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National Republican., 1878-09-24
Go TO Julius Lansburgh for carpets.
ClIY ITEMS.

CRsER covered his bald head aud gray heir with
heads With the still more welcome locks Of youth
THE people have been much imp prSed upOn by
several worthless sArSRpRTlGs that We are glad u
be ab.c 10 recommend preparation which eau bc
depended on as containing the virtues Ut that IN
valuable Medt!ne; and swortly OF the public G. IL
th.Tg cgn cure the diseases that require alterU.
tive medicine.
riNF New York butter received daily OF spiccr 5
west Low prices. me quality, and fair dealings
are specia!tIes.
EoUN" PEOPLE do ray attention to your teeth
neglect Will soon ruin them. BE wl,o IN time
Clean them daily with THCRsTOS's Ivory PEARL
TOOTH POWDER. the most perfect deHtTiive known
II will keep them through life IN good condition
y hitu and Spunu, wiz harden tne gums. swceleul
he breath and prevent tCOthachG. Sold By all
druggists. 23 snt % cents per bottle.
WELL MACHISH-sPREAD STRENGTHENING PLAsT-
EEs are st!l the best known. Their curative pow
cts fer surphss all others.
HAND times demand economy; pracuce It by
ren0vRtiug your sUiled gloves with JouvES'g lSo-
ptKols hid GLOVE CLEANSER. Price % cents per
bottle.
AET you bilious. troubled with hoaaNchc. dizzy
neSS sick stomach, const. st.pation &c? Are you dys-
pcpty, nervous. dull, and languidH Averse 10 all
txertion. l. your life miserable? You require IL
Change. Cleanse the system purify and renew the
blood Take Qu!Rk's IRISH TEA, The great EOuse.
hold remedy. nwil soon relieve you, Sold by all
druggists, y cents per package which mGkcs a
Is your hair harsh dry and stir Does It refuse
70 curl? Dress It with IHoAPsoSs oAAIE OITIME.
An oleGgnnus compound of singular merit II
Will Improve It, sold by druggists, &c. Price 2j.
and tJ cents per bottle.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

For upward Of thirty years Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup has been used for children. II
eorrccis acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
'-gulates the bowels, cures dysentcry
~" whether arising from tocthing
D." old aud well.tried remedy.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
Thermonctric HEADINGS,
Indications,

For the Middle Atlantic States and New England
southeast winds slightly warmer, cloudy weather
possibly rain, and falling barometer.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
ONE DAY OF QUIET.
Nothing Done Yesterday by Cohen
and His Mob.

Trial OF Rioters In the Police Court Cohen
Talks sauciiy to Marshal Douglass and
Makes Empty Thrests-No Meet
ing at tho City Hall Last
Night-Measures Taken
to Suppress Him.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
New Advertisements.

New Advertisements.
A. saks 4 Co.. clothicFs
Bl,e.hIli-Nutioual ". Richmond.
United States Marshal sale, October II, in favor
NAmaHdG Best.
Choice noyeli!cs-Pcrry & Bro, corner Ninth
street aud Pennsylvania avenue.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

ak per cent Interest paid OH deposits. Special
rates on lin,e deposits. J. H. syrIER Co.
NaMkrra lIlG PrMnsNlNhmiA ANenme.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

TINE New York butter received daily nt spiCcr'
butter store, CDrI.rr of Ninth and T. streets north
west Low prccs. iine quality, and fair dealing
are specia!tles.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

CEsER covered his bald head aud gray heir with
laurel Cruwn. Ayers Hair NiIDr covers gray
heads with the still more welcome locks Of youth
National Republican., 1878-09-24

HARD times demand economy pracuce Il by
ren0VRtiug your sUiled gloves with JoUvESg ISo-
pLKols hid GLOVE CLEANSER. Price 2j ceus per
National Republican., 1878-09-24
NJ USIC AND DANCING. FIFTY MILES RID
wi. ON TIE pOTOMAC EOR EIETEEN CEN1t

THE STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON
which has been recently rentted and furnished l. L.
Blake. captain, Is the only boat allowed TO land pas
sengers at Mount Vernon Wharf Round trip, u, In.
cludng admission 10 Mansion and Grounds,
Steamer leaves Soy enth street wharf DAILY (sun-
DAY ezcspted) at lC a. N. and Teturns at Up NJ
J. MClI. HOLLlSGSWONTH,
Supt, Ladies' Mount Nernon Associatlon.
L, l. BLAKE, steamer Mary Washington. Iltf
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

1t isn't Lc DGcs brand of tea that Douglas
drinks.
The dead wood" seems TO be on the Interior De-
partment III the timber debate.
If the dose of reform" grows at the present
rate until August the country will have stomach
full
VOORHEES, seems to be loosening his grip on the
Resumption Act. His promise to annihilate IT ~
already overdue.
The Maryland Legislature has smothered Mr..
Bairs fraud" shrek once more. lie il Liable to
break out with it in Washington with fresh vio-
lence now.
Mr. Polk ia to bc abolished and his Office with him.
Ii great reform party cannot produce doorkeeper
who can stand the pressure for pap how can it sup
ply an adequate President
The Democratic editor is backward In his usual
wrestle with the figures of the New Hampshire cleo
ton. He looked confidently for q dramatic sur
PRISE. "a startling rebuke Of fraud" but he does
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
GENERAL NOTES.

With piStol-practcc at Princeton, hazIng ~
Dartmouth and sNirn.shing all along the line oi 'n'
New England colleges American yoniAs are no" "S
qUirlng the iuilmcuts OF a mlhtary CiueAIloh.
The COnf~lcrate monument in the soldiers
cemetery. at Lyuchbur;, Va was struck by lightning
ON Monday night. The two top blocks of marble rep
iesentilg the states of MARYLAND and Texas aud tlo
eagle surmOuutng them, were kuoo sed 10 pccs iho
granite base WAS also dslocated and the shait WIS ~
dered very Insecure.
One of these DAYS the English plum pud-
ding will be made and canned in America. and s'n'
across the Already ontcrprising l'in OF i"h
kces putting up homeless ham la cans for domestic ana
foreign markets. Durng the past few months II h@s
been preserving large quantities OF poultry. which
canucd in the style pressed beef tie fowls be-
ing boncd aud chopped up Lately, Il has with COM
plcte success accomplished the feat Of canning turkeys
entire. with every bone removed. From toucd turAJ
to chicken and vcapie is only short step. and lh,S
viii come the British brlhrighi-ihe christmas - -
KEGS, say about the iIh Of July.
The Annual Register of Events" published
10y The Times u.ondOD), copy OF which breh''Ho
sends to this Office, comprise, the usual Parliamentary
and annual summaries for the year 1877 the weather
charts ana reports Of the Meteorological Council for eaeh
day. the diagrams and reports of the Kew Observatory
for each week. and daily register OF public events Ine
bulk OF the volume Is taken up 10y tho meeoroosic"
diagrams. q page bling devoted 20 every weekday ~
the year. The utllliyof such compilation mas i"'V
be qcstonrd; and certainly there seems Ia he % h%
son why the charts ior the Any two sandal! ~ ihr l'
should be omitted The annugl summaries ol The eNtus
of the year. the Parliamentary register and the t"''
review are OF great value.
A French cook named Paquctte set ont from
village on the upper Ottawa days ago. 10 walk ~
Ga,ineau Point through the snow, having supplied h
self with provisions enough TO last him several day ITO
proceeded quietly his journey for the first day DuI ."
the second. binding storm came on and be 's'
his way. At the end OF the third day, the provsonp's
gave out and he had not the slightest idea OF his ~h.
abouts ON the seventh day he had grown so weak 'n'
he was unable 10 walk any further. He lay down IN
a snow bank aud made up his mind that there he woua
have 10 perish Ho had been there but lew min"'e'
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
A NEW CHARTER.

Mr. DAILY has introduced in the Assembly
what is substantially a new Charter for this
much chartered city. The announcement Will
not be attended with any great popular ex-
citement. There have been many charters be-
fore, which, like this, embodied some good
things and some bad and some doubtful, and
which aimed ut persons and parties while
giving a few s0ps of reform to the taxpayers.
This bill is directed at Mr. John Kelly and Tam
many Hall, and with Legislature exception
ally hostile to both. and Governor who has
no reason to love either. it may become a law,
though hardly in Its present shape. 1t com
prehends most of the Anti-Tammany ideas. 1t
abolishes the Board of Estimate and ApportiOn-
mcnt, which was Twecd's invention, and is now
simply board in which three men vote as the
fourth tells them, and transfers its powers
over the city appropriations and taxes to a
local Legislature. This is to consist OF two
houses, one being the present Board of AL
dermen, and the other what may be called
an official house, being made mp OF
twelve heads of departments, with six
other members appointed by the Mayor.
The action of this Common Council
upon appropriations is surrounded with
various 1tSlIlcIlOnS. tpoH lHt hd!oi - va"
ferrcd the singular privilege Of choosing when
the two houses disagree upon an appro-
priation. any figure between those to
which they adhere; he Is also clothed
with the authority, which has been of
such excellent service in State matters, of
vetoing any item of an appropriation
BILL lie is also released from the necessity of
having his nominations confirmed. The
amount of appropriations exclusive OF State
taxes and interest on the city debt, is to be
limited within specified sIm-a provision
which would be effective and in striking con-
trast with Tweed's Two Per Cent Act, which
limited the rate of taxation but LETT the vaua-
tions of property, OF course to be raised at
will.
The assault on the Controller is thorough.
His department is divided up, and his power
is almost as much reduced rs the Mayors Is
increased. The Office is made elective, thus
returning to the practice which prevailed for
more than n generation before the Tweed Ring
gave the Mayor the power of appointing the
Controller. The system of elective Controllers
eliminated with Richard B. Connolly, and The
appointing system began with him. Both sides
Of the question are welcome TO his example.
In some respects tHc pll - IdhIi>hc' anu
does not seem practical. In some, ii is un-
doubtedly sound, whatever the motives may
be which govern it. But it is only another
added to a long line of special acts, framed TO
accomplish certain political ends, and in the in
terest OF parties not OF taxpayers. The city has
had its charter tnkercd 50 much that it might
not care to see such bill pass, though it were
wholly good. What the City OF New York
wants is the right of self-goyernment
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15

the House, and cast its foam up against
John G. Thompson. Sergeant-at-Arms The
noble Douglas might drink, or might not;
it was nObody's business. 1t was, doubtless,
one of his ancestors who remarked, Ihe
Douglass hands his own" In the same
spirit the Hon. Beverly says his elbows his own
and he'll crook it when he pleases. But when
anybody intimates that he has been drunk
more than once this session he proposes to
wine ou. the reflection in blood.
BY the way, it is said that the Hon. Beverly
Douglas habitually goes into the House armed
as well as drunk. Nothing more likely. But
as there prevails an absurd prejudice against
drunken and passionate men attending on
debates with revOlvers slung to their
hps-they are so liable to Illustrate
their courage by shooting some unarmed
man without notice-we take leave to sug-
gest that Mr.. Douglas might have double
barrelled gun kept loaded for him In the
cloak-room. so that he could do his shooting
the first thing after prayers-at the be-
ginning of the morning hour-and theh,
after the dcad-cart has been round
and gathered up the game, the regular
business can be proceeded with without inter-
ruption. And hereafter we hope THAT no cor
respondent who has given Mr. Douglas or
any other high-tOned Southern gentleman Of
fence, will weakly attempt to escape the
slaughter he has invoked. Let him stand
right up and be slain, and then the business
of the House won't be interrupted
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
THE UIPLONITIC SERpICE.

1t may be violently suspected that some
members of Congress who have not looked
closely into the matter, entertain but confused
views Of the nature and importance of tie
diplomatic service. During the debate Oh the
Appropriation Bill, last Wednesday, in the
House. Mr.. Bount, of Georgia said that " he
"wou!d be glad to see the time come when the
Government could get rid of nearly all its dip
.lomatic agents, because there WAS no occasion
"for them; - and Mr.. Foster, of Ohio, "thousht
"that the diplomatic service was, to great
"extent, ornamental" 1t seems to have been
unaccountably forgotten that we have only
lately passed through most difficult period
OF the Nations history, during which it was
absolutely necessary that we should be ably
represented at all the principal courts
of the civilized world. The services
Of Mr. Adams alone, in London, were
Of incompatible value. If We had
any method of reading the future,
by which we might know in advance
just when and where a clever and accom-
plshcd representative of the Nation would be
needed abroad, it would be easy, in ordinary
times, to rub along unrepresented even in tho
great capitals. But we do not know /; and we
must be prepared for any emergency. Again,
it is necessary to consider the place Of this
Republic in the family of nations. We must
take the prevailing law of such an association
as we find it, and, although there may
be much in existing diplomatic customs
of which we may not approve, it would
hardly be profitable for US single
handed, to undertake their abolition. A ma
ton is judged abroad by certain rules which
have, through the lapse of centuries, been es-
tablshed. We are not obliged to regard them,
but at the same time it will be more conyc-
nicnt and even profitable for us TO do so.
Some of Our more economical lawmakers seem
TO be of opinion that we need only consuls in
foreign parts. They forget that cOnsuls are
no more than business agents. Their Office is
ancient and highly respectable, but it has been
created by the cxigencies of foreign trade
and its functions are mainly commercial.
though here and there they take on judicial
aspect. The business of consuls is mainly
with their fellow citizens abroad, and not with
the authorities of the country in which they
reside. They have none of the privileges of a
public minister. No foreign office would di-
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15

rectly do business with them, nor could they
be received officially at any Court Their
status is settled all over the world, and 1t Is
hardly probable that it can be elevated by any
act OF Congress.
Before any attempt is made to lower tiie
character of our Diplomatic Service. it should
be considered that already we send no repre-
sentatives of the first class to foreign Courts.
We have no Ambassadors, but our diplomatic
servants of the highest rank are Ministers
Plenipotentiary and Ambassadors Extraordl-
nary. This is proper enough, as mere mat
ter of etiquette, inasmuch as no crowned
head sends Ambassadors to Washington. Al
ready, therefore, our Ministers at foreign
courts are Outranked by the servants OF petty
princes while they are received at court, not
as a matter of right, but by special permission
and favor. All these distinctions may appear
artificial and unmpOrtant to thor0ughSoihS
Democrat, but they exist, and will continue 10
exist whatever we may think of them.
Every sensible man is in favor OF public
economy, but it is quite possible to go too far
in cutting down the salaries of our Ministers.
There are full missions which may without
detriment be abolished; but while they remain,
should be handsomely supported. DIR. Frank
lin was man who thoroughly detested
empty show and OstentatiOn, but during
the prolonged period of his official residence
abroad, he was careful to keep up good ap-
pearance and to exercise q liberal hospitality,
spending his own money freely when he could
get none from the Congress. We have had
Ministers of large fortune who expended an
nually much more than the amount OF
their salaries, making up the deficiency
from their private means. Living, of course,
is much cheaper at some Courts than at others.
John Quincy Adams, when he was at st.
Petersburg frankly told the Emperor OF
Russia that he could not afford to live at the
expensive rate INDUCED in by some other
Ministers and his Majesty commended the
plain speaking American for his candOr. 1t
may be foolish, but we all as Americans have
some feeling about the way in which our
representatives live abroad and the salaries
should be large enough to enable able men
who are not rich to live somewhat more than
deccntly. None of us would like to hear
of our Minister in London residing in
cheap boarding house, seeing no COM
pany, giving no dinners, and going to
Court on foot. In more than one sense. he
represents his country. He makes for 1t
character; and we do not know any country,
however unimportant may be our relations
to it, in which it would not be better for lis
to be respected than despiscd, however unreal
sonable might be such contempt If
"the diplomatic service is to great
"extent ornamental" it should not be
made shabbily so, or driven to the
abominable devices of a cheap gentity. There
are missions which might. doubtless, just rs
well be dropped; but there are Others which
should be handsomely maintained, and which
no intelligent person who carefully considers
the whole subject will seriously propose to
abandon.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15

current-wiI depend largely upon future sales
of bonds, and arrangements for bringing gold
into use in this country in place of paper.
A drain Of fifteen millions week. or any sum
measurably comparable to the actual sales OF
bonds last week, will quickly exhaust the store
of gold in the country. 1t will make resump-
ton impossible, send up the price of gold, and
accelerate the sales of bonds. 1t will involve
consequences of the gravest character to the
credit commerce and industry Of the country
consequences which, we are sure, neither
the President, the Secretary, nor any patriotic
citizen wishes to see. Further these cOnse-
quences can by no possibility be avoided
by action some weeks months III the
future. A leak must be stopped, if ever,
before the dam breaks. The mere current OF
sales will itself cause greater sales Coming
at such period, sales Of bonds, shipments oil
gold, rise of gold, and extinction of hopes of
resumption, will all react upon and multiply
each other 1t seems in the highest degree
important for the Administration to consider
at once what it can lawfully and properly do
to guard the country. Frivolous and contra
dictOry assertions as to the future action OF
the Treasury have caused much mischief already.
The knowledge that 1t has fixed and wise
policy will now do good. We do not here
attempt to name policy. Much must depend
upon the Presidents opinion as to the powers OF
the Administration under existing laws. But
it does seem clear that, if the Administra-
ton has any power to arrest the sales OF bonds
and to bring gold more rapidly and surely
into use in place of legal-tenders, now is the
time to begin its exercise.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

We published, the other day, communca-
tiOns Oh the subject of the famine III Chlna'
which showed that the cause OF this terrible
calamity is misapprehended by some, at least,
of our readers. Opium is, no doubt, curse
to the inhabitants of China, and there is no
ccnsure too severe for the mercenary policy
of Christian country which has urged II
upon them in spite of the protests or her
heather rulers. But opium has nothing to do
with the present famine. 1t is unjust to re-
present the people of Northern China as
drunken sensualists, suffering the punishment
of their ldeness. They are, in fact, swarm
ing mass of wretchcdly poor peasants, accus-
toned to want and to a frugality of which
the people of this prolific country can have
no Just idea. SO extreme is their condition,
even in favorable years, that certain days are
appointed by law when the half-starved
bands of beggars are permitted to enter the
shops and houses of the towns, and to make
what Outcry they please until they receive
aims. The destruction of female children,
common in these districts, is the Outgrowth
of the perpetual want to which these people
have been born heirs for generations. " In
" fantcide," says Christian writer, appears
"to them q merciful necessity, not a crime"
The famine, which has reached its crisis in
the present year, has been caused by the fail
IRE of the rice crop for three seasons, owing to
the terrible drought which followed the de-
structIon of the timber in Shan-ts and Chlhil.
Sir Thomas Wade has just issued an urgent
appeal for aid to all English speaking people,
of which i5 is only necessary to quote the facts
that seventy-tiyc millions of people are lit
orally starving to death that for year they
subsisted on herbs and grass, and last year on
the bark of trees; and that now, all yegeta-
ton having utterly disappeared they are eat
ing earth and kind of slate stone which can
be masticatcd. \ single guinea. Sir Thomas
says, is enough to save human life for
year. If any additional motive be needed to
give force to these terrible facts, it may be
found by Christians in his statement, that the
English and American missionaries have given
themselves up to the work of relieving the
diving people about them. and that their con-
duct has effected great change in the opinion
of the Chinese with regard to the religion they
teach "We will never speak i'll of them
"again," they say "This is a better religion
than that of the Mandarins.'
What is New-York going TO do in this
matter 2 Times are hard, but the poorest
can spare something for great nation starry
ing to death. The time has come to teach
Christianity as Christ Taught it, This is the
season when collections are taken up i'll our
churches for foreign missions. We would
suggest that one starving creature saved
from death now in His name would be n
living sermon which no tract or missionary
in the future could ever equal.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-15
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