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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
Mr.. HiYESS LUCK.

at is Hayes's luck" says an admirer On
the whole no. Those who believe Ill luck as
the experimenting Providence of the universe
are usually persons who have not much else
to Justify their hopes. The "luck" of Mr..
Hayes is the result of genuine manhood, I'M
ilinching courage, sterling integrity, and
noble fidelity to high and honorable motives.
1t was not luck with Mr.. Stewart. 1t was
rare combination Of enterprise, tact, and IN
tegrlty. 1t was not luck with Gen. Grant; his
victories were truly won, in war and also III
peace for he had qualities rarely adapted to
the popular demand at the time. a later time
and riper public opinion give us a President
who owes nothing to military genius, nothing
to the gratitude of a nation, nothing to the
mpcriOus habit of command formed i'll camps; ;
but everything to public confidence in his
solid manhood, lofty purpose, and sterling
honesty.
AT every critical moment in the career Of
Mr. Hayes-and he has seen many-his per-
sonal character has turned the scale. He was not
nominated because he was more brilliant than
all other candidates, or more experienced, or
more popular. But he had precisely those
qualities which people trust when they want
was beaten, if his brave letter of acceptance
had not given the people an idea of his per-
sonal character. Even after the election, he
would have failed if he had resorted in a
single instance to the methods by which Mr..
Tilden's case was pressed. He is President
to-day, in very peculiar sense, because he
has given ample proof, during contest which
tried the souls of the strongest men, that he
was deserving of public trust.
Thus far in the discharge of Presidential
duties he has met with wonderful success.
But there is no trace of luck about it. 1t was
not luck, but royal manhood and high devO-
ton to duty, which made his inaugural I'M
press the whole country so strongly. Not
luck but wisdom, and a keen understanding of
character, made his selection of Cabinet
arouse such enthusiasm. 1t was not his good
fortune, but the singular excellence of
his selections, that caused that Senatorial
opposition which called forth the real feeling
of the people. weak man would have wa
vered strong but unbalanced man would
have threatened, said harsh things, and in
volved himself in quarrel. But Mr.. HAYES
calmly waited, neither storming. nor urging
nor bargaining. nor yielding, until the people
had been heard and the Senate had obeyed.
There was a great deal of character in this
victory, but not trace OF luck His appoint
ments thus far, and Ills refuslls to appoint
have been judicious. AS the stars never
hurry, there has been no haste TO settle deli
cate questions until there had been full time
for inquiry. At this hour the new Admins
tration is stronger than any other las been
for many years, but its popularity is the re-
suit of proof that great confidence is deserved
| There is no luck about it.
! There is good reason to believe that the
same high qualities of character so well fitting
the demands of the people at this time may
| make the Administration a complete success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
TIE POLICE DETECTIVES.

The Police Board yesterday, by brief but
emphatic order, electualy broke up the de-
tectives ring in Wall-st. The order is prOba-
bly, the severest in terms ever made by the
Commissioners, and the censured officers will
probably resign rather than wait for further
investigation. The collision of detectives with
notorious criminals has long been suspected
and often asserted, but never before by the
Commissioners officially. The order reveals a
corrupt condition of the force for which even
the publication of the offenses of Capt. Irving
and Detective Farley had not prepared us. 1t
is a wonder that the vast treasures OF wall and
Broad SITS, trusted in any measure to the care
of such men, should not have been more fire.
ouently the spoil of the burglar and sneak
thief.
The action of the Commissioners reveals
more clearly still the great defect of our sys-
tenn of detection. 1t appears that the detectives
in Wall-st. were as well known to the
thieves who infest that quarter as to each
other They publicly went about their secret
service in detecting crime labeled as detec-
tives, and it seems We're not only known to
the rogues but often their boon companions.
The detectives of the force ought to be APP
pointed by the Commissioners, should be I'M
known to the force or the public generally,
and should be removable at pleasure OF the
appointing power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

The President may make some plumbers, vi
course. But The stanch manhood, OF when
there is so much promise, will not hesitate 10
correct them. Criticism will come, perhaps
just and perhaps unjust But If MIR. Hayes Is
the man he seems to be, calm and modest,
intrenched in rectitude of purpose, and faith
full to the public interest, criticism Will only
prove lamp to guide his steps, whether 1t
comes from friend or foe. 1t was one OF the
greatest weaknesses of President Grant
that he could neither profit by crit
icsm nor endure 1t. IL in that respect
President Hayes does not prove more wise, he
will disappoint those who have watched his
career thus far. The people know that he mas
to deal with problems of extraordinary dill
Guilty, but he has given them great faith that
he means to do his best; that he has much
wisdom of his own, and rare faculty OF seek
ing good counsel that he is not too impatient
to hear criticism, nor too vain to correct any
mistake, and that he is cool enough to make
haste slowly. In that faith the people VIII
not be impatient, nor distrustful, nor in haste
to condemn. As long as he does not WAIVER In
honest effort to do his duty, the better men OF
both parties will wait with patience and with
a kindly hope that he may succeed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
ST. P4TRICK'S Day.

To-day, we suppose the highways and by
WAYS of the city will he filled with the finest
peasantry of the world. Hayes and his policy,
the Stars and Stripes, keen American trading
and the kcener American face will be pushed
ont of sight. and for few hours, granuaile,
the golden harp, Irish jig tunes, and Pat him
SELF begirt with garlands and swords, Will take
their place. Some of our readers, being easy,
good -natured people, will give Pat the right OF
way this morning with laugh, and think 1t
on the whole healthful and elevating ex-
perience for him to leave last and hOd, and
seated in a chariot, to crown himself with green
chapeau and nodding pumes, and fondly to
fancy himself for that one day i'll the year
"cock o. the walk" Others of our readers, of
a more bilious temperament, and disposed TO
be alarmists, find vague pei Is to the common
wealth limited in these waving green plumes,
lust as they used to see a season of cholera
presaged by certain little sickly flies in Spring.
What has Pat, a naturalized American citizen,
they ask, to do with green or orange ribbons or
the old feuds they Indicate Why should our
streets be made intolerable by these dead and
gone grudges, fruit of misrule in a country which
the wearers of the green and orange have long
afJurcu! lney pfeulCb SlooInliy 'ndl lhcSc
fcuds will spread ruin among Americans like
canker in healthy body, and that we shall all be
forced to suffer for the ancient sQuabbes
between COrkonians and landowners, Orange
men and Ribbonmen.
A little plain common sense applied to the
subject might have beneficial effect this
morning. rs well on the cxhilaration of Pat as
the fears of the spectators. Irish tunes and
the Irish flag and green ribbons, so long as
they mean only loyal affection for the homes
left behind, are pleasures which nobody of good
sense would deny Pat or Sheilah any more
than they would object to the quieter ceebra-
tons OF st. Andrews and st. Georges days.
As for the rancOr and political feud between
the two parties in Ireland, as it can have no
foundation in fact in this country, it must of
necessity crlmble to pieces in time if let
alone Don't keep it alive by making martyrs
by repression of either of these foes. Educate
their children, give them the newspapers to
read, and in another generation they will be
as little likely to fight about the Battle of the
Boyne as about Marathon. Our alarmst
friend, however, forebOdes disaster not so
much on political as on religious grounds
This church or that, he tells us, must be held
in check if we would not have the old tyranny
and blOOdshed of the dark ages revived in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
SETTLING DAY.

Since the sentence of Tweed to the Peniten-
tiary there has been no incident of the attack
upon the Tammany Ring so dramatic as the
quiet return of Peter Il. Sweeny Connolly in
a miserable exile and the old Boss i'll prison
stripes teach an impressive lesson of the folly
of being a thief but the story of Sweeny is
perhaps more significant still. This was a man
of finer mold than either of his associates. Ito
had little taste for the riotous pleasures in
which most Of the Ring spent their ill-go;tcn
wealth, and little personal sympathy with the
common members of the stable gang" and
the Americas Club. Long after the rascaity
of Tweed and Connolly had been exposed people
who thought they knew Sweeny refused
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
THE IJFE INSURANCE BILL.

In the present temper Of public opinion
about life insurance management, it was nat
urally to be expected that some formidable
legislation at Albany would ensue. From all
quarters the cry of suffering policy holders has
gone up, and Legislators are not likely to
turn deaf ears to such appeils. The Assem-
bly, bill on life insurance, prepared by COM
mIttce. reflects to some extent the angry feeling
of the public The whole intent of the meas
IRE is to impose greater restrictions on the
management of life insurance companies, and to
put them more completely in the power of the
State Department. Tie rights of policy hOlders
will also be somewhat enlarged, but whether
they will or ever can get all that they want Is
likely to remain question as much as ever.
Power is given to the Superintendent of In
surance to examine any officer or agent of Il
company under oath. Pcnalties-such rs fine
and imprisonment-will follow n refusal to be
examined, or false answers. Free access to
books and papers is secured by equally
stringent provisions. There is also a sec
ton which makes it misdemeanor involv-
ing similar penalties for any person to mis-
represent (fraudulently) the affairs of a life
insurance company to the superintendent.
This looks like pushing State superintendent
to its extreme limit 1t will make the head of
the Insurance Department an autocrat to IN
extent that no other official in this State
has ever been made. AS we have re-
Gently seen, the Office may in any year be
filed at the behest of politicians. Whether it
is wise to give such power to such an official
may well be doubted: but Of course if the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGN-Count Schouvaoff is waiting instruc-
tjons from Russia regarding amendments to the
protocol suggested by Lord Derby. - Perplexity
is expected in the East Indian trade owing to the
state of the finances. 80 The French Chamber OF
IDENTITIES has authorized the prosecution OF NJ. de
CasSagnac.
DoMEsTIC.-Presdeut Hayes told gentleman
this week that the fact of his being brothcrinlaw
was an insuperable bar to his appointment TO a
Government Office. - Columbus Alexander VIII
become Frederick Douglass's bondsnan. GO Cen
George b. Mcclellan was nominated superintendent
of Public Works of the State of New-lork. --
The Ist New-Hampshire District has elected Dem
ocrat.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Acknowledgement has
arplied for receiver of the World Mutual Life In
surance Company go Ii was shown that Henry
]. Fnrber and Others had been concerned III sys-
TEN of deceiving the North Americas polcy-holders
and "wreckIng" the company. - Peter H.
Sweeny returned to New-YOrk. == we'll
known lawyer and physician were arrested
upon charges of completely in abortion
and murder, upon the confession, afterward
retracted of q midwife. - verdict OF accl-
dental death was given in the case OF the persons
killed at the Church of st. Francis Aavler 60
Five Wall-st detectives degraded to patrol
duty for neglect of duty and incapacity GO The
new building of the New-York Hospital was opened.
g. Gold, 1898. 1913, 1919. Gold value of the
legatender dollar at the close 954lO cents. Stocks
feverish and lower, closing weak
THE WEATHER. - TRIBUNE local Obserya-
tons indicate that the present storm will be sue
ceeded by colder and partly cloudy weather Their
mometer yesterday. 800, $50. $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
9mnssmsnis ann 1lestinss Co. Might.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-1S0: "Lohengrin." Nine Pap
penheim. -, 49,,
BooTHs THEATra-l:30 ard s: "a Trip TO the Moon. ;,
EAsLs THKATER.-l:30 and 8: LA Belle Helene
Aimee. - 100 ,,...,
FtyTu AyESCE TnEArER.-2 and s: 1" Blue Glass"
IyCEUN TuEATER.--l:3 80: GiroGe Giroha" 3; "ITln-
cess TrCbizonle." Mrs. Oates. - ,,
nCcn."
PIRx THEArgR-2 and 8: "Our Boarding House"
San FRANCISCO MINsTREIS.-2 and 3.
Tony PASTORS NEW THRATER.-VarieV.
Union SQUARE, THEATER.-l:30 and g: The Danchens'
WALLACK's THRATER.-" My Awful DAD
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSES.: Philharmonic Con-
cert Thomas.
CHICkERISG IALL.-Irish Melodies
GILNoRE's GARDEN Equestrian Games. - 49,,
UkILsR's WoNDER THEATER.-2 aud 3: hagica anu
Musical Performance.
kIw-YoRK AouARIUM.-Day and Evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

New-York and Philadelphia. To which W..
only reply that this is not dark age, and that
the American people are not the stuff out Of
which either religious tyrants or victims can
be made. There is too much shrewd common.
sense knowledge of history and too long an
experience of a free government among us To
permit any sect, Catholic or Protestant, ever
to seize the rcins of political power. One man
is devout churchman on Sundays, another a,
pious a disciple Of st. Peter third
Methodist, but each looks at preacher and
priest with critical eyes, as other men
like themselves, not with the blind sub.
mission which once made possible the
stake and fagot. Alarmists who see ruin to
the country in dozen causes, political cor
ruptiOn, injustice to this race or that, in
green feather or yellow ribbon, leave out of
sight this solid, hard common sense and quiet
virtue of the American people, Of the great
masses who seldom speak except to say to
some too noisy current Of evil, Hitherto shalt
"thOu come, but no farther"
Let Pat and his brethren have their holiday:
it may do them good and us no harm. Only
let them remember that st. Patrick was, after
all, not an uprOarious demagogue of any sort,
but wcl-conducted, quiet old gentleman, a
missionary, and teetotaler by practice, who
waged war more theoretically against whisky
than snakes, and preached many a sermon to
their ancestors in favor of sobriety, forgiveness
of their enemies, and downright hard work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
Business II otltee.
JUST OUT.
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fan es who are most choice IN tho sceCuOh OIL "cS o
evening entertainments. SalesrOOm 81 warren.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

Another of the landmarks of the last Adj
ministration is swept away. The Presidents
wife's cousins husband has been gently but
firmly refused an Office on the ground that his
relationship was not sufficiently remote. This
wonld seem to indicate that the brOther-in-law
will not be one of the vices of this Admins
tratiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

An Appcndir Of 16 pages, eembOdgin9 the tert
Iensire account of the proceedings connected uih
the electoral count, is now ready, accompanying
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

Just now the number of new things under
the sun threatens 10 put the proverb out of
date As if the incorporation of Rebel Colo
mel and one of the chief supporters of Horace
Greeley into Republican Cabinet, the dis
comfture of the Camerons by Republican
Administration, and the Inauguration of q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

In Denmark the Folkething, which persist
emily refused to grant appropriations for ex-
pensive delenses, is willing to cooperate in
having the country adequately represented at
the Paris Exhibition. This indicates that in
Europe the people are likely to be ahead OF
the Governments in promoting the success OF
the industrial jubilee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

Gen. Mcclellan would make such good
Superintendent of Public Works that 1t Is
almost wicked to say it-but won't it seem
natural to him to take charge of trench four
hundred miles lOngf
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genuine reform in the civil service, were not
enough, it seems now that Frederick Douglass
will owe his confirmation to Democratic votes
and one of the most honorable and consplcu-
GUS Democrats has already offered to go upon
his bond. This exhausts the limits OF the I'M
possible. The nation is floOred, and anything
can happen that wants to.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

The readers and not few Of the critics of Daniel
Dcronda" are still expressing, privately and pub
licly, their dissatisfaction with the termination OF
the novel. Many of them declare it is not finished
that it simply stops The average reader and critic,
too object to having anything left to the imagna-
ton, to the continuation of ideas already album
dainty expressed. As in this case, they want to
know what becomes of Hans MeyTick whom Gwen
dOlen accepts on her second matrimonial venture
what end Herr Klesmcr makes; whom Rex Gascoigne
finds for his wife how DerOnda and Myra get
on connubially and Hebraically, etc, etc, etc.
Nobody but George Eliot knows, Of course and she
has been kind enough to telegraph us sentimentaly
from Embrun (Francel, where she is staying at
present, as to the fate of her principal characters
Herr KleSmer dies of excitement and rapture while
attending the performance of Wagners Trilogy at
Bayreuth. His rich widow returns to England;
Hans Meyrick gets enamOred6f her proposes and is
accepted, and he thinks her more OF a Vandyck
duchess than Gwendolen was. Rex marries Kate
Mcyrck, and her sisters all find welto-do and desra
BILE husbands. Myra dies of slow fever in Smyrna,
and Deronda after wandering through the East foui
or five years, goes back to London, and accidentally
meets Gwendolen at party, to their mutual delight
She is lOveer than ever; she has mastered Hebrew;
she reads the Talmud daily, and gives him some
valuable ideas in connection with the great work OF
his ife She expresses her earnest desire to embrace
the faith of Israel She does so, and after some
months of intellectual and spiritual communion
they are married and set out for Jerusalem, where
they still permanently reside. Their lives are very
harmonious, except when she asks him once in a
while Now tell me. dearest what could you dis
cover in Myra Cohen to ensnare your aifectionp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

Another life insurance company is probably
about TO sink INTO the oblivion of receiver
ship. This time it is small one, which for
some years past had done no new business.
There is no hope that its assets will bear a
fair proportion to its debts, and the history Of
the World Life Insurance Company will prob
ably prove as disastrous, compared with the
amount of its business, as that of the other
concerns which have recently gone down.
A much more astounding piece of insurance
literature is the evidence as to some of the
transactions of Mr.. Furber with the
Universal Insurance Company, and the
Guardian, which the Universal took under
its wing. In consideration of wreck
ing the Guardian company, the Universal
seems to have agreed to pay MIR. Furber at
least $4,000 per month for four years 1t
might b. more, as he had the option of 10
per cent on premiums from the Guardian COM
pany, and also 20 per cent on the reserve OF
all of its policies that might be forfeited. AT
S., 1000 q month, however, the payments must
have been 100000 in 12l2 months; and
when that period had elapsed Mr. Furber sur
rendered his contract and received i'll full for
the remainder, $33O,OO0. The question now
is, whose money was it that was thus literally
paid to Mr.. Furberi