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New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
GOLD ONCE MORE.

Gold with the moralIsts, the poets and the re-
pious teachers il a figure of speech. 1t simply sig
mites wea tn. The love of gold is avarice. " Plate
sin with gold" says Shakespeare. " and the strong
lance Of Justice hurtless falls" So using the word
fguratiyely, we say Golden Age. the Golden
Rule. or "Silcnce is golden; or TO express q
precious beauty we talk of "appes Of gold in pic
lures of silver" The ancients applied it as COM
pliment TO literary works of great merit-to the
Golden ASS, for instance, of Apnleius. which has
led non-cassica readers to suppose some relation
ship between that animal and the Golden Calf.
Readers of newspapers finding the word just now
often III their columns think the thing is likely TO
be in a good many pockets. a poor man when he
is told of millions of the metal in the banks has n
sort of dazed feeling that it must be fine thing,
but most ofthe speculaons of the buonists are all
Greek to hIn. Nobody talks of gold and the
golden more than the verse-makers, who usually
have small need of strong boxes.
But we are all something of poets in that way.
Now that we are back to specie payments once
more having heard them talked OF for generation,
many Of us will be pleased TO handle the shining
coins lust as at first the trade dollars seemed TO
like money indeed. Again. probably. our raptures
arc doomed to a certain abatement. Educated to
the use of paper money. we found coin cum-
brous; gold we may find it difficult to take
care of. Everything depends upon habit. Rag
money. as we often cOntemptuOusy call IT, IN
doubtless the most convenient currency IN the
world, and other things being equal, whether we
consider keeping counting or handlingwe should be
quite contented with it, Even if we were to have u
general gold circulation, we should learn to be
cautious III time Without going into any scientific
discussions, we may, az a New-fears wish. express
the desire that readers may have all the none
which is good for them in the best possible form
| that they may have no undue desire for more; aud
that they NAV wisely all cash, whether golden
OF sivern, nicket paper which may honestly
fall 10 fhclr lot
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
PERSO ONAL.
lacker.

Ex-Governor Hendricks, it is now said, will
onlv spend short time in Washington this Winter.
The people of Michigan propose to erect a
monument to the of the late General Williams
Mrs. Myra Clark Games has very simple
habits and tastes dresses very plainly but in excel
lent Her wardrobe. she says does not cost Ier
$50 year.
Ex-Governor Rice, of Massachusetts, gave a
dinner Tuesday evening to the neaos OF departments
and members OF the Executive COuDcl Who served
during his three terms OF Oihcc
Mr.. Stephen Fiske is accused, in trial
now in the courts beng offensive and insulting 10
the members OF the press at his theatre There some
curious mistake here Mr. Fske Is about the last man IN
NswYor OF whom real members OF the press would DO
llk' ly 10 say such thing
The President having casually mentioned
that there were candidates in Pennsyivana Tor
the Berlin Mission, OF tue newspapers nave haSy
assumed that ex-Spe3kcr Grow WAS one OF tbcn' mo
ia not and has rot applicant. either
for the Berlin Mission, for any Otarr appointment
The Rev, Calvin Lincoln, of bingham, Mass,
and the Rev Increase sumner Lincon OF WHO'D y H.
are by ordination the Oldest Unitarian ministers ID tne
country actively engaged IN the duties ~ ther Gazing
Ptb were ordained in 1924 Mr.. Calvin Lincoln has
colleague, but hr. Lincoln OF "lIloh' sun P0i'''0 W.
duties of his Office alone.
The friends and admirers Of the late BaYara
TAYLOR Will hold memorial gathering at fremont tenn
ple Boston, on the 10th inst. Among those VINO nave
signifcd heir intention be present, aud from "hon
addresses may be expected. are President Eliot oi
Harvard College Henry W. Longfelow. Governor Talbot
I,eutepant Governor Long, W. ID. Howes. Oliver Wen
deli Holmes, T. b. Aldrich, E. r. Whlpple' james l.
Fields Wendell Phillips Ralph Waldo Emerson Attor
nov General Devens Mayor Prince. the Hon. Chatles
Francis Adams, the Rev. Phillips BROOKS the non VIZ
liam Gaston the Hon. Alexander H. Rice ana the hon
" A. summons Members of the Legislature the GOV
rr,ors Council the CITY Governments OF Boston 'au.
br,dge Newton Chelsea and sOmerye, the Boston ar
lub The ofhe Public LoraIy and OF many socia
cubs will be invited to take part in the meehg' INC
on arrangements 10 spaIinG no Efforts 10 MAKE
the gathering a notable one.
Boston, Jan. 1.-The Hon. Marshall T.
Wilder mas been elected president Of the New-Engand
II srorical Society.
RIcuMoNp, Va, Jan. 1.-Justice Nathan
Clifford of the United States Supreme Court Is III kcn-
monl Hc will remain here several days.
NEwBURYPoRT. Mass, Jan. 1.-The Hon.
Caleb Cushing is quite i'll to-day As he is seyeny-nhe
wears of age his sickness causes much anxiety among
mis- friends.
A1RASy. Jan. 1.-Adjutant-General Town
sena owing to health has been granted leave OF
two months InspectorGenersl Woodward Will act duf
his
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
DEpOsITORS AND DIRECTORS.

Recent illustrations of the ease with which
sbrewd thieves can deplete our banks are
adapted to incite inquiry into the liability of
directors to respond for stolen deposits. Ii a
marty of determined fellows can get access
to bank safe by simply demanding the
combination from the janitor, if bank mes
senpers and financial clerks are to go
around dropping packets of securities on the
sidewalks or in the Railways of public build
iugs, if one of pair of sneaks can
call cashier out and engrOss him upon the
sidewalk while the confederate goes through
the desks and drawers of the bank, depos-
itors and stockholders will become desirous
to know what claim they have upon the SUI
~erintending managers of institutions where
fiscal trusts are thus discharged. The course
of decisions in the courts of late years has
been steadily drawing the lines more dis
tipctly. and enforcing the duty of prudent,
skilful care on the part of directors more
stringently We are not now speaking OF
cases where the directors are chargeabe with
| fraud. or Fave msmanaged affairs to
| their own proft--the law as to these has long
been strictly defined and enfOrced-but of
mere easygOng carelesSness. Well meaning
attend aud others do not. a report or two ID
heard, an order on two made, all details are
lef. to subordinates, and so business proceeds
until some day there is defalcation or a
| robbery from mere failure to prescribe and
| enforce strict rules. Have the losers any
remedy against directors for fecblcness i'll ex-
| ecutive management
Years ago the rule on this subject seems to
have been rather favorable 10 directors
When Kane. the secretary of the National
Insurance Company, embcZzled nearly two
hundred thousand dollars, the directors were
sued 10 make good the loss, upon charges
that several of them knew he was a gambler
and bad character; that they did not exact
any bonds from him, nor exercise any super
vision over his accounts. and that this
neglect enabled him to make away with
the money But the directors disproyed
any knowledge Of his bad character. and
showed that it was not usual to take bonds
from an insurance secretary. And the court
held that they had a right 10 elect a secretary
and trust the business to him according to the
usual course of the companies they were not
bound to attend every day and inspect his
| books. In Pennsylvania case. more recent.
the charges came home even closer to the di-
reetors in person, yet they escaped ad-
verse Judgment. They were sued for
squandenng the property OF trust
company; and the proof showed that
their management had been very unwise the
money had been invested in unsafe securities
and loaned OIL doubtful collattIals; there
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
THE ANDRE MONUMENT.

The announcement that q well-kDown American
| intends to erect some sort of a memorial on the
spot where Major Andre buried after his execu-
ton, and that Dean Stanley will write the nscrip-
t,on has aroused good deal Of that misdirected
patriotism Of which there is always a surplus in
times of peace. Indignant ctizfns write TO tho
newspapers Offering TO join with others III destroy
ing he monument if il is erected aud making bit
terly satrical remarks to the post-moTtem pun
ishmeut which ought to I've visited upon the three
"cowards who captured Andre. This means
nothing of if the memorial IS bnit II VIII
remain undisturbed and there will DE few so I'M
gracious. hope, as to donbt that tho Deans IN
scriptIon will be in accord with the truth Of his
tory.
And yet it is difficult To escape the reflection that
there are memories far more worthy uf preservation
than this, which fading away INTO oblivion
without 50 much ~ effort being made TO save
them Our own Revolutionary history is full of
them our recent Civil War gave birth TO great
brood of heroes whose stories are already dying out
of the minds of their own generation. But while so
many of these brave lives left without record,
there Is selected for the honor oi another memorial
a career already spcudidly commemOrsted which
i one of thr most remarkable instances of fOru-
itous falne extant Ii Major Andre had been Il COM
mon soldicr hc would have been remembered, if at
all only as spy who had the misfortune To be
caucht and hanged. But because he was well-born
and well-bred, gay and generous clever with his
pencil and pen the life Of camp heatricas, one of
the leaders of the festivity of the Mischianza
which diverted the British exauisites in Phadcl'
phia while Washington's little army was starving
and freezing at Valley Forge; because he was,
in measure, forced into the act which made HIM
technically liable to the punishment of death
Ia u h.
aide-de-camp of the commander-in-chief, aud.
yithal. young man of the most amiablc
dispostion, the whole army To which he
had belonged went into mourning upon his exc
curion and his dead body was honored, many years
after, with interment and a splendid monument
| in Westminster Abbey. But the harsh historical
fact ia not only that Andre died justly, but that
| IN hLs gralous service to the British caus'
he was hardly true. at all times. to the
highest ideal Of the gentleman and the soldier
| Many u brave man has played the part OF
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

The soft money agitatOr has mouth to let.
Talk abont lack of Outrages! The South is one
solid outrage
You made mistake, Neyy not 10 Degin the new
wear with a cOnfeSsloh
1bc blood- bought Grcenback has been rcdeem
in SPITE of the opposition of the Democratic party.
II il an appropriate time to bury the National
Marty and mt "Hindrance to Resumption on its
tombstone.
Chairman Potter declines to receive another bogus
sherman letter. The one he has Is more than enough
for him.
Where is the Ohio IdcarY Where is the " Rag
Rahyr, Closed III the embrace ot senator Thur,
man who is singing softly, " Ii might have BEEN y
Tho holidays are over now. aud Mr. Tilden can
bend his energies once moro upon that demand for
ripher hunt II will be good deal better to pub
ish il IN the newspaper than to take ii 10 ashng-
ton.
Why this change of tone in the Democratic jour
nails about cipher investisation' Whence comes
this conviction that no inquiry Is necessary II
looks very much as If the able euitois had hau a
glimpse al some oi the evidence III reserve
The sooner the Democrats discover that Mr.. Til
dan j. determined to have a denomination next
year the better for them. He IL prepared 70 show
that lie was an innocent daring the cipher conspir-
ocv and WAS merely the victim Of wicked partners
This plea il expected to excite pity i0f him as being
more than ever the Great Deirauded.
Nobody believes resumption Will be "a failure
Not even Voorhees, and the squad OF other croaker'
who have seated themselves 10 wait for il to fa
have any faith that tleir ishes Will be graritiod
II must be dismal business to watch and hope for
crop of disasters which is destined not 10 come. ii,
IS curious patriot who finds his hcari heavy viii
sadness aIise ms COnntrN persists III being pros
| porous when he predicted that IT could not be-.
| Ex-Secretary Boutwell, performed patriotic ser
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02

along the route almost bafled descrip-
ton. The surface roads were never more
outraeeousy Overcrowded than these eie-
waited railways, which had received un-
heard Of privileges from the city with the
understanding that they would make travel
ling not only rapid but comfortable. When the
ears were filled to their utmost capacity, ana
the platforms would hold no more, violent
scufHes took place between the train hands
and the unreasonable public which tried to
fight its way into q conveyance which no
longer offered standing room.
Gradually, when the novelty of the new
roads wore of. the throngs diminished little
the accommodations were also Increased; ana
there was little cause for complaint. But with
the opening of the route to Harlem the OLD
trouble comes back. There are tlmes when
an elevated railroad train is like little pan
demOnium on wheels. As it rolls Oh its noisy
way, crammed with passengers, hundreds OF
impatient people wait for it at every station,
clamoring and struggling for chance to get
aboard. They resent the attempts OF con-
ductor and gatGmen to keep them back they
thrust themselves into the most dangerous
positions the gathering crowd behind pushes
the first cOmers forward TO the edge OF the
ung,mrded platform; and when at length.
after brief fight. the train moves
away, and the last of the excluded passengers
is shaken off the railng-perchance to alight
on the platform, pcrchance to drop to the
srcet-a chorus of execrations follows the re-
treating load. 1t il no wonder that employees
are not always civil under so much exaspcra-
ton.
IL will be urged by the railway managers
that they are not to blame IT people Will push
themselves into cars where there Is no room
for them, and will resist all attempts to di-
m;nish the tide of travel which Overtaxes
the capacity of the road. But a cor
poration which holds exceptional franchises
like those Of the elevated railroads Is
bound TO protect the public against it
self. The public is reckless, and ought to be
guarded frun the consequences OF Its own
recklessness No doubt before long it will be
found necessary to enlarge the system OF
rapid transit, either by building new roads or
increasing the carrying capacity of those we
have. Meanwhile the companies must put a
stop TO the perils which now encompass travel
on their lines by the very simple expedlent OF
refusing to sell tickets to any more passengers
than they can safely carry. 1t is most gro
tesaue abuse to fill the station-platfOrms to
suffocation, taking money from every
one who passes in, when the railroad
officials knOw-what the passengers can
not know until they get in-that the cars
will not hold more than half or quarter of
those who are waiting to take them. If peo-
ple must be fought off from the train, the
place for that unpleasant operation Ia not by
the edge of a moving locomotive, and on the
brink of precipce, but 1t is On the other
side OF the ticket-ofi
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02

vico the other day by giving Greenblck club ia
Massachusetts plain, straightforward talk abont
honest money. He hal no doubt about the per
manent success Of resumption, but did moi think
there would be an immediate Outburst Of prosperity
When 5O,OOO,O0O people were prosrrated they could
not be restored ia day on year, but he th1rght
the time would soon come when capital would be
busy and labor be well paid He was not free from
all anXetes in regard TO the ultimate result If the
Dnblic debt, which ougbt to be paid ia gold coin
alone.
If 5Ir. Thurman would hurry mp his letter in re-
sponse TO the Teller COmmittees request for Moth
ern buldozing evidence, he would relieve the
journals of his party from great embarrassment
How can they blame Mr. Blaine for his made
quate letter" when Thurman sends no letter at all
How are they going to keep up their declaration
that there il no proof of Southern bulldozng in
tho face Of the columns of evidence which are pub
lshed daily, if he doesn't furnish them with some
thing 10 publish on the other side Fernando Wood
- not doing any better. Not single victim Of
John ]. Davenporfs ferocity has he exhibited
Yet. Perhaps they were all drowned i'm the East
and North Rivers, into which they sprang IN their
terror. If they were hc ought to say So aud give
his hackers chance to make out case.
The biggest thing in Pennsylvania at the present
time is the confidence" of Chairman Devices of
the Greenback party. He isn't bit dsmayed by
re sumption. 1t is all well enough to chuctle about
the death of the Greenback party, he thinks, but
just wait a month or two and see resumption fail
The GreenbackerS are going right ahead, whether
resumption fails or not. II it doesn't fail the party
will continue to fight it. because sit isn't good
policy anyway" Then the party has it's old fight
with the National banks to keep up. But you
wait little WHILE" he adds. "God won't come in
fast under resumption, and it is likely to go out
much more rapidly. A good deal goes out to pay
Onr interest on our debt abroad and the balance of
trade 5 not certain TO continue IN our favor There
are several things he seems TO have overlooked.
4 he world may come To an end; the gold mines
may be exhausted; the people may rise IN rebellion
and demand fiat money; the heavens may tall and
Mr.. Devices catch his hat full OF larks Who
knows Nobody, except the farseelng Orecn-
backer.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02

were losses from iniudicious investments III
land, and from burning OF buildings when the
directors had failed to insure; and when
crash came they added rnin to folly by reek-
less sacrifice of assets in vain attempt u
avoid an assignment. But they had not mace
opy personal profit out of their dealings, anu
had always attended to business and taker
counsel of the company's lawyer. The court
held they were not personally liable for mis-
management, for mistakes of Judgment, or 1oi
want of skill and knowledge.
A society of Shakers about ten years ago
made special deposit Of bonds with the BANK
of Bowling Green, i'll Kentucky. The bahk
became embarrassed, and some OF the suo"I-
dinate officers sold these deposited bonds to
raise funds to tide them oyer their toupie.
The Shakers, on discovering the loss, sucd
some of the directors, and the court held the
action was maintainable. They were bound
TO know how the subordinate officers were
managing the banks affairs, and what misuse
they were making OF the deposit
Two cases Of sheer robbery have iouhd
their way into the courts; one in PennsylV"-
MIA aud oae ia south Carolina. Inc COM
plaining parties were borrowers who Obtained
loans from the banks and deposited collateral
securities. Robbers broke III and carried away
the securities, and the losers, finding lha'
the banks were poor but the directors rich, sucd
the latter individually. on the ground of Their
careessness and neglect in taking proper
precautions for the security OF the BANKING
house. The decision was that directors
are personally liable if they do not exercise
Ordinary cale to preserve a deposhor .
securities, except, perhaps, where the OoX
or parcel is taken III a mere favor 10 us
owner. They must use the diligence and pre-
cautions which prudent business man would
usually take in keeping his own securities.
Their duty is to be judged according to the
circumstances of time and place more care Is
due in crowded city than III quiet country
village higher responsibility attaches now
than was enforced a generation ago. lhey
are not bound 10 try every new bank lock, or
adopt the latest form of safe. But they are
bound to care for the property in their charge,
as prudent mer of the time and place care
for their own, and are liable for loss attlib-
utable TO their failure
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
rpv-yonK pAu,y TRIBUNE, THURSDAY JANUARY O. 1879.

spy upon his comtry's enemies and proudly died
shameful death. But Andre did moro than risk
himself in disguise within the enemy's lines He
applied himself to the task Of making corrupt
bargain with traitor conducted long CORE
spondence with Arnold IN species Of open cipher,
and prostituted-we use Washington Irving's word
"a flag Of truco to this unhOly negotiation. 1t is
impossible TO resist Irvings conclusion that Andres
course argued "liebtness of mind and something
Of debasng alloy In the man. and that his conduct
was in respects beneath the range OF q truly
chivarous nature.'
If Major Andre had escaped with his life, it may
easily have been that he would have learned not to
be proud Of this passage in his history, and 1t seems
inappropriate that it should be perpetuated by
monument placed near tho scene. IT, however, the
design is, as is stated by some, simply to place
permanent mark upon a spot Of great historical IN
terest tho proposed memorial will be a public
benefit
New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
Nesu,llork DaiIp Gribls'1e,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2. 1879.
The NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Thr British advance on Candahar was
begun by two bodies Of troops, which will cOncen-
,rate at TAX ht-i-pul. - The Russian Government
has suppressed tho Tartar revolt. - The French
Cabinet viii seek for an expression of confidence from
the Senate. - Strikes have occurred among the
sock hands at Hull aud the masOns at Sheffield.
- A japanese steamer and eighty-thTee lives
we're lost by an explosion of guupowder. -
Heavy foods are reported from England and Scot
and.
DoNEsIIC.-The product Of gold and silver for
1873 is reported Joy Wells, Fargo Co. as ST.
BOO 600 less than in 1877. - General Sher-
slan has sent in his reply TO the Secretary OF
The interior, specifying instances OF Indian
nismapagelnent. - The Potter Committee
A New Orleans has adjourned and started for
home - The Teller Committee has received
from Senator Thurman a letter about the lnvestl-
CATION in New York. - Judge Sherman, OF ONO,
and ex-Tressurer Mackey, Of Pennsylvania, are
dead. - Caleb Cushing is yeIy low.
CRY AND DSUBURBAN.-Mayor Cooper was ushered
into Office with very simple ceremonies. - lhe
observance of New Years in the city and the sur
rounding towns was general despite the unfayora-
BILE weather; the day unusually quiet few
crimes being reported. - Formal charges have
been preferred against Register Lsew, the specih'
cations including AIT eases bf alleged illegal fees.
The EwKArHER.-TRIByNkl local observations in.
aicate cloudy weather, with snow, possibly followed
by partly rloudy and colder weather. Thermometer
Yesterday, So, So, 30o.