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New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

into Office will decline to take their ill-gotten
seats in the Legislature, will declare that they
belong "in equity" to the Republicans VINO
were elected, and will retire in their 1avor'
Inasmuch as the day of assembling Is only
q little more than week distant, and not
one of the Fusionists who have been counted
in has manifested such righteous pur-
pose, it is difficult, even with
large faith in human nature. to believe
that they will do anything OF the
kind Not even the three men necessary 10
defeat the plot have declared themselves
Still the Presidents undiminished ability 10
think we'll of his fellow-man is by no means
an unpleasant thing to contemplate.
The terrible disaster at the Tay bridge has
sent thrill of horror through all England
and Scotland. There seemed every reason 10
believe that the loss of life was even greater
than was supposed at first. The tickets were
taken up in the train at the last station before
entering the bridge, and the train, which IN
cluded four thrd-class cars, was then crowded
Probably the estimate of q loss OF 800 lives
was obtained in this way. This figure was at
first accepted by the railroad authorities, but
they have now reduced their estimate. for rea-
sons which ore not explained, to loss OF 20.
The great bridge which has been virtually
destroyed was regarded as one of the greatest
wonders of modern engineering. Its two
miles of iron spanned an angry arm
of the sea-and the sea has conquered.
Half mile in length of this great structure
fell, whether with the train upon it or before
the-tran entered the bridge it will never be
possible to prove. The cars had to fall eighty
eight feet, in either case, before reaching the
water, and there is every reason to suppose
that the train plunged into the abyss
at full speeu. The imagination refuses
to picture the horrors to those four score
human beings of that brief, swift and awful
descent. Happily it must have been brief. 1t
is scarcely necessary to say that not one of those
on board escaped alive ; not one could escape
alive, seeing that they were flung in huge cof-
fins into deep and raging sea. When the
suddenness and the completeness of their ex-
tinction are considered, this must be regarded
as one of the most singular and most dreadful
accidents of recent times.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30
WHO SHUCLD LMIGR4TEf

The st. Georges Society Of Philadelphia
has, il appears. been overrun lately with ap-
plications for help from iron and metal
workers from the North of England, who had
come over here expecting to find employment
ready to their hands, bringing only money
enough to support them for a few days. They
usually went direct to Philadelphia, as the
great manufacturing centre, and the demand
tor skilled laborers there was soon supplied.
The Society has sent large numbers of these''men
to Pittsburg and the coal regions, in hopes
that work could be found for them. The
President of the Society. Mr.. Waterfall. has
found 1t necessary to write a letter to The
London Times discouraging such rash emigra-
tlOn. and stating that the late increase of Dros-
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POLITICAL PREACHING.

The Maine pulpits rescunded last Sunday with
vigorous rebukes Of the course pursued by Dr.
Garcelon and his Council. When clergyman really
makes nj his mind to handle professionally agrant
case Of political inquity he usually does it with
out gloves Ii must be admitted that the Maine min
listers did not mnce their words and the reports of
their sermons, il he read them, must have made Dr.
Garcelon fit subject for some of the more soothing
of his own medicines. 1t must have been a sense of
crieyous wrong which prompted men whose mission
is one of peace to hint at open systematic
war" Some of the cergymen did this; others were
equally indignant in their notions of redress.
There are those who think that political i'm
morality should be exempt from clerical rebuke.
The late Mr.. Choate of this opinion, and highly
eulogized his pastor. the Rev. Nehemiah Adams,
d. d. for abstaining altogether from the discussion
of politics in the pulpit. During the hot slavery
excitement we had two schools of cergymen-
those who preached against the institution, and
those who delivered sermons with the design of
showing why they did not preach against it. I'm
fortunately so far as mere matter of peace and
harmony there was not much between these two
classes of clergymen to choose. If those who de-
nounced slavery created il-feeng. did those who
refused to denounce it. The truth is. it was the
morality of the matter which made all the feeling
Slavery being a sin why not attack it in church
as well as elsewheref This the question which
ardent men were continually asking; and the
answers which they received did nothing to allay
their righteous wrath.
IL political preaching be undesirable all the more
should politicians be careful how they do things
which preachers must conscientously characterize
II Governor Garcelon and his INSCRIPTIONS crowd
of advisers had been less anxious to count their
friends in and their foes out if they had respected
the Constitution and been content with an appeal
to the judicial tribunals the of last Sunday
would never have been preached But when a
great piece of public wckedness is threatened the
ministers of the Gospel, being human beings and
members of society, will not be muzzled. To ask
them to be dumb may may not be asking too
much; but dumb they assuredly will not be- 1t is
no discredit to clergyman that he has keen
of right and wrong When this is outraged he will.
if he has moral courage to speak out, be plainly
heard FROM If there is to be no such thing as con-
science in politics. church members aud church
coers ought to have nothing to do with them. But
are we yet quite ready to give up the religious por
ton of our political constituencies
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"martyrs crownb The motto which surrounds 10
,s inscribed In English and in Roman type; BE
thou faithful unto death" The same collector owns
the armchair of DIR. watts III Is one oi tue quaint
old diamond seated chairs.
Martin Luther's betrothal ring has come into the
possession Of q Dusseldorf jeweller. silesian
nobeman was the last owner. and its authenticity
is fully attested by documents. The ring is OF goid
and bears the inscription DIR. Martlno Luthero.
Catharina v. Bora. 10. Juni. 1925" 1t Is elabO-
rateIy carved to represent tho Passion of Our
Saviour. In the middle Is the Crucinxion' ana on
either site are shown the hammer. nails, ladder
sp0npe byssOp, etc. The bead OF the High Priest
also appears. and group OF Roman soldiers, and
there is tiny ruby to represent drop Oh the sacred
blood.
Mr.. John L. Hoffman. in private letter to Al
bany gentleman quoted in The 4rgus, saws that
Gambetta is an admirable and most dgniied pre-
siding officer; :" but" adds Mr. Hoffman. do not
think Old Salt himself or the 'Baldheaded
Eagle, formerly of Westchester and now OF Rock
land. could keep the French Chamber OF Deputies
In order. They laugh-they jeer-tbey clap
they cheer and and interrupt In every possible
way IL was, taken oil In all, poor exhi-
bitIon of intellectual and oratorlcal power but to
mo il was interesting, for IL gave me chance To
see and study some OF the great men we read so
much about. How true Is the old saying that
Great men. like great mountains. seem smaller as
you get nearer TO them
Two years ago. when Judge ingalls,, OF Troy, was
assigned by Governor Robinson 10 the place OF
Judge Daniels, in the General Term of the Supreme
Court IN this (the First Judicial District the de-
mand for his retention In his own district was so
strong that the Governor found 10 difficult 10 insst
upon the assignment. Judge ingalls, finally came
TO New-York, and sat with Chef-Jnstice Davis and
Justice Brady for two years past with great accep-
ance to the New-York bar. When ii was learned
recently that there possibility OF his return to
Troy, Cbef-Justice Davis. Justice Bra1y, the Hon.
John K Porter, the City Attorney and many other
prominent gentlemen urged Judge ingalls, to remain
here at least for another year. An earnest aud per-
sstent effort was made to secure his retention but
1t was unsuccessful. the Judge insisting that his
own district had prior claims upon him. Judge In
gals during his two years residence IN tLis city
proved himself q most learned. conscientious and
industrious Justice. He rendered an average OK
about 40 opinions annually. many OF them In very
intricate cases.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30


States does not Justify tho immense In
flux OF skilled workmen from Europe.
No man, he advises, should come without
money to enable him to travel for
few weeks in search Of employment. The
most significant fact noted by Mr.. Waterfall
however, is that farm laborers do not apply
for help. ave never have an applicant"
says the Secretary, "who can plough OF milk
ga cow" This In spite of the fact that the
proportion of farmers and agricultural laborers
to mechanics who have emigrated from Eng
land to this country is as nine to one. Not
only do on. vast tracts of waste land offer
work to all farmers who choose to come, but
there is employment ready for farm laborcrs
nearer the sea-board.
The committee sent out to examine into the
chances of success for English tenant farmers
have, we learn from Tho London Times, recon-
mended the region lying on the Pacific Rail-
way and Manitoba to all intending emigrants
during the coming Spring. Lack of railway
transportation will for time prove drawback
to successful farming throughout the Western
British territory on this continent. Even
the English farmer who comes to Canada
will not long be satisfied with keeping his
though that may seem much to him now; he
will want to throw his products into the
Eastern and even the foreign market
to compete with the Western farmer,
who has the great cOnduits of trade
centring at Chicago and waiting for him.
While on this subject we may note
that the opinions upon our trade in England
of Colonel Shaw, United States Consul at
Manchester, which THE TRIBUNE recently
gave, for the benefit of our exporters OF beef,
dairy products, etc, are strongly supported by
the English papers which have copied them
from our columns. Colonel Shaw recon-
mended that shipments should be made to
responsible houses in England which would
keep the shipper advised of the condition OF
the market, and hence supplies would
come when wanted and not by chance,
"a at present. The Pail Mall Gazette
(Which is not apt to prophesy sue
cess to any enterprise undertaken outside OF
Engand) ndorses this advice as sound. and
says: "What will be the growth of imports
into England of American meat, butter,
"cheese and fruit when American exporters
"wake up to their own interests and take the
English market fairly in handi They will
"not long remain blind to the injury they do
"tbemselves by their present mode of dis
"posing of their goods. They are learning at
"ast that there is another trade thar that
Gin wheat in which great profits may be
"reaped, and they will be curiously untrue to
"their own character if they allow the present
"hindrances to remain IN their way"
This confirmation from an unprejudiced
and probably unwilling source of the views of
our correspondent is worth consideration by
our readers. THE TRIBUNE, in urging the
foreign market upon the notice of farmers
two years ago, was denounced as visionary
and impractical by timid men. But it appears
now to have understated rather than exag
gerated the width and practicability of the
field.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The railway authorities estimate the
loss by the Tay Bridge accident at seventyfve lives
- Peralta and fifty insurgents Of less
rank have surrendered in Cuba. - An
alliance between the German Socialists and
Russian Nihists is said to have been dis
covered. - 1t is reported tina. the Car proposes
TO hand over the internal affairs of the country to
his eldest son.
DoMEsTIc.-General Grant was entertained at
dinner in Washington yesterday by Mr.. Levi p. Nor
ton. - There is some alarm in Washington about
smallpox - Governor Garcelon, of Maine
defended his course in speech at Belfast Mayor
lash, of Augusta, has written him letter. urging
that troops be not called to the Capital. 60
The losses by the fire at Boston are
now estimated at one million dollars. -
State Treasurer Wendell has named his staff. -
Dir. Hayden testified again in his own defence yes
terday. - General Grant will not leave Wash
ington till Friday.
CRY AND sUDURBAN.-Presdent Hayes in talk
with TRIBUNE reporter yesterday expressed the
belief that there would be no violence in Maine
- swindling firms in Wall Street have
been exposed and their mail matter will
be stopped. - J. Lloyd Haigh made
On assignment with liabilities of S3OO,OOO.-
Tho Sinking Fund Commissioners adopted the
spinola steam-heating scheme - William
Howard was re-arrested. - Bankers COM
mented the proposition to issue 3l2
per cent bonds. - Gold value of the legal-tender
silver dollar (412i2 grains s7.G9 cents. Stocks
active, excited aud higher, closing buoyant
THE WfATHER.-TRrBUNE local observations ind-
cate cooler, partly cloudy clear weather. Their
mometer yesterday: Highest. 40; lowest. So (;
average 400
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30
tRROPs OFFTCIALr FIG URES.

The extreme difficulty of securing accuracy in
the preparation aud printing of election returns is
we'll illustrated by two facts shown III the issue of
what is known as the "officia canvass" of the
State of New-York this year. This canvass con-
ssts of the certificate of the Board of Canvassers
and the accompanying detailed vote cast in each
county as finally determined by them. This certii-
cate as to the Office of Governor shows that Mr.. Cor
nell received 1857 votes; that Governor Robin
son received 375 700 votes that Mr. Kelly received
II. .56G votes that Mr.. Lewis received 2O,2sG
votes. and that Mr.. Mears received 4,437 votes
The whole number of votes cast is reported by them
at 9O1 535. The above figures IN the detailed vote
make total Of s96.6i6. or 1859 less than the
total number reported Accompanying this table is
n list of the " scattering" votes for Governor in
each county. This " scattering" vote Is divided
into three classes: defective" votes. scattering
proper, and blank" votes. Footing up the
various counties, the defective votes areafound
TO number 1.02S; the scattering number
2.4O2; the blank" Lies; or total of
4.s9s. These. added 90 the votes returned
for each regular candidate for Governor make total
of 9O1 OH or . votes moro than the total number
returned by the State Board of CanvasseTs. Ii is
impossible to reconcile the discrepancy. and the
only inference possible is that there an error in
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

the official summary by counties OF the total vote
to that extent.
But this Is not the only error In the Official can
vass In the vote for Governor. as canvassed ON
cially and printed. Mr. John W. Mears is certliled
as having received in Cortland County 500 votes
He received but 80 votes. shown by the county
returns Tho fo)ting of Mr. Mearss vote Is cor
rectly printed by the State Canvassers as 4.43I
votes, but il he had received 800 votes in Cortland
his total vote should be 4,977
What other errors in the official canvass tnere
may be as to other State officers need not now DO
investigated These facts will serve rs illustrations
of the difficulties which the Editor of The TRIBUNE
ALMANAC constantly meets in his efforts to present
with entire accuracy the results OF the elections I'D
the Union. The officials of New-York State make
as few errors as those of other States 1t Is hary
too much to say that no returns, from oiiclai OF
other sources, can be safely accepted as
absolutely correct. and that all require tno
closest revision. The pointed out IN this
paragraph and many others like them, VIII De cor
rected in THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1850, whicn
will be issued within few days. which VIII seek
to present the fruits Of the most careful labor III
these departments, and which will be more than
ever worthy of the confidence Of the public as an
authority on the subject to which 1t relates.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30
TILE EXODUS IND MR. VOORHEEs.

II has seemed desirable to Mr.. Voorhees, to
have the Exodus investigated He cannot be-
heve that a general begira of the laboring
class, IN any part of the country, can take
place without some improper instigation and
wrongful motive. Perhaps he hopes to prove
that s1me leading Republicans have conspired
to induce the colored people to this move
ment in order to alarm the employers of the
South ana make them less solid in Democ-
racy. But if that were true, and if every
dollar of the expense OF transporting the col
ored travellers from land of oppression to
one OF liberty had been contributed by North
ern politicians. what would there be wrong in
their act I In reality, the Southern laborers
appear to be moving on their own account
and with means saved by themselves
and there is no trace of political agency
in the holding of any meetings or
the circulation Of any subscriptions to
defray their expenses. They go, all the
evidence thus far tends to show, because they
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

The first fears of the degree of loss sus-
tanned by the Boston fire are. happily
not realized. 1t is now estimated that this
will not much exceed $1,000,000, and
both the buildings and stocks were well in-
sured. The details regarding the insuranccs
however, have not all been gathered.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

That question concerning the authorship of
the Maine fraud is still far from being settled
General Butler cries out, while Mr.. Tlden
remains silent, but it is only to deny that
the fraud is his offspring SOlomon's test fails,
as no doubt SolomOn's wisdom would, in the
presence of the whole Maine business-~
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average. 40o.

There seems to be little expectation in
Maine that Governor GaIcelon will submit the
proposed questions to the Supreme Court. Is
be ready to assume the heavy responsibility
which will rest upon the man who defeats
this peaceful solution of grave diffcultyf
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

1t is to be hoped that Mr. Robert Mitchell, OF
Cincinnati, will never have occasion to regret tho
Christmas presents which he made last week to his
family These consisted Of avery considerable por-
ton of his property and were bestowed upon his
children and grandchildren. Possibly Mr.. Mitch
elPs attention has been called to the numerous law
suits growing ont OF contested wills, and ne mas
judiciously determined that there shall be no sueh
squabble over his estate. If 30. we cannot neip
thinking him to be wise man. We know tnat
there Is prejudice against these ante-mortem dis
tributions and there have been some lamentabe
cases of fathers who like King Lear have given all
and have themselves come to want But we take
it for granted that Mr.. Mitchell has acted judi
ciousIy as we'll as generously that he knows TO
whom he has given: and in any case has Kept
enough for his own necessities
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

The lovers of elegant literature Will be glad 70
hear that the publishing house of Houghton. Osgood
& Co. did not suffer so much in the Boston fire as
the first account of it seemed to Indicate 1t would
have been public loss if their stereotyped plates
had been destroyed, but these, with the printing
machinery of the house. were at the office in Cam
bridge. So the books which were really destroyed
can soon be replaced by reprints. This is consola
ton, as the prosperity of respectable book-pub-
lshers and book-printers is matter Of general con-
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

The returns from the collections of Hospital
Saturday and Sunday are not yet complete.
but the total seems meagre, especially when
it is considered that large proportion of the
$4,000 so far reported was contributed in
handsome sums by individual subscriptions.
Judgment should not be passed, however. upon
the success of the effort until the result is
fully known
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

Montgomery Blair has been quiet for fortnight.
No wonder Tilden stock is looking up.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

The Maine theft was deliberately planned weeks
in advance The next raid by the Democratic gang
of burglars will be upon the Presidency. That is
already planned.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

Western admirer of the Bold Brigand of Maine
says "The iron-willed Garcelon stands firmly upon
the Constitution and the laws" He does-tramples
on them, in fact.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

President Hayes never displayed his cheer
ful optimism more eOnspicuOusly than in the
talk upon the Maine fraud which. Is re-
ported elsewhere. He not only adheres to the
opinion that the fraud will fail because
public sentiment will be Overwhelmingly
against il, but now goes far az 20
believe thai the very men whom Governor
0arcelOn and his colleagues have counted
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

Springer once more calls public attention to his
own dimensions as statesman. He says if he bad
been Governor Of Maine he would not have done
what Garceon did, but if he had done 1t he should
stick to it. That is sound Democratic principle.
Morality has nothing to do with 1t. 1t is simply a
0nestion of backbone. Springer would much rather
be called a successful burglar, apparently, than a
man afraid Of his conscience.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30
PERSONAL.

1t seems to be tacitly admitted by the Calamity
Croakers that resumption won't fail this wear.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

There to be longing in the Democratic party
for somebody to steal its capacity for laundering
New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

The trouble in Maine will come to head one
week from Wednesday. when the Legislature will