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JO7TINGS IBOUT TOWN.

LoNDoN. July 23.- The Queen has conferred
the order ol the Garicr or the Mmqu. oi salisbury
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1n0cs TO Advertisements.

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Republicans but thus far, it has not succeeded. 4
ratification meeting Of the National party az held
at Pottsvlle, on Wednesday evening, whom the pro-
pOsal for an alliance was denounced by the father
OF the pgIty. md by the chairman of its Stata
smile, and helps the Democratic leaders TO realize
that it is not going to be to get Democrat
into DOn's seat in the Senate after all.
The investigating machine has been armed with
authority to employ experts, and now amend
ment should be made granting the right to issue
such instructions to the experts will prevent them
from running the machine against the statesmen Of
the Democratic party. Mr.. David Dudley Field
was an invaluable expert but he could never
keep his mud hook from fastening to the trousers of
Democratic statesmen. He went ont in search of
fraud in Oregon, but he only caught CrOnin and
attached to them. but it was not of the kind want
ed. The party cannot afford to be mistaken again.
The Toledo Post Office case has been postponed
till next Thursday, and the unfeeling announce.
ment is made that the committee will not receive
oral arguments on either side. To the delegation Of
Toledo politicians who IN Washington, crammed
to the muzzle with arguments on this question, tho
announcement must have come with painful force
The idea Of putting their wrath all in writing, with
the dreadful probability that half of it would never
be read! The p0stpOnement was hardly less grey
0s for il gives ample time for the whole OF Toledo
10 be on hand, either in person or by petition when
the case is called again: and the more petitions
there are the less is the likelihood that any of them
will be read. The Senate committee obviously does
not comprehend the magnitude OF this tremendous
controversy.
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"projects." There may be something In this.
If out of its abundant leisure the Admlnstra-
ton shall find the time to advance this hui
name project, by directing the restless energy
of the uneasy North American Woman TO
the ameloration of the equally uneasy
North American Indian, it will remove two
Giving issues !" from the arena on which the
never-cnding fight for the Custom House and
Post Office proceeds, besides having something
which it seems now to lack, to occupy its
mind. Let us then send Woman with her
tracts to the Indians on their tracts. and let us
hope she may not have from the untutored
savage the crude and unsatisfying reception
given one of the pioneers in that department
of philanthropy by an honest miner. who, IN
answer to the colporteur's mild inquiry.
Shall l leave you any tracts Y" responded
briskly, eyes, BANKED quick. with the heels
toward the door,"
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LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

1t is thought and said that President Hayes
has been unjustly blamed for failure to defeat
the Silver Bill. Long ago, speaking with II
warm friendship which s0!nc thought fit to
rdicue, we warned him that his admlnlstra-
ton would grandly succeed or utterly fail, if
if succeeded or failed in defending the public
credit. That was the one thing for which
President Hayes was preferred by those who
turned the scale. That he, with parties clOec-
" divided, would be able to make a veto
effectua, nobody then doubted. That he
would be true to the public faith in pur-
pose. his record proved. Hence he be-
came President. The one thing which,
above all others, lie ought to have
done. surely and thoroughly, lies undone. He
has tried, bravey and manfully-after the de-
stroying torrent had become too strong to be
resisted with success. Two or three votes in
the Senate would have made him known for
ever in the history of this country as the
President of most rare and splendid good for
tune, who had the wit and the power to grasp
opportunity before it escaped. But he could
not command those votes. PERHAPS he did
not try perhaps he had no faculty of leading
men: but history will record the fact that the
Nations faith was forfeited, when Le was
President, because the three votes needed
TO make a veto effective were wanting.
Just criticism begins further back. The Pres
ident wantonly threw away his power of doing
great good for his country, when he made
nearly every party friend his foe by caring
more for the mole-hill of Civil Service abuses
than for the mountain of reputation. As soon
As he had Justly settled the Southern question,
it was his duty to rally all possible strength to
defend the Nations credit. Instead, the cOun-
trv was half amused and half dIsgu,teG by
swccping ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS about the Civil! ser
vice. 1t was not sensible to utter these vague
declarations if the President meant to cX cate
them; it was less sensible to utter them, and
then to make them ridiculous by most noOnsls-
tent appointments; but 1t was reckless neglect
of duty to do these things when the credit OF
the Nation was trembling in the balance. The
first fault of President HAYES was that he
seemed to care more for filling public Offices
than for filing the public treasury yet did
not Gll the Offices, after all, in the way he had
loudly proclaimed that he would.
Then came his financial policy-by GORGEOUS
blunder treated as secondary to his mistaken
and ill-executcd notions of reform in the Offices.
The financial policy proved to be one of pitiful
tmdity. We treat it as the policy OF President
Hayes, for no one can say how far the desires
of the Secretary of the Treasury have been
modified or restrained by his official CHIEF
while every one can see that if the Secretary
had not pleased the President, change
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08
POLITICAL NOTES.
Who is sitting on Springer Z
him down.

Who is sitting on Springer
The public is not irrepressibly excited on the
timber issue.
Take 10 days next time, Judge Kelley. and then
suppress your speech
Two millions and half for levces is the merest
sop for the Southern NAV.
What has become of Glover's tremendous disclos-
uresg Can they be extracted from him only by an
experts
The fraud party does not seem to be overjoyed
nj the accession of Moses. He speaks with too much
of pcnitentlary accent
Mullctt says the greenback movement in the West
is lawfully grand and majestic" Mullctt's allie
glance is enough to make IT all of that.
Southland says the author of the Presidential
trplct scheme isa man occupying an eminent posi-
ton i'll public life, and gentleman whose opinions
on any subject well worthy of respectful COIL
sldcratlOn." y blind man can see that that is
Southland himself
One of the reasons why the New-lIampshre Re-
publicans have made no canvass to speak Of seems
to be fear concerning the effect of intro
ducing the question of ndorsing the Administration
into the campaign. Nobody knows where the party
stands, and the only thing apparent is that dis
cussion would make split OF more or less serious
ness,
The Bourbons and regulators in South Carolina
are working quietly TO secure more plable man than
Hampton for Governor next Fall. They find HIM too
powerful in the Legislature for their comfort. and
they know that to attempt 60 defeat his renomina-
ton openly will fail. That any secret hidden eff
fort will fail also, is almost certain. lie has been
an excellent Governor, and by his plucky opposi-
ton to all kinds OF reputation has done his State
lasting service.
The Pennsylvania Democrats have made An at
tempt to unto with the National party against the
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THE pTBLIF Pointing,

Just now the country Is threatened with Il
riot of investigation. \ mob of heated par
tisans, armed with imquIsitorial weapons, and
animated with the amiable purpose of inhct-
ing damage upon their political opponents,
might rage through the Departments. and, per
hans. Law bare some un>ightly old inlqultcs.
But it is not raids Of this sort
which promise TO be the bases of any genuine
and substantial reform. There are old abuses
which have organized themselves and grown
up into Institutions. They have IL tenacious
vitality of their own and a scf-sustaining and
aggressive vieOr which is quite distinct from
the individual activity Of the men who mt any
time happen 10 be reaping, or who have al
ready garncrcd personal profit from them. If,
in searching such abuses, Il hungry committee
Satiatcs itself upon the discovery that Smith
has made some money ont Of Il contract that
Jones has been crimlnally negligent Of his
duties or that Robinson is pastuling on Il fer
tile slnccurc, the public gain will be but tri-
fling and temporary. 1t is the system itself
which demands thorough Ovcrhauling and
exposing. 50 that the people can Judge whether
the entire structure ought to be swept away,
or whether it contains the material for new
one, 10 DE Dll1lb up uDutI COu-
ditions.
Here, for instance, is the public printing,
which is soon to become the prey Of the in
ycstigator. This, surely, is subject worthy of
sOm thing more than superficial or purely par
tisan treatment. a recent report sets forth
that during the past five years this branch of
the service has cost the country nearly &c.,
900, 900, and there is Il very prevalent I'M
pre ,sion among our wcll-taxcd people
That this is stupcndous outlay for the
benefits which it has conferred. 1t is uni
ycrsaly known that documents by the hun
drcd thousand are printed and bound
only to gravitatc by their own dead weight to
The Junk shops, where they are sold by the ton
for paper stock. The fate of Government pub
lications which have real and permanent
value many of them recognized by the high
est authorities III the world of science and of
letters rs possessing singular merit, is still
more melancholy. \ large percentage of the pub
lications of this grade is absolutely wasted, for
they never reach the appreciative class Of read
ers for whom they were prepared, but are
scattered hther and yonder at the wild caprice
of ignorant politicians. The condition of the
laws for the distribution of these documents
has been characterized, by those who have a
right to know, as simply disgraceful. For the
distribution of many of the most valuable
scientific reports, with their ample and costly
equipment of maps, charts and illustrations,
there Is absolutely no system whatever In
deed, there i no way of learning what is to be or
has been published and he is a lucky mortal who
chances to discover at Il secondhand book
stall some rare work which has cost the Gov
eminent $40, and which some thrifty Con-
gresham has disposed of for q weeks wash
bill.
Now, the people have right to know just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

what this institution is, and how it is growing,
and whether il is to expand itself until the
Public Printer becomes the Printer for the
Human Race. they want to know why this
concern cannot be conducted with definite
purpose within definite limits, according to
definite rules and under definite supervision as
to details and why there is no one held 10
strict accountability for what is done, and how
it is done. What is primarily needed, there
fore, is some very specific information about
the methods and results OF the Government
Printing Establishment, and to this end few
simple and direct lines of inquiry are herewith
suggested to the committee.
Cd A classified list of the titles of all the
documents Uncuding reports, ctc.,) printed
during the last five years, say, by order OF
Congress; the number of copies of each; the
number and size of pages Of each; the cost OF
printing; the cost of binding; the number OF
copies of each document now on hand, ana
the disposition made OF the remainder. (2)
The titles of all documents, reports, ETC., with
particulars specified as above, printed during
the same period, but not ordered 10y
Congress. (3) The character and extent OF
the supervision, if there is any, which Is ex-
ercised by the departments over the printing
etc, of their respective bureaus. (4) AN OUT
line of the SYSTEM so far as there is any, pre-
scribed by law or sanctioned by usage, under
which public documents are distributed.
1t is believed that full and distinct answers
TO all the questions above suggested would
furnish n large amount of useful knowledge,
and that this knowledge could be trusted to
generate a spirit of eager inquiry.
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amusements amo Aleetlnss 60 Might.

BoOTu's THEATRE" Uncle Toms Cabin"
RRolDwAY THEATRE-"Th The EXlles." -
FIFTH AVENUE HALI-2 ana s. HtLIers wJp"o''
IYCEUM THE ATRE-" Gold Mad" - ,.suo
NiBIO's GARDEY-2 and 6: "Old House on the Briose
OF Notre Dame"
PARK TINA TgE-"Our Bachelors"
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
sTAND,RD THEATRE" Our Boarding House" .
IIsIoN SOUAHE THEATRE" A Celebrated Case"
WAILACKs THEATRE" Money"
ACADEMY OF MUsIc-2 Philharmonic Rehearsal
Thomas. =, c,...o,
KrpTz's Characterization Artists EXnlbtl1n.
NEW YORK AQUARICM-Day and Evening
No / 4Sl BROADwAr-Lecture. DR.. l.. sauVeur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

In spite of the unanimous demand of the
New-York delegation III the Assembly for the
passage of the DAILY Excise Bill, it has been
virtually defeated. a motion by Mr.. Gill
bert to refer it to the Committee on
Cities with instructions to strike out the
enacting clause, or. i'll other words, to Kill
the BILL was carried by a vote OF ca to 80.
The two parties were almost evenly divided,
the small number Of rural Democrats who
voted with the Republicans i'll favor of the
motion being about equal to the number OF
city Republicans who voted with the Demo-
Gratis against it. The probability of securing
any important modification OF the present Excise
Law after this reverse seems slight. The OppO-
nents of the DAILY bill based their action on the
theory that the people desired the contlnu-
ance and enforcement OF the present law
The bill which they have defeated, while IT
was acceptable to the liquor interest, was ap-
proved and urged by Republicans of such per
sonal standing as Mr.. AstOr and DR.. Hayes,
and it is not likely that any can he offered
which will not be equally Objectionable to the
mass OF the Republican members. Certainly
no measure would meet their views which
would also be agreeable to the advocates of
a new law, and the law of 1857 seems not
unlikely to remain in force.
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Bnsincss NcIlres.

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Aem'llork Daily Gritnnr,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, MARCH g, 1873.
THE NhVS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGx.-The Grand Duke Nicholas may visit
the Sultan to-day. GO Lord Derby admits that
the treaties of 1896 and 1871 valueless -
If is reported that Prince Bismarck wishes England
to occupy Egypt.
DOMESTIC.-Mr. Sherman again calls for subscrp-
tions to the per cent loan. - Bayard Taylor is
in Washington to receive instructions prior to
departing for Germany. - Two witnesses testl-
fled to a So, 600 bride taken by Mr.. Seward, late
Consul-General to China, yesterday. -= The first
silver dollars will not be paid to Congressman :;
this has been decided upon after consultation
with Congressman. - The views OF the
Industrial League Of the United States were
presented to the Ways and Means Commit
tee Yesterday. - fire at Sparta urg,
Penn, destroyed property to the value of 100000.
- Tie New-York Assembly struck out the en-
acting clause of the DAILY Excise Bill, by vote of
81 to 3d. - Two contested seat cases were set
tied by the New-Jersey Assembly.
CoNGREsS.-In the senate, Yesterday the bill to
relieve DR.. Hammond was taken up; Mr.. Cockrell
asked for delay as he thought there might be Con-
stitutional objection TO the bill: Mr.. Conklng
replied; the bill was laid aside without action !;
Senator sargent spoke Chinese immigration.
- In the House. the deficiency bill, app oprIat-
ing $5J, 900 passed, but first gave Use 10
debate on the causes OF the hard times, on Demo-
cratic economy ana tnc employment Vi tcHipoldIy
clerks in the Treasury the House voted by 1873 to
IOi to allow the Investigating Committees to en-
ploy experts
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The railway managers yes
terday raised freight rates from the West, and
agreed TO a division Of tonnage. - The Chinese
famine and commercial relations with Mexico were
considered by the Chamber of Commerce. -
The objects Of the proposed United States Board
Of Trade are made public. - Members of
the Board Of AppOrticnment expressed their
views on city salaries. - A statement made
of the condition of GTeenleaf, Norris d Co.
) - The Rev. DIR. Thomas Armitage lectured
\ on the Poets and Poetry of the Bible.
y The Rev. Mr.. Vosburgh's innocence
was affirmed by hisShurch. - warchousemaD
and Jersey City local politician are missing. -
Gold 1Oll4 1O1li, 101l4. Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close, $3.50 cents Stocks
active hi CHER for the Western speculative stocks,
and lower for the Others, closing irregular.
THE WFArHER.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicate warm and fair weather. with occasional
clouds. Thermometer yesterday. 400, G7o, $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

The recent legislation in New-Jersey, reducing the
rate of interest to per cent and allowing no con-
tracts at higher rate. eXcites much comment
throughout the State. There only seven States
besides New-Jersey which have adopted so low rate
without granting the privilege of contract between
the borrower and lender. In fifteen other States the
legal rate is per cent, but higher rates are allowed
by contract six of the fifteen placing limit what
ever upon the contract rate and the remainder re-
stricting this rate To or 10 per cent Altogether
there are fifteen States which allow any rate by
contract and impose no penalty for usury. After
time it may dawn upon Lawmakers that efforts to
make cheap interest by legislative enactment
liable to be failures even when the penalty for usury
is forfeiture of the principal it is in Delaware.
or forfeiture of both principal and interest. 1t is
Arkansas and Oregon, or a choice between fine and
imprisonment AS il is in Idaho. People who lend
money are in the habit of getting what their money
is worth and in the long run it is the borrower who
sntf. rs because he Is charged an extra amount as
premium of insurance against prosecution for usury.
Mr. Jones, of Oneida, Is. in Excise matters, what
the House Of Representatives would call an expert"
About the first thing he recolects. in his youthful
days. is beer-drinking and he has gone on drinking
beer and stronger things till now. He has lived to
be a Observation-Disclosures, and, if the Legislature will
allow him q little more liquor he hopes to survive
TO be great great grandfathcr. He thinks it has
been good for him, and says soemnly, not as an
expert nor rs an Oneida County farmer, but as {" a
gray-haired old man." And yet the Assembly voted
him down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

The House of Representatives was not sat
isfied yesterday with Mr.. McMahon's PROPOSE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

Representative Foster hurled dart at the
Bounding Banning yesterday, which must
have made him earn his name over again,
when il struck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

The Park Commissioners have unanimously
rejected the application made for space III Cen
trail Park for the establishment of a geological
garden, and base their refusal on two grounds +:
first that it Is proposed to use a valuable por-
ton of the Park to earn dividends on private
capital and, second, that it Is proposed to
exclude the people from section of the Park,
when they have a right to the free use of the
whole of it, This is wise recognition of
public sentiment; it would be well if the Off
cious people who are engaged in an assault
anon another of our parks would profit by the
Park Commissioners good sense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

Governor Holiday reads the Virginia Legis-
lature another hOmily upon the duty OF pay
ing the State debt. The Legislature asks HIM
for information concerning the condition OF
the Commonwealth, and he replies politely
that the Legislature knows all about 1t al
ready; the Legislature asks him to suggest
measures, and he remarks that ii would be rude
to the Legislative committees to do so. There
is one subject however, winch he will sclSs,
and thus he gets back to the public debt.
His address is sound in morals, and has nothing,
happily to say about the expedicncy OF hon
esty; there have been too many appeals OF
late for the just payment Of debts, on the
ground that it really did not pay, in the long
rim, to be dishonest. The Governors
tone il manly and earnest. Let no time
he wasted, he urges, in calling ConSt-
tutional Convention give the States creditors
the money it would cost. Face the debt;
economze, sacrifice, to pay it; impose stamp
taxes. and tax even church property. The
Governor may not be right i'll all his plans
for raising money, but his spirit in combat
ting reputation is admirable. Some day.
when Virginia has learned a lesson she seems
to need, she will be grateful to Governor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

An important decision has been reached by
the freight lines with reference to East-bound
traffic. An agreement has been made TO es-
tablish for this traffic an appOrtionment sim
liar to that which exists with reference to
West-bound traffic, and the experiment is to
last three months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

An account is given in our local columns
of movement for the formation OF a
United States Board of Trade, which is to be
modelled upon the Board of Trade of Great
Britain, and use the great influence it will ac-
quire, if the hopes of its projectors are real
lied, in furthering important commercial re-
forms.