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1t is only one more spasm of folly.


Among the early accounts Of the wreck Of
the Metropolis it was stated that one OF the
contractors who chartered this vessel de-
cldcd only just before she sailed that none
OF hl, family or relatives should embark in
her We have not since seen this any
where denied On the contrary. it has
been confirmed hy n Philadelphia cor
respondent Of one Of our contcmnora-
ros, who, while admitting its truth,
pleads IN oxtcnuntion the great pains
taken by the contractors to satisfy them
selves that the vessel was soaworthy. This
argument H. all in vain The fact that man
is unwilling to iutrust what is most dear 10
him in a ship is evidence that Inc believes her
unsafe, which il not hv anymeans overcome
10y his Willingness to let hundreds Of others
take their chances on her. We have only to
say that he who thinks vessel safe enough
for two OF three Hundred laholors that is not
safe enough for his own family, has 10 place
in American society.
The testimony Of experts to tho so1worthi-
ness of the METROPOLIS is a. abundant as IL
usually is in such cases. Experts certified
that the Colorado giant, made Of Portland
cement was genuine human pctrilactiun
just a. experts proved that the rarlnville
bridge through which a train had broken
was so strong that mo- train could possibly
break Through it,
The pulscr OF the Metropolis, whoappcars
TO have been quite cool and -clf-posses-ed
throughout the catastrophe, says Oh the
other hand that the vessel was rotten
She WIS washed ashore in splinters, small
enough for kndlng wood. | picked up two
pioccs to verify my statement It il Ike
rotten punk. or an old stump that ha, leon
dccaying far fifty years"
These are torl.blc facts, and In Wow Of
thnm- If the statement is true that one Of
the contractors tarcd Ia trust any OF his
own people ON the vcs-ol, it Is a circum-
Stance That cannot Toe smuothod over,
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British Resumption.

Tho silver people, being driven into n cor
ner by the argument that the financial
world rcpudiatcs their theories, now turn
and declare that Great Britain ruined her
self by resumption after the Napolconic
wars.
Englands growth in business and wealth.
in which she has outstrppcd the world
since those wars, is a curious result of ruin.
Everybody would dote upon being ruined in
the same way.
But LET our readers observe that without
rcsuming, or taking any steps toward re-
suming worth speaking Of, we I'm this coun-
try are having just the same experience
England went through, and this experience,
the silver men say, was the fruit Of rcsump-
ton. without resuming, and without con-
tracing the circulation apprcciably, prices
have run down with us during the last four
years just as they ran down in England
Commodities of all sorts have sunk below
the cost Of production. Real estate has
fallen even more ruinously than it fell in
England. We have exhibited. and still cx-
hiht, all the features which marked the
downward course Of things I'm England
Our financial distress and losses were never
we have not contracted nor resumed. Yet
the experience Of England. we are now in
formed, was wholly brought about by re-
sumption.
Tho simple truth is that in England the
volume Of the circulation had. "a il has had
here. very little TO do with the result in ques-
ton This result, which Is substantially iden-
teal in both instanccs-in the one case with
contraction and resumption. and in our case
without either-springs naturally and I'M
avoidably from long period Of speculative
activity growing out Of the enormous con-
sumption Of II gigantic war. suddenly stop
ped. and the consequent tumble in values
down from the high and spc, uiativc regions
into which they had risen. 1t was and is
merelya natural reaction from an unnatural
excitement. Prices had risen to one ex-
treme, and they fell to the opposite point as
the fever subsidized. It is what happens after
ali periods OF excessive or undue activity Of
trade and speculation. They are always fol-
lowed by exhaustion, stagnation, bank
ruptcy, and low prices.
To suppose that this natural process can
be avertcd by legislation is the height Of
folly. Expansion of the circulation will not
arrest the steady decline Of prices though
it may temporarily delay its beginning
Neither will moderate contraction accele-
rate the inevitable catastrophe. We have
had in our own experience since the close Of
the war ample proof Of both these PROPOSE
tons.
The assumption Of the silver mon, there-
fore, in this business of resumption, SO far
as England is concerned receives decisive
rciutation on the spot in our own expert
encc
1t is only one more spasm Of folly.
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more than the statutory fee OF 50 a
day. The counsel for tho plaintiff assented
TO the terms proposed by the referee
s. an hour and S. for every adjournment.
The referee said he would go on and try
the case, and hold the report until the
prevailing party paid his customary fees,
unless he should be ordered by the Court to
deliver It up. The counsel for the city then
withdrew, refusing to proceed further, and
applied TO the Court TO remove the referee
and vacatc the order of reference Tho mo-
tion came on for hearing before Judge
JOSEPH f. DAILY, by whom IL was denied.
Judge J. +. DAILY is now reversed by the
General Term, who unanimously sustain
the position taken by the Corporation Coun-
sci, Of course without any reflection ON the
learned referee, as none had been made by
the counsel.
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Our Circuit judge.

The death Of ALEXANDER ;. JOHNSON tho
United States Circuit Judge for this circuit.
leaves vacant a Judicial position by no
means easy to FILL Its duties are of the
most varied, oncrous, and exactng charac-
ter, and the Judge who undertakes them
must be learned in nearly every depart
ment of the law. The labors that are put
upon him are greater than any one man can
adequately discharge.
Judge WOODRUFF, who had the constitu-
tion Ola HERCULES, sank under their opprcs-
sivc weight, and now Judge JOHNSON, after
u few years Of valuable service, and just as
hc was becoming iamilarizcd with his var-
Gus duties, has succumbed in his turn. II
was not unexpected, for in the profession
it had become matter Of common obserya-
ton that the Office was stronger than any
man.
The occupant ~ this post is likely, per-
hape 10 sink under it as much by reason Of
what he docs not de- a. by reason Of what
ho does. TAe work is overwhelming and it
i~ uat onl an absolute impo-shility for the
Circuit judge to clear his various duckcts,
Dut he must suffer the modification Of scc-
ins them constantly growing at pace
fn4'er than his own No wonder that he
hook, appalled, NJ what is before him, and
t.at tAe very magnitude OF his work, and
tAe unpos-lh.Aty Of coping lth IT, bring
Il leollug Of hupclessnnss and break the
springs OF energy.
The Office now onlls for n now victim
WHO'S he tobr? Evidently no elderly man
can stand the strain. Judge WOODRUFF and
Ju l,,e Johnson have given thcN lives 10 the
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intricacies, for here also he sits to review
the bankruptcy decisions of BLATcHFoRD,
WALLACE, and BENEDICT OF this State, and
OF the District Judges OF Connecticut and
Vermont Hero are three entirely dis
tnct branches Of the law-patents, admiral
ty, and bankruptcy distinct in theory and
disslmlar in practice, either of which Is
enough TO cngross the labors Of one Judge,
but all are to be dealt with by sim
gle man. OF course IL IL also essential that
he should be thoroughly verscd in the COM
mon law and In the principles Of equity
Jurisprudence, since the Circuit Court is
always open for the determination of such
questions in suits of every nature.
1t Is true that the Circuit Judge gets val
liable aid from the District Judges. Judge
BENEDICT sits here much of the time, dis
posing Of the criminal calendar Of that court.
Judge WALLACE sat for months hearing the
Emma mine case. Judge WHEELER. the
new Vermont District Judge, is now holding
an equity branch In this city. But with all
these aids, the calendars grow apacc, until
now the state OF things in that court
amounts TO denial Of justice, since causes
cannot be reached in years II can easily
be seen what u disastrous situation this is
in patent matters, especially, siucc ire
sponsblc persons may infringe the most
valuable patents with the certainty that
they cannot be brought TO Justice for great
length OF time: and when finally the suit for
the Infringement Is reached they have but
to slip away with their stolen gains. Three
Circuit Judges at least are needed to do the
work that must be done in this circuit.
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Among many petitions laid yesterday be-
fore the United States'senate were those pro-
testing against any tariff changes against the
restoration Of tax on tea and coffee for the ere
alton Of Department OF Industry. under n
Cabinet officer with bureaus Of Agriculture
Commerce. and Manufacture; against tue re-
monetization Of tho silver dollar; favoring
now silver dollar OF i30 grains for the pur-
chase by the Government OF all the telegraph
lines in favor Of reconciliation and against
resumption for reduction Of the tax on to-
bacco to abolish duties on live stock; and to
extend the time for completing the Northern Pa
cihc Railway. More petitions are received on
the silver question than upon any olher: and
1t may De said that upon no other topic is there
greater variety Of opinion.
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THE THREE GEORGEs.
The Peanut Mystery DO Blaine and stephens
Secretly Eat Peanut.s

LONDON, Jan 24-The beams Of The
Sun pierce the murky atmosphere OF our
foggy. begrimed. overgrown city Of London.
and warm and cheer us by their life-giving
radiance. We know not whether we are more
instructed by the vast amount Of news fur
nished by THE sun or Interested by the re-
mnrkahle accounts Of some II your very great
men. Those whose characters have pleased Us
most are the ones which have suggested the
heading for this letter namely. George W.
Childs. A. NJ. George. the Count Joannos. ana
George Francis Train. The first. it appears. is
celebrated for his genius a. an obituary poet.
for his intimacy with our titled aristocracy. and
for his celebrated almanac in which he duly
sets forth the dinners which he has given. their
cost. and the celebrated men that have honored
him with their presence; the second for being
"A thinker. a historian, and a tragedian; ana the
third for his psychological phil sophy. Ger
tainly il may be- said that no such triumNrate OF
genius Wis ever before known 10 exist in any
country at any one period. But the most Gu
rlous discovery seems to hung on what YOU
have stated. perhaps accidentally. IN regard to
two of the above distinguished gentlemen. and
II ls this which has led Us TO write TO YOU in the
cause of science and the culture OF humanity
Scientific men have said, Give rs the geology
OF country and We Will tell You the character
81 IT, people We have boon assured that the
tail. large. hony frames of your Western men
are IN marked contrast with those of New Eng
land, and that this is Owln-: to the smaller
mineral ingredient in bone. in tho Indian corn
Of New England. H. compared 90 the corn OF
the Nesf which contains u in nu II larger
proportions. md that this Is attributable to the
q ~ rent geological formations ui thr Last ami
West. Iotlis Is owing. II Is sad. the DIN r"n'"
IN ilysl al structure between them. Is tnrr'
also inarNed difference III thclr mental con-
Il tuiiOusf
Mrwsll roeolloct learned professor ~ physl-
u'ogS stating o. lis class u- "a reason why every
family . lOud nave good cook. ilut AL ~ n
are wha they have ON thrir plates. which mo
- n
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Cos. HonArIo sEYMorn calls attcntlon 10

Gov. HoRATIo SEYMOUR calls attention TO
the fact that the increase in canal freighs last
year was 1900 600 pounds over the previous
year while the bulk Of railway freiehts did not
increase. He adds that. having had an extensive
correspondence with Western merchants and
shippers he asceriained that an impression
prevails among them that the State Is about to
abandon its canal system. and that they there
fore deemed It prudent 10 be on the lookout for
such combinations with the railway companies
n must l~ for their interests. They had con-
sequcntly neglected to ship by canal as much as
they otherwise might have done. He is Of
opinion that the canals are TO continue n chief
If not the chief source Of prosperity OF the
State and he has no doubt that when the false
impression Is removed from the Western mind
there will be- large and rapid increase Of
freight from that direction.
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The spectacle OF three Of the principal
officers Of the customs At New Orleans on trial
for forgery and other crimes is an odifyins ex-
ample of the perfection which civil service re-
form has attained under the direction Of HAYES.
EvARTs ScHURz SHERMAN and company.
With such agents TO collect the revenue and 10
administer the laws. Of course integrity Is as
sured and economy Is made certain MIR. Dor
Man b. EATON who is said 20 be- employed in
preparing message for Congress on the civil
service. has u fine text in this charming illus
tration for the new homily On reform which he
Is expected To furnish for the signature u the
Fraudulent President.
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We print In another column translation

We print In another column translation
Of an interesting article published I'm n Swedish
newspaper. the Hdniels-och SjJdriz. Tidnin0 OF
Gdthcnburr. by way Of rcioindcr to nm article
printed some time ago in THE SUN We had oc-
casion to show the workings Of the Gothcnburg
license system which in effect makes the sale
Of liquors a municipal monopoly We pointed
out that. Notwithstanding some temporary i'm
provcment the ultimate result of the system
was on increase Of criminal Offences and
marked augmentation In the consumption Of
liquor. These facts were attested by statistics
which our Swedish contemporary docs not i'm
pugn. 1t IL put forward us n possible expnna-
ton that part Of the liquor sold in Gothenburg
Is purchased for consumption in the ncighlor-
ing country district But was il not always so?
And what proof is presented that the Increased
sales are exactly proportional to the advance in
rural prosperity? We still incline to regard
the Gothcnburg system as a purely tentative
method. with the latest indications. so far as
they may be gathered from statirtics, decidedly
adverse TO its utility.
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The House refused yesterday TO order,
under suspension Of the rules. report from tho
Ways and Means Committee Of n bill imposing
n graduated tax upon oil incomes over a certain
sum. The vote was 1Gj to SS-not two-thirds
Democrats. as rule, favored the proposition.
and Republicans opposed it. although n few
members Of both parties voted with the bulk Of
their political opponents.
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There is already u strong agitation in
California to repeal the so-caed Riot act
making IL a felony TO utter language that
court might deem to b. incendary. The Gov
ernor now says that he signed the bill after
much hesitation. and many members OF the
Legislature VINO voted for it are alarmed over
their political prospects. Its modification or
repeal is certain.
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No State officer has better opportunity
than has Mr. CLARK. who assumes the position
Of Superintendent OF Public Works. lie is to
have charge of the execution of all laws relative
to the repair. construction. and Improvement
Of the canals is TO make. subject To the Legsa-
turc's approval. tho rules and regulations for
their use; il to appontall persons employed in
their care and management. except toll collect
ors and subordinates in the Engineers Depart
ment: and is TO appoint three ass stants to per-
form duties to be prescribed by him. He Is TO
serve during the term of Office Of the Governor
who appoints him. Ills salary is fixed by the
Legislature at $4,000 year.
Mr.. CLARKs position is responsible one
Proper management Of the canals il highly i'm
poitant TO the States prosperity mismanaae-
ment may greatly increase the peoples bur
dens. Mr.. CLARK has before him the difficult
but imperative task Of carrying out to the very
letter the reforms begun by Gov TILDRN. and
pcrpetuated under Gov. RoDiNsoN reforms
that while making rapid progress. are yet far
from being perfected to the extent Of
their orginator's intention. The task must
Ice difficult. FOR the reason that Mr.. CLARK will
encounter the opposition OF horde OF con-
tractors OF the BrLDEN. DESIsoS stamp. who
are already millionaircs through plundering
the public treasury. Tho Canal Ring will con-
tinue to fight reform with the same determina-
ton that it always has fought II.
But in carrying out proper reforms Mr.. CLARK
Will have the support Of the whole people irre-
spcctive of party.
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especially caused much unoasiness !" but thus
far the HAYES Administration hos treated the
Indians like the negroes-it has given them
words.
1t would appear that tho Dayton story OF
Nez Perc6 outbreak IL only one OF those frontier
alarms which. by n curious coincidence. start
up regularly when the army bill is about to be
debated in Congress-
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Academy Of D-sig. water Color Exhibition.
u"~ery rs~str~-Lyon. Mail.
broadway Thrstr--Lyon. Mail.
n tA's Theatre Rchceu
. fth Avenue Th~.tr~-1h. Dead Secret
Hth As~o.- usti-PrestiJigtatlon.
a.sna Opera Ho.~--The BABE. In the Wood
B,e-.m TL~str~-Two Husbands
New American w.s-up,-cafiositic.
New NorL Nquariua-Bfo,iwAy ani 18Th a.
Nibto's s.ard~n-P, ep - ny.
Ns,ionsi Theatre Dick pt
Olympic Ih~str~--Naristy
rerL rh~atr--Bshy.
ss- Francisco Mi-~t-~t~-Brosiway ani istb e.
Theatre soniT"--yaltotv
Ton, Pastors Opera ususe-varety Matinee.
Ti~oit Ihcstrc-vatcty
-i". sq.sr- rh~strr-A Celebrated Casa
NyaifseLs Theatre-srhooL
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Tho House Committee on Appropriations
reported yesterday in favor OF cutting down the
expense Of the consular and diplomatic service
over 100000. By reducing the salaries OF the
Ministers to Great Britain. France. Germany.
and Russia from $1,000 to sljOOO those Of
Spain. Austria. Italy. Brazil. Mexico. Japan and
China from $4,000 10 10000. and those Of
lesser lights in the foreign service in like pro-
portion. Debate upon this proposition is sure
t. be- spirited and instructive.
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The surrender Of HARRY GENET yester

The surrender Of HARRY GENET Yesterday
WIS a surprise to the city though the convic-
ton and escape OF the Boss Of Harlem had al
most been forgotten amid the stirring events Of
the past four years. 1t il late in the day for
GENET to vindicatc cx-Sherif BRENNAN aud his
deputies. SHIELDS and CAHIIL. from completely
in his escape. That GENET has returned in
pursuance OF some arrangement with the Dis
trict Attorneys oiil'e seems probable in view o.
yesterdays proceedings His defence is that
the facts proven at his trial did hot amount to
the crime OF Obtaining money by false pre-
tonrcs Of which he was convicted and rs AS
slstant District Attorney ROLLINS thinks that
there may well I've deemed 10 be soma doubt
upon the question" GENT may keep out Of
fclOns cell
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Senator JACOBS, Democrat, Of Brooklyn,
represents 100000 Inhabitants while the three
Republican Senators OF the Eighteenth. Twen-
teth. and Twenty sixth Districts represent only
100000 1t is tho Legislatures foremost duty
TO reapporton the State.
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The real reason why the Republican
Legislatures OF 1876 and 1877 prevented reap
portonment was that they feared to surrender
the partisan advantages Of the existing appor-
tiOnment.
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There is frccbootlng element in Congress
that would s,orn To- rob poor woman's hen
roost, but If she happens 10 have a hundred
dollars in a savings bank or u bond they dive
AT il like u shark after n mackcrcl, Sno is a
capitalist who ought to be robbed. Capital in
large or small sums has no rights that Con-
ercssmen are bound TO respect Put the flock
ofchickens and the bond are alike capital to the
old woman. They are among the sources Of her
living. and il is all the same 10 her whether the
ono or the other is p'uckcd. We don't ike to
say that many Congressman are no better than
robbers o. hen roosis. but how are We going 10
avoid it unless we drop the suhJcctl
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Pom M Ner,Iusvt HriiL
II man has nothing " do. and cant get
wars WHY moi 70 nhhinyb
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The Mayor, the Comptroller and the chief
officers of the National Guard were in 'onsu ta-
ton yesterday upon the proposal to max" a
brigade armpry ~ The Forty second street res
crvor. Comptroller X LILY. estimating tho
yulus of tho land nt I 500 uul, and the cost Of
converting tl" reservoir into an armory AT
SWull argued that m" city ought NOT to tx
uoni So huge a sum for such "A purpose and
tncrruuon Com. SuALrM WOODWARD NANlAs.
aud NiLMLK went 10 iuoA elsewhere.
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KEEP your eye OIL the main chance,
my boy, if you would be one Of the
immortals 10 the roll of fame. said an
old bachelor to bis impeconious neph-
ew; to which the young man replied;
Oh, the roll Of fame be hanged. uncle!
What want now is q roll Of bread.
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THERE is Turkish allegory which
tells us that every man has two angels
--one on his right and one on his left
land that they record the good and
the evil that is done. It this be true.
that left hand angel is pretty busy in
these days. and the right hand one
may as well 60 of on vacation.
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Two years ago h. pointed t, msn
in til. street aud said: There's man
" no sisrr,.'t sav lis souls his own
5 hen biz sifes about. Some OF these
women ought TO get iue for a husband;
I'd show EN- thing or two. He was
q bachelor then He is married
man now, and wien his wife says
Th-om-as-s he jumps two feet,
answers Yes nj and doesn't let tue grass
grow under him in answer to. the sum
MONS
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-11-16

WHAT is the cause Of strikes asks a
contemporary. We know: Mosquitoes.
They canse moro strikes than any
other animste or inanimste thing on
the face of the earth. We made not
less than fifty strikes at one last night
without hitting Norrist0wn Herald.
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DAILY IN7ELLICENCBR.
Saturday, Nov. l6, 1878.

You know. said Rice, how the negro
likes possum. Two darkies were
riding from field after hard days
ploughing. They began to talk about
good things to cat What do ycu say
to dis. said one. take . good fat
possom-pah bile him put him in ole
fashion Dutch oven-roas' HIN brown
the other darkey's eyes rolling and
mouth watering as the description
went ou--sarve him mp wild c-o-o-n
gravy Shut yo' mouf. you sweet
nigga I'll fall right Of n dis boss.