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New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
TIE USES or "EXPERTS."

"Not TO worry the Indians, but only to find
"out where they are" was what General Tay-
lor said he wanted the dogs for in the Semi
mole War. 1t was proper, he thought, to make
such an exclamation of his Use Of bloodhOunds
lest he might be charged with cruelty in the
conduct of his campaign. Whether the use of
"expertsn y by the army of investigation now
laundering In the bogs and swamps and
morasses of tho departments is for the pur-
pose of worrying the officials, or only OF find
ing out where they are, does not ap-
pcar The committees have not explained.
Whatever may be the Ostensblc purpose,
however, there is q very strong suspicion in
the public mind that the real object is to give
EMPLOYMENT to the experts. AT least that is
all that has been accomplished thus far. They
haven't worried anybody nor found out any
thing to speak of. But they have attained
places on the pay-rols, and there they rest as
# conscious that the end of their existence
was answered. Many of these persons, we
presume, were left over from the DOorkeepcr
campaign-able- bodied Democrats, who bad
escorted their Members of Congress to Wash
ington in the expectation of being immc-
datey set to keeping door, or to watching
somebody keep door, or to taking care that
the official whose duty is to watch the other
official who keeps the door does not
neglect his duty. There is reason to
believe, notwithstanding the herculean
efforts of Doorkeeper Polk to get all these
Democrats on his payroll, that few hun
dreds were left over. These are they, no
doubt, who have sgnitied willingness to
enter the Government service as experts
rather than have the country incur the hazard
of attempting 10 get along without them. 1t
was the intention of Glover, no doubt, to en-
list them all in the grand inquest which he
originally proposed to make under his resolu-
ton empowering committees of investigation
to swear perpetual blue streak, and arrest
whom they pleased. That failing, they have
been provided for mostly as "experts."
How many experts Glover himself had at
his heels when he plunged into tho Treasury
accounts, we do not know. One of them, and
the most active, We understand is former
Treasury agent who happens to be out of jail
on bail under two criminal indictments one
for conspiracy to defame, and the other for
libel in making and publishing false afida-
Wit. Glover, us is well known, is pursuing
his search for fraud in secret. We have
already noticed his emerging two or three
times, wholly or partially, to assure the
country in an indirect way, through the
press, that he was on fresh trail, and would
! shortly bring out something startling. Since
the last intimation to this effect was given out,
| considerable time has elapsed, and The TRIB-
! UXE, giving voice to the public anxiety, has
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
A MENACE OF WAR.

Events in Europe are moving fast. What
has sounded like an international game Of
braO, now swells into q menace OF war. Grave
and pOrtentOus as the aspect of affairs has
been. there has seemed to be more frOth than
body in the bulletins which we have received
for several weeks. In so feverish a crisis
it is the patriotic privilege of the lead
ing Journals of London and st. Peters
burg to brace up and give tone to
public sentiment. and it is the duty of corre-
spondents at Vienna and Berlin to feel the
pulse of Cabinets and to guess at the symp-
toms of general disorder as best they can.
Under such circumstances, the rumOrs OF war
have q hollow sound. and cause little uncasi-
ness among lookers-On q long distance off.
But, this morning, the gravity of the crisis
cannot be disguised. Lord Derby has been
forced out of the British Cabinet, and the
reserves are to be called out and the nation
placed upon war footing.
The resignation of the great Lancashire
Peer at 80 critical fncture is fraught with
danger. His craftsmanship has been neither
brilliant nor sound indeed, his stOutest friends
must cOncede that he has been Outwitted at
times by his willy adversaries in ST. Peters
burg, and that the fluctuations of the foreign
policy which he has directed have not
tended to command respect on the Continent; /;
but he has never lost his self-possession
nor betrayed the confidence of the staid old
fashioned Conservatives whom he represented
He has never ceased to be regarded by the
moderate men of his OWL party and by the
independent members of the Opposition as a
safe and cautious man. Whether he was en-
couraging Turkey to suppress the insllrrcction
of the Christians, or demonstrating against the
Andrassy Note. or refusing TO cooperate with
the European Powers in tho Berlin
Memorandum, or warning the Turks
that the Bulgarian massacres had excited
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
amnsemsnts ano aleetinss Co. Night.
Jnoex to ADVERTISEMENTS.

ANUspMHNTs-3d Pdoe-6th column:
BANKRUPT NoTEs--6M Pa0e--Gth column.
BOARD AND RoOMs-3d Pd0e-5th colunL.
BUSINESS NoTICEs-4th Tdoe-lst column.
CORpoRATIoN NOTICEs-6h Paoe-4th colunn'
COUNTRY BoARD-3d Pdqe-5th column.
DIVIDEND NoTICEs-7h PdQe-6th column'
DRY GOoDs-3d Pd0e-5th column. .., o,,,,r
EUROPEAN ADVERTISEMENTS -Om Fu9e-ftn ooi"
FiSANCIAL--7M Pd0e-6th column.
FURNIIURE-6h Pdqe-6th coiuinn'
HoTEIs-3d Pdge-5th column o., .,,r,,
HoUsRs AND FARMS WANfED-0m rage -oth coiu""'
INsTRUCTIoN-6A PaGe-2d column. No., ,
IECrIJREs AND MEETINGs-3d Pd0e-6tn coiuinn.
MARnLE AND SLATE MANTELS-3d Pdqe-otn cOluun'
MIRRIAGEs AND DEATHs-5M IGgc-6tn column ,.,,
MIscEILANEoUs-6h PdGe-6th column; oM Fdge-oth
and 9TH columns -,
MUsIcAL INsTRUMENTs-3d Pd1e-6tb column
NEW PUBLIC ATIoNs-6M RAGGED column. -.,
REAL ESTATE For SALE-BRooKLYN-Oh fage-oti
column =; CoUSTRY-6M PdGc-5th column AUCTION
SALRs-6M Puge-5tb column.
RAIFs ny AUCIIoN-6th Pd0e-4th coluuln.
sAvISGs BANKs-7h Faoe-6th column.
SPECIAL NoIICEs-5M PdGe-6th column.
sITUlTIOys WANTED-MALEs-3d Pdqe-5th column
FEMALFs-3d Page-4th and 9th columns. ,.,
sTEAMBOATs AND RAILRoADs-6h PdGs-3d anu 4th
columns. -,
STEAMERS, OCEAN-6h Pd0e-6th column.
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To LET-CTv PR0PERTY-6h Pdqe-5tn coIuhn
BROOKLYN--6M Page-5th column CoUNlRf-oW
PQQe-oth column.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

called upon him with great earnestness TO re-
appear and tell us how far he has got, and
what he has found. But there has been nc
response. Men wait for his return, doubling
somewhat whether the next time he
comes out it will be with call
for 100000 more experts, or hurriedly,
after the manner of the California
miner, who started on a bear hunt IN the
morning and came back just ahead OF hne
grizzly early in the afternoon. His Demo
cratic friends, even, are getting Impatient, ana
some of them almost discouraged. They had
promised themselves so much from the inves-
tigatiOns and have found out so little, that
they are half inclined to doubt Glover ana
give up the search. The only really
interesting disclosures that have been
made yet are those in connection
with their own DoOrkeeper, and those they
were not looking for and didn't want to find.
And they found them without experts. Unless
Glover and the other investigators have better
success than has attended them hitherto,
they will hardly be able to answer sat-
isfactOrly the inquiries OF their constitu-
ents as to whether they have ferreted OUT
the frauds they promised to. They can
say, ooh yes, we discovered plenty OF
fraud and corruption and mismanagement
"and waste and all that sort of thing;" but
when they are asked where they found them,
they will have to answer. Gin the Doorkeeper's
department of the House." They are in some-
thing the same fix as the farmer who sent his
dog into the cellar to find out which OF his
neighbors was stealing his cider. The dog
came back with the trousers seat of the farmers
son Bill in his mouth.
So much time has elapsed, and there have
been so many false alarms and so many and
such experts employed in this business, that
the case seems desperate. We have pretty
much given up all hopes of Glover's finding
anything for campaign uses. And yet it's ten
to one that he comes up by and by, pulling
and blowing and wiping his noble brow, and
asseverating his conviction that he could have
found everything needed to run campaign
on if he had only had more experts. He has
the true Democratic idea. What the country
needs is not an army or navy, but experts
more experts
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
PERSONAL.

Miss May Laffan is the author of that ex.
ceedngy clever but somewhat sad novel, The Honor.
able Miss Ferrard"
Madame Christine Nilsson has been appointed
singer to the Court and received the decor
tion OF Arts and Sciences.
Mr.. Henry James is immensely cOmplimented
by The AMenem OF London for his recently unpublished
volume OF essays In criticism 1t says that there has Of
late years appeared nothing upon French literature so
intelligent as this acute full OF good sense
so free from affectation and pretence
The Baroness AdOlphe de Rothschlld has
just bought for $4,000 two groups In bronze discovered
in an old Venetian palace and attributed to Michael
Angelo. Each OF them represents panther which Is
leaning graceful figure OF either satyr or faun.
They to be shown at the Paris Exhibition.
Mr.. Larkin j. Meade's design for a memo.
rial monument to Senator Morton presents q shaft rising
from base end subbase, and supporting at the height
OF feet figure of the dead Senator heroic SIZE Ie
is represented in the attitude OF speaking The cost OF
monument executed after this plan Is estimated at
100000.
The school at which Chatterton received his
earliest education and Of which his father MASTER
is Immediately razed to the ground At the same
time will be leveled the masters house at the back Of
the school, in which dwelling DR.. Wilson and Others Of
the poets bogaphes represent him to have been born
though this fact Is only probable.
Mr.. Anthony TrOllOpe Is one OF the most in
dustrOus OF He has written novels IN plenty
yet gives himself every day three hours OF good hard
reading chiefly the classics He has lately been
ing the Greek historians During his recent VISIT 70
South Africa and the home he wrote the whole
OF the work the country, which has just been pub
lished.
The last act of George Cruikshank was q
kind one. A memorial addressed to Lord Beaconsh.d.
praying for pension in behalf Of literary lady
reduced circumstances, sent 60 Cruikshank just
fore he stricken with his last illness. For several
fo buf ffa.
his death he remembered It, and earnestly begged that
might be brought to him for signature. The last touch
Of tho weak hand this act OF sympathy and kind
ness.
ROME, March 2S.-Cardinal Louis Amat
di San Filippo sorso is dying
ROME, March 2S.-General Grant visited the
studios OF various American artists in tLs city yester
day.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
Nesu.alork Dailp gribma1e,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1878.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Lord Derby has withdrawn from the
British Cabinet, because it has decided to call ont
4SOOO men of the reserve. - Lord BeacOnsfield
said III effect Yesterday that as there was no hope
of Congress, England will have to rely on armed
force to rectfy the disturbed balance of power i'll
the Mediterranean. - Russia seems resolved to
make no further concessions - Hesper won the
Liverpool Cup at the Liverpool races, yesterday.
- The Kafir war is nearly over.
DoMEsTIC.-Attorney- General DeveDs has declined
TO give the House an opinion to whether the Presi
dental appointments of extra cadets have been legal
=Ex-G Governor Packard is again urgently pressed
for the dictatorship at New-Orleans. - General
Harry White reterates the story of an excited in
terview with Secretary Sherman, while Mr..
Sherman and Mr.. Thompson have written
letters giving a softened account of the af-
fair. - Representative Williams, of Wiscon-
SIM approves of Senator Howe's recent speech -
The New-York Assembly, after q long debate. de-
feated the bill authorizing the building OF rail-
road from Lake Champlain to Clinton Prison. -
Bayard TAYLOR was entertained by his friends of
West Chester County, Penn, at Chester. - The
Maryland House of Delegates adopted Montgomery
Blair's resolution in regard to the Electoral Count
CoNGREss-In the Senate to-day Mr. Bailey spoke
in favor of the Judiciary Committees Sinking Fund
bill the bill for a narrow-guage railway from Bis
mdrck 10 tue Dlach WAS lcpoltcu ldNoidpiy'
- In the House, Mr.. Dean (Dem) was voted in,
in place of Mr. Field (Rep.), the sitting member by
124 to 1913; Mr.. Dean was sworn in; the House
refused to take up the case of DOOrkeeper Polk by
10Y TO 1913; debate was had the bill in regard to
the District Government the Senate in executive
session confirmed the nomination of Mr. ScOheld,
and rejected the nominations of Mr. Reynolds and
Mr.. Huston.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Controller Kelly sent full
statement of the city debt to Albany. Prominent
citizens commended his administration. - Off
GERS of the closed Sixpenny Savings Bank
denied the charges of mismanagement. -
The State Charities Aid Association made its
annual report. - Professor L. l.. Ritter lectured
on Church Music" - The Police Board had
tie vote on the street-cleaning contract. - The
Latham collection of paintings was sold for about
100000. - Steamship companies expressed op-
position to the proposed depot at the Battery.
- 5. B. Ruggles sent memorial about
the parks to the Legislature - The
Brooklyn highwaymen were examined. -
Gold 1O1ls, 1O14, 1918. Gold value Of the
legal-tender dollar at the close, 9SG1O cents.
Stocks generally active and higher closing strong
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dicate heavy rains. probably followed by colder
weather. Thermometer yesterday, 570, go, 53'.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

and have done it without seeking even q decent
excuse for the step. They seated man from Col.
orado who did not run for election on the day pro.
self. when he had no opposition. He had no mora
right to the seat than Dr. Mary Walker had. They
not elected by the Supreme Court of his own Stats
and by the Democratic officials Of that States Gov
emment. The Massachusetts, case is a fit companion
for these: The country will have q chance to say
next Fall how much more reform" Of this kind 4
can stand.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
TILE DRAMA-MUSIC.
BENEFIT TO JOHN S. CLARKE.

The performances which are to grace the
stage Of the Fifth tonight VIII possess fresn
zest and exceptional significance being for Mr. Clarkes
Benefit His engagement at this theatre will end with
the week. and II is proposed TO sgnazc 1t by tes'I-
monal to his recognized worth Mr. Clarke has dirsed
merriment as freely Juue its and 10
think OF his name always TO feel the luxury OF bright
and gentle thoughts. He has higher claim, too for
lie Is of the most thoroughly true strong, fine, ana
brilliant dramatic artists OF his generation. Acting. AZ
IL illustrated by this artist Is entirely yindicated ~
an intellectual vocation and public benefit WITHIN
this week Mr.. Clarke has been acting Dr. Pdngioss-s
character which he makes natural well as humorous
and In which. therefore, his success scf On unusual
character. II has been pleasant province more tnan
once to describe this performance. Mr. Clarke has pot
shed 1t till 1t has the symmetry and light OF the da-
mond without Its hardness The perscnaon Is notable
as 1t now recurs, for novelty in dress and maeup Ihe
dngy black velvet has been discarded for suit OF s
ger, which, II it does moi augment tho oldtime qaaih,
ness certainly does emphasize the schemins ndiydua
ity-makng 1t more lteral-and brinas ont oer'ain
comic points In the text Mr. Clarke supplements this
Der lorunco with his excellent T0Odes, ana inc wv
make very bright, various. and enjoyable picture
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

1t seems that the steamship companies were
misrepresented when they were declared to be
in favor of the proposed passenger depot at
the Battery. Elsewhere will be found the
statements of the agents and officers of various
lines, who pronounce the plan, for many
reasons, impracticable and injudiciOus.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

Controller Kelly received n remarkable COM
pliment, yesterday upon the record of his
first year of Office. The signers of the con-
gratulatory memorial which was presented
to him, represent the largest financial
institutions and some of the wealthiest
business firms IN the city, and the
language of the address must have
been most gratifying to the Controller
He has a right to be proud of this testimonial
and of the work which it was intended to
recognize He has not kept the courts busy
giving verdicts against him for claims which
he should have paid, or filed the newspapers
with predictions of what he was going to accom-
pllsh in the way of rctrenchment, with the debt
meanwhile steadily increasing, and the expenses
as great as ever. Mr.. Kelly has been quiet
about his work, but under his administration
the debt has been diminished two million
dollars, being the first reduction in twenty
years, and the municipal expenses have
been cut down somewhat, so that the
rate of taxation shows a plain improve
ment. Some of Mr.. Kellys ideas do
not meet with general approval, as,
for instance, his persistent exhibition of the
education department as n field for economy; /;
and it is evident that much more remains to
be done In the way of reducing salaries and
curtailing expenses than has been achieved
already. But he has done much, and promises
to do more. And the bankers and merchants
did well to thank him.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

Professor Ritter, of Vassar College. delivered
a lecture last evening, on Church Music, of
which the most interesting portions will be
found on another page. Professor Ritter is at
home with his subject, which is attracting a
greater share of attention every year.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

Annual reports of nine savings banks IN this
city are presented this morning. With single
exception, they all show strength and large
surplus. -Four of them indicate an increase OF
deposits during the past year.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children is doing good service by rescuing
from unnatural parents and cruel guardians chill
dren sent out into the streets to beg. Whether
any percepible diminution is made or not in
the ranks of professional beggars of all ages
with which the city is swarmng, there will be
at least the satisfaction of knowing that these
children have been put out of the reach of
harm.
At Albany the Tammany Democrats are
striving to see who shall be the most seryile
domagogue for the catching of laboring mems
votes. The debate yesterday on the bill to
connect Clinton Prison with the outside world
by means of railroad, so that it may be
made self-supporting, drew out vast deal
of Democratic buncombe about the competition
of convict labor with the honest son of toll.
10 low in its tono that 1t is an insult to the
Intelligence Of the average workingman to
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

The scondal-monger has again been busy with the
names of Henry Ward Beecher Theodore Titon and
Mrs. Tilton; and unfounded rumors have lately
found their way, by various sewers to pubic atten
tion Several days ago these rumors reached IHE
TRIBUNE Office to the effect that Mr. TiltOn and his
wife had become reconcied and that Mrs. Iilton
had made a written confession. This was coupled
with the further rumOr that Samuel ID. Morris,
formerly Mr. Tilton's counsel, had made certain
charges against his client. THE TRIBUNE investi-
gated these reports thoroughly, and discovered that
they were untrue. Mrs. TitOn declared in brief
but positive terms that she had made no statement
proposed none and had not lately seen her husband
who was living in New-York, while she resided III
BROOKLYN. Mr. Morris denied emphatically the
story that he had resolved to denOunce TlltOn. All
the evidence obtanable conradicted the rumors
SET afloat and as they were scandalOus as well as
untrue TIE TRIBUNE made no mention whatever OF
them. 1t only now remains to be said that there Is
no purpose on the part Of any of the persons directly
interested to raise again the unsavory controversy
The manufacturers Of Fall River found themselves
the other day in predicament. They must either
stop the mills for month, and thus reduce the sur
plus production or they must make general reduc-
ton of wages. The matter was to them indifferent,
but. for the sake of the workmen, they decided to
try the reduction Upon this the leaders of the labor
agitation, who had personal interest in the busl-
ness went to Fall River instituted a series OF mass
meetings made no end of flaming speeches, and dld
what they could to set aioOt general strike Is
there ~ way Of keeping mischief-makers quiet
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
Dnslilfss Noiltes.

NORFOLK DEyILEp CRABs-all crab meat-at
MALTbYs oyster Depots and all fTstelass
The STEAM CARPET CLEANER.
T NJ. STEWART. 326 7thaye. send for circulars
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

1t was quite in keeping that House of
Representatives., which lately indignant
because Cabinet officer. who had a right to
address the House, exercised that privilege,
should now call upon another Cabinet officer
for information who has no right to respond
When the Secretary of the Treasury. who has
the privileges of the floor in the House,
forwarded an important communication to the
Speaker, there was afrenziedhOwl from the great
constitutional lawyers of the majority that their
liberties were in danger; and now these same
wiseacrcs have permitted the passage of
resolution calling upon the Attorney-Gcncral
for legal opinion, which he is compelled, by
an unbrollen line of prccedents from the time
of William Writ, to decline furnishing. But
it is a pity Judge Devens should have been
forced to refuse. There never was House
where a little injection of good law would
have been more useful.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. Max Primers piano-forte recital VIII
take place at steipways the 9th OF April no' w
morrow.
Mrs. Florence cc-Knox will give her first
concert In this city since her return rom Europe
Steinway Hall tomorrow evening. -,
The fourth of Mrs. j. Kennedy Smytns
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

Some remarkable facts are presented in the
annual report of the State Charities Aid As
ISOLATION. Although a great deal has been
done in improving the management OF our
charitable institutions, much more remains TO
be done. The poorhouses in the interior of
the State have no suitable accommodations
for the sick. Westchester County neg
lccts its pauper children; its asylum for
the insane is pronounced a disgrace. The
accommodations for lunatcs on Blackwell's
Island are shown to be inadequate. and there
is scarcity of medical attendance. Bellevue
Hospital still bears the reputation of being
unwholesome, its mortality being twice as great
as it should be. TIE Association urges legis-
lative action on the bill for reformatOry work
houses, as measure that will relieve the pres
sure upon other charities and reduce the num-
Der of tramps. Admirable work is done 10y the
Association III pointing out these evils and sug-
gesting the means of correcting them.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

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New-York tribune., 1878-03-29

Fortunately the temper of the Legislature
respecting feloniOus attempts upon our parks
has shown itself so Enthusiastically, that we are
safe in considering the raid on Washington
Square as at an end. But the memorial which
Mr.. Ruggles has prepared, reviewing the his
tory of the parks, is none the less timely. 1t
serves to show that in all cases, gifts
of land were made to the city. or squares
were laid out by tho city, with the sole object
of aflording places of recreation and enjoy
ment for the people; and, also, that in every
case the existence of park has caused the
value Of surrounding property to appreciate,
just as the destruction of one invariably re-
suits In the depreciation of property. Apart
from these considerations, the paper has
pleasant local flavor in its account of the way
in which the parks with which everybody is
SO well acquainted first came into being.