New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-06

as in the Summer, and no doubt the
near future will see hospitals OF this kind
established as permanent institutions, such rs
this, by the size of its endowment, seems in-
tended to be. The principal remaining be-
quest is to found society which shall aid the
worthy poor by purchasing coal at the seasons
of low prices and selling it at moderate rates.
So much good can be done by at least one OF
these schemes, and so much unselfsh pleasure
might be derived from the contemplation OF
it. that il is strange the Baltimore millionaire
should have been content to live ninety-one
years without enjoying it.
The day when the Cunarders got the bulk
or the best of the European travel from this
mort is long past; but there will still be gen
eral surprise at the shocking revelations IN
The Pau Mall Gazette. We made some com
ment or these the other day, and this MORN
ing we print striking letter on the same
subject from our well known chief London cor
respondent. The Cunardors drove away the
best of their cabin passengers by persistent
refusal of the accommodations when other
lines offered, so that instead of being the most
comfortable they have become the most I'M
comfortable and disagreeable of all the
regular lines plying between TINS port
and Great Britain IL seems now thht
their penny wise. pound-foo'lsh polcy has
been carried into the steerage as well rs
into the cabin TO an extent which may yet
make an official inquiry needfui. Newspapers
which, attach great value to lew INES Oh
advertising. however. should be careful how
they comment on the facts which The fGH
Nan Ga.etfe has furnished. Some years ago
much milder statements concerning the treat
mcnt of the cabin passengers. printed III
letter to The TRIBUNE, so outraged the sen
si,ive souls of the Cuuard people that they
crushed this journal by Withdrawing their
advertisements. 1t would seem to be a good
opportunity now for them to try that brilliant
plan some more
We continue on another page the exposure,
begun Il week ago, of the reputation record
of the Southern States. The first chapter COM
prised the States Of Alabama, Arkansas and
Florida the second. printed to-day, tells the
shameful story of Georgia, Louisiana and
NiSsissippi The record is a shocking
anc-and the end. is not yet The
roll OF dshonored States is not finished. and
this story of reputation, by which nearly il
not quite $500 600. 900 of indebtedness was
wiped out as If with sponge, has not yet
been told to the last chapter. The difference
between the various eases is chiefly in detail J;
but ,he dull insensibiity OF a majority
of he Southern people to the claims oil
honor the utter unscrupulousness with
which their leading politicians have stiInu-
lated the regulating sentiment in or
der 70 share in its popularity. the variety
Of pIe:exts invented TO cover deliberate
crime-these and other strange and shameful
features give a new interest to every case
which is narrated. The picture is not pleas
ant one for the American people to cOntem-
plate, bat it is the truth, and nothing Is to
be gained by turning our backs upon If. II
has already done much to bring the American
name INTO disrepute. Shall the men who have
accomplished this be intrusted with the care
of the National Treasury and the Ma
tional honor! Mr. Greeley is said to
have once remarked that the National
debt would never be repudiated; it was
too big. But he could not foresee that
the Solid South would find it the easiest thing
in the world to repudIate big debt as
$500. 100000. And if the Solid South should
he put in position to use Nh. BANDS sponge
upon the public debt, who shall say that its
courage might not be equal to the task 2