New-York tribune., 1879-09-29

seems TO have nothing dead about IT. There - no
such thing as despair in Dakota. Halls and houses
and hotels, shops and public buildings ana theatres
with Their contents being reduced to ashes ana me
losses estimated at from $2,00OOOO to S3,OOO'Ooo'
1t is evrent that the Phenix must he bird native
TO those regions. While the ruins are yet hot ana
smoking business is resumed in extemporized TENTS
and shanties Of the small wooden description the
neyspapers are issued on small Sheets" and con-
tain interesting descriptions of the event. buslnesss
resumed under difficulties with great activity; the
lumber mills are running night and day . and even
those who have suffered most severely are full OF
heart and hope II would be superuOus to talk OF
getting up subscriptions for the succor of such
people They even boast that they do not need any
relief committee of their own. Everybody Is accIs-
toned to rough it and able to take care OF himself
IL was a remarkable town, and what Is left OF 1t Is
more remarkable still. Even the bankrupt and
homeless do not desire outside assistance. Dead
wood is equal to all emergencies. There IS soine-
thing curious about town which, having been cX-
temporized once, can easily be extemporized again.
There was but little insurance, but that does NOT
seem to be regarded as matter of much
consequence. The main matter is TO get UP the
shantes and tents, and 20 to trading again. There
is no time to talk of precautions. There ia nothing
said of putting up ire-proof buildings, and another
fire within month may burn all that has been re-
built 1t is not of course, to be supposed that
Deadwood would succumb even to a second
disaster OF the kind. Really, one hardly knows
whether it would be regarded As disaster at all.
II is an old trick to use the names Of the dead
great, and make them sponsors for brand-new ei-
fronteries jackson and Jefferson have III this way
been hackneycd by political Spectators OF the most
various character, want Of character. though
Jeffersonian" or "Jacksonian" Democracy has or
late become rather suspicious. The independents
and Tarboxcrs Of Massachusetts II appears under
stand the art of utilizing staple iames' and are
never tired Of telling people that If Andrew, SUM
per and Wilson were living they would all make
sueechcs and vote for General Benjamin = Butler.
This beats the oi!rontery of the professional spirit
ualistsp How well Governor Andrew loved the
General is a matter OF political history. simmer
and Wilson left on record their view of the fitness
of that persistent self-nominator for the post OF
Governor This loose sort of appeal To the popular
veueration scons 20 be taking rather mean nd
vantage Of tho dead; but the best of il s that moth
ing very bad can come of it-at least while voters
memories are fresh.
One OF the highest compliments which could be
paid to the newspaper press that Of the Rev.
Dr. Samson of Harlem, uttered few days since IN
the Baptist Ministers Conference He gave it as
his matured and deliberate opinion that there is
not a secular paper in this city or country that
is not ready at any time Y correct report, II the
editor can be sat tsfod that such report IS unfair OF
falseD There may be journals which are an eXcep-
ton to the rule but if there be they not likely
TO do anybody much harm. character for perss-
tent Misrepresentation renders them comparatively
innOxious. What newspaper needs, If ITS conduc-
tors wish to be even financially successful is
| reputation for speaking the truth Mistakes viii
/, oh
ance to the average editor as TO those about whom
they are made The Conference showed its appre-
citation of DR.. samson's remarks by refusing to ex-
clude reporters from It's meetings.
The work of the Court of Appeals has become
enormous. According to the statement of The Al
JaHg Lar journal there are four hundred and
eighty-three cases on the present calendar an in
crease of one hundred and twenty-nine in eight
months. If this goes propOrtionately In the
future it is evident that the labor will be quite be-
yond the force of the Court as at present consti-
tuted. This tendency TO accumulation has, how
ever been constantly and everywhere obsery-
able As 1t Is probably impossible to stop appeals,
however able the Courts below may be. some
method must be devised 10 Tighten the labor OF the
Judges There seems TO be but one way Of doing
this and that is to establish another Court of equal
iurisdictionj OF having increased the number Of
Judges to increase oorrespondingly the number of
terms.
The Warren County IN. j. Bible Society has
called the attention of the managers OF the Ameri
can Bible Society to the fact that the year 1880
will complete a sem-miennium of the English
Bible, the translation OF the New Testament by
John de Wycffe having been Issued in 1880. The
American Society is asked to signaze the occasion
in such manner In their Judgment shall seem
the issue of the first Ms, but 1880 will be
enough TO tho true for the purpose of paying
honor to d" that Engishman honored of God to be
the first preacher of a general reformation to all
Europe These were among Millions words, and
he was accustomed TO weigh them WELL II our
Protest antism is OF any value to us, w0 may well
pause for a single day TO do honor TO the memory Of
one of its first preachers"
There may be something in an astounding report
which reaches from st. Louis, but nobody need
be much frightened yet. the story is that circular
has been issued by "the Trade Assembly and
sent to all the Assemblies" in the United
States, calling for a general strike of all
trades, specially for the adoption and enforce
ment Of the Eight-Hour law. such thing as
general strike of all trades is impossible
for dozen reasons. one of which is that many Of
the trades have no fault To fmd and are perfectly
well satisfied with matters as they are. This is by
no means the first time general strike has been
announced. The engineers Of anarchy undertake
too much especially when they propose 10 act for
those who have no wish for such agents or attor-
neys. but who propose to manage their own affairs.
There is in n recent number of The World, an al
legged interview with Mr.. Charles G. Francllyn the
New-YOrk agent of the Cunard line of steamships,
making some amazingly childish statements about
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