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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
a BRACE OF BLUNDERS.

When the question of the Presidency began
TO be complicated, 1t seems to have occurred
TO Mr.. TildcD that it would be a good thing
TO have lawyer of his own in the HOueo Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS keep a counselor. so to
speak, in Congress, just as Mr.. William NJ.
Tweed, in the days of his prosperity. used to
keen an attorney or two on the bench to sign
orders at all hours of tho day and night and
prevent accidents. The choice fell upon Mr.
David Dudley Field, who knew by long eX-
perience how such business should be man
AGED. and from his extensive and successful
practice in enabling one statesman 10 keep
what he had stolen might be supposed espc-
cially well qualified to help another III getting
what did not belong to him. OF course we do
not imagine that Mr.. Field was retained.
Business is not done in that way. but Nj.
Field went to Congress, and immediately ne
gan to make things lively. Nobody could
complain that he lacked industry, or zeal, or
assurance. He pervaded all Washington. He
was vouble in the lObbies and active Ill the
committee rooms, and if rumor tells the truth
he put the politicians up to variety OF tricks
and devious devices which the shrewdest OF
them had never imagined. The Democrats at
the Capitol looked up to Mr. Field win the
same sort of reverence which the elder Weller
cherished for Mr.. Solomon Pell, "a limb o the
claw as has got brains like the frogs, dis
"persed all over his body. and reachln 10 the
EVERY tips of his fingers
But Mr.. Tilden must begin to suspect by this
time that he made blunder. The people do
not exactly like the idea of private counsel III
Congress They are not used 10 1t. There is
H.
something in it which jars their finer feelings
and shocks their sense of proprety. They can
not separate the legislator from the advocate,
and whenever Mr.. Field is talking they invol-
UNFAIRLY think of fees Hence the cause OF MI.
Tilden in the popular estimation is seriously
injured by the very means Mir. Tilden probably
supposed would support it. And even If there
were nothing improper in engaging Con-
gresham as attOrney-Or an attorney as Con-
gresham, whichever You wil-Mr Field Is
by no means such statesman or such cOun-
selor as one would naturally like to see en-
ploycd in the double functions. 1t is not just
the thing to transfer the talents of lawyer
from the service of William NJ. Tweed to the
service of the President, wOuld-be Presi-
dent, of the United States,-tO' bid him step
at a single reach from Ludlow Street Jail TO
the White House.
And Mr. Field has also made great blum
der. He has treated the grave controversy
now going on at Washington as if it were one
of his own law cases, in which he needed all
his cunning to prevent his client from getting
justice-ustcc being precisely the thing OF
which his client stood in iiyclIest dread. He
runs from the Supreme Court room to the
committee rooms bullying his associates and
batting HE witnesses. lie bas Dot quite learned
the distinction l~:wcen the Capitol and the
Court of Sessions, the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency and the Democratic ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
TIE DEFEAT OF CRAZY HORSE.

The encounter between Gen. Miles, with an
effective force of about 800 men, and Crazy
Horse at the head of about 1000 Indian war
riors. is reported to have occurred at point
about 60 miles up the Tongue River, on the 9TH
nit Overtaking his Ox-train sent forward three
DAVIS in advance of his sOldiery, Gen. Miles,
abandoning his wagons, began a difficult search
for the enemy, and on the 18th engaged In
skirmish. The next day he gave battle to the
main body. This was well armed, provided
with ammunition and apparently full OF cour-
ageous determination. Our forces are reported
to have behaved with great gallantry
and to have been disposed with unusual
skill. The result was rOut OF
the savages. They carried off their dead
according to their habit, but 1t is believed that
their loss was very great. Snow fell during
the action, ami the nature of the ground dld
not admit of the cooperation of the cavalry.
The fight is said to have lasted about i've
hours. Our loss was killed and wounded.
The command returned to the post at Tongue
River in good condition. During the move
ment preceding the battle, the troops encoun-
tered great hardsllips, and were compelled 10
move very slowly.
This encounter affords additional evidence or
the inability of the sayages to make mill
tary stand against inferior numbers of trained
soldiers and those who are anxious for the
speedy conclusion of a costly and unsatIsiac-
tory war, will he clad to see in the result OF
this battle some assurance that an END OF IL
is not entirely impossible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Boss, the tripartite Commission and Judge
Barnard. For two days Washington has
been scandalized by the discovery that
mutilated copies OF certain portions Oh
the testimony taken before Investigating
Commttees-copies which suppress every
thing unfavorable to Mr.. Tilden's side
have been secretly printed and sent forth in
the guise of complete official reports and it
is upon Mr.. Field that the action is charged.
We shall not believe without proof that man
of Mr.. Fields pretensiOns would be guilty OF
the offense of tampering with evidence or of
the alleged attempt to smuggle spurious
copy of some of the testimony before the Com
mission of Fifteen. But can anybody imagine
it possible for Mr.. O'COnor or Mr.. Evarts to
be suspected of such thingsf The fact that
the deed has been laid at the door OF MIR.
Field shows how deeply he has injured his
cause by bringing the tricks and manners OF
the police court into more dignified tribunal
than he has been accustomed to addressing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
THE AUBURN MURDER -LUNiIICS IN


The killing of Keeper easier at Auburn Prison on
Thursday last by William Barr, an insane convict,
is an incident which ought to attract the attention
Of the humane. Barr had been transferred from the
insane asylum TO the prison, and was considered, we
suppose, cured" but the first use which he made
of his comparative enlargement was to destroy his
keeper under every circumstance of fcrocious bar
barty.
There has undoubtedly been great improvement in
the mana gement of the asylum at Auburn since it
has been in the charge of DIR. Charles i. Mcdonald.
gentleman of good professional standing. When
he assumed it's management he found il i'll decid-
edly unsmtary condition; no had never seen its
equal IN that respect, presenting il did. an APP
pearauce Of squalor and restitution beyond anything
he had ever known IN any pauper establishment.
lie took charge the first of April last. He found
the patients very much in fear and dread of punish
ment In the report of the State Prison Commission
there Is considerable information not particularly
encouraging respecting the manner i'll which the
lunatics in the Prison Insane Asylum are treated
James Deerng attached to the asylum testified that
by order Of the Superintendent he had punished
insane convcts. On one occasion no had been
ordered to paddle" lunatic, and had only re-
Trained in consequence of the appeals Of the man for
mercy. On another occasion be put an insane man
in crib large enough to hold him, but not high
enough for him to stand upright in. He was chained
down there and 80 kept for couple Of weeks. One
Barr was chained up for several months and Deerng
could not swear whether he had a bed or blankets
or anything to lie on or not. The rations furnished
10 the patients ~ to quality were very poor. and
arc no better now than they should be- Tho buildings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Louisiapa witness still entertains the
countr, with the efforts of his creative genius
Jamcs Madison must be proud of his name
sake of the Returning Board Isn't It about time 10 TO-
aect whether the dead have no rights which the Nhs
bound To reslectf
Gen. Van Zandt Of Newport is talked oil ~
candidate for Governor of Rhode Island He mas Twice
been Governor and has served serer'' 'r"'
a. Sneaker OF the lower house OF the Legisl"ture'
After the Provisional Tribunal has become
oono,lv efete it is safe 10 predict that the parry
Lie, o.es Will very generally discover that the Ecc
toral Bin was altogether IN aecotuahce WIZ" Va" wi"
stitution when strlctiy CONSTRUCT"
President Grants specie resumption message
will take its place in that excellent catalogue of things
of which the people approve put lot "n'" '"0
men care nothing Papers Of both parties we IL Gun
,,,o ~ lint Congress IL IL believed will nave 10
time to upOn IT, . ~
If Mr. Field and Mr.. Wells should 60 OH
somewhere into the shade OF some vast eontlgu' OH"
aght II out In real earnest, the reputation OF t'O
Kno,ts Committee would be considerably enh'neoa
Each OF the comhatants would be sure ot inc "''
good wishes OF the whole country -,
II is fortunate that the arguments oil counse'
he,ore the Omnipotent Commission are teyond Tue com
ur,benson of average citizens. II pain peop" 'o
understand the methods and processes and eoh'r'is
motives OF the Tribunal they Nigh, look upon II, NJ
o,sinns with irrpyerence. Blind faltu III 'uV
n,,ll,bty Is now the proper attitude OF PATRIOTISM
The Hon. Daniel Marcy. Democratic canui
date for Governor of New Hampshire. accepts the nO'
nation IN a column letter. About oil that anybody c'
20 know about the matter is contained III taese "',
" do not feel at liberty TO decline the nomlhatioo'
,,ht have stopped there but he goes ON TO give = IA
hn,rd ESSAY on national politics, the DRIFT OF whmp ma
that the Democratic party IL the so'e eonse' "' "
liberties OF the country Importsntff true
Il is sad to lose faith in human nature es,
.c,a,iv in sueh An usrious specimen OF dsintetes"1
human nature IA the picturesque Pickett But II ne Ns
a. willing to oonsign his owe interests to perdon ., ~
n.,enas to have osen why did he attempt 70 chaso ~.
Hewitt more for the vote Of Louisiana than Tue
goods had been offered for three times before ,as
,rows the fsintest possible shadow OF
NJ p,ekett's narrative, and may create an u"Pe'''
suspicion. al
Ex-Goy. J. Madison Wells, az a witness nov
onl, elules the grasp Of Investigation Win s"f''''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The text of Prince GOrtchakOf's note
is published: its tone is concatOry toward the
Guaranteeing Powers. - Midhat Pashas down.
fall resulted from his shaving engaged III conspiracy
TO dethrone the Sultan. 60 The Lyons silk IN
dustry is greatly depressed. - The rsyaees of
the smallpox are increasing in London.
DoMFsTIC.-The Electoral Commission reached no
decision on the Florida yesterday. - SecIe-
tary Morrill, is dangerously Ill with typhoid
pneumonia - Ex-Gov. Wells of Louisiana
cross-examined by Mr. Field yesterday. and refused
to answer the majority of questions unless relieved
Of contempt 60 Rear-Admiral James Alden died
at San Francisco. - More attempts to remodel
the New-York Charter are to be made. - Another
Insurance bill was presented to the state Senate
CoNGREss.-In tho Senate the Ocean Telegraph
bill was reported favorably by the committee
memorial was receivedfrom the Smithsonian lnstitu-
ton nrging the establishment of a National Museum
The Judiciary Committees amendment to the Pacific
Railroad acts was discussed by Messrs. Hitchcock,
Boutwell, and Conkng, all of whom opposed it,
The motion to pass the bill abolishng the District
Police Board over the Presidents veto lost, only
80 Senators voting Yea to % voting Nay. In tn
House the Deficiency Appropriation bill was con-
sdered
CITY AND SuBURBAN.-The Continental investiga-
ton disclosed cash entries made when cash was
received, the giving of mOrtgagesato the company
by ts officers, and other irregularities. 80 James
Flood who murdered his wife OF Sunday, gave him
self up in Brooklyn. 60 II was stated III Wall-st.
that Jay Gould would sue s. NJ. Mills for conspiracy
and to recover 100000 account of transactions
III Che Western Union pool. 80 Suspicious OF NAL
practice aud itreatncnt of Ulegitmate children by
Mrs. Worcester at No. 149 Charles-st od to All i'll
es;igatiOn. - Gold 1854, 106ls, 1854 Gold
value of the legaltender dollar at the close 940O
cents Stocks generally dull and lower, closing weak
The WEATHER.-TnE TRIBUSE's local observa-
tons indicate partly cloudy and somewhat warmer
weather. Thermometer yesterday $50, 40o, $50 /;
at midnight, 800.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
Dnsiness NoIlfes.

Coughs, Hoarseness, and all diseases of the
Throat and Lungs speedy and certain cure no fanny
should be without il HEGEMANs TON AND LVRRwoKr tx
PT.TuIANT sold by all druggists Only 5Oc pei bottle.
Finest OLIVE or SALAD OIL ever imported
Selected especi y for imported and bottled ny CAsWE
HAzAlp Co Druggists Fifth Avenue Hotel Buidng ana
sixthave corner Thirty ninth ST. also NO l32 Jhanes
ST. Newport r. only places business are as aDONe
THEY HAVE No Equal,
are arght ndeSrucble proscryns the Dolly ior Years
and projecting II from vermin reptiles or Ooay ~
Their use prevents spread of contagious diseases AT III
Derals r elsewhere. -, ..u.o ,,o,,
Metallic Burial and CasSets arc maze III AL siIe i"
the cheapest the most expensive
Sold ali first class undortaktrs ana sections x,
RAYMOND MANUFACTURING Co., NewlOrk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
q mus emsnts ano aleetimos Go Night.

ACADEMY OF MusIC-"The Flying Dutchman" Kellogg.
RoorH's THEATKR.-" Fifth Avenue"
FIFTH AyESUk THEAIER.-" Lemons"
GRAND OPERA House, ana 3: Fernando =,
NEW BROADWAY THFATER.-2 and 3: Marion"
NIBLos GARDEN" Around the World"
PARK THEATER.-" Our Boarding House
San FRANCISCO MINsTREIs.
Tony PASTORS NEw THEArTR.-NareV
UNION SQUARE THBATEB-" The Dcnicbeffs.' ,,,,,
WaILACK's THEArER.-"A Morning Call ana "Marreo
Life"
ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-watcr Color Exhibition ,,..
Rro,DwAY NEAR observation-disclosures Butter
Head. ,,,..
CuCkFBING HAII-Concert Miss Emma Abbo't'
CHURCu or The HOLY TRINITY.-4: Organ Concert
COOPER UNIoS.-3:30: Lecture Pool Faifchuo'
(;IIMoRF's GARDEN.-ElurstrIan Games ,,,
HrIIFR's WONDER TuE ATER-2 and 8: Magical and Mu-
steal Performance. - ,,...u
NrrROroIITkN MUSEUM or ART.-Castelani Colection'
NFw-YoRN AQuAkIuM.-Day and Evening.
eTFINwAY HALI--COncert.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

would be at work the next day, and from that Tina
for five years, there would be no trsmps in Massa.
chusetts. Any crusade against these nuisances by
single town Is ineffective. The movement should be
" simultaneous, unexpected. and vigorous prompt
advance along the whole line"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
;Neu'alork Daily Grlbmaae.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1877.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

cooking of accounts, and shows that even after
the appointment of receiver the onicers uio
not fully abandon their habit OF handing tne
funds and securities as If dealing with ther
own private property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

II will be remembered that many of the ad-
vocates of the Electoral bill urged, and no
doubt sincerely, that the elevation of members
of the two houses Of Congress to places III
this august tribunal would lift them above the
currents of party passion; that they would he
no longer advocates but judges. On the other
hand, it was feared by those who were just as
sincere in their opposition to the bill that the
party line would split the Tribunal, Judges and
all, leaving it to the fifteenth man to turn the
scale of the Presidency. The first discu sion
within the Commission has been had, and it is
easy to see which prediction is more likely to
be verified Washington dispatches state that
the Congressional members of that body stand
firmly by their party positions, and have as
sumed the attitude of advocates toward the
Judges. who. compose the remaining third of
the Court. SO far there is nothing to show the
probable course of the Judges, but their Con-
gressiOnal colleagues seem to believe that they
too will divide politically, leaving Judge
Bradley master of the situation. This may or
may not prove true. but this much at least is
already cear-that the practical working OF
the bill has been to introduce ten able and
learned counsel into the secret sessions OF five
Supreme Court judges, Ivy whom the whole
matter is to be decided This seems to be
little else than the old Supreme Court scheme
over again, and there will be grumblerS to say
that on the whole they would have preferred
a full hencb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Our legislators at Albany seem to he aroused
to the wickedness of pool-selling. The bill
framed by the Grand Jury was debated yes
terday in the Assembly, and with some amend
ments. was reported for third reading
There can be no question as to the proper
tions which this evil has attained, or OF the
need for stringent and effective measures
for its extirpation. Let the Assembly
send the bill to the Senate as speedily as
possible. Mr.. Morrissey must have one OF his
brief and sententious speeches ready In Its
favor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

The Senate Committee has done Capt. Eads
Justice The report of the Committee on APP
preparations adverse to the House bill framed
to cheat Capt Eads out of tho premium on
half million dollars of bonds, to which he is
fairly entitled, will put quetus on that
stroke of "two-cent economy Now, let the
Government step up promptly and settle a
debt justly due.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

The Rev. Edward Everett Hale proposes in Boston
O specific solution Of the Tramp problem, viz. that
the Governor of Massachusetts, should issue pri-
vate circular TO the town authorities urging them, on
day indicated. to arrest and prosecute all Migrants
in their jurisdiction the night before The result
Mr.. Hale thinks, would be that 1900 lazy oafers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

cam vassal or peer7' That is what
Mir Wells Historically demanded of the Com
mittee yesterday. The Committee gave it up.
and so did Mr.. Wells Then" said he. in
tones of despair, "then am a vassa." Now
that the prospect of millions" is slim. Col.
Sellers grows Respondent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Prince COrtcbakOff7s note adds nothing to
the public knowledge of the Eastern question.
The world knows already that diplomacy has
failed, and that the difficulty OF restoring
peace i'll Turkey has been greatly increased by
the war with Servia. His appeal to Europe is,
however important, inasmuch as it indicates
that Russia feels keenly the hostile attitude of
Turkey, and is resolved to continue that
diplomatic skirmishing which is 50 embarrass-
ing la the Porte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Another bill to check the wholesale transfer
of the policies Of one life insurance company
IN another one has been introduced into the
Senate. IL is quite certain that a measure of
this kind is needed and will have popular APP
proval. Meanwhile the investigation OF the
Contiuental's affairs exposes some suspicious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Now that Mr.. Murtagh had taken himself out
of the way, and the Washington Police Board
had changed membership, there was little,
perhaps, to he gained by the Senate in follow
ing the lead of the House, and passing the bill
aboishing the board over the veto OF the Pres
ident. There was nothing to be gained from
the politicians point of view or from that OF
easy going Senator's who never can see the
"use" of sticking to opinions which are unpleas-
ant to other people. lnasmuch, however, as
the President gave no sufficient reason why
the measure should not become a law, it is an
interesting fact that a bill which passed both
houses unanimously should on its second trial
get barely twO-thirds vote in one and less
than twO-tlrds in another. 1t is doubtless
concession to the feelings of a retiring Presl-
dent, for if his logic had been taken into ac-
count the vote must have been unanimous as
before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

Judge DonOhue's decision yesterday as to
the right to play "The Danichetfs" in THIS
country takes step forward in the vexed
question of an authors right to his own lite
rary property. The plea of the defendant
seems to have been substantially that the
publication of the play was complete sur
render, but the decision against him holds that
when he sets up no other claim than that of
abandonment by the author, he must he able
also to make good his own title to the use OF
the authors work. He could show no such
authority, and therefore is debarred the use of
tie play.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-06-23

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Among the
cases decided by our recent Circuit
Court was one involving the title to a
large sum OF money. In the Chancery
suit of J. T. Peerce VS.. Wright Welton,
ct. al, degree was rendered in 1869,
after long controversy, forecloslne a
mortgage Pierce held on Weltor's land
for money paid as his eudorser. lmme-
diately after this degree and an order
of sale, T. II. Carskadon, who had OBJ
tanned what is known as tres2ass
Judgment against Peerce for an amount
then aggregating about $4,000, garnish,
ed the money in Weltons hands and
filed his petition in the causes, setting
up his lien. 1t then turned out that
Peerce had assigned the Welton claim
10 Miss Elmira J. Vandiver, for whom
he had been guardian, to satisfy amount
due from him as such. With these parties
questions to be settled, land what should
be done with the fund, the cause came
on to be heard at this term. The Court
decided that Elmira j. Vandiver was
entitled 10 the money, and ordered
Carskadon's petition dismissed with
costs, and that the money, now amount
ing to over $1,000, should be paid over
blythe receiver to the assignee.-ReySer
Tribune, June 2.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-06-23

VANDERBILr's WIDo w-ANo OTTER
MARRIAGE WITH Az EARLY LOVER Pro
BABLE.-The widow of the late Com
modore Vanderbilt was Miss Crow
ford, of Georgia, before her marriage.
She has some first cousins in Virginia,
and with one of these, before her mar
riage with the Commodore, she had be-
come favorably impressed. He was a
young NJ. ID. They met, they cores
pouded, and it was generally believed
by their mutual friends that they would
marry. The commodore's millions in
tervened, however-she became Mrs
Vanderbilt and the young Virginia
Doctor married beautiful and accom-
plished young lady of his native county.
The doctors young wife died giving
birth to her first child, the child soon
following her. Left thus free again,
the doctor remained a widower, as he
still is. Since the death of the commo-
dore the Virginia doctor and Mrs. Van
derbit have renewed their interrupted
intimacy and correspondence, aud it is
reported by those who ought TO know,
that when decent interval has elapsed
from the demise of the commodore, the
cousin will be united in marriage. Both
the lady and the gentleman in this case
of free love triumphant have acted with
the utmost propriety, and the friends OF
both can rejoice with unalloyed salts
faction in their ultimate union. The
Virginia doctor, although not wealthy,
has decent competence and fine
practice.