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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Anthony Trollope has gone to the cape.
He's AN ndoiateable traveller.
The late Matthew Baird, of Philadelphia has
left an estate of moro lhaD - 100000.
The late Pear Harvey, OF Boston, took ful
notes of his talks with Daniel Webster, and his nhnis
cences @ soon be published
The Pope has received singular present
from Madame DlIcrirlly OF Philadelphia. IL Is teapot
from Honolulu which Feeps tea warm for "A hours lhe
Popc, however never drinks tea
Bclisarians might have been happy enough II
the obo had been plentiful Here is EXP. NJ O. jewel,
saving that lie IL onily happy In beng able TO devote
hlais II unr scrvedy to business once more.
General Sherman has just attended at Glen
dale near Cincinnati. the welding OF his noce, Miss
Minnie Mouliou and Mr. Henry H. Probasco son Of Jndse
PrDbasco. Miss Minnie sherman WAS one Oh Tue o'"'
maids.
Mrs. w. c. Raston. the widow of the banker,
has returned 20 Copi and after attending 10 business
matters there months will 10 back TO Paris sno
is not married again IS was reporIed-she "o'i MAN
ttins her W dOws STATE"
Young Mr.. Hayes who has been graduated
this week at the Cambridge Law School Is described asa
youtn Of excellent character aud fair tents not &C.
sembng his father In appearance at all ho "a no s"A'o
In commencement oratory.
Mr. Cox seems to have inspired the Ohio cd
itor with constant affection. Ono ofthem mentions
glorious sunset which descended upon this city lafey
and adds tcnderly: 1T would have done : :. Cox an
Immense amount Of good TO have been present ana wiz
H.
The wife of General Sherman, who has been
JEALOUS In the service Of the Roman Catholic Church
"a receive from the Pope consideration Of that Eea mo
Golden Rose" when has hitherto been bestowed ohv
mon very great persons The Empress Of Austria ns
40 mas che Queen OF Naples aud me Empress huse"~
The gentleman whom Miss Thackeray h'ey
married Is n connection OF nor family, as his nsme
mond Tbackeray Rchie-implies. He1s2zy'aso'u's
NJ. wis 4. a. He Ia Cambridge undergraduate ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
II in May is very remarkable.

These thirteen ports show an excess of
nearly $12,0O0,000 in currency value of ex-
ports over specie value of imports, and this
excess is much greater IN other months when
the cotton movement from Southern ports is
large, or when shipments of grain by way of
Huron, Chicago, Mama or Detroit. to Canadian
ports are at the maximum. Atcertan scasons.
ALSO grain shipments from San Francisco are
very large. New York and Boston are the
chef importing ports, and their superiority in
that respect has not yet been seriously chal-
lengcd. But New Orleans, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, have gained largely in exports of
Llte the shipments OF grain from New Or
leans since the completion of improvements
at the mouth of the river having nearly doub-
led while Baltimore almost retains the surpris-
ing gain effected after the opening of the railway
to Chicago. The few cities above named
transact nearly the whole of our foreign COM
merce; the aggregate imports in May at all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
TIE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

The events of the past few days will have
been anticipated 10y any one who has carefully
followed the course of the war from the begin
ming. II is impossible wholly to conceal the
movement of large bodies of troops; and in war
however cunning may be the strategy, there is
never movement and concentration without a
definite purpose. The campaign in Armenia
was located in advance, for the simple reason
that there is but one objective point and three
converging lines of approach In like manner
the course of the Danube, the positions of the
principal Turkish fortresses and the lines Of
Roumanian railways, determined certain newt
able features of the Russian advance. 1t was
at least, quite possible to select a number of
points where the passage of the Danube would
not be attempted. and thus to reduce the geo
graphical limits within which the movement
must take place. In The TRIBUNE OF Satur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: We have seen nothing editorially in
TIE tribune on the silver question" lately. Is II
rsht 70 borrow silver aud gold aud then compel to
nav ali gold Would 1t not be equally Just To compel uS
TO pay IN diamonds at 81 enchi In snort, is THE
rRlIu;NE in favor of remonetzng silver M IL stood In
Is73l / have been rea Ter OF Greeley and THE
1RIBUNE for nearly 30 years and never was thoroughly
vexcd at them but once, and that was when they defeated
seward at Chicago hut In less than year was glad of
H. am getting vexcd again that the old silver dollar h
not defended by THE TRIBUNE. H. W. HARDY
Lincoln, Neb. June %. 1877
The question of remOnctizing silver as it
"stood in 1873" is not a practical one, be-
cause it is impossible to restore silver to the
place il occupied in 1878. The metal has no
longer Glc same value which it had then, and
no legislation can give it the same value. We
are in favor of the old silver dollar" just as
we are IN favor OF last years roses; the chance
OF recovering one by act of Congress is just
about as good as the chance of recovering the
other A few years ago the silver dollar was
not only as good IA gold, but even worth II
little more Because it WAS worth more than
gold, the coinage of it was stopped. But now
the value OF silver has fallen, and if we should
reissue the coin for which the Bonanza Ring is
clamoling, and make it legal tender for coin
debts, we should not get the "dollar of our
"fathrrs" mt all, but debascd and fraudulent
piece of money We are stoutly opposed to
all schemes for borrowing II dollar and paying
in coin which falsely purports to be q dollar
but is really only ninety cents.
The assumption that the holders Of Gov
eminent bonds paid for them III two kinds of
money of different values is entirely false.
They lent US the money of the world (Which
is golcl) or its equivalent in some other cir
culating medium, and they must he paid equal
values, cent for cent Mr.. Shcrman's pro-
posal however TO exchange silver for green
backs, making it II legal tender to the precise
extent that currency now Is, seems to us more
reasonable, and at any rate it IL not dishonest.
Our friend whose letter is printed above re-
marks that he was thoroughly vexed mt the
course of The TRIBUNE in an important mat
ter some time ago, but in less than year he
became convinced that TIE TRIBUNE was
right and he was wrong. We have no doubt
he will go through the same experience again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
JOHN BRIGHT or CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

JOHN BRIGHT on CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
About the time when we were considering
the wholesale executions in Pennsylvania, the
British House of Commons was listening TO a
remarkable speech upon the subject OF capital
punishment by Mr.. John Bright This was
upon the resolution of Sir Eardley Wilmot
that "while it is not possible at the present
" time to remove the penalty of death alto
"gether from the Statute Book, it is desirable
"to consider whether the laws under which
" offenders are liable to capital punishment
should not undergo revision" Mr.. Pease
moved an amendment. the purport of which
was that the gallows should be entirely abol-
ished, and that the penalty in cases of murder
should be penal servitudc for life. Mr. Bright
spoke strongly in favor of revision ut least
of the whole law relating to the crime of
murder. than which, in its present condition,
he said. nothing could he more discreditable.
He spoke of the Scripture argument for tie
gallows rs having been pretty much aban-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

speech nj Trinity House the other night was
well reported. it was probably one OF tho
poorest he ever made, and that Is saying
good deal. But it was this very speech that
was seized ON IA n revelation of "A new elo-
qucnce. His speech to the Lord Mayo. shows
that he can do better than that, and much
better than even the shorthand reporters some
times give him credit for.
Collector Frccland, of Brooklyn, has been
the subject Of u sinful s'raiagcm on the part 81
the Internal Revenue Bdrcau. There was
suspicion prevalent in that Office that when
Mr. Beechcr saved w. Frccland from removal,
he did moro for frcndship than for good
civil scrvic. Also that the real Collector was
Sihs Booth. Mr.. Frcelands deputy, tne nom
inal Collector being suspected OF actual igno-
rance of the duties of his Office. So n letter
was written grav,ly requesting Mr.. Freelands
presence in Washington to give his views on
certain points. Sure enough in due time
walked into the Burcau--Silas Booth. with a
letter from Mr.. Frccland saying that it was
"inconv,nicntn for him "a come and that Mr..
Booth could give all the information.
From the annual statistics of the trade and
production OF Iron and Steel some remarka-
bile facts are apparent Tho price of the met
ais has never before been 80 low in this coun-
try The decline of value since January, 1875
hrs been 30 per cent on the price OF pig lron'
% per cent as 10 refined bars, GO per cent IA
tn Brsscmcr steel rails. and 80 pr cent on
best iron rails. The consumption OF these met
ais by the industries of the country has not
however, declined in any similar proportion
The lowest point of depression IN the business
of building railroads WAS reached IN the lat
ter half of 1875. Al the steel rails used IN
this country are made here, ANA all the non
rails except an inconsidcrablc fnction-lrsS
than one IN three thousand. II is needless to
say that times are hard in the iron business;
but cheap coal and cheap mon have saved
from ruin at lcst n hundred other domestic
industries since 1873
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
FXPrRTS AND IMPORTS.

The report of the Bureau Of Statistics for The
month ending May 81, respecting foreign
commerce for that month and Tor eleven months
ending with May, shows that in gold values the
balance of trade is still against the United
States. The wise official Of the Treasury De
partment who recently based n pondcrOus the
DRY upon ''thc large and increasing balance Of
"trade ID our favor" ought 10 study the month
" reports which cmanatc from that Department.
The gold value of imports in May was $40, 1O1-
Ga; the foreign rc-exports T923,95S; and
the domestic exports gold values $43, $50, sol.
In currency values there is Il slight excess of
exports. In true sense the balance of trade
is still favorable, though by no means large or
increasing, for the exports, when delivered at
foreign ports. are of greater value than the inn
ports when shipped from foreign ports. But
the advantage is slight, even in this point Of
view, and has not recently increased.
1t Is not usually observed that the excess of
imports is mainly at three ports, New York,
Boston and San Francisco. The returns for
May, in specie values for imports and in cur
rcncy values for exports, compare thus:
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other ports were only $1.9S3,065, and the
exports only $2,44S,95S.
WHIpE 10 FIND FORK.

In all the cities and towns in these nara
times there IL much suffering The number OF
the weary unemployed is very large. Strong
and brave men wear out their hearts as tney
see wives and chilcren in want, and after
months of vain searching for employment too
often are tempted to crime or maddened 10
suicide. Yet the land il broad enough for oil,
and millions of acres which will yield sure
subsistence to patient workers lie waiting Tor
any man to TIL them. Our cities are over
crowded The growth of rural population has
been slow, while the towns have advanced
with rapidity far exceeding the demand for
such services as can be rendered ut the CEN
tiers of population. In 1850. the rural pop''-
lation of the Northern free States tho new
er States, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, ana
the Pacific States not being included, OF course
was IO,2OS, 727, or 7Gi2 per cent OF tho
entne population of those States. But the
changes since that time, as shown by success
sve census reports, have been remarkable, and
indeed alarming. The following shows the
population living in cities and towns, and IN
the country, with the proportion of each class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
TO PRIA TIERS.

Good compositors can find steady
employment on The TRIBUNE, at forty
cents per thousand. Two or three
experienced proof readers can also
get permanent situations, by applying
early.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

good deal Of interest has been felt in the iter,,,
world TO che fate of Heinrich Hcincs "Alemoir.
the notion OF writing which occurred 10 him AZ tina
time he IN treaty with julius Campo In.
grinding publisher for the Issue Of a complete edi.
ton OF his works During 1897 and '3s he was hard
at work upon them, giving them all the time Ina
could spare from his other dbors. Two years late,
he had completed four volumes, and bo considered
them his best prose production. In a letter 70
Campo March /, 1897. be writes Of his intentions.
" am not inclined to give a short, dry sketch Of nv
life, but large book. n number of volumes. which
shall embrace the whole story Of tho age in who's.
greatest movements ! have participated, together
with the most marked persons Of my timc-all
Europe. all modern life, German affairs up 10 the
July Revolution the result Of my costly and painful
studics-the book in short that is specially looked
for from me-" The san o month he writes again.
DAY and night am engaged on my great work.
the true romance of my life, and now feel for tina
first time the whole worth of what have lost by
the Burning of my papers in my brothers house.
This is the next thing the public shall have from
me-" In September, 1910, be tells Campo that be
bad completed four volumes. and is well satisfied
with them. Abiding to the intrigues and abuse Of
his enemies, he adds. my inner spirit remains
peaceful and cheerful notwithstanding. for am
used TO defamation ard ! feel that the future be.
longs to me. Even if ! should die to-day, I
should leave behind me four volumes of auto
biography which represent my thought and
striving and which. account Of ITS historic mat.
ter of its true exposition of the most mysterious Of
transtive periods, will descend 10 postenty." IIcine
may have exaggerated the importance of his
Memoirs" but they must be very Interesting and
exceently done. for he was one Of the wittest
and most brilliant of men, The Ms is said to have
been sold to the Austrian Government by one Of
his near relatives after his DEATH and the story now
comes from Vienna that il is in the secret archives
Of tho library of the Imperial Conrt and that
arrangements making for it, publication. The
literary public will be glad TO learn If the story DO
true; for the publication of Heinrich Heine's
" Memoirs" ia something about which it must neces-
sarily feel more than usual concern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
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II is a good sign in the condition of the country
that the hard times have not affected to any serious
extent the educational inter, sta Of tho country.
Tho prospect in the large colleges for the coming
year is unusually good. if Yale College is an exam
ple The examinations for admission 10 the next
Freshman Class at Yale close to-day ut New Haven
and Chicago The number Of applicants is consider
ably larger than in any previous year. The whole
number being 2fi. OF these, 213 were examined at
New Haven and 81 at Chicago For the Academic
Department there were l7j cLndidates for the Sci
entiiic, 30. This number will be considerably ia
creased by the examinations at the beginning Of the
College year in September. The next Freshman
class will probably be the largest that ever entered
Yale.
The thrilling information comes that ex-PresIdent
Grant wore his Generals uniform for the frst tune
in England last Friday night. The British pubic
HASN'T begun 10 reazc yet the extent OF Tho
Generals wardrobe. The eifete monarchles may look
for bigger things than this
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S37.i6I.0O7. S26.5lO.3Ol

Thus three cities have SO per cent. of the
entire imports III May, but only So per cent. of
the exports, and as To the balance of trade show
an excess of nearly $11 100000 in exrortS
But the excess of exports at certain other cities,
even in MAY is very remarkable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

The rumor that Mr.. A. G. Riddle will be ap-
pointed u. s. District Attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia would be a good one for
President Hayes to verify.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

London Is very proud of its fire brigade. The
methods there are so different from ours that IL Is
difficult to make direct comparisons The number
of men in the brigade is now 400; IL will probably
be raised to 600. There are 40 engine houses on
land, and four afloat in the Thames Instead Of
having its engines OF n uniform character, London
has five large and q small steam fre-engines, and
also 02 hand engines Of various grades The English
theory about hand engines IL that they be set TO
work quicker than the steam machines. In one par.
ticnlar the London system has an unquestlonable
superiority; there are l07 tre-escape stations and
1876 fre-escapes and hence while 1913 persons were
in danger of being burned to death last year, 50 Of
them were rescued. The facts about the water sup
ply are curious, the Thames furnishing directly or
through canals or docks three-ifths of the 1000
600 gallons used by the fre-engines in 1876. The
supply from street pipes is certainly neither 30
abundant nor 50 accessible rs the croton, for az SIX
fires in London last year the water ran shori; at u
tires the turncocks were late; in ten instances
those functionarics failed to put in an appearance
Our fire department il more fortunate in having the
hydrants under its own control, and not beng
Obliged to summon a tnncock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

Western papers come to us laden with details OF
the destruction caused by the storm last Monday.
The range appears To have boon principally through
Ohio Indiana and Illinois, aud portions Of Nebraska
and Kansas also suffered heavily. The climatic
conditions which preceded this storm, well rs its
surprising extent aud the large amount Of its lain-
fall were alluded to IN these columns on "Wednesday.
in hundreds of the apparent damage to grow
ing crops il reported very great, but there arc
many instances where it is hoped that there will DO
a recovery from extreme loss rs soon as the excess
of water dries off, destruction Of trees is reported
from almost the whole region. fuit orchards
especially suffering. The damage to buildings counts
by hundreds Of thousands of dollars in ALL and such
losses have fallen in multitude Of cases upon
people who can i'll afford them. II all the injuries
inflicted by this storm had been concentrated in ono
or two cities, il would have been regarded rs among
the most startling events of the present decade but
being so widely distributed it will scarcely find
anything more than mere record among the remark
able occurrences of this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
C total population :


The same services, in commerce, mannfac-
lures, aud other tasks performed III cities and
towns. which less than one-fourth of the whole
population sulliccd to perform III 1890, moro
than onc-tbird of the entire population was
struggling and crOwding for opportunity TO
perform in 1870. At the ratio OF 1880. the
population sulicing for the cities and towns
of these States should have been only 5,G11-
2i3 in 1870, and, though many changes III
our industrial condition have justified some
change in the prorOrti0n, it is ndisputaDle
that we have gathered by far too large Il
rart of the population into towns and cities.
There they crowd and crush each other, fight
ing desperately for the work which Is not
enough for ALL, and wasting no small share
of the industrial force and productive pow
or, which, rightly distributed. would add
TO the nations prosperity. Beyond all donbt
this oycrcrowding of civic cmploymrnts, this
disproporhonatc massng of the population in
places where hundreds of thousands must
struggle in vain Tor work, has been an impor-
tant cause OF recent prolonged disasters.
The rcmcdy7 Mr. Greeley taught it, eco
West, y0ung manw Look Mt the advertise
mcnts Offering free of first cost millions OF
acres to actual settlers A single company,
the Union Pacific, is now offering III Diner
columns 100000 acres of rich land III
Eastern Nebraska, in the great Platte Val
Iey-"free homssteads to actual settlers
while the Central Pacific has been similarly
advertising tho varied attractions Of Califor-
mia the Lab0rcr's Paradise and yet the
crowding and crushing millions in Eastern
towns still struggle. suffer. ard die. Happily
for them, thousands have found homes, perma-
nent labor, and sure subsistence on these
Western lands. There too they have found
Il degree of independence which few can find
where all the paths are overcrowded, and "ev-
"ery door Is barred with gold" or opened on
ly as favor. Why it is that a much great
or number, warncd by prolonged prostratlon
in business, have not migrated from Eastern
towns TO the safety Independence, and pros
pcrity of the Western farms, who can tcllf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

Our Government is sure of having at least
one capable observer of the military operations
in Turkey General William b. Iazcn having
been detailed as military attach6 to the Vienna
Legation for that purpose. A better choice could
hardly have been made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

help will come TO them all the moro graciou.
and sweet II 1t come In the Summer tim.
which Christ loved so well.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30

There is new phase in the jealousies of
the races mt the South. A delegation of eight
negroes is preparing TO move on Washington
from South Carolina with the complaint that
the mulattoes have monopolizcd thus far tho
offices that should have been given To pure
blacks. Ii seems to be question OF taste
about shades, and the mulattoes are likely to
have opinions too.