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New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
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Whether tbe anpGintmcnt TO the Ministry Of
War Of a Renubiican who does not happen to
he Gambrtta's candidate causes only momen-
tarv furry in French politics, or leads to 80
grave result AS the 0vcrturniug ot Duiaule's
Cabinet. it is manifest that a reduction 0i ire
army forms no part Of the Liberal H"ilrF'
Before the Franc0-GCIman War the Heaters
of the Opposition repeatedly demande" cur
tailmcnt of the military estimates. ana some "'
the boldcr spirits wcut so far az 10
advocate the abolition OF the standing
army. in the last Imperial hu" get thar wa
presented 10 tie Chambers, that Oi 1870, thc
estimates for the army were H'It'O,OU".
Since thc establishment of tho RcNubhc ne
military expenditures have risen from year 10
wear. until now they are Tll0.6Ho,o0o.
There are $50, 900 men in the standing army
and permanent navy; there ar@ l,G7o.ooo
men who are not In active service; and TIE
territorial army with It's reserve numbers
] 100 coo men; - that the military ana
naval forces inrludp $500 900 men, on
about onc-tenth of the population. 1t
is estimated That if Il mobilization of
tie forces were oIdcrcd, 1,1SO,OOO men could
be placed in he field, with Il reserve OF 90o,-
600 men, exclusive of the territorial arnT.
Th, i the mizhry host whch sands ready
to defend thr new KcpHj.c. The party
which under the Empire cl1morcd Tor a rcduc-
tion of the army, now accepts the prlnciDi" oi
compulsory service and votes for heavier
war budgets than the Ministers oi Ma
polcOn III. ever yentlrcd to ask fGr.
The Republicans now control both lccis-
lativc chambers. The future OF France
ia in their hands There are no foreign
complications; there are no internal fcuds :;
the nation is at rest, and has entered upon an
era of industrial progress, Yet France is Suf-
fcred to remain what it has become under
Republican institutions-an enormous banach
aud dri-rO0m.
It is easy to see why this must he so. So
long a. Europe is series Of camps France
must remain under arms. The Republican
leaders know that sct-eSt"rn J. one Of the
strongest national traits. and rcaiiZ" that the
new institutions viii lose their popularity if
the voice of the Government Is never heard
and hccded in European councils. The HcpuO-
lie must not only be stable within but fOrmId-
able without. The French have not set their
hearts upon foreign conqneStS, bnt they
are rcstiyc under the Imputation tlrt
Their influence has declined on the
! Continent. Their military system is
Thoroughly democratic, and hence is not
unpopular with the masses. The German
Socialists have gone 50 far as to propose the
/ substitution Of citizen militia for the stand
ing army and in Austria, Russia and Italy
the constant strain and pressure OF the mill
1ary system Is promoting popular restIes-ness
and discontcat. But there seems to be No
| CORES pondug revolt in France against bLracll
aud drill-room. The folics and vauties of
/ the past have been outgIOwn the people are
ripe for sefgOvernment hut Republican
| France glances uneasly at the spiked he'll
| NETS across the Rhine, and will not disarm.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

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BANKER n SOIICES-9h FGGf-3j column
BoARp AND R01MS-ah Pdle-5th Coumn
RrstNISS CHANGES SM Pdde-ith coiumn.
BIsI>tss NOTIC Ls-4M Pdge-lSt column.
CoAI AND WOOD-Sta ldGe-lth coluinn'
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EINAN.lN-Sh PGge-3i aud 4th Columns
FrRNTURE-9h FGgr-3i column
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IosT an IOrND-SM Pa0e-4th coiumn.
MACuINrgY-SM IdQC-jth column.
h.ti1ICKN AND UEATHs-jW Pd0e-o ON coiuinn
MtsCrtI INEOUs-IOn PGge- 9Th co"iWn.
Mr., Al ISsTeUuFNI~- on PG0r-Jth column. ,..
NV PUBLICATIONS on Fd0e-tb, 3th ana ON cViuu"'
PYOTOSAIS-9h PGOc-5tB Coiuml. .,,,, g.
Pr.I Estate ron 5ALE-CITY-9N PG0e-l lst coIuHim ;
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10 lEr-; ;'tTY PVOPFRIY-9M PG0t-IS colulnu' 'OON-
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MUSIC AND YHE DRAMA.
CARMEN At BOOTHS THEATRE.


Bizct'S picturesque and stirring new opera
WIS produced las, ulght at Booths Theatre pf 81
strakosch'- company win Miss kellogg In the utie i
The audonc nled the entire lower portions VI W"
house, and many persons were stahuius
the outer aislrs. There WAS sm0othhess -
the progress OF the aud parts gun.
unusual to first nights Comparisons. a. Is natural W."
be made between this presentation and Mr Msp e'oa
and II Mr. strakoSchs company should suffer Oy II III W.
public mind, they must remember that the puoilc "e
has been placed uncommOnly high this WINTER Inv ~
lovely character OF Carmen. yerging asst does lo"au
bad and the vulgar requires an artist oil "'''
kellogg's powers OF restraint and nice s'"
biities TO withhold 1t from becoming repulsNe ln'.
ID httle room TO doubt that she succeeded IN tis '
pivht throughout the whole Of the reckless ~ sy' WI"
and stormy career She sang sweotly, too, Ia sm'O v
her cold which amounted To q cough Her audnuv
was in sympathy with her, and apDlauded warmly ="
Adams In the Part OF the mpeuous Don Jo'e' sa'0" :"
II an intense. and at times, stormy passion SSny
Panialconi was the EsedmiliO and acted IL VIZ.
manliness dignity aud furce. Hsyoce was hoarse' 30"
it won Zoe him very warm COMBINATIONS At"se'"
thls lively romance OF gypses. Dragons eigar eiIs
smusgers, 90 lately made known to Ne"'iorS w"
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We thought SO. As the time for Investigate
INC the attempt to purchase the Southern
Returning BOaid> approaches, the Democrats
lose heart Three months ago a considerable
number of Democratic newspapers clamOrrd
for an official inquiry, and promised that as
soon as Congress met Their party would take
if up. Suddenly profound silence fell upon
them Either they were disheartcned hy the
behavior of the leaders personally implicated
IN the scandal, or they discovered something
about ;he history of the electoral count which
they had not known before. or they received
hint from some quarter that the party had
nothing to gain and much to lose by any
further examination of the cipher dispatches
At all events they ceased to cry for an inves-
tcati0n. When the Potter Committee, after
much delay and hesitation, was compelled to
take notice of the matter, the Democratic
press regarded It's action with ill-c0nccalcd
dissatisfaction. And now that the day is close
at hand, the organs of the party begin with
one accord to make rcmonsuance.
One objects to spending the peoples money.
Another dislikes TO "adveItise The TRlB-
"rNE" third has scruplcs about intcrfer-
ing in the private business contracts of gem
tIemcn. \ fourth is persuaded that no good
can come of the investigation because the
Repubhcan dispatches have been burnt up.
And fifth is concerned because nobody can
read the dispatches of Mr.. William /. Chandler.
Lame and miserable excuses! The Potter
Committee was appointed by the Democratic
House expressly to try charges of fraud Ill the
counting Of the electoral votes. At the FAINT
est rumor of a scandal i'll the far-Oif South
west, it travels back and forth between
Washington and New-Orleans; but when doc
umentary proofs Of fraud are laid before II III
Washington, we are told that it must not
waste the peoples money by looking at them
II is wrOng to mcddle with the private affairs
of other people; but a conspiracy to purchase
tho Presidency of the United States is not
priyate business. The Republican dis
patches have been burnt up have
they Z Well. that remains to he SEEM
Nobody has proved the destruction; no.
body has proved that such dispatches ever
existed. And if there had been kilograms
compromising one side, and those tclegrams
had been destroyed, would that end the mat
teri Was the Potter Committee appointed
then to inquire into frauds by Republicans
only, and to hide frauds by Democrats The
cipher dispatches of Mr.. w. +. Chandler have
been several times before committees Of the
House of Representatives,, and Nj. Chambers
offers to translate them have not been cor
daily received. But he has translated them all;
all the translations they would take are on the
records of the Potter Committee and there is
nothing suspicious or improper in them.
Lastly, certain papers are seeking to divert
public attention from the real issue by raising
the question of THE TRIBuSE's right to
translate and publish private telcgrams."
The great duty of Congress now, say
these censors of journalism, is to pun
ish the newspaper which surreptitonsly"
obtained possession of these dispatches, and
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the telegraph operators and officers who vio-
lated their trust Discussion of this remark
able theory would be superhuOus, because the
critics do not know how THE TRIBUNE OBJ
tanned the telegrams, and we do not feel un-
der any obligation to tell them; Dut WIN
regard to the "mOrality" of publishing the
cipher kilograms we have word to say. III
IL only by a udicrous abuse of language that
sucb communications can be termed "prl-
"yate,n or regarded as entitled TO the lmmu-
nity which all gentlemen accord to personai
correspondence. The kilograms related to the
affairs of every citizen of the United states.
The matters about which PetOn, Weed, Mar
BILE and the others tcegraphed were not their
private business but our business. If man
finds party of burglars discussing the rob-
berry of his safe, he has no scrnple aDOut play
ing the eavcsdrOpper and listening 10 their
conversation. If "private letters from the
thieves to their acc0mpliceS come INTO MS hands,
he does not hesitate to read them. unless he Is
an HISS There is no inviolabilty for crlm-
nal correspondence; and the attempt 10 thro"
around such a Hscally proceeding as the pnr-
chase of the Presidency the protection OF the
laws of the country and the principles ~
honor. is as silly rs it would he to find iauit
with soldiers for reading the contents OF cap
tIlrcd mai-bags. or with the victims of fraud
for tempting il criminal to "betlay confidence "
by turning States evidence. Whether any
wrong was committed by persons connected
with the telegraph Office, 1t VIII he time
enough to consider when the facts are Hacrt-
tanned. Thus tar the score ot contradictory
stories of how TnH TRIBUNE got the cipher
telerram, rest upon nothing but the widest
COnicCtnre.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
EXIT THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.

EXIT THE CEN NHNNIAL EhFoHiiiON'
The Centennial Exposition, which our read
ers no doubt thought was dead and gone
long ago, only departed this life i'll the pres
ent week The United States Commission,
an easy going and much abused body, met III
PniladelphIa on Wednesday last, received the
closing reports and diSbanded. They eX-
changed. Of course, the usual congIatulatOIy
resolutions, and talked OF testimonials 10
come They might be forgiven IA final crow
of triumph, for their gigantic undertaking was
really magnificent success, though that was
OWING. probably, more to the thoroughncss
and attention to detail, which characterlzcs
any enterprise of Quaker trained Phll"del-
phians, than to the exerti0ns of the Comms-
sion rs whole.
Excepting the Worlds Fair in London in
1851, ours was The only International Exlilbl-
ton which covered expenses with surplus
The amount OF gate-InOney exceeded all
others. By the sum reported, it appears that
7,GGS, $50 paying visitors passed through tie
gates adding free list and bali-pay adlnls-
sons, would bring the number considerably
over 900 600 The COrmis IOn gave final
rebukc to the United States Government, for
loan of 81 800, 600 beng claimed and repaid
IN full. There are certain details made pun
lie for the first time, which are of general i'll
trresl. One is The part borne by the City ol Phlla-
dclphla in the expenses and herprOtlt The buiid-
mgs cost Tj.2f2,29J; OF these. three remain :;
one. Memorial Hail, cost II. 1898, of which
the State of Pennsylvania. gave HlOOo,OoO
lhc city halt as much. and the Board the re-
maindcr it belongs 20 the city and State, con-
Jointly. The 'wo other buildings cost Sl,ool,-
93G, of which philadelphia gave the miill0n
the Board the remainder; the ciiY holdS pom
- her property. Besides the S67,oOO proht
IN these instances, she has the advantage OF
the improyrmrnt to her park. III bridges
roads. etc. There can bc no doubt that tie
city came up noDly from to first TO sustain
an uniriad and uncertain experiment the
greater part of the stock was taken III the
towa, ana great proportion Of II III small SUMS
bvpcrson> who coUld Ill afford TO lose the money,
vet who had no hope %. repayment simply
from Il lceiu@ of national or local patriotism.
This being the ease, nobody will be sorry to
md that the city was LARGELY the gaincr not
onl2 in actual profit and IA the stimulus given
to Ill her industries during year OF eXc'p-
,iona dcprc> Ion but in the conversion oi the
,piii of the place from tht 0i N ovcrgrown VII
lagc to more METROPOLITAN feeling and temper.
Even as Il bl,ncss advertisement through
the world, lhe Exposition paid Philadelphia.
There are some culiou, little points i'll the
rcpor. whIch would gIve foreigner insight
mo some Of oar national tastes. The largest
concession paid for the sale Of q single article
was from soda water; the second from pop
corn and lemonade. While, however, 1t Is
easy - calculate the proiiC OF tho great show
III actual money, the upward impetus given to
the thought and taste OF the whole nation Is
a matter which it is impossible to define
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
vrrDrR ~ rnE SEcONO DFGREE.

WI EiJIH ~ IIL Sc O'O I'I bhi i-I-'
There have been few more interesting trials IN
tins country than that of Mrs. Kate NJ. COBB, at
Norwich. Conn. for the poisoning of her husband
The scientific s.imony was contradictory enough
to be pq,laut: tne chief witness himself par
tirpator IN the crln1c was Il aelf-confrS-ed knaye
whose Wica ac,incSs WAS of raj her uausual pTOpor-
tions; the prisoner herself was something Of an
adept IA aron>ing pubiia sympathy; and low we
have q verdict which practically pronounces her
gully, ans which saves her !Tom the galows by
tcchura!lty substantially, the finding means that,
however worthy sIc may be of suffering the eX-
rrne penalty Of the law it would not he in accord
ance with tie law 80 hang her npon The testimony
of one witness, and that witness, we may add,
Wesley Bishop
The whole distinction. ~ We have lntimated, is
technical. II is not Il matter of wil'ui murder or
Of NAN laughter. it does not in the least relieve
Mrs Cobb from the we ght Ot moral odlum under
Whith ior the remainder of her wfetched lie she
nust labor II dISr, gariS all the nice points made
he her iqyvcr.: II il a declaration that Mr. Cobb
was foully dealt with; and it suggests the curious
conclusion that although the testimony of Bishop
was sufficient 10 prove Mrs Cobb guilty Of murder,
il WAS not sufficient to send her to the galows.
With this We are not disposed to find fault ana we
understand the nccc ,sity Oi caGtion in the inlcOn
of capital punishment. But think the verdict
settles Tie fact, 40 far verdict can, that Mrs.
Cobb poisoned her husband, or assisted to poison
him. and was the guilty accOnipi!ce of her paramour
The trial has not shown her 10 he = weak wonan--
we are. therefore compelled 10 believe that she
must be a wicked one.
II il desirable that the public should not be
msled By the phrase, Murder in the second
degree" All the elements of any murder with
malice prepense were present in this case. If
Mr4. Cobb had auythiu. to do with the killing
of her husband she was guilty TO the full
extent of SIR Edward Cokc's deiinitionl " Of the
nnawlul killing of a reasonable creature, in being
and in the peace of the State, with malice afore-
thought" The distinction which has saved hcr Is
n humane one, and We sbonld not argue against Its
policy; but il Is necessary to say that, IN spite OF
the character of the hnding, the Jury must have
believed the principal witness against her. villain
though he is doubtless proved to be. The verdict
is substantially u communication ; and that Is the
hest which We can say Ot II. She goes to the state
prIson TOr life. AMI no reasonable man VIII say
that il is no. the best place for lnr.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

whom was lately offered allowance OF ten frame. .
month. Jult no. accept ~. maintaining he was am
able gain his living; AID in fact he Is now spite o; b.
eight youe years. weaving SIX clotl comm ettb
elgat .liudlcs. GrrGonprez hus ..mIlv OF Tn
children, without hH'ng Teq.i'ri .tlnc. ro,n
tho T. .ucVoirnt Society. Tho SDr.cic 81 nulston n,
souaaix conylncot tDa in tIo mtn-at or ua "A No. npe
IN could not too iDuCH 'orray. an,,n,
ihcIr WDrxp,O,lu such example, uIdrr ..d Ler,ryer
ing ao.b. award i rnonprez q medal fDr ~, ior ad
Vliuabir services.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

lars saved from the destruction that would
have been almost certain to follow II the
flames had gained only few feet. Add to this
the fact that there was no such sacrifice OF LIE
as on Tuesday night, and it must he admitted
that the picture has its encouraging side.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
amnssments ano Meennus 90 Nlaht.

,oo,,w.w rUr,Tpr-o and 8: Les Fourcham-
bault.' - ,..ho,,u
gIRIn,s q IRpFN-o and Z: "Davy Crockett :, ,,...
pLRx mn ATVE-9 and s Comic Opera" koolhsou
CTuSOe." - ,,D,a, o and Q
tT,~,.,cT 1ur ,TpF-I: 80 and . " II. NJ ;. PnaiHre
VNInn SQUARE rnEATRE--1;30 and Z: "lhe b"lAor
Daughter .. O,rsn
WALLACk's IHEATRS-l:3O ana > OTs'
MASONIC HAII-TOm Thumb.
kTN .YoKk UAkIUH-Dav ana evening
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The demand for TnE TRIBUNE ALMANAC FOR
1s7a has been 80 prr,,iu, that we shall be forced
70 issue q second edition next week. The plates
viii br practically the same which were used for
he first edition for aside from few riilng errors,
such as incorrect initial letters and the like. there
have been n changes to make. The editions OF
THr AIMANAC this wear will be- uniform, and no at
tempt will be made to give the public supplement
tary information by recording appointments, in-
angurltions of Governors, deaths of Congressman,
or any other changes that have occurred since the
date of ssue The purchasers of the first and second
edition, will not therefore he placed al any disad-
vantage, when any subsequent editions are issued.
We have spared no effort this year to make TIE
AIMASAC right for al editions, and we have sue
cceded far better than yenturcd to hope.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

II is worth mentioning specially that nineteen
Molly Maguires have been hanged in Pennsylvania.
Martin Bergen. who died on the 10th inst. was the
last executed. There two stIll IN jeopardy Of
their lives for crimes committed i'll 1870 Thus is
AN example Of the retnbntion which surely awaits
the murderer, or TO put it in another way, of the
chances OF impunity which he may reasonably
count upon. The Mollies were banded together by
oaths and death was the penalty of treason 20 the
order yet this has not prevented the Government
from securing the testimony of frightened or re-
pentant Maguircs such conspiracies can never
be sure of the fidelity of all who are engaged IN
them The judicial proceedings In Pcnnsy ylyania
greatly rebound to the credit Of the officers of the
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

law employed in the prosecutions. who nave e1
bibitcd tact courage and thorough Devotion 10
public duty.
II must be- exasperating beyond expression VI any
language. including the profane, to = man of Mr..
Tilden's impctuous and prccipltate temperament
when ne observes the cautions AID hesi-
tatIng way IN which Mr. Potter SEQ
himself to investigating the clphrrs. Mr..
nden never delays nor de iberates. He knows
that the statesman who delibera'es IL lost. Ana
therefore when he impatlcntly demands an ihVeS''-
CATION he expects My. Potter To Hing himself INTO
the work with eagcrne,~ and ardOr. But MT. P"t'er
doesn't seem 40 be that kind of IA iilnger. On me
contrary, he remains at Il discreet distance
from the cipher bar'l aud treats It as deierentiaIV
as if il were a keg OF dynamite. Altogether thlS
conduct of Mr.. POttcTs ~ more ineXpllcabIe than
the clphers themselves. Perhaps Nose: can furnish
the key.
II wasa singular craze which afflicted Miss Cor
nella Wright who absconded from a comforiable
home in P0uglkeo psie and was found IN Bro0hlyn'
where she had engaged as lady's companion IN a
respectable family. Miss Wright had an idea,
which had lapsei into monOmanla, that 1t was
her duty 10 earn her own li?ing. There are many
people who are afflicted after q precs ly opposite
fashion. They have undertaken to exist, to he fed
and clothed and sheltered, and made in all other
ways comfortable without any other ex"rtion on
their part than that of solicitation; and sOnei mes
they do not condesccnd even TO that. Miss WrIghts
notion WAS n good one though she carried it little
too far especially in not giving her friends notice
of her Intended departures But there are not too
many who will follow her example.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

renvested the funds in his charge in doubt
full securities in order to obtain personal com
missions. His official superiOrs have set a goou
example in exposing the whole matter. 1here
is too marked a tendency nowadays among
religious people toward secret agreements
and Statements" and suppressions OF scan
dnla
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

law employed in the prosecutions. who have ex'
hibited tact, courage and thorough Devotion 10
t,uhIic dutv
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HUslufss y oIlGcs.

"ALDERNEY BRAND
Buy always '''' '''N
A CoTCu. a cold or hOdScnc>s, instantly re-
beref ny The ms, No BROWNS BRONCHIAL TkoCHEs - cents
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ynncs 10 ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SONIC HAlL-TOm Thumb.
W N.YoKK AoUAkIUH-Dava ana Evening.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

After the entire male sex, headed by Mr..
Edison. had enjoyed clear field for six
months, woman is the first to come forward
with a successful device 10 deaden the noise
ON the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

Miss Anna +. Dickinson's lecture, delivered
last night and reported on another page in
full. is an eloquent defence of the stage
against its enemies and its critics, and a
striking presentation of the extent OF It's in
Guence over all classes of society.
New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

After all, that cipher investigation doesn't
seem to be raging with uncomfortable
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