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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21
4 COSTLY HTNBTG,

The cOmmOtiOn about appointing new
Commissioner of Agriculture il not proper
toned to the importance of the subject. The
Department of Agriculture has always been a
humbug. The agricultural interests OF the coun-
try would have been as well off if the Department
had been abolished as long ago as in old Isaac
Newton's days, and the money covered back
into the Treasury. Tins has resulted partly
from the worthlcssncs5 OF the plan. but largely
from the superior wOrthessncss of the men
set to carry it out. The Commissioner OF
Agriculture has too often been person not
ONLY knowing nothing about agriculture, but
unluckily knowing very little about anything
else.
If new Commissioner is to lie appointed,
he ought ut least not to be an aitr0nt 10 the
agricultural interests. The appointment OF
Prof Langston would be grave mistake.
He is not farmer, either practical or
scientific, and is not the sort OF per-
son whom the farmers Of the country would
like to see put at the head of such Il depart
mcnt. His color is no objection to him for the
place, hut on the other hand it is no recon-
mendation; and for this place he certainly
has no other recommendation. There
are many POHtS "HICh Avn i''i'o''""
could creditably fill but this is not
one of Them A worse appointment, however,
is threatened. Mr.. ID. ID. r. Moore, who con-
Quoted The Ruyal Ner- Yorker from pros
pcrity gently down to bankruptcy, is worrying
city papers into the suggestion that, as he Is
utterly broken up, and needs some
thing, he might as well be given
this. If the truth must be spoken,
Mr.. Moore is man whose business incompe-
tcncy and bad habits almost ruined Il success
full agricultural newspaper; and he Is now
merely worthless and drunken place-hmtcr
TO nut such Il man at the head of Il Depart
ment would be as grotesquc an absurdity as
the scheme to have Mr.. AbIam DISbccAcr
made Surveyor of the Port.
The way ont of this Agricultural Depart
mcnt muddle is simple. 1t is the way OF Civil
Service reform. The one man in the Depart
ment who has been recognized by farmers and
by the agricultural press OF the COIN
try rs fit for anything is Mr.. }. Il. Dodge.
He has no axes to grind, no influential friends
to get up petitions for him, and no newspapers
whom he can worry into saying good word
in his behalf on the score Of the good will of
the craft. But he understands his bust
ness. Whatever there is GOOD in the
Department is his, and everybody in Washing
ton who knows anything about the Depart
ment knows the fact Let President Hayes
carry ont his Civil Service reform. If we
must still be afflicted by the Agricultural
Department at all, the dispensation will be
mitigated By having Mr.. Dodge at the head
nf IL
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Snber TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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DESTRUCTION 6h Fd0c-lst and "a columns.
LECTURES AND MEErINGS-5d P00'-Oth column
LOST AND FOUND-6M Page-4th column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATIis-5m Pd0t-Otn column.
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C4TrHING A T1RT1R.

Gen. John McCOmb is the managing editor
of The Alta newspaper in San Francisco, and
in that capacity he had occasion to say some
thing humorous but sharp of ore William
HAYES, described by the telegraph as ga fire.
"eating bully" ard also as a prominent
"lawyer." The first impulse, we should think,
of lawyer aggrieved by a public journal
would be to bring an action. That is the
course which is usually pursued in these
parts; but lawyer Hayes, instead of making
writ, put a large pistol into his pocket, and,
calling at The Alta Office, threatened to
shoot the editor unless he made an in
Simultaneous retractiOn. WhcreHpOn Gen. John
McComb, instead of Fastening to apologize,
and to say anything for the sake of saving his
valuable life, not only knocked down the true
ulcnt Hayes, but, taking away his pistol, led
him captive to the next police station and
there delivered him into the hands of the law
upon a charge of assault with intent to Kill,
and upon second charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
The affair has naturally created good deal
of excitement in San Francisco, and Gen.
McComb has been very much congratulated
upon his successful suppression of man OF
whom it is said that for twenty years he has
been seeking occasions of quarrel, having also
been "A party to several encounters" This is
precisely the kind Of man who is usually az
grieved beyond assuagement if a public print
happens to speak of him, however mildly, as
a nuisance, or to tell the truth about him in
even mitigated way. A reasonable person
seeks explanation and retractiOn, if he thinks
that newspaper has misrepresented him.
Satisfied that he has been wronged and that
no other method of redress is left him, he APP
peals to the law-tbat is. if the affair be of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21
The NEWS THIS MORNING..

FoREIGY-Tho British Cabinet meets to-day TO
reconsider the Russian protocol. =- Peace with
Servia has been formally concluded. = YakoOb
Bey has an army Of50. 000men at Tarfur!-- Bet
ting on the Oxford and Cambridge crews is even.
80 tax of 80 per cent is levied OH German
merchants in Cuba.
DEMONSTRATION IN regard to South Carolina
and Louisiana was not decided upon ut the Cabinet
meeting yesterday. -- Attorney General DevenS
has reported that extra session of Congress is I'M
avoidable. =--- Prof. Leconte is strongly urged by
scientists and colleges for Commissioner OF Agricul-
turc - Ballots taken in the separate
houses of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Legislatures;
Cameron and Matthews received large majoritics.
60 Judge Reed of the Circuit Court has rendered
decision affirming Wade Hampton's title as Gov
ernOr.
CITY AND SrBURBAN.-William II. Vanderbilt
saws that he will not build a rapid transit road. The
plan of an underground line TO Forty-second-st Is
attracting much attention. 60 The Pennsylvania
Coal Company sold 2l6,0 900 tons of coal at decline
from previous prices. == Approval of the Admin
istration was expressed by the Republican Central
Committee --- The removal of the husbands
cargo was begun. 60 st. Johns Guild appointed
o board of referees to investigate its management
- Gold. 1919, 1913. 104al Gold value Of the
legaltender dollar at the close, $3.50 cents. Stocks
active and higher for the coal shares, dull and lower
for Others closing feyersh.
TIRE WrATHER-TmBUNE local observations in
dictate threatening and rainy weather. Thermome-
ter Yesterday, 22o, 800, 800.
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sufficient Importance to him. 1t Is only
worthless fellow, when his worthlessness has
been exposed, who resorts to violence. Some
times he gets into Jail; sometimes, unfortu-
nately, he does not but in no case is his char
actcr heightened the breadth of hair by his
foolish and unlawful actions
All the newspapers in California are 80 de-
lighted by the upshot Of this affair that Gen.
McCOmb is to receive testimonial of the APP
probation of their proprietors and editors.
Meanwhile Mr.. Hayes announces his intention
of killing Gen. McCOmb. But threatened men
live long, and the most likely thing to happen
is the expulsion of William Hayes, esq, from
the California bar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21
CAP AND COIN.

Once more the students of respectable old
Columbia College Will try the experiment OF
wearing uniform gown and cap. There Is
everywhere an increasing fOndness for regula-
ton suits. The conductors on the railways are
impressive in blue and silver; the telegraph
boys deliver messages in embroidered garments
which often appear too small for the wearers,
and suggest previous official duty; the let
ter-carriers are arrayed in modest gray about
the tint of the more genteel letters which they
handle; while the firemen from time immemO-
rial have fitted by us in sanguinary shirts and
pOnderOus helmets. There seems to be no par
ticular reason why Il clergyman should go always
in black clothes and white neckcOth. The
broadbrim and drab cutaway coat of the
Quaker have almost disappeared, but the
friendly garb in it, day was thought to eXer-
else a wholesome moral influence and to make
the wearcr careful Of his conduct, as no doubt
it did. On the whole uniforms are common
enough, outside the military and naval service.
Wherever the academic costume has been
adopted in this country there has been trouble,
we believe, with the neighbOring gamins If
the wcarers ventured in full costume outside
the college grounds. The Harvard men who
dared to go to Boston in their sOmber regalia
were sure to be chalcd and likely to be stoned
or snowbaled by boys, and even by boys of
larger growth. But no trouble of the kind
need be anticipated in cosmopolitan New
York No dress, however novel or peculiar,
attracts much attention upon our crowded
streets Even a tOuter in full Oriental habli-
ments, who for some time walked up and
down in the vicinity of the Post Office, with
board upon his back and another upon his
breast, for the purpose of disseminating in
formation respecting certain cheap res
taurant, ceased within twenty-fOur hours to
be novelty, and as an advertisement was
dead and stale failure. Visitors from all
parts of the world perambulate our
sidewalks without the annoyance of being
too much stared at. Foreign ecclesias-
tics in shovel hats come and go without the
least chaff. John Chinaman might have con-
tinucd to wear his tail glossy and black and
braided, if good sense had not cOunseled him
to cut it off or conceal it. If the undergradu
ates Of Columbia please, therefore. to prone
made in the new veslments, we believe that
they will seldom be disturbed, especially if
they are careful always to behave themselves
and to keep ont of scrapes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

and simplest plan; the second applies the same
principles on larger scale to more slightly
structure, strong enough TO carry trains OF any
weight, and admit of the highest speed. There
exists in fact no such insane opposition except
upon the part of one or two corporations
whose special interests will possibly be injured,
and of few owners of houses whose tenants
will doubtless leave them, but only to give
place to others of different character, but lust
as capable of giving good and prompt pay.
The secret of this sudden zeal in denuncia-
ton of elevated roads and in commentator OF
the underground system which the contorma-
ton of the island renders practically impossi-
bic, lies in the fact that there are pending in
the Legislature several bills adverse to the
Elevated companies interests, and that next
week in the Court of Appeals the final argyll
ment on all the questions involved In the sew
eral suits begun here months ago Is to he
heard. The bills in the Legislature are likely
to be ignored during the last hours of the ses-
sion hence the agitation which serves as an
excuse to call them up and urge them once
again. The decisions of the lower courts on
appeal to the court of last resort have all been
in favor of the companies and the general pub
that a local feeling exists against these enter
prises, and that Mayor Ely and Commissioner
Campbell and the City Government favor
another system.
The simple truth is that there is no other
opposition to rapid transit than that excited
by special interests, such as the surface rail-
ways which the projected Gilbert road affects.
For every person and property owner opposed
there are thousand citizens heartily In
favor of the roads. The only difficulty is
that the one opponent is extremely noisy and
active for fear his special OK will be gcred,
while the thousand who have no absorbing
individual interest i'll the matter do not COM
bine to approve and forward the enterprises
for in this, as in all like affairs, what is every
mans business is no mans duty. Neither Leg
stature nor court is likely to be mislcd 10y
such weak, though ingenious, opposition to
what is so plainly necessity of a city with
such peculiar conformation as NewI0rk.
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town or country, and those who wish to zee a sns.;.
men copy have merely to ask to receive II.

Additional interest is impaired to the English nm,
versty boatrace this year by the circumstance tbs.
Cambridge may tie the score, Oxford having won ~
and Cambridge 10 races. In 1850 Cambridge bad
won 10 and Oxford of the II contests since IN.
first race was rowed, in 1929. Next year Oxford
carried off the aurels by length, and held them "a,
eight successive years. in 1870 fortune again "a.
vored the Cantabs and they were successful each
year until 1875, when Oxford won by 30 seconds,
Last year the Cantabs took the lead again, winning
by four and half lengths. a close contest may bs
expected next Saturday. Cambridge was at frs, in
favor with betting men, but the practice Of the Ok
ford crew changed their opinion. and the odds stood
two TO one against the Cantabs. Yesterday tho
Cambridge crew regained public confidence, and the
betting was even Last year the odds indicated tho
result but the feeling Of uncertainty now is much
greater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

If the Commonwealth of Delaware does not re-
frain from levyng tribute upon the amphbous fish
erman of New-Jerscy an armed struggle may be pre-
cipilated between these sovereign States 1t seems
that Charles H. with royal muniicence granted the
raging Delaware from bank to bank to his brother,
the Duke of York, and His Grace the Duke, with
even more profu3e liberaty decided the river in fec
simple to both States to have and to hold forever
Under this title there naturally arose a conflict Of
jurisdiction which eliminated several centuries ago
i'm the sanguinaTy Oyster War. Then came the
Truce of Peapack and order has since regned in the
oystcY-bcd, until recently when the Delaware tax
gatherer invaded the jersey Shore Ex-senator Ere
inghuysen of counsel for Ncw-Jersey now comes be-
fore the Supreme Court for injunction to restrain
that bold official from trcspassing upon the sacred
mud of his native State, and alarms tho country
with prophecies Of unless his prayer is granted.
Senator Bayarl in the name of Delaware and the
Saulshurys, SCOTS at the threat OF war, but claims
that taey own and possess the Delaware River, and
demands the oyster tribute. Meanwhile Attorney
General Vanatta, who can slide further back into
history and with less fatigue than any other living
lawyer, has discovered that King Charles never
sealed the original grant, but very considerably
died Just before the parchment came to his royal
hand There is evidently irst-class cGsas bcIH lurk
ing somewhere in this ENHANCEMENT and If in the
interest of the public peace President Hayes should
feel called upon to Withdraw the troops from
Charleston and New-Orlcans, in order that they
might be used as an army of observation on the
banks of the Delaware, the placid and commercial
oyster might prove an influential even though a re-
mote factor in the solution of the Southern ques-
ton,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

We were all glad to get back the hard half dollars
and dimes and exc the quarters, but spurious bit OF
specie is 10 better than rag of counterfeit cur
rency. We learn from Mr.. j. +. Tandy, Sub-Treas-
ury expert that the bogus pieces of which the pnb-
lie should be particularly cautious are the half dol
lars composed of anthony, lead and tin. 1t should
be remembered that these are light genuine half
dollar weighs 1929 grains; the antmony and lead
and tin humbugs weigh only 1i2 grains. We arc
sorry to say that ypemetal is also perverted from
its honest original purpose by the cOiners. Ii is
clectroplated first with copper and then with silver.
1t weighs 1929 like the real half dollar but the
color is not good; the false pieces are thicker
than the genuine, and the devices are feeble
and faulty. Mr.. Du Bots, Assayer of the Mint at
philadelphia, says officially that there is something
about genuine coin which puts il beyond suspicion,
especially when the new white surface has given
place to the nmitablc and permanent " nine-tenths
tint :" and generally it speaks well for itself to
color and seniority. There is liquid test of silver
which can be put up by any druggist. 1t consists Of
"a grains of nitrate of silver. 10 grains Of nitric
acid and l ounce of water. This, if the coin be
bad, backens it at once. Mr.. Du Bots also gives
directions for testing coin by weight. Pose thin
strip Of wood eight or ten inches long; place n good
piece at ore end and the suspected one at the other
have weight Of three grains at hand; if the differ
ence is more than that decline to receive H. says
Mr.. Du Bots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

Secure in their mountain Businesses, the
Montcncglins are very tardy in making peace
They actually ask more territory from the
Sultan. to the amazement of the arrogant Sofas
in Stamboul, who consider that they merit
heavy penalties instead. This Montenegro
stubbornness is doubtless encouraged by Rus
sia. While Prince Nicholas is hostile the
Turks cannot dlsband the hordes they have
enlisted at so much expense. Russia in turn
1ntimates that she cannot disarm while the
Turks maintain menacing attitude. In the
end both Russia and Turkey may find this
perplexity intolerable and cry, Let the sword
decide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21
Business NoIlcss.

Finest OLIVE or SALAD OIL ever imported
Selected esUeci lly for imported aud bottled by CAsW
HAZARD & Co. Druggists Fifth Avcnnc Hotel i'nldnG ana
Sixihave. Of Thirty ninth ST. also No l@2 hanes
Newport r. our only places business are as ABOVE
HIGHEeT PRIZE POTT WINE.
The in the country, that took the highest pre-
MUM at Centennial. is SrEERs PoBI CRATE NdNt when
has become 50 This and his T. j. Brandy are
used by ply sicians everyWhee VINO rely upon
p,Te and best sold by ciuSSlsts 1eHeia
WaITru-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

There is to be an investigation of st. Johns
Guild, after ALL and its prospectus certainly
reads well. All persons are invited to testify
who will submit to cross-examination, and all
will be allowed counsel The charges against
Mr.. Wiswall's private character are also to be
looked into, and DR.. Dix, the editor of 1he
World and Mrs. Wiswall are called to the
stand. Unless the tribunals constituted to try
these charges have been organized to acqult'
the truth-whether that be in Mr.. Wiswaus
favor or not-ought to come out.
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amusemenis ano Hlcetines Go Night.

ACADEMY OF Music" Lohengrin."
BooTH's THEATER." Trip to the Moon" .
EAGIB THEATER.-"L La Timbale DArgent." Aimee
FIFTH AVENUE THEAtER.-" London Assurance"
GRAND OPERA HOUsE.--"T The Two Orphans"
NEW BROADWAY TBEATER-2 and 9: " Medea.'
OLYMPIC THEATER.-" Jack and JILL
PARK THEATER-" our Boarding House.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs
Tony PASTORS NEW THEATER-Varietv.
Union SQUARE, THgATER-" The Danchefs.'
WALLACK's THEAIER-" My Awful Dad"
CHAPEL CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-Lecture' Inc
Rev. Laehlin Taylor d. ID.
CHICKTRING HAIL.-Musc Recital
CHURCH THE Holy TRINITI-3: organ concert m,
CHURCH or THE Holy TRINiTY.-7;13: Lecture. Inc
Rev. 8 H. Tying ir. ID. ID.
GUMORE's GARDEN.-EquCstrian Games
UYIIER's WoNDER THLATER.-2 and 5: Magical and
Musical Performance. -,
METROPOLITAN MUSE N OF AIT-Castellain COLLECTION
kEw-YORK AQUARlUM.-Day and Evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

tempt to evade an old treaty is being resisted
by the German merchants, who have again IN
voked Imperial intervention. 1t is hoped they
will succeed Their cause is identical with
that of every foreign resident i'll Cuba.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

In all important business enterprises the
men who are most capable of conducting them
to a successful issue are, in the nature of
things, the recipients of large salaries. IL is
not at all surprising, nor i'll fact at all dis
credtable, that our large insurance companies
offer no exception to this general rule. The
high prices that are paid for such services are
only to be judged by the standard of their
value. If it is beyond question that the services
are worth the money that is paid for
them and they cannot be got for less,
there is nothing more to be said
about the matter. The evidence adduced at
Albany yesterday gives some interesting
figures with respect to the salaries paid by the
leading insurance companies. Mr.. Hyde, Presi-
dent of the Equitable, receives $4,000, and
Nr. Winston, President of the Mutual Life
$4,000. The Vice-Prcsidents of the two
companies receive respectively $4,000 and
$4,000, and the Secretaries $16,500 and
$4,000 respectively. Mr.. Hyde has also
received large sums as extra compensation,
but a table of his salaries for the past is
years brings the average to a little less than
$40 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

Superintendent Pilsbury is keeping sharp
eye out for the good Of the taxpayers
His first official utterance since his appoint
ment Is a Geographic request to Mr.. Husted
for an appropriation with which to build extra
shops at Sing Sing The point in which the
tax-paycrs will be interested is his declaration
that this increased accommodation VIII secure
an advantageous contract for the labor or 9oo
convicts. As this is considerably more than
half the average number of convicts III that
prison, the Assembly voted the appropriation
with a charming alacrity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

A burglar who confesscs that he stole
100000 from a bank which was never
robbed, and who was deliberately guilty of
dsorderly conduct in the hope of thereby
getting into State Prison for life, is just now
the pet of the impecunious reporter who is
paid by the line. and the pmlanthropists who
insist that there is no disccrnible virtue Cxtant
in man until he has run the whole gamut Of
crime and been thoroughly broken OF the
wheel Of repentance. There is supposed to be
usually greater proportion Of JOY over the
one repentant sinner than over hundred
righteous men, but is there any particular need
that honest poverty should meantime go
begging2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21

DIR. John Halls brief but valuable course of
Yale lectures on "Religious Life in Great
" Britain" was brought to close last Friday.
The last lecture, which is outlined elsewhere,
was an interesting discourse on the churches
of Ireland