New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-07


should it be suffered to go To waste, even
if we all Glove the milItary"2
Our Quaker neigh bors in Philadelphia show more
shrewdness and genuine benevolence. perhaps. than
any other class in dealing with the poor man VINO
il the lightweight Just now in every community
They don't trample him under foot, nor do they take
HIM on their backs and make a burden OF hlil'
They have q thousand devices to get him on MS o"
feet and to induce him to use them One OF these
plans has proved so exceptionally successful TINS
Winter that we recommend New-YOrk humanitarl-
ans to try it as an experiment during the coming
Summer. A committee of trustworthy gentlemen
was appointed early last Fall to receive the weekly
savnCs of moor aborers toward the purchase OF their
Winters coal Sums az low as cents were re-
ceived-the workman, as a rule, relishes anything
i'm the shape of "a savings bank pennies rapidly
grew into dollars. The coal was purchased at
wholesale prices aGd distributed among the pur-
chasers according to their deposits. The committee
OF course gave their time and trouble gratuitousy.
but they gave nothing else The dcpositors knew
themselves TO be objects OF charity; their
gain simply i'll buying coal at wholesale by the
ton instead of by the basketball from street ven
ders at runOus prices. 1t Is proposed TO establish
the same system for the purchase of -four groceries,
of the ordinary cooperative store. The cOal-bank.
however, involves no complex machinery OF Office OF
clerks, and may be established by any lnndly-dis-
posed man or woman among dozen OF their poorer
neighbors.
Monticello, the residence of Thomas Jefferson, is
TO be sold at auction But it long since passed out
of the hands of his family, and its associations are
not of the pleasantest character. Here 1t was that
the great man practised that Vrginian hospitality
winch finally ruined him. and compelled him to ask
leave of the Legislature to dispose of his estates by
lottcry-a project however, which was never car
RED out. His tombis upon the estate, and as 1t had
fallen into a dilapidatcd condition, Congress has
ordered the expenditure of $1,000 for its restora-
ton. THIS is proper aud pralseworthy, and point
might be strained to bring the last restlngpace OF
the author of THE Declaration OF Independence"
under the permanent care Of the Nation. The pollti
cal opinions of Jefferson have more and more be-
come bstractly the opinions Of the people and they
have done much 10 color the character Of the Gov
eminent, the old Federal ideas, meantime. becOm-
ING nearly obsolete. But for the Rebellion we
should have had hardly anything left Of the strong
Government which Jefferson abhOrred and which
Adams thought necessary and study of his char
acter and opinions this time may have its poltl-
cal value
"No. never; or hardly ever PA Boston elocu-
tionary critic, in one of the newspapers Of that
city, discusses with great nicely the way in which
thscxcamatIon is given by two of the three Captain
COpcorGBs at present engaged there III its nightly
enumeration. Mr.. Jones gives 1t in vigorous tone
OF denial with at the first assertion trllle OF In
dlgnatl0n that his word is questioned, and at The
second slightly deprecatory tone, if his fire.
quent peccadilloes should be overlooked" MIR.
Vincent SAYS. "No. neyerW with "A rising
infection, with tho air Of an officer who
knows that his word is of much more
weight than the nupertneDt suggestions OF
a dozen crews. Then he makes his little adj
missions with the air of gentleman who merely
corrects a too strong assertion" How the other
Captain gives IT, we regret to say. is not stated
but if is a satisfaction to know that the other two
are lnexpressibly funny" AS the public is be-
slowing its whole mind upon the play. the actors
can do no less than give their whole minds to the
readings and a proper development of the profound
thoughts which characterize this marine prOduc-
ton.
The House of Representatives of New-JerSey hay-
ing in its haste passed patcrnal bill prohibiting
the manufacture of shoes in the State Prison,
Senate Committee, looking INTO the matter at It's
leisure, discovered some important facts. One was
that the convicts if I'd e grow mentally and phys-
cally weak. Another was that the State receives
S7U, 900 per annum from the labor in the prison.
that Is about half OF IT'S expenses. Still another was
that while there were 10000 persons engaged IN
making shoes outside the prison. there were only
80 conycts employed in the work. Tie Commit
tee therefore came TO the conclusion that legisla-
tion upon the subject might be prudently dispensed
with. and the Senate was advised not to pass the
hill Probably 1t will not. In this State ike efforts
have been and probably will be made to arrest the
industry of the prisons; but cOnyictS must do some
thing and all experience has shown profit toll,
mere work for the sake of work, to be dangerously
demOralIZlng.
The newspapers of the United States have been
requested by several respectable foreign journals to
canton Americans who think of seeking employ
ment in Paris that should they do 50 they will
probably have their labor for their pains. AmerI-
cans are frequently applying at the several offices
in the Rue Scribe for work. After the Exhibition
some such who had managed to subsist during the
Summer months found themselves without the
means of getting home Paris IS not place that
offers any advantages to Americans who are Obliged
70 work for a livelihood The distress into which
those who may find no employment there may fall,
compes recourse to the beneyOlence OF the Ameri-
can colony, which has constant calls upon It's gen
erosity from deserving people who, by unforeseen
circumstances find themselves destitute III Paris.
Nevertheless General Butler would find it wise not
In rush out on the street and tender $1,000 in
qreenbacks TO the first man he meets in order TO
make a test case for the Supreme Court The way
farng man is not always scrupulous abont the date
of his legal-tenders-a he might take EN-.
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POLITICAL NOTES.
The Democracy is headed for the biggest blunder
of lis career.
The North will presently be as solid as rock for
stalwart Rcpublicanism.