New-York tribune., 1879-05-08

He has no doubt of their authenticity, and exhib-
its a simple and touching faith in the veracty of
his domestic oraces, and an exaggerated sense OF
the importance of the messages which they
convey to him. They are from all sortS
Of people. Tecumseh sends communlca-
tion in letters inch and half long. charged with
brief but impressive aboriginal reflections. LIN
coin declares that he is the same unsophisJIcated
person in his present estate that he WAS upon the
earth aud that he will edo his best and most to
sever the ties of hatred which shows that his rhe
ORC has undergone prOdigious change for the
worse since his translation. Bryant Is credlted
with contemptuOus observation about poetry, IN
Yigorated with an inpatient monosylable which
he could never have used IN life except TO record
it in the index of words which contributors to ms
journal were forbidden to use. Mr. James w.
Gerard sends the assurance that he Is MI Riddles
sincere friend fact not destitute of private inter-
est, but hardly important enough to justify the
erection of supernatural machinery for the purpose
of conveying it, Judge Edmonds winds a bugle
peal of salutaliOn from tho planet Jupiter, where
we may conjecture that he IS assisting the JoVian
tribunals in the correction OF accumulated errors OF
nisi prias and equity practice. Heller sends
tiukllng message from the. spaces beyond Bootes
and the Bear importing that the show business In
the deep-dOmed empyrean exhibits signs OF eAhaus-
ton. Senator Booth hopes that Mr. hiddlcls pretty
well. Coroner Schirmer calls down the pipe, 80 10
speak, in a confused manner, doubtless complain
ing that he has nobody to sit " on up there.
late musical critic calls the planet he has left
Z" dreadful world - and some theological malcOn-
tent hopes that the Bankruptcy OF religion Is at
hand"
The communications exhibit remarkable uni
formity IN point of fatness, if they had been
baked of tho same mental mush on the same lit
erary gTiddle An equal tone of puerllity and what
the profane might call pOppycock peryades them
all. Some are from great personages like poets ana
pontiffs and some from small ones like parsons ana
postmasters. But they are very nuch alke'
Judged from his pOsthumous fortngYlngS' ihe
Popo is as stupid as the parson, and the poet no
more melodous than the postmaster FILTERED
through Mr.. Riddles household oracle, the as
coursings of the Wit heavier than Seneca ana
those of the Philosopher lighter than PlautuS'
while all together are duller than the weed on
Lethe's wharf. 1t seems a wonder that SPLITS OK
any sense could have deemed such observations
worthy of expectation. that any hapless school
supcrintendent should have been found TO act as
consignee and provide for them market.
1t is clear that the extensive system Of celestial
correspondence on which Mr. Kiddle has entered
disqualifes him for tne performance of the tcrres-
trial functions which he has exercised hitherto, ana
he will exhibit a oredItoble public spirit By resign
ing them. We have no more doubt that he IL per-
fectly honest and sincere man than that he IS a
hopelessly deuded one and while we would not
withhold from him the credit to which faithful !
service in the past entities him, we feel assured
that his usefulness rs superintendent OF the Pubic
Schools is at an end. They must not be made the
indirect instrument Of disseminating such Inoulca-
tons as those his book contains As the production
Of a private person its extreme puerihty ana aD-
surdty would prevent it from doing any great
HARM but as the work of the chief educational OIL
fcer of the State its noxious potentialIties are IN
calculabe. The debate upon the case in the Board
of Education yesterday showed a strong feeling in
this direction among its members Their anxiety
not TO wound the feelings Of an old officer OF the
Department seems to have been the motive which
led them to lay the whole matter on the table for
the present. But, aside from any action the Com
missouers may take, Mr.. Kddle's duty is clear
He will have to resign.