR
charge Of the "American Ephemeris and Nauti
cal Almanac" Professor Bache addressed . lot.
ter to the Secretary of the Treasury
him in very high terms. During h"ens his con
nection with the coast survery Admiral Davis
was. appointed on several commission, 70 exam.
Inc the state OF the harbors OF Boston, New York,
Charlestown, sc. These investig tigations led him 70
study the laws Of tidal action The American
to Admiral Davis patriotic efforts, which were
skepttoem with regard to its success. He was
appointed the first supervisor Of the work in
istp, and the organisa alton cla4med for It by him
= the same In every Important particular as that
under which II still continues to be executed. he
continued at the head Of this establishment till
the autumn Of 1853, when ho was ordered to naval
service In the Pacific as commander OF the sloop
OF war st. Mary.
In 1902 he succeeded Admiral Foote In command
OF the mississippi fotilla, and for his services
In that capacity received tho special thanks Of
Congress. 1n1s65 no was made Rear Admiral
and Chief Of the Bureau Of Navigation. In 1895
he succeed Captain Oils as Superintendent Of
lieyod, and assigned TO the command Of tho Bra
silian fquadron: In lsit he was again assigned
setiye part In fitting out the parties to observe
the transit OF Venus.
Admiral Davis was the author OF an English
edition Of fSaues'"Theoria hotus, Corporum Gael
cstium," and OF some shorter translatlons and
articles In the departments Of mathematical,
duty, was In Cambridge, Mass, and tho body will
be taken there for burial. =
National Republican., 1877-02-19
Disiniectanis.

A report OF the medical officers Of the Priyy
Council and Local Government Board, of Eng
land, throws discredit upon popular notions Of
disinfection. The conclusion reached Is that
Hrial disinfection, rs commonly practised In
the sick-room, sis either useless or positively
Objectionable, owing to the false sense OF sc.
curity 1t is calculated to produce. To make
the air OF a room smell strongly of carbolic
acid, by scattering carbolic powder about the
floor, or of chlorine, by placing q tray Of chic
ride OF lime In corner;'is, so far as the de-
struction of specific contagia is concerned, an
utterly futile proceeding. The practical re-
suit Of experiments goes to prove that dry heat,
when It ran he applied, IL the most efficient Of
all disiniectants; that the old plan of stopping
up crevicss, and fumigating with sulphur and
charcoal, is more efilcacious than other procsed-
ing with more modern disinfectants: and that
the use Of carbolic vapor, for disinfectIng pur-
poses, should be abandoned, owing to the rel
alive feebleness and uncertainty Of its action !"
To these medical conclusions, the experience
OF wise nurses adds: No patient who can pos
itively be removed should spend night and day
In the same apartment. One room may be
thoroughly ventilated while the other Is occu-
pied. Many napkins, handkerchief and other
articles which are sent to the wash-tub should
go into the fire. Every particle of foul matter
should be instantly removed from the sick
room. All scraps OF food should be at once
taken away, when the patient has finished his
meal. The nurses and attendants should
take especial care of their own health and
strength and cheerfulness; and, above all, no
fussiness should annoy the patient. Simply
let the room bo kept neat and comfortable,
and in that mode infection is guarded sgainst
before 1t becomes dangerous.
WITH SAMUEL j. TMDEN the quickest way
the Presldoncy
National Republican., 1877-02-19
THE SOUTH DECLINES pIsHONoR

The men Of the South, who recently
offered their lives in battle to destroy the
Union, showed their readiness at the Demo
cratic caucus on Saturday night to step
forth now in its defense against the assaults
of those who then professed to be its
friends and preservers. When Northern
Senators and Representatives proposed
revolutionary schemes to defeat the inau.
ruration Of President on the fourth of
March, and to deprive the government of
its proper military arm. as measures of
sheer resentment, these honorable men
stood up ard proclaimed that such course
could not receive their countenance and
support, and that they would resist 1t from
first to last. II the few Democrats present
who advocated such an exhibition of shame
were any longer capable of appreciating
the sensation. they would have covered
their faces and withdrawn to the privacy
OF their homes, there to prepare themselves
for that perpetual retirement 10 which
they will be called at the next Con
gressional election. And If such was the
conduct which would have been beftti pg
Democrats dishonored and bran ded in
consequence Of the perfidy they recon.
mended 10 their indignant colleagues, what
shall be SAID Of that Republican who voted
for HAYES, and was there present to defeat
the purpose of his own ballot by means
which received the instant condemnation
Of those high minded gentlemen? Only
this: that his future will wear pail, and his
past point moral to ambition.
And what Is proffered as an excuse for
the contemplated action of these malcon.
tents2 Why, that they were deceived and
overreached by the Republican members
of the joint committee which reported the
Electoral bill, when all the world knows,
that knows anything Of the matter, that
there was but one question in dispute be.
tween the parties which required decision,
and that was as to the power Of Congress
In the premises. The Senate insisted
that II had only ministerial function to
perform, and the House, that II was clothed
with judicial power and could 60 into an
Investigation Of the regularity and fairness
Of the election. This was all that required
decision; and the Senate, that there should
be no cause ofcomplaiut and the House.
to prevent the Senate from doing that
which II declared would be cause for vio-
lence, agreed to remit the question TO the
decision Of the Commission provided for.
II the Senate's position should be sustained,
there would be an end of the controversy.
IT the claim Of the House should be estsb.
National Republican., 1877-02-19
Revival Of the Whipping Post.


AL wrongs right themselves by "lnhumAn'
ity," II permitted to go far enough. You are told
BY good authority, and you know without telling,
that II you hnd burglar In your house at night
you perform public duty by shooting him deld
tartan point Of view, this Is certainly more dread
iul than II would have been to stop, by nogglng,
any minor offences that led him into your house
Indeed the penalty for the burglary itself were
doubtless have more effect In keeping him from
the burglary and from a bloody death than does
the risk Of imprisonment. We must not whip
him In obedience to the law, but we may safely
n dfaa sS 10 Is
wisely bestowed. Would 1t be quite In keeping
with the pretentions Of advanced" civilization
TO see the natrons and maids OF the rural neigh.
borhoods going about their dairies and summer
Kitchens with reyolysrs in their belts and bowie.
knives In their oosoms' That is the spectacle
the tramp nuisance promises to produce
would the whipping.post, set up In the slums OF
the great cities, where the miscrcants among the
anymore like barbarism? The voluntary tramp
has but shown the countryman during the
summer what the city suffers during the win.
ter. ne Is simply trying to distribute and
air collects the same taxes he collects ali the rest
or the year In town. Let the city continue to
rear him tenderly and not hurt his precious car.
s.ss, and feed and warm him, and punish only
bis sensitive spirit until the country people get
down their shot.guns and make n barbarous end
o. him. And this Is being true to the cause Of
it's noble for tho law to withhold It's hand
when one who has taken wrong step can be won
wrelohes hepelessly saturated with Vice can be
intimidAted By anythlDg milder than hoEEing By
all means be mild but when We find one Who can,
not why not acknowledge tho fact and act on ~
National Republican., 1877-02-19
kENNER CONFEssEs.

DUNCAN S. KExNER, an old lieutenant
Of Slidell, and one Of the chiefs Of the
NICHOLS faction In Louisiana, who sat by
ex.Judge JOHN A. CAMPBELL as an adviser
during the trial Of the Louisiana case last
week, corroborates Ex-Governor WELLS
charge Of an attempt at bribery. With
great reluctance he discloses the names Of
CHAPLIN, BEARD. PHELPS, KENNETT, GoR.
DON, MILLER and other confederates, among
the noblest and best Democratic citizens. as
well as the fact that he proposed to furnish
five thousand dollars out of his own poke,
with which to accomplish the bribery Of
WELLS. KENNER has placed himself in
an unenviable position before the public.
He stands confessed briber, and has be-.
rayed his pals. This is quite enough for
KENNER. We deem 1t but justice to state
that Mr.. KENSER, OF the Returning Board
Is quite another person.
National Republican., 1877-02-19
DUTY OF SOUTHERN LEADERS.

1t is becoming more and more apparent
that there are two factions in the Demo.
cratic party which must separate sooner or
later. One Of the faction comprises all
those ofthe Democracy known as Northern
dough.faces, and portion Of the Southern
men whose deep-seated sntipsthy for the
Yankees can never be overcome, except by
death. The other faction is made up of
the true statesmen Of the South, who have
the best interests Of their native land at
stake, and who are willing to sacrifice every
personal consideration in order TO secure
prosperity and advancement for their
people. The true men of the South have
become tired Of being chained to the corpse
OF Tammany. No good has ever come
to them out Of this alliance. For twenty
years this riffraff element has been the
thorn In their side; the thorn which has