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New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
pJdNT1TION DEBATES.

The stories that are told by various news
paper correspondents of the last hours of the
Senate debate on the bill to cheat creditors
carry lis back to a time before the War, which
no respectable American remembers without a
blusb. I'm that barbarOus and riotOus era,
when the "high-toned plantation statesman y
WAS generally half drunk and always quarrel
some, and the typical Bourbon Congressman
was a fiery person OF Ovcrbcaring dcport-
ment, magnificent assumptions and unlim-
tied ignorance, who punctuatcd converse
ton with blasphcmy, enlivcned the dull
ness of political debate with brawls and
duels. and never went to the Capitol without
a loaded pistol in his hip-pocket, we were
accustomed to strange spectacles within the
chambers of legislation. Honorable gentlemen
often stammercd in their speech, wandered in
their argument, and reposed heavily on the sofas
after a few visits to the cloak room. a differ
emf class of gentlemen came into the Senate
and the House when our seeding friends
marched out, and different behavior prevailed.
But when the old slave drivers come back.
they seem to be bringing their bad old man
ners with them.
We had an astonishing illustration of their
lpCtOrlng ana DluStcllnR hDIilJ inc Otncf udy
when they made their indecent attack upon
the United States Military Academy. The in
cidents of that occurrence are still fresh in
the memory of the public, ANA the loyal pco-
ple will not soon forget the spectacle, never
paralleled, we believe in the history of a con-
stitutiona State of defeated rebels who have
been not only pardoned, but restored to pOllti
cal power by the clcmency of their outraged
Government, making quick use of their newly
regained privileges to destroy the staunch lit
tie army which whipped them into submission
They boosted of their rcbelious feats of
arms They strobe tercely back and forth
through the assembly Haunting the names of
their insurgent leaders. And when the North
stood up against them, they cracked the slave
whip as they used to do of old, and filled the
air with vulgar menace and blackguard in
ycctye. They did not spare Northern men of
their own party. Mr.. Hewitt, who conducted
himself in the midst of this hoarsc uproar like
a man of sense, gallantry, and good breeding,
was attacked with rancOr, an insoence,
a grossness, of which the telegraphed
reports give no adequate description.
Some of the worst incidents of the scandalous
debate have been generally suppressed by the
correspondents. Several Southern members,
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE,

would be much less than the amount required
each month for payment of duties, ana 'ne
new dollars would drop back into the Treas
ury as the only place where they could dc
used instead of gold. Thus it would come 10
pass, even if the Government should 1ooiishS
cheat itself by paying out such doliais
to be at once paid back again. that .,e
silver could not be got out OF ',ie
Treasury unless OD the Treasury shouiu
wantonly and needlcssly pay out silver instead ni
of gold for interest on the public debt or W
the Treasury should retain precnbacks ana pay
out silver. In the latter event the greehpach
circulation would be contracted as last as 'le
silver was paid out, and, as the silver thus
thrown into circulation would drift back into
the Treasury instead of gold, the contraction
of legal-tenders would be exceedingly rapid IL
any attempt were made to keep part or the
silver outstanding.
This bill is a blunder. The men who framed
and passed it did not know what it meant, or
what its effects would be, and the rabld re-
pudiators and inflatonsts of the House VIII
at least make bold attempt TO restore the orig
inal features before cOnsentIng to It's passage
At the worst il must now undergo discussion,
and must meet strong attempts to amend 1t Ill
that body.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

whose names do not appear in the reports
were guilty of behavior quite as bad as that
of Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana, who told MIR. Hew-.
lit that "he lied in his heart and in bis false
"throat"- words for which Mr.. Hewitt I'M
medlately compelled him to apologize. Ana
of course no written description can convey
more than an idea of the brutal manner in
which all these brutal remarks were delivered.
If the gentlemen on the other side or the
Potomac wish to create a solid North, they
have only to go on in the way they seem to
have chosen. In this section OF the country
there is a sincere desire for peace, gOod-fel-
l0wship, the obteratiOn of geographical boun-
daries in politics, and all the other phenomena
of the millennium; but we do not propose to
he kicked and cursed as poor Cuiiee was.
There Is limit even to the forbearance and
good nature of the North, and it seems to us
that the Bourbon has pretty nearly reached II.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

conditions for imparality that the essays wors n
be sent to the faculty anonymously, accompanied bS
sealed envelopes containing the Identification Thers
wrote his essay aud having read It for criticism to soma
OF his schoolates, the secret Of s authorship was 70.
ported to his Judges They were preudiced against the
young Republican. and there was every prospect thas
his effort would be unayang. Theirs spent day and
two nights another essay, written from another pon
OF view He sent 1t to Paris to friend, who copied it
and forwarded to the judges The first essay OF known
authorship denounced. Tbers expected it the scc
Ond essay eived the prize Theirs vi and
as he hai sai1, the 500 francs were his
MONTREAL, Feb. 16.-The Governor General,
on his way to Ottawa to-day. presented with ad-
dresses at st. Tberese st. Schoastique and Lachute At
each place Lord Duerin was received with great en-
thusiasm by the people.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
UH1T NIXTf

II is lust as well for us to face the worst.
The Bland bill is not unlikely to pass over
the veto. Many observers believe 1t Will,
and certainly no one is able, as yet, to show
convincing reasons for the assurance that IL
will not. Suppose it shouldf
1t is the part of wisdom to consider
what will be the effect upon its pas
sonate supporters when the dlsenchant-
ment comes-whcn all their higl-built
hopes are found to be baselcss and iiusory;
when, instead of the promised burst OF pros
pcrity to be enjoyed by the country. or the
West or the debtor class, or the laborng man,
they are faced by the hard fact that no one
has been made suddenly richer, but that
all alike are suffering from the uni
ycrsal malaria of distrust and uncertainty.
There has been nothing like order or sobrlety
in this silver movement. In some sections OF
the country, entire populations have been
under the control of an excited Imagination.
All the depression and suffering entaiicd
by the hard times have been attllo-
utcd to the fact that the Mint has
not been coming certain piece
of silver money. and having been convinced
by artful leaders that they had been PUN
dered by surrcptitious demonctizat!on, the peo-
pie have been infimcd with Indignation.
Their zeal to restore the silver dollar was not
based alone upon the delusons of an ex-
travagant hope of suddenly restored pros
pcrity, but behind 1t there was also
compelling passion 20 wreak revenge
upon their rich OpprcSs0rs Besides THIS, 1t
was the Dollar of the Fathers which was to
triumph, so that patriotism, and hope and
honest Indignation all conspired to sweep
them along in such fervOr of feeling that
the teachings of experience the voice oi rea-
son, and even the dictates of right were over
borne or brushed aside as vanitics.
What is to follow this whirlwind of passion 7
FIRST, cruel disappointment, and what then
When people who have kept their heads cool
point out to the remonctzers that the fresh
disasters brought upon the country are only what
had been predicted, will the men who have
been wrought up to such a strain OF passion
be in a mood to accuse Themselves of folly 7
viii they not rather charge the growing dis
tress upon further adroit Vaccinations of the
Money Power, and organize for more
det.rmined ASSAULT Will it be inila-
ton, repudation, or an Indictment OF
Labor riots9 Ii is well to remember
that it is hardly masked Communism
which Ewing and Voorhees,, and other leading
agitators among emotional iinancers have al
ready preached. 1t is open war upon property
which they have been melting, and it is not
too soon for the providcnt classes, who be-
lieve in experience and history and ORDER
TO consider what may be the result OF
this general corruption of the pubic conscience
and the effect of this peryasivc poison which
has been instilled into the popular mind by
the ingenious sophiStrics of the so-calcd
friends of labor. 1t may be that IN this gen
Grafton the very framework OF our social
structure is to be called upon to bear a strain
far more trying than any to which il has yn
heen subccted
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
BRANCH OFFICES OF THE TRIBUNE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1878.
THE NkWS THIS MORNING.

FoRuIGv.-The Hellcmc revolt against the Turks
IS spreading "A Eurcpean Congress is TO be
held at Baden-B Baden instead of the Conference pro-
posed by Austria == The CUbans deny that they
contemplate peace with Spain - Russia has
proposed that the United States shall take part in
the European Congress. - The British fleet has
withdrawn to Mudania Bay, forty miles south of the
Turkish capital.
DoMRsTIC-Representati Eugene Hale, hitherto
a friend of the administration, will attack the
Southern policy in speech now preparing. =-
THE TRIBUNE Washington dispatches explain the
latest sensational story about Mr.. Hewtts
supposed secret information. - Postmasters
throughout the country to receive subscriptions
toward the monument Of Liberty Enlightening
the World. -The agricultural exhibit to be sent
TO Paris will be carried by ship sailing March TO-
- General Ewlng is confident that the House
will insis! upon the restoration of the free coinage
clause TO the Bland bill 1t is reported at Phla
dephia that tie Reading Railroad Company has OBJ
tanned loan of 81 900, ,0G0 from English capital
CoSGRrSs.-The Senate only was in session Satur-
day, and its Saturday session only comprised the
concluding hours of the silver debate which had
continued through Friday night; the Senate adj
jouned at a. M, having passed the Silver Bill by
4S to 81 four Senators beng paired and three ab-
sent.
IN West Twenty-thrd-st. and the Third Reformed
and West 1wenty-third Street Presbyterian
churches were burned Yesterday, with a
total loss of from 100000 to $780,
600. - Antl-Tammany Democrats issued an
address Saturday urging city retrenchment. ==
The Lord compromise settled. - The report
of the Receiver CT the Merchants Loan and Trust
Company Of Paterson was completed. = Efforts
were made yesterday to raise the debts OF
the Church Of the Covenant, Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church and the Brooklyn Taberna-
Gle. - Tributes were made to Theodore
Roosevelt and William Welsh. 60 Several cler-
gymen discussed future punishment or made replies
TO Colonel IngersOll. 60 Gold, 1923, 1921,
1O2ls. Cold value of the legal-tender dollar at the
close, 97slO cents. Stocks higher but no more ac-
tive prices closed strong.
THE WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicate that clearing weather is at hand, with little
charge of temperature Thermometer yesterday,
800, Az 3S0.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

the floors of the building for use as skating
rink. The loss exceeds half a million dollars.
but it is not yet known exactly what proper
ton of it is covered by insurance.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
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The cstimabc brokers and Others who infest the
rotunda OF d, the Custom House seem To have con-
ync,d themselves unanimously that the COM
merce Of the Port Will bo paralyzed by
the new rules for passing entries The
first day Of the enforcement of the revised
regulations brought with it unusual amount of
business and there was, of course, more than the
usnal confusion. The gentlemen within the rail-
ing. as well as those without, had not yet famil-
,arlzed themselves with the new system.
aud there may have been reasons, not
altogether unconnected with fees and other con-
slderations why they were not unwilling to allow
the confusion to magnify itself for spectacular
effect There is always likelihood of much
snurming whenever nest of old abuses is
stirred up and the broker who had just been
let loose on ~, 900 ball. and who wanted again
ON Saturday, might De able To give IN intelligent
reason why the business was blundcrcd through 50
rs to create sentiment in favor of re-
turn to the old ways. IL is possible that
some of the Government officials may not be heartily
in sympathy with the reform, aud, If 80, the sum-
mary dismissal of Il few Of them would have an ex-
emplary influence upon the remainder. A little
stmulant of this sort applied to the moral and in
tellectnal activities of civil servants in Wal-st.
would enable them to work. into the routine
with ease aud dispatch.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

ton of it is covered by insurance.
General John A. Dix forwards to us letter
from an intelligent student OF the silver q'ies-
ton residing abroad, whose opinion Is worthy
of respect. because it is so evidently free from
the taint of unworthy motives. lie
strongly advocates the reconciliation Oh
silver, but declares that the bonds must
be paid in gold, though he does so on
the ground of expediency only The writer
does not seem to have considered, however,
the difficulty of bringing to halt move
ment of this kind when it has once started.
If the silver food is once let loose, no man
will be able to stand in front of the public
debt and say, "Thus far and no farther"
II appears that the assemblage winch Is 10
sanction the Russo Turkish settlement is not
to be Conference, as Austria proposed, Dut
European Congress-, body composed OF sover-
eigns or ambassadors of the highest rank, ana
invested with the fullest powers. This change
is in the interest of the Car, who has been
averse from the first to any scheme attended
with delay. The selection of Baden-Baden as
the place of meeting is likewise in his favor
the Court of Baden being extremely friendly
to that of st. Petersburg.-The proposal
which Russia makes that the United States,
as a great maritime power, should participate
in the Congress, is an act OF goodwill "hlch
merits cordial appreciation. Ii we do not de-
part from our traditional policy of noE-inter-
yention in European affairs, we must still re-
card the deliberations of the assembly WIN
attentive interest.
Some student Of municipal affairs ought to
investigate the strange hostility which the
average local official seems to consider 1t ms
duty to display toward parks Of all kinds. In
tins city we are kept constantly on our guard,
defending each of these breathlng-spots i'll
turn AGAINST the politicians Now Washington
Square is taking its turn, and the people
in the neighborhoOd find themselves con-
fronted with decision of a recent conference,
composed of the Mayor and Controller, a com
mittee from the Aldermen, and representatives
of the National Guard, to petition the Lcgis-
lature to allow the erection Of an armory
in that park. 1t was decision very speedily,
if not hastily made, and one which might well be
even more speedily reconsidered. Washington
Square is the only park OF considerable size on
the west side of Broadway, between the Battery
and Central Park it is the only park of con-
siderable size between the City Hall and
Union Square. unless TOmpkins Square be
called one. 1t stands in a tlicliy-set;lcd
Quarter of the city, and it would be an ut
rage to destroy it, The parks are few enough
already, and the people of the city will resent
any action which diminishes their number.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

p,onc society was given Saturday evening" Win tho
following bright and ample programme:
symphony. Lcnore" 'N,ois1 EaI
Aria Il H0''S'0 Miss Thursby -
PianofOrte Concerto MI r. : : B. Mills
Wedins VyssihlsM March and GOa%ark
Aria L'Etoile du Nord ".:,....''.'..Me .Meyeroeer
Overture, Rienzi".
The most remarkable part OF the concert was probably
the Interpretation OF the symphony-a performance 50
rich so delicate and sympathetic that II caused 'n'
somewhat too familiar work TO glow with new hgh''
and gave us fresh admire the beauty OF s OUT
lines and the picuresqueness OF themes
ave, though 1t could not dsclose any unexpofed
abysses OF feeling. The full depth OF tue Lenoie
svmphony Is easily sounded, and we rcachea one 'so
How different is the superb "Corioianus o'e''u'',
which after seventy years. seems always greater a''
greater and at every fresh hearing conveys i"ii'.
meaning than we had seized before Readers VI
,p TptpuSE hardly need to be told how highly We APP
nrecate Theodore Thomas's yenderiHgs OF Dec
,boven,s orchestral music. They are the hos'
elocuent the most emotional, the most t"o''
ougbly satisfactory interpretations OF those u"-
approachabe masterpieces that we have ever hoAiu '.
can reasonably hope to hear. The Goldmatk "e""'"s
March and Variations" is the first movement OF so
called symphony which was played by the PhilharmOuio
sociey year ago. In character and structure tue Wo@
IA a suite rather than IA symphony, ana last year" "o
found il as a whole rather weak ana dsappoh'hg' pu'
this first movement, taken alone, produced mueh oe
ter ipnression The theme Is choral, and the varA
tions are highly Ingenious diversified. effective ana
scholarly Miss Thursby's seeetons-ihe AIR from pis
Eut;iihrung aus dem sera" with obbligato accomp n
ment for VIOLIN cello, flute and oboe, and the wei
known piece from "EEtoilc du Nord, with two nntes-
wore well adapted to her style She sang admirably
and was recalled several times with enthusiasm h'
Mills gave magnificent performance OF the schumann
coneerto his touch WAS the perfection OF grace and poe
try in the charming intermezzo. and he delivered 'p'
difficult and imposing finale with broad sure, and na"
tery technique.
AT the next concert interesting novelty VIII DC p'v
duced-a descriptive overture, by Mr.. Dudley bueA'
founded on ScOtts 4" MarmiOn."
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
MR.. &. Il. MILLS,

Our distinguished pianist, Mr.. s. b. Mlils
is going to Europe in tho Spring. with the intention
playing IN the principal cities during an extended TOUR
We have no doubt that 10 will be cordially received sna
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

The attempt of the Spanards to inveige the
Cubans into dclusivc peace appears to have
signally failed. Having resisted the Spanish
sway for over eight years, the Cuban patriots
are justified in continuing the struggle until
their independence is secured. Nothing less
will he of any account.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

Now the Navy must follow the Army in
going down on its knees to the House of
Representatives and begging for the pay it
has already earned. But then the Democratic
party has an old grudge against the Army
and Nayyi
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

A last effort is making to prevent the de-
parture of the Castelani Collection from this
city, and on our second page an earnest APP
peal is made in its behalf to our rich men who
are lovers of art.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
amussments ano alcstlnsa Co. Might.

ACADEMY OF Music" Taunhiuser."
BoOTHs TuEATRE-" Uncle Toms Cabin
BnoADwAY THEATRE" The Governess'
ErFTu AyTXTF TUEATRE-" The DaionlmauGh."
IYcEUM THEATRE" Hamlet" Count Joannes.
NIBLo's GARDEN" Peep o. Day" etc.
PARK Ins ATRE-" Champagne and oysters
SAN FRANCISCO MNsIBEIs. ., cv
UsIoS SQUARE THEATRE-" A Celebrated Case"
WALLACK's THEATRE" Money "
ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-water Color Exhimtlon.
CuIcKrRrSG H,LI-BaIlad Concert. Miss hO0t.
NEw-YoRK AQUARIUM-Day and Evening.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

General Ewing's voice is as loud as ever for
free coinage, and he has started for Washing
ton, prepared to bulldoze the President and
organize the House into silver riot. If the
outlook for national honesty were a little
brighter in Washington, General Ewing might
prove himself a national benefactor by forcing
the two Houses into quarrel.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The third concert of the Brooklyn Phllllar-
monc society was given Saturday evening. with tho
following bright and ample programme
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

A destructive fire in West Twenty -third-st.
last night destroyed block of buildings COM
prisipg six stores, and two churches in addi-
ton. The cause of the fire is yet undiscovered,
though it is believed that it was connected
with the laying of tar pavement on one of
New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

Yesterday was a notable day in the liquida-
ton of church debts. The Church of the
Covenant raised money to meet four-ffths OF
its Indebtedness. De Witt Talmage's Taber-
nacle cleared off more than half, and in the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church the entire re-
manning debt was provided for. In the first
and last cases this result was reached by great
effort