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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
PERSONAL.

Secretary EyartS was in Troy yesterday at
tend ng funeral OF his brother inaw, the late Alex
under C. Johnson.
Mr. Edwin Booth has bought a building site
on second Beach Newport, and viii erect upon II
little summer cottage.
The Pope has recently been photographed
and has since writon classical little Latin poem Oh
." Ars PhOtOgraphica'
The DIXIE of Connaught's marriage TO Louisa
Margaret Of Prussia viii be celebrated with great mag
uihccuce AZ Windsor on March 10.
Mr. Wallace is gentleman living IN Wash
uetuu Territory, VINO Is said by correspondent OF INC
C5ieago Times TO be at nra descendant OF Tho
,reat scottish chief and the original OF Benedict IN
DR. J. g. Hollands novel OF" Seyenoaks"
General Franz Sigel has just received
handsome cane from those ciilleno OF Dubuque EHo
once fought with him ~ our civil war The GeHefA
made A po SAINT speech Of thaDEs. IN which he ln'wSeu
that he vas young enough not 10 positively 'e% isI
rnn, although Ac recently broke a llmD lie Gnu"
win ealing Du1uque the d" Hctdcbe O. Amenca''
NJ. Victor Hugo's pet granddaughter JEANNE
the ,tic cII eight years old mwortaized ~ bis AHu'O
Terrible" and Lar; detre Grandpere, has naIiV"p
cscapfd burning 70 death. Getting ON some Steps !"
wind M a clock the mautslp'ce her p'Hat're c'us
fire. win prcscure OF mind worthy OF her name s"'
remembered a story told her years ago OF lacy Oh nv
ub,,us,e,d Of running rolled carpet. sue olu. sJ
wi.. and saved her lie She Is IN bed WIN P@N'"
bum, bur IN no danger "A.
Cardinal Manning. it is asserted, almost Nv
orally tulfl. the word OF Di.raeu. never ea' anu"
never druE, says the Cardinal IA Loihar LOT hIV
n,,tr,it the Archbishop 81 Westminster mFo"h'''"'
sat And Cardinal Manning the few occasions "o's
n. 700, au, to dinner nos infrequcnuy satisfies h"'
with 4 biscuit aud a glass Of water. lie Is Iah' -
alstcrr served; Monssnor Cape, Oh iGe cou''"
,,lntup gpy hand some and accessible, ana IN 'he ~
~ tnc season NAV ne met at two or three ~ hV s,i.
thr same ycnlag and IN each Is tia cchitc " sy.
,tpd and happy circle Of guests lie Is VII, rox
,haiitnbc man aud tremendous woi"f hVv,aat has
yer, M. ana 10 Is oYerwOrk, Il Is ttp'i''u' ''N
caused his Illness. , -.
Mr.. Bret Harte has just given ms leo''n,
9TH, Nrcpn,ttts Of -" IN Lndon. The leetu'e a..
hv Ia, Baiig Nc,rs 10 have been great success ~
srr,bcs INN ~ walking the platform from ''' -
and b.,,uulug his lecture IN conversational toH''
amt ,.rspual introduction anything IN th' y" 4.
,r,loci,e. The gentleman" n adds, " whose h' A.,
not les. familiar here than on the other side OF '
I,n a., .pisreutiy about forty lght years oi as''
his tr,u- ,r,,v hair possibly masses him look o"' =
his wears" Eduoria,ly The Nc'cs says; " ih' On.
can. are ~ our own stock yet % trcir tr~"i"' n,
lulirrou. how un,ikc us they axe. " ~.
It,rt,,- avn vein ; tuach more IIz'i'h 'h' ~" -,
or,oyhly uAoe tuau thai ~ DPS t''' -.
Hens A disciple of fhlckrrAy nni ''""hN ~ 80 IA,
pupl, ol Dickens hc ;, priGaP. ue "fH ''' ries
continued 10 De himself, Who lI-n,. it.tH JAW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
TIE THREE CONFESSIONS.

The difference between MantOn Marble and
the other cOnspiratoTs, PeltOn and Weed, on
the Witness-stand, was that the frank and
unblushing rascals confessed their own mis-
deeds, while the pretentious person to whom
one of the investigators applied the apt name
of Joseph Surface showed an anxiety TO con-
TESS the rogucries of other people Mr. Mar
ble's main object WAS TO vindicate his own high
moral tone His secondary object was to throw
the responsibility of all the Florida bargain
INC upon Colonel WOOley. That PeltOn en-
tertaincd the corrupt propositions 10 sell OF
buy admitted of no doubt But Mr.. Marble
was under no cOmpulsiOn To criminate WOolley.
He was not bound to know Of the operations
of an agent with whom he pIOfeSsed to hold
no intercourse, and who used a different
cipher from the celebrated Moses code ard
if he had been as ignorant and fOIgetful of
the transactions of this man as he was of his
own. il il not impossible that WoOley
might have sworn himself innOcent-almOst
as well as Moses.
But Marbles set purpose to sacrifice Fox"
was apparent all through his testlmony-ap-
parent even more in his manner than it was
III his language. He gave the Committee to
understand that he held himself much above
vulgar manipulators like WOolley that he
refused to act with him or consult with him
Z" had 10 conference with him, and naturally
"desired none = and he complained bitterly
that the campaign was "muddiedn by allow
ing people like WOOlley TO operate indie
pcndcntly. Pressed to explain what he
meant 10y d" muddlng the campaign" he
managed, without saying anything 70 leave
the impression that Woollcy was engaged
in irregular transactions. Asked what he un-
der,tood by the message, "WOOllcy asks me
"to say, Let force be got in readiness i'm
medIately for contingencies he an
swercd that he understood nothing
whatever except that WOOllcy believed
the Democrats would be counted out. Finally,
when 1t came 10 the discussion Of the Bo-
"hvian dispatches, he acknowledged that he
thought it possible Woolley knew something
about the corrupt proposition Potion WIS
evidently entertaining; and if Pelton testified
that lac received a dispatch from Marble an
uouncing in effect tbat the proposition bad
failed. il must be that the Colonel Va, think
ing of one Of Wooley's kilograms, and had
coniouudcd his two correspondents.
IL was plaln enough after this not only what
Mr.. Marble thought Of Colonel WoOiicy, bat
what Ar. Marble wished the Committee 10
think Of Colonel Wooley And this develop
mcut makes II all the more difficult Ia believe
the extraordinary explanation offered ID Nj.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12

victim and out of all the charges choose the
one on which they had the most testimony ana
the best hope of successful prosecution.
They chose Secretary Sherman and the
charge of brlbing or attempting to bride
the Louisiana Returning Board. Having
N ldc this their central point of attack, they
enlarged the scope of the inquiry TO cover
the whole field How they pursued the in
vcstigation and what fruits it yielded we 90
not need here recite. The public Ia familiar
at least with the latest results, though 1t
may have mOmentarily lost sight OF tue
origin and purpose of the inquiry in the
strange ending of it. They have not found
n shadow of a basis for the charges against
Secretary sherman but they have found it
necessary to put Mr.. Tildcn on the stand to
plead not guilty.
And now Congress and the country wait
report. ais the committee which was sent
"out at Mr.. Tiidcn's solicitation to gather the
"prOols that Secretary Sherman cheated MI.
"TiIdcn out of the Presidency, ready to re-
port ~ is the inquiry. Eyes" says Mr.. Pot
ter, softly. Proceed" "The committee"
SAYS Mr.. Potter, "reports that Mr.. Tildcn de-
"nies on oath that he knew anything Of the
conspiracy which his intimate friends con-
" TESS to have been engaged in TO cheat Prcsl-
dent Hayes ont of his 0iiic" by bri0ng the
Returning Boards of South Carolina and
"Florida. And Mr.. Tilden still declares
:" his entire belief before God and hiS
Country that he has been dclanded."
They haven't quite got what they started
out for, but thcn-it might have been
worse They might have caught Sammy.
They haven't convicted sherman, to he sure,
but they've drawn out plea OF q" Not guilty"
from Sammy. And that's a great deal better
than il looked at one time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
Jn0cr TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

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BUSINESS CHANCIS-1U IOGe-6th cohmh.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12

the Southern States. There was an era OF
attempted reconciliation, in which tho North
did all tho reconcliug. Hope was sincerely
entertained that generous and patient treat
ment would bring the South to a better tenn
per, so that the laws Of the land would there
be faithfully 0bcyed and enforced by public
sentiment We all know how that hope was
disappointed. Deeds done in many Southern
States at the last election. after years of ex-
ceeding patience and gushing confidence,
prove that tho Southern temper has grown
not better, but worse, because OF liberal
treatment. The laws are not enforced; public
sentiment at the South does not tolerate
any attempt to enforce them. Nay, it encour-
ages and shields those who murder witnesses
and United States officials, in order to give
immunity to crimes perpetrated for the sake
of Democratic success. That the North may
the better understand precisely what the South
ern temper and purpose are, we have the
Southern members voting unanimously Tor
revolutionary movement. They are ready to
block the working of Government in order 70
save from punishment those who have been
guilty of fraud and murder. And the North
em Democracy as was its wont in the Old
prO-slavcry days, sneezcs whenever the South
fnl-aa Cf,un
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
THE NEFS TINS MORNING.

TOEriCN-Oflicial reports OF the British de-
feat in Zplulsnd place the loss at 800 officers and
men; Icinforccments have been ordered IRON
England and 1000 will be on their
way 10 the Cape in few days. -= The
Russian evacuation Of Adrianople will begin in ten
laws. - Twelve Procurators General will be dis
missed or retired Ivy the French Cablnet changes
have been made in the Army, affecting eighteen
generals and twelve commanders Of corps. --
The Liverpool steamship owners adhere
to Their terms and tho laborcrs still
remain on strike though with signs OF
falteriug .-- 1t is reported that there is revo-
lution IN Autoquia. one of the United States of
Colombia.
CoNGRres 49, In the Senate Yesterday, a number of
bills were reported and placed on the calendar Mr..
Cameron offered resolution for the appointment Of
Il special commission OF nne on Interstate com
mercc Mr.. Sargent called for elaborate informa-
tion on the importation of spirits and beer and the
foreign markets for those commodities: MI Patter-
son made his report the Indian Territory the
bill for a new library of Congress gave rise to much
discussion. - The House spent the larger part
Of the day debating the proposed change III the
method of making tue National surveys; no final
action was reached all hour was spent III flibus-
tering motions.
DoMtsuc-The Treasury Departments strongly
onposcd 10 u reduction of the tobacco tax
the opinions of the Treasury authorities on
fhe subject are given IN TIE TRIBUNE'S spec
Sal dispatches TO-DAY. - The Democrats
ia Washington fear that the Republicans
NAV capture the control Of the next House OF KEEP
Tesentaiiyes go National conference OF colored
tnen 10 be held at Nashville. Is being arranged for
- Fo1ty-four wOrkmen were buried by a
sudden fall of earth al Kansas City; six were
killed = The New-l ork Legislature has
passed the bill making grave robbery a
felony. - The New-Jersey Assembly has
passed the bill repeating the Democratic ger
rynandcring hw of last year. &C Governor
Robinson to-day will issue an order quarantinlDg
the districts OF Long Island affected with tho cattle
disease.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-C oloDel W Dliam I. Pelton
will probably soon he examined as judgment
debtor ia the Supreme Court. - Cora Sammis
died from the elects Of malpractice per-
formed. it Is alleged by Mrs Burger; an
other of Mrs. Burgers patients, very i'll, was
ionnd Nv the police. 60 IN the Blair cOurt-mar-
tial letters of the accused officer to his wife in
Scotland were read. - Plans for tho removal
of the JIon League Club TO Ffth-ave. Will be sub
mittcd - Mrs.JsInes Smith, sister-in-law of the
prisoner, testified IN the Smith murder trial 60
Edwin d. Worcester was the witness IN the Wander
bill will case -=- Gold value Of the legal-tcnder
silver dollar (il2l2 grains. 63.5S cents. Stocks
opened dull aud lower. later were active and adj
yanciuC. closing strong.
TnE Manufacturers local observations in
dictate cloudy and rainy weather. followed by
CLEARING and cooler weather. Thermometer yester-
day, 80. jO'. 4Jo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
Marble of his last dispatch, which reads as

Marble OF his last ulciaich, WIN" '
follows:
Bolivia Lama Finished yesterday afternoon respon,
sbility aO Moses Last night Wooley found me ANU
ss,d hs had r,thipg which knew already. Tel Iilden
TO saddle blackstone.
In this telegram Mr.. Joseph Surface assures
us that he only wished 10 express the opinion
that tbo Roord would decide for Tildcn. In
what phrase or line did he hattcr himself
that such an intimaton was conveyed po
olivia" by the admission OF all parties means
"proposiuon." and it is only used IN other
telcgrams IN tho sense of proposition Tor
the purchase of votes. llama" Mr.. Marble
forgets. and Colonel PeltOn thinks means
"failcd." Taking the two words together, Mr..
Marble has no idea of their sense The pre-
diction that the Board would decide for III
den Is. therefore, not contained IN the hrSt
clause of the telegram. The second h'
FINISHED responsibility as Noses when
means, according to Marble, that the legal
arguments, submission of proof etc" had
closed the prediction Is consequently
not there. The third clause Il Nv oolley
found me. and said he had nothing. which
al knew already aud this, we arc told merely
signled that WoOlley had no news, which
surely cannot DE interpreted 40 az 'NNl'
of confidence in the final success OF the Demo-
cratic case. Nothing remains then except the
recommendation that Mr. Tilden should sad
die Blackstone and take ride; and this. says
Marble, means simply and only what 1t APP
pears to mean on its face. The author of the
dispatch, therefore, by his explanation OF ITS
separate clauses. entirely excludes and de-
stroys the explanation which he offers OF 1t as
a whole.
There arc only tgo rational ways of ac-
counting for the tissue of contradictions
which Marble here wOve into his testimony.
One is that he was caught in lie, and really
did not know how to extTicate himself; the
other, that he wished to signify TO the Com
mittce that WoOlley was a rascal, and that
the purpose of the moral Moses was to wash
his hands of the fetch contracts concluded by
that vulgar person. Which explanation comes
nearer to the truth is a question which prob
ably affects Colonel Woollcy more than any
other man alive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
THE ISTRAKH4N PLAGrE.

II 1upears now that the disease which terrified
thr Thc,sahans is typhus fever, or a malignant
form Of erysipcas. Russian PHYSICIANS too, are d.
yiL,d i'm opinion as to whethor the A,,rkhIn
plague AZ SeIitreno aud Wetlianka be really the
disease known a. the " Black Death" or only 4
yiuleut form OF typius. They assert that the ear
Liucics or gauduar tumOrs and black bolS all
OYER thr body. which were the characteristic SymS-
IONS of the Black Death and gave II ITS name. have
, far been wanting I'm the present Scourge in the
Bac,- Death. too scarcely any were saved who were
once attacked. whrrru. IA the A,UakhIu disease
instances of recover, have occurred even III remote
village, wuer. medical and was Of the poorest
quauty.
The absence of the characteristic carbunclcS or
boil. /, mo-. ,ou u-.yr as lIcchcr states that the
Black Death. on j., first appearance III London N
1860 ana Florcuc, in 1915, klllrd its victims Ivy
evacuation of blood and the rapid formation of car
huucl,e, on thr lungs before any outward symptoms
had Time 10 aupear. la Narseille- many fell dead
upon the streets before they could reach their homes,
So s,ittya, the action of the poisoned blood upon
;hr Iuig, aud digestive organs.
All E5l,pr will rejoice If u should br proved that
I,,i.uuf ihc ancient scuurgr which has left the
,,o,t terrible record of all horrors az the history OF
tL, ,yord but the Russians, II VIII be remembered,
have every selfish reason to induce them to max,
a. light a, possible OF the present outbreak. \
ouala atiuc q, rigorous that now enforced IN two
months mus; br.ng extreme suffering 10 thousands
of their l,rca J., htl-fcd aud dig pcasaniry. Their
statements will be received with suspicion, aud the
ouJraut!ur We suspect, will hc enforced until this
han dis.asc ), checked. whatever be lis ma
turr II doe, not matter whether 1t !, called typhu1
Ar malignant crl,ip,ii, or thr Black Death. when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12

The excitement with which the news of the
Zulu victory has been received III England
will he better understood when it is renem-
bered with what easy confidence the British
Government began the war. The London
press, recognizing the fact that hOstihtie5 were
inevitable, has busted itself chiefly i'll
wondering how soon the Zulu army
would dwindle to nothing by the
desertions that would surely follow its first
defeat, and in Specializing upon the dlNtrlbu-
ton of territory that would result from Getty
wayos downfall. The shock is almost as great
to the British public as it was to the British
army, and it is seen with dismay that the mill
taIy capacity of the Zulus has been undeIestl-
mated, certainly at home, and apparently
in the field also. Their military Organlza-
ton, though of a rude sort. has proved
its effectiveness in the best possible way;
they are partly armed with breech-loaders,
and showed III the methods by which the
SURPRISE was made no mean knowledge Of
war tactics. 1t is to be considered also as an
element of danger to the colonies which are
nov threatened by the victorious blacks, that
Cctywavos first success is likely to swell ms
army with thousands of braves from other
tribes as well as IRON HIS ONHI
and the savage horde may grow to a
very formidable size. There can be no
reasonable doubt, Of course, as TO the final
outcome of the war. England must win, at
whatever cost but ii is clear thus early that
she has entered upon conflict in which the
expenditure of blood and treasure must he
great. 1t will differ, however, from the mill
tary pursuit of scientific frontier in Asia
in having practical advantage as lis object.
The border of the British possessions will be
better protected against savage incnrslOns,
and if the military system of the Zuius Is not
destroyed. they will at least be pushed back
TO more respectful distance from the col
ieto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
It is as deadly and swift in it's work "a ii has been
in SeIitrenO.

The Yale Scientific School is doing admirable work
in its lectures 70 mechanics The programme %,
the present year embraces a wide range of subject.
some telling directly upon tho occupations Of tbs
workingmen: others taking them out Of Old rnt,
and giving them subjects for thought in fresh and
interesting fields. Thus. Professor Brewer lectnre,
on "Ihe Wallingford Tornado" and "Tro,tin,
Horses !" Professor On Bots on The Early Historv
of the Steam Engine = Professor Norton on Tina
Fundamental Principles Of the Strength Of Mate.
rial, = Professor Sumner Oh " The Panic Of 1897 >
Professor Walker on " The Principles of Gaxatio, -
Professor Wright on The solar Eclipse Of ls7sJ
Professor Dwight on "Ihe Revision Of the An
thOri2ed Version Of the New Testament - Professor
Smith ON The Development Of the Egg etc. eic
II will be seen that the ground covered by tbes,
lectures is unusually broad and suggestive tn,
subject. are popular. and their careful treatment
aud study must tend 10 make the elias, for which
they aro selected both better men aud better me.
chani,s.
81 declare. before God and my Country that il !,
my entire belief that the votes and certificates ~
FLORIDA. South Carolina and Louisiana wer,
bought" Certainly they were. Governor! We have
found ont all tho dctfIls-prce. purchasers. and
even THE mtcrccdcr." But your people didn't
live up TO their bargain and the goods were not
delivered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
y rnscmeu,s ano A.eenuus 60 Niehi.

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San FFASCrsCo NINsTREIs' OrkRA HoUsE:
kT,Nn.Ep IUlA1RH-" n. N. :. finRtore. ,..,
a 80, ,sr IHFATRE-" The Bankers Daughter
NAIIACks IuEATKL-" ours.
A.,rr.,,v or pTsICN--Watcr. Color Exhibition 80
StV YsIk ACrAmrM-" Little Red Rdng'hoou'
Srvt<WAY HAII--COnCcrt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12

The people who have vainly endeavored to
collect the sum Of 81, l46 from Colonel Pei
ton, the great capitalist of the electoral cam
paicn. blundercd sadly in rcsorting TO the
coarse machinery OF the courts. They should
hive put their demand IN transpOstiOn ci-
phcr. and hired a mysterious " interceder.'
Mayor Cooper seems TO be dong what be
can 10 keep the streets dear, and yesterday
refused hi, sanction to three BARRIERS poles
four meat-Iachs and three poles and signs
which tUc Aldermen proposed to add TO the
great mass of street distractions already in
existence. The Aldermen voted down the
veto twice, but the Mayor succeeded il niD-
ping ia the bnd, n Sir Boyle Roach would
bay. three mcat-racks, three BARRIERS poles
and two siSB-pOsts. 1t might have been
worse.
The English newspapers surely speak no
more than the truth III COngratulating the
country that the soldiers who fell on the
Zugela River " died al then posts like Eng
"Iishmcn.' The defence Of ROTkes Drift by
dignity men against swarm OF thousands oil
fierce Kailifs, continued for twelve hours, de-
.eryes 10 rank in British history with Bala-