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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Of the public, but for obvious reasons its III
ouiries are rarely thorough and sometimes
ridiculous.
Assemblyman Hayes proposes TO, meet tiis
defect by creating a State Board OF Railroad
| Commissioners in New York, similar TO that
in Massachusetts of which Mr.. Adams is such
| an active and able member. The Massachusetts
Board has done admirable work. 1t causes an
Immediate investigation to be made Of every
accident within the limits Of State, and III every
important case it publishes n careful, practical
and useful report, specifying in the painest
language how the accident occurred ana no"
it might have been avoided. But State aclioh
i insufficient. when many important roads lie
in two or more States, and the witnesses ana
records necessary for the inquiry into dlsas-
for in New Jersey may be in Pennsylvania
where a New-Jersey board cannot reach them.
If the Massachusetts, plan is to be ex-
tended and made of service to the whole
Union it must be by Federal action. The Cen
eral Government assumes the regulation not
merely OF our foreign commerce but of our IN
ternal trade by water. Why should it not ex-
erc;se a similar supervision over domestic
transportation by landf II appoints inspectoFs
for steamboats, and inquiries into catastrophcs
on the rivers and lakes. Why should it not
concern itself as well with broken bridge as
a rent boilerf Mr.. Adams states that the
average number of lives reported lost on
American railroads is $50 year, and the
average number of Injuries reported IS about
/ 900, and to these large figures we must add
the great number of more or less severe acci-
dents which are not reported Practically
there il no searching and intelli gent invesu-
cation of these disasters except by the rail-
road companies themselves, whose interest IN
the matter is antagonistic to that OF the pub
lie. and who never allow anything to their
own dlscredit to be disclosed.
Mr.. Adams suggests the addition OF rail-
way bureau to the Department OF the INTERIOR
Our experience with such bureaus In Washing
ton is not reassuring. They are always more
or less political and this is an affair from
which politics must be kept aloof. The duties,
"a il seems to us, could be much better per
formed by board of Army Engineers, say
three or four, selected from the best officers
IN the corps. Their opinions would carry re-
sDcct; their fitness and integrity would be I'M
questioned; and at the same time we should
find useful and appropriate employment FOR
men whose talents in time of peace are but
TOO ant TO lie hidden in napkin. The assign
ment of such officers to this duty would ac-
complish the purposes Mr.. Adams has in view,
and we believe it would be quite as accept
able to him as the new bureau at first sus-
pested,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
THE MEMS THIS MORNIAG.

FoRE1GN-1he Turkish Grand Council yesterday
rejected unanimously the terms proposed by the
Conference -- The Dominion Board Of Trade
recommended protective duties against American
products 60 Princess Marie, sister OF the En-
press of Germany is dead. - The Turks intend
to issue more paper money.
DoMEsrC.-In the Senatorial contest in Massa-
chusetts MIR. IIoar is now 20 votes ahead OF Mr.
Boutwell,; there is 10 change i'll Illinois. -- A
seres of resolutions declaring that the Presidential
question has been already settled by the Electoral
College was offered in the New-YOrk Senate.
CoNGREss-Ghe report of the joint Committee
and bill to provide for and regulate The counting
of the electoral vote presented IL both houses
The House considered the report made last Friday
by the majority of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. and it was supported by Proctor Knott IN
a long address. The minority report was presented
by Mr. Burchard, who made long address.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-HOrace f. Brown, ac-
cused of forging the check for $G4,225 on the
Union Trust Company, waived examination
and was committed. 80 The Grand Jury pre-
scented bill for making pool-seng mloCe-
meanor. 80 DR.. Phelps was discharged IRON
custody by Judge Gildersleevc -= Cold l0Ol2'
lO6Ia. 1O63s Gold value of the legal-tcnder dol
lar at the close 94 cents Stocks irregular. strong,
and weak in spots closing without feature.
THr WEArHER.-THE TmBUNEs local observa-
lions indicate slightly warmer and partly cloudy
weather. Thermometer yesterday 90. 80. 3Oo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
RAILV1Y INVESTIGATIONS

Testimony introduced before the corOners
Jury in the Ashtabula case on Monday midi
Gates that some of the braces of the broken
bridge had slipped from their place us much
AS three inches, and that this displacement
had occurred before the bridge WAS last
painted; in other words, that serious defect
had become visible, and yet was not corrected,
unless smeaiing with paint-brush is to be
called correction. Without assuming that this
Slipping of few braces would account for the
accident, we may conclude from Mr.. Tomlin-
sons testimony that there WIS lack of care
I'LL inspection on the part of the officers OF the
road, and that whatever the actual cause of
the disaster Oh the 29th of December,
the precautions against disaster were by
10 means what they ought to have
been. And this brings us back to the
point so forcbly put by Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams, jr.. in his letter to Mr.. Garfield, which
we printed on Saturday, that the public has
TO efficient means either of learning where the
responsibility for railway accidents lies, or Of
holding those responsible for them to any sort
OF account A coroner's jury makes the near
est approach to al investigation in the interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
q muc emsn,s aao aleet,nas Go Might.

Roora'e THEATER." DAM Druco."
EAGLS TBEaTEk.-" Santa Claus"
FrrH hvESUE TlIEAiER.--" Lemons"
GRASD OrgHA House." Divorce"
IyCEUs TuEATER-" Richclieu," Booth.
NKw BROADWAY THFAIER-"Unco Toms Cabin"
NuIo's GARDES.s-" A8urrne."
FAM THBATER The Marble Heart"
eAN Francisco MTsrRELS
foSY PASTORS NEW TuEArER.--2 and &: variety
YwKNTY-In!RD SIRKRr OPERA HoUsE.-keily q Locus
Ministries
Union SQUARE THHATrR-" Miss Mutton "
WAIIACK's THgATER.- Forbidden Fruit
BROADWAY NEAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Butter
Head.
GTIMoREs GAiDEN-Equ6 strian Games.
uhIIER's WONDER THEATEE.-MaSical ana husicai
KusTZ GALLERY-Day and evening: Artists Fund
Paintings
NTw-YoRK AQUARUIH.-Day and Evening.
ST. INwAY HAII.-Banad Concert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

the prophets are beginning to feel almost
equal confidence in Mr.. Hoars election. Ihere
can be no question that this would be hailed
everywhere rs a good sign fer tue future OF
the Republican party, promise OF the ola
stamp of Massachusetts Senator MIR. Bout
wells defeat, on the other hand would excite
more regret than many people who assall INN
would like to believe for nc bears the repute
of a conscientious public servant. But there
will be less regret if it should be taken as
formal notice to Senators, conscientious or not,
that the less they have to do with Butler the
better.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

If you would know to what pass once
promising Congressional humorist may come,
read Proctor Knott's somber discourse OF yes
terday He was inopportune, obstinate and
persistent, grand, gloomy, and morose. lie
stood all through OH the crust of a volcano"
but never once yentured near the brink OF q
Joke. But we are not sure that he was not at
LIS funniest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

The Grand Jury has tried its hand at bill
prohibiting pool-selling, which is to be intro
duced at Albany. Inasmuch as the Assembly
is already provided with measure OF this
kind. we respectfully suggest that this be for
waIded to Senator MOrrissey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

The article protesting to give the truth
about the May Bennett duel, which appeared
in the local columns OF yesterdays TRIBUNE,
now proves to have been derived exclusively
from the warm partisans OF Mr.. Bennett-a
fact which ought to have been stated in the
article itself Every substantial allegation IN
it is denied point blank by the Mays, and un-
truthfulness has never been one of the vices
of that family. We print this morning letter
from an authoritative source, giving certain
facts concerning the duel, which VIC have
no doubt are accurately stated. Letters
from one of the seconds in the duel
have also been exhibited to us, which make
the following facts clear ID That May, as the
challenged party, having the right to choice
of weapons. chose cavalry sabers; (2) That
BENEFITS friends objected, on the ground that
this gave May an advantage; (O That Mays
friends yielded their choice, and assented to
dueling pistols; az That the distance was
twelve PAGES; (5) That no witnesses Were
present, even the surgeons remaining at dis
lance, and the only persons on, or In sight OF,
the ducling ground being the two princi-
pals and their two seconds; 90 mat
the word was given thus" Ready,
" fire, one, two, three, stop the parties
not to move their pistols from the perpendcu-
lar until the word Fire was pronounced,
and not to fire after the word "StOp" was pro-
nounced, and the seconds having the right TO
shoot down either man who disobeyed this re-
qulement; Cd That Bennett and May fired
almost simultaneously at the word "One;"
(S) That neither was touched ; (9) That BENEFITS
friends then professed themselves satisfied !;
and QO) that the parties strMghtway sepa-
rated, the whole affair scarcely having Occu-
pied ten minutes. These, we have reason to
believe, are, so far as they go, The exact facts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Mr. Hoar is gaining rapidly upon Mr.. Bout
well in the Senatorial contest, and now leads
him by IA score of votes. Of the latter's defeat
there seems no longer 10 be any doubt, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Gen. John A. Dix, IN letter to Congress
man Kasson, adds the weight of his name to
those already recorded in favor OF the exclu-
Five power of the President Of the Senate to
count the electoral votes, and against any fur
Their legislative oncroachment upon popular
rights. Gen. Dix makes the striking sugges-
ton that, while the Constitution forbido a
Senator or Representative from acting as an
elector, Democrats now propose that the House
of Representatives shall override the action OF
the electoral colleges themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Secretary Fish's letter to President Eckert
of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
in reference to the projected joint purse ar
rangement between the two cable companies
contains timely declaration. After recltng
the assurances given 10y the Direct Cable Com
pany that their articles of organization pre-
vented any amalgamation with another COM
pany, or any combination to raise rates
| assurances necessary 10 OBTAIN landing place
for their lincs-Secretary Fish expresses the
official opinion, in the Presidents namc that
"the control of the United States over its
q iurisdictional waters extends to the right OF
dscontinulng and preventing their use by a
"cable whose proprietors may violate any OF
d" the conditions on which the Government has,
"by ouescence or silent permission, allowed
" its landing, as well as to the resistance and
prohibition of an original landing" Perhaps
the opinion scarcely needed to be stated but
Just now it will serve as sharp reminder to
the men who propose TO reGstahsn monopoly,
that while the public can find their own re-
dress in the use of their idle capital, they can
look to the Government to inflict prompt
penaltv. Between the Government and the
people, cable monopoly would soon be
ground fine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

As was expected the momentOus meeting OF
the Turkish Grand Council yesterday resulted
in the terms proposed by the Conference being
unanimously rejected. The assemblagc even
forbade Midhat Pasha to proloug the ncgotia-
TONS except on the basis of the POrte's counter
proposals. The council, which wAs intensely
warlike, dissolved amid shouts Of Death be-
&" fore dishonor" In face Of this challenge the
ambassadors can hardly refrain from leaving
Constantinople, as they threatened to do, in
case their last proposals were rejected. En-
boldened by the diplomatic victory which ap-
pears now within her grasp, Russia Will
doubtless redouble her preparations Tor war.
The recent concessions have served her pur-
pose admirably, inasmuch as they rendered
the Turks more arrogant and defiant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Fighting Indians with Indians does not seem
10 he always the best policy. Col. Miles.
in his report, tells how five Of the prin-
cipal chiefs of the Sioux coming into the camp
were killed by the Crow scouts employed by
the Government although they bore a flag of
truce. This sudden outbreak of savagcry pre-
vented the surrender of a thousand men; but
it has much more serious consequence ill
casting a stain upon white warfare 10 which
il il hardly used, and adding another to the
long list Of wrongs which the Indians have
suffered at our hands. For the act OF these
senii-ssvages will inevitably be set down as
the act OF their civilized employers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

Diplomacy has not yet said its last
word" This is the judgment Of the Lon
don Times on the doubtful condition of
peace in Europe. 1t is possible that the
Times is right, and that negotiation may yet
drag its tedious length through few addi-
tional days, and supply few more last
words; for the roads from the Pruth are per-
haps not yet in precisely tho most desirable
condition. But the result will be the same,
whether it comes tomorrow or next month,
and the possibility OF averting war is not
apparent. An effort is made in England
quite naturally to put upon an act Of Rus
STA the responsibility of being ut last the d.
rect cause of the war. 1t is said that Russia
has been too hasty, and has unjustifiably
used the protocol rs the basis Of an ulti-
matum, and demanded peremptorily on i'm
mediate answer. But Turkey has not OBJ
jccted to answering on one day rather than
another, and has objected specifically to
England's part of the protocol and docu-
ments. That, therefore, does not leave the
responsibility on Russia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The English arc disposed to rclinquish tho Of
scarlet for tho field.
Rear Admiral George y. Emmons, United States
Navy. Is Mt the st. james.
The jolly li,tlc crocus is pcepng out into tho chill,
with it's colors Of violet and yellow and white
The Secretary of tho Navy expected to return to
Washington on Saturday from Torre Bauc, Ind, with
his family
Scotch boy says that tho only way that Noah know
that there was going TO be food was by consulting
his almanac.
Submissions is very near sighted and whom no gets
seated at a piano nothing In the way OF hint can
drive him from II.
Chicago Times :--"Evldcniiy this man Hayes has no
friends. month In the White House and has
sent him bull pup"
The curlcw bell has been restored to Sratford; but
in this country man can't sleep late on Friday morn
ings because OF tho fish horn.
Philadelphia B.leiin;-"rhc manufacturers Of the
jcwsharp beginning to get frightened at the success
telephone. IL will drive their musical instru-
out Of the market altogether, they say"
scientist says that oysters have digestion. Yet 10
may be asked whether a hgt-toncd and chuvch-going
Shrewsbury has over been known TO scold his wife
because she didn't put enough liquor into the stew.
Hon. Charles y. Conant, ex.Assisiant Secretary Of
the Treasury and Mr. John Bigclow, who is TO be his
assistant In London in the transaction Of tho govern
meni's business with the Syndicate, left Washington
last night for this city, youtc for England.
Tho Turks do not mako good dragoons but In light
cavalry they are well equipped; and Colonel valcn
tine Baker. who dsgraccd from the English army
io- brually foollng with girl In a railway car, Is or
ganlzing corps OF cavalry In tho Turksh army which
may mako some OF the Russians sick.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13
How the Reform Charter stands.

The bill to secure better public admins
tration in the local government of New
York was ordered to third reading in tho
Senate yesterday, after the adoption Of
few desirable amendments and the defeat
of numerous others offered by the Tammany
Senators for the purpose of embarrassing
and jeopardizing the measure. The Board
of Sinking Fund Commissioners was made
to consist of the Mayor, the Comptroller,
the Commissioner of Public Works and two
citizens to be appointed by the Mayor, with
the approval of the Recorder and City
Judge. A clause was inserted prohibiting
the appointment of any city employee as
removes very fragrant abuse. The
Board of Aldermen was empowered to
elect president of that body for nm un-
expired term in case Of a vacancy in that
Office. The provision for the addition
of two citizens to the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment was stricken out.
Among the amendments proposed and
defeated was one which sought to strike
out the provision for the election of a
Comptroller in the spring election, SO as to
keep the present Comptroller in Office. Mr..
Morrissey met the amendment with the
argument that if the people desired to
retain Comptroller Kelly they would elect
him, and with the party machinery wholly
in his hands he could of course insure his
own nomination.
If the bill as amended passes the Senate
of which there is little doubt, il will be
returned to the House for concurrence in
the amendments. Should the Assembly
concur it will need only the Governors
signature to make il a law. We believe that
it will give MS mich safer, more efficient
and more economical city government than
we now have. The constitutional amend
ments relating to municipal governments
cannot at the best 90 into operation
for two years, or until the spring
of 1879, and there can be no good reason
why we should not improve the administra-
ton Of our local government and protect
the taxpayers in the interim. But the pres
ent bill will bring our municipal system
nearer than it now Is to that proposed by
the constitutional amendments recon-
mended by the municipal commission, and
hence will serve as stepping stone, as 1t
were, to the more complete and permanent
plan. IT is to be hoped, therefore, that tho
Senate amendments will be concurred in
by the House, and that the bill will be suf-
fered to become low.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

THE WEATnER.-The depression in the South
west has, Ms we predicted, developed into
heavy rain storm. Tho precipitation extends
frum the Gulf to the Lower Missouri Valley, but
"a heaviest on the coast The fall ut New
Orleans has been Les inches; vicksburg, 1.77:
Shreveport 1863, and ut Galveston nearly .
Inches during sixteen hours. Heavy winds
prevail from Indianola to Mobile, and the indi-
cations are Of an unusually severe disturbance
The temperature has fallen in the South, owing
20 the in-tfraught winds in that direction from the
high pressure To the northward. The storm which
passed off the Carolina coast in now moving east
ward from Newfoundland and is extremely
severe. Rains and snow prevail in Nova Scotia
and southwestward along the coast to Boston
Clear weather and northerv winds are reported
from all points between Boston and Charleston
and west Of the Alcgharlics aud northward of
Tennessee to the Mississippi Valley general
fall Of temperature has taken place The south
ern storm will probably move northeastward
toward the Carolina coast, with dangerous winds
and heavy rains. The Lower Mississippi and the
Red River will continue TO rise with dangerous
rnpidity. In New York today 1t will he cool
- partly cloudy or cloudy, followed by threat
~6inr weather, increasing uortheasterly winds,
- vosdhly rain.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The excitement
in Wall street, although not so great as on
Wednesday, still continues. The attempts made
to wreck certain stocks have luckily been frus-
trated, and there was a much better feeling ap-
parent yesterday. Gold. on the receipt Of the
news from Europe, rose to 1O6ls, but afterward
declined to 1O6, ut which price it closed.
Government stocks were strong and railroad
bonds irregular. Money loaned at g per
cent on call, but later in the day dropped to 2
per cent on call.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

Albany Lcgislntes-Ncw York Suffers.
We do not want our legislators at Albany
to prescribe for our Street Cleaning Bureau
some new plan of how not to do it. We as
sure them that our officials arc thoroughly
traincd in the evasion Of law, and that
any new measure the Legislature
may propose will only complicatc
matters still more, and perhaps re-
suit in the street dirt being collected
and dumped in our parlors and bedrooms.
What we do want is the strict enforcement
of existing laws, not the enactment of new
ones. Our worthy but spineless Mayor is
hopelcssly at seq about the street cleaning
question. He says that he can only prefer
charges against the Police Commissioners,
but thnt he does not think the Governor will
entertain them. lie confesses himself
entirely powerless to remedy the evil.
Comptroller Kelly also declares that he is
powerless to prevent the squandering Of the
public money under the pretcncc of cleaning
the streets, because the Police Department
and it's expenditures are placed beyond his
control by law. But the Comptroller tells
us what might be done in the way OF relief
"One cart might come along and take away
the garbage, while another could take care
of the ashes" This certainly is news !
Why did not somebody think of tho Kelly
plan before How stupid we all have
been! The fact i, if we could manage
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

'REcoLLEcTIoNs" of distinguished individll-
ais usually meet with general welcome but
in the case of William NJ. Tweed this rule
has some notable exceptions. 1t is even likely
that some mon will put widc oceans between
themselves and New York in order to be absent
on the day of publication.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13

From reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,ccatl.cr in Nc,c York today ,ciN be
cool and partly cloudy or cloudy, tollorcd By
threatening indications, increasing northcastcrly
winds, and possibly rain.