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New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
THr NEW BRAZILIAN RAILROAD.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31.-AttentiOn was
called BY The TRIBUNE some time ago TO the departure
Of the steamship Merceds from this port for Brazil,
carrying large quantity Of iron rails and other material
to be OF the Madeira and Mamore
Railway Brazil, the contractors for which are Messrs
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
NEw-ORLEANs, Jan. so.
W. +. CHANDLER, Washington, d. Q

The statements in my telegram are true-can be cs-
tablshcd; and having admitted their application to
yourself it is evident that your past connection with
Louisiana affair. has been such to Justify me in de-
cnng any further correspondence with you on that sub
jcct. L. y. BURKE
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
THE SILVER LEAGUE FUND.
THE MONEY BEING SPENT 10 SOW THE COUNTRY
WITH TRACTS.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 31.-The Silver League is
flooding the country with copies of Senator Noor-
heess late speech in favor of the Silver Bill. The
speech is printed q broadside, with the headings
Of different newspapers and is sent out by them as
supplement of their regular ISSUE Other documents
are being mailed from Washington by the thousand
daily aud there every indication that the T00O,-
O0O said to have been raised by the silver miners o
the Pacific coast ls being put where 1T VIII do
the most good"
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
THE CHANDLER-BURKE CORRESPONDENCE

FURTHER INTERCHANGE OF COURrEsIEs.
WAsInNGroN. Jan. 31.-Mr. Chandler furnishes
the following additional kilograms:
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
WAsHINGTON. Jan. 81.
Major L. A. uRKE, Nc,e. orleans.

Please make public Immediately all proofs Of your
charges against with the memorandum you have OF
the Wormleys Hotel conferences. W. L. CHANDLER.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
TIE SILVER QUESTION.
The Senate has taken breathing 81

The Senate has taken breathing spell in
the silver discussion. While there are at least dozen
Senators who intend to speak the Bland BILL none Of
them were ready proceed to-day. and Senator Bayard
asked that the further discussion OF the subject be post
poucd until Monday. Mr.. Allison suggested that vote
might he taken at upon the bill, and Mr.. OglesDy
spoke for haf hour against further delay When ne
concluded his speech the Senate at once postponed the
question and soon after adjourned Washington Mclean
~ The Cincinnati Enquirer has teegraphed 10 the sll-
yer League authorizing It's treasurer TO draw upon MIN
FOR 300 to be expended III circulating documents ETC.
PROTECTING THE FRONTIER
The Senate passed a bill to-day, called up
by Mr. Maxey appropratng 100000 for the erection
forts protect the Rio Grande border. 1T sug
gcstcd that the should insert provision requir
ING that the cost of transp0rtang supplies, materials
etc. for the construction of the posts be nc III 'e
sum named Otherwise the forts maycost ia the AtlGh-
borhood of 81 900 600 dd those in the Yellowstone
country where only F20O.OO0 was appropriated
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TIE WEST POINT ACADEMY.
Try TELEGRAPH 40 THE TRIDUNE.l

| AN APPROPRIATION BILL REPoRTED IN THE HOUSE
NEW AND OBJECTIONABLE LEGISLATION PRO-
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xcw.yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY le, 1878

been exercised, and cannot be disputed, 1t
would seem, under that provision OF the Con-
sttution which allows each House to " deter
"mine the rules of its proceedings" Inc
right of the House to demand the performance
of the duty, and its right to grant the prlvl-
lege, seem equally clear.
Those who will oppose the project on tne
ground of expcdiency will undoubtedly De
divided-as its opponents in past years nave
been divided-into those who oppose it be-
cause 1t will increase the powers OF the Ex-
ecutive branch of the Government, and those
who oppose it because it will decrease those
powers. 1t is difficult to see in what way 1t
does one or the other or, if it does BOTH why,
in each respect it does not effect desirable re-
suit. The Cabinet officer who could go upon the
floor of the House of Representatives and advo-
cate his budget or defend himself against ac-
cnsation. might have more influence than the
Cabinet officer who is now compelled to prime
some member to do his talking for him, ana
Hobbies for his budget in shamefaced way,
lest the presence of the head of Department
should give rise to scandal and insinuations
of Executive influence )" but he would still
be speaker without a vote. The Cabinet
tend twice q week in the House to
answer questions, might be a trii1e less
independent than the Cabinet officer who
now answers such questions by letter, but
the difference does not seem important. what
there is, however, seems to be for the better
The heads Of the Departments occupy posi-
ton now which could almost be character
lied as Irresponsible They are answerable
to Congress, but not so directly as the good OF
the public service sometimes requires. They
are answcrable to the President, but they have
been known to defy his wishes, and clog his
administration.
In the last speech which he made IN the
House. Mr.. Pendleton cited striking incident
in SUPPORT of his bill. 1t was the inyestiga-
ton Of the charge that Secretary Floyd was
sending arms into the South for the use OF the
seeding States. while still remaining in Mr..
Buchanan's Cabinet. All the machinery OF in
vestigation was used, precious weeks were
wasted, and nothing was found out. AS Alr.
Pendleton said, if that Secretary bad stood
upon the floor of the House, subject to inter-
rogatories for five minutes" the truth would
have been discovered.
Asa rule, Cabinet Ministers would doubtless
be clad to avail themselves of this privilege.
Ii would enable them to urge their views as
no one else could urge them it would enable
them TO silence SANDER and expose misrepre-
scntation. On the other hand. it would give
members of Congress opportunities for the
constant exercise of that vigilance which is
their highest duty II would be reform, just
TO the officer, beneficial to the people.
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CtByyET OFTTCFRs IN CONGRESS-

President Hayes Will recommend in his mes
sage on Civil Service Reform, as orr Washing
ton dispatches show legislation whereby men,
beers of the Cabinet will be admitted to the
privilege of debate in Congress on qucs-
tons connected with their departments
This will be the first utterance in
favor of what has long been deemed
by many a desirable innovation, since Mr.
Pcndlcton, who il now about To Renter Con
crcss in the upper branch, signalizcd his
last days in the House by urging this
measure with ability and elOqucncc upon
the attention of his colleagues Mr. Pcndle-
toms bill. the text of which will be found else
where, awarded seats upon the floor of the
House 10 the various members of the Cabinet,
with the right To speak upon matters affecting
their several Departments, and so not to put
il in their power to refuse to exercise this pryi-
legc, required their attendance on two days of
each week, Immediately after the opening of
the House, to answer questions propoundcd by
members. With this bill were submitted amend
ments TO the rules requiring public notice of
the questions to be asked, IA proper interval,
so a. to allow sufficient time for the prepare
ton of answers, and i'll other respects con
forming the rules of tho House to the long
established English practice. The measure was
vigorously opposed then, and doubtless will be
again. but there are very many powerful CON
sidcrations in it's favor. TIE TRIBUNE would
gladly see introduced into our parliamentary
system the one feature in which it has seemed
TO be chiefly lacking, and the presence of
which, in many other Governments, has given
them direct responsibility to the people, in
4. 4 a.
No one would seriously propose to carry
the parallel any further; any mOdifca-
ton of the logic of our Government by which
the terms of Cabinet officers should be made TO
depend upon the will of the lower branch of
Congress would contradict the whole theory of
the Constitution. But so far as this change
would tend to make the heads of Departments
more directly responsible to the peoples repre-
sentatiycs for the proper administration of
their Offices, and on tho other hand, would
give them an opportunity to explain policies
and repel charges, of which they are now
deprived, it would seem to be an excellent
idea to borrow.
OF the constitutjonali.y C; such a measure.
there seems to be no doubt; the only question
on which serious issue can be raised, Is that
of cXpediency. If Congress can call upon the
Secretaries for information, as it is constantly
doing, it is difficult to understand why it may
not ask that the facts desired shall be made
known by word of mouth. The Secretary of
the Treasury already transmits his annual
report directly to the House. and, under
the law. can be called upon for an oral re-
Tort. The right OF the House to admit per-
sons who are not members to the privileges
OF debate, under certain restrictions, has often
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the goose that would lay the golden eggs. lt
is wen known fact that the interference OF
labor organizations has driven several branches
of labor out of this city, and seri-
ouslv decreased others. There are many
instances in England where great manu-
featuring centres have entirely lost their
prosperity through the frequent recur-
renee of labor troubles. The employers OF
Lynn take the better horn of the dilemma IN re-
fusng to employ worSmen that are bound by
the arbitrary dictates of the worthless fellows
who often control trade societies. That way
the manufacturers may find safety by yield
ing, they would invite ruin.
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GODERN.uENT BY DEBfTE.

The history Of the struggle of parties in ON
icrcst for our grandchildren that we feel in
the conflicts Of our forcfathcrs. There arc
few more captivating chapters in the records
OF the past hundred years than those which
describe the battles of the giants in the
English Parliament, OF the superb debates of
our own Congress when Webster and Clay
were at the summit of their fame. The elo-
qucncc of Chatham and Pitt, of Fox and
Burke, still quickcns the pulse and inilames
the ambition of the young, long years after
their voices are hushcd and the very contro-
yersies which excited them are forgotten.
We read, with an enthusiasm still fresh and
fruitful, of THAT terrible cornet of
horse" who swayed the dcstinies of
empires by the magic of his speech ;
and of his yet more brilliant and as
tOnishing son who made himsclf'by the same
marvellous gift of oratory Chancellor of the
EXchcquer at twcnty-threc, and the greatest
of English subjects ut twenty-five. The de-
tails of the Parliamentary campaigns in which
the grandest questions of State, the bottom
principles OF politics, were discussed with ma
jestic and impassioned cloquencc that justified
the famous definition of Cicero-copiose To-
quens sapientia-are as thrilling as the Incl
dents Of Waterloo and Jena. We read of tbc
changing fortunes of debate the dramatic
surprises of long night sessions, the onset of
the champions, the meeting Of heroes, the rout
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Nesu']lcrIs Daily Grib1l1pa
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1873.
TIE NEE,S IHIS MORNING.

FoRsiGy.-Thc Turks have Loa.barded the ports
of Auapa and ThcOdosa. 60 There has been
great battle between Phlppopos and Tatar Ba-
zardiik: the Turks rctreated. = The Dominion
Board of Trade has opened its eighth annual meet
ing.
DoMEsrIC-An exploded plot Of ex-governor Til
den TO overthrow President Hayes if POSSIBLE is de-
scribed in The TRIBUNE dispatches to-day. &C
Governor Mcclellan was maugurated at Trenton
Yesterday. - Secretary Sherman has can
celled the contract with the Syndicate; the
Secretary was before the Ways and Means Com
rittee yesterday TO argue in behalf of the
met have seats IN fbq onSe SscX ot tS
Senate passed the bill apprOpriating 100000 for
work on the New Capitol; the Legislature,
in JOINT session. elected Leslie W. Rus
sell aud Whitelaw Reid Regents of the
University the nominations of Mr.. Fairchild and
DR.. Flint will probably be rejected. - The low
to-sheet of last year has been adopted by the Canal
Board. 60 George ii. Pendeton was elected
United States Senator from Ohio. 60 The Con-
tnental Life Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Conn, is in trouble.
CONGRESs.-In the Senate a resolution offered by
Mr. Hereford was adopted, requesting the Secretary
OF the Treasury to report III relation TO the sales of
bonds since March 4, 1861, payments to the Syndi-
cate etc. Mr. Voorhees, called up his resolution rel
alive to the credit OF the Nation, and made long
speech in favor of paying the bonds greenbacks.
- In the House Mr.. Price spoke in favor of the
restoration of silver.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-DOwner & ST. John, Will
liam NJ Giles & Co., and several other firms sus-
pended yesterday. Meter e. Co.'s actual Liabilities
were shown to be $3j5,000. - Violations of the
schedule of freight rates very frequent and ex-
tensive. - The Universal Life Insurance CoInpa-
ny's officers including HenryJ Furber have resi- gned
- The bar held meeting of farewell to Judge
Daniels, and of welcome to Judge Ingalls, yesterday
The Syndicate expects that Secretary Sher-
man will cancel its contract in few days. ==
The New-JerSey Central committees have ap-
pointed q subcommittee to prepare plan
from tine various reorganization schemes 60
The Republican Central Committee was reorganized
for 1878. The cargo OF the schooner f. II.
Pray was found and the mate was arrested So
The examination of the charge against Police Cap
tain Williams. for assault, was begun. -=- The
Sixth Avenue Railroad Company will appeal from
the Supreme Court General Terms adverse decision
"A corOneTs jury censured the police in the
case of Joseph He'll. 60 Gold 1O2, 1912, 1O2
Gold value Ofthe lcgatcndcr dollar at the close 9S
cents Stocks moderately active and lower, closing
weak, without recovery.
THE WEATHeE.-TEIBUNE local observations in
dictate clearer and somewhat cooler weather Their
mometer yesterday, $50, 400, So.
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a part in it. There is not man who attended thu
benefit of Compton at Old Drury. in London, who
does not think Of the occasion with pleasure. and
who is not glad to be able to say +" l was there .
and there is not who visits the Academy Of Music
tomorrow for the benefit Of Brougham who will not
create for himself green spot which he will always
look back upon with pleasure. The entertainment
is notable and remarkable. and the cause is noble,
the result cannot fail to be satisfactory, and worthy
both Of John Brougham and the public of New.York,
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The performances which are to be given a, the
Academy of Music, tomorrow, Tor the benefit of
John Brougham, bear, in many points, resemblance
to that given in London last March, at the Drury
Lano Theatre. to the celebrated English actor,
Henry Compton. Representative comedians both of
them, their names are and will be honorcd in dra-
matte story The record of their private lives is spot
less, and their careers have BEEN in every way, so
worthy, to produce In the hearts of the public
feeling not only Of admiration. but of affection.
Another point Of resemblance is that when both
were stricken down by sickness and most
needed friends, troops of friends" flocked to
their bedsIdes to cheer and comfort them.
II Is good to know this good to see itgood to take
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amnsemeat5 ano itleeilnls c. Malt.

pooru,s THEATRE" EchaId III" Boaih',. r,oob,er
nVotnwAy THEATRE" No h0rouchiaFc. fe'i''"''
FIFTH AvENrr Il,LI-2 ami 5: HtiisTS yMneska
FIITH AyE"UG THETRL. IN io'
NuuO's GAEnLN-" Dukes Motto.
PARK THF ARR" Risks
IN rHH S,,,ty TuEITrr--" The Man OF success.
WTI,cK's TnEATRE-" NV Awiu, DAD
KUBTz's GAiLKRl Artists rum Morning
FOURTH AVLNUE PR!sEi IEH''N
IectuTc-Miss SanbOl'. 1000, ,,v.riu- pipoon ShO'y
NV FORK AoU ArIiM-Day ara Evening I'S0'i -.
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Drslncss Monies.

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,,a.rcsr m rY1p Oly.S espccaiy fOr. and bottled bY
CSsWTII HAzAnp & co, DRUGGISTS tiith Avenue hoIe
p1,tng On ave 3Atis; also. NO l52 ihahes
81 Newport As we BEETLE this on oriseVe- W. ~
rusrapee every TO any 0ier sau Oh III
market Our only places Of business are as alONe.
MALTHY's Norfolk Oysters cost less than any
food in market Al Harisoust and 90 Coril2ndt ST.
TUE NEW CTRE FOR LUNG DISEASES.
rOCK CANDY DISSOLVED .
Tn made mash me corner NnlSk'N W."
rrea, southern remedy Tic 'eabe article Of Whisky iOn
ri TO tlg prr gallon can hid o. Rock candy! 6'c per
md You only have to pat them together ana snahC up
Proportion pounds to calon H. - Iak o. w
ronrbani Sc uon and 700 Broadway. Established 1893
DAILY TRIRI ST. Mail Subscribers. SO per annum.
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WFEKIY TRIBUNE. Mail Subscribers - pei ahhun
Terms cash in advance
ruovyn cis can leave their iavors og TnF RBINE
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THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE Will be rcadyNi's mornin"
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Mr.. Schurz is hasty and hot in defence OF
his Indian investigation. We give him,
this morning at least double as much
space for the defence as has lihcr-
TO been surrendered to tho criticism.
Mr. Schurz dawns upon the public in this
defence in a new light. He considers
himself an exceedingly practical, and
President Seelye an exceedingly imprac-
ticable person. Both these opinions viii
appear to the public in the nature of
news. Mr. Schurz is ready with charges
OF untruth. He has been ready in this
way several times within the past year,
and each time he went lmping off the
field himself before the discussion ended.
The statements made by The TRIBUNE
concerning the disreputable character Of
some of the people hanging about
the Indian investigation are susceptible
Of proof, and are already well known
in Washington. We expect soon to see them
equally we!l-knOwn throughout the country.
Meantime, as we have been III the way Of
doing Mr.. Schurz unnumbcred kindncsses
for good many years past, we may as well
do him another now. 1t Is to give him bit
OF good advice: Don't be so ready to hold
everybody who objects to what you do, either
untruthful or a simplcton.
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a long contest is probable at Lynn between
the boot and shoe manufacturers and the Girls
pin organization. The results muss. of course.
be disastrous to both sides. but the uner.
ployed laborers will suffer most. A neriod
when business of all kinds is dcnressed
when manufacturers have narrow margin
to escape loss, when thousands of men are
vainy seeking employment, is poor time for
interference by so-called labor organizations.
between wOrEmen and employers. The ire
sponsible leaders of such interference will
have much loss and suffering to answer
for among the misled workmen. Strikes are
rarely successful, but where they are, they kill
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Despite the willingness of the Grand Duke
Nicholas TO consider peace proposals. the
march on Adrianople continues as if
he were resolved to convince the Turks
that it would be reasonable to demand
its surrender as one of the first conditions
of peace General Ghourko, who captured
Sophia, on the Sd instant, had advanced east
ward as far as lkhtiman and Tatar Bazardjk
on the 18th. 1t may be inferred that he
has continued to advance and that the
great battle, reported from Constant
noplc. was caused by an effort on the part of
Sueiman to stay his progress. As, how
ever. that Pasha has fallen back on Philip
0plis, it is evident that General Ghourko's
march cannot be checked, and that he may
soon expect to combine his forces with those
of General Radctzky, which have occu
pied several points since they issued
from the Shipka Pass in the face of this
concerted movement, it is utterly futile for
the Ottoman commanders TO offer resistance
until the invaders advance to the walls Of
AdrianOplc. There the fate Of the Ottoman
Empire may DC decided
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Another wear of low tolls is assured 10y the
action of the Canal Board in rcadoptinG last
wears toll-shcet. As 10 change whatever Is
made in the schedule of rates, it is held that
il will not be necessary to submit THIS TOLL
sheet to the Legislature, as it has been once
approved already; but should this he required
there can he little doubt of the verdict
of the Legislature. This year the experiment
of placing the tolls at such low rate will be
made under more favorable auspices than here
tofoYc. for this year, We take Ii for granted,
the Governor and Senate will come 10 some
agreement about a Superintendent of Public
Works and the canals viii be administered
with greater economy. The result is of great
importance to the commerce of Newly ork,
which il, doubtless, sure nOW OF protection,
for seven months Of the year, against the rail-
road conspiratOrS.
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Voorhees, great speech has been delivered
1t was the product of a mental agony that en-
dured at least three weeks; the Scnates only
lasted day.
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Governor McClelans first message plants
him squarcly on the right side OF the question
of honest money and specie payments, and
that is something to he thankful for in a
Presidential candidate. His argument for the
necessity of fulfilling all our obligations
con principles of the highest honor
land honesty" is full, explicit and man
w, and the whole of this portion Of
his address may be read with advantage by n
good many people, both in New-Jerscy and
',-f &c who think they know all that there
ernor Mcclellan says that 1t Is "a duty to
"express, in the dearest and most decided
"tcrms, rcprObation OF all attempts TO violate
/" the sacrcdncss of obligations to avoid the
payment of any portion of our just debts,
"to impair the National honor and credit, or
" to declare by law that part Of a dollar
"shall be whole dollar" Let us hope that
the Legislature of NewJersey will adopt this
suggestion promptly, and speak with equal
Lsdness.
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1t is sarmiscd that when joel Parker heard
OF the goings-On in Trenton, lie expressed the
opinion that General McClcllan's war record
was very, very bad.