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New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

many Republicans to hold In their
hands the final rcslllt-whose opinions are not
vet known. and will not be until the testimony
il alt in and the case formally submitted.
Herein is the contrast. 1t is idle to say jill
answer to or explanation of this that the case
is so plain in favor of Mr. Tilden that only
Republican partisans can have any doubt re-
garding it. That will be said OF course. b'lC
the fact is, as every unDrejudiced person VIII
agree, that it is a>QuestiOn upon which thcre
is plenty of ground for diversity OF opli-
ion, and one upon which conscientious men
not only may but actually do differ. 1t Is 10
the credit of the Republican party then, ana
it is the highest possible certificate 10 us
character and to the popular beef III inc
purity of its purposes, that its representatives
in the United States Senate are to such an ex-
tent men whose determination OF an issue so
exclusively partisan is in so much uncertainty
that both sides are counting upon it. Mcssrs.
Conkling, Blaine, and other Senators who
have been withholding their opinions until the
facts were all before them, have inspired the
country with confidence that they will IN the
end act impartially and conscIcntiOusly. In
that confidence the people will wait patiently
the conclusion of the whole business.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
Aesu.llprk Daily Gribmlas,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 4, 1877.
TIE NEVS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN -Disagreements have arisen in the Turk
ish ministry; crisis is imminent - In Paris,
Prince Orlotf, the Russian EmhasSador, has had a
long interview with Minister Simon. - The
strike on the Grand Trunk line has ended. -
Nine men have been killed and 80 severely hurt by
railroad accident in Denmark.
DOMFsrIC-The removal of cannon from Missouri
was ordered by Gen. Grant expressly as a precau-
ton. =- Cronn of Oregon testified yt 'terday
Washington. 60 Influential business men of
New-York CITY petition Congress to resign to the
Centennial the ~, 100000 loaned the Exhibition
- Gov. Hubbard of Connecticut dealt largely
with national questions in his message TO the LegS-
lature - Dr. Rodrigues dc Alvercuza, Brazilian
Commissioner 70 the Centennial Exhibition, was
rescued from the wreck of the steamer Emile ==
Both houses of the State Legislature adjourned to
Tuesday next.
CoNGREss-The time of tho Senate was spent in
discussing the propriety of summary action on Mr..
Wright's bill declaring the true intent and meaning
Of the Union Pacific Railroad acts Two employees
of the Western Union Telegraph Company were
presented one to each house, for alleged contempt
IN refusing to answer questions and produce dOcu-
ments 60 In the House a majority and minority
report were received from the Judiciary Committee
on the question whether Colorado is a State. res
oluton was introduced in reference to national su-
pervision of railroads.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Five members of gang
which has robbed the mails of large amounts were
arrested. 60 The letters i'll the BarlOw-Root quar-
rel are made pubic. - movement for new
combination to limit coal production was started
- East River ferries were much delayed by ice
- The Centennial of the battle of Princeton was
celebrated with a sham fight =- Gold, 1O7
1O67s lO7 Gold value of the legal-tender dollar at
the close. 93l2 Stocks generally higher but mac
D.. tive, closing firm
TIE WEATHER.-THE TRIBUNE's local observa-
tioDs indicate clear or lightly clOuded sky and
slight change of temperature. Thermometer yester
day, 13o, 22o, 16o; at midnight, 12'
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
THE JATERCOLLEGI4TE CONTEST

We publish this morning report of the
competitive exercises Of the intercollegiate
Literary Association last evening, at the
Academy of Music. Ten colleges were repre-
scnted. including many respectable institutions
but several of our oldest and greatest uniycr-
sites still send no champions. Prizes were
adjudced, among other merits, for "org-
"inality of thought" which was considered.
doubtless, from comparative point of view.
From young gentlemen still occupied by the
business of elementary education, "orignal-
''ity in strict sense is no more TO be expected
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
GENERAL NOTES.

The large collection of cxotics which was
exhibited Horticultural Hall during the summer ana
Fall still attracts many visitors. The Park ComuiS
sioners hope make it nucleus for botanical garden
of which the city will be proud Ihs beautiful Duu'us
Is now in tine order and is thoroughly heated
This revolutionary proposition is made by
The Nee Century for WOme-nay, ii is The Ih,Iddep"a
Chronicle "why should not boys be taught to COOK IS
well as grsi husband who understands how TO pae'
broil stew. and boil Is real reaIar. III no IN fae
same direction" Why not make him DaOytehder % aisv
Let his development in household education DC eoin'
and symmetricai
The North Pacific Squadron of the Russian
fleet is concentrating at San Francisco There were M
war vessels in Mission Bay Dec D. II was surmsa
that this movement had connection with the opeu
ing OF hostiities between Turkey and Russia ba Ls
difficult to IT, The squadron VIII De near Ef !.
malt the British North Pacific Naval station Wnes -
comnarativcly unprotected and contains an linmenso
Gnanity Of naval stores and ammunition san f,n ,
cisco reporter OF considerable powers oi iIlasin'
makes this the objective poilt OF the Meet
The new Constitution of Pennsylvania tor'
bids members of the Legislature from receiving whe'nf
for service upon committees or otherwise any co'"'
pensation additional to the salary and mileage io es
lar and special sessions fixed by law The MtorIe!,
General recently decided that this Is oar
The navment by the State Treasurer of the nee9ss1y
eypenscs incurred by the members OF tne
mi ee who, III the Summer OF 1872 ihaue on ~ sS,S,
t,nn into the affairs OF the Philadelphia ahu ~
Coal Company ana Coal and Iron Company .v ,y III III
diem compensation allowed in the salary act o "'' '
1874 is also pronounced unconstitullOhai
A German farmer living near Des Moines
iowa had his barn insured for $780, when WAS w
more than 1t was worth. Not long ago was ou'n.u
and ha demanded the full amount OF the policy Inv
company offered to settle with him for 500 anu Oh ~
ceying refusal built barn for him siS 20
= u,a insurance agent called upon him ana urke1 n ,S
axc his wie's life insured. Tho farmer useo ,n.
Of analogy %" had my barn insured Tor n's We nn aye
'rS ,ot iolIara but build me barn Now ge' na,
fsnu insured for toussud tolars ana sue a a Ike
iia @ a,ya me no tousand tollars, but MAKE iio Ia
y,h.r you, o,d Dutch women OATS wat yoa MAKO u' W"
i dou't want my frau insured" A.
The attempt made last week to oarh ,sas an'
.,nrn Rattle OF Lookout Mountain" which mas oees
p.n,,,op AZ Rochester. NJ Y. has been clearly SHOVE
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

Gen. F. G. Barlow has appeared in new
character, varying the mOnOtony of pleadings
with pistols and interviewing his briefs with a
challenge to mortal combat. Upon the cause OF
the quarrel which moved the ire of this explo-
sive counselor we have nothing to say. Law
yers can best decide which of the two adver-
saries was originally in the wrong But that
Gen. Barlow, at an early stage OF the proceed
incs. made an egregious ass of himself, and
that Immediately after this transformation he
wrote a challenge, which he says was joke, but
which seemed serious enough to be brought to
the attention of the District-Attorney, no
body can now question. The correspondence
between Gen. Barlow and Mr.. Root Is given
in full elsewhere. The first impulse of every
body who reads it will be to laugh at the
gallant but not Overwise military attorney
who goes of at half-cOck like bad
gun, and makes strange mess or the
code of procedure and the code or the
duello. The second thought OF great
many people will be regret that the
kindness of Judge Davis has saved Mr.. Bar
low from some of the modification which his
offense so richly deserved. Even if 1t was
a practical joke, it was one of a kind that he
should learn not to repeat.
Mr. Robinson, the Governor, said so much
yesterday, and said it so well, that he has not
left Mr. Robinson, the Controller, much to
add to-day. Nevertheless his report is of in
ttrest for It's clear and concise statement OF
the condition of the finances of the State, and
for its recommendations on various important
points. He directs attention to the extra0rdl-
nary increase in the assessed valuations OF
taxable property-mOre than twelve hundred
millions in eleven years-and characterzes
these sudden changes as perniciOus. The IN
crease in the valuations outside OF the cities
comes at time when prices are falling every
where to a hardpan level, and Mr.. Robinson
calls them unreasonable" He directs atten-
ton with pardonable pride to a considerable
saving i'm the cost of legislative printing, one
of the almost ineradicable abuses OF legisla-
ture. This saving is largely due to hlr. Rob-
inson's own honest persistency, in spite OF the
abuse heaped upon him by jobbers in the
Legislature and he deserves full credit for 1t.
His recommendation of a faithful continuance
of the policy of economy and retrenchment
that has been successfully inaugurated at AL
bany will be taken as pledge of frugal
and honest administration of the higher place
in the Government he has been called to fill,
and with that steady Tightening OF the bur-
dens of the Taxpayer by careful saving in all
of its branches.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

This is a good time for people to remember that
practically the only opponents of rapid transit are
the horse railroad companies. Every man who hangs
for weary hour this morning by a strap in a
damp and chilly horsc-car working his way
down town, should remember that he owes
il to the persistent hostility of the horSe-car
panics that he is not making the trip by steam, i'll
Onc-fourth the time, in comfortable seat in a
well warmed car. Every man who finds his front
door blockaded with great mass of snow,
thrown there by tho street railroad Ope-
rativcs, should remember that the rapid
transit roads will involve no such nuisance. Every
man who gets home late to dinner tonight because
the hoIse-cars are blocked up may comfort himself
with the fact that Tie Elevated Road is run
ming beautifully for five miles, and would
be making the circuit of the city but for
the persistent fight instigatcd by the horse-car
companies against it in tho courts; and that the
Gilbert Road would to-day be completed the
West Side II not also the East Side,
but for the same interference. These are
good points to think about. and, when
they have been well thought out, they good
points TO present to your members in tho Legisa-
turc. Probably both the rapid transit companies
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
TIE WAYS And MEANS COMMITTEE

Mr.. AlvOrd elected Mr.. Sloan. In other
words there seems to be no doubt that the
votes which Mr.. Alvord controlled, including
his Own-whch he has not always been able
to cOntrOl-were cast for Mr.. Sloan and gave
him his narrow majority over Gen. Husted
Mr. AlvOrd's right to throw votes which he
controls in any direction he pleases cannot De
disputed; it is a matter of taste with the peo-
ple who are thrown. But the unpleasant
part of the story comes In the wel-
defined rumOr that this transaction was a sale'
and that Mr.. AlvOrd's price was the CHAIR
manship of the Ways and Means Committee
II NAV easily be that Mr.. Alvord sold him
self. but we shall refuse to believe that Dir.
Sloan did any buying RumOr does not connect
him with the negotiation, though some OF MS
most conspicuous supporters are declared 10
have been parties to it.
If there has been any such bargain. let MI.
Sloan rcpudiatc it at once. lie was clectcd In
protest against the corrupt spirit OF trading
politics and he cannot afford to be bound by
any bargains that may have been made for
him. His election was hailed on all sides
as triumph of the cleaner element IN
the Republican party; it must not now
be seen to have been accomplished by caucus
dicker. If there is good and substantial rea-
son why parliamentary usage, which would
give Gen. Hustled the place, should be ignored,
let it be DONE but not in favor OF man so
besmeared with the slime of bad associations
as Mr.. AlvOrd If Mr.. Sloan will discard every
man whom he believes unfit for so responsible
a place, the people of the whole State will ap-
plaud him, whatever the politicians in Albany
may say. We were among the first to advo-
cate his election, believing him to be true
and honest man; we shall wait now conf
IDENTIFY to see him do the true and honest
thing.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
CU IRIIY.

i
Two letters recently published in The
TpIBUNE, propOs of the case OF the child
which died in its mothers arms in one OF our
crowded streets, will attract much more than
rassing interest. Both bear the signatures of
ladies well known to philanthrOpists. Mrs.
Josephine Shaw Lowell speaks in behalf OF
organized charity; Mrs. Rebecca Harding
DAVIS puts in an eloquent plea for that ind-
yidual action which is sometimes denounced
as "indiscrimlnate almsgving." Both modes
of beneficence find in these two ladies practical
and experienced advocates, and the debate
which has thus been opened closely concerns
the interest of the State and the conscience OF
the individual citizen.
Stated in the most business-like way, the
argument of Mrs. Lowell sounds cold and
cruel. Those who give to beggars lndiscrm-
inately are responsible for the prevalence OF
beggary, and the consequent decentralization
and misery. If the father of the dead child
had not believed that the wife and mother
would be helped by the passers-by he would
not have turned her out of doors If therefore
we had given her money when she sat there
starving and freezing in the open street. we
should only have encouraged other husbands
and fathers in brutality. That is a fair out
line of her reasoning, and it calls to mind the
excuse which the late Mr.. Burton, in The
"Serions Family" used to give for not con-
tributing toward the relief of Il bricklayer who
has fallen from a scaflold and broken his arm,
-" We shall have all sorts of people tumbling
from all sorts Of houses and breaking all
sorts of bones" But because the principle
of organized relief shocks the sentimental, it
does not necessarily follow that it is not the
right principle after all.
Mrs. Davis undoubtedly touches the SYM
pathies of the great majority of our people
when she reminds them that they cannot hand
over to organized movements and charitable
societies the personal responsibility which
Christ has laid upon each of us, and that there Is u
multitude of eases which bureaus, and boards,
and public institut .ons, however well managed
and well equipped, can never reach. The
world is governed by sympathy much more
than by intellect, by the heart oftener than
the brain. Hundreds will admit that Mrs.
Lowel's rcmonstrance is unanswcrable, and then
wlrbless Mrs. Davis for protesting against 1t, ana
will hasten to follow her counsel Tragedies like
that Of Julia Deems are acting every day unseen
in all our great cities. Once in q while accident
brings them to the notice or the world; then
there is an Outburst of horror in which re-
morse contributes an important part, and
indscriminate almsgiving" suddenly in
creases-nO doubt to the great disanangc-
ment of corporate schemes of relief and the
aggravation of pauperism aud idlcncss The
enlightened philanthropist. instead of con-
demning the operations of this generous i'm
pulse, will recognize that it springs from a
feeling implanted in the human heart by n
LOVING and mcrcful God, and will not strive
to limit the workings of universal brotherhood
to an affair OF State taxation or a transaction
| in sOun- tickets
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

A pamphlet essay on woman as q Musician" by
Mrs Fanny Raymond Ritter, gives lively sketch OF
what women have accomplished in song, and in
geniOusly suggest hat the world may be much more
deeply indebted to them for the composition OF the
primitive fOlk-sOngs than it suspects. Mrs. Ritter
does not attempt to explain why woman in modern
times has created little in that refining poetic.
and emotonal art of which she is such sympathetic
Interpreter; but she points ont how American ladies
can advance the musical culture of their country,
and what noble opportunities are open to them,
what responsibilities rest upon them in fostering
the young germs Of the future American art. If we
ever have American art shall owe 1T IN great
measure to the appreciation and enthusiasm OF
American women. Every artist knows that the
women are always quickest to discern what is good
and most steadfast in its encouragement 1t is the
men who support what is trivial, false, and vulgar
in music.
Mr. John Austin Stevens, the very competent
Librarian Of the New-York Historical Society, has
undertaken the edtorship of a new periodical which
is about to appear with the imprint of Nessrs A. 5.
Barnes & Co. of this city. 1t is entitled "The
Magazine of American History, with Notes and
Queries" and if the specimen number now ready
meet with an encouraging welcome, the magazine
will be published monthly hereafter, each number
containing an original paper by some authoritative
pen, biographical article, original documents and
letters reprints of rare documents notes and queries
and reports Of the proceedings of the New-York His
torcal Society.
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9musements ano Hleetinas Co Night.

BOOTHS THEATER.-" Dan1 Drucc."
EAGLE THEATER.-" Santa Claus"
FIFTH AvENUk THEAJBR -"Tlc American"
GRAND OPERA House." Under the Gaslight"
IYCEUM THEATER.-" Brutus." Booth.
NIBLo's GARDEN" Azuriue."
PARK THEATER.--" Little Nell" Lotta
San FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
Tony PASTORS NEW THEATER-Varietv.
TwENTY-THKD STREET OPERA HoUsE.-Kelly Icons
Ministries
UNION SQUARE THEATER-"M Miss Mutton"
WALLACk's THEATER.-" The Shaughraun."
CaURCu THE HOLY TRINTY.-Services. Morehousc
GILMORE'S q ARDEN Equestrian Festival. - q,
ULIIER's WONpER TiiEATER. R.--Magical and Musical
Performance.
Masonic TEMPLE.-Amateur Performance.
NAVY oRk AQUARIUM.-Day and Evening.
No. 40 BRoADwAY.-Big Tree OF California
STEINwAY HALL: symphony Rehearsal Thomas.
SIEINwAY Halls: Readings Burbank.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

tation to give the Returning Board of Louisi-
ana dig under the ribs. But for that, all
things considered, he may easily be forgiven
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

Cronin was not born yesterday. He got his
mileage, and plenty of it, before he started
Mr.. Tilden's "extreme Western agent didn't
take enough of Mr.. Greeey's advice. He
ought to have kept on going West. and walked
right off the Pacific coast.
The Presbytery of Newark stands by st.
Paul. Mr.. See has been found guilty, by
vote of 16 to u, of violating both Scnptural
command and church usage, in allowing
women to preach in his pulpit. This may put
a little life into an old controversy, and GER
tajnly adds one to the list of martyrs.
The Porte will probably offset the Confer
ence scheme to-day by proposing another of
its own devising. The negotiations have, how
ever, reached a stage when evasion is no
longer possible. Either the Porte will accept
the terms proposed by the Powers, or Gen.
Ignateff or Lord Salisbury will leave Constan-
tinOplc.
In Canada the railroad strike is over and
trains are running regularly on the Grand
Trunk line. The contest ended in drawn
battle, the engineers having gained nothing
more tflan the company WIS "lllIHS W CoHctuc
from the outset. The conflict was one in
which arbitration might at least have been
tried with advantage by both the engineers
and the railroad officers.
Gov. Hubbard of Connecticut follows Gov
Robinson of New York in a discussion OF the
Presidential problem, but he refrains from
anything like an avowedly Democratic argu-
ment. Gov. Robinson gave us all the law
the Democratic law, that is-and the facts-the
Democratic facts, bearing upon the con-
troversy, and he made plea that
coming from almost any other E1ecu-
tive, would be pronounced inappropriate and
ill-advised Gov Hubbard discusses the stu
alton in a n0n-partisan way, and expresses the
hope which every good citizen is now encour-
aged to entertain that concession may bring
oeace. To be sure, lie cannot resist the temp
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
Brsiness Notites.

Finest OLIVE or SALAD OH ever imported.
Selected especially for imDo ted and bottled 6y CAswtLI
.zARp 4 Co druggists Fifth Avenue Hotel Bndiag ana
SlXIhave corner Il Thirty ninth also. No l3I Ialhes'
ST. Newport; J. places Of business are as ABOVE
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

have all the legislation they need Ifnot, tho pubhc
temper nowadays would be very much in favor OF
giving them pretty nearly anything they want.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

Cronin was not born yesterday. He got his
mileage, and plenty of it, before he started.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-04

Mr.. Tilden's "extreme Western agent" didn,
take enough of Mr. Greeley's advice. lie
ought to have kept on going West. and walked
right off the Pacific coast
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-13
. The Popular Bond.

Senator VILLAGES proposition to- issue
four-per-cent. bonds of small denomna-
tions-fractions Of hundred dollars-meets
with favor among the, financial people of
the North. At first the Senator favored the
3.65 bond-the interest upon it being a cent
q day upon the hundred dollars made it easy
to calculate, and it was therefore likely to
be very satisfactory to the men Of small
means. He changed the interest, however,
to four per cent. for reasons satisfactory to
himself. -----
The Governments will do wise thing.
one that will be useful to both people and
Goyernment-by issuing bonds Of small de-
nominations. The people Of limited means
will invest freely in the bonds OF the Gov
eminent. France has afforded fine eS-
ample OF this. ANY expedient that will
increase the amount Of public bonds
held at home will be of great adj
vantage, to the country. Paying in
terest to the foreign bondholder is drain
upon the land, diverts its resources, and
lessons the means Of the people. The small
bonds now proposed to be issued would Sc
cure the investment OF an immense amount
Of money of the people of small means in
Government funds, and assist decidedly in
maintaining the integrity Of pecunary mat
tiers at home. d. Is,